It has been two weeks.
Shisui had told me that he had to go to a meeting... but I knew otherwise.
Right now, I am overlooking Shisui, who just had his Sharingan stolen by Danzo.
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Shisui panted as he jumped away, clutching at the side of his face. Across from him, Danzo slowly unwrapped the bandages over his eye, revealing a Sharingan embedded within.
'Sharingan?!' Shisui thought, his mind racing, trying to understand why this was happening.
"I am going to take it to replace this eye. Now give me the other one." Danzo said coldly as several root ANBUs suddenly appeared beside him, their masked faces emotionless as they prepared to fight.
Shisui's remaining eye narrowed.
"Tch... Fire Style: Fire Ball Jutsu!"
A massive fireball roared toward the ANBUs, scorching the air. They quickly countered with a Water Style technique, crashing against the flames. Steam and smoke exploded outward, covering the entire area in a thick haze.
When the smoke cleared... Shisui was gone.
"It's a teleportation jutsu," one of the ANBU stated.
"Go after him," Danzo ordered.
The ANBU, hearing the command, vanished in blurs of body flicker, chasing after Shisui.
Unknown to them all, Y/N was watching from the shadows, following silently. His chakra was almost at its lowest point,ironically making him harder to detect.
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*Time skip to shisui meeting itachi *
"I was going to try to stop the coup d'état with Kotoamatsukami, but... Lord Danzo took my right eye," Shisui said, his voice strained as he turned to look at Itachi.
"He doesn't trust me. He intends to protect the village his own way... no matter what it takes or how it looks."
He paused briefly, breathing unevenly.
"I suspect he will come after my left eye as well. So I want to give it to my little brother who is here currently."
Y/N's eyes widened before he jumped down from the tree he was perched on, landing quietly.
"You knew I was following you?"
"Yes. Nothing could escape the eyes of an Uchiha," Shisui said faintly. "If you had not followed me, I would've given it to Itachi to give to you."
"I see..." Y/N said softly.
Itachi looked at Y/N, then back at Shisui, guilt clouding his expression.
"I could've helped you fight against them if you had let me, Shisui."
"No... it's okay," Shisui replied gently. "All that matters is that he didn't get both of my eyes. You've got to stop Danzo before he eliminates all of the clan. I suspect he might use you for it by using Kotoamatsukami on you..."
"I... I'll make sure the clan survives. And I'll make sure Y/N doesn't die either."
Seeing this, Y/N sighed in relief.
'Phew... that means I am safe for the massacre.'
But the relief quickly faded as he looked at Shisui's weakening state.
"You know... we didn't get a lot of time to spend together. Though... they were the best I had."
Shisui smiled gently at that.
"I am glad then."
He suddenly coughed, blood spilling from his lips.
"Ugh... I don't have much longer... Y/N... I want you to have my left eye..."
With trembling resolve, Shisui reached up and removed his remaining eye, extending his arm toward Y/N.
"Be sure to preserve it quickly... or it will die."
Y/N carefully took the eye, holding it as if it were made of glass.
"I will avenge you, Aniki."
Shisui's lips curved faintly.
"Thanks... Itachi. And Y/N... I love you..."
Those were Shisui's last words before he stepped backward, allowing himself to fall into the Naka River below.
The sound of water swallowing him echoed in the night.
Itachi fell to his knees, tears streaming down his face as his Mangekyō Sharingan awakened.
Beside him, Y/N cried as well. Even if it had only been a few weeks, Uchiha emotions burned intensely—love, grief, hatred... all amplified.
Y/N's eyes suddenly burned.
Red flooded his vision.
A single tomoe spun into existence within his Sharingan.
"I swear... I will avenge you..." Y/N muttered.
He looked at Itachi.
Itachi met his gaze.
They both nodded.
And then..
They disappeared in opposite directions, each walking their own path into the darkness.
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*Tune skip two years later*
It has been two years... and right now I am sitting in the academy. I don't know if today is the massacre or not, since the massacre happens two years after Shisui's death. But I think so because I've got this bad feeling right now.....
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Yn...
"Y/N!"
Yn jumped a bit before calming down when he saw who it was. "Uh, yeah, Iruka-sensei?"
"I've asked you a question three times and you didn't answer!" Iruka said.
