When the Uchiha massacre occurred, two Uchihas fled Konoha because of their crime. Originally, there was going to be three, but the third one died, and his body was never found. These two would always be known as one of Konoha's most hated traitors. They would always be known as the ones who killed the Uchiha Police Force. The majority of Konoha would never know how close they were to being invaded from the inside. They would never know how much these two sacrificed for their beloved village, and for their precious brother.
Because Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Tatsumaki were heroes in the shadows.
It all started on June 9th, when Uchiha Mikoto gave birth to her first child. There was lots of screaming, crying and threats of castration for a cringing Fugaku, but they endured. Mikoto gave out a loud scream, and Uchiha Itachi was born. Heaving and whimpering in relief, it came as a shock when another contraction began. There was panic, and Mikoto's hand lashed out and held onto her husband's forearm while the nurses scurried about. Uchiha Tatsumaki was a pleasant surprise, and she joined her brother in a red haired woman's arms. Both were unusually quiet.
"My children, I want to see my children." Mikoto wheezed, rather exhausted after giving birth to twins. Fugaku cradled his forearm, which had broken under his wife's iron grip. Her reached out with his other hand to touch his children, but the red haired woman slapped his hand away.
"Oi! No touching the kids! The mummy gets to do that first!"
Fugaku scowled at Kushina, who literally bounced over to her best friend and showed her the babies. Mikoto sniffed as a single tear dripped down her cheek as she cradled her children in each arm.
"They're perfect. We already picked out Itachi for my son, but my daughter was unexpected. What should we name her?" She asked. Minato, who had passed out in the hallway after the first set of blood curdling screams erupted, joined them in the hospital room. He was still rather pale, and his hands were shaky. He gave them a wobbly smile.
"How about Shiroko for the girl?" He suggested.
"No, absolutely not. Does my daughter look white to you?" Fugaku deadpanned.
"How about Naruto?" He tried again.
"That it what you are naming your child. I'm not naming her after a fish cake."
"How about-"
"Tatsumaki." Both males swivelled around to look at Kushina. She was cuddling with said baby, onyx eyes staring into a deep amethyst. "Her chakra is like the wind." She nuzzled the curious baby.
"Tornado…I like it."Mikoto said, rocking baby Itachi to sleep.
And so, two new Uchihas joined the clan.
"WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
The Uchiha clan was in disarray. People were scrambling about, tearing the place down looking, searching. Fugaku grabbed Minato's flak jacket and shook him wildly, his head whipping back and forth so hard that he was surprised that the blonde didn't get whiplash. He didn't particularly care right now. He wanted to kill him at the moment.
"If Mikoto finds out she'll kill me!"
Minato whimpered. "And if Kushina finds out she'll kill me!"
Both men shuddered at their in-coming doom. Both women were out in the village having a girl's day out, leaving the two men behind at the Uchiha compound. If word got out…they didn't want to know.
"Keep an eye on the children, that's all you had to do! You're the god father, DO SOMETHING!" Fugaku roared in panic.
"You're the father! Don't you have an inner sonar for your children?!" Minato wailed.
"I would have installed one if I could! LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" He swept his hand out in a wide arc, gesturing to the clan wide panic. Every officer in the Police Force was searching for the clan head's missing children.
"I looked away for one second! They're faster than Obito!" Minato cried. There was a loud 'OI!' in the background from a goggle wearing Uchiha, but the panicking clan drowned him out.
"What if they were kidnapped by Kumo?! Iwa?! What if they are being sold as slaves?! What if they are in the Red Light District?!" With each passing suggestion, both men sunk lower, and lower until they went splat on the floor. The rest of the clan looked rather unimpressed at the shivering messes of the two men.
"…this is all your fault."
"Hn…"
Fugaku decided to recall any available Police officers and ordered them to look for the children discretely (as in not tell Mikoto or Kushina or every-one will be deaddeaddead). As they dispersed, the two men travelled to the Hokage tower, hoping that the Sandaime would be willing enough to spare a squad or two of ANBU for the search. As they stepped into the Hokage's office, they ducked into a 90 degree bow.
"Hokage-sama! I request two of your ANBU squads for an urgent matter!" Both men pleaded. The Hokage puffed out a ring of smoke from his pipe.
"Request denied."
"WHAT?! DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO US IF KUSHINA AND MIKOTO FIND OUT ABOUT THIS?!"
"And what mid-life crisis has urged you to seek my help?" The Sandaime asked amused.
"We kinda…um…"
"…lost the kids…"
"Oh… you mean them?" The Hokage pointed up.
And there they were, the two brats that they were searching for, toddling around on the ceiling. Fugaku and Minato's jaws dropped.
"How did they get up there?! The Uchiha compound is halfway across the village, and you're telling me that they made it to your office? And on the ceiling no less. They're three for Kami's sake!"
The God of Shinobi shrugged.
"Did you want to know how I felt? I'm sitting in my office, filling out my paperwork, then I hear a child's laughter and look up. Imagine my surprise when the Uchiha clan head's twins are playing hopscotch on my ceiling. Someone needs to clean off the foot prints."
"And you just let them?! No notifying the Police Force, not even getting them off the ceiling. Who taught them that anyway?!"
The Hokage just smirked. "Where would the fun be in that? Not even I know who taught them."
"…Hokage-sama…you're cruel."
"Hn…"