FULL STORY DESCRIPTION: The future's full of opportunities and she's taking every one. First in line to be the next Hokage, Sarada also finds herself soon to take over the Konoha Military Police Force as her right. And when she does, she's putting the Uchiha name back on its sign. She's worked hard to get here and she's not going to be intimidated by the past or the likes of Ibiki. But then a man in a hood comes into the picture, dredging up the past with him and more. The one she loves is put in danger and her position is threatened to topple right from under her. She's not her father, though. And she won't make his mistakes. Curse or not.

DISCLAIMER: I am only typing this once for this story: I do not own Naruto or the next generation. Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto and Shueisha. Support the official release.

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Part 1: Meet the Konoha Torture and Interrogation Force!

"You so much as disobey a direct order from a higher up and I will have you processed and thrown in a cell. Do I make myself clear, Uchiha?"

Ibiki Morino gleamed at her, his frame nearly twice as big and just as imposing. He was a hulking brute whose scars could fill an entire library with stories. He wore black gloves and a trench coat and his eyes seemed nearly as dark as they narrowed at her. "I will not have you attempt to undermine the authority of this establishment just because you have connections in high places. You'll play by the same rules as everyone else." His frown deepened. "Understood?"

Keeping eye contact, she smiled, eyes equally narrowing. "Yes. And the same goes for you." An eyebrow rose at this and she held out her hand for a handshake. "Oh, and call me Sarada."

Ibiki grinned and shook Sarada's hand, his grip firm. "Got some balls. Good. You'll fit right in." He held his arm out, showing off the room before them. "Welcome to my team, Uchiha."

Behind him, various men sat, wearing the same standard gray uniform associated with the Konoha Torture and Interrogation Force. Some shifted, others didn't pay the slightest attention to its newest member.

Ibiki grinning still, crossed his arms in front of his huge frame. "It's been a very long time since we had an Uchiha in our mists...Well if you don't count the time your father was arrested." With this, he hooted with very purposeful laughter.

Sarada blinked a few times but otherwise did not falter at his attempt at intimidation.

It was just a part of the initiation. Feeling each other out. There was a light laugh in the background, lightening the air.

"Oh, please," a female voice rang from behind. Entering in, Ino smiled at her, her long blonde bangs nearly covering half of her pale face. She was beautiful and not someone you'd expect to spend most of her time cooped up in the slab gray walls and affairs of Konoha's Intelligence Division. "Don't let him scare you, he's just a big overgrown teddy bear."

"Watch yourself," Ibiki chided, tossing her a scroll. She caught it mid-air. "And you're late to her orientation."

Ino juggled the scroll and her bag in one arm before dropping them unceremoniously to a desk which she then sat on top of, completely at ease. "I'm not late, you guys are just early."

She was about the same age as Sarada's mom. Her thirties but had long been established as an important member of the team. Sarada hoped she would be just as well established as her in the next few months.

Ibiki made a face that said not-amused before leading Sarada to the nearest group of officers. "I'd like you to meet the men you'll be working with the most in the Intelligence Division. I'm sure you know Ino well."

"Of course, a close friend of my mother," she started.

"Took the place of her father after the war. Besides you, she's the newest member. The rest have been part of my team for a very long time. We're talking before the war over a decade ago. It's not everyday someone as—"

"Young?" she guessed. To her surprise, Ibiki shook his head. "I was going to say new. Age has hardly any relevance when compared to the past achievements of Hatake and your deceased uncle, Itachi."

She nodded in approval. She had yet to leave teenage years behind and she appreciated that this did not cause the much older and experienced man to overlook her when he had gotten the Seventh's command to make her his partner-in-training.

He signaled her over to a group of three that were sitting close together. "When it comes to interrogation, whether by you or Miss Yamanaka over there, these three will be at your side. Meet Mawashi, Tonbo Tobitake, and Shimon Hijiri."

The first he had introduced, Mawashi, she had heard of before. He had this leader-like quality about him that had earned him the name of Demon Sergeant of the Analysis Team. But seeing him in person he seemed rather plain. He wore the standard uniform with no personal adjustments made to it and had glasses like herself. His were a standard black pair. A bandana covered short brown hair and held his village plate as well.

He acknowledged Sarada's presence with a brief nod before returning his attention to a scroll.

Sarada glanced to the other two. The one called Tonbo had the upper half of his face wrapped in bandages and his headband drawn over his eyes, resembling a blindfold. She detected the slight scent of nicotine off of him. A smoker. Great.

She shook his hand and he took it loosely. "An Uchiha, huh?"

