Disclaimer: I own Akane and Akiko, the rest is Masashi Kishimoto.

It takes a day and a half to go to Konoha. My mom doesn't bring up the fact she'll never see her daughter ever again, and I honestly can't say if she really cares about it or not. Somehow, the fact I can take care of myself probably reassures her but...argh, I've never been able to really know what my mom was thinking or planning, no matter how much I tried.

"What are you doing?" Shisui asked when we were taking a break.

"I have knowledge but I need to know if my body follows."

"And why are you touching my face?"

"Because you're my guinea pig."

"Just when we meet again after eight years...and that's all I get for getting you out from Kirigakure..." he mutters dramatically, "I'm hurt."

"First of all, you kidnapped me on a mission and made them believe I was dead, second of all activate your sharingans."

"Why?"

"Just do it already!"

He snorts and crosses his arms on his chest. Slowly a teasing grin appears on his face.

"That's not how you ask something from someone who gets you out of the grasp of a village which kidnapped you. Someone who's also your friend and older than you are."

"So you can't make friends your own age, got it."

"I'm gonna tell Akiko-san how mean you are to me." he announces, getting up.

I open my eyes wide. No matter my age, my mom is and always will be scary when upset. So I grasp his sleeve and make my best not to glare at his evil grin.

"Please Shisui?"

"Hum?"

"Shisui-sempai?"

His grin gets even wider if possible and he pats my head as if I was an animal.

"Now, was that so complicated?"

"Just do it please."

"Fine." he agrees and a few seconds pass in silence. "What did you do?"

"You can't activate them? Good, I still can do that then."

"Did you seal my eyes?"

"Yep. But it takes a lot of my chakra, with the reserves I have today. I can't reproduce my seal to block the chakra system though."

"You really did become good huh." he tells me, eying what I was writing on a blank paper seal.

"Fuinjutsu is to the Uzumakis what genjutsu is to the Uchihas." I simply state, finishing the seal quickly.

"What are those?"

"Oh, the paper version of the one you have," I explain, forming the Tiger sign to cancel it, "had. You've seen what...Sasuke said about Danzo's way of fighting."

He frowns, crouching in front of me to take a better look at the seal.

"I always knew there was something off about that guy anyway," he whispers.

"I didn't get all of it, only it was sharingan related and pretty dangerous."

I stop and look at his right eye painfully.

"Hey, I'm here and my eyes won't leave their socket," he reassures me with a smile "we're going to change everything and nobody will die."

"Except for that bastard."

"We'll see about that, it's not up to us. But, making as many canceling dōjutsu seals is the best we can do for now."

"I don't see you making any seal."

"I'm moral support! That's important!"

"Once I'll be classified as a crazy teenager, yeah."

"Don't worry, I'll be with you."

"Thanks." I say with a smile.

He scratches the back of his head and turns to his teammate to answer him.

"Okay, time's up Aka-chan, we're leaving."

I pack my things and return to my mother's side, who gives me a small smile.

"Minato better dug his way out of his grave if he wants to keep his title in Fuinjutsu."

"That's dark mom."

And God knows how it can be literal for certain persons.

"I know, I know, but it's not as if you don't make jokes like that."

"Yeah, and I know where it comes from."

Anyways, Shisui's teammates are like, so silent! They're probably wondering why we're going with them.

"Sorry to interrupt but..."

"Hum?"

"Madam, you knew the Yondaime?" a ninja with glasses asks.

"No, she likes asking total strangers to be her daughter's godfather." I reply with a deadpan expression.

Shisui kicks me in the butt.

"Hey!"

"Don't go around saying stuff like that!" he scolds me, jumping next to me.

I open my mouth to answer but nothing. He's right, I had completely forgotten that the period was different. No peace treaties between the Five Great Shinobi Countries yet. Geez, that's the only good outcome of the war.

"Well, what's done is done," my mom sighs, which makes me blush in embarrassment.

Nothing comes out of my mouth until we reach the gate of Konohagakure.

Why?

Because that's only when we reach the gates that I see a mop of undisciplined gray hair.

"Kakashi-san!"

"What?" he replies, raising his eyes from his book.

Book he drops when he sees my huge grin. His eye widen and the only thing he does is pointing his finger at me. Just to check he glances at my mother.

