After talking to the Third Hokage about taking the Chuunin exam next year, she headed towards the park, and caught up with Sasuke. She decided to spend some time with him, and they walked around, talking and laughing, but it quickly got late, and he needed to head home. She said, "I should go with you! To explain why you're so late…" after a moment of thought, he nodded, and she followed him to the Uchiha compound. When they reached the gate, she felt an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach, so she stayed close to her friend, making sure nothing happened, but what they saw around the next corner made her freeze in horror. Everyone was dead, and blood covered the ground and walls, covered weapons and bodies. Images of her dead mother and her blood on her hands flashed through Michiko's eyes, and she almost crawled into her shell when Sasuke bolted towards his house. She followed him, and followed him throughout the house. He reached a door, and before he could open it, she put a hand on his shoulder, whispering, "Someone's in there…" he nodded, and swung the doors open.
There were his parents bodies, covered in blood, and Sasuke was in complete denial. "Mom! Dad! Wake up!" Michiko's eyes swelled with tears as she said, "They're gone, Sasuke…they can't wake up…" "No! They're NOT dead!" That's when she noticed the person in the back of the room, bloody katana glinting in the moonlight. She unsheathed her twin katana, saying, "Sasuke-kun, get behind me…" he looked at her, confused, until he noticed the presence. That's when he walked