There is so much that they don't know. So much has happened over the years that it is too much to put in words. How can anyone even fathom of sitting down and write it all down. History should be told to avoid the vicious cycle of the same mistakes, but what if it's too painful. Too horrendous to recite the tale to a new generation, when all everyone wanted was peace and quiet.

Not everyone knows what truly went down. No one witnessed how Team 7 defeated the goddess Kaguya. Heck. Barely anyone knows how a whole goddess became a factor in the war, let alone how both Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha ended up missing an arm.(Close friends that know them well enough can guess just by noting that they lost their dominant/preferred arm.) Major events were kept quiet between the Kages and Team 7. While Team 7 had a silent agreement on not mentioning Sasuke's little espionage on rewriting the world and restarting anew by eliminating the Gokage along with the bijuu altogether, to then be his own messed up version of kage. Every other participant really weren't ready in explaining civilians that the dead were resurrected and had to watch great leaders fight their lost loved ones. No one needs to know that such a jutsu even exists. So it becomes no surprise that there really isn't much details on the 4th Great Ninja War on any history book given to academy students. Some things are just better left unsaid, unknown.

No one questioned it. Children aren't exactly interested in the greater details. There was a war, an evil organization at the time crazily declared war against the world, the Lands of Lightning, Water, Wind, Earth, Fire and Iron joined and created the Allied Shinobi Forces, and we won. The newer generations never put much thought in the events, not when everything is fairly peaceful. Of course there will bad guys, it is a part of life, but at least there isn't a world renowned evil organization looking to conquer the world. No one actually tried to look underneath the underneath in past occurrences. It wasn't their problem anymore. No one except for Sarada Uchiha and she definitely thought that it was her problem .

It all started when she started questioning who even is her dad. Sasuke Uchiha, that is his name, but who is he? It then spiraled to what even is the Uchiha lineage. Her father never really was around to tell her stories of his childhood. Her mom, Sakura Uchiha, doesn't mention much either. They were in the academy together, later were assigned in the same team, nothing more was said. Obviously there has to be more to it than just that. Did she ever meet his parents? How did they die? Grandparents from her dad's side were never mentioned so she assumes that they have passed on. How long ago was it? Are there any more Uchihas out there?

Asking her mom turned out to be unsuccessful to say the least, and now she questions who he real mom is. Is it Sakura Uchiha, or is it the red haired woman that stands alongside her father in the most recent picture they have of him? A visit to the library had only answered one of her questions. The Uchiha was completely wiped out, leaving just her and her dad. "Due to grave misfortune, the Uchiha clan nearly lost its lineage." How can a whole clan just disappear? Nothing was explained, the "grave misfortune" was left at that. Like it was just tossed aside and nothing unusual. For some reason although she is confused, she isn't surprised on how vague the book is. A lot of major events that occurred in the past never carried much detail. But to this extent… They are trying to keep something from the public. There aren't even records under Sasuke Uchiha available with everything under the restricted category. The trip to the library just led her into more questions. One thing for sure, seeing pages upon pages of the Uchiha family tree all marked with a bright red 'x' except for two names made her stomach churn.

Everything happened so quickly. The confusion of who her father is. The hopefulness when she overheard Lord Seventh Hokage mention he was meeting with Sasuke Uchiha. The panic of bumping into trouble while following Lord Seventh with her friend Chou-Chou. The relief when they were rescued by the Hokage himself. The peacefulness the Hokage brings along with him as they travel together. The overwhelming joy of being so close to meeting her father. The absolute heartbreak when he didn't even recognized her when she know immediately who he was. The disappointment, the shock, the fear, just everything. So much happened that day, that all of her doubt, her questions, were left in the back of her mind. She at least was reassured that her mom is her mom. She honestly wouldn't have any other way. That night, was the first night they had spent together as a family. She was just happy to see her dad sit across from her eating her mom's homecooked dinner having a normal conversation.

By the time she was left alone with her dad on the sofa as Sakura took a long bath after such a hectic day Sarada's mind started whirling with questions all over again. As she sat at the edge of the sofa knees pulled to her chest, arms wrapped around her legs as she stared at the ceiling. Should she take up this opportunity? Who knows how long her dad will be staying until he decides to leave and continue whatever he was doing outside of Konoha. Sarada was so deep into her thoughts she didn't notice her father staring at her in question.

"Sarada"

His deep voice snapped her out of it as she quickly turned her head towards her dad. "What's wrong?"

So much. She sighed as she tried to accumulate her thoughts. Where does she even begin?

"Papa…why are you never home?" she decided with something simpler. By the way she saw him immediately grow tense maybe it was a lot more complicated than she thought.

"It's complicated…a lot that I do is confidential, Sarada. Just know that what I am doing out there is for the village's safety, for yours and your mother's safety," he looked at her with gentle eyes. "I have a feeling you have more than that on your mind."

How the hell is it that he is gone for most of my life but spends one day with me and suddenly he can read my mind.

"I…I tried to read about the Uchiha clan. You know, books on information about it. Although it went on a detailed explanation on the Sharingan it really left out a lot on just about everything else…" She glanced up from staring at her hands and by just glancing at him she knows that he knows where this was going. "What happened to everyone? The Uchiha clan. How come we are the only ones left?"

"Sarada," he sighed while pinching the bridge of his nose.

"You can't expect me to not wonder where the rest of my family is, Papa. It's not fair, I deserve to know," Sarada was growing frustrated.

"It's-"

"Please don't say it's complicated. I've been hearing that my whole life," she cut him off. At this point Sarada had stood up and turned towards her father, arms crossed. "I'm tired of being left in the dark."

"Some things are best left unknown," he stood up as well looking down at her then bent down on one knee to her eye level. Sarada opened her mouth to say, probably more likely yell, something, but he stopped her before she can utter a word. "For now at least. You need to understand that this was my family as well. Although it has been years since their deaths. Time does not make it any less painful. One day I will tell you everything. Just know that not everything is black and white. No one was innocent in the matter."

"Okay, then can you explain to me why are there no public records under your name," she was met with silence "Can you tell me anything?"

He stared at her for the longest time. Hearing the door of the bathroom room and light footsteps towards their way, Sakura walked in with damp hair and a towel around her shoulders. She paused her light stride noting the tension in the room. It's one thing after another.

Sarada had enough of it and walked away down the hall.

"Sarada, where are you going?" Sakura asked hand on her hip.

"Bath, I'm then going to bed. It's clear that this conversation is pointless," and with that she slammed bathroom door closed leaving Sakura in shock with her attitude. She thought everything was resolved, how could one bath change everything. Sakura turned to see her husband in the same position as she found him, one knee on the floor the other propped up, staring at the empty space Sarada once stood. Bangs covering his eyes obscuring Sakura's ability to see what he is feeling. She, for the most part, knew he wasn't feeling so good.

"What the hell happened?"

Well that's all I got. It was a random idea in my head. I'll try make this as canon as possible with my own twist on the matter. The Uchiha family is always an interesting topic and Sarada is a good character to play with on the aspects showing a more, I guess, deeper look into her relationship with Sasuke. Not everything has to be rainbows and unicorns immediately. Hope you enjoy it. This is the first story I've written in probably over 4 or 5 years so please let me know if there is anything that you believe I should improve on. R&R and thank you for taking your time in reading ^.^