The Hope of the Namikaze Clan

by GOAT Obito

Kushina is alive, but Naruto is still hated by the village for being the jinchuriki of Kurama. He is still regularly beaten by the villagers. On the day of the worst attack yet, 2 girls come to Naruto's aid. Soon, he meets his father who tells him a secret about the Namikaze clan, and names Naruto the last hope. Now with a newfound purpose, how will Naruto's views change?

2. Chapter 2: The Fated Meeting

Chapter 2: The Fated Meeting

Naruto stood, speechless as the man in front of him just introduced himself as his father. The one man who Naruto looked up to all this time, the man who his mother constantly praised no matter the situation he's brought up in, the man who gave his life to save the village, and the man who everyone in the village admired and respected more than any other.

That man was his father.

Minato Namikaze, the 4th Hokage.

"D-Dad?" Was the only thing Naruto could say.

"Yes Naruto, I'm really here. I am your father." Minato pulled Naruto in for a hug, which Naruto just stood there speechless for. He had felt a similar feeling from his mother whenever she would show him the slightest bit of affection.

But this still felt different. Like someone longing to see their son after they got deployed for war and they came back without any scars or injuries. Naruto could only melt into the arms of his father as Minato could finally see what his son looked like for the first time, with tears streaming down his face.

"MINATO! Stop with the mushy shit, I can't stand it when you shitheads think you're so much better than us. I had to deal with the same fucking shit with Kushina, don't make me suffer the same fate in your brat that YOU sealed me in." Kurama yelled out, feeling sick of all the lovey-dovey bullshit that happens. He could ignore it when it happened with Minato and Kushina because it happened in the outside world, not in the mindscape, but this was insufferable to him.

"Kurama, Kurama, Kurama. One day you'll have little fox vixens of your own and you'll finally be able to see what Kushina-chan and I feel for our son." Minato laughed at Kurama's expense.

"And how am I fucking supposed to do that when I spend my entire lives locked inside filthy humans with cages to hold me back? Think Minato, you're supposed to be the smartest shinobi to ever exist." Kurama chided, which only caused Naruto to laugh at his father's expense.

"Great, now you got my son laughing at me too." Minato's face faltered.

"Well serves you right for locking me inside this brat for over 6 years and it being the reason everyone in this god forsaken village hates him for life." Kurama shot back.

To say Naruto was stunned at this revelation would be an understatement. It felt like he had just been hit by a boulder followed by a bus and finally a train. His own father had condemned him to the life of hatred that he had felt throughout his life. A life which probably would have made Kaguya Otsutsuki shit her pants from witnessing. He had so many questions, but all he could feel was betrayal. The man who he looked up to and the man who was his father was the same one who made his life the living hell it was in the first place.

The look in Naruto's eyes turned from one of admiration to anger. He ran up to his father and gave him a hard kick in the balls, probably rendering him infertile for the rest of his time in the afterlife. Minato could only wince in pain.

"HOW COULD YOU?! YOUR OWN SON?! WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME?!" Naruto cried out. At this point, Naruto was only drowning in his tears. "WHY, DAD? WHY ME? WHY DID I HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO NEARLY KILLED TODAY? WHY DID A LITTLE GIRL HAVE TO GET HURT WHEN TRYING TO PROTECT ME? WHY COULDN'T YOU BE HERE ANYMORE TO HELP ME AND MOM ONCE MORE?!" Naruto fell into his father's chest, completely broken.

"Naruto…" Minato started.

"Did you hate me so much that you had to seal a beast inside of me?" Naruto could only ask. The mention of the word beast only brought shuddering to Kurama's eyes. How he HATED being called a beast, as if he had no will of his own.

"OI MINATO! CONTROL YOUR BRAT BEFORE I BREAK OPEN THIS FUCKING CAGE AND DEVOUR HIM ALIVE!" Kurama yelled out.

"No Naruto, it's quite the opposite actually. I sealed Kurama inside of you because there was nobody else I could trust to keep the village safe. After your mother's grave injuries in trying to hold off Kurama from destroying all of Konoha, there was nobody else that could contain Kurama's chakra. Only those of the Uzumaki and the Senju clans can contain Kurama, and since your mother's chakra coils have been damaged beyond repair, you were the only one that could keep Kurama contained. I had no other choice, and I could never ask another family to do something that I myself could not. So please, never think that I hated you. I have always loved you, even beyond the grave." Minato explained.

Naruto began to calm down. His father had not hated him. He could finally rest in peace!

"But there is another reason why I sealed Kurama inside of you, Naruto." Minato stated, with a serious look on his face.

"What is it dad?" Naruto responded

"You're the last hope, Naruto. The last hope of the Namikaze clan."

"Nami-what now?" Naruto looked bewildered at what his father was saying. He had heard of many clans within Konoha and the shinobi world, but never the Namikaze clan.

