The Rebuilding of The Uzumaki Clan

The Bloody Night

*Naruto POV* *7 years old*
My day started out like any other. I did my physical training, now with resistance seals placed on my body to keep me from reaching a plateau. I did my farming and sent a clone off to sell the produce at the stand Jiji gave me. I sent my clones off to do chakra control, fuinjutsu, and elemental manipulation training. I even sent a clone to waste another day at school.

I spent my morning like usual, but I just couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. There was a coldness in the air, almost like a feeling of loss. I had sent Yume out this morning to see if anything happened in the village that I wasn't aware of, but she hasn't come back yet.

I decided to take Ryoshi and Yaseno to practice in trying to help them unlock their chakra because they had never used it before. Yume already unlocked her chakra but didn't know how to use it very well other than sticking to things to walk up them and jumping through shadows.

"Ok, now what you have to do is close your eyes and meditate. You should be able to feel something warm deep inside yourself, kind of like a pool of energy. Once you feel that warmth, you will need to get ahold of it and pull it out to the surface. Now go ahead and try, and if you have any questions let me know," I told them and watched as they followed my instructions.

After watching them for about an hour, where Yaseno was meditating very well but Ryoshi couldn't stop fidgeting. Just then Yume showed up out of a shadow and ran up to me. Yaseno and Ryoshi opened their eyes once they smelled her.

"Hey Yume, so what did you find," I asked as she sat in front of me, and the rest of the fox pack came closer.

"It's the Uchiha clan. All of them have been massacred during the night by one person, Itachi Uchiha. The only one left alive is Sasuke Uchiha, the new heir. The Uchiha compound is currently flooded with anbu and the Hokage is overseeing the search for any other survivors. He also sent out a few groups of anbu to track down Itachi because he went rogue afterwards," Yume reported dutifully though she sounded like she was in disbelief and was going to be sick from the things she saw there.

"Oh no. That's horrible," Yaseno exclaimed in surprise and Ryoshi was just standing there silently.

"I can't believe Itachi would have done this without a really good reason. He really doesn't seem like the type. I'll go check it out some more myself, thank you Yume," I replied petting her on the head and scratching her behind the ears to comfort her. "Oh, and watch these two for me please, make sure they're ok."

I heard her give an affirmative as I turned around and raced toward the Uchiha compound. It took me a while to get there as it was on the other side of the village from where I lived, but as I was getting closer to the wall surrounding the compound, I started sneaking through a few alleys to get to it.

I activate my sharingan as I get closer to the Uchiha police station that was just outside so that I could see better and notice any finer details. Though as I walked up to the building that had apparently already been cleared because there was no one there, Kurama started to freak out.

"That smell! It's him! He was here," she shouted in my head, trying to force her way to the surface to get a better whiff.

I quickly move away and hide in a nearby alley so I could figure out what she was yelling about.

"What are you talking about Kurama! Please stop forcing your chakra through or I'm not going to be able to hide it! Ahhhhh~," I couldn't finish my train of thought because I was overcome by an intense pain radiating from my eyes. I had to grit my teeth to keep from screaming in pain.

"Naruto! I'm sorry! What's wrong, what happened?" She asked hurriedly in a worried tone.

"I don't know! My eyes are burning," I replied and felt something wet running down my checks. I brought my hand up and wiped it away, then looked and saw blood. "My eyes are bleeding, why?"