Chapter 3

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Naruto found himself staring. He was expecting a hostile Uchiha, not a scared little Shisui lookalike who was shakily pointing a kunai at him, one-tomoe Sharingan spinning as the child's chakra quivered.

The blond knew he looked scary- to a child at least. He was covered in blood. It was in his hair, on his face, clothes, hands, it was everywhere. He slowly walked closer to the kid, stopping a few feet away.

"Hey, I won't hurt you. I need you to come with me though, okay? Itachi- you know him? He told me to get any Uchiha and bring them to a safe place." The Uzumaki held out his hands showing he was unarmed.

The little boy slowly lowered the kunai. "Where is nii-chan?"

"Who is your nii-chan?" Naruto already had a guess, but he needed to make sure.

"Shisui-nii. He's been gone for days. Do you know him?"

Naruto felt sympathy flood him. This child.... his life would change from here out. "Yeah, I knew him. He was like a brother to me. He-"

The blond was cut off due to a number of chakra signatures reaching his senses.

"What? He what? What happened to my nii-chan?"

"Listen to me kid. I promise I will explain, but first, it's not safe here. Will you allow me to take you to 'Tachi?" He let the urgency leak into his voice as the chakra signatures spread out, three heading towards them.

The child nodded, black curls bouncing. "Hai. Take me to Itachi. Then tell me where my brother is."

Naruto scooped the child up and fled, sticking to the forest and concealing his chakra. He saw his rundown apartment and leapt in the window, which was conveniently open. He landed in a crouch, and let Shisui's little brother down.

"Now, Where is Shisui-nii?" The kid asked adamantly.

"Kid-"

"Izuna." Naruto raised a bloody eyebrow. "My name."

"Izuna... Shisui isn't here. Not anymore. He...died."

Izuna stared at him, eyes widening. "Shisui-nii.... died?" That couldn't be. Shisui had promised. But... he had also looked sad... he lied?

Naruto watched Izuna. He seemed to be slowly realizing and connecting several points. Tears began to leak from Izuna's eyes, and he just stood there, sobbing silently. Naruto made no move to comfort him, as when he had, he had been greeted with the swirling two-tomoe Sharingan.

Izuna soon stopped crying and just stood silently.

Naruto looked for any sense that something was wrong. Izuna's eyes weren't dead, just cold, He didn't look like he was being torn apart by the loss of his brother. However, his chakra gave him away. It was twisting and turning, churning with grief.

"Izuna-kun, I'm going to talk to Itachi, okay?"

The Uchiha just nodded. Naruto sighed and stood. He headed into the kitchen, where Itachi stood just inside the doorway, face blank.

"Naruto-kun. That is Shisui's brother?"

"Yes. I wasn't aware he had one. He must have had some sort of premonition to keep Izuna hidden away all these years. From what I can see, Izuna is only three or four. Itachi, He has a stage two Sharingan." 

"Really? So that's why his chakra is larger than a normal Uchiha child's. He's used it before. Shisui must have been training him..."

Naruto nodded. "Would you speak to him while I take a shower? The blood isn't a pleasant smell and if a villager was to bust in here right now..."

"Hai."

Naruto gave him a grateful look and went to shower.



Itachi stared at the boy who was clearly grieving. At least, in Uchiha. It was hard for a non-clan member to see, but to Itachi, it was clear.

"Izuna Uchiha."

The boy looked up. "That's my name, don't wear it out."

Itachi felt a small shock. That was not Uchiha-like. He was like that Obito kid from back when he was tiny. Well, slightly. 

"Izuna was Uchiha Madara's little brother... It is interesting that you have his name."

"Coincidence."

"Hn. Shisui was strong and loved the clan and the village. He did what he thought was right for both." Itachi said. he wasn't good at consoling people.

"What about you? I heard the screams. Did you do what you thought was right?" 

Itachi looked the boy dead in the eye. "No. I don't think what I did was right at all. I was ordered, and I didn't even think it could have been what it was. I blindly followed someone that was already under suspicion."

"So, who? Who ordered you to kill your own family?"

"Shimura Danzo."

Izuna's black eyes glinted dangerously. "Who is he?"

"An elder. He has much power."

Izuna smirked. "Hn."

The message got across. Itachi studied the child. "You are abnormally smart even for an Uchiha."

"Shisui-nii told me that a lot. He said it was like I had another life's worth of knowledge. Then again, he also thought I had magic powers...."

"Hn."

"Hn."

Naruto walked in wearing a white t-shirt and some shorts. His hair was still damp, and he smiled at Izuna. "Izuna-kun, let's get you to bed. We'll talk more tomorrow. Okay?"

Izuna nodded and allowed himself to be led over to Naruto's bed. Naruto tucked him in and left the room. "Goodnight Izuna-kun."

"Goodnight Blondie, Itachi."

Naruto turned to him. "Name's Naruto."

Izuna just nodded, and Naruto turned to leave. "Oh...By the way....I'm a girl, not a boy. It's rude to assume one's gender y'know?"

Naruto chuckled sheepishly and nodded. He looked at Itachi and left.

Itachi nodded at Izuna and left the room.


In the kitchen, Naruto sat at his small table. He sensed Itachi enter.

"Naruto-kun-"

"'Tachi." He was cut off. Naruto turned and stared him dead in the eye. "You will not leave. I do not care if you killed everyone in your family. You have two family members left. Plus me. You have to stay."

"Naruto-kun. I need to do this, for the village."

"Bull. We nee-"

"Naruto." Itachi's voice was stern. "Listen. I need to go join an organization so I can protect you and my clan. These are not Danzo's orders, but Lord Hokage's. This organization is suspicious of many current wrongdoings."

"But-"

"Naruto-kun." Itachi's voice had grown softer, and Naruto stared at him helplessly.

"Can't... Can't you just send a summon?? I know you have a contract with crows!"

"Naruto-kun."

Naruto closed his eyes and looked at the table. "... Fine. But. You have to visit whenever you can, and you can't leave until you explain everything to Sasuke. He deserves to know. You can make him pretend to hate you all you want but he needs an explanation."

Itachi sighed and nodded. "Tomorrow."

Naruto smiled sadly. "Tomorrow." He agreed.

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