Konoha's Retrieval Team

Chapter 2

I don't own Naruto

Masashi Kishimoto does!

"Shisui-sensei, I'm back and I brought lunch," Naruto yelled out to get his brother's figure attention as he went to get some chopsticks from a drawer.

"Ah good, good I was starting to get hungry, so what took you so long to get back hmm? Did by chance something happen to you hmm? I'm going to guess the Anbu caught you doing your prank no? And I'm sure the Sandaime gave you a long lecture for sure gahaha." Shisui laughed at Naruto as he bombarded him with question after question, leaving the poor child unable to answer his aniki series of questions, to only make him snicker at the young blond.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, aniki you asked too many questions please slow it down for me, I'm still a child you know," Naruto commented with his pouty face, as Shisui laughed out forgetting that in fact, Naruto was still a young child.

"Alright, alright So what took you so long to get back home then Naruto-kun?" Shisui asked his question as Naruto ate his rice putting out a thinking face.

"After finishing setting up all the traps around the village, I ended up going to Ichiraku's to eat some ramen. While having small talk with Ayame-nee-san and her father as I continued to eat bowl after bowl of delicious ramen, until jiji sent one of his mask friends to let me know that he wanted to speak to me urgently. I told him that I would head over right when I finished eating my ramen until he picked me up from the neck and threatened to hurry to the jiji office. I decided on a spontaneous moment to prank the Anbu ruining my ramen moment, when I told him to pay my bill and I took off. From what I heard he was forced to pay my bill before coming back to the old man's office." Naruto explained as he took a bite out of the fish he was eating, Shisui made a pained face knowing the Anbu had to pay a large amount of currency.

"Ouch, that must have been brutal on his wallet. So how did you get caught for the Hokage requesting your presence" Shisui winces at the Anbu's misfortune, while Naruto only shrugged without a onze of sympathy.

"Shisui-niisan I think my reputation for being a prankster finally caught up to me. I guess that's what happens when I'm the only one in the village who doesn't care about the consequences." Naruto commented as he kept eating his food, and Shisui nodded his head in agreement.

"So did the Hokage give you a lecture and send you on your way home?" Shisui pressed for a response as Naruto nodded in affirmation, making Shisui grin while guessing correctly.

"Once I got to Hokage-jiji's office I took my seat before we began to speak with one another until he brought up the incident. He asked if I was the Hokage and how I would punish the troublemaker for causing all the chaos in the morning. All I was able to do was say "I don't know" as I turned my eyes away from from the old man." Naruto explained what happened to Shisui as he winced at the fact that the Hokage already knew and wanted to see what he would say.

"So then what happened then?" Shisui urges Naruto to continue the story, as he is taking a drink of water since his mouth began to get dry.

"Hokage-jiji ended up punishing me, I'm not allowed to go eat ramen at Ichiraku's for a week. I have to go to his clan compound to do whatever chores he asks me to do, and I have to keep his grandson company from time to time at least. He is also going to be making me practice calligraphy until he sees otherwise. I'm still not sure why I have to learn how to do that but I guess I was left with no choice. "After the old man finished giving me his punishment the Anbu I pranked appeared and began to report to Hokage-jiji and gave the reason why he was late to get to the office. We had some more things we talked about but I had already forgotten about it. He mentioned to me about joining the academy next week to become a ninja, so I got excited and said yes, and maybe I'll be able to make friends at last. Then I will work hard to become one of the most powerful ninjas in the Hidden Leaf. I even did a little dance, since I was so excited making the Hokage laugh at my silliness." Naruto said recalling his time with the Hokage as he explained what happened to Shisui.

"So, did you manage to see any of the traps being set off by chance? Shisui asked out of curiosity as he ate a dango while Naruto took a sip of his tea.

"No, I was going to hide on top of a roof and watch but my stomach betrayed me so I went to "Ichiraku's" to eat breakfast," Naruto responded as he kept eating his food, while Shisui grinned knowing for a fact that he wanted to watch his traps going off.

"That explains how the Anbu was easily able to find you, since you are a ramen addict Naruto-chan" Shisui began to guffaw at his statement all Naruto was able to do was give him a deadpan stare.

