Chapter 27

Itachi and Hiashi continued on their way to the cloud country, since they had left Konoha, they had been discussing Orochimaru, and Hiashi had learned a lot about him, and was ready to meet him, though he rarely crossed paths with the sannin, as he spent more time in the village as head of the Hyuga clan, now they were heading towards the source village, and Itachi had been there before, in the first timeline, when he had passed it with Kisame, Itachi was sad that he never got to go there, but this time there was a chance to enjoy the hot waters and think about the future, and for the first time in a long time he was happy that he had a lot of money, and he was happy that Hiashi had a lot of money, because he was the clan leader, and now they were close to the hidden-hot-spring village.

Hiashi's POV

Itachi and I keep jumping from tree to tree, and from the moment we left the gate from the konoha, we haven't taken a break, and have been traveling together for over 6 hours now, and then I noticed that the orange sky, and the sun from sunset was starting to drop down, causing a dark blue sky, and I wanted to stop and call a halt, but Itachi started first:

-Hiashi, it's sundown, I think we should camp and catch our breath, and wake up in three hours to reach the hot spring village," Itachi started looking at me, I nodded.

-You know, if I had a couple more minutes I would have suggested the same thing, that's a pretty good idea, I think I could use the rest," I said looking at Itachi, pulling out a couple of scrolls for the camp.

-And I think caution wouldn't be out of place either, who knows what kind of day tomorrow will be," he replied with a slight smile and folded his arms across his chest.

I folded the seals, and took out of the scroll my futon, and a couple of logs for the fireplace, also a red tent, and for him also I took out a blue tent, he must have been quite pleased with my foresight and even care, and I added.

-You know, I realize that we are in the woods, and there are a lot of logs, but still I decided to take a few of them before, so that I do not have to waste energy looking for them, I think it will be more reliable - I said tiredly, and at the same time began to build his tent, and then added - is there something to set fire to the logs?

-Of course- Itachi said with a smile, and put the log near the tents, and careful that it didn't hit them, and poured a couple of oils into the log so that they would burn without going out at once.... he sat down in a big log near the fire and folded the seals and said - Fire style: light candle - and when the fire was lit I was glad to see it, although I found my match, but his method was not bad either, he also added conversation - I use my katon to cook my favorite food, fish in flour, it's rather my secret cooking style heh.

-Itachi's genius, though I wish I had the katon style," I said as I sat down closer to the fire, and I was sitting in the large log he had built the fire around.

-I'm sure the Hyuga Clan has potential and more, you're the strongest in Konoha for a reason," he decided to say with a smile as he said what he thought.

-Our clan is considered to be the strongest in Konoha, surpassing even the Uchiha clan, but not all of them - he looked to his left, away from the fire at me, and listened attentively, as if he was interested, and I continued - the Byakugan can see much farther than the Sharingan, and its kekkei genkai can detect the chakra of opponents, or even their weaknesses like 64 pain points, but there are more powerful ones, and its kekkei genkai can detect the chakra of opponents or even their weaknesses like 64 pain points, but there's a stronger kekkei genkai, and that's the mangekyo-sharingan, although I'm sure you know about that and its incredible power.

-Really... - Itachi answered me, and activated the sharingan, and then the mangekyo, and showing those eyes to me, I was surprised, and he continued - I awakened it when I was 13 years old, and it helped me to destroy the clan, and prevent the rebellion, without that eye I would have had a hard time, I would have probably died and used izanagi, an eye capable of returning my previous body that was 5 minutes ago to repair serious injuries and even scars, returning my body that was 5 seconds or even 5 minutes ago, a very useful ability to control space for a while, but at the cost of losing one eye... - he finished his speech looking at the fire.

-Izanagi... I've heard of this forbidden technique of the Uchiha clan, it can only be used when you have a sharingan, and you don't even have to have a mangekyo," I said as I looked at the fire and then looked at him and added, "but I didn't know you had a mangekyo, although I'm sure you could have done the mission with the Uchiha clan without it.

My words were true, because I believed in them myself, he had great potential, and none of the uchihas could compare to him, and also he smiled that he didn't have to tell me the details of Izanagi, because I was aware of it myself, I realized that we had a lot in common, with the knowledge of kekkei genkai, and then I looked at the stars and added.

-Have you ever heard of the younger brother of the Sage of the Six Ways?", I began looking at him.

