A/N: Yo! Back again with another chapter, hope you enjoy it!
I know in the Naruto series it says that the only way to get Mangekyo is through killing your best friend, later proven to be a mis-conception because of Kakashi.
Though I could be wrong, for this fic there is only one known Mangekyo eye pattern (Itachi's in canon) that could be achieved through strong feelings of abandonment and murder. Where as the new pattern (Kakashi's in canon) is achieved through feelings of pain, anger, and remorse.
One more thing, in canon it implies that Sharingan originated from Byakugan. It's different in my fic for plot purposes which will be revealed in chapter 5!
Plus there is a little surprise in the Sharingan itself for my fic. It helps develop the plot, hate me or not, gonna do it and it's in this chapter!
Also thanks for the people who reviewed, the number of reviews wont stop me from writing or lacking inspiration, in fact I was surprised that so far all my reviews have been positive, take that ninth grade English teacher, I can write with a little skill after all!
And to Bucks, thanks man, glad you enjoyed the fic and yeah…LN forums isn't wrong…I'm now 22 years old and feeling it…eh. Anyways…
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!
In a lush green forest stood two figures, one wearing a long black coat with red cloud imprints, a conical straw hat hiding his facial features with strips of white cloth dangling from its edges and one lone spike-like bell swaying and ringing in the wind.
The other was translucent, though his style of clothes was like that of the first, he wore no hat, his eyes a dull gray color, and his appearance was shrouded in darkness.
"Has he passed the test? Orochimaru." asked the ghost-like figure.
"Yes leader. The one you have ascertained as holding the blood of the ancients is worthy of it, the ring of crimson." confirmed the one now known as Orochimaru.
"Good," said the leader as four cloaked figures walked out from behind the foliage. "I have sent your partner, Sasori, as well as Zetsu and Kisame, Shisui's partner, to you."
Removing his hat and sharpening his eyes at the leader, Orochimaru asked, "Why send half the organization here leader?"
Giving Orochimaru a condescending look, the leader spat out, "I sent them to you because Shisui has one last test to fulfill, he is to eliminate Uchiha Itachi, the man standing in our way of our target, and capture the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki."
"Still…you needed four witnesses to this leader?! I believe that I am enough for a pathetic village the likes of Konohagakure no Sato!" growled out an irate Orochimaru.
"Orochimaru! Your arrogance blinds you, your ignorance is what will lead to your demise, like your target you too will fall prey to your own musings!" the leader shouted eyes glaring with killing intent, "I have sent these three to accompany you and Shisui because I will not tolerate failure! That man is still alive and foiled my plan once before! Not even the five of you will stand a chance against him!"
Calming himself down, the leader continues, "The plan is simple, watch from a distance while Shisui completes his test to kill the Uchiha and attempts his mission at retrieving the Jinchuuriki."
Calming himself after the leaders' outburst Orochimaru asked, "And what if Arashi is to interfere?"
"Escape," the leader simply replied, "The others know what to do and don't let your foolish arrogance get you killed Orochimaru."
"Orochimaru...speaking of your target, have you found the Hachimata yet?" asked the leader, receiving a negative head shake. "Very well...you have your missions."
With that last statement, the leaders form faded into nothingness. Placing his hat back on his head, Orochimaru spoke.
"…we got our orders. We strike under the cover of night. Prepare yourself Shisui-kun."
With that, all members nodded and vanished into the forest.
In the Hokage tower, Arashi was looking at two figures, both Anbu, standing in front of him.
"Kakashi, Rin, I want both of you to deliver these." Holding both hands out with seven envelopes, Kakashi took four and Rin took three, "This mission is of the utmost importance and those letters are to be given only to the heads of the clan."
"But Hokage-sama…" chirped out Rin from behind her bird mask, "I don't see a letter for the Kurama clan."
"As you know their clan head was killed a month ago in a house fire, cause unknown, and the clan is still debating who should take the role as the head." Taking in a short breathe Arashi continued.
"Sending them a letter now would force strife within the clan to forcefully choose a head. Though I regret not including them, I will also not take the chance of igniting inner clan war. Now both of you have your missions, dismissed!"
"Hai!" both Anbu members sharply said before vanishing from the room. Taking a seat in his chair the Hokage asked himself, "I hope they all can make it tonight."
