Sasuke shouted, "Father, Mother, no!!!" The young Uchiha ran to stop his older brother.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke, but I must do this!" Itachi thought as he forced his arm to swing the katana upon his parents' heads. Clang! The sound of metal against metal rang through the silent room.

To the Uchiha's surprise, the three kunai were held by none other than Naruto, Seito and Takeshi.

Seito said, "Itachi-san, listen, you don't have to do this even if it is an order."

Itachi's eyes widened in surprise, "How….!! These mere Academy students learn of this mission, but this was a top secret SS-rank mission." The young ANBU genius thought.

"Sasuke, snap out of it and free your parents while we hold off Itachi!" Takeshi shouted to the Uchiha.

With combined effort, the three boys managed to push Itachi back, who was still in shock about his 'secret' mission being compromised, losing his balance.

Sasuke rushed to free his parents and Naruto rushed at his adversary, but the ANBU instincts kicked in and Itachi flipped backwards, his foot catching Naruto's chin. Takeshi rushed in letting Naruto's hand push off his back to right himself and attacked Itachi.

The weasel raised his katana to block Takeshi's, knocked the boy down and positioned his weapon to stab him. Seito rushed in, kicking the weapon out of Itachi's hands, which flew into a nearby corner.

Naruto moved in and slugged Itachi in the face with a resounding crack in a split second after the weapon was in the air, then Seito kicked the Uchiha into the solar plexus hard enough to make Itachi gasp for air.

Itachi staggered backwards off balance while Takeshi appeared, drawing his fist back and punching Itachi in the face with a chakra-powered hit, sending the prodigy into the wall."

Itachi slowly rose up, "Impressive….the Academy didn't train you in these skills, didn't they?"

Sasuke thought, "How? They never showed this much strength at the taijutsu spars."

Takeshi answered tediously, "You're correct, Itachi….since we hang out with Naruto, we knew that the instructors would try to hinder our progress, plus we need to hone our skills from the assassinations, ambushes and what not? But Itachi-san, killing off the whole clan will not solve anything. When you want to kill a weed, you go to the root. Fugaku-san would agree with me since he is the root to the coup."

Fugaku stiffened, "Kuso, how…..how did he know? Wait…that rustling." he thought, "He must have been the one spying on us and we made a mistake for it with that wolf cub!"

Mikoto turned to him, "What are they talking about? What were you planning, Fugaku?"

"Tch!" Fugaku thought and he suddenly pushed Sasuke aside and pulled his wife close, bringing out a hidden wakizashi from his sleeve to her jugular, his eyes flashing the Sharingan ablaze.

"Yes, I admit it, I was planning a coup d'état and now I will make sure the Uchiha clan reign supreme, too bad you will not live to see it." Fugaku said evilly.

"Father…why?" Sasuke asked.

"Foolish boy, do you think I actually love you, consider you my son? No, you were just simply a tool, a pawn in my little game, but it looks like I have no further use for you or your mother now."

"You heartless bastard!!" Sasuke shouted with tears in his eyes. He was about to move, but noticed that the knife drew closer to his mother's neck, drawing a bead of blood from it.

"Ah, ah, ah…..don't move or she will die." Fugaku said. Itachi's coal black eyes became blood-red Sharingan and released his ANBU killing intent, causing Fugaku to flinch.

"Sasuke, you and your three friends prepare yourselves." Itachi said.

Sasuke, shocked at his father's words and actions, couldn't hear him. Takeshi came up to him and shook him, "Sasuke, snap out of it! Do you want your mom to die?"

Fugaku laughed, "Ha! Don't waste your breath, he can't even measure up to his older brother, he is not an Uchiha."

Sasuke shook at his father's words, "Takeshi…move out of my way."

Takeshi's eyes met Sasuke's and saw hatred and rage. Takeshi moved as soon as Sasuke was on the tora sign, "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!!" he shouted as he blew a large fireball at the surprised Fugaku. Fugaku jumped away throwing his wife toward the fireball.

Itachi acted quickly, moving his mother and himself from the fireball via shunshin before it exploded. Fugaku smirked as he jumped into the air and then his eyes widen as three kunai pierced through the smoke, headed for him.

The Uchiha head knocked them away quickly with his knife, but failed to notice that his son was behind him. Fugaku tried to slash at the genius, but Itachi deftly knocked the knife away and flashed his Sharingan.

