Hello my loyal readers this is the next chapter of maelstrom of the bloody blade. Hopefully it picks up on this chapter. I can see that I haven't gotten many reviews for this story.

(A year later)

It was a blissful night in konoha The stars cast a serene glow over the residence of three certain Uzumaki. Kushina was still awake. She had been having a hard time sleeping lately. Something just didn't feel right to her.

(Naruto)

Naruto was laying in bed awake. Lately he had been having trouble sleeping. He just had this ominous feeling in the pit of his stomach that just wouldn't go away He got up from his bed and walked to his dresser droor where he kept a pocket knife for training with his blood manipulation. He found that training his bloodline helped relax him. He winced as he dragged the knife against his palm. Blood dripped out of his hand He focused his chakra and watched as the blood levitated in front of his face where it dripped connected by a string of blood connedted to his hand. This was the first stage in training the chishiomyaku.

The first stage in training it was to create a thread out of your blood leading to your hand to form the basics of the manipulation of your blood. The second stage was to levitate it from your body. The third and final stage was to learn to absorb the blood of others and manipulate other poeples blood. You had to force your gag reflex back to drink it then you could manipulate your opponents blood as long as it was outside the body. It was not uncommon for uzumaki's to be seen walking around with some kind of blade. That was used to collect blood from opponents.

He stopped his musings when he heard his sister stir. She had apparently heard him training.

(Natsuki)

Natsuki woke up when she heard her brother climb out of bed. She really wished her brother wouldn't traun in the middle of the night. He had been having trouble sleeping lately. 'Honestly he is gonna work himself to death someday.'

She pretended to sleep a while until he was done training. She didn't want him to know that he woke her. Male Uzumaki were extremely devoted to their sister's. Especially if they were twins. Her mother stressed it constantly when Naruto wasn't around. She said that the relationship between male and female Uzumaki siblings was almost incestrous. She loved her brother more then anything. She would give her life for him and vice versa. She was always able to sense his heartbeat for some reason.

Natsuki waited until she heard her brothers light snoring to crawl out of her bed and into his. She scooted closer to her brother until they were inches apart. She felt his warmth embrace her small form. Sighing in content she dozed off to sleep.

(Itachi)

Itachi was running as quickly and quietly as possible through the streets heading towards the hokage tower. For some reason he was called by order of the hokage for a mission of grave importance. He had no idea that the mission would change not only his life but the lives of all those he held dear.

Stopping in front of the tower he took a leep through the window leading to the hokage's office. He made his way to the front of the desk awaiting his orders. "You wished to see me Hokage-sama?"

"Very good itachi. This mission is of great importance, and it must be carried out with haste."

"Whatever the mission is I shall complete it as a ninja of the leaf Hokage-sama."

"Glad you feel that way itachi, because you are going to need to keep that in mind when I tell you what you my most trusted anbu are being assigned to do. Recently your clan has been sneaking supplies into the compound. I had some of myn ninja sneak in and they overheard something disturbing." He paused to let it all sink in. "They discovered that the Uchiha clan is planning a rebellion." The aged hokage said solemly.

The young Uchiha's eyes bulged out of his head at the indication. Shock filled him to the core of his very being. He loved his family. He couldn't fathom what the hokage was asking him to do. His mother wouldn't hurt a fly. The hokage watched as Itachi sorted this out.

"I'll give you time to sort all of this out. I know it is hard to accept, but it's true." He took out a folder and handed i t to the young captain. "See for yourself."

Itachi searched through the folder his eyes steadily becoming larger. "I'm sorry Itachi, but there is no other way. I would stop it if I could." He said sounding sincere as he could.

"Why are they doing this Hokage-sama?"

"That I don't know for sure. All I know is that It has been going of for some years. We just recently found out about it ourselves."

"What is my mission Hokage-sama?"

"Your mission is to eradicate the Uchiha clan. You may leave the younger generation alive if you wish Itachi-san. Do you accept. I understand if yo-"

"I'll do it."

"Are you sure? I'm asking a lot of you. This is your clan your family." The hokage asked in a fake concerned voice.

"I am sure Hokage-sama." He answered in a voice completely devoid of all emotion. "Do you mind if I call in some back-up? I highly doubt that I could do this on my own."