Walking down the road side by side were Naruto and Sasuke, "Seriously! Next time Sasuke, we gotta remember. Paint that can come off with water!" mumbled an irate Naruto.
Glancing at his long time friend and rival, all Sasuke could think of is how dirty they look. Naruto's once light colored Kamishimo covered with dirt and spots of paint, his own clothes looking much the same.
"Naruto! It's not time to think of the 'next time' we do a prank! Look at me! When my parents see me their gonna know!" scolded a worried looking Sasuke.
"Tch! What will that mean? No jutsu training for a week Sasuke? Man, you're so lucky, I mean Fugaku-san has already taught you and Tsukiko-chan a few cool jutsu!" argued a fuming Naruto. "I seriously wish I knew something like Goukakyuu no Jutsu…"
"Psh! You shouldn't be the one to talk, you get training from two of the legendary sannin! That's hardly a thing to put lightly Naruto!" retorted Sasuke.
"Alright than you tell me what's cooler…blowing a wicked ass fireball outta your mouth or walking up and down trees for three hours holding buckets half filled with water or 'practicing' stealth while conducting 'research'?" at this Naruto turned to look at Sasuke to see him flush a little at the 'research' part.
Turning his gaze back to the front, Naruto said, "I shouldn't say things like that, they've taught me a lot…I guess. At least a few days ago Jiraiya-ojisan taught me Kage Bunshin."
"Kage Bunshin? That sounds cool." said Sasuke, looking at Naruto for an explanation. Noticing his friends' face, he starting scratching his nose in contemplation and began.
"Its sorta like a bunshin, but real…ya know? Jiraiya-ojisan says my chakra control sucks so he taught me this. He also said something about it being a forbidden jutsu."
"If a forbidden jutsu isn't cool Naruto, than I don't know what is." laughed Sasuke, calming himself after he noticed that Naruto still looked like he was thinking.
"Well, he said there are two reasons its a forbidden jutsu…the first being that it makes clones with even amounts of chakra, so if someone made to many for their chakra reserves, they'd die." pausing for a bit to collect his thoughts.
At this, Sasuke took his gaze off Naruto and began processing the information, "What's the other reason its forbidden Naruto?" Naruto than turned his head up to the sky and said, "The clones themselves can learn and their knowledge become your knowledge."
Sasuke was looking at Naruto like he was crazy, "And that's bad why? To me it sounds like you could be a scholar in no time!"
"That's where he said the jutsu was bad Sasuke. If I were to force myself to learn everything I could using Kage Bunshins, gaining massive amounts of knowledge at once. It could…drive me insane…" Sasuke gawked at his friend and this new revelation, not noticing him stopping, "We're here Sasuke."
Collecting himself, Sasuke turned to the gates of the ninja academy. "Why are we here Naruto?"
Naruto looked at him like he was an idiot and said, "Baka! I told you this morning that since Itachi-sensei was out on a mission we would just relax somewhere and wait for the academy to let out. Hinata-chan and Tsukiko-chan wanted me to meet their new friends. But you were like 'I'm so BORED!' and I came up with that ingenious plan!"
Sasuke just felt his sweat drop from his forehead while watching Naruto's usually bored features contort into a mischievous smile, an evil glint in his eyes, and muffled chuckling signaling his next plan. 'He's like a demon!'
Both boys walked into the academies courtyard, Naruto glanced at Sasuke before saying, "This is my first time actually being on the grounds you know…have you been here before Sasuke?"
Nodding his head in confirmation, "Yeah, just last week in fact, Otou-san wanted me to view the school and took me on a tour during school hours…" after hearing this, Naruto noticed Sasuke shudder and turn pale.
Turning his gaze past Sasuke, noticing a flood of kids heading out of the school, Naruto finally experienced an ear shattering scream surpassing his own, "SASUKE-KUN!!!"
Shaking his head, lessening the ringing sensation in his ears, he noticed two cute girls clinging onto each of Sasuke's arms, one with light blonde hair and light blue eyes, the other with pink hair and emerald green eyes.
Turning his attention back to his friend he noticed him visibly get paler and go weak at the knee's, only to be held up being the two young girls.
"Ohh Sasuke-kun, you came all the way here to meet us?" asked the pink haired girl.
'Sorta love struck, but she's cute…and has pretty eyes…' thought Naruto.
