I will be adding new chapters to Seigyogan once again, DO NOT HATE ME!!! I do not own Naruto. Please enjoy the story.
Chapter one: New Beginnings
He had one last thing to do. He ran in the darkness of the night towards the building that held his target. The moon was full and was lit with a scarlet red tint. The blood moon, fabled that many lives had been taken and much blood was spilled. It is associated with the birth of a new enemy stronger than one might expect. Tonight was no exception.
The greatest prodigy since Kazama Arashi, Uchiha Itachi, ran from the place that will be considered the Uchiha Massacre. With a strong leap he jumped three buildings and landed on the door step of the child, known as the Demon brat.
He picked the lock and opened the door in seconds flat. He walked in to find a sleeping blond. "Tonight Uzumaki Naruto, you will be lost from this dreadful village and living on your own." Itachi picked up the boy and placed him on his shoulder. He disappeared.
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Yaaawn, Naruto sat up and stretched. He began to wonder, 'Why is my bed so soft?' Without opening his eyes he placed his hand next to him. He patted, searching for rips or holes of any kind. 'This is not my bed, it feels like grass.' Naruto opened his eyes and looked around: green. Everywhere he looked grass flooded the place. One thing was odd though, a scroll. He pick it up and read it.
'Naruto
You will hopefully find this scroll with you in the field of grass. I have taken you away from Konoha, since you will never grow there. This scroll contains many sealed scrolls. The basics are easy to find, but the hard ones will reveal themselves in due time. In order to see the seals containing the scrolls you must pump chakra into it. Then it will measure you chakra abilities and reveal seals you can open. To summon the scroll you must place chakra on the seal.
From: Someone who does not hate nor like you.
P.S. You are in the grass country. Also if anyone else pumps chakra into the scroll, it will burn.'
Naruto read it over again, now he only had one question, "What's chakra?" Sadly nothing happened to the scroll like hidden messages describing chakra, as one might expect from the Uchiha genius. Naruto got up and wandered around in hope of finding something labeled 'Naruto's Chakra here' or someone to teach him of chakra.
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"This is not a drill!" bellowed the Hokage as eight Anbu jumped away. The Hokage had recently been informed that all but one Uchiha seemed to lay dead in the Uchiha Estate. In an attempt to calm himself he walked into the scroll room. He paled. The entire room was empty, no scroll was left. Even the hidden scroll for all the family jutsu had been taken, including all the ones the Yondaime had made for his family.
"Report all Anbu minus teams seventeen and twenty-one! All of the scrolls in the scroll room have been stolen! This is not a drill!"
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Uchiha Itachi wandered around Kiri. In his pocket was a sealing scroll that had all the scrolls from the scroll room at the Hokage Tower, he gave a copy to the child named Naruto. Actually his were a copy too. The real scrolls all had tracking jutsu on them. He burned all those just the day before, so he wouldn't be targeted either. What fools come from Konoha.
He came to a beach and applied chakra to his feet and walked across the water. 'Ahhh, what fun it is to be a missing nin.'
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Naruto walked into a small town with few people. He walked out to a random person asked, "What's chakra mister?" The man turned around looked at the blond.
"Are you going to be a ninja little one?" The man bent down to look at Naruto who nodded. "Well I'm not a ninja, but I can get you a scroll to learn of chakra." Naruto nodded happily and followed the man.
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Iruka was on his break and was busy searching for Naruto. He had heard of what happened to the Uchiha clan, not who, but what. He stopped at the blond's house and noticed the ground. Blood, the Anbu shoe print in it. He opened the door and saw that the prints led inside. He assumed that an Anbu had taken Naruto away. He began to follow the tracks back to their origin.
One the other side of the village the Anbu teams seventeen and twenty-one had found tracks leading away from the Uchiha Estate. They followed them skillfully until they found Iruka doing the same as them, but the other way. "Umino-san, we are tracing the tracks of the murderer of the Uchiha clan, is there anything we should know?"
Iruka paled, "I-I came from Naruto's place. I-it seems as if h-he was taken."
The Anbu should be glad they didn't have water in their mouths, otherwise they would have knocked their masks off. "Suzume, Neko, report all information gathered to the Hokage, this is a possible code red," ordered one of the few calm ones.
Two of the Anbu disappeared from view.
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'Sigh.' The only remaining Hokage left stared at the paperwork before him. He took another paper and began scribbling on it. A pair of smoke clouds appeared in the office making the Hokage avert his attention away from the paperwork. "Have you figured out what has happened?"
