Chapter 5

In the Hokage's office where the group had migrated, Naruto and Sasuke lay curled up, on either side of Mikoto as the Hokage explained the reasons behind the clan Massacre, and what had truly occurred the night. Naruto had awoke in the middle of the Hokage's explanation and broke down sobbing against Kagami, who was carrying him, begging and pleading, apologizing for what he did.

Kagaimi tried to hush the crying child, running his hand through his hair, whispering words of comfort until the boy calmed. "Don't cry any more Naru-chan, we understand what happened. And we don't blame you or Itachi, or your other two teammates for what you did. The blame belongs to one person, and he alone will take the blame for what happened."

Mikoto who held Sasuke, motioned for Kagami to bring Naruto to her as well. "Kagami-kun is right Naru-chan. You have nothing to apologize for." She held both of her boys tightly, "And Sasuke-kun, not only are you in ANBU now, but you've also been able to awaken your Sharingan." She smiled, placing a kiss on the nine year old's forehead. "I'm so proud of you my son." She glanced from Sasuke to Naruto. "I'm lucky to have such talented boys. You, Naru-chan and Itachi-kun." She whispered into Sasuke's ears, caressing the boys face.

"That bastard! How dare he? And to use two of my own boys to do the killing; unacceptable!" Fugaku raged, "I want that bastards head on a platter." The Uchiha head seethed in anger, eyes narrowed and Sharingan out and spinning. "The only positive outcome I can see about this, is that my youngest has grown stronger by this event."

Sarutobi nodded his head, "Believe me Fugaku, I won't stop until Danzo has paid for this traitorous acts, and should I discover anyone else in cohorts with Danzo, they'll pay as well." The Sandaime placed a hand under his chin, staring at the Uchiha head. "I'm having Sai and Shin gather proof, recording any conversations they have with Danzo, as well as any allies he hs in the village. He'll get a public execution for the genocide of the Uchiha clan.

"It makes you question everything else that he has ever said." Kagami stated, "Like the whole Orochimaru fiasco. What if the snake sannin wasn't even the one doing the experimenting? Danzo was trying to create the ultimate weapon, loyal only to him. And if Orochimaru discovered Danzo's secret..."

Sarutobi gaped, "He would have felt threatened and before Orochimaru could tell me about it, Danzo came forward with another lie. Orochimaru had no choice but to flee the village." Turning his head, the Hokage glanced at Shin and Sai, "I want the both of you to check that out as well. We need to see if Orochimaru is a victim of Danzo's ploy as well."

Shin and Sai nodded their heads in agreement. The more they found out about Danzo, the more monstrous he seem, now if only they could get the needed proof so they can get rid of that old fool once and for all.

"And Itachi? Do you know where he is?" Mikoto questioned, staring at the Hokage, curious about the where abouts of her eldest. "Is he okay? Did something happen to him?"

Sarutobi sighed, "By orders of the council, Itachi was to take full responsibility for the Uchiha clan massacre, and be labeled as an 'S' class missing shinobi." Fugaku narrowed his eyes, an icy glare was directed towards the leader, while Shisui looked appalled and worried about his best friend and cousin, while Kagami didn't know whether to feel angry, shocked or worried for the well being of his nephew. He knew the Uchiha heir was a pacifistic person by nature and hated fighting but would do so if there was no other choice.

"Was it not enough for them to force Naruto, Itachi, Sai and Shin to kill us? What were they planning to achieve by labeling him as such and kicking him out of the village?" Fugaku slammed his hands on the table, face red in anger. "He is thirteen years old. A child. Who was not only force to kill his family but now he has to be out there, alone, and hunted by other villages because more then likely he's in the bingo book."

Sarutobi lowered his eyes to the table, "I won't say, 'I know how you feel' because we all know that I don't." He turned his attention towards Naruto, "He gave me the same speech; yelled and ranted at me is more like it. Demanded to know why I would allow the council to treat them like that. He opened my eyes, and I realized that I've allowed the council to have more power then they should. I'm just sorry it took me this long to realize my mistake." Brown eyes glanced towards Fugaku. "Itachi was given an espionage mission. He's to spy on this new organization and what their purpose is. He'll send reports about the group and everything else we need to know to Naruto, who will relay them to us.

"A new organization?" Shisui questioned.