"I'm sure of it! And look, Sasuke-kun has even gone weak in the knee's at our beauty!" shouted the blonde haired girl. Getting both girls to squeal and giggle at their proclamations.
'I don't know if that's miss placed or what, but she's quite confident…and she has nice hair…their both pretty cute…" thought Naruto, smiling through his thoughts.
Both girls than turned to take notice of Naruto, in unison asked, "Sasuke-kun…is this your man-servant?"
'AND THEIR BOTH PISSING ME OFF!!!' thought Naruto, eyes wide with anger and fist balled up in front his face shaking violently.
At this, Sasuke straightened himself instantly, regaining his natural skin color, and glanced at Naruto before bursting out in a laughing fit. "Oh man…man-servant…I'm gonna have to remember that one!" gasped out Sasuke between laughs.
Naruto started to walk towards 'Sasuke and friends' slowly, killing intent gushing from his form till something wrapped itself around his arm, "Naru-kun…what's wrong?" asked a young girl with beautiful black hair and eyes to match.
'Damn that girl! Does she always have to latch onto Naruto like her life depended on it?!' thought a graceful violet haired girl with pale, pupil-less eyes, and a not so graceful vein throbbing on her forehead.
"You do look troubled Naruto-kun…is something the matter?" asked the violet haired girl.
Calming himself after another tug at his arm he replied, "Hinata-chan, Tsukiko-chan, I'm fine now, thanks for asking, just remember, Sasuke owes you two a thank you later, you just saved him a one-way trip too the third level of hell."
Getting nods and smiles from both girls, a distinct voice called, "Oi! Naruto? Is that you?" asked a boy with long black hair and eyes like Hinata's, next to him walked another boy with long black hair that curled up at the ends and bushy eyebrows, and lastly a girl with brown balled up hair, kind of looking like panda ears, and earthy brown eyes.
"Boy, to think, the whole gangs here now, it's nice to see you Neji. It's been a long time." said Naruto, hearing a chirp from the side of him, Naruto turned to face Hinata. "Actually Naruto-kun, the friends Tsukiko-san and I made haven't been dismissed quite yet."
"Hnn…they get in trouble or something?" asked Naruto, getting a nod from both Tsukiko and Hinata.
"They pulled a prank today on the sensei," said Hinata shaking her head at the smile on Naruto's face and glint in his eyes, Tsukiko tugged on his arm again to knock him out of his muse and Hinata continued. "No Naruto-kun, the intricate prank you're thinking of is no where near what they did, all they did was put a chalk board eraser in a door so it fell on the sensei's head."
His eyes losing its glint but his smile still on his face, Naruto whispered out, "Classic."
Naruto turned to the loud voice knocking him out of his thoughts, "Neji-kun! Is this the person you were talking about?! The one named Naruto?!" said the boy with bushy eyebrows.
"Uh…yeah, this is him. Naruto, let me introduce you to my friends Le-" "Naruto-Kun! I acknowledge you as my eternal rival! I want to fight you right here! Right now!" shouted the bushy browed kid, gaining the attention of all the people present.
'Man…this guy is like Gai-sensei when he's around Kakashi-ojisan…I wonder…" thought Naruto, sticking his finger in his ear and closing his eyes lazily before saying.
"Hnm? Did you just saying something?"
"GYAAAH! That hip, fresh, new attitude! You truly are my eternal rival Naruto-kun!" said bushy brow, his hand shaking in front of him and waterfalls of tears running down his face.
"I need a hug! Neji-kun!"
"No way!"
"Tenten!"
"Eww, no! Stay away from me!
"Neji-kun!"
In unison, Neji and the girl now known as Tenten yelled "NO!"
'Man, just add a bowl cut and some spandex...some people might think Gai-sensei has skeletons in his closet.' thought Naruto, chuckling at his little joke.
Though funny at first everyone felt a bead of sweat drop down their foreheads when bushy brow finally found something to hug…the tree they all were standing under.
At that moment, a brash looking boy with a hooded jacket and a small dog tucked in it asleep, came bursting through the front door of the academy followed by three others, a boy with glasses and a nose high collar jacket, a bored looking boy with a weird haircut resembling a pineapple who just yawned his way to the group, and a fat kid with a potato chip bag in his hands munching away.
