So . . . turns out Naruto's life was even harder then I thought. How hard you ask? Well try getting beaten everyday. Well nearly getting beaten. All they get is a strong clone.
Well there was a few times they got a hold of me. I couldn't do much though because I had to pretend to be Naru.
I'm currently five years old and I'm watching Itachi and Shisui train. Itachi is currently eleven and Shisui is fourteen. Meaning in two years time, the Uchiha Massacre will happen. I continued to watch them train with awe.
I mean, I know that with what I am, that I can overpower them but man, their strong for a couple of kids that don't got the same advantage as me.
I heard a stick break behind making me flinch and unknowingly kick a branch down from the tree I was hiding in. I felt two pairs of eyes look in my direction and I quickly put a hedge up, giving me black hair and green eyes, my whisker marks disappearing.
I felt Shisui body flicker behind me and I kicked out, hitting him in the gut harder then I expected. He went flying out of the tree and went through two more. I sweat-dropped before leaping out of the tree to make a break for it, cursing under my breath.
I felt a hand reach out for my wrist and I spin out of the way, going into a round house kick, only to get blocked.
Not that it did them any good, they still went flying. I spun around again just to bump face first into a chest. I slowly looked up with wide eyes to see Shisui grinning down at me.
"Why don't you take of the hedge chibi-chan~?" My eyes went wide.
"C-chibi-chan?" I looked down at myself and realized I didn't change what age I looked. I looked at him thinking for a second before poofing, leaving him dumbfounded. Little did he know that I was in the treeline, carefully making my way deeper, trying not to make any noise.
I had none of the Uzumaki luck at that moment. A leaf crackled. I froze before taking off as fast as my stubby child legs could take me. Which happened to be pretty fast. But sadly I had to keep up pretenses and even though I'm an Uzumaki, even their chakra can last so long as I child.
I 'tripped' and 'ran out' of chakra, my second lair of hedge poofing away, keeping my Naruto hedge in place. I kept it less noticeable then my first lair but noticeable enough for someone to sense it if they really tried.
I scrambled to get up only to come face to face with Shisui. "Hello kitty-chan." My eye 'twitched to keep up my facade.
"I'ma boy, dattabayo! Don't call me Kitty-chan!" Shisui smiled.
"Really Kitty-chan? Why don't you take off that hedge you have on then?" I froze. Did I really get found out this quickly?
"What do you mean Shisui? That's Naruto." Itachi asked with a blank face but confusion in his eyes.
"I-I don't-" I blinked "Fuck it" making Shisui and Itachi's eyes widen with surprise. I took my hedge down, showing my blond hair with red ends and my blue and red eyes.
Itachi tensed. "Who are you?"
I put my hands up slowly "I'm known as Naruto Uzumaki, though it doesn't really fit me since I'm a girl." I replied as I rubbed the back of my head.
"Why were you hedged as a boy?" I blinked and thought about my reasoning.
"Well one, I'm living in the red light district," I put a finger up "Two, I'm a girl and there are basically always a drunk men around where I live," I put a second finger up " and three, the villagers will basically do anything to make my life a living hell due to my prisoner." I put up a final finger.
"How do you know about that?" I stared at them blankly.
"I may be young, but I ain't stupid. I'm always called a demon brat and I happen to have been born when the Kyuubi attacked the village. It also helps that I snuck into the Shinobi Library and looked into the seal on my belly." That reminds me, I should got meet Kurama!
Well, it's safe to say that Shisui and Itachi started to 'train' me. I of course pretended to know only a few of the things they tell me about and struggle do do a few things too.
Time Skip
Shisui, Itachi, and I ended up sparing one day. Everything was going well until Kunai started to fly. Now, mind you, I may have made myself strong af but I had to put some limits. I swiftly dodged, unknowingly activating my completed Sharingan, which had be completed due to the stress of avoiding the villages while pretending to be weak and stupid.
I collapsed onto the ground, pretending to be exhausted after training for hours. Ok that might be a small lie. I am a bit tired. I looked at the two Uchiha's only to see them with eyes of disbelief.
I scrunched my brows in confusion and turned slightly and waved my hand out of habit, making a mirror of ice, causing the boy's eyes to widen even more.
Sharingan stared back at me and I paled. I shot up and looked at Shisui and Itachi. "Please-" They stared "Please, don't tell anyone about this, not yet, I tell Jiji eventually, I promise!" I told them, deactivating the Sharingan.
They asked me how I activated it and I told them but also told them that I don't exactly know how I have it. I could tell the didn't believe that lie but they had no choice. They knew that I didn't take anyone's eyes, cause I could activate and deactivate it.
Time Skip
I ran pass trees as fast as I could. It was happening. Today was the day Shisui, one of my best friends (Who knew that I had a crush on him along with Itachi) was dying.
I broke through the trees just as Shisui leaned back. No! "SHISUI!" I yelled at the same time as Itachi. Shusui smiled sadly and disappeared from view. I felt a warm liquid run down my face and I lifted my hand up and touched it. Blood. Itachi and I looked each other, the other seeing Mangekyo Sharingan in the other's eyes.
Time Skip
After that first round of shit show, Itachi started to come to me more, me without my hedge since I did't want Sasuke to potentially see 'Naruto' having a conection with Itachi, not yet at least. Which was good since I could feel Sasuke hiding. Itachi didn't notice though. He had already broken down on his knees.
He had told me what he was going to do. I wanted to help him but my body was still limited as a child. I was still extremely strong, strong enough to take on a Jonin by myself, well at least some Jonin.
Strong enough to be able to take on the Scarecrow when I'm twelve.
I held Itachi as he showed the an amount of emotion that he never showed anyone else.
"I'm sorry Tachi, I'm so sorry." He looked up at me with his sad eyes. Tomorrow, it would happen. My face was directly in Sasuke's line of sight. I activated my Sharingan.
"W-what are you doing?"
"This is most likely the last time we see each other. I don't want to forget, even if it's a sad memory."
And we stayed with each other for a couple more hours before departing. This would be the last time I would be in my 'true form' and see Itachi, for a while.