-I have heard of the Sage of the Six Ways and knew that he had a rinnegan and two sons, but I know very little about his brother - he said he knew the Sage of the Six Ways well, though he had heard very little about his brother, but I know all about him, so I will begin the story

-His younger brother's name was Hamura Ootsutsuki, and they say he was the first to be able to awaken from the Byakugan, a more enhanced eye, and it was called a tenseigan, the irises of these eyes were blue in color, and they had a blue fire in them, like they were burning like a blue sun, and these eyes allowed you to create green chakra that enveloped you and gave you incredible power comparable to the tailed ones, he awakened it during the battle against Kaguya, and his only partner was his older brother Hagoromo, known as the sage of the six paths, although his rinnegan outpaced his brother's eyes, but luckily they had enough power to defeat Kaguya and seal him with the chibaku-tensei technique, on the moon, and Hamura, decided to also move to the moon to control everything personally, and he would also be on earth from time to time, and from time to time he would set his edges, and even his brother, who managed to improve the earth with his assistants, to whom he also transferred his chakra, he called it ninshu, and Hamura was happy about it, while he was watching the moon, his brother had already fixed everything that was broken on the earth, and Hamura also stayed for some time in the feast, that Hagoromo would soon have a son, who would soon be named Indra, though I'm sure you've heard about him, so there's no point in telling in detail - I continued my story and he was watching listening to every detail as if he would need it one day, and I continued - Hamura stayed in the feast when he met a beautiful woman, and after a couple of months he married her and they eventually had children, but Hamura realized after three years that it was time for him to return to the moon, and her wife also agreed to go with him, and they left their children on earth, and they were raised by a beautiful family in the village of Hagoroma, where he even personally looked after them from time to time, and these children after a long time also after awakening became owners of kekkei genkai, biakun and eventually created a clan and called it Hyuga.

-So that's how the Hyuga clan came to be.... I see," he said, turning his gaze back to the fire.

-But that's not all," I continued, "it was also said, in the prophecy of the great toad Gamamaru, that only the most direct descendant of Hamura would be able to awaken the tenseigang, just as he once did, and that's the only reason we have the main branches of the Hyuga clan, because of this we've had some disagreements in our clan, the younger children wanted to betray the direct descendants who tried to break the prophecy, and so they had a cursed mark sealed in their foreheads to control them... - I closed my eyes, remembering the fate of my twin brother, Hizashi.... I knew he shouldn't have had that fate, dying, taking the blow for himself, and leaving Neji an orphan, and then I noticed that Itachi was also thinking, probably thinking the same as me, that they didn't deserve such a fate I decided to continue - but I don't approve of this method, and I'm sure many will agree with me, because people don't deserve such a fate, I'm even sure that waiting for a direct descendant is not worth it, because if the prophecy is true, then let it come true soon.

-I've seen enough in my life to say with certainty that everything in the prophecy comes true, -Itachi answered, still looking at the fire and continued -it also said about a shinobi who would travel through time and fix the coming catastrophe, and even correct history, from many of its mistakes or try to..." he said. - He started to look deeply at the fire and then looked at me and added, "Over the centuries, some of those prophecies have come true, so maybe it's true.

-Anything's possible, I've heard about that too, though maybe he's already traveled through time who knows.... - I answered thoughtfully.

-Probably... - he said, looking toward the fire.

I took out a couple of packages of wrapped rice from the scroll and wanted to give it to Itachi, but he also took out his favorite dango from the scroll, I was even glad that he was carrying his favorite candy instead of food, although it doesn't matter the main thing is that in the spring village, you can buy a normal meal for both of them, on the way Itachi also added that he likes to drink the cactus-aloe-vera the most, and for food he likes to eat dango, in some ways even more than aloe vera, and because of the hot spring village, we are only 3 hours away, I'm sure we'll get there soon, we sat around the fire for a while and went to sleep in our tents, and I took the tents in case of rain, in case it rains, we went to sleep, but tomorrow should be an interesting day.

End of Hiashi's POV

Waking up early in the morning, Itachi and Hiashi put all their things into their own scrolls, and did not forget their tents and futons, but they left the log from the fire, as the fire had already made them unsuitable for storage, and as soon as they were ready, Itachi put on his black cloak, and Hiashi his white kimono, and they jumped into the tree, continuing to walk towards the hot springs to reach the cloud country through it.

Itachi's POV

Now with Hiashi we continue our way, jumping from tree to tree, we are already close to the village of hot springs, and still maybe it is true that the prophecy will come true, suddenly a direct descendant of Hamura, really will be a tenseigang, one of Hiashi's daughters, can produce someone who will have this ability, The prophecy about the shinobi who will return in time has already come true, and that's me, and the blue-eyed boy who will remember the name of the tailed ones and change the shinobi world will also come true, I know for a fact that it will be Naruto, If all the prophecies are starting to come true now, then maybe this prediction about the chosen Hamura will also come true, the one who can master the tenseigang, for example if Hiashi's daughter Hinata marries someone who has her own strength of mind and deep love for the village and strong will like Naruto, then maybe her son will master the art of tenseigang, or her daughter, and I'm sure that this shinobi will be a descendant of Naruto and Hinata, because Naruto is the chosen one, and maybe he'll pass his power on to his son or daughter, although I'm sure he won't be so predictable that he'll name his son Naruto Junior, Heh...

