Recap
"We should just read the next scroll, I'm pretty sure it'll answer your question."
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Dear naruto and sasuke,
'It's like Itachi-nii knew I was going to share it with sasuke,' naruto thought.
As much as I love and trust you both, do not come after me. Sasuke, I know there is no point in apologizing but just know that I will forever love you.
Naruto, I completely trust in your abilities so stay strong. You are getting stronger everyday and just know that I will always believe in you.
However, you both cannot come for me, I have joined an organization. Suspicion will arouse if I leave. Don't mind me, stay strong, both of you.
From
Itachi
"Why..." was the soft reply of the raven.
The handwritten scroll crumpled from the pressure of naruto's grip. A small droplet tear came from the shimmering blue eyes slightly smudging the ink.
On the other end of the scroll, sasuke gripped tightly almost ripping the paper. The silence is broken from the occasional gust of wind.
"I'm going back," sasuke simply stated as he took one step away.
Naruto swiftly rolled up the scrolls. He then took rest on the soft grass not finding a reason to trod all the way back home.
"Your not leaving?" Sasuke asked.
"I see no point to," the blond replied.
The raven just stood there in silence before taking rest a few meters away from naruto.
The handwritten letter left a soft yet strong imprint in both there minds, telling them to 'calm down' or 'remember what's right'
"Sasuke! Naruto!" A familiar voice shouted.
As the two slowly opened there eyes, they were met with sun in there eyes.
"Glad you guys are okay, you weren't at your houses," Sakura exhaled.
A masked sensei followed behind. "Guess I'm not the late one today," kakashi said in a mocking tone.
"Chunin exams are today, aren't they?" Naruto asked.
"They are aren't they?" Sasuke asked, "how much time do we have?"
"We should get there early so around half an hour," sakura replied.
The blond walked off away from the training ground.
"Where you going?" Sasuke asked.
"Ramen"
"We're coming with you," Sakura stated leading the rest of the team with her.
The 4 sat along the red seats at the small ramen store with teuchi serving them miso ramen.
"So what's that?" Sakura asked gesturing towards the two scrolls Naruto was clenching hard.
Naruto released his harsh grip and internally sighed while shooting sasuke a desperate look.
Sasuke looked away slightly rolling his eyes before slightly nodding. Naruto returned with an unsure look.
'He want me to tell them about Itachi?' Naruto thought.
This time sasuke intensely nodded. Naruto looked away and sighed.
'Huh?' Sakura thought watching her teammates exchange strange glances.
Kakashi looked up from his now empty bowl and at the scrolls Naruto released from his grasp.
'I've got a bad feeling...' the silver haired sensei thought.
"I- Sakura..." sasuke spoke up in a deeper voice.
"Yes?" Sakura said unsure.
"Remember the person I said I was going to kill?"
The pink haired nodded.
"Well that was my brother, Itachi. He's the one that caused the clan massacre, and that's why I wanted revenge on him but-"
Kakashi abruptly stood up. "Sorry carry on."
"Sensei..." Sakura muttered.
"Say, Itachi was in the anbu. So you've seen him right? Sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Yes," kakashi plainly answered.
"Just get to the point," sasuke scoffed.
Naruto's fingers fidgeted under the table unsure of how to phrase the information in a way that isn't too blunt.
"Sorry for asking you don't have to answer..." Sakura said breaking the silence.
"We're a team and we should trust eachother, right naruto?" Sasuke said clearly shooting looks at naruto.
"The- the reason I am so strong is because of Itachi..." Naruto explained in a quiet voice.
"Itachi??" Both Sakura and kakashi exclaimed.
"It was before the academy when he trained me, he trained me until that day... anyway, before Itachi came along, it was kura- 9 tails who trained me," Naruto explained going slowly so that everyone understood.
"However that night, Itachi didn't tell me anything before well- yeah."
"That's the same for all of us," kakashi said sympathizing with his student.
"Your talking about the uchiha massacre correct?" Sakura quietly asked careful not to offend the uchiha next to her.
Kakashi nodded in response looking down on his ramen bowl.
"I think it's better if you read these yourself..." Naruto said looking at the scrolls. "You both know about that night right?"
Sakura moved her seat to the one next to kakashi before opening the scrolls together. While naruto and sasuke sat aside huddled in the corner whispering about a certain topic.
"Itachi..." kakashi whispered with the memory of his smiling subordinate he once saw everyday.
Sakura could only look at her sensei and stay silent. She closed up the scrolls still thinking about what she read.
