It was the uneasy feeling that awoke Sai from his slumber. This uneasy feeling in his gut told him something bad was happening, and he had to see what it was. Getting out of bed quickly he noticed Gaku wasn't in the room, the next thing he heard was a growl coming from the hallway, alerting him of a possible intruder. Grabbing his brush and notepad he slowly creeped out of the room and into the hall seeing Gaku growling at Shisui Uchiha who had an unconcious Naruto in his arms. Sai wasted no time in using his using his jutsu.

"Ninpō: Chōjū Giga (Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll)!" two tigers emerged from the scroll heading directly towards Shisui who looked surprised but flickered out of sight as the two ink tigers reached him. Sai frantically looked around trying to find the Uchiha along with Gaku.

"Sorry, but I need to borrow him for a little bit." he heard the voice of Shisui before he felt a sharp hit to the back of the neck knocking him out cold, but his last lingering thoughts were about Naruto.

Shisui watched regretfully as Sai fell to the ground unconscious but Gaku was still growling at him making him smile sadly, "I'm really sorry about this...but I need to give Naruto something, something important."

Gaku looked skeptical as he kept growling but Shisui kept his smile, "You can come with if you want, but Sai will have to stay here."

The wolf cub thought about the man's proposal and reluctantly agreed, but he still didn't like it. He stopped growling and Shisui took that as an understanding and started walking out the door with the cub following right behind, closing the door behind him he picked up the cub and he flickered away from the area towards the Uchiha District.

Location: Uchiha Compound

Fugaku Uchiha was known to be a stoic man whose face was unreadable no matter how hard one tried. Truth be told the man cared deeply about his family and his clan but wasn't the expressive type so people often believed him to be uncaring much like Hiashi Hyūga when it came to his two daughters. The man snorted at the mere thought of ever being compared to Hiashi Hyūga of all people, but then again that was to be expected because both men were prideful. As he stared at the Uchiha crest in one of the rooms in the house he wondered why it had to be this way? Closing his eyes he pictured the face of Naruto Uzumaki the same boy that was hated throughout the village ended up being friends with Sasuke, protecting him from bullies in the Academy, saved him from dying, and helped him try to improve. Managed to put more smiles on Itachi's face and going out of his way to keep the boy safe from that Danzō, and caught the eye of Shisui who all but demanded the boy be his apprentice. The members of the clan were split after the boy came here the first time helping Mikoto with the groceries, and bonding with the family in his own way didn't sit well with the elders and those who support them. There were some however that took a liking to the boy, hence why some of them would check on him when they were out on patrol around the village, even arresting a store owner who tried to give the boy poison food.

The reason he was even sitting here so calmly is becasue he had Shisui go and get the boy becasue there was something both he and Shisui wanted to entrust the boy with.

"You're back." Fugaku said his eyes already open but not looking at the open slide door.

"I'm back, Naruto Uzumaki is currently within the Uchiha Hideout. He's still unconscious and ready for the transfer." He reported.

"I see..." Fugaku stood up his eyes lingering on the Uchiha crest one last time before leaving the room along with Shisui, "And this is what your final decision is?"

"Yes, after my encounter with Danzō its best to give my other eye to my apprentice. I know he'll keep it safe and out of his hands." Shisui said rubbing his missing eye that was hidden behind an eyepatch.

Fugaku agreed with Shisui and believed Naruto will be able to protect Shisui's eye no matter what. Not only will he inherit Shisui's eye, but also something else.

"You have no second thoughts on this assume?" Fugaku asked just to be sure.

"There is no doubt in my mind that this is what I should do, my Will of Fire...I entrust to him." Shisui stated firmly.

Even though Fugaku had his back turned to Shisui the patriarch of the clan could sense he knew the man was smiling with pride.

'Shisui, you are a true Uchiha becasue of your will. If only those old fools could understand that.'

The two male arrived at a terraced mountain with vast forestry growing on each level. Two towers were also built on either side of the mountain connecting directly to it. Inside, there was at least one, vast meeting hall which had the symbol of the Uchiha framing the doorway on either side. At the front of the room, elevated above the rest of the room by a platform was a throne of sorts a small table beside it. Naruto was on that table still unconscious with Gaku keeping guard over him like any faithful companion would. Gaku's ear twitched when he sensed the presence of the two Uchiha's, still not happy with Shisui's kidnapping of his master but he relented.