Once reaching the group, the brash boy ran straight up to Hinata, practically two inches from her face saying, "Hinata-chan…who was this friend you want us to meet"
Leaning back to make some space between them and putting her hands up in front of her face in a defensive manner, she said, "You know Kiba-kun, I need room to breathe…"
Jumping back a few feet away from the group, Kiba stood there scratching under his nose and chuckling in embarrassment.
Thinking to himself about what just happened, Naruto smirked and said, "Hinata-chan, I didn't know you wanted to introduce me to your boyfriend, so young…but love knows no age right?" the smirk now turning to a full blown grin.
Hinata's reaction was not what he expected it to be, rather than agree with him she flushed a bright red and stuttered out, "N-N-No Na-Naruto-k-kun, I-Its no-not like th-that a-at all!"
Looking utterly dumbfounded about Hinata's reaction, Naruto turned his attention to Kiba whose face held a condescending smirk on it before blurting out, "What?! You jealous, Blondie?!"
'What are you gonna do now Naruto?' thought Neji while their counterpart, Sasuke, thought, "Now this should be good.'
'B-B-Blondie! Prick!' thought Naruto while nudging Tsukiko to move aside, she obliged and he put his hands behind his head and spoke, "Me? Jealous of a mutt-face like you? I don't think so."
"Mutt-face!" growled out Kiba while running at Naruto, fist reared back ready to deliver a savage punch. Throwing his punch, he was surprised that he hit nothing, 'Bunshin? No...speed...f-fast.' thought Kiba, not noticing that the punch he just threw set him off balance and his face was heading on a one-way trip to the ground.
Before he could hit the ground someone grabbed the back of the jackets collar, saving him from an embarrassing fall and the little dog that he forgot was still in his jacket from one very rude awakening.
Everyone there was awed, wondering how he got from being in front of Kiba to being behind him. The only people there not in a stupor at this were Sasuke, Neji, Hinata, and Tsukiko. They were just wondering what Naruto would do now.
"Hey bud, I'm sorry about that…I just don't like to be called Blondie…you know?" said Naruto while straightening Kiba and patting his back to help him get his bearings again. "The names Naruto, it's nice to meet you."
Kiba just stared at the kid who just did some sort of super speed thing in front his eyes. Shaking his head from his thoughts he muttered out, "The names Kiba, Inuzuka Kiba."
About to turn to the rest of the group Naruto was stopped by something wrapping its arms around his neck, straddling his back and shouting "PIGGYBACK RIDE!"
Noticing it was none other than Tsukiko on his back with a big smile he turned to face the others, his gaze was met by gaping mouths, he than turned to the ones he did know and noticed they all had content expressions.
Tsukiko and Hinata both had big smiles at how he handled the situation, while Sasuke and Neji had content smirks, knowing about their friends' frequent outbursts than immediate change to amend what he had said or done. It was what they learned by sparring with him, what they had become accustom to for being friends with him their whole life. In unison they all thought, "I guess he's not gonna tell them his surname…"
Turning his gaze back onto the others, he just looked on in puzzlement, 'Are their faces gonna get stuck like that?' he thought before saying, "Just in case you didn't hear me, I'm Naruto, Nice to meet everyone."
Recovering from their stupor, everyone began reciting their names. The two who 'attacked' Sasuke earlier stood straight and gave a small bow and introduced themselves as Yamanaka Ino and Haruno Sakura. The two who came with Neji than said their names were Rock Lee and Tenten while Lee kept shouting something about a true rival. And lastly the other three that came with Kiba introduced themselves as Aburame Shino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji.
Hinata was happy that the people there, even after that little predicament, were now on friendlier terms, and than it hit her like a ton of bricks, 'When the hell did she latch back onto Naruto!'
Neji looked at his cousin noticing her gaze on Naruto and the perched Tsukiko, also noting she was furiously chewing on her thumbnail. "Hinata-sama…you still have a crush on him huh?"
Turning to face her cousin Neji, her eyes were soft yet she was still furiously chewing away at her thumbnail, she nodded slightly in the positive. She felt his hand on her back.
"Though I know not of that type of feeling as of yet, I can safely say you shouldn't let Tsukiko-sama get so friendly with Naruto. So maybe you need a little," Neji paused to smile at his younger cousin before nudging her off balance towards Naruto. "push in the right direction."
