Naruto belongs to Kishimoto
Currently trying to decide on whether I should make Hinata into a Yandere or not. Any suggestions?
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Naruto read over the note in Itachi's hand, slowly deciphering what it could mean. It was obviously from Shisui, judging by the hand writing and the initials: 'ShiUch'.
"What could that mean, Itachi? Is Shisui in trouble?", asked Naruto.
Itachi pushed chakra into the paper, turning it into ashes before responding to Naruto. "I believe so. I'm going to check out what's wrong. For your own sake, do not tell anyone else about this letter. This was supposed to be read by myself and myself only. Go home, Naruto-kun. It is no longer safe for you inside the Uchiha grounds.", said Itachi.
Naruto furrowed his brow, running a hand through his hair. "No. I'll come with you. My dad told me to be escorted by either you or Shisui on the way back home and if this has something to do with the safety of Shisui, I need to know. He's like an older brother to me and I'd rather go with you and know what's happened rather than go back and not know anything."
Itachi groaned, knowing that he needed to hurry. If he knocked Naruto out, he'd have to drop by Kakashi's house and think up an explanation to why his son was asleep in his arms. It would be easier to just take him and wipe his memory with the sharingan afterwards.
"Follow me, but I will not slow down for you.", said Itachi, jumping over the fence and heading over to the Naka river.
Naruto's face lightened up slightly as he jumped the fence and followed Itachi close from behind.
Naka River
Shisui dodged another fireball headed towards his way and ducked to avoid being hit by a barrage of kunais. 'Itachi... Hurry up, I could really use some help right now!', he thought, throwing a fireball himself at the group of ROOT ANBU agents.
"Shisui Uchiha, surrender your other eye for the future of the Leaf village. We will assure that your death will not be in vain.", said the leading ANBU, who was dressed in a beige coat.
"Future of the Leaf village, my ass. You and I both know that Danzo will hypnotise the Hokage using the Kotoamatsukami for approval of his way of 'defending' the Leaf village! I'll take care of you and put my fist up Danzo's ass next!", said Shisui, coughing out his last few words.
The situation was not looking good for Shisui. He was surrounded by 5 of Danzo's ANBU members, and his sense of direction, accuracy, and his center of balance was all off because he was missing an eye; Danzo forcefully removed his right eye, and was coming for his left.
The 5 men had successfully cornered Shisui, who had his back against the wall. "Do not despair", said an ANBU member, "Your eyes will play a major role for the village's future. You should be honoured by the fact that Danzo-sama had taken such an interest in you".
Shisui's chakra levels were low, and his physical strength was being sapped by the poison that had been injected into his body. He knew that he would die tonight, but he wasn't going to go down without a good fight.
However, he was not alone, at least not anymore.
Itachi and Naruto arrived at the Naka river, and immediately spotted a cornered Shisui and the 5 ANBU. Itachi didn't even hesitate and flashed forward with his tanto in hand and sliced off the head of an ANBU member. One down, Four more to go.
Naruto also dashed forward (Although much slower than Itachi) and punched an ANBU in the gut and grabbed him by his thigh to twist around his body and open up a good blow in the back.
However, Naruto was grabbed by the arm and thrown to a wall. Tears of shock made its way to Naruto's eyes, but Naruto was able to ignore them. For now. He grabbed some pebbles and sand under him and threw it at the ANBU's head, blinding him for a few seconds. Naruto used this opening to kick the man in the shin as hard as he could. A crunching noise came from under him, suggesting that he had done some serious damage to the ANBU's leg.
The ANBU groaned and went down to one knee, but after years of pain tolerance exercises, he was able to recover in no time. "Child, I suggest you remove yourself from the scene immediately. Your memories will be modified at a later date, but if you do not want your life to end tonight, you should run. Now", said The ANBU in a threatening tone.
Naruto stayed silent, only opting to look over his shoulder to see that Itachi was taking on 3 ANBU at the same time, throwing shuriken and fire jutsus while evading strikes.
Itachi caught Naruto's gaze and made a mental note to help the poor kid out as soon as he could. He knew that Naruto was good, but no 5 year old could last long against a traind ANBU agent.
