"Hokage-sama!" Shouted a leaf nin stumbling through the door to the hokage's office. He was panting and clearly out of breath. "Urgent news on the Uchiha's!"
The Hokage, asleep on top of a pile of unfinished paperwork, slowly lifted his head and his tiered eyes met the worried ones of the ninja in front of him. "What is it?" He asked whilst letting out a yawn and putting his head back on his desk.
"During the clan meeting of the Uchiha some of our own ninjas were said to have attacked during the meeting and attempted to assassinate the elders" said the ninja catching his breath and trying to calm himself down enough to speak without stopping.
"And? Were they successful? Do you know who it was?" Asked the Hokage only saying a few of the many questions that were going through his head. Hearing this news had woken him up and he was waiting for an answer from the ninja.
'Who has enough power do even attempt this? And why would they?' Were two of the main questions that were in his head, he didn't have enough to e to go over any more as the present ninja gave him the answer he was desperately waiting to hear.
"Yes sir, sadly they were successful in their attack killing all members present except Mikoto-san and Tagiro-san. Mikoto-san has suffered no physical Injuries as we know of as she claims to have been out of the building at the time on her way home, but as for Tagiro-san he has suffered major injuries. He has been treated and his injuries are no longer life threatening he is still in a critical state. He is the only survivor that saw who the attackers were." Reported the ninja answering the first of the many questions the Hokage had. "If you want an answer to the second question you will have to visit Tagiro-san in the hospital as he is the only one who has seen the ninja and survived."
"Very well then" answered the Hokage dismissing the ninja leaving him to his thoughts. 'This will make a major impact on the Uchiha clan as they now need to find new leaders for their clan and raise powerful ninja all over again as their current ones had just been slaughtered' mused the Hokage as he stood up and walked from behind his desk.
"Hommaru! Koharu!" Shouted the Hokage. The door opened revealing the said two as they walked in towards were the Hokage was standing. "I need you to watch over the office, I need to go put on some important business" Said the third as he left not giving the old pair a chance to answer.
"Stupid old fool" muttered Koharu as he left.
The trio had been running non-stop since yesterdays events as they wanted to put as much distance as possible between them and their old home. After running for six hours Itachi had decides they were far enough for his liking and allowed them to set up camp.
They were in a clearing right beside a river, Itachi had left to find something for them to eat for breakfast. Before he had left he gave the two boys accompanying him training to do whilst he was gone. The task he had left them was the water walking technique. Why not, they were in a perfect place for it.
Over by the river the two friends stood side by side staring at the water in front of them. They both knew what to do, that part was simple it was actually doing it that was hard. Sasuke stepped forward and had the fist go, he walked over to the river edge and took one more step onto the river. He stood there and turned his head, a smug look on his face towards Naruto. It was at that moment that Sasuke appeared to have disappeared. Naruto looked around for his friend when he saw something emerge from the water. It was Sasuke. Seeing this Naruto couldn't hold in his laughter and collapsed to his knees in a fit of laughter.
"Hahaha Sasuke you fell in!" Shouted Naruto in between his fits of laughter. He started to calm himself down and managed to get up. He headed over to the river to help Sasuke out. He put his arm out, hand open for Sasuke to take. He took it as he expected but what happened he did not. Sasuke grabbed his hand and yanked Naruto into the river with him.
"Who's laughing now dope?" Asked Sasuke with a smile on his face. A smile? On Sasuke? Sasuke had been smiling more and more since he started sending time with the hyper blonde. At first he thought he was just plain annoying but after spending time with him and getting to now him better he found out that he was enjoying being around him, it was nice to smile and have fun with friends.
Naruto sent the 'evils' t Sasuke then laughed. It was fun. He swam closer to him, gathered water in his hands then chucked it right into Sasuke face. The young Uchiha was taken completely off guard and only realised when it was too late. His face was soaked thanks to the blonde, he wanted payback. He turned his back to his fellow team mate and pretended to head out of the river. Naruto followed thinking that was what he was doing but what he didn't think was that Sasuke would turn around and return the water he had previously chucked into his face.
"Ha! Got you!" He shouted as he got away from the blonde and put onto the bank. He went and lay on the grass followed by Naruto who lay next to him.
"that was fun but we should get back to our training" said Sasuke to him as he sat down.
"We should but what's the point? Itachi-niisans already back so that means its time for lunch!" Said Naruto sitting up. Sasuke also sat up and looked around and there he was just as Naruto had said. Itachi was sitting over on a log by the camp making a fire to cook their meal on.
Naruto and Sasuke both stood up and headed over to get something to eat.
"Hello Tagiro" said the third walking into said patients room. "I heard about what had happened at the meeting" he continued to walk and sat down on a chair next to the Uchiha's bed.
"Hokage-sama? Oh of course you wish to ave answers of what happened last night, am I right? He asked sitting up so that he could see the person he was talking to. It took a lot of energy and caused him a lot of pain but he managed somehow. "So what is it you wish to ask?"
"Straight to the point I see, well then I would like to know who did this to you and the others" he said as his first question even though he had loads more he didn't want to overwhelm the man.
