True Self, New Self

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True Self, New Self

Chapter eight: The Reason Why.

It has been three days since we left Iwa, and of what Yuki and I like to call: The Frog Incident. Jiraiya kept yelling at us for hours after he woke up, but the face he made was priceless, so the ear full was worth it. After we explained everything to Gamakichi he made fun of the old man for hours too, and I bet one of my tails that the frog will tell his father what happened when he goes back, because he decided to stay a little longer, I think that he' s hoping that we pull another prank, and he wants to be in the front row to see it. Too bad that I have enough of my childish behavior for a while now, not that I'll tell that to the frog that is perched on my head, chatting non stop with Yuki. In this few days they have become good friends. Currently they are talking about how I was when I was twelve.

"As I was saying Yuki, Naruto was a loud mouth when I met him, and the pranks! Oh the pranks were awesome! He also was very extravagant, do you know the clothes he used to wear? An orange jump suit, non the less. The first time I saw him I thought, what kind of ninja wears orange, is like screaming to the opponents: Here I am! Here I am! Hit me!. But somehow he managed to not get killed. And he was soooo small also!"

"Hey, cut it already you two! You know that it was an act to keep the people off my back. And I have grown! Now I'm a 1.78m seventeen year old, not a 1.45m twelve year old brat!" I say, with a half pout in my face, I never liked being called small, hell even the boss called me a shrimp the first time I summoned him. It was Kyuubi's fault after all! Having him locked inside me was a little exhausting for my body, so it was unable to make me grow too much while we weren't in speaking terms. I had a grow spurt after we started getting along some years ago.

"We know that Naruto-niichan! But it is so much fun to imagine you like that!"

"Ok ok, anything else you want to know about when I was little Yuki-chan?"

"Did you have a girlfriend?" I almost tripped when he said that, wow that was straight forward.

"Mmmmm... I used to say that I liked a girl that was on my same team, her name was Sakura. But I'm not sure if I really liked her, or it was because she was always clinging to Sasuke..." The last part I said it in a whisper. Ok, I admit it, there was some times I was jealous of the bastard, ok scratch that, he never was a bastard, he just had a rough live, but I was jealous of him sometimes. Everybody acted like they loved him, for being an Uchiha, of course, not for being him, but they loved him non the less. Everything I ever got were hatefull glares and bad treatments, I was used to it, but there were seconds where I wished to have that, and after that brief moment I mentally smacked myself, even with the way everybody treat him, Sasuke was always alone and under a lot of pressure. I knew that his situation and mine weren't so different.

Gamakichi and Yuki remained silent, they both knew well that Sasuke was a delicate theme to speak off, and the wisest thing to do was to not speak of it. They are both great. A smile was placed on my face again, there is nothing to be drepresed of right now! The sky is clear, the birds are singing, and I have a family that support me.

"Hey Gamakichi, how's boss doing?"

"Father is great! He actually was a little worried when he heard that you were killed, that was before my cousin came with the news of course."

"Glad to hear that."

I let myself sink in my thought again, Yuki and Gamakichi returning to their conversation. I can't wait to see Gaara again, I need to know if he really saw me that time! Plus I have to congratulate him for becoming the Kazekage, when we first met at the Chuunin exams he was so cold... and with his moto 'Fight for only yourself, living while only loving yourself' well that wasn't exactly what a Kazekage would say. But after our fight he changed, and now he's a great Kazekage and his village love him, or so I heard, and since the information came from a Suna shinobi, I think that it is true.

I wonder if he still cannot sleep because of Shukaku... This days I have been training in order to make better kekkais, maybe I can use one of them with Gaara and seal Shukaku? Well I guess that I'll eventually know. I wish that he has time to train with me, with all his Kazekage duties, and since we are going there without telling him first. Oh well, everything will work out eventually!

Before I even notice, we are stopping for the day. Dusk is aproaching and we decide to make a camp to spend the night. It is a normal rutine now, I set the tents, Yuki gathers wood and Jiraiya makes dinner, not that I can't do it myself, I'm a great cook, after all I lived alone the most part of my life, and no one, and I mean no one, can survive with a diet based in ramen, I would have died from bad nutrition a long time ago.

The meal went smothly, but something kept bugging me since we ate lunch. I kept feeling that someone was watching us, and even now I can feel it. There is definetly someone watching us. I can't smell anything, this person or animal, is smart enough to stand in a place where the wind carry his scent away from me, instead of closer. I'm in full alert now, I know there is someone here, even if I can't find any traces of him. I look at my companions to see if they have noticed something.

"Yuki, do you feel this?" I say in the language of the foxes, so no one can understand us.

"Yes Naruto-niichan, do I tell the others?" he replies back in the same language.

"Yes, but don't let our spy notice it."

Yuki sits next to Jiraiya and start drawing things on the dirt with his finger, the old man got the sign and he's on full alert now too, discreetly stealing glances around, trying to locate him. But it isn't neccesary, he knows that we know, I can feel it, the change of the atmosphere around him.

