Hey guys! Well first thing i wanna say is thanks for all the reviews, it means a lot to me! But one thing I'm really excited about is that the first chapter had 1,254 visitors & 65 favourites! So, I was just wondering if there were 65 favourites, how come the reviews were almost half of it. It would have been better if the reviews were a bit closer to number of favourites. But oh well, atleast people liked my fic. So here's the second chapter.
Chapter-2: The Legendary Rinnegan Awakens
"Orochimaru, long time no see," said Kisame having a maniacal grin on his face.
"Kisame? What the hell are you doing here?" asked a shell shocked Orochimaru.
"I'm hurt Orochimaru. Aren't you happy to see me?" mocked Kisame.
Orochimaru growled before dissolving into mud dropping Naruto onto the ground and reforming a distance away.
"Ah! Damn snake, my hands are all muddy now," said Kisame waving his hand.
Naruto sweatdropped while thinking,'Great! Another nutcase'.
"Um, who are you?" asked Naruto while trying to stand dismissing him as a possible enemy as he saved him one way or the other.
"Stay down if you want to live brat!," said Kisame while standing in front of Naruto facing Orochimaru with a serious aura surrounding him.
'How can Akatsuki be here. My spies informed me that they won't take any move for some years. And if Kisame is here, then he must be-'
"It's been a while, Orochimaru," Orochimaru's thoughts were interrupted when he heard an all too familiar voice behing him sending chills down his spine.
He whipped his head to come face to face with a man around his height in his early twenties, wearing same black cloak with red clouds as Kisame, his face like an elder version of Sasuke, black onyx eyes & hair, an emotionless face and a leaf protector with a slash on the middle on his forehead indicating he too was a missing nin.
"I-Itachi?" said a shocked Orochimaru.
"Kisame, would you mind keeping Orochimaru busy for some time," said Itachi in his cold emotionless tone.
Upon hearing him, Kisame's grin widened.
"Sure! I've been itching to fight anyway," said Kisame while unwrapping the white bandages showing a large sword with metallic spikes in his hands.
"I'm sure you haven't forgotten about Samehada(Shark Skin). It's been hungry for some delicious chakra for sometime now," said Kisame whie walking towards Orochimaru leisurely.
Itachi shunshined to where a shocked Naruto was.
"Y-You're Itachi, Uchiha Itachi? The one who slaughtered his entire clan in one night and Sasuke's brother," asked a scared Naruto knowing that he was no match for the Uchiha prodigy. Itachi just stared impassively at Naruto.
'Damn! I've got to get out of here. I've already done what I came here for. I can take on Kisame usingKusanagi(Grass Cutter), but Itachi is out of the question', thought Orochimaru before dissolving into a large tree's trunk behing him.
"Where the hell do you think you're going you snake bastard," yelled KIsame dashing towards the tree where Orochimaru dissolved.
"Leave him Kisame. He's a master of Camouflage Jutsu, there's no point in chasing him. He's already gone past the barrier. Besides we came here for Naruto-kun," said Itachi.
"Fine! But next time I see that snake, I'm gonna shove Samehada up his ass," growled Kisame.
"W-What do you w-want with me," asked Naruto fearing for his life.
Itachi closed his eyes to reveal a fully evolved Sharingan, three tomoes in each eyes which turned into a black shuriken.
'There's a fourth stage to Sharingan!' thought a gaping Naruto.
"This is Mangekyou Sharingan(Kaleidoscope Copy Wheel Eye) Naruto-kun," said Itachi as if reading his thoughts.
"A-Are you h-here to kill me," said Naruto who was scared shitless now and in pain due to his muscles being teared.
"I'm sorry for what I'm about to do Naruto-kun, but this is the only way," said Itachi, regret visible in his eyes as he stared into Naruto's eyes.
"Tsukiyomi(Goddess of the Moon)," Naruto's eyes widened as the world around him faded.
World of Tsukiyomi
He noticed that he was tied to a cross-like post, sky blood red with a moon. In front of him stood Itachi with a wakizashi.
