Unsealing Legacy

Chapter 10: Missing Pieces of History

10th Legacy: Missing Pieces of History

We stand here together. Uchiha, Uzumaki... Senju... why couldn't the sons of Rikudo Sennin do the same? Is the title of heir that important? That they destroyed everything their father had worked so hard for?
Uchiha Shisui

"There's no point in wishing for history that has been set in stone to change."
Uchiha Itachi

"We still have a future ahead within our hands, ours to decide..."
Uzumaki Naruto

Konoha

Naruto was on the way back to the tower, choosing an unconventional route that only a small body like his could take. Usually, he could care less of the stares and whispered insults that had trailed him like a plague since he was young, and he opted to just run whenever it happened. But he is still aware whenever he gets stared at, especially when it seems like someone no less skilled than a jounin or ANBU was following him this time. It was really hard to throw them off of him, he tried being subtle with it by laying false trails and doubling back whenever possible, but they were really good, even Itachi and Shisui sometimes had a hard time following him. If there was one thing he was as good at as Fuuinjutsu it would be stealth, a skill born out of a twisted longing to play tag at a time when only his ANBU guards were available as playmates. He didn't even have to ask them to play; he made them play with him, chasing him through the village after a good old prank that would end in getting him a reprimand from Tori or the Hokage. That was one childish attitude he was both grateful and ashamed of.

He didn't know if his stalkers knew he was aware of being followed, but if they did they didn't show it. Only, this was starting to get annoying, and he wanted them off of his back now. It was almost hilarious how even a seasoned ninja fell to his unconventional strategies, all it took was a detour to his favorite training ground and him making a ridiculous number of kage bunshin that enshrouded the clearing in chakra smoke. The kage bunshin then split up into four groups, following their training routine as usual. It didn't take long for four black blurs to silently follow each group, unaware of a small insignificant pebble that was left in the empty clearing. After a long while, a small puff of smoke appeared, and in place of the pebble was one Uzumaki Naruto, rubbing the back of his head.

His eyes narrowed at the lush forest where his kage bunshins and stalkers had disappeared to. 'What is Danzou planning? This is the third time I noticed his puppets following me this week.' Then again according to Hakurei's Intel, that man was getting more and more restless with the recent developments between The Tower and Uchiha Clan. 'Well, the grudge he has against us is legendary, second only to Kurama's against Madara."

Danzou viewed The Tower as a threat because they still held love for the fallen Uzushiogakure, and as for the Uchiha...

The Tower, Naruto's living room

"He still holds a grudge against Tou-san it seems..." Shisui muttered in between chewing dango they had for afternoon snacks in Naruto's place. "Seriously~ Tou-san has already been dead for ten years..."

"Kagami-jisan was a direct subordinate of Nidaime-sama, wasn't he?" Itachi didn't really know Shisui's father, his father's older cousin who fell in the third Shinobi war. War had not been kind for Kagami who was a close comrade of the Nidaime's students and Danzou. He was married pretty late even by shinobi standards to a medic-nin ten years younger when he was in his forties. And when Kagami passed away, he was only two years old. Shisui had been loved dearly by his father, the youngest child he had when he was in his fifties. Shisui had been devastated when he lost both his father and brother to war.

Shisui nodded, "Danzou was his ex-teammate."

Naruto frowned at that, "Hm... from what Hakurei told me, Danzou seems to loathe the Uchiha." He shook his head, "Not exactly loathing, but it's more like he's under the impression that your clan is going to be Konoha's downfall... a sick branch of Konoha's tree that he has to prune." Naruto didn't miss how Itachi and Shisui stiffened for a moment before they regained their composure.