"Very well you have a week to get it done. Dismissed!" Itachi bowed and left, not noticing the sinister smile that made it's way to the aged hokage's lips.

(Uzumaki residence October 10 8:00AM)

Naruto and Natsuki woke up early in the morning. They were excited that today was their birthday, and that meant their 'jiji' would visit. They were excited extra today because he said he had a present for them today. they went down stairs to see their mom looking tired. She was barely managing to keep her eyelids open. The hokage had been assigning a lot of 'kunoichi only' missions to her lately. 'Im surprised I haven't caught something yet.'

She was brought out of her musings by the sound of her two children coming down the stairs, still in their was wearing blood red pajamas with orange foxes on them, and his sister was wearing neon pink with blue stripes. Kushina had to sweatdrop at her daughters sense of fashion.

"Well happy birthday gaki's." She said after quickly faking a smile. She didn't want her children to see how tired she was. "What would the birthday twins like for breakfast today?"

"Miso soup/Tempura" They said at the same time.

They looked at each other and started a shouting match about what they'd have. Not noticing a tick that appeared on kushina's head, till finally she yelled. "ENOUGH!" Her children immediately stopped arguing. "We can have both." The children cheered. "But later tonight followed by cake."

(Hokage's office)

The hokage could be seen doing paperwork. (Hey even evil masterminds do paperwork) He was one sheet away from completing his task when the door opened and in walked Danzo. "I am curious to know if the preparations are complete Hokage-sama?"

"It's all going according to plan Danzo. She doesn't suspect a thing. By the end of the day we'll have a weapon and our own personal sex slave to do with as we wish." (They are going to wait a couple of years to personally use her or Sarutobi is. Danzo doesn't care.)

"About that Sarutobi-sama. Why don't we just sell her. I'm sure our old friend Gato would love to get his hands on her. Think about it the daughter of the red death, The woman responsible for shutting down seven of his warehouses. " (He's not in wave yet)

"That's a good idea Danzo-san. We will just have to work something out to keep him from killing her. We still need a backup plan if the demon manages to escape."

"How about a bomb seal on his back. He won't be able to escape from that."

"Unless he ges out of range. No we need something else." The hokage pondered this for about five minutes. Suddenly a thought struck him a sick and twisted thought thst would make Orochimaru cringe in fear. A cruel smile formed on his lips as he pondered just how he was going to pull it off. "I think I got an idea."

A look of fear made it's way to Danzo's face. He had only seen that look in Sarutobi's eyes once and only once. He still had nightmare's from the last time he saw that look. "W-what are you t-thinking Hokage-sama?"

"Nothing much I was just thinking of putting him through the seven tortures of the leaf."

Danzo tried to suppress a shudder but the twitch of his left eye told that he was deeply disturbed by the concept. The seven tortures were guaranteed to break any individuals spirit. (I won't reveal the seven tortures til next chapter and remember this is a DARK fic so don't like don't read)

Danzo slammed his hands on the desk "Sarutobi have you gone mad! We can't use that on a jinchuuriki! The beast will get out and kill us all!"

The warhawk was silenced by a wave of killing intent. "Do you take me for a fool Danzo?" The old kage asked standing up from his desk. Faster than danzo could react he was strung up by his neck in the old kage's hand. "Well do you!" His answer was a raspy no. "Remember who you serve Danzo or the next time we meet it won't be on pleasant terms." He made his way back to his desk while Danzo picked himself up off the floor. "I have come up with a way to keep him going into his mindscape. A five pronged seal will keep him from entering and using the fox's chakra until I deem it needed. Now if you excuse me I have to go wish somebody a happy birthday. Dismissed!" The hokage made his way out of the office and to unleash his dastardly plan.

"I hope you know what your doing Hokage-sama otherwise it's the death of us all." The warhawk said before exiting the office.

(Uzumaki residence)

There was a knock at the door. Kushina made her way to answer it. She was too tired to since several chakra presences outside of her house. She opened the door to see the smiling face of the hokage. "Hello there kushina-chan how is your day?"

AND CUT! How did you like it? You people better start reviewing I am working on a new story since I hit a snag with my other story, so watch out for it. Well Ja Ne!