"Naruto, as you may now know, you are both a Namikaze and an Uzumaki. However, one thing that has been kept secret was just how powerful each of those clans were back in their primes. Back in the past, the Uzumaki clan was considered to be stronger than the Uchiha clan in terms of raw power. In fact, the only reason they were ever destroyed was because of a massive invasion from Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure out of fear of the Uzumaki fuinjutsu powers. They feared that one day, the Uzumaki clan would become powerful enough to take on the entire Shinobi world, especially with its alliance with Konoha. As such, the attack on Uzushiogakure was ordered, leading to the massacre of the Uzumaki clan, with your mother being one of only three survivors." Minato said with a tear flowing down his face. He could still picture the horrors that went on in Uzu, especially from Kushina's graphic depiction of them and decided not to burden a 6 year old with that kind of information.

"Where the fuck is this going, dad?" Naruto asked.

"LANGUAGE son, and there is a point to this story. The point is that one of those 3 survivors happened to be your mother. She was only 5 years old at the time of the attack on Uzushiogakure during the second great ninja war, but the horrors she's seen there has shaped her into the woman I fell in love with. She takes great pride in her friends, her family, and will do whatever she can to protect you, my son, so always remember that." Minato continued.

"As for the Namikaze clan, we were once heralded as the second strongest clan in Konoha, behind only the Uchiha clan. Using our speed and ninjutsu capabilities, we would constantly be the clan on the front lines during the first and second shinobi wars, as well as during the small skirmishes that took place. We had never lost a single battle and we took pride in being Konoha shinobi. However, it wasn't the speed or the ninjutsu skills that made us once so feared. That honor comes from the Namikaze clan dojutsu, called the Jogan, or the Pure Eye. The Jogan is a dojutsu so rare that it has only been awakened by 3 members of the Namikaze clan to date, and the only way to awaken it is to nearly die. Those 3 members were Kaiza, Ishida, and Minato Namikaze." Minato told Naruto.

"If the Namikaze clan was so strong, then why am I the only one left?" Naruto screamed out.

Minato could only sigh in response, shuddering back to the story his parents once told him. "One day, a rogue shinobi infiltrated Konoha and massacred the entire clan. The Shinobi was heralded as a wielder of the Byakugan, a dojutsu native to the Hyuga clan, but there have been no Hyuga members that have gone rogue in the past 70 years, while the massacre took place nearly 50 years ago. My guess is that it could either have been someone who killed a Hyuga and took their Byakugan or someone from the Hyuga clan that was perceived dead has been alive this whole time. Kaiza and Ishida Namikaze, better known as the first Jogan wielders were the only known survivors of the massacre, just so happened to be my parents." Minato explained.

Naruto was stunned. All this time he believed that he was nothing special, that he was just some little brat who had no other purpose than to be the village's punching bag. Now he knows of his heritage, being the last remaining member of one of the strongest clans of all time, and the son of one of the strongest shinobi to ever live. This revelation filled him with both extreme pride and extreme anger, pride at himself and anger at Konoha, for sullying on both the Namikaze legacy, for hiding his true heritage, and for making his and his mother's lives a living hell for the last three years.

"I'm telling you all of this, Naruto, because you are the last hope of the Namikaze clan. The last chance to bring glory to the clan name, and the last chance to bring the Namikaze clan back from the dead." Minato put his hands on Naruto's head and looked at him with serious eyes. This was not the look of a man who was joking around, rather it looked like the eyes of a man who was pleading. Pleading that his son would do whatever it took to make sure his village didn't fail him again, like this was the last chance he was giving them.

Naruto could only stare at his father in disbelief. All this time, he had been dropped bomb after bomb on his head, and now he didn't know what to think. On one hand, all he wanted to do was say 'fuck the village' for doing everything they did to him, but on the other, his goddamn moral compass knew what was the right thing to do. But he damn sure was not going to forgive the villagers just like that, when only 3 people in the village ever gave enough of a shit about him to try and help. His mother, the Sandaime Hokage, and Sakura.

"I know this is a lot to take in, Naruto, but I wouldn't be telling you all of this if I didn't think you could do it. You are the one the toad prophecy spoke of all those years ago, I just know it. I have arranged for my old master and my student to be the ones to train you, especially since your mother can no longer use chakra that well." Minato explained. "But that will not be enough. For one, you will need to master the Jogan, an eye which will not only grant you abilities far beyond even that of the Sharingan, but it also requires great training to master. The Jogan has the ability to be the force of creation or the force of destruction. Hence, it's not an ability to take lightly, and should only be used for good. Can I trust you that you will not let this power fall into the wrong hands? Either yours as a revenge tool or to someone else?" Minato asked.

"Yes father, I will do whatever it takes to be worthy of the power." Naruto said before feeling a sharp pain in his right eye. He clutched it with his hands before yelling out a piercing screech that would make even a deaf man's ears bleed. Once the screeching stopped, Minato gasped. The right eye of Naruto Uzumaki had just turned from his normal cerulean eye into a light blue eye surrounded by a dark socket. The Jogan.

Naruto Uzumaki had just become the 4th person ever to unlock the rarest dojutsu in the world.

Meanwhile, at the hospital

"WHERE THE FUCK IS MY SON?!" A very pissed off Kushina Uzumaki started yelling at the hospital director.

