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Hidden by the Fox
Chapter 1: The Plans
The Guide has this to say about Paperwork Country: It's a whooping great pain in the ass. The country is obsessed with paperwork. You have to sign a form to, take a pee, park your car, and invade the country; just to name a few.
The land is also protected by the Village Hidden by the Lawyers; whose ninja are capable of beating anyone, in court. The efforts of this village are one of the reasons why the country has never been invaded. But that main reason why the country has never been attacked is the fact, that all other leaders consider it, not worth the headache.
The "secret" meeting room under the temple was good for the meeting for one reason. Orochimaru didn't know it existed.
Arashi surveyed the assembled ninjas. There was numerous regular Chunin and Jounin, a few civilians and the clan heads: Shibi Aburame, Tsume Inuzuka, Inoichi Yamanaka, Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, and Hizashi and Hiashi Hyuuga. However, only Itachi, Shishui, and Obito appeared from the Uchiha Clan.
"Okay," Arashi said, breaking the silence. "We are here for one reason, and that is we believe that our future, and that of our children, are no longer what it once was. Thanks to the efforts of an ANBU agent, it has been discovered that our Hokage is conducting Kinjutsu experiments on the people of this village."
Arashi waited for the murmurs of alarm to die down before continuing. "Now, more then half the people of this village support Orochimaru, so, overthrowing him would merely divide and break the village. What I'm proposing is a mass desertion."
"Where would we go then?" Hizashi asked.
"Well, we need to go somewhere that is fairly out of Orochimaru's grasp, and, hopefully, doesn't have a shinobe village. I suggest Wave country. It is fairly isolated, protected by the ocean, and the archipelago is small enough to escape Orochimaru's interest. It's also pretty prosperous so we should have a good number of clients."
A brief pause filled the room as the occupants processed the information.
"The Inuzuka Clan offers their support," Tsume finally said.
"Same with my clan," Inoichi, Choza, and Shikaku said at the simultaneously.
"You have my support," Shibi added.
"I think I can convince most of the Hyuuga to join you," Hiashi added. "But there will be some that will stay."
"The majority of the Uchiha clan is loyal to Orochimaru," Obito finally breathed out. "We are the only three that aren't."
"That's good we have this much support at least," Arashi said relief evident in his voice. "Here's the plan. The civilians that wish to come will organize into a caravan that needs a large number of ninja guards. Any of our number that is not chosen for the "mission" will go out into the forest to "train". They will meet up with the caravan, and we will head to Wind Country, to throw Orochimaru of our trail. We will then travel around fire country and head to water country, where we will take a boat to Wave Country. On the way, if we should run into anyone who wishes to join us, we should give them at least a chance to voice their reasons. We will need all the help we can get. Any objections?"
When no one voice any hint of disproval Arashi continued. "Good we have at least a week to prepare. We should all start packing now. The civilians will need to organize a caravan as soon as possible, call it a migration. After all, Orochimaru cannot control whether or not a civilian can leave. We will meet here in five days time to discuss any complications that might have risen."
Later at the Hyuuga Estate…
"There is a slight problem concerning the Cage Seal Hiashi-sama," Hizashi told Hiashi, after they returned from the meeting.
"What do you mean?" Hiashi asked confused.
"If any of the Main House members stay behind they will be able to kill off any Branch House members that join us in the desertion." Hizashi explained.
"That does create a problem, and there seems to be only one solution. Brother take off your headband." Hiashi instructed.
Hizashi removed his forehead protector, revealing the Caged Bird Seal on his forehead. Hiashi made a series of hand seals then said, "Key to the Cage Unsealing Jutsu." He then pressed his fingers against the Cage Seal on Hizashi's forehead. The seal glowed green and then disappeared.
"Form this point forward, all branch members that join us will have their Cage seals removed." Hiashi announced.
"Thank you," Hizashi said under his breath.
A week passed without incident. The soon to renegade ninja's had either already "left to train", or were going to be "guarding the caravan." Obito, Shishui, and Itachi had had no luck in convincing other Uchiha members to join the exodus.
"You will not go through with this crazy plan, Itachi!" Fugaku roared.
"I can and I will," Itachi retorted.
"Then think about what is best for the clan!"
"I am, and I think what's best for the clan, is to leave the village."
"Fine! Go traitor! From this point on, you're no longer my son!"
"I will be taking Sasuke with me to," Itachi said, as he turned to leave. "It will do him more good, to leave this village as well."
"Fine! Take that demon spawn child. It killed its mother so I will have nothing to do with it!"
"Take this." Itachi said, as he put a folder on a table. "It has the real reason my mother died."
Itachi strode out of room and into a room with a crib in the corner. He picked up the sleeping child and walked into the street where he met up with Shishui and Obito.
Fugaku paced around the room for a few hours after Itachi had left. He finally paced to the table and picked up the envelope that Itachi had left. His eyes widened in alarm as he read what the letter inside contained.
Experiment: 1st's Power #34
Objective: to see if the power of the 1st transfers from mother to unborn baby.
Subject: Mikoto Uchiha (Child: Sasuke Uchiha)
Result: Failure
Notes: The genes appeared to have a destructive effect on subject resulting in death. The child survived (with no ill effects) but subsequent blood tests confirmed that the power was not transferred to child. Resulting cover up was successful in making subjects death appear to be complications with birthing.
The note slipped from Fugaku's hand and fluttered to the floor. "It's true," he thought. "Itachi was right when he said the Hokage was experimenting on people. I have nothing now, I wrongfully disowned my sons, and they are not coming back, and my wife was killed by the man I was loyal to."
He then spied the Tanto sitting on its rack to the side.
The next morning the maid found Fugaku lying on the floor, dead. He had committed seppuku.
Incidentally Fugaku's suicide managed to draw Orochimaru's attention long enough; that it was two months before he figured out that the missing ninja weren't coming back.
Authors Note: Well hope this chapter is okay.
Won't be able to update for a while. Going camping for vacation.
For those who don't know…
Seppuku is a Japanese form of ritual suicide. Need more info… look it up.
I also have no idea if the Hyuuga Cursed Seal can be activated from range.