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butterflypuss: I am not sure what Itachi wore when he had a mask on, as I can't find any references anywhere. But yes, I believe Kakashi was an Inu ANBU.

This chapter is going to have a few twists and turns in it, so I hope you enjoy it.

"Normal conversations"
"Thoughts"
"Kyuubi talking"
"Kyuubi thoughts"
"Jutsu"
(Jutsu name)

Chapter 5: Rules and Betrayal

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Time skip of 1 year, 6 months

Naruto, wearing his Kitsune mask, showed up to the Academy and noticed there were plenty of other hopeful ninja there and noticed a board in the front of the school, which is where everyone was crowding around. He decided to sit back and wait for everyone to clear, noticing a spiky raven-haired boy doing the same thing. Naruto looked at the boy, taking in the fact that he was about four feet tall, an Uchiha judging by the red and white fan on his back and the blue clothes he wore. He also noticed the black eyes, trademarks of the Sharingan holders, just as white eyes were trademarks of the Hyuuga clan.

"Annoying group of people isn't it Uchiha-san?" Naruto asked, turning his eyes back towards the group, watching it decrease slowly. "By the way, I'm Menma."

"How do you know I'm an Uchiha?" the raven-haired Uchiha asked.

"Easy, the fan on your shirt and your black eyes. Both are trademarks of the famed Uchiha clan of the Sharingan." he responded casually.

The boy raised an eyebrow at him. "Baka. Who does he think he is? He's not an Uchiha, so why does he know about us?" "I'm Sasuke Uchiha, son of Fugaku Uchiha who is the head of our clan. How do you know so much about my clan?"

"I read it in books. Madara was written about a lot and he was described to have the same features as most of the Uchiha around the village."

"We try not to talk about Madara, he's a blemish on the great Uchiha name.." Sasuke states, pushing himself off the tree he was leaning on, "Though I give you this warning, if you are in my class, stay out of my way. I have to impress my clan and can't have anyone be better than me, got it baka?"

"Got it. You have an ego issue, seems to run in the clan." Naruto responded, grinning lightly.

"Baka!" Sasuke got a tick mark on his forehead before turning around punching Naruto with a right hook, causing the boy to fall to the ground. "Don't talk about my clan like that." Sasuke turned around and walked to the board, which was now somewhat visible due to the shrinking crowd.

"Nice hit! Looks like I've got myself a rival!" Naruto stood up and rubbed his cheek lightly, though because of the mask, he couldn't really touch it. Thankfully he had started pouring chakra into his mask or it might have cracked under the force of the hit. He walked up to the board and looked for his name. Menma Shonjiki... moving his finger upwards, Classroom 103. He noticed Sasuke's name as he went towards the top. Snickering to himself, he thought, "Oh, this should be fun." He walked into the Academy and went to classroom 103, noticing there were only nine shinobi-to-be in the room, noticing what he sensed was a Chunin level shinobi who had a large scar of the bridge of his nose. He looked for a seat and noticed it the only one available was next to Sasuke. "Hi again, Uchiha-san."

"Baka." Sasuke retorted, without looking towards him.

"Alright class, today starts your two year training to become a shinobi, learns the rules of shinobi, and the ways of shinobi. Granted, the best way to learn is through experience and missions, but you won't be doing that until you have graduated from the Academy. My name is Iruka Umino, I will be your teacher for the next two years as well. When you speak to me, you will address me as Iruka-sensei, understood?"

"Yes Iruka-sensei" the entire class says in unison.

"Alright, lets get started over the basics of being a shinobi. Chakra."

Hiruzen sat at the head of the semi-circular table. On the left side, sat the civilian council to include his advisors (as much as he disliked them) Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane. On the right side, sat the shinobi council which consisted of the heads of the clans that lived in Konoha and Danzo, who was the overseer of the ANBU operations.

"Where is Naruto Uzumaki, he hasn't done a prank or been seen in days?!" Homura asked, irritated that noone could find him, even the apartment he lived in was empty and bare of any belongings, despite the councils harsh strict and unanimous agreement to keep the demon boy confined to one area.

"Naruto Uzumaki is in safe hands, I assure you." Hiruzen stated, puffing on his pipe.

"We agreed that Naruto was not to be moved from that apartment without our notification!" she screamed at the Third Hokage. "Where is he?" she demanded.

"I didn't move him, nor do you need to know where he is. As I stated, he is in safe hands, probably the safest we've ever seen." Hiruzen responded in turn, knowing that today was Naruto's first day at the Academy.