Fugaku noticed the cub and rubbed its head softly, "Those are strong eyes you have. Protect him well."

Gaku growled softly as a response eyeing Shisui as he made his way over to the knocked out blonde.

"This might cause him some pain in his left eye, but hopefully he'll adjust to it." Shisui said.

"He's an Uzumaki, if you were to give the Sharingan to anyone then I would prefer it to be Naruto." Fugaku commented.

A groan alerted them to the blonde and Fugaku approached as Naruto was just starting to open his eyes, he placed the palm of his hands over the boys eyes making his breath hitch before he relaxed probably realizing who it was.

"Fugaku...sama?"

"Yes, its me...I need you to listen to me very carefully Naruto." Fugaku said.

Naruto said nothing and simply listened seeing as how he couldn't do anything else at the moment.

"For starters, I would like to thank you once again for helping Mikoto with the groceries. Also, thank you for being Sasuke's friend. I have no doubt that whatever problems you two encounter in the near future you can overcome it together." He said gently.

'Fugaku-sama...'

"I regret not being able to talk more with you before things led to this," Fugaku said regretfully, "But there is something you need to know, about our clan and the Sharingan." He continued.

'Kurama, do you feel negative emotions coming from Fugaku-sama?'

Kurama still wasn't happy with the kidnap and wanted nothing more than to rip the two Uchiha's apart and bathe in their blood but Naruto's life was of more importance right now.

"No...I don't sense anything, but I still want to rip the Uchiha who kidpanned you to shreds." Kurama growled.

Naruto had never been more grateful to hear Kurama's voice as it always brought him both comfort and humor, especially in a current situation such as this.

"Our clan has been given the same treatment as you but its more descreet with us than with you," Fugaku said softly, "Due to the unfair treatment we received becasue of the Kyūbi incident that happened right after you were born we decided...to plan a coup."

'A coup?!'

Fugaku felt Naruto tense, "Relax, there are those who are opposed to the idea because of your positive influence on my family, however there are some that take the side of the elders. The reason I am telling you this is becasue I trust you to keep Sasuke safe and to continue being a good friend to him. He'll need you now more than ever."

'What is he saying?'

Kurama kept silent wanting to hear more of what the Uchiha had to say, but he was also waiting for the man to try something stupid and give him an excuse to take over Naruto and slit his throat.

"The Sharingan as you know is one of the "Three Great Dōjutsu" along with the Byakugan and Rinnegan. When a member of the clan experiences a powerful emotional condition with regards to a person precious to them, their brain releases a special form of chakra that affects the optic nerves, transforming the eyes into the Sharingan; for that reason the Sharingan is described as the "(Kokoro o utsusu hitomi) eye that reflects the heart." You probably don't know this, but we are also known for our "Curse of Hatred," this emotion is a negative one, brought on by stress or loss. This emotion can also be a desire to protect as well." Fugaku explained.

"Did you know all of this, Kurama?"

"First I've heard about it." Kurama said.

"I'm telling you these things because I believe the abilities of the Sharingan will help you, and that is why Shisui is here." He looked over at the young man standing next to him.

Shisui walked over to the blonde, "Naruto, I'm sorry to kidnap you the way I did. But, the reason I brought you here without your permission is becasue I'm entrusting my Sharingan to you."

"...Eh?"

"LIKE HELL YOU WILL!" Kurama bellowed.

Naruto felt a small headache when Kurama started yelling but otherwise tried to block it out, "Why...?"

Fugaku removed his palm from the boy's eyes as Shisui smiled when the blonde directed his gaze towards him, "I can't think of another person to entrust my Sharingan to. Though Itachi did come to mind, but something tells me he'd want you to have it. To keep it safe."

Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing. Shisui trusts him to take care of his Sharingan and not Itachi? What can he do that Itachi can't? He was hesitant to accept it and didn't feel right about it.

"Fugaku-sama...what's going to happen to you?" Naruto wanted to know, no he needed to know!

Fugaku gave the boy a sad smile, "Naruto...take care of Sasuke."

Naruto felt a sudden sadness in his heart at those words. A foreboding feeling crept within him and something told him this would be the last time he'd see the man.

"Naruto..." Shisui said softly.

Closing his eyes the blonde made a choice, one he hoped he would never come to regret.

