With plans in mind, Neji walked towards the Uchiha Clan compound, it was already afternoon and the students were already dismissed.
Not knowing where to go, he could stroll mindlessly towards the compound, and coincidence or not, he saw a kid right by the lake practicing a ninjutsu.
"Sasuke? Perfect timing, I am pretty sure he knows where Itachi is. If I can find Itachi, I can find Shisui." he murmured as he waled closer towards Sasuke.
"Impressive, your Fireball Jutsu is strong for a child your age." Neji complimented. because of the training he did, his body was a lot taller than normal, he also had an impressive air around him.
"Ah, Neji- senpai! What are you doing here?" Sasuke asked, he was vastly different to the cold Sasuke, and he was really cute.
"Yah, I was going to look for your big brother, he told me to meet at your house, but I got lost, dk mind taking me to him?" lied Neji.
"Really?" Sasuke wasn't as cautious as he was after the massacre, but he was a smart kid.
"Of course, we fought the other day and he was not able to beat me, so we are going to fight again to prove who is stronger." Neji provoked. He knew that that was the easiest way to attract his attention, his weakness. Sasuke believed that his brother is the strongest, and there is actually someone who was not even genin saying that his elder could not beat him.
"Impossible! My elder brother is the strongest, Shisui-san was even beaten by him, how could someone as weak as you beat my elder brother!" Sasuke said angrily, clearly triggered.
"Hoh?" Neji released an aura that was so strong, Sasuke never felt before. Before proceedingto ask, "Are you sure?"
"Yeah!" But Sasuke was still unfazed, his father was more scary than this guy.
"Then let's go! I will prove to you that I am as strong, no, stronger than your elder brother! Lead the way!" Neji pretended to be angry. But Sasuke was really angry.
"Then okay! Follow me!" He pouted as he took his shoulder bag as he ran followed by Neji.
"Haha, as expected, kids will be kids." thought Neji with a chuckle.
...
Right by a water fall, two young men was talking, the atmosphere was serious as they talked about an issue that they struggled to solve.
"So I take it didn't go well." said Shisui.
"I'm sorry... I did everything I could, but, the only thing I could accomplish was to delay the plan." replied Itachi with a plain voice.
"This is a coup by our entire clan. We already knew that it won't be easy to dissuade them. Their will to make this happen is much stronger than we expected. That said, delaying the plan is still a great result." Shisui said.
"And how about you. You said you were going to try and find some allies." Itachi asked.
Shisui looked down, and said with a gloomy tone, "I'm afraid that it's not going well. Fow better or for worse, they're part of the Uchiha clan, so their bond is strong..."
"Then do I qualify as an ally, Shisui-san?" completely startled by the foreign voice, they instantly withdraw a kunai and came closer together and activating their sharingsn simultaneously.
From the forest, a figure carrying someone was walking out. It was Neji-
"Sasuke!" Itachi exclaimed. His greatest reverse scale was his precious little brother.
"Who are you?!" But they were still calm, such was a good attitude for a great shinobi.
"Don't worry, I mean no harm. I only knocked him out with a light touch, no harm, no harm." Neji said casually as he laid Sasuke on the ground.
"I am from the Hyuga clan, from the branch side to be exact." Neji removed the headband he used to cover his curse mark. "Came here to help."
Seeing that it was really someone from the village and not an enemy, they put down there kunai and deactivated their sharingan.
Itachi walked and went to carry sasuke to their side. He was not worried that Neji was going tk attack, he was confident in his abilities.
"So what help are you to offer." asked Shisui.
"The Uchiha's are planning a coup, and you, Uchiha Itachi are a double agent, and you Shisui are tasked to spy on him, am I right?" said Neji with nonchalance.
He could see their expression change a little but relaxed almost instantly.
'As expected of prodigies, they did not even raise an eyebrow, how formidable are their mentality?' Neji was surprised by their reaction, he did not reaxh that stage yet.
"How do you know all these? Could it be that you are one of the Hokage's men?" asked Itachi seriously afyer making sure that there really eas no harm on Sasuke. He did not even see a scratch.
"No, I am just an ordinary stident in the academy with a little over average performance. Haha." replied Neji with a laugh.
"A little over average? With that aura? Who are you, really?" asked Shisui with a frown.
"Hyuga Neji, son of Hyuga Hizashi, the late twin brother of the Hyuga clan head." He said calmly.
"You are the son of Hizashi? The one who sacrificed himself as Hyuga Hiashi's body double?" Shisui exclaimed.
"Oh, I am surprised that you know of that incident. Never mind that, I came here to help and to stop the extermination of the Uchiha Clan!" Neji stopped going around the bush.
"!!" alarms rang in their hearts.