"Who's your son? All I know is bitch boy and he's getting treated by our 'best' staff." The hospital director shot back. "Plus what would the Kyubi bitch like you ever want with a child? I thought you were incapable of love."

Kushina picked up the insubordinate little asshole by the throat, nearly choking him to death. "I'm only going to say this one more fucking time. Where… the hell… is my son? And I swear to god if you call him anything other than his real name, Naruto Uzumaki, you will see why I was referred to once as the Red Death of Konoha, so use your brain for once in your pathetic ass life and tell me where my son is. And so help me god if you fucktards touched a single hair on his head, I will personally see to it that you suffer an even worse fate than he did."

Choking on his own stupidity, the hospital director could barely manage to get out two words before falling unconscious "Room… 237."

Kushina sprinted up to the room where Naruto was held, while the other hospital staff worked to tend to their fallen director. When she got there, she was shocked to see 2 little girls by his bedside, one actively crying into his arms, the other comforting her friend. The girl crying into her son's arms had nearly 7 bandages on her body, indicating that she had been in a fight not too long ago. Unfortunately, with all the trauma she had suffered seeing her son in such a state and the villagers consistently proving that they were the biggest pieces of shit to ever grace this planet, Kushina saw red.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GIRLS DOING?! GET AWAY FROM HIM IMMEDIATELY DATTEBANE!" Kushina yelled before getting ready to charge.

Sakura and Ino then turned around and put their hands up in a defensive position, they would not let anyone touch their savior on this day.

"No! We won't let you hurt him. Not after he saved my life." Sakura told Kushina, who seemed to slightly calm down knowing that her son had 2 people willing to give their lives for him.

"Oh sweetie, I'm not going to hurt him. He's my son, I just wanted to know if he was ok." Kushina said warmly.

"If he was your son, then why did you let him get beat up by the meanies? They were hurting him like never before and it wasn't until the Hokage came and literally killed one of them that they stopped. So WHY DID YOU NOT TAKE CARE OF YOUR SON?!" Ino snapped at Kushina, not knowing why in the world someone would let their kid out of their sight to get mobbed by a bunch of civilians.

Kushina could only stand there stunned. The words could only hit her like a bunch of trains hitting her at the exact same time. She realized that she needed to desperately fix the situation with Naruto, knowing that her negligence at that moment could potentially cost her the only good thing in her life right now. Kushina could only break down in tears as she smothered Naruto while he was in his coma.

"I'm sorry Naru-kun, I'm so sorry for not being there, dattebane." Kushina cried into her son's arms. God, if there is anything good in this world that I've done, please let my son wake up. I'll even give my own life if it means he can live happily and healthy without any of the burdens of the fucking village, especially those goddamn civilians.

"Girls, what are your names, dattebane?" Kushina asked through her tears.

"Ino Yamanaka."

"Sakura Haruno."

Kushina pulled them into a bone-crushing hug "Thank you! Thank you for bringing him here, even if these nurses are all dipshit assholes who can't tell the difference between a kunai and a scroll. And thank you for not treating him like everyone else in this pathetic village does just because he has something that he can't control!"

Ino and Sakura were both left confused by this statement before remembering the attack. But the one thing they still could never figure out was why. Why was Naruto treated like the village plague when he was probably the nicest kid alive? They desperately wanted to ask Kushina about it, but they realized that this was probably something that should come from Naruto himself, not from anyone else. Especially someone who could easily twist the situation into making the village look terrible. Granted based off of what they had seen, they already had the idea that the village was full of fucked up people who would do anything to get what they wanted, but it wouldn't be nice to have their worst fears be confirmed.

Both had lived a life of luxury, Ino as the daughter and heiress of the Yamanaka clan and Sakura as the daughter of the wealthiest civilians in Konoha history. This was the first time they had been exposed to the dark side of the village, a dark side which would stain the reputation of any village. If this village was actively encouraging the assault and harm on a 6 year old boy, what else was this village capable of doing?

Both were snapped out of their thoughts when a screeching voice pierced the room.

"SAKURA HARUNO! WHY ARE YOU IN THE ROOM WITH THE DEMON?!" The voice screamed out, belonging to Mebuki Haruno, the head of the civilian council and the mother of Sakura.

Mebuki Haruno was a fairly wealthy businesswoman who held majority stakes in most of the Konoha weapons industries. She would be known for her quality kunai, swords, and shuriken that many ninja would stock up on before going on missions. Her fortune would grow so fast to the point where she and Kizashi Haruno were able to rival some of the major clans in Konoha in wealth, namely the Akimichi, Inuzuka, and Aburame clans. Most of all however, she was the most vocal member of the sect of the civilian council that wanted to kill Naruto Uzumaki for hosting the demon fox. She had held a deep hatred for the Namikaze and Uzumaki clans ever since the love of her life chose to wed Kushina instead of her and she was stuck with the literal simp god himself, Kizashi Haruno. Once she heard that Minato had died and that the Kyubi was "sealed" inside his and Kushina's son, she made it her personal mission to make Naruto's life an absolute hell. Both as a way to get back at Minato and Kushina and as a way to kill the Kyubi for what it did to the village.