"Shisui-san...your Sharingan...I accept." Naruto accepted.

Shisui smiled as he brought his hand up to his eye, "This eye, my will, I give to you."

Sasuke was worried. Both Naruto and Sai didn't show up to class today or yesterday for that matter, which isn't like them, not only that but the death of his cousin Shisui was still bothering him and Itachi's behavior as well as his father's had also bothered him. Yesterday hadn't been pleasant at all, and some of the members of his clan came by their house actually accusing Itachi of killing Shisui! He had never seen his father so angry before or Itachi for that matter.

Something's not right.

Sai aside, he considered Naruto his friend because the blonde was always kind to him and doesn't expect Sasuke to be a "perfect" Uchiha and doesn't try to suck up to him either. He didn't show it on the outside but it really bothered him becasue no one saw him for him and instead was more focused on his Uchiha heritage. Naruto wasn't like that though and treated Sasuke normally too. With a sigh he resumed his walk back to the compound, but decided to dash back home noticing how late it was getting.

"I'm late!"

Sasuke finally made it back home and noticed something strange prompting him to stop running, "What's going on? Why are the lights off?" He resumed his run and came across something horrible. Before him were the dead bodies of his clan members making his eyes go wide, "Wh-What is this?" He ran forward from the gruesome scene and spotted his aunt and uncle's dead bodies, "Aunty and Uncle too...? But...why?" He suddenly got a bad feeling, "No...father and mother!" He ran home hoping, praying his parents were okay.

Slamming the door to his house open he took off his sandals, tossing his bag off to the side and ran around the house looking for his parents before he stopped at a room where his father always occupied. He heard two thumps in the room making him freeze in place, "Someone's in there..." his heart was beating quickly and loudly, taking a deep gulp he managed to wrap both hands around both door knobs opening them slowly revealing the dead bodies of both his father and mother.

"Tou-san! Kaa-san!" Sasuke ran into the room stopping once he saw someone walk out of the shadows. He saw it was Itachi but he was in his ANBU uniform.

"Itachi! Tou-san! Kaa-sa-!" Sasuke didn't get to finish as Itachi threw a shrunken at him but it only grazed the boy's shoulder, "Itachi...?"

"Foolish little brother," Itachi said closed his eyes before opening them, "Tsukuyomi (Moon Reader)." He trapped Sasuke in his most powerful genjutsu, torturing his poor soul making Sasuke cry out before he hit the ground.

"Why...?" Sasuke questioned weakly.

"To test my capabilities." Itachi said simply.

"To test your...capabilities...? That's why you killed everyone...?" Sasuke lifted himself off the ground staering directly into Itachi's eyes sensing death in them making him scared, 'I'm going to die!' He repeated the word frantically in his head before bolting out of the room, "Someone! Anyone!" He yelled hoping someone would hear him. Itachi appeared before him blocking his path making him take a step back, "Please...don't kill me..."

"Don't worry, you aren't even worth killing," Itachi stated, "If anything, Naruto Uzumaki would be worth the kill than you."

BA-THUMP

"What...? Naruto...?" Sasuke's eyes widened.

"Oh? Were you unaware? Naruto Uzumaki was brought here yesterday and is still here, hidden away." Itachi revealed.

"Naruto's...here...?" His friend was here, does that mean...

The look in Sasuke's eyes went from fear to hate, "You! Where is he?! What did you do to him?!"

If Itachi was surprised he didn't show it, "The Naka Shrine. If you wish to find him then go there."

Sasuke clenched his fists tightly tilting his head down, bangs covering his eyes, "You kill everyone in our clan...father and mother...and now my friend?!" Lifting up his head revealed a two tomoe Sharingan, "If you've done anything to him I will never forgive you!"

Itachi closed his eyes feeling pride sensing the determination in his eyes, 'I pray...you use those eyes to protect.' Opening them he spoke, "Go to the Naka Shrine, for Naruto is there...waiting for you." His body dispersed into crows leaving an angry Sasuke behind.

Sasuke wasn't even aware he'd awaken his Sharingan and didn't really care either because right now he had to find his friend. Wiping the tears from his eyes he ran in the direction where the Naka Shrine was located. Arriving at the shrine he went inside, he remembered only being here once with his father. He went over to the seventh tatami on the right opening the secret passage way and walking downstairs quickly, while at the same time making sure he didn't fall. Arriving at the stone tablet he noticed a prone figure lying on the ground being guarded by a wolf cub.

