Chapter 12

It had been almost six months since Itachi had gotten a place to live in the center of Konoha, near where the copy-ninja Hatake Kakashi lived, and they had crossed paths quite often, even going on different missions, even though Itachi had left the Anbu, but he sometimes did missions with them and it was hard for them without his help, he agreed that everything was in the same time lines as in the first one, some of the moments were like he relived again, but without the ANBU mask and uniform, also Kakashi was not his leader anymore, but became a good partner, also a friend... As in the first timeline, during all his missions, also in the ANBU missions, Itachi didn't wear his black cape too often, because he knew that for such trivial missions that he had experienced in the first timeline, it wouldn't be useful yet, mostly he was on missions, wearing a light jacket or just his favorite black t-shirt,

and the protagonist decided to leave the ANBU, becoming a Jonin, not only to keep the plots of the first timeline, but to improve the second timeline, he was quite good at it, because by becoming a Jonin, he could freely follow his goal, and not be dependent on the ANBU.

And also during this half a year, the Konoha vault that holds the forbidden scrolls "created by the Uzumaki clan".

One of the twenty of these scrolls went missing, it was stolen by one of Orochimaru's spies, and this spy was wearing an ANBU mask, he stealthily managed to take one and didn't take any more so as not to raise suspicion, but Konoha still noticed through the cameras and found the scroll in his hands, Itachi realized that it was Kabuto, as he recognized his mask from the camera, and also that Akatsuki would soon be well aware of all of Orochimaru's henchmen, but for a mangekyo host, this information was already known, as well as all of the members of Akatsuki.

In this scroll that were created before the death of the Uzumaki clan, they had incredible power, it is not magic but rather science, from the look of the scrolls look like an ordinary scroll of earth or sky, as in the exam for Chunin, but opening it in them there is a seal in which you can put your hand, it creates a huge invisible field, and if the one who opened the scroll puts his hand in it and looks at who is in that field, it will paralyze one of the opponents in that field for about 5-10 seconds, and a Shinobi caught in the crosshairs of the scroll will not be able to move inside that field or break that genjutsu unless he has Madara's rinnegan...

The paralysis cannot be broken because it contains all the chakra of the one who holds and uses this scroll, after its effect is over, the paralysis of the opponent will also pass in 10 seconds, then the scroll will close, also it will take away almost all the chakra of the one who used this forbidden technique of Uzumaki, who holds this scroll in his hand.

Kabuto stole one of these scrolls for Orochimaru to use against the fourth Kazekage, but the fourth would destroy the scroll with gold sand before he died, which would make Orochimaru very angry, Itachi knew this would happen, because in the first timeline, Kabuto told Sasori "while he was still pretending to be a spy" and Sasori told Akatsuki, Orochimaru would launch an attack on Konoha, uniting the village of sound and sand, and he would then impersonate the fourth Kazekage, fighting the third until he lost his arm.

Itachi knows it's Obito Uchiha, in the first timeline, the third destroyed all of the scrolls after Kabuto stole one so that no one else would have them, especially the orange masked man, Obito realized there was nothing more to find so he began to leave, Until he was stopped by Itachi to offer to help him exterminate the entire Uchiha clan, but in this second timeline, the Hokage also destroyed all the scrolls, leaving only two of them, one he entrusted to Itachi as he was at ease in this timeline knowing that Itachi was the chosen one, and the other was kept in the vault, Itachi also had time to work on a few bombing missions with Shikaku Nara, and they took a few more bomb squads, some of them from the Nara clan, so that they could quickly disarm the explosive seals on the hidden grass village, which were hired by Konoha shinobi, Itachi activated his sharingan, Itachi activated his sharingan to determine what type of explosive seal it was, he was able to do so without any problems, he also knew what type of chakra power to use without missing any details, this surprised Shikaku Nara, he smiled even knowing that with Itachi they worked faster and the others from Nara were not as helpful as him, he had been on many missions like this over the past half a year.

