"Thinking"

"Flashback "

Naruto and Itachi ran along the rooftops as quick as they could as they darted towards the area where Naruto had sensed Shisui.

Itachi already had his Sharingan fully activated and had a focused and intense look on his face. "How much further?" He asked back to Naruto who was running slightly behind him.

Naruto sensed Shisui's location with his sensor abilities before answering. "Just over that ridge. He's tiring and I think he's hurt." Naruto said as they both picked up the pace.

After a few moments, they both jumped over the ridge and landed at one of the empty training grounds. Naruto sensed there was no one around the training ground which made him understand why there was no one around to help and see what was happening.

In front of them, they both saw Shisui who was down on both of his knee's looking exhausted and had a two holes in his chest. He was breathing unevenly and blood dripped from his mouth.

Around him where eight Anbu's though looking at their masks Naruto and Itachi could tell something was off about them. Though they were wearing normal masks like the regular Anbu wore along with a darker version of the uniform, on their masks they had Ne symbol in black. Neither Naruto nor Itachi recognized the symbol since neither had seen these kind of Anbu before.

Scattered all around the field were dead Ne Anbu, roughly around twenty-one if by Naruto's count showing Shisui had not gone down without a fight.

They saw one of the Anbu go in for the killing blow on Shisui but before the tanto strike could land, Itachi shunshined in front of the strike and blocked it. He then grabbed the Anbu's wrist, twisted it and threw the Ne Anbu into a nearby tree.

"Itachi." Shisui coughed out as he spat blood onto the ground while Itachi got in front of him.

"Stay behind me." He said as Shisui nodded and slumped to the ground.

"State your business. Why are you attacking my Clan member?" Itachi asked but got no response as the masked figures just looked at him in silence. After a few moments of silence the Anbu shot forward and went to strike Itachi.

Before Itachi could defend himself though a giant wooden wall erupted in front of him and blocked the strikes as the two Uchiha looked in surprise. They looked up to see Naruto standing on top of the wooden wall with his blade drawn out of its sheath.

He looked down at them. "I was going to tell you eventually." He said as Itachi had questions bubble up in his head but would save them for later.

"This one possesses Mokuton." One of the Anbu said in an emotionless tone. "Take him alive. Leader-sama will want him."

The other Anbu nodded before the seven of them went forward.

Four went towards Naruto while three went towards Itachi whose Sharingan was now spinning.

As they Anbu went to fight him, he followed their movements and countered them as he ducked a swing from a tanto and drew a kunai from his pouch. As he ducked another swing, he drove one kunai into the back of the head of one of the Anbu, watching as they dropped to the ground lifeless.

With one down, he turned to the other two who stood beside each other. Both went through some hand signs before saying

The blast hit Itachi but instead of falling to the ground or getting knocked away, he erupted into a murder of crows.

The two Anbu looked around before a pair of hands grabbed one Anbu and dragged him into the ground where after a few seconds a severed head got thrown out of the earth and rolled along the grass.

The last Anbu threw kunai and shurikens down the hole in trying to kill Itachi with a mass barrage of weapons though after a few moments he saw down the hole was a tree stump.

He heard footsteps behind him but as soon as he looked around he only saw a pair of Sharingan looking at him. He found himself trapped on a tree as Itachi melded out of the tree with a kunai in hand and slashed at his throat.

The Anbu dropped to the ground lifelessly making a soft thud sound.

Itachi looked over to Naruto and saw he was handling his Anbu without problems and went over to Shusui who breathing was hard and labored.

Naruto blocked a strike from one of the Anbu's with his blade before slamming his fist into one of the Anbu's faces, cracking their mask and making a sickening crack be heard in the area as the Anbu dropped to the ground dead.

Naruto ducked a swing and kicked another Anbu in the stomach, which put him to the ground before he blocked another strike with his blade and pushed forward.

Naruto jumped in the air and kicked off from one of the Anbu's shoulders and did hand signsHe called out as water bullets shot forwards towards the Anbu who all quickly evaded the attacks.

