Hokage's Office.
"But Souji-sama, are you sure you can do it?" Shikaku asked worriedly. "You'll be fighting not just one, but many Uchiha ninjas."
"Yes, I can. Itachi-san and Kosuke-san will be watching when I fight them, and I don't want any of them to escape." Souji continued.
"Yes." Kosuke and Itachi responded.
"..."
"Souji-sama, the Sharingan might be able to see through your transformation jutsu." Itachi said.
"Ah? I forgot about that."
Twitch Twitch Twitch
The three of them twitched when they heard that.
"So, is there a change of plans?" Shikaku asked.
"No." Souji replied, making hand seals. "Transformation jutsu."
Poff
A puff of smoke emerged, and Souji transformed into a masked man wearing a black robe adorned with a red cloud emblem.
"How is it?" he asked. Then he changed his voice to sound deeper. "How is it, Itachi? Can you detect my transformation jutsu?"
Itachi activated his Sharingan and looked at Souji in disbelief. "I can't see it. If I didn't know you were here, Souji-sama. Maybe I would have thought you were an enemy."
"..."
Kosuke and Shikaku were amazed to hear that. Even the Sharingan, one of the greatest dojutsu, could not penetrate Souji's disguise.
"Then what about this?" Souji used the clone jutsu.
Itachi, with his Sharingan still active, looked at Souji's clone. He knew it was a clone but couldn't penetrate it either.
It was like a shadow clone, it's have a chakra and body. The clone that Souji made didn't have a body and chakra, however, Itachi's Sharingan still couldn't penetrate it.
"..."
"My Sharingan can't do it either." Itachi replied.
Souji nodded in satisfaction.
"Now it's time to use my Sharingan." Souji said, as he transformed his life-seeking orb into a lens with the same pattern and chakra frequency as the Sharingan, though it was not real.
Souji recalled that Merz had used an artificial Sharingan that had worked effectively. Unfortunately, his was merely for appearance. When the Sharingan appeared in Souji's eye, Itachi stared at it. Once again, it looked incredibly authentic. Itachi couldn't tell it was fake unless he knew the person in front of him was Souji.
"It really looks authentic." Itachi remarked.
"All right, let's go. I don't want the fight to happen in the village." Souji stated.
"Yes." Itachi and Kosuke responded.
"Shikaku-san, please guard the village while I'm gone."
"Yes, Souji-sama."
With a swift motion, they used the Body Flicker Jutsu, leaving Shikaku alone with the documents.
'Ha... it seems I will be working overtime again.' Shikaku thought.
"..."
"..."
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Land of Fire, somewhere at night.
"Are you all ready?" Fugaku asked. The other Uchihas nodded.
"Let's go." Fugaku said, and they moved quickly.
The patrolling ninjas had already fallen under their genjutsu, allowing the Uchiha to move swiftly.
Hours passed without incident, but suddenly, they saw someone blocking their path.
'Discovered?' Fugaku thought in panic. Then, he looked closely at the person in front of him.
'Not from Konoha? Wait! Sharingan?!' Fugaku stared at the masked man with the Sharingan. The other Uchiha also halted when they saw their front line stop.
"Who are you?" Fugaku asked coldly.
"I...?" Souji continued. "I am merely a ghost from the past."
"Are you colluding with the village?" Fugaku inquired.
"The village? Actually, I want to destroy Konoha."
Fugaku and the others were shocked to hear that.
"What a shame, That, my plan to destroy Konoha with the Kyubi had failed..." Souji continued, "But now? I think I can easily destroy the village."
"YOU! You are the cause of everything?!" One of the Uchiha ninja shouted at the disguised Souji.
"Heh? So what?" Souji asked casually.
"Wait—" Before Fugaku could stop him, the ninja threw a shuriken at Souji.
Swish!
Souji disappeared, using his Body Flicker, and reappeared in front of the ninja, hitting him in the chest with his punch.
Bang!
Fugaku, who witnessed this, attacked Souji with a kunai. However, his attack merely passed through Souji.