"This is the world of Tsukiyomi where I control everything. For the next seventy two hours I will kill the people you care most about in front of you repeatedly until you awaken it," said Itachi.
"Awaken what?" said a confused Naruto.
Itachi said nothing as Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared in front of Naruto.
"Jiji? What are you doing here? Get out of here!," yelled Naruto.
"I've always thought of you as my grandson Naruto-kun," said the aged Hokage with serene smile on his face. Itachi starting moving towards the Sandaime Hokage.
"I know, but we don't have time for this. Itachi is right behind you!," yelled Naruto getting restless by the second as Itachi approached the Hokage.
When Itachi reached him, he lifted the wakizashi.
"NO! JIJI, BEHIND YOU! ITACHI, I SWEAR IF YOU EVEN TOU-," Naruto was cut off as blood splattered all over his face, the beheaded hokage's head falling at Itachi's feet in a pool of blood.
Tears started pouring out of Naruto's eyes as his mind went into overdrive.
"Y-You k-killed him. Y-You killed my jiji. I-I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU BASTARD," Naruto, tears freely leaking out of his eyes as he violently thrashed against the invisible bindings trying to break free.
Then suddenly Ayame and Teuchi appeared in front of Naruto.
"Naruto-kun, I've always considered you my otouto," said Ayame with a sweet smile on her face.
"Hey kid, Ramen's on the house today," said Teuchi offering him a bowl of Ramen.
"OH NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NOT YOU TOO AYAME-NEE-CHAN, OJI-SAN. PLEASE KAMI NO!," shouted Naruto desperately trying to break free.
Naruto tried to close his eyes but found that he couldn't. Once again, he was forced to watch as Teuchi and Ayami were beheaded in front of Naruto, blood again splattered all over Naruto and Itachi, the ramen mixing with the pool of blood.
"NOOOO! PLEASE, STOP IT! I BEG YOU! IF YOU WANT TO KILL ME, JUST GET IT OVER WITH," cried Naruto in desperation, tears rolling down his blood laced face, not being able to bear to see his loved one die.
'I'm sorry Naruto-kun, but I have to do this. Kushina-sensie, I will not fail your son unlike Hatake', thought Itachi.
Itachi winced as he saw the murderous glare Naruto was giving him. His eyes full of hatred & disgust.
'I hope he doesnot walk the same path which my idiot of a brother took', thought Itachi apparently disappointed in his brother for he was walking the same path all the Uchihas in the past took. Superiority practically was Sasuke's middle name.
Well, back to Itachi's torture session.
Naruto's eyes widened when a person appeared he really didn't want to be killed.
"N-Naruto-kun, I l-love y-you," said a sweetly smiling Hinata with a cute blush on her face.
Naruto was shocked upon hearing the confession. He was not surprised by the confession itself, but rather how Itachi knew she loved him.
"H-How d-did you k-know?" asked Naruto staring at Itachi's, his eyes red and cheeks stained due to a mixture of blood & tears.
"I did not know Naruto-kun. Tsukiyomi automatically reads the mind of the victim, finding the ones he cares most about or loves deeply," said Itachi glancing at Hinata while saying the last part.
Yes, Naruto knew Hinata loved him & loved her very much even though he acted like a dense idiot. It was just a part of his mask to act like a moron, being oblivious to Hinata's feelings. Due to his heightened senses, he could easily feel the presence of Hinata every time she followed him.
What Hinata didn't know was that sometimes Naruto followed her too, curious to know about his stalker, what she liked, what she disliked, her hobbies etc and over time fell in love with her. He loved her smile, her kindness, her scent, her lavender eyes, her blue hair, everything about her. She was the purest soul he knew.
And now to watch her get killed in front of him, he could not even bear to think about it.
"D-Damn it! I'm s-sorry Hinata-chan," said Naruto while fresh tears leaked from his eyes.
"I c-couldn't protect my precious ones. What good of a hokage would I become?" said Naruto in a heartbroken tone, like his world was shattered in front of him.
"It's over for her Naruto-kun," said Itachi as his sword pierced throught Hinata's heart instantly killing her. Blood oozed out of Hinata's mouth, light leaving her eyes as her body dropped in a pool of blood & laid there motionless.