"Naruto!" Sasuke ran over to the unconscious boy shaking him try and wake him up. The blonde opened his right eye slowly since his left had a white bandage wrapped around it.

The blonde blinked slowly trying to clear his vision, "Sasuke..."

"Thank god!" Sasuke hugged the boy, "I thought that...Itachi said you were here and...he...he killed everyone-!"

"Sasuke...calm down." Naruto told him.

"Grrr." Gaku growled getting their attention.

"We've gotta get out of here!" Sasuke helped his friend up wrapping his arm around his waist while steadying him with his other arm as he guided them towards the exit, with Gaku following right behind them.

Naruto didn't say a word while they were climbing up the stairs making Sasuke worry. Had Itachi done something to him before he killed the clan and their parents?

"You look tired." Naruto observed Sasuke's face.

Sasuke looked down, "I'm okay...you're the one that looks tired."

"Mm, I am." Naruto admitted, "My left eye still hurts a little too..."

"Left eye?" he wanted to ask why there's a white bandage wrapped around his left but kept his mouth shut. Now wasn't the time for this. As they finally reached the exit Sasuke's vision began to blur and he felt Naruto go limp. With one final step he fell forward but felt someone caught him before he could hit the ground.

'Who...?'

"He's okay! What about Naruto?!"

"There's a bandage around his left eye, but otherwise he's unharmed."

Sasuke passed out no longer hearing the voices around them.

Location: Konoha Hospital

Naruto woke up only to see a white ceiling, telling him that he was in the hospital. He wondered if Sasuke was here too somewhere.

"You're awake."

Tilting his head slightly he saw the worried face of Sai who was holding Gaku. The pale boy placed the cub on the bed and simply stared, but the worried expression didn't leave his face.

"Sai..."

"I'm sorry."

Naruto was surprised by the sudden apology but kept quiet waiting for Sai to continue.

"I couldn't stop him from taking you...I failed." Sai said, his face showing shame.

Naruto rubbed the boy's head just like his father would do whenever he got upset, "Sai, Shisui was Chunin level. It couldn't be helped." He smiled through his mask.

Sai didn't agree with that but other but decided to just be happy his friend was safe and the only injury he had was the one on his left eye. Naruto himself was still very much upset that he couldn't do anything for Shisui or Fugaku. He still didn't feel comfortable having Shisui's Sharingan but there was nothing he could do about it now. As he kept petting Gaku he heard the door to his room slam open revealing the worried form of the Sandaime.

"Naruto, are you okay?!" Hiruzen exclaimed.

Naruto gave him an eye smile but it was a mellow one, "I'm fine."

"So I see…" he sighed in relief. Naruto saw that Hiruzen wasn't alone and had ANBU Neko and Tenzō with him as well, but the two decided to remain in the hall acting as bodyguards.

"How are you feeling?" Hiruzen wondered.

Naruto looked down before replying, "I feel…good."

"No tiredness or fatigue?" Hiruzen inquired.

"No, I'm fine." He then proceeded to remove the bandage from the left side of his face ignoring the looks of both Hiruzen and Sai as the bandages fell on the bed. He opened both eyes slowly blinking a few times to try and get his left eye to adjust and succeeded. Everything looked so…different. He was sure his newly acquired Sharingan hadn't activated which is a good thing because he didn't wish to explain how he got it to Hiruzen at all.

"How does your eyes feel?" Hiruzen asked.

Naruto was thinking of the right word to describe how it felt, "Clear…"

Hiruzen raised a brow but accepted the response nonetheless, "I'm glad your left eye was the only injury you sustained and nowhere else."

"Mm." Naruto said.

'Kurama's been quiet. Is he still upset?'

"Naruto, Sai tells me the one who took you was Shisui Uchiha. Is this correct?" Hiruzen frowned.

Naruto looked over at Sai, 'So he did tell him. The ANBU probably thought Shisui bought me to the compound, but how did they know where the Naka Shrine was? Did Itachi tell them?' ignoring his thoughts he asked a question, "Sasuke?"

"He's in the room next to yours, actually he woke up before you did and asked how you were." Hiruzen informed.

Naruto nodded getting out of bed taking Gaku in his arms, "Then I shouldn't keep him waiting then."