Homura placed her head into her hands and rubbed her temples lightly, starting to feel the oncomings of a headache, realizing that Hiruzen wasn't going to tell her or anyone where the demon child was being kept. He had been 'missing' for two years, though they still saw new pranks and paintings every day, noone had actually seen him.

"Alright, onto the next order of..." Hiruzen was interrupted by two ANBU members appearing before him in a wisp of smoke. "I hope its important for you to interrupt a council meeting ANBU."

The Tori and Inu ANBU bow before the Hokage, the Inu ANBU speaking up taking notice of the entire shinobi and civilian council, "Yes Hokage-sama, it is quite important. However, I would like to speak to you in private about it, without the Council present."

Danzo spoke up at this time, "I request to be present when this information is reported. I am the overseers of the ANBU operations, there might be something I need to assign to a team."

Hiruzen looked over to his previous teammate, "Request granted. Everyone else, leave." The council stood up grumbling their disapproval at being kicked out from overhearing the newfound information. He focused his chakra through the room and privacy seals showed up, covering the walls. "Speak."

"Hokage-sama, we have reason to believe that the Uchiha clan is planning a coup d'etat to usurp the mantle from you and proclaim Konohagakure and the Land of Fire in the Uchiha name." Inu spoke, keeping his head bowed.

"These are some very serious accusations, Inu-san. Please remove your mask so I can see who speaks such."

Inu and Tori both removed their masks, revealing themselves to be Itachi and Shisui Uchiha of the Uchiha clan.

Danzo spoke up, "Quite surprising that two Uchiha members would betray their own clan."

"It is. Do you have any proof of the accused and who will be leading the supposed coup d'etat?" Hiruzen asked, concerned for his village's safety more than his life.

"We do." Shisui spoke, pulling out a scroll with a seal on it for recording voices. He poured chakra through it and the seal began to relay the voices recorded, speaking of a coup d'etat and when it would happen.

"Who is the one explaining the plan?" Hiruzen asked.

"The would be my father, Fugaku Uchiha, clan head of the Uchihas." Itachi spoke. "I think its best if we bring Fugaku-sama in for questioning and arrest."

"I don't believe so. I believe its best if the Uchiha clan was eradicated completely to prevent any further uprisings." Danzo spoke, his emotions speaking nothing but ill contempt of the Uchiha name. "If we don't act now and this gets out to any other clan, this poison will spread throughout the village like a wildfire that cannot be contained."

"Mmmm. This is quite troubling. Though I agree with you Danzo-san, I think there is a more peaceful solution to this than you are willing to accept. Itachi-san, Shisui-san, what is your take on this and your solution?" the Third Hokage spoke, still puffing on his pipe as he went over the relayed recording in his mind.

Shisui spoke up first, "I agree with you Hokage-sama that there is a more peaceful solution, however, I do not feel comfortable killing an entire clan all because of one event to prove a point to others. I have to agree with Itachi-san though that I think Fugaku should be brought in."

Itachi looked over to Danzo, trying to read him to see if he had a hidden agenda as he began to spoke, "I'm fairly positive that if we bring Fugaku-san in and question him as well as begin peaceful negotiations with the Uchiha clan, that the coup will no longer happen and the Uchiha won't even think about it again. Considering that its Fugaku-san who brought up the idea of the coup, the idea will also fade with him in custody." Itachi noticed the almost absent frown and worry in Danzo's mouth and eyes, keeping a mental note about it, listening to the Hokage hum with his options.

"Hokage-sama, if we negotiate with the Uchiha, then that would show the other clans we are willing to negotiate with them and it would only continue until we had a civil war in our midst..." Danzo was cut off before he could finish.

"I understand Danzo, but if we authorize the genocide of an entire clan, that is already a civil war, if not the start of it." Hiruzen stated looking at Danzo, wondering what his motives were to have an entire clan annihilated. "As such, Itachi-san, Shisui-san, I authorize you, Shisui, Neko, and Snake to take Fugaku into custody under charges of treason, premeditated murder, and conspiracy against the Land of Fire..." He noticed the two ANBU team members putting their masks back on, "I want him brought to Torture and Interrogation, immediately. This is an S-rank assignment, speak of this to anyone else besides the authorized members and you'll find yourself with Fugaku in Torture and Interrogation. Go!" Hiruzen waved his hand as his two ANBU disappeared, to complete their assignment.

"I believe you're making a big mistake Hokage-sama." Danzo stated as he stood up and bowed, before taking his leave.

