Becoming Genin 2

9 months quickly went by, and before long, Itachi and I were Genin. We met with many higher-ups of the Hidden Leaf, such as Danzo, the 3rd Hokage, and so on who were interested in our talent. 

Anyways, after that short meeting, we were put in a team. Shockingly, I was put in a team under Kushina. Although Kushina wanted to take both me and Itachi, Minato refused as that would create a team that was not balanced. So, Itachi and I picked amongst each other who would join the Kushina team.

Itachi let me join her team, while he went on to join another team. The Kushina team was given the title team 7, while the Itachi team was given the title team 2... and so, it was time to do missions... boring missions which left me bored.

The missions Genin could take were D rank. such missions were pretty much going to help the villagers with their troubles. I found lost animals, cut grass, looked after gardens, and did many boring jobs. But I did them, knowing the sooner we finished these tasks, the sooner we could do C-rank missions.

"You got home pretty late today," I said with a smirk seeing Itachi coming home, just to find me holding Sasuke. Itachi's face dropped seeing this, he snorted unhappily before going upstairs, leaving Mikoto shaking her head speechlessly.

"You're both back," Fugaku said calmly seeing we were both home, I was about to say something smart, but quickly shut my mouth. Itachi, heading upstairs, paused and looked at Fugaku, wanting to know what was happening.

"You two will be joining me at the next clan meeting," Fugaku said calmly. he looked at both of us, pride written deep in his eyes. Itachi for one was already thinking at the level of a Hokage. Although Itachi was smarter than me, I was not too far behind. I could think at the level of a Jonin, plus I was more skilled in coming up with ideas and thinking outside the box.

"But I have plans on that day," I said with a frown, Fugaku simply looked at me, to which I sighed softly while nodding. So, we joined the meeting. The meeting was simple, Fugaku faced the hatred of the whole higher-ups of the clan who were tired of how the Hidden Leaf was treating them for something they didn't do.. well, not the whole clan was like that, some of them were still trying to pick sides, while others wanted to sit back and watch things. Fugaku was trying to play the voice of reason, but through it all, Fugaku couldn't help but notice how I was looking deeply at a few of the Uchiha clansmen.

"Gojo, is something wrong?" Fugaku asked, to which I paused for a moment, before slowly nodding while looking at one of the elders.

"The same chakra that was used to control the 9 tails... I sense it within a few people here. Many of you are in a Genjutsu." I said causing the whole room to go quiet. Everyone quickly checked the person next to them, and indeed, many found many amongst them who were in a Genjutsu.

With their Sharingan, it was that easy for them to see. but what horrified everyone was the type of Genjutsu it was, it was such a powerful Genjutsu that targeted the subconscious of a person, making them think they were acting on their own free will. This left Fugaku's face dark as only one person had such a Genjutsu, but upon closer look, this wasn't Shisui's doing, for it was too weak to be Shisui Genjutsu.

"It seems like you guys at some point met the masked man, and he has been slowly pushing the Uchiha clan to rebel against the Uchiha clan... what could his goal be?" I asked with a frown,

"Does he want the Uchiha clan to overthrow the Hidden Leaf? In doing so, it could start another great shinobi war, giving him the opening to run off with the 9 tails which he failed to do last time." Itachi said to which I nodded with a frown.

The masked man had been putting a few people under Genjutsu, having those few people convince others to not accept how the hidden leaf was treating them. This would of course lead to the Uchiha clan rebelling against the hidden leaf, even if the Uchiha clan lost, or won, the hidden leaf would be left crippled from the battle. An event that would allow many countries to start fighting for land.

{Heads up. In the Novels, Obito was the one in the shadows pushing the Uchiha clan to rebel}

"If this is Madara, what does he want with the 9 tails?" I said with a frown, I of course knew the whole truth, but I couldn't let everyone know. How would I explain myself?

"His hatred can't be so great as to want to destroy the hidden leaf. There should be more to this matter, something we are missing." Shisui said, leaving the whole room quiet. The Uchiha clan was wrapped in one huge scheme, and they almost fell for it.

"Shisui, go report this matter to Minato... tomorrow, I want you to go around and see if others are in this Genjutsu. As of now, you 3 leave." Fugaku said to us, to which we left, leaving the grown-ups to sit back on this matter and truly think of their next move.

"Why would he want to start another war..." Itachi said with a clenched fist, he didn't understand why someone who had no village or anyone to protect, would want to start a war. What was there to gain from these pointless wars, other than pain?

