Chapter 3: School Day

Red. Red was all that could be seen. The sky was the color of blood. The moon had the image of the Sharingan etched into its surface, illuminating the corpses all over the ground. Their bodies seemed drained of their blood which had been staining the ground. The lone surviving person in this carnage was none other than Itachi. Horror all over his face, standing over the three people in this world that he cared for the most. His legs couldn't hold his weight as he fell to his knees looking at the face of Sasuke, his features showing pure terror. Turning his gaze to Sasuke's left, the body of Naruto laid in the blood face down. Itachi reached for him, arm only an inch from touching him, before he heard a cough as he looked to a building and saw Mito leaning against it blood coming out of her mouth. Itachi ran to his sister, hoping desperately he wasn't too late. He bent down to her as his eyes noticed a large gash in her torso, from the looks of it a slash from a blade if he wasn't mistaken, but who would have done this.

"I-Itachi," Mito said weakly, blood spewing from her mouth. "w-why?"

Itachi didn't know what she was talking about, what did she mean? What did he do? Itachi looked down only to see in his right hand a bloodied tanto, his clothes now that of his Anbu uniform with blood all over his clothes and skin. Itachi dropped the weapon as he stood, backing away from Mito who had passed with her eyes still on him. Itachi didn't know what was going on and was panicking. Lifting his hands to his face as he began to cry. His family is gone. His clan is gone. And all of it was his fault. Itachi began to scream to the sky, asking the gods what he did to deserve this. He suddenly felt himself begin to fall into a dark void. Everything around him fell in with him.

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Itachi awoke from his sleep, the nightmare still going through his mind. Taking deep breaths he focused on his surroundings and realized he was sitting on his bed in his room. Listening to the sounds outside his room only to hear the sounds of his mother beginning to wake up his three younger siblings. Getting out of his bed, he got into some of his civilian clothes before opening his door, only to see Mito walking past it with a tired look on her face. Itachi froze for a moment as his dream was still fresh in his memory, but Mito noticed him as she ran to her eldest brother with her trademark smile.

"Good morning Itachi! Can you believe it's our first day at the Academy today! I can't wait!"

Itachi looked at her for a moment before giving her a smile of his own, something he rarely did nowadays. "Are you now? Are Sasuke and Naruto up yet?" He asked.

"Uhh, no. Naruto's still fast asleep and mom just told me to wake Sasuke up for her. I don't even know how they aren't up yet seeing that all three of us have been waiting to go for like, forever."

Itachi chuckled at Mito as he loved it when she got mad due to her only looking cute instead of threatening. "I'm sure Sasuke will be up. Naruto on the other hand…"

"You're telling me. I wonder how we're even related sometimes." Mito said with a huff.

Itachi left his room, following her to Sasuke's to see if he was up. Once they came to his door Mito opened it and was about to shout but stopped when she saw Sasuke was about to open it maybe half a second after she did. "Oh good, you're up. Mom said we need to wake up Naruto." Mito said to Sasuke

Sasuke groaned at hearing this. "Again, why isn't he up by now? I mean the dobe has more energy than the three of us combined. You'd think he'd have been up due to how excited he was last night."

"What are you guys talking about me for?" Everyone jumped at hearing the blond behind them already awake. Mito looked at her twin before getting her ability to speak back. "Wait when did you wake up?" She asked.

"A minute ago, why?" Naruto asked as he eyed his siblings who all seemed astounded that he was up so early.

"B-But you're never up on time. It usually takes all of us to wake you up and even then we've sometimes needed mom and dad to help. Why are you up now?" Sasuke asked while looking at his younger brother.

"What, I can't be excited too? I've been waiting to go since we were three." Naruto said with a bit of annoyance at seeing his siblings think he couldn't get up if he wanted to. Itachi blinked at his youngest brother before rolling his eyes at the blond with a look of amusement on his face before walking to the kitchen, the other three right behind him.

Mikoto looked up from making breakfast to see all four of her children walking into the dining room, Naruto included. "Wow I'm impressed you got him up so early." She said in surprise. Naruto looked at his mother with hurt on his face. "Oh come on, you too mom!" Mikoto chuckled to her youngest son's response. "Well sorry but you aren't the most morning loving person of the group." She said to him, Naruto gave a pout before sitting in his seat, the others following suit. "So are you all ready for the Academy?" Mikoto asked, trying to change the subject. All three children nodded as smiles came over their faces.

