This morning Naruto met Might Guy after several weeks.
"Hey, Naruto! How you going? You continued to burn out your youth like before?" Might Guy asks first, he's really tired for the mission he barely ends, but can't leave a guy like Naruto alone, after all, the youth in his small body burns everywhere.
"Yo, ahm, can I call you Guy-sensei?" Before replying to his questions Naruto asked him for that, he didn't know how to call him but he helps a lot with his presence.
"Of course! Now, tell me, I wanna know"
"Fine! Thank you, Guy-sensei! I think my youth isn't enough? I feel stronger but something is lacking… Hmm" Naruto didn't know what's lacking on him but he's sure about it, it's a feeling that won't disappear in the last month.
"Ah! I know what are you talking about but I remember the school would teach this so, when you know, come with me and I'll ask you something"
"Okay, then, let's go, we need to run this time!" Without letting him hear his words, Naruto started a sprint.
"Hahaha! Let your youth burn out!" Might Guy ran towards him and reached it in a blink of eyes.
They won't stop and run until they arrive at the school.
"Guy-sensei, see ya tomorrow" saying goodbye Naruto enters the school and walks to his classroom.
This time he's the last but the class hasn't started yet.
When Naruto sat in his place, Iruka greeted everyone with joy.
"Welcome guys, I'm glad that I'll be your teacher this year too"
"I hope everyone continues his training during the vacations. We need that for tomorrow, because now you can learn what you come for: Taijutsu. Last year we learn about the different types of specialized fields Ninjas can learn and one of them is Taijutsu, just a fight with your pure body"
Seeing the kids disappointed about it, he quickly said the next thing in his monologue.
"you don't need to specialize on it, just learn the basic one month and after that we can train with Ninja tools"
"Now, go to the campus and run until you fall exhausted!"
With everyone complaining about it, the group went to the campus. Everyone except Naruto, he's already doing it in the last few months.
Time passed and Naruto can see a kid fall every few minutes, he can't believe that their body was worse than his at first.
"Wow… everyone sucks, why do I never notice that?" wondering about that, Naruto kept running until there's only two people in the field: Naruto and Sasuke.
Sasuke doesn't want to lose to anyone, he must be the first like this brother but his body can't handle his ambition. Unable to run any further without falling, he only can stop at his site, sweating and gasping for life.
The only thing that didn't stop was his annoyed look at Naruto, to which he grimaced at him. "Looks like someone's enjoying the view from behind!" saying that, Naruto didn't pay attention to him and spoke to Iruka.
"Iruka-sensei, it seems that I didn't need to run anymore" shrugging his shoulders, Naruto stopped and walked to the group.
"Hey, why did you say that to Sasuke? Who do you think you are?!" a bunch of girls said in unison.
"¿EH? my win speaks for itself so don't bother me with that, i'm better than this paralyzed face"
Everyone looked at him, unable to believe it. Last year he was shorter than them but now he's better in almost anything.
"Stop, don't say more, Naruto. Yes, you won but why is your body so strong? You didn't sweat a drop" Iruka as the other kids can't believe that Naruto won so easily.
"I was training with Guy-sensei the last months, he always supports me!" trying to copy the pose Guy-sensei always made, he feels that something is missing.
Ah, the eyebrows and the shiny smile! Maybe I also need to train this. Thinking seriously, Naruto keeps trying to copy it, but Guy-sensei's smile is a talent he doesn't have yet
"Guy-sensei? Who is that?" Everyone in the field thinks the same, even the kids of renowned clans didn't hear about that person.
"Ok, Naruto. Keep the good work, wait 'till the rest recover and we can continue" Iruka said, as he didn't know the one who Naruto talks about.
—-half an hour later—-
"I can't force you to train, but I highly recommend it if you wanna learn Taijutsu properly. This year I'll teach "Katas" the basics, of course. They're not made for fighting but can teach you how to defend yourself."
Taking a sip of water, he continued "Is a good way to train your body at the same time. Now, I need two volunteers, you two need to fight to show the others that you're still kids"
When Sasuke saw that Naruto raised his hand, he did the same immediately, it's for revenge.
Taking side by side in the arena, both of them made the confrontation seal to each other.
Everyone can feel the seriousness they had towards each other, even if both of them are only 7-years-old.
Naruto didn't learn Taijutsu yet, but Sasuke did, after all, he's still the Uchiha youngmaster. Not knowing that, Naruto launched himself forward, trying to hit him in the first seconds but this time it wouldn't be that easy to win Sasuke again.
Seeing that, Sasuke didn't lose his time and dodge it, then he hit Naruto from his side; unable to dodge it, Naruto moved his arm and tried to defend but the impact staggered him.
"You… damned.." with anger in his voice, Naruto launches another punch at him, but with that he loses his balance and almost falls.
