Retribution
Chapter 8
After a few days her energy was replenished and the Western Lord had come by to check up on things and brought some dead game to go towards feeding Rin this winter. Handing her a pouch of money he took her with him to travel a little before it got cold. InuYasha had been in and out of the village a few times and would primarily stick close to his friends. With his strength he had gotten the whole village a stack of wood that should last a while.
With little to do Itachi took up teaching Kagome hand-to-hand combat since her friend was busy with her kids. Although it tired them both out he was beginning to desire her even more. He was getting distracted by watching the beads of sweat trail down her body and his mind would be even worse when she was bathing. Pretty soon he would have to start bathing in the cold waters of the river if his raging hard-ons didn't go away.
Today was one of those days and he wished he could just reach down and take care of it but lately their always seemed to be someone around watching him from the shadows. All she was doing at the moment is sleeping but the building passion for her was getting stronger every day. It had only been a couple weeks now since that lord had tried to force himself on her, he was not about to do anything that might harm her.
One other thing was his instincts were still urging him to find a way home. Still feeling eyes watching them had him agitated. Looking into the trees outside the window he felt his erection calm down. Hearing a light moan from the slumbering priestess his cock twitched and then his mind imagined what a few more moans from that pretty little mouth would sound like and he could feel the pre-cum at the tip.
"Itachi," the soft voice called and he struggled to look at her. She was still asleep; she had moaned and then called his name. He was beginning to wonder if she was dreaming of him.
He had noticed that she was beginning to blush around him more often. Smirking to himself he began to formulate a plan. His cock now hard as a rock he resisted the urge of stroking it. Instead he began to meditate and after several minutes he was back to normal and finally changed into his day clothes.
In the Hidden Leaf a year earlier, the Fifth Hokage was preparing to address the entire village. Sasuke and Naruto were up there with her and she was ready to unveil the truth about the happenings in the village for the last several years. Sasuke was feeling tense, not sure how the villagers would take to the news but happy the truth would finally come out now that it is known. A few other people that were up there consisted of the Anbu along with the counselors that were given no choice but to admit to the people of the village that they are speaking the truth.
"I have gathered you all here today to bring to light what the truth is behind several of the events that occurred in the past as well as to start righting some wrongs. We will start back to the night of the Nine Tails Attack on the village. Lord Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze was married to Kushina Uzumaki and she was the previous Jinchuuriki before Naruto. They were expecting a baby boy and named him Naruto after the heroin in one of Jiraiya's books and named him the Godfather of their baby. When Kushina went into labor she was taken to a top-secret location outside the village with Biwako Sarutobi and Taji as her midwives, guarded by Anbu and Minato to keep the seal in place.
"Unfortunately they were attacked by a masked shinobi who turned out to be Uchiha Obito, a shinobi that had been reported dead in the Third Great Shinobi War. Minato and Kushina died protecting Naruto and the Leaf while sealing half of the Nine Tails in him and the other half in Minato. The Uchiha were prevented from assisting since they suspected to be behind the attack. With that distrust a seed of hate began to form and no one did anything to fix it. The Uchiha were planning a coup d'état and Itachi knew it would start another war."
She took a small break before beginning again, "Though himself and his best friend and brother-figure, Shisui Uchiha tried to prevent any deaths on either side but Shisui's right eye was stolen by Danzō for its powerful Mangekyō ability before being able to perform a mind control jutsu on the clan head, Fugaku Uchiha. He then met with Itachi in secret and revealed what had happened. After entrusting his remaining eye to Itachi he plunged himself into the Naka River, leaving the clan and village's future in his hands. Itachi was unable to persuade his clan into stopping the coup d'état and was instead seen as a traitor.
"Against Hiruzen's wishes, Danzō Shimura and the Konoha Council ordered Itachi to wipe out the Uchiha clan, Danzō pressuring Itachi by inveigling him into choosing the lives of his clansmen or that of his little brother. After receiving the final order to massacre his clan, Itachi made contact with Tobi, under the guise of Madara Uchiha, who was infiltrating the village and attempting to rekindle the flames of war in Konoha. In return for not attacking the village or harming Sasuke, Itachi offered to help him claim vengeance against the Uchiha for turning their backs on him decades earlier, to which Tobi agreed. Still desiring to protect Konohagakure even after becoming a wanted criminal, Itachi accepted Tobi's offer to join the Akatsuki, using it as a means to keep a watchful eye on the organization."
Starting again on a sadder note she continued, "At some point, Itachi also contracted an incurable terminal illness. He kept himself alive by taking various medicines, along with sheer "willpower" so that he could live long enough to battle Sasuke and die by his hand as retribution for killing their clansmen. Once Sasuke had done so the truth slowly began to come out. Itachi was never a criminal; he was a loyal shinobi of our village working behind the scenes for years to keep us safe. His name will from now on reflect the truth to his actions and any hate will have to be faced. Itachi is also the one that defeated Kabuto and turned the tide of war to our favor and so starting today his name will be cleared and Naruto will be looked upon as the son of the Fourth Hokage. We cannot move to a better future without righting the wrongs of the past that can be helped. We survived a war that united the five great nations, let's continue to push forwards and create an even better future!"
The crowd roared and Tsunade smiled, it was a bright day and she felt like a true leader. She couldn't be more thankful for having been given the title and taken away from her life of gambling her money away. After a while everyone dispersed slowly and proceeded to celebrate and talk about the news. Naruto and Sasuke remained away from everything and just relaxed as they watched the celebration beneath them.