"I don't know... but I have to stop him. I don't want there to be another war," Shisui said seriously, to which we all nodded in agreement.

"So, goal set. Beat Madara's ass. Just leave it to me, I would beat him up so badly, he wouldn't know how to turn on his Sharingan." I said with a smirk, causing the two to roll their eyes. if defeating Madara was so easy, then he wouldn't be feared as the second-strongest shinobi in history. even the 9 tails fear that man.

"On that note... hatred. We need hatred. Itachi, the stronger the hatred, the stronger the Sharingan we would awaken. I want to awaken the strongest one, I don't want to end up awakening some weak everyday Uchiha Sharingan." I said making Itachi frown lightly, Itachi looked at his palm for some time. 

Hatred was the key to awakening the Sharingan, so having the thing he held dear to him taken away from him would awaken the strongest Sharingan... meaning, if Sasuke were to die, Itachi would awaken a truly powerful Sharingan.

"What do you mean by that?" Itachi asked softly, 

"I'm thinking of using a Genjutsu, that would make me experience hell, a Genjutsu that would truly break me. but I'm scared if I would be able to recover from that or not." I said with a smile, causing the two to shake at the possibility of such a Genjutsu.

Indeed, such a Genjutsu might truly birth the strongest Sharingan, but at what cost? Would it be worth it, when you are left broken? This isn't something about if you could recover from, for many who awaken their Sharingan become completely different people.

"Don't," Itachi said coldly while glaring at me, this was a rare sight as he only ever glared at me when I was holding Sasuke. but I just shrugged, it was just a theory at the end of the day. I didn't like torturing myself like that. maybe if I relived the death of someone I deeply loved, it might truly bring out my Sharingan full potential. It would awaken a Sharingan as powerful as Sasuke.

Sasuke eyes were truly powerful, one should know, that even the Sage Of Six Paths couldn't awaken the two Rinnegans of Sasuke, and could only awaken just 1. Maybe it could have been because the Sage Of Six Paths had to split his chakra in half between Naruto and Sasuke, either way... well, I liked to think Sasuke's eyes were just that powerful, which would mean Sasuke never reached his full potential since he never had 2 Rinnegan.

Anyways, we returned home while Shisui went to report this matter to Minato. The next day, I went around the Uchiha clan without my glasses, sensing everyone around me to find those under Genjutsu. The following week, I went around the whole village, where I found many shinobis who were indeed under Genjutsu.

Time passed, and for some time, the Hidden Leaf entered a state of peace. it was like those who were trying to cause problems couldn't anymore... well, that was until an event happened. Someone from the land of Clouds tried to kidnap someone from the Hyuga clan, just to be killed. Those of the land of clouds were shameless, swearing up and down they had no hand in the kidnapping and that they were being blamed... but Minato was not the 3rd Hokage.

In the anime, the 3rd Hokage bent over backward to these shinobi for the sake of peace. Minato on the other hand stood his ground, which nearly caused a war to break out, until the cloud shinobi apologized as they were no match for the current hidden leaf. To say the least, this gained the approval of the Hyuga clan.

before I knew it, I was 8 years old. It was at this time we were given a special mission... by we, I mean Itachi. Since his team did more missions than us, and Kushina couldn't do that many missions since she was a mother, we fell behind.

Anyways, Team 2 was getting a special mission. Because the team performed the best out of all the genin teams in said year, Team 2 was given the symbolic position of guarding the Fire Daimyō during his annual visit to Konoha.

A daimyō is the political leader of a country. A daimyō is responsible for all decisions concerning their country, from alliances to the annual budget to the privileges allowed to the country's hidden village. Daimyō are therefore one of the single most important individuals in the entire country and hold the highest degree of political power,

The final decision in the appointing of a new Kage for their nation's respective hidden village can rest within the daimyō's authority. In the case of Konohagakure, the Hokage typically selects their successor but if the Hokage dies or is otherwise incapacitated, this responsibility moves to the daimyō. The daimyō is advised by his committee, the Konoha Council, the Jōnin Commander, and a representative of the Anbu during this selection. Once a candidate has been selected, the incumbent must then be agreeable to all the jōnin before they are sworn into office.

So, Itachi and his team set off. Itachi had a rival in this team, someone called Tenma Izumo... well, a rival is a stretch, he was skilled in Genjutsu.

"What are you doing?" Itachi asked with a frown seeing Tenma lost in his thoughts, they were doing a serious mission and this guy was not focused.

