A/N: yo, so I know it's been ageees but I have a really dodgy attention span so chapters could be published in clumps if I'm honest XD
Anyways hope ya enjoy;
Kakashi crouched low to the ground his silver hair swaying in the wind, in his gloved hand was half a shattered cart wheel. He stood and surveyed the rest of the site; Guy and Shisui were similarly scouring the area determining what had happened.
According to the local villagers there had been over a dozen of these attacks in the last few weeks happening only in this forest. He sighed the beginning of the attacks correlated too well with Naruto's disappearance and the damage done appeared to have been caused by hand or claw, similar attack a to the ones his Sensei's son had used on him. He found himself falling into an all too familiar train of thought; "what would you say Minato Sensei? I'm sorry I failed you... I wasn't strong enough to see past your death, and Obito's, you always told me I had closure issues." He glanced into the forest but his eyes saw nothing but a single face of ayoung boy with spiky blonde hair who reminded him so much of his dear mentor. He turned to go to his teammates "I'll make up for it all, I swear it."
Itachi sped through the trees hopping from tree to tree, his bone white armour was once again pristine but the Uchiha still saw blood costing it and his hands whenever he looked not to mention his katana strapped on his back. He didn't mind tho if made him remember, it was his punishment he decided. He had followed the Konoha shinobi as they were looking for the same thing as him but now knew he had to move fast to find the blonde not only to keep him out of his village's clutches but as he feared the fox was controlling the boy. The murders of the villagers and bandits in the forest troubled him, he had to save the child from s life he had to live. thinking of young Naruto and saved lives made the prodigy feel a pang in his heart; despite knowing that he had saved the lives of hundreds of people who would of died had the Uchiha pulled of their coup d'etat but he could not put the images of the bodies of the young children and women from his mind. the innocents. he remembered how strong his belief in the village had been when he had been assigned the mission.
Flashback...
Itachi stood in his full anbu gear, the porcelain armour glittering white and pure, a stark contrast to how he saw it now. he was in front of the Homage's desk where Hiruzen himself sat flanked by the elders Komaru, Hotaru and Danzo, this was a familiar occurrence as he had been reporting to the elders since himself and Shisui had discovered that the Uchiha had been planning something months before. Itachi had stopped coming with Shisui months before however fearing his involvement could cause harm to his friend, not to mention the obsession Danzo had always had with his best friend's visual powers.
"You are sure this information is correct Itachi?" said the Hokage, "the coup is imminent?" though keeping neutral demeanour the and captain could see the strain on the old man's face which only highlighted the missions importance to him, he had to protect the village. "Hai Homage-sama, my father and the elders believe that the clan is being oppressed and undervalued by the village and that it deserves more power in the village." the young man smiled sadly unlike most of his clan he was not so arrogant as to believe all uchiha to be faultless, their arrogance and pride were their undoing. they may have been founders of the village but that did not give them rights to Konoha and this was not how to nurture the village they ha helped to create, their selfishness and pose would be it's doom. The third Hokage sighed tiredly and stood moving around his desk to look his fellow shinobi in the eye, "are you sure about this Itachi?" there was evident sadness in the tired old man's eyes but it was only met with determination. "as we agreed Hoakge-sama."
flashback end
how he wished he had that determination now. His sharingan spiralled into life as he felt aflare of powerful chakra several miles east of him, barely missing a step Itachi sprang of a tree trunk changing direction knowing his old Senpai Kakashi would have definitely felt that too.
Naruto was pissed. That wouldn't have been a major issue if his body had not been becoming more and more attuned to the fox's chakra in the last few weeks; since it had he was now surrounded in a roiling mass of bubbling angrychakra which had blown back the small group of armed civilians. "I just wanted you to leave me alone!"The boy was getting hysterical at the idea of more people trying to kill him, the fox enjoyed playing with humans but for some reason the distress of his host was unsettling him greatly "calm down kit it's okay I'll protect you remember, just go to sleep okay" the fox punctuated this by pulling some of his chakra out of the boys system allowing him more control of his emotions.
The civilians untangled themselves from the trees surrounding the clearing they had been blasted out of; cautiously they held their rudimental weapons in front of them as they edged back into the open. The blonde monster who had created such power and who they were sure had killed their families was in the centre. His eyes were closed and his arms hung loosely by his sides.
They could see him properly now he looked about 15 or 16 (although he is still the same age) and stood only in ripped orange pants stained largely in red and torn in several places, he had no shoes on and his feet were slashed, his upper body was bare and muscular-the fox was affecting his body further stimulating the growth he needed to survive- his body was littered with many scars that looked to have come from blades, he had long shaggy blonde hair shining despite the dirt and blood in it hiding partially his red streaks, he had deep whisker marks on his face and fangs poking over the edge of his mouth, a hooked scar ran from one eyebrow to his jaw.