Things then took a turn for the worse when she saw the one person she hated more than Naruto.

"Well well well, if it isn't the Red Death of Konoha. I wonder if they call you that for your success as a shinobi or that your hair is so goddamn bright that it would kill a person just by burning their eyes from looking at it too long." Mebuki snidely remarked.

"Mebuki, now is not the fucking time. Considering my son is nearly dead and your daughter is wrapped up in bandages, do you really think it's the time to do this?" Kushina responded.

"Who's this demon you keep talking about?" Sakura asked inquisitively, thinking that there was no way that her blonde-haired savior could be some bloodthirsty monster. For fucks sakes, he had just SAVED HER LIFE, not to mention that he was probably the furthest thing from a monster that anyone with a barely functioning brain could easily point out.

"Do you not remember the attack on the village 6 years ago? The day where the beast itself attacked and killed thousands of villagers, including the 4th hokage himself? The day where your grandparents gave their lives to save a group of villagers? That damn demon fox has been reincarnated as a boy. This delusional person keeps on believing that this little shit is her son, yet I do not see any similarity to them besides their last name. Who knows, maybe his father had an affair with a much prettier bitch when he found out what this walking blister of a human actually was." Mebuki snarled, hoping that she could make her daughter hate Naruto as much as she did.

Sakura began walking up to her mother, which to Kushina was the equivalent of 50 daggers plunging through her heart. For the first time ever, she thought someone had genuinely cared about her son, despite what he was. But it seemed like the only reason she cared about Naruto at all was because of the fact that she didn't know who he really was. However, those thoughts were put to rest when Sakura gave her mother the biggest bitchslap of all time.

SLAP.

A loud sound could be heard all throughout the hospital as Sakura would send her mother basically through a wall. If this was in any other situation, Sakura would have been completely fucked over by anyone, but hearing her own mother, the person she looked up to as someone who would always do the right thing no matter what, someone who she could trust would show her the right path. That person was here, trying to get her to hate a kid who just saved her life, just because of something he couldn't control.

"Kushina-san, how old is Naruto?" Sakura asked.

"He was born the very day the Kyubi attacked the village and was released from my body. The fox itself was only released 30 minutes after he was born." Kushina replied.

"So that means someone else was behind the attack, and yet you sit here 'Mother' and continue to be ignorant to the fact that he is the same age as me, born on the same day as the attack itself, and think he is capable of causing mass destruction? I think you should familiarize yourself with a concept known as 'common sense'. It occurs when someone uses their brain before acting rather than just acting based on emotions." Sakura snapped, yet keeping her composure so that her mother could hang on to every last word she said.

"SAKURA HARUNO! THAT IS NO WAY TO TALK TO YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT. I DEMAND YOU STEP AWAY FROM THE DEMON OR I SWEAR TO GOD THAT I WILL PERSONALLY MAKE YOUR LIFE A LIVING HELL FOR CONTINUING TO ASSOCIATE WITH THAT ABOMINATION OF A CREATION!" Mebuki fired back.

This time it was Ino's turn to snap.

"Haruno-san, I mean this with no disrespect. Wait, scratch that. I mean this with ALL the disrespect when I say you are quite possibly the single most braindead person in the village. First off, you know that he wasn't even an hour old when the Kyubi attacked, and unless you choose to be deaf, Kushina-san just stated that the attack from the fox was an attack from some outside person. I don't know which part of that was unclear to you, but unless you can provide some decent proof of why he's this so-called 'Demon', I suggest you shut your damn mouth before things end badly for you." Ino responded to Mebuki's threats.

"Who are you and what gives you the right to speak to me? Where are your parents and do they not care that you associate with this thing? This woman's delusions have clearly clouded your sense of judgment, because no self-respecting adult would even associate with the creature." Mebuki responded, still seething disgust in her voice.

Kushina was livid. She had hated Mebuki ever since they were kids, but this was on a whole new level. Kushina couldn't fathom that someone who KNEW that Naruto was indeed her son, yet still tried to make it seem like she was in delusion for caring for Naruto like a mother should. This was the time she snapped.

"Look, Mebuki. I know I 'stole' Minato-kun from you, but next time you try to even raise the thought that my son doesn't deserve to be loved, I will personally rip off your tongue and shove it up your pussy so that you can never take another dick in there again." Kushina threatened. "Now I want you to nod if you understand and so help me god if you dare to make a sound, I will personally make sure those are the last words you ever speak coherently."

Mebuki could only nod in fear, but the name Minato raised questions for both Sakura and Ino, both of whom tried to recall where they had heard that name before.

"Wait, how did you know the Yondaime, Kushina-san?" Ino finally asked.

"He was my husband." Kushina replied.

Then everything clicked for Sakura. Those 4 words were all that she needed to know about who exactly Naruto was and why he was cursed with the Kyubi to be sealed inside him. "Wait… so that means…" Sakura started.

"He was my father." Naruto said, while waking up from his coma.

Meanwhile, in the hokage office

"So any word on the Uchiha clan and their state?" Hiruzen asked his anbu.