The last thing that Fugaku remembered before he slipped into darkness was a three-bladed shuriken morphed from his son's Sharingan. Fugaku woke up and he saw that he was tied to a cross and noticed that he was somewhere strange.

The sky and moon was blood red while the grass and clouds were white and black. "What….what's this?"

Suddenly Itachi appeared, "This is Tsukiyomi, one of the Mangekyo Sharingan's abilities and now you will spend 72 hours being stabbed to death."

While the ANBU said this, many several illusions of Itachi appeared, equipped with ninjatos in hand. Fugaku screamed in pain pan as he felt the cold meal pierce his flesh.

"Only 71 hours and 59 minutes to go." Itachi said.

Meanwhile, the four boys and Mikoto were able to get out of the burning house and winced at the random screams of Fugaku. "Man, I would hate to be your father." Seito said to Sasuke.

"He is not my father anymore and he had it coming. Nii-san is very close to kaa-san." Then he turned to Takeshi and said, "Arigotou, Takeshi! You saved me, my kaa-san, my nii-san and given me courage."

Takeshi smiled, "Ah, it was nothing, Sasuke…just promise me one thing….promise me that you will always protect your friends and never use them to gain power."

Sasuke said, "I promise!"

Suddenly the screams stopped and the four of them began to walk toward Itachi, who is visibly pissed off and dragging the scarred Fugaku who was in the fetal position on the floor.

"Man, that is sad." Takeshi said as he recorded Fugaku sucking his thumb with a video camera, "Just sad!"

Seito said, "What the hell? When did you get that video camera?"

Takeshi said, "A few minutes ago, I figure we need something to laugh when we are down especially Ibiki, he looked like he needs a laugh."

The ANBU Black Ops suddenly appeared surrounding them, "Itachi Uchiha, report!" the figure with a decorated bird mask said.

Itachi kneel down and said, "Mission success and I was able to capture Fugaku Uchiha, the leader of the coup d'état."

Tori said, "Really? Tora, escort Uchiha and his party to the Hokage. We will take Fugaku to his cell."

Hokage's Tower- "I see! I am glad that you will be able to stay, but how did these three know about your mission, Itachi?"

Takeshi said, "Seito has an ability to dream future events surrounding by those around him. In his dream, two months ago, he saw you, Itachi, the elders and that old bandaged guy talking about it and Itachi carrying out. If we didn't stop it, Itachi would have been a missing ninja and Sasuke would be hell bent on revenge for the death of the whole clan. So to prove to save the innocent women, children and the elderly, we had to collect evidence."

Takeshi pulled out a recording tape from his pocket, "This is a recording of Fugaku Uchiha meeting with his cohorts early at 3 am. It is also mentioned that Itachi's friend, the deceased Shisui was part of the conspiracy."

The Hokage thought, "Remarkable, their skills are at least high genin. The only reason why they bested Itachi was because he was shocked that they knew the mission forced on him and their collaboration taijutsu hard-pressed him."

Then Sarutobi said, "Well, thank you, you three.., you have saved a lot of innocent lives and bloodshed. Now I shall reward you by becoming official ninja."

Naruto said, "Actually, old man, we don't want special treatment. We would like you to keep our headbands until we graduate along with Sasuke and our friends."

He looked at Sasuke, "I highly doubt he will survive with his hordes of fangirls on him."

Sasuke shivered, "They are evil."Itachi shuddered as he remembered his fangirls, some of them to his relief were married to other men.

Sasuke said, "But why did you order Itachi?"

The Sandaime said, "I had no choice, Sasuke…I wanted a seasoned ANBU to try and weed out the conspirators, but the elders and Danzo chose Itachi because he was an Uchiha and could gain access easily and no one would expect him to be the mass murderer. He was only going to wound the innocent and kill the men except you, Sasuke. He requested to keep you alive unharmed."

Sasuke looked at his brother, "Nii-san."

Itachi smiled and poked his forehead as he always did, "Even when I don't look like it, I will always care for you, otouto." Sarutobi turned to Naruto, Takeshi and Seito, "You three are dismissed….I am very proud of you, but next time, know your limits. You could have been killed by Itachi if you didn't know about the mission."

