I have some ideas for the story, but I can't just use them now. That's so frustrating, GRRRR

The Hokage

Today's the day. I was summoned to see the Hokage. I had never expected that. I was bluffing when I told Ibiki-San I was important enough to see the Hokage. I wasn't suppose to meet him in person. That shouldn't have happened.

And yet I was waiting in a room without my brother. Alone.

Danzô picked me because he could use me against Shisui, whatever was happening in the village. So why did the Hokage summoned me ?

It made no sense.

My life hadn't changed much since Shisui-Nii disappeared. Well I couldn't see him anymore and it hurt me again and again, as if a knife was twisted in my wounds. But I didn't stop training during the times we used to train. It was my way to keep him alive. And not being left behind in sport. He had been right : I couldn't learn everything by reading books or calculating trajectories. I still lack the strength to stand against most of my classmates, even with all the exercises he made me do.

I wasn't incredible. I was smart, but my brains didn't stop me from being beaten by a Genin. It didn't stop the glares of the people. It didn't stop the bullying at school. It just gave me excellent grades.

The door opened and I was asked to enter. I had dressed up for once. The little shoes, the striped tights, the yellow dress, the ponytails... Every inch of my appearance screamed I was a model little girl. Which I wasn't. I was so bad and reckless I got one of my precious people killed. Uchiha-Dono could say he would have died anyway given the circumstances, I was the very reason he lost an eye.

I walked inside the round office to sit on a chair. I faced the old man in his large white and red outfit. My eyes caught the a picture of him much younger on the wall. On his left was another man with white hair and red eyes that I identified as the Nidaime Hokage. A pioneer in forbidden sealing jutsu, I had read. A shame his mentor in this matter never wrote about her work. The women of the most powerful Shinobi ever, Hashirama Senju. And the one that was left was the genius Hokage, the Yondaime. The one who died defeating the Kyuubi, the demon that attacked the village the day Naruto and I was born.

"I reckon my picture must seem more attractive than my current self, but I am the one who requested your presence, young lady." The Sandaime Hokage mused.

I jumped with surprise and blushed, embarrassed that he caught me daydreaming.

"Sorry." I muttered.

"No need to apologize, Uzumaki-San. But remember your place in front of me. Now, let's talk about you."

"A... About me ? I don't understand."

"I've requested that an investigation is done about your abduction. The information I have gathered concerning this, and about you are troubling me."

He paused and locked his eyes in mine.

"What is your link with Uchiha Shisui ?" he asked.

"You... you know I was related to Shisui-Nii ?" I exclaimed.

"Only recently. Because of your recent abduction, I had to put you under surveillance."

He was probably talking about the ANBU sitting on my window. Maybe the man had not been discreet to avoid new problems.

"I had always centred my attention on your brother for various reasons. And yet you've been the one attacked." he said. "I wondered if you knew why ?"

So he too was aware that I was not as incredible as my brother. I had won against him the last time we sparred. I was getting better in class. I had passed most of the theoretical subjects. But I was still a child that didn't deserve the Hokage's attention.

"Isn't that the Police job, or Ibiki-San's ?" I asked.

"The police is busy enough with her own investigation. And I think your abduction is more important that it looked. You said you've met Shimura Danzô when Ibiki-San questioned you."

"I did. He proposed to train me."

"Do you know who that person is, and do you know where you were kept ?"

"I don't exactly know what he does in Konoha. All I know was that I was drugged inside a room. There was other people in this building, with chakra I had never sensed before."

"You can sense chakra ? Interesting. How different was it from other people ? From mine for example."

"I can't explain why, but the people in Konoha all have the same... feeling of chakra. I mean chakra signatures are different from a person to another, but people here have the same... pattern. Chakra flares differently with emotion too so it's difficult to isolate one person, but I'd say these people where I was trapped felt like they were from around here, and somehow they didn't belong in here."

"You can feel emotions through chakra ?"

"It's difficult. Not complex emotions, just the general trend. If I had to explain, I'd say all the people of Konoha have the same 'colour' of chakra but the shade is different for each person. And the thickness of their chakra indicates other things, like how much they produced. Statistically people produce more chakra when they are under a strong emotion. Because people feels lots of things all the time, it's like it makes waves or something."

"Where did you learn all that."

"I read a lot. Then I tried lots of things, mostly on my brother. And Shisui-Nii taught me how to find people when I had isolated their chakra signature."

"You're calling him in that familiar way again." the old man sighed. "What is the nature of your relationship with Uchiha Shisui ?"

"I think we were friends."

"You think ?"

"I don't usually have friends, Hokage-Sama."

"Given how you're talking to me with that little respect in your voice, I can relate. Oh, I don't blame you. It's very understandable given what happened to you."

"I apologize for my rudeness anyway."

"You're not as worse as certain people I get to meet, you know. And I wanted to speak with your brother and you for a long time, but I never found the right moment. There are things I would like to tell you, but I am waiting for you to be mature enough to understand."