Naruto cleared his throat, "No one knows anything about them or their motives." The blond glanced at the Hokage. "Once I know where Itachi's location is, and if it's safe, I think it'll be a good idea if we send Fugaku, Mikoto, Kagami and Shisui there. It'll cause to much trouble if people were to see four previous thought to be dead people walking around. It especially won't be good if Danzo discovers they're alive."

"I think that's a good idea." Sai replied glancing at Shisui, "No matter how much I'd like the thought of working alongside Washi once more, Naruto is right. It'd be a lot safer for them out of the village."

The next few hours were spent with the group discussing what had happened since the massacre. About Sasuke's training and being drafted as the fourth member to Naruto's team. And the last thing that was brought up was the discovery of Naruto's doujutsu and the abilities that he could use with those eyes.

"Wow, that's very impressive. And I'm glad they aren't hereditary. Can you just imagine what that slimy snake would do to obtain something like that." Kagami crossed his arms. "I can't wait till you master the Shinigan, I want to see what it'll be capable of."

Nods of agreement met that comment. "I've got a question though." Shin called out gaining everyone's attention, and he motioned towards Shisui with a curious look, "Shisui-kun lost both of his eyes, but he has both of them now, how is that possible?"

Everyone blinked and turned their attention towards the teen in question and surprise, wondering how they missed something like that.

"Maybe it's because I used the Shinigan; it is the eyes of the Shinigami, so perhaps it has the ability to restore everything the person was before their death." Considering that idea as plausible, everyone decided to ignore the 'how' it happened' and was just happy that Shisui had his eyes.

Mikoto glanced towards the window, 'Itachi, my son, you've suffered greatly and I wasn't there for you. I hope you remain safe out there until your father and I can get to you.'

In an underground hidden cavern

The sounds of shouting and glass breaking echoed along the walls. "What's going on?"

"We aren't sure Danzo-sama. One moment they were here ready to be used and the next they were missing. No one could of taken them because no one was in the room with us." a woman stated as she bowed her head to her master.

Danzo glared, "Get out of my sight." He hissed as he watched five of his trained shinobi leave the room he was in. "Damn it. Years of plans, gone in a moment. What the hell happened." he scowled, knocking several papers and folders off of his desk. "Fu, locate Sai and Shin for me. Tell them to get here as soon as they can get away from Sarutobi." He yelled

"Yes Danzo-sama." a voice came from outside the door.

No one noticed a shadow slip from the room, transforming into a rat as it raced across the murky floors towards the exit.

-00-

Timeskip: A few months later

Naruto stood up from his seat, a smile curled his lips. "Finally." The blond ran his fingers along the lines and runes on the scroll. "It looks good, all that's left to do it test it out."

"Test what out?"

Turning around, Naruto stared confused at the figure, "Sasuke. What are you doing here?" Seeing the nonplussed look the raven was giving him, the blond shrugged, before motioning the older boy over. "This. It's a seal I've been working on for a while."

Sasuke walked over and peered at the lines on the scroll in confusion, not knowing anything about Fuinjutsu, just that it was complicated and it took a special kind of genius to actually utilize it, less of all actually create their own. "What am I looking at Naruto. I'm afraid you're going to have to explain it to me."

Smiling at the sheepish expression gracing the youngest Uchiha's face, Naruto pointed at the seal, "As I said, this is a seal that I've just finished. Kouin Hyoketsu Fuuin, is a space time seal. It's placed on four corners of a room, or any surface you wanna use and within that area, time will slow, for example, a minute in the outside world would be a week inside the sealed area. Can you imagine how much training we could get done in a whole day with this seal." Sasuke could practically see stars in the younger boys eyes. "I could create and think up really good seals..."

Knowing the blond could, and would, go on and on about seals if he doesn't put a stop to it, "Alright, I get it. Let's go and try it out, shall we?" Naruto grabbed the seals, and nodded energetically, causing a small smile to grace pale lips. "Let's go then." With that said Sasuke grasped Naruto's hand, pulling him towards the nearest room in the blonds house, "Go on. Try it." He urged the smaller boy.

