Chapter 14

Opening his eyes, Itachi realized that in this second timeline, he would not be joining the Akatsuki, and he was also officially staying in Konoha, and yet, he also knew that the Uchiha clan would be shown less respect for trying to stage a coup, and Danzo had started rumors that they were the ones responsible for the nine-tailed attack...

Getting up from the bed of his apartment, he was only in a black t-shirt and pants, and instead of getting dressed he decided to just put on his raincoat, which didn't have Izumi's smell left in it, only his smell is there... and this thought made him sad, but he also realized that he had to move on, because he knows that Izumi is not gone forever, maybe they will cross paths again if he is in heaven, or even when he is alive Heh.... and he put on the cloak he left the apartment that the third hokage gave him, and he put on the cloak, just to feel in the shadows, because he knew that when there was negativity outside, or excessive positivity, he was saved only by the solitude and free space of darkness, he knew that if he had infinite will and infinite honor, he could be in the darkness and space endlessly, But as long as he was human he realized that he was not God, so he tried to be useful as one of the best shinobi, and he wore the cloak to feel this comfortable darkness, and not to notice the faces of the people of Konoha, who would look at him strangely as a traitor, he had such thoughts, and with this thought he left the apartment and began to walk in his pure-black cloak, which is blue lock, and inside the whole side is blue... and he walked out of the doorway already in the street.

When he was walking towards the main street of Konoha, in his black cloak, which resembles the cloak of Akatsuki, he began to notice a couple of people on the way, although their look was not hateful, but rather heroic, and they looked at the main-hero smiled, and Itachi was confused, did not know what was going on here? and then when he entered the main street, he saw how people looked at him as if he were the hokage, smiled and even bowed slightly, those who passed by stopped to say "thank you for saving us you are a hero of Konoha" and Itachi even changed his cold face to a slight smile, because he had such thoughts in the first time-line, suddenly Konoha would respect him if they knew the truth? Itachi unbuttoned his cloak, which was along his neck, because it was hot from the strong sunny day without clouds.

On his way to see the dango diner, he decided that he somewhat deserved a portion, and walking up to the counter began:

-Two dango please- -the Konohee hero started with a slight smile, and the seller seemed to be frowning, and he had gray puffy hair like a hedgehog, and as soon as he recognized it was Itachi, he was surprised to open his eyes.

-Wait, I know you - he said it in surprise and with open eyes, and also changed the surprise to a smile and added, holding out three dangos to him -take all three, and on the house, because it's the least we can do, for the hero who saved Konoha, - He said it sincerely, he showed a wide smile, and he was uncomfortable that it was the least he could do, and so Itachi, not to make him feel even more uncomfortable, took all three dangos, and he was pleased with himself that he had helped the hero in some way, and Itachi decided to add.

-No need to thank me," he continued in a slightly sad tone, "I just did what anyone would do.

-I doubt it, even all the Kage wouldn't be capable of such an act, to kill the whole clan and their relatives for the sake of the whole village, I've never seen such a hero.... and I've only ever admired Hashirama-senju.

-Thank you for your support, well I don't like being praised though- Itachi said smiling slightly grabbing the back of his head, and from behind him came a familiar chakra for Itachi, and it wasn't hard to guess it was Kakashi.

-There you are Hero-in-Chief- Kakashi began, putting his book back in his pouch, Itachi smiled back at him because he was glad to see him, and Kakashi continued- You are now called Hero-in-Chief in Konoha, and it was the Third Hokage who started saying that when he gathered the residents while you were sleeping, and also everyone unanimously agreed with it Heh....

-I've only in my mind assumed that I'm the protagonist-hero who saves the future and makes the time flow properly between them- Itachi could calmly hint or talk about it knowing that those would consider it as philosophy and wouldn't understand the meaning, but in fact it's not just philosophy, it's a global philosophy...

-You missed a lot of things yesterday after what you did," Kakashi said with a smile and it looked good with his jonin outfit, it reminded him of what a hero he was in the fourth shinobi war, Kakashi noticed how beautiful the weather was and saw that Itachi was confused and didn't understand why he was being praised, he decided to tell him the whole event so he would be aware of everything and that's why he suggested answering, "You know the weather is nice outside and I see that you're not in a hurry so can we go for a walk? Itachi nodded with a smile, because he had nothing to do all day anyway, and spending it on a friend like Kakashi was always nice, and then Itachi shook the dango seller's hand before leaving, and with his other hand he put the money on the counter and left with Kakashi.

