Sorry for not updating. Today, I will be posting the last to chapters of this book.

"Thank you for having me," Naruto said humble.

Mikoto smiled, "Oh, don't worry about it. You know, it's pretty late - too late for a kid to be walking around alone..."

"Don't worry, Mrs Sasuke's mum, I can handle myself just fine," Naruto said brightly.

"Still..." Mikoto cast a meaningful look at Itachi.

Itachi, knowing that his mother would be confronting his father, knew that it was best to get Sasuke out of the house, even if he himself wanted to see that showdown, "Come, Sasuke. Let's walk Naruto home,"

Sasuke nodded happily and the two boys bounced out of the house, Itachi following afterwards, but not before he cast a small glance at his parents.

Once Mikoto was sure Itachi had taken the boys far enough away, she turned to Fugaku.

How dare she defy him? Fugaku was furious. He knew what he had to do.

He had to move the plans forward.

"Gather everyone," he told his subordinates, "The Coup is next week," as an afterthought, he added, "and don't tell Itachi or Shisui. We will take them by surprise as well."

Five weeks later, Mikoto gasped. She had been listening in on the conversation and she was not happy with what she heard.

The Coup was coming. And if Fugaku had it his way. It would be tonight.

"Sasuke," Mikoto shook her little boy, "Sasuke, wake up,"

"Wha-?"

"Come on," Mikoto said, picking Sasuke up.

Sasuke wanted to protest and whine, telling her that he was no longer a kid. But he could sense the urgency in her voice.

"Mikoto, dear, where do you think you are going?"

Mikoto turned on her heel, facing Fugaku.

"We are leaving," Mikoto said boldly.

"Oh, I don't think so. Itachi, stop her!" Fugaku ordered.

Mikoto was well aware that Itachi was behind her. She put Sasuke down, "Itachi, take Sasuke and go,"

"I can take him," Itachi said boldly.

"I know you can," Mikoto's voice was calm a soothing, despite the situation, "But I am your mother. I won't let you, not as long as I live. The day you two were born, I swore I would protect you,"

Itachi did not quite understand. He knew he was powerful enough to take Fugaku on. But he let it slide. He grabbed Sasuke and dragged him away. Sasuke, being the brave and smart boy he was, followed willingly. Not a moment later, the house exploded with fire.

Itachi grimaced before picking Sasuke up and running.

"They called me Fugaku of the Wicked Eye for a reason, you know," Fugaku smirked.

"I may not have a fancy name attached to me, but I will defeat you," Mikoto snarled.

Fugaku laughed coldly giving Mikoto a glimpse of how far he had fallen. "And what are you going to do? Your Sharingan is nothing against my Mangekyo,"

"You underestimate me, Fugaku," Mikoto replied.

Kushina's dead had taken a toll on Mikoto. Being an Uchiha, no one but her knew just how much loosing her best friend had hurt. All that anyone needed to know was that it hurt enough to put Mikoto through the intense process of developing her eye to the next stage.

Mikoto glanced at Fugaku's eyes. Fugaku was caught off guard. He watched, baffled, as the world around him turned red.

"Wh-what is this?" Fugaku demanded.

The met each others eyes.

"Damn you, woman!" Fugaku growled, activating his own Mangekyo.

The battle of the Mangekyo Sharingans began.

Itachi ran with only two goals in mind. Protect Sasuke. Find Naruto.

Itachi carried Sasuke on his back as he ran towards Naruto's apartment. The Coup had already started, taking out large portions of the village. Itachi frowned, wondering why he had not been told of this before.

He reached Naruto's apartment only to find it completely destroyed. Itachi forced down panic as he searched through the debris.

"Itachi-Nii!"

Itachi whirled around to see Naruto waving at him, standing beside Sasuke. Itachi ran over to them, tanking whatever Kami was up there.

"Naruto, thank goodness you're okay," Itachi said.

"What's going on?" Naruto asked.

Itachi shook his head, "I'll tell you later. For now, we must go,"

Naruto nodded. Itachi grabbed the two boys hands and started dragging them away as quickly as possible. There was another explosion as the ground shook, but Itachi refused to fall. Knowing that he would get no where if the boys continued as slowly as they were, Itachi picked both of them up and jumped away, narrowly missing a barrage of shurikens and kunai.

Itachi ran. Right now, his biggest priority were the two boys in his arms.

Shisui was an extra.

"Itachi?"

"Shisui!"

"You're alright!" Shisui exclaimed in delight.

Itachi nodded, noticing the little girl in Shisui's arms.

"Is that the Hyuuga heiress?" Itachi asked.

"Yes. I found her among some Hyuugas. She was unconscious when I found her,"

Itachi grimaced, "How will this end?"

"Not sure, but it will end soon. The Uchiha greatly underestimated the power of Konoha,"

Itachi shook his head sadly, "I always knew arrogance would be their downfall,"

Shisui nodded in agreement, "Now lets get these kids to safety,"

Together, they jumped away.

Mikoto was on her knees, exhausted. She watched the giant fireball come at her in hopelessness.

At the very last moment, though, she found herself snatched away and put in a safe spot.

"Kakashi!" Mikoto exclaimed in surprise.

"Lady Uchiha," Kakashi nodded, his Sharingan ablaze.

Mikoto knew Kakashi loathed Fugaku. Fugaku had never ceased demeaning Obito even after his death. Furthermore, Fugaku had tried to have the Sharingan removed from Kakashi's eye.

"Let's take him on," Kakashi said, determination lacing his voice, "together,"

Mikoto smirked gratefully. She had known she couldn't possibly defeat Fugaku the moment his Sharingan came ablaze, but with extra help.

She was sure she'd win.

Sorry if this chapter seemed a little off or if something was bad about it. I never got around to editing it.