As said in 'Author's Note 2', I've decided to go with my original plan of Naruto and Itachi becoming partners in 'crime' if you catch the drift. Anyways, Enjoy! Remember! REVIEW! They encourage and help me produce better chapters. I'm thinking of making a new fanfic after this one J
Chapter 16: History, Decision and Elimination
'Whatever I do… Life is going to be troublesome from now on…'
Sunlight crept through the room again, beaming down on the two people on the bed. The first to wake was our favorite blond. Taking his hand, he wiped his drowsy eyes as he squinted from the invading sunlight. Silently prying himself from Umi, he headed towards the bathroom. He did his business, and prepared to wash his face. Looking in the mirror, he gasped.
He seemed about two inches taller from yesterday. His hair was darkening as well as his eyes. His eyes now consisted of a dark blue bordering on purple color, while the pupil elongated a bit. (1). His whiskers have darkened a bit, making them more defined and feral.
'Kyu-chan, what happened!' the blond shouted mentally.
'Huh? What? Mmmm… Chappy, come here you scoundrel.' said a voice in his head. Despite the situation, he couldn't help but sweatdrop. He heard some snoring resounding through the mental link. Closing his eyes, he ventured into his mindscape.
Mindscape
He walked up to the cage and walked right through. The Kyuubi was muttering to herself as she slept soundly. Cupping his hands around his mouth he shouted.
"WAKE UP!" he yelled into her oversized fox ears. This gathered the desired reaction. Said fox jumped up like a kangaroo and 'Eep'd' as well as an overgrown fox could.
"WHA! Who's there!" Kyuubi exclaimed, searching her entire surrounds before her eyes set themselves onto her jailor. "Oh it's just you…"she said sleepily. "…You know it's rude to interrupt a woman's beauty sleep…" she said glaring at the offender.
"You've been sleeping for the last two years… now onto what I was going to say… WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!" The blond said, yelling the last part.
Kyuubi transformed into her human form, and giggled as Naruto gained a slight pink hue to his skin. "What do you mean… I see absolutely nothing wrong with you."
Naruto pointed to his eyes, "My eyes are much darker then before…" he said before pointing to his hair, "…as well as my hair… and I'm taller. What happened."
The Kyuubi looked at the blond, and noticed the differences herself. He was indeed different. "I feared this might happen…" she said as she sighed.
"Why, what's happening to me." he said anxiously.
"Even though the seal is supposed to filter the demonic chakra into human chakra, it seemingly doesn't prevent all of the demonic chakra from leaking into your system… It isn't killing you because your chakra coils… were developed from birth to handle minute-doses of chakra… and prevent permanent damage if larger amounts are used." she took a sigh again. "However the minimal chakra doses are seemingly enhancing the gene's… from your mother side, while slowly altering your body into that of… a Hanyo, or Half-demon."
Naruto didn't care about the Half-demon part, but he worried more about his gene change. "What do you mean 'Enhancing your genes'? the blond asked.
"I mean, the genes that come from the Uchiha side of your family are becoming dominant instead of being recessive…" she explained.
"Will anything… like life-threatening happen?"
"No, you will have all of your abilities from your father's side, but your appearance… is changing slowly…"
"Oh alright… by the way, how do you know that the chakra is doing it, instead of it naturally happening… and how do you know so much about the Sharingan, when even their own clansmen know so little." Naruto inquired.
For what seemed to be the hundredth time today, she sighed. "You see, all bloodlines were developed by demons, even chakra is descendant from demons." she said, earning a shocked look from the blond. "Before the nine Bijuu were even created by the Sage of Six Path's… we were a part of one demon… known as the Juubi, in which we held one conscience, which was mine… Sadly because I had such a massive amount of chakra, it clouded my mind and even had a conscience of its own… I was often on a mad rampage that decimated hundreds of villages." she said sadly.
"What does this have to do with the Sharingan?" Naruto asked.
"When the Sage of Six Paths and us fought in an battle…"
Flashback no Jutsu - 452 Years Ago
"!" was what was heard all around the land. The men battling each other in a skirmish between two villages halted, as they jumped back to face the sound. In the far distance stood the Juubi, a monstrous demon with unimaginable power stood there releasing a mighty roar, it ten tails waving manically behind it. "RUNNNNN!" some of the men yelled.
The monster opened its mouth, as a ball formed a foot away from its mouth, red and blue substances mixing as it formed a purple sphere. It swallowed it, after a few seconds, it opened its mouth releasing an extremely powerful ball of energy. A beam formed as it raced towards the battlefield, those who were watching in awe and fear never had a chance as the beam disintegrated the men, as those who got out of the way, ran from the now scorched earth.
The beam continued onward towards a small village. The beam hit what was believed to be the city center, and released a mighty explosion, destroying the village and whatever within a 200 meter distance completely. It would have happened, if it wasn't for a mysterious man who absorbed the blast. The man had his hands held in front of him, and beads of sweat dropped from his head. His eyes a light purple, 4 concentric rings surrounded the pupil. A katana adorned his waist, and a shakujo (2) strapped to his back.
Looking towards the beast, he took a deep breath before reaching for his staff and disappearing and appearing two hundred meters from the beast. "Today is the day your madness shall end!" the sage yelled towards the beast. His only reply was a deep roar before bringing one black tail towards the man. The man easily dodged before the hit connected, leaving the ground a large trench.