"So anyways sensei what have you been up to?" Naruto asked as he finished eating and began to clean up after he ate, while Shisui just took a sip of his tea before answering.

"I Just have been reading whatever material you bring and meditating on the idea of creating a new jutsu, other than that nothing much. And just before you got here I was beginning to get hungry, lucky for me you got here on time. So here we are having a small talk on our day. When you are done cleaning we are going to have you work on your stamina training." Shisui said as he got up and made a shadow clone watch over Naruto and give him instructions on what to do next.

"Yes Shisui-sensei!" Naruto yelled out as he looked excited to finally be able to go out and train with his aniki, Shisui only smiled at the young blond enthusiasm.

"Let me know when you are ready so I'll be able to send a [Kage Bunshin] with you if anything or anyone comes near I will dispel it," Shisui commented as he went to lay down as he waited.

While Shisui waited for Naruto he had many things running through his mind since being saved by Naruto. Then again it seems that people from Konohagakure are too blinded by hate to even use a child as their scapegoat, to recognize the Yondaime's legacy. Shisui began to think that he got cheated on since he never got a chance to be a Jonin sensei, something he felt he would have been good at. He could have also gotten an apprentice he would have been able to guide and teach them just like he did with Itachi just without all the stoicism and seriousness. But he knew in his heart that would have made him extremely happy to pass down his knowledge to a worthy pupil, and now he had found someone he owed his life.

Since he was a former Anbu and a young one at that, he was very skilled in different shinobi arts and didn't use his sharingan constantly like most people from his clan. Shisui was a rare Uchiha, one that is born once every decade, not having the usual Uchiha attitude, he is an outgoing playful person. He has a love for his clan and wishes for some of their aspects to be different, but also he has a love for his village as well, something that most of his elder clan members don't approve of. But Shisui being Shisui didn't care much what the old farts had to say so long he didn't dishonor the clan while displaying his accomplishment giving the superiority of the Uchiha clan. They let him do what he wished to as long as he didn't get out of hand with the antics that he was so known for doing in the clan, luckily for him he was also a prodigy as well.

Shisui was given an S-rank mission by the Konoha's council to use his [Mangekyou Sharingan] on the Uchiha council to stop the coupe. But he was betrayed by Shimura Danzo who happens to be the Anbu commander but the last thing he expected was for the man to outright steal his [Sharingan] eyes. Fortunate or not he was able to escape with only one eye but it was better than being dead. He knew with all his heart that he had to get away before the Root Anbu killed him and then Danzo would have both his eyes, making him an extremely dangerous person who could become Hokage. And with his war hawk way would start the fourth shinobi war to put the whole Elemental Nations under his control while being the Hokage, how he always dreamt of for peace.

Shisui hoped to fake his death as he fell into the river so he could escape by swimming out of the village, Unfortunately for him, the debris from the explosion hit him in the back of the head knocking him out. And when he regained his consciousness while having his right eye closed he realized that he was still alive. To his surprise he was saved by the village's jinchuriki and his name was Uzumaki Naruto. They were in a hideout close to the Uchiha compound that Naruto found by accident and was able to drag him in through the new tunnel Naruto dug up after many months. That's when Shisui decided to make Naruto his apprentice to teach him hope to become a proper shinobi in the future.

Shisui meanwhile was thinking of what type of work he was going to have Naruto working on as he wrote it down on a piece of paper. Running and dodging to build up stamina, find a taijutsu style and practice the kata's, and chakra control exercises. And to find out what his elemental affinity would be nice to know ahead of time we would be able to collect some from Konoha's library or maybe even the Uchiha clan's library. Also, he needed Naruto to be able to gain the speed needed to be able to perform the [Zanzo Bunshin] his signature jutsu thought lost to everyone. That's when he got the great idea for Naruto to buy some weights when he got a chance to wear them every day, which would help him when he graduates from the academy.

Shisui will have Naruto work hard to improve his chakra since he has an enormously large amount of chakra, it would be impossible for him to have perfect control of the academy exercise. By helping him with this problem for the next four years he should be average at least and above average at most but it would help him in the long run. Then he would have to see what would be his specialization, tracking team, capture and interrogation team, or the assault team. It would greatly deepen the sensei he would get to efficiently be taught by that latter, and hopefully, he wouldn't be discriminated against. Hopefully, the Hokage will at least make the effort to look for Naruto's best interest, and maybe tell him his true heritage.