'Clone?' Fugaku thought. 'How could it be?'
Unbeknownst to Fugaku, Souji had used the Substitution Jutsu on his clone. This could be considered a new variant attack from Souji, the Clone Switch Jutsu.
"Agh..." One of the Uchiha ninja shouted as Souji slashed his neck with a kunai.
"Attack him!" The other ninja shouted, but their attacks only went through Souji's clone.
Tap
Souji patted the back of the person who ordered the attack, kicked him in the back, and sent him flying into a group of Uchiha ninja who were trying to catch him. Fugaku saw something stuck to the back of the ninja, and then shouted, "Get away from him!"
"..."
Boom!
They were all hit by the explosion.
"..."
"Fire Release: Great Fireball!" Fugaku used his Fire Release Jutsu on Souji, and it went through his clone again.
Boom!
A tree exploded and burned because of Fugaku's jutsu.
The remaining Uchihas were still wary of Souji when they saw his clone approaching.
"Don't approach the clone!" Fugaku said.
Bang! Bang!
Two ninja were hit by Souji's punches and immediately died, because Souji didn't hold back.
When they saw the real Souji appear, Fugaku and the others simultaneously tried to use the Uchiha's signature jutsu.
"Uchiha Flame Form-" Before Fugaku and the others could finish their jutsu to imprison Souji.
They were attacked from behind by Souji's shadow clones, who stabbed them with kunai.
Stab Stab Stab
"..."
Poff Poff Poff
Three Uchiha ninja, including Fugaku, managed to survive Souji's attack by using the Substitution Jutsu.
"All of you! Quickly contact the village!" Fugaku ordered the remaining Uchiha ninja.
"We will stay here to help you, clan leader." The two Uchiha ninja said, while the others left quickly.
Souji moved toward Fugaku and attacked him with his kunai. Fugaku threw shuriken at Souji, followed by invisible wires. The two Uchiha ninja also threw their shuriken at Souji.
Swish Swish Swish Swish
Their shuriken pierced Souji's clone body, but he kept moving quickly toward Fugaku.
Seeing his plan fail, Fugaku approached Souji, trying to parry his kunai with his own.
"..."
But Souji's body only passed through Fugaku's. Then, after passing him, Souji quickly slashed Fugaku's back.
Slash
"..."
Poff
Fugaku used his substitution jutsu.
"..."
Stab
"Ugh..."
Souji appeared behind one of the Uchiha ninja and stabbed him in the heart with a kunai.
"..."
Suddenly, the ninja's body disappeared and reappeared behind Souji, then, he tried stabbing Souji in the heart.
Swish
"..."
The Uchiha ninja failed again because his attack only passed through Souji's body.
'Izanagi, huh?' Souji thought. 'In that case, I won't let you use the Izanagi.'
He quickly took the Sharingan eye from the Uchiha ninja.
"Akh..."
The ninja winced in pain, before Souji could kill him, Fugaku attacked his body, and the other Uchiha ninja helped the blind ninja.
"..."
Fugaku's attack passed through Souji's body. Souji then turned toward Fugaku and quickly kicked him.
Bang!
Fugaku was thrown back by the kick. Meanwhile, Souji pursued the two Uchiha ninjas who were trying to escape.
'I have to end this quickly. I also don't know if Fugaku really has the Mangekyo Sharingan. I don't know what strange abilities he will use.' Souji thought to himself. 'And don't forget about Izanami, that's was basically cheating.'
Swish!
Souji used his Body Flicker jutsu and appeared right in front of the two Uchiha ninjas. Without hesitation, he took the remaining pair of Sharingan eyes.
"Kuhh..."
Despite the pain, he tried to move back while carrying his friend. However, behind him was Souji, stabbing him with a kunai.
Stab
"..."
Stab
"..."
Souji stabbed the two ninjas with a kunai and ended their lives.
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Jutsu!"
From a distance, Fugaku used the Fire Release Jutsu towards Souji.
Woosh!
