Hey, thanks for reviews. No there won't be any incest or leaving the village. Pairings are still undecided or if there will be any. He won't hate his family but will be indifferent to them. Itachi-like Naruto.

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Next Morning

Naruto woke up, remembering about last night's discussion brought back all the anger, rage, and pain of it. He turned to the calendar and saw today was his and Narumi's birthday. 'Sigh. Not that it ever feels like a birthday but it could be worst.' Deciding to forget this thought, Naruto looked at his clock, it was 6:27. He might as well train to clear his head. Naruto did his morning routine and got dressed and quietly left since the rest of his family would still be asleep till 9. But left a note on the kitchen counter saying where he was and when he'll be back, with that done left to train or blow off steam.

The Namikaze family began to wake up 5 minutes till 9 and started their morning routines. After Kushina finished, she headed down to start breakfast, followed soon by her husband. "Good Morning Minato-kun."said Kushina. Minato smiled and went to his wife. "Good Morning Kushina-chan." replied Minato as he gave her a hug and kiss. As the scent of breakfast spreads through the house, they hear Narumi rush down the stairs. "Good Morning, Tou-san! Kaa-san! Its mine and Naruto's birthday!" shouted Narumi. Minato and Kushina both smiled at their daughter's antics but notice Naruto isn't down yet. Which is odd, cause he usual one of the first ones awake. Minato noticed that there was a note of the table and grab it as Kushina said " Narumi-chan can you go wake up your brother, please."

" That won't be needed. He went out for a walk. He left a note, here look." Both of them stood behind Minato to read what the note said.

Went out for a morning walk. Will be back by 10.
-Naruto

Kushina and Narumi frowned seeing Naruto won't be joining them for breakfast. Minato sighed at this but remained hopeful.

"He may be thinking about last night and trying to figure what to do. Let's give him space to think." said Minato. Kushina gave a small smile and nodded and served breakfast. Narumi gave a grin and started to eat. Minato smiled at his daughter. He looked out the window with a thoughtful expression, truly hoping that Naruto is considering.

Secluded training ground

A gentle breeze blew through the peaceful training ground, until it broken by a clang of metal. Naruto stood behind a tree trying to locate his attackers. ' Maybe pushing my resistant seal to six and blindfolding myself wasn't such a great idea. Oh well, no pain no gain.' He sensed one of his clones trying to flank his position. He pushed his range to locate any others and could only find 4 of out 10. Before the clone could even launch his attack, Naruto struck it down like lightning and continued with his assault. Without wasting any weapons or movement, they all fell. But before he could rest, he heard a kunai slicing through the air and the sizzling of a paper bomb.

Naruto dodged but came under attack by 3 clones while the remaining 2 supported their assault with long range attacks. 'Clever. A two stage attack. But not good enough.' His clones were quite relentless, covering each others opens and keep him on the defensive plus their support. He was suffering a few hits but as much as expected but enough of this game.

He reached into his pouch and pulled out a flash bomb and threw it. Just as it went off, a split second later he threw two shuriken at the support and charged the three close ranged. They were finished before the flash bomb went out. Naruto jumped to the ground and breathed out a sigh of relief but all of sudden, felt a chakra spike. He turned towards it and bit back a curse, one of the clones use a Kawarimi no jutsu(Substitution Jutsu).

" Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu)!" the clone said, one shuriken became sixty-five. Thinking quick on his feet, Naruto pulled out a single kunai and ran to cover behind a tree. He charged the kunai with wind chakra, threw the kunai at tree the clone was behind, it hit and went through one tree and pierced the clone through the head continue through another tree and stop at it with the handle sticking out.

Naruto pushing his sensor ability to the limit, barely reaching 250 meters, making sure all the clones were gone. He relaxed when he found none, he took off his blind fold. Then walked over to his stuff over by a tree. Grab the water and began to drink it. " You let your guard down little." A voice abruptly said. Naruto continued to drink without giving a hint that he was surprised. He looked up to see his sensei in his ANBU attire, Itachi standing in the tree above him. "Yes, I did but not completely at least." Naruto said.

"True, but in the shinobi world you can't afford to, even for a second." Itachi replied with his normal stoic face. Silence continued for a few more moments before Itachi spoke again. " Your skills are progressing quite well. You completed the exercise in amount of good time. What level is the seal at right now?" Itachi asked curious about his student's training.