Hiruzen leaned back in his chair and puffed on his pipe. "I hope you're having a better day than me Naruto-kun."

Yugao had just stepped out of the shower and walked over to the full length mirror, wrapping the towel around her body. Today was her day off and she was going to make the most of it, or what she could at least. Of course, being an ANBU member also meant that your day off could be renounced at a moments notice for any real reason. She grabbed a brush off of her vanity table and walked up to the mirror brushing her hair, looking at the silver necklace with the amethyst moon that Naruto had given her. She smiled softly as a small blush took to her cheeks. "Does he really see me like that?" she asked herself as she looked at herself in the mirror. Every shinobi knew the meaning behind silver jewelry, at least most shinobi did. Though it wasn't taught in the Academy, it was learned through the family that dated back to the First Hokage, who gave his wife a silver rune-encrusted ring. "Should a shinobi give another a piece of silver jewelry, they are offering themselves to the other and binding their life to that person. In order to accept such an offer, the gifted shinobi must also present a piece of silver jewelry of equal or greater value to the gifter shinobi." She recited in her head. She had no idea how much the necklace had cost or if she wanted to be bound to Naruto, after all, he was 6 years younger than her. He probably didn't even know of the rule, let alone meant anything by it. She frowned at the thought of Naruto being with someone else, after all, if it wasn't for Naruto, she'd probably have left the village by now.

FLASHBACK

Yugao was sitting inside the Ichiraku Ramen store, eating a bowl of miso ramen thinking about the breakup she just went through. She'd been with Hayate Gekko for about three years and she decided to give him a silver ring, smiling as she handed it to him, though he frowned and handed it back saying he couldn't accept the offer of the silver jewelry. She frowned and held back her tears as she poked at her soup, having only eaten half of it.

"Maybe I should leave the village, get away from here… and him." She thought to herself, trying to get Hayate's face out of her head. "What did I do wrong? Am I not attractive enough? Am I not strong enough? Am I not enough for him? What is it?" She didn't notice that someone else had walked into the store and sat down, ordering two bowls of miso ramen.

"Are you ok, Yugao-sensei?" spoke an all to familiar voice to her, which snapped her out of her own thoughts, quickly wiping away a few tears that had escaped.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for asking Memna." She lied, doing her best to sell a fake smile to him.

"You're a liar. I can tell you are." Naruto said as he received his two bowls of ramen. "Ramen time! Yeah!" he started slurping a few noodles before looking to Yugao again. "You know, whatever has made you upset, I hope its nothing too serious as I don't like seeing you upset."

She had almost forgotten that Naruto had become an extremely talented sensory ninja after she had taught him, not only to learn more after reading the books he stole from the library. Yugao smiled softly, "It really is nothing, just an old relationship of mine was just ended because he didn't want me." she replied honestly as she looked at her student. Sure, he was only going on 10, but he still was moderately attractive, especially his whiskers, though she couldn't see them as he had his mask on.

"I see…. Well, in my opinion, if he doesn't want you, then you're better off without him anyway." He stated between bites of noodles and meats.

"How do you figure Menma-kun?" she asked, turning towards him, leaning an elbow on the table, wanting to hear his explanation.

"Well, because if he didn't want you, then that means you're now free to find someone else. You're no longer wasting your time on a lost cause that wasn't going to happen. In the end, the result will be better for you because now you can find someone who is going to want to spend their time with you, whoever that may be." He had finished his first bowl, and had moved onto his second bowl.

Yugao smiled softly, knowing her young student was right. "Thank you Naruto-kun, you're wiser than most give you credit for. Must have been all those beatings you took growing up." She smiled softly and then turned and began eating her ramen, talking with Naruto about random things, but mostly about his upcoming Academy days.

FLASHBACK END

Yugao dropped the towel and looked over her body in the mirror. She was about 5'4" and slightly tanned skinned, the only scars she had was on her arms and the ANBU tattoo that every ANBU member has. Her long purple hair reached down to the middle of her back and was soft and smooth, due to the constant washing she did when she would have to watch over Naruto. Her arms were toned and not overly muscular, while her hips were petite not really made to carry a baby on but still wide enough to carry children, her long legs were well defined and smooth. She ran her hands over her stomach, which was flat and toned as well, while her breasts were at least a firm C-cup with perky nipples due to the cold air. "I wonder if any man will truly get to know the real me that stands in front of this mirror. I'm attractive enough, but that doesn't mean I'm good enough." She had turned around to look at her back and rear, trying to think of herself in the light a man would, constantly looking up at the necklace that was beside the mirror. She grabbed it and put it on, the amulet resting right between her breasts, causing anyone who would want to reach for it to have to put their hands between her breasts.

Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door, which caused her to jump, "Who is it?"

"Its Snake, Inu, and Tori. Get dressed, we need to go, now!" the voice spoke from behind the door.

"Ok, give me a quick second!" She frowned and looked at her body in the mirror one more time, hoping it was good enough for a man later down the road. She quickly threw on her ANBU outfit and grabbed her mask, putting it on and leaving. She saw her teammates and Snake waiting, "Whats our mission?" "So much for a day off and lounging around."

"To arrest Fugaku Uchiha and bring him to Torture and Interrogation." Inu replied before jumping away towards the Uchiha compound with his teammates in tow.

"Alright class, lets do a bit of taijutsu sparring. First up, Ino and Sakura. Please step into the circle, make the sparring sign of friendship and begin." The two girls stepped into the ring, glaring at each other, making the sign of friendship and took on the form they just learned in class. The match only lasted a few seconds, in which both Ino and Sakura managed to knock each other unconscious, causing the class to laugh. Iruka spoke up, announcing each set of sparring partners, each having a victor or coming to a draw. "Sasuke and Menma, please up to the circle."

Both shinobi stepped into the circle, "You should just give up Uchiha-san, you can't beat me." teased Naruto from behind his mask.

"Shut it baka. I'm going to beat you and then rip that mask off your face."

"You can try, but I can guarantee you it won't happen." He said grinning as they both made the friendship sign and backed away from each other ready to fight. Naruto just stood there, waiting for Sasuke to run towards him, seeing him do so not a few seconds later. Naruto, not wanting to show off, blocked the punch to his face but took a knee to his stomach, which caused Sasuke to grin.

"I told you, I'm going to beat you. I'm superior to you and always will be." Sasuke spoke, looking down at Naruto, reaching down to grab the mask, "Now lets see who's underneath this kitsune mask."

Before Sasuke could grab the mask, Naruto had grabbed his wrist, spun Sasuke around, and kicked him in the back to push him forward and away from him. "And I told you, you're not getting this mask off me." Naruto came forward and reached out to punch Sasuke, not moving to let him block his punch as he brought his knee up to Sasuke's chest, causing him to become winded and kneel over trying to get his breath again. Naruto haunched down and looked at him, "Funny, the great superior Uchiha lost a tiny sparring match. You'll make a great friend and rival." He stated before pushing Sasuke onto his side and standing up, walking out of the circle to join his classmates, hearing them talk amongst themselves about who was better, the classroom ultimately being split into two fan groups.

"Alright, now that the sparring is over…" Iruka spoke as he looked down to see Sasuke getting up and breathing somewhat normally, though still holding his chest, "Now we'll go back inside to learn about chakra nature and chakra control."

"Hai, Iruka-sensei." The class spoke in unison, falling into step behind him, each of the students talking to another. Naruto hung back to walk beside Sasuke.

"No hard feelings, eh Sasuke? I thought it was a good match." Naruto smiled offering his newly acquired friend his hand.

Sasuke looked at the boy offering his hand to him and shook it firmly, making sure to squeeze it a bit tightly. "No hard feelings at all, you just got lucky. Should we ever fight again, you won't be so lucky." Sasuke released Naruto's hand and walked in front of him. "Baka… I'll get you next time."

The ANBU team arrived at the Uchiha compound and stopped at the entrance to the clan head's home. "Snake, can you be the one to do the arresting? I don't want him to realize it's me when the charges are read to him." Inu spoke to his comrade.

The white-haired Snake ANBU nodded, "Sure. I can do that, but you're going to have to put the chakra seals and restraints on him when I'm reading the charges, you too Neko. Tori, you'll be backup in case he decides to fight." The three ANBU members nodded as Snake stepped up and knocked on the door.

"Just a second!" came a soft voice from inside the house. The door opened revealing a woman carrying a small child and looked at the four people in front of her. "Can I help you?"

"We're need to speak with Fugaka Uchiha please ma'am, immediately. Its quite urgent and needs his attention." Spoke the white-haired ANBU, using a silver tongue to get his desired result.

"Sure, wait here." The woman left the door open and went back towards the hallway, calling down it, "Fugaku-kun, a team of ANBU is here to see you! They need your advice on something." She heard a response and smiled as her husband began walking down the hallway to the door.

"Thank you Mikoto-chan, please give us a minute?" He spoke to his wife, kissing her softly before stepping outside and closing the door. "What can I help you four with?"

