Naruto: Uchiha's Harem

Drizzle!

The light rain outside the mountain gradually turned into a downpour.

"Itachi-san, it's still raining heavily outside. Going out now might not be good for your health," Inside a cave, Kisame stood and kindly reminded Uchiha Itachi, who had walked outside alone into the rain.

For this ruthless man who had annihilated his entire clan, Kisame—who had also killed his comrades—felt both a sense of camaraderie and a mix of respect and curiosity.

'Did Mr. Itachi ever shed tears after massacring his own clan?'

'But considering how cold-hearted Mr. Itachi is, he probably doesn't have something as trivial as tears.'

"More than this, we should focus on investigating the whereabouts of the Nine-Tails."

Standing in the rain, gazing up at the misty sky, Uchiha Itachi slightly tightened his grip on the piece of paper in his hand.

Flap! Flap!

A crow, also drenched in the rain, fluttered its wings and landed on his shoulder.

The letter from the Third Hokage had truly surprised him.

But at this point, was there really a chance for a sinner like him, who had wiped out his entire clan, to return to the village?

He had long decided his fate—when his younger brother Sasuke was strong enough, he would willingly die at his hands, allowing Sasuke to become a great hero of Konoha and restore the honor of the Uchiha clan.

As for returning to the village now and rejoining the Anbu?

Uchiha Itachi thought Sarutobi Hiruzen must have lost his mind.

However, Sasuke was still in the village, and there was also another unexpected Uchiha who had survived...

These were things he needed to consider. Besides—

It had been so many years since he had returned to Konoha, and Uchiha Itachi did want to see it again.

"In such a hurry? Itachi-san, you still have attachments to your homeland, don't you?"

The leader indeed assigned them the task of gathering intelligence on the Nine-Tails.

But this was not an urgent mission—there was no need to rush.

'Does Itachi have other motives?'

As a double agent within the Akatsuki, Kisame's duties extended beyond regular missions—he was also responsible for monitoring Uchiha Itachi.

"No, not at all."

Whoosh!

With the cawing of crows, Itachi's figure in the rain suddenly dissolved into a flock of black birds, vanishing on the spot.

"I get it, I get it, so much pressure..."

Seeing his teammate leave first, Kisame had no choice but to stop talking.

He simply hoisted his Samehada sword and followed behind.

"Today's Itachi-san is especially motivated."

———

"What do we do, boss? Why did two Konoha ninjas suddenly appear?"

As rogue ninjas wandering near Konoha's border, they usually just looted caravans and occasionally attacked villages.

Running into Konoha's official forces was an accident. Even though the two were just kids, the sense of guilt was unavoidable.

If Konoha took notice of them, their little group would likely become a mere B-rank mission for the village.

Of course, to Konoha, it would be trivial—but to them, it was a matter of life and death.

"Don't panic. First, confirm if it's just these two Konoha ninjas!"

The leader of the rogue ninjas was also a bit nervous, but since they hadn't actually done anything bad yet, he quickly forced himself to remain calm.

"It looks like it's just these two brats."

The bandits had already been driven away. So much time had passed, and no reinforcements had appeared. There were no signs of an ambush nearby either.

Now, it was just their group facing these two silent Konoha Genin—alongside the caravan members, who lay injured and groaning in the background.

"Then let's finish the job. Kill everyone here, and we'll head to the Land of Whirlpools to lay low."

Two Konoha brats? They had the numbers advantage.

And if they could loot some jutsu scrolls or ninja tools from these kids, they'd strike it rich.

After all, they had become rogue ninjas in the first place by scavenging a dead ninja's body for techniques and chakra refinement methods.

With this thought, the rogue ninjas' greed ignited. They decided to kill everyone here and make a fortune.

"Yes, boss!"

Truthfully, the boss didn't even need to say it. These rogues had already killed many caravan members amid the chaos—they were bloodthirsty now.

And those two Konoha kids had wounded many of their bandit comrades.

So what if they were from Konoha? This was the Fire Nation's border. They could flee anytime—who would chase them?