"I too had questions for you also : what is everyone hiding from us ? I know there is something for sure. Ibiki-San told me, and so did Uchiha-Dono."

"By Uchiha-Dono you mean Uchiha Fugaku ?"

"No, I mean Uchiha Itachi."

There was another pause and I knew he was debating about what he should tell me or not. Obviously he had summoned me here because he had linked me to Shisui-Nii, hence to his death. There was probably something else, because he was beating around the bush and listening to my theories about chakra. Naruto always told me I was annoying with these 'scientific bullshit' and Shisui nodded most of the time while muttering he didn't get most of what I was saying.

I should tell the Hokage all I already knew, so he would probably think I should know the rest. Uchiha-Dono said he couldn't answer me because of what the man had ordered the village to silence. Ibiki-San did the same.

"Uchiha-Dono thinks, and I agree with him, that my abduction was made by Danzô because he wanted to blackmail Shisui-Nii. I haven't told anyone yet, but a teenager nurse inside the building I was kept told me Shisui-Nii tried to rescue me by offering his eye against my freedom. He... probably died because of my carelessness." I said with a voice broken by the emotion.

"I see... It enlightens the whole story differently. I still wonder how you got to know Uchiha Shisui that well, let alone Uchiha Itachi."

"There is more. Because I had saved Sasuke-San's like in a group work when we were in the forest, I was invited inside the Uchiha Compound. There was... How can I explain that... Some sort of 'mean' atmosphere, you see ? I'm used to people trying to chase my brother and I away, but the looks on my brother that day... I don't know. I think there is something going on there."

"You really are a sensible girl. I understand why Danzô wanted to keep you inside his foundation even if you lack the main characteristics."

Uchiha-Dono had said that also. I didn't know what he had meant.

"Anyway I've heard a lot about you these days. I had never paid much attention to you before, because your brother was the most preoccupying subject."

"Could you stop saying I'm worth less than my brother ?" I asked angrily.

"I didn't mean to hurt you, Uzumaki-San."

And for the first time after Shisui-Nii's death, I snapped :

"Then at least tell me what is going on with my brother ! I'm the one that goes to school everyday ! I'm the one who trains like hell after school ! I'm the one who does the laundry, the cleaning and the cooking at home ! I love my brother, and I know he is special ! But now the only person who wasn't from my family who didn't compared me to anyone else is gone ! I thought I was special when you summoned me here ! But all you talk about is the Uchiha clan and my brother ! I care about him, I do ! It's fine if average people treats me like Naruto's sister. But you made me think I was worth something. And all you're saying is that my brother is more important than I ! I already know that ! But there's no need to rub my face in it !"

The old man eyed me quite differently after that. He handed me tissues to blow my nose and dry my tears when I stopped trembling and crying at the same time. He seemed more gentle.

" I apologize for my behaviour. Being the Hokage and you talking like a mature child, I thought I could say things the way they were."

"I am aware of my brother's importance. Whether it's hate or the Uchiha's looks on him, I had always been forgotten. I'm used to go unnoticed. I don't mind that. But it makes me feel so powerless. I can't do anything to help my brother. I feel like an outsider, looking the tragedy that is going to happen. I'd love to protect him, and I thought I was strong enough."

"Don't try to grow too soon. I know in other times we would have eyed your brother and you quite differently. For now, Konoha is in peace, and it's in its best interest to protect your brother. If you want to protect him as well, then I can't tell you what is going on."

"Why ? That's unfair !" I yelled.

"And please remain calm. I already have troubles to deal with my grandson's cries, and so does my ANBU."

"My brother and I are in danger, and you won't tell me a thing ?"

"I am putting you and your brother under ANBU surveillance. That is the best outcome to this situation. You already know too much, Uzumaki-San. You've already been abducted, worse things could happened if I told you everything you ask me to tell you."

"Tell me already !" I snarled.

"I am the Hokage. I had been kind enough for now, I think. Know your place Uzumaki-San. You're just a ninja in training. Now, behave !"

He hadn't shouted the entire sentence, but his words burned inside my head. I was too weak. Too young. Not important enough. I was nothing. A mere ninja in training. I knew I shouldn't have talked to him like that, but I had never planned to get to see the Hokage in the first place. I had tried to get the information I wanted, and I would never get another chance. This was infuriating !

I went home sulking.

What was this village ! I had never wanted to be a ninja and they forced me to be one. Now that I accepted to play by their rules I had to keep quiet like the good pawn I was ! Why was it so hard to protect the ones we loved ?

This chapter is bugging me. I know the Hokage is OOC, but I can't have him doting on Kagerou, it just looks illogic. And then they started talking like they wanted... I just gave up on these characters. And why does Kagerou sounds just like she's having her adolescence crisis ? She is still 7. My mind probably just hates me...

My exams are in two days... I don't think I'll be able to puclish during those days.

I hope you still enjoy the story !