Naruto opened his red eyes and stared coldly at his prey, they were terrified aware of how easily he could kill them. His chakra cloak was reduced to the faint aura he kept up constantly now. "I'll give you a chance" he shouted out suddenly "leave now and don't come back, stay out of this forest and don't come for me and I won't have to kill you." He listened waiting for his guardian to complain about the lack of death but he was silent. Naruto watched as several people backed out of the clearing disappearing into the shadows, he smiled baring white fangs. He noticed then that others had not left and were walking towards him slowly. "Stupid fools, you tried boy but some can not see past their hatred of us." A gust clenched at the boy's side and his expression was hard and pained before it shifted into one with no expression, he blurted out of existence and a scream sounded.
Itachi was a hundred metres from Naruto when he felt them, he knew Kakasi's signature to well to miss it and not to mention his cousin's. Shisui is here he thought, he offered silent thanks to the Hokage for keeping him out of harms way; he's not seen him on the night obviously but he could've simply not been in the compound as he doubted he would've been called to the clan meeting as all the other clan shinobi were due to his suspected treachery.
In his moment of thought they appeared before him, Kakashi Hatake blurred into sight in full anbugear minus his mask looking the most serious Itach had seen him in years of service. Next to him was Maito Guy dressed in his usual green spandex and orange leg warmers but there was no usual winning smile or joyous outburst only a look of shock as he saw Itachi; and then there was Shisui.
Shisui wore typical Uchiha gear with a black high coloured shirt displaying the clan symbol on his back, black shorts and black shinobi sandals and the katana to match his also on his back. It was obvious by the look of surprise that he shot Itachi that he didn't know what had transpired but it was Kakashi who spoke first "what were you doing here Itachi?" The ninja I'm questions only response was to draw his katana; "Itachi?" Shisui looked at him in disbelief "what are you doing?" Lowering his sword he looked sadly at his best friend and Shisui saw the raw pain there and the haunted look on his face "it was done" he said quietly and the by thelook of horror on his friends face Itachi knew there was no need for further words. Shisui slumped against the tree he was in his face slack.
Kakashi looked between the two clan members " I don't know what this is but I'm going to get Naruto you can discuss this back at the village." At the mention of the blonde Itachi's face hardened and he turned again to the two elite jonin "im sorry Senpai I can't allow that, he will not return." Itachi held his blade forward in a two handed grip and the others dropped reflexively into battle stances "we have orders from the Hokage, stand down" came the commanding voice of guy. "I don't answer to Homage-sama
anymore unfortunately." As the other ninja caught on to what he was saying Itachi's sharingan flared into life as he leapt for Kakashi.
Naruto was sitting staring at the blood stains on his hands as if they were an annoying him, he began to walk away to find a river when the fox's voice suddenly blared loudly into his mind; "kit there are Konoha shinobi coming for you." Naruto immediately crouched low and flared the demonic chakra around him, "no these enemies are too strong for you now, flee and you can kill them again" reeled in shock and indignation both at the fact he was being told not to fight and that his guardian had no faith in his abilities "I won't run" he said growling deeply. The fox shook his head in annoyance "you will do as you are told or you will die!" He roared;he didn'twant his host to die because he would die too he told himself trying to suppress the worry building inside his chest.
Naruto was in turmoil, the chakra roiling around him and his instincts were screaming to fight but the fox had never been wrong before and the blonde knew he didn't want him to die. He took a cautious step back before leaping into the trees when suddenly he was thrown back into the clearing. He rolled over onto hid front as he flew and a claw bit into the ground stopping himself.
On the other side of the clearing a figure jumped out of the tree line "oh you're not dead? That kills most people" she said as she hefted a triple bladed scythe over her shoulder. Naruto observed her, that was the hardest he'd ever been hit though the chakra had protected him. She stood at about 5"7 a few inches shorter than him, she wore back shinobi pants taped to her ankles and black shinobi sandals, a grey croptop hugged her chest tightly and stopped showing her smooth stomach, she had dark eyes and great hair pulled back into a ponytail and a pendant in the shape of a triangle that Naruto couldn't properly make out was around her neck.
The fox cursed the fact that he'd put the boy through puberty at an advanced rate to speed up his growth as his host was currently ogling the woman who was trying to kill him's bust. "Get up kit, she's strong and there's something different about her." As he got to his feet the woman was also looking at him her head tilted slightly to the left, "aren't you a little young to be out in the woods alone there are worst people than those scum"she nodded to the civilians corpses. "Some say there are monsters" she smirked and Naruto burst out laughing. He couldn't help it it was so ironic, he laughed for the first time since he could remember leaving his attacker very confused and questioning the sanity of her opponent. He straightened up finally and grinned showing blood red eyes and wicked sharp teeth. "Monsters don't scare me, my demons will rip them to shreds" he grinned and the fox chuckled darkly temporarily forgetting about the Konoha nins as the two faced off.
A/N; so yeah Shisui knows, Itachi is trying to protect Naruto from Konoha and Naruto meets Hidan who is a girl yeah it's pretty obvious from the description so please don't question it, also I did consider giving her a more feminine name but figured it'd be easier this was.
Anyways please R&R