After training a little more in the cave, I decided to go home and try to rest. I only slept a little and soon it was time for breakfast before meeting up with my team.
Arriving in the kitchen I see my mother setting the table and serving breakfast.
Itachi: "Good morning, mother!"
Mikoto: "Good morning Itachi, it looks like you slept badly, your face looks tired, are you looking forward to your first mission as a genin?"
Itachi: "Sigh... I just have a lot on my mind. Mother, what happens when two members of different clans decide to get married? Especially two clans that have strong bloodlines?"
The plate Mikoto was holding starts to fall as she freezes for a moment, but Itachi acts quickly and holds the plate so it don't breaks.
Mikoto looks at Itachi with a trembling voice and says: "Ita... Itachi, why are you asking th... that? You're still too young for this kind of subject!"
Itachi raises his eyebrow and says: "Seriously, mother? I'm old enough to learn how to kill both animals and people, I'm old enough to understand the politics of the village and the clans that make it up, and I'm old enough to go to war, but I'm not old enough to understand relationship matters?”
Mikoto: “But... But... I thought I would have more time, at least in this matter, you've always been a genius, always ahead of your age, if we didn't have examples of other geniuses like Kakashi Hatake I would really think there was something wrong with you, but I thought that at least when it came to relationships you would take longer and continue being mommy's little boy!” Mikoto says with a little tears in her eyes, making a drama.
Itachi looks at his mother with his mouth open and thinks: 'Mommy's little boy' he puts his hand on his face 'this is really humiliating for someone who has the mind of an adult like me, but I'll try to ignore it, I need some answers before I meet with Yato sensei, I've never felt so angry as yesterday and it made me have very extreme thoughts, the Uchiha lineage is really dangerous when it comes to the people important to an Uchiha, I was ready to destroy an entire clan and whoever got in my way or die trying, luckily now I'm calmer, but there's a part of me that feels like it could explode depending on the situation my wife is in, so I thought of some ways to solve the situation, even if I need to reveal the project I've been developing or some of my powers, I'll only use force as a last resort. But I need information before I continue.'
"Mom please focus..." Itachi says as he sighs.
Mikoto narrows her eyes and asks: "Is there a girl you're interested in Itachi?"
Itachi: "...Yes! She's part of the Hyuuga clan, so I'd like to ask about the complications that might occur when we eventually grow older and become a couple. I still don't know if she's from the main family or the branch family. But I won't let them put the cursed seal on her if she's from the branch family."
Looking at Itachi's serious eyes, Mikoto sighs and sits down on the chair and begins to say: "Then this is more complicated than I was imagining. Itachi, normally noble clans like ours prefer their members to marry people from their own clan, especially someone as talented as you, so that the bloodline can be strengthened even more. The clan has several girls around your age. I even saw a girl I thought was really cute. Her name is Izumi. How about you talk and play with her more. Maybe you'll....”
Itachi: “Stop, Mom. I've already decided. I know I'm young, and I know you think I might change my mind over time, but I'm determined to make Keiko my future wife!” He says, looking seriously into his mother's eyes.
Mikoto: “So this girl's name is Keiko... hmmm, Keiko Hyuuga... I think I've heard that name before. If I'm not mistaken, she's the granddaughter of the fourth elder of the main Hyuuga family. I know this because her 3rd birthday was a little while ago and we sent a representative from our clan to congratulate her. At least she's not from the branch family so you won't have to worry about her being marked on the forehead with that horrible seal, but a relationship between you will be very complicated, you are the heir of the Uchiha, son of the patriarch, she is the granddaughter of one of the Hyuuga elders and they prefer to marry between members of the main family, I don't doubt that she already has an arranged marriage or will soon if the elder wants to wait for the first child of the new patriarch Hiashi Hyuuga to be born and hope it is a boy."
A weight that I didn't know I was carrying was lifted from my shoulders when I learned that my wife is from the main family. However, knowing that perhaps her relatives may have tried to arrange a marriage for her makes my sharingan activate automatically.