Finished getting his stuff together Naruto replied, " I raised to the sixth level, just before starting." Naruto looked at his sensei, still showing no emotion on his face. Itachi closed his eyes and spoke " The sixth? Hn. And I assume the blind fold is to train your sensor skill to be used in the heat of battle. Correct?"

Naruto gave a small smirk at his sensei's deduction of his training exercise and nodded to say he was correct. Itachi while not showing anything outward. Inwards... he was impressed with his unofficial student. ' His skills are improving greatly. While it was easy to see how much the sixth level slowed him down, plus blind folding forcing himself to rely sole on his sensor ability. Most sensors have to stay in a single spot and focus. But for him to use it in battle like this, Naruto has pretty much a Hyūga's 360 degree vision without the blind spot. And his wind manipulation skill in impressive, not quite at Asuma's or Danzo's level but still good.' Itachi thought. He looked at his student and gave an almost unnoticeable smirk. " You're on your way to be a fine shinobi of Konoha. I'm proud, Naruto-kun." Itachi praised.

Naruto beamed at the praise from his sensei and role model. " Hai, thank you, Itachi-sensei. I apologize but, I must return home. Will you be at the party tonight?" Naruto asked.

"Yes. Sasuke, me, and mother will be there. Father won't due to the increase of security." Itachi replied. Naruto nodded and continued to walk home. Itachi watched Naruto leave before Shunshin (Body flicker jutsu) out of the area to his home. To rest from his mission before the party.

Namikaze House

After breakfast was finished, Minato stayed to clean up and wait for Naruto while Kushina helped Narumi get ready for gathering at the Hyūga compound. Minato looked up at the clock, seeing that it was 9:55. Letting out a sigh, his thoughts drift to his son. About what he said last night and how he said it. 'Why Naruto consider himself a weapon? Konoha has never used its jinchūriki as weapons as the other villages have. Where would get those thoughts from?' He thought. He knows Danzo has not had any contact with him, having his ANBU and Sarutobi watch him. Before he could continue this line of thinking, he heard the front door open and close. He saw Naruto.

"Naruto! There still is some breakfast left, if your hungry." Minato called to Naruto. Naruto looked at Minato and bowed. " Yes I am. Thank you." Naruto said. Minato kept his smile up, but inward he was frowning at the bow. There was no need for it at all. Letting out a sigh, he finish cleaning up and looked at Naruto eating. Decided to make small talk. "So Naruto, how was your walk?" Minato asked.

"It was calming." Naruto replied without looking up from his breakfast. Minato nodded simply at the response.

"After you finish eating Naruto, don't forget to get dress for the party at the Hyūga compound." Minato said. Naruto gave a simply nod and took his plate over to the sink to wash.

"Naruto, I got it. Don't worry about it." Minato said.

" It's not a problem. I don't wish to be a burden." Naruto said as he washed the plate and left to get cleaned up and ready. Minato watched his son with frown on his face. He sighed and decided to get ready to go to the Hyūga compound.

Hyūga Compound

The Namikaze family walked over to the front of the compound ,with Naruto trying to stay in by a couple feet. They were greeted by a Branch member and lead them to where the party was. The clan heads of the Nara, Yamanaka, Akimichi, Inuzuka, and Uchiha were there with their immediate family. Minato and Kushina told both Naruto and Narumi to go and play with their friends. Narumi gave a huge grin and ran over to Ino and Hinata while Naruto just gave a slight nod and walked off to sit under a tree and began to meditate. Both Minato and Kushina frowned at Naruto and wondered why Naruto went to sit by himself.

Minato looked over at Kushina ."I'll talk to him. Go and chat with your friends. I'll find out whats wrong." Minato said with a reassuring smile. Kushina smiled and nodded, walking over to Mikoto, Tsume and Yoshino.

Minato looked over at Naruto and walked over to the tree he was meditating under. "Hey Naruto, why don't you play with your friends over there?" Minato asked and pointing over to Kiba, Shikamaru and Chōji.

Naruto stopped meditating and looked at his father with a blank look. He sighed and leaned back on the tree and replied. " I would..." Minato waited for him to finish but inside he knew the answer why but hoped he was wrong. "... if I had any. But I don't." Naruto finished.

" Well, why don't you go over and introduce yourself to them? I'm sure they would let you join them." Minato replied.

