Early in the day, Hokage Residence
The Hokage and the Konoha Council were reunited as they deliberated on what would happen soon. The room was silent, yet tension filled the air. The Uchiha clan had been under surveillance for months, largely thanks to the information easily obtained through the double spy, Itachi Uchiha.
Itachi stood in the dimly lit chamber, his mind burdened by the weight of the decision before him.
"The Uchiha clan intends to start a revolution," Itachi told the council.
"The situation is on the brink of war. We must strike first before they can act." Danzo's firm and severe voice quickly made note of his position in the matter.
The Third Hokage, however, had a different idea. "The Uchiha are former comrades in battle. I want to resolve this with words, not force. I will consider a solution."
Danzo didn't say anything but didn't like one bit of Sarutobi's plans.
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Moments later, somewhere in Konoha
"Even if the Third says this, when the time comes, he will act to protect Konoha."
Then came the ultimatum.
"I want you to make a choice. Join the Uchiha, carry out the coup, and die with your family and the rest." Danzo stood before him, his gaze sharp. "Or align with Konoha and assist in the annihilation of the Uchiha before the coup begins—saving your little brother and sister."
"Annihilate the Uchiha?!" Itachi's breath caught.
"To defend the village, we must act before panic spreads," Danzo stated coldly. "The only one we can entrust with such a mission is a double agent of both Uchiha and Konoha. That means you, Itachi. There is no other. Do you accept this mission?"
"What about my cousins?..." Itachi's raspy voice sounded in the gloomy place.
"We can't let Akira live. After what would happen with the Uchiha, he could become the greatest danger to Konoha. You know what your cousin represents." Danzo said after a moment. His sister also couldn't be left alive.
"Hai." Itachi replied, looking down at the floor.
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His mind swirled with doubt.
Village, clan, being a ninja... does conflict arise because it must?
Village or clan?
What should he do?
The silence stretched. His answer would decide the fate of all he held dear.
...
"Hey!" Itachi called out to someone in the woods. "I want you to help me with something."
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Present time, Uchiha clan.
Akira and Sayuri stopped at the gates of the clan head's house.
Akira then embraced his mother and quickly kissed her lips in the open, not caring anymore if anyone saw.
"Mhm~~." Sayuri was surprised by her son's act but relaxed into it, already thinking that after today, everything would change.
After they separated from their kiss, Akira spoke softly to her. "Mom, you need to make sure you convince Aunt Mikoto to come with us if you want your sister to still be alive after today. Make use of Sasuke and Satsuki's well-being to convince her. You can use Kushina's situation as an example, just like how she decided to live for Naruto and Naruko."
"Hai, my love. I will convince Mikoto, I can't let her die here." Sayuri firmly said, not wanting her only family, besides her children and husband, to die. She knew that it would be inevitable for Toguro as he was a man that would die for his ideals and those ideals were the clan above all, even his family.
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Moments later.
Akira was sitting on the tatami with his mother beside him and in front were his uncle and Clan Head Fugaku along with Mikoto.
Fugaku was boring his eyes into Akira with his always dull face.
After a moment of weird silence, Fugaku spoke. "You know... about our current situation."
"Yes, and I also know that the clan is in a moment of great peril. Today would be the last day that the Uchiha is known as a clan in the world." Akira spoke with a neutral voice, devoid of any emotion, simply stating a fact.
While inside himself he said, 'As a clan but not as a family, as I still intend to be alive and continue the family, spreading the Uchiha genes. Uchiha will never die!!!'
Fugaku was about to open his mouth to say something, but before he could, Akira already foresaw what he would say or ask, so he continued talking and this time he used the 'Talk no Jutsu' version, talking shit out of his ass.
"I know about Itachi's situation, uncle. I have seen his changes during the last few days." Akira said with a grave voice as he looked at Fugaku and then at his aunt Mikoto, who was already sporting a sad look at the mention of her eldest son. "Itachi... how to say this... he is an idealistic person with stupid ideas... but above all, easily malleable and controllable with the right words spoken by a villain's slippery tongue."
"Itachi's mind and heart haven't been in the clan for a long time, since he entered the Anbu. The worst thing that happened to Itachi was getting into the Anbu or being involved at all with the high command of Konoha. His personality and ideas aren't good for what he was destined for there."