Itachi and Kakashi were passing by the hot springs, but unfortunately it was closed for the time being, it was in this place and soon time and will be the first meeting of Naruto and Jiraiya, in which will be Ebisu, and Jiraiya will knock him out with a single blow, and Itachi knew about this place, that their first meeting happened here, as he was always curious in exploring his target, not excluding any side information, and also while he went into his thoughts, calculating that here they should meet his thoughts were interrupted by Kakashi:

-What are you thinking about?" he said in his calm manner while reading a book written by Jiraiya.

-Yeah, just about my own-" Itachi replied with a smile and added, "It's been a while since I've been to the springs.

-I see... and I haven't been in them for more than 8 months since I became a leader at all," the copying ninja said gloomily, and continued, "It would have been better if you had become captain of the Anbu as soon as you turned 13, I told Tenzo back then that you would be a better leader than me, and he said that my potential was high and I would stay, and unfortunately I did, but I'm not complaining," he said glumly as he finished, yawning lightly.

-Are you not thinking of just leaving with Anbu?" Itachi asked looking at Kakashi, and at that time they had already passed through the source and were heading down the main street towards Ichiraku walking on equal footing, and on the way people were looking at Itachi as if he were a savior, and children were smiling too, and there were also jonin who were passing by looking at him as if he had accomplished a supreme mission of rank-S, although in fact he had....

-Honestly I didn't think about it, maybe it would be an interesting idea, more time spent with books -said Kakashi and smiled flipping through the pages of books -but I'll leave if the hokage orders me to -then Itachi thought that it was really true, Kakashi left the Anbu only on the hokage's orders, and he also became temporary captain of different teams, but they were not very capable in teamwork, so he sent them back to the academy, until he met Team-7....

-Even if it does, I'm sure you'll be a fine jonin, and maybe a captain for your teams," Itachi said smiling, buttoning up the collar of his black cloak.

-Look inside the flower shop- Kakashi said, lifting the patch in his left eye and Itachi also activated his sharingan to see what was going on inside.

Itachi and Kakashi activated their sharingans and saw Seven, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Ino, they were there because their fathers were very friendly and decided to meet, and the children were left to get acquainted, and inside the store near the service fae, they stood and Shikamaru sat on a chair, and the three of them got acquainted and started talking.

-What are your dreams when you become a shinobi?" asked Shikamaru out of boredom, sitting in a chair looking up at the ceiling and shifting his gaze to his friends.

-I want to become super-cool! like Itachi Uchiha!" replied Chouji, throwing the chips into the ground, and raised his fist upwards, and also added-"and from now on, I will stop being complete, and be like Itachi-sama," Akimichi finished the last sentence with confidence.

-Did you know that he only became a hero by killing his clan? And Sasuke only survived because he wasn't on the uchiha council for the coup, my father told me everything," Shikamaru finished his last sentence with a yawn.

-Shikamaru, you don't know the full story," Ino added, and continued, "Fukagu-Uchiha wanted to summon the nine-tailed one again to attack Konoha again, as he had done over seven years ago, according to Danzo-sama, a friend of the third, and Itachi single-handedly prevented the coup, even killing not only the clan but all of his relatives for the sake of people like us, and for the sake of everyone in the village," the Yamanaka said, smiling happily.

-He smiled happily, and the two friends smiled back at him, and then he continued - So my dream is to be like him, what's your dream Ino? - Looking at Ino, Chouji waited for her dream answer.

-And my dream is to be with him... - Ino said with a smile and blushed, and Shikamaru smirked as he knew she was looking at him the same way Chouji was, and Chouji was happy with that answer and turned his gaze to Shikamaru.

-What is your dream Shikamaru?" asked Chouji looking at his friend to see what he wanted when he became a shinobi.

-I just want to be a cloud and fly around without doing anything, or sleep at home for ten hours without anyone waking me up," he said sleepily as if he had been up all night, and everyone laughed in response, and Shikamaru smiled.