"Affirmative sir. The murderer is Uchiha Itachi," the Hokage paled at the news that the Sparrow-masked Anbu told him. "Also, it seems as if Uchiha Itachi has kidnapped Uzumaki Naruto," finished the cat-masked Anbu making the Hokage pale further. "We also have evaluated that Uchiha Itachi was the one to steal all the scrolls in the later report." The Hokage went so white a Hyuuga would be jealous.
"Do you have anything else to report?"
"Negative sir," answered the Sparrow-masked Anbu.
A cloud of smoke appeared in the office again revealing an Anbu with a dog mask. "We have just found out that the location of the scrolls was last at the Uchiha Estate. Evidence from the tracking jutsu on the scrolls suggest they we're burned." Hiashi began to cry as the Hokage paled further. "The family jutsu scrolls location is unknown as of currently since they do not have tracking jutsu. Though if they still are intact the thief couldn't properly assess them, do to the blood seals."
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As he walked across the water he began to see an island. With his super sharp ears he detected the sound of a person's wail. He began to follow where the wail came from.
He stepped on the island and walked forwarded until he saw a sign on a building that read, 'Bandit Headquarters'. He kicked open the door happily letting himself in. 'I spy with my Sharingan eye, something that starts with 'D'.' The item that started with 'D' was actually a state of being, which happened to be death. The floor was littered with bodies.
'I spy with my Sharingan eye, something that starts with 'S' and can cause death.' He looked at the bodies on the ground, 'Yep, definitely can cause death.' Itachi walked up a flight of stairs and came across the second floor. 'I spy with my Sharingan eye, something with ends with 'E' and can melt.' Ice was everywhere on the floors, along with its counterpart, water.
Walking up one more fight of stairs Itachi spotted a person he knew as Momochi Zabuza and a boy. Zabuza turned towards Itachi who stared. The boy looked at Zabuza happily then turned to see what his master looked at. The boy spotted Itachi and threw a senbon at him.
Itachi dodged the weapon, but was still sightly amazed at the boy, who had obviously killed over fifty bandits. He noticed Zabuza's hand was on the sword on his back. He glanced at the boy doing hand seals. Ice senbon appeared above him and shot at him. He took a stride forward as all the senbon stabbed the ground. He yawned.
Zabuza swung his sword at Itachi who grabbed the blade with little effort. The boy threw another senbon at Itachi who caught it. 'Hm...I wonder why a Hyuuga has never tried using senbon with their Hakkeshou?' Itachi flung the senbon at the boy who held another senbon. Itachi's senbon hit the boy in a pressure point on the shoulder making his arm go numb forcing him to drop the senbon.
Zabuza aimed a kick hoping Itachi was off guard, he wasn't. Itachi grabbed his leg and Zabuza's free arm and kicked the wrist that held the sword. Zabuza let go of his sword and was thrown across the room and slammed into the wall from Itachi's throw. Zabuza opened his eyes to see his head cleaver coming at him. Thud, the gap on the sword went around his neck pinning him to the wall.
The boy charged Itachi and aimed a kick at his ankle. Itachi jumped and landed behind him. He slammed his leg into the back of the boy making him fall to the ground with Itachi's foot pinning him. He grabbed the boys hands to make sure he couldn't fight back. "So...why did you attack me?" asked Itachi.
"We were assigned to kill all the bandits here, so we attacked you," Zabuza wheezed out angrily since he got very little air to his lungs, also, he was mad.
Itachi paused, "...I'm not a bandit. I came here to find what made that imbecile wail."
Zabuza blinked, "If that is true would you release us?"
"No," Itachi answered. "I want something in return."
"What," asked the boy sightly angry, but not as bad as Zabuza.
"Well...I don't know," answered Itachi again, "Do either of you have suggestions?"
Zabuza again pondered about what was wrong with this person and suggested, "Maybe teach you something."
"Na, that's too easy for me...you know, I have a friend I last saw at the grass country. You could train him," reasoned Itachi.
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Naruto walked into the library with the man. The man grabbed a scroll labeled 'Chakra for the Helpless Ninja' and bought it. "Here kid, there's no charge at all."
"Thanks mister." Naruto ran off to the field he first found himself in.
He opened the scroll and began reading about chakra
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"Tell me more about your friend." Zabuza had been able to wiggle the sword so he could breath easier, but still painfully.