"The clan still plans to go through with the coup, unfortunately all talks have stalled out and especially those with my father. He seems determined to go through with the revolution and obtain as much power as possible from the village." The anbu stated, but this was not the worst he had to say. "Unfortunately, he has drawn his inspiration from the teachings of Madara Uchiha, and aims to build the village as per Madara's wishes."

The last part of the message hit Hiruzen worse than any other nuke could possibly do. He was young when he had first heard of Madara's betrayal of the village and how Hashirama Senju, the Shodai Hokage and widely considered to be the greatest shinobi of all time, nearly died while fighting him. Now he had to hear that the most important clan to the village's success and prosperity is looking to overthrow the chain of command, possibly start a civil war in the process, most certainly endanger the lives of everyone in the village, and worst of all, if they were to win, they would rebuild the village as Madara Uchiha had envisioned it to be.

Madara Uchiha was the main opponent to Hashirama Senju's will of fire. An ideology which has been passed down to every single future generation of the Hokages. However, none could even come close to embodying the will of fire like Hashirama once did, a deep desire and love to protect the village that he even had to go against his own best friend and the village co-founder just to ensure that everyone he loved and held dear to him would not suffer at the hands of Madara. Hashirama and the clans in the village adopted the will of fire, or the 'Village interests over all' mentality. All clans except one, the Uchiha clan. Throughout time, the Uchiha clan have been instilled in them that loyalty to their clan is much more important than their loyalty to the village, and while some such as Kagami Uchiha had deviated from the clan philosophies and adopted the will of fire, the majority of the clan still held the Uchiha name above all else. This philosophy was instilled to them by Madara Uchiha himself. Once he betrayed the village and Hashirama was forced to step down from his hokage position, Tobirama Senju came into power and out of fear of another Madara coming up, he put a few restrictions on the Uchihas that were not well received by the majority of the clan, especially the introduction of the Konoha police force, which would be run by the Uchiha clan.

However, that would temporarily change once Kagami Uchiha became the head of the clan. Unlike the majority of the clan, Kagami viewed the village as more important than the clan and aspired to create a clan that was worthy of being called Konoha shinobi. Under Kagami's guidance, the clan underwent a major overhaul in the eyes of the village and the clan had even started to gain lots of respect back in the eyes of the villagers, and actively worked to defend the safety of the village. Unfortunately, that all changed for the worse once Kagami was killed and Fugaku Uchiha took over the head of the Uchiha clan duties. Fugaku Uchiha was an avid believer in the Madara Uchiha ideology over the Will of Fire, and this belief caused him to begin alienating the clan from the rest of the village once more. He used the Uchiha police force as a method of intimidation and consolidation of power, all in an attempt to usurp the position of Hokage and bring the Uchiha way to the forefront of the village. Once he was passed up for Hokage in favor of Minato Namikaze however, he felt cheated out of the position but still held a begrudging respect for Minato as the clan's standing did at least maintain form under Minato and Fugaku even acted as Minato's right hand man, looking to bring back some much needed glory to the Uchiha clan.

Unfortunately, that all changed the day of the Kyubi attack, where the Uchiha clan were blamed for its outcome due to the fact that the Kyubi could be controlled by the mangekyo sharingan, with Fugaku Uchiha being the prime suspect. As a result, under the influence of the elder council, Hiruzen deemed it was too risky to have the clan running around without supervision and was forced to confine them to an area in the outskirts of the village. This confinement and subsequent shunning from society forced Fugaku Uchiha's hand, and as such he began to plot a coup d'etat against the village to take control. Luckily for Konoha, the council had a spy within the ranks of the clan, Fugaku Uchiha's own son, Itachi.

"Thank you for the news Itachi, and indeed this is far worse than I had imagined. I know Fugaku was an avid believer in Madara's teachings but I never thought he would go so far as to try and rebrand the village under Madara's philosophies. You know what this means, right?" Hiruzen stated, desperately hoping it would not have to come to this.

"Yes I do hokage-sama, and I understand the assignment perfectly. This may hurt me gravely, but I will do whatever it takes to make sure Konoha is protected. All I have is one request." Itachi stated.

"And what might that be?" Hiruzen asked.

"I need you to make sure no harm will ever befall Sasuke. He's the only person I would ever consider betraying Konoha for, and if I hear that one of the elder council has placed their hands on him, either to turn him into a breeding machine or to extract his eyes, I will not hesitate to fucking nuke this entire village. I need the constant assurance that Sasuke will be safe and free from the shackles of Konoha, especially that slimeball Danzo." Itachi listed his one and only demand, ensuring that Hiruzen understood exactly what was being asked of him.

"I will do whatever I can to ensure Sasuke's protection." Hiruzen assured Itachi.

"Oh and one more thing, for the love of christ tell everyone what Naruto has been going through, no child should ever have to suffer through an attack like that in the first place. With this level of bullshit going on in the village, I cannot guarantee Sasuke's safety if the son of their most prized hero is being treated the way he is. I know you're doing what you can to protect him without getting the council pissed, but now's the time to say 'fuck the council', because that's the only way they will stop what they're doing to Naruto. And if they can't stop this, then I can't guarantee Sasuke will be safe." Itachi demanded.