"Extermination?! What do you mean?" Itachi trembled as he asked.
"Haha, it is really ironic. You, Itachi are going to massacre your own clan with the orders of the council and the Hokage himself with the exception of your precious little brother. This will happen two years later after Himura Danzo steals the right eye of your best friend, Uchiha Shisui who was planning on putting genjutsu called the 'Kotoamatsukami' in the Uchiha clan head, Uchiha Fugaku, let's say a week from now or maybe even tomorrow." It was like a nuclear bomb exploded in their head, especially Shisui who looked really shocked.
"What?! How could you know all of this?!" He asked while trembling. His face dropped with sweat.
"Oh I know everything that will happen after this. And I must say, are you really geniuses or just idiots? Although this will only happen in the future, I can't help but think, are orders from an idiotic Hokage everything to you, Itachi? There are many ways to stop the Uchiha Clan, killing Danzo is one of them, and what I think to be the fastest and most efficient way." said Neji with contempt in his eyes. He did not believe that killing the entire clan was the only solution.
"What do you mean?! How do you know all this?!" they were confused of what he was saying.
"Shimura Danzo is plotting to usurp the Hokage position. And he views the Uchiha clan as a threat, even the hokage was so stupid that he believed that if the Uchiha clan start the coup, other villages might take the opportunity to attack!
"Attack my ass, the war just ended 7 years ago, what ability do they have to attack Konoha?! But don't worry, I came here to help. Haha, relax and I will tell everything to you." Neji said and sat on a rock next to the cliff.
"What? You don't believe me? Haha, you still dount me after everything I revealed? Well who cares. I'm going to tell you anyway, or else my heart won't be settled. Just calm down and listen to me, cause I am the only one that can save your clan from Extermination.
They all sat while Sasuke was in Itachi's lap sleeping calmly.
"Don't doubt me just because I am young, there is more to me than you think. I came from another world!" Neji again dropped a bomb shell. He may seemed to be carefree all these years, but inside, the emotion of original Neji was greatly affecting him.
There was hate, endless hate in his soul. It was only after 2 years that those dreams stopped appearing. The dreams of killing the main family and the Kumo ninja's. It really was so hard to supress the hate of a four years old boy.
He trained all day just to supress the hate that could consume him.
Anyway, back to the conversation...
"You... came from another world?"
"Yes, and I died only to wake up in the body of the Hyuga clan prodigy. To tell you the truth, this world was created through an imagination of an author. In short, you were just characters in a story titled 'Naruto'...
.....
"How could it be?!" these was the only words that came out from the duo's mouth evertime they were shocked.
....
Neji only told them the origin of this world, not the story of Kaguya, he just told them that they were just fictional characters in a story writen by a genius. A story that became a Masterpiece.
"Now, since you now know what the truth about this world, I will tell you what I came here for. There are many things that will happen in the future, but today, I will only help you in saving your clan. I tell you what happens next, and you device the plan, you are the geniuses here.
"In that day that Shisui will apply Kotoamatsukami in your family leaders, Danzo will steal your right eye. How is it possible? It is because of Izanagi!"
"How is it possible, Izanagi could only be used if tou have the sharingan!... Don't tell me..." Shisui and Itachi seemed to learn the facts and started piecing things together.
"Exactly, he has the sharingan! I don't know how many he has but I know he has it on his right eye. That is his current trump card and way to steal Shisui's eye. When your clan will be massacred, Itachi was not able to successfully destroy all of them allowing danzo to transplant other Sharingan in his right hand, giving him the ability to use multiple Izanagi.
"I don't know how many he has in his right hand, but let's set the number to a minimum of 3. I don't care about the method, but to save your clan, you will have to convince Fugaku or the idiotic hokage to come and help you. As for me, I am still weak, maybe in the level of an average joinin." He won't reveal his trum cards yet, that was good enough.
"Shisui, I know that you have the Mangekyou. Fugaku also has it. This is where his confidence come from. If you manage to convince him and lay a trap for Danzo, you three should be able to kill him. The water runs deep in your Clan, there is more to this than you think."
"If you are still unable to convince Fugaku, then I don't know what to do next. Maybe you could go and go to hiding and wait for me for two years, anyway, the coup was delayed, right? I am confident that I could get stronger in two years." Neji patiently explained.
"But why do this? Why are you helping us?" asked Itachi. His eyes where now a little blodshot.
"Why? Because I want to. And there are more enemies to come, Orochimaru is one. He would be coming for you, or your precious little brother. Ah, my throat is now dry, I will take my leave." He said as he slowly vanished in the darkness.
"Don't be stupid in revealing my identity to others, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable." was the voice that lingered for seconds before getting drwoned by the sound of the waterfall.