A/N: Okay, here is the thing. This story has been in my Microsoft Word documents for a llooonnnggg time; I didn't really know where I was going with this story until about … 1 am this morning. I know I just finished Never Enough, but since I did finish it, I didn't have any more ideas about a different story, so I started this one again. I like to write and since I finished Never Enough, I didn't have anything else to write about, thus beyond the Truth. This chapter is basically seeing if it gets any interest from you, the readers. If it doesn't go well, I will not continue it (Sorry Kupochan). So please, let me know what you guys think of it and if I should continue it! Thank you! ^-^ Alright, shall we? R&R&F ^-^

Disclaimer: This is MY plot, MY story! I don't own Naruto! If I did, well, I would have made Sasuke stay and Sakura stronger, earlier! ^-^ Oh, and Itachi wouldn't have killed his family! ^-^

"I reject your reality and substitute it with my own." – Mythbusters (Love that show!)

It was a stormy night; the rain was pounding down on the streets of Konoha, the lightning showed the emptiness of the streets, and the thunder made the noise in the street that was amiss because the residents of Konoha were in their homes to shelter themselves away from the invading storm. Everyone was waiting for the storm to pass so they could do their daily activities. It was mid-April and was approximately five in the afternoon. No one dared to go outside because of the raging storm, but, of course, the patrol had to keep watch at the gates of Konoha, just in case. But the patrol did not care for the storm, no, their minds were somewhere else. Their minds were on a woman who was giving birth at that exact moment, in the Uchiha residence.

"AHHHHH!"

"Breathe, in, out, in, out. You're doing great Mrs. Uchiha." The Hokage said to Mikoto.

"Tell me to breathe one more time Tsunade, Hokage or not, and I will kick your ass. Ahh!" Mikoto screamed as another contraction hit her. Her contractions were coming more frequently and any moment she would be giving birth, to what she believed, to a son. Tsunade smiled as she made Mikoto more comfortable.

Fugaku was next to his wife holding her hand, which she was gripping like it was her life line. Itachi, her son, who was five years old, was waiting in the hall next to Shisui, his cousin and his best friend who was living with them ever since his parents died a year ago.

"Excited to be a brother?" Shisui asked sitting next to his cousin.

"Hn." A normal reply from a stoic boy who was a prodigy. Of course he wanted a brother, he couldn't have been more excited, he just wasn't good at expressing his emotions well. Itachi and Shisui waited for the sound of a baby, but for the longest time they only heard Mikoto's screams. Then, suddenly, they heard a baby. Wait, no, it was more than one crying noise.

"Do you hear that?" Shisui asked looking at Itachi. Itachi stood and walked toward the room, Shisui took that as a yes.

"Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Uchiha, you have twins." Tsunade said as she left the room passing Itachi and Shisui as they walked in. In Fugaku's arms was a little boy and in Mikoto's arms was a little girl. The two five year old boys just stood there not knowing what to do. Mikoto looked up and motioned them to come closer. Fugaku gave the boy back to Mikoto and she held both of her babies close. Itachi and Shisui walked to both sides of the bed. Itachi was to the left of Mikoto and Shisui was to right. Both of the boys looked down to see two babies sleeping gently. They were indubitably cute.

"You're father and I have talked about their names and we both decided that you should pick their names out." Mikoto said to Itachi. He stared; he was able to pick their names? Incredible. Well, the baby boy looked almost identical to himself, except he didn't have as much hair and he couldn't see his eyes. The baby girl had long hair for a baby that went to her ears and looked like himself too, but a girl.

"Sasuke and Hotaru." It was perfect. Shisui looked at Itachi with a smile; Itachi was going to be a good big brother, he just knew it.

"Alright, Sasuke and Hotaru it is. Now if you boys don't mind, I am going to get some sleep." Mikoto said as she closed her eyes. Fugaku, Itachi, and Shisui left her to sleep. Once in the halls, Fugaku looked at Itachi.

"You have the rest of the day off because of the storm, but tomorrow morning I want you to train two times harder to make up for it. Shisui, you will assist him in his training." With that, he left the boys in the hallway of their house.

"At least he gave you the rest of the day off. Let's go talk about the Chunnin exams coming up." Itachi nodded and they went to Itachi's room.

