Building the Yellow Brick Road by LittleOne94

Chapter 15 : Miffed

"You're still a bit miffed with Sasuke aren't you?" it had been three days since he'd tracked Itachi down, he had been hiding from him in the roof of the forbidden section of the library. It was a good hiding spot if not for the fact Harry had full access and Gama had tattled on him. When he did finally catch him he had stunned Itachi before feeding him a magical truth serum and interrogated him about what he thought of the babies. He was happy with the answers and cackled evilly over why Itachi had made a run for it; he apparently remembered vividly how scary his own mother had been with Sasuke when the hormones had kicked in.

A day later after the effects had worn off Itachi had tracked Sasuke down.

"My covers blown completely now; I can't talk my way out of this one Ryuu." Itachi sighed. All that work was now down the drain. He couldn't help thinking Sasuke had planned it this way.

And he would be right.

"Wanting to be someone you're not is a waste of the person you are Itachi. Even for a mission. You've wasted enough years of your life for Konoha, focus on what family you have left, focus on freeing the children ROOT has taken and clearing your name." seeing Itachi was still brooding, Harry decided he should share that little piece of information he had found a while back; he may not know about it just as he didn't know about the children. Itachi was blinded by his duty to Konoha and his own form of arrogance after all.

"Do you know what actually set the Uchiha's off to start the coup?"

"They felt they were entitled and cheated out of the seat of Hokage." Responded Itachi automatically, mind still preoccupied.

"…that's what was assumed by those who didn't know, but it'd not the real reason they planned It." explained Harry, trying to lead Itachi to the realisation much like he did when trying to teach Sasuke; helping them make the connections tended to yald beter results rather than just telling them the answer.

"What do you mean?" if Itachi was a cat his ears would have been perked up at that.

"There was a 'Hunter' hunting the Uchiha even before you were born Itachi. They were frightened and reacted in the only way they knew how when they didn't know who they could trust. I found this letter while in Whirlpool addressed to the last Uzamaki head from an Uchiha head." Handing over the letter Ryuu waited as Itachi read it.

Head of the Clan of Uzamaki, Kisa Uzamaki

We of the Clan of Uchiha ask of you advice during our time of need. There lurks a hunter still in Konoha village hunting those of my clan. Children do not return when they leave the compound while others disappear from their beds. Our shinobi are found blind and deaf with silence seals or never heard of again.

Probing along the Konoha spy network has brought us to the Clan of Sarutobi and their branch house of Shimura. But their number of clansmen the two hold even surpasses the Hyuga and Nara Clans, so finding the hunter has proven impossible. What we do know is the hunter is protected by the current Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi.

We seek advice on how to proceed in this matter.

Head of the Clan of Uchiha, Fuqua Uchiha

Harry saw Itachi had finished reading, "From what I can gather it wasn't long before Whirlpool fell into war and communication between the two stopped" platting a strand of Itachi's hair as he let Itachi think through this new bit of information Harry contemplated whether or not he would notice if he tried to cut his hair…

Probably.

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The letter explained so much about the behaviour he had observed of his clan compared to the other clans. The paranoia and suspicion of his clan to outside shinobi was well known in the village. The fact that ROOT kidnapped the Uchiha children after the massacre was also a large bullseye as to who the perpetrator his grandfather was looking for was.