Long Live The King: The Chronicles Of Uchiha Itachi and The Uchiha Clan

Chapter Five: Something Lost

Chapter 5 Something Lost

The forest was quiet as Sasuke and his bride slept, mid afternoon sun blocked out by heavy dark red curtains and the black curtains surrounding their canopy bed. A figure walked through a village nearby, neither knowing of the others location. If the figure had they would have given the new pair a frightening wake up call.

The figure was Orochimaru, and he was accompanied by his second in command, Kabuto. "My lord, word has it that the temple of Kaguya was overtaken by an Uchiha. Do you wish for us to investigate?", this from his grey haired servant's voice. They were both dressed in simple brown cloaks and cowls, faces obscured from sight.

"We are here to locate the dog demon known as Sesshomaru, I suppose we have time to do that as well, but we must locate Sesshomaru first. Before the one who opposes us does. We are not the only ones seeking to create organization after all.", the shorter man nodded, they stopped in front of a hut, an old miko exited to stare at them. "Ye seek the one called Lord Sesshomaru do ye? emperor of the dog demon youkai?", Orochimaru smiled wickedly "Yes, I am Orochimaru and this my retainer Kabuto, we seek the emperor for, a proposition."

The old woman eyed them before she called for her daughter. Her daughter was both miko similar to herself, she smiled at Orochimaru and led him away from the hut. The snake demon stared at her intensely, she blushed a bit before speaking. "I am Kikyo I will be your guide through to the dog demon's kingdom" Orochimaru's gaze lingered on the woman hungrily as she lit a claw edged lantern and turned to walk into the inky black depths of the forest. The forest here was forever bathed in shadows even during the daylight hours. Kabuto glanced at his master but spoke not as the snake ushered him forward. they both then followed her quietly, vanishing into the darkness...

Deep inside the Temple of Kaguya Itachi lay asleep. It was named after the goddess who birthed Vincent Otsutsuki sometimes known as Vincent Valentine, and his brother Jenova Otsutsuki, mother of his child and the first of Orochimaru's victims though none would ever know it for many years to come. She was grandmother of his son Sephiroth Otsutsuki. She was creator of the world and the Uchiha owed their existence to her. Her temples were sacred to them and this one was designed to house the entire clan in case of emergancy. Servants and slaves maintained the property, it was like a large floating castle that hovered above the forest canopy. It was pearl white with three red dots on each of the 12 towers. The ground beneath it was solid stone and each wall was decorated in the Uchiha clan colors and symbol. It was invisible to outsiders, only those descended from her would be able to access it.

Itachi sat up in bed, he groaned in annoyance as his eyes finally opened themselves. Sai was dead, but that didn't matter to him. He'd lied to Sasuke that night two and a half years ago, a pair of long pale arms wrapped themselves around his neck. He turned to face the head of long spiky black hair. "Itachi, is something troubling you again?", came the sultry purr that echoed in the chest of the female gendered male, commonly known as an Eve, who held close to him. "No, nothing is wrong. I just woke up not too long ago, but I have not decided to move until just now. How are you faring? Are you still in pain?", he kissed the side of the other's face lovingly. "I am torn, you were far too rough with me last night Itachi...", a mock pout, a look of feigned innocence.

"So cute you are...", he pulled the older into his lap and embraced him warmly. A hand slid down to rest on the other's bulging stomach. "I was as gentle as possible considering your condition, my love", he purred and nuzzled the one now settled against him. "I know, are you-", the older was cut off by a bout of fierce coughing from the one he was cuddling into. He lifted his head from the younger to cast worried eyes on him. "Itachi-sama...are you alright?", Itachi wiped his mouth with a cloth he then handed to a servant that was walking past their bedchambers. "I am fine my beautiful one, why must you be so formal with me when you worry? Relax my love." a kiss pressed against the elder's jawline calmed him and he moved to rest against he beloved once more.

