Sasuke's P.O.V.
"Hey babe, we're moving into city hall today, I know it's your day off but would you mind helping us? I have a brand new desk we can break in." Naruto said into the bathroom door. I came out wearing my Uchiha dress whites and straightening my collar.
"Sorry dobe, I'm going to see Madera today."
"You're wearing your clan leader uniform teme? I've never seen you in that before."
"Never had a reason to wear it until now. He needs to know who is in charge of the Uchiha, and that he didn't break me by killing my family." I said as I put my cufflinks on.
"Oh well, let me call my mom, see if she can watch Mikoshina today."
"No need, I'm taking her with me." His face had shocked written all over it. He didn't even need to speak. I knew exactly what he was going to say.
"Isn't that you know, a bit dangerous?"
"There will be armed guards and ten inches of bullet proof glass between us, it will be fine."
"But Sasuke."
"Madera needs to see my first born heir to the Uchiha dynasty. It will be fine. I gotta go, the Zetsu are waiting for me."
"Okay, but after he sees her, can Blanco get her out of there? Just to be safe." I decided to at least give him that.
"Fine." I kissed him on the cheek.
"I love you teme."
"Love you too dobe, see you tonight." I said taking Miko in my arms and walking out to the car.
"So you're really doing it." Blac said as Blanco and I buckled Miko in her car seat and got in.
"Yes, I'm really doing it, thanks for the encouragement." We drove to the maximum-security prison and went through the visitor procedure. Prisons really creep me out. So much security, so many steps to get cleared. I can't believe I'm doing this. The guards gave Miko and I one final pat down before I went into a private room to speak to Madera. There was a phone on each side of the glass, which was very thick, and a seat for each of us. Exactly what you'd think visiting a mass murderer in prison would look like.
After a few moments there were loud alarms signaling the prisoner was coming through the security doors. I felt my lungs get tight with anticipation. In walked a large man with long, mostly white with some black, hair. He was cuffed at the hands and the feet, his right eye was missing and his left was covered with a tan cloth eye patch. I hardly recognized him as my grandfather. The guards forced him to sit and he picked up the phone, I did the same.
"So this is what my youngest grandson has become, the head of the Uchiha. That must mean Itachi is dead." So he can see behind the eye patch. That must be there so he can't use his sharingan. If he even still has it. I activated my sharingan just to be safe.
"Three intersecting ellipses, very unusual pattern. Coupled with a straight tomoe, very rare, even in our bloodline. The only other person I've known to have one was my own brother. No wonder you are the head of the clan. So Itachi is dead then."
"He's alive, but sick."
Madera coughed before he spoke. "Yes I know our family's illness well. You must be mid twenties by now, no symptoms yet?" I cleared my throat.
"Some, but they are minor."
"And that child, is it yours?"
"Madera this is my daughter Mikoshina." Miko looked at him then got very scared, burying herself in my chest.
"You and her very much resemble Mikoto, except for the blue eyes. Your wife's I imagine?"
"Naruto Uzumaki is her father. My fiancé."
"Minato and Kushina's kid. How did you fall into the hands of the devil?"
"Hands of the devil huh?" I interrupted, "Didn't know you thought ill of the president's family."
"You don't know your history Sasuke, or else you'd know better."
"That's actually why I'm here. Can you take her outside to the Zetsu please?" I asked the guard. He nodded, taking Mikoshina's hand and taking her outside.
"You've become acquainted with the Zetsu twins, I'd keep her away from Blac, he has a tendency to steal mature sharingan."
"I'll keep that in mind, I need you to tell me about the Uchiha massacre."
"What is there to tell? They're all dead and I've been sentenced to eternity in this hell hole. I'm sure you've read all about it by now."
"I've read all there is about it, Kakashi said there's more."
"Kakashi doesn't know jack, he was with Obito the whole time, trying to kill that crazy bastard."
"What happened Madera, what really happened?"