"I'd hope so. That's all they've been wanting to do for the past three and a half years." Itachi said with a smirk at seeing his siblings giving him glares. "Well it's true."

"I just can't wait to show off my moves. I'm gonna become the best there ever was at the academy." Naruto said with some arrogance in his words.

"That's if you can even remember half of the things on your homework." Mito said, giving her brother a look while she ate her eggs.

"Hey, what do you mean by that? Just cause I'm not a bookworm like you doesn't mean I can't do good."

"I'm not a bookworm!" Mito yelled at her brother, both ready to kill each other. Mikoto sighed as she looked at Itachi, who was also sighing at the sight.

"Hey will you two stop fighting, some people are trying to eat." Sasuke said with his usual snark.

"Oh shut up teme!" Naruto yelled to Sasuke from his chair.

"Yeah teme, shut up." Mito yelled.

"Hey, don't call me that bookworm!" Sasuke yelled as the three began to argue amongst themselves.

"Well that was longer than usual." Mikoto said to Itachi who nodded. "I wonder when the chains will come out this ti… oh there they are." At that moment Mito brought out three golden chains from her back that ensnared the two boys. Mikoto, knowing what was going to happen next, decided to stop this from getting any worse. "OK enough! Mito put those away and let your brothers go now! What did your father tell you about using them?"

All three kids stiffened as Mito immediately listened to her mother and put away her chains. "I'm sorry mom, I won't do it again I promise. But." Mito looked at the floor at saying this. "But why can't I use it in school anyway? I mean I have them so why can't I show them to others. Why do I have to be so secretive with them?" Mikoto looked to her daughter knowing she hated this rule. "Mito we've been over this, they are very dangerous for someone your age to use and someone your age could die of chakra exhaustion if they are hit by it." Mito pouted a little to that.

"Why are you so mad, you at least have something. My Sharingan hasn't even awakened yet." Sasuke said to his sister with a frown. He had gotten jealous when Mito unlocked her chains which acted like a sort of Kekki Genki for her family.

"Oh you're fine. At least you know you'll eventually get it, just be patient." Mito said with a bit of sas. Suddenly a loud smack from a hand on wood came from Naruto's seat as he stood up and stormed out of the room. All had stopped at this for a moment as they processed what he had done. Blinking for a moment, Mikoto finally remembered why he would act that way. Ever since the children were old enough to realize they were adopted both had become sad at knowing they'd never unlock the families Kekku Genki, and while neither showed it, Mikoto knew they felt

insecure about never unlocking their families trait. This feeling only seemed to increase in Naruto as around two years ago Mito unlocked her chains and he found out that he may never be able to unlock this due to it having been a very rare ability in the Uzumaki to the point that even if you had a parent that could use them it could have been that none of their children, or even grandchildren, ever unlocked it. Mikoto knew that she could have been wrong about this information as it was given to her by Kushina who wasn't very sure on the details of it either, but this was still the most likely outcome. And unfortunately for Naruto, this outcome wasn't one he wanted to be true.

Mito and Sauske got up after their shock had passed as they went to go find their brother to apologize, all in the family knowing of his feelings on this subject. Walking through the house they came to the one place someone could always seemingly find Naruto, the compound's garden. Looking through the large open area they both came to a large sakura tree and found their brother laying on one of its more sizable branches.

"Naruto, look we're sorry about that. We forgot you don't like that kind of stuff." Mito said with a sorry look on her face. "Yeah we didn't mean to make you feel left out." Sasuke chirped in, feeling bad for his brother. Naruto just looked at his siblings with an emotionless face before jumping off the branch and landing in the middle of them both. "Let's just get to school." Was all he said before walking back to their home. Mito and Sauske looked at each other with a hint of worry before following behind him.

Fugaku came into the dining room as he heard a commotion only to see Mikoto and Itachi sitting at the table and the other three gone. "Did they do it again?" He asked his wife who nodded. "So I'm guessing they started talking about it and Naruto got jealous and ran off." Mikoto nodded to this as he sat in his chair with a sigh. He remembered the day Mito had unlocked her chains and how from that point on Naruto seemed to be much more distant when it came to talking about abilities that came from bloodlines.

