123Hiruzen watched as Naruto was declared the Rokudaime Hokage and the first elected Hokage of Konoha.
It was a new system that his successor had introduced to Konoha. According to this system, the Hokage would not have a life time seat, but only for 20 years at a time, following which an election would take place for the new Hokage.
This was one of the many changes that the Uchiha had brought to Konoha.
The introduction of ninshu was one of them. Apparently, it was a teaching of Rikodo Sennin, according to which chakra should be used for creation, not destruction. The academy now also offers classes for civilians to learn basic fuinjutsu for storage scrolls, or earth jutsu for construction, etc.
Konoha had changed so much in the last 20 years with the expansion, foreign exchange Shinobi, new technology, construction of the train, removal of sticks from Hyuuga asses; that Hiruzen wouldn't be able to recognize it at all, if it hadn't been for the Hokage mountain.
The other Shinobi villages were also not spared from the change. Who would have thought that Iwa and Konoha could ever perform joint missions. Everyone attributed the new peaceful era to Itachi, but Hiruzen knew better.
Itachi was like Minato, unparalleled genius but not very imaginative. The inspiration behind Itachi's work had been none other than Naomi Uchiha, who had been an unassuming chunnin before retiring from Ninja career.
Hiruzen had first heard of her when Itachi had told him that the Uchiha coup had been avoided due to her actions. He had decided to do something nice for her, for taking care of that headache. When he'd heard that she was interested in fuinjutsu, he had ordered Jiraiya to take her as an apprentice. Never would have he thought that his actions would lead to these consequences. Because, the Toad Sage's prophecy turned out to be true after all. An orphan with a smile resembling the sun became Jiraiya's student and brought peace to the Elemental Nations.
Not that Itachi wasn't instrumental in this. He was a worthy successor. Even if he insisted on tearing down everything Hiruzen had built in his life. He was almost relieved that he has finally stepped down as Hokage, before doing something ridiculous like tearing down the Hokage mountain or banning Icha Icha.
Those were the last thougts of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sandaime, God of Shinobi before he passed on with a smile on his face, at 88 years of age.
Naomi watched in disbelief as the chunnin exams arena was destroyed by Momoshiki and Kinshiki Otsutsuki, while effortlessly fighting all five kages and Sasuke. Never even in her darkest dreams she had imagined that her actions could lead to this predicament. It was foolish of her to assume that the threats faced by Konoha would be limited to the ones she had seen in the Anime, moreover when she had never bothered to watch the sequels.
The actions taken by her and Itachi were instrumental in avoiding the Fourth Shinobi War. They were also responsible for stunting the growth of many ninjas. Shinobi flourish and grow in war, after all. Sasuke didn't have the Mangekyou let alone the EMS or Rinnegan. Naruto didn't have the Six Paths Mode. It was the same with the other kages. They were barely keeping up with the Otsutsukis.
They weren't even familiar with their powers due to absence of any encounter with Kaguya. This was further hindering them. Soon they would be overpowered and (as they had been helpfully informed during his monologue) Momoshiki would suck the chakra of the planet dry starting from the Kyuubi.
How could she have been so stupid? She never paused to think of the reason for Kaguya to amass a Zetsu army.
There was no use wallowing now. She had to find a way to stop those two, at any cost.
... At any cost. Shiki fuin. Nothing else would be powerful enough to stop them.
The cost of sealing them would be her own soul. She accepted that. But there were two of them. And the only person capable of using Shiki fuin aside from her, in Konoha, was her husband.
As if reaching the same conclusion, Itachi's eyes found hers from across the battlefield. They were determined. No words were needed between them. There was no stopping him from this.
Naomi sighed. '... In life and death' those were the words spoken at her wedding. It seems this was the time to fulfill them.
Like a well oiled machine, Itachi and her entered the battlefield, seamlessly joining their allies. Their support helped their side push back a little and catch their breaths. Itachi subtly told them to put the Otsutsukis in specific positions. They had no reason to doubt his word. Itachi was a previous Hokage and well respected among them. Sasuke had a suspicious glint in his eye, though.
Naomi forcefully pushed back the thought of how this would affect Sasuke. There was no other way.
Soon enough Itachi and her were back to back with Momoshiki and Kinshiki in front of them respectively. Momoshiki was saying something but instead of listening to his monologue she focused on her last moments alive with Itachi.
"Shiki Fuin." She shouted together with Itachi, catching the Otsutsukis off gaurd.
Then all she knew was pain. She knew the jutsu worked because the only thing capable of causing such pain would be the Shinigami ripping her soul from her body. She was dimly aware of Itachi's hand holding hers as she fell.
No regrets. Those were her thoughts before she lost herself to the abyss
AN: The Sequel- 'Louise Delacour and the Magically World' features the reincarnations of Itachi and Naomi during the Harry Potter era, who recover the memories of their previous lives at their seventeenth birthday.
