A life that I will change Book 1-3

A life that I will change. Book 1: Saving the Uchiha Clan

Автор: Кицунэ Миято

Uchiha Shisui is not a classic "hitman", he is trying to change the canon in order to stay alive. He and Itachi, taking a "kindergarten" of young brothers, sisters and their friends, leave Konoha after the liquidation of the Uchiha clan.

Обложка 1 книги https://vk.com/photo-119634594_427080280 there is also an album with the author's illustrations for this work.

**Иллюстрации и картинки:**

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ч.3 гл.27 Агара, Саске, Наруто, Кимимаро http://s01.geekpic.net/di-CYN5R5.jpeg

ч.3 гл.27 Девочки в красивом http://s01.geekpic.net/di-56Q95D.jpg

Part 1. "Non-classical popadanets". The Prologue

Psychology professor Kanagawa Toru looked closely at his new patient. A very young guy, who, judging by the questionnaire, would have to turn sixteen in a couple of weeks, sat with his hands clasped on his knees, staring thoughtfully at one point. Nakomori Hiroshi addressed a problem that was unusual even for Professor Kanagawa's extensive medical practice.

"Let's summarize all of the above, Hiroshi-kun. Are you saying that you live two lives and don't know which one is real? When you sleep there, you see this life as a strange dream, and vice versa. Is everything right?"

"Yes, Professor," the guy nodded. His black, lively eyes were attentive and wary, and there was also something in them that Kanagawa couldn't dismiss. Nakomori Hiroshi said what he believed in. And that look was the look of an adult with a lot of experience. As they say, "a child with old eyes."

"Did it start two years ago, when your parents died after an accident, and you yourself also suffered greatly, having experienced several clinical deaths? Do you remember how your father and mother died?"

"Yes, Professor," the patient focused on his hands and the wide bracelets hiding his wrists. "I saw it happen."

"Have you tried to commit suicide?" Kanagawa asked after making a handwriting in front of "suicidal tendencies" on the form.

"Yes. But..."

"But?.." The hitch was more than telling.

"At first, I wanted to commit suicide so that I could... live that life alone. She's quite interesting. When I woke up here, after fourteen years there... It was very... painful. Because of this, I even got..." The guy stopped, looking at him suspiciously. Kanagawa pretended not to notice the slip. "In general, it was very stressful. But then I got used to it somehow. You could say he got involved. In general, everything began to suit me. But I've learned something recently. Actually, that's why I decided to contact you.

"That's how," Kanagawa mentally gave himself a thrashing due to the fact that, having been carried away by such an interesting case, he had not yet clarified what was happening in the guy's second life. "And what did you learn, Hiroshi-kun?"

"I think I'm going to die there soon. Something turned out... very important," he thoughtfully twirled a black lock of hair around his finger.

"But how can you be so sure? Did you get sick there?"

"No. I just found out that... My second life, it turns out, is public domain," the patient exhaled, as if deciding on such a strange statement.

"Public domain?!" Kanagawa asked, barely able to control himself. He was embarrassed by the fact that, having lost his composure, he stared at the guy completely unscientifically, with his mouth open. "How's that?"

"Everyone in Japan knows about it," Hiroshi continued thoughtfully. "I was the only one who thought for a long time and did not compare the facts and some of the same names. Besides, there's a big difference in the faces... And just a couple of weeks ago, I saw the scene of my death. And I must say, this is probably how it would have happened if I hadn't watched everything that led to it and been amazed at my own naivety and stupidity.

"That is," Kanagawa analyzed the announced data. "Does your "other self" live in the past of the information that exists in our world?"

"I'm far from the main character, and I just didn't realize at first that it was about my life there...." Hiroshi nodded. "I wasn't really there." By the beginning of the story, I was already dead." Tell me, Hiroshi-kun," Kanagawa even leaned forward, expecting something completely surprising, "and what is your name in that second life?"

The viscous silence that followed his words was broken only by the ticking of the clock on the wall, sounding unnaturally loud in the instantly electrified atmosphere of the office. The patient was silent for a long time, staring at him with a piercing gaze, from which Kanagawa inwardly cringed, making all sorts of fantastic assumptions.