Doing as told, Naruto placed the seal on each wall, Grabbing the last two, smaller then the other four, he placed on either side of the doors surface. "These are the master seals." Motioning to the smaller seals, "When this seal's activated." He pointed towards the tag on the outside of the door. "It will trigger the seals on the walls and when you enter the room, you'll be transported to another plane of existence. As for the inside one." He touched the seal, "This one will bring you back to this plane. It will deactivate the seals." Biting his finger, making sure it was deep enough to draw blood, Naruto slid his bloody fingers through the seals, activating it.

"The seal is activated by blood?"

Naruto nodded, "I have to create another seal later, and incorporate yours, Shin and Sai's so you can all use the room whenever you want, but right now, let's see if this seal works." A flash of green, and the blond glanced at Sasuke, "You'll have to enter the room" he stated.

"Why?"

Naruto smiled, "Because if we both enter, I wouldn't know if the seal works or not. After you enter, close the door, and I'll open it after the seal is deactivated, it's the only way to know for sure if it works or not."

"I don't understand." Sasuke frowned, "What are you going to do?"

Crossing his arms, Naruto told Sasuke that after he enters the room, the seal will automatically deactivate and when it does, he'll open the door to see if the seals actually worked or not.

Sasuke furrowed his brows, staring at the seals in curiosity, "How will you know if the seals work or don't?" he questioned, glancing toward the blond. "Is something suppose to happen to let you know, or some thing?"

"If the seals do work, then when I open the door, the room will appear empty because technically you wouldn't be in this room, you'll be in a space parallel to this one. And if it doesn't work, well, you'll be in the room."

At that explanation, Sasuke's eyes widened at what he just heard. "How'd you even come up with something like that? I can't believe you actually created something as complex as that. I bet even your father, the Yondaime Hokage would've had a difficult time creating something like this. And you're only seven!"

"It's in my blood, both of my parents were good at fuinjutsu as well, not to mentioned the Uzumaki clan is a family who thrives on using and creating seals. Aside from those two reasons, sealing just comes easy to me, just like how Genjutsu and fire techniques comes naturally to you."

Sasuke shrugged his shoulder, deciding to talk about this later, he was more curious to see if this seals work or not. "Should we..." already knowing what the raven was hinting at, Naruto grinned and nodded his head, motioning for the taller boy to go. Doing as told, Sasuke opened the door and stepped inside.

Inhaling sharply, Naruto approached the door, placing a hand on the knob, he turned and threw the door open. Exhaling he peered into the room and...an excited shout left his mouth. "Yes! Yes! It works!" He danced around the room, with a goofy expression painted across his face. "Oh my Kami." He breathed in awe. He knew, in theory, what he wanted the seal to do, but to have it proven, was unbelievable. "This is so cool." He bit his finger, drawing blood and ran them threw the seals once more, another flash and Naruto opened the door, stepping inside.

"There you are Naruto." Sasuke stated, staring at the younger boy. "So, did it work?" He asked. The only answer he received was a squeal and the blond throwing himself on him. "I'll take that as a 'yes'.' Sasuke smiled, pleased by what his friend achieved. "How about we leave and show the Hokage what you created."

Naruto nodded his head, bringing his finger to his mouth, he bit it hard enough to draw blood, he ran his bloody finger through the master seal, a flash of green and Naruto opened the door, motioning for Sasuke to go out first. "Let's go."

With Itachi

He didn't know what to do now. He knew he should write to Naruto telling him of what really happened, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. When the mission to take out his clan had fallen to them, it had broken the fragile blond. Should he find out the truth, that everything they were told was a lie, it would destroy Naruto and Itachi didn't want to be the cause of hurting the seven year old further.

Sighing, the dark haired male rolled over and stared at the blank wall, 'Naruto...I'm sorry, but I can't tell you the truth. Not yet. Not when you're still hurting over the loss and I don't want to be the cause of anymore of your pain. I'll tell you the truth someday. Just not right now.' "I'll tell both you and Sasuke when you're older and can handle the truth."

"Do you think that's a good idea?" A voice called out causing Itachi to turn and glare at the intruder, "I knocked, but you never answered, so I let myself in." The snake sanin grinned at the younger prodigy, crossing his arms over his chest as he eyed the Uchiha heir with glinting golden eyes. He had been worried about the boy and decided to check on him.

Itachi frowned, "What do you want Orochimaru?"