Flashback

Fugaku was walking with a four year old Mito, one of the few times they spent father daughter time together due to his busy schedule and his responsibilities with the clan and the family as a whole. It was due to this that Mito was making sure they made the most of it, Fugaku allowing it completely as he knew how much these times meant to her and now that she had finally become his true daughter only a year ago now it felt even more special to him. As they walked through the village Fugaku kept Mito close as he didn't want the villagers to even try anything to her. Their hate towards the twins had increased due to their identities as the Jinchuriki for the Nine Tails being revealed only a few months ago during the Hyuga Affair that Kumo had started. The political turmoil of this event seemed to be what someone had been waiting for as now the village seemed to hate the Uchiha even more then before.

Mito and Naruto however seemed none the wiser to what the village was thinking, something Fugaku and Mikoto were very thankful for. Fugaku noticed many Hyuga's passing them, giving glares to the two. Mito seemed to start getting uncomfortable as she looked up to her father with a look of distress. Fugaku looked down to her and gave her one of his comforting smiles, unfortunately this didn't seem to make Mito feel any better as she got closer to him. Fugaku frowned a little at that as he looked back to notice that more Hyuga's had appeared.

Fugaku didn't like just how many Hyuga's he had seen going down this street as he realized they were entering the half of Konoha that most stayed on due to that half having their compound. This was a similar situation with the Uchiha who had stayed on their side of Konoha after being relocated in the weeks after the Kyuubi attack. Fugaku decided to start heading back home as they rounded a corner to a road that led back to the Uchiha Compound.

As they made it to the road Fugaku suddenly noticed a man and young girl in formal Hyuga robes walking towards them. Both men stopped a few meters apart from one another as Fugaku stared at Hiashi. Mito looked to her father as she noticed him become very angry towards the man in front of them, that man having a similar reaction to seeing her father. Mito then noticed someone behind the man who seemed very scared at seeing this situation. As she looked closer to the person she noticed a girl her age hiding behind the man but who was also peeking out from behind him to see what would happen.

Fugaku and Hiashi stared down at one another before Fugaku went to pick up Mito as he began to walk home. Hiashi watched Fugaku leave as he ushered his daughter Hinata to follow him. Both men locked eyes with one another as they passed as Mito noticed the man's face seemed to change, veins just under his eyes popping out from his skin. Mito looked away in fear as she then noticed her father's eyes had changed to their Sharingan as they left. Fugaku walked in silence with Mito for a few minutes before he finally noticed his Sharingan were still active as he deactivated them and looked at Mito who seemed very uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry you had to see that." Fugaku finally said after a few moments of silence. Mito looked up to her father in surprise before shaking her head. "He was scary. And he felt like he didn't like me for some reason." Fugaku internally winced at that as he didn't want Mito to know about any of the actions Hiashi had taken to hurt her. Looking down at her, he then noticed something golden on her neck. Curious, he stopped as he activated his Sharingan to get a better look at this golden string coming out of her neck before his eyes widened in shock. The golden string was made of chakra and more importantly wasn't a string, but a chain. Mito looked at her father confused as he had stopped and was staring at her with his Sharingan activated. It was then that she noticed something on her neck as she reached for what it was as she felt some kind of warm metal on her neck. As she went to take it off her she yelped in pain as when she pulled it seemed to be stuck to her skin. Fugaku stopped her from doing anything else as he had her let it go, now watching it retreat into her skin as it disappeared.

Mito was very confused as to what was going on as Fugaku began to go back home knowing that Mikoto needed to hear about this.

End flashback

Fugaku was steered from his thoughts as he heard the door open and now saw his three youngest children coming back inside, noticing that Naruto seemed much less excited then usual. Mikoto got up from her seat as she spoke up. "Well I think it's time to get ready then. You three go and get changed for the day." She told the three as they nodded and left for their rooms.

Itachi got up from his seat as he went to the bathroom to get cleaned up and so he didn't have to wait. Mikoto looked to Fugaku as Itachi left the room as they had a silent conversation with one another before Fugaku nodded as he went to Naruto and Mito's room.