'I must find a weakness to the beast.' the Sage thought before performing one-handed seals. It stopped on Tiger. He pointed his staff towards the Juubi. "Katon: Great Firestorm!" As soon has the last word left his mouth, an ungodly amount of fire sprouted from the tip of the staff, engulfing the Juubi. He grinned in satisfaction, but that slowly dropped as the beast swung his arms, extinguishing the flames while releasing a large gust of wind towards the Sage. Bringing his free hand out, he yelled "Shinra Tensei!" as an invisible force moved the incoming gust of strong wind from the sage.
Doing more handsigns, he shouted "Suiton: Flood of the Great North!" Water formed out of nothing, as it swirled above the sage. "GO!" he shouted as the water shot out towards the beast at breakneck speeds. It hit the beast head-on as it staggered the beast. Taking the advantage, he performed more. "Raiton: Gods Fury!" he yelled as the clear sky turned a deep crimson black. Not a second later, red lightning shot out from the clouds, striking the beast with an enormous crack. Taking no time, he placed the staff on his back.
"Mokuton: Great Binding Tree!" he said as he slammed his hands on the dry earth. Moments later, several enormous trees sprouted from the ground underneath and swirled around the beast. They increased in girth as it reached past its head and began circling in. The beast struggled against the force, but it was futile. Now what was left was an enormous tree, fifty feet taller then the original beast.
'Is… Is it done?' the Sage thought. Sadly his hopes were crushed as a deep roar sounded again. The wood was cracking and burning from the inside, moments later the beast broke out of the prison.
"!" it roared again. It faced towards the man, it opened its mouth and blasted off a ball of energy towards the Sage who dodged it easily, however it fired more, almost like an automatic assault rifle.
'Damn! The energy each of these balls contain are godly!' he thought, jumping back from the ball. 'If I get hit by one of these, I'm screwed…' He dodged one as it went over its head. He examined the beast mid-jump. He was shocked to see absolutely no damage. 'No damage whatsoever!' he mentally shouted. '..I see, this monster is entirely made out of energy, except it has a shape and a conscience…' he concluded. 'Only way to defeat a monster of energy… is to seal it, and any inanimate object is physically impossible… I must seal it within myself…'
'Even though I have only just developed the technique, it's my only chance of eliminating this monster once and for all.' Disappearing from the monsters sight, he appeared behind the beast. Biting his finger, he performed hand-seals, a hundred or more to be precise. "Fuuin: God Sealing Preparation Technique!" he slammed his hand on the ground. A Sealing array propelled from his hands position, and formed a circle of kanji line around the beast.
Disappearing and appearing on the beast's head moments later, he performed over two hundred hand-seals in a minute, and yelled, "Fuuin: God Sealing Technique!" he yelled as he slammed his hand onto the slimy skin of the beast. Pillars of energy sprouted up from the kanji below and headed towards the area where his hand is and formed something similar to a bird cage around the beast. The earth cracked underneath the beast, as the sky turned from dark crimson to a dark grey. Pillars of light rained down from the sky as the beams swirled around the circle of pillars before stopping. Slowly the cage shrunk, so did the beast caged inside. It shrunk as it roared, before it disappeared completely, leaving a ball of energy.
The ball suddenly slammed into the Sage's stomach, as hundreds of complex arrays spread out from his stomach and wrapped around his body. 'F-Finally! Even with this pain… I-It was worth it for the world.' he said, as he passed out from exhaustion.
Flashback no Jutsu - Kai!
"…Ok, awesome story, but what does it have to do with the Sharingan?" Naruto asked impatiently.
"…I was getting to that brat, after being sealed into the Sage, our chakra had… what should I say… interesting side effects with his genetics…" she said. "His body grew to that of seven feet, his muscles increased in density, his senses became godly, and most of all… his eyes. Instead of the normal concentric circle design… nine tomoes circled around the eyes… and changed to a deep red… He gained our eyes…"
"Amazing… but how come I don't have the Sage's eyes now?"
"Uugh, I shouldn't expect you to understand yet… you're only seven years of age…" she said. "I'll try my best… anyways… the Sage had two sons… their names we do not know… His first son, was gifted with the physical and spiritual power of the Sage, this man later created the Senju clan…"
"Wow… To think he created the one of the founding clans of the village…" Naruto said amazed.
"That's not all, his second son… was gifted with the eyes and his powerful chakra… who eventually gave birth the Uchiha clan…"
"Wh-aa… He not only kick-started the Senju, but the Uchiha as well?"
"Yes… further onward… He named his heir to his first son… which started the cycle of hatred between the Uchiha and Senju clan…" she said sadly. "…Now to the birth of the Bijuu…"
Flashback no Jutsu - 395 Years Ago, 57 Years after the Sage sealed the Juubi
"My son, my heir to my will… I will soon be deceased… Father time has caught up to me… Pass on my teachings, pass on my knowledge, and pass on my family name… Today is the day where I shall be known in the history books." He said, coughing. "However, I must eliminate the Juubi inside of me… It will be impossible to kill it, however, I can split the chakra into smaller segments… and forever eliminate the threat of the Juubi…"
"…but father, how can you do such a thing… you are only human!" he exclaimed.
"I may be only human son, however in this world… nothing is impossible…" he said as he sat up from his bed. "Even peace is possible in this world… my son's shall be the ones to bring it… Now, I must go…" he said as he disappeared. 'Good-bye my son.'
