Uchiha Fugaku was awoken from his sleep when he heard screaming coming from several houses in the Shinobi Sector to the Uchiha Clan.
The first thought that was on his mind was 'What is this?'
What could make so many people scream?
He looked out of his window to see several houses on fire…
"Kami-sama (God)…" he whispered.
Immediately he was wide awake and prepared to handle the situation. He ran outside the house in shinobi garb…
He never noticed that his son and wife weren't in the house.
"You, what is happening?!" shouted Fugaku to the nearest chunin Uchiha.
"Fugaku-sama, we were just attacked. He… It came out of nowhere! It was horrible… It…" he spoke incoherently before collapsing into tears.
Fugaku paused before seething in anger and striking the man across the face.
"How many casualties…" he growled out to the chunin.
"F-Four-hundred and seventy eight, sir…" he said, slightly more composed.
"What of everyone else?" asked Fugaku.
"Well, Sir… they-" the chunin began before being cut off by something…
A loud crackle broke the night as they listened to the speakers all over the village… the warning sirens began to play a message…
"Hello, I am Nanashi. The Nanashi Kira, to be precise… It has come to my attention that something rather… negative was occurring. For the past two months, I have been spying on the Hokage and his advisors. And, I discovered something that couldn't be left unchecked. The Uchiha Clan has been planning a coup de tat for the past several years. Only recently it has been discovered and the original plan was rather simple…" spoke the voice.
"Find out whoever is doing that! Now!" shouted Fugaku at the chunin.
To his shock and amazement, his voice and what he had just shouted was heard on the sirens and speakers…
"What the hell?" he asked before a kunai buried itself in his throat.
"…That was just Uchiha Fugaku, the Head of the Uchiha Clan. I don't think that I really need to say that he has just been killed…" trailed the chunin into a hidden microphone in his vest before his body erupted into smoke and revealed the Nanashi Kira.
"You see, the original plan of the Uchiha was to take over the smaller, non-clan districts through questionable political means. Their strength would slowly increase and, using spies on the council, they would eliminate one shinobi clan at a time. Eventually, they would assassinate the Hokage and have total control over the village, without question. To deal with this growing threat, our Hokage and his advisors, as well as Danzo… planned to completely obliterate the Uchiha clan with their own prodigy!"
He shouted into the microphone.
He could already hear the chaos throughout the entire village.
Everyone, every single person in the village couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"What I have performed tonight was not an act of rebellion; this was an act of revolution. The difference is that I succeeded. The original plan by the Hokage and his 'allies' was flawed and would have killed hundreds of innocents. Why would I, a known vigilante and terrorist, let something like that go unhindered?" he asked the village, "The answer? I wouldn't. In only one night, I have successfully eliminated every single member of the coup! Something that is totally unheard of! Neh? Not bad for a single terrorist…"
He didn't laugh.
He didn't cry.
The Nanashi Kira simply grinned as he literally heard the cries of outrage from the many people of Konoha.
It was at this moment, that the Hokage and over a dozen ANBU appeared in a swift Shunshin.
"Why, hello Hokage-sama. What a pleasant surprise…" he trailed.
"Nanashi Kira, for your crimes against Konoha… I hereby-" began the ANBU captain before the ground behind the Nanashi Kira exploded.
Nanashi jumped into the hole created and several ANBU followed him.
The only sound that could be heard now was the constant tapping as the ANBU ran after the Nanashi Kira in the sewers beneath the Uchiha compound.
"Neh?! You know something interesting?" called Nanashi back to the ANBU over his shoulder.
There was no response.
"If you look at the different houses and the fire from the Hokage Monument, you can sort of make out an Explosive seal!" he shouted.
The ANBU stopped following him. The Nanashi Kira paused in his movement and stood there before taking up his hand and making a seal.
"Neat, huh?" he asked…
The compound above them exploded and the Sewers began to cave in.
"Oh, and… Ne ANBU, please tell Danzo-san that I said 'hi'." said the Nanashi Kira before he seemed to be sucked into the filthy waters below them.
The sewers collapsed and the Uchiha Compound was destroyed.
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Many of them didn't know what had happened. Perhaps it was an elaborate genjutsu, or maybe it was some clever use of chloroform… whatever it was, it caused them to lose consciousness.
They had awoken to the sounds of explosions…
"Kaa-san!" shouted Sasuke to his mother before hugging her.
"Sasuke-kun! I'm so glad you're alright…" she trailed.
"What happened, Kaa-san?" asked Sasuke.
"I wish I knew, Sasuke-kun…" she trailed before looking out of a hole in the Hokage Monument with the rest of the Uchiha Clan survivors, "I wish I knew…"
The Uchiha clan compound had collapsed into the ground to form a massive skull…
"I am the Nanashi Kira… I am Konoha's protector and it's destroyer… and no mortal being shall escape my wrath… the rapists, murderers, psychopaths, and enemies of Konoha will eternally rue the day they ever did wrong!" shouted the Nanashi Kira's voice over the speakers one last time before silence ruled the night.
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Naruto made it back to the Uzumaki Compound without a single injury on his entire body.
It was really amazing, actually. One couldn't help but marvel at how it was done…
"A few kegs of gasoline, a little bit of chloroform, some garden hoses, and a cooking knife…" he trailed, looking outside the compound at the rising smoke, "I was able to destroy a major threat to Konoha and I only had to use one jutsu…"
He grinned.
"I truly am… the Nanashi Kira." he said before he began to chuckle…
This chuckle turned into laughter… a laughter which echoed throughout the night.
"Well, I made a promise, didn't I? I promised that these killers would rue the day they harmed Konoha… And I never go back on my word…" he said when he finished laughing.
It should be noted that, for all his 'crimes', the Nanashi Kira was never captured and quickly rose to the top of the Military Police's most wanted list…
He wouldn't make another massive strike until several years later… during the Chunin Exams…
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End of chapter 3!
Short, I know. But, honestly, I've been running on empty, lately.
Anywho…
I'll update when I can.
Until then, Ja ne!
Forever Signed in Blood,
Slayer End