"He is seven years old, blond, hyperactive, and has the demon Kyuubi sealed in him. He use to live in Konoha but I snuck him out of that dreadful place. He wasn't treated well, and I've seen scars that prove it. I don't know much about him, but as an Anbu I was assigned to protect him at times. He will not cry from sadness or pain and he has a hard time controlling his chakra. He has a short attention span, but he means well even through the abuse."
The boy looked over at his master, his face read, 'He's like me.' Zabuza sighed, "Looks like you're attached to the boy, anything else I should know?"
"I gave him a scroll, I call it the progress scroll. Which starts with the basics of a ninja and leads on to harder techniques. In the scroll there is all the forbidden jutsu and the jutsu of family scrolls. The family scrolls need blood from one of the clan members. You will give him pointers and teach him anything you think he needs to cover. He has much potential, but is too kind to inflict damage upon someone. You need to teach him to kill, but not to over obsess his power. Also, since he was hated and alone most his life he will have the tendency to brag, make sure he doesn't do that because that could cause trouble. I will send messages to you if I want you to do something for him."
"You're demanding a lot kid," Zabuza growled.
"True, but you will benefit as well," Itachi persuaded.
"How so."
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Naruto figured out the basics of how to pump chakra. He grabbed the scroll and pumped chakra into it. He opened it and saw a list of new things. At the top, underneath the first message, was a pattern with the word accessible on it. From there down it read, unaccessible. He bit his thumb and smeared it on the word accessible. A scroll popped in existence. He rolled up the progress scroll and unrolled the new scroll.
'Congratulations you have learn how to pump chakra from a, undoubtedly, random person. This scroll has all you need on learning more about chakra, with some basic chakra controlling exercises.' read Naruto.
Naruto growled and began to learn more about chakra.
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"He is near the age of this boy," Itachi made head gesture to the boy.
"Haku," Zabuza pointed out.
"Yes, Haku and my friend could train together and get out of your way when you want to be alone. Second, you could use him as a weapon for missions, like Haku. Third, he's good to have around."
Zabuza sighed and answered, "Fine, just release use," since he couldn't nod.
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'Sigh' the Hokage looked at the man in the picture on the wall of the Hokages. 'Arashi, I'm sorry, Itachi has stolen your son and could now learn of your jutsu. I can only hope that doesn't happen.'
A baby's cry broke him from his thoughts. "I'm coming Konohamaru, just be quiet." The Hokage walked over to the wailing cry and gave the child some mashed carrots from a jar near by.
He came back and sat down. 'Now where was I, oh yeah, I was moping about what could happen because of Itachi's betrayal.' The Hokage got into his moping attitude.
A secretary stuck her head in the door, "Uchiha Sasuke is here to see you now Hokage-sama." Sarutobi was brutally ripped away from his thoughts as Sasuke entered the room.
"Hello Sasuke, are you feeling better?" Sasuke nodded at the Hokage's question. "Okay we want to know, was it Itachi who attacked your clan?" Sasuke winced and nodded sadly. "Okay, thank you for that Sasuke. Do you have anything else to tell or ask."
Sasuke was about to mention the special Sharingan, but decided against it. "D-did oniisan cause any other trouble?"
The Hokage's face darkened mournfully, "Yes, if fact he did." Sasuke winced. "He burned all of Konoha's most precious scroll and possibly made copies. He also kidnapped Uzumaki Naruto."
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Naruto had finally reached the part about chakra controlling exercises. "Tree walking exercise. Channel chakra to you feet and try to walk up the tree. Do this until you reach the top, then practice it with your imagination. Well, might as well try." Naruto pumped chakra to his feet and and ran at the tree. He went up two steps and fell down. "Damn, this is harder than it looks."
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Itachi released Haku who scrambled to his feet then over to Zabuza to try and free him. Haku, to his dismay, could not pull the sword from the cement wall. Itachi grabbed the handle and pulled it from the wall as if it were a knife in butter. Zabuza sighed at not having pressure on his neck.
"So what is the kid's name?" Zabuza rubbed his neck in pain.
"Uzumaki Naruto."
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"Naruto? Why him, he was dead last?" asked Sasuke fascinated.
"Naruto has much potential in him, as much as yours. I, in someway, have to thank Itachi for releasing Naruto from Konoha." The Hokage began his paperwork as Sasuke gave a questioning look. "He wasn't treated very well in Konoha. He was very limited as to what he could do, and had a large range of things he couldn't. I just hope Naruto has enough sense not to hate Konoha because of Itachi."
Sasuke nodded in understanding. "Hokage-sama, if that is it may I leave?"
"Yes Sasuke, you may leave." Sasuke got up and left leaving the Hokage to his paperwork. He had forgot about moping now.
