Naruto: The Uchiha Prodigy by Rifat

Chapter 3: The Secrets Beneath Our Shrine

The Naka River

Naruto was skipping stones near the edge of the Naka River. This was their favorite spot on the river. He would sit there for hours while sitting with his mother or brother and stare off into the eternal water that always flowed there. He always felt a certain amount of peace when he stood in the exact same spot he was standing in right now. Skipping stones became a bad habit for him when it came to this place. It was instinctual. Shisui had often told him when he was younger that skipping stones was a good warm up exercise for those who were not shinobi. He used to think it was an absurd lie. He started skipping stones in a shuriken throwing fashion at five, and when he finally started his bukujutsu at six he saw that it was not a lie at all.

The stones were sometimes heavier than conventional shuriken and this helped him when he started the actual exercise. Though his brother had often told him not to rely on the Sharingan all the time as he believed it would greatly hinder his progress as a shinobi in the endgame. Many of the clan members had often prided themselves on the fact that they had the Sharingan. The branch member however could not proudly proclaim that proud ancestry so easily. Very few members from the branch had awakened the Sharingan. Naruto's eldest brother himself had awakened the Sharingan a few moments before his death as Kakashi had stated before, whose left eye was one the Sharingan Obito had awakened. Shisui awakened it after he was attacked by some ANBU Black Ops, something that bothered Naruto to this day. Naruto does not remember the story as to how his parents awakened but guessed that it must've been a similar situation.

After a few more stones had been skipped he started towards the Eastern direction of the Naka River from where he stood. This was going to be a very defining moment for Naruto. He found the shinto boundary and saw the cavern that was digging itself below into the ground. He stood in front of the cavern and activated his Sharingan and looked around carefully for anyone. Right now, he did not fully trust anyone, even more so because this was a clan secret. Any one outside the clan who had gain the knowledge by inept means would face only one punishment: Death.

Seeing that there were no chakra signature he took a moment to contemplate the situation. With the Sharingan, the series of lettered Kanji could be seen clearly on a large slab at the surface of the cavern. He then was mentally remembering all the hand seals that Shisui had written down on the scroll and released a large sigh before performing them.

Tatsu - Ne - Tori - Mi - Inu - Tatsu - Uma - Ushi - Uma - U - Saru - Hitsuji - Tora - Mi

Then the slab raised itself as a light blue colored chakra displayed itself around the corners of the slab. He saw that the slab rose further and was waiting in mid air. Naruto got down in the dug out earth and saw that there was a stair way leading downstairs. It was dark. Too dark. Naruto let out a small sigh and channeled katon chakra to his palms after performing the Mi and Tora hand seals. The flame lit in his palm and he noticed that the slab that was suspended in mid air had come down and closed the entrance.

"Well... At least the slab knows what it's doing." Naruto muttered as he looked at the walls with pure distaste. All of the walls seemed like they had been maintained properly but the color was somewhat depressing. To him at least.

Plain grey.

"Just like the Uchiha mindset. How boring. At least make it an interesting color." Naruto then remembered the red and blonde blur that left him dazed earlier today, and the other color he noticed. "Like orange... On second thoughts no. Who in their right mind would wear orange? It must have been my imagination."

Somewhere in the Leaf Village

A girl seven years of age stood at 3'8" tall and was grinning with her eyes closed. She looked like a mad scientist with that grin on her face. She had light skin and had three faint whisker marks on each of her cheeks. Her face was had baby fat which was an added factor to her bubbly cuteness. Now she opened her eyes and a deep violet shade could be seen clearly. Her hair sun kissed blonde hair had streaks of red in it was smooth and flowing. It was done in twin pigtails. She wore a orange hoodie which had some blue in it and wore orange pants as well. As if it couldn't get any worse, it was neon orange. It stood out way too much.