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  Itachi remembered his graduation day as if it was just yesterday. He remembered walking out of the schoolyard and seeing his family waiting for him at the gates.

  'It should have been easy. Bee a ninja. Work with the team and impress the vilge. plete enough missions and quickly bee a in and bee strong enough to ge the vilgers opinion about my … But it didn't happen… Everything ged that day… It was on that graduation day that I met him.'

  Itachi remembered his first meeting with the man he would ter work for and e to despise.

  After the graduation Itachi was about to walk over to his family and greet them but someo in his way. A man bck robes with the right side of his face covered in bandages. His single eye bore into Itachi as if he eering down on his very soul.

  "Itachi Uchiha, I presume." The man said. Itachi met his gaze without fling and simply nodded his head.

  "Those lihe ones running down from your eyes to the cheeks… Do you know what they represent?" The man asked cryptically.

  "No." Itachi shook his head.

  "They are called chaos lihey represent bad luck. Those who have it… It is said that death aru follow them till the end… Absolute chaos."

  Itachi couldn't uand what this man's iions were. 'Who is he?'

  "Everyone here has said that you are the most talented genius to ever ehe academy. So I have a question for you? Will you indulge me?"

  Itachi stayed silent and waited for the man to speak.

  "Ten people were forced to abandon their sinking ship. They soon made it to an isnd. Nine were healthy but one caught a deadly iious disease. If allowed to live he will ihe other nine and they will all die. If you were the captain of the crew what would you do? What choice would you make?"

  Itachi didn't uand why the man would ask such a question but he had an answer and he responded with simple words.

  "In this sario the man who got sick is destio die. If I were the captain my priority would be saving as many lives as possible. I would choose to save the lives of the nihy crew." Itachi answered.

  "What would you do?" The man pushed for a crete answer.

  "I would kill the one and save the lives of nine." Itachi answered him without hesitation.

  Hearing the answer of the child a smile crossed the man's face. "Bold. And a clear, obvious solution… I look forward to meeting you again… Itachi Uchiha." He almost whispered the st part as he passed the boy.

  Itachi didn't uand then but he khere was mali his voice. Hidden, buried deep. But still prevalent for him to hear.

  As the man walked away his family came rushing over. His father had an unusually serious expression on his face. "What did he say?"

  "Nothing important."

  At the vague answer Fugaku turo Itachi. "Is that so…?"

  "Who is he?" Itachi was curious about the man who would have such a dark aura.

  "That was Danzo Shimura. He is the right hand man of the third Hokage." An ominous tone lurked in Fugaku's voice as he answered his son's question.

  "They are called chaos lihey represent bad luck. Those who have it… It is said that death aru follow them till the end… Absolute chaos."

  The words Danzo Shimura said to him were like sharp bdes and pierced his you. He stared at the man's retreating batil it disappeared.

  Itachi's memories took him to his Genin days. A talentless and spiteful Jonin instruinazuki Yuki, a jealous teammate Izumo Tenma and an ordinary talentless girl Inari Shinko.

  Despite having to put up with a problematic team, Itachi pleted his missions perfectly. As he pleted more and more missions the attention of the higher ups were drawn to him.

  Even though he was only seven years old his abilities were on par with the average in. So in order to test him, his team was assigned a mission normal genin teams wouldn't have been allowed. The mission to eliminate a spy.

  It was shortly after the attempted kidnapping of Hinata Hyuga. Due to the hostile situatioween the Leaf and the Cloud vilges and the urgency of the situation, the Anbu and key ninjas were deployed to critical areas and were on standby in the event that a fight broke out. It was during this time the Leaf discovered the existence of the Stone spy. A spy disguised as a vegetable seller.

  The mission was aplished smoothly despite some small troubles from his teammate Tenma. The higher ups were impressed with Itachi's method and execution of the mission.

  Shortly after that his father made him attend the secret gatherings. Itachi could feel the air of u and malice. He looked around and saw his friend Shisui. Shisui looked at the younger Uchiha and smiled. That smile held an inceivable amount of sadness. Itachi smiled back as if to vey that he felt the same as the older boy. The meeting proceeded with topics regarding raising s with the pound's pt and the military police duties. Many were divided on how to proceed.

  Itachi wasn't aced to the intemosphere and the 's evil ihat hung in the air.

  "Caw…" Itachi took a deep breath and opened his eyes as he heard the sound of his crow. He raised his arm and it nded on him.

  'I saw it that day. Their dissatisfa with the vilge and its policies. But it was still only in the beginning stages. Some wao show force to the vilge while some wao proceed peacefully. And then there were those that weren't sure what side to choose.'

  He looked into the crow's Sharingan eye and then remembered one of the most importas that happened in his life. The day he awakened his Sharingan.

  A year passed with Itachi pleting normal genin missions. Even with his team's hostility towards each other they somehow mao plete missions without much problems. Despite being leagues ahead of his team in skill and judgment they still were not allowed to participate in the in exams.

  It was during that time they were given the mission to guard the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. The Daimyo of the nd of fire visited the leaf vilge annually. Even during the great war. A regur importa for both sides.

