Chapter 3
Leaving Konoha and Learning Truth
As the time grew on so did Indra with it, he was 10 years old and already a jounin. Many things were expected from the youngest jounin ever, genius and a prodigy is what they called him. During these years Orochimaru had to leave as the war got worse and Indra was put in team 7 where he was constantly annoyed by Obito who had gotten it into his dumb mind that Indra was his rival. Before Orochimaru had left he had offered Indra the Snake summoning contract but Indra refused saying that he would get his own summons Minato had tried to form a bond with Indra again only to be told that here was he when Indra was born and where was he when his mother as raising I'm, Indra told him that he would never consider him his father. Minato had not tried again and only told Indra that he was a fool back then and now he regretted his mistakes. Indra had only scoffed in reply. Minato had tried to teach Kakashi and Indra the "Rasengan" but Indra had replied that he wanted something that pierced not grind so after a lot of trying Indra had created the "Chidori" which suited his purposes, the Rasengan had more raw power but it lacked the finesse Chidori possessed. During this time Indra had gotten to know Rin and found out that she was not as annoying as the rest of the people and she also was not his fangirl, Rin was a headstrong girl who was stubborn and refused to take no for an answer so Rin became the first and only friend Indra had. During the war Minato had developed a jutsu which allowed him to teleport from one kunai to another and he was also nickname as "Kirio Senkou" the yellow flash. Right now team 7 was standing in the Hokage tower to receive their next mission from the Sandaime, "team 7 your new mission is to blow up the Kanabi Bridge which Iwagakure has been using, this mission is ranked as S-class due to the shortage of shinobi I'm sending you dismissed" with these words team 7 left for the Kanabi Bridge.
The Bridge
"Alright guys here's the plan, I'll be the decoy while you three will destroy the bridge and make sure to be quick". "C'mon Indra-kun we have a bridge to destroy" said Rin while pulling Indra's hand and running off to the bridge's direction with Kakashi and Obito following them. Minato shook his head chucking to himself and thought "I hope that maybe one day we could be a family".
The mission was going extremely well until Obito tripped and caused a ruckus which attracted the 4 Iwa ninja stationed near the bridge. The following battle was a one sided fight as all the Iwa ninja stationed were jounins so the Konoha ninja had to retreat to a nearby cave at the cost of Kakashi's left eye which proved to be a bad move as they were surrounded by rocks from all sides "heh heh we got them cornered, let kill them guys but keep the girl" said one Iwa ninja and all of them charged towards the Konoha ninja. Rin was dodging the Iwa shinobis attacks very skillfully when she heard Indra yell "watch out", she turned back just in time to see a boulder falling on her but she knew she could not dodge it in time, before she could be crushed und the boulder she was pushed away by Obito who got his right side crushed under it. Indra could not believe how wrong the things had gotten and all he could do was remain helpless "no I will not die here, I promised mother" with his renewed strength Indra yelled "Kakashi, Rin take care of Obito I'll handle these ninja" saying this Indra jumped in front of the Iwa ninja with his chokuto drawn with lightening arcing over it and a "Chidori" in his left hand. What followed was not a fight but a massacre Indra's lightening techniques proved too much against the Iwa ninja as Lightening was naturally powerful over Earth. Obito just lied there under the boulder watching everything with his newly activated sharingan and smirked "Rin I want you to implant my left eye into Kakashi's". Both Rin and Kakashi were bewildered at Obito's request but Rin complied nonetheless and transplanted his eye into Kakashi's and that day "Kakashi no Sharingan" was born. Indra had just finished killing the ninjas and when he turned back towards his team he saw Obito lying there peacefully with a smile on his face and Kakashi having a sharingan in his left eye "this cavern has become unbalanced and soon it will cave upon us let's leave". And so they left never noticing a Venus-trap like person emerging from ground and collecting Obito while eyeing Indra.
The next day Indra awoke to find Kakashi and Rin sparing to make Kakashi get used to his new eye, he coughed to gain their attention and said "let's go we still have to destroy the bridge". The team left to the bridge and planted explosive notes all over it and when they were done Indra made a handseal and the bridge went kaboom. They retreated back to the rendezvous point Minato had told them only to find a message lying there telling team 7 that due to some complications Minato was delayed so they had to make it back to the nearest Konoha camp that was two days away. "Well let's go to the camp sensei told us to" said Kakashi.