Year time skip

One year later, Mikoto stood in the kitchen making herself some food. Sasuke and Hotaru were finally taking their nap and she needed food, badly. Fugaku was out dealing with protection for the Hokage, Itachi and Shisui were on a mission and would be getting back tomorrow. She never knew what those boys were doing, but she did not like the fact that they were on missions already; they were only six years old for Kami's sake! I mean, yes, they were simple missions, well, that is what the Hokage had told her when she went to talk to Tsunade about sending her boys on dangerous missions when they were only six. She still didn't like it, but Itachi was only listening to his father; Shisui, well he wanted to make sure his parents were proud of him, even though they were dead. He wanted to make then proud and he also didn't want to be left in the dust behind Itachi. Shisui's parents had died with natural causes; there was a plague that swept through Konoha about three years ago, attacking only adults. Fugaku and she were lucky that they didn't catch it, but some of their relatives were not so lucky. Shisui's parents had died, Madara had been long dead so he did not count, Shisui's aunt died, and a few other relatives had died. Luckily, the plague only lasted about a month because if it had gone on any longer, a lot more people would have died.

Once Mikoto was done making her sandwich, she went into Sasuke and Hotaru's room. They were sleeping soundly as she ate, but the silence did not last. One moment Mikoto was chewing a bite, the next she was on her feet running toward her babies. There was a loud noise of breaking glass and then a bright light made her stop in her tracks. It was foggy and she could not see where her babies were. Then she smelled it. Sleeping gas. Her eyes widened and she fell to the floor.

"Sasuke … Hotaru …" Was the only thing she could manage as she fell into an unwelcomed, deep sleep. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she heard someone speak.

"Grab only the girl." 'Why only Hotaru?' Mikoto thought. She didn't want both of her babies taken, but men were the stronger ninjas when they grew up, almost everyone knew that; yes, there were strong kunoichis, like the Hokage, but it was pretty rare. Mikoto did not wake up until Fugaku, Itachi, Shisui, and Tsunade got there.

"Mikoto? Mikoto, can you hear me?" Tsunade asked Mikoto as she started to sit up with her hand on her head. 'Damn, my head hurts. Wait!'

"Where are Hotaru and Sasuke?" She asked suddenly, making her dizzy again. Tsunade made Mikoto lie back down on her bed while she started to talk.

"I … Mikoto, I need to know what happened." Fugaku, Itachi, and Shisui looked radiantly pissed. Fugaku was holding Sasuke and waited for his wife to explain. They weren't mad at Mikoto, no, they were pissed that whoever got passed their security who took Hotaru.

"I was eating in Sasuke and Hotaru's room when the window broke and there was a bright flash of light followed by sleeping gas. I don't remember anyth …" She didn't finish her sentence as she remembered what the man had said.

"Honey, what is it?" Fugaku asked moving to sit by his wife while Itachi and Shisui waited for Mikoto to explain.

"When I was almost asleep, I heard one of the men talk. They said only Hotaru. I don't know why, but she was the only one they wanted." Mikoto looked around the room.

"Why would they only want Hotaru?" Shisui asked to whomever would answer. No one did, for they did not have the answer. Why would someone take only one of the Uchiha babies? It would be a mystery until they found the kidnappers.

"Have they made contact at all? Did they leave a note?" Mikoto asked looking at her family's faces, they looked grim.

"What? Tell me!" She practically yelled. Tsunade looked at Fugaku and then at he boys. She sighed.

"Mikoto, I am sorry, but there was … blood where Hotaru was. It looks as if …"

"No! You will not say that word! Hotaru is my baby girl, the only one! Show me." Mikoto said getting up. Everyone did not want Mikoto to get up, but a mother on a mission was not a force to be reckoned with. Mikoto walked into Sasuke and Hotaru's room and saw the blood. It was not just a little bit of blood, no, it was a lot. In the bed was a big spot where she could tell they … hurt her baby! When she found these bastards, they would die a brutal death and then she would bring them back to life and torture them before she killed them again and fed them to the dogs. Yes, they would die. She looked behind her and looked like she was about to blow with rage.

"Mikoto, take a deep breathe. She will be … okay, we have already sent out to track Hotaru. Fugaku, you will stay with your wife and go into work tonight, no arguments. Itachi and Shisui, you will help with the search, I know that I won't be able to keep you away even if I tried." With that, the Hokage looked at Mikoto sympathetically before she took her leave. Fugaku listened; he did not need to be told twice. His wife was an emotional mess, and even if he didn't want to admit it, he was too.

"You three will go west and report if you find any trail." Asuma told Kakashi, Itachi, and Shisui. Their whole group contained Kurenai, Asuma, Kakashi, Itachi, Shisui, Anko, and Hana. Asuma's group had Anko, Kurenai, and Hana in it. Both groups had one of Kakashi's dogs to track Hotaru's scent.

"Now, if any of you find any scent of Hotaru, report back immediately. We will assist you once we hear from you. If you run into the enemy, report back and we will come to aid in the fight and getting Hotaru back safely. Go!" With that said, the two teams moved out.