"I could hear three of them but only got a chance to see two of them in total. The first was, who also was most likely to be the leader In it all as he seemed to be the eldest had black hair and used a katana. That was all I was able to see of the first but for some strange reason I've been having this feeling that I recognised him and that he was a Uchiha but why would one our own kill us, it makes no sense. Never mind with that now the second one was strange, he had pure bright, spikey blonde hair. The only other time I had seen anybody with hair that blonde and spikey was with your successor Minato but he doesn't have a son but they could fool anyone if they said that they were. Another thing that made him stand out was his blue eyes they were the ones of a killer, ones of a ninja with nothing left. Strange to see in a boy that young but the thing that made him stand out the most was the three distinctive whisker like scars on each of his cheeks"
The Hokage looked at him in complete shock. He knew who at least one of them were. The young blonde he had become so fond of, the son of his successor, Naruto Uzumaki. But why would such an innocent young boy with little to none ninja training kill the Uchiha elders? What was his reason? He wouldn't of been shocked if it were his parents that he had killed but the Uchiha's? This made no sense he had to find out more.
"N-no I couldn't be" he said aloud still in shock. His hands were shaking and he saw that Tagiro was looking at him concerned.
" Who couldn't it be sir? Do you know who it was?" Asked the Present Uchiha.
"No its nothing. I have to go now, thanks for your cooperation but I will be on my way now" said Sarutobi as he got up and left the room. He left the hospital and headed back to his office, he had two very important people he had to talk with.
"Ahh that was good" said Naruto patting his fool stomach, all three of them had finished their meal and were sitting by their camp talking to one another.
"So how did your training go?" Asked Itachi looking over at the boys opposite him. First at Naruto then at Sasuke. It didn't take a genius to figure out by just looking at them that they were guilty for something.
"Eh... well it went OK I guess" said Naruto looking over Sasuke for support.
"Hmph" was all he got from Sasuke as he didn't want to get involved with the current conversation.
"Oh well thanks for the help teme!" Shouted the only blonde of the group before continuing to speak to Itachi but before he could say anything more Itachi spoke up.
"You didn't anything done did you?" He asked. He knew that they didn't so hoped that Naruto wouldn't try and make up some crazy story as to why like he normally tended to do.
"We did sorta..." he started to say bit then saw the look on Itachi's face "no not really. " he honestly replied. Well it was the truth and there was no point in denying it.
"I knew it, you should take your training more seriously were going to be up against a lot of strong opponents so I want you to be at the top of tour game. Understood?"
"Yes" he got as a reply from both boys as all three of them stood up.
"Good I'm glad. Now ow about before we pack up I help you two with your water walking? How does that sound?" He asked the boys who both nodded straight away in reply "I goes that's a yes then" laughed Itachi as they made their way back towards the river.
They had been at their training for two hours and deciding that that was enough for one day, finished and packed their stuff. Naruto was now able to stay above the water for about ten seconds and Sasuke was able to take a few steps then fell under. Once they had all their stuff they headed out straight after not wanting any leaf nins to catch up to them. Only Itachi seemed to know where it was that they were heading.
Back at Konoha, the Hokage had returned to his office and had called for two people to come by and have a talk with him. Whilst he was waiting for their arrival he kept on thinking about what he had just been told.
'It couldn't be him he would never dare do anything of the sorts!' He thought but then again how many spikey blonde haired kids with blue eyes and cat whisker like scars wondering around Konoha? 'And anyway, who could he have been with from what I've been told Naruto had no friends and kept to himself'
He had no more time to his thoughts as the two people he had wanted to talk to walked into his office.
"Ah Minato, Kushina I'm glad you were able to come, I have something I wish to ask you" he said signaling for them to take a seat. "To start of with, when was the last time either of you saw Naruto hmm?"
"We saw him just yesterday leaving the house early I the morning and haven't heard from him since" said Kushina speaking first for both her and her husband.
"OK so do you know where he went or whom he was with?"
"He never tells us where or who he's with, heck he doesn't even tell us he's going out! But then again that's the little idiots fault if he gets killed" answered Kushina again not even flinching at the fact that she was talking about her only son being killed.
'I wouldn't blame the kid if he killed you two next with all the affection you show him. Well if he doesn't do it I certainly will' he thought before asking another question.
"Do you know anybody whom he might consider his friends?"
"No sorry the not doesn't have any friends he prefers to be a loner by him self" this time it was Minato who replied getting fed up of his wife getting all the chances to let their hatred out.
"OK then, well what I'm about to tell you you may not believe but you know the Uchiha attack last night?" He paused to make sure they did before continuing "well it turns out that Naruto and two other ninja were behind it. It is most likely that he and the others have defected the village but we are not sure on that but are sending a search team out for them"
He waited to see the looks of relief on their faces knowing that they had most likely gotten rid of their son but what he saw shocked him almost to death. Their were upset? Why? They never cared for the boy whilst he was here so why start caring for him now he's gone?
"Hokage-sama please, do anything you can to get him back!" Pleaded Kushina on the verge of tears.
"We are trying everything we can but once he crosses the border he is out of our reached and shall be labeld as a missing-nin" he said not liking the thought himself but he had to put personal feelings aside and do what was right.
"OK please do anything" said Minato as the pair left. Once they were out the room Sarutobi could hear crying from behind the wall.
'I don't get them, when they have their son they reject him but once he's gone its like he's the most important thing on earth to them. To b honest they deserve it' he thought as he went back to his never ending pile of paper work not taking his mind away from the thoughts of the young blonde boy.
A/N
OK so how did you guys like this chapter? I tried to make it longer but there's a certain amount of stuff I can put into each chapter to keep this story going.
WarFlower- I'm really glad your enjoying the story. Hope you enjoyed this chapter just as much!
.Kitten- I'm sorry about spelling I'm not English you see so have a hard time with the spelling side of things but anyways I'm glad you find my story interesting that's good to hear.
Guest- well that's Naruto for you, he always makes stupid moves but stays loyal to his friends not matter what. I thought the rating was fine seeming as there's not blood and gore or swearing but if you and others think so then I may change it.