A/N: The prophecy revealed finally, and most things should be about explained, most. Okay, enjoy the chapter, the next one should be up in a day or two since it is already done. Just review for me.
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Chapter Twelve
"Tell us already, no one else is coming." Gaara crossed his arms, willing the many voices to stop shouting at once. Which one of them knew the reason they had been called? What was the reason Sasuke was so feared? None of them were happy that the Hokage had made in an appearance along with Naruto. It was two voices they hadn't wanted at the secret meeting. What mattered was that Sasuke was a shinobi of the leaf, so Kakashi Hatake had every right to be in attendance. There were already close to a hundred people in the large room, the higher ups at the largest and raised table. Why wasn't he shocked that it was the Reikage that stood up to address the room?
"I will be the one to inform the others why this meeting has been called." The large man had been shocked when his council had brought it to his attention. He had never cared for the Uchiha boy to begin with and this just confirmed his suspicions that the upstart needed to die. They didn't need another Madara on their hands or someone else trying to take over. "As a few from Stone already know, and my council, there was a prophecy spoke by the Owl Sage some decades ago, concerning the Uchiha clan. Naturally, the Leaf hushed up most of the talk but some did manage to hear of it. It was actually recorded and a copy sealed away, just in case."
"I know nothing of a prophecy." Kakashi turned to the two elders that had traveled with him as well. Both were stone-faced and didn't claim the same. Was it true? The two were older than dirt so it was possible they had been alive during the time. "There is actually a prophecy?"
"We did not think it worthy of mentioning to either you or Tsunade seeing as the Uchiha are all but destroyed." The old man was making excuses.
"They are not destroyed, there is one waltzing around, and he himself has more or less boasted about the prophecy." The Reikage hadn't known of the prophecy at the time and when he had carelessly in jest mentioned something the brat had said, his council member had flipped. It was then he had been told the truth and why it wasn't funny.
"I don't care what any prophecy says, Sasuke isn't our enemy, and this entire meeting is pointless." Naruto directed the accusation at the large, tan man that had the nerve to call this entire thing when his friend had helped to save them all.
"So the Uchiha didn't boast about becoming the one Kage and killing the rest of us?" The Reikage smirked seeing the pained looks of the Hokage and their savior. It was true, the Uchiha had said such words in battle. "Let my council read to you why we should fear this threat."
An elderly female happily took a parchment from the man and cleared her throat to address the many members. "In the time following blood and chaos, the first born shall appear once more. His rebirth to bring about a new era, a new nation will arise. By Uchiha hand, the Chosen One shall lose what was unjustly given. The stolen bride of his eternal rival to lead the way, blessed with the sight of the mother. A mortal brother to lead his forsaken army, and the unsister to create his kingdom, all to reshape the world in his image."
"There is nothing in that prophecy that states it is Sasuke," Sakura pointed out the fact that his name isn't mentioned, just a Uchiha. It could be anyone, there could be one or two hiding away somewhere. "You're just all cowards that are scared because you don't know him."
"Know him? What we know girl is that he has already proven himself traitor to your village once," the Reikage didn't need to be buddies with him to know him. "And seeing as even now your Hokage has sent several teams to find him after he's gone missing, I'd be willing to bet he's found out about the prophecy. That is right, we all know about the boy's disappearance again."
"He probably discovered that his clan was wiped out because of this prophecy," another voice rang out in the room.
"That's right, not even a decade after it was first heard, they were massacred."
"That couldn't be true," Kakashi couldn't believe it. "We all know now that the Uchiha were taken out due to their planned coup and no other reason. Sasuke has chosen to remain a shinobi of the leaf and speculating as to why there was a rebellion among the Uchiha is pointless."
"Why don't you ask them? They knew the Uchiha were a threat and that is why they got rid of them. The boy himself is still a threat, one that must be dealt with immediately," the Reikage pointed to the two elders that had yet to speak.
"The massacre of the Uchiha clan is no one's business but those of the Leaf." Utatane linked her fingers together and peered at the clucking peacocks. "It is in the past but I will not sit here and tell you that your worries are unfounded. Many of the clan members managed to hear of this so called prophecy. NONE of them however fit the description of those stated. My concern is that the Uchiha rogue does indeed reflect the one described. Rumor has it that he is the reincarnation of Otsutsuki Indra, who is the ancestor of the Uchiha clan. Naruto, is the reincarnation of Asura, who was given the mission of establishing peace. Asura was given the title of ruler, which is where the legend came in."