"I know, and I was just heading over to make the announcement. From now on, no more nice guy Hiruzen Sarutobi. I will ensure that this village is held accountable for what they did, because this is not right at all, and nothing close to what Minato sacrificed himself for. I can only blame myself for failing to take care of him, which I'm sure his family will make no stops in knowing exactly what I did wrong here." Hiruzen said solemnly. "If that is all, you are free to go. Meet me tomorrow by the hokage mountain to get started on your assignment."

"Very well, hokage-sama. If only Shisui was still alive today, he would have known what to do in this situation without spilling any blood." Itachi reminisced about his best friend, and the only other opponent to the Uchiha revolution that he knew. Shisui was the embodiment of the perfect shinobi: someone who fought to protect their home and family while doing everything in their power to mentor the younger generation to carry on the previous legacy. However, to Itachi, he was much more than that. He was one of only 5 people he held dear to his heart. His parents, his girlfriend, and his younger brother Sasuke being the last 4. This was why it had pained him so much to have to do what he had to do, as the only way to stop the coup was to do the unthinkable. Kill his parents.

Itachi would have to make the ultimate sacrifice as he would be branded the biggest traitor in Konoha history since Madara Uchiha decided to defect from the village. Even the most notorious of the legendary Sannin Orochimaru wouldn't hold a candle to what he would have to do. This was all done in order to protect his younger brother, Sasuke, from the horrors of the village, with the hopes that Sasuke would eventually grow strong enough to take Itachi out of his misery. But first, he needed to make Sasuke hate his entire existence.

This was no easy task however, as Sasuke looked up to his older brother like he was a god amongst men. Sasuke had always dreamed of being just like Itachi, someone who commanded the respect of others simply by being in the presence of them. Setting records for youngest ever to join the anbu, becoming one of only a select few to compete in the Chunin exams and win them single handedly, and becoming the youngest ever anbu captain. All of that would now be washed away as Itachi Uchiha, the clan killer is born.

"We know we are asking a lot of you, Itachi, but unfortunately this is the only way to ensure peace is kept within the village. I really had hoped it would not come to this, but you'll have to kill your entire family. We can't risk the clan rising up again, so to ensure that, everyone, and I do mean everyone, needs to be killed." Another voice came from the shadows, belonging to Danzo Shimura, one of the members of the elder council, and Hiruzen Sarutobi's right hand man.

Once Itachi kills the clan, I can finally get my hands on those damn sharingan and put them to good use. Those little fuckers can finally help Konoha once and for all when they allow me to become hokage. I already killed that bastard Shisui and took his Kotoamatsukami, what's the harm in murdering a few more of that accursed clan? They'd never sacrifice anything for Konoha, especially not after that shithead Fugaku killed Kagami. Danzo thought. He had held a deep hatred for the Uchiha clan after his friend and trusted comrade, Kagami Uchiha was killed by the current head of the clan, Fugaku. While all evidence pointed towards Fugaku for this crime, there was no official indictment of the clan as Fugaku had rallied and gathered the support of many members of the civilian council, promising them the potential of marrying into the clan to increase their social status.

"Danzo, don't you think killing the ENTIRE clan is a LITTLE extreme?" Hiruzen asked.

"You're too fucking soft Hiruzen. What do you think will happen if only the members planning the coup have been killed? Do you expect these brainless fucktards to actually think rationally? Literally the only 3 members of the clan that I've seen think with their brains instead of with their eyes were Kagami, Itachi, and Obito. 2 are dead and 1 is in charge of the extermination of the clan. There are still a good amount of people who don't know about the coup, nor who all are actively in the plot. What do you think will happen when a random 13 year old just comes up to them and starts killing their loved ones? We will have another coup in our hands and that time there will be no Itachi to stop it. We need to get rid of the entire clan NOW, or else we'll be royally fucked in the near future, especially from the surviving members if we choose to not kill everyone." Danzo argued, presenting a surprisingly rational argument to which Itachi couldn't even find the faults in his thinking. "Remember what happened with Orochimaru? That's the same shit that will happen again if you don't get rid of the problem at its roots."

Hiruzen stood there, stunned, remembering his old student and how he couldn't bring himself to incarcerate his favorite student, even when his crimes against humanity were exposed to the world. Since then, many shinobi have disappeared or died in an attempt to locate Orochimaru and bring him to justice. Hiruzen knew that Danzo was right in this situation, but he just couldn't bring himself to admit it.

"Danzo, there has to be a way to save at least the children." Hiruzen pleaded.

"There isn't. I listened to the whole conversation, and what Danzo-sama is saying is the only way this makes sense." A voice said in the background.

Danzo and Itachi stood there with their weapons drawn when Obito entered the room with his akatsuki outfit on.

"Ah Obito, good to see you're back. How'd the meeting go with the Akatsuki?" Hiruzen asked Obito, shocking both Danzo and Itachi.

