Author's Note: Hey people this is my first Naruto fanfic so if I mess up on some facts please tell me so and I'll be sure to change them. I hope you like this story. Its kind of set in an alternate universe but not really seeing as they are still in the same setting only there is a new addition to the Uchiha family. So I hope you guys like it. And I won't go on to the next chapter until you guys give me at least 5 reviews. But don't worry, I still love you guys. Thanks.
Prologue: The Secret of the Uchiha
Sixteen years ago…July 23
"How do we hide her Fugaku? You know as well as I do that she is the only hope for our family. It was prophesized that one day someone we trusted would destroy us all and all hope would be lost. We must hide her; send her away for training, or something. I will not let my daughter be destroyed; I will not let my family be destroyed completely." Mikoto said to her husband as she held her newborn babies in her arms. One was a boy and one a girl. No one knew that there was two of them, not yet at least, except for the healer, but she would say nothing, there was still time. She had heard the prophecy of the Uchiha clan and she knew that they all were going to die except for the youngest son of the clan. She knew that it was her young Sasuke that she held in her arms that was the one who was to live. He would make a great ninja.
"I do not know what we should do, love." Her husband answered her as he took the child from her arms and held it up for him to see. She was a beautiful child and he fell instantly in love with her. Mikoto was right, she needed to be protected and in order to do that they had to send her away before anyone found out about her. Send her away to become strong so that one day she could seek retribution for them. And then they would be in peace.
"We will send her away." He announced to his wife holding the sleeping child against his chest. She glanced up at him with sad eyes. It hurt her, this he knew.
"Where will we send her?" She asked of him. "I mean it can't be anywhere near here and it has to be someone that we trust. So where will we send her?"
"I believe I will send her to the Hidden Village Sunagakure, I have someone there that I know will take her in as one of his own. She will be able to train as a wind ninja and in secret he will teach her the ways of the Uchiha. I believe in him. I believe that he will be able to succeed. Do you trust me in this?" He saw her nod her head as she once again glanced down at her sleeping son nestled close to her chest.
"How will he be able to pull it off, though? I mean you can't just show up with a newborn child and expect no one to notice." She was right of course but he had an idea. Shinzu's wife was pregnant and close to her due date. He could get the child there in time for her birth. Maybe.
He told her this and she readily agreed. So he took his daughter into his hands and quickly used a seal to transport them to the land of wind. Shinzu's house was located near the outer part of the village which he was thankful for. He knocked on the door and it opened to show a panicked Shinzu.
"Fugaku, what are you doing here?" He asked surprised to see one of his best friends standing in the doorway of his house.
"I need to ask a favor of you Shinzu."
"And what would that be?" He was skeptical.
"Take care of her."
"Huh?"
"I need you to take care of my daughter for me?"
"Your d…daughter?"
"Yes please let me in I'll explain everything to you inside." Shinzu stepped back and let Fugaku precede him in the door then shutting it behind him, but not before checking to make sure no one else was around.
"Now what is this all about Fugaku?"
"I need you to take care of my daughter. I told you of the prophecy. Well I need to make sure that there is another to survive." He started then proceeded to tell him the rest of the story and the conclusion that they had come to.
"I see…but why me?"
"I tru…" HE was interrupted by a loud scream and as he watched Shinzu flinched and then ran in the other room. Fugaku stood there for almost an hour before he heard the cry of a baby in the other room. So Miki had given birth sooner that he had expected her to. But he had to admit this worked out perfectly to his advantage.
It was another half hour before Shinzu reentered the room. He walked over to Fugaku and took the child from his hands. Then with sad eyes he glanced up at Fugaku.
"Miki had the baby, a boy; we don't know how long he will last, he looks to sickly. I know that it will kill Miki when he dies and so I believe that taking the child off of your hands will benefit the both of us. The child gets a safe home where she is loved away from the Uchiha prophecy and we get a child to love and care for. I am one of the best ninjas that this time has seen and I don't mean to brag but even I feel the pain of loosing someone that I love. So I will protect her for you."
