Author's Notes: Author's Notes: I own nothing but Klaxon.

Chapter 22: Naruto vs. Tikimon and The Truth about the Uchiha Massacre

[Crash Twinsanity- Tikimon Theme...needle scratches]

Suddenly blue-black Ice covers the living totem god, freezing it solid before a ninja in blue-black armor bursts from its chest, shattering the monster completely.

"I planned a whole day with that!" whined Klaxon as he saw his hard work shattered.

"What just happened?" said Naruto completely confused.

"I did!" said the blue-black clad figure as he got into a stance.

"Do I know you?"

The figure face-plants comically before he gets up, steam rising from his head.

"HOW COULD YOU FORGET WHO I AM?! WE FOUGHT IN THE CHUNNIN EXAMS!"

"Wait...let me think...YOU'RE THAT GUY WHO WE FOUGHT IN THE FOREST OF DEATH!" said Naruto pointing at the figure as realization hit him.

"No duh! Now, I want a rematch because our match was interrupted that day. FIGHT!" said Nick Saibot as he used his Ice element to freeze the ground until it froze Naruto's feet in place.

"What the-?!" said Naruto caught off-guard at the sudden attack. Nick had an Ice Sword form in his hands and charged Naruto but was stopped as a pitch black figure stopped him and a lighter black figure walked in front of him.

"Nick, I told you, this is a diplomatic mission and you attacking the local jinchūriki doesn't help." said Noob Saibot as he held his son's Ice Sword in place.

"Fine." grumbled Nick as he made his weapon disperse along with Naruto's feet unfreezing.

"There. Now shake hands."

The two grudgingly shake-hands and then turn away from each other, but they glare at the other's back.

"*Sigh* Sometimes I wonder if I made the right choice with marrying my wife..." muttered Noob as he massaged his forehead and began walking away, followed by Nick.

"Well...since Nick destroyed my totem god, I got nothing. Talk to Obito or even Kakashi because I got nothing...see ya later!" said Klaxon waving before he disappeared in black mist.

"Great. I came all this way for nothing." grumbled Naruto as he shoved his hands into the pockets of his pants.

Two Weeks Later; Whirlpool Academy Rooftop...

Naruto landed on the rooftop and saw Obito standing there, looking at the rising sun, his stance more rigid than usual.

"You called Obito-sensei?" said Naruto cheerfully.

"I don't deserve that title coming from you..." said Obito sadly.

"What? Of course you do! Why-" "I don't Naruto, not after everything I did."

"What did you do?"

"Look into my eye, don't worry, nothing bad will happen." said Obito as he activated his Mangekyou Sharingan and Naruto found himself and Obito in his mindscape which was a large open forest with a fairly large pond yet the Nine-Tails' cage was still there.

"Alright Obito-sensei, what the heck is going on?!" said Naruto in some annoyance mixed with fear.

"My Mangekyou can allow me to control the Kurama and...it's also the reason why you don't have a family and why me, Sasuke's, and Itachi's clan was destroyed..." said Obito sadly as he glanced at the Nine-Tails in next to him.

"What?! What are you talking-"

"Naruto! Be quiet and let him speak. He's telling the truth." aid Kurama from his cage and Naruto's eyes widen as he looks back at his sensei who is trembling heavily, not from fear but from what he is about to reveal.

"The night Kurama attacked, I was returning to the Compound, note that this is two weeks after I returned from my supposed death, and I was 'assigned' by Fugaku to babysit Itachi and Sasuke and I was only five minutes late but when I got there...a man with a hood had a kunai to Itachi's throat who was holding his baby brother in his arms. Itachi was trembling heavily and tears were falling from his eyes...I couldn't attack the hooded man without endangering my nephews so...I asked what he wanted..." said Obito before he started to hyperventilate but calmed himself down and took a deep breath.

