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Dawn of the New Hokage

"The Sharingan," Sakura whispers to herself; not believing that it really happened. She knew what had caused it. The actual reality of seeing it left her in a state of shock.

You see before Sakura had made her incredible journey of traveling back in time, her teacher had given her one nasty curse. To him it had been seen as more of a blessing. To her the curse was a wretched reminder of what she would have to live with the rest of her life. The curse steals in the most powerful jutsu's of her enemies. The only catch to this awful curse, in order to fully take the jutsu's of her enemies she would have kill them.

If I have the sharingan, then that means that Danzo had Shisui's sharigan already embedded within him

That is something Sakura doesn't want to deal with right now, so she focuses on her eyes. Using her medical ninjutsu she eases the pain in her eyes. Her palm now glowing dark green comes up to the side of her face to relieve the pain; the glow used to be lighter in color. While staring in awe at her reflection she begins to cry. One long tear after the other, proof of Sakura's goodness, making its way down her face.

Sakura stands there crying in silence for all the crimes she has and would still continue to commit in this second chance at life. She would commit them not because she wants to, but to save the lives of those who are precious to her. She knows that in this time she could never become a ninja of Konoha. All those memories that she had as a Genin of Team 7 would never come to pass. She would never be friends with Naruto, Sasuke, or Kakashi. Just thinking of the bonds that they had formed together in her past, while having to face giving it up and never experiencing it in this second chance was almost too much to bear. She loves them all deeply and would do anything for them.

Even become the monster in order to be their clandestine hero.

Stop crying and breath. Remember why you're doing this, they need you. Now think, what's left to do in Konoha before I have to leave. One name comes to her mind "Madara. "

Sakura would have to go after Madara in order to ensure that he wouldn't attack Konoha again. At this time of night she knows just where to find him and coincidently he isn't too far. She hides the corpse of the lady elder in the dresser so that she would have sometime before they discover her little felony. And then Sakura takes off, to find Madara and destroy him.

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Sakura is running to the location of Madara. Right now he would be located deep in the forest of Konoha where he probably is training Itachi.

Itachi, oh god. Sakura hadn't even planned on seeing him. She has never known much about the elder Uchiha. Her past life has been getting foggier for her; more and more it begins to feel like a liquid dream slipping through her hands. The leading thought of Itachi is a vague memory of a blood thirsty ninja who eradicated his whole village. The two dominant Uchiha's met in some coliseum-like ruins of the olden days that existed before Konoha was even a village. The place is perfectly illuminated by moonlight and hidden by tall ancient trees; no one would ever guess this place was here. Sakura decides to wait until their training is done and Itachi is far away before she makes her move. Finally approaching their little hiding spot deep in the forest she hides behind a thick tree, so she can't be seen.

Sakura looks in the direction of the Uchihas to assess the circumstances. In a panic she sees that they are closer than she meant them to be, and quickly turns back around hoping they didn't see her. She stays complete still and waits for a few seconds, before allowing herself to breath. It looks like she hasn't been caught. Luckily, is able to indulge in a pleasant side effect of hearing every word that they speak as if they are talking to her.

Sakura recognizes the rough bass of Madara's voice "Were there any problems obtaining the Mangekyou Sharingan?"

"No" Itachi's own smooth deep voice resonating in Sakura's ears. Her neck muscles clench in a mixture of anxiety and dread. Sakura finds herself having to close her eyes and focus on her breathing.

"Good." Madara praises in an evilly pleased tone. "It seems as though the Uchiha clan isn't going to back down in their intentioned coup against Konoha. If they do not reach an agreement with Konoha in tomorrow's meeting, then their days are numbered, aren't they Itachi?"

Itachi stayed silent. "…"

Sakura thinks to herself that she won't let it come to that, and mentally pictures herself wiping offMadara grin from his face. She very much wanted to express this thought out loud.

"Meet with me here after tomorrow's meeting." demands Madara. Then he dismisses Itachi, leaving him by himself or so he thought.

Having to focus on Madara and her plan to shortly end his life has been a challenge throughout the past few moments, but the time had come for her to make her move. As soon as she is sure that Itachi is gone and not coming back she starts to take action. Except…he beat her to it.

With great force Madara grabs Sakura around her neck and slams her into the tree. She is temporarily dizzy and has to take a moment to recover from seeing double. Meanwhile Madara gets real close to her face, his one Sharingan eye peeping through his mask to capture her gaze, his menacing aura immediately overpowers Sakura.

"Well now, what would a child be doing out in the middle of nowhere listening to an adults' conversation?"

"She's here to kill you." Sakura replied through gritted teeth. His Sharigan technique making it impossible to lie.

Abruptly he let her go and began laughing. "Oh really? To kill me? You?" She can clearly tell he doesn't believe she has the power or the guts to do it.

He's wrong, he is so wrong. Sakura can and will do it. Quickly taking advantage of the open shot he has just given her, she attacks his weak spot. Activating the Izanagi, she uses it to make sure he can't escape with his dimension technique. Sakura then proceeds to cut to shreds his every vessel in his body. She isn't going to take any chances with him. The now bloodied Madara has no opportunity to defend himself.