Inu and Neko stepped around Fugaku and quickly placed two chakra seals on his wrists and chakra chains on him as Snake began to speak. "You are hereby under arrest for treason, conspiracy against the Land of Fire, and premeditated murder. As a shinobi of the Leaf, you are required to come quietly or risk execution. We will be escorting you to be questioned, after which the term of imprisonment will be up to the Hokage."

"You're making a mistake. I've done no such thing, but I will come quietly and cooperatively." Fugaku spoke as the ANBU he was surrounded by, began leading him towards the Torture and Interrogation building.

Fugaku sat in a chair, his hands and feet bound to the floor and arms of the chair, each restraint he had on was held down with chakra absorption seals. He looked up to watch Ibiki come in. "Good afternoon Ibiki. Surely you can let me go as the accusations here are falsified and incorrect."

"Sorry Fugaku, but I have my orders, now, you will tell me everything you know about the coup d'etat that the Uchiha clan is planning. I would suggest you be honest as I really would hate to use my tools on you." He spoke the last bit of the sentence with a twisted pleasure, as he enjoyed breaking someone's mind to the point that they spilled everything to him.

"I have no idea what you're talking about. There is no coup d'etat. The Uchiha are happy with where we are at." Fugaku lied, not wanting to give out any information. He would have to implement every bit of his harsh training he received from his father to not break and spill his plans.

Ibiki looked over to the one sided mirror where the ANBU team and the Hokage stood before turning back towards Fugaku. "One last chance Fugaku, and I'm being generous. Either tell me your plans or I'll begin a harsher way of extracting information from you."

"I told you, I have no information on any coup!" Fugaku exclaimed, trying to sell his innocence.

Ibiki grins as he walks over to a table of tools and picks up a syringe and flicks the needle, walking over to Fugaku and sticks the needle into the mans arm and injects the liquid into it.

"What the hell did you just inject into me?" the Uchiha clan head asked, as he started to feel searing pain where anything was touching him.

"It's a serum that amplifies the nerve endings for pain, making the slightest touch.." he emphasizes the word 'touch' by sliding a finger down Fugaku's arm, "feel as if that area is being sliced open to the deepest part of your body and then burned." he finished as he listened to Fugaku's groaning of pain, grinning as he has begun to enjoy this interrogation. "I can always make the pain stop by giving you the antidote, but I need answers. Now, you know my question. Answer it."

Ibiki continued to ask questions, each time, the question being the same until finally, Fugaku's mentality broke, "Yes! I planned a coup d'etat to take the mantle of Hokage for my own! Now please make the pain stop!" Fugaku pleaded.

"Why did you plan the coup d'etat to begin with?" Ibiki asked, sliding a feather over Fugaku's arm, listening to his screams.

"I was paid to plan it at first but then I saw how much better the Land of Fire would be if under Uchiha control." Fugaku answered, not fighting anymore as the pain was beginning to be unbearable.

"Who paid you?"

"Danzo."

Danzo began to pack a bag and a few pouches, making sure he burnt any scrolls that contained any information about his illegal activities and communications. In all his shady wisdom, he had forgotten to put a secrecy seal on Fugaku, thinking that his plans would have gone on without a hitch. He knew Itachi and Shisui would find out about the coup, but he didn't expect the Hokage to not listen to him. His plans at acquiring a mass amount of sharingan had just gone out the window, and now, he needed to escape before Fugaku broke. He finished packing his stuff and planted exploding tags throughout his house, leaving quickly. He ran up the wall surrounding Konohagakure and looked down at his house, making a few seals. "Doton: Bakuhatsu chikyu."(Earth Style: Exploding Earth) His house then exploded, debris flying everywhere. "This will give me enough time to escape as the ANBU will be looking to see if there is a danger anywhere else." Danzo leaped off the wall and into the forest below, taking off in the direction of Iwagakure.

Hiruzen frowned and hit his desk as he was told of Danzo's escape and his home being blown up. Danzo had many secrets about Konohagakure and he needed to be found and eliminated before someone else was able to capture him. That is, if they could actually defeat him, Danzo in his own right was at least a Kage level shinobi. "Snake... put Danzo's name into the Konohagakure Bingo Book. List every bit of data you can about him and put his bounty to 40 million ryo. I want him brought back as well, if at all possible, dead or alive."

"Hai!" Snake bowed before shunshin-ing away to the Logistics unit to give them the update.

"Damn it Danzo. You were a good friend and a great military advisor. Why'd you have to go and play me under the bus!"