The three nodded and moved to leave until Mikoto shouted, "Wait!"

Seito said, "Yes, Mikoto-sama?"

Mikoto said, "We are truly in your debt, how about you sleep at our house tonight?"

Naruto scratched his head, "Umm, but isn't you house kinda burnt up?"

Mikoto smiled, "We have a spare house. After all, we are the noble Uchiha clan."

Takeshi said, "Well, we should've seen that coming, at least we could get away from the assassinations for a while."

Sasuke blurted out, "But why….why do they do that for?"

Naruto looked at the Hokage for approval and replied, "It is because of what happened seven years ago, you remember the story of the Kyuubi, Sasuke?"

Sasuke nodded vigorously and Takeshi continued, "Well, that story that they fed you is a load of bullshit, the Yondaime actually sealed the Kyuubi because it was too powerful and he sealed it into a baby."

Naruto finished, "Which just so happens to be me." He lifted up his shirt and molded chakra to reveal the seal."

Seito said, "And since we befriended Naruto, the villagers and some of the ninjas would try to kill us….the attacks are mostly common on the month of October."

Sasuke said, "That can't be true."

Itachi said, "Actually it is, Sasuke, because remember that time I came home with blood on my shirt…is because Naruto was attacked by the mob on his birthday when he was three and I had to take him to the hospital."

Sasuke said, "Those guys are worse than trash…."

Then he turned to Naruto, "If you are really a demon, have you kill anybody and enjoy it?"

Naruto shook his head, "No, I haven't and I would never enjoy killing someone out of pleasure."

Sasuke said, "Then you are not the fox…if you were, those villagers would have been dead by the time you were three. I think that you are just Naruto Uzumaki, the bumbling fool."

Naruto said, "I don't know whether to take that as a complement or an insult."

Sasuke smirked, "Try both!"

Naruto suddenly grabbed Sasuke's head in a headlock, "Then try this! Ninpou: Noogie no Jutsu!" The eight-year-old began to Noogie his friend's head while Sasuke shouted in protest.

Everyone laughed at the sight for a bit and Mikoto said, "Hokage-sama, I would like to adopt these three into my home."

The Sandaime said, "Unfortunately the council will try to block it by all means….but I can make them live with you. Mikoto Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, your mission is to protect and nurture Naruto Uzumaki, Takeshi Murama and Seito Kamuya in your home. This is an A-Rank mission."

Takeshi said, "Smart move, Oji-san. The council can't interfere with shinobi affairs, so the civilian council can't do anything about it. Truly you are the Professor."

Sarutobi said, "Indeed I am, now go home and let me deal with this infernal paperwork."

Takeshi was about to open his mouth, but Seito whispered, "No, let him be for now until we get the Kage Bunshin."

Takeshi nodded and the new family went away back home. "Heh, I always wanted a brother." Takeshi said.

Seito said indignantly, "Hey, what is that supposed to mean?"

Takeshi grinned, "I mean a serious brother unlike you, crazy."

Sasuke smiled and laughed like he never before while Mikoto and Itachi smiled at the sight. The bond between the four boys grew stronger over the years. Sasuke learned to mix up his taijutsu style with unpredictable moves and in exchange, Sasuke had improved them with their weaponry and taught them Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu.

Over the years, Mikoto and Itachi were happy to watch over them. Itachi left to become a rurouni ninja acting as a spy for a certain Sennin. The boys along with Sasuke still did their pranks, which had Mikoto laughing and scolding them at the same time such as dying the fangirls' hair neon purple, green and orange shades or posting up pictures of Gai and a young Lee hugging in a sunset in the Hyuga Manor (except Hinata's room)

Six years later- "Boys! Get up, you don't want to be later for your graduation as an official ninja, do you?" Mikoto called down. Instantly the boys rustled upstairs and the four blood brothers ran downstairs. "Well, then eat up. Today's breakfast is toast, eggs, bacon and orange juice."

The brothers ate their breakfast, thanked their mother and ran out the door, "Such wonderful boys, but I have a feeling something is going to happen." Mikoto thought.

Sure enough, there were cries of her boys' names and she looked out the window to see the Hokage Monument was painted….again.

She chuckled, "Those boys take that mission seriously….to prank the village to keep the chunin and jonin in shape and alert."