Kakashi and Itachi, had already stopped seeing them through the walls as they had already traveled a fair distance from the flower store walking further away.

-I see you've got some Itachi fans," Kakashi began, smiling as he closed his right smiling eye, and the left one with the sharingan he'd already closed back with a tread.

-Heh, it was fun to watch them lip-reading," Itachi added, smiling with his arms folded across his chest, and added, "but I don't understand why you had to watch them?

-I knew that Shikaku-Nara and her friends were gathering near the flower shop and their children would be there too, and I thought about them, and after your words about the captains, I suddenly thought," Kakashi looked at the sky thoughtfully and continued, "What if my team is in front of me and I don't notice it, and what you reminded me of at that moment could be fate?

Itachi smiled in response, removing his hands from his chest, because he knew that Kakashi was closer to the guess than he knew, because Team-10 were the friends of Team-7, Itachi also knew that he would not be the captain of that team, that role would be taken by Asuma, and Itachi also thought that Asuma was something like Naruto.... But then Itachi came to his senses and realized that as much as he didn't want to, he couldn't break the time line, and he proved himself by killing the entire clan, and at Shisui's expense, Itachi was still wondering if he had done the right thing by giving him a chance to survive, and temporarily dismissing his thoughts he looked at Kakashi and added:

-Anything's possible, though I'm sure these three could be the top team," Itachi continued, lowering his gaze to the ground, "but I'm sure there's another batch of teams waiting for you, of your type, and they could even be the ones to save the world if they have such a captain, Heh.... - Itachi finished the conversation with a slight smile, and Kakashi also thought about it and then realized that if Itachi said that, then it made sense, he had realized it in the six months that they lived next door to each other.

They saw the ramen ichiraku in front of them, and as soon as they came in to order a couple plates of ramen, they were rarely here, as soon as they got a couple plates Kakashi opened his mask freely for the first time, Itachi didn't really care what he had under the mask suddenly it was a plain face, or did he think he wore it for image, or was it a large scar? or that he wore the mask for personal motive, which is his business, he saw Kakashi's full face, he noticed that he looked like Sakuma Hatake, like in the portrait of former jonin, and he had one difference, Kakashi had a mole along his chin, although Itachi doubted that he wore the mask because of that, he wore it to symbolize him as a person, and one who had found his style and he respected it.... Itachi said that even the three legendary sanin were weak before him, Sakumo could even handle Hanzo the salamander one on one, but the three sanin when they were too young, even working together they couldn't beat him, and could only win by surviving when Hanzo let them go for a good fight, while Itachi was thinking about this he was interrupted by Kakashi who was eating his ramen and started a conversation:

-You know Itachi, yesterday when the people of Danzo Anbu Root began to inform the villages of what the Uchiha were planning, they were all amazed that the Uchiha clan had fallen so low, and as soon as it was over and you went home unnoticed.... The hokage gathered all the villagers in the middle of the night, in the place where the hokage is appointed, it was spacious, and he began by saying that Itachi-Uchiha had single-handedly stopped the coup, and it was too late to hide everything, by Danzo's order, all the people of the root first reported that the coup was going to happen, and so the third openly began to say that you did not hesitate to choose Konoha, and even wanted to take the role of a criminal and be a nukenin, which made the people respect you even more.... at the expense of a criminal and a noukenin, that might have been the case if Danzo hadn't ordered his root men to report the truth, although... the fact that he suddenly started to show emotion is something I can't get used to.... - Kakashi finished that sentence after finishing his ramen, even ordering a second portion with Itachi since both were hungry....

-Now it all makes sense... - Itachi said the phrase more relieved, and added, "Anyway, I'm glad things are improving for the better.

-That's right, I don't know how you and I would have done it if you were a nukenin, Heh.... - Kakashi grinned at the end of the sentence and added, "Ramen's on me, it's the least we can do." After finishing the ramen and then the last sentence, he put his mask back on and smiled as he paid, and Itachi was grateful.