The Sage reappeared in an opening, fifty kilometers away from any settlement. Gathering the chakra of the Juubi, he closed his eyes. "Onmyoton: Creation Of All Things!" he said, as an enormous swirl of black energy surrounded the man.
"Inton: Shadow Creation! Ichibi!" he said, as a portion of the chakra manifested into what looked like a human-sized raccoon made out of sand, with a single tail.
"Inton: Shadow Creation! Nibi!" he shouted as another portion of the chakra manifested into a human-sized cat, which it's fur looked to be of blue-greenish fire. It adorned two tails.
"Inton: Shadow Creation! Sanbi!" Another portion of the chakra formed into a turtle-like creature with three tails.
"Inton: Shadow Creation! Yonbi!" Yet another portion formed what looked like a gorilla with red fur as it adorned four tails.
"Inton: Shadow Creation! Gobi!" This time it formed into a creature that had the body of a horse, but a head of a dolphin. It had five tails.
"Inton: Shadow Creation! Rokubi!" A slug like creature with six tails appeared.
"Inton: Shadow Creation! Nanabi!" A green beetle like creature appeared, in which seven wing-like tails appeared.
"Inton: Shadow Creation! Hachibi!" A light maroon colored creature appeared looking like a hybrid of a Ox and an octopus. Eight tentacles serve as legs.
"Inton: Shadow Creation! Kyuubi!" A fox creature manifested in its orange glory, nine tails swaying behind.
The man wiped the sweat from his head, before moving in the middle of all of them. "Yoton: Gods Vitality!" he shouted, as different sizes of demonic energy flowed towards the creatures, the smallest going towards the Ichibi, while the largest towards the Kyuubi. The creatures eyes went from soulless… to bright. They were alive.
"You… My children are the to be the guardians of the earth… to preserve the peace of this world… Even though you have been separated, you shall always be together. Until eventually that time shall come when you will become one… You each carry a name… And with a different shape than you had up to now… you will be shown a righteous path… different from the time you spent inside of me…" The Sage spoke out to the creatures. "I have spoken to each and every one of you inside the seal… and the decisions I have made for you are based on that…"
"Shukaku… The Ichibi…" the Sage said. "You are the guardian of the vast sea of sand in the land where the wind flows freely."
"Matatabi… The Nibi…" the Sage said. "You are the guardian of the ancient tombs, where lightning strikes upon the graves and lost ancestors are reborn."
"Isobu… The Sanbi… You are the guardian of the ancients seas, where the water heals the wounded and sustains nature."
"Son Goku… The Yonbi… You are the guardian in which the lands are green and the trees are lush with fruit."
"Kokuo… The Gobi… You are the guardian in which the mountains pierce the mighty heavens above."
"Saiken… The Rokubi… You are the guardian in which the land is wet and lush, yet homes to hundreds."
"Chomei… The Nanabi… You are the guardian in which the oldest have reigned and millions." have thrived."
"Gyuki… The Hachibi… You are the guardian of the lands in which thunder flows."
"Finally… my mightiest guardian… Kurami… The Kyuubi… You are the guardian of the lands in which the mightiest fires inspires strength instead of fear." He said proudly to his creations. "Now to eliminate the body of the Juubi… Chibaku Tensei!" he said. A ball formed in his hands as he released it into the air. Going up miles into the air it finally stopped, just before it left the atmosphere. The Sage, using his very end of the Juubi's chakra, initiated the technique. Earth from below began separating from the earth below. Entire hills and mountains around the area crumbled and soared towards the ball of energy. An hour passed as the entire landscape floated towards the ball.
The Sage gazed towards the his creation… the Moon.
Disappearing and appearing inside the moon. He initiated hand-seals as he lifted his shirt. "Fuuin: God Sealing Technique! KAI!" he said as the seal on his body appeared and shrunk towards the stomach. Moments later after it becomes invisible, a black energy beam shoots out. The Sage screams in pain. The Yang energy of the Juubi reformed the original body, however as it appeared, it immediately collapsed, as no life is left.
Satisfied, but on the end of his rope. Forming hand seals, he forced the monstrosity that he created to float away from the earth, and into the heavens above. The Bijuu remained all cried for their loss. The man that changed their entire focus in life has just died, and gave them a purpose other than pure destruction.
Flashback no Jutsu – KAI!
"…That man… was a great man… and I will never forget the things he has done for us…" she said, as tears cascaded down from her eyes.
Naruto walked up to the sobbing woman, and did the only thing he could think of to do to comfort her. He hugged her… gave her a shoulder to cry on. He knew that those memories were of extreme importance. Ten minutes of her crying on his shoulder and the tears soon ceased.
"T-hank y-you Naruto-kun…" she said looking into his eyes.
Naruto blushed a bit at the gaze, "Anything for you, Kyu-chan."
She pried herself from the boy, although reluctantly. "…now onto the main question you asked. The reason I know so much about the Sharingan, was because I'm the one who changed his genetics. I gave him the… how should I say… the prototype to the Sharingan as I was sealed." She said.
"You're are the creator of the Sharingan! Awesome!" he said in awe. "…but how come you were able to be manipulated by this 'Madara?'"
