Strongest Shinobi

The feeling inside of the Uchiha residence had become worse as the days passed. Talk in the town had been that the Uchiha were responsible for the Kyuubi's attack, as only a Sharingan could control the Kyuubi.

If only the people knew how close, yet also how far away they were from the truth. It was true the enemy had a Sharingan and was a Uchiha, namely Uchiha Madara. It was however a lie to say that it was the Uchiha residence that caused the attack.

The people were so angry about the whole affair, that the elders of Konoha had decided that the Uchiha had to be moved towards the outskirts of the village.

Tensions ran even higher as the attitude the towns people had towards the Uchiha didn't improve, as it only seemed to grow worse. At least the towns people didn't show it openly anymore.

The worst thing would probably be that when the Uchiha police acted upon crimes, the people would immediately point fingers at them, saying they were acting up too hard and that they used too much violance.

Some of the more daring criminals even proclaimed that they had been put into a genjutsu by an Uchiha, that it was the only logical reason why he would commit the crime.

How unreasonable it may sound, some people believed it and began to spread the rumour, claiming the Uchiha were abusing their standing as the Konoha military police force.

The scepticism grew as none in the village seemed to belief the Uchiha's disinvolvement with the Kyuubi's attack.

Izana didn't know what was going on, but he could feel the feelings in the air become more negative as the time went by.

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Now two years had passed as Izana entered the academy. Little Sasuke had also turned three, following him, but mostly Itachi around as he asked to be shown many techniques.

Itachi and Shisui had also grown busier than before. They would still train with Izana, but were often absent. Izana had overheard his uncle speak about Itachi joining the ANBU, but he hadn't taken it serious age-wise. Now it seemed to be true.

Another thing that changed was uncle Fugaku's strict and unloving behaviour towards Sasuke. He would compare Itachi and Sasuke, which didn't make sense as Sasuke was younger, while also being a whole nother person.

Itachi seemed to think the same as he spent more time with Sasuke to make up for the lost fatherly love.

Izana would spend his time with Sasuke too, but would also go look for little Naruto. He couldn't spend a lot of time with him, as the council didn't seem to like the idea of an Uchiha being friends with their Jinchuriki.

But every now and them, he would be able to see the little Naruto. The two year old alway looked forward when he came. As soon as Izana would appear, he felt a human cannon ball launched into his stomach.

"Izana, let's play!" The little Naruto yelled, while all the other kids in the orphanage seemed to keep their distance. Izana looked at them once before he picked up Naruto and stood at a training ground in the woods.

"What do you want to play, Naruto?" Izana said. They often did really simple game, ball games, hide and seek and shadow tag.

Shadow tag was a lot of fun as Izana used simple shadow clones, while making them transform. Luckily Itachi had taught him that before he entered the academy. It wasn't a very shinobi-like way to use the clone just, but he didn't think much of it. If Izana could have a nice day with Naruto and play with him, then he would use as many usefull jutsus as he could.

"Naruto, I heard you were getting your own place." Izana said. He'd heard the villagers speak about it, though not in a positive way.

"Uhum, but I need to buy food and other stuff by myself."

Naruto said as he jumped on the shadow of one of Izana's clones. He happily laughed as the clone turned around as he was now 'it'.

"Make sure that when it gets too hard you'll find me. I won't always be there, but I'll always be there for you." Izana said as his clone tagged another. When the sun went down, an ABNU appeared letting them know their time was up.

All the clones disappeared. Izana walked towards Naruto and picked him up. "You can also talk with the old man, he listens really well." Naruto nodded at Izana's words, slightly confused by all the hard words Izana used.

"Don't worry, I'll visit again after two weeks. I'll bring you a present." Naruto beamed at Izana's words, as only Izana gave him present. "Promise?" Naruto said, afraid he would take back his word.

"I promise, now let's go back." Izana said as he ran back towards the orphanage and waved goodbye at Naruto as he went back to the Uchiha residence.

The next day would be his entry in the Academy and he didn't want to be late.

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When Izana woke up, it was still early in the morning. The sun hadn't even full risen yet when snow began to fall. Izana had expected the snow to come earlier, but it didn't really matter.

He quickly got dressed, had breakfast at a relaxing pace and played with Sasuke for a bit. Sasuke was now the same age as Naruto, two years old. he really hoped Sasuke could be friends with Naruto, as they both didn't have that many. Izana went for the door and received a pair of mittens and a shawl from aunt Mikoto.

Going outside, Izana could feel the cold air against his face, as the white snow in his black hair made a striking contrast. He was a little nervous to go to the academy. Like Naruto and Sasuke, Izana didn't have that many friends. The one he could call his friend was only Shisui and even then he was more a friend of Itachi than that he was his friend.

As he ran down the streets towards the academy, he could see many parent drop off their children. The other kids happily hugged their parents as they went to the training ground of the school. The Third was supposed to give a speech to the children.

Izana didn't feel that jealous of the others as he luckily still had his aunt and uncle. Though his uncle had become more distant and strict, aunt Mikoto didn't, making for a happy family when she and the other kids were alone.

When he arrived at the training ground, all the other kids were already sitting on the ground in front of a small platform. Izana was one of the last to arrive, so he sat down in the back. Fortunately the ground had already been cleared of snow. He really didn't want to start his first day with soaked clothes.

Everyone immediately went quiet as the Third stood on the platform and began to speak about the Will of Fire. He spoke in simple terms, while keeping the speech short. Izana noticed it was a lot like the one at the funeral, only a little less melancholic.

When the Third stopped, it felt as if his eyes shortly remained on Izana, a relieved smile shimmering in his eyes. He nodded almost indecernibly at Izana and walked from the stage.

"All right everyone, let's go to your class room." The head of the teachers yelled as he led the children and Izana inside.