"Itachi has kept you in the dark so your life wouldn't change, so you'd still view him as your honorable older brother."
"He brought you down."
"Did he? Or is that just what he told you?"
"I saw it."
"You don't know what you saw."
"So tell me." he paused for a minute, and then cleared his throat.
"Before it all went down I had cut all my ties with the clan and the village. I lived on the outskirts of town, but still was updated about clan affairs via Obito hiding in the shadows, who as you recall, was declared K.I.A in his youth while serving in our military along side Kakashi. Under your father, the Uchiha started to realize we were being used, something I have long known. Uchiha were run ragged as security engineers and strategists. More Uchiha lost their sight and jobs than the Land of Fire will ever admit, with not so much as a thank you in return. The clan began planning, the Third Hokage was stepping down and Minato would run in his place to keep the same world order. Your father wouldn't stand for his friend's refusal to give the Uchiha more power among the clans. Maybe if he had gotten that promise things might be a lot different then. But you're father was weak, rather than out right taking our power that was rightfully ours, as I had wanted, he decided to stage a cue, hide in the shadows. They were going to rig the election, make it so their candidate, Orochimaru would win." Orochimaru? Yeah I think he did run for president at around that time when my dad's candidacy was not approved by the other nations.
"It didn't work."
"No it did not. The third found out about the Uchiha clan's plan and ordered the clan's privileges be revoked the entire clan disenfranchised. We had three months to comply and lose everything."
"So instead of losing the Uchiha name, you decided to kill the whole clan."
"Oh I didn't kill the whole clan, no, that was your brother."
"My brother? No, that's a lie!"
"I have no reason to lie to you Sasuke, Itachi killed your clan."
"No, no way! Why would he do that?" My mind raced and my heart pounded. This can't be true.
"Obito and I planned to take out the entire Uchiha clan, you included. I'd be damned if the Uchiha lost their good name because of your father's unwillingness to listen to me. Itachi confronted Obito, nearly killed him as he drug him to come kill me. But Itachi was different, didn't care much for clan squabbles, knowing what the clan did was unforgivable and would never be let off easily. So he joined up with me, on the condition that we'd spare his innocent younger brother."
"That's not true!"
"Your entire clan was murdered by Itachi's hand, not mine. He struck a deal with the third to only take in Obito and I in exchange for dedicating his life and sharingan to the protection of the village and nation, even if it was for little pay and no recognition. To this day I doubt Minato even knows about the agreement. Living with the burden and guilt, so that his brother could have a future. How noble?"
"I don't believe you."
"Believe what you want, I've told you all I need to say. Guard, we're finished here." He said hanging up the phone and being escorted out. I didn't believe it. I couldn't. My mind wouldn't let me process a damn thing! Itachi... Itachi killed my family? No, no that can't be true. I have to get out of here. I have to go. I got out of the prison as fast as they would let me and I found myself on my knees in the grass breathing deeply, just trying to pull it together. The stress alone forced my eyes into a new iteration of my sharingan. If discovering I was pregnant caused my Mangekyo, who knows what new fresh hell this one will give me. I felt my eyes begin to bleed as I adjusted.
"I see Madera told him the truth." Blac's voice said from above me.
"Yes, but he doesn't seem to be taking it very well." Blanco mused.
"Take me home."
"So you can kill Itachi? Yeah, we're gonna let you cool off first."
"I don't need to cool off, I need to go home." I said getting up, wiping my face on my sleeve and getting in the car. They followed me and got in as well.
"Why would Itachi lie to me?"
"Well killing your family to save you doesn't exactly spark understanding right away. Especially in the mind of a seven year old."
"Well in the mind of a twenty three year old, it doesn't either."
"Would you rather you be dead?" Blac said eyes not leaving the road as we got on the highway.
"He could have done something else, let the Uchiha take the punishment."
"Not against Madera, his mind was made up, all Itachi could do was work out a deal."