Naruto's face went blank as his mind still couldn't believe that his Hinata-chan was now dead. A few moments later seemingly neverending tears started falling from his face.
'Hinata-chan…is…dead', thought Naruto over and over again.
A few moments later, pure white chakra started leaking out of Naruto's body forming a chakra cloak around him.
Itachi smirked at seeing the white chakra.
'Great! It worked. He's awakening it. Our plan-', his thoughts were interrupted by an ear deafening scream.
"AAAAAAAAAARGHHHH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME YOU BASTARD. MY EYES, HEAD, …. MY WHOLE BODY HURTS!," screamed Naruto who was violently thrashing around the invisible posts he was tied to.
'I'd better end Tsukiyomi now. I have to preserve as much chakra as I can for we need to come back here in a few minutes', thought Itachi before ending the genjutsu.
Outside-The Clearing
Kisame had no idea what was going on. One second, Itachi & the blond brat were standing and the next, white chakra was leaking out of the brat's body while he was screaming in pain. Tsukiyomi is not supposed to do that, is it?
"Itachi! What the hell is going on? And what is that white chakra? I thought the chakra is supposed to red or blue in colour. Wasn't he supposed to awaken the Rinnegan(Ocular Eye)?" asked Kisame.
"Calm down Kisame. It's part of the process. Remember that Rinnegan is a very powerful doujutsu, even powerful than Sharingan & Byakugan, so the process of awakening it is very painful," said Itachi while he winced when the screams of Naruto got even louder.
'It's a good thing that I covered this area in a high level genjutsu and a double layer soundproof barrier. No one should be able to interrupt us for a while', thought Itachi.
In case of Naruto, he had never felt so much pain in his life. Every inch of his body was hurting, he felt like his head & mainly his eyes were put on fire. He could feel large amount of chakra flowing through his coils, straining them, increasing their size, his muscles being torn apart and new ones being formed.
Itachi & Kisame were awed by the display of power by Naruto, although he was doing it unintentionally. His white chakra completely surrounding his body, a small crater had formed on the ground just by the force of chakra, releasing powerful gusts of winds, dust particles, pebbles and large chunks of Earth were rotating around Naruto in midair.
Some trees were uprooted by the force of wind. Sasuke & Sakura who were unconscious skidded back several metres. Itachi & Kisame had to apply chakra to their feet to keep themselves still. Their eyes were closed and arms in front of their faces to brace themselves properly.
"DAMN! THIS GAKI HAS ONE HELL OF A CHAKRA. HOW MUCH LONGER ITACHI," yelled Kisame.
"JUST A BIT LONGER, KISAME," Itachi shouted back.
Kisame's eyes widened upon hearing Itachi.
'Did Itachi just shout! Naw, I must be hallucinating because of the chakra'. thought Kisame.
"HEY ITACHI, DID YOU JUST SHOUT! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" yelled Kisame.
Itachi's eyebrows twitched at hearing him.
"Shutup Kisame," said an annoyed Itachi.
"WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU," shouted KIsame not being able to hear due to ear deafening screams Naruto was making.
A vein popped on Itachi's forehead.
"I SAID SHUT THE HELL UP KISAME!," shouted Itachi.
"WHOA! YOU SHOUTED AGAIN AND CURSED TOO. ITACHI, I THINK THE LAST TSUKIYOMI MESSED UP YOUR HEAD," Kisame shouted back.
By now Itachi was fuming and his face was so red, that you could think he was blushing like Hinata.
Author's notes
What if Itachi & Kisame acted like Hinata & Naruto?
"K-Kisame-k-kun, I l-love y-you," said Hinata'ish Itachi.
"I love you too Itachi-chan dattebayo," said a grinning Naruto'ish Kisame in an orange jumpsuit. (Imagine Kisame in that retarded jumpsuit, it's HILARIOUS!)
Author's notes-End
Kisame immediately stopped his ranting when he saw the shuriken blades of Mangekyou Sharingan spinning wildly as Itachi glared at him.