Shimon had long hair compared to his squadmates. Brown hair that went to his shoulders with two parted bangs that framed his face. His eyes were hidden by his headband and shadow. Shaking his hand as well, Sarada gave a hopeful, confident smile. "I will be happy to work with you.

In the background, she caught sight of a few more men, one of which had an almost identical appearance to Mawashi, an officer named Mozuku, but she tried to not let that discourage her from memorizing every face and every name. Her initiation as a fellow officer was so vitally important to her and her family so she had to do her best in everything.

Ibiki pointed to the door. "We have a criminal downstairs that attempted to steal some important scrolls yesterday afternoon. His mind has so far been proven well protected against Ino's jutsu. I want to see what you got and fish the names of his employee, Uchiha."

She nodded. Finally, a chance to show what she had. She smiled. "Yes, sir. And please, call me Sarada."

Her request was immediately ignored and she could only sigh.

Her first day so far was going just great. But hey, it was only just beginning.

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Cover Image: The Ibiki and Ino cover is not mine. It is Lily Hoshino's and if the artist wishes for me to change it I will. Until then feel free to check the link out and see some of her other Naruto fan art and more at (no spaces) www dot zerochan dot net slash 319904

Link to my design for this Sarada: shaxra15 dot . deviantart dot com / art / Older-Sarada-Uchiha-Design-Sketch-666190011

The Cast of Characters: Because of the nature of this story, the fact it will take place partially in the Konoha Intelligence Division and with the Konoha Cryptology Team, you're going to see some names you probably don't know. They are NOT OCs, just extremely minor characters. But I'll try to keep it mostly around our main cast, but expect the following characters to come up as background characters: Tonbo Tobitake, Shimon Hijiri, Mawashi Dokuraku and his utterly younger look alike Mozuku.

From the Cryptology Team, we have a soon to be the leader Shiho, Yurika, and a retiring Mitoku. Again, these are not OCs, but characters I looked up while researching the Intelligence Division and the equally important Cryptology department. They will not affect the plot too much (a couple will), but rather add to the environment of this particularly different side of Konoha.

The people who will be directly involved with our main character, Sarada, are: Ibiki, Ino, Sasuke, Sakura, Chocho, Mitsuki, the Shin clones, Naruto, Boruto and Konohamaru.

Also, when it comes to this story, I'm following my own deductions of the next generation, so BoruSara is a thing. In fact, any story I have written with characters from the next generation (excluding The Dream) is my cannon. Meaning stuff like It's the Fear happened. This story takes place a few years after that incident.

Author's Note On Development: The idea of Sarada being the missing link between the Uchiha and the village came to me a while ago, and I figured she should naturally have her place in the Force...I knew I had to write about it. But what stopped me was the fact I needed a plot, something to drive to a climax and resolve. I had to come up with something, figure out what kind of climax would suit this story. And it came to me very slowly, piece by little piece. I would have her face something that has the power to put her dreams in utter jeopardy and have her fight to stay strong regardless. This is why instead of titling the story To the Future as I had originally planned, this became Indomitable.

My Stance on Empowered Female Leads (because as a comic reader, I feel like this has to be addressed even though it probably doesn't even matter on a site like this...): This doesn't mean she won't get hurt or that she won't make terrible mistakes. I hate the idea that a strong female can't be hurt because too often one is for the male's development in a lot of other stories, whether in film or comics. This is a trope referred to as putting a woman in the refrigerator. So people act like you just can't touch the female lead or that it's instantly demeaning to have them get roughed up. That or they don't get dirty after fighting because we enjoy looking at them in all their perfection. I call bull crap on all these cases.

Like with everything, there's a right way and a wrong way. This Sarada is strong from the start, but that doesn't mean she's immune to everything. This is a Sarada who becomes even stronger but will have her doubts and worries and anxieties and certainly flaws. If she gets in a fight she's not gonna look as pretty after it. She's going to be ragged just like a male would but she's going to smile, wipe the blood off her lip, and keep punching and work up a sweat. She's not there to gawk at. (Although I should bring up now there is going to be an instance where she purposely overpowers a man with her sexuality for her own goal.)

Flaws. A person who doesn't have them, man or woman, is either an aged warrior...or a robot. So this whole introduction will end with something that could have the capacity to utterly defeat her. Or just make her that much stronger as she fights the best she can when the trials come. She will, she'll have to fight. It's her attitude and outlook that brings the title.

Although I admit, if I put anyone in the refrigerator, it's become a trend of mine to toss an Uzumaki in because they're so versatile, so I'm warning you of that ahead of time.

Also, if you want smut, look elsewhere. Boruto and Sarada's a thing, they're going to be very open about it too, but no one needs the camera tuned into every single detail. That's called porn and I find I don't do it, let alone well. Find another writer if you didn't like this part.