Sighing she responded. "Madara did something that nobody did in clan history. When he caused his blindness by overusing the Mangekyo… in which ironically was the first to ever achieve… he killed his brother in cold blood, and took his eyes… in which his brother Izuna gained the Mangekyo beforehand as well… He developed an advanced type of the Sharingan. The Eien no Mangekyo Sharingan in which offers a butchered version of immortality… as well as immunity from blindness by overuse…" she said before directing her attention to the blond. "Madara also gained the ability to manipulate beasts of great strength… Which he exploited twice in history… The first being the fight between your First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, and the second being seven years ago…" she said.
"Well, I am not going to let another person manipulate them for their own purposes, remember that." He said determined. "I will find a way to end this violence in the world. Reunite the world as the Sage of Six Paths wished for…"
Looking into his eyes, Kurami saw the same eyes… The same eyes that the Sage had all those years ago. A lone tear dropped from her already bloodshot eyes. This time, they were tears of joy.
"Thank you…" she said softly.
"…Kurami-chan… what should I do about my current predicament? Should I let Itachi eliminate the clan, or should I?"
"Wait… Eliminate what clan?" she asked confused.
"I forgot that you have been sleeping for the last two years… Itachi was given a SSRank mission to eliminate the Uchiha clan, as they are planning a coup that could very likely succeed…" he said sadly, much to the shock of Kurami. "…Me being a bit emotionally driven, forcibly asked to do the job instead… they told me I had a month of thinking before I even accept it… You are my second opinion on this matter…"
"…" she was silent.
"…" he was silent.
"Whatever your heart and mind believes you should do… The Sage believed that a person paves their own way into history, whether it's big or small… Whatever you do, don't change the way you are… I beg of you…" she begged.
"No matter what… I will not… depending on how the organization 'Akatsuki' runs… I may have to do things that clash with my morals… If I truly become corrupted, kill me before it is too late… and destroy the Akatsuki in my wake…" he said.
"I-I will… I have faith that even the cruelest demons can never steer your path… I am tired…" she said as she yawned.
Naruto deadpanned. They just had an very important conversation, and ends it with 'I'm tired.' He looked at her incredulously. "You just woke up, gave some super history lesson and important advice… plus… you've been sleeping for two years… TWO YEARS!" he said mock-shouting while holding two fingers up.
Kurami had the decency to blush and scratch the back of her head. "Hey… cut me a break… I haven't slept peacefully for the last 34 years…" she said giving him the Puppy Dog eyes… that combined with her whiskers and slanted eyes… he crumpled like a wet towel.
"F-f-fine… j-ust stop that look…" he said stuttering, and hiding his blush.
'Works every time, even on Miashi and Mito.' She thought with a smile. "Ooh Thank you! If you need any help in the future… Either yell really, really loudly in your mind." She said. "Or perform these hand seals…" she implemented into his mind, "…to enter your mindscape without meditation."
"Speaking of mindscapes, could you possibly give me a better cage then a sewer… sleeping in this water is just… disgusting." She said.
"How do I do that?" he asked.
"Oh, this is your mind, think about the new landscape you wish… and wa-la!"
Naruto closed his eyes and followed her instructions. The landscape around them turned a brilliant white, as it shaped into its new environment. It was a probably the greenest forest the both of them ever seen. Butterflies and insects buzzed around the many flowers. A glorious cabin like structure resided in the middle of the clearing. Naruto pointed above his head. Kyuubi looked and gasped. The seal array was different. She looked to Naruto for an explaination.
"I adjusted the seal using my mind to give you free reign over my mindscape. Knowing that I can trust you not to damage my mind. I hope you enjoy… I need to talk to Itachi. I'll talk to you later Ku-chan!" he said as he vanished.
"Thank you… Thank you so much Naru-kun…" she said as she walked into the cabin. Closing her eyes, she imagined a plushy 'suspiciously' shaped like her container. Laying down in bed, she cuddled with the plushy… a content smile on her face as she dived into a long and restful sleep.
Real World – Naruto's Apartment
"Woah… having a conversation with the mightiest demon on Earth… is amazing." He said, before panicking. How long has it been? He looked at the clock behind him. 'It's only been two minutes?' Calmed down, he proceeds to wash his teeth and his face. Walking out of the bathroom, he looks to Umi, who is still peacefully sleeping in his bed, snuggling to a pillow that would've been him. Walking to bed side, he caresses her cheeks with his finger, watching as she nuzzles it. 'Umi-nee-chan… I really wish I didn't have to do this to you… Old man will watch over you… and I will as well even in my absence.'
Sighing, he brought his hand back and he prepared to get dressed. Five minutes later, he reappeared in a white t-shirt and green shorts. Grabbing his sword as well as his temporary ANBU I.D, he shunshin'd to the entrance to Itachi's house.
Uchiha Compound – Fugaku and Mikoto's residence.
Using chakra to stick to the wall, he climbed up to the second door window, and knocked softly on the glass.
Seeing rustling from the bed, Itachi sat up and looked into the window. He saw his partner. Gesturing with his hand, Naruto climbed in.
"Yes Naruto?" he said sleepily. They have disregarded all honorifics when they are alone and by the Elders and the Hokage.
"I've thought about what to do…" he was interrupted by a hand placed on his mouth.
"Shhh… This room has been bugged." He said whispering while looking around and pointing to the black object in the corner of the ceiling. "Let's talk about this at training ground 13." He said looking at the clock. It was 7:36. "…In about thirty minutes…"
"Hai…" Naruto whispered said shunshining towards the training grounds.