Itachi & Kisame were suddenly blown away when a huge tide of chakra swept through the area, both crashing into the trees and suddenly the anguish screams of Naruto stopped.
"What the hell was that?" Kisame asked as he got up to see Itachi staring at something wide eyed with his Sharingan.
He turned to see nothing but smoke and dust arising from where the brat was standing.
"Oi Itachi, what's the matter? Did he died or something," said Kisame as he picked up his sword.
Itachi only stayed silent while he was in trance like state.
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"OI! SAY SOMETHING DAMMIT!," shouted Kisame as a tic appeared on his forehead.
"H-His chakra is now white. But the scroll said it is only temporary, only when you're in the process of awakening the Rinnegan," said Itachi still in his trance like state, sharingan activated.
Kisame still couldn't see anything as the smoke was obscuring his vision.
"T-The white chakra was said to be possessed by Rikudou Sennin(Six Realms Sage), which means his chakra is of Light type," whispered Itachi not believing his eyes. For once, he couldn't believe what his sharingan was showing him.
"A-And his chakra coils, they are huge. His own reserves are mid-Kage level not counting Kyuubi," Itachi still whispering to himself.
"Oi, what are you blabbering about," said an annoyed Kisame.
There was a sudden gust of wind, not as violent as before, which came from the epicentre Naruto seemed to have created, also clearing the smoke in the process.
Itachi and Kisame's jaws dropped to the ground, their eyes almost bulging out of their sockets when they saw Naruto.
There standing in the middle was a 'man' with height about 5'4", not a shrimp. His jumpsuit was straining under the muscles which were a lot more noticeable now. His spiky blonde hair were glowing, if only a bit. They seemed to have grown a lot, pointing in every direction with bangs covering his eyes.
Itachi could have swore he saw a chibi Yondaime there. Anyone could mistake Naruto for Minato now, but his whisker marks were a dead giveaway as they were more defined adding to his ferocity.
'Naruto's going to kill me for all the fangirls he's going to attract. Not that he will spare me now for what he endured in Tsukiyomi', thought Itachi.
Meanwhile, Kisame was having a hard time controlling the Samehada as it seemed to have taken a liking to Naruto's huge chakra reserves.
Naruto lifted his head to show his eyes for the first time after his seemingly super transformation. They were still a shade of blue(somewhat purple), one black ring surrounded a black dot-like pupil in the centre.
Naruto was surprised when instead of normal visibility, he could see chakra of almost everything. The trees, the ground and a double layered barrier? He could also see the genjutsu which surrounded the area. His eyesight was sharpened several times, he could even see chakra of small insects.
'Whoa! What is this feeling. I feel much stronger now. I can feel my chakra has increased several times, it's like an endless valley of river. I just don't know how to describe it. And my muscles are like bushy brows. What happened to me?', thought Naruto while looking around.
But when he saw Itachi, the temperature of the area dropped several degrees. All he could see was red and feel an intense bloodlust for Itachi.
Seeing Naruto was directing huge amount of killing intent at him, Itachi immediately knew he had to do something and fast.
"I'M GOING TO RIP YOU TO SHREDS YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!," roared Naruto while he dashed towards Itachi or atleast tried to but immediately tripped on his feet & fell first into the ground.
"What the-," said a surprised Naruto.
'Why can't I move properly!', thought a panicked Naruto.
"Kisame! You know what to do. I will capture him in a Tsukiyomi before he is used to his new body and you will keep giving me chakra from outside the Tsukiyomi. This time, it's going to drain a huge amounts of chakra. LET'S GO!," said Itachi before they both disappeared. To any normal eye, they just vanished from sight. But due to his doujutsu, Naruto could see them, although barely, coming towards him.
Kisame appeared behing Naruto, picked him and held him in a bear hug like grip from behind.
Itachi appeared in front of Naruto, staring him in the eyes.
"What are you-," Naruto was cutoff.
"Tsukiyomi"
'Oh shit! Not again', thought a groaning Naruto as forest around him faded.