My mother looks at this and thinks: 'It seems he's really serious about this, sigh, there are so many girls in the clan for him to choose from or maybe even some commoner girl who would be easy to bring into the clan, but he had to fall in love with a Hyuuga girl, neither the Uchiha elders nor the Hyuuga elders will like that.'
Mikoto: "Itachi, I'll be honest with you, the elders of both clans will be against a union like that, neither the Hyuuga clan nor the Uchiha clan want their doujutsus to leave their own clans, since the beginning of our clans, we have hunted and destroyed any chance of our bloodlines escaping the confines of the clan. This practice became more flexible after the emergence of the village of Konoha, but to this day there is no one from our two clans who formed a couple, not for lack of will, but because the elders always interfere in these cases and prohibit the unions."
Itachi: "So all I need to do is convince the elders to accept my eventual union with Keiko, hmmmm, these old men like benefits, whether for themselves or for our clans, so I think I'll soon have something irresistible for them, something that they wouldn't think twice about accepting my eventual relationship!"
Looking curiously at Itachi, Mikoto asks: "And what is it that you have that can change the opinion of the elders?"
Itachi: "HEHE... It's been a while since I had an idea when I saw Kushina when she comes to visit our house or when we go to visit her, I'm a great sensor, and I know that there is a different chakra inside Kushina, I know everything about the history of Konoha, so I didn't have to think much to figure out that Kushina is the current jinchuriki of the Kyuubi, but it seems that she has no control over it, then I remembered the story of the Gold and Silver brothers of the Cloud Village, they tried to assassinate the Second Hokage and the Second Raikage during the peace treaty between the two villages, they succeeded in killing the Raikage and left the Second Hokage fatally injured, Ginkaku died in this attempt and Kinkaku chased the Second Hokage, who sacrificed himself so that his companions could escape, dying but killing Kinkaku in the process. The point I want to make is that I discovered that Kinkaku and Ginkaku were pseudo-jinchurikis of the Kyuubi, they possessed the Kyuubi's chakra, but it was not sealed inside them, and could use its power, even if in a limited way.”
She stood up in shock upon hearing what his son said. Some of these things are public knowledge, but many of them are village secrets, and some of the things Itachi said, not even she herself knew.
Mikoto: “Itachi, what... How do you know these things?”
“Mom, I'm great at gathering information and analyzing the information I've gathered. I've been training my jutsus for some time now, both the ones you and dad teach me and the ones I'm developing myself, and thanks to my high amount of chakra, along with my sharingan and shadow clone jutsu, I'm able to progress quite quickly. For example, even though I've never seen Minato's rasengan with my sharingan, all he had to do was explain to me a little about how the jutsu works, and I was able to replicate it." Itachi said, raising his hand and making a rasengan appear. 'I need to show a little of what I'm capable of, even if I have to tell some half-truths, or she won't believe the fuinjutsu I'm trying to create, and she won't ask many questions about my knowledge.' Thinking right after.
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Today has been a day of many surprises for Mikoto, after getting used to Itachi's genius since he was born, she thought that few things would surprise her anymore, but she was very wrong. Looking again in shock at Itachi who has a rasengan in his hands, she finds it difficult to find words to express herself.
Mikoto: "Wha... This jutsu... How... What did you...?"
Itachi: "Mom, I'm showing you this to explain that I've been training and acquiring knowledge alone and that I've never shown my full capabilities. I've been working on a fuinjutsu inspired by the Gold and Silver brothers, capable of transforming people into pseudo-jinchurikis of the Kyuubi. This fuinjutsu will give Konoha a huge advantage. However, according to my analysis, not just anyone has the body necessary to support this seal. If the seal is placed on an incompatible person after it's ready, that person will die. However, according to what I've been able to theorize, the Uchiha, Hyuuga, Senju, and Uzumaki clans are compatible with the seal, and there may be varying levels of success."