While I was looking ahead in thought, I noticed as we came out of the forest, into an open field where there were grasses and a straight path in the center, and it led to a hidden village of hot springs, we started walking forward along the path, and saw two silhouettes walking towards us, both wearing brown robes, and as soon as they stood in front of us, and one of them was wearing a white mask that covered his mouth, and he had a huge sword on his back, and the other one was wearing an anbu-tuman mask, and he had a green kimono, and they looked like renegades, or nukenin of the mist, and then the nukenin in the white mask came towards us and started:

-Judging by your outfit, you are not poor, so you have plenty of money, give it to us and you will live in peace, I will not ask twice - said the one in a white mask, and a large sword on his back.

-Do you even know who we are?", Hiashi answered him, looking at him blankly as if he were just another thug.

Meanwhile, I felt like I had seen him before, back in the first timeline, he looked familiar, and then I remembered who he was, his name was Zabuza-momochi, and this was his partner Haku, I learned about them when I was studying Kisame, when I first became a partner with Kisame, I studied him, and I also learned that Kisame was one of the Seven Swordsman-Tuman, and through him I studied a lot of people there, and I also came across a portrait of Zabuza, Zabuza had some very recent information about him, and that he had picked up a boy with an improved genome, and raised him as his weapon, and later Haku became loyal to him, Zabuza was called the demon of mist, because he was against his country, and was raising money to prepare a rebellion against the Mizukage, and now Zabuza is standing in front of us, waiting for us to give him money, and after Hiashi's words, Zabuza answers him:

-I don't know and I don't want to know who, but I warned you, if you don't give me everything you have, you'll fall by my sword," Zabuza replied in a threatening tone, and I decided to add.

-You're Zabuza-momochi, your name is demon-mist, and you were one of the seven swordsmen of the fog, I know one of them, his name is Kisame-hoshigake, and he's my partner, so there's no point in us fighting," I answered him, adjusting my black cloak at the neck.

-Kisame Hoshigake... I remember him, he was my comrade, and when he joined the Anbu I thought he would awaken his lust for killing and become a criminal then I would respect him more, but then he decided to just go to Konoha and become one of them, so he's not my comrade anymore," Zabuza said in an indifferent tone, and added, "Haku deal with him and I'll take over his friend.

-Zabuza-sama replied as Haku adjusted her anbu-tuman mask, and I decided to wear a Konoha tread on my forehead to show them that I wasn't a rich man passing by, but that I was a Konoha shinobi, and Zabuza gritted his teeth when he saw Hiashi wearing his armband.

Zabuza and Hiashi ran at each other, Hiashi drew his kunai from his holster, and Zabuza repelled his attack with his sword, meanwhile Haku and I moved a distance away from the sides of them and their battle, and then I started:

-You know... even though you're a young man, you still remind me of a kunoichi that I was able to defeat when I was 8 years old, and she was the strongest in the root-anbe," I said looking straight into his eyes, and then activated my sharingan, and he looked at my sharingan and looked away and added.

-Don't underestimate me, you haven't seen all I can do yet-" As he finished speaking, he began to fold seals and many mirrors began to appear.

Haku could control each of them and made them surround me like a den and I was in the center, he could also move from one mirror to another creating a mirage, I understood how his techniques worked, even understood how to destroy them but luckily I didn't have to, and then I see him throwing senbons from the mirror, tearing my cloak, and with the second throw he managed to hit my knee and hurt my face, and with the third throw he was able to hit the pain in the shoulder and knee area, and I see Haku smiling saying:

-Fight's over, do you have the last word? -and I just smiled in response.

-Before you say you'll win, I'd advise you to open your eyes- When I said that, I took off my genjutsu.

Haku was surprised to find himself in my place, and those clones of his that were throwing senbons, they were throwing senbons to the original Haku instead of me, and in fact it was Haku who had his cloak torn by the first senbon throw, and the second one hit his knee and abrasions on his face, and the third and his clones hit his pain point in the shoulder and knee area, and later his clones vaporized and his ice mirrors broke and disappeared, while I stood in front of him unharmed, not even having to use mangeke.

-But when did you have time to use genjutsu?" began Haku, kneeling down and unable to move because he had hit his pain points.

