The truth behind it all(Itachi x Naruto)18+

Here´s the 2nd chapter... it´s kinda long, but I´ve tried to explain some important things in Itachi´s life and fill in some of the gaps from the manga(It´s just my version of the happenings) Plz enjoy XDD

Chapter 2: The end of days:

A week later on the training grounds near Konoha.

“You got to be aware of you back at all times while being attacked… you can’t expect anyone to save you all the time, kid!” Itachi materialized himself behind the blonde boy and pushed the eight year old on to the grass.

“I´m sorry, O-nii chan.” The blonde got back on his feet. His breathing was heavy after almost two hours of sparing with the Uchiha heir.

“Come… let’s take a break… you look like shit!” Itachi dropped to the ground next to the blonde boy with a smile.

“But I haven’t been able to hit you even once yet!” Naruto barked as he wiped of the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.

“Guess I could teach you a jutsu later on… but you have to promise me to work on your defense. You’re a strong fighter but lousy at defending yourself.”

“Sure… I’ll promise it, Itachi-sama.” Naruto grinned at the older boy. He laid flat on his back on the warm grass, his arms behind his head.

“I’ll hold you to that promise, Naruto-kun… I don´t wanna see you end up dead because you got a kunai in your back!” Itachi had come to like their sparing. Even though Naruto could be loud and annoying he was also a very though kid that didn’t give up just because he was in pain. The kid had spirit as well as heart, and the blonde boy was important to the Uchiha who normally considered himself to be a loner by nature.

“Thank you, Itachi-sama… you know what?” The blonde asked him.

“No… tell me!”

“I´m happy that you’re here with me… normally no one bothers to look twice at me even though I don´t know why… well anyone except Iruka-sensei, Sarutobi-sama, Sasuke and you that is!” The boy chuckled happily. “Perhaps I´m not as alone in the world as I thought eh?”

“…” Itachi stared at the blonde. He felt happy that the blonde was counting him as a close friend but felt sad that he had never noticed the boy before he had been ordered to keep an eye on him. He liked the blonde’s cheerful and outgoing personality.

He knew that Naruto was acting like he was stupid and happy, though he was feeling alone and sad. Naruto was a smart kid and a fast learner… he would be a genius just like Itachi with a bit of help from a grown up, of that Itachi was sure.

“Did I say something wrong, sensei?” Itachi realized that the boy was standing above him with a worried look on his face.

“Huh? What?! No… you just made me think of something, that’s all!”

“… Okay, because I didn’t mean to freak you out or anything,” the blonde sounded sad.

“Hey, don´t give me that face, brat… I like your company as well though you’re loud and annoying sometimes!” Itachi gave the pouting blonde a smirk. Naruto was the only one that could make the Uchiha feel that he belonged in this would, that he was a human being. That it was alright to enjoy the company of someone and not only use people as they had no feelings.

“… So will you train with me later today?” Naruto asked while he gnawed at his lower lip.

“Sure… I have to see if that new exercise routine I thought you is working.”

“It´s a though program but I like it… I feel stronger already” The blonde grinned.

“Yes, I’ve noticed,” Itachi had really noticed the improvements in the blonde’s strength... and they had only been training together for a week.

“You still need to work on your chakra though… it seems that you have huge reserves but don´t know how to use them yet!”

“Really? I didn’t know that! I better go train my stamina then!” The eight year old barked cheerfully. “See you later, Sensei!” He waved at the Uchiha and ran off into the woods to train on his own.

´You really are something special, Uzumaki Naruto… I can’t wait to see just how strong you can become with my help.´ Itachi thought as he saw the blonde disappear into the woods. ´I’ll be looking forward to some interesting sparing as you get stronger, older and more handsome.´

~ # ~

Itachi calmly approached his parents’ home after his late night training with Naruto. The boy had improved since this morning and Itachi was proud of the young blonde.

Walking up to the mansion, he knew that Sasuke wasn’t at home today, as he was at some kind of sleepover at a friend’s house.

Itachi sighed; he hated to be alone with his parents. His father was always nagging about his training and his mom was worse; she wanted him to marry one of the annoying females that she had picked out for him. They were all like porcelain dolls, and had been raised to serve their husband’s every command and need; without a free will – a mindless doll without an opinion.

Itachi hated it. He resented the thought of marrying someone like that just because his family and clan wanted him to. He wasn’t even sure that he liked girls… they squealed at him, were annoying with their crave for beauty and acceptance and weak in battle. No, girls were just a hindrance.

“You’re late!” Fugaku hissed at his oldest son as he entered the house.

“My apologies, O-tôsan, I’ve was trying out a new jutsu and didn’t want to leave before I mastered it!” Itachi lied without emotion, as he bowed to his father.