"Oh, uh, sorry, sensei... must've zoned out. What was the question?"
Iruka sighed before saying, "I've asked you who the founder of Konoha was and what clan he was from."
"Oh... it was the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, who was the founder of Konoha, and he was from the Senju clan," Yn answered.
'Technically it was Madara and Hashirama, but whatever,' Yn thought.
"That's correct. At least you are studying. But try not to zone out during class," Iruka said.
"Yes, Iruka-sensei."
After that, Iruka turned back to the class and continued teaching and asking questions.
Meanwhile, Yn looked around at each student, his eyes stopping briefly on Naruto Uzumaki before looking back at the teacher, pretending to listen.
'Hm... I've never interacted with Naruto. I should try to be friends with him or have him as my ally or something,' Yn thought while pretending to listen to Iruka's teaching.
*Timeskip after school ends*
Yn packed his bag before being approached by Sasuke.
"Hey, Y/N, wanna walk together to the Uchiha district?" Sasuke asked while smiling.
"Eh, sure, why not." Yn smiled back.
They immediately headed out of the school and started walking to the Uchiha district, chatting.
"So, do you wanna have a spar after we get back?" Sasuke asked.
"Hmm... sure, I wanna know how skilled I am at taijutsu right now."
"Heh, even if you go full power, I'll admit you'll cause me a little trouble. But nah, I'd win," Sasuke said overconfidently.
Meanwhile, Yn just blinked in amusement and shock and thought, 'Is he a reincarnation too or something? Nah, that can't be it.'
After a bit of walking, they reached the Uchiha district, which was very quiet for some reason.
'I see...' Yn thought while looking blankly.
"Huh... it's not usually this quiet," Sasuke commented while stepping forward. As he stepped forward, he heard a wet sound. He glanced down immediately and saw...
"Blood?! What's going on!" Sasuke immediately sprinted toward his parents' house at full speed.
Though Yn didn't follow him and instead sprinted toward his own house. 'Shit, shit, shit, I knew this was gonna happen, but damn it, I feel dread!'
After five seconds, he was already in front of his house, noticing the blood in front of it. He entered the house only to find his mother's corpse in front of him.
"....."
Yn didn't speak, just stared in sadness and anger... sadness in knowing this would happen and anger that he didn't try to stop it.
Yn touched his face and felt it wet. Yn was crying... His Sharingan was active, its tomoe spinning as a second tomoe emerged... His Sharingan was glowing blood crimson.
He stepped forward and dropped to his knees. Even though he knew this was happening, she was still his mother after all.
And the fact that he DIDN'T try to STOP IT added fuel... fuel that angered him more than anything else... and shattered his pride as an Uchiha. It felt like he was exactly what Yuji described himself as... a cog, and a cog has a role to follow. In his case, his role was to exorcise curses, while my role was to follow the script.
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...No.....
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I AM NOT A COG! I'll CHANGE THE SCRIPT ITSELF, FATE WON'T MAKE ME FOLLOW THE SCRIPT LIKE A PUPPET, NOT LIKE OTHERS!" Y/N said as his Sharingan glowed even brighter with his resolve. Another tomoe emerged... his Sharingan spinning wildly more than before.
Making up his mind, he grabbed his mother's corpse and left the house... walking to the forest... But a figure stood in his way...
"What do you want... Itachi?" Yn looked at Itachi with his three-tomoe Sharingan spinning.
"...I've just come here to say sorry about your loss. I had no choice," Itachi said, looking at him. He didn't have his Sharingan activated to show that he wasn't hostile.
Taking a deep breath, Yn said, "I know. You don't need to be sorry. I know Danzo made you do this. It's obvious."
"I see... I am sorry, again. Farewell," Itachi said before disappearing into multiple crows, which flew away.
Yn looked at the crows leaving before leaving himself and heading out to the forest with his mother's corpse.
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Yn put down his mother's body on the grass before picking up a shovel he bought quickly. He began digging a hole, and after an hour, he was done. He put his mother's corpse in the hole before covering it with the dirt and mud he originally scooped out.
He grabbed a rock used for graves that he got from a store and started to carve his mother's name with his fingers, using whatever chakra he had left to form a small blade shape. Then he carved the date of when she was born and when she died. Under that, he carved, "The greatest mother ever." He then put the rock in front of the grave and pressed it down into the dirt so it wouldn't move.
