Chapter 22

After the second phase ended, all participants were giving one month to rest and train.

The matches for the last part were also already set.

1- Neji vs Jugo

2- Shikamaru vs Kankurō

3- Temari vs Tayuya

4- Rock Lee vs Yoroi

5- Naruto vs Karin

6- Gaara vs Sasuke

It seems the match between Sasuke and Gaara was imminent, with that in mind Zabuza decided to beat aka train the kids extra hard for the upcoming phase.

Meanwhile I was debating inside my head if I should recruit Orochimaru or not, I'm pretty sure I could give him the immortality he so desperately wanted, and by immortality I meant a body that didn't age, but he was also prone to betray everyone.

That thought invaded my head as I walked down the street of Konohagakure, but I rapidly stopped my internal debate because after all, I had a little Uchiha to meet that was in desperate need of an history class.

I had ordered Kimimaro to stay and help to train the kids, the same with Haku, while I explored Konoha, using my power to erase my presence I was able to successfully shake the Anbu off and enter the Uchiha State.

The place was beautiful for a ghost town, such a waste of willing and powerful personal, nothing that I could do now I thought.

Eventually after walking for ten minutes around the desolated town I found Sasuke sitting in front of a house, with a cup of tea and some cookies.

"Hello there Sasuke," I waved at him, startling him a bit, having no presence meant everyone that didn't directly see me would ignore and not acknowledge my existence.

"What is the Yukikage doing here?" Sasuke asked defensively, as he stand up ready to act if necessary.

"I just came here to tell you a story," I smiled as I close my eyes an activated my sharingan and reopen them, "I think we a lot to talk,"

Sasuke eyes widen in surprise seeing my sharingan, he took a couple of steps backs and almost shaking asked, "How... he... he killed them all..." the usually stoic kid was almost hyperventilating and crying.

"Not all," I sighed pointing at him, "Didn't you ever wonder the real reason why he allowed you to live?"

Sasuke immediately snapped out of his sad state and growled, "Because I was too weak to kill and he wants a challenge, but all he will get will be death!"

"Well you have one thing right," I said, sitting on the ground, "he wants you to kill him, but the rest is a different story,"

Sasuke eyed me and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Well, I think it's about time you heard the real story behind the Uchiha Massacre," I answered.

"The real story?" Sasuke asked, his voice sounding unsure.

"Yes, now sit and save the question for the end of the history," I answered, and Sasuke after a couple seconds nodded and did as he was told, was he trusting me because I was an Uchiha, or because I was going to give him the answers to the questions he never asked but unconsciously he desperately wanted, who knows.

"Alright then," I smiled and using my Sharingan trapped Sasuke under a genjutsu.

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"Where are we?" Sasuke inquired.

"Inside an illusion, some stuff is easier to explain with visual presentations," I answered.

The world around us changed as I created the scenario I wanted to show.

"Everything started when the nine tailed beast attacked," I started, showing him the devastation the nine tails was causing from above the sky.

"What does this has to do with the massacre," Sasuke inquired.

"Well, at first nothing, but it was the excuse a certain person used to eliminate our family" I answered, getting a confuse expression from Sasuke.

"The nine tailed was believed to be controlled by an Uchiha, and let's say they were partly in the right path to find the answer," I said as I changed the view we had and we were in front of the nine tails.

The beast had the Sharingan in its eyes, and that making Sasuke silent.

"You see, they were correct assuming it was an Uchiha," I said looking at Sasuke.

"The clan would never do that!" Sasuke said.

"Oh no, during this time the clan was super loyal to Konoha and many die protecting it," I reassured him.

"Then how?" Sasuke asked.

"A rouge one," I answered, changing the scene to the one where the fourth hokage and Obito were fighting.

"The forth?" Sasuke inquired, and it took him a second to realize there was another person there and that person was an Uchiha, he eyed the person and then turned to me.

"I know what your thinking, but no, it's not me or related to me in anyway," I chucked.

"Then who is it?" Sasuke asked.

"He calls himself Uchiha Madara, but that's not important," I stopped Sasuke from talking and asking about him, "He was the one controlling the nine tails, and ultimately the one that gave a certain man a reason to start his long dream of exterminating the Uchiha,"

Once again the scene changed this time to we were inside the Konoha council watching the results of the after-match.

"The man responsible... the men responsible for the massacre are sitting inside this room," I said.

"Who are they," Sasuke asked.

"Danzo used the attack to slowly push the uchiha's away from Konoha and little by little took the power they had," I pointed to him, "The uchihas eventually grew cold and distant with its the high ranks in the villages and things started to fall down exactly like that man planned,"

The scene changed once again, and we found ourselves inside the Uchiha temple, were the elders and the clan head were discussing.

"We can't let them push us! We have served the village for generations! We have died and bleed more than anyone and this is how the treat us!?" An elder growled.

"This feeling pushed the our clan to make things right, when the government doesn't give justice, you have to take it into your own hands," I said getting a look dk realization from Sasuke.

"They planned a coup..." Sasuke muttered.

"Yes, and their spy was your older brother, but he was a double agent," The scene changed showing Itachi reporting to the Uchiha.

"I will do my best," Itachi said kneeling down.

"This could've been easily avoided, all the uchiha wanted was to have the place that was taken from them," I said looking at Sasuke, "Hiruzen knew the uchiha were innocent but he was too weak and stupid to stand his ground against his old friend Danzo,"

"And danzo ordered my brother... to" Sasuke said with tears in his eyes, "But why...? Why did he accept?"

"Because if there was something your older brother loved more than the village or the clan was you," I changed the the scene once again, this time showing Itachi and the deal he made with Danzo.

"As long as you eliminate the Uchiha, your little brother will be spared," Danzo said smiling.

"I understand," Itachi said as he started to walk towards his mission, "You better hold your end of the deal, or I will be back,"

"With your safety in his head, your brother killed his lover, his parents and friends, just to keep you safe," I sighed, "Just because two old mans were too scared of our clan,"

With that the illusion dissipated, Sasuke was crying on the ground.

I wasn't one to know how to comfort others but I approached him and gave him a hug at first he stiffened but eventually hugged me back, crying even harder.

"Come with me Sasuke, this village is filled with lies and betrayal," I said.

"What about Itachi..." Sasuke asked, his eyes with the Sharingan active, they had evolved to the three tomoe stage.

"We'll get him too," I smiled.

"And what about the elders," Sasuke tone dropped low and cold.

"I will kill them," I smiled.

"I want to help," Sasuke said looking at me.

"Sure, so what do you say, wanna restore the uchiha clan in Yuki?" I asked ruffling his hair.

"Hn," Sasuke nodded, and it seemed a bit of that hatred he had usually surrounding him dissipateted.

"Great," I smiled, touching his neck where the curse mark was, "vanish," and the mark disappeared.

"Huh?" Sasuke touched his neck in disbelief.

"Yeah, I'll fill you in later," I chuckled.