Swish Swish Swish
Souji walked through the fireball heading towards him, then quickly moved towards Fugaku.
Fugaku, who saw this, looked at Souji, who was getting closer. 'Mangekyo-'
Stab
"..."
Before Fugaku's plan could succeed, the real Souji appeared behind him and stabbed him with a kunai.
Souji also used his chakra scalpel to cut off Fugaku's chakra flow, preventing him from using his jutsu.
Fugaku didn't expect to end up like this. He hadn't even used his Mangekyo Sharingan.
"This is really anticlimactic, huh?" Souji said.
Then, he quickly took Fugaku's eyes, he didn't want Fugaku to use any jutsu from them.
"..."
"Thank you for the welcome, Clan Leader Fugaku. Now, there is a village waiting to be destroyed."
"So, have a good time." Souji said, then disappeared, leaving Fugaku blind and dying.
"..."
"Father!"
Fugaku heard someone shout, "Itachi?" Fugaku asked weakly.
"Father! What happened?" Itachi asked, panicking and worrying.
'Ah, I see. Itachi doesn't hate me.' Fugaku thought to himself.
Sometimes, when you can no longer see, that is when things become the clearest—things that can't be seen with the eyes alone.
"Itachi, the masked man... released the Kyubi." Fugaku told Itachi who the real perpetrator of the Kyubi incident was.
"Itachi... Konoha is in danger. And... That man took my eyes... So be careful..." Fugaku said weakly.
"Father..." Itachi said softly.
"Itachi... I'm proud of you." Then, Fugaku stopped breathing, and his life ended.
Until the end, Fugaku struggled with whether to use his Mangekyo Sharingan or not. But In the end, it was all too late.
"..."
Itachi could only stare at his father's lifeless body.
"Forgive me, Father. I'm also proud of you." Itachi said, shedding tears that turned his Sharingan into Mangekyo Sharingan.
"..."
"Until the end of his life, he still didn't want Konoha to be destroyed, huh?" Souji said, appearing with Kosuke.
"Uchiha Fugaku and the other Uchiha ninjas deserve to be called heroes, for trying to stop the enemy, and for providing important information to the village." Souji continued, "Does anyone object to that?"
"I don't object." Kosuke said.
"Me neither." Itachi said.
"What about the other Uchiha ninja?" Souji asked.
"Everything has been taken care of." Itachi replied.
With Souji's shadow clone's help, Kosuke and Itachi managed to kill the Uchiha ninjas who wanted to get the village help.
Souji nodded. "We just need to wait for the patrol ninja to come here." They both nodded.
"..."
"..."
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The next morning, the atmosphere in Konoha was tense and sad, because the news had spread, that the Uchiha ninja had been killed by enemy ninja who trying to destroy the village. Souji announced that the murderer was the same person who controlled the Kyubi to destroy the village.
Of course, the ninja and civilians who heard that information were shocked. They too had suspected the Uchiha Clan was the culprit, but it turned out that, the Uchiha Clan had actually protected their lives.
Souji then announced that, Uzumaki Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage and ordered them to apologize to Naruto.
Many people protested, but soon after, many came to apologize to Naruto. Naruto himself didn't care much about it, he had stopped trying to get recognition from the others. He preferred to focus on his family and friends.
A funeral for the Uchiha clan was held that morning. Sasuke cried when he saw his father. Itachi remained silent, looking at his father's body. Mikoto was sad, but only to a point. She didn't feel devastated, which made her feel bad and guilty.
"..."
Mikoto could only remain silent and sigh while the funeral was being held.
"..."
Souji led the funeral and spoke in front of everyone, "Clan Leader Fugaku and the other Uchiha ninjas have indeed passed away, but their names and service will live on in our memories forever."
"Now, there is no more suspicion of the Uchiha clan. They are Konoha ninja. And Konoha is family."
"..."
"For family." Souji said.
"For family." The others said too.
"For Konoha." Souji said again.
"For Konoha." The others repeated.
"..."
After that, Souji approached Mikoto. "Mikoto-san, I offer my condolences."