During Shisui's time in the academy, the instructors had most students work on their chakra control more effectively. But of course, he found out another purpose for the chakra control exercise, it was to calm down the rowdy bunch of students to stay still. And to see if they can follow directions, something that most children have a really hard time with. He snickers to himself thinking of the fond memories of his academy years, he would have to find a way to get a hold of general school material for him to be able to study here. He was snapped out of his thoughts when Naruto was finally ready to head out to the forest to train, he turned to look at Naruto to see how healthy he looks now. Compared to the first time he met him, he never knew teaching him how to hunt and track would have helped him so much. Having him find his food, find edible plants, and find fresh water would make such a big difference in his little brother's figure life.

(Flashback)

I slowly started to get my conscience back as I felt pain run throughout my entire body mainly my the back of my head and right eye socket. I could also feel that I had a mild headache, maybe even a concussion, but I kept my good eye close as I let sense to see if I was in any danger. I could feel that I wasn't tied down and still had control of my chakra, meaning who helped me was not a shinobi. Then I felt someone with a small hand begin to clean my face, as at first guessed it was either a girl or a young child but at least they were trying to be very gentle around my missing eye. Then I felt someone place a cloth where my eye used to be as they began to wrap what felt like bandages around my face. It took several tries leading to believe this was a child who was trying their best with the situation.

Once the child was done cleaning me and patching me up, I just laid on the futon trying to remember everything that happened to me. Not wanting to scare whoever it was that helped me play the part I pretended to be still asleep, I tried to understand the person's intentions. After what felt like forever I decided to open my one good eye to see my surroundings, as my vision was a little blurry at first but slowly my vision began to return to normal again. I moved my head to look over to my left side to see a little boy with spiky, yellow-blond hair with azure blue eyes staring back at me with wide eyes. And right away I knew who this little boy was since I remember helping eliminate a few citizens for beating on the boy when he was younger. I began to guess I was receiving good karma for him, the little boy when he most needed it at the time, but sometimes it makes me wonder if humans act just as evil as demons.

"H-hello I-I'm Uzumaki Naruto and w-we are in m-my secret home not far from the village. So, h-how are y-you feeling mister?" Naruto asked nervously as he looked at the younger teenager in curiosity and some hidden fear behind the depth of his blue eyes.

"Hello there little boy by any chance do you have any water I could have to drink please?" Shisui asked as he coughed to clear his voice which sounded raspy after being unconscious for who knows how long.

"Ahh yes, no problem I'll be right back," Naruto replied with an excited voice as he quickly left the room.

Shisui could only sigh in relief that the moment he didn't have to worry about any of Danzo's men hadn't yet found him at this moment. But he was worried that the Anbu detail that looked after the little blond would end up finding him, and then he would have to deal with a new can of worms. Something he didn't want to deal with with his weakened self. It didn't take long for Naruto to return with the water pouch to the stranger who gave him a nod of thanks as he drank every drop of it.

When Shisui finally finished drinking the water he handed back the pouch to the little blond.

"Thank you, little boy, I'm very grateful, and sorry I forgot your name, I still don't have all my senses back yet," Shisui commented as he gave a sheepish smile of embarrassment, as the little blond made a pouty face.

The man knew exactly who he was and the burden he carried, sadly the only one that didn't know of their burden was Naruto. But the villagers' hate for him was so great he was pretty much the village's scapegoat since they didn't have anywhere to release their pent-up anger. Shisui started to ponder how it got so bad it almost seemed like someone was waiting for little Naruto to fall into despair. Constantly being around people who mistreated him and hated him would push him little by little into isolation and not long after his little mind would break. This could lead to a much bigger problem if the Sandaime doesn't give him the support that he would need for his mental health. This all smells of a plot by Shimura Danzo that has been in motion from the time the blond was announced as the village's jinchuriki. He knows that the man was hungry for power and to be able to become Hokage himself has been the man's only goal from what he can remember.