He sat in front of it before saying, "I am sorry, Mom... I... I knew this would happen... yet I didn't stop it. And now you're dead... I know I can't dwell on what has happened because I can't change it. But I'll feel this regret forever. You were a greater mother than my original one. She was neglecting me. My father left her; I think he saw what was wrong with her... She didn't abuse me, but she neglected me enough that I needed to learn how to cook myself."
"Hehe, you won't believe how many times I burned the kitchen... thank God I was always able to outrun her," Yn chuckled a bit at that.
"I've got to go now... Sorry, but again, I am sorry for choosing not to stop this. But I promise you one thing. I will not be a cog." After saying that, Yn left the grave, determined to change how things would go.
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"We've searched the whole Uchiha district, but we did not find Yn Uchiha's body, meaning he's alive, Lord Hokage," one of the ANBU said in the Hokage's office.
"I see. But this is urgent; you have to find hi— hm?" The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, looked at the crystal ball in his office. He saw Yn appear outside the hospital where Sasuke was hospitalized, his face not visible due to his head looking down. "Hm... he's at the hospital. Sasuke Uchiha was hospitalized."
The Third Hokage stood up from his seat and looked at the ANBU in front of him. "I want you to split up and make sure Danzo is not listening or spying on both Uchiha, and some of you protect the hospital for now."
Upon saying this, Hiruzen disappeared, the ANBU following suit.
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The Third Hokage appeared in front of the receptionist and asked for the number of the room Sasuke was in. After hearing the answer, he vanished in a burst of speed, appearing outside the door. He could sense two presences inside, but one had much fainter chakra than the other.
He entered the room, finding Yn standing at the edge of the bed. Sasuke was still in a coma. He would likely wake up the next day.
Yn looked up and saw the Third Hokage. "Huh, old man? What are you doing here?"
Hiruzen blinked a bit at the disrespect, but it was probably a change due to the massacre, and he also allowed Naruto to call him that, so why not.
"I've come to visit, of course. I am very sorry for your loss. I hope you do well, and I want you to give my regards to Sasuke."
"Thanks, and I will do so," Yn replied.
"I know I can't do much, but I'll give you both a monthly allowance and a new house to settle in. Is that alright?"
"...I agree on the first part, but can we just settle in Sasuke's house instead?" Yn asked.
"Sure, it's yours after all. But are you okay, my boy?" Hiruzen asked.
"Me? Obviously not. But I try. I've made a grave for my mother and buried her. But this can tell you how much 'okay' I am." Yn said before lifting his head and activating his Sharingan.
Hiruzen stared in shock at the three-tomoe Sharingan.
"I know why Itachi did the massacre. I got one tomoe from watching my brother, Shisui Uchiha, die. Yes, I was there. Danzo had ambushed him and took his right eye, but he managed to escape, and I was spying on them due to my chakra being low enough not to be detected. The other two tomoe are from seeing my mother's corpse," Yn said blankly.
Hiruzen nodded in understanding before saying, "I-I see... You've taken quite the loss, my boy. Can I compensate you and Sasuke with something?"
Yn was surprised, to say the least, as this wasn't canon to the main story.
"Well... you don't have to, but thank you... All I really want is to pass the academy genin exams and be on the same team as Sasuke. And maybe Naruto can join us. He's an Uzumaki, right?"
"Yes, he is. Well, I guess that's settled. And what do you think Sasuke wants?" Hiruzen asked.
"Probably a Fire Jutsu."
"I see. Well then, I'll be on my way. I hope you and Sasuke recover well. Farewell." The Third Hokage said as he vanished.
"...This will be good," Yn muttered to himself.
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Days had passed. Sasuke woke up, and they discussed what happened and what was going to happen. After that, both Uchiha agreed on living together, and then they went home. Sasuke trained heavily and was kind of zoned out in shock, while Yn practiced his taijutsu to point out any mistakes he made. Sasuke did not get his Fire Jutsu yet, as when he asked the Hokage, he replied that Sasuke would get it when he became a ninja. And with the regrets and sadness, everything seemed to go back to kind of normal...
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Or is it?
Yn was standing in front of an opened box that appeared out of nowhere in front of his bed....
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"Huh....? A finger?"
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To be continued.....