***

Itachi spent the whole day with Kakashi, walking the main streets, wandering around the training grounds, and even on the roofs of the hokage's buildings, all the while discussing how the village had decided to name Itachi the main hero, the main hero, meaning the ultimate hero, because no one in history has ever done such a thing, not even the first hokage.... also some people are endorsing his candidacy as the next hokage of the village, although Itachi himself realizes he shouldn't become one, because he might deprive Naruto of his dream.... Or worse, it would completely break the timeline, while he was thinking about it, he was distracted by the fact that he and Kakashi were walking past the uchiha quarter, and activating his sharingan he saw Sasuke from far away from the river, he was sitting near the bridge by the lake and throwing stones into the water, and as if seeing some reflection there, he angrily jumped in and dove into the lake, now I see.... even knowing the truth, he's ready for revenge. Itachi had a similar thought about this theory... as the sunset came, they went to their houses, and said good night to each other, Itachi went into his house, and Kakashi went into another building to his house, which was near Itachi's building.... While Itachi was lying there thinking about the time line and also what to do next, he saw that night had fallen and the sky had turned a cosmic blue with twinkling lights and stars.... and he left the house and went towards the castle-kikyo to reflect....

Flashback

Itachi and Shisui, standing before the elders of Konoha, there were four of them, and among them were Elder Koharu, and Elder Homura, the third hokage Hiruzen, and the last one was Danzo, they were sitting on a chair and discussing about the Uchiha coup, and Danzo proposed exterminating them, Homura and Koharu nodded in agreement, and the third hokage objected, and said there should be another solution, and didn't make that decision, and then Shisui intervened, suggesting that he use his koto-amatsukami on the head of the Uchiha clan, and the third supported it, as well as his two elders friends, and Danzo also agreed with a false nod, although he knew that it was temporary and that, sooner or later, this clan would be overtaken by their blood, and Itachi noticed him and knew what Danzo was thinking, the council was over and the third calmed down after Shisui's words, because the third even in the first time line did not decide to destroy the clan, he even then wanted to find another way out and found it now, everyone was free and Danzo went to his root headquarters.

Danzo's POV

I woke up in my room of the headquarters of my root, and sitting in my bed thinking that today should be the last day before the extermination of this cursed clan, but Hiruzen does not understand me, he always looked at everything too positive, and wisdom he uses only for good, and he uses emotions too often, because of what became gray before me ... I know this clan much better than he does, because the second hokage told me about them, and their emotionalism, and the fact that they can be too sensitive, if he were alive he would support me, in the clan it happens that the kinder a person is, the angrier he becomes, although it's lucky that Kakashi's partner, Obito-Uchiha died in that third shinobi war, because if he had succumbed to his cursed blood, he could have become the exact opposite of his former self, and if he has mangekyo, he could use his relative Tobi-Uchiha's power for evil, even Shisui I doubt very much, he could become a nukenin if he succumbed to his cursed blood, but Itachi... there's something about him that's a mystery to me, I don't think he's trying to get away from his cursed blood, he's taking it in his hands and controlling it calmly, because he found himself long ago.... I can trust him completely, he has to destroy his clan to save the leaf village, and then he has to become a renegade, and I won't tell Hiruzen about it, he will know about it only after the cursed clan is gone, although now I have a plan, I have to fold the seals to call Fu Yamanaka, he has to make sure of Itachi's decisions, I trust him, but there's no way, he has already folded the seals and Fu, I think he heard my signal and will arrive any minute now.

-Danzo-sama -Fu came in, kneeling on one knee and continued, wearing an anbu mask -You wanted to see me?

-Da Fu-" making an indifferent face I opened my eyes, and continued, "I want you to follow Itachi Uchiha, and get to know his type of character and mannerisms, and then when you get back, to pass on your recollection of today to him.

-Yes-" He said, and vanished in a puff of smoke.

I left my headquarters, while Fu will keep an eye on Itachi, I'll go to Shisui, a man like him is sometimes too soft and not capable of making tough decisions, if he turns out to be what I think he is, I'll take his eyes, and those eyes once belonged to my co-commander, Kagami Uchiha, in my hands they'll be more reliable, and if he uses genjutsu, no matter how strong his genjutsu is, Izanagi will take me back for many seconds at the cost of one eye, even before he uses his genjutsu, and I can take advantage of the fact that he's not expecting it and take his eyes, and I got my nine eyes for Izanagi from killed uchiha from missions and corpses that were brought to me at the headquarters root, I went towards the forest and Shisui was training there, I approached him alone without help.

