Chapter Two
The next morning – 9 am
Itachi started to walk past his mother's office when she called out to him.
His head was throbbing and he desperately needed some painkillers but he obediently entered. "Yes, Mother?"
"Sit down."
He did as he was told. The expression on her face was that of the Uchiha Matriarch. He knew he wasn't going to get any painkillers from her.
Mikoto slid a file across the desk to him. "Open it."
Itachi flipped it open and Mikoto watched his face go greyer and the stress lines deepen. "Look at me." He raised his head and she wanted to weep over the pain she saw in his eyes but she knew her duty. "First, you will file for divorce from that woman no later than tomorrow afternoon. Kurenai Yuhi has the papers already drawn up, all you have to do is sign them."
The "yes, Mother" was soft.
"Second, you will stop drinking alcohol immediately. If you cannot do it on your own, you will make arrangements to get help. If you feel that you need help to get help, your father and I, Shisui and Obito are here for you. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Mother."
The Uchiha Matriarch disappeared and Mikoto came around the desk and wrapped her arms around her oldest child. Itachi buried his face against her stomach. "I'm surprised that you had Kurenai do the paperwork, Mother. Why not Anko Mitarashi?"
Mikoto laughed softly as she ran her hand across his head. "Read the papers, Kurenai is sufficiently ruthless."
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Two hours later
Kurenai Yuhi inclined her head to the Future Head of the Uchiha. She could see that he looked like hell and was getting over a bender but he didn't smell like he'd been drinking so that was a positive.
"I think you know why I'm here, Yuhi-san."
"I do, Itachi-san." She pulled open a drawer and withdrew some papers. "Would you like to go over the papers before you sign?"
"Yes, please."
"Very well, on page one it states…"
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Forty-Five minutes after Itachi entered Kurenai's office
Itachi walked out of Kurenai's office and Anko bounded in, slamming the door behind her. "Is he doing it?"
Kurenai smiled at her friend. "Yes, he's doing it."
Anko pouted a bit. "I wanted to be the one to handle the divorce!"
"No, but you can go fire his soon-to-be-ex."
Anko's answering grin was fierce and bright.
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1 P.M.
"Uchiha-san, will you come to Kidomaru-san's office, please."
Izumi didn't wonder why she was being called into her boss' office. He regularly summoned her there for their 'private' meetings. She made sure she had a neutral but pleasant expression on her face.
She lost that expression as she saw Kidomaru carrying a white banker's box filled with belongs and escorted by a security guard. Kidomaru's secretary spotted her and motioned Izumi to the door. "You are expected."
Izumi wasn't sure what to think. Then she realized what was going on. Kidomaru was fired! She was the next person with seniority so this was to tell her she was promoted! She again put the pleasant expression on her face, squared her shoulders and walked boldly into the room.
"I am Izumi Uchiha. You wished to see me?"
There was a security guard standing in a corner but Izumi's focus was on the woman sitting at the desk who eyed Izumi like she was something disgusting found on the bottom of one's shoe.
Izumi felt her expression falter but she tried to regain it as she walked over to the desk and started to sit down in one of the chairs before it.
"Did I invite you to sit down?"
Izumi slowly straightened. "Who are you?"
The woman leaned back in the chair and started at Izumi for a long moment. Then she stood up, walked around the desk and stood within inches of Izumi. "I am Anko Mitarashi. I represent the Uchiha Family and Corporation. Are you Izumi Uchiha?" She held out her hand.
Izumi automatically held out hers. "Yes, I am."
Papers were slapped into her hand. "Izumi Uchiha, you've been served."
"What? I've been served? With what?" She looked down at the papers and unfolded them.
Petition for divorce was written across the top.
"Divorce?! Is this some kind of joke?"
Mitarashi's grin was bright and vicious. "No joke, cupcake! Oh, and you're fired."
Izumi's gasp was outraged. "How dare you! Do you know who I am? I am an Uchiha!"
Anko glared at her. "Don't pull that Clan shit on me, bitch! I'm a Yashagoro by birth. You're only an Uchiha by marriage and even that won't be for much longer." She tossed a white banker's box at the stunned woman. "Jugo will escort you back to your former office. You will give him your corporate identification. You have fifteen minutes to gather what personal belongings you have. What you can't gather in that time will be sent to you. Be sure to let HR know your new address so that can be done. When your fifteen minutes are up, Jugo will escort you out of the building. If you are not off the property ten minutes after that, you will be arrested for trespassing. Have a nice day!"
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Twenty minutes later
Izumi stared at her empty parking spot.
Her car was GONE!
She started to hyperventilate. Her car had been stolen! On top of everything else that had happened to her, her car was STOLEN!
Then she noticed that the sign that read "Reserved for Izumi Uchiha" was gone from in front of the parking space.
She began to shake. She tried not to drop the box and she half ran to the nearby gate house. The guard looked up as she knocked frantically at the door. He slid open a side window. "Yes?"
"My car! My car was stolen?"
"Your name?"
"Izumi Uchiha!"
"No, your car was picked up, as ordered, by someone from the Uchiha Estate. It was not stolen."
"Picked up as ordered?!"
The guard frowned. "Yes."
"That can't be true!" she shrieked.
The phone buzzed inside the gate house. "Excuse me." He picked up the phone. "Gate house four, Shirayama speaking." The guard listened for a moment. "I understand." He hung up the phone and turned back to Izumi. "If you are not off the property in five minutes, you will be arrested." He slid the window closed and turned his back to her.
Izumi panted in shock then staggered her way onto the public sidewalk.
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2:43 pm – The Uchiha Estate
Izumi paid the cab driver with cash. Thankfully she had cash in her wallet because none of her credit or debit cards were working.
She half ran to the side door next to the main gate. She propped the heavy banker's box on her hip as she entered her code on the keypad.
An error chime sounded.
Her breath shuddered out of her chest and with shaking fingers, she re-entered the code.
Error chime.
The intercom next to the keypad came to life. "Yes?"
"It's Izumi Uchiha. Let me in."
"You are no longer permitted access to the Uchiha Estate."
"What?" tore, half strangled, from her throat.
"You are no longer permitted access to the Uchiha Estate."
Izumi dropped the banker's box to the ground and began pounding on the door with her fists. "Let me in! Let me in! LET ME IN!" She shrieked.
"If you do not cease and desist, the police will be called."
She continued to pound on the door. "ITACHI!"
A Clan probably does have several surnames within it. So, my idea was that Kabuto and Anko have their father's surnames but claim their mother's Clan. I sort of have it in my head that they are Orochimaru's nephew and niece. And as to why Anko doesn't work for her Clan…dealing with Medical Law and other Medical issues wouldn't be challenging enough for her. Working for the Uchiha Clan gives her the rush she likes.