Thinking about all this, the protagonist-hero lying in his bed in a spacious room, thought that in 3 days there would be an uprising of the Uchiha clan against Konoha, in 2 days he must destroy the clan, "again..."." and he must not change anything everything must go on, along the straight lines of time, well or almost even improved, now at stake was, not only the lives of many in the leaf village, but also, the risk of the time lines, and that Indra's essence continue to reincarnate, Itachi dismissed his thoughts, got up from the bed, took out the scroll from the Uzumaki clan that the third one had given him, and in his other hand, took out the paper, the healing seal that Kakashi had given him as a gift, found that there were seals on both sides, they could be applied twice?, Itachi thought, but then he put the Uzumaki scroll into his storage scroll, and looking at the paper sage seal, he thought that no matter why there were two seals, he wouldn't have to use it for a long time, only at the end, then he also put it into his storage scroll, then leaving his clean room, he decided to take a walk, he went outside.

Itachi's POV

The weather was beautiful, I decided to take my mind off my negative thoughts for now the protagonist-hero went outside, walked around Konoha, also walked near, the straight street of Konoha, walked near an ichiraku, even noticed Naruto eating ramen there, even kind of cute, the vendor gave him a refill of noodles, The daughter also added broth to his plate, and said at the expense of the establishment, like a caring uncle, and a wonderful older sister, they accept Naruto well, not only as an acquaintance or a friend, but also as a relative, good people, it's a pity that there are less than a quarter of them in the world.

Continuing my walk, I stopped near a park, sitting down on a bench, enjoying the view of the perfect sunny weather, where birds were flying, and even crows flew by, the sound of the grass was well heard, like music to my ears, I leaned my head on the back of the bench, looking at the blue background of the sky, and said out loud.

-A beautiful day," he said smiling and added, "and the calm before the storm....

-A beautiful day and the calm before the storm? - I recognized the voice immediately, it was Shisui, who was walking toward me, and I heard the voice from behind, as he was there, then he continued, smiling, "You never cease to amaze me with your phrases," then sat down next to me on the bench.

-Shisui, I didn't expect to see you here," I said, shifting my gaze to him, "what are you doing here? - He gave me a sad look, turned serious, and began:

-I came to warn you, we're being followed," Shisui said quietly, yet calmly at the same time.

-I know," I answered honestly, he looked at me and continued, "when I came out of the house I noticed a silhouette with my eyes when I looked back, then I noticed that this chakra was still following him, also that he was trying to hide it, it's definitely the root ANBU, and now he's behind that tree," I pointed with a fleeting glance at the tree to the side of us.

-You think Danzo doesn't believe us? - Shisui said questioningly, and added, "We were at the council of elders recently, and I suggested that we use koto-amatsukami on the head of our clan to stop the rebellion, and I even had a serious talk with Danzo this morning.

-I think we should split up, introduce ourselves as normal so they don't suspect anything-" I said evenly.

-Itachi, I have something to tell you about what you said," Shisui didn't have time to finish before I interrupted:

-We'll talk later- I got up from the bench, and quickly headed in the opposite direction from the ANBU, hiding in another street near a building, I sharply created a shadow clone, he climbed the rooftops, so that the following ANBU did not notice my departure, so I created a clone, and as soon as the ANBU continued to follow me, reaching me, he did not notice anything, Heh....

I sent the clone to the Hokage's office to redo the paperwork to send Shisui to the lightning country instead of Genma today, so that Danzo wouldn't steal his eye tomorrow, tomorrow night Shisui was supposed to throw himself off a bridge to give me a mangekyo, as I continued walking I noticed that the clone had already done everything, He'll be gone for about 4 days or more, he'll be alone with the lightning shinobi, someday those tape recorders will be playing Killer-B's raps, I think Shisui can handle it, and will return to Konoha, but.... I have a bad feeling about this, because the sage said that sometimes, very rarely, by changing the time line from the upcoming problem, replacements can be found, I've been improving for six months, nothing has happened yet, I think it should be okay now, Shisui has probably been called to the Hokage's office and will have to leave, although the Council of Elders thinks that the uprising will be in a week, not three days, and they think that Shisui will be back in time to use the Koto-amatsukami, but they're wrong.

As I continued walking, pretending that no one was following me, I decided to go to the academy one last time, in case after the clan massacre I would go to Akatsuki.... I went to the academy, it was the same as when I graduated, but the walls were painted orange, I looked at the training ground, in the courtyard where there were 1-on-1 fights between students during training, I noticed that Sakura was training there, she was trying to throw kunai, but she was barely able to hit the target, so I went to the target area, I went in her direction, she saw me coming and was happy.