He was certain that Danzo had to be involved with the villagers finding out about Naruto's status as a jinchuriki, and also for all the unnatural hatred of a whole village towards a child. Since the man operated from the shadows, he knew firsthand that he would go as far as to kill a Konoha shinobi for his own selfish goals. Everyone in Root knows that their master desired to become the Hokage and to make every since village in the Elemental Nations and bend the knee to Konoha's might. But first, he had to gather a little bit more information before he was able to decide what to do next since he might still be in danger. The last thing he wanted to do was to put the little blond in danger because of him and worse since they were outside the village it would be easy for Danzo's force to capture him and make him disappear. He was snapped out of his thoughts when he heard someone calling for him.

"Hey mister you alright? You seem like you were out of it." Naruto asked as he tilted his head to the side in curiosity, for the stranger to look at him with a smile.

"Yeah, Naruto-chan I'm alright trying to remember what happened to me. So, where are your parents if you don't mind me asking?" Shisui replied as the little blond face saddened upon hearing the man's question.

There was a moment where the two stayed silent as the blond thought about what to tell the man. Naruto had many things running through his mind but he could tell the man didn't know him since he didn't have the hateful look in his eye. Naruto decided to tell the man since he had nothing to lose, if anything this might help him release some of his frustration out of his little chest. At the same time, Shisui only watched the little blonde to see a series of emotions shown through his azure blue eyes. Once his mind was made up Naruto looked up at the stranger as he began to speak.

"I'm an orphan, that's what I was told by Hokage-jiji. He said that my parents were killed in the Kyuubi attack when I was born. I have asked him many times if he would tell me their name but he always avoided the question. I know I'm a child and I know that I don't understand a lot, but I could hear the villagers always speak badly about me. I could see and feel their hate and disgust toward me but I don't understand why, it's like all the adults know the reason but can't say." Naruto replied with a downcast look in his eyes, Shisui could only close his one good eye and send silent sympathy at the little blond.

Shisui loves his clan and he understood that some of them weren't very good people, but to go living without knowing your true heritage is damn near cruel in his mind. Lucky for him he was in the Anbu and was able to gather enough information in the past to be able to learn some of the S-rank secrets of Konoha.

He didn't understand why the Hokage didn't give more support to the son of his predecessor, if he was the boy's father he would take it like a slap to his face at the plane disrespect. Maybe Sandaime could have told him who his mother who happens to bring the red-hot-blooded Habanero was a name that brought fear to most enemies' hearts. Such a sad way for a person to live their life without knowing their true heritage, he thought that a was sad way to live and it amazed him he could survive on his own.

"Naruto-chan, what are your likes and dislikes? What are your hobbies? And your dream for the future?" Shisui asked as he waited for Naruto to reply, he narrowed his eyes in a fox-like way and fell into deep thought.

"I like to eat ramen, and I like to talk to Hokage-jiji, Teuchi-jiji, and his daughter Ayame-nee-chan. I dislike being ignored and left to fend for myself. My hobbies are pranking everyone and anyone and playing ninja. My dream is to become Hokage, the strongest ninja in the village. So that the people of this village could acknowledge my existence." Naruto replied answering all of the stranger's questions finding them a bit odd that he would ask such simple questions.

Shisui closed his one good eye though for a moment thinking long and hard about what to do. After deliberating with himself he made a decision, he would take the boy under his wing and teach him everything he knew, making him his apprentice. He would teach him how to be a true shinobi but unlike Root Anbu who has no emotions, he would teach him his best to control his emotions that would be suited to the situation. It would be too early in his life to completely change Naruto's mind into a real ninja basically, it is his way at least to give his thanks for saving his life. Shisui would be his big brother figure and his sensei from the shadows to guide him in the right direction because he had a gut feeling the village and the academy instructors would try to sabotage his schooling, something he knew he couldn't allow.