"O-Obito? As in Obito Uchiha? I thought he was dead!" Both Itachi and Danzo screamed, to which Obito and Hiruzen could only burst out with laughter.

"My death was… greatly exaggerated." Obito said while on the floor.

"Obito is my personal spy for what goes on beyond the walls of Konoha. Normally, he reports to me through Jiraiya, but he does sometimes deliver the reports himself when he either has big news or wants to check up on the village." Hiruzen explained. "It's because of him that we have been able to monitor the akatsuki movements, especially because of their main goal being the 9 bijuu, they will come for Konoha eventually. With him feeding me all the information, we can be better prepared for when they do."

"But what do you mean there's no other alternative than wiping out the entire clan?" Itachi asked, hoping there could be some way for him to spare the people he loved.

"Just as Danzo-sama said. If you think about this rationally, there is not a single situation where the Uchiha clan, a clan known for relying heavily on their emotions, will not retaliate when they see someone killing off their clan members. This will not only cause lots of tension between the Uchiha and Konoha, but other clans would be in fear of the leadership at the top, or would find some other way to release their anger if word got out about the massacre being as a result of a revolution. If the entire clan is killed, that minimizes the backlash that is completely inevitable if even 3 members of the clan are left alive." Obito explained.

"Everyone thinks I'm dead, you're being set up as the fall guy, what do you think will happen if someone is left alive? A happy life? Fuck no. The best possible scenario is that the bastard left alive will be placed in the CRA and be spoiled rotten by the village known for relying on their emotions as much as the Uchiha clan does. Once that happens, that motherfucker will only grow to either hate everyone and everything, or will be turned into nothing more than a fucktoy for the village civilians looking to increase their status within Konoha. If either one of those things happen, the Uchiha name will be tainted beyond repair." Obito further stated.

"So there really is no other option, huh. Everyone has to die." Itachi solemnly said.

The looks on everyone's faces meant that they all knew the truth. No matter how much everyone wanted to deny it, Danzo and Obito made too much sense for it to not be true. The clan had crossed a boundary to the point of no return, and the only way to salvage this was to do the complete unthinkable.

Massacre the entire Uchiha clan.

"I'll do it." Itachi swallowed his pain and said aloud. "I'll kill everyone. I just have one request, and I would like you all to agree to this."

"What is it my boy?" Hiruzen asked.

"I would like to keep Sasuke alive. He has no idea of what's going on, and I wouldn't be able to live with myself knowing that he was a victim of the actions of the clan. So please, as my last and only request as Itachi Uchiha of Konoha, allow me to keep Sasuke alive." Itachi pleaded.

Hiruzen looked at both Obito and Danzo, both giving him the nod of approval.

"Fine. Wish granted. Sasuke will be kept alive to be the only remaining member of the Uchiha clan within Konoha. I will also do my best to ensure that Sasuke grows up to be just like you, Itachi. Someone who commands respect from the village because of his skills, not because of his bloodline." Hiruzen said.

"Thank you Hokage-sama. I will be taking my leave now." Itachi stated, mentally preparing for the hell he would have to endure for the rest of his life.

Just as Itachi was about to leave, someone burst through the door, panting.

"HOKAGE-SAMA… IT'S NARUTO…" The nurse said.

"What is it, Tsubaki-san? What about Naruto?" Hiruzen asked.

"He has woken up… he's still alive." Tsubaki stated before collapsing on the ground for exhaustion. However, those last 3 words hung around Obito's mind.

"What did she mean 'he's still alive' Hokage-sama?" Obito sounded absolutely furious. "What the fuck did I tell you about ensuring that Naruto was not in any harm? Now you have these fucktards coming in here and saying 'he's still alive'? What does that mean? Did you expect him to die for this shit?"

"I'm sorry Obito, but right after you left, a group of villagers led by the Hyuga clan attacked Naruto and another little girl. They had intentions of killing Naruto as they believed that doing so would hail them heroes of the village on the level of Minato-san. The girl received critical, but not life-threatening injuries, however Naruto was less fortunate." Hiruzen could only state as apologetically as possible.

Danzo could only sigh at the revelations. "This is why you should have let me draft that little bastard into the root. He could have at least learned how to fucking defend himself if it was under my tutelage. But no, you and that annoying ass redhead had to go and insist that Naruto have a normal life. Now look what that has gotten?" He spat.

"Danzo, for the last time, I will not turn Naruto into a mindless weapon for Konoha and your personal army. That is not what Minato-san wanted for him." Hiruzen stated firmly.

"At this rate, Naruto will not be a mindless weapon. He will simply be mindless." Obito stated. "What the fuck are you going to do about this Hokage-sama. Remember, my allegiance to Konoha is conditional. If Naruto remains safe and happy, then I see no reason to attack. However, once I find out that this toilet of a village has ruined Naruto's life beyond repair, then say fucking goodbye. Konoha has already given me so many bad memories, and once the ONE thing tying me back to the good times with Minato sensei, Kushina-san, and Kakashi is gone, there will be no turning back. I expect, no DEMAND, change from this village, because you know what happens if it doesn't."