-Sakura, it's been a while," I started with a smile, as I hadn't seen her much in six months, and she rushed over to me with a smile and a hug, pressing herself against my stomach, and I smiled back, patting her on the head, she was wearing another little pink blouse, and it was like that but a little reddish blouse, I added to myself mentally, and pulling away from her embrace, without removing my smile, I decided to ask - what are you doing here?.

-I'm just practicing shuriken throwing to improve my skills, maybe then I'll get more respect and stop being called big-headed," she added with a little anger when she brought it up, and I just looked at her and smiled, folding my arms across my chest, I decided to offer to help her with her training, but she was the first to ask, looking at me with her emerald eyes, they seemed big when she gave me a sad look, adding with a smile-help me, Itachi-san, with my training.

-Okay," I said, pulling a pair of kunai out of the pouch I had on my left side, and I threw three kunai, holding them in one hand, and all three of them hit the bullseye, three different targets, and in return I only elicited another cheer from Sakura.

When she'd throw them, I'd give her advice: not to look or aim, but just to feel the target, to rely on instincts, and marksmanship will come to her in time, strangely enough, she got it quickly, she hit the bull's-eye, holding the kunai correctly, as I showed her, When she hit the center of the targets, she jumped for joy, but I reminded her that it was too early, she nodded happily, I added that she should also hit with one kunai that hits another, although it's too early for her to learn that, I think that's enough for today.

-Itachi-san, show me your kunai skills," she said with a smile, and from behind me I noticed Naruto, who had just walked in when I had set up all the targets so that I could hit them, also to show Sakura, who had joined us, also seeing me in the air, taking four kunai in each hand, throwing them towards the targets, as I threw the others that hit my other kunai, the ones that are still in the air, and as soon as they collide with each other, they hit the target, in both hands, I had two more kunai in each hand, and I threw them at the same pace, the first two flying at 45-degrees from the targets, and the last I threw to hit them, and give the distance and exact coordinates, and all 8 kunai have already hit the targets.

Naruto saw all this as soon as he entered this field, he also noticed how I put all the targets around me, already jumped, at this time he already managed to approach Sakura and say hello, but she only paid attention to me, also continued to wonder, previously this style was seen only by Sasuke, when I trained him, back in the first timeline, but during these six months he started to spend more time with Shisui, for which I'm grateful to him, it's like he takes the hit on himself, and continues.... I was walking towards Sakura and noticed Naruto, I also realized that he had been in Ichiraku recently, he probably wanted to warm up a bit, and had returned to the academy, also in the first timeline, Sakura must have left earlier, Naruto was alone here, but I could have messed things up by interfering.... and at Shisui's expense... was I even right to give him a chance to live, well, what's this weird feeling of a storm coming, though it doesn't matter now, I walk over and say hello to Naruto.

-Hi, Naruto-kun," I said with a slight smile, while rubbing the shoulders of my black t-shirt.

-Hi, Bro-Itachi-" he said this with his cute smile, extended his thumb and continued, "-that was the best shuriken wielding I've ever seen," the jinchuriki said, not stopping smiling as I did.

-They're not shurikens, they're kunai, when will you learn that, Naruto?" said Sakura, looking at him with a frown and folding her arms across her chest.

-Yeah I knew that, datataebayo, it's just... Just," Uzumaki began to stammer, "I just get the name confused sometimes," he smiled as he found an excuse.

-While you're here Naruto, do you want to practice with us too? - He nodded vigorously, his white hair falling to his eyebrows, and Sakura smiled a little.

After an hour, I started to train Naruto also gave the advice to always think before doing, at this time Sakura herself wanted to try again by hitting one kunai in the air until it hit the target, still after 40 minutes she could, throwing one kunai in the air, and hit her next one, also it flew along the trajectory and hit the target, not in the bullseye of course, but still it was very close, and happy she jumped up, came to me and hugged me for joy, it made me happy even, I got down on one knee, hugged her tightly, stroking her soft hair with my left hand, letting the thought that she was cute, she smelled like a child, and she had her whole life ahead of her in the first timeline, until her whole team was killed by Sasuke, and at the end he killed Sakura herself, after Kakashi... but in this second timeline everything will be perfect, I won't let that happen, I thought about it and hugged her harder and she just smiled.