Itachi sighed. 'What will he choose… his decision will pretty much change my life…' as he got ready.
Training Ground 13
Naruto sat under a tree, replaying everything that's happened in his life the past two years… His meeting of Kurumi, the training, finding Umi out of pure luck. He was interrupted when Itachi appeared in the clearing.
Standing up, they met half-way in the clearing. "Itachi… If I was to choose either of those options… we would've both suffered… I've decided to aid you in the elimination… we will travel as partners in both the objective and in the Akatsuki… we shall be partners to keep our will pure… and protect our sanity."
To say Itachi was surprised would be an enormous understatement. Naruto, was willing to sacrifice his comfortable way of living, well somewhat, to ease the burden placed upon himself. "…b-but Naruto, why… why would you break your bonds to this village for something you don't have to do."
"I don't know, all I know is that if I do not go… I'd lose my first real friend in this village…" he said.
"What about Umi, what do you consider her to be."
"She's my sister in all but blood. However… I cannot keep her safe if this organization is on the loose."
"That is true… but how do you think that she is going to feel when you leave… she's going to be heartbroken."
"Don't worry, I'll tell her my plan… believe it or not… she can keep secrets very well and I trust her more than I do the old man.…"
Sighing, "Are you absolutely sure about this. You can keep your life the way it is..."
"I'm positive. Let's go see the Old man." He said determined.
"Race you there, first one gets ramen on the house?" Itachi said, making an enormous mistake.
"RAMEN! Alright… Ready… Set… GO!" Naruto disappeared in a plume of smoke by purely speed.
Itachi facepalmed. "Trust him to get that excited over ramen…" he muttered as he disappeared.
Outside the door to the Hokage's office
Knock, Knock
Two bangs resounded on the door. "Come in." a man said softly.
Itachi and Naruto both entered. Naruto spoke up. "Ey Old man, how's paperwork doing ya."
"Ugh… it's a pain…" the old man.
"Have you forgotten what I said two years ago? Use shadow clones for kami's-sake." Then the two laughed as the old man face faulted and banged his head on the desk.
"Sorry… and thank you Naruto… anyways, other then reminding my senile mind, what have you come for?" he asked.
"I've made a decision." He said.
"ANBU, leave the room, except you Naruto, Itachi." He said hardened. Three presences left the room immediately. "Naruto, active the security jutsu…" As soon the words left his mouth, the room flashed a brilliant grey for a split second.
"Finished… I've thought of my decision over the past month… If either I or Itachi proceeded with the plan… we would've both suffered, and because our teamwork is second to none… I've decided that we would both proceed with the plan…"
Scratching his chin while gazing into the eyes of Naruto, he saw something… Jiraya… Minato… they all had the same determination in situations like this. Sighing. Taking out two scrolls, "You guys have your objectives." He said before dismissing them.
The two have sealed their fate. After a visit to Ichiraku ramen… and a crying Itachi later. They prepared. They had a year and a half to prepare for the destruction of Konoha's strongest clan, and a founding clan as well.
They had multiple factors in its success and failure. Will the traps go off? Where will the people be located? What if they find out beforehand? What if I'm not strong enough? Those and many others were voiced as they conversed.
The two have trained intensively together, fixing their many flaws that they have. Naruto fixed some flaws that Itachi had in his swordsmanship, while Itachi trained him how to fight against another Sharingan user. Naruto taught him some jutsu's under his affinities, which were surprisingly Lightning and Fire, while Itachi did the same. Naruto trained his three affinities as well as Itachi's two affinities, both using Kage Bunshin's, Naruto to a much higher extent. They worked on collaberations
They developed new ways to increase their control over their chakra, further improving the water walking exercise by combining the leaf exercising and inventing the senbon balancing exercise. They trained their physical structure to the limit, and going beyond.
Naruto's chakra level, in the last half-year increased to Kage level, thanks to the demonic filtration and the hundreds of clones and chakra exercises. His strength rose to High-chunin. His speed that of a Mid-chunin, his chakra control to mid-chunin. His fuuinjutsu level went onto advanced, surpassing the current Hokage, meaning only one person in the known world has more skill in that field. His taijutsu level was high-chunin with his Sharingan and low without. His ninjutsu level is mid-jonin with his Sharingan techniques, while it's high-chunin without. Genjutsu is still pretty bad, however the Sharingan negates his weakness with it, and can cast some low level-eye contact ones.
Itachi's chakra level rose to that of mid-jonin, while his speed and strength rose to high-jonin. His chakra control was that of low-jonin, while his fuuinjutsu rose slowly to high-genin. His taijutsu was that of mid-jonin. while his ninjutsu was Kage level. Genjutsu is about mid-chunin and can break most genjutsus directed at him. After the trap setting and a run in with some of the police force… they devoted themselves more to training. Naruto's stats in everything except chakra level rose to that of at least low-jonin while his fuuinjutsu stayed the same. His ninjutsu with the Sharingan exceeded the Kage line.
Itachi's stats except fuuinjutsu and genjutsu rose to that of Kage level. Making him possibly the fourth strongest in the village, behind Sarutobi, Kakashi and Jiraya. Naruto is possibly stronger than most rookie-jonins and some hardened jonin with the Sharingan. When placed as a team, they could no doubt take out most Kage level opponents by their selves. All they needed was experience… and they'd be the strongest pair in Fire country.