As he came up to the twins room he noticed Mito walking out of the room in her outfit for the day. This one being a red and white shirt with lavender shorts and black sandals, her crimson hair in a ponytail. Fugaku looked at her as he gave her a silent question, Mito frowning and shaking her head. "He's that mad huh?" He asked. Mito only nodded as she left for the bathroom to wash up. Fugaku opened the door to the room as he saw Naruto sitting on his bed, head resting on his hands. Walking up to him he looked down to him. Naruto looked up before looking back out his bedroom window.

"You ok?" Fugaku asked as he looked at Naruto.

"I'm fine." Was all Naruto gave in response. Fugaku sat next to his son as he looked out the window to the village. "I know you want to have one. I did too when I was your age."

"Yeah but you at least knew you'd get one. And you got it. But I'm not. You said it yourself, she may be the only one to get it for a while and that was all we had. And Sasuke will get his eyes one day too. Mom, you and Itachi have your eyes already and I won't get anything. I just get to be the disappointment that can't be like any of you." Naruto felt a tear go down his face as he said that. Fugaku frowned as he put a hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Who said you were a disappointment? None of us are going to treat you any differently in this house or the compound just because you don't have a power."

"But others will." Naruto said as he looked to his father, tears rolling down his face. "I'm not an Uchiha and others know that. I'm not like any of you and I can never be like you. How can I make you happy if I can do something like you can? I can't make any fire like Sasuke or Mito. If I can't do that then what am I other than a failure?" Naruto felt himself be pulled into a hug as Fugaku held him as he cried into his chest. "You're not a failure. If anything that just means you have to try harder and we are here to help you. And you already made me happy a long time ago and that will never change." Fugaku held his son as he let him cry. After a few minutes

Naruto pushed away from him as he rubbed his eyes with his sleeve. Fugaku got up from the bed as he let Naruto put on his clothes.

Fugaku went to the family room as he looked to Mikoto. As he sat beside her he told her about what had happened, stopping when he heard the three children come to the room. Looking at the two boys, Fugaku noticed Sasuke wearing a black shirt with navy shorts and sandals, Naruto wearing an orange shirt with blue shorts and black sandals. He also noticed Naruto wearing his green goggles he had gotten for his sixth birthday, something he always seemed to have on him since he got them. Shrugging at this as while it was a hideous outfit in his, and everyone's else's opinion, it was Naruto's style and they all learned to deal with it even if they wished he'd wear something more fit for a ninja. Granted Naruto did bring up a good point one time that if he could hide in such bright colors then he could hide from anyone. A point that he was able to follow to a tee when he had somehow hid from multiple Hyuga's who had been rude to him and Mito by tapping papers that read "kick me" on them. One of Naruto's proudest achievements and one that while Fugaku punished he had also secretly praised as he thought pranking a Hyuga in any way was hilarious, seeing as they praised themselves on never being able to be surprised thanks to their eyes.

Mikoto only sighed at seeing Naruto's outfit as she got up from her seat and walked to the door with the three. All waved goodbye to Fugaku as they left the house, Fugaku himself leaving shortly after to go to the police station. Itachi, not having work for the day, decided to go see his friend Izumi Uchiha as he left the house.

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The three children walked with their mother as they came up to the school. Stopping at the entrance Mikoto looked at the three with a small smile on her face. She knew this day would come as it had with Itachi but this time seemed to hurt a little more as she had been with all three for their whole lives and now they were about to start on their futures without her being there with them. As she bent down to look at the three she brought them into a hug before telling them to have a good first day. All three children nodded as they said their goodbyes and went into the courtyard. Mikoto looked at them for a moment before leaving for home, knowing they would do great.

Naruto waited with his siblings at the entrance to the academy along with several other kids their age. Looking around Naruto noticed someone in the crowd and decided to get their attention.

"Hey Kiba!"

Said boy in question looked around before locking eyes with the blond and grinned as he made his way to the triplets as he liked to call them due to them all being the same age and never being seen too far away from one another.

"Hey you guys made it! Thought you'd chicken out by now!" Kiba said as he grinned at Naruto's reaction.

"What's that supposed to mean dog breath!" Naruto yelled back.

"I said I thought you chickened out, lemon head!" Kiba shouted back.

"Do you even know what a lemon looks like cause that's not at all what his head resembles." Mito said, looking at Kiba.

"Well it's colored the same as one. Plus I have to have something for him since your tomato." Kiba said as he looked at her.