When they did though a shadow clone of Naruto appeared next to one of them and drove a kunai though his chest while the real Naruto used the distraction to deliver a hard super powered axe kick to the back of one of the Anbu's, crushing him into the ground and breaking his spine in the process.

With the last Anbu who defiantly stood their ground, he went to throw shurikens at Naruto but before he his hand could even reach into the pouch, Naruto's blade appeared in his chest. Small bits of blood leaked out from under the white mask before he too dropped to the ground.

Taking a deep breath and wiping a bit of sweat from his brow, he noticed from the side that the Anbu that was knocked into the tree was beginning to get up and trying to make a getaway.

"!" Naruto said as wooden branches wrapped around the Anbu. Though before the Anbu's arms were completely locked, the Anbu dug their hand into their pouch and put a small pill into their mouth.

Naruto appeared in front of the Anbu but before he could even speak he saw white foam coming out from underneath the mask making his eyes widen before growling out. He tore the mask out and saw foam coming from the mouth indicating he

"Damn it." Naruto said before he let the body go when a green seal glowed on the Anbu's neck and the body was suddenly set on fire as any remains of the Anbu was destroyed.

All around similar actions were being done around on the other Anbu as they all were set alight. 'Whomever they belong to knows some knowledge of seals.'Naruto thought before he made his way over to Itachi and Shisui.

When Naruto crouched on the other side of Shisui he saw the two holes in Shisui's chest and knew immediately there was no way he was going to survive. He looked up at Itachi who looked at him for moment before Naruto gently shook his head.

Itachi face fell as he looked back at Shisui who was getting very pale and was coughing up more blood.

"Itachi, Naruto listen to me..." He gasped out as he motioned for them to lean closer.

"These Anbu were not regular Anbu. They were part of Danzo's Root Shinobi. They have been brainwashed into becoming emotionless tools at his disposal. Danzo has this belief that every part of the village needs to be militarized and believes he is the one that will bring Konoha to greatness. All he wants is more power and for Konoha to be under his thumb."

He then looked at Itachi. "I tried to go to the clan and use a special genjutsu on the clan members that are revolting but his Root Anbu got to me first and tried to take my Sharingan."

"Why go after your Sharingan?" Itachi asked as Naruto was shocked at the part about Uchiha's revolting against the village.

Shisui took a long and ragged breath before both watched in amazement as his Sharingan morphed and formed into a four-sided shuriken.

"Mangekyō Sharingan..." Itachi said in awe as did Naruto since no one had ever activated it to his knowledge since Madara and Izuna Uchiha.

"I awoke my Mangekyō Sharingan when I was twelve. Since then I have developed a powerful genjutsu called Kotoamatsukami. The technique itself allows the user to enter the opponent's mind and manipulate them by giving them false experiences, making it seem as if they were doing things of their own free will."

"Wow." Naruto said. "That might be the most powerful genjutsu technique that I have ever heard."

"Yes and Danzo wants my Sharingan. If he gets it, he would no doubt use it for his own goals. He must never be allowed to get my Sharingan or any Sharingan for that matter." He said before turning to look at Naruto.

"How good are you in medical ninjutsu? I know you were taught by Tsunade Senju who no doubt taught you some of her techniques and medical knowledge." He asked as Naruto pondered it for a moment.

"I'm okay I guess. Not enough to be classed as a medic-nin, but I know enough when the situation calls for it." He said as Shisui nodded before coughing violently again.

"Good. In that case I need you to do something for me." He said, coughing violently again before continuing. "Take my Sharingan eyes out of my body and store them away. The sooner you do it the better."

Naruto and Itachi looked shocked by the order but both looked at one another before they both nodded since Shisui obviously knew Danzo might try to get to his corpse to obtain the Sharingan.

"Okay, but I don't have the equipment with me now, but later when you have...passed on I can collect the eyes and store them for you."

Shisui nodded before smiling. "Good. That is good. After you take them keep them hidden until Itachi will be in need of them."