Tenma glared at Itachi he was a hot head, the fact that Itachi was more skilled than him at everything was something he didn't want to accept. Just on the way here, he tried to trap Itachi in a Genjutsu, just for the Genjutsu to be reversed back on him and strengthened, leaving him unwilling to accept it.

But Tenma was a fool to think he could trap Itachi in a Genjutsu. Itachi trained by breaking out of the powerful Genjutsu cast by Fugaku, there was no way Tenma would ever rival the likes of Fugaku at such a young age of 14, the fact he was almost twice as old as Itachi yet considered Itachi a rival was also sad.

Itachi sighed, ignoring him and instead looking ahead. They were in a forest right now, about halfway to the hidden leaf. behind them was the Daiymo, and his 12 guards. The Itachi team was ahead, protecting the carriage.

"What's wrong Itachi?" The other teammate, Shinko asked while following Itachi's gaze, seeing how Itachi was fully on guard. Everyone looked towards where Itachi was looking, and up ahead was a masked man heading towards them. he was walking with a slight bounce to his footsteps, he came off as a clown to everyone who saw him.

Itachi's team quickly got into the diamond formation, with the 12 guards of the Daiymo getting on guard as well. They asked the man a few questions, for one this road was closed off, and no one should be walking there, but the man after answering a few questions suddenly made a move, casting a Genjutsu which trapped everyone there in a Genjutsu.

Itachi was able to sense the Genjutsu and quickly avoided it, but everyone else was trapped, leaving Itachi sweating buckets that he would face this guy all by himself.

"You managed to avoid the Genjutsu, I didn't expect... 2 people to manage." The masked man who had at first spoken in a goofy way, suddenly began talking with some wisdom, sizing Itachi up with the one hole in the man masked, before looking towards Tenma.

Itachi was shocked that someone else managed to avoid such a powerful Genjutsu, but after a moment, he felt chakra suddenly spiking up from the side, where Temna should be. This meant that Tenma was trapped in the Genjutsu, but managed to break free which was impressive. 

"What Did You DO!" Tenma roared, before shooting towards the masked man. Itachi was shocked seeing this... well, not really. many times Itachi had put his own life on the line to protect Tenma, and many times Itachi was left injured. Tenma was a hothead, who wanted to prove himself.

"I specialize In Genjutsu, you can't get me with such a technique!" Tenma said while throwing a quick look toward Itachi. This was the first time he had seen Itachi frozen the way he was. Itachi was seen by many as this perfect being, a person who stood out amongst his age group... yet, he was frozen. this was his chance to prove to everyone, that he was better than Itachi.

"A trick like this? Oh, well said." The masked man said in a low voice, but to Itachi, it looked like the masked man was mocking Tenma. Itachi quickly tried to have Tenma fall back, but it was too late.

"A ninja who can't accurately assist the situation..." The masked man said while Tenma quickly became scared. Why? His arm which he had punched into the man's throat had come out of the other end. At first look, it looked like his fist had stabbed through the man's throat, but the masked man didn't even look slightly uncomfortable, and there wasn't even a slight drop of blood on his fist.

Tenma let out a paid scream which pierced the sky. Tenma was lifted into the air by the masked man who had pierced Tenma's body. Temna's body conversed in tiny seizures, but in the end, his body grew quieter until he stopped moving.

"Those who would rush forward, recklessly seeking Distinction die young. That is the reality of the world of a ninja." The masked man said while looking at Tenma's empty eyes, before just pulling his hand out of Tenma's chest, allowing Tenma to fall to the ground.

"Of course, you didn't fall like him, and you didn't foolishly charge like this child. but attempted instead to coolly assess both your power and mine. Wonderful, Uchiha Itachi." The masked man said, 

"As expected, you're the masked man behind the 9 tails attack," Itachi said with sweat covering his forehead, the man before him was most likely Madara Uchiha. How was he going to face Madara?

"You and your twin brother, Uchiha Gojo are annoying," Madara said while walking towards Itachi. Itachi wanted to move, but his body was ignoring him.

"Sit aside, I only want to kill the old man behind you," Madara said calmly, he still had plans for the Uchiha clan. it would be a waste to kill one of their best talents... well, if Itachi's twin brother was here, he would have killed without a second thought.

"I'm a Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf," Itachi said through gritted teeth, he felt like his throat was being choked, but he forcefully opened his throat to spit out those words. Like a frog under the watchful eyes of a snake, his body wouldn't move as he wished.

Maybe it was because of the man's pressure. maybe he sensed the difference between his ability and the man before him. Maybe the blood had rushed to his brain as he madly tried to find a way to survive this... whatever it was, he couldn't move.