Mito grew a tick mark at hearing that nickname as her hair started to float in the air into nine large strands. Naruto and Sasuke immediately started to back away at hearing their sisters nickname as they knew calling her that only led to pain afterwards, hence why they called her bookworm as she usually didn't get as violent when she was called that.

Kiba noticed Mito's killing intent being directed towards him as he realized what he had said and immediately began to run, the other kids watching him cry for mercy from a girl as they began to laugh. Naruto and Sasuke watched Kiba get his ass whooped as they waited for school to start.

After 15 minutes of waiting the doors finally opened and the children were led to their homerooms. Naruto, Mito and Sasuke found themselves in a room full of clan heirs and high ranking citizen family children as they took their seats near the back of the class, Sasuke insisting to sit by the window as the other two sat in the two seats beside them. Once they sat down the door to the room opened as a younger man with a large scar over his face came to the front and began to speak.

"Hello, my name is Iruka Umino and I'll be your teacher for the next six years on your journey to become shinobi of the Leaf. Now I'd like to start with introducing ourselves to one another before we begin so we can all become acquainted with each other." Iruka looked to his class as he noticed one person in particular already sleeping. Getting annoyed he threw a piece of chalk at the pineapple haired boy who woke up in a stir as he looked around the room.

"Troublesome." He muttered as Iruka came up to him.

"Well I see we have a volunteer to start. Tell everyone your name please and what you want to become in the future." Iruka said, staring down at the boy.

The boy sighed as he got his head up from his desk and looked to the class. "My name is Shikamaru Nara and I would like to do nothing but watch clouds all day and sleep." Everyone in the room sweat dropped at hearing that as Iruka sighed, knowing how difficult Naras can be and decided to start with the people next to Shikamaru.

Naruto didn't pay much attention to what the others in his class were saying as he waited for his turn to come. Looking to Mito they both gave a nod as they were ready for when they were called. They had both been practicing this for the last couple of days now and wanted it to be perfect. Finally Iruka looked to the blond haired boy and asked him to go next.

Naruto stood up as he took in a breath before speaking. "Hello I'm Naruto Uzumaki Uchiha!" Mito stood up at hearing her brother's full name. "And I'm Mito Uzumaki Uchiha!" Both kids gave a big smile as they shot out their right hands into the air as they had two fingers up in the peace sign. "AND WE'RE GOING TO BE THE NEXT HOKAGE'S!!" They yelled out with all their might as the whole class looked at them in astonishment. Sasuke only rolled his eyes as a small smile came to his face. He had heard them rehearsing for the last three days and knew they would do something like this. The rest of the class just stayed silent until Iruka finally decided to look to the boy next to them and asked for him to go next. Sasuke stood up and introduced himself. "I'm Sasuke Uchiha and I'm going to become the next police chief like my father." Sasuke sat back in his chair and looked to his two siblings. "That's all you had to do. Nothing fancy." He smirked as they gave him a glares before Iruka began to talk once more.

"OK well now that we have that done I will now tell you how your time here will be spent and what you will be doing while learning with me." All three listened to Iruka's explanation of how their time at the school will go, all three excited for all they will learn.

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Fugaku was in his office as he signed paperwork and looked at the files of each investigation going on at the moment. Sighing a little he looked at the picture frames on his desk, specifically the one of him and Mikoto with Kushina and Minato, both women having extended stomachs due to the babies that had yet to be born. This was one of his most prized positions as the years went on due to it not only being the last image of Minato before his death but also due to it being the first picture of his youngest children, even if they weren't able to be seen. Fugaku looked at the photo as he gave a smirk. 'Is this how you felt as Hokage?' He asked himself as he looked at the piles of paperwork he had yet to sign. Sighing he got back to his work before he heard a knock at his office door. Looking up he saw an elder Uchiha, Taiyo Uchiha, enter his office as he looked to Fugaku with a small amount of anger being shown from his usual cold emotionless face.