"Attack!"

At the leader's command, the rogue ninjas encircling Hinata and Shino lunged, and the supposedly fled bandits came charging down from the hill, their battle cries echoing.

———

"Hinata, be careful! They seem to be enemies too!", Seeing the tide of bandits rushing back and the six rogue ninjas surrounding them, Aburame Shino's expression grew more serious.

But he also knew that besides him and Hinata, they had Uchiha Kage and their Jonin instructor, Yuhi Kurenai, hidden in the shadows. No need to panic.

"Mm!", Hinata knew that Uchiha Kage and Kurenai-sensei were nearby, but what worried her was—

'There are too many enemies. What if we can't hold out?'

'Will we... die?'

'No, no… If Kage-kun died, he wouldn't be able to restore the Uchiha clan.'

'I… I absolutely can't lose to these bandits!'

"Impressive… just two brats, yet..."

Watching as his subordinates were effortlessly knocked away by the little girl in front of him, the rogue ninja leader's manic excitement faded.

'That kid's insects are also troublesome.'

'But—'

"A brat is still a brat. Looks like they've never even seen blood before."

Seeing that the two Konoha kids had subdued his men without killing any, the leader smirked.

Pop!

He grabbed a trembling caravan survivor from the ground, twisted his neck ruthlessly, then flung the decapitated head and spurting blood at the two Genin.

"AHHHHHHH!", Hinata screamed as blood splattered her face, and the sight of the flying head made her instinctively recoil.

Even the usually composed Shino was visibly shaken, his hands trembling.

'These ninjas are too cruel...'

"Heh, just as I thought. They're nothing but greenhorns," Seeing the two Konoha kids frozen in horror, the rogue leader sneered.

Seizing the moment, he swiftly performed hand seals.

'Fire Release: Flame Bullet!'

After a brief seal sequence, a series of small fireballs shot from his mouth like arrows, streaking toward Hinata and Shino.

"Damn…"

Hinata realized too late—there was nowhere to dodge.

She could only shield herself with her arms.

"Damn it, my insects aren't fast enough either."

Shino, nearly drained of chakra, was also helpless.

"Sensei, save Shino."

'Fire Release: Great Fireball!'

At the last moment, Uchiha Kage flashed in front of Hinata.

A single Great Fireball engulfed the incoming flames.

"I told you not to order your teacher around," Nearby, Yuhi Kurenai grabbed Shino and pulled him from the battlefield.

"More Konoha reinforcements…"

Seeing two more ninjas appear, the rogue leader felt things were going wrong.

But there was no turning back now.

"Shoot them! Kill them all!"

The remaining bandits on the hill nocked their bows and aimed at the Konoha shinobi.

"Kage… Kage-kun…"

'So many arrows—if only I had mastered Rotation, the Hyuga clan's secret technique.'

'But I haven't even learned the Eight Trigrams Palm yet… How can I protect Kage-kun?'

Hinata stared at Kage's back, eyes filled with gratitude, worry, and frustration at her own weakness.

"Ninjas are different from ordinary people because of the vast gap in power."

Watching the arrows, Uchiha Kage remained calm.

In the era of Tobirama Senju, this was nothing.

'Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!'

BOOM!

A sea of fire erupted from Kage's mouth.

The arrows never landed—they were consumed in midair, along with the archers.

"You… what did you do?"

It was just a Fire Release ninjutsu, yet across the entire mountain, whether it was flowers, grass, trees, or those subordinates who had shot arrows, all of them vanished in an instant.

Only the remaining flames continued to burn.

This scene left the few surviving wandering ninjas so terrified that they nearly lost their voices.

The Fire Release ninjutsu they knew was as insignificant as a speck of dust in front of this young ninja.

"I have seen many people like you. I originally thought that with the development of the ninja villages, you would eventually be wiped out one day, but I never expected..."

This ninja world has never changed from beginning to end.

The strong are endlessly greedy, while the weak struggle to survive.

This world of devouring one another has never once changed.

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