"Here you go Itachi," said Kisame keeping his right hand on Itachi's shoulder and started giving him his chakra while he held onto Naruto with one arm.
World of Tsukiyomi
Naruto again found himself tied to same posts with same red sky and same moon with Itachi standing in front of him.
"What do you want Itachi? Why am I here again?" spat Naruto.
Itachi sighed, "Alright Naruto-kun, from this point you WILL listen to me," said as he placed a silencing jutsu on Naruto.
"You've noticed the changes in your body, haven't you," asked Itachi.
Naruto went wide eyed after hearing him.
"You can shake your head Naruto-kun," said Itachi.
'His eyes are just like pain. The only difference is that he has three rings & Naruto has one ring', thought Itachi while observing Naruto's Rinnegan.
Naruto nods.
"Now I want you to close your eyes, concentrate and tell me if you feel chakra in your eyes," said Itachi.
Naruto narrowed his eyes at Itachi.
"Please believe me Naruto-kun. If you don't believe me, then look at this scroll," said Itachi while showing him a scroll.
Naruto's eyes widened upon reading the scroll. It said-
Dear Naruto-kun,
I know you are thinking Itachi killed us, but it was just a high level genjutsu-Tsukiyomi, an ability granted to the Uchihas when they acquire the Mangekyou Sharingan. It affects all your five senses, plus your perception of time. So, whoever was killed is alive and well.
Now, as a gennin of Konohagakure No Sato, I order you to fully cooperate with Uchiha Itachi and his companion Hoshigaki Kisame. They will explain everything, it's for the best.
Your jiji,
Hokage of Konohagakure No Sato
Beneath was the official stamp of the Hokage. Tears of relief started flowing from Naruto's eyes.
'Thank you Kami! Thank you Kami! Everyone's alive. Hinata-chan too!', thought Naruto happily like he was just offered Ramen on the house.
"Now, do what I told you Naruto-kun," said Itachi while putting back the scroll.
Naruto nodded as he closed his eyes and started concentrating.
"Do you feel any chakra?" asked Itachi.
Upon seeing Naruto nod, Itachi explained-" That's what it feels like when you have a doujutsu. Ninjas having Sharingan and Byakugan also feel chakra in their optical coils"
'I have a doujutsu!', thought Naruto enthusiastically.
"You Naruto, have one of the strongest doujutsus ever seen- the Rinnegan which was said to be possessed by the Sage of the Six Paths. I presume you know about the creator of ninjutsu," said Itachi.
Naruto nodded.
'Finally those secret hours of boring reading in the library is coming in handy', thought Naruto.
"Now your Rinnegan can be turned off like Sharingan & Byakugan. To deactivate it, close your eyes and try to remove chakra from your eyes. It's pretty easy, try it," said Itachi.
Naruto nodded and closed his eyes. After a few moments, he opened his eyes to show the same cerulean blue colour.
"Your doujutsu is far stronger than Sharingan or Byakugan. But that doesn't mean you are stronger. You are only mid-Chunin at best right now," said Itachi seriously.
Upon seeing Naruto nod, Itachi continued.
"Before I go any further, I want you to promise me that you would not show any hostility against me when I unbind you. Or else, you know what I can do to you in Tsukiyomi," said Itachi seriously while his Mangekyou Sharingan spun wildly to make his point clear.
Naruto gulped and nodded frantically.
'Jeez! He's even scarier than that crazy proctor', thought Naruto.
Immediately the cross posts that were holding Naruto disappeared while Itachi undid the silencing jutsu.
Naruto fell on the ground, he tried to stand but found it difficult as he was not able to control his body movements properly. When he stood, his legs became wobbly and he fell/sat on a chair?
"Where did this chair come from?" asked Naruto aloud.
"In Tsukiyomi, I control everything including space & time. I can make anything happen here," said Itachi, amused by the blonde's perplexed expression.
"Cool! This jutsu is amazing. I wish I could do this technique," said Naruto giddily.
"Alright Naruto, do you have any questions before I continue because I don't want to be interrupted when I speak," said Itachi seriously.