"Right, that is what the old man said. Sasuke is the incarnation of this Indra, and I'm Asura." Naruto wasn't sure how the old hag knew about it but it wasn't shocking. People talked and something like that wouldn't have been kept quiet. "But Sasuke chose to end our feud. I'm not saying that the next time we are reincarnated or they are that it won't end up as us being rivals but there is no way this thing is talking about Sasuke. Besides, it is talking about more than one person and he is the last."
"Let me finish, boy!" Utatane snapped, but glad he had confirmed it for everyone in the room. "WE can all agree that a time of blood and chaos has recently passed us. The first born has appeared again in the body of Sasuke Uchiha, who boasted about bringing the nations under his rule. A Uchiha will take back what the Chosen One was unjustly given. Asura was chosen by their father to lead after his death, which Indra did not agree with. Some like to call you the Chosen One, boy, is that a coincident? Since that time, the descendants of Otsutsuki Asura has ruled and lead us. Even when the Leaf was formed, the first Hokage wanted it to be ruled by Madara but his own brother caused it not to come about. In a matter of speaking, Asura's lineage has kept up the mission that was given to him."
"Her argument makes sense, I say the boy is the one." The Mizukage linked her fingers together and wished she didn't need to say it but it all made sense. "He fits the prophecy and he has every reason to strike out, despite his part in the war. His turning rogue again doesn't do much for his case."
"Indra saw the place as ruler as his birthright and died believing it. No amount of coddling can change centuries of desire. This time or the next, it doesn't matter, this prophecy warns that Indra will one day be reborn as a Uchiha to destroy the five nations. I for one will not take that chance." The Reikage wasn't going to risk his people because a few people didn't want to lose a friend.
"I'm not saying that Sasuke doesn't fit the bill," Kakashi held up his hand to silence the two from asking what he was doing. "I feel the need to point out that a few things are indeed off. It speaks of there being a bride of his eternal rival with the sight of the mother. Seeing as Naruto would be his eternal rival, I don't see Sakura here rushing to his side, and she sure doesn't have the sight of the mother, whom I assume means Kaguya. His mortal brother is deceased and what exactly is an unsister?"
"Naruto isn't in love with Sakura," Gaara crossed his legs, all eyes turning to him. "His attachment to her most likely comes from his rivalry with Sasuke and her being such a close friend."
"Exactly, that is what I've been saying but my girlfriend won't hear me out." Naruto voiced, "she is more like a sister to me and everyone knows she is going to marry Sasuke. I mean as his eternal rival, he would have to steal my girl and that isn't going to happen."
"Your ex-girlfriend is one Hinata Hyuuga and she could very well be the one that is mentioned." Utatane sneered at the fierce denial, young people were such fools when it came to love. They never listen when you try to tell them that the one they love isn't good enough for them. "That girl is the by-product of a whore and a traitor. When will you realize that there is nothing that happens in our village that we aren't aware of? Hinata Hyuuga is not the heir to her clan, she is a dark secret kept because Hiashi and the third are weak men. They kept that bastard hidden and we allowed it because she didn't show signs of inheriting her father's genes and she is no more threatening than a mouse."
"Don't you dare talk about her like that," Naruto didn't give a damn if the woman was an elder, she was a bitch. No one talked about Hinata like that, she wasn't weak, and she wasn't a bastard.
"See, you clearly love this girl but where is she? I'll tell you where she is, why Kakashi can't locate her, it is because she is with the Uchiha. There is a good chance that she possesses the sight belonging to the Uchiha and the Hyuuga. A child that can wield the Sharingan and the Byakugan, she is the bride your rival shall steal from you."
"You lie!" Naruto slammed his hand down, wanting to tear her throat out. It wasn't true, even if Hinata was somehow someone else's child and half Uchiha. He didn't want to know the details, she would never betray her family, their home, especially for Sasuke. "Hinata isn't a traitor and neither is Sasuke, you have it all wrong."
"Calm down, Naruto." Kakashi tried to keep the situation from escalating into a fight. He couldn't allow his former pupil to strike an elder, neither would the guards. If Naruto tried, he could be charged with treason. "I'd like to hear how she could explain the rest of it. We all know Itachi is dead and Sasuke had no other mortal brother and what about this so called unsister?"