What makes Itachi so sure is that all these clans are related to the Rikudou Senin and Kaguya. Since the first year of his birth, Itachi has been thinking of a way to strengthen Konoha for the Fourth Shinobi War, and sought inspiration from the Gold and Silver Brothers, the way Naruto distributed the Kyuubi's chakra to the Shinobi Alliance, and Orochimaru's cursed seal.
From there came the idea of creating an army of pseudo-jinchurikis of the Kyuubi. Just as not everyone has a body capable of withstanding the senjutsu of Orochimaru's cursed seal, he theorized that the psoudo-jinchuriki seal he is creating, only those with a strong Kaguya lineage will be able to survive the seal and the levels of Kyuubi's power that they will be able to use will also be different.
For example, Kinkaku could use up to 6 tails of the second biju chakra mode, and Ginkaku could use a smaller number, 3 or 4 tails. The estimate is that an ordinary ninja from the Uchiha or Hyuuga clan would only be able to use a chakra cloak without tails, similar to the cloak that the ninjas of the shinobi alliance used after Naruto transferred the diluted Kyuubi chakra to them.
Talented ninjas will had tails, I estimate that someone like Shisui will have 4 to 6 tails and someone like Sasuke and Naruto will be able to go up to 9 tails of the second mode. 'I think I will get 5 to 9 tails if the seal is applied to me.' Thought Itachi.
Even if only a few clans and individuals are able to use the Seal that Itachi is creating, it will still increase Konoha's power level to other proportions, but he was thinking that he would have time to develop the seal alone and use it only in the fourth shinobi war, as he will still need to cultivate the Kinkaku or Ginkaku cells and fuse them to the seal and then fill each seal with a quantity of Kyuubi chakra according to each user.
Over time he would be able to obtain these materials alone, but now he will need the help of Kushina, Tsunade and the Third Hokage. 'This will complicate things, the Third Hokage will surely love the idea and want to implement it quickly to use now in the third war, Tsunade will obey the Third Hokage and will cultivate the cells of any of the bodies that are in Konoha's possession, because it is certain that at least Kinkaku's body they have, since the Second Hokage and Kinkaku died on the same battlefield, and Konoha has Tobirama's body.
So the problem is with Kushina who has no control over the Kyuubi which will force me to reveal my Mangekyou Sharingan to help control it and transfer the chakra to the seals.'
'If I go through with this plan, a good part of my knowledge about the future will lose its value. However, I am willing to do this if it is to ensure that I will be with my family again, with that even the Hokage will give me his support, and the elders of the Uchiha and Hyuuga clans will support me as well since the two clans will benefit the most. The elders of the Konoha council will not be against the idea of the seal either, because although the Uchiha and Hyuuga clans will benefit the most, there are certainly several commoner ninjas or those from some clans who will also be compatible with the seal, in this time of war it is an offer too good for anyone to refuse.
Mikoto: "Itachi, if this seal is as strong as you say, then we have to only use it for the Uchiha clan!"
Itachi "Mother, don't say that. Just as individuals came together to form clans to have a better future, clans also came together in villages to have a better future. The Uchiha clan should be proud to be one of the two founding clans of Konoha. Some within the clan may be dissatisfied, thinking that only the senjus and their disciples govern. However, Kagami Uchiha had the opportunity to be Hokage, but neither he nor his colleagues had the qualifications that made the Second Hokage choose Hiruzen. In this generation, I think that only the Sannin Jiraya, the Sannin Tsunade, and the Golden flash Minato have the qualifications to be the Fourth Hokage. As for Fifth Hokage, the ones who will be qualified are Me, Shishui, and Kakashi Hataki. It would be great if the more radical members of our clan did not ruin this opportunity we have as Fifth Hokage."
Mikoto: “So you also know about these more radical members of our clan... But you’re right, since the founding of the village of Konoha the Uchiha clan has not produced a genius of your caliber, when you grow up you will be our best chance of finally having a member of our clan as Hokage, as soon as I see your father again I will talk to him about it, with these arguments, your potential and the success of your seal, I am sure that the clan will support you in whatever decision you make”.