His other arm is weak from the impact he received before but in the current situation he didn't have other options, so he landed it on the ground to regain balance. The moment his arm felt the ground, a pang reached the place Sasuke hit before; he never felt a pain like that before.
With his arm in pain he pushed upwards because Sasuke almost hit him. Stepping back a little, he took a breath while rubbing his arm.
"What 's that? Iruka-sensei didn't teach us that"
"You won against me before for luck, this time that wouldn't happen" Sasuke replied with a flat voice. Then he quickly chases him before he can recover, he knows that Naruto's body is way better than his.
Learning a lesson before, Naruto was prepared to dodge it; seeing that, Sasuke grimaced and tried to hit his legs.
"Don't be so presumptuous, frozen face" Naruto growled with an annoyed face.
Taking a step back, Naruto barely dodged but the blow managed to hit part of his calf, using his other leng he launched a lateral kick, and Sasuke, unable to dodge it, can only take it with his shoulder, now useless.
"Hishhh! Why the hell is he so strong?!" taking a deep breath, Sasuke moved several steps to dissipate the impact, but everyone can see his arm shaking.
Naruto didn't leave him time to recover, he immediately chased and started throwing punch after punch. Sasuke dodged most of it but a few managed to land on him, he continuously retread but after a few seconds he can't handle it and fell on the ground.
With a disordered breath, they both stared at each other.
"Hahaha! That 's all? frozen face? accept that you will always be the second!"
Seeing Naruto's presumptuous face, Sasuke feels like eating shit, he couldn't accept that he lost twice against this idiot.
"Naruto, that's enough. It wasn't supposed to be like this but it was a great fight, well done, guys." Iruka cut Naruto off before he could say more "Now go with the nurse, then come back to continue the lesson"
On his way to the nurse's office, the smile didn't leave Naruto's face meanwhile Sasuke didn't say anything and continued with his gloomy face.
After being treated they return to the campus, Iruka was waiting for them.
Seeing they're better, he asked the kids to separate like in the chakra lesson.
"In the fight between Naruto and Sasuke you can see that Naruto didn't know how to fight and win for his strong body, Sasuke clearly learned Taijutsu before but he can't win even with that just because his body was weaker than Naruto's" whats the first thing Iruka says.
The smugness on Naruto's face froze. He won, yeah, but if the other was in the same situation he didn't have a chance.
The same happened with Sasuke, before this he never cares about training his body, no one in his clan did it because they have their "Sharingan" but currently he hasn't awakened it.
Iruka taught the basic Takas to each kid. Also, every week there will be a competition until the year ends. This year they will learn Taijutsu and the basic Hand Seals in the theoric lesson.
When the lesson ended and everyone went to their homes, Naruto remembered what the book said.
Find the Uchiha boy and tell him to give this note to his mother "You need to get out, your eldest son is with Danzo and Hiruzen know it"
Taking a paper he wrote the note quickly and called Sasuke.
"Hey! Frozen face! come here, I need to give you something, It's important." the he turned to the other this caught their attention and said to them "Don't follow us"
"???" Sasuke was confused but he followed, he's not convinced yet for his defeats but he would listen if it's something important.
Naruto stopped at the back of the school and waited for him to approach.
Taking the note he had written in a hurry, Naruto gave it to him "Here, take this. Give this to your mother, don't say it was me, okay?"
This won't help the confusion Sasuke felt on the way, but he took it anyway.
With the things done, Naruto went to his home, tomorrow he will ask Guy-sensei what happened today.
Watching Naruto leave, Sasuke opens the note and reads it.
Now he was more confused than before, why did Naruto know about his brother and who's Danzo?
Sasuke remained in thought all the way to his home. As usual, his father isn't home, only his mother can be seen in the courtyard.
"Mom! Here, someone gave me this and said to give it to you" Sasuke quickly approached and gave the note to her.
"Sasuke, you don't say hello to your mother anymore?" Mikoto turned and said in a gentle voice.
"What 's this? Who gave you this?"
"Read it! I wanna ask something" Sasuke replied impatiently.
Petting Sasuke's head, Mikoto looked at the note in her hands.
"You need to get out, your eldest son is with Danzo and Hiruzen know it"
Mikoto's smile turned tense, why Itachi is with Danzo? Isn't he the Hokage's bodyguard?
Trying to maintain his smile, Mikoto asks her son.
"Sasuke, who gave you this?"
"Mom, that doesn't matter! Who's Danzo and why is my brother with him?" Sasuke asks with sparkles in his eyes.
Mikoto knows that Sasuke really loves his brother.
With an uncomfortable look, she replied "Danzo is one of the Hokage's counselors. Your brother may be on a mission, don't tell him that you know this, fine? It's a secret between us"
"Mmm okay! So, is my brother now someone important?" Sasuke didn't think much about it and accepted.