Making himself comfortable on the wall, the snake sannin eyed the shinobi in front of him. He didn't have to be a psychic or anything like that to know that the boy was in pain and agonizing over what to do in regards to Naruto. "Wanted to see if you were alright. No matter how tough you try to be, you're still a child Itachi and it's okay to cry if you want." A smirk curled the pale shinobi's lips, "Despite what anyone says, boys do have the right to shed tears as well." The smirk widened at the look the Uchiha heir tossed his way.

"I don't need to cry." He stated which earned him a chuckle from the snake sannin, "Why are you here?" He repeated in hopes the older male would answer so he could leave.

"Pein-sama wants to talk to you about something. Said it could wait till tomorrow if you're not up to it right now." Orochimaru turned, "Don't you think the boy deserves to know the truth now instead of later, it's better in the long run. Naruto-kun will be able to grief now when the death is fresh instead of later when the pain of lost is healed." After saying his piece the snake sanin left the newest member to himself.

Sitting up, Itachi frowned. Orochimaru made a good point. Would it be better if he told Naruto the truth now? Closing his eyes, the Uchiha prodigy tried to think of something. And upon making his decision, he knew the snake was right.

Standing, he made his way to his desk and sat down. Opening one of the drawers he pulled out a scroll, a brush and a bottle of ink and began writing. Several minutes later he placed the brush down and rolled up the parchment and sealing in close with a black ribbon.

Biting his thumb hard enough to draw blood, the Uchiha heir ran through a sequence of hand-seals before slamming his hands on the floor calling out, 'summoning technique' and in a cloud of smoke a beautiful crow appeared.

"Itachi-sama, how can I help you?"

Itachi picked up the scroll, "I need you to take this to Naruto-kun, Alister."

Alister nodded, grabbing the offered scroll with his talons, he took to the air, "I shall deliver this to Naruto-sama right away, Itachi-sama. Do you want me to tell him anything else?"

"Tell him I'm sorry I couldn't be there with him." The dark haired boy whispered. "I want you to stay with him for a while encase he wishes to send something along."

Alister nodded, "Goodbye for now, Itachi-sama."

Itachi sighed, "Naruto-kun..."

Hokage's office

A few days later

Naruto ran towards the Hokage's office clutching at the scroll that just arrived for him, via a crow. A crow he knew well; it being one of Itachi's favorite to summon. A long the way, he stopped by the guest rooms, telling Fugaku, Mikoto, Shisui and Kagami that they had to come to the Hokage's office with him, and it being important. Sasuke, who was with his family, tagged along watching the younger boy in confusion and concern.

As the doors belonging to the Hokage's office slammed open, Sai, Shin and Sarutobi turned and regarded the visitors in surprise. "What's going on? Why did you just barge inside" At the question, several heads lowered in shame.

"Forget that." Naruto waved his hand, flashing the scroll. "A little while ago, Alister, a summon of Itachi, came to me with a letter." At that response everyone straightened up, wondering what Itachi could be reporting about. Unrolling the scroll, Naruto began reading.

Naruto-kun,

A lot has happened since I left Konoha, yes, I know it hasn't been that long but it sure seems it has. The first day I left Konoha, I had been resting in a clearing when Orochimaru of the sannin and Akasuna no Sasori from Suna came into the area. They had been following me, wanting to recruit me for their organization. Though cautious of their intention, especially Orochimaru's, I decided to follow them back to their base.

Well I won't go into all the details, but the name of the group is called Akatsuki, the leader is a guy named Pein and the members are ten plus me makes it eleven. Each of the members are well-known S-ranked criminal, which makes me wary of trusting them. It wasn't till after I spoke with the leader and found out their goals that I became curious and sought Orochimaru out for answers.

Akatsuki's goal: Find and protect all the Jinchuuriki's from an evil organization called Kokuei. I can tell they mean no harm and it was evident when he spoke of you, though it was brief. He mentioned having a spy keeping an eye on you, so be careful for if Akatsuki can have a spy hidden within Konoha then so can Kokuei.

As for Kokuei: It's another organization whose sole purpose is to locate all the containers, extract their bijuu's, and upon this happening the host will die in the process. When all nine bijuu's are collecting, they'll unleash the demons and destroy everyone who opposes them. In typical bad guy galore, they wish for world domination. Cliche, ne?