Itachi: “That’s good to know, now I have to go join my team, thank you for breakfast and sorry for the surprises, as soon as I can I will bring Keiko here for you to meet her.”
After finishing breakfast Itachi heads towards his Team’s meeting point, the conversation ended up being long but at least it cleared his mind for what he should do. ‘First I have to explain the situation to Keiko, she must be confused right now, in a new body and in a different place. Then I will go to the Third Hokage and explain my plan and what I need to complete this seal I am creating, I think I will call it the pseudo-jinchuriki seal or P_J seal for short. It seems that my training in the near future will have to focus only on fuinjutsu.’
Whossh..
Itachi appears next to his team who are already waiting for him.
Shisui: “You arrived at the last minute, I thought you would be late. I am anxious to start our first missions.”
Hideki: “Don’t even tell me... I almost couldn’t sleep last night because I was so anxious...hahaha”
Itachi: “Haha, I ended up talking too much to my mother and almost overslept, good morning to all of you.”
Yato: “Good morning to you too. Now that we are all gathered, I will tell you where we will go. I spoke with the Lord Hokage and it was decided that we will go to the camp that borders the battlefront against the village in the mist. Our commander will be Dan Kato. You don’t need to worry. For now, you will only do logistical missions within the field itself and some eliminations of bandits within the territory of the Land of Fire. Now you have 2 hours to stock up on your equipment and say goodbye to whoever you want. I will meet you at the south gate. You are dismissed.”
The boys look at their sensei in surprise, but soon Shisui and Hideki disappear to pack their things. But Itachi remains in front of Yato sensei and says: “Sensei, could you take me to your clan? I have a friend there who I want to say goodbye to! Her name is Keiko Hyuuga!”
Yato raises his eyebrow and says: “The granddaughter of the fourth elder? Okay. I didn’t know you two knew each other.”
Itachi: “Thank you, we rarely see each other but we hit it off right away.”
Yato and Itachi disappear and head towards the Hyuuga clan. When they get there, Yato takes him towards the fourth elder’s house. Yoko Hyuuga, Keiko’s mother, greets them in front of the house.
Yoko: “Yato, it’s good to see you again. How are you and Ryuki? I heard you’re planning to get married?”
Yato: “Ryuki and I are fine, and yes, we were planning to get married. However, this war started and we decided to postpone it until it’s over. I’m here bringing a genin from my team who said he’s a friend of your daughter Keiko. We’ll soon be heading to one of the camps on the border. His name is Itachi Uchiha.”
Yoko looks at Itachi and smiles: “The famous Itachi Uchiha, the youngest genin of this generation, I didn’t know you were friends with my daughter.”
Itachi bows and says: “Look, Ms. Yoko, it’s a pleasure to meet you. You look very young. Keiko and I have only met once, but we quickly became friends. I’ll be away from Konoha for a while, so I came to say goodbye.”
Yoko: “Ara-Ara... you have a smooth talk, but Keiko didn’t feel so well this morning. Maybe meeting a friend will make her feel better, come with me. She’s sitting alone in the garden.”
Everyone enters the house and goes straight to the garden. When they get there, they come across a beautiful girl about Itachi’s age, with long, black hair and typical Hyuuga eyes, looking at a small lake and touching her face.
When they get close, Yoko says: “Keiko, I brought a friend of yours so you can talk a little. I hope you’re feeling better!” Looking at her daughter worried.
“AH!” Keiko is startled and looks at the newcomers, but when her eyes meet Itachi's, she freezes for a second. Itachi quickly activates his Mangekyou Sharingan without Yato or Yoko noticing and uses Tsukuyomi on Keiko.
Inside the world of Tsukuyomi, Keiko returns to how she was in her other life. Confused, she looks around, and then hears a voice she hasn't heard in a long time.
? ? ? ?: "Hello Carol, it's good to see you again!"
With tears in her eyes, Carol looks in that direction and sees a face she hasn't seen for a long time, just like it was the last time she saw it.
Carol: "Peter?? Is that really you?"