Tetsuya was now unable to play dumb since he already said to Danzo that he knew from the beginning.
Damn Danzo. Even dead you still cause problems for others.
"Well then, what do you want to know?"
"About why the Uchiha were all killed except me and Sasuke"
Tetsuya then proceeded to explain that the Uchiha were about to rebel and that Itachi was a double agent of the Hokage faction so after he was given an ultimatum by Danzo, Itachi decided to kill all of the other Uchiha to save Sasuke.
"So, the reason why you pestered me endlessly to join your team and that we were mysteriously out of the village during the genocide was your plan to save me, then?"
"Yeah, I was too weak back then to do anything about it so I decided to take a gamble by taking you out of the village and hoped for the best."
Yuzume smiled lightly after hearing what Tetsuya said but soon enough, another question bothered him.
"How did you know about the genocide in advance? I don't think you had connections back then to know about it?"
Hearing Yuzume's question, Tetsuya let out a big sigh and decided to bullshit his way by saying
"I'm a very observant guy so I could deduce it from the clues and facts that I saw."
Yuzume just stared at him blankly insinuating that Tetsuya was lying.
Tetsuya who couldn't stand the stare he was given then he began to say
"You don't believe me, don't you? Alright then, I'm an omniscient being who can see through the past, the present and the future."
Hearing Tetsuya's response, Yuzume decided to give up since it was a fact that Tetsuya saved him and he probably couldn't get the answer from Tetsuya anyway.
After thinking, He decided to not take revenge on Konoha since most of them were innocent and what is done is done anyway. He didn't have much ties to the Uchiha anyway since his parents were dead.
He decided to still take revenge on Itachi because Itachi didn't only kill the ones who were planning to rebel but also the innocent civilians.
Tetsuya let out a sigh of relief after hearing that Yuzume wasn't planning to take revenge on Konoha.
They also decided to not tell Sasuke for now since he wasn't mature enough to handle the truth for now.
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Meanwhile in Konoha,
The Konoha crush went mostly like it did in the original, except this time, the collateral damage were very low since they prepared ahead of time.
Naruto and Sasuke repelled Gaara since they were much stronger than their original selves, Naruto being able to use the one-tail coat and Sasuke using the second stage of the curse mark.
Sasuke wanted to kill Gaara afterwards but after Naruto's relentless persuasion, Sasuke gave up.
Gaara then got talk no Jutsu'ed successfully causing him to turn over a new leaf.
The third Hokage still died using the Ghoul sealing technique but since Jiraya was with him during the fight, they successfully sealed Orochimaru's entire soul instead of just his hands, killing him for good.
All of the remnants of Otogakure were successfully wiped out, including the sound quartet.
The suna ninjas were detained as hostages to get ransom from Sunagakure including Gaara and his siblings. They stopped resisting altogether when they learned that the fourth Kazekage was already dead.
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Orochimaru's northern base,
It was now the day after they killed Danzo, most of the prisoners they liberated decided to go back to their own hometowns so they could only recruit 5 people to join Konoha. They also looted the place for anything that might have value but considering that they were in a prison, they didn't have much expectations.
The gains weren't much but it was still worth the trip since their main objective was Danzo anyway. Juugo also followed them back since he was mesmerized by Kimimaro's words.
They learned that Juugo's temper was due to him unintentionally absorbing nature chakra triggering something in him to make him go berserk. When he was normal, he was just a gentle guy who wanted to live in peace.
Tetsuya then created a special curse seal for Juugo to stop him from absorbing senjutsu chakra since it was the reason for his outbursts.
While Orochimaru successfully replicated Juugo's power with the curse seal, it was an inferior copy since Orochimaru himself couldn't use sage mode due to his feeble and fragmented soul causing him to not fully understand the propriety of senjutsu chakra.
But Tetsuya could use sage mode and understood senjutsu chakra much better than Orochimaru so he could create a seal to fully stop Juugo from absorbing it.
They wanted to attack Orochimaru's other bases to try to loot and recruit more people but they needed to report back the mission at hand first so they went back to Konoha.
…
They were now back in Konoha and just learned that the third Hokage died yesterday.
After reporting the mission's completion to Shikaku, Tetsuya's team finally separated.
Juugo was set in Tetsuya's house since he wanted to live with Kimimaro while the others were just settled temporarily in a hotel until they were given housing since the village was currently busy with the third Hokage's funeral which was set tomorrow.
My house completely became an orphanage didn't it? What am I supposed to do if I get married one of these days?
As night came in, Naruto complained to Tetsuya that it wasn't fair that Karin was promoted to chunin while they still had to compete in the exam.
After hearing that Karin was needed for an S-rank mission, Naruto finally relented and soon began to talk about his training with Jiraya and his so-called epic fight with Gaara conveniently omitting the role that Sasuke played.
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After the funeral, Jiraya asked Tetsuya if he could bring Naruto out to search for Tsunade since he himself didn't want to do it.
Tetsuya accepted since he didn't have any reason to refuse.
Jiraya soon coaxed Naruto into going with him under the pretext that it was a S-rank mission which made Naruto who was reluctant to go change his tone really quick
Before departing, Jiraya mentioned a certain organization that Orochimaru was part of and that their objective was most likely the Jinchurikis.
It's finally time for the Akatsuki to show up, huh? Would Itachi still show up since Danzo isn't in Konoha anymore?
As Tetsuya was thinking, Kakashi approached him and as they chatted, they found themselves near a dango shop and saw Asuma and Kurenai on a date so they striked up a conversation.
As they were chatting, their eyes landed on two suspicious individuals inside the dango shop.
Sasuke suddenly appeared since he was searching for Tetsuya all over Konoha to train because Naruto was currently training with one of the sannin and he won't allow Naruto to surpass him.
As Sasuke appeared, the figures inside the dango shop suddenly disappeared.
Asuma, Kakashi and Kurenai made excuses and immediately left to pursue them.