Academy- Iruka said, "Since we had that little stunt today by the Prankster Trio, we will review the Henge no Jutsu…again." Some of the students grumbled and one by one transformed into Iruka.

After Seito did his Henge no Jutsu, he snickered and Sasuke asked, "What is so funny?"

Seito said, "Wait for it."

Then Takeshi did his henge and Iruka called out two words that the three were waiting on. "Naruto Uzumaki." Iruka called and the hyperactive soon-to-be ninja fixated his goggles and stepped forward, "Henge no Jutsu!" the boy shouted and a giant puff of smoke covered him.

In his place, there was a naked girl who blew a kiss at Iruka. "Ninja Centerfold: Oiroke no Jutsu!!!" Iruka's jaw went slack and was propelled backwards by his nosebleed. Sasuke smirked while Takeshi and Seito cackled in laughter, tears flowing down their eyes.

"STOP FOOLING AROUND!!!!" Iruka shouted in anger, forming a big head and tissues stuck up his nose. Iruka regained his composure with a sigh, "Okay, our exam for graduation is the Bunshin no Jutsu." Naruto smirked, "I think I got it, I trained hard for this!" Takeshi and Seito looked at each other and nodded.

Seito thought, "Right, now Naruto is probably going to fail and if that happens, we will be ready to strike against Mizuki."

Time skip no Jutsu- "Naruto Uzumaki, please step forward!" Iruka called out.

Naruto stood in front of Iruka and Mizuki, he thought, "Alright, focus now!"

His face was contorted with determination as he formed the ram seal, chakra swirling around him. "Bunshin no Jutsu!" He shouted.

Mizuki whispered, "Chakra Disruption Wave."

A great puff of smoke came beside him to be a defective clone. "I'm sorry, Naruto, you fail!" Iruka said. The white-haired teacher said, "Wait, Iruka, even though it is defective, it can cause quite a distraction and Naruto executed it perfectly, so maybe…."

Iruka interrupted, "I'm sorry, Mizuki, but all the students were able to produce working clones, therefore I can't pass him." Naruto walked out with his head hung down his head.

Outside the Academy- Many parents were picking up their kids to congratulate them on earning their headbands. Two ladies looked over to where Naruto was at.

"Hey, it is that kid." One of them said.

"Yeah, I heard that he was the only one who didn't pass."

The first lady said, "Good, we don't need that…."

The other one interrupted, "Shh….we aren't supposed to talk about that."

"Especially if you two want to live longer." A voice said, startling them. The two turned to see a dark-haired man with a cross scar on his jawbone. "Now what will you two do if I happen to tell the Hokage about this, hmmm?" the man said.

The woman hissed, "You have no proof."

The man pulled out a recorder, "Oh, really?"

The women paled as the man began to leak out killing intent, causing them to breath heavily, "Now here is what is going to happen, you two are going to go home and write a 3-page letter apologizing to the boy and you will respect him from holding back such a monstrosity….or this recorder can go to the Hokage."

The woman said, "We can just take it from you….my husband is a ninja."

The man scoffed, "I trust that he is….then I can kill him and your children before your very eyes once that happens."

The women shut their mouths, knowing that he was very serious. The man said, "Now do as I ask…now!" The woman sped off, sweating bullets at the possible outcomes they had faced. When they were out of the man's sight, the man released his henge to reveal that it was Takeshi….a pissed off Takeshi.

Soon Seito and Sasuke came up to him, "Where is Naruto?"

Takeshi said, "When I was dealing with those two bitches, he went off with Mizuki-sensei for something."

Sasuke said, "He should be fine, ramen always cheers him up since we are meeting today at seven."

Later that day- "Where is he?" Sasuke said, "Something is definitely wrong."

Takeshi said, "Yeah, he never misses ramen at all."

Seito said, "I wonder…."

He stopped to hold his head in pain as the memories unlocked into his brain, remembering that Mizuki was a traitor and revealed the secret of the Kyuubi residing inside of him. Takeshi, a split second later, got the same memories unlocked.

"Hey, are you two okay?" Sasuke asked.

Seito grimaced, "Yeah, but Naruto is not….I have a feeling that something has happened to him."

Takeshi said, "Guys, look, Iruka-sensei seems like he is in a hurry and looking for something…maybe he will lead us to Naruto."