"That I cannot explain as of yet." The old woman didn't relent, not when so many were clinging to her words. "Just because one traitor is dead, doesn't mean that there isn't another. How many men here can honestly say that the only woman they have fucked was their spouse? Without risking committing a sin by lying through his teeth? I'd be willing to bet that at least a third of the shinobi in our villages come from illegitimate bastards from one clan or another. It is very possible that there is another Uchiha male out there that is blood brother to the traitor. This other female it mentions could be anyone, someone that will somehow help create his kingdom. The point is that the Uchiha boy fits the description completely and he has already stolen his bride."
"I have something to say," Gaara cleared his throat, wanting to voice his opinion. "I don't know the circumstances behind the massacre or Hinata's birth, I don't care. What does concern me that it doesn't really matter if he is the one in the prophecy or if the girl has for some reason chosen him over Naruto. What I think we should concern ourselves with is that one day a Uchicha will become a serious threat. It may end up being Sasuke's grandchild, or his great-great grandson. It doesn't help that the Uchiha have a history of turning on their village. I say we bring him in for questioning and to see if he is indeed the threat this prophecy says he will be."
"Not good enough," the Reikage shouted, and many voices agreed. "He has ran from his village twice, that says enough. The Hokage can't deny it, the boy has left the Leaf once more for his own agenda without speaking to anyone. Be it him or the bastards he sires, I say we finish what was started by his kin years ago."
"You can't just kill him," Kakashi grabbed his temples, fearing the explosion that would soon take place. They couldn't just ask him to order Sasuke's death, it wasn't right. Sasuke had helped to save them, he should be a hero.
"Yes, we can. No matter his deeds in the past, he is a traitor. Our laws, any shinobi that turns rogue is considered a threat to all nations and must be hunted down as a criminal. His actions during the war should not be used to excuse his current actions. Just because he once saved the nations doesn't give him leave to try to take them over. I say you stand by the laws handed down for generations and deal with him as any high-ranking criminal. Sasuke Uchiha should be hunted and executed, nothing less."
"And what if as his Hokage I lessen the sentence and merely have him jailed?" Kakashi didn't want to order his death, it would hurt, but he had to know exactly what kind of conviction he was dealing with. Would he be forced to make that decision?
"Then as Mizukage I shall deem that the Leaf is harboring a threat to all five nations, which means you will be supporting the Uchiha, and ignoring the law in order to protect your former pupil. I will not stand for it and will ask for the support of the other nations in this matter."
"She'll get it too," the crouching old man wheezed his reply. "She will have the full backing of our nation."
"Mine as well," the Reikage saw that the Kazekage was also beginning to fold.
"I'm sorry, Naruto." Gaara truly was but he was the Kazekage. "As Kazekage, I have to agree with the others, and I must put my people first. I will not side with Konoha and risk their safety for the sake of your friend. What you need to ask yourself, Kakashi Hatake, is if you are willing to risk open war with the other nations simply to protect one shinobi. He may be your former pupil and their friend but does his life carry more importance than anyone else that you have sworn to protect?"
"No," Kakashi damned himself for answering but Gaara had him. Sasuke's life shouldn't be more important and it wasn't. He had his other pupils, all the other shinobi, the villagers, their lives were just as important and it was his duty to protect them. "I will not risk war for just one shinobi, not even Sasuke. I will grant the order for his execution."
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"In the time following blood and chaos, the first born shall appear once more. His rebirth to bring about a new era, a new nation will arise. By Uchiha hand, the Chosen One shall lose what was unjustly given. The stolen bride of his eternal rival to lead the way, blessed with the sight of the mother. A mortal brother to lead his forsaken army, and the unsister to create his kingdom, all to reshape the world in his image." Itachi read the prophecy out loud for a third time, trying to make sense of the words. How could this sage have foreseen what was to come?
"I'm the incarnation of Indra, that is what it means. Naruto is the incarnation of Asura, fated rivals because of the original brothers. The founders of the Uchiha and the Senju clans, that is what it speaks of. It's already coming true isn't it and that is why my life will soon be in danger." Sasuke sat down on the couch, hearing the words that had condemned their clan. This is what the council had feared? One of them gathering others to his side and overthrowing the nations? Just what he had claimed to want to do, he had signed his own fate. "I will not be allowed to live, you know this."
