Uzumaki and Uchiha: Journey of Love

Part 7

4 years later

The village hidden in the leaves had peaceful day after that.

People were finally over the Uchiha massacre and people were finally over it. It was a terrible day. The former Uchiha clan head ,Uchiha Fugaku; his loyal clanmen and Uchiha elders were killed that night. Some people were so disgusted that some hurled when they heard the gruesome details. They had heard each adult male member was stabbed through the heart and then their eyes were destroyed. All that was left of the Uchiha were thirty female members and five male Uchiha who were under the age of ten.

While the villagers were sad that this happened the remaining Uchiha were sort of glad. Yes they were sad that they lost their loved ones, but it was that or be thrown into a civil war. With all the males gone, Mikoto stepped up as the Uchiha clan head. She was rightfully the clan head because she was the descendant of Uchiha Izuki before, but Uchiha elders wanted to maintain the clan as the patriarch one they were, Fugaku became clan head when him and Mikoto were forced to marry from an arranged marriage. Since Uchiha Mikoto took over, the Uchiha have prospered more than ever before. Who knew all they needed was a woman's touch.

However, whoever carried out the massacre was still in the dark. Several investigations were made by the Hokage but they couldn't find anything or anyone suspicious, which made everyone feel something off. They didn't stop wondering about the culprit of the Uchiha massacre. Who was that? How could that person slaughtered much of the Uchiha clan like that in one? What was the purpose of the massacre? All of them was mysteries that can't be explained.

For the Hokage, he felt relieved as the Hidden Leaf Village wouldn't descend into a civil war and risk of going to an other shinobi war, but he couldn't stop feeling worry about the ANBU who committed the Uchiha massacre. He recalled that he and his ANBU ran to the Uchiha compound, he had been shocked as he saw blood covered the streets and bodies lay scattered across the compound. Entering the house of the Uchiha clan head, he saw Uchiha Fugaku was beheaded and his wife was lying motionless on the floor, an ANBU with the bird mask standing nearby and he was holding a bloody sword. At first, he thought that was Izumi until she came then, and the ANBU disappeared before they could do anything.

The massacre happened one day before the day Uchiha Izumi was supposed to do her mission, so it means that person knew about the extermination. However, there were just he, elders and Izumi herself knew this, elders always wanted to eliminate the Uchiha clan and Izumi was his loyal ANBU, no way they would tell anyone about it. The other possibility was that person watching the meeting in the Hokage Tower. After the day of the Uchiha massacre, he was reported that someone breaking into the secret room of the Konoha Archive Library, where stored many top secret documents and scrolls. Luckily, nothing important was lost but Izumi's S-rank mission scroll disappeared. Hiruzen prepared it in case after the Uchiha prodigy completed the mission and left the village, and elders had any bad moves toward remaining Uchiha. He could affirmed that the mysterious ANBU stole it.

The massacre was committed by someone, so Izumi didn't need to do what she didn't want, she didn't need to leave the village and the Hokage was really thankful for that. By the way, Izumi was one of the strongest shinobi in the entire village, letting her become a missing nin wasn't a good thing and she was still too young to carry a heavy burden.

The ninja academy

Graduation day

Naruto, alongside what remained of his classmates, was waiting for the final part of the graduation exam. They had already completed the written part earlier in the day, and the accuracy and taijutsu portions the day before. Now, though, they had to do the practical part; performing a randomly selected e-rank jutsu for the instructors. So far, most of the class had gone and either passed or failed. The only ones that had yet to take it were himself, Yamanaka Ino, and a couple of civilian students, with Sasuki having been called in just a few minutes before.