"Are you sure you want to see him now? There's always later." Hiruzen said.

Naruto just shook his head, "I need to see him now, lets go Sai." He walked out of the room with Sai following right behind him.

Hiruzen walked out too standing near Tenzō, "Bandages wrapped around his left eye...could it be..."

Tenzō said nothing because he knew what the Hokage was getting at. Whether that's the reason Shisui took Naruto or not is still unknown, besides they were more focused on Itachi right now anyway.

Naruto opened the door to Sasuke's room seeing he was awake and just staring out the window until the door opened, and his attention was now on them.

"Naruto! Sai!" Sasuke smiled as he saw them.

Sai closed the door behind them as Naruto moved towards the bed, "You look like you're doing well."

"Yeah…" Sasuke said, "What about your eye?"

Naruto touched it gently, "Its fine, I don't feel any pain or drowsiness."

"Oh…" Sasuke said water building up in his eyes as he clenched the sheets, "He killed them all…father…mother…everyone…"

Naruto said nothing and neither did Sai, but blonde felt sadness in his heart because there was nothing he could do to stop this. He knew the individual responsible though, thanks to the memories stored in Shisui's Sharingan. While Gaku was trying to cheer Sasuke up as best he could, Naruto had come to a decision, "Sasuke…there's something I have to tell you, but not here and not now."

Sasuke wiped his face of some left over tears, "Something to tell me?"

Naruto nodded, "But it'll have to wait, something's bothering me."

Sasuke and Sai looked to each other then at the blonde before the raven-haired boy nodded, "Right…"

Everyone gathered for the memorial service of the Uchiha clan, originally it was only supposed to be Sasuke and Naruto present but of course the whole village wanted to come. Sasuke kept his eyes forward as he heard whispering amongst those gathered here, he was standing in the middle between Naruto and Sai when he listened in. He couldn't believe what he was hearing! These people, the villagers were whispering about why Naruto was even here in the first place and how he was standing too close to the "Last Loyal Uchiha." How dare they! Naruto has every right to be here, more than them anyway! A hand on his shoulder brought him back to reality and kept him from shouting, it was Naruto's hand. The blonde kept his gaze forward not even acknowledging the whispers that were about him, looking over at Sai he noticed the boy's face tensed a little but he could tell he wasn't happy with the whispers either. Sasuke took a deep breath to calm his nerves so he wouldn't do something stupid, the hand on his shoulder was reassuring and comforting. Now was a time to grieve, not get angry. He could do that later, but for now he would grieve for his family.

As the crowd finally dispersed leaving only Sasuke, Naruto, and Sai as they stood there in front of the Uchiha graves, the sky still cloudy as though it were about to rain. Sasuke had never been more grateful to have Naruto and Sai here right now.

"Thank you..." Sasuke thanked.

Naruto tilted his head slightly, "I don't know if I should be thanked for anything."

Sasuke shook his head, "I mean it though, thank you."

"There really is no need to thank me Sasuke, but I appreciate it." Naruto said.

Sai was looking around sensing there was no one around, but he didn't want to remain here any longer than necessary, "We should leave now."

"I think so, too." Naruto agreed.

"Can we go to your place?" Sasuke asked Naruto.

Naruto nodded, "You can stay with us for the time being, lets go." The three boys walked to Naruto's place having said their final goodbyes to the members of the Uchiha clan. Arriving home, the blonde was tackled by Gaku was licked his face, "Sorry for making you wait here all by yourself, Gaku."

Sai sat down on the couch, Sasuke sitting next to him. The raven haired boy was surprised Naruto lived in such a rundown place, but this was an eye opener for him as he realized not everyone lives good like some people.

Naruto placed Gaku in his lap as he also took his place on the couch in between both Sai and Sasuke, "Sasuke, do you remember what I said to you back at the hospital?"

"Yeah, you said there was something you had to tell me." Sasuke said.

"There is," Naruto turned his head towards Sasuke before his left eye morphed into Shisui's Sharingan, "This...this Sharingan is part of what I wanted to talk to you about."

Sasuke's eyes widened, "The Sharingan...where did you...?"

"Shisui," Naruto revealed, "Before the massacre, Shisui came here and kidnapped me. Sai tried his best, but he was no match for Shisui's speed."

Sai was still a little sour about that but otherwise let it go. No use crying over spilled milk.