Naruto had been practicing all this time, over the usual kunai throwing, he noticed someone else enter the training room at the academy, it was a man who had pink hair that stood up in a puff, it was Kizashi Haruno, Itachi noticed him too, letting go of Sakura's embrace, shifting his gaze to him.

-There you are, daughter," Haruno began with a smile, and then looked at me, "Hi Itachi, did you show them your move with the eight kunai? Maybe you can teach it to me too," he added with a smile.

-Hello, Kizashi-san," I replied with a slight smile, "I'm sure you're pretty good with kunai, too, I noticed that the last time we were on an ANBU mission to catch a renegade.

-And about that... - I've left the ANBU, I'm spending more time at home now, I'm doing chores, I even want to visit the former Haruno clan, before we moved to Konoha we lived there, and then we left the village to the regular people, and they say it's a great looking village, and after I left I had a great dream that I became Hokage instead of the fourth, and everyone was saying glory to the hero who saved the village, haha," he finished his speech while laughing.

-Glad you're doing great, and Sakura's getting pretty good at wielding her kunai in a trajectory," I said smiling, folding my arms across my chest.

-Whoa! Are you serious? -Come here daughter, let me give you a hug," Sakura smiled and ran into her father's arms, and Naruto looked sad that he might not be here, Kizashi noticed this and looked in his direction and added, "You're Sakura's friend, don't you want to come and have dinner with us? - That made the blond guy happy and he went with them, - well we should go, good luck Itachi, - and I added "and you too, Heh..." and he took Naruto's hands in one hand and his daughter's in the other, and even knowing who Naruto was, he wasn't like everyone else, he was good, and I'm sure after this Naruto and Sakura will be good friends, and I just smiled and headed towards the exit of the academies.

On my way out I stopped at a lonely swing, and started:

-Are you tired of following me? - I said to the one who had been following me all day, and he came out of the tree, becoming visible and took off his ANBU mask, and I saw a guy, he looked like a redhead, with yellow eyes, and of course he was wearing an ANBU uniform, and he stopped a meter away from me and started.

-My name is Fu-Yamanaka and I wasn't spying on you, just following, on orders from Danzo," he began.

-What do you mean you've been following me? You mean gathering information by studying me? - He nodded, "So what does Danzo want from me?

-To see how your days are going, to study you, to see if you're capable of what he wants you to do, and also, I, as one of the Yamanaka clan, will give him the memory of that day, and he might decide whether to entrust you with a top-secret mission," I understood what he meant about destroying the clan.

-I see, thanks for your honesty Fu, I'll head over to Danzo and ask him personally then," the man nodded and quickly vanished in a puff of smoke.

I guessed that he was already in Danzo's office, having given him the memory of today, I walked leisurely, and even allowed for thoughts, thinking how to hone myself? In the first timeline, Sasuke used amaterasu, not just with one eye, he also used his right eye to control amaterasu, it was good for him to control it any way he wanted, even taking it in his hand, or creating a shiit from it, like Susanoa, like when he lost his left arm to Sasuke's flame during the fight with the Raikage, and Sasuke even called this technique, Style Flame, but I will call it something else when I master this technique, and there are advantages to everything, of all the Uchiha, I am the only one who can use amaterasu, and Sasuke could only learn it because I gave him my power after my body began to slowly die from the disease of mangekyo side effects, although even then I had thoughts of what he could become, so I placed Shisui's eye, programmed with the Koto-amatsukami technique, but when Kabuto resurrected me, my last chance was lost, and I thought Naruto was the last one to save Sasuke from himself, but when he defeated him, and Sasuke never realized anything, I realized how weak his will is now, Naruto leave him to me, you've done enough....

When I got to the ANBU root headquarters, I decided to go straight to Danzo's office, and he was glad when I went in, since he already wanted to send someone to bring me to his office, but it was like I knew, although if you think about it, I knew.

-Itachi, it's nice to see that your intuition is developed without a sharingan," he said in his cold voice as always, and I tried to speak to him in the same tone, since it was easier for him.

-Danzo, I was wondering why the root ANBU was following me. - When he realized that I addressed him in the first person, he knew I was serious, so Danzo decided not to drag this out and began.