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Itachi walked away from the mist duo and down the stairs. Zabuza glared at his back, he had made a new enemy, but also a new friend. "So?" Zabuza turned to his partner Haku. "What do you think about get that new kid in the group?"
"I think it would be nice Zabuza-sama, and from what I heard he had similar, or even worst past compared to mine," answered Haku happily and sadly.
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Naruto ran at the tree again and got about an eighth of the way up. "I won't give in."
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His eyes fluttered open as he lay on the soft grass. His eyes meet a golden dawn as he got up. "Well, time to train," Naruto muttered sleepily. Naruto molded chakra and ran up the tree, he got halfway to the top.
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Zabuza opened his eyes and was awake in an instant, the trait of any good ninja. He walked over to where he smelt a fire burning and meat cooking. "What today Haku?"
"Rabbit, Zabuza-sama," answered Haku.
"Spices or no," Zabuza stabbed the sword into the ground and sat down, leaning against it.
"There are spices. Here this one's done." Haku handed Zabuza the rabbit on a stick. He bit down and silently praised the food.
"This is good Haku," was the only comment he gave, but it brought a smile to Haku's face nonetheless. "We will be in Grass in two days if we run. We'll stop tonight at a hotel in Waterfall after we collect our money, got it?"
Haku nodded and tore a chunk of rabbit into his mouth.
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Sasuke woke up to remember the loneliness that is now in his life. He had chosen to live in an apartment instead of the hauntedness that is now the Uchiha Estate. He got out of bed and got dressed, he didn't feel like eating, so he took off towards the academy.
Sasuke was happy because he had yet to get fan girls like his brother, and most Uchiha had. Not for at least another year. It was early in the morning, but he found out the bars were still open. That was odd, but he guessed, the world is not normal. Ding, a drunkard walk out of a bar and towards Sasuke.
"Hey kid, what's with the grumpy look? Tonight is a night to celebrate!" The man lifted his arms in the air drunkly.
"Celebrate huh? Celebrate about what? The massacre of my family!" Sasuke punched the man in his padded stomach, wondering why the man said 'tonight' when it's morning. He ignored the thought, blaming their stupidity on alcohol. Sasuke walked away from the drunk, cussing man.
He walked into the academy where he was going to train. He heard a faint noise as he pulled out a shuriken. 'Crying?' he wondered as he peered around a tree. There sat a weeping girl he knew as Hinata. 'Hm...what's wrong with her? Whatever, I have more important issues to deal with.' Sasuke began practicing his throwing skills.
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There sat the Hokage, tired and old. He had just searched for any scroll that remained in the scroll room. He found one, which was currently in his hand. He unrolled it, for he did not remember it. Now unrolled, all was as plain as day.
'Hello Hokage-baka., I, Uchiha Itachi, have massacred my entire family, save Sasuke. My reasons are unknown. I, as you should have figured out, have stolen all your scrolls and burned them, luckily I made copies.' Sarutobi saw an arrow pointing to the side of the scroll with a picture of Itachi doing a victory pose. He continued to read, 'I also have taken Uzumaki Naruto from the dreadful grasp of your village. Oh, how I love the word dreadful! I have, which you probably do not know, taken the large sums of money from the Uchiha vault. That is all I have to say as of this moment. If you are ever bored look at the rest of this scroll.'
The Sadaime opened the scroll further to find a seal. He released the seal making about twenty mangas and novels appear. The novels had titles like, 'Why Itachi Is So Cool', 'Uchiha Itachi for the Helpless Ninja', and 'How to Be Like Itachi 101'. The best one would have to be the manga called, 'How Uchiha Itachi Became Who He Is' that one seemed to have 10 volumes to it.
The Hokage sighed and opened the 'How Uchiha Itachi Became Who He Is'. The manga started when he was four and had amazingly good drawings of his actions. "When did he get time for all this?" wondered the Hokage as he read the dictionary-sized manga.
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Itachi sat in a bookstore reading the famous 'How To Get You Autobiography Published In Ten Easy Steps'. On the front there was a label that said 'How To Get Your Autobiography Published In Four Super Easy Ninja Steps!: In row 4!'. Itachi had tried that one, but it seemed that the main step was to hold a kunia to publisher's throat.
An employee walked up to him pointed to the sign that read, 'Do not read before you buy! That is why they have plastic covers!' Itachi looked at the sign and then at the shredded plastic wrapper that lay on the ground. "Ya know, I was wondering what that was for." Itachi gave some money to the employee who stalked over to the item that Itachi called the, 'Box that holds money orderly so it's easier to steal'.