  Although the vilge resided in the nd of fire it had an indepe gover with the Hokage on top. Officially even though the Daimyo ositioned higher than the Hokage, the military strength of the vilge rested in the kage's hands. Thus the retionship between the Leaf vilge and the nd of fire was one of equal alliance. And so both the Daimyo and the Hokage would meet every year to maintain this symbiotic retionship.

  Itachi remembered the mission debrief.

  "So we're the ones guarding him?" His teammate Tenma asked the Jonin instructor.

  "Yes. Officially it's us. But there are also the Daimyo's own personal guards. The Twelve Guardian Ninjas. Not to mention another four man Anbu Team keeping an eye ohing from the shadows."

  "So we're basically just for normal protocol.!"

  "Yeah… Now that the war is over, this kind of mission is safe even for you three… We'll meet here tomorrow m at 4. Don't be te." Yuki parted saying those words.

  The day the mission began as normal. They were on the main road that led from the capital to the leaf vilge. Half a day passed and everything was going smoothly. It was until the team saw a mysterious man with a strange mask walking towards them. He looked non threatening to everyone oeam except for Itachi.

  His team decided to ehe person but they were immediately caught isu. Itachi escaped before the illusion could take effed his teammate Tenma was capable in the Genjutsu arts so he was able to break free as well. Misjudging his and his oppo's strength, Tenma attacked and got himself killed.

  "A ninja who ot assess a situation… will get themselves killed." The man pierced Tenma's torso and ended his life. He looked at Itachi and spoke.

  "It seems you're not a fool who recklessly charges ahead. Good. That's very good, Itachi Uchiha."

  "How do you know my name?"

  "I know everything about the Uchihas."

  The boy felt like prey in the jaws of a predator at that moment. Before the masked man could kill him, Anbu appeared and saved his life.

  Itachi remembered the death of his teammate and the enter with the masked man. 'The reason I awakened my sharingan and the day I met Madara Uchiha.'

  Due to the threat of the unknown ninja, the visit ostponed. Faced with the cruel reality of the ninja world Itachi's teammate Shinko quit being a ninja and opened a tea stall. Days passed with Itachi pleting the missions with just his Jonin instructor Yuki. He trained and sharpened his skills with Shisui and waited for the day he could take the in exams.

  He recalled the day his father gave him the news.

  "Lord Hokage called me to talk about you." Fugaku said

  "What's it about?"

  "The vilge officials have decided that you are capable and he has decided to let you participate in the ing in exams. The other examinees will be in teams so you taking the exam on your own will put you in a tough spot… I told him you would be ready." Fugaku looked into his eyes as those words came out of his mouth.

  "Thank you father." Itachi leased he was given the ove up the ranks.

  The in exam came and he scored the highest marks in the exam. Sed highest marks in the history of the writte only behind Minato Namikaze. It was the same for the sed test as well. A new record of 5 hours and 37 mio plete the mission through the forest of death. His performahroughout the exams impressed everyone and he successfully became a in.

  "How long are you going to sit there and reminisce?"

  The familiar voice of his soon to be apli massag the , came from the shadows and brought the young Uchiha out of his thoughts. Itachi didn't answer him or even aowledge his presend simply looked on ahead. They stayed in silence as the sound of rushing water flowed from beh the cliff. Itachi felt the chakra disappear and looked up at the sky.

  'In just 5 months after being in, the door to the Anbu anization ened for me. Danzo was the one who made it possible. I didn't know his end game until it was too te.'

  Itachi remembered the seeeting he had with the man.

  "There is resistance from several above at having an Uchiha member join the Anbu. So in order to show that you are capable and to quell the resistance you will need some sort of an achievement."

  Itachi looked up at the man half covered in the shadows. "Do you mean pleting a mission?"

  "Yes… I'll give you a mission. plete it and your position in Anbu is secure. I'll allow you to choose oeam member of your choice for this task" Danzo revealed ion as he id out the details of the mission.

  'The assassination mission of Mukai Kohinata. An Anbu turned spy who sold secrets to the Mist ninjas. A talented, powerful oppo… If it wasn't for Shisui and his hidden Mangekyō Sharingan, he'd have killed us. The mission was a success and I ut on Team Ro. Kakashi's team… Friend killer… That's what those who were jealous of him called him behind his back.'

  'When Shisui and I were trying to plete the Mukai mission we had one goal in mind. I was supposed to climb up the rank and bee Hokage while he would bee a strong Jonin. We would bee the bridge between the vilge and the . And it would be just the start. Ohe vilge was united, I would strehe retionships with all the vilges… No more wars and pointless deaths… I could spend time with my brother. Teach him like I've always wanted… I had so many dreams…'

  A single drop of tear fell down his cheeks. Itachi closed his eyes and exhaled.

  Itachi thought about the secret meetiended after being Anbu. All the Uchiha gathered, fog on his father.

  "We have tolerated the attitude of the vilge all this time. No more. We will take advantage of Itachi's entry into Anbu and we will unch a coup d'etat."

  "Itachi!" Fugaku turo his son. "Your objective is to iigate the vilge and its forces a back to us."

  Itachi knew right then what his father was asking him to do. 'A spy… Just like… Mukai?'

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