-How do you always get your level up?", I started by asking a simple question, and he was distracted from throwing the trajectories of the kunai to hit the targets.

-I haven't over Danzo-sama-" he said smiling slightly grabbing the back of his head with one hand.

-It's interesting... In your time I also trained hard to save my comrades and the world of shinobi, but then I realized that it's more useful to turn off emotions, Hiruzen didn't understand it - I said without changing my face.

-I think that the third hokage is doing more good for the village because he realizes that the point for people in Konoha is emotions, and there's no point in not using them," Shisui answered me.

-You're right Shisui, but these emotions are not for us, we are weapons that exist to keep others in peace, that's how we keep order and that's why I created the root-anbu, to keep the peace going - Shisui thought about mine and doubted them, I could feel him looking at me like I was wrong, Itachi is better at this than we are, sometimes I see in him a pure darkness that reminds me of the cosmos, in the six months since he left the anbu he has become much stronger than he was, it's like he has the knowledge of the best shinobi, although I'm going to assume that he has raised his level, because he has.

-Itachi never ceases to amaze me, he's really clean always right, and controls his negatives and positives.... but at the expense of us, I don't think we are weapons because we are also human beings who can go on and live life to the fullest, because everyone has the right to a second chance.

-You reminded me of my comrade Kagami, and don't say you don't look like him, you have a lot in common, and I'm sure he would have made the same decision I'm making right now, I want you to.... - I started to explain to him that the clan is cursed, and uchiha can only be saved this way, and koto-amatsukami can't change anything that Kagami would approve of, and during the whole conversation my face was cold.

-No!, there has to be another solution and I know that Kagami-sama wouldn't do that, I will only exterminate the clan in a no-exit situation, and if lives depend on it, and the third would not approve of that- Shisui finished.

-As I figured you're just like Hiruzen the weak Shisui.... - I said indifferently, and he seemed to understand what I wanted to do, I quickly walk towards him and he activated his mangekyo.

-Koto-amatsukami - he said calmly, and I was in a strange world that was too spacious, just white space and nothing else, and I see Shisui appear there, and completely control me, I can't even think without his permission xo, and izanagi is not an option, my body is paralyzed and he continued - you know Danzo... I was told by a friend that the only way I can make you emotional is if I use my koto-amatsukami on you," he said with relief, as if he had wanted to do it for a long time, and continued, "Maybe the Uchiha clan is destined to die, and my koto-amatsukami won't work for long, but at least I can use it on you, it will be more useful than on Fugaku.

-You'd spend 10 years deactivating koto-amatsukami just to use it on me? - I replied nervously.

-Over the years I have learned to use the powers of my eyes," he said confidently.... and continued - now I can use only 1 eye for koto-amatsukami and it will be deactivated in 10 years, and the second eye I will use for other purposes, and the first eye I decided to use on you, so I think for konoha everything will be more useful, I will make you use emotion as well as the third and even more, and as much as possible to own them.... and be willing to die for anyone, and also you won't tell anyone about it, consider that I've reprogrammed your understanding.

After that he disappeared from the forest, and I stayed in the same place where he caught me with his koto-amatsukami, and I chuckled, thinking that nothing had worked, I had everything under control, I went back to my root-anbu headquarters, and I couldn't say anything to anyone, since Shisui had deprived me of this opportunity, I couldn't even discuss it with Shisui himself, his koto-amatsukami was beyond me.... after a long walk I started to think about a lot of things, did Shisui's plan work?, I'm starting to regret that I made the graduates take this forbidden test, and kill their friends at the end, I made them into weapons, I don't think about their future lives, they could have had children, what's going on with me?, I've spent years learning to suppress emotions, but now in a second all at once?, I think I realized that Shisui didn't use me as a weapon, but on the contrary opened my eyes, what a fool I am.... I think I'm just now realizing how you feel when you look at the people of Konoha.... I got to the headquarters, after a slow walk in my thoughts, which I spent half a day on, and realized that I was wrong all these years creating the root-anbu, and as soon as I went to my room, Fu-Yamanaka came in, knocked, and is coming to me to tell me the news, he looked me in the eyes, and did the personality transfer technique and gave me his memory to copy, and I saw Itachi's day, and the way he was training that nine-tailed boy, and the little pink-haired girl outside the academy training room, and when he hugged her, it was like I remembered the story of Sarada-Uchiha, from the first hokage's story when he told it to me at the bonfire at night, and I thanked Fu and smiled, for the first time in a long time, and he was even surprised and left.