When Naruto told Umi about the plan. Umi was absolutely devastated. She cried for hours into Narutos shoulder. She wanted him to stay, to support her, to love her. Naruto truly wanted to stay however, he believed he was protecting her more than he was hurting her. He explained his multiple reasons for leaving. Umi reluctantly agreed before crying into unconsciousness. Naruto's chest tightened as she cried. He said that he would always watch over her no matter what. When she was asleep, he placed a seal on her back, a tracking seal as well as a monitoring seal. He worked day and night to develop the seal, just for Umi.
What the seal does is allows the person to monitor the wielders chakra level as well as their primary emotion, whether it's fear, anger, nervousness and others. It also allows for mental interaction between the two. When she woke up, Naruto tested the link, and it was a massive success. He soon placed one on Itachi.
It's been a year and close to six months. Seven days until the assassination and their ascension into the Akatsuki. Itachi and Naruto were nervous, they were taking most of the week off so they can be in peak condition. Naruto left a large amount of money in a blood seal for Umi so she can provide for herself. He reinforced the reinforcement seals with demonic chakra to super-enhance it. He provide Umi with the instructions on how to do so.
Using a small portion of his resources, he bought hundreds of books and scrolls to help Umi out in her near future. He also gave her the fuuinjutsu scrolls and chakra exercises as well. Naruto was also working on a large sealing scroll for his travels. He needed to store a lot, and I mean a lot of equipment. His sword, his papers, his shuriken, his training scrolls, everything. He also sealed his inheritance. Even though it wasn't that much material-wise, it gave him an expansion of skills to practice as he traveled as a missing-nin.
During the entire training period, he has tried to become distant to his friends in the Academy, as well as the adults he knew. He knew he failed however. They always found a way to penetrate his defenses and restrictions. Naruto was disheartened to leave his friends, but he needed to for the sake of the village.
Back to the real world, it is now five days until the massacre. He was walking toward Ichiraku Ramen for his last time until the Akatsuki is dealt with or deemed no threat. He was going eat as much as he can today. Walking up to the stand, he waved cheerfully and put on a smile, "Ohaio old man!" he shouted as he ran and sat onto the stool.
"Ohoho, how's it going Naruto, it's been a long time since you visited us. Poor Ayame thought you didn't like her no more." He said darkly.
"Oh.. n-no it wasn't that. I-I was training…" he said, making an excuse, it was partly true.
"Oh, and what are you training for Naruto-kun…" a new voice sounded from behind the counter. There stood Ayame, the daughter of Teuchi Ichiraku, the owner of the stand. She had a sweet smile that looked sweet, but it meant death if you said the wrong thing.
"Uh-…" He tried to think of an excuse. "T-the old man is giving me a mission on Friday." He said.
"Oh, and what is this mission…" she asked curiously.
"I-I'm sorry, it's classified." He said, his face serious. When they saw the face, they knew he meant business. "…Anyways, start me off with five bowls of shrimp ramen!" he said cheerfully as his mood took an 180.
The two sweatdropped before responding. "Coming right up!" he exclaimed. Smells of noodles and broth filled the air as he waited. Ayame came out with five steaming bowls of ramen.
"Here you go Naruto-kun…" she said cheerfully as she set down the bowls.
"Thank you! Time to dig in…" he said as he cracked open his chopsticks and ate… inhaled the ramen. Five minutes later, those hot bowls of ramen were empty.
"Get me two beef and three chicken!" he ordered. A hour later, a new record was broken in the shop, which was ironically his own. He had eaten 24 bowls of ramen, compared to his previous 19.
"Ohohoho! A new record is broken by Naruto Uzumaki!" he said proudly as dollar signs spun in his eyes. After Naruto paid, he left a very generous tip, almost ten times the required.
"Naruto-kun, WOAH! We don't need that much." She said attempting to give back the money.
"No… Keep it. When I go on the mission on Friday, you probably won't see me again. I-I'm s-sorry. When you hear the news… don't take it for its face value." He said as tears flowed down and disappeared.
"Won't see me again… What does he mean… and what news." Oh how they would soon find out.
It has been two days since he went for ramen. Now it was time to visit the Library. Walking into the front doors and ignoring the glares from some of the staff, he walked up to the front desk. "Ohaio Kisa-nee-chan!" he said happily, but quiet enough to be accepted. After frequent visits to the building, they developed a kind of sister bond between them.
"Oh, hey there, Aniki." She said with a warm smile.
"I'd like to make a donation to the Library… Here." He said, bringing out a massive stack of bills.
"Wow… but why?" she asked confused.
"On Friday… let's just say, you won't see me around anymore… and… don't take the news by facevalue…" he said as he disappeared.
She had the same reaction as Ayame did. 'News? Won't see him anymore? Just what is up with you lately.' She sighed before placing the cash into the donations box. '…but thank you.'
It was now Friday, the day in which Itachi, Umi, Naruto, the Third Hokage and the elders feared. The massacre of the Uchiha clan begins tonight. Itachi was given the OK to allow his Mother and Brother to be pardoned.
Outside the Uchiha Complex – Midnight
"Itachi-sempai… this is it…" Naruto said breaking the almost frightening silence.
"Yes Naruto, it is." He said sadly.
"Let's go over the plan…" Naruto said as they discussed the plan. Ten minutes later… they were ready.
"Naruto… Initiate Operation Scarlet Genocide…" he said. Naruto brought his hands up.