"After I regained consciousness, I was at an unrecognized place with both Fugaku-sama and Shisui hovering above me." Naruto continued.

"Tou-san?! But...why did Shisui kidnap you in the first place?"

Naruto promised he look after Sasuke and that's exactly what he's about to do by telling him this, keeping him in the dark about everything Wouldn't lead to anything good so it was best to just explain everything now.

"Fugaku-sama explained to me how the villagers distrusted the Uchiha clan because of the Kyubi incident. They didn't show it, but the distrust was there." Naruto explained.

Sasuke thought back to how he saw the looks given to his clan members of the police force by the villagers. The looks on their faces showed fear and mistrust...the same looks they gave Naruto!

"Sasuke...Fugaku-sama told me this from his own mouth," Naruto continued, "The Uchiha clan...were planning a coup."

Sai narrowed his eyes, while Sasuke's whole face expressed disbelief. His clan? A coup? That...didn't make any sense!

"Wh...What are you saying...?" Sasuke struggled to speak.

Naruto placed both hands on each side of Sasuke's face, "Breath, Sasuke." He said as calmly as he could, watching as the boy took a deep breath to keep himself from hyperventilating and passing out.

"Are you okay?"

Sasuke took another deep breath to calm his nerves, "Yeah...I'm okay..."

Naruto removed his hands but Sasuke grabbed one, almost clinging to it, "Is it true...? Were they really..."

"Not all of them."

Sasuke blinked, "What?"

"Fugaku-sama told me that they were split, one part wanted to call it off while the other wanted it to continue," Naruto looked down, "But in the end..."

"I understand...but then, why do you have Shisui's eye?" Sasuke wondered.

At this question Naruto frowned, "When Shisui gave me his eye...I saw his memories."

"You did?!" Sasuke gasped.

Sai looked thoughtful, "So, the Sharingan allows someone to witness the memories of its original possessor."

Sasuke gulped, "What did you see...?"

Naruto's eyes showed anger, "Shisui was going to stop the coup by using a genjutsu that would allow him to mind control the elders into making them call off the coup. He explained this to the Sandaime and he was allowed to do it, but before he could...he was confronted by Shimura Danzō."

Sasuke felt a chill go down his spine as he knew that name, and Sai was no better. Something about that name made him feel...submissive, and he didn't like it.

"Shimura...Danzō...Tou-san told me to stay away from him becasue he's dangerous." Sasuke remembered the look on his father face as he described the man's personality.

"Shimura Danzō..." Sai mumbled.

"Danzō was the one to prevent Shisui from going through with his plan, and the one who took his right eye," Naruto explained, "I think the other reason he targeted Shisui was because he wanted that special genjutsu so he could use it himself, and that's dangerous."

Sasuke clenched his fists, "He took Shisui's right eye, while Shisui gave you his left one."

Naruto touched his left eye, "I still don't understand why he would trust me so much, enough to give me his left eye."

"It's because he trusts you to keep it safe." Sasuke told him.

Naruto sighed, "He said something along those lines too."

They were quiet for a bit before Sasuke broke the silence, "Naruto...is this...Danzō guy going to hurt you too?"

Naruto deactivated his Sharingan then looked away, "He's...already tried to take me."

"He did?!"

Sai didn't look pleased.

"He hasn't tried to take me away again since the first time, but he'll try again." Naruto said. Danzō was the persistent type and wouldn't just let anything go, not by a long shot.

"I won't let him!" Sasuke stood up suddenly making Sai and Naruto jump slightly, "I won't let him try and take you away again! I'll train and get stronger!"

Sai smiled, "Well, I can't let dickless out do me so I will train harder as well."

"Stop calling me that!" Sasuke yelled.

"But why?" Sai said innocently.

"You..." Sasuke said sounding exhausted.

Naruto huffed in amusement at the banter going on between the two, but there was one more thing he needed to take care of.

Naruto stared into red eyes that didn't look pleased, but he knew his friend would be upset.

"Are you still angry?"

"Obviously! What the hell were you thinking accepting that Uchiha's eye!" Kurama howled.

Naruto gave him a sad look, "Kurama...Shisui gave me his Sharingan because he trusted me to keep it safe."

Kurama still didn't look pleased, "The Sharingan is powerful no doubt, but its a cursed eye!"

