Prologue

It's said that the sharingan awakens whenever an Uchiha goes through some sort of trauma or suddenly feels a large amount of emotion towards something... I still remember the first day I awoke my sharingan.

Flashback~

It was my birthday. I had just turned 7 and I had spent the majority of the afternoon spending time with my favorite little brother Itachi. Well, at the current time Itachi was my only brother so I'm allowed to call him my favorite. We both took off our shoes and ran inside. Mother was cooking my favorite dinner, Tsukemen Ramen, and smiling softly while Itachi excitedly rattled on how the new jutsu I taught him was "the coolest thing ever!"

"Itachi dear, go clean up for dinner and you can tell me more about this jutsu after dinner." She kept that warm smile on her face. I loved her smile. It always made me feel safe. Itachi pouted but obliged.

"Ma, will papa be here tonight?" I helped set up the table hoping that we could have a family dinner for once. Mother stopped stirring for a moment and rested a hand on her very pregnant belly.

"I'm sure he will honey." She gave me that warm smile again. I grinned and finished setting everything up when I heard the door slide open. My heart fluttered in excitement.

"Papa!" I ran towards the front door and gave father a big hug earning a slight grunt. I let go and gave him a cheeky smile, "Papa did you hear about me graduating the academy?" Looking up with excitement, I was greeted with a slight nod and a pat on the head. Even though he showed little emotion, I knew that he loved me and that he was proud.

"How was your day dear?" Mother walked in and leaned gently on the wall. Father gave her a gentle kiss on her forehead and rubbed her belly.

"It was fine." He then went to go wash up for dinner.

After Dinnertime~

I helped mother put away the dishes and clean up while father was about to take Itachi with him to walk around the clan. Just before he opened the door to go out there was a slight knock on the door. I peeked around the wall and saw that one of the clan's elders had come to visit. Father froze and ushered Itachi and I into a different room. I looked up towards mother and sent her a questioning look. However, this time she didn't smile. Her face was completely stoic. The elder frowned at me but followed father and mother.

"Keiko when will you show me that other jutsu you did earlier today?" Itachi tugged on my sleeve and looked up at me with hopeful eyes.

"Itachi you just learned a new one today. Master this one and then I'll teach you the next one." I smiled and tousled his hair causing him to make that adorable pout that always made me laugh.

Just then father walked into the room, "Keiko will you come with me? Say goodbye to Itachi and your mother, it's a long journey." His eyes were cold but his face seemed different. I didn't dwell on it though and gave Itachi a tight hug and skipped along to mother. After she gave me a big hug I saw something I had never seen before. She was crying. Of course she was trying to be strong and smiled through her tears and poked my forehead.

"Be safe baby girl." A fluttering feeling grew in my chest making me anxious. Mother never cries and I didn't quite understand why she would cry about father and I leaving for a while. It could be something about her pregnancy though. She has had quite a hard time this time around. I just smiled back at her, "I will Ma!"

Then father and I grabbed our stuff and went on our way.

Nightfall~

There was a chill in the air. The moon fully illuminated our path as we made our way on our journey. Father put his hand on my shoulder making me stop.

"Papa?" I turned my head and saw his face. It looked...sad. His eyes were soft and he sighed.

"Keiko I am taking you to a man named Jun. The Uchiha made a deal with him to not attack us or the leaf village if we were to provide him with a strong apprentice. I know that you are strong and I know that you would be the best fit for this job. Will you accept this mission as your first mission as a ninja to protect the leaf and Uchiha?" His voice was strong and comforted me. Of course I was shocked to say the least. However a wave of excitement overcame me. My first mission! I smiled and gave a small nod.

"Of course papa!" Then everything went black.

Jun's House~

I woke up in a small cot with my bag in the corner of a stone room. I slowly got up rubbing my aching head and made my way to the large wooden door. I tugged on the metal knob and furrowed my brows when the door made no signs of movement. "Papa?" My small voice quivered a little bit. My breathing started to become more rapid and heavy. "Papa?!" I rattled the door hard trying to pry it open. Taking a few steps back I tried to just breathe and assess the situation. Suddenly the door flew open and the sheer power of the wind made me fall. A tall man emerged in the doorway and smirked. His burnt orange hair was shaggy and he wore only a pair of dark grey pants and was shirtless.