"Right! I have many questions. Let's start- WHY THE HELL CAN'T I CONTROL MY BODY PROPERLY? WHY DID YOU TORTURE ME BY MAKING ME SEE MY PRECIOUS PEOPLE GETTING KILLED? WHO IS THAT SHARK FACE WITH YOU? WHY ARE YOU WEARING MATCHING COSTUMES? WHY DID OROCHIMARU ATTACKED SASUKE? WHY DID WE COME IN THIS 'TSUKIYOMI' AGAIN? WHY DID JIJI ORDERED YOU TO DO THIS? I THOUGHT YOU WERE A MISSING-NIN. AND IF YOU'RE STILL FOLLOWING THE HOKAGE'S ORDERS, THAT MEANS YOU'RE A GOOD GUY. AND IF YOU'RE A GOOD GUY, WHY DID YOU SLAUGHTER THE ENTIRE UCHIHA CLAN. AND IF YOU HAD TO KILL THEM, WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL SASUKE-TEME? SERIOUSLY, HE'S SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS!," shouted Naruto before panting to catch his breath.
'Did the Rinnegan expanded his vocal chords too?', thought Itachi with a raised eyebrow.
"Ahm, well, first I will answer those questions which are not linked to your doujutsu. Before I answer these questions, I want you to know that some of the answers are SS- class secrets instated by the Sandaime-sama. So you'll have to keep the answers to yourself only. Do you understand Naruto-kun?" asked Itachi.
Upon seeing Naruto nod, Itachi closed his eyes and continued.
"Many years ago, Konoha was formed by the Uchiha and Senju Clan. The leaders of the these two clans were Uchiha Madara & Senju Hashirama, both wanted to be the Hokage but ultimately, Senju Hashirama was chosen to become the Shodaime Hokage. Wanting to throw a coup, Madara tried to coax the Uchiha clan members into joining him. They however, strongly influenced by the Shodai's words, didn't join him. Fueled with anger and betrayal, the leader of the Uchiha clan left the village. After some years, he came back to destroy Konoha which lead to the duel between Hashirama and Madara. It is said that Madara died in that battle, but I have my suspicions. After that, the Nidaime was chosen as Senju Tobirama, brother of Senju Hashirama, then the Sandaime Hokage and then the Yondaime Hokage. But not a single Uchiha ever became the Hokage. This hurt the pride of Uchiha clan greatly & some years after the Kyuubi attack, they started planning a coup de'tat against the Sandaime Hokage. I became aware of their plans and found that the whole Uchiha clan was involved except some few people like Sasuke and my Mother, so I reported to the Hokage. I was given a S-ranked mission to annihilate the entire Uchiha clan, but inwardly I knew that I wouldn't be able to kill Sasuke and my mother. But before I could stab that bastard of my father he pulled my mom in front of him, it was too late for me to stop the attack and she was killed. She was an excellent shinobi & propably stronger than Fugaku but due to the situation she was caught off-guard or she could have easily stopped me. I put Sasuke in a comatose state for two weeks using Tsukiyomi and made him believe only power mattered to me. I intended for him to hate me and not follow the path what my arrogant ancestors took, but instead he became a power hungry Uchiha. Now I'm regretting my decision to let him live," explained Itachi with a sigh.
Naruto was shell shocked as he came to know the circumstances behind the Uchiha massacre.
"W-Well, that was really a huge sacrifice on your part for the village. You have my utmost respects. I'm sorry for calling you a murderer before," said Naruto in regret.
"No need to apologize Naruto-kun. It's nothing compared to what I did to you in Tsukiyomi before," said Itachi dismissing his apology.
"But who is your partner?" asked Naruto still sitting on the chair.
"He is Kisame Houshigaki, one of the members of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. Don't worry, he's on my side. We both are a part of an organisation called Akatsuki. It's a group of very strong S-ranked missing nins which aims to collect all the nine bijuu in the world," said Itachi.