He walked out of the store, book in hand and reading. He walked a couple of blocks and put the book away as he read the sign called, 'Publisher's Office'. He walk into the Manga Publisher and went up to the front desk. "I'd like to publish some of my manga please."
A big man looked up at him, "Yeah don't we all." Itachi's eyes widened and his hair became white and stood up, which looked horrifying with his long hair and ponytail. He left the building holding his nose, running as fast as he could, chakra and all.
He jumped in a lake and when he surfaced he was panting. "Doesn't that guy ever brush his teeth? My nose still burns! And I know what burns are, I am an Uchiha!" Itachi swam out of the lake and walked away, still holding his nose.
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Zabuza and Haku walked into a busy city where people were running around. Haku watched as his master's hand snatched a wallet out of another unexpecting man's pocket. "Zabuza-sama, why do you only pick-pocket the males?"
"Because Haku," he whispered as he snatched more money from a man, "Women carry their money in purses, and it's hard not to get caught taking a purse." Zabuza pocketed the wallet in one of the many pockets in his baggy ninja pants.
"I understand Zabuza-sama."
"Good let's go get something to eat, there." Zabuza led Haku into a bar.
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Itachi sat in a different book store with Jiraiya's famous novel 'Icha Icha Paradise'. In truth Itachi wasn't a pervert, he was on the front page looking at where it was published so he wouldn't have to go somewhere like before.
"Published at: Jiraiya's Publisher...something is wrong with the world, I just don't know what." Itachi read a little further, "Located in every town or village you visit! Okay now to find it." Itachi closed the book and walked out of the store, leaving the plastic wrap for the janitor to sweep up.
He took a step out the building and saw it. In big flashing lights that read 'Jiraiya's Publisher: brought to you by Jiraiya' Itachi sighed and walked in. Their were four rows, one with the first volume, second, third, and fourth. He walked up to the front desk to see a woman working there. "Hello I'd like to have my manga published."
The women frowned, "I'm sorry, but only Jiraiya is allowed to publish books here."
Itachi's eye twitched as he spun around and stalked off muttering, "Something is definitely wrong with the world."
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Naruto's stomach growled making him fall down from the tree. "Guess I'm kinda hungry, since I didn't eat yesterday, but I have no money." Naruto sighed and began to go into the nearby town to get food.
Naruto looked around in order to find food. He didn't like charity, getting the scroll was bad enough. So he'd steal it. He walked into an alley and smelt around for where food might be. He found the smell of food and went to the door, he tried to unlock it, only to find it was already open. He walked in took some bread, some precooked fish and some carrots and walked off. As he reached for the door he heard someone yell, "Come back you little thief!" Naruto bolted away from the store.
Naruto ran and soon found that he wasn't being followed. He began munching down on the food as he made his way to the training ground.
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The Hokage became very fascinated with the novel, and he was only halfway through the first series. A head peeked through the door and looked at the Hokage. "Oh! There you are Hokage-sama, you have a meeting."
The Hokage looked up and saw his secretary, "Thank you, Yayume." The Hokage stood up and set the manga down and walked past the women.
Yayume looked in and wandered over to the manga. "'How Uchiha Itachi Became Who He Is'," Yayume read the manga title and then opened it.
Hours later you could find her at her desk reading that very manga.
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"Um...Zabuza-sama, you probably know this, but I'm not old enough to drink yet," pointed out Haku as they took a seat.
"Then order tea or something," suggested Zabuza as the waiter came up.
"May I take you order sir?" He looked at Zabuza.
"Yes, I'd like the Sakana Tokutei (fish special)." The waiter scribbled on a notepad.
"And you ma'am?" the waiter gestured towards Haku.
"Um..I'm actually male. I'd like any good vegetable dish please. Could I get tea instead of Saki?" answered Haku.
"My apologies sir. Your food and refreshments will be here shortly." The waiter scurried off embarrassed.
Zabuza grabbed a deck of cards that lay on the table and began to play poker with Haku. Barely at the start of the game, they had to put it up since the food got there. They ate and walked out. "It had good food, but I was actually hoping a fight would break out." commented Zabuza.
"You fuckin bastard!" the window of the bar they were at shattered as a man got punched through it.
"There we go." Zabuza smile and walked off satisfied.
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Naruto had finished his mid lunch break and was back to training again, and without hunger he made it three fourths of the way to the top.