"I have tried at school. They weren't interested. If that is all I would like to continue my meditation, please." Naruto said and closed his eyes.

Minato stared at his son and sighed and walked over to Kushina. She looked at him and he shook his head and gave the silent message 'I'll tell you later'. Kushina looked at Naruto and frowned at him separated from the others. She resolved to find out after the party.

Naruto continued to focus on his sensor ability, always trying to improve range and the strength of it. In battle, he hit a wall of 35 meters but when focused, he could reach 250 meters. Naruto was attempting to pick up every little detail he can within his range and push past that. Progress has been slow but, Naruto never gave up on it.

He mentally sighed as he sensed his father and mother glance at him every so often. It was grating on his nerves on what they were trying to do. And now his sister is walk over to him now, great.

"Nii-san, why don't you come play with me and my friends?" Narumi asked. Naruto opened one eye and looked at her. He raised his right hand slowly and... poked her on the forehead with his index and middle finger.

"Sorry but, no thank you. I just wish to meditate." Naruto said and went back to training his sensor ability.

Narumi rubbed her forehead where she was poked. "But that is sooooo boring? Why would you want to sit and do nothing then play?" Narumi asked.

Naruto just continued to meditate without answering her. Narumi sighed and walked back over to where Ino and Hinata were playing. She gave one last look at Naruto then went back to playing.

Minato and Kushina both looked over at their children's interaction of each other. They can't seem to figure out what's wrong with Naruto. They both looked over at all the children playing and enjoying themselves except one Hyūga boy. Minato looked at the boy and thought he looks familiar.

"Hiashi, who's the boy over there?" Minato asked. Hiashi looks at the boy and a slight grimace crosses his face.

"That's Neji. Hizashi's son and my nephew." Hiashi stated solemnly. Minato also gained a solemn expression. He could have stopped his death but, only by going to war. And with the Kyuubi attack, they just didn't have the manpower to fight again.

Both of them looked at Neji and Naruto, respectively. Wondering how they could get through them both and their problems. Neji with his festering hatred of the main branch. Naruto with him believing his nothing but a weapon.

Neji standing off to the side and watching Hinata-sama play with her friends without a care. While have a stoic expression, cursed inwardly. He could be training right now but he has to watch over Hinata-sama as his duty as a branch member. He look at her play with friends without a care in the world, but in his peripheral his a boy just sitting under a tree sitting in the lotus position. Neji simply ignored the boy and continued to watch Hinata-sama.

Naruto notice Neji stand across the yard watching over the girls. He knew about the Hyūga clan's Juinjutsu on the branch family. The tiniest of scowls touched his face, the simple barbarism of it. To enslave your family and to end them with a single hand sign. Naruto continued to meditate until his family decided to leave to prepare for the party later to tonight.

Namikaze Household

At six o'clock, everyone started coming form the Uchiha, Sarutobi, Hyūga, and various other people came to celebrate Narumi's birthday. Naruto mainly stood off to the side during the party. His parents and sister kept on trying to pull him into the party but he kept on avoiding them or stating 'that it is not his place to participate'. While watching the festivities go on from the wall he was leaning against, he barely was able to sense Itachi sneak up on him.

"Hello sensei. Are enjoying the party?" Asked Naruto without turning around. Itachi, unfazed that he was sensed, gave a simply nod and watched the party go on. " What about yourself?" He asked and turned his eyes to his unofficial apprentice to see his expression. "Yes I am." Naruto replied. Itachi saw no change in his facial expression but his eyes told him everything he needed to know. The longing to be apart of it; to join in the festivities to drop their guard and have fun. But they couldn't, they both understood what their roles were in life to live in shadow and your deeds go unknown and unappreciated.

"I have a gift for you." Itachi suddenly said. Naruto turned to Itachi with shocked expression. He then pulled a box from behind his back and handed it to Naruto. Naruto opened the box and it had three scrolls and metal forearm guards. Each scroll was marked with red for one, blue for another and green for the last one. " Each scroll contains C-rank jutsu. Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu (Fire release: Phoenix Flower jutsu), Suiton:Mizu Tatsumaki (Water release: Tornado of Water), and Fūton: Daitoppa (Wind release: Great Breakthrough)." Naruto looked at the gifts he just received then gave Itachi a huge hug saying thank you. Itachi was momentarily shocked but quickly collected himself. Then he placed one hand on Naruto's head and patted his head with a small smile on his face. Both of them enjoying the moment together.