My name is Uchiha Shisui.

Part 1. Chapter 1. The Unacceptable "future"

"What a jerk!" the first thing Uchiha Shisui said when he woke up.

However, over the past two weeks, that "other me" had been annoying him more and more. Well, what kind of Shinobi goes to lay out everything to some incomprehensible uncle and will continue over and over again?!

He was becoming more and more confident that this dream, which had been going on for the second year, was real. And somewhere, it is not clear where, there is a man-made world where people are weak as snails. No chakra, no jutsu, no need to sleep even in the clan area with half an eye with a kunai under the pillow. And the probability of dying from being run over by a giant metal unit called a "car" is greater than dying in a minor skirmish between neighboring countries or on a mission.

At first glance, that world seemed like a pacifist utopia, akin to the plan of the First Hokage, but there were wars there too. And the conflicts between the countries, and even more so, the world war, were too terrible. For example, in the "homeland" of his "other self", a weapon stronger than biju was dropped, which destroyed everything and poisoned the dumping site for decades.

I was constantly dreaming about a world that simply could not exist. And those creepy pictures of the "future"! Shisui could not understand how some kind of mangaka from another layer of reality could see everything that would happen to the Uchiha clan and the future of his home world! But, looking closely and listening to the conversations that were going on in the clan and in the village in general, he already understood and accepted somewhere deep in his soul that all this was true and that guy, Hiroshi, was right. They might take his eyes off, and then...

"Shit..." Shisui covered his face with his hands.

When it happened the first time, he thought that someone from the clan was making fun of him. It was the order of the day: to trap, to send into an illusion. This forced the young Shinobi to be vigilant at all times, even when they were among their relatives. He was born, lived, grew up, studied, showed promise, loved his parents, played, and then trained with Fugaku's eldest son and the heir to the main branch of the clan, Itachi. He fought and won. And one day, falling asleep in his bed, he woke up in an unknown place.

More precisely, the place was very understandable, a hospital, but it definitely wasn't Konoha Hospital. Something was squeaking, and then the Irenines ran into the room in some strange clothes.

"How are you feeling, Nakomori-san?"

It was as if the name was a code word for particularly strong illusions, and a flood of information flooded into Shisui:

Nakomori Hiroshi. It's him. He's fourteen years old. He's in high school. He likes the girl next door to Misaki. Mom — Nakomori Kaide is a housewife. His father, Nakomori Mamoru— is an officer of the National Police of Japan. It turns out that he is also a policeman, just like Uchiha Kagami. Accident. Shock. They're definitely dead. His parents are definitely dead. He saw everything!

"Yamamoto-san, the patient has a new attack!"

And the darkness. Shisui woke up at home in Konoha with these terrible memories of someone else's life. His eyes hurt. Activating the sharingan, he stared in surprise at the mirror. The legendary Mangekyo. In the form of a four-rayed shuriken.

And then this dream began to repeat itself every night. That "other one" was taken from the hospital by his grandparents after he recovered. Hiroshi settled in a small village, went to school, and lived a normal civilian life, which Shisui even liked — he dreamed of something similar for his village and country. A great world in which children should not be taught from an early age the art of covert penetration, various ways of killing and extracting information....

But one day, just two weeks ago, in the store where Hiroshi was buying something, the anime "Naruto" was shown. "The other one" hadn't watched it before. But he stopped in front of the screen because he heard a familiar name. His name and that of his best friend and cousin is Itachi. And that's when it all started. The guy bought the entire manga and read it for more than a week, looking for everything about the Uchiha clan and the fate of Shisui himself. But the painted story, one might say, began with his death. Itachi became an apostate, hiding the "village assignment" he received "as an ANBU" until his death. Sasuke's hatred. The undercover games of Uchiha Obito, who was considered dead in the clan. The resurrection of the "Main renegade of the clan" — Uchiha Madara. It was all beyond comprehension. Shisui did not believe and could not accept these fantasies for something real.