Two Days Later
As Indra and the remaining team 7 neared the camp Indra stopped, "what's wrong Indra-kun" asked a worried Rin. Indra took a deep sigh and ran his hand through his hair then he looked up with his three tomoe sharingan activated "I will not be going back to Konoha" this statement fell like a bombshell on team 7. Rin couldn't grasp the fact that Indra was leaving "no you can't leave me Indra-kun, first Obito now you, no I won't allow you". Kakashi nodded and spoke seriously "think seriously Indra if you let go of this foolishness that will be the end of it and if not" saying this a "Rasengan" formed in his hand. Naruto response was to form a "Chidori" in his left hand "so be it" said Kakashi and charged towards Indra while Indra charged towards Kakashi. Rin knew that her teammates would kill each other if this was allowed to continue so she jumped between them. Indra saw Rin coming in the path of his jutsu cancelled "Chidori" but Kakashi was unable to cancel his jutsu in time and the "Rasengan" tore its way through Rin's stomach. This was the scene Obito arrived to and he could do nothing but look in horror at Rin being killed by Kakashi, Rin fell in Indra's open arms and gave him a weak smile and reached to touch Indra's cheek and managed to stutter "I love you". Indra's eyes changed the very moment Rin said those three words and took the shape of three black scythes in a circle with a blood red background. At the same time both Obito's and Kakashi's eye changed into a four pointed shuriken. Indra held Rin close to his chest and tears fell from his eyes as she died, when she was finally dead Indra put her on the ground and stood up with murder in his eyes "you killed her" that statement alone made Kakashi's heart ache, it reminded him of another failure. "I won't kill you she would never allow it, remember Hatake you owe your miserable life to Rin Nohara" with these words Indra disappeared in a burst of speed and knocked out Kakashi. Indra then turned to leave when he heard someone familiar speak "why did you spare him", Indra turned to the voice and there stood a person who had a white body and a spiral face with a single eyehole showing a Mangekyo Sharingan. Indra spoke in a dead tone "she would not allow it", then he turned to leave but before he could walk far away he fell down due to chakra exhaustion and the last thing Indra saw was a black thing emerging from the ground before fading away. Black Zetsu picked up Naruto and turned towards Obito "Madara-sama is waiting for you, what is your answer Obito", Obito nodded "I will do it".
The Mountain Graveyard
Indra woke up with a severe headache; he sat up in the bed and looked around the room he was in and he found it to be Spartan looking with grey walls and a purple gunbai with black edges and red tomoes hanging on one wall, the room also contained a shelf which had some scrolls and books in it. "You are finally awake" that statement startled Indra even if he did not show it, Indra turned around and found a fully black creature with white teeth and a single yellow eye the owner of the voice "come with me someone awaits you" saying this the creature began to move and Indra having no other choice followed the thing. The thing took him into some kind of a huge cavern which had a giant statue with ten closed eyes, mouth open and hands spread out as if it was in pain sitting in lotus position, connected to the statue was a very old person with grey hair that covered his right eye completely exposing a sharingan in the left one and wrinkles instructing Obito however Indra recognized the man from the picture his mother kept in his home "Uchiha Madara you are still alive" the statement from Indra caused Madara and Obito to stop and turn towards him "ah my great grandson you are finally awake, I was wondering when you would get up". Indra kept an emotionless face and stared towards his great grandfather with his sharingan activated "now is that a way to treat family, c'mon give your grandfather a hug" now Indra was truly left speechless as he did not know how to respond so he just stepped closer to Madara. "You look so much like" said Madara in a faraway tone "I never knew that Hitomi was pregnant neither did she tell me, if she had I would not have to go against Hashirama and die" saying this Madara started laughing but Indra knew it was a hollow laugh, Madara's eye was full of unshed tears but he blinked them away "show me your Mangekyo" at first Indra was confused then he got it "so Rin's death awakened it" he thought and pushed more chakra in his eyes. "Yes you have strong eyes, very strong eyes" said Madara then he looked towards Obito and motioned him to come closer "it's time I told you the truth of why I have had both of you here, but to understand my reason you must first know the truth of the shinobi world and how it began, millennia's ago there was a tree known as Shinju that grew in this world, the tree bore a fruit every once a millennia which was told to give untold powers to its consumer however it was forbidden. Even at that time when humans had no chakra they still fought and wars raged on but there was a princess who sought to end this bloodshed and bring peace so she climbed the tree and ate the forbidden fruit thus becoming the first human to possess chakra, her name was Kaguya Otsutsuki the progenitor of all the chakra, with her newfound powers Kaguya brought peace to the lands and people began to fear and worship her as a goddess. Sometime later Kaguya had two sons whose names were Hamura Otsutsuki and Hogoromo Otsutsuki also known as the sage of the six paths; Hamura inherited the "Byakugan" from his mother whereas Hogoromo inherited a weaker version of Kaguya's third eye the "Rinnegan". Overtime both brothers grew strong and their views regarding the world