-I wanted to understand you and the way you think, Itachi, and now I do, and I'm pretty sure that you're the only one who will accomplish this mission," Danzo said, making a slightly sad face, and where did he get that emotion from, because earlier when he mentioned the Uchiha clan, he didn't have it, did I change something in the second timeline? He continued, "Before I tell you what mission I'm going to offer you, I wanted to add something else

I wondered what he wanted to talk about. I nodded, saying yes, but earlier he had only thought about missions, not personal conversations, and he began:

-Through Fu's memory, I think you know who he is, Fu from the Yamanaka clan, he gave me a memory of today," he said getting sentimental, which I found quite strange.... and Shimura continued, "Have you ever heard of Sarada-Uchihu?

-Sarada-Uchiha?" I said questioningly, and who is this? I thought I knew many famous uchiha, but this is the first time I've heard this name, and if Danzo mentions her personally, then it's not a simple uchiha, I have to listen to the end of it.

-Sarada-Uchiha, was the younger sister of Uchiha-Madara," he said calmly and then I added

-But Uchiha-Madara, he only had a younger brother named Izuna.

-Madara had three brothers, the two older ones who died in the battle against the shinobi senju, and the youngest one you already know and whose name was Izuna, and they also had the youngest in their family, her name was Sarada.

If Sarada is Madara's younger sister, then it turns out that he still has some unsolved secrets, I thought I knew everything about Madara....

-You're probably asking how I know all this, or why I mentioned all this, but I'll tell you in order," said the ANBU Root Head, understanding me well, and continued, "I used to spend a lot of time practicing on the field when I was a kid, trying to keep up with my rival Hiruzen, It was when I was your age, and I was often visited by the first Hokage Hashirama, as he used to pass by this place and ask me how I was doing, I was always polite to him, and one night we sat around the campfire alone, and I was really glad that the head of the village took the time to spend with me, and he once told a story that when he was my 13th birthday he was even good friends with Madara, and one day they were talking by the river throwing pebbles, Hashirama was sad when his brother died and told Madara that he was very sad when his brother died, and Madara mentioned that all of his brothers had died except the youngest and that he understood Hashirama well, and they went up to the upper cliffs to practice their techniques, and on the way Madara added that he was most sad when his little sister died.

I even felt kind of sad when I imagined it, and kept listening to Danzo.

-Madara was not very sad after the death of his older brothers, he had little contact with them and knew little about them, but her younger sister awakened the sharingan after their deaths, and vowed that her remaining two older brothers would not follow them to heaven because it was not yet time, so she found a sage who summoned a toad and helped her fill out a contract, She ended up in mieboku in toad country, where she quickly learned how to enter sage mode, and became quite strong, and even activated sharingan with sage mode, this caused her severe side effects, so she had to wear glasses, but she saved her brothers from unexpected slaughter, and once three shinobi senju surrounded them in the forest, Madara Izuna and Sarada, and she reactivated the sage mode with the sharingan, and she didn't care about the side effects, and they worked together to defeat them, Izuna also had a sharingan with two tomoi, after the brothers died, at the end the three senjou died, and Sarada abruptly fell to the ground from weakness and also stating that she was blind and felt herself dying, Madara had a twinge in his heart and began to cry, holding his blind sister in his arms, whom he loved very much, and she said before she died, take care of yourself, I will love you now you two uchiha brothers, the last in our family, feeling the touch of the hands of the worried Madara, she added quietly, I'm glad it was me who died and not you, I will always remember you as well as love Nii-san, and then closed her eyes, and did not open them... Izuno started crying, and Madara started crying too, and he couldn't even get angry because of the sadness, so he didn't awaken the sharingan, and he walked and lived a broken life, trying to get better, and he started it by improving his physical strength, and to test it he tried to throw rocks, and he was also confused and angry at himself for not being able to save his sister, the one he loved with all his heart, the one he cared for, the one he took her to bed, always telling her everything was going to be okay, and she also always gave him a sincere smile, and he remembered her as she was before she died, wearing a red dress that went down to her knees, almost like a dress from the Haruno clan, and wearing glasses, which she started wearing after the side effects of the sage mode along with the sharingan, she didn't have eternal mangekyo or even just mangekyo, and so her eyesight got worse, but the glasses helped her, and Madara thought about it and threw the stones even harder into the river and even regretted that he was only 13 years old now, if he was older he might have been able to save her, thinking about it he threw the stone with force but then he found that someone was ahead of him in throwing the stones and it was Hashirama from the first meeting and he then he got to know him well and they became friends and it distracted him from his sadness, Madara stopped being broken by his positive friendship, and even saw his favorite sister in his dream, in the same outfit smiling, Hashirama hearing the speech and the story, supported Madara, and also called him his best friend, and when Madara he found out that he was a Senju, Madara, was already angry that the world always takes away everything he holds dear, and this time he stopped the tear, knowing what rage and pain is, and awakened the sharingan, and looked at Hashirama, this is how the first hokage told me everything, and I told you... - He finished with a slightly sad face, and I'm still not used to him showing emotion....