"Well there you boys are. Hiding in the way back here." Mikoto said to the boys slightly startling them. She turned to Naruto and smiled while handing his gift. "Here you Naruto-kun." Naruto gave a smile while Itachi schooled his features to his normal stoic expression. Naruto took the gift and thanked her while opening it. The contents of it was four black open-front aprons with white flames on the bottom(1). Naruto gave Mikoto a big hug and thanked her greatly for it. Naruto thanked both of them again and decided to go to his room to try his new clothes. Mikoto and Itachi watched Naruto go up stairs to his room. Mikoto turned back to the party and spotted the rest of the Namikaze family. A scowl marred her beautiful face as saw how happy they were completely oblivious to son/brother. Itachi saw the scowl on his mother's face and sighed mentally. ' While I'm glad Kaa-san is show Naruto some motherly love but, she is favoring the coup d'etat now. She almost convinced Tou-san to forget about the whole thing but now... If this escalates any further, drastic actions will be needed.' Itachi thought grimly.

With Naruto, he went to his room and put on black sweats and a gray shirt with his new forearm guards leaving the battle apron for later. He made sure he had everything before heading out to do some late night training. He ran over to his normal training ground but unbeknownst to him was spotted by a squad of Iwa-nin that has infiltrated the village during the festival. They were about to leave but spotted Naruto heading to off somewhere, all but the leader dismissed the child. But the leader saw a flash of yellow and panicked having witnessed the Yellow Flash in action during the Third Shinobi War at Kanabi Bridge, but relaxed when he realized it was only a child but an evil smirk appear on his face thinking how they can kill the son of the Yellow Flash. He turned to his squad of Tokubetsu Jōnin to address them. " Men, we're gonna make a slight detour before we head out." He said.

"Why taicho?" One of the men asked.

"That child was the son of Konoha's no Kiiroi Senkō." And with that the squad took off towards there new target and revenge.

Secret Training Ground

Naruto unaware of the current danger heading towards him, opened up the red scroll and began read the technique. He began to memorize the hand seals first, then read how the technique was performed and also all the side notes Itachi made. As he was reading the side notes he felt a chakra signature enter the area, without taking his eyes off the scroll began to feel for the signature. He spotted the signature 82 meters away at 5 o'clock but also spotted three more coming from 6, 3, and 10. Realizing that he was caught in ambush by an unknown enemy, he scanned their chakra levels. Three had mid to high level Chūnin level reserves while the leader and easily had mid to high jōnin level reserves. As they slowly moved towards him, Naruto put the scroll away and prepared a Kawarimi no Jutsu (Substitution justu).

As soon as the squad was in position, the leader gave the signal. All three unleashed a barrage of kunai and shuriken upon Naruto. Naruto pulled out a kunai and started to deflect and dodge them but was getting pushed back into their 'trap'. The leader gave a nod to his team and went thru a set of hand signs and called out.

"Doton: Doryūheki (Earth Release: Mud Wall)!" And a giant wall of mud rose up and block Naruto from going any further. Just as his back touched the wall, four kunai with explosive tags attach hit the wall and blew him up, just seconds after three more walls came up to shield them and contain the blast. The infiltration squad moved to the epicenter of the explosion to see the remains as the leader brought down the walls. The three subordinates all and evil smirks believing the boy to have been killed but the leader felt something was wrong. As a veteran of the Third Shinobi War, Sumashi learned to trust his gut when he felt that a situation wasn't right. He heard several kunai coming at them. "SCATTER!" Sumashi yelled out. Only two were able to react in time to avoid the attack. The last man turned towards the attack only to have kunai pierce his forehead and chest for an instant survivors grouped back up and looked at their fallen ally but dismissed him in favor of search for the bastard.

"What are shinobi of Iwa doing here?" Naruto asked suddenly. The Iwa-nins turned towards where the voice and saw him standing on a branch, looked at them as if they were nothing of importance.

"How did you escape our ambush? There was no way you could have known we were there unless you were a Hyūga!"one of tokubetsu jōnin shouted. Naruto did not replied instead analyzed the situation he was currently in.' I'm outnumbered but they seem to underestimate my abilities. I lowered the seal to five to bring my speed back to normal. I have only one shot to surprise them with my full speed…best to keep that for later. The weaker members will have to go first, my clones are spread out ready to Kawarimi with me at the drop of a hat. I have the hand seals memorized for Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu, but its untested. It will have to be a last resort.…How do I keep on finding myself in these situations anyhow?'Naruto threw a single shuriken and called out "Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." One became sixty-five.