Her eyes widened, her stumbling form stopped by the shoulder of her crush, though embarrassed, she stayed there, close to him flushing slightly. Unknown to her Tsukiko had a scowl on her features, 'What is she doing so close to Naru-kun!'
'Hinata-sama, your kind like your mother…though you lack her determination. I'm sure in time it will be part of your personality, after all, it is because of her determination that the branch and main families are on friendlier terms.' Thought Neji while watching the content look on his cousins' features.
"You know Itachi-sensei," said Naruto, looking at Sasuke with a smirk, Sasuke returning the smirk, finished, "It's not polite to hide from your students, Nii-san."
Emerging from the shadows was Uchiha Itachi, clad in regular Jounin issue clothes except for the undershirt, rather than having the long sleeve Jounin shirt, he sported an Uchiha style T-shirt with their clan symbol on the left sleeve, he wore no gloves like most Jounins and Chuunins do, but his most outstanding article of attire was what seemed to be a Short Bo-staff on his back, slung across it from his left shoulder to his right hip and about the length of a normal katana.
"Naruto-kun…how many times do I have to tell you, shinobi do not show their skills unless locked in battle." Said the stoic Itachi, the seven new comers just gawked at the young man, remembering hearing about the prodigy Uchiha from their academy sensei's.
"Tch…if you think I was just gonna stand there and get slugged in the face…than you don't seem to be much of a genius." retorted Naruto with a sly smile.
Glancing at him from the corner of his eye, Itachi replied, "Don't get cocky brat," Naruto visibly scowled at being referred to by a pet name all his sensei's has become accustom to calling him. "though you should be proud, not many eight year olds like you or Sasuke get to the genin level anymore, but don't overestimate your own skills to tell me if I'm a genius or not."
Naruto's face changed from a scowl to one of regret, Itachi noticing this put a hand on the kids head and said, "Don't worry about it too much, by the way, why is Kiko-chan on your back? And…" with the last word Itachi turned his gaze to the content Hinata who seemed not to hear him, or more specifically, didn't hear him.
Naruto just shrugged, not knowing why himself. But Tsukiko had the perfect answer for Itachi, "Because I can Ita-oniisan!" emphasizing her point by sticking out her tongue.
Naruto than felt sweat drop down his forehead at the answer, than redirected his attention to Neji who said, "Hinata-sama is there because I 'accidentally' bumped into her, she stumbled, landed on Naruto's arm, and…" shifting his head towards Hinata who was still deaf to the world.
Itachi settling his gaze once again on the two girls while noticing Naruto's dumb expression shrugged it off, "Well, Yondaime-sama has informed me that there will be a meeting tonight with the clan heads and sent me here to see if you guys wanted to get dinner."
Naruto looked to the sky before saying, "He's using that crystal ball thing huh?" Itachi nodded his head in confirmation and continued, "That's why he sent me here, he saw that you were making some new friends and coincidently, most of them belong to the families that are attending the meeting tonight. So is that fine with everyone?"
Getting nods of confirmation from everyone but still noticing everyone's opened mouth expressions, Itachi chuckled out, "We haven't been properly introduced yet have we," smiling and bowing his head slightly towards the seven new friends, "I'm Uchiha Itachi, its nice to meet you."
In the Hokage tower was Arashi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Sarutobi, and Fugaku under the gaze of the other clan heads. In front of Arashi were numerous scrolls and papers but one stood out, one scroll with the outer edges in a distinct color, one side a light blue and the other colored crimson, both with Tomoe shaped images.
"Yondaime-sama, why call us here when it's almost nightfall?!" asked the brash head of the Inuzuka clan, Tsume.
"This concerns the safety of the village Tsume!" said a stern Jiraiya, tossing six folders towards the other clan heads, "In those folders is information on a new organization named Akatsuki. My sources have been keeping tabs on several S-ranked missing nin's for sometime now. Namely, Orochimaru."
The whole room became cold, the occupants quieted themselves and let Jiraiya continue, "Though their numbers in the organization is unknown, my sources confirm two members, Orochimaru himself and one of the seven swordsmen of the mist, Hoshigaki Kisame. They wear a sort of uniform which can be seen in those folders, their motive is still unclear though they seem to be pursuing Jinchuuriki as of now."
"Than what of Naruto-kun? And why does this concern the village?" asked Yamanaka Inoichi.