"A...Akiko-san?"

"It's been a while, Kakashi-kun."

"That means that you're..."

"Missed me?" I ask, grinning evilly.

He picks up his book and body flickers away from me.

"Rude." I say, shaking my head.

"I've never seen him looking so..."

"Traumatized?" I finish for him.

Shisui nods.

"I was such a talented five-year-old."

I can't even raise my eyes. I've never met the Third Hokage, and I've barely seen the Fifth to be honest. But still, it's weird to think that this old man is the most powerful in the village.

He's also the one who made Minato-oji-chan the Hokage. If I remember well, my godfather and aunty Kushina told me it him becoming the Yondaime would bring changes within the village. I'm sure that if he hadn't died the Uchiha massacre wouldn't have happened in the first place. But he did what a Kage had to do.

Protect the village at the cost of his own life.

Then, Sandaime came back. But what I don't get, is why he...if he saw changes in Minato, then even if he died, the Third shouldn't have forgotten what Minato could have done and tried to do it himself!

"I see. Raise your eyes child."

I bite the inside of my cheek and do as told. Shisui gives me an encouraging smile and steps back. Hopefully, he managed to get the Hokage alone so that unwanted ears don't hear what I have to say.

A shiver go through my entire body as my eyes meet his. Not that he looks mean or anything, but there is something akin to...I'd like to say wariness, but that's too logical, it's something else.

In total honestly, it kinds of freak me out.

"How did you die?"

"Shiki Fūjin, the Dead Demon Consuming Seal."

"Minato's jutsu...do you have the seal then?"

I raise an eyebrow. The seal? Oh yeah, the seal from when the Shinigami plunged his arm through my stomach to take that bastard's soul and...

I raise my top enough to show my stomach. Nothing. But my mom said my chakra had something deadly now so maybe...

I summon some chakra on the palm of my hand and put it on my skin.

"Aouch!" I snap, looking at my hand with a frown. "It burned me!"

"But it is the seal."

The Hokage stands up and approaches us.

"I remember seeing it on Minato."

"So you don't think I am crazy ?"

"I have to say I am a little skeptical. However, you do know things I know Shisui-kun would not have told anyone and I can sadly recognize that seal. Now, no matter how I would like to know what happened for your soul to travel back in time, we have more important things to deal with."

"You believe me so easily?"

"I would like to say I know Danzo and that he will not order this but, I know him. And his past actions do not make him innocent."

"Sandaime..." Shisui starts, but he stops when the Hokage raises his hand.

"I want to convince the Uchihas that the village is not their enemy, but they will be hard to convince."

"May I suggest something?"

"Yes Shisui-kun?"

"Itachi and Sasuke...they don't have a bright future. Fugaku-sama is the head of the clan but also their father. Maybe he...he'll change his mind for them. Fugaku-sama doesn't want any bloodshed either, if we can prove that it's not the village in itself but only Danzo-sama the problem then..."

"Then he can get the whole clan to cooperate."

Shisui nods at the Third. They're already elaborating a plan.

"Your name is Akane, right?"

"Yes!" I say a little bit too loud.

"Your mother and you will stay hidden until the end of this. But, we will still your help. Probably both of you actually."

"Oh right...my mom can fight too..." I mutter. With time, I completely forgot she was a kunoichi when Uzushiogakure was still a village and that, as an Uzumaki, she is a specialist in fuinjutsu.

"You shouldn't underestimate your mom Aka-chan."

Shisui is quickly dismissed and my mom joins me and finally, finally takes off that ugly hat covering her hair.

"Sandaime-sama."

"We have a lot to discuss, Uzumaki-san."

I peek outside the window. I think at least two ANBU are here to make sure nothing happens to us, maybe more I don't know. That's normal, if Danzo knew we were here, he would take God knows where, to kill me, exploit me or make me one of his slaves.

I shiver at that thought. Even if it was a crime, I was so relieved when Sasuke told me he had killed that piece of shit. How this man managed to have this much power and influence for so long is a real mystery to me. But the fact he ordered Itachi to kill his clan...not so much. Sasuke told me Danzo thought everything he did was for the village, with a huge amount of disgust in his voice, and maybe it was true at first, when there were war. But what does someone who gains influence thanks to war do in time of peace. Try to create more conflicts that there is to impose his view and his solution as the only efficient one.