"I see..." Fugaku meditated on his nephew's words without commenting on them. "Still, it doesn't explain why you think that today the worst will happen. You are implying, according to what Mikoto said, that Konoha will act today against the clan."
"Hai, Uncle. It is as you have said, but when I say Konoha, well, it isn't exactly all the families attacking Uchiha in a total war, but more like Konoha allowing it to happen." Akira, with a wry smile, tried to elaborate more on it. "About how I could know anything of this, Uncle, I have been trained since I could walk and talk to be the next shining ninja to bring glory to the clan. Information gathering, deduction, and analysis aren't anything out of the box."
"Mhm." Fugaku carefully considered Akira's words. "Why now, then? Why don't you voice your thoughts before?"
"Uncle, the voice of a child can't win against the many grown-ups in matters that they already have a fixed thought on what to do. Anyway, it is today that I have felt the imminent and unprecedented danger." Akira scratched his cheeks, embarrassed as he bullshitted his way through.
Fugaku sighed and closed his eyes. "Alright, explain what is the danger we would face and how Konoha would allow it."
"Uncle, I know about the history of our clan and Konoha that I learned from multiple sources, likewise about the events that happened in the past, not to the letter, but I know plenty enough of it to know that Uchiha was never safe in the village since the founding of Konoha." Akira started talking after thinking for a second. "To resume it, I would talk about the key points. First, the second Hokage never liked Uchiha. Even after his death, he continued making trouble for the clan. He put a nasty and insidious time bomb for the clan, known as the Konoha Military Police Force, and the clan happily walked into it. Yes, it brings power to some extent, but the disadvantages are more than the benefits it brings. If the clan were more dishonest, maybe it could have been able to make use of this power, but as every person in the clan is upright, it is an evil tool that only damages ourselves."
Sayuri and Mikoto looked at each other in wonder as they heard Akira talk so far, never having thought that he would be so... mature and know so many things that even they didn't know.
Fugaku was also surprised but expected this to be the case as his nephew was trained to be like this... The perfect weapon and ninja of the clan.
"Second. The second Hokage passed down his distaste of Uchiha to his disciples, disciples that would get corrupted by the high position they would take hold of, some of them would be more prone to this than others. As an example, you can see how Senju disappeared in the river of history. Yes, you can say the policy of the second Hokage of Senju being one with the village made Senju disappear, but there shouldn't be more Senju descent civilian families then? In actuality, there is none."
Sayuri and Mikoto didn't have any idea of this or ever thought of it... They were quiet as they perked their ears, learning these things.
"Third. During the Third Shinobi World War, our clan suffered massive losses against a front where it had the disadvantage, an absurd choice from a tactical point of view, but effective if your objective was actually to damage your friendly force. Even after the Uchiha spilled blood, the clan didn't receive the honor and merit it deserved for maintaining and fighting that frontline."
Fugaku's hands clenched into fists upon hearing this... his blood boiled just from it.
"Fourth. The Nine-Tails incident. That was the last drop to break the glass. Someone controlled the Kyuubi with the power of a Uchiha, something that only our ancestor Uchiha Madara could do. During the battle, the clan was ordered to stand down and not participate in the defense of Konoha, just assist the civilians. Why? Because it was a trick to put dirt on the clan later on, to use propaganda to defame the clan and sow discontent. The common people are simple animals; they don't have the brains to think farther than what they have in front. The result of that was our clan being pushed away from the land in the center of Konoha that belonged to the clan since its founding to this periphery of Konoha..."
"That incident hurt the clan greatly... Yet there seems to be that none of the current Mangekyo Sharingan users we currently have in the clan did so." Akira smiled at his uncle. "Because it was never done by a Uchiha from Konoha... but who can say if it was done by someone with Uchiha blood but that doesn't belong to the clan."
Fugaku's breath was ragged as he was boiling in rage; eventually, he calmed down his emotions. "You even know about the Mangekyo Sharingan. Akira, you don't stop amazing me. You really are the most correct choice I made in my life to be the husband of my then just-born daughter... You have a brilliant mind, Akira. Anyone would have thought you were a Nara rather than an Uchiha. You know so many things that are not available in their majority in the light. I don't know how you know those things, but it isn't of matter now... Not anymore."