"Itachi...I cannot help but worry for you, are you certain you wish to go through with our marriage ceremony?", the question had been asked and the younger male sighed sadly, he nodded whole heartedly. Itachi knew that two and a half years ago he had done something unforgivable, but when his beautiful one located him after the encounter with his younger brother, he knew that he could not hold regret in his heart.

All that remained in his heart was love for the older Uchiha that now clung to him.

"Of course I am certain, my love, my mother, my Madara..."

(Elsewhere)

Tsunade, the fifth hokage of the land of the hidden trees, sat in her office and stared at the ones who sat in front of her. "You expect me to locate the surviving members of the Uchiha Clan massacre?", the man sitting in the chair in front of her desk glared at her.

"Of course I do! the Uchiha will one day become the rulers of the demon kingdom or have you forgotten that, Senju?", she glared back at him,

"You have me there I will reluctantly admit... So, Vegeta was it?", he crossed his arms and snarled pointed ears flicking back against his skull as he growled at her.

"Prince Vegeta, you vile woman. I am the only remaining member of the southern most distant branch of the Uchiha Clan, we had our own rulers. That is, aside from my infant sons Kakkarot and Sarada, I do not care if the main branch's heir has survived, I plan on restarting my branch of the clan in another dimension, there I will be king of all the Uchiha that reside within it. The Uchiha clan must spread across the universe, so is Kaguya's will."

She sighed and nodded as she stared at Vegeta, the Uchiha's hair was unusual in what little of the royal family she had seen. His hair was spiked, that must have been due to the distance between his branch clan and that of the main family. The main Uchiha clan's adult males all either sported long black hair or long brown hair. This variation showed they did what was needed in order to make sure that their blood survived no matter what happened to the main family. "Fine. But in return you must locate someone for me as well. I need you to find Soubi Of The Land Of The Hidden Sand Dunes. He is a wanted criminal in The Land Of The Hidden Trees. We must find him before he can find his life mate or we will be unable to bring him in. "

Vegeta snarled at her before he called for his servants and they walked in, holding his infant sons. He nodded as he turned to walk away. "Just, find out if Zack and his wife survived. I do not need to say anything else about that, you were given the scrolls listing the other possible survivors. I expect results by the end of the year.", he and his followers vanished in the trademark Uchiha plume of flames, however the flame was blue instead of red signifying their status as a branch clan.

She put her chin on her palm and sighed in annoyance before yelling for her wife, her life mate Karui to bring her another round of sake.

Karui walked inside with a smile, she was a dark coco skinned woman with long spiky red hair. She set the sake cup in front of her husband and sighed as the large breasted woman pulled her into her lap. "We cannot trust the Uchihas.", the blonde finally whispered as she kissed Karui's shoulder. "I know, they are a ruthless and bloodthristy race, those fire breathing wolves and their fire breathing monkey cousins not to mention the other demon tribes in the branch families. They pose a threat to small villages like ours...", Karui said this as Tsunade drank from the sake in thought. "You are right, contact the Hyuuga, Haruno and the Uzumaki clans, tell them we have the means to get them what they desire when it comes to revenge against the Uchiha Clan."

Karui nodded and got up, "right away hokage-sama.", she vanished and the fox demon woman grunted under her breath as she leaned back in her chair. Her son The Kyuubi had been missing for over 4 months now, she had sent out search party after search party but all had come back unsuccessful.

She knew her elder boy, Minato would have been devastated if anything ended up happening to his baby brother. Karui had never been in the right state of mind after the death of their eldest son during a raid by the one known as Madara Uchiha, who ironically enough was the former wife of the one called Hashirama, Tsunade's step-grandfather a wolf demon descended from the Uchiha through Vincent. Hashirama was later murdered by an unknown enemy and ever since then no one had seen or heard from Madara. No one know who the defacto leader of the Uchiha clan's main branch by this time was.

She snorted and went back to her sake, politics, she pushed the thoughts aside.

it was all annoying politics and murder.

To Be Continued...