An Itachi Fanfiction [EDITING]

Enter the Five Kage

The day of the Five Kage Summit arrived beneath a blanket of grey clouds.

Ordinarily, birthdays were supposed to be happy occasions.

Today was my seventeenth birthday.

I spent most of it wondering whether my last remaining family member would survive the day.

I stood at the gates of the Hidden Leaf, dressed in formal shinobi attire, a stack of sealed scrolls secured to my belt. Beside me stood Danzo and his escorts.

The irony wasn't lost on me.

The man responsible for the destruction of my clan was escorting me to a meeting where the fate of the last Uchiha would be decided.

Neither of us spoke during the journey.

I was grateful for that.

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The Land of Iron was unlike any place I had ever visited.

Snow covered the mountains.

Samurai guarded every entrance.

The entire fortress felt tense.

Like everyone present knew history was about to be written.

Or rewritten.

As we entered the summit chamber, my eyes immediately found Gaara.

The Kazekage sat quietly among the other Kage.

For a brief moment, our eyes met.

A silent acknowledgment.

Then we both looked away.

Professional.

Controlled.

The meeting began.

And almost immediately, my senses picked up something familiar.

A chakra signature.

One I would recognize anywhere.

My heart nearly stopped.

Sasuke.

He was here.

I kept my expression neutral.

Nobody else seemed to notice.

Not yet.

Good.

The Kage quickly descended into arguments.

Accusations.

Old grudges.

Political posturing.

Eventually Mifune slammed the butt of his sword against the floor.

The room fell silent.

"Before we continue," he said, "perhaps our guest would present the intelligence she gathered while infiltrating the Akatsuki."

Every eye turned toward me.

I stepped forward.

This was it.

The moment I had spent three years preparing for.

I unsealed the scrolls.

Smoke filled the room.

When it cleared, dozens of binders sat neatly stacked across the table.

The red clouds of the Akatsuki.

The Uchiha crest.

Mission reports.

Member profiles.