"How may I help you today Taiyo?" Fugaku asked the older man. Taiyo bowed to Fugaku as a sign of respect as he spoke. "I'm sorry to bother you today my boy, but the elder council would

like to talk with you about something later tonight if you wouldn't mind. I'm sorry for such a short notice but we have some concerns with the clan I think you should listen to." Fugaku didn't say anything as he listened to the elders request. Fugaku knew the elder council wouldn't normally come to him while he was at work which ment this could be serious. However Fugaku had also begun to distrust the elders as the years went by due to them being much more radical with many of their beliefs on certain issues and even being a reason the clan as a whole was much farther away from the rest of the village then before, many elders believing that the village didn't matter as much as the clan did. This had led to much tension between the village and the Uchiha, this only being piled on top of the other issues that put more tension on the clan's relationship with the rest of the village. This being something Fugaku was still having to desperately try to fix. However the one elder Fugaku had been able to trust most was Taiyo. He was one of the only elders who agreed with much of what Fugaku believed when it came to how to handle certain problems with the clan and as a result Fugaku usually listened to the older man when he brought up points that could help the clan.

Fugaku took a moment before finally speaking. "Alright then. I'll be there after work around eight. Thank you for informing me of this." Taiyo smiled at the younger man as he bowed to him and left the office. Fugaku sighed as he knew whatever this meeting was about would probably lead to more trouble for him.

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Naruto laid next to the tree in the academy yard as he relaxed during break time. Naruto had always felt calm in nature and had always felt that it was the only thing apart from ramen that could make him actually feel at peace. Sighing, he felt Mito shift her head on his stomach as she read a book she had brought from home to read while at lunch or while on their 30 minute break. Felt Sasuke move a little while her feet were on his stomach, all three making an H shape as they laid together and just relaxed.

"Do any of you think it's weird you all lay like that?" Said the voice of a blond girl who was coming up to them, a pink haired girl following behind her. "No, why?" Mito asked as she looked at her friends, Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno.

"Yeah of course you'd be fine with it." Sasuke said as he looked up to see the two girls. "Oh shut up." Mito said, lightly kicking Sasuke in the stomach, Sasuke grunting at that. "Well it's true." He said as he laid his head back down.

Ino and Sakura giggled at that as they sat with the three siblings. "He's got a point." Ino said, looking at Mito. Mito only shrugged as she continued to read her book. "Hey not like it's weird to us anymore anyways. We've been doing this since we were in cribs. Mom always put us together cause that was the only way we all slept the whole night. I guess it just stuck." Ino rolled her eyes as she looked at Naruto. "Is he asleep?"

"Was." Naruto said as he kept his eyes closed. "Until this one decided to move." He said pointing at his sister.

"Will you guys be quiet? He's not the only one trying to sleep." Shikamaru said as he looked at the group. Ino and Sakura were shocked as they didn't even notice him beside Naruto until he spoke up. "Wait when did you get here?" Sakura asked.

"We've been here." Chōji Akimichi said as he leaned against the tree out of sight of the others while he munched on some chips. "Yeah, did you not notice the four of us?" Kiba asked while he sat next to Chōji and another boy in a trench coat named Shino Aburame, now looking at the two girls. Both shook their heads as they looked at him.

"How did this tree become so crowded?" Ino asked as she looked at the group around said tree. Everyone else shrugged their shoulders as both Naruto and Shikamaru went back to sleep, the rest talking amongst themselves while they waited for class to start up again.

A little further away from the group, a small girl in a coat sat alone while she looked at the group of kids who all seemed to be friends already. She knew this was probably due to the fact that they all knew each other due to their families being closer thanks to the clan heads going to other clan heads' children's birthdays. This was also true for the Hyuga but at some point the other clans began to stop coming to her birthdays and this all started to happen after her third birthday as her father had become much more protective over her and didn't allow many to come into the compound. Hinata Hyuga sat alone as she wished she could be with the group, knowing if she did become friends with them then her father would get angry as he didn't want her anywhere near the Uchiha children. That along with her confidence issues lead to her just waiting for class to start. She didn't go unnoticed however.

While pretending to sleep, Naruto cracked an eye open and looked at the lone girl next to the school wall. Wondering what she was doing over there all alone he wondered if he should go say hello. This thought was put away as he felt Mito get off his stomach as she shaked him, thinking he was still asleep. "Hey its time to go inside." She said. Naruto decided to act like he was asleep the whole time since he didn't want to deal with her butting into his own business. Acting groggy, not hard as he had actually been asleep a few minutes ago and he wasn't someone who liked to get up.

While he got up and went with his friends back to class, Naruto would occasionally look at the girl he noticed on break and wondered who she was. Him not remembering her at the park or his birthdays.