"Why would I be in need of them?" Itachi asked not fully understanding, but Shisui just gave him a sad smile.

"You will understand soon enough." He said before giving one last serious look to Itachi. "Do not allow our family to delve into the darkness any further then they already have. If it means you have to take actions against those that would harm our innocent family members, then it should be by our hands to stop them. It's our duty as Uchiha and as shinobi of the leaf to stop those from hurting its people, even if they are part of our village and of our blood."

Itachi nodded as silent tears went down his face with Naruto not faring any better as they listened to Shisui's last words.

"Lead us Itachi. Lead our family into the light and rid them of the darkness once and for all." Shisui muttered before his eyes dropped and his breathing slowly came to a halt.

Naruto dropped his head down in respect of the fallen Shinobi while Itachi gently closed Shisui's eyes with his palm as he said silent words and bidding his clansmen and cousin luck in the next life.

As he let a few more silent tears stream down his face Itachi suddenly scrunched his face up and held his eyes as they began to feel like they were burning.

Naruto was alarmed and was about to ask what was wrong before he saw Itachi look at him with his Sharingan activated and watched as the three tomoes slowly began to move inwards and formed a three-sided pinwheel.

"Itachi your eyes." Naruto said as Itachi took his headband off and looked at his reflection in the metal to see his eyes new form.

"Mangekyō Sharingan. The Mangekyō Sharingan is awakened through the trauma experienced from the death of a person very close to the Sharingan user. With the user normally having to witness or experience this first hand. So that's what Shisui meant." He said quietly.

"Do not tell anyone about my new eyes." He said towards Naruto who nodded.

"As long as you tell no one about my Mokuton." He answered back as Itachi gave a nod back in return.

They sat there for a few moments and saw that the burning bodies had now almost been completely destroyed and that there was almost nothing left of them.

Collecting Shisui body and sealing it inside a storage scroll, they both left the field and went back home since they had eyes they needed to remove and needed to talk with the Hokage.

Naruto and Itachi did not have to go to the Hokage's office to see Minato since Naruto sensed Minato along with Kushina and the twins were at his new apartment obviously wanting to see where he was now living and give their opinion of the new place. He could also sense Hiruzen was there as well, which was a bonus since they would need to speak with him too.

As they walked into the apartment they saw Naruto's siblings along with Ria sitting on their couch talking and playing while Minato, Kushina and Hiruzen was chatting to Anko. Kushina was looking around the apartment trying to find faults in it, but to her disappointment the apartment was actually very nice in her opinion and thought at least her son would live someone where decent.

"Hello Naruto. I hope you don't mind but your mother and I wanted to see where you now live so we knew where to reach you." Minato said as he spoke a little nervously and scratched the back of his head.

Though they were surprised when they saw red marks around their eyes indicating that Naruto and Itachi had been crying and were looking at them seriously.

"Anko." Itachi said getting her attention. "Could you please take Ria, Mina, Mito and Naruko into your bedroom for a bit? We have matters to discuss with the Hokage."

Anko looked at them in confusion, but she shrugged and led the four children into her room.

The three adults look at Naruto and Itachi in confusion wondering what they wanted to talk about.

When they heard the door click Itachi spoke.

"Shisui Uchiha is dead." He said getting surprised and wide eyed looks from the three. That was not what they expected to hear.

"How?" Minato asked in his Hokage voice, wanting to know how why one of his shinobi was dead.

"We found Shisui after Naruto detected him with his sensory abilities. He was in some kind of battle so we went as quickly as we could. When we arrived, we found he was fighting with a group of Anbu. Only we saw on their masks were Ne symbols."

The two boys watched as Minato and Hiruzen's eyes hardened.

"Danzo." Hiruzen gritted out.

"We took out the Anbu though Shisui had already killed two dozen of them on his own but his wounds from the battle were too much. He died a few moments later."

As they recounted what happened both Naruto and Itachi decided it that they would keep the fact that Danzo was after his Sharingan since it could lead to the discovery of Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan as well as Itachi's.