"…Katsu…" he said as simultaneous explosions rocked and decimated multiple homes. They looked at each other and nodded. They disappeared.
Commercial District - Itachi
Itachi reappeared into the market. He saw multiple people running from the flames. A man ran towards him waving.
"HEY ITACHI! WE'RE BEI-…" he was interrupted as a kunai dug into his head. He looked at the man with a sneer. Grabbing his katana from his side, he rushed towards a shocked woman, and quickly decapitated her.
"WE HAVE A TRAITOR AMONGST US!" a man yelled as he activated his Sharingan and ran towards the man with a kunai and a mad frenzy. Itachi turned around and lazily brought up his sword to parry to kunai, knocking the man back, he stabbed him in the chest. Taking out the sword he disappeared as a fireball hit where he was previously.
"Damn, I missed him. Stop the traitor at all costs!" the man said as he performed more handseals. "Katon: Phoenix Fireball Jutsu!" he shouted as he fired more, but smaller fireballs at Itachi. A man next to him launched multiple shuriken, and another… some kunai. Itachi stood there, his face indifferent. As the three attacks hit the man, they exploded. The three smirked in victory.
"…Pathetic… A simple jutsu such as that isn't enough to burn me… DIE!" he said from behind him as he stabbed the jutsu user. Jumping up, he shouted "Raiton: Dual Lightning Spears!" He brought his hands up as he aimed them towards the weapon user. Electricity shot out of his hands and rammed into the stunned Shinobi. They soon dropped down, paralyzed.
"…Die…" he said as he stabbed one in the stomach.
"N..o, do-don't ki-kill me! I be-beg of yo-you!" he begged pitifully.
"Were you going to give mercy when you started the Civil War?" he said angrily.
"…" he was silent, and ashamed of himself. Itachi brought the knife across his neck as he decapitated him in a swift move. He turned around to see twelve enemies surrounding him.
"ITACHI! You are hereby a traitor and must be executed. Give up you are surrounded." Indeed he was outnumbered, but not outclassed. Itachi closed his eyes as he sensed their chakra levels. No one except the leader had levels past Chunin. Sending chakra to his eyes, his Sharingan activated, revealing them as he opened his eyes. Taking a step forward, the entire squad tensed. He disappeared and appeared behind the leader. At first nothing happened, and suddenly the person lost both arms, red liquid shot out of the stumps. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! KILL HIM!" he shouted in extremely pain. Only to be silenced by a stab through his heart.
Itachi disappeared again, and appeared in front of the entire group. They soon found themselves dead on the ground.
'Hopefully Naruto is alright.' Itachi thought as he disappeared into another section.
Residential District – Naruto
Naruto was atop a building that was left standing. He had just taken out over 40 Uchiha clansmen, and he wasn't even that tired. 'The Uchiha clan has Shinobi of this caliber here… Pathetic…" he thought with disgust. 'Strongest clan my ass… The only thing remotely great about them is their Sharingan.' He was interrupted as a kunai flew past his head. He jumped into the air as he landed on the ground.
"You are going to die for this you DEMON!" he yelled. "You have just eliminated much of my clan, and retribution is your end! My name is Fugaku Uchiha and I shall be your executioner." He shouted as he disappeared.
'Shit! Fugaku of all people.' He said, recognizing the name as the patriarch of the Uchiha's. He swiveled in his position as he just barely parried a hit with a sword. However, he easily pushed him back. "Fuuton: Blade of the Wind God!" he yelled as a green glow appeared on his sword. He swung the sword releasing a compressed wind blade. The man jumped before the hit could connect, taking out the front of a house. 'Jutsu's like these won't work.' He thought as he shifted in the Rapid Golden Fox stance and disappeared.
He appeared behind Fugaku who turned around and parried. The locked their swords as they looked at each other in pure bloodlust. Channeling wind chakra into the blade, he cut Fugaku's blade in half as he made a shallow cut on his arm.
"Interesting brat, but your wind affinity is nothing compared the power of the Uchiha." He said arrogantly, before performing hand seals. "Katon: Fireball Jutsu!" he shouted as a ball of fire emitted from his mouth towards the black-and-blonde haired boy. Said boy brought his hand up. The fire swirled around his hand before being reflected.
"Katon: Fire Mirror Jutsu!" he said slowly. The man dodged his fireball before looking at the boy in shock.
"Impossible, there is no such jutsu!" he shouted.
"Heh, I made it myself." He said truthfully. That jutsu uses the almost godlike affinity with fire to manipulate fire by pure will. However it is much more taxing then conventional jutsus.
"Hahahaha… Like I'd believe you. Enough chit-chat, time to die!" he said, finally activating his Sharingan. He charged at the blond, bring multiple attacks from the right and the left. The blond was struggling, he was being pushed back. Using a substitution, he reappeared on top of a building. Making a Kage Bunshin from will, they both shouted.
"Katon: Great Fire Stream!" the original shouted.
"Fuuton: Dual Wind Palm!" the clone shouted bring both hands to his front.
"Konbijutsu: Fire of the Hiyasha!" they both shouted as the two attacks combined. The fire's sized increased threefold as the speed increased by two.
The man's eyes widened considerably. Performing handseals at a break-neck speed, he slammed his hands down. "Doton: Great Mud Wall!" he shouted as earth rose to form a massive wall that could compare to the fire. Taking little time after the flame cleared, he jumped up and performed some more seals. "Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu!" he whispered as a fireball the size of a small house came flying at the blond.
