So I know that my first chapter was rather short but I am hoping to make this one a little longer. I hope you stick with this fanfiction at least through my first six chapters which I hope to have out soon. Please bear with me and thank you again for reading!

Flight

Itachi needed to get to Shisui quickly. They needed to formulate a cohesive plan to deal with his father and the leaders of the clan. He knew exactly where his cousin would be, out on the training field no doubt. Along the way he had done his best to fill in Izumi as best as he could. As expected her eyes were wide with confusion. "I understand if you don't want to be apart of this, but I have to side with the Hidden Leaf." As he said that he realized how much of a betrayal it was to his family.

"Itachi, I don't blame you at all. I know violence is apart of the shinobi way of life but we should never go against our friends and neighbors." she responded kindly. They were quickly approaching the training grounds as they began to sense a third chakra presence. Coming to a stop at the edge of the training area they spotted Shisui practicing his kunai attacks against a wooden post.

As they approached Shisui shouted, "Hey Itachi, Izumi this is a surprise. What brings the two of you out here? A date?" Izumi's face turned a bright shade of red as she tried to look anywhere but at him. Itachi cracked a small smile at his cousins remark. 'That's Shisui for you, always joking.'

"We need to talk Shisui. You know what my father and the clan leaders are planning. I have already spoken to the Hokage and he has asked for me to help you." Itachi told him. Shisui's eyes narrowed on Izumi.

"I'm assuming she is with you on this course of action." he replied.

"Well she hasn't left yet has she." Itachi said quickly. Shisui's eyes turned kinder and they began to plan out their course of action in order to get the Uchiha to back down. By the time they had everything set it was almost ten that night. The three shinobi began to walk back to the Uchiha compound. The fall night air was cool as it blew down an empty street. The three friends chatted about missions, old-times as they moved into their side of town. For some reason Itachi was on edge and he couldn't understand why.

Shops lined the streets and no one could be seen as the three moved closer to their homes. Taking a left, the three spotted one lone man standing in the middle of the road. The man was dressed in a green flak jacket, on his shoulder was a green star and inside that star was an Uchiha emblem. His black hair covered his eyes as Itachi's eyes grew wide. It was his father, Fugaku.

"Father what are you doing out here?" Itachi asked as the three ninja spread apart, equal distance from one another.

"You have betrayed the clan son. All three of you. If you stand against the clan then I will do what I must." he replied activating his sharingan. Fear shot across Itachi's face for a split second until he heard Shisui speak.

"No, Fugaku it is the clan that has betrayed the village. As shinobi of the Hidden Leaf we will defend her from any enemies both against foreign-nin and threats from within." With that Itachi, Shisui, and Izumi activated their sharingan preparing for a genjutsu onslaught. Itachi decided to move first.

Not looking into his father's eyes he quickly closed the distance throwing several shuriken before weaving hand signs. "Multi Phantom Shuriken Jutsu!" The shurikens multiplied into sixty or seventy as they closed distance. They hit home embedding themselves into Fugaku who struggled to get out of the way. He fell to the ground unmoving as a puff of smoke shot up from where he lay. Instead of his father there lay a log, shurikens covering it.

All three now on the defensive as they scanned the street and the rooftops for their target. Behind him Shisui shouted, "Itachi above you!" Shooting his gaze to the sky he saw his father. Weaving hand signs in return he called out, "Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" A massive fire dragon took shape as it flew directly toward him.

'Shit I can't get out of range in time!' Itachi prepared himself for a direct hit.

"Kamui!" Shisui called out. Almost as quickly as it took shape the fireball was sucked into the Kamui dimension.

Fugaku in anger shouted, "You have disgraced the Uchiha name. Tsukuyomi." Now fear shot across all of their faces. Itachi and Shisui both looked down but unknown to them Izumi wasn't so lucky.

xxxx

Inside Tsukuyomi

'Where…..where am I?' Izumi thought. Quickly she realized she was tied to a post on some sort of field.

'Hello?' she called into the void.

'I'm sorry that my son has caught you up in his treachery,' a low voice said stepping into her view. It was Fugaku in his hand was a long blade.

'Where are we?' she asked, her voice quivering.

'This is Tsukuyomi. A place where I control time and space.' he told her uttering no emotion at all.

'This is just a genjutsu.' she said closing her eyes as tight as she could.

'You can tell yourself it's just a genjutsu. It will do you little good." as he spoke he lowered the sword thrusting it into her gut. She screamed as loud as she could.

'I will break your spirit and then I will follow suit with Itachi and Shisui. Only seventy-one hours fifty-nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds to go.' Fugaku remarked coldly.

Tears streaming down her face she cried out, 'ITACHI HELP!'

xxxx

Back in Reality

"Shisui we have to move! Izumi won't last long inside my fathers Tsukuyomi!" Itachi cried.

"I know! Grab her and run we will flee to the Hokage and tell him what has happened." Shisui said in response. As they prepared to run, they noticed Fugaku collapse in a heap on the ground. As he did Izumi fell, Itachi moved and grabbed ahold of her. Looking down at his father, Itachi then noticed the kunai sticking out of the back of his fathers neck.

"That is enough Itachi, Shisui." a voice called out from the darkness behind his father's body. Out of nothing Danzo appeared. "You have served the Hokage well, now we are here to relieve you." They began to notice that Danzo was not alone. Root agents dropped from the buildings around them. Soon enough they were surrounded by no less than twenty ninja.

"What the hell are you doing here Danzo," Shisui asked coldly.

"Now, is that anyway to talk to your new Hokage?" he retorted laughing.

"What do you mean new Hokage?" Itachi's eyes growing wide in shock.

"It seems that Lord Third has been assassinated by the Uchiha." he said a smile cracking across his bandaged face.

"Let me guess, Shisui called out. You are here to put down the "insurrection" by any means necessary?"

"You really always were a bright one weren't you Shisui." Danzo said. "Kill them." The Root agents moved in quickly to finish the group. They weren't quick enough as Shisui again used his Kamui to transport the group to the Kamui Dimension.

With a sigh of relief Shisui sat down. "We are safe for now."

"We need get out of Fire Country." Itachi said rubbing his eyes. Looking down at Izumi who lay there unconscious, he couldn't help but feel totally responsible for the torture she endured at the hands of his father. 'I am so sorry Izumi.'

Hours passed as Itachi sat trying to rest his eyes. Shisui was asleep and Izumi had still not woken up from her almost comatose state. Itachi had sat by her side feeling awful for everything just holding her hand.

Several hours later Shisui finally opened his eyes feeling much better. He had forgotten where they were until he had seen their surroundings. The Kamui dimension was nothing but rectangular platforms of what seemed to be concrete. Sitting up he looked around, he saw Itachi sitting next to Izumi with her hand in his. His eyes were closed and could tell they both were resting.

Moving to his pack, he shuffled things around inside until he pulled a map of the nations out. He needed to think of a good place for them to hide out once they were well enough to leave this world. Suna was an option, Gaara was the new Kazekage and was a friend of Sasuke's teammate Naruto. We could assume he might be understanding of our plight especially if ninja like Naruto, and Kakashi stand against Danzo. Another good choice is Amegakure. This place was sort of leaderless at the moment or if there was a leader they had not made themselves known. The other hidden villages and their kage would probably stand by Danzo at least for now.

Looking back to his sleeping friends, he smiled and thought to himself, 'I'll let Itachi sleep for a little while longer. They both need to be at full strength for this journey.'