“Alright, apology accepted. Come, everyone is waiting!” Itachi wondered what his father meant, but didn’t care enough to ask. He decided to follow his father to find out what was going on.

“Everyone! Itachi is here, so let begin with the meeting!” Fugaku said as he motioned his oldest son to take a seat next to his mother.

´What is going on? ´ Itachi asked himself. ´Why the hell is the entire clan assembled here tonight? ´ He could only speculate on the reason, and he would never, not even in his darkest dreams, have expected that the reason would have such a huge impact on his and his clan’s future.

“We will break the demons seal and force the cursed vessel to attack to village.” The clansmen mumbled at their leaders words.

“We will then kill the demon carrier and use the incident to overthrow the Hokage and claim the Hokage title as our own. We are the strongest clan and we should be the ones in control!” proclaimed Fugaku to his clan.

Itachi´s eyes widened in disbelief; His father wanted to use Naruto to destroy the village… and then kill the blonde?

His father wanted to take over the city? Why? Sarutobi-sama was a strong and fair Hokage, and Itachi kinda… liked the old man. Sarutobi-sama was the one that had made him become aquatint with the blonde.

Itachi was sure that the clan would resent the idea… they had to!

“How can we get close enough to the demon to break the seal?” An uncle to Itachi stood up with his arms crossed above his chest.

“Itachi has won the demons trust… he will make the vessel break the seal!” Itachi couldn’t believe his fathers words. Fugaku wanted to use Itachi´s friendship with the blonde to hurt Naruto and destroy the city?

“Perhaps we can make the demon kill the Hokage for us… it would save us a lot of trouble later on!” Itachi could only stare at the teen he called his best friend.

´Use Naruto… to kill the Hokage? Had they all lost their minds? ´

“That would indeed be fortunate for us… that way there would be no one who would want to keep the demon alive, and we could finally get rid of it!” Mikoto said calmly. The raven-haired teen couldn’t believe that even his own mother would want to see Naruto-kun and Sarutobi-sama dead.

“Who would be the new Hokage then?” Asked the old man who lived down the street, his wife nodding beside him.

“Yes, will you be our next Hokage, Fugaku-sama?” Voices from crowd asked with curiosity.

“No! I want Itachi to be the next Kage of the Hidden City of the Leaf!” The clan-leader proudly pronounced.

Mikoto urged her oldest son to stand up and be praised by his clan. He rose to his feet and bowed as they all expected him too as the heir of their clan. He didn’t hear their praising words nor anything else; he felt terror and fear roam through his entire body.

How could they want to do something like that?

How could the all calmly plan to betray their home and their Hokage?

How could they want to kill that innocent, cheerful and bedazzling Naruto, without even knowing who he was? Not knowing how sparkling his blue eyes were! How warm and caring this boy was even if he was alone and everyone resented him!

And why did he have to be the one that had to become the next Hokage… he didn’t want to, he never wanted to have to have the responsibility of a whole city; to care for everyone… It was more fitting for Naruto, as he seemed to have an ability to make people feel better about themselves and he thought more about others than himself...

Itachi made up his mind that very evening. He would rather die than let anyone harm Naruto-kun, the village or his Hokage. He would do anything… ANYTHING… to protect the things he respected… even if it meant the he would lose everything… as long as Naruto was safe he didn’t care.

~ # ~

The next morning everything was like always. Fugaku read his newspaper in the kitchen while Mikoto prepared breakfast as Itachi made his way through the kitchen.
“Are you going on a mission today, Itachi-kun?” Mikoto asked her eldest son.

“Yes!”

“When will you be home?” His father asked him as Itachi walked past him.

“This afternoon.” He answered coldly. He didn’t even bother to look at his father as he moved on towards the door. He sat down and began to put on his sandals.

“Aniki… wanna help me out with my shuriken practice?” Sasuke smiled at his brother who turned his head to look at him.

“I don´t have the time right now. Ask father!”

“But you are better with the shuriken than him!” Sasuke pouted.

“…”Itachi just stared emotionless at his brother. ´You’re a good kid, Sasuke… you’re innocent and I´m sorry for everything that’ll happen in a few hours… but I can’t let them live… no one would ever believe that the entire clan except you and me, are planning to destroy everything I love and respect… It´s the only way.´

“You never want spend any time with me, Aniki!” The younger boy said with disappointment as he clenched his fist behind his back.

Itachi gave his little brother a thoughtful look before waving at Sasuke to make the boy come closer.

“I´m very sorry, Sasuke… some other time…” The older Uchiha said with a sly smile as he poked his little brother’s forehead.