"Shisui told me that he was going to try and use a genjutsu he created on members of the Uchiha clan. He does not want them to rebel so he thought it could change their thoughts about it but Danzo got to him first."

Minato, Kushina and Hiruzen looked anxious but Naruto spoke up. "I already know. Itachi told me and I heard Shisui mention it. It explains why Mikoto Sensei has been so jumpy lately."

"I have new information on that front as well," Itachi spoke as Minato and Hiruzen stood ready to listen with Kushina listening in as well. He had already told Naruto about it during their way back to the apartment and it made Naruto boil in anger. The adults saw his reaction and wondered what it could be.

Itachi nodded to Naruto who put up a hand sign. "Fuin!" He said as the adults all saw silence seals around the apartment glow to life. Both Minato and Kushina inwardly smiled and jumped for joy at their son's fuinjutsu knowledge and usage.

"My father along with the Uchiha members that are going through with the coup de ta had a meeting last night. They are going to attempt the coup within the next few days since they are tired of waiting." He said as Minato nodded knowing arrangement had to be made now.

"However during the meeting the subject of your daughter Mito sprung up." He said as the adults eyes all widened.

"The Uchiha clan knows Mito is the Jinchuriki of the Nine Tailed Fox and they plan on breaking the seal." Naruto answered as they all snapped their heads to look at him.

Minato and Kushina looked at Naruto in a loss for words. "Naruto." Kushina whispered. "H-How to you know what your sister contains?"

" I've always know when both were born I already figured it out but you had no choice to seal it inside of them.

Minato and Kushina looked at him sadly and as much as they wanted to talk to him about it, right now it had to wait.

"How does your family know about Mito's status? It was kept very tight-lipped about it. Only myself and a selected group are aware of it." Minato asked as he narrowed his eyes at Itachi.

"I am unsure though I do have a suspicion." He said as Minato motioned for him to continue. "When I listened in to what they were saying I heard a voice that I did not recognize. When I managed to get a look inside of the room there was a man in a black cloak speaking with my father. There was never a name that was given and I never saw his face but when he turned around I saw what was in the hood."

"His face was covered by a mask with a black flame like pattern and a single hole for his right eye. Afterwards he used some kind of jutsu to teleport away. After that they just spoke about how they would attack and who they would allow to live when they ruled."

Naruto nodded and turned to look at the adult but he almost took a step back at what he saw.

His father's fists were gripped so tightly that his nails made his palms bleed and his eyes had steeled over even more than before. His body even shook a little as he gritted his teeth.

Though his father looked imposing, it was his mother's look that scared him.

Never in all his years of life had he ever seen his mother have a look of absolute hatred on her face. Her violet eyes were so dark that they looked ready to kill.

"So he came back." Hiruzen said as Kushina and Minato tried to reign in their anger.

"Who came back? Who is this guy?" Naruto asked since he must have done something terrible to have earned his parents hatred to such a degree.

He watched as his parents turned to one another and spoke in hushed voices that Naruto could not make out. After a few moments, they turned to look at him.

"Naruto we know you must have question about who this person is but now is not the time to tell you. Once the problem with the Uchiha's has been solved, then we will tell you what you need to know."

Naruto eyed his parents before he reluctantly nodded. But he was intent on finding out what they were keeping from him.

"So what happens now?" Naruto asked as his father had a sad look on his face as he looked at Itachi.

"They have to be stopped Itachi. I'm sorry to have to do this but Fugaku has gone too far now. I don't know how he thinks he will get away with it but I cannot allow him to put the lives of the people of Konoha in jeopardy."

Itachi sadly nodded knowing internally that it was always going to come to this eventually.

"Though my father and most of the Uchiha Police Corps are involved there are many that want no part in it. My mother and my two siblings Sasuke and Ria must be spared. My mother only has not gone to tell you because he threatened to harm Sasuke and Ria if she did."

Minato nodded. "Of course. Those that are not involved in the coup will be spared and will not be held responsible for the action of those that want to hurt the village."