"Neither will myself or Hinata." Itachi figured he could hide away since no one knew that he was revived but he wouldn't leave his brother. "If they hear of this, they may figure out that she is the one with the sight of the mother. I'm sure plenty will be pissed when she becomes your bride too."
"Cute," Sasuke appreciated him trying to make light of the prophecy. "I'm sure Ino might not mind fulfilling the part of the unsister that will build my kingdom as long as it isn't as shabby as that clothesline she tried to make. What the hell, you can lead my armies and we'll conquer the five nations. I'll just have to figure out how to convince Hinata to become my bride before we're assassinated."
"Good luck with that," Itachi wished him the best. Prophecy or no, he didn't see her agreeing with how his brother had just spoken down to her. She wasn't going to fall into that roll very easy.
"I think we should do it," Hinata almost stumbled on the words. She had yet to move from her spot against the wall but the silence that followed her words meant they had heard. The laundry basket was still in her hands, the clean sheets forgotten as she listened to the prophecy being quoted. That was the reason her mother had been slain? Because her birth father had been a Uchiha, one that had spoken out against the injustice being done to his clan. Having his childhood teammate going missing, probably overlooked because she had been another Uchiha, had been too much. All of it was wrong and what had been done to her, her sire had done it to keep her safe. A female with the sight, it meant the Byakugan and the Sharingan. She did fit that description, it would make her a target. It didn't matter if she didn't really want to turn against her home, it would turn on her.
"You don't have to wed me to get me to touch you," Sasuke kept his expression bored when the basket hit the floor. The girl had stepped back into the main room finally and looked appalled at the suggestion of being touched.
"I wouldn't allow you to touch me unless we were and I wasn't agreeing to that." Hinata fisted her hands, wanting to strike him. Leave it to him to make light of her suggestion, "I meant we should expose the nations and to create one that is just. I don't have to read the rest of those ledgers to know that all of them are built on lies. I've seen with my own eyes the cruel things they are capable of. I know I'll probably end up hunted because of who I am. It doesn't matter how I feel, it will all come down to what helps those in charge sleep better at night."
"And my line wasn't that bad!" Ino screamed from the other side of the doorway, without bothering to open it up. "You can build your own kingdom, asshole."
"At least it didn't mention anything about me having to marry that one," Itachi placed an arm on the back of the seat. He would want back in the box if he had to deal with that one on a more personal level.
"Yes, it did." Hinata smiled seeing the smirk and the smile fall from their faces. Had they only heard the terms applying to her being a bride? "It called her the unsister, which means she is a sister but not really a sister to the first born. That is because you are being quoted to being Indra, which makes Itachi not really your brother in the spiritual sense, but he is your mortal brother this time around. So even if I do by some idiotic agreement on my part, become your bride, Ino would NOT be your sister in any fashion because she and I are not blood related and she isn't a Uchiha. So that means the only way for her to be any kind of sister to you, she would have to be married to the brother that is only your brother through your mortal flesh. So there, if I'm going to get stuck with a jerk, then so is she."
"Like hell I am!" Once more through the door.
"You shouldn't take it so lightly, Hinata." Sasuke had to question if she really got it. "I am the reincarnation of Indra, I am very tempted to fulfill his will, and I have already taken the first steps of stealing the bride of my rival. You should concern yourself what it would mean if I were to decide to make it true."
"You cannot intimidate me," Hinata boasted, hearing the lack of conviction in her words for the most part. So did he and that is why he began to laugh. "Fine, I fear what you may become, I fear what it would mean if I did become this bride because of the danger I would be in. However, you as a man does not intimidate me. You are a man, just like any other, and I will never allow you to push me around."
"Because you are a fool," Sasuke ignored the whispered warning from his sibling. He stood too quickly for the girl to guess his intention and she barely had time to step backwards. She more or less helped in his pinning her to the wall, she did fear him but not for the right reasons. His hands came down to trap her near the waist, and shoulder. He made sure to lean so only she would hear, "You fear me as a shinobi because I could kill you easily without any remorse. You fear the monster that I may become because I may one day wage war against the family and home you still love. When your biggest concern should be the possibility of becoming my stolen bride. The depths in which I'd conquer you would be unlike anything you have ever imagined."
Why did that threat make her insides heat? Hinata fought back the urge to bite her bottom lip, she wouldn't be intimidated. He was doing it to prove that he could, that he could make her uneasy. "A simple feat seeing as I have NEVER imagined anything when it comes to you."
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