Itachi came in 15 minutes later, and I was glad, because I wanted to send someone after him anyway:

-Itachi, it's nice that your intuition is developed without a sharingan," I said, trying to act cold-blooded, although after Shisui I'm having a hard time with it....

-Danzo, I was wondering what the root anbu was following me for? - Itachi answered me, and I realized he was serious, speaking to me on a first-name basis....

-I wanted to understand you and the way you think, Itachi, and now I do, and I'm sure that you're the only one who can accomplish this mission," I said, and now the thought of having to exterminate the entire Uchiha clan made my heart ache, almost as much as Hiruzen did when he heard my proposal yesterday, and even with all my emotions turned on, I realized that the clan would still have to be exterminated, I even got sad and made this face, but Itachi noticed, he must be thinking where I got my emotions from, but unfortunately I can't tell anyone...

After I saw Fu's recollection of Itachi's day, I noticed that after using koto-amatsukami on me, he went to Itachi, they were sitting behind a bench, and Shisui seemed to want to tell him, but Itachi interrupted that they would talk later, and quickly went into an alley, and then when Fu got to him he was walking slowly as if nothing had happened, It's strange, and remembering the day he trained that girl, the first thing that came to my mind was the story about Madara's sister too, and I decided to put aside the business or talk about missions for now, and started a heart-to-heart talk with Itachi, I told him this story about how Hashirama the first Hokage heard it from Madara, and about his sister Sarada, and I also remembered to tell him that I plan to exterminate the Uchiha clan, I said this sadly, and I also told him that he reminds me of Madara, but only with his strong will, and in honor he is like Hashirama, and the same manner, and the same determined eyes, after the conversation I felt good, like I was discussing this story with the first hokage at the stake again, and at the end he even managed to say "I see, thanks for the story, now I know more than I knew" after saying that, I poured myself a cup of tea, having realized a lot today, I even smiled, and Itachi seemed to notice it, he would probably look at me the same way as many others, when he left I stayed in my room, I finished my tea and fell asleep.

***

As soon as I woke up, I realized that today was the day the clan would be exterminated, and Homura, Kohara, and Hiruzen didn't know about it, it was purely my decision, which Itachi made without hesitation... oddly enough.... I've been thinking about it all day and what he's going through, he's only 13 years old and he has to become a nukenin?, no... I don't care about the reputation of the clan, people like Itachi shouldn't have to go through this, I also found out that Shisui had gone to cloud country for reasons of accompanying music recorders, and as the sunset began, Itachi went to the Anbu root headquarters, and I gave him an Anbu uniform adding "You may have left the Anbu, but consider this your last and unfinished mission in it..."."After that he went to the uchiha quarter, and I left the building and noticed that there was some unfamiliar chakra, so I decided to take the disguise of becoming invisible, and watched through the door as a girl from the uchiha clan in a pink sweater looked for documents in my room, and looking at my documents about the description of the curse in uchiha, She let out a tear, I felt sorry for her, I didn't even bother to reprimand her, and let her go, and she was good, she went through my guards unnoticed, and when I went into my office and saw the files of all the uchiha, I found her portrait in my room, her name was Izumi-Uchiha, she was probably following Itachi, and even worried...

Then after that, I gathered everyone from the root and ordered them to report that Itachi-Uchiha was stopping the coup, also that they should be in contact with me, with the help of Fu Yamanaka, he would be our channel, and I could transmit on the way to them everything they had to say, and even about the nine-tailed attack that the Uchiha had started, because no one but the Uchiha could control the Kyuubi, and everyone nodded and started to warn everyone in Konoha, and I went to the uchiha quarter, and I got there, and I saw that it was clean and even empty, my sensory abilities detected only two free chakra, it was Itachi's chakra, and also the second was Sasuke's chakra, I ran towards them, and when I saw them, reading Itachi's lips, I could make out that he wanted to leave by becoming a nukenin, and I said goodbye to him, I heard his words, I decided to jump off the roof, and I stopped between them adding:

