Summary
The Phoenix of Azure Skies, Not Forgetting How to Dance With Wounded Wings (蒼天の鳳、傷負う翼に舞うを忘れず, Sōten no Ōtori, Kizu Ou Tsubasa ni Mau o Wasurezu)
At age eleven, Itachi Uchiha is given the assignment to assassinate Mukai Kohinata - a traitor to Konohagakure - before he can join the villages Anbu. The day before the mission is to take place, Itachi practices shurikenjutsu while his younger brother, Sasuke, watches. When they return home they find their father, Fugaku, waiting for them. Fugaku offers to accompany Itachi on his mission in order to guarantee its success, unaware that Itachi has already secured the assistance of his best friend, Shisui Uchiha. Itachi does not reveal this, instead declining because Sasuke will be joining the Ninja Academy the next day and it is important to Sasuke that Fugaku be there for him. Fugaku tries to insist on helping Itachi, causing Itachi to insist on Sasukes happiness. Fugaku relents, unwilling to risk jeopardizing Itachis mission because of how important his membership in the Anbu is to the Uchiha clans plans to overthrow Konoha...
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