This was the first time Itachi was ever put in such a situation, he didn't know what to do, but watching the man getting closer and closer, Itachi bit his lips. The bite sent a sharp pain to his senses, which allowed him to move once again. 

"could you say, what you just said one more time?" The masked man asked, seems like the words Itachi said had hit a soft spot. 

"I'm A shinobi of the Hidden Leaf," Itachi said while pulling out two kunai. He was fully on guard, one mistake and he would die, Itachi simply needed to buy time for the Anbu to catch up.

"Does that mean you wish to die?" The masked man asked his killing intent spreading outwards. Itachi swallowed his saliva at the thought of death, his mind flashed back to his family,

"You could become a good ninja, there is no need for you to die here... but if you wish to die, I will not stop you." The masked man said, making Itachi quickly move, his kunai stabbing through the masked man's face. but to Itachi's shock, his hand just paused through. 

'Is that a Genjutsu?' Itachi thought, fear swallowing Itachi. If he was trapped in a Genjutsu, a Genjutsu so powerful he sensed nothing, he was dead.

The masked man's palm shot forward, wanting to stab through Itachi's back, but at the last moment, Itachi suddenly disappeared, appearing behind the masked man who had turned to stab his palm through where Itachi was moments ago.

'The flying thunder god?' The masked man thought with his one eye narrowing. Itachi had pulled out two Kunai, the masked man had to admit had missed Itachi dropping one of them when Itachi had attacked. Itachi punched forward, he was sure this sneak attack should get him the win... but his fist phased through the maskman.

"You're no Minato!" The Masked man said in agreement, he turned towards Itachi with killing intent burning bright in his eye. He reached forward to grab Itachi's neck, just for Itachi to disappear once more, appearing behind the masked man once more where his mouth opened, shooting a fireball at him.

'So fast!" The masked man quickly moved, dodging the fireball jutsu. He was shocked by how little time Itachi needed to cast the jutsu. Itachi landed on the ground, while the masked man looked at Itachi with narrowed eyes.

'He is testing things, he could escape whenever...' The masked man thought while looking at the two Kunai. The first flying Thunder God Jutsu was to test if a sudden sneak attack would work, and the second flying Thunder god allowed Itachi to find out the weakness behind his jutsu. The timing with which Itachi had used the flying thunder god was something not to ignore, that last usage of the Flying Thunder god, Itachi used the flying thunder god the instant before the masked man could touch him, he had already had the Fire Ball Jutsu ready.

'Why did he dodge that time? This might not be a Genjutsu... he should have an opening when he is about to touch someone. he might turn off that ability for that split moment, so that's the chance for me to aim for.' Itachi thought his heart racing.

'...' Obito looked at the part of the forest which was destroyed by the Fireball, before looking back at Itachi. When was the last time, he was injured? That was by Minato who also found that split opening to attack him.

'Hopefully, he is super dependent on that jutsu, if not.' Itachi thought, just for his pupils to shrink as Obito shot towards him at blinding speed. This was speed no Jonin could keep up with, much less Itachi.

But for both of them, time slowed down as a Kunai slowly passed in between them. they both looked at the Kunai, just for a white-haired man to appear, grabbing Itachi, before disappearing, appearing above the masked man, where another Kunai stood.

"Let's do this," I said to Itachi, whose eyes brightened seeing me. He nodded lightly, before I rested the foot of my legs on his leg, followed by him kicking me forward. A ball of chakra covered my palm, that ball of chakra was spinning at high speed. I pushed it forward towards the masked man, who smoothly stepped aside to dodge while grabbing my arm.... but his palm just stopped before my arm.

The masked man's eye widened while looking at my mocking smirk. Itachi suddenly appeared, slamming his leg into the masked man who blocked the kick with one hand, but that was no normal kick.

The masked man was sent rocketing away from the kick, while the ball of chakra in my palm disappeared, I spun my body, grabbed Itachi's leg, and threw him towards the masked man. The masked man smoothly landed on his legs, his eyes burning with rage.

His arm exploded with spikes, which he stabbed into Itachi's body. but at the last moment, Itachi's body transformed into a log,

"What's wrong trash? Losing to two brats who had yet to awake their Sharingan?" I laughed mockingly while appearing above the log, with lightning armor covering my whole body. I had a huge grin looking at the masked man's shocked eyes. To avoid future trouble... I will go all out to kill this guy. Plus, no one tries to kill someone dear to me and lives. Those dear to me had all right to harm you, you had no right to fight back.