The blond saw the fireball at the last second as he jumped out of the way. The resulting explosion blew him away into one of the houses. Calling forth a Kage Bunshin, he substituted and left a clone for bait and others to substitute for debris. A minute later, Fugaku came walking into the house, Sharingan disabled. "Hehehe brat, you gave me quite the scare with the technique… but now you see it's futile… The Uchiha are always the victor… and you learnt that the hard way. Sadly it's time for you to die." He said as he pulled a kunai from a holster. He walked up to the blond, who was feigning fear.
Around the building, you would see multiple people placing seals around the house. Those seals were resistance seals, he was going to keep a oncoming explosion from coming out. Once he was done, he channeled just enough chakra to sustain it. Back inside the room, Fugaku was kneeling down towards the 'injured clone' as he raised the blade. "Hehe, the coup shall be a success once you are gone." He said darkly. "Prepare to meet that whore of a mother who birthed you." He said as he slammed the blade in the clones head, only for it to disappear. Plumes of smoke appeared everywhere as clones dog piled him.
Naruto brought his hands into a half-ram and muttered one word. "Katsu!" An explosion was heard, yet you could not see it. Smoke poured from cracks in the house and windows. Moments later, the house collapsed. 'Phew… he's dead…'
"YOU FUCKING BRAT!" a voice yelled from the house. What he saw disgusted him to no end. His body was damaged, but that wasn't it. His body was covered in snake scales, as his head began shaping to that of a snake. His eyes had a black sclera, and his red Sharigan darkened. His jaws snapped as they stretched open into impossible sizes. He made a choking sound as something was coming out. He saw feet… Then Naruto realized he was regenerating himself. He backed away and almost vomited from the sight.
He finally finished, leaving a untouched, but heavily panting man standing there. His skin returned to that of normal. "Heh… *pant*… nobodies… *pant* … ever… *pant* going… *pant*…to *pant*… kill me…" he said regained slightly normal breath.
'I need to finish this… I'm getting tired quickly.' Closing his eyes, he activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, and stared at the man… no thing in front of him. "Amatersu!" he whispered as shadowy-colored flames erupted onto the man.
"AHHH IT BURNS! DAMN YOU IT BURNS!" he screamed in pure agony. Naruto deactivated the flames before walking up to the semi-burned man. Looking down he saw a seal array onto his shoulder. It mimicked the Sharingan tomoes. Using the Sharingan, he took a mental picture of the seal, as he decapitated the man. He disappeared soon after. He took the mans hitai-ate as well…
Fugaku and Mikoto's Residence – Itachi
"…Kaa-chan! Tou-san! Nii-san! It's terrible, I saw a bunch of dead people… what's happening!" he said, his crying painfully obvious.
Itachi sighed sadly. 'Sorry aniki…' he thought. He placed a Genjutsu on his mother to imitate that she wasn't there, but in the middle of the room. 'Sorry kaa-chan.' He thought sadly. He heard footsteps as Sasuke ran towards the residence. A creak of light shone in from outside, silver moonlight peered inside. A pair of eyes looked inside. He saw his mother on the ground and an unknown assailant with a sword pointed at her chest.
"Pathetic… this clan is weak… die mother…" he said emotionally, holding in his tears. The genjutsu he placed showed Sasuke stabbing the sword into his mothers chest.
"…N-N-Nii-san?" he shouted! "H-How co-could you! WHY!"
"…To test my capabilities…" he simply responded. "I thought the clan would be a worthwhile challenge, I was however proved wrong… pitiful…" he said, restraining his tears.
Sasuke fell to his knees and sobbed into his hands. Itachi stood their waiting. Sasuke sprung up and hurled two shuriken to his brother. Itachi easily caught them and threw them back. He watched as they slashed a bit on his leg and arm.
"Foolish little brother, if you wish to kill me, hate me, detest me… And yet survive in an unsightly way… Run, run and cling to life… and when you have the same eyes as mine… come to me." He said, activating his Mangekyo Sharingan. He had killed his only friend in the clan, Shinsui… "Only then, you shall defeat me. Tsukyomi…" he said, forcing his brother to relieve the massacre for 72-hours. Itachi disappeared, disabling the genjutsu. If anyone were to see him, tears would be falling down his cheeks.
Outside The Village – The Forest
"Itachi… are you… alright?" He said, noticing the tears flowing down his cheeks."
"I'll… I'll be fine… lets go…" he said, shaking his head before hopping down the road. Naruto took a kunai and the hitai-ate and slashed through the middle. Placing the Kunai back, he wrapped the protector around his forehead.
Looking at the moon. 'I have a long road ahead of me…' he said as he dashed off behind him.
Longest chapter at a whopping 8,277 words in total. Thank you people for voting even though I didn't finish the poll. I would also like to thank those who have given me advice as well.
Anyways before you ask about some of the jutsus, Here are some definitions.
Omnyoton – Yin-Yang Release
Inton – Yin Release - Shadow Style
Yoton – Yang Release – Light Style
Konbijutsu – Collaberation Jutsu
Anyways, what do you guys think, I know the fighting is a bit bad, but It's my first fight scene that I've ever written. I have something planned for Madara, as well as the Akatsuki, so stay tuned. Ja ne!