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Itachi wandered around a new town in hopes of finding a good Publisher. After an hour he found one that didn't make his senses go haywire nor had the name Jiraiya. He walked nimbly up to their front desk. "Hello I'd like to publish some of my mangas and novels please."
"Sure. Give them to me and I'll let the publishers look at them. Come back tomorrow to see if they'll get published." the employee responded.
"Good," Itachi put down a pile of the mangas and novels he wrote over the past nine and a half years of his life.
The employee paled and responded, "Maybe you should check in a week."
Itachi nodded and skipped out happy to know he might become an author. Now out of the store Itachi wondered what to do. 'What would someone else do in my position? Waste the Uchiha fortuned of course!' Itachi spent the day going to rated 'R' movies by bribing the cashiers, he's only thirteen, and eating at five star restaurants.
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Iruka walked towards the Hokage tower to give him the list of new possible graduates for Konoha. Then he'd be able to teach the class with the only remaining Uchiha in Konoha who is now brooding, oh joy. He walked into the Hokage tower and up to the secretary's desk. "Hello, I have an appointment with Hokage-sama concerning the student graduates."
"He's not busy at the moment, go on in," the secretary said not taking her eyes off the book.
'I wonder what she's reading. I don't need to say I wonder because that's what I'm doing...What is she reading?...That doesn't sound good...I'll stick with the normal.' Iruka strayed back on topic, 'I haven't seen anyone so interested in a novel since Kakashi and the Icha Icha Paradise.' wondered Iruka, then out loud he asked, "What is it you're reading?"
"It is called 'How Uchiha Itachi Became Who He Is'." the secretary's eyes never left the book as she turned the page.
"Never seen that book in a store before."
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"This is the best novel I've read in all my years! We must get this published!" The editor of the publishing company began running through the halls screaming about how good the 'How Uchiha Itachi Became Who He Is'.
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"Is it any good?" asked Iruka.
"Don't you have an appointment with the Hokage or something?" the secretary snarled at Iruka who sighed and walked towards the Hokage Office
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Sasuke was now out of the academy and went to go train on his own. The girl named Hinata had stayed out side the entire day, but he didn't care. She had her entire family to help her while he had no one. Something inside him told him to help the girl, but since two days ago, his corrupt side had won him over.
As he walked through the streets he noticed the celebrating was still taking place. The smell of Saki was enough for a dog to whimper and hide, no wonder Kiba did not show up.
A guy bumped into him, "Hey! Oh it's the Uchiha. I'm sorry for running into you, I'm just in a good mood."
This complete stranger was talking to him as if they were best friends, odd. "And why might you be celebrating?"
"Just the other day the Demon was taken away from Konoha by Itachi, he's probably dead by now."
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Naruto had made it to the top of the tree and was screeching happily, if only he had enough chakra to get down, he began screeching in fear.
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'Is he talking about Naruto? Why would he be referred to as a demon?' Sasuke asked, "Who is the demon?"
"Sorry kid, can't tell ya, 'gainst the rules ya know." the man walked off, yeah he was drunk.
'Hm...I'll wonder why later, but for now I must train.'
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Zabuza and Haku finally made it to the Waterfall village where they were currently collecting their money. As they left Haku had to ask, "Why go on missions when you pick-pocket almost every man you see?"
"More fun to fight for money, Haku, more fun indeed." Yes, let it be known that Momochi Zabuza was indeed loaded down with money, much like Itachi. If he wasn't famous for being a ninja he'd be know as the man that has money equivalent to that of Gato's. Zabuza slipped his hands into one out of every ten people he saw, not one noticed. "Kiri ninja can do these kinds of things, since they specialize in stealth," Zabuza informed Haku who sighed.
'He means well, he truly does.' The two walked into a hotel and checked in.
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It was getting late and Itachi was finishing up his daily routine of writing and drawing what he did that day for his 'soon to be famous' manga. This process only took him ten minutes since he was a skilled ninja, writer, and artist. He felt a sneeze coming on so he looked away from his art and sneezed. He rubbed his nose like a child and added that as one of the finishings of that chapter.
He drew a little thought box and wrote, 'They must like my manga,' in it.
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Naruto had finally got down and had fallen asleep, as the sky darkened the other animals came out, such as the fox.
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Naruto opened his eyes and jumped up screaming, "I mastered the tree walking! Ahhwhhoo!" Naruto's stomach growled again. "Man I haven't gotten nearly enough to eat." Naruto ran over to the town and stole some more food from the place before, but more this time.
