We Can Change

Chapter 7 - What did I just see

Naruto's pov

What was going on? Kurama? Where are you? Damn that fox always sleeping. Huh? What's this?

I saw flashbacks of me and itachi's moments. When he would tell me stories of his anbu missions, even if they were classified. When I would accidentally call him nii-san, and he would just laugh it off.

When he treated me to ramen, only to regret it as I ate 10 bowls. And also when h-

"OIII WAKE UP"

"Ahhhh" I screamed as my eyes snapped open "what was that for?"

I expected a warm blanket next to be only to find chilling rock and sounds of splashing water.

"What's going on kura?"

"You passed out and ita-"

That's right Itachi he, wait what where's Itachi.

I felt the urge to yell his name only to find the moon directly above me signaling midnight.

A cold shiver passed down my spine as I remembered the events before Itachi and that masked man knocked me out.

I looked down to find my hands unconsciously clenched around two scrolls.

"Open these after your first mission outside the village"

Those words echoed through my head. What was going on?

I decided to switch my chakra to sensing mode. That's when shock hit me. I felt strong chakra shooting out the uchiha and police force lands.

Thinking the worst, I dashed off to the uchiha compound despite being still dizzy from being knocked out.

I felt my breathing fasten and my eyes twitching, what was this horrible sensation?

I arrived to find silence, cold lifeless silence. It was night time so it was normal, right? The smell of fresh blood, the remnants of intense fear. This atmosphere, was cold dark and frightening.

I felt sweat drip down my cheek.

No matter how much kura tried to comfort me. The sight in front of me shocked me. I froze, standing in front of the once lively neighborhood.

I couldn't help them, I was busy being knocked out and this happened.

"It's not your fault, remember your an academy student, not an anbu"

I finally took one small step towards the blood covered door frame. Not once had I seen this much blood, death and destruction.

This was worse than I expected. Worse than the worse. From the looks of it the entire uchiha's have-

Then it hit me like a train. Sasuke.

"SASUKE WHERE ARE YOU" I screamed this time not worrying about the time.

I ran and ran mentally blocking out the corpses surrounding me. Then there. A lifeless looking innocent raven. On the floor face down.

I dashed over, soaking my shoes in red blood. That's when I saw him take a small shallow breath.

He was alive.

But what about Itachi. I didn't sense his chakra anywhere. He wasn't dead right? No way was he, he wouldn't just die like that he's strong.

I looked back down at the passed out uchiha. Then with the help of kurama, I used my very limited medical ninjutsu to check on why he was passed out.

Too my confusion, he was out because of chakra exhaustion. Could sasuke have fought whoever did this, he wasn't physically injured though.

"I have an idea, check his eyes"

Being still in the state of shock, I moved my hands up to the ravens face. His eyes, they where-

"He's awakened his sharingan"

Wha-

I dropped my hands lifelessly to the floor. Warm liquid flowed down my cheek before dropping onto the concrete floor.

What did he have to go through, what did everyone have to go through.

"Kit this is the true world, this is what the shinobi world is like, this is death, you will face it sooner or later, I'll be here for you"

With that, I clenched my stomach where the infamous seal was located. I sobbed into my shirt which now stenches of blood.

I looked up and took a few breaths to calm down, only to get my tears on Sasuke's pale face.

I felt like I was getting ripped apart. This much death, the atmosphere filled with fear. What was the shinobi world ready like, and where the hell is itachi.

I almost screamed before a hand touched my shoulder. I didn't care who's it was. I grabbed the hand and sobbed into the chest of whoever the hand belonged too.

"Hey naruto, it's jiji, it's okay now, it's okay, I'll take care of the rest"

Hiruzen's pov

I knew about the massacre, and I despised it. It was the only way and Itachi took the sacrifice.

What I wasn't prepared for was a little blond crying his heart out at the scene of the massacre.

I held out my hand signaling the anbu to stay hidden. Having this many people would just shock the now traumatized naruto.

I took a few steps closer, he didn't even sense me. My heart dropped, how much did the blond see?

I embraced the small child and he allowed me to pick him up, I carried him away until the stench of blood was no longer lingering. Naruto fell asleep in my arms, so I found the nearest bench and sat down with him.

Only a few minutes later the blond woke up.

"What did I just see" Naruto croaked in a broken voice.

I stayed silence not know what to tell him. He didn't deserve a lie yet the truth would break him.

"Itachi, did he-"

I could only nod, there was no use in lying, he saw everything. After everything I put him through, he needed the truth.

"Naruto are you okay? I know your mature enough to handle this, but sasuke will have to stay in the hospital for a bit, please don't let this impact you too hard, talk to me if you need to okay?"

"Okay I will," Naruto replied. "I just need some time alone first."

I watched as the small blond stood up and vanished off into the distance.

Naruto's pov

After jiji arrived, I could sense a few anbu around the area. I just hope sasuke is okay.

Kurama let me process my thoughts in silence as I aimlessly wandered around the village. My feet somehow took me to the place I most needed to be, the forest of death.

I felt the life of plants pulsing through my veins. The bright colors standout even in the middle of the night.

Being relieved at the large contrast to the scene I was just at, I sat down leaning against a medium sized tree, comfortably resting.

"You okay?"

"I will be, I need to see Itachi though I have t-"

"I don't think it's a good idea to do that"

"And why not, he is somewhere outside the village, I can still talk to him"

"He's left for a reason and killed everyone for a reason, just carry on what he entrusted to you."

My hands dropped to the two scrolls fastened around my belt. Why after our first mission outside the village?

That's when I heard rustling, footsteps and droplets of water?