-No Itachi, -Itachi was surprised to see me, I guess he didn't expect to see me, and I continued, -My people from the anbu root already knew about it, and so I ordered them to inform all the clansmen and the people of Konoha about it, and what you are doing and for what purpose, and I even told them, that it was the Uchiha who were responsible for the attacks on Konoha by summoning the Nine-Tails, and also my men told them that tomorrow the Uchiha would stage a coup, and the residents were already preparing weapons and kunai to prevent the coup right now, but my men also added that Itachi-Uchiha was already dealing with it alone, now go home and I'll take care of everything here with the bodies of the neighborhood... - I noticed the relief in his eyes, and the tiredness, he nodded and left for his house, and I headed over to Sasuke, and started:

-Itachi must have told you that it was my fault, because I am Danzo.... - He looked at me with fear, and I thought, why did Itachi spare Sasuke's life? For what purpose? although I'll never know. but I can guess that he cared about him, so I decided to soften his blow to Itachi and take on his hatred, I gave him a cold-blooded look again and continued - Elders Homura, Koharu, and the Third Hokage were against this decision, but still, I was in favor of the clan being destroyed, I gave Itachi a choice, Sasuke looked at me with hatred and fear at the same time, I continued - he made the decision to save the clan, to have the Uchiha killed by him while saving their honor, and if you want to hate someone, then hate me, Itachi only did what he had to do.

Then I see that the Anbu Hokage squad together with the Hokage himself is coming to this place, and I see Hiruzen coming to Sasuke, holding his shoulders and wondering how he is doing, but Sasuke is silent from shock, and the Hokage gives a sign to his men to take him to the hospital so that, he came to his senses there, then he will be provided with another accommodation, and then Hiruzen turns his eyes to me and looks with anger and comes to me and starts:

-I told you there was another way!, and you didn't listen to Danzo, Homura and Koharu, they decided to wait for Shisui to use his koto-amatsukami on Fugaku," Hiruzen said in a stern tone, and he was dressed in his white hokage uniform.

-The coup would have started tomorrow, Shisui wouldn't have made it back if we hadn't prevented it, I had no choice, and Itachi didn't hesitate, he chose Konoha in the first place--saying that, I was ashamed that I was looking for an excuse, but really tomorrow it would have started....

-You always act rashly Danzo, but don't forget who the Hokage is," his accusatory words were a blow to me, and earlier I hadn't taken it seriously, but now I understand his feeling, because my emotions are more heightened than his because of Shisui.

-Sorry Hiruzen... - I said more pitifully, because it was true, and I suddenly felt better.... It was probably a good thing that Shisui had used this koto-amatsukami so that I wouldn't hide my emotions....

-It's the first time I've heard that word from you in a long time, Danzo, and I'm glad to see my close friend again," he said with a slight smile, and then he turned serious and added, "but now is not the time to gather everyone in Konoha and tell the truth, and the fact that your men told the truth about Itachi to the people of Konoha, I have to say it's a surprise to me, even I wouldn't have ruined the uchiha's reputation against Itachi's will, but you did it for him, I'm proud of you.

After that we were able to gather everyone at the place where the hokage is appointed, and told about Itachi Uchiha's exploits, and everyone decided to call him the main hero, and after that I realized how Hiruzen thought all these years, and that I suppressed emotions, I realized that I didn't suppress everything, I still have greed and avarice and arrogance, But Itachi, he's so much better than me, because when I look at him, I see purity, when he turns off his emotions, he has nothing but honor, but from now on I'll try to be useful to Konoha even more, I'll change the root-anbu, and even die for Konoha and for any of its inhabitants... thanks to Shisui for opening my eyes to the good.

The end of Danzo's POV

End Flashback

Itachi reached the castle-kikyo, and sat down on the porch while comfortably adjusting the collar of his black cloak, after a day with Kakashi, and a good day with the people around him, he was in a good mood, and he was still wondering why Danzo was acting weird...? Itachi was also looking at the stars, thinking that it's hard to keep the first timeline, but he also realized that it's also hard to change them completely, so he realized that the second timeline will be exactly the same, only if he wants it to be, with this thought he continued to look at the stars....