Arashi simply looked at Fugaku and received a nod, "Naruto is fine, Itachi is with him right now…more importantly, the reason this information pertains to the safety of this village is that according to information received this morning we have suspicions that Orochimaru is indeed back in Konoha territory."
"That means he is here for one of two reasons, first, to take my son and second…to recruit a new member. Though the second is more feasible than the first." finishing his sentence, Arashi noticed Nara Shikaku opening his eyes.
"So you're saying even if Orochimaru wanted to, he wouldn't stand a chance against the force of Konoha on his own? If I am not interpreting this wrong." asked Shikaku while receiving a nod of confidence from Akimichi Choza.
Reaching for the scroll with the crimson and blue edges, Arashi began, "The other reason is more feasible because of the information supporting the claim," opening the sealed scroll and rolling it out for all to see Arashi continued, "and because of the events, we believe one member of our Anbu may have defected and joined up with Orochimaru and more importantly, Akatsuki."
Watching everyone turn their eyes away from the scroll with worried glances Hyuga Hiashi spoke, "This Mangekyo Sharingan, this is quite the powerful doujutsu to reveal to us Fugaku."
Fugaku visibly scowled at his rival till he was pulled from his thoughts from Arashi, "This information is an S-class secret, and it does not leave this room, Fugaku has trusted me with this and I trust all of you."
"Than why show us this in the first place?" asked Choza. Simply getting a nod from the six others in the room who did not know what happened.
Slowly leaning forward in his seat Sarutobi spoke, "This is where I step in, this morning…"
Walking down the street towards Ichiraku's ramen stand were thirteen kids and one jounin.
"You sure you got the money to pay for all of us Itachi-sensei?" asked Naruto who was still piggybacking Tsukiko, the deal they made when choosing a place to eat was simply cut down when Naruto said he'd carry her all the way to Ichiraku's for training. Itachi accepted.
"Yeah, actually I'm not paying the bill alone, your father has agreed to split it so I have no problem with that." said Itachi, matter of factly, while Naruto nodded in understanding.
"Umm…Itachi-san…what's that weapon on your back? It's too small for a Bo-staff and it looks like the length of a Katana…and it's also strapped to your back in the southpaw manner…"asked Tenten, curiosity in her eyes. Itachi just smirked and began.
"Actually this is a ninjato made to the longest length of twenty four inches, not quite as long as a katana but it is useful." Itachi paused for a moment and turned to look at Naruto, "The design is actually Naruto's idea. He has been working under me for almost a year now as an apprentice weapons smith."
Her eyes went wide and a smile adorn her face, "Itachi-san…you're a weapons smith?!" asked the now excited girl. Nodding his head in confirmation he continued.
"Though I am more experienced in weapon smithing than Naruto here, I am merely a conventional crafter." pausing again Itachi reached with his right hand behind his back by his lower right hip. In one smooth motion, Itachi drew the blade with no sound in a reverse grip than twirled it into a normal hold. Tenten just squealed at its creative design.
"Naruto designed this sword for me." That statement got everyone's attention. "He took into consideration the principles of a shinobi, deception, and applied it to this blade, as you can see it lacks a tsuba (Hand guard) and is modeled as an aikuchi (mouth fitting) blade so that it fits in it's saya (scabbard) perfectly, giving it the look of a stick."
Half way through Itachi's explanation Tenten began to focus her gaze on Naruto, stars in here eyes, though no one took notice.
"What I like most about this blade is that Naruto had made a 'ball and spring' that clicks when you sheath the sword, making it possible to run and jump with it in this upside down position." with another smooth motion re-sheathing the sword with a click.
Once again drawing his sword but this time so fast that, to everyone present, it seemed like a blur, everyone gasped when it was smugly against Naruto's throat, "And the resistance the 'ball and spring' give to the sword upon drawing helps heighten my battoujutsu to a certain level. Making drawing the sword like you just saw possible."
Everyone there except six people were surprised at the amount of skill, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji were already expecting it to happen, Hinata and Tsukiko were to complacent in their positions to care, and lastly Sakura seemed to be in another world all together.