"Ok Naruto-chan, I made a decision." Shisui paused in suspense before he continued to speak again. "To tell you the truth about what happened to me and the consequences of being betrayed when you let your guard down with people you think you trust. I'm not saying to never trust a person at all but to develop your instincts once you know you are in danger and can protect yourself in an instant. And I'm going to explain that life as a Shinobi is not all fun and games because it is a life-and-death situation. You don't have to worry about it at this time since you are still a child, but I'll do my best to explain, and if you don't understand then don't worry about it. But first, you're going to be my eyes and ears for the village, try to listen to rumors, sometimes you could find out information from that." Shisui explained to his new apprentice with a calm serious voice, making Naruto narrow his eyes in suspension.

"Y-yeah I could do that for you but how do I know that you're not trying to put the village in danger? You still haven't introduced yourself?" Naruto stated as he waited for the stranger to answer his question.

"Fair enough my name is Uchiha Shisui, I'm seventeen years old and I guess you could say I'm a former Anbu now. The Anbu commander betrayed me by trying to take my eyes and kill me in the process, I was barely able to get away from him before he took one of my eyes. During my escape and all the chaos, I came up with a quick plan to fake my death but I guess some debris hit me and I fell into the Naka River where you found me. The man that is after me is very dangerous and holds a lot of political power in Konoha so it would be impossible to prove to the Hokage that I was attacked by him. But maybe the best thing would be for me to stay here in the village and protect it from the shadows, but first I need to recover before I can think of a plan. So now that you know, will you help me with Naruto-chan?" As he explained everything to Naruto going as far as to ask for his help, shocking the little Uzumaki.

"It's nice to meet you Uchiha Shisui and yes, I'm willing to help you. So how long are you going to be staying here in my hideout?" Naruto responded out of curiosity since he never had someone talk to him so kindly only the Hokage the ramen stand owner and his daughter.

"To be honest I don't even know. But if you allow me to stay here I could become a big brother figure and your secret sensei, I'll be able to help you grow up properly by teaching you everything you need to learn just like a family." Shisui said, feeling good about his decision, what he was about to do to make this little boy a good person and a protector from the shadow.

Shisui froze when he saw tears begin to fall from the corner of Naruto's eyes, and then he realized that his words invertedly touched the one desire every lonely kid would want a family. And by saying he would teach him to become a ninja, saying that he would become his big brother, and telling him that he would do his best to protect him from the shadows. Naruto just began to sob since he never had anyone attempt to reach out to him and help him like all the other orphans, to him it was like a dream come true. Naruto always wanted to be acknowledged to know that there was a reason to live the fact that he helped someone who bad people were hunting him so he could stay alive, that same person turned out to be one of those top secret ninjas that watch over him. And to pay him back for his kindness he will be staying with him for the foreseeable future something he never thought would happen in his short amount of time alive.

"T-thank y-you Uchiha Shisui, y-you made m-me the h-happiest little b-boy in Konoha. W-will it b-be o-okay to call y-you a-aniki from t-time to time?" Naruto asked as he was being bashful while he wiped his tears away from his little chubby face.

"You welcome Naruto-chan for now it should be a problem but when I begin to train you in the ninja arts I will expect you to call me Shisui-sensei or sensei," Shisui replied as he ruffled his hair the little blond as he beamed back at him with a foxy-grin.

(Flashback End)

When Naruto and Shisui's [Kage Bunshin] came out of their hideout they began to look around Shisui then placed a hand on top of Naruto's head when they vanished in a [Shunshin]. When they appeared they were at training ground thirty-six, as they appeared at a clearing by a lake, then [Shisui] away for a moment and reappeared at equal distances making a square having four rocks marking the spots. In the meantime Naruto just watched his sensei clear up and fix the area for him to train, he started to realize that he was about to go through an extreme and painful time until his little body matures. He then saw his sensei bring many little rocks and start to make a pile of them, and Naruto began to have a bad feeling about what his sensei was going to use them for. A few minutes later Shisui appeared next to Naruto with a goofy grin on his face, as the little blond fell in surprise at his sudden appearance.

"Naruto-chan, during my time in the academy we were in the Third Shinobi War so many of us were taught differently compared to now. We didn't have an age limit when we needed to graduate from the academy. We just need to have enough skill and jutsu to survive outside the village during war times. That meant we had to wall climb, water walk, learn jutsu, learn how to have good teamwork. Then we had to learn how to defend ourselves from bandits, mercenaries, and missing-nins." Shisui pauses to let his words sink into Naruto's little brain, as he continues to speak once again.