Or so it would seem. Madara quickly jumps away from her before the vessels in his legs give out. Putting some distance between them he now shoots out one of his strongest attacks. The Mangekyo Sharigan. He can't think of no better way to teach her not to mess with the founder of the Uchiha clan, than to catch her in one of the strongest genjustus known to man.

It feels like a swirling vortex of pain as Sakura falls down into his rabbit hole. Thinking he has won he zooms in closer for the kill. Things look bleak for Sakura as he nears. He can't quite believe how she possibly thought she had a chance against him?

In a swift motion he forces his deteriorating hand to come down and slash her throat with a kunai. Wait? Deteriorating! Try as he might Madara was unable to lift his hand completely and ended up slicing a gash across her arm. A look of total shock and confusion crosses his face.

One second he is patronizing a child and the next he is dead on the ground. Some time between his attack and his genjustsu, Sakura had managed to stick one of her poison needles into him. The genjutsu may be one of the strongest known to man, but she is all too familiar with it.

She cautiously approaches him only to stick him with another disintegrating needle. She is taking no chances of him ever coming back and didn't want to leave any evidence of his death.

After Sakura finally finishes what she set out to do in Konoha, she can at last take a moment to rest. She proceeds to plop under a nearby tree and quickly fall asleep. Exhaustion from the 3 murders she had just committed during the night takes her and lets her sleep deeply. Sakura stays just like that sleeping under the tree, as the sun starts to come up. She sleeps all through the day and part of the night.

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(Meeting between the Uchiha Clan and the Hokage.)

In the private headquarters of the Hokage sits 3 people. Itachi sits to the right of his father and the Hokage sits right across from them. This after all is supposed to be a top secret meeting. The fewer the people the more it could remain classified.

"It seems as though the elders of Konoha have been murderer by an unknown shinobi, during the night." What a way for the Hokage to start off the meeting. He fills them in on the heaviest news they have yet to hear in a long time.

Immediately Fugaku Uchiha, the leader of the Uchiha clan, believes the Hokage to be accusing the Uchiha of another misfortune yet again.

"Are you accusing the Uchiha of murdering the elders?" Fugaku firmly retorts.

The clash between the Uchiha and Konoha sadden the Hokage; all he can do is tiredly sigh and respond as best he can. "No, of that we are certain, the chakra energy and technique used on the elders is not from the Uchiha clan."

"It seemed more of an advance medical ninja, so advanced that there is only one person known to be capable of such a technique."

"The Sanin, Tsunade, but why would she do such a thing?" Fugaku answers with confusion clear in his voice. This is not something that he ever expected.

"No, it is not her. Tsunade has been with Anbu on a mission far away from Konoha. So far that there is no possibility that it was her." The Hokage grounds out.

To be honest he has no earthly idea who would do such a thing. Yes, the elders had many enemies, but usually there is some kind of a sign when someone is about to attack them.

"Then who?" Fugaku curiously asked.

"We do not know, but whoever killed the elders also tampered with the Sacred Heir documents for Hokage and named a successor." Sarutobi calmly proclaims and then stays silent before he delivers the news.

Now information catches Fugaku's interest, he knows there is no way to break the sacred document oath. Whoever is named in the document must become Hokage no matter what. That means that the Uchiha is going to have to deal with this person in their negotiations for the future, so it is best to form a bond with them now.

"Who is named?" Fugaku tentatively inquires.

Sarutobi decides to drop the bomb on them and calmly replies "Uchiha Itachi." He directs his gaze to stare directly at Itachi, the future hokage. This information stuns everyone in the room into a long silence. No one would have ever expected the next Hokage to be Itachi, much less an Uchiha.

Finally after what seemed like forever Fugaku decides to break the silence

"My son," he says more to himself.

Fugaku can't believe what he is hearing. After so many years of his clan being oppressed they are finally going to get a Hokage to stand up for them. A Hokage that is an Uchiha, the first Uchiha Hokage in history, his Son!

Me…Hokage, Itachi thought.

He had never considered becoming Hokage. It was not in his future goal plans. However the more and more he thinks about it, he sees the great benefits the village and his clan can have if he does indeed become Hokage. Above all Itachi values his village and peace within and around it. He so loves the village and his clan, and if there is a solution to make them both come together he will take it. So he will become Hokage.

"This turn of events is highly unexpected, but we must continue to move forward." The Hokage states. "Now tell me Fugaku, do you still plan to overthrow Konoha?"

"No," Fugaku replies. "Now that my son is to become Hokage I am confident that our people will no longer be oppressed for crimes we did not commit."

"Very well, now that that matter has been taken care of come Itachi. I must begin to teach you the role and duties of Hokage." Sarutobi commands.

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(In the forest with Sakura.)

Sakura starts to stir, but she also begins to curiously feel the back of a masculine hand gently stroking the side of her cheek. The sensationfeeling nice and warm, against her cheek.

"Little girl wake up," insists a familiar smooth velvet like voice.

The more Sakura starts to come around, the more she remembers she recognizes that voice, but whose was it again?

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*Author's Note:*

I hoped you guys liked the ch. Took me forever to get it just right and I still think it could use some improvement. Oh well here you go and enjoy I probably will be posting the following ch shortly

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