Sumashi and another jumped out of the way due to they were at the edge of the attack but one couldn't dodge. Knowing he could only block, he ran thru a set of hand signs, he called out "Doton: Doryūheki!" And a wall of mud rose to protect him from death. His comrades smirk at his quick thinking. Naruto quickly located his position behind the wall, he took out a single kunai charged it with wind chakra and threw while calling out "Futon: Reppusho (Wind release: Gale Palm)". The Iwa-nin behind the wall heard the jutsu being called, kept his wall till the attack was done knowing such a pathetic jutsu won't pierce his defense. Sumashi immediately knew what the was doing, but was too slow in warning his subordinate. As such, he received a hole in his chest about the size of a man's fist. Choking, he let out a single gasp and fell with a pool of blood surrounding him. The last two Iwa-nins stood there shocked at the death of their fellow shinobi. The last tokubetsu jōnin growled at the bastard and charged at Naruto calling for blood.

"TAKE THIS YOU FUCKING BASTARD! Doton: Dochūbaku! (Earth Release: Landslide)" A landslide rush at Naruto with great speed. Sumashi tried to get his subordinate to calm down but was interrupted by seven doppelgängers assaulting him. He realized the boy's plan now. 'He's trying to keep us separated and off balance! And we have been playing right into his hands. This kid is not your average runt. I have to stop underestimating him and treat him as a jōnin level threat.'

Back with Naruto, he successfully separated the last two but had a new problem to deal with now, an enraged enemy. Currently engaged in a battle of taijutsu. His current thoughts were on where the hell was the damn ANBU?! All those explosions should have warranted a search of the area. But back at the fight, Naruto took stock of the situation of the battle. Jōnin distracted by clones, check. Separated and isolated weak link, check. Death of said weak link… not check. Weak link or not, the man's taijutsu skill was good. Naruto glanced over at his clones with chakra sensing and cursed. Only three left out of the original seven, need to end this quickly. He focused back at his fight and saw his opponent charging him with a kunai but noticed a small amount of earth chakra in it. Naruto decided meet him with his own chakra charged kunai. Both kunai clashed, both trying to establish dominance. The Iwa-nin gave Naruto an evil smirk as he was slowly pushing Naruto back. Just as the Iwa-nin was gonna give one last push, his kunai was sliced at hilt. Thrown off balance from the struggle, Naruto gave one slash and nearly severed his body from the waist. The man was dead before he hit the floor. Naruto turned to see his last clone destroyed.

Sumashi looked at the last of his subordinates fall to a mere boy. He looked at the boy in contempt but control emotions. "You are good boy. As expected from the child of Kiiroi no Senkō." Sumashi said. Naruto raised a single eyebrow at his opponent when he recognize who he was. Sumashi gave small chuckle." I know who you are boy. You are the spawn of that man. Didn't know he had a child but doesn't matter now. I will be rewarded for ending the life for his only child." Sumashi finished. Naruto kept his expression blank during his little monologue, but inside was completely different. His thoughts were racing at thousand miles a second. 'Only child? They don't know about Narumi. If that is so then he needs to die, I can't allow him to leave with informing Iwa. I won't allow Narumi be targeted for any assassination attempt.' Naruto promised.

Drawing out two kunai and holding them reverse grip began charging wind chakra through them. Sumashi realized that the time for talk is over, drawing out a tantō and charge earth chakra through it. As single leaf blew between them they charge at each other with making their weapons clash. Sumashi easily over powers Naruto and kicks him in the chest hard. Attempting to recover from a powerful blow, Naruto was barely able to dodge the next assault. Seeing that he can not hold against the Iwa-jōnin, he quickly Kawarimi with a clone to create some distance and went thru hand seals for a jutsu. "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu)!" Naruto shouted. Sumashi turned and saw the giant fireball coming at him. It quickly engulfed him, but Naruto did not drop his guard for a second. Focusing on his sensing, quickly found out that he was only thirty meters away and closing in from underground. Cursing himself for not having any explosive tags to unearth his opponent, so he prepared a Kawarimi for caution. So Naruto patiently waited for him to make the first move, making sure to keep him in front of him. Out of no where he heard kunai slicing through the air behind him. Naruto turned and deflected them away and turned back around to see Sumashi launching out at him aiming for his heart with a kunai. Naruto blocked the kunai but not the hard kick aimed at his stomach. Launching him into a tree and breaking it. Naruto trying retain consciousness from the blow, he looked up to see Sumashi slowly approach him with an evil grin while playing with a kunai in hand. "This is the end for you, boy." Sumashi said as he raised the kunai. Just as he was about to throw it, he felt a disturbance and looked up and saw a giant ball of fire descending on him.