"For now we are going to build your stamina, I want you to run till the sun reaches above your head. Afterward, I'll teach you the academy basic stands, once we finish with that I'll teach you how to throw kunai and shurikens onto a tree. But I'm going to leave you by yourself for a while since I still need to gather the ninja tools we need for you alright." Shisui explained as he gave a cocky grin to the little blond who nodded his head excitedly.

"Ok, I could do that for now sensei. What happens if someone finds me here on my own, what should I tell them?" Naruto asked a really good question, as Shisui placed a finger on his chin in thought.

"If they ask you what are you doing in the training ground just tell them the truth you're getting a head start in your ninja career by working out and building your stamina. If they tell you that you should be there and to go back to the village just listen to them, the last thing is for you to get into trouble with them." Shisui advised as he got a nod from the little blond, then Shisui saluted and vanished in a [Shunshin] leaving an afterimage behind.

For the next few hours, Naruto spent his time running around the marked area his sensei made for him, after the first hour he was beginning to get tired but he did his best to continue till the sun was above his head. He heard a crow "caw" near a tree letting Naruto know that he was being watched by his sensei from afar as he kept running not wanting to give up the goal he was told to finish. Naruto always knew he had a lot of energy and that was one of the things that made him unable to sit or stay still at all, he guessed that his sensei knew this. Since he was young as well and knew the best way to deal with that problem was by making him run and waste that energy. Naruto was beginning to get thirsty as he ran when he decided to look up at the sky when he saw that the sun was above his head he finally stopped and went to sit by a tree to rest.

Not long after when Shisui arrived he brought back some more water for Naruto and a light lunch before they began to work on a taijutsu style. He told Naruto to relax and enjoy his food as he explained at the same time how they were going to work on the katas so he could begin to memorize so it could become second nature to him without thinking about it. Shisui also told Naruto that afterward, he was going to teach him how to do chakra control exercises by doing tree climbing, which got Naruto excited. So for the next three hours, Shisui spent teaching taijutsu katas to Naruto who slowly began to learn the moves, making Shisui smile at how good of a student the little blond was. Shisui began to teach him how to walk on a tree by having Naruto lie on the ground and channel his chakra on his feet. He got the explanation if you channel too much it will erupt and push you away and if you channel too little you will not be able to walk or slip from the tree. When they finished with the training both went back to the hide to take a bath, after a long day, afterward, they would make dinner to eat before calling it a day.

Months later at the Uchiha Compound

A few months passed when Uchiha Shisui disappeared and was presumed dead when he never reported back to the Uchiha clan. It was later reported by his younger cousin Uchiha Itachi that he was in a battle with unknown Anbu members, who were trying to kill him. From what he saw he was fatally wounded and in an act to protect the secrets of his clan he triggered the explosive tags and blew his body apart. Witnessing his favorite cousin blowing himself up, made the young Uchiha feel an indescribable pain that his [Sharingan] morphed into the [Mangekyou Sharingan]. Itachi from that point on knew what he needed to do to weed out the evil that was consuming his clan, and placed a heavy burden on himself to protect the one person he truly couldn't hurt to make himself the enemy of all Konoha.

Uchiha Itachi was given a very important mission even though he was the youngest Anbu captain in Konoha's history, he was tasked to be a double agent spy in case the Uchiha clan decided to do a coup d'etat. This by the way was a similar mission that Uchiha Shisui had but was never able to execute his plan with his untimely death. Itachi was hoping to sway his father's ambitious plan that might doom the Uchiha clan in the end, by creating a civil war leaving Konoha at the mercy of the rest of the Elemental Nations. But in the end, after many talks they agreed all because of the Uchiha elders who wanted more power for the clan, leaving no choice for him to accept an S-rank mission of eliminating the entire clan for the sake of the village.