Mikoto smiled weakly and nodded. "Thank you, Souji-kun."
"If you need my help, just come to me."
"Of course. Once again, thank you, Souji-kun." After that, Souji let Mikoto and her family go.
"..."
[Haruno Mebuki
Heart: 98%
Mood: Worried and scared.
Thoughts: Has Souji-kun forgotten about me? No, he must be busy.
Lust: 85%
Satisfaction: 0%]
"..."
"Don't worry, Mebuki-chan."
"..."
"..."
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At the Haruno residence.
Knock Knock Knock
"Wait a moment." Mebuki said, having just finished washing the dishes, before opening the door to her house.
"Morning, Mebuki-chan." Souji greeted her.
"Souji-kun?!" Mebuki said, surprised, and then hugged Souji tightly.
Hug!
"Souji-kun... I miss you..." Mebuki said softly.
"Me too." Souji said, his face buried in Mebuki's breasts and his hands grabbing her plump ass.
"Hyaah... Souji-kun, we're still outside the house..." Mebuki said, surprised that Souji would do naughty things to her body.
"Hm? Then who hugged me first in front of the house?" Souji replied, squeezing Mebuki's ass.
"Haa... Aah... Souji-kun... Sakura is still at home..." Mebuki enjoyed what Souji was doing to her ass.
"Oh? So Sakura is at home. Hey, Mebuki-chan. Do you want to visit my new house?" Souji asked.
"Eh? Your new house?" Mebuki asked.
"Is it okay?"
Souji nodded. "Of course. We can go now if you want." Mebuki thought for a moment and said, "Hm... Well, I'll take a shower and change clothes first."
"No need for that. You're already beautiful like this." Souji said.
[Heart: 99%]
"Oh my god, Souji-kun... I've been sweating since earlier." Mebuki said.
"You hugged me with your sweaty body. Also, you'll take a shower later. So it's better if you don't take a shower first."
"Geez... It's not polite to say that to a woman, you know, Souji-kun?" Mebuki said while pinching Souji's cheek.
"Come on. Let's go now. I can't wait." Souji said.
"All right, all right." Mebuki was also impatient. She went inside for a moment, told Sakura that she was going out with a friend, and left without waiting for a reply.
"..."
"Ready?" Souji asked.
Mebuki nodded, and they left for Souji's new house.
Along the way, Souji and Mebuki held hands, intertwining their fingers. At first, Mebuki refused, but after Souji used Genjutsu: False Surrounding Jutsu, she finally agreed to his request.
"Mebuki-chan, where is Kizashi-san? I don't see him."
Mebuki sighed. "That person... I don't know. Where does he go every week?"
Souji nodded. Even though he knew that Kizashi often gambled, he didn't tell Mebuki, he just let it be. Without having to sabotage Kizashi, Souji was one step closer to winning Mebuki's heart. Therefore, he didn't need to carry out his plan.
"..."
Not long after, they arrived at Souji's new house. It was quite far from the center of the village, and the area around it was very quiet. It was suitable for the two of them.
"Oh my God! This is huge. Souji-kun, how much did this cost?" Mebuki asked, amazed by Souji's house.
Souji shook his head. "No, it's actually very cheap."
"Just because it's cheap for you doesn't mean it's cheap for others, Souji-kun."
"Yes, you're right. In that case, please come in."
"..."
Souji and Mebuki then entered the house.
"Did you buy additional furniture?"
"No, I bought it with all its contents." Souji replied.
"The furniture doesn't look old. Maybe it's only a few years old."
"I heard that the previous owner sold this house to the village at a cheap price after the Kyubi incident." Souji said.
"Oh? So he was scared and decided to move?" Mebuki asked.
"Yes." Souji nodded. Then he went to the kitchen and took out a castella cake that he had just made, or rather, that his shadow clone had made.
"Here, Mebuki-chan. I made it myself. Please enjoy it." Souji said, placing a plate of castella cake and a cup of green tea on the table.
"..."
"..."