Uchiha Clan Incident

Strength| * Uchiha Clan
	+ Malva Uchiha
	+ Naori Uchiha
	+ Kagami Uchiha
* Mashiba Clan
	+ Ayame Mashiba
	+ Yabuko Mashiba
	+ Mai Mashiba
* Uzumaki Clan
	+ Kushina Uzumaki
	+ Minato Namikaze
	+ Adam Uzumaki
* Chisato Hasegawa
* Nara Clan
	+ Yui Nara
* Koharu
* Homura
* Fallen Angels
* Sacred Gear Users

Allies| * Blessed Spear Team
	+ Shinano

Casualties| * 450 Devils (Killed)
	+ Shisui Uchiha (Killed)
	+ Naori Uchiha (Killed)
	+ Tajima Uchiha (Killed)
	+ Fugaku Uchiha (Killed)
	+ Tajima Uchiha (Killed)
	+ Uras Uchiha (Killed)
* 4 Human
	+ Serena Xiao (Life-threatening Injury)
	+ Mikoto Mitsuzuri (Killed)
* Sacred Gear Users (Captured)

The **Uchiha Clan Incident** (うちは一族事件, *Jiken* *Uchiha Ichizoku no Jiken*), was the near-complete massacre of the Uchiha clan, perpetrated by the Fallen Angel and his group.

## **Summary**

Eight years after the birth of Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, the Fallen Angels, Root.

Naruto had become Kurama's host.

## **History**

Following the birth of Sasuke Uchiha, Konohagakure's leadership began to suspect that the Uchiha were behind the attack due to the Sharingan's ability to control the beast.

From that point onwards, the Uchiha were placed under close surveillance — something Tobi claims was accomplished by forcing all Uchiha to live in one section of the village.

This mistrust and isolation from the rest of the village created feelings of ill-will amongst the Uchiha, and ultimately rekindled the hatred harboured towards the Senju-influenced government.

As such, the Uchiha — led by Fugaku Uchiha — began planning a Summer Festival for his son and the pregnancy of his wife, Mikoto.

In preparation for the celebration, the Uchiha with the help of Mashiba and Uzumaki Clans started having their members make, decorate and manage.

Itachi was placed in the Anbu, the direct arm of the Hokage.

However, Itachi did not agree with the Uchiha's plans, believing the coup would only escalate into another Shinobi World War.

As such, he turned double-agent, providing Konoha with information on the Uchiha's plans.

The Third Hokage, who did not agree with the treatment of the Uchiha following the Nine-Tailed Fox incident, tried to find a peaceful resolution with the clan.

Danzō Shimura, however, did not believe negotiations would solve anything and felt eliminating all the Uchiha would cause the least bloodshed.

The Uchiha noticed Itachi's strange behaviour and tasked Shisui Uchiha with keeping an eye on him. Shisui, a close friend of Itachi, shared his opposition to the coup.

When peace talks started to break down, Shisui attempted to use his Mangekyō Sharingan's Kotoamatsukami to force the Uchiha's leaders to change their minds.

Danzō felt this was a waste of Kotoamatsukami's rare usage, as it could only be used once every ten years, and took Shisui's right eye for himself before Shisui had a chance to use it.

Having failed and fearful that Danzō would take his other eye, too, Shisui entrusted his left eye to Itachi before committing suicide. After finding his body, the Uchiha believed Shisui, whom they had sent to spy on Itachi, had been murdered by Itachi and that he had staged Shisui's suicide and, as such, no longer trusted him.

Although he still wanted to find a non-violent solution, Shisui's death convinced Itachi that events could no longer be stopped.

He became outwardly critical of the clan's actions and hostile towards individual members.

Danzō, aware of Itachi's conflicted feelings, explained the two possible outcomes: the Uchiha could be allowed to attempt their coup, an act that would ultimately lead to the entire clan's extermination, including Itachi and his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha; alternatively, Itachi could assassinate all the Uchiha before the coup took place, and in exchange would be allowed to spare Sasuke's life.

Itachi opted to save his brother.

Before carrying out the massacre, Itachi found Tobi sneaking around the village.

Believing he was the real Madara Uchiha bent on destroying Konoha, Itachi offered to help him take revenge against the Uchiha for betraying him decades earlier if he would spare the village, which Tobi agreed to.

Tobi, under the guise of Madara, also met with Danzō around the same time for unknown purposes

In a single night, Itachi and Tobi slaughtered the entire Uchiha clan.

In the anime, Tobi slaughtered the military portion of the Uchiha Clan by directly attacking the Konoha Military Police Force headquarters, enabling Itachi to slaughter the civilian portion without much resistance, and Tobi also secretly took some of the Uchiha's corpses for himself.

Itachi expected Fugaku to be the greatest enemy and entered his home with great caution.

To his complete surprise, both his parents were willing to accept death rather than fight their son.

Both respected his decision to side with the village over the clan, and asked only that he look after Sasuke.

He tearfully killed them just before Sasuke returned home from the Academy.

Although he knew his actions were necessary, Itachi could not forgive himself for killing his own family and believed he had to be punished.

Sasuke, a child and thus ignorant of the Uchiha's conspiracies, was the only person qualified to pass the judgement on Itachi he felt he deserved.

As such, Itachi attacked Sasuke when he entered their house, desperate to make Sasuke believe he had killed their clan without provocation and for selfish pursuits of power.

He used Tsukuyomi to torment Sasuke with images of the clan's murder and claimed Sasuke was too weak to even bother killing.

Itachi encouraged Sasuke to embrace hatred and vengeance in order to get stronger and to come after and kill him to avenge their family.

As Itachi left, Sasuke made an immediate attempt to follow Itachi's instructions; awakening his Sharingan for the first time, Sasuke pursued Itachi and attacked him, managing to knock off his forehead protector.

Itachi wept from Sasuke's action, but continued on after collecting his forehead protector.

Sasuke passed out from the traumas of the night and would not remember this moment of retaliation for many years.

## **Aftermath**

After the near extinction of the Uchiha Clan, the leaders believe the attack was a declaration of **war** with Fallen Angels.

True to Itachi's intentions, the Uchiha's massacre had an immense impact on young devils of the Uchiha Clan.

Sasuke's sole motivation over the following years was to become strong enough to kill , first by training as a shinobi of Konoha and later, after being annoyed by his slow growth in the Five, by defecting to the Mitsuzuri Family.

Under Orochimaru, Sasuke gained enough power to finally pose a threat to Itachi, culminating in Itachi's death when they finally met in battle.

Sasuke enjoyed a brief moment of believing he had avenged his family at last, but was shortly afterwards approached by Tobi and informed of the truth behind Itachi's actions.

After realising that Itachi only ever acted in the interests of his village, Sasuke decided to destroy Konoha for what they did to his brother.

However, after reconciling with a reincarnated Itachi, Sasuke decided that this would be contradictory to what Itachi sacrificed his life for and that he would instead protect the village.

This left many young devils traumatized developing hatred towards Fallen Angels including Sasuke.