Naruto's eyes widened upon hearing him. "But we won't let them do anything to you. Kisame and I are assigned to capture you, so you're safe for now. We are acting as undercover agents for the Hokage and report to him about the Akatsuki's movements. The black cloak with red clouds signifies we are the members of Akatsuki. Akatsuki members always travel in pair, supporting each other's abilities and hence it's difficult to defeat them," said Itachi.
"But what does this organisation wants to do with all the tailed beasts?" asked Naruto.
"Even we don't know it's true motives, but whatever it is for, it sure is not good," said Itachi grimly.
"Okay, so far I understand but I still can't understand why did jiji ordered you to come here in the middle of chunin exams," asked a confused Naruto.
"Hokage-sama wanted you to awaken your bloodline limit as soon as possible because of the growing threat the Akatsuki poses and after seeing Orochimaru today, I believe it was the right decision. But still, he took a gamble as he was not sure if you would awaken it. You need to get strong as fast as possible Naruto-kun, for your no match for Orochimaru or the Akatsuki right now," said Itachi.
Naruto nodded with pure undeterred determination in his eyes.
"As for why Hokage-sama particularly sent me to awaken your bloodline, it's because to activate Rinnegan, one must see the people he cares the most about die. But Hokage-sama couldn't do that to you so he sent me to use Tsukiyomi on you, make you see your loved ones die and in the process activate Rinnegan. It was an ingenious idea if I must say so," said Itachi.
"Wow, jiji's really smart, ain't he," said an impressed Naruto while Itachi nodded.
"Now comes the important part. After seeing Orochimaru attack your squad, I'm suspecting he is planning something big, so you're gonna need everything to tackle whatever there is for you in the future. Hokage-sama also ordered me to train you Naruto, right now," said Itachi while Naruto's eyes widened.
"But, I don't have time to train, chunin exams are going on remember," said a confused Naruto while Itachi smirked at his perplexed face.
"You forgot, that three days in Tsukiyomi is only one second on the outside," said an amused Itachi.
Naruto's jaw dropped to the ground, if this is true then he could get three days worth of training in only one second. The applications of this jutsu are limitless!
"But this jutsu uses a lot of chakra and I can only do it twice a day, meaning six days in the Tsukiyomi. But, my partner Kisame is constantly giving me his chakra meaning the time we can spend training in here will be increased and believe me when I say he has huge chakra reserves. He's called a bijuu without a tail," said Itachi while enjoying the look of Naruto's gaping expression.
"H-How much time?" asked Naruto in barely contained excitement.
"Kisame can use about ten times chakra as me and can still take on a jounin. Therefore we can spend sixty days in Tsukiyomi, meaning two months," said a smirking Itachi.
Now Naruto had trouble picking his jaw from the ground.
"A-Amazing. This means that on the outside only twenty seconds would have passed," said Naruto in awe.
"You're right. But remember, in Tsukiyomi you can only train in ninjutsu and genjutsu. It's because you can only train your mind here while your body is only standing in the real world, so physical training would be useless. But you can practise some taijutsu styles to memorize them," explained Itachi.
"But what use a taijutsu style is if I don't have the required strength, agility, precision & speed for it. Even if I master all the katas of the taijutsu, it still wouldn't as effective as it should be," said a confused Naruto while Itachi nodded.
"That's where I answer the question why you are not able to properly control your body. You see Naruto-kun, when you awakened the Rinnegan, your genes and body structure changed drastically. It's like you have a completely new body now. All your old muscles & tendons were destroyed in place of new ones. That's why you felt so much pain coursing through your body before. These new changes result in drastically increased speed, strength, reflexes, agility, flexibility, almost anything you can relate to taijutsu. But your mind is not used to this upgraded body of yours. You have to train your mind so it can be in synchronisation with your body. Tsukiyomi is a perfect place for your training now. Your body now, is ready for almost all the mid-level taijutsu styles that the shinobi world can throw. Though I prefer you only learn one and completely master it," explained Itachi.
"So you're saying that I'm a two years toddler now who can't even control his body properly," muttered an annoyed Naruto but Itachi clearly heard him.
"Don't be so down Naruto. It may seem frustrating but you'll see how big of a physical upgrade you got. Your body is now that of a rookie jounin. It takes years of hard work for a chunin to get this level of fitness which you only got in a matter of minutes," said Itachi.
