9Chapter 4
Lying on the ground in pools of blood were Fugaku Uchiha and his wife, Mikoto Uchiha. Never before had the little fox seen something so horrible. Death was a common occurrence in life but this death had no purpose. It wasn't to feed anyone or a kill or be killed situation. Neither human had a weapon near them so they couldn't have even defended themselves. So why were they dead? How? Who could do something like this to the proud Fugaku and his wife?
Movement from the corner of his eye drew his attention away from the bloody bodies and to the shadows where movement could still be seen. Stepping from the shadows was a sight the young fox would never forget. The figure was so blood spattered that it took a second to recognize who it was. The person's smell was being overpowered by the smell of blood and other fluids that the kit didn't recognize. It was actually Sasuke that figured it out first.
"Nii-san?" he asked in disbelief and hope. "What happened? Who did this?"
Itachi remained silent as he stared at his younger brother with cold, emotionless eyes. Blood dripped from the sword in his hand onto the floor, the only sound to be heard in the room.
Sasuke took a step back as he looked into his brother's eyes. Itachi had never looked at him like that before. He didn't look like his precious nii-san at the moment. He looked like a stranger. Sasuke clasped his hands in front of his chest to try to ward away the shiver that went down his spine as he stared at the figure across from him.
Finally Itachi spoke but it wasn't anything Sasuke was prepared to hear. "I killed them," he stated with cold detachment. A simple statement that changed everything.
Sasuke was shocked. What was Itachi saying? How could he kill them? They were their parents. His brother wouldn't do something like that. "I don't believe you," Sasuke said with as much conviction as he could though a tremble was heard in his voice. "You're lying!"
"Foolish little brother, look around you. Does it really look like I'm lying. I killed our parents with this very sword," he said raising the bloody sword up for Sasuke to see better. "This is their blood that is still dripping from it."
Sasuke's eyes widened as he took in the dark blood that was covering the sword. His gaze shifted to his brother's face then. Looking, he saw nothing but calm indifference. This wasn't right. Our parents are dead and he doesn't even care. Worse, he's claiming that he did it. Sasuke shook his head in denial at his brother's words.
"You're lying. You're lying, you're lying, you're lying!," he screamed as he squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head.
With his eyes closed Sasuke missed the flash of remorse and pain that quickly entered and disappeared from Itachi's face before he once more became cold and detached. Steeling his resolve, Itachi knew he was running out of time. He had to be away before anyone discovered what had happened. But before that...
"I'm not lying, Sasuke. I killed them all. Every single one of our clan. I wanted to test myself. See how strong I had gotten. What better way to do that then to take on the clan that birthed me? I must say I'm rather disappointed in our clan. They weren't much of a challenge. Quite weak actually. The Great Uchiha Clan, not so great after all."
Sasuke looked up as his brother started speaking. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Shut up. Stop lying! Don't talk about them like that! They're our family! Shut up! Sasuke couldn't take hearing anymore. A look of rage crossed his face as he charged at his brother. "I'll kill you!"
Itachi easily dodged his attack. This was childs play compared to what he normally does. He continued to dodge Sasuke's rash and predictable attacks as the boy wore himself out. Finally Sasuke had to stop to catch his breath and that was when Itachi struck.
Grabbing his little brother by the front of the shirt, he lifted him up until their eyes were level. Pushing more chakra to his eyes, Itachi's eyes swirled as they changed into the Mangekyō Sharingan."Foolish little brother, if you wish to kill me, hate me, detest me. And yet survive in an unsightly way. Run, run and cling to life, and when you have the same eyes as mine, come to me." Staring into his brothers eyes Itachi said only one word more, "Tsukuyomi." What followed was only viewed by Itachi and Sasuke as the older brother showed the younger how he slaughtered their clan, making Sasuke watch as he killed their own parents.
Seeing his friend being suspended by Itachi snapped the fox out of the shocked stupor it had been in since the confrontation began. Not knowing what the bigger boy was doing but knowing that it couldn't be good, the young fox charged at the ninja. Jumping up and clamping it's jaws around Itachi's wrist the fox bit down as hard as it could, tasting blood as his teeth pierced flesh.
Coming out of the ginjutsu Itachi dropped Sasuke and swung his arm to the side, flinging the fox off his arm and into a wall. The fox hit the wall with a thud with a softer one coming after it fell to the floor unconscious. Itachi walked over to make sure the fox wasn't dead before taking one last look at his brother and disappearing from the room, not to be seen by either of the pair for several years.
There's the Uchiha Massacre. I don't know how it really went because to be honest I was never interested in it. I know that Naruto didn't really do anything in this chapter but he was in shock for most of it. While he does see death in nature, there's always a valid reason for the deaths. Food, survival, old age. Not murder. And while Naruto may be the same age as Sasuke, he matures slower so he's having a harder time getting over the shock of seeing it.