"Finally awake brat?" His raspy voice made my skin crawl. He then walked towards me slowly as I desperately tried to shuffle backwards. His hand quickly wrapped around my neck and lifted me up to be eye level with him. I grasped his wrist with both of my hands trying to claw for air while he just smirked and whispered, "you're staying here now matter how much you struggle. You will never see your parents or little brother again. You will never be strong enough to protect anyone." He dropped me and then began dragging my along by my hair ignoring my cries. I let the tears flow. Never see Ma, Papa, or Itachi again? I thought I was just an apprentice? What's going on?

I then felt a sudden burning in my eyes. I squeezed them shut until the burning stopped. When I opened them I felt a surge of power flow through me. I kicked myself up and wrapped myself around his arm that was holding my hair and slammed my fist into his elbow resulting in a loud crack. His grip loosened from my hair and I managed to jump out of his grasp and land a few feet away from him. He let out a cry grabbing onto his arm and sent a horrifying glare towards me, making me freeze for a moment. In that moment he flashed behind me and slammed my face into the floor and growled, "Fucking try anything like that again and I will kill you." I coughed in response trying not to breathe in my blood that was pooling on the ground from my now broken nose. He dragged me down the hall and threw me into a cell with another girl my age. She had really pretty blonde hair with soft brown eyes.

Timeskip to age 15~

It was raining. Akari and I had just finished training and had followed Jun to the arena for a "big event."

"Well girls," Jun paused and smirked, "the big event starts now, starring the two of you in a grand death match!" He laughed and took out two remotes. We knew exactly what those remotes were for. During our time at Jun's we have had electrical collars on the whole time to make sure that we would obey his each and every word. Akari and I gave each other a quick nervous glance but took position anyways. Before I could weave a sign Akari had lunged at me with her katana which I could barely dodge and resulted in a small cut on my cheek. I jumped up in the air and took a huge breath of air,

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" I screamed as a huge ball of fire made its way towards Akari sizzling and leaving a nasty burn on her right arm. We dueled for a little bit before Jun became bored and shocked us both as a warning to get on with it. I fell on my knees and gripped my sides as the wave of pain washed over me. I grunted and lunged at Akari with my kunai and my eyes glowing with the sharingan. She didn't even try to dodge and my kunai plunged deep into her heart. Her scream still echoes in my ears. She knew she wouldn't be able to win. She could only do taijutsu. Maybe that's why she just gave up in the end. My heart was racing and my body shook. "AKARI!" I screamed and held my bloody friend in my arms and cried. I could see my reflection in her pool of blood mixed with the rain water. My sharingan had changed. It was now the mangekyou sharingan, resulting in a slow clap from the sadistic redhead.

"Great job Uchiha! I didn't think you had the guts to do it." He chuckled and walked on. I stood up. Covered in my best friends blood and glared at the back of Jun. The rain poured down harder and the thunder roared in the sky.

I followed Jun and waited for him to fall asleep. Then I released my jutsu that I had created myself. Summoning: Dragon of Death! I walked out of the burning house with adrenaline pumping and my face seething with anger.

Back at the Leaf Village~

I walked to the Uchiha clan's main entrance and noticed something was off.. With a pit in my stomach I ran straight to my old home. Please be okay please be okay please be okay. I ran into the house and gasped. On the ground. My dead parents and Itachi standing over them. Another small boy was just a little bit in front of me knocked out.

"Itachi?" I choked, fighting back the tears I took a step towards him. In a flash I felt him behind me.

"If only you had come home sooner." He mumbled and hugged me from behind. I knew that something big must've happened for him to do this. I took a deep breath and soon my knees buckled and everything went black. Just before I passed out I felt Itachi put something in my hand.

End Flashback~

I was waiting outside Third Hokage's office in my anbu uniform. Sasuke graduated from the academy today and I had just gotten home from a long mission. I hope that I can get home soon enough to cook Sasuke some dinner tonight. Hokage beckoned me in his office and there stood a tall man with silver hair and a mostly lazy look about him. I bowed to the Hokage and he continued, "Keiko I am now moving you from anbu to jonin. I believe that Kakashi's team would be in need of some extra help." I removed my mask and rested my hand on my hip.

"Oh really?"

A/N: Here is the first chapter! I actually have this story completely published on Wattpad if you are interested in finishing it there! If you would like another update please let me know :)