"He didn't have to kill them."
"Yes, he did." I sat in silence the entire ride home, which was especially long because Blac felt I needed to cool down first. I went over every thing Itachi could have done, every option. Madera was a legend of his time, but so was Itachi, the youngest Uchiha ever to activate his sharingan. He could have done something, anything else. Why was my life so important to him? I couldn't answer that question if I tried. When I finally got home, no one was there. I put Mikoshina down for a nap and got a bottle of whiskey out of the cabinet. I sat on the couch and drank it down, just trying to reason all of this out. I've had survivor's guilt for a long time, a very long time, but this just brings it to a whole new level. I didn't survive; the clan was sacrificed for me. How can I possibly live my life knowing that? The door opened, jarring me from my thoughts. It was Itachi.
"I need to talk to you." He said storming in.
"Yeah, I need to talk to you too." I said popping up from the couch and confronting him.
"What is this shit Sasuke?" He yelled shoving printouts at me. I looked at them, It was a clear outline that lead all the breaches back to the security company, indicating someone i.e., me, did it from the inside.
"Looks like the breaches came from the company." I said, trying to make it seem like I wasn't just caught red handed.
"What were you thinking Sasuke? You could go to jail for up to ten years for each of these breaches."
"It wasn't me, must have been some other-"
"Sasuke, I'm not a moron. Why else would you switch your focus from strategy to security in your final year? Why else would you try so hard to get into my security company when you've never had any interest in protecting the Land of Fire? Tell me who you're working for Sasuke, tell me!" He said grabbing my shirt and shoving me against the wall.
"I can't."
"I'm your brother! I'm on your side, you can tell me anything! I haven't even told Kakashi because I needed to hear the truth from your mouth."
"Really? That's rich coming from you, the guy that's been lying me my entire life." I pushed him off of me and sneered.
"What are you talking about?" He said regaining his stance.
"You killed them Itachi, you killed your own parents, your own kin, you have their blood on your hands!" He was silent, activating his sharingan and staring at the ground, balling his fists.
"You talked to Madera." He said coldly, as blood trickled from his eyes.
"So it's true!"
"I did it for you."
"You killed my family!" I said lunging at him. He grabbed my fist and swung my arm around, pulling it out of it's socket as he slammed my face into the wall.
"I did what I had to do to keep you alive. Which is such a waste now, since you'll be going to jail for the rest of your life when I tell Kakashi what you did."
"You wouldn't."
"Maybe not, but it's only a matter of time before he finds out it was you."
"Fuck you, you have no right to pass judgment on me for what I've done, you're going to hell." I said kicking him hard in the knee, then turning and punching him as hard as I could with my uninjured left hand.
"I might be going to hell, but I really hoped you wouldn't be going with me." He spat blood then tackled me to the ground, getting on top of me and relentlessly throwing blows aimed at my face.
"Oh my god, Stop! Stop it." I heard Naruto's voice scream as I felt Itachi being pulled off of me.
"You bastard!" I screamed.
"Takes one to know one!" Itachi screamed and Naruto pushed him as far away from me as he could.
"Get out of my house! Get the hell out!" I said running through Naruto and hitting Itachi again.
"Sasuke, calm down." Naruto said pushing Itachi in his room while trying to keep me at bay.
"You're no longer welcome here! Get the fuck off of my property!" I screamed.
"Sasuke stop!"
"It's okay Naruto, I don't even know who he is anymore." Itachi said coming out with a bag and leaving.
"Get the fuck out!" I yelled throwing a vase at him as he walked out.
"Sasuke, please calm down, he's gone, he's gone."
"No he needs to be out of here permanently." I said storming into his room and grabbing some of his stuff.
"Sasuke! Sasuke what are you doing?" I opened the garage door and threw his stuff out on the lawn.
"Throwing the trash out with the trash." I yelled as I went back inside to get more stuff. He didn't even try to stop me. I was too far gone.