Eventually, they will steal things from his victims too. Like their eyes.

I sigh deeply. Konoha is so...old. I mean, that's the place that became my home, but not quite yet. I won't see my kids coming back from mission, hungry like wolves. I won't see my nephew and nieces anymore.

I didn't think about it until now because of the 'maybe it's a dream' but I know it's not. The seal on my stomach which reacts to my chakra proved it. I'm not in a genjutsu, it's not a dream and I'm not in the afterlife.

I lie down on my bed and slip under the covers, covering my face as well.

It's the people who lost someone who mourn, who with time overcome the grief of losing someone. It's not supposed to be the opposite. They're alive, they're all alive and well but I'm not...I'm a lifetime away from them. I'll never see my children anymore.

I said I would try my best to make things better, try to keep people from dying but...

But...

But can I have the strength to start all over again when these memories of another lifetime are here?

I scream in my pillow in frustration.

Oh, I know from where Itachi and Sasuke both got their cold look now.

I'd almost wet my pants if it wasn't for Shisui behind me. Geez, he's pretty busy and we got back only two days ago. I spent the entire day yesterday making seals with my mom, who, even if I know what I do by now, found some small details that could be corrected to strengthen the seals. I just did it, because from the knowing look she would give me, I'm sure she's heard me screaming into my pillow.

Anyway, Fugaku Uchiha, is staring at me. Like, straight into my eye and I grasp the bottom of Shisui's shirt tightly. The only thing he does is putting his hands on my shoulders.

"What is the meaning of this Sandaime?" he asks coldly, finally averting his eyes from me to the Hokage. "Your way, now you know what the Uchihas are planning, to stop it is a teenage girl? Aren't you going to eject us from the village?"

"I still think we can find a way to avoid the fight."

Fugaku-san crosses his arms over his chest. Shisui's hands twitch on my shoulder when the Clan's head takes a few steps toward me, his eyes turning red.

"I apologize in advance for any embarrassing things you may see concerning me and your eldest son, and please skip them or forget them after." I blurt out, fighting the need to scratch the side of my nose in discomfort. I thought Sasuke's or Itachi's glare were deadly, they're just cute little puppies next to their father.

Hopefully, it is a comparison I will never say out loud. Or in front of them.

So, as I feel like I'm being pull in a corner of my mind, I barely feel the burn from the seal Mei-sensei did, the one which block every informations about Kirigakure. To be fair, even if I've never taken interest in it because it never bothered me, I should study it a little bit. But anyway, that awful sensation the sharingan always gives me leaves my mind and I stumble back, Shisui stabilizing me against him.

The thing is, I'm not the one deciding what to show, it's them. They decide where they'll go in my brain and well...what they see. And well, I didn't really think about what Fugaku's reaction would be.

However, from the little I've been told about him, seeing him frozen with a blank face while his eyes gain their dark ink color instead wasn't one of the possibilities. He stares at nothing in particular and terror washes over me suddenly. Cold fury clouds his eyes and he grabs the front of my shirt and lift me from the floor. He tries to form words but ends up clenching his teeth.

"Fugaku-sama!" yells Shisui, circling my waist with his arms. He yanks me out of his hold. But the thing is, he doesn't care. Actually, I think he's not even glaring at me but...through me?

"Fugaku, please..."

"Please what Sandaime-sama?" comes his stern answer. He clenches his fists and frowns, doing what he can to keep his anger under control. "Have you seen it? Have you seen your sons drawing each other to death or trauma in the near future?"

Sandaime closes his eyes "As a matter of fact, I have not and decided to trust Shisui-kun and Akane-kun. I will ask Inoichi to take a look too, to be certain these are real memories. But from your reaction, they're..."

"It's no genjutsu, I am sure of that." says Fugaku sharply.

"Fugaku, I do not want for such a future to become real. We still can..."

"Do you have any idea for how long my clan has been angry at the village Sandaime-sama? Ever since the Kyuubi attack we have been seen as the enemy in our own home! I've tried to keep a potential coup d'état at bay, but all your decisions have made our resentment worse!"

His facade is breaking.

"And you would use my own son..."

"It did not happen yet." I say out loud.

Oops, everyone is looking at me now.