Once Ichiraku's came into view, Sakura stopped walking and chirped out, "Umm…Naruto?" the group stopped to look at the perplexed girl. "Itachi-san has mentioned your father a couple of times…I was just wondering…are you from a clan or royal family? You haven't given us your surname…"
Itachi took note of what she said and furrowed his brow in frustration, crossing his arms across his chest, "Naruto! You haven't given your new friends a proper introduction?"
Naruto stood there studying his new friends inquisitive expressions, sighing he said, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, son of Uzumaki Suzu and Kazama Arashi. Nice to meet you." Naruto just sighed again at his friend's surprised expressions.
After being greeted by the proprietor Teuchi, everyone ate their ramen quietly, only after finishing his first bowl Naruto turned to Sakura and Ino, they both flinched when they saw him looking at them.
Finally the silence was broken by a fidgeting Sakura, "Both Ino and myself are sorry Naruto-sama…we had no idea who you were…" Ino nodded her head at this agreeing with her friend.
Naruto visibly disturbed, though a new bowl of ramen was put in front of him, he just put his chopsticks on top of it and said solemnly, "The reason I never tell anyone my last name is because of this."
His new friends all turned to face him, while the others kept eating, listening intently, "In their first year, all students from the academy learn about Konoha's history…they also learn about my Okaa-san and Otou-san's sacrifice to save this village from Kyuubi, the king of bijuu's, by sealing it inside of me."
Everyone than cast their eyes down, a feeling of sadness radiating from the boy, "Yeah, it does hurt sometimes hearing that story. My Okaa-san giving her life to save this village, but she did it to save everyone and everything she cared about," pausing for a moment to grab hold of his orange obi, "I respect her for her decision and love her even more for finding a way for my father to live, no one bears me ill will in the village for what I carry and they all show me the respect of a hero."
Naruto than cast his eyes down to look at the obi, "But sometimes the respect of a hero is heavier than it should be." At this Itachi closed his eyes and listened to what his student was saying. "I just want to make friends you know?" he said now lifting his eyes to gaze at the two that started this conversation, smiling slightly, "If you let me, I'd like to be your friend…we can do away that formal –sama junk, I seriously hate that term."
Everyone chuckled a little at his straightforwardness, scratching the bridge of his nose as if embarrassed, Naruto finished, "Plus, I like you two," both Sakura and Ino blushed at this, Naruto completely oblivious to how that could be misinterpreted, "and that 'man-servant' thing, now that I think about it, it was really funny!" chuckling himself out of his embarrassment.
"Man-servant?" asked Itachi getting a nod of curiosity from everyone at the table, both Sakura and Ino's faces became beat red, and Sasuke was bursting out in a fit of laughter.
"The first two I met at the academy with Sasuke were these two, they said some funny things but referred to me as Sasuke's 'man-servant' most likely because of the way I dress." Everyone began to laugh with Sasuke at the news. Itachi just felt a bead of sweat drop from his brow.
"Did you tell them why you where a kamishimo?" asked Itachi, Naruto simply replied, "Nope, not yet anyway," everyone quelled their laughter and listened, "This type of formal wear is what my Otou-san and his sensei wore when they were a Jounin-Genin squad. Plus the fabric is soft and breathes well…its awesome for training!"
The remainder of the dinner went on like this, small talk about everyone's life and goals. Naruto learned that Ino once referred to Sakura as being like a cosmos and Naruto told them both how he liked that flower. Tenten couldn't be any happier after she heard that Naruto knew her idol, Tsunade-hime personally. Finally Lee couldn't contain himself anymore after hearing Naruto's training regime, spouting something about 'true rivals' while hugging Teuchi at the same time.
After dinner, the group of friends said their thanks and goodbyes before all heading to their own homes. Naruto on the other hand decided to tag along with the Uchiha siblings, knowing his father wouldn't return home tonight after hearing he had a meeting with the clan heads.
The group was now in the Uchiha compound, Itachi had already assured his brother and sister that he would escort Naruto home after dropping them off. The three kids were having their own conversation, not noticing that none of the street lamps were on.
Not a person to miss the obvious Itachi furrowed his brow, 'No one is here…did I miss the signal to go to the Uchiha Military Police building?' with that thought in mind Itachi instinctively shot his hand up to stop the kids. Within that moment Itachi brought up a Kunai in the other hand to block the incoming shuriken.
Looking in front, Sharingan flaring, all Itachi saw was the right turn leading to his house and more street leading forward. After almost two minutes a figure, clad in a black cloak and straw hat appeared from the Uchiha sibling's house street.