'Honestly I don't know Itachi that well but he was close to everyone on this team..." Sakura thought feeling a little left out.
"Say... how was Itachi like?" Sakura asked in a light tone.
"He was kind, helpful and very selfless," the least expected person to answer explained. "He was known as a prodigy of prodigies," sasuke went on.
"He was a perfect brother."
The raven didn't know why but saying that sentence lifted a weight off his shoulders as the image of his caring brother flashed through his mind.
"He was a great teacher, he supported me through everything, and was the first of this village to acknowledge me."
"He was extremely talented for his age, he also aced everything coming his path. What surprised me most was his maturity," kakashi explained.
What used to be a image of a blood thirsty murderer of the uchiha clan changed to the image of a caring, selfless prodigy, which plastered a faint smile on sasukes face.
What no one saw was the burnt ramen teuchi was making as the ramen maker just froze at all the information he unintentionally eavesdropped on.
"Hey Chunin exams now my little cute genins,"
At the Chunin exams
The three of them walked into the exam revenue trying to avoid as much attention as possible. They immediately walked to the real third floor.
"Wow there's a lot of people" Sakura stammered faltering at the sudden KI shot everywhere.
Naruto just stood there debating whether or not he should flood the room with his own KI or just stand there. He chose the latter as his classmates filed in.
"Ah so even you guys made it," kiba sneered.
"Kiba-kun you shouldn't be that rude..." hinata stammered behind the dog boy.
"SASUKE-KUN did you miss me," ino shouted launching herself around Sasuke's neck.
"Ino get off," Sakura simply said with authority.
"SHUT UP FOREHEAD! SASUKE-KUN IS MINE!"
Sakura simply turned away while sasuke released himself from the lighter blonds grasp.
"Ah so you guys have also came," shikamaru said through a yawn, "this will all be such a drag."
Plastic crinkles and the smell of chips followed the lazy genius.
While naruto made his way to a wall, he sensed a strong presence. His blue eyes traced the door of the room until it opened revealing a team from Suna.
Followed behind them was a extremely bright green jump suit with extremely thick eyebrows accompanied by a very defined bowl cut reflecting the words "ninja" off the top.
"Hey who is that red head-" Sakura started but got interrupted by a flying heart. The bowl cut then made his way over to team 7.
"Your Sakura right?"
Sakura awkwardly nodded while her teammates just watched.
"I love you will you be my girl friend I will protect you forever!" The bowl cut exclaimed. "My name is Rock Lee!"
Sakura looked at the figure in front of her while taking a few steps back. "I-"
'WHO THE HECK IS THIS DUDE THAT OUTFIT I CAN'T-' sakura's inner self screamed.
Lee noticed a pair of red eyes behind his pink haired crush. Red eyes which were examining him up and down.
"His chakra canals are too thin to be a ninja..." sasuke whispered to naruto.
"Yeah... I he must be a taijutsu specialist," Naruto deducted.
"You what's your name," Lee stated averting his round eyes to the raven.
"Sasuke, Uchiha Sasuke," the raven scoffed.
White eyes averted there gaze towards the uchiha while a girl with two buns stared at the uchiha with sparkling eyes.
Sasuke simply turned around and looked at naruto avoiding the various eyes pointed towards him.
"Hey, naruto, sasuke, Sakura, you guys made it!" The team of uzumakis shouted from across the room.
Minata walked over slapping team 7 on the shoulder.
"STAY AWAY FROM SASUKE-KUN YOU RED HEAD!" Ino shouted joining the conversation.
"Shut up Ino-pig" Sakura stated while electricity seemed to connect there eyes.
The rambling went on and on until a silver haired boy walked up the the rookies.
"You guys should be quiet, your causing a lot of ruckus..." the four eyes said the the group.
"And who are you suppose to be?" Sasuke asked the older genin.
"It's kabuto," he replied.
'He looks familiar...' minata thought.
'His chakra... I should probably track him, but how to I get my seed tracker onto him...' Naruto thought. Considering the fact that he must be strong.
"Hey sasuke" Naruto whispered gesturing towards sasuke.
Sasuke but naruto into genjutsu with one look of his sharingan. Then that's where naruto explained his plan.
SLAM
Sasuke slammed naruto onto the floor towards the direction of the suspicious four eyes.
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A/N
Srryyyy this chapter took so longg
I really have no excuse 😓 I'll update faster in the future pls bear with me 🙏🙏