"Thank you my friend."
"You are welcome, and now you must leave before anyone has noticed that you are here. You must return to your family and your clan."
"Yes you are right…but before I go may I see her one last time?" Shinzu nodded and handed the girl back over to her father for one last final goodbye. Fugaku hugged the child back to him and then kissed her forehead before handing her back to Shinzu.
"Take care of her…" He then started the seals that would transport him back home. He uttered two last words were uttered before he disappeared from their lives forever. "Goodbye Shinkara1…"
OOOOOOOOOO
A two year old Shinkara sat beside her mother and father at her brother's funeral. He had finally died the night before in his sleep and Shinkara was the one who found him.
Shinkara crept into her brother's room to sleep with him. It was storming out and Youshi was always scared during a storm. So she wanted to make sure that he wouldn't be alone so that he wouldn't be scared.
"Youshi…are you awake I wanted to make sure that you wouldn't be scared tonight?" She asked in her small high pitched voice that all young girls had.
She expected her brother to answer her but the problem was that he didn't. Shinkara just figured that he was asleep so she walked herself over to where he lay and kneeled down. She gently shook him speaking his name softly.
He never answered and it was when she felt his skin that she knew something was wrong. Her brother would not answer her and his skin was becoming cool. She yelled for help as loudly as she could and within seconds she heard footsteps running down the hall heading her way.
"Shina, what is wrong darling?" Her mother asked worried to death as she grabbed her daughter and began to glance over her checking for any signs of injury.
"Mommy its Youshi, mommy he won't wake up." It was then that Miki took the chance to glance over at her other child who lay dead upon the ground. She held him to her and began to cry. She had finally lost her son. She knew it was going to happen. And all that night the three sat there and mourned for the loss of their loved one.
Shinkara had lost her best friend that night, and she didn't know what to do with herself. Pulling herself away from her mother she made her way over to heavily branched tree and sat there to mourn alone. But she wasn't alone. She turned to see someone else was there with her. He was a boy she knew as the Kazekage's son. He had red hair and had the kindest eyes she had ever seen thought they were sad and outlined in black.
"Hello, who are you?" She asked the boy. He looked at her and then he smiled, a smile that was so sad and full of longing that she almost cried, and here she was only two years old.
"Hello I am Gaara, and you are?"
"I am Shinkara, but you can call me Shina, Or Kara. That's what my okaa-san and my chi-chi call me. Do you want to be my friend?" Shina smiled at him as he stared at her in surprise. No one wanted to be his friend. So why would this one girl, the daughter of one of the greatest ninja, would want to be friends with him? He didn't know.
"Do you mean that?"
"Yes silly why wouldn't I mean it? I mean you must have plenty of friends…"She stopped when she saw the look that he gave her.
"Oh I'm so sorry; I will be your friend!" She yelled and then jumped at him hugging him tightly. He waited a second and then hugged her back. She pulled back and looked off into the distance.
"My mommy is calling me so I have to go but I promise that I will see you later. Bye Gaara-kun." She waved as he ran to meet her mother.
OOOOOOOOO
Gaara and Shina became great friends even after the day that Yashamaru tried to kill Gaara, but was killed instead. The day that the two were split apart was the day of Shino's 9th birthday when her father was murdered. She was kidnapped and taken away from the village and all of her family and friends. She became a Chunin in the chunin exam two years before her brother whom she didn't know took the exam. Two years later she became a Jonin and then disappeared from the hidden Leaf village getting only a brief glance of the young genin that became known as team 7.
As for the rest of the Uchihas you can guess what happened to them. They forgot all about the prophecy that had had them scared for so long. They all died by the hand of the oldest son Itachi Uchiha who later learned the secret of the Uchiha and the one thing he was going to use for the downfall of the leader of the Akatsuki. And the downfall of Orochimaru. Then he would be the strongest and they would all fear him.
1I got the name Shinkara from the word junshinkaren which means :
pure of heart and beautifulinnocent and beautiful
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