Back at his training area his sat eating his breakfast buffet. He opened the scroll and pumped chakra into it. Now all the lines said 'Work harder, you have not mastered it.' Naruto sighed and continued eating.
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Itachi woke up from a nice comfy Hokage classed hotel bed with a giant yawn. "Man, I haven't been this well rested for the past two days." Itachi walked over to the mini fridge and pulled out some iced tea. "This is the life, living it up on the road, spending nights at great hotels, writing novels. And to think I was going to go to some creepy organization or something. I wonder how my novels are doing?"
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Down it the Publishers Office, they never opened since they were all too busy making many copies of Itachi's manga. It's amazing how the life of Uchiha Itachi became so popular, maybe it was the writing, maybe it was the drawings, or maybe, just maybe, it could be the 'S' class genjutsu placed on the books that make anyone who reads one begin to lust for it. Who knows?
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Itachi sneezed again as he walked down to the front desk and checked out of the hotel. Today he felt like swimming. He walked through the town towards the lake that saved his nose from permanent damage.
He stripped down to his boxers and jumped in the water. He placed his hands under his head and floated on the water as if it were a bed.
He suddenly felt like he was being watched. He ignored it and looked at the sky. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw scales and blue skin. 'A shark? Why would one be here?' He looked around and then his eyes widened as he turned completely around. He saw water rise and something with the blueness of a shark with the gills of one shot out at him.
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Zabuza woke up in his Hokage class bed, he was alone since Haku had demanded not to be treated Kage class. He walked to the mini fridge and got a bottle of Saki. Like Itachi he liked the wandering of roads and the sleeping in good hotel using other's money, but he had a partner to share it with. Well, not sleeping in high class beds but it was the moral of the thing. He heard a knock on his door. He took a chug of Saki and threw the bottle on the bed, letting the contents spill.
He opened the door revealing Haku, "Zabuza-sama, we should be leaving so we can meet with that Naruto kid."
"You sure are the eager one. Fine lets check out." Zabuza walked out of the room. Unlike Itachi's hotel, he was up on the fifth floor, and it had a spiral stair case. Zabuza walked over to the edge of the stair case and jumped off.
Haku sighed and followed suit. To prevent damage to their kneecaps they added chakra to their legs. Zabuza landed on the ground in front of a little old lady who nearly had a heart attack. "You could have hurt yourself young man! (He's twenty-one) You nearly gave me a heart attack! What do you have to say for yourself you hooligan?"
"..." was his response. Haku landed on the ground scaring the old woman worse, since he was only ten, making her either faint, or have a heart attack. "Thanks Haku, it's always good to have you around." Haku smiled and nodded not sure how he helped, but happy he did.
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With a powerful swing of his legs Itachi made a mini-tsunami that pushed away the shark and got him closer to land. Itachi knelt at the shore waiting to see if the shark attacked again. Sure enough the shark jetted out of the water and flew at him. Itachi could spy, with his Sharingan eye, that it was not a shark, just a person that looked similar to a shark. "Hoshigaki Kisame." Itachi ducked under the giant sword and kicked Kisame in his face making him fly back into the water. Kisame attacked Itachi again and took a gash out of his left arm. Itachi gasped and looked into the eyes of the shark-human.
"Gotcha." Itachi's Sharingan changed as the sky became red and black. Kisame looked worried as Itachi appeared in front of him without the gash. "Why did you attack me?" Kisame blinked.
"You were in the lake I claimed, and I wanted a good fight. Who are you?"
"I am Uchiha Itachi, you are in my world."
"What do you mean, 'Your world'?" A sword thrust at Kisame who found he was tied up. His question was answered. "Some kind of torturing genjutsu I'm guessing."
"Yes you are correct, but..." Kisame then found himself sitting on a blanket with baskets with food and tea, without the sword's stab. "It can do much more than torture."
Kisame blinked, "There is something wrong with you."
"There is something wrong with the world. You learn this by finding a publication office called Jiraiya's Publisher." Itachi answered pouring Kisame a cup of tea.
"I agree with you." Kisame took the tea gratefully. "Could you make this area surrounded by the ocean with sharks?" Itachi closed his eyes and the field turned to red water with black fins of the shark sticking out of the water. "Cool. Could you make it no so red, black, and white?"
"Nope." Itachi sipped some tea happily.
Kisame sighed, "So, what have you been doing?"