"Yeah, you could think that. If you want to train, I can help you" changing the subject, Mikoto asked Sasuke.
"Don't worry about it, there's no need!" Sasuke leaves happily while Mikoto can't stop thinking about it.
"I need to send someone to find who gave this to Sasuke. Why didn't Fugaku tell me that Itachi is with Danzo? He doesn't remember how much he hates us?
When Itachi comes back I ask him what happened, I hope that he's still at our side" Mikoto murmured softly, there's so many things that she needs to know.
"Ikki, find out who's with Sasuke today" She said to a tree in the courtyard.
While Mikoto continued thinking, Ikki was quick to return.
"Mikoto-sama, today Sasuke was only at the school. He lost two times to Uzumaki Naturo and when the rest went to their homes, it's implied that Naruto gave him something" saying that Ikki disappeared once again.
"Uzumaki? Kushina's son? Haah, it seems that i can't find other hints"
It became dark quickly and Fugaku returned after a day on the village guard.
After dinner, Mikoto sent Sasuke to his room.
Still sitting at the table, Mikoto confronted her husband.
"Fugaku"
"It's something wrong, Mikoto?"
"... You know that Itachi is with Danzo?" she asked, staring into his eyes.
"... Who told you that? You need to trust on Itachi, he's a Uchiha member and our son"
"You know that he hates all of us! Itachi woulnd't be the exception! Don't you remember that he was the one who cornered us?!"
"Enough! This conversation is over, I know what I'm doing and Itachi also does" Fugaku scrambled and let the house.
He didn't notice that Mikoto's eyes were full of disappointment.
"You've already disappointed me, Fugaku. I hope Itachi don't do the same."
Unable to sleep, Mikoto stayed in the living room all night.
—Two weeks later—
After school, Sasuke didn't say goodbye to anyone and ran to his house, his brother came back today after more than a month.
At home, he ran to the courtyard and see his brother back
"Nii-san! You've back!" with pure joy in his voice Sasuke ran and hugged him.
The man appeared to not notice until Sasuke touched his hand.
"Oh, Sasuke, you miss me?" gently petting Sasuke's head, the young man bent down and asked his little brother.
"Yup! you've been outside for a long time, you brought me something?"
"Sorry Sasuke, I couldn't this time" With an apologetic face, the man replied.
"Mmm fine, next time, please?" with expectation in his eyes the kid looked at his brother.
"Yeah, next time I will bring you something. How was the school? you're still the first?"
"Not yet, there's an idiot who only has a strong body" Sasuke huffed with an angry face.
"Heh, you need help with your training?" the young man asked with an interested face.
"Yup!"
"Sure, starting tomorrow i will help you until i need to go out again "
Today, the sun set earlier and the night breeze rise upon the streets.
At home, Sasuke looks happy because on this day he can eat with his whole family.
Fugaku, Mikoto and Itachi won't say anything; they only eat carefully.
Fugaku and Itachi seems calm but it's not the same case with Mikoto; she's really worried about confronting her son, she has the hope that he can tell her the truth.
Telling Fugaku to take Sasuke to his room, Mikoto stay at the table with Itachi.
Both of them just remain in silence, waiting for the other to say anything.
Mikoto can't withstand the atmosphere.
"Itachi, how's going on the Anbu? You're still with the Hokage?"
The young man, Itachi, looked at his mom's eyes before replying to her question.
"Yes, mother. The Hokage said that he can only trust me"Itachi replied a bit confused, his mom usually don't ask him things like that , then he won't say anymore and just stay in silence.
Mikoto felt his chest tighten, but asked him once more.
"Is there something you wish to tell your mother?" with hope in his eyes, Mikoto didn't take his eyes off her son.
"No, mother. If nothing happens,I'll go to my room" Itachi replied but this time a hint of suspicion loomed in his eyes. Something's wrong.
Leaving the living room, he can feel the expectations on his mother's eyes but he didn't turned.
Mikoto noticed the suspicious and now she's sure, this isn't her son anymore.
Seconds later Fugaku appears "Don't doubt Itachi again"
Seeing Fugaku's back go to his room, Mikoto didn't know how to react, but at some point tears flowed from his eyes.
"why does it have to end like this?" Mikoto felt in silence, the only thing that remains in that room were the cries of a mother.
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A few days passed quickly and Mikoto seemed to not be affected by his conversation with her son. She started to go out more to contact her friends' families who had children under 10 years old.
One night, without anyone noticing it, Mikoto left the village with Sasuke, Izumi and 8 kids.
She leave a note to Fugaku and Itachi.
"I'll be hanging out with Sasuke for a while. Don't look for me, both of you know that you won't find me."
No one knows what happened to them, for his classmates Sasuke disappeared one day after going home.