Ten minutes earlier with Itachi

Itachi watched the party gone from the shadows, having no wish to stay here. Maybe he should join Naruto in training, at least he won't be bored. He quickly left without anybody noticing and leisurely tree hopped to the training ground. All while thinking on what to do with his clan, now that his best friend Shisui is gone. It is left up to him to protect the village. Both from the threats outside and inside. Itachi was broken from his line of thoughts, he detected a substantial amount of chakra. Itachi may not be the best sensor but he distinguish that it is not only Naruto's in the area but other foreign chakra. Increasing his speed towards Naruto, he saw fire in the distance recognizing it as the Gōkakyū no Jutsu. Just as he saw the shinobi raise the kunai to finish Naruto, he applied Magen: Jigoku Kōka no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Descending Hell Technique) on the shinobi and rushed him and snapped his neck. Itachi gave the corpse one glance and turned to view the training ground and returned his view on Naruto to see him with a little blood leaking from his mouth and him clutching his stomach.

"... Please explain how this happened again." Itachi inquired. Naruto gave a small shrug as to not aggravate his injuries. 'Definitely gonna be sore for the next few days.' Naruto mused. Itachi continued to stare at him until he sighed in defeat. Giving up on why Naruto was magnet for danger. He looked at all the bodies and gathered them up burnt the bodies to destroy the evidence and walked back over to Naruto and stopped a few feet away. Naruto watched Itachi go about destroying the bodies and him stop in front of him. They stared at each other for several moments, waiting for one of them to break the silence. Itachi closed his eyes and opened them again and looked at the moon.

"I must go through with it." Itachi stated, giving Naruto a sideways glance. Naruto raised his eyebrow, confused at his statement. Itachi saw his confusion and clarified for him. "As Shinobi, we must protect the Village from any threats. Both external and internal." Itachi stated while looking at the moon hoping Naruto understand what he is trying to say. Naruto pondered on what Itachi was saying to him. He thought about for only second or two before it came to him. He looked up at his sensei at what he was trying to say. "You are going to kill them, right? Your clan." Naruto asked solemnly. Itachi only nodded to his question. "Is there no other way to stop it? I your Kaa-san was about stop it."

"Kaa-san almost convinced Tou-san to give up on the whole idea but, went with it in the end." Itachi replied.

"What?! Why?" Naruto questioned. Itachi remained silent for a moment before replying.

"Because of you."

"Me? How did I affect her choice?"

"She saw how your family was treating you. She saw your pain, sorrow and loneliness. She wanted to give you the love every child should have. She wanted to give you a better life." Itachi explained to his student. Naruto was shell-shocked at the realization. "They will die because of me. She will die because of me." Naruto sorrowfully said.

"No, they will die because of their arrogance. Not because of you. If must blame anyone, blame my tou-san and the clan elders." Naruto nodded at his sensei's words and asked.

"When?"

"Within the next week or so."

"… Will I ever see you agin?"

"Yes….. But the next time we meet it will be on opposite sides of the field. And when that time comes, I hope you can provide a challenge for me. For I will not hold back." Itachi said while looking at Naruto and activating his Sharingan to get his point across. Naruto met his sensei's gaze with eyes full of fiery determination. Naruto began to stand, ignoring the pain from his stomach and grabbed a kunai in his left hand and ran the blade across his right hand. Clenching his right hand, he held it out as the blood leaked out. " I swear to you, that will not only be your equal but will stronger. And that is a promise! I never go back on my word! That is my Nindo!" Naruto yelled. Itachi turned his gaze back to the moon with small smile. Imagining what the future has for his student.

And end. I do apologize for how long it took me to write this chapter. Well to start it really. I promise the next one will not take so long. The next chapter will start at the Genin exams and will flashback to the Massacre and the Academy. So thank you all for encouraging me to finish.