Naruto kicked off the wall and tried to tackle the masked man, but his lack of weight made it easy for the man to simply grab his arm and twist him around. The ANBU pulled out a kunai and brought it down to Naruto who was now lying on the ground, aiming for the heart.
Naruto was able to roll away at the last second and pulled out a kunai from his ninja pouch on his waist. 'Good thing I brought this thing with me today', thought Naruto.
The ANBU kicked off the ground and raised his kunai level to Naruto's head. Naruto, who had been slightly distracted by the fear of actually being in battle for the first time was caught off guard, and was only able to dodge partially out of the way... Just enough for the knife to slice across Naruto's cheek, eyelid, and a little bit into his forehead.
Pain exploded from the left side of Naruto's face, blood running like a stream from Naruto's left eye down his face and tainting his mask red.
"ARRRGHHH", he screamed, clutching his left eye in pain and shock.
"I warned you, child. Now your life will end. Pity, with such potential at such a young age, you might've been able to become a valuable asset in the future.". the ANBU raised his bloody kunai once again, and brought it down to Naruto's exposed back.
However, a massive green hand squeezed itself around his torso, and crushed his body with the strength of a hydrolic press. When the green arm released him, his entire torso was mangled, the only recognizable part of his body being his legs and his head.
Naruto wrapped his scarf around his head, putting pressure on his first fresh battle wound. He looked back at the now mangled corpse of the ANBU, wondering what had happened. He looked to his left to see a bloody and panting Shisui, arm outstreched and a green aura around his body. "Wh-what are you d-doing here, Naruto! H-how did you know where to find me! Did you follow I-itachi?", asked Shisui, coughing out his sentences.
Itachi, who just threw the last ANBU over the river returned to Shisui and Naruto and noticed that Naruto was bleeding quite heavily.
"Yes, and thanks for the save there, Shisui.", said Naruto.
"No problem, and don't thank me, it's my fault you got hurt anyway... Did he get your eye?", asked Shisui.
Naruto sighed and pulled off his scarf, revealing the cut across his eye. "I think he did. I can't see anything from my left eye... Guess I'll have to relearn how to throw a kunai, huh?" Naruto chuckled softly.
"You shouldn't joke about things like that, Naruto...", said Shisui, who went up to his feet and turned to Itachi.
Itachi made his way towards Naruto and gave him an assuring smile, raising his hand towards his left eye. He may not be an expert, but he did know some medical ninjutsu.
After closing Naruto's wound, Itachi turned back to Shisui, who was staring back at the two while panting heavily.
"It's too late to stop it now, Itachi", said Shisui. "If civil war breaks out in the Leaf Village, other nations are sure to attack... Which means a full-scale war."
"Huh? War? What are you talking about, Shisui?", asked Naruto.
"Hush Naruto, adults are talking.", said Shisui, coughing out some more blood and slowly making his way towards the edge of the cliff. "I was going to try to stop the thing with Kotoamatsukami, but... Danzo-teme took my right eye... He doesn't trust me and he intends to protect the Village his own way, no matter what it takes or how it looks."
"I see. That is quite unfortunate, Shisui. Danzo now has the power of the Kotoamatsukami with him...", said Itachi.
"Exactly. I suspect he'll come after my left eye as well. You... And Naruto are the only people I can trust.", said Shisui, reaching his hand out towards his left eye.
"Shisui, what the hell are you doi-", asked Naruto, but the words were caught in his throat as Shisui forcefully removed his left eye from his eye socket.
Itachi cringed slightly at the sight as well. 'Shisui... Is this the path you are taking?', he thought.
Shisui held out his hand, which now had his left eye inside it. "Naruto, Itachi. You're the only people I can count on. My best friends, my brothers from different mothers, my closest people. Naruto, I'm sorry I won't be there to watch you grow up into the great shinobi I know you'll become, and I'm sorry that I was never able to help you much with your training as well. I'm sorry that I have to make you go through this at such a young age, and I'm just sorry that I'm leaving like this... Itachi-"
Naruto couldn't take anymore of what Shisui was saying. Gone was the fun-loving, ever-smiling Shisui that he had come to become friends with "Shisui, stop saying stuff like that! We took care of the bad guys, you're safe now!"