"I know I'm a nobody who just came and told you how the Uchiha are bound to disappear, but from what Sasuke...older Sasuke told me, it was the last thing they could do after Shisui's death to prevent a civil war. Shisui is still alive right now, and Konoha is Konoha. It's not Amegakure with his civil wars or Kirigakure which is practically a dictatorship. Konohagakure was founded by two old enemies who wanted peace. Yeah, Madara turned crazy and tried to kill the First Hokage, but even then he did not believe all Uchihas were the same. Choices make us who we are. Hokage-sama, you were the First's student, and I think we all can say that most of the citizens here have inherited what you call the Will of Fire. Fugaku-sama, you've inherited it, because no matter what could happen to your son, in the end they also have it. But that Will of Fire...from what I know, Danzo do not have it. I...he is the reason why I never came to Konoha in my previous life."

"What do you mean?"

"Did...Did the Yondaime ever mentioned anything about him?"

Sandaime frowns at me.

"I see..." I murmur softly "You know I've been turned into a Kirigakure shinobi these two past years, against my will. I can't say anything about the village, except that I was another weapon, someone with the potential to make jinchurikis, with a strong chakra and bloodline. But Konohagakure is no different right now. I spent a year here when Kushina was pregnant, and I've met that Danzo when I was with the Yondaime. Once he left, he looked at me and told me to stay away from him, because he was dangerous."

"Danzo was against Minato becoming the Yondaime."

"Which is not surprising. I...I was stupid brat back then, and I tried to run away when I got scolded. I never made it to the gates of the village because what I thought was an ANBU stopped me. I just thought he was sent by Minato but..."

"I don't think Minato would have sent an ANBU to look for a little girl." Fugaku interrupts me calmly.

"Exactly. That's why a few seconds later he appeared and brought me home. I even remember him saying to that man he did not sent anyone to look for me. I wasn't able to proceed what happened at that time, but now I know he was trying to get me into his..."

"Root." the Sandaime finishes for me.

"I guess...that I'm trying to say is that..."

Danzo's actions have the same meaning than him spitting of the First's grave and turning everything Konoha represents into ashes.

"Nobody is innocent in the tensions, but Konoha without the Uchihas is not Konohagakure, just like the Uchihas, without the village, are sure a noble clan, but nothing else. Your hitai-ate with a leaf symbol in it is proof you're a part of Konoha, as much as any other clans or shinobi in here. It's not too late to avoid casualties. Even if he thinks it's for the village, Danzo is power-hungry. Hasn't he wanted the title of Hokage for many years? He..."

"Enough."

I bite my lips when the Hokage interrupts me.

"I just...want to see the Konoha my godfather loved so much, the one who allowed a foreigner in its rank. A place where we are people, shinobi, but not weapons. A shinobi's feelings are not to be seen , but that's what make them strong. That's what make them strong people and not just weapons."

I bow as low as I could, my knees and forehead on the floor. I used to be the one good with words with Shikamaru because Naruto, I swear if we weren't at peace with all the countries, could have started some wars with his word.

"Those are Minato's words." sighs deeply the Hokage with a tint of nostalgia. "Stop trembling."

I open my eyes wide. I didn't even realize I was trembling, but that's...Itachi and Sasuke could escape so much pains if...if...

"My indulgence has gone too far," sighs the Hokage once again, "but we can prevent the blood of innocents from flowing, no matter the side, Fugaku."

"What are you suggesting then?"

Now it's not the angry father, but the clan's head speaking. Even if my eyes are still closed, I hear it in his voice.

"Her speech is true. Konoha was founded with the Uchihas as one on the main founders. And as the Hokage, I shall honor the meaning Konoha bears. I would like your help, yours and your clan's, to stop Danzo from doing more harm to this village you helped to build."

I raise my head and glance at Fugaku, who's in what I'd call a staring contest with the Hokage.

"The future is not set in stone." Sandaime tells him calmly. "Your son's futures are not set in stone."

He doesn't say a word and slowly turns his head toward me, his lips in a thin line.

"Sasuke would really go as far as trying to destroy the village?"

I lower my eyes. When he told me that, I had some difficulties to believe it. But he was serious, and if it hadn't been for Naruto...he would have.

"Yes."

He closes his eyes.

"Fine, I'll keep them calm."

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