Reaching the middle of the street, the clad figure stood, in that instant four others wearing the same clothes appeared next to the unknown man, with a simple nod of the head the four that appeared took to the roofs and leaped into the distance.
"Who are you?! Why did you attack us like that?! Tell us now you bastard!!!" yelled an irate Naruto.
"I always said you were annoying…brat." said the figure while removing his hat to reveal short raven black hair, dark eyes, and an emotionless face.
At the sight of his friend since childhood, Itachi dropped his Sharingan with a small smile on his face, "Shisui-ku-"
In that instant, Shisui disappeared with a speed almost comparable to that of Yondaime Hokage. With a sick sound of metal ripping through flesh, Itachi gripped his sword and drew it towards his right side where the sound of metal meeting flesh came from.
Metal clanging against metal, ninjato meeting ninjato, and Sharingan eyes meeting Sharingan eyes, "Itachi-kun, like I said before, these children make you weak, and tonight, they will get you killed." Itachi wanted to see who received the cut but couldn't take his eyes off an opponent of Shisui's caliber. As if the gods themselves heard his thoughts, Itachi's eyes widened at his brothers scream…
"NARUTO!"
Naruto lay still on the ground, blood pouring out of his body at an alarming rate, thoughts running through his head at that moment.
'I can't move my body…I know I was cut, but I don't feel any pain…'
He heard muffled, incoherent voices.
"Naru- ge- -p ple- yo- ca-…"
'Pathetic…how can I be Hokage and protect everyone…if I can't protect myself?'
Coughing up blood, Naruto thought one last thing before falling into darkness.
'This must be what death feels…like…'
"Naruto. Naruto. Naruto! Get up please! You can't be dead!" muttered a confused Sasuke, beside his fallen friend, shaking him at the shoulders, "Itachi! This is a joke right?! A test…to see if we can break genjutsu?!"
Sasuke put his hands in the ram sign and concentrated, screaming, "KAI!" only to come to the realization that this was no joke, there was no genjutsu energies around them or a genjutsu for the matter. Sasuke closed his eyes, unable to hold back his tears, consumed by his emotions.
Tsukiko fell to her knees, both her hands clasping the fabric of her shirt by her heart while tears fell freely from her eyes. 'Naruto…you can't be dead…we were just talking a second ago…' "NARUTO YOU CAN'T BE DEAD!" screaming out to her friend, the pain and hurt apparent in her tone, while closing her eyes, futilely trying to stop her tears.
Itachi took his eyes off Shisui just for a second to look at his siblings, only to be met with the sight of Naruto, lying limply on the ground, blood pooling around him, Sasuke, and Tsukiko.
Itachi turned back to Shisui, teeth gritted in anger, "Why Shisui! He's just a kid!" asked an infuriated Itachi. "Because I can, so I did." retorted Shisui, chuckling at his former friend.
Itachi felt the emotions stir inside his heart, his mind riddled with anger. 'Naruto…Naruto! NARUTO!'
Shisui watched his former friend as his Sharingan eyes took new form, the tomoe contorting, pulling and stretching to the pupil, flickering from crimson to black to, '…blue?'
At that moment both Sasuke and Tsukiko opened their eyes, glaring at the man who killed their friend. Their eyes taking new form, one with one tomoe, the other with two, but not the regular crimson color it should have taken, these two flared with a fiery blue resonance.
In unison, the three siblings growled out at Shisui…
"I'LL KILL YOU!"
Deep within the darkness two large, feral red eyes shot open, a big malicious smile adorn his features, a deep chuckle reverberating through the darkness itself.
"Has it been this long? The heir…no three…have awakened. HuhuhuHAHAHA!!! To think I would miss his rebirth because of this seal. I guess it's time for a little divine intervention! HAHAHA---!"
A/N: Whew. Took me a while to get this chapter out and sorry that it's mostly filler. Alternate universe, new personalities…gotta go through the whole sha-bang!
As for the new Sharingan color and Rasengan86's review about me making sure that the Sharingan had a 'demonic' origin, it'll be explained next chapter, if this chapter doesn't turn everyone off from my fic lol!
Till next time! (I can't believe I came up with a title before finishing chapter 5!) Naruto revived?! The truth revealed.