"No, I'm really not, Naruto. They injected a lethal poison into my bloodstream, and I don't have much time left. It's significantly weakened my body... Now please don't cut me off anymore, I don't have much strength left." said Shisui, in his rare, serious voice. "Itachi, please protect this Village, and honour the name of the Uchiha."
Shisui turned around halfway before turning back to Itachi and Naruto, who's face was now wet with blood and a few tears that were forming in his eye.
"Oh, and I almost forgot. I suppose I'll miss out on all those Christmases, Birthdays and Special events, so... Before I go, I'll be giving you a parting gift, Naruto. Here, take my Sharingan. Consider it my gift to make up for everything, if it makes you feel anymore comfortable. I'll watch over you as your new eye, and a part of me will literally always be with you.", said Shisui, walking over to Naruto. Shisui pulled out a small sealing scroll from his pocket and sealed his left eye into the scroll.
Shisui put the scroll in Naruto's free hand and curled it nice and snug, walking back towards the edge of the cliff.
"Shisui... You can't!", said Itachi.
"I told you, I'm not going to last long anyway... What's with that look of yours?", asked Shisui, "Even like this, I can still see your faces easily, you know. I'm positive you'll carry on without me. So don't worry! You'll both be fine."
"From now on, you may be forced to walk down long, dark paths, one that's filled with pain and suffering. I'll have to apologise that I can't be with you through it all. Still, I hope you don't falter from your paths. Keep moving forward as a Leaf ninja. Although, make a new way for yourself, with your new hands. Don't restrict yourself to what you believe, just go above and beyond. You can do it... I know you can. It's why I'm able to ask the two of you to carry on my will, if that's not too much to ask. I guess this is the end of the road for me...", he continued.
He raised his voice for the last time in life: "I wish I never met you, Itachi... I was far better off as a coward..." Shisui let out a small chuckle. "Thank you for making me into a brave shinobi that you looked up to, Itachi. Don't stop me, if you're my friends. Good bye, Naruto, Itachi. Thank you, for everything. I leave the rest... To you."
Shisui leaned forward, slowly falling into the Naka river,
"SHISUI!", yelled Itachi and Naruto, both running forward in a desperate attempt to catch him.
Itachi and Naruto watched as Shisui's body floated down the stream of the Naka river, slowly fading from their view.
Itachi's eyes turned blood red, it's shape turning into a pinwheel pattern.
"Rest in piece, Shisui", whispered Itachi.
Naruto's consciousness started fading. The events of tonight were starting to prove a little bit too much for his brain to handle. However, the sorrow, unfiltered rage, and anger boiling inside him kept him awake... It almost felt foreign.
Just before his mind slipped away into nothingness, he was caught by Itachi, who put a hand on his chest and put him down on the ground.
Itachi looked down on the half-conscious boy, and activated his sharingan to see that his chakra was... Special to say the least. It was blue, but it was coated with a tint of orange.
"I'll say a few things that might be able to help you with your career as a ninja, if that's still what you wish to take, and to be able to carry on Shisui's will. You have a future ahead of you, Naruto-kun. Don't be like me who tried to take things the fast way. Stay in the academy with the rest of your friends until your final year. Graduating early will only lead you into a path of stress and danger that you will regret taking." Itachi picked up the scroll in Naruto's hand, unrolled it on the ground, and opened the seal.
Naruto groaned slightly, trying to see what Itachi was doing through the massive headache he was experiencing.
Itachi put a hand over Naruto's eye and removed his left eye without causing too much pain for Naruto. "I'll put Shisui's eye into your socket now. Use this gift wisely, Naruto-kun, but use it, not abuse it. It is a great tool that comes in handy at times, but completely depending on it will lead to your downfall one day." Carefully, Itachi aligned the nerves in Shisui's eye into Naruto's eye socket and sped up the healing process with basic medical ninjutsu.
Naruto was able to just barely stay conscious to hear Itachi say: "Do not tell anyone what had happened tonight, Naruto, for your own sake. Not even your father. Oh, and one final tip. Always remember that every technique, person, or seal, no matter how powerful, will always have a weakness."
And Cut.