"He wanted the Nine-Tails and I told him good luck and he pressed the kunai harder against Itachi's throat and I asked him how he wanted to get it...he said...my Mangekyou could control the tailed-beast yet...I was hesitant to listen but with my nephews being endangered...I gave in to his demands. Putting on a different mask than my usual orange-spiral one, I went to where your parents were hidden, due to the seal weakening during childbirth, using their own trust against them and...I killed the guards quickly and took you in my arms and...and...and...I threatened to kill you with my own hands..."

Naruto stared at his sensei in shock upon that revelation and opened his mouth yet the one-eyed man stopped him from talking by raising a hand.

"Let me finish. I had no intention of harming you yet I had to make it look good so I threw you into the air and threatened to skewer you on a kunai, your father though...lived up to his reputation and saved you but...I had put explosive tags on the blankets bottom yet he somehow managed to save both himself and you from the explosion. I then took Kushina and tied her up someplace before I...ripped Kurama from her body..."

"I then had Kurama go on a rampage throughout Konoha while I went to deal with the hooded man but...Minato-sensei got in my way and we...fought...I lost an arm and my mask was severely chipped yet not enough to reveal my identity and before he could finish me...I warped out of there. When I got back, Itachi was on the floor unconscious and Sasuke was crying loudly. A few days later, I learned Minato and Kushina had died sealing Kurama into their newborn son, you Naruto. I was so racked by guilt I couldn't even attend their funeral or even look at you in the Third's arms. Only a few knew that Kushina and Minato had a son, none of the villagers did and I was depressed for what I did."

"I told Fugaku about what I did and in the first moment of kindness I saw from him, he understand and said I did the right thing with protecting my nephews...maybe he was worried for his sons or maybe my guilt was too much for me...but he promised not to tell the Hokage about the incident."

"Then what was the Uchiha Massacre for?"

"A simple act. Due to what he promised, he wanted to make it seem like the Uchiha planned a coup, all those years of 'planning' were nothing but lies. Itachi, who was somewhat of a internal spy for the Hokage, thought it was real and well...when the relation between the Village and the Uchiha was strained too far...Itachi had to kill off his entire family and clan minus me and Sasuke..."

"So..." said Naruto unsure about this.

"I took your family away from you! I destroyed Sasuke's childhood! I made Itachi an S-ranked missing ninja! I made you the center of the villager's hate back in Konoha! It's all my fault! Kakashi thinks he has it bad! Look at what I did! I destroyed thousands of lives in one night!" said Obito as he fell to his knees in the mindscape and tears fell from his single-eye.

"How long have you had this guilt?" said Naruto, still in shock.

"Sixteen! Sixteen f**king years! I don't deserve to be a Jonin, have students, or even my life!"

"Obito-sensei, calm down." said Naruto genuinely worried for his sensei.

"CALM DOWN?! CALM DOWN?! I RUINED YOUR LIFE, SASUKE'S LIFE, THE VILLAGERS' LIVES, EVEN MY LIFE, MISERABLE! HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM YOU LITTLE BRAT!?" yelled Obito before Naruto slapped the masked man.

"I said 'calm down'! I'm disappointed in you..." said Naruto slowly and Obito looked down in shame, "...that you would get upset this badly for something in the past and none of it was really your fault."

"What?" said Obito looking up at Naruto, his eye-wide.

"Think about it. Who made you do all those things?"

"The hooded man..."

"Its his fault, you were just a pawn in his game, like Kurama was."

"We were both used Obito. He used you and you used me, but that night...I felt that person's chakra...it felt...familiar..." said the Nine-Tails before he let out a soft growl, "Something big is coming...Obito..."

Obito looks at Kurama unsure.

"Can you teach me and Naruto how to fight the Sharingan?"

"Yeah. I'm glad I got that night off my chest but...the deaths I did cause...I...I'll help. Time I quit being a crybaby and grow up already." said Obito clenching his fists.

"Alright! I can use this against Sasuke when he gets back!" said Naruto with a fox-like grin before it faltered under the glares from the two in his mindscape.

"Heh he heh he...and whoever it was that forced Obito to ruin so many lives that night..." added Naruto with a nervous smile and Kurama face-palms.

END CHAPTER

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