And as for Orochimaru... I know this might be hard to accept, but it's the truth. Orochimaru is innocent of his so-called crimes. He's never sought immortality, nor was he the one experimenting on the Shinobi's and civilians. Danzo has been playing everyone for years. He was the one doing the experiments and when the snake sannin found out about it, he went to report his finding to Sarutobi-sama, but Danzo had predicted such and approached the third before he could.

And as we already know, Orochimaru fled the village, knowing he wouldn't have a chance to plead his innocense. He met up with Sasori when he left and upon hearing what happened, Sasori brought Orochimaru to Akatsuki, who joined shortly after hearing about their cause.

Before I end this letter, there is one last thing I want to tell you. I wish it didn't have to be through a letter, I would have liked it better if I could do this face to face, but I can't delay what I wish to tell you. Danzo lied about Orochimaru, and he lied about our clan as well. The Uchiha's never planned a coup, they had been innocent and it pains me that I can't be there right now in your time of need. I wish I could, but I can't. I hope Sasuke, Shin and Sai will be enough comfort for you, well if Sasuke hasn't turned too emo after the massacre.

Stay safe, Naruto, and be wary of anyone you don't know. Anyone could be a spy. I would kill anyone if you, or Sasuke, got hurt. The both of you are younger brothers to me; Sasuke by blood and you, by soul. Report this to Sarutobi, Sai and Shin, and let the other two know to be careful as well, especially since they're the ones dealing with a traitorous rat.

In closing, Alister will remain with you should you want to reply. If not, you can send him back to the summoning world.

Take care of yourself, Naruto.

Uchiha Itachi

After Naruto finished reading the letter, there was silence in the room as everyone soaked in the information provided to them. The Sandaime clenched his hands into fist. "As we suspected. Orochimaru is innocent and Danzo has been playing us for who knows how long."

Naruto rolled the scroll up and slipped it into his holster, glancing towards Sai and Shin, "This is the first time in months that you've been able to get away from Danzo. Did you guys discover anything?"

"We did." Shin nodded his head. "We were just about to update Sandaime-sama when you came in." Turning serious eyes towards their leader, Shin took out a scroll and placed it on the table. "The reason we couldn't leave, and not just us, Danzo had the entire organization on lock down.

After discussing their plans well into the night, Sarutobi dismissed them telling them to meet back here noon the next day to continue the meeting.

Once the was sure everyone was gone, Naruto turned in the opposite direction to his apartment and walked off. Ten minutes later, the blond slipped through a gate and navigating his way through the dark he came to a stop at a headstone. Mouth opened and words poured free.

For several tense seconds nothing happened causing a frown to tug at Naruto's mouth thinking it was failure when a hand broke through the ground followed shortly by a body. Dark eyes looked around confused. Not knowing where he was and what was going on. A wide smile curled the feminine blonds lips. Blue eyes glowing even in the darkness.

"Welcome back to the land of the living..." The blond trailed off, pulling a long black, with orange stripes, cloak from his bag. "...Obito."

...To be continued...

Obito is the last to be revived from the Uchiha clan. His going to play a significant role in the story. And he will be joining the others when they leave. Kakashi won't find out about Obito until later in the story when the team, minus Naruto, meets Akatsuki for the first time.

And to those of you who caught it, yes, Obito is Shisui's older brother, he died when Shisui was seven years old, two years before Kurama attacked the hidden leaf. And he will be the same age he would have been had he not been killed years prior.

Kouin Hyouketsu Fuuin -Time freeze seal - The room which the seal is on acts similar to the hyperbolic time chamber like I stated, but unlike the chamber, a minute equals seventy-two hours. Think about it as a mix with Itachi's Tsukiyomi when he can torture someone for three days in his world where in reality only a minute has passed. It's like that.

Pairings:

Confusing. Some wants a harem. Most wants ItaNaru, others want SasuNaru. Some wants Naruto with Shika, Shino, Gaara, Haku. So let's put it to another vote.

a) ItaNaru (Though right now they think of each other as brothers but I can change that as Naruto gets older.)

b) SasuNaru (Best friends are easier to turn to lovers as they age, so they might be easier.)

c)ShikaNaru

d)ShinoNaru

e) GaaraNaru

f) HakuNaru

g) Yaoi! harem (Uke Naru and everyone wins)

h) Other! Naruto.

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