"But isn't it unfair for other shinobi who train so hard everyday of their life. Before a couple of minutes, I was one of them, a genin with no talent at all and then suddenly this. Although bloodlines are cool and all, but I never really liked them. It seems to give unfair advantages to bloodline users. For instance, your Sharingan, you guys just copy jutsus and predict our movements before we even know what our move will be. It takes sweat and blood to learn those techniques, to hone our reflexes and skills but the Uchihas just copy them in a couple of minutes!," said an angry Naruto making the Uchiha in front of him sigh.
"You should know Naruto, a bloodline limit doesnot make a shinobi invincible. Even though the Sharingan can copy a jutsu, it does not master it for which you have to do your own hardwork. For example, let's take a simple Fireball jutsu, if you copy it with your Sharingan, it only shows the required handseals and the amount of chakra to be applied. So when we do it after the copying it, we do the weakest form of the respective jutsu. To improve it we have to do our own training so that we can burn as much oxygen as we can using our fire natured chakra without using excess amount of chakra than required. If we clash the weaker form of jutsu with an experienced fire element user, his fireball would be much bigger and would be very high in heat intensity as compared to that of a freshly copied jutsu," explained Itachi.
"But during our first C-rank mission, Kakashi sensie fought a Kiri missing-nin, Momochi Zabuza. During the fight, he copied his Water Dragon Jutsu and when they both fired the dragons at each other, they just cancelled each other. Then how can a freshly copied jutsu be as strong as compared to Zabuza's jutsu, as he was proficient in water element," asked Naruto while Itachi smirked after listening to his question.
"That was not the first time he did that jutsu Naruto-kun. In fact, I have seen him use that jutsu many times when he was in Anbu. He was only bluffing so that the enemy may think that his Sharingan can perfect any jutsu that he throws at him. Didn't you ever think that Kakashi No Sharingan, the man who has copied over a thousand jutsus, wouldn't have copied a jutsu as common as Water Dragon Jutsu before. Deception is an important part of being a ninja Naruto-kun. Every bloodline has it's strengths & weakness. In Sharingan, even though you can see fast movements which are barely visible to naked eye, but if that Uchiha is not fast enough, what use it is of then. Also, take Byakugan(White Eye) for example, even though it can see chakra points and 3590 of vision, you can increase your chakra so much that the immense amount of light forces the Byakugan user to either deactivate or stun him temporarily, and believe me as I have already done that. Also, a long range fighter can defeat a Hyuuga as they only rely on gentle fist and closing the chakra points of their opponents," said Itachi. Upon seeing Naruto silent, he continued;
"The world of shinobi is not fair, life is not fair. You should know it best. You were always scorned, hated, glared, ignored and beaten upon for something you had no control over. Grow up Naruto-kun, Akatsuki members would always attack you in pair. It will probably be one on two battle, they wouldn't give a damn shit about the fight being unfair, they will do whatever it takes to capture you. In missions, if you're surrounded by enemies, you can't complain of it being unfair. You can't just whine about something you can do nothing about, instead you have to get over it. The three legendary sanin: Jiraiya, Tsunade & Orochimaru, none of them had any bloodlines, but they defeated many formidable bloodline users in the Third Great Shinobi War and are now S-ranked ninjas. It takes guts, determination and the will to never give up to become the best. Tell me Naruto-kun, do you have what it takes to become the strongest shinobi I know you can be, can you continue to bear the burden of being the jinchuriki of Kyuubi No Kitsune, can you make the bridge of peace the shinobi world so much needs. Do you have what it takes to become the best Hokage," said Itachi rather loudly at the end.
Naruto looked up to stare into Itachi's eyes, Rinnegan meeting Sharigan. Itachi was taken aback by those eyes, full of determination, guts and will, stronger than steel.
"You bet!"
So, that was the second chapter. Please review guys, I really want them badly. As for Kushina's part, I've already decided when she'll come in the fic: it will be just after the preliminaries, so don't sweat it! Well, Ja ne!