"I do, and I'm going to ensure this shit doesn't happen again. Just you wait." Hiruzen stated.

Obito had already left before Hiruzen finished speaking, rushing on his way to the hospital. He needed to be sure everything was ok, and especially had to be there for everyone he still held dear to his heart.

At the hospital

Obito rushed up to Naruto's room to find Kushina, Ino, and Sakura around Naruto's bed, listening intently to his story.

"And then he was like 'You're the last hope of the Namikaze Clan' before telling me to master some shit called the Jogan." Naruto said while making a bunch of hand signs through the air.

"Sounds exactly like what sensei told me." Obito said, which caused the three women to turn around, with Kushina drawing her Kunai.

"Who the hell are you? And how do you know this was my son's room?" Kushina warned.

"Wow, Kushina-san. I'm hurt that you don't remember me. I always thought I was your favorite." Obito snidely remarked, a wide grin appearing on his face behind the mask. When he could still sense the hostility in Kushina's eyes, he removed the mask.

"O-O-Obito? Is that you?" Kushina felt her voice cracking. Her favorite of her husband's students and the person she wished Naruto to grow up to be like was here in front of her. The same person that had 'given his life' to help save his teammates, and the same person who was long thought to be dead. Obito Uchiha, in the flesh.

"Good to see you again Kushina-san, and nice to officially meet you, Naruto. Sorry I couldn't be here before, but I had a little problem to take care of beforehand, concerning the safety of Konoha itself." Obito stated before looking at the two girls beside Naruto. "And who the hell might you be?" Obito asked.

"Are you going to hurt Naruto-kun?" Sakura asked him.

"Quite the contrary. I was actually his father's student. A team of 3 consisting of myself, Kakashi Hatake, and Rin Nohara. We were known as Konoha's most feared genin team with Kakashi himself being one to break many records, including youngest to ever graduate the academy, at the age of 5." Obito smiled remembering his long dead friend. "Rin was in line to become the second coming of Tsunade Senju in the medical field, and I was known as the dobe of the team."

"What do you mean by 'were the most feared genin team'?" Ino asked.

Suddenly, a knock was heard on the door and the doctor entered.

"How's the patient feeling?"

"Much better now, thanks doc." Naruto said in response. "By the way, do you have any idea when I'll be able to get out of this shithole?"

"NARUTO, WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE MY BOY!" Kushina yelled before delivering a haymaker to Naruto's head, who began to cry anime tears.

"No no it's okay ma'am. Actually, I was on my way to deliver the good news myself. It seems like his body is responding well to the treatments and he should be cleared for discharge within the next day or two. Honestly this is surprising, because with the injuries he had, he should have taken MUCH more time to even have a chance of getting better. Nearly all of his chakra points were shut off, with only one continuing to provide chakra to the body." The doctor explained.

"What does that mean?" Sakura and Ino both asked.

"It means that Naruto here is the luckiest son of a bitch alive. From looking at his body, it seems like the last chakra point at the heart was only inches away from being hit. If that point was rendered useless, no amount of medical ninjutsu short of bringing back Tsunade Senju would be enough to save him. If that last strike had connected with the point, Naruto would have been long dead, even if the beast's chakra was keeping him alive."

Kushina took minor offense to being referred to as a bitch, but through years of abuse from the villagers, she learned to just ignore that word entirely.

Kurama however, was not as forgiving.

"AY, NARUTO! TELL THAT DOCTOR TO SHUT THE FUCK UP BEFORE I TAKE OVER YOUR BODY AND DEVOUR THAT LITTLE SHIT ALIVE!" Kurama yelled.

"Easy there Kurama, no need to get offended by such simple words. I'm sure she didn't mean it." Naruto said in his mindscape.

"Fuck it. Next time someone calls me a beast, I won't show mercy. They finna get the special Kurama treatment, being my lunch." Kurama huffed and went back to sleep.

Naruto still took what Kurama said to heart and turned to the doctor.

"Uh miss?"

"What is it, Naruto?"

"Just warning you, please do not use the term 'beast' in my vicinity. Foxy-kun hates being called a beast."

Oh fuck, now he's giving me a pet name. This is even worse than being called a beast. Shit, if he's going to call me that, then make me a goddamn beast again. Kurama thought.

Before long, everyone was laughing and having a good time. Talking about the past, what Minato was like when he was younger, and just overall hearing stories about Kushina's glory days as the Red Hot Habanero. Unfortunately, Obito then received word from the hokage.

The massacre of the Uchiha clan had begun.

And that does it for chapter 2. Sorry it took me so long to get this out, but with my college exam schedule being tight as fuck as well as the courses I took being incredibly demanding, I had to focus my time and energy on preparing for them. I will try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible, but till then, you all know the drill.

Please do leave a review on the chapter as it does motivate me to write more if more people do interact with my stories.

So far, Naruto's harem looks like: Ino and Sakura

Now I have made the decision that I will have no more than 5 girls in the harem, because otherwise it makes it hard for me to write compelling stories for each of their love for Naruto. Also I need to save some women for the other people in the story. Same rules apply from the first chapter.

Until next time everyone.

Peace.