"Do you think Hotaru is even still alive? I mean, they found a good amount of blood did they not?" Hana asked as she waited for a scent trail to hit her noise. Asuma looked at Kurenai and Hana with a frown.

"I … I do not know. For the Uchiha's sake, I hope she is alive." Asuma said looking back in front of him. They looked for three hours with no sign of any scent or trail. What the hell was going on? If someone got into the Uchiha residence, they would have to be really good, but not this good. Everything and everyone left some sort of trail; this was impossible. Unfortunately, Kakashi's group had little progress as well.

"It should not be this hard to track Hotaru!" Shisui practically screamed in frustration. Kakashi looked at him sympathetically and then at Itachi. Itachi had been very silent the whole time they had been looking for his little sister. Kakashi only hoped that he didn't blame himself. But, Itachi did. Why wasn't he there? Why didn't he realize that someone would try and take his baby siblings? He could have stayed and helped his mom who was tired from staying up all night and day with them taking care of them. He just wished that they would come across some kind of trail that led them to his, alive, baby sister. He would find her, no matter what.

Mikoto sat with her husband and waited. They were gone for six hours before they came back.

"Where is she?" Mikoto asked the very skilled ninja in front of her. They looked at the ground and said nothing.

"You … didn't find her … did you?" Mikoto asked as she sat back down and put her head in her hands. Fugaku was holding Sasuke and stood up.

"Report." He told Asuma, he was the oldest out of the group. He was twenty-two, Kurenai was twenty, Hana was also twenty, Kakashi was sixteen, Itachi was six and so was Shisui. They were young, but very skilled at what they did. Asuma was an ex-ANBU, Kurenai was Jounin, Hana was also Jounin, Itachi and Shisui were Chunnin.

"There was no scent, no trail, and no trace that anyone was ever here. It's like they disappeared out of thin air. Sir, I don't know what happened or even how they were here without leaving some sort of trace." Asuma said looking down. Fugaku sighed and told all of them, except Itachi and Shisui, to report to the Hokage right away. They all puffed away, leaving the Uchiha family.

"Who would want her? She is only a baby! She can't even say a full sentence yet!" Mikoto yelled, causing Sasuke to stir from his nap; Mikoto took Sasuke and hushed him back to sleep.

"We can't do anything else; we can't even find a lead to where she is. We have to wait and let time tell." Fugaku said. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy.

"What? Why should we just give up? Can't we go look in a different country, like Sound, they hate us and want the Sharingan. We can't just give up." Shisui said trying to keep his voice down, but he was too mad. They could not just give up and say that Hotaru was dead. It wasn't right. Itachi was silent through the whole infraction and decided it was time to put an end to the nonsense.

"Enough." One word and they all looked at Itachi who had his Sharingan on. He was beyond pissed, he was livid.

"He is right. Yes, she is my sister, but if we start to snoop around other countries, we will cause an uproar. We cannot let Konoha get into a war just because of one baby who happens to be an Uchiha. I hate the fact that we cannot save her and that she is most likely dead or will be dead, but I cannot risk the village's safety for her sake." They looked at him, he was right. For the safety of Konoha, they would not go any further with it. Mikoto cried; she had lost her only daughter in only a year. Fugaku took Sasuke from her to put him in his bed. Itachi and Shisui went to Itachi's room and talked.

"You can't just leave this alone. She is your…"

"You don't think I know that." Itachi hissed at Shisui. Itachi had never talked this much and he was already tired of it. He wanted his family back and to be happy, but being a ninja, being an Uchiha, came at a price. He knew that when he signed up to be a ninja, he also knew that life was not fair, so what? Life went on, and even though he was leaving his sister behind, he would never forget her and he would make sure that Sasuke would never go missing, even if he died.

"That was close; make sure that you never get it that close again." The man said to the other man next to him.

"I'm sorry Master-sama. It will not happen again, but what are we going to do with this little girl?" The man asked his master. His master looked down at him with a smirk while holding Hotaru.

"We are going to make Miss Hotaru, here, a weapon against her own village." The man looked at his master and shook his head. His master always came up with these ridiculous plans, but they worked. Kidnapping Hotaru Uchiha, though, was the only plan that scared him a little. Why? They were kidnapping an Uchiha, the most feared Kekkei Genkai in most of the villages. They were very powerful and great at everything thing they did. If Hotaru found out who she really was, all hell was going to break loose. They continued to their village and they would wait, yes, they would wait for Hotaru to grow up so they could train her as one of them. They would make sure she was very skilled and that she could kill one of her own. If her Sharingan started to make her blind, well, they had a plan. They had thought of everything and it was a perfect plan, to them because they had successfully taken Hotaru Uchiha. Let the waiting begin.