One night Shisui came out to get fresh air, as he was disguised after getting news from his summon, that tonight Itachi had a secret mission. For some reason he had a bad feeling about it so he decided to sneak into the Uchiha compound at a secret tunnel that his grandfather Uchiha Kagami created. It was made in case something happened to the clan and they needed to escape, so he secretly went back to his family's old home where he'll be able to collect his possessions. Their home was in the perfect location nearest to the walled compound since it was the most peaceful part of the compound. When his father passed away on a mission and a few years later his mother became ill and suddenly passed away when Shisui was on a long-term mission, it hit the young Uchiha hard when he returned to the village.

Shisui finished rifling through his old home collecting the necessary items he needed, when he began to hear the commotion outside the house, a chill went down his spine when he opened the door. Shisui was able to hear his clan members dying in the process, when he came determined to save some of the children at least so the clan wouldn't die out. He wanted to go out and stop all the senseless killing, but he knew if he did he would become the more immediate threat to Danzo's machinations so he had to save as many of the children as stealthily. Shisui became worried about his auntie Mikoto and cousin Sasuke because he didn't want to see them get killed either so he vanished in a [Shunshin.] Moments later Shisui appeared in their backyard close to the family dojo, as he was hiding in the shadows from being seen or detected.

He saw his aunt Mikoto quickly make her way to the family dojo knowing what he needed to do, he performed a shunshin catching her off guard before she was able to react to the attack and was knocked out. Shisui quickly picked up his aunt and [Shunshin], back to his family home to hide her away just in case someone tried to kill her as well. After dropping his aunt off at his family home he [Shunshin] around his area home to see if he was able to hide and save as many children as possible and placed a sleeping genjutsu to keep them from making any noise. He decided to head back to his family home, not wanting to get caught by Danzo Root operatives. When Shisui got there he placed a wide area of genjutsu in his family home and inside where he left his aunt to rest before leaving the compound through the secret tunnel.

When Shisui got back to the hideout Naruto was still sleeping peacefully without a care in the world, since this was the only place he felt safe at. He then felt guilty he was not able to find Sasuke, since he knew that he was important to Itachi and his aunt being the youngest child. He hoped that he would be safe and that nothing would happen to young Sasuke and the other children he placed genjutsu and hid from sight. He just hoped that the damage done by Itachi and that old Warhawk wouldn't ruin the Uchiha clan in the future, since he felt that Danzo had a plan for the Uchiha clan, lucky for him he was able to at least save the clan with his aunt being still alive Shisui thought.

The following day it was discovered that almost everyone in the Uchiha clan was killed off. They found the Uchiha Matriarch was unconscious at an abandoned home that belonged to her nephew. They found her youngest son Sasuke, unconscious outside the Uchiha compound, he was attacked psychologically by a powerful genjutsu. But the medics say he would recover in time with the right treatment to help him cope with the trauma since he was so young. The last thing they needed was to have an unstable Uchiha growing up becoming a flight risk.

Another survivor of the Uchiha clan was a young genin called Uchiha Izumi, she was out on a last-minute mission with her team. It seemed that going on the mission saved her life and was devastated when she found out that her mother was killed by the one person she cared for and wanted to be acknowledged by him and the person she truly loved. That left her an orphan without any parents, as she mourned for her mother and everyone in the Uchiha clan who lost their lives. She knew she had to be strong and move forward since this is what it meant to be a ninja someone that had to endure.

There were a total of six sleeping babies that survived the massacre, either by being placed in a genjutsu to keep them asleep with an area genjutsu to hide them. And by being covered in blood, making it look like the children were killed as they slept as they were hidden away. Then there was the story of the two half-blood Uchiha sisters named Rin and Aika, their ages are thirteen and seven years of age who live with their mother outside the compound. No one knew of the existence of the small family since the couple who were truly in love chose to keep it secret from the clan. The father's name is Uchiha Kenji, knowing how strict the clan was didn't want the clan to discriminate against his family since his daughters were half Uchiha.

The Uchiha's clan stated it was not truly allowed to marry or have sexual relations with a non-member of the clan. That was frowned upon having a relationship with someone outside the clan, and even worse if you had children with non-clan members tainting their pure Uchiha blood. But the only reason this was allowed was that their numbers were becoming too low and they didn't want the Hyuga clan to have more members than them. But didn't believe in having a branch family since it would only weaken the clan, something that the Hyuga had not realized yet, that is why their family was not fully united making them weak in the Uchiha's eyes. But also they were not looked at in a good way or were given any priorities like the pure-blooded clan members.

