After the event outside the kimono shop, Mikoto often stopped by the shrine with Itachi and Shisui. Koka remained quiet and away from the visitors when she could. She knew who they were and what would happen in a few years. The blue eyed girl wanted nothing to do with that. Nor did she want Kaede to feel the heartbreak or worse. Better for her to avoid them all together.

But Itachi was catching on to Koka's plan. While she may have the mind of a twenty year old, her body was that of a three year old civilian. Itachi was a prodigy and a shinobi in training. Koka relied heavily on her gift to avoid the young boy, but she would not be able to forever. Sooner or later Itachi would catch her, and they both knew it.

The day that it happened, Koka was out behind the shrine looking for Kaede. She wanted to take the older girl away from the area before Itachi and Shisui showed up. She knew that the younger Uchiha was determined to get her today and had convinced his older cousin to help.

"Kaede." The older girl turned at Koka's voice. "Let's go." Koka grabbed Kaede's hand and was about to rush off before the older girl could protest. Instead, however, a different voice stopped her, one that she had been hoping to avoid.

"Wait." Koka internally cursed. She had not factored in Itachi's speed. Both girls turned to see Itachi and Shisui standing behind them. Koka frowned. While he had not perfected the body flicker yet, Koka knew if she tried to leave, Shisui would still be fast enough to blocker her exit. It was time to confront the Uchiha boys.

"What is it?" If either of them were surprised to hear a three year old speak fluently, they did not show it. Instead Itachi said,

"You're avoiding us. Why?" Koka felt Kaede shift closer to her nervously and Koka squeezed her hand.

"I don't want to talk to you." The young girl wanted to get this over with. She met Itachi's eyes evenly as she spoke.

This time it was Shisui who spoke up. "You don't talk to anyone, but you don't avoid other people like this." It was true. Koka rarely spoke to anyone outside of Kaede and Heiwa. But for her to actively avoid someone, it was out of her character.

Kaede shifted uncomfortably. She was torn between being polite and protecting Koka. But at the same time Koka stood before her, as if to prevent the boys from coming close to her. Kaede was not stupid. She had learned to read Koka's actions over the past few years. The younger girl's shoulders were tense, as if she were bracing herself to move. The only time Koka ever acted this way was when she had a vision. Koka's hand trembled slightly in her grasp, causing Kaede to step closer.

"It is because of your eyes?" Kaede gasped as Koka jerked her head away from their eyes. The little girl's eyes had changed. Koka was seeing a vision.

"You are shinobi. Nothing good will come from you." Koka ran, Kaede right behind her as they disappeared into the woods, leaving both Uchiha boy's stunned.

From an open window, Heiwa and Mikoto witnessed the whole thing. The elder woman had explained Koka's abilities to the Uchiha Matriarch in hopes the younger woman would be able to help. The two had known each other for a long time and Heiwa knew she would be able to trust Mikoto with what she had just learned.

The two settled back into their chairs to talk. The Uchiha woman frowned thoughtfully, as she processed everything. Heiwa had come to her for help, but there was little she could do for Koka.

"Her ability is to see the future. But I'm unsure of its origins or how she came to have it. There is rumors of a priestess's in Demon Country who have the ability of foresight, so there is a slim possibility she may be related somehow."

Heiwa hummed in thought. "I have heard of them there, but that is a far distance in between here and there. Then there is the matter of her eyes."

Mikoto nodded, she had seen the slight change in Koka's eyes. "It is very slight, only someone who knew what they were looking for would even notice it, or someone with an ocular jutsu as well."

"Or a shinobi." Mikoto nodded at her friend's input. She knew of Koka's adamant refusal to go into the shinobi path and her avoidance of them. The Uchiha woman figured it had to do with something she had seen. With a gift like hers, many would spring at the chance to use it for their own benefits. The village would not hesitate to turn her into a child soldier. She put her hand over Heiwa's.

"Don't worry, we will figure something out and protect Koka."

The two of them turned to happier subjects, such as Mikoto's pregnancy.

After the Uchihas had left, Heiwa walked into her office. When she opened the door she was surprised to see Koka sitting in a chair in front of the desk. The young girl was looking out a window with her back to Heiwa. The older woman shuffled in and sat in her own chair.

"What is it, Koka?" for a moment the young girl did not answer but Heiwa waited, knowing she would eventually.

"I like Mikoto-sama. You can trust her." Koka turned to Heiwa, the young girl's eyes having taken on their strange hue once again. The old woman smiled.

"Yeah."

Mikoto sat in the Uchiha library, looking to see if she could find more information to help Koka out. So far there had been nothing to help out the young girl and the Uchiha woman was growing frustrated.

"Mother?" Mikoto turned to see Itachi and Shisui in the door way. She smiled at them and beckoned them in.

"What is it?" The two boys exchanged a look.

"Are you going to help Koka?" Mikoto blinked at Itachi's question as she tried to figure out how to word her answer. But the two continued speaking before she could.

"We saw her eyes. But we won't tell anyone." Shisui promised.

"We want to help her too, so she isn't afraid anymore." Itachi stated. Mikoto smiled at the warmth that bloomed in her chest at the words on her son and nephew.

"Alright. You can help me help her as well. But you can't tell anyone, not even Fugaku, alright?" Both boys nodded earnestly. She looked at both boys with a solemn gaze. Both of them were smart and would understand what she was going to tell them.

"Koka is a very special girl. But there are people who would use her if they found out. Some of them may be bad and hurt her, but others may try to use her for the village. It is those people who are the worst. They will make her help them and it will hurt her. So you can't let anyone know that she is special, ok?"

Both boys nodded. They were Uchiha and Itachi was a prodigy. They knew what happened when you were special. Mikoto smiled a sad smile. They were smart and observant. Eventually they would figure out what made Koka special, which meant that others would eventually too. The young girl had no way to defend herself. The young orphaned child with special powers. They would snatch her up and put her to use faster than a starving dog snatched up a bone.