Sasuke said, "Then let's find him." They paid for the food and ran after Iruka.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the forest, Naruto thought, "With this jutsu, I could finally become a ninja with my brothers." Suddenly Iruka landed in front of him, shouting, "I found you!"

Naruto sheepishly rubbed the back of his head, flashing his trademark grin, "Heh, heh, you caught me, sensei. Good timing, I only had time to learn one technique."

Iruka said, "Huh, what's he talking about"

Suddenly a bunch of shuriken whizzed past Iruka and Naruto. "Good thing I found you, now hand over the scroll." A voice said.

"Mizuki!" Iruka shouted, "So you are the one after the scroll."

Mizuki said, "Heh and now you both are gonna to die, but Naruto, you did well for a lap dog."

Iruka said, looking at Naruto, "Whatever you do, Naruto, don't let him have that scroll."

"Naruto!" a voice called out. Naruto turned to see Sasuke, Takeshi and Seito running toward them. "Ah, an audience to witness your deaths!" Mizuki said, "Might as well tell."

The boys stopped at the edge of the clearing.

Sasuke said, "What is going on, Naruto, why do you have the forbidden scroll?"

Mizuki said, "Because it is his nature, do you remember the Kyuubi no Kitsune?"

Iruka said, "No, Mizuki, it is forbidden!"

Mizuki ignored him and continued, "The truth is the Kyuubi no Kitsune is not dead, but sealed inside of you, Naruto. You are the Kyuubi no Kitsune." Naruto began to shake and quiver.

Iruka thought, "Naruto…"

Then the Jinchuuriki began to laugh along with the boys. "What is so funny about that? He is a demon." Mizuki roared.

"Okay, now I know that you people are idiots. First off, we already know about Naruto's condition due to an incident involving all four of us. Second, if Naruto was Kyuubi, then we would have been dead a long time ago, Mizuki-teme. So yeah, he may have a demon inside…." Sasuke stated, "But….you are wrong, Mizuki….he is not your so-called Kyuubi anymore, he is Naruto Uzumaki, a ninja of Konohagakure and my brother."

Iruka smiled, "That is exactly what I would say! Good job, Sasuke."

"Tch!" Mizuki took out a big shuriken and threw it at Naruto.

"No!" Iruka shouted.

Naruto moved to avoid the shuriken, which flew past him and embedded itself into the ground. "Okay, you bastard, let's go!" Naruto said as he did a hand sign. Seito and Takeshi inwardly smiled while Sasuke looked confused. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

100 clones came out and appeared in the field. Seito then heard a voice saying, "Follow his lead." Then the boy said, "You don't mind if we can join in the fun."

Takeshi followed suit, but Sasuke knew that his chakra reserves were not powerful enough to make solid clones. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" the two boys shouted and 50 clones of Takeshi and 75 clone of Seito appeared. Mizuki was in shock at all of the clones surrounding him.

"Well, if you are not coming, then we are coming after you." Seito said.

Mizuki screamed as the clones and Sasuke converged on him, beating the living shit out of him. "Well, that was fun!" Seito said, dusting his hands off.

"It's good to vent out your anger sometimes." Takeshi commented.

"Believe it!" Naruto said with a foxy grin.

"Ummm…guys, I think we overdid it a bit." Sasuke said. Iruka sweat dropped as he saw Mizuki's face battered, bruised, bleeding and barely recognizable.

"Yeah, I guess we did get carried away." Seito said sheepishly.

Iruka said, "Well, we better returned the scroll now, but first, Naruto, close your eyes."

Naruto replied, "Huh? Why?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, "Just do it, Naruto."

Naruto closed his eyes until he heard Iruka say, "Okay, you can open them now."

Naruto opened them back and sensed something strange, something different. He felt something cold and hard against his forehead and noticed Iruka without his headband and his brothers beaming at him.

"Congratulations, you pass!" Iruka said with a smile, "And to celebrate, we are going for ramen tonight." Naruto instantly tackled/hugged his teacher, "Iruka-sensei!"

Seito thought, "Well, everything turned out alright. Now, we shall save Haku and Zabuza in a few weeks."

Hakureisaiga- Next chapter, Sensei Meeting and Takeshi get a big surprise of his life. What is it? You have no idea, but I do. Tune in next time on Old Memories, New Friends