-As soon as I activated my sharingan, you had already hit my genjusu in the first second, and the mask you're wearing didn't save you, it even slowed down the evasion," I replied looking at him lying on his lap, and then I remembered another fragment, the death of Haku and Zabuza is not today, but a year from now, when the Tazuna defense team-7 will go to work with the criminal Gato, but a year from now, when a team of 7 will be sent to protect Tazuna, and will come across them, and Zabuza and Haku will have to get a job with the criminal Gato, I learned about all this when I studied Naruto himself, and his life in paradise, and also learned that the bridge will be named after him, the great Naruto Bridge...

-Kill me- - Haku interrupted my thoughts and continued, "I failed Zabuza, you must kill me.

-No, not today, and I'm sure that for Zabuza you're not just a weapon, but a comrade, and I don't want to kill you both," I replied and noticed the fight between Hiashi and Zabuza coming to an end.

They were fighting with sword and kunai, Hiashi was skillful with it and Zabuza couldn't even hit his kimono, Hiashi was almost as fast as Gai, both in taijutsu and weapons, and Zabuza stepped aside and decided to fold the seals and summoned water, it took the form of a water dragon, and it was coming towards Hiashi, but he quickly gathered himself and used the rotation, he used its power and it began to increase creating something like a tornado and when the water dragon got to it, it just ripped apart as if it had been cut with a saw, and the water splattered in all directions and Hiashi ran towards Zabuza and used the soft palm technique and Zabuza's sword flew backwards out of his hands and when he gritted his teeth and looked forward again he saw Hiashi standing in front of him and said the word "8-trigram, 64-heaven touch palms" I saw Hiashi start to strike him hard, and knowing the Hyuga clan, he moved him to the genjutsu, a place where he would be paralyzed and on the floor would be glowing, yin-yang, black and green, Hiashi finished his 64-strikes Zabuza fell to his knee.

-The fight is over Zabuza Momochi, when Itachi mentioned your name, I guessed who you were, you were really wearing the seven swords of mist, and you were called a demon and for a second reason, because your chakra turned bardic when you were angry, but I blocked all your channels, - when Zabuza got to his feet, Hiasha stepped back sharply, because he didn't want any surprises.

-Only the strongest Hyuga have such a strong wind, you must be Hiashi Hyuga, and your friend you called Itachi must be Itachi-Uchiha, the main hero of Konoha," Zabuza said, catching his breath.

-You've heard a lot about us, too," Hiashi asked, surprised to see Zabuza running toward Haku with worry.

I'm standing 6 meters away from Haku, and I see Zabuza running towards him and stopping to look at me and I decided to add.

-We would have stayed on your capture, but we have a serious mission above rank-S that's not waiting for us, so we have to go -saying this I headed towards Hiashi and Zabuza was surprised and pleased, I could see it on his face, and before I got far enough away from him he added.

-I didn't expect to meet shinobi of such a level, and I didn't even know that there would be someone who could defeat Haku with one blow, and I see people don't lie about your infinite honor, but why did you leave us alive? - Zabuza asked, walking towards Haku to help.

-In the battle you have shown yourself worthy opponents, and I saw something in your eyes and in the eyes of Haku, and I'm sure that whatever fate awaits you in the future, and no matter how negative it is, you will still die with dignity and honor - then began to pass by

Zabuza nodded, and then he started pulling senbons out of Haku, and he passed out after being unconscious, but he was glad that I let him live, and even glad that Zabuza was helping him without being disappointed in him, because he hadn't defeated us.

When I got to Hiashi I decided to start:

-Are you all right?", I replied looking at him.

-I'm safe and sound, and I see that you're not even scratched, and your cloak isn't even cut," Hiashi said, glad that we were both safe and that our clothes hadn't even been damaged, Haku had torn my cloak only in the genjutsu, but I still felt bad, though I was comforted by the thought, Even if my cloak was torn, I could order another cloak in the land of stone at any time, Tsuchikage was even willing to deliver them to me for free, noticing my smile Hiashi continued to rest now would not hurt, we are just a stone's throw away from the hidden waterfall village.

-I said, looking up at the clear-blue sky.

-Are you sure it was a good idea to let them go? You know who they are," Hiashi asked about Haku and Zabuza.

-Their lives are already predetermined, and there is no point in killing them, and I'm sure they are not thugs, but just people who have left wounds from life, - I said the whole speech catching the leaf in my hand, and seeing how it breaks itself ...

-I think I understand why Kisame calls you Itachi-san, rumor has it that it's his way, you really have the quality of a leader and philosopher," I smiled at his words as they sounded true and positive.

-It's only one kilometer away from the village, I can already see the edge of the building of the hidden source village, Heh... - I said as I saw the edge of the village and we both started walking towards it.

The end of Itachi's POV

Itachi and his partner had already reached the village, and now they were almost to the border, and Itachi thought that finally he could enjoy this village and not just pass by, because he knew that there were a lot of sweets, especially dango, and now they were almost at the entrance of the village.