The only reason the Sandaime Hokage discovered this secret was by pure accident having the wife of one of his shinobi's demanding news of her husband who by the way was a Uchiha, if he was still alive. After introducing herself as Kato Miyu explaining to the Hokage that they were married in secret outside the village and giving him the proof of the marriage certificate, he nodded and began to explain the situation to her. After listening to the village leader about the horrific crime that was committed by one of their clan members, she knew well that her husband was one of the poor unfortunate people to be killed. She was devastated after learning the truth and it was going to be sad when she went back to her home to explain everything to her daughters. She was told that the Uchiha Matriarch was the only real adult to survive the massacre and held power over all the clan earnings and status of possessions as well. When the meeting was over and she left silently the village leader's office, the Sandaime Hokage could only sigh in frustration with this tragedy.

Then the Hokage that night had to think about a lot of the situation that was happening with the Uchiha clan and how he was going to be able to fix it before any more tragedy happened to one of the founding clans of the village. All he wanted to do was to get rid of all the traitors from the clan and keep the children and the elderly and anyone that was a civilian without a [Sharingan] to live. But something must have happened for his order not to be followed, and he would have to find out from Itachi what happened. And he had his suspicions who might have been involved in changing his orders without caring for anyone, and if his suspicions were true he would have to punish the man for thinking he was above the Hokage. Now he has to fix all the trouble that man has caused indirectly and weakened Konoha's force by eighty-three point five percent, now he has to fix the inner strife in the village.

The paperwork is going to be a nightmare for all this trouble that is happening, as the Hokage thought distraught, losing all the power of the Uchiha clan members. And right now all he has is two female kunoichis from the Uchiha clan that are genin, if you count the Uchiha matriarch to join the ninja forces then she would have a powerful jonin. But sadly that would be impossible since she had to take on the Uchiha clan's financial situation and how they were going to raise the next generation of Uchiha's this time with a female head till her youngest son came of age. Fortunately for them, the Uchiha clan was so wealthy they might be able to afford just raising the kids and not involving themselves in the shinobi matters till their numbers grow in the future. Only time will tell at the end of her decision since she had so many babies she needed to raise.

The Sandaime was thinking about what was best for the village and for the clan while smoking his pipe thinking long and hard after long exhausting days to come ahead. He decided to go speak to the Uchiha Matriarch and explain the situation with the two half-blooded Uchiha and their mother who is not an Uchiha herself. Suppose she can accept this and is willing to overlook some of the clan laws. Then the small family would be able to move into the Uchiha compound into their dead husband's home. That would give them one extra adult able to help with the children. And with two teenage girls who can help as well during their off time if they are not training everything would be ok.

Further down the list of things to do, he would summon the shinobi council to an emergency meeting to discuss the massacre of the Uchiha clan and the possible ramifications this would have on the village. To keep the image of Konoha being the strongest, the Hokage is going to push the rest of the shinobi forces to take on more missions just to compensate for the loss of the Uchiha clan's power. And even after the attack of the Kyuubi and the loss of the Yondaime Hokage, Konoha has always endured when it was most needed they keep enduring the loss they keep getting. And what are they supposed to do now without the military police force no longer available until the foreseeable future, when the children of the Uchiha clan are all grown up? Once everything is discussed and heard by everyone and all opinions are heard, the shinobi council ends, he would have a serious meeting with one of his advisors Shimura Danzo, and the action against the Uchiha clan. Yes it was going to be an extremely long day and a lot of paperwork, thought the elderly Hokage.

A/N: Hello fellow writers and readers I hope you have enjoyed this chapter this is the fourth time I edited this and I finally was satisfied with it. At this moment I have chapters 3 thur 12 drafted and I'm editing them one by one. The good thing I have a full picture of where I want this story to go. I don't want to follow canon since it doesn't make sense since this is fanfiction we have to create our version of it, I think. I still wish for someone to Beta my story and maybe possibly make it even better than what my amateur ass can do hahaha. If anyone has a question PM. I would appreciate reviews to get a better feel of the story.

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