[Uchiha Massacre! Part-2]

Sasuke slammed his hand on the ground and a summoning seal inscribed itself on the ground as I wrote my name on the scroll…

[Ping!]

[Congratulations on signing the Crow contract]

[You can now use the summoning Jutsu to summon:-]

[Messenger crows]

[Healer Crows]

[Battle crows]

[Reverse-summoning]

[A special crow instructed by Itachi to take your messages to him]

'...huh that's convenient...'

I look at Sasuke who was looking curiously at the baby crow he summoned, the crow hopped a couple of times and then flapped its wings to sit on top of his head before nuzzling into it…

'...pfft'

I could feel Sasuke glaring at me to laugh so I just went through the hand seals and slam my hand on the ground and selected the option to summon the special crow…

'Summoning Jutsu'

Through the cloud of smoke came out a crow that had Sharingan in its I gave it a weird look before I feel it trying to place a genjutsu on me…

'Huh...well if it was prepared by Itachi...'

I let the genjutsu take hold as suddenly I saw the form of the crow shift into that of Itachi…

"Huh… now how are you doing this..." I gave Itachi a peculiar look as he was dressed not in his Akatsuki robes but his original ANBU outfit…

"The crows were Uchiha's special summons for decades now, every member that signs the contract is allowed to blood bind a baby crow which allows it to gain access to the Sharingan..." Itachi's face had no emotions as he explained this to me in his usual monotone…

'Damn his way of speaking is very similar to the ANBU commander...'

"Anyway Hokage-sama wants to ask you something… can you come back?" He shook his head no and said, "The Akatsuki knows about your Sharingan, Kabuto told them, this made them accelerate their plan… watch out for Temari, she was instructed to try to kill you one last time then escape from the village via some secret tunnels left behind by Orochimaru… I listened to the conversation but the placement of the tunnel was given to Baki by Kabuto so I don't know about them, I'll try to collect info about them as soon as possible..."

I stared at Itachi for a second before nodding, "I'll beware, anyway Hokage-sama wanted some information… did you kill off everyone during the Uchiha Massacre?"

Itachi for the first time showed emotions on his face as his expression crunched up a little… "No, I was only ordered to kill off the Main branch and anyone who might know about the coup..." His hands clenched as he said, "... the rest of them were probably killed by Danzo..."

'That explains how he was able to sneak off so many Sharingan and also some kids...'

I gave him a nod as I said, "I told Sasuke about you being under a mind control genjutsu when you killed off the clan..." He gave me a crazy look as he said, " you are going to ruin my plan Tobi, Sasuke needs to hate me in order to kill me and wash the name..."

He was about to continue so I said, "We found some Uchiha kids hidden inside Danzo's hideout..." That shut him up, he stared at me blankly for a second so I continued, "...just take the excuse and come back Itachi… Konoha and the Uchiha need you Itachi, it's time you come out of the shadows..."

"..."

We stared at each other before he sighed and closed his eyes, "Do you think Konoha will accept me?" I looked at him crazily for a second as I realize, 'even you are not perfect are you Itachi...'

"Stop being an Idiot… your little brother has been waiting for a long time… take this chance and come back Konoha needs your support during the upcoming war..."

"I need to go and tie up loose ends here then... I'll see you soon Tobi-kun..." His figure started dizzying before transforming back into that of a crow, the crow then vanished with a puff of smoke and I sense Sasuke giving me a confused look with a baby crow perched on his head…

"Why did you take so much time to dispel that Genjutsu..."

'Right, this was not Tsukuyomi, I would have looked really weird just standing there staring at a crow...'

"I was talking to Itachi inside the genjutsu, apparently it was a special blood bound crow..."

His eyes widened as he said, "how do I summon it?" He looked eager to talk to Itachi so I felt bad dashing his hopes…

"He can't talk right now..." upon seeing his darkening expression I continued, "...he is coming to Konoha soon, don't worry you can meet with him then..."

He looked ecstatic but still concerned as he said, "...didn't he come to Konoha a few days earlier… it won't be good for his cover if he keeps disappearing so often..."

'...'

"He's coming to Konoha for good… remember a war is going to break out soon, we need all the help we can get..."

'...and I lost him��� at least he isn't an emo and is not thinking about killing and power anymore...'

Even though Sasuke has changed a lot in the past year, his habit of being silent and diving into his thoughts hasn't changed, he stood in the middle of a forest with a baby crow perched on his head as he was deep into his thoughts… I could feel his emotions turning lighter as a small smile came upon his lips…

"Let's go Sasuke..." I dash back into the root base to report back to Hokage-sama...