Someone jumps from somewhere up us, the full moon letting us see him. Black cloak with red clouds, long black hair, and behind the front bangs, two red expressionless eyes watch us. Itachi. And he's alone, Akatsuki is supposed to move in pairs, I wonder where Kisame is.

"Itachi, what is your purpose here?" Jiraiya asked him.

"I'm come to take Naruto-kun with me."

"Naruto is dead." Jiraiya said, saddness clear in his voice, damn, the old man is a great lier.

"No, he isn't dead. I have been watching you for a while, and you have been calling that boy Naruto."

"The Jinchuuriki Naruto, the boy that you met many years ago, the one that is host to Kyuubi and that Akatsuki is targeting is certainly not alive. He died from the injuries he received in an ambush at Stone country. Besides, Itachi, I certainly do not look like that boy."

"You could be using a jutsu to hide your apperance."

"There's no jutsu that can surpass those eyes of yours, and you know it Itachi. If you don't beleive me, you can see it for yourself, Naruto had the sealing mark on his stomach," I say, lifting my shirt to expose my stomach, the seal isn't there,"See? I'm not Naruto."

He looks at me, then his eyes turn into the Mangekyo Sharigan, he's trying to use Tsukuyomi with me, I just glare at him, straight in his eyes. A glimpse of confusion slips pass his emotionless face, he's wondering why it isn't working.

"You cannot use genjutsu with a person that has illusion as a part of their own nature Itachi." I say with a smirk. I walk forward, I'm taller than him now, I notice with a mental smile, and I also notice that Sasuke is now as tall as his older brother, he'll be happy to know that when the time they meet comes. Now lets give him a taste of his own medicine, and make him revive his past. I put a finger on his forehead and proceed to look at his memories.

It seems only seconds to the others, but it was hours for me. I saw all Itachi's memories, with Itachi himself as some kind of tour guide inside his mind.

"So... that's why..." I say stepping back.

Itachi clearly didn't enjoy it. He saw all his past from an outside point, he even explained to me what I was looking at, since I was standing by his side. The look he is currently giving me, I cannot decipher. He's icy exterior is impossible to crack.

"Tell your leader that there's no longer a Kyuubi to extract." I say with a cold voice, so unlike me, that's the voice I use when I'm in the middle of a battle, when I'm sure that killing is unavoidable. Now that I know why he killed his entire clan, I understand, but the Akatsuki is something I refuse to forgive, especially their leader.

Itachi gives me one of that looks that say nothing, and with that he is gone.

"Ok kid, what the fuck happened here?"

"That... is none of your bussiness Jiraiya." The reason behind the Uchiha massacre is too dark, and it shall not be revealed to no one, not before Sasuke knows it.


Sasuke, now I know the reason why your family was killed, why you were left alone, the truth behind the Uchiha clan. I just hope that you get to know it, before you kill your brother, before you finish to destroy what is left of your family and you end finally, completly alone, at least in your mind.

"Come on guys, time to sleep, there's a long journey ahead." I say slipping inside my tent and into my bed roll. I have many information to process, and I'd like to sleep through it.

[Otogakure, Orochimaru's office. Sasuke's POV, three days ago]

I enter the snake's office, dragging behind me Kagero's corpse. I throw it over his desk, startling him.

"Here is your little spy Orochimaru, you really should think twice before sending someone to follow me, or soon you'll be short of minions." I said walking out.

"Sasuke-kun, did you do this?" he said pointing to the bloddy mass over his desk, tainting all the documents over it. I hope they are important, because now they are ruined.

"Hn." I walk out, not answering him, let him think what he wants.

I head to the training grounds. I have to get stronger, Kaji showed me that even if I'm stronger than before, I'm still not strong enough. Kaji... that boy never cease to amuse me, I wonder who he really is. He's a ninja, a powerful one, but I never saw a headband on him. Could he be with the Akatsuki? No, I don't think so, something tells me that he can't be with them. Someday, I'll discover your secrets Kaji, and I'll surpass you.

First, I make a beeline to the room where Orochimaru has his scrolls with the techniques he had develop, or gather. If he doesn't plan to teach me, I'll teach myself. He stopped training me a year ago, telling me that he has too much to deal with to do so. Well, I don't need him, I'll get stronger, and I'll get the power to defeat my brother and get my revenge, with or without his help.

[Orochimaru's POV]

"Kabuto come here."

"Yes Orochimaru-sama?"

"Can you tell me who killed her?"

"Of course Orochimaru-sama."

I look at Kabuto while he examine the body over my desk. After a few minutes he stops and is ready to tell me the results, like the efficient medic-nin that he is.

"Well Orochimaru-sama, I can tell you two things with the information I have."

"And that would be?"

"First, Sasuke didn't kill her."

"And..."

"Second, the chakra traces left over her are... well... weird. I have never encountered something like this before."

"Well, it seems that Uchiha found an interesting friend. I want to know more about him, take care of that Kabuto."

"Yes Orochimaru-sama." He bows and leave.

'This is certainly interesting...'

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So there you go! Please review and tell me if you liked it. And don't kill me! You eventually know the reason behind the Uchiha massacre, but not yet! I will save it for an important fight later on!