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Itachi knocked on Izumi's door, hearing a reply he waited until it opened and Izumi looked back at him. She smiled as she called out into her home and said to her mother she was going out before she placed her sandals on and went with Itachi to go hang out. Both Uchiha walked silently with one another while they looked at their village and its beauty.

"So the triplets are in school now huh." Izumi said, looking at Itachi. He nodded as he looked at her. "Yes, their first day. Naruto had even woken up on his own today." Izumi looked at him in shock at hearing that. "Your kidding!" Itachi only shook his head as a small smile came across his face. "He made me jump when we found out." Izumi chuckled at that. "You think it will last?"

"Another week and then he'll go back to his old self." Itachi said with a smirk.

"I'd give him three days." Itachi turned to the voice who said that only to see his best friend, Shisui Uchiha, walking next to him. Shisui gave Itachi a smirk as he walked with them. "What makes you say that?" Itachi asked.

Shisui's smirk grew as he looked at Itachi. "knowing that kid, he'll hate going in no time." The other two Uchiha smirked at that as they walked through town. Shisui however noticed Itachi suddenly stiffening for a moment as they came through the entrance of the Uchiha Compound.

Itachi had suddenly gotten a bit of the nightmare flash through his mind when he looked into his compound but immediately acted like nothing was wrong. Even though he thought that it was just a dream he still had something deep inside of him feel like it was more than that. Itachi hopped neither of his friends noticed his stiffening as they continued to walk around. Shisui didn't know why Itachi would do that but after a moment he decided to shrug it off for now. What he didn't know was that this little moment would change his life forever.

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Author's Note: Great googly moogly, another chapter out. Sorry if it was a little shorter than the last one but this one is obviously setup for the rest of the arch. But what will happen? That's the real question.

Anyway I actually just started to rewatch Naruto again since the last time, I want to say about five years ago, that I watched it and even then I never got to finish it and I won't lie, I love what I've seen so far. Honestly thought a lot of the show I only liked due to nostalgia but no its good for a reason and I'm happy for that cause I have rewatched shows in the past that used to be part of my childhood and I just hated them afterwards. Glad this wasn't the case. Although I do know about the story and I do make sure to catch up with the news on what's happening in Boruto. The funny thing about that is I was surprised when I watched the first episode again and forgot that Gamabunta was in the first episode. Honestly, it surprised me to see him that early but hey I'm not complaining.

Ok so time for the reviews. WindyCitySlayer1 is back and I know how you feel about Danzo. I'm pretty sure everyone would be fine with him just dropping right now, hell I think some of you would cheer, but I do have some plans with him so just be patient. I will continue as you can see and thank you. Also I'm sorry if I disappointed you on the Kumo ambassador not going for an Uchiha but there is a reason why. You see I actually have a theory about him in particular and it's actually used in this. For those of you who didn't know, Naruto's identity as a Jinchuriki wasn't revealed until he was apparently 4. And as I learned this I thought to myself why so specific. Then I realized why this could have been. Basically my theory is that the Hyuga innocent had led to a lot of political turmoil in Konoha and as a result someone, most likely Danzo, leaked the info of Naruto out to the village. Now obviously one problem is this should be months after the fact since hinata was supposed to be three if I'm remembering correctly but one thing to remember is at this point in the world instant communication between village's was basically impossible and as a result conflicts between two far away places could take a while to finally resolve, hell even in our modern world these kind of things can take a while to get resolved. Now obviously this is a theory of mine with many holes which is why I had the twins' Jinchuriki statice being bumped up a bit.

Ok sorry for my conspiracy theory ill take off my tinfoil hat and put away the yarn board. So thank you guest and I hope you like where it goes.

Alright, looks like my time is up for now. The next chapter will be a wait as I'm gonna be making chapter 3 of Shining Leaf and then I'm gonna focus on HTBF and my newest hit Stars Return to One since it seems those have the most amount of an audience and cause those two can have more chapters out then this one and Shining Leaf cause these ones have longer chapters on average. Well that and HTBF isn't going to be a long one anyway as I have it mostly figured out and SRTO I'm still wondering how I want to do but do not threat cause this story is nowhere near finished.

OK well I'm off so please keep reviewing and thank you for loving my stories so far.

Until next time.