"Nothing much. Stealing, copying, and burning some of Konoha's most precious scrolls, killing my clan, taking a demon vessel away from the village that hates him, fighting Zabuza and his apprentice, making a deal with them, trying to get my novels and mangas published, living the life of luxury, and fighting you. Yeah, nothing major." Itachi took a sip of tea after he nodded.
"Yeah nothing much. So, Zabuza you say?"
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Zabuza and Haku walked up to the front desk. "So this is on Hikuyo's and Tamemo's accounts, correct?"
Zabuza nodded and handed the owner the papers of the previously mentioned people with the pictures ninjaly altered. Haku sighed and waited for the girl to give them back the papers. "Here you go sirs." Zabuza took the papers and walked out. Once they walked out Zabuza tore the paper up and let it fly in the wind.
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"Yes I met Zabuza, his apprentice was called Haku." answered Itachi.
"So what did you get him into doing?" asked Kisame as he ate some fish that he found in the basket.
"He's going to train Naruto, the demon vessel." Itachi ate some sushi that appeared in his hand.
"Wow and he agreed!?"
"Yep, Naruto is a good weapon. You should meet him sometime." Itachi began to eat some bread.
"You know, I like your personality, which is a rare thing." Kisame took another bite of fish. "So what do you do for fun?"
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Naruto was climbing up and down trees, on the underside of their branches as he tried to get good enough to progress on the scroll. He decided to practice today and try to advance tomorrow. Suddenly his stomach growled again. He made his way to his favorite restaurant. He opened the back door to steal some more food. He had a handful of grapes and some bread when a chef came in.
"Thief! You are the reason your restaurant has been degraded to a lowly four star!" The chef grabbed a knife and threw it at Naruto.
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"Okay Haku, we reached the grass country so now we search for something, that Naruto brat." Zabuza looked around in hopes of seeing a sign that says, "Naruto is here!" He found none.
"Zabuza-sama, I think it would be wise to get something to eat," suggested Haku.
"Hm...alright." Zabuza turned and walked into the closest restaurant.
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Itachi grabbed a kick from Kisame and threw him towards the nearby cliff. Kisame flipped and landed on the side of the cliff. He shot at Itachi who dodged the strong sword swing. Itachi flipped around and kicked Kisame's ribs. Kisame managed to block to prevent his ribs being broken but was knocked off a very steep cliff, again.
Kisame landed in water with a loud, Spoolosh. Itachi dove into the pool like a knife through wood, pretty well but not the best. Itachi slammed Kisame with his strength and the strength of gravity working together.
Kisame went deeper into the water as Itachi added chakra to his legs. With a strong swing of his legs Itachi made a powerful water pulse towards Kisame.
Kisame put his sword in front of him. Sad for him, it was pure water movement not chakra so he plunged deeper into the water. At times like this, he wished he had real gills. Much like Itachi, Kisame swung his legs to make him go at tremendous speeds.
Itachi stood on the water looking down into the water, he didn't care if he drowned Kisame, because he wouldn't actually die. Itachi blinked and saw a blue blob coming at him. He tried to dodge but Kisame was too quick. Itachi was hit in the chin with a powerful punch sending him high into the air. He flipped and landed on a bulge on the cliff. From below he heard the cry of, "You're cheating!" Itachi slammed his foot into the rock making it creak and fall. Kisame jumped to the edge of the cliff with chakra to stick. He began to run as he kicked and punched away falling rocks.
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Zabuza stopped at the entrance of the restaurant. Haku appeared by his side and looked at the ceiling with Zabuza. The ceiling was littered with kitchen knifes that seem to have been thrown by an angry chef. Also a child was running around in circles screaming, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm just hungry and have no money! I'm sorry!"
Inside of Zabuza's head a mini-Zabuza with glasses and the gray suit like a politician held a notepad. "Hyperactive, check...blond, check...around seven, check...means well, ahh? Check." The mini-Zabuza checked off the list of the person he was suppose to find and teach. "I think it's him Zabuza-dono!"
Zabuza took one last look at the blond. "Yo, you Naruto?"
Naruto stopped running as a knife stabbed at his feet, "Yeah."
Zabuza looked at the raging chef, "Who much money does he owe you?"
"Two thousand yen!" muttered the chef.
"I'll pay for him." Zabuza gave the chef three thousand yen. The chef turned around pocketing the money and walked into the kitchen. Zabuza was now counting the money in his hand. "Yep, three thousand. All accounted for." Zabuza turned around and said, "Come on brat, you're coming with us."
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End Chapter One: New Beginnings
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Seigyogan fans, I do have the next chapter, I just need to reedited it and post it. I will do this ASAP.
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