Naruto placed a hand on his friends snout, "I'm sorry, for making this decision without your opinion. But, this is something Shisui entrusted to me because he trusted me to keep it safe. If you're worried I might use it on you then don't. I would never do that to my friend." He smiled.

Kurama stared into those pure honest blue eyes and scoffed ina embarrassment, "Keh! Saying all those pretty words at your age...whatever, do as you please."

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle, "You big softie."

A tick mark appeared on Kurama's forehead, "Shut up!"

The blonde simply chuckled as response.

After a week had past, the Academy opened its doors once again. As students crowded Sasuke wanting to know how he was feeling, including his fangirls. Sasuke gave them all the cold shoulder not even acknowledging them, but as soon as Naruto and Sai entered his personality did a complete 180. Hinata was on the blonde quickly asking if he was okay, with an eye smile he said he was fine, Sasuke on the other hand changed his seat so he could be near them. The class couldn't understand why Sasuke would only talk to Naruto and Sai, the two weirdos in the class but were too scared to approach.

As lessons were over for the day, Hinata pulled Naruto aside and asked him to stay back a bit and talk to her, which he agreed. The two of them sat by a tree and simply enjoyed the silence, with the Uchiha massacre everything in the village hadn't settled down yet so a little peace and quiet was good.

Hinata was fidgeting giving Naruto a side glance, his facial expression showed he was at ease but his eyes showed something else.

Sadness.

Gathering all of her courage she spoke, "N-Naruto-kun!"

"Mm?"

"Well...um...are you okay? You look...sad." She said.

Naruto's eyes widened before he huffed, but it wasn't a dismissive one. He was just amazed with Hinata's perceptive skills when it came to him. She was truly something.

"Hinata, you're amazing." He said honestly.

"Eh?!" She blushed holding her cheeks.

"I mean it. You always seem to know what I'm feeling, even though I try to hide it." Naruto spoke with so much sincerity that it drew her in.

"Th-That's because, I know Naruto-kun the most..." Hinata mumbled shyly.

Naruto chuckled, "Sai might challenge you on that claim."

Hinata gave him her best determination face, "D-Don't worry! I won't lose to Sai-san!"

Naruto couldn't help himself and started laughing taking her by surprise, he soon settled down looking up at the sky feeling a light breeze moving his hair slightly.

"Thank you..."

Hinata gave him a confused look, "Eh, why are you thanking me?"

He closed his eyes, "Because...talking to you makes me feel better."

"R-Really?"

"Mm, you were right," he said, "I am...very sad."

Hinata didn't say anything and simply listened.

"Before the Uchiha Massacre happened, I was close to a few people within the clan," he told her, "Sasuke's mother gave me a cookbook and helped me discover my first hobby, his father was kind to me, and Shisui..." he struggled for a bit, "Shisui...trained me even though I wasn't a member of the clan." He gripped his left eye squinting his eyes shut preventing tears from leaking through, he felt arms wrap around him in a comforting embrace. Opening his eyes he saw Hinata give him a look of comfort.

"It's okay to cry Naruto-kun, please don't hold it all in." She pleaded.

That was all he needed to hear as he leaned his head on her shoulder and let his tears fall. He didn't cry out or wail, just silently let his tears fall as he buried his face in her shoulder letting it all out. He still needed to talk to his father too, to tell him what happened but for now he'll surrender himself to Hinata's warm embrace.

Naruto focused on the Communication Seal as Sai and Gaku fell asleep. Sasuke was given his very own apartment but said he'll come over to see them everyday. He noticed that while Sasuke didn't hate the villagers for their fickle attitudes towards his clan, he didn't trust them. Naruto was just glad he didn't feel hatred towards them and simply showed mistrust, best to take things slow and not rush things. As for the matter with Itachi...Sasuke was still torn over his emotions and how to deal with them. For now it was best to give him time and leave him be to settle those emotions all on his own. The seal turned white.

"This is Naruto Uzumaki speaking, can you hear me?"

"..."

"Tou-chan?"

"...Something happened, didn't it?"

"You can tell, too?"

"You're my son. If I can't figure out your emotions then I'd have no right to be called your father." Eisai said.

"You'll always be my father." Naruto said with conviction.

"I know, now why don't you tell me what happened." Eisai said gently.

Naruto took a deep breath, "Here's my report for today..."

-To be continued-

Next Time: {Den of Wolves}