Dragonmage27: I know I shouldn't be starting another story, but this idea just won't leave my mind. I hope that I will be able to finish this, as I kind of have the ending made up, just none of the in between details… Well no crossover this time. I will be taking a lot of liberties with this fic, and many things have been changed, so look out for differences.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Summary: Alternate Universe What if it wasn't Hyuuga Hinata who was kidnapped but Uchiha Itachi? What if they weren't able to rescue him? What if Uchiha Fugaku meets him back fifteen years later?
Once Lost, Now Found
Chapter One: First Meeting
After a difficult mission, Uchiha Fugaku, the current head of the Uchiha clan, did not head to the hospital as he was supposed to. Instead he marched up to the Hokage Tower in hurry. Pushing past the ANBU guarding the Third Hokage, he burst into the office. At once, He knew that the little feeling that has been nagging him the entire mission was a bad omen. He quickly asked, "What has happened?" How he knew? When your wife is sitting in front of the leader of the village crying her eyes out, you knew something was wrong.
The Sandaime sighed and looked at him with age in his eyes. "Kumogakure has pretended to sign a peace treaty and entered Konoha. They attacked the Uchiha clan and has kidnapped your son. We automatically sent ANBU troops and we managed to capture them. But your son was not found. The ANBU has reported that when the Kumo-nin discovered that they were being followed, they threw your son into the ocean. We were not able to rescue him."
Uchiha Fugaku widened his eyes in shock. While Konohagakure was in war with Kumogakure, even he was called out to do missions. This particular mission he just came back from took a few weeks. He had not wanted to leave his wife while she was in the maternity ward but with the war going, every shinobi had the duty to serve the village. Therefore when he heard news of his newborn son, he was overjoyed and quickly finished his mission to hurry back home. Yet Fugaku had not even laid eyes on his child and his heir was dead.
Before the Fugaku was able to say anything, his wife Mikoto interrupted. "Don't be angry at the Hokage-sama, Fugaku-san. I'm the one who should be sorry, it was all my fault, had I been able to protect our child against the enemies he will still be here."
Fugaku sighed. Mikoto has clearly put all the blame on herself. But there was no one to blame except the Kumo-nin. There was nothing neither he nor his beloved wife could do.
Yet he felt so angry. Angry at himself for not being there with his wife; angry at the Hokage for not able to protect his family while he was away. And most of all, angry at the Kumo-nin for hurting his family. As a shinobi, he was not supposed to have feelings, but has a husband, he had the duties of one. "Mikoto, you just gave birth, I do not expect you to fight. Do not worry, I do not blame you. Hokage-sama, you said that the Kumo-nin have been captured? Is there any chance that I may speak to them after I deliver my wife home?"
His son was important but now he was gone, his wife was more important now.
-15 years later-
"Uchiha-sama, we are being followed!"
Uchiha Fugaku stopped at a clearing in the forest. "Take the scroll back to Hokage-sama. I will take care of it here." His teammate stopped. "But-"
"NO! The mission is more important. The scroll is very important to the Hokage, I will take care the ninjas following us. Don't forgot the Code of Shinobi, the mission is the most important, we are shinobi!"
"Very well then, Uchiha-sama. Take care." He leapt into the forest and ran away with the scroll in his hands. A few seconds after, Uchiha Fugaku was surrounded by about twenty shinobi.
Fugaku grimaced. Sharingan or no Sharingan, taking on twenty chuunin or jounin level criminals was more than just dangerous. He whipped out two kunai and gripped it tightly. This was almost suicide, but the Hokage needed the scroll, and Fugaku was not going to let anyone interfere with the mission. Even if it meant giving up his own life.
Uchiha Fugaku woke up puzzled. He was pretty sure heaven was white and hell was black and red. So why the hell was he staring at a brown ceiling?!
The first thing a talented shinobi should notice was his surroundings. Fugaku looked around the room that he was in. It did not seem to be any sort of laboratory incase the enemies are attempting to find the secrets of the Sharingan. It looks as if he was in a cabin near the sea. He could smell the ocean and a strong scent of fish. Beside him was a tray of food, pickled vegetables, fried fish and a bowl of rice. Why would his enemies feed him?
Fugaku finally noticed how damanged his body was. His leg was in a cast and he had a deep wound on his chest that was bandaged. Apparently, Fugaku was not dead, and he was not captured by enemy ninja. He was rescued by a fisherman.
Suddenly, he heard a loud rumbling, from his stomach. Thankfully there was no one in the room with him, Fugaku couldn't stand the humiliation of someone seeing him in this state. Painfully he reached for the food; dismissing the thought that the food could have had poisen in it.
"So, you are awake Shinobi-san?"
Fugaku jerked his head up from his meal and stared at the person who stood at the door. He had let his guard down, not even noticing that someone had walked in.
Expertly putting on a blank face, he observed the person at the door with scrutiny. The persons voice was soft, low and did not contain any malice. The person was a young boy about fifteen or sixteen years old. He had a pale complexion and black eyes. His hair, long and black, was tied into together near the nape of his neck and he had bangs that framed his face. He seemed to be on the short side and was rather skinny. He wore simple clothes that consisted of a grey t-shirt and black pants. He was not wearing a forehead protector or ninja sandals.
"Well, are you going to speak to me or shall I talk to you another day, Shinobi-san?" The boy moved from the door and sat at the chair beside Fugaku.
After a moment to recollect his thoughts, Fugaku asked, "Where am I?"
"You are inside a little cabin near the ocean sitting on my bed. If you are asking which country you're in, you are in the Water Country."
"Are you the one who saved me?" Fugaku seemed calm but inside he was quite confused. How did he end up from a forest in the Lightning Country to go across the sea to the Water Country?
"Yes," and after a pause, "what is your name Shinobi-san?"
Contemplating should he reveal his name to a complete stranger, his sensible side won the paranoid side. There was no loss to just giving him his first name as long as this boy doesn't know of the Uchiha clan. "Fugaku. What is your name?"
Fugaku was pretty sure he wasn't going to get a asnwer since the boy stood up and headed for the door. But just ask he exited, he said softly, "Call me Itachi."
Dragonmage27: Well the first chapter is done. Please tell me if you noticed something wrong with my writing and I'll change it. And if some of you are thinking how Fugaku is a bit OOC, it's because I believe he got extremely prideful after Itachi was the best in everything. But if Itachi wasn't there, then……I get to change his personality! Kukuku