-But why did you tell this story to me?" said I inquiringly, after I had heard the story to the end.

-Because you reminded me of Madara," Danzo said as he opened his eyes and looked at me and continued, "From the memories that Fu Yamanaka gave me, I saw you hugging that girl from the Haruno clan as if she were your little sister, the one you loved with all your heart and would protect, and even in the ninetail jinchuriki you found a good shinobi, and even you looked at him differently than everyone else, and there are many more like Naruto and Sakura in Konoha, and all of them could be hurt or dead if you don't fulfill the mission that only you can do... - He started to say what I was expecting, and the destruction of the Uchiha clan, by his own hand, and I nodded yes, and left his office, thanking him for the interesting story, because I didn't know that, and he nodded back, and I even thought he smiled, though I barely noticed because of the shadows, and then he poured himself some tea and I left.

I was walking towards Konoha gate to say goodbye to Shisui and wish him luck, in cloud country, and he'll need luck because he didn't like loud music and rap, Heh.... As I walked towards the gates of Konoha, I thought about Sarada, and according to Danzo he told me the truth, I could see it in his eyes, and his newfound emotions helped me figure out that he was sincere with me, and I thought about the fact that according to the description, Sarada was very brave and strong and died for those she loved, reminded me of Sakura, from the first timeline, back during the fourth shinobi war, maybe Sakura is her reincarnation, but no.... Maybe if Sakura has a daughter, she'll be the reincarnation... While I was thinking about it, before I knew it, I was at Shisui's gate, waiting for me.

-And there you are," I started, smiling, and continued, "I thought you'd forgotten about me.

-Were you expecting someone Shisui?" and in response he nodded and pointed his finger at me, which made me smile.

-I didn't like loud rock, much less monitoring tape recorders, but... what can I do about it?" he said in a lazy tone, and added, "They say there's a risk of an Akatsuki attack.

-Akatsuki?" I pretended I didn't know what he was talking about so he could explain how he knew, since he'd only heard that word once when we'd rescued Naruto from those kidnappers.

-Remember when Naruto was kidnapped?" I nodded, "They said they wanted to give them to Akatsuki, and then I got to know them, and I realized that they weren't a full complement of people, but they were planning on getting about ten people," Shisui finished.

-So what did you want to tell me then in the bench Shisui? -I decided to find out what he meant then.

-This can wait-" he answered me with a smile, and added, "Well though I'm sure you'll figure it out for yourself soon enough, when Konoha gets better, but I'll take the long way out for now, good luck Itachi.

-And I'll take care of Konoha in the meantime," I added with my arms folded across my chest and a slight smile, and shook his hand.

-You'll do better than even I would have, I believe in you Itachi, good luck in the coming, -saying that, we let go of each other's hands and I watched him leave the village alone in the sunset.

I returned home and realized that tomorrow I have to exterminate my entire clan, and I still need to sleep, but most importantly, after Danzo's story, I'm already sleepy thanks to him, or I wouldn't have fallen asleep, all night thinking what could be Sarada?

The end of Itachi's POV

Lying on his bed, Itachi imagined Sarada with her hair combed with glasses, and dressed like a sakura, and yet thought that there was a lot he didn't know about Madara, after all Madara had the utmost will, and he wanted to fix the world from the likes of Sasuke, but I have the utmost honor and I will finish what I started, with this thought the protagonist fell into the world of good dreams...