Sayuri was proud and amazed by her son, the child she gave birth to... and the person who became her man, her husband who owned her body and heart. The simple thought of her son and how radiant he looked right now made her pussy wet and clench in desire and need for him and his touch.
Mikoto was also greatly surprised and amazed by her nephew, never having expected such a golden boy in their family, so different by a large margin from the rest. She was happy for her daughter to have such a magnificent husband who would love and protect her.
Akira, after a little pause as he wet his mouth, said, "Fifth and last. Now, after the clan being pushed into a corner and wanting to strike back against the village like a wounded animal using force, Konoha high command also intends to close the net, and for that, they intend to use the sharpest sword they have in hand... the double spy that is easily manipulated, not the brightest of mind but strong in power..."
"You mean?!!!" Fugaku growled in fury. "How could they dare!!!"
"No...!!!" Mikoto cried out in surprise as her body lost strength and rested against Fugaku's shoulders.
Sayuri's eyes opened fully, and she covered her mouth in horror.
"Oh yes... They are capable and they have no shame in doing it." Akira nodded, sure of it. "It wouldn't cause disturbances in the unity of Konoha's big families and population if the news tomorrow were 'Uchiha clan massacre done by a rebellious Uchiha that has gone mad' as if the news were 'All Konoha families grouped together to destroy one of their allied clans'. Do you see the difference, Uncle?"
"They have the man with the strength capable of realizing it and the correct mindset to release the arrow to where they want. So why not make use of it since the time has come." Akira scoffed.
Fugaku's veins surged and trembled like thick worms on his neck and head. "What would you suggest or do in my place?" he spoke with clenched teeth.
"I... I pity you, uncle, you have stupid subordinates. The people of the clan were never known to be the brightest of mind but because of their power and belligerent capability. If we had time, I would suggest controlling the people in the clan with a strong fist and cutting off the unnecessary things like the military police of Konoha, make the clan renounce the thinking of wanting to be 'Hokage', a shitty position of power. Well, I don't see the appeal of it, but maybe I'm biased. If you want to continue wanting to be Hokage, what you intended to do is correct: a revolution with victory is the correct path, but for that, you need to have the sufficient force or the alliances for it to be possible; otherwise, it is damnation... And you don't have either of them." Akira calmly analyzed.
"...." Fugaku was silent.
"Sorry, uncle. If I had the Mangekyo Sharingan, I could push Konoha into a check of mutual destruction. They wouldn't dare to do anything to the clan while this check still exists. As I don't have that kind of power currently, I can only think about my life and those I hold dear. Konoha wouldn't pursue anyone that gets to live after today as they intend to clean all the belligerent people in the clan... the problem is that some people have other ideas according to the motto that 'Uchiha is evil' passed down by the second Hokage. The civilians would suffer the same fate."
Sayuri and Mikoto were already spilling tears from their eyes, sobbing low as they heard the fate their clan would have today.
"I..." Fugaku was about to speak that he could do that check as he had the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Akira suddenly stumbled a little in his position.
"He is here... The dog they unleashed is already massacring the people close to the clan entrance..." Akira suddenly said loudly.
Akira stood up and grabbed his mother forcefully, making her stand up and get into his embrace, making her stop her cries abruptly. "Mom!!! We are leaving!!! Right now!!!"
"No!!!" Mikoto gave a loud wail, knowing what her nephew meant with that and fainted.
"Uncle, I'm sorry. The clan may perish, but the Uchiha name will never perish." Akira said as he intended to leave.
"Akira, wait. We need to take my sister too." Sayuri quickly said as her son was forcefully dragging her away.
"Yes... Take Mikoto with you, nephew. I... entrust my wife and children to you... make sure they have a good life." Fugaku also quickly stood up and gave his wife, who he had in his embrace, to his nephew. He knew this would be a goodbye forever.
Akira stopped for a moment and embraced his mother with one hand and with the other, he embraced his aunt. "I would. I would protect them with my life. Auf Wiedersehen, Uncle."
Akira then disappeared from his sight with the two women.
Fugaku thought about maybe stopping his son, but in the end, who knows what passed through his head, and he just sat on the tatami drinking the cold tea, waiting for his destined and cruel end to come.