2 Implementation (I).

It was four days since the attack of the Nine-Tailed Fox and three days since he arrived in the past that Itachi finally decided how to proceed from now. First, preventing the Uchiha massacre from ever happening had priority. Maybe there were other things to worry about, maybe he was just egoistic, but in this case, he didn't care. Afterwards, he would need to make sure that Konoha, and the rest of the Elemental Nations as well, were prepared to deal with Akatsuki and Madara.

Sasuke would have a much more carefree life than he had the last time if he could deal with Akatsuki and its leader before they became a real threat, and there wasn't anything that could motivate him more than doing something for his beloved little brother. Not that he believed he could do so this early into the game; not only was he still too weak, he also lacked information about what the most important members like Pain and Madara were up to at this point in time. Still, he could at least prepare.

It was fortunate that his parents weren't in the same room with him when he met his little brother for the first time in this timeline as he couldn't help but cry a bit. He may have seen him just a few hours ago, from his perspective, but you couldn't compare the two versions of him.

One was a young adult, driven and eaten up by hate and anger -which was his fault- while the other one was a sweet and innocent little babe.

He would do everything in his power to make sure that Sasuke could stay as happy and content as he was now for as long as possible. And to guarantee that, he needed to start making differences.

Decision made, he didn't need much time to conclude that he couldn't do this alone. The easiest way to change something in Konoha was with the aid of the Hokage. Consequently, he would need to share his knowledge with the Sandaime. Now he only needed to find a way to talk with him in private.

Unfortunately, that was easier said than done.

While there hadn't been an official announcement yet, everyone knew that the Sandaime had taken the position of Hokage once again after the Yondaime's death. This meant that he had to do all the regular paperwork a Kage needed to finish, as well as all the paperwork that came up because of the reconstruction of the village.

This was rather time-consuming work, which meant that it was rather unlikely for him to receive a five years old child in his office, even if he was the Uchiha heir.

He knew from his last life that the Sandaime used the little free time he had to walk through the village in the afternoon; to see the progress of the reconstructions first-hand and to talk with the villagers. Unfortunately, he couldn't approach him there either; the risk of someone overhearing them was ridiculously high, and he obviously couldn't let anyone but the Hokage know about his second chance.

The only solution he found so far which would make it absolutely impossible to be overheard was through the use of Genjutsu.

This, though, brought its share of problems. For one thing, the Hokage had his personal bodyguards from the ANBU and he wasn't sure if he could stay hidden from them, especially with his childlike body. Another problem was the fact, that the Hokage would most likely counter his Genjutsu immediately. Even if he did not, one of his ANBU guards would notice that something was wrong with the Sandaime and counter the Genjutsu in his stead.

Of course, he could just wait until the reconstructions were finished and the Hokage had enough free time to receive visitors again, but he needed to talk to him now.

One thing he wanted to change was the treatment of Naruto. It was the least thing he could do after the boy had been so persistent in bringing his brother back to Konoha.

The public wasn't informed about his existence until the funeral for all the people who died when the Nine-Tailed Fox attacked the village. Even if he was only introduced as "their savior" whose sacrifice saved the village instead of as the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, everyone soon knew exactly what he was.

He didn't know when exactly the Hokage told others about Naruto's status, but from the fact that he didn't hear any rumors about a "demon brat" or something similar yet, he concluded that he didn't do so yet.

Still, as he couldn't talk with the Sandaime in person, Genjutsu remained his only way to archive a conversation between them soon.

And there was only one Genjutsu he knew, that could avoid the before mentioned problems.

Tsukuyomi.

The Tsukuyomi was not only impossible for the Hokage to break free from, but it also allowed him to manipulate the time inside the technique in a way where they could talk for hours and even days while less than a second passed in the real world. This also guaranteed that none of the ANBU guards would notice anything, as there was just not enough time to do so. Not to forget the benefits of being able to show the Sandaime things from the future instead of just telling him about them.

The only problem with using that technique was the high chakra consume that it required. He was pretty sure that he could use it once, but he would need to use all the chakra momentary available to him to do so. He also was pretty sure that he would lose consciousness almost as soon as the technique was finished.

In the end, he decided to go through with it anyway. Should he lose his consciousness before he was able to stumble into an empty alley, he would just claim he overdid it with his training. It was not too far stretched to be true,, and he hadn't time to think of something better anyway.

This led him to where he was now, standing in a street that was connected to the main road. Itachi just needed to look around the corner to see the Hokage building. He made sure not to be seen by any villagers. The last thing he now needed was a suspicious villager that wondered what he was doing.

He only needed to wait for half an hour until he could sense the Sandaime's presence moving in his direction. It was now or never.

Itachi walked around the corner at a leisurely pace, just as the Sandaime would pass him. Of course, being an experienced Ninja, the Hokage could easily avoid him and prevent them from walking into each other. This didn't really matter to him, though. All he wanted was to be close enough to look into the eyes of the Hokage without anyone else seeing his eyes in turn.

The moment the Hokage took a step to the side, Itachi looked up, right into his eyes and activated his Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Tsukuyomi."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was tired.

Never would he have expected being forced to take up the mantle of Hokage again, especially not with a successor like Minato. He was young, powerful, smart, and, maybe most importantly, driven by the desire to do the best for his village.

And now he was dead.

He sighed. All this paperwork only added to his already full workload, consisting of meetings with representatives of the village, his advisors Homura and Koharu, as well as Danzo, and, not to forget, diverse Clan Heads.

The thought of the latter made his migraine even worse. He just knew that most if not all the Clan Heads would try to use the current phase of reconstruction to gain more land for themselves. Some might have legitimate reasons that justified their wish for more space, but the majority had most definitively not.

When his temporary secretary brought another stack of papers, he decided that it was a good time to make his daily walk around the village a bit earlier than usual and stood up.

He did these daily walks not only to escape from his paperwork, but also because it warmed his heart to see the resilience of the people from his home. Less than a week after the catastrophe that was the Nine-Tailed Fox and a significant amount of damage was already repaired. Of course, the areas where its attacks directly hit parts of Konoha's outskirts would need much more time to recover than the center of the the village.

Still, the villagers didn't let themselves get dragged down and went on with their lives. Children ran around, people worked together, laughed together, and, in some cases, mourned together before cheering each other up again. He loved this village, and would do his duty if it could help him protect these people a little longer, even if he wished he wouldn't be forced to do so from the position of Hokage after his predecessor died a violent death. First, the Nidaime, who sacrificed his life during the First Shinobi War to save him and his team, and now Minato.

He would have dwelled longer in his thoughts if his instincts hadn't suddenly screamed for him to move.

He took a step to the side and turned around, wanting to find out what exactly drew him out of his thoughts like this. What he saw, however, was nothing but a dark-haired child no older than five who nearly ran into him. It also didn't help with his confusion that the voice in the back of his mind that kept him alive all those years told him to take this child more serious.

Before he could decide what to do, the child looked up.

The last thing he saw were two red eyes that he recognized as the Sharingan, although it had some strange muster instead of the one he was used to.

From one moment to the next, he found himself standing all alone on the same road he was before, the only difference being that nobody else seemed to be there beside him. One moment later, a fairly tall man of fair complexion with onyx black eyes and long, pronounced tear-troughs as well as jet-black hair appeared out of nowhere. He instantly recognized the man as an Uchiha, but not one he had ever seen before.

Before he could even attempt to break out of this Genjutsu the man began to speak:

"Please excuse me for catching you off-guard like this, Hokage-sama, but I didn't see any other way we could talk without being interrupted. I have information I feel are important for you to know, so please hear me out."