In the Uchiha clan, after a few days, some of them realized that the patriarch's wife is no longer in the village; and the clan became progressively peaceful.
The Hokage found out but didn't say anything.
—0Three months later0—
In the morning, Fugaku sat in his courtyard, taking a sip of tea.
He remained silent for hours, but he knew it. His eldest son is looking at his back.
"It's tonight, right?"
"Mm" Itachi did a slight, quick nod of the head.
"..."
Both fell silent.
With a tired voice, Fugaku spoke "Fine, but you need to promise me that you'll never, never lay a finger on your mother and Sasuke, understood?"
"..."
Itachi did not reply to his father's request.
"ITACHI! I won't say it again, swear it by your eyes and your will or i will kill you RIGHT.NOW"
"...Ok"
"He, It was my mistake to send you out so early. Now, get out of here" when his words fall on the heavy atmosphere, he sounds more tired.
Without saying anymore, Itachi leaves the house.
"You were right, Mikoto..."
—That day, tonight—
In the evening, all the Uchiha's are at their homes or training in the campus. A day has ended and tomorrow they must continue with their work.
Most of the village rejects them but they think it isn't their fault, with time, they can be part of the village once again.
Like when his clan and Senju's created this village.
A dark silhouette sat at the tallest building in the clan.
Itachi feels so confused when he sees people living happily despite the conflicts with the village.
When the last ray of light hid in the horizon, Itachi jumped softly as he drew his sword.
Now he's ready for it, he's right; after all, he's doing it for the village.
Slowly walking toward his home, Itachi went straight to the courtyard, he knew that his father was still there.
He saw it, Fugaku is still in the same position, but he looks older than this morning.
This time, Itachi saw his father's face. His body, especially his eyes shine with a turquoise flame. He realized, his father has the same kind of eyes as him.
Fugaku's body starts to burn out from the inside. Then, he redirects the flame to his eyes.
"Itachi… I won't let you the satisfaction of killing us… and he won't get what he wants…"
With a smile on his face, Fugaku got older every second until he turned into dust.
Similar scenes happened everywhere in the Uchiha-clan, people's bodies didn't have a scratch on them, but their eyes had disappeared as they turned to ash.
"..."
Itachi didn't do anything but he didn't feel better, he knew that this was the punishment his father had imposed on him.
Now, he will be forever the sinner of the clan.
Even the man who appeared on his side at some point didn't say anything.
They remain in silence.
They didn't notice it but the flames were spreading, soon the entire territory of the Uchiha clan was blazing with turquoise flames.
At this point all the village can see the flames, the sky was lit up with them in a turquoise color.
Some of them think it was precious but the other clans knew what happened, even if they didn't have a good relationship, they felt complicated witnessing the fate of the founding clan.
Everyone kept watching the flames in the sky, but at some point, the flames reached the tallest spot and when that happened a scream full of rage was heard.
"AHHHHHHHHH"
…
Itachi and the man on his side felt it, this land rejected them.
Small flames appeared on their clothes, wanting to burn both of them.
"Let's go, it didn't go as expected but the result was the same" hearing this, Itachi followed him to get out of the village.
The mission was completed but it wasn't a clan member who carried the knife, it was the village.
This was a cry of rebellion.
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What a chapter!
I- really enjoyed writing this. I could save this for later; maybe when Sasuke does something important? But no, It won't be the only time I'll try to change events.
-Narutos' victory was fine, he didn't know how to fight but his body is truly monstrous for his age.
-Why the turquoise flames? Because it's beautiful, I really liked when I got the idea to change Fugaku's ability.
-Why didn't I leave it? Because is boring, in the anime it's implied that his ability was to see the future but Fugaku with something like that? Nah, his turquoise flames came from his wish to reach the sky with his clan, even if they need to burn their bodies to do it.
-Why did he allow the massacre, but he didn't let Itachi do it? It's his son but at this point he isn't anymore, even if he needs to burn his entire clan, he will do it to punish him and die as a clan, not for a traitor.
-Maybe you wonder why Fugaku was capable to "convince" the other clan members. He didn't, only a few knew the thing he made, he does it first on the most powerful members (3 magatama). No one can go against him. Yeah, it sucks but he's a psycho. Everyone who has those eyes is.
-Fugaku knew what Mikoto did but he don't stop her, I think it's obvious.
-Sasuke will appear 3 years later, and things won't change much on his side.
-The detail that the flames only burn their eyes it's something that I really like in this chapter, they die, yes; but no one can profit from them.
-I know this chapter has more grammar mistakes than usual, but I tried to fix it. Tell me if you have a suggestion to change something.
-Don't worry, the tower is coming soon. It won't take long to finish the school arc.
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Thanks for reading!
Have a nice day.
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