“…!” Sasuke pouted, but as soon as he saw the sad expression on his aniki´s face he became worried.

“It will have to wait till some other day.” Itachi said as he rose to his feet, ready to leave.

“You always say that… but that day never comes.” Sasuke rubbed the brushed spot on his forehead as he saw his beloved older brother leave the house.

~ # ~

After he left his family behind, Itachi went directly towards the small glade in the forest, where the blonde would already be waiting for him. This was their spot. This was the place where they met before training, this was the place where they talked and enjoyed each others company.

“Itachi-san, where are you going?” Itachi came to a sudden stop near the river, which meant that he was about a mile away from the glade where Naruto was.

“What do you want, Shisui?”

“I asked you where you’re going.” Shisui Uchiha repeated his question at his friend.

“I don´t see why I should tell you!”

“Jumpy today eh?”

“Hnnn… Why do you care where I go? Did my father ask you to spy on me O-nii chan?” Itachi knew that his father had asked his best friend to keep a tap on him, as Fugaku was a very suspicious man.

“What if that were so?”

“You told my father that I talked to Naruto-kun, didn’t you Shisui?”

“Yes… part of the job, Itachi-kun!”

“I see… and I almost thought it had been Sasuke!” He smirked coldly at the man he had considered his best friend.

“You betrayed me, Shisui!”

“I know! But you betrayed us as well… I think, you like that little demon, don´t you.”

“Naruto-kun is not a demon… he has done nothing wrong!” Itachi was feeling an incredible amount of anger build up inside of him; ready to burst any minute now.

“And how dare you call him a demon, when you and everyone in our f***ing clan is scheming to destroy our city. Do you really want to kill our Hokage by using an innocent and warm hearted boy to do the dirty work for you?”

“Yes… The Uchiha clan deserves to rule… we are superior!”

“No… Our clan is weak… weak of mind… weak of heart.” Itachi´s fist collided with Shisui´s chin and made the older male fly into the river.

“You are the only weakling in our clan, Itachi!” Shisui mocked while rubbing his sore cheek. “I always thought that Sasuke was the weak one… but I guess I was wrong heh… heh.”

“I will kill you, Shisui… I will f***ing show you who’s the weakling!” As Itachi joined his former friend in the river and forcefully pressed his body under the cold water continually, he could feel the sharingan change and grown stronger as Shisui´s body turned limp in his hands.

~ # ~


“Ohayo, sensei!” The blonde grinned.

“Ohayo, Naruto-kun…”

“What is wrong?”

“Why do you think that something is wrong?” Itachi was surprised that the blonde was able to tell that something was off.

“… donno! Just a feeling! Besides… you are soaked.” The boy grinned and stretched his arms above his head.

“Naruto-kun?” Itachi stepped closer to the younger boy.

“Yes, sensei?”

“I´m glad, I got the chance to know you.”

“Huh?” Naruto gave Itachi a confused look.

“I will always keep an eye on you, even if I´m not around. You are special to me… I’ll never let anyone hurt you like that!”

“Itachi-sama… what is wrong? Did something happen to you?” The blonde wrapped his arms around the older boy’s waist and hugged him tightly.

“I won’t let them use you like that… I’ll kill them all except my foolish little brother… I’ll save the things that are important to me… to you!” He grapped the younger boy’s shoulders and knelt down to look into the blonde’s bright blue eyes.

“Sensei… you scare me!”

“It will all be over soon, you’ll be safe. I´m sorry that I have to leave you… but I’ll try to visit you as soon as things calm down a bit.”

“You have to leave? Can I come with you?” The blonde asked, tears running down his whiskered cheeks.

“I’d love to take you with me… but you are still to weak to take care of yourself. You have to stay here and grow stronger… I love you, Naruto-kun! “Itachi leaned closer and kissed the young boy on his forehead.

“O-nii chan?” Naruto asked in confusion.

“Look into my eyes, Naruto-kun!” He said. Blue eyes locked with red ones. ´I´m sorry, but this is for you own protection… It´s best that you forget about me for the time being… it would just break you heart to know what I have to do to save you!´ and with those words, he used the newly obtained Mangekyo sharingan to erase the blonde’s memory of them together.

He left the peacefully sleeping blonde at the glade, where he would be safe.
“Grow strong, my angel… so that when we meet again, you’ll be able to come with me… and we can become friends once more.” He leaned closer to the sleeping blonde and pressed his pale lips on the warm whiskered cheek and ran his hand trough soft blonde locks.

“I’ll miss you, Naruto-kun!” The Uchiha sighed and put on his usual cold expression. The time was here. His mind was set and the end of the Uchiha clan had come. They would all die today…the entire clan(except Sasuke, who had no part in this)… would die by his hand.

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