also changed, Hogoromo believed that the key to peace was love and understanding but Kaguya disagreed however Hamura supported his brother. As time went on Kaguya grew madder with her power and began to believe that all chakra was rightfully hers so she asked it back from her sons who refused, angered by their refusal and insolence Kaguya fused with Shinju to form a terrifying creature known as "Juubi", the creature raged on and continued to ravage the lands until both Hogoromo and Hamura faced them in combat which resulted in the sage sealing the ten-tails himself becoming the first "Jinchuriki". Hogoromo married and had two children; the elder one was Indra Otsutsuki" here Indra involuntarily remembered the same person he had seen when he performed the fireball for the first time, Madara coughed to gain his attention and continued "and the younger one was Asura Otsutsuki, Indra had inherited the sage's Yin chakra whereas Asura had inherited the sage's Yang chakra, when the sage was nearing his death he had to do something about the ten-tails which break free upon his death so using his infamous "Banbutso Sozo" the sage split the ten-tails into nine parts which became the nine tailed beasts and sealed the husk of Juubi in the moon. On his deathbed when the sage asked his sons of their views regarding peace the younger one replied with love whereas the elder replied with power, having made his choice the sage made Asura his successor and put this world into another era of conflict. Indra Otsutsuki the ancestor of the Uchiha clan believed that Asura Otsutsuki the ancestor of the Senju clan stole his birthright so they fought and fought, the fight carried on the later years though the reason was forgotten the rivalry between the Uchiha and Senju continued until me and Hashirama put an end to it. Unlike Hashirama I saw the truth of this world Konoha and its copies were nothing but a failed experiment, I tried to convince my clan however the fools chose Hashirama over me. Later on I returned with "Kyuubi" on my side to destroy Konoha but Hashirama faced and defeated me however I managed to put a genjutsu on him and escaped making him believe that he had killed me, I had theorized that combining the Senju and Uchiha cells I may be able to awaken the "Rinnegan" so I implanted the DNA of Hashirama I had attained during our fight and I managed to awaken "Mokuton" and later on the "Rinnegan". To further my plans I implanted those eyes into an Uzumaki child as I myself am near death. This is where you two come in, my goal is to collect the nine-tailed beasts and seal it into the statue behind me which is the husk of Juubi and reform it. Then one of us will seal it inside and become its jinchuriki and project a genjutsu on the moon which will put the world into a dream like state where wishes become true and peace reigns eternally, I call this the eye of the moon plan the "Project Infinite Tsukyuomi". I offer you both a chance to see your loved ones again and live the life you were meant to; had Konoha not taken it away". The chance to see his mother and Rin was too tempting to pass and besides Madara was family so he looked up to Madara with his Mangekyo flaring "I promise to bring peace to this cursed world and those who get in our path will suffer nothing but death and destruction" the determination in Indra's voice made Madara truly smile as he thought "you do this my grandson and I promise to pay you back somehow". Madara then told them that the statue would allow him to live another ten years during which he would teach Obito and Indra whatever he knew and make them a shinobi of his and Hashirama's level. Only Indra saw black zetsu grinning like a loon as if Christmas had come early.
The Hokage Office
"I feared this would happen" mused the Sandaime Hokage as Kakashi finished his report regarding Indra's defection then he turned towards Kakashi "you are free to leave", recognizing the dismissal Kakashi left the office. Minato who stood nearby the Hokage's desk was crying with Kushina hugging him and comforting him, they had started dating just a few months back and Minato had told her the truth of Indra's parentage. Kushina turned towards Hiruzen with a frown on her face "what do you mean old man", Hiruzen removed his pipe and blew out a smoke "Indra and his mother were outcasts among the Uchiha clan thus growing up Indra had only known the love of his mother and the hatred of everyone else. When his mother died Indra fell into what my sensei Tobirama described as the Uchiha "Curse of Hatred" according to him an Uchiha's love is greater than anything, he called Sharingan the eye that reflects emotion, when the Uchiha lose someone very close to them they gain a forbidden stage of sharingan known as the Mangekyo, as Kakashi said that when he accidently killed Rin Indra's eyes changed, I believe that he may have awakened his Mangekyo and the object of his hatred is Konohagakure no Sato". Minato wiped of his tears and turned towards the Hokage "but why the Uchiha hated Sarada and Indra", the Hokage made a handseal and a seal appeared on the office wall which Kushina recognized as a privacy seal "Kagami-kun had told me the reason and this will not leave the room am I understood" receiving nods Hiruzen continued "it is because Sarada Uchiha was the granddaughter of Uchiha Madara". This revelation caused both Minato and Kushina gasp "now you know that I have no choice but to place Indra as an S-rank criminal in the bingo book", Minato stiffened but nodded nonetheless, as he and Kushina stood up to leave.
"Yes! Everything is going according to the plan, soon you shall live again kaa-san and I'll complete the objective you have set for me" were the thoughts of Black Zetsu as he continued grinning like a loon never noticing Indra narrowing his eyes upon him.