But every day this "future" became more and more feasible. Itachi has already become the captain of the ANBU. The "second one" was looking for some more clues that would shed light on the approximate time of his death and the beginning of this tragic story for the "cursed clan", but he didn't really find anything. All that was known was that Shisui's suicide occurred on the day of the clan meeting, and two days after that, Itachi would kill everyone. And judging by various references and calculations by Hiroshi, Itachi will be thirteen years old, just like he is now.

Shisui estimated that his friend had become captain almost immediately after his birthday, in early June, and it had already been three months. It's even funny that their birthdays coincided with Hiroshi's and they were about to turn sixteen. Clan meetings are held at the end of each month. If all this is related to the Fox, then it is quite possible that the Uchiha will decide to "change power" on the anniversary or a little earlier, in early October. That is, in the most unfortunate scenario for him, there are a little less than four weeks left before the "X-hour". The clan's grievances were expressed at the last meeting a week ago. So it's very likely.

"Shit..." repeated Shisui longingly. The pictures of the future didn't bode well at all. Especially the Uchiha clan.

"Nii-san," there was a rustle under the door. Have you woken up? Mom wants you to have breakfast.

//nii-san — "big brother" (there is a variant onii-san — "dear big brother", if there is a big difference in age /position, an appeal to a cousin).

Shisui got out of bed, dressed, and opened the door. His younger six-year-old sister Yumiko was waiting outside the door with clear intentions to get something from him. Shisui even felt ashamed for a moment, because because of the missions and these dreams, with the information that appeared in them, he didn't have time for his sister at all.

"What do you want, imoto?"

// Imoto is the "little sister".

"Will you train me? I went to the Shinobi Academy, remember? We were told to practice throwing shurikens with the elders in the family. Shisui remembered that since the beginning of the week, his sister had actually started attending classes at the Academy. Itachi's younger brother goes there too, but he's a grade older. Looking into those big black eyes made my heart skip a beat. I thought that maybe he was going to die, but it turns out that Yumiko was going to die too?! If Sasuke is the only one of the Uchiha clan to survive, is Yumiko doomed?

"Okay..." sighed Shisui. "I have some time after breakfast."

"Can I call Sasuke-kun? And Kazuki?" Yumiko asked.

"Doesn't Kazuki have one?.." Shisui broke off. The older sister of their second cousin, who lived in the house next to them, was indeed killed on a mission a few days ago. "Yes, let Kazuki-kun come with us too, it's more fun together."

Mom has already prepared food for us! The little one turned around happily and covered her mouth with her palm.

— Oh...

"Yes, you're a real Shinobi." Shisui remarked sarcastically. His lips involuntarily stretched into a smile. "So you were sure that I would not refuse you? Together with your friends?"

"Well-uh-uh... I'm getting ready!" His sister literally flew out of the hallway, as if using some kind of movement jutsu. And he went into the kitchen.

* * *

Itachi came along with Sasuke. Strange feelings struggled in Shisui. He remembered that he and Itachi had always been rivals, at least Itachi had reached out to him and tried to surpass him in everything. Even this captaincy in the ANBU. Partly, of course, it was Fugaku-san's insistence, but there was also the desire of the "little brother" to prove something to him.

Perhaps if Shisui hadn't found out what kind of burden Itachi would take on to "purify the honor of the clan" and what it would all lead to in the end, he would really have named his friend as his successor, handed over his dreams of a "better world" that he saw in his dreams. I would even gladly die with a smile on my face. But...

But now that he knew, and even worse, he understood that what Itachi would do would be the only way out for the Uchiha clan and for Konoha not to start a civil war. It just felt bad. Dreams of a "better world" were swept away by the brutal "reality" of the damn mangaka. And the worst part was, Shisui knew that he was right, and that was probably how it would happen. It was disheartening.

Shisui couldn't see a way out of the circumstances, but he didn't want to die either. How to share your Mangekyo or sharingan Uchiha clan with the leader of the Danzo Root. Let the ANBU Hokage kill his clansmen? That would be an even bigger shame.

"What are you thinking, aniki?" Itachi chuckled and smiled, poking his in the shoulder and shaking me out of my dark thoughts.

// aniki is an "older brother", but unlike "nii-san", it can be used as an address and not to a relative, it can be loosely translated as "bro".