The story is set in a similar universe as the "Main Naruto" universe. Some events in the main Naruto history my be altered to suit the story. If you haven't read the last chapter, do so to understand the story.
Enjoy!
Chapter 2 "The Hidden Leaf Village"
Kitahachi and Sumio set of for the leaf. The leaf was at-least a 2 hour walk so first they headed into the village to eat. They went to a small restaurant at the end of town. Every time they went to the restaurant the manager always had a big welcome for Sumio. The restaurant manager was fond of ninja because he had and idea that ninja carried large amounts of money with them. On there trip to the restaurant none of them said a word. When they entered the restaurant they where met by the manager egger for them, like he had been expecting them.
"Hello Sumio, so nice to see you again" said the manager.
He was met by the grim, lifeless face of Sumio. He looked at Kitahachi and Kitahachi looked at him. Kitahachi`s face was not much different. The managers smile soon fell.
"let me seat you" he said with a wavering voice.
"And what would you be having?"
"Nothing for me" said Sumio with a flat tone of voice.
Kitahachi was surprised. He wondered the point of going into a restaurant and not eating. He then realised that coming into the restaurant wasn't for Sumio`s benefit, it was for his own.
"And you Kitahachi?"
"Um-mm" murmured Kitahachi.
"Give him a rack of lamb, he hasn't eaten all day" said Sumio with a sort of snigger in his voice.
"Yes mister Genda, right away sir" the manger said with relief of having to leave this awkward encounter.
"You probably have a lot of questions so, now is the time to ask" said Sumio with a stern expression.
"Who were those men? Why did they attack you?" said Kitahachi with relief of finally talking.
"They were rogue ninja, who probably had a bounty on me" he replied.
"I came back from picking up some groceries from the village when I seen them with a blade around Hikaru`s throat. As soon as they seen me they drove it through her side and prepared for battle."
Kitahachi knew that he was lying, because the was no wound in her side. But he didn't ask any questions because it wasn't the right time.
His food soon came, but by this point he had lost his appetite. He ate as much as he could but the majority of the plate was full.
"Ready? Then lets go to the leaf village" said Sumio, finally breaking the silence while Kitahachi ate.
They made there way to the leaf village while Kitahachi still said said nothing.
"You know the drill. Someone asks you your name what do you say?"
"That my name is Kitahachi Genda" replied Kitahachi.
He had been told to do this many times in the past. Sumio`s excuse for this was that he would be frowned upon if people knew he was an orphan.
They arrived at the gates of the hidden leaf village. Kitahachi looked up at them in disbelief of there size. The 2 of them walked into the village. Kitahachi looked around him. He seen an office beside the gates with 2 ninja in it. They looked straight at him whispering, giving glances to Sumio. They made there way through the village while the people walked by them like they where just normal villagers, but the ninja looked on them with a raised eye brow and open mouth.
"They look a lot bigger from here" said Sumio, pointing up at the hokage stone faces.
Kitahachi looked up and panned across, admiring them.
They walked on until they reached a tall red building.
"This is where the hokage lives" said Sumio.
They entered the building and went up a flight of stairs. They reached a closed door. Sumio knocked and entered without being invited in. There was a desk and sitting behind it was a man in white robes that was red at parts. He looked surprised to see Sumio and even more when he seen Kitahachi.
"Hello Sumio my friend. How are you?" said the man.
"Not to good I'm afraid. We where attacked in our home by shinobi. I suspect they had me in there bingo books and wanted my head." replied Sumio
"That's unfortunate" said the man.
"Yes, and what's even more unfortunate is that my wife Hikaru was killed in the cross hairs".
"I'm sorry to hear that. And I see you travel with a companion." he said while his stair moved to Kitahachi.
"Yes, this is Kitahachi. Kitahachi this is the 8th hokage, Kaneko Hatake."
"Hello there boy" said Kaneko with a smile on his face.
Kitahachi got nervous and tried to think of an intelligent reply.
"Hello Kaneko, I mean Mr Hatake, I mean the 6th."
He nervously continued on.
"I am Kitahachi Genda" he said embarrassed about addressing him.
Kaneko give a stern look at Kitahachi, and came out from the back of his desk. He stood in-front of Kitahachi, ignoring Sumio.
Kaneko was taller than Kitahachi, but smaller than Sumio. His had grey spiky hair and he had a scar going through his left eye. He keep his left eyes close the hole way through the conversation. He looked to be in his 30s but he may have been younger. Sumio always told Kitahachi about how he was a child prodigy like several others of the hokage.
"Your lying. I see it in your eyes. I see everything" he said putting much emphases on the "see".
Kitahachi`s eyes widen as he became more and more nervous.
"Your real name is Kitahachi Uchiha isn't it"
Kitahachi looked at Sumio. There was a moment of silence. Then a smile broke out on Sumio`s face and he began to laugh, soon after Kaneko joined in.
Kitahachi was confused as what was so funny.
"Its OK Kita, we can trust him" said Sumio.
This was the first time in a long time that Sumio had called Kitahachi "Kita"
Sumio looked at Kitahachi.
"Why don't you take a look around the village, ill catch up to you later"
Kitahachi wasn't sure about this, he only just arrived and didn't no anyone. But he knew that "why don't you take a look around the village" really meant "Leave us to speak about matters that doesn't concern you". So Kitahachi did as he was told and left the room and made his way out of the building. As he walked the streets he noticed that the other ninja were still looking at him like he was a myth. He seen a mysterious man. The man wore a scarf around his neck that covered his mouth. His hands where in his pocket and he kept his heap down while he walked but looking up once in a while to see if anyone was watching him. An elderly woman came walking with shopping bags at either arm. The man nudged into her but walked on without saying sorry or even looking at her. But Kitahachi seen what really happened. When the man nudged into her his hand came out of his pocket and snatched a purse from her clothing. Kitahachi reacted quickly.
"Hey you! Give her back her purse!" he shouted.
But the man didn't look back at him, instead he started to run. Kitahachi was on pursuit of him, running through the crowd, trying dodge people. What he didn't know was their was another man on pursuit of him. A ninja. The man ran into an ally. This was good for Kitahachi because now he didn't have to worry about dodging people. Kitahachi was catching up to him but the man was now near the end on the ally, when suddenly, a man jumped down from the roof tops blocking the thief's escape. The man had long blonde hair and was around the same age as Kitahachi. He wore a red vest over a plane black jumper. He wore the leaf village headband on his fore head. Now blocked with 2 men at either side of him the thief dropped the purse.
"Here, here!. Now please let me go." he pleaded.
"Run and let me never see your face again." said the blond man.
The thief ran past him. Now it was just the blond man and Kitahachi.
"Hello stranger. Your quick. And by judging by the way you move your probably a ninja. I'm Inoichi Yamanaka. And you are?"
That name was familiar to Kitahachi. But he couldn't think where he heard it before.
"I'm Kitahachi Genda. Do I know you. Your name sounds familiar?"
"I don't think so. Maybe you heard of my grand father who I was named after."
"Maybe"
Suddenly 2 other men appeared behind Inoichi. Kitahachi clenched his fists thinking they where hear for trouble.
"Don't be alarmed. These are my 2 squad members. Choza Akimichi and Shikaku Nara."
These names were also familiar.
"We have to go" whispered Shikaku to Inoichi.
"I have to go take care of something. It was nice speaking to you." said Inoichi before disappearing with the other 2. It was then that Kitahachi remembered. Sumio once told him of a team called the Ino-Shika-Cho trio. It was getting dark so he headed back to the hokage's mansion to see if Sumio was still there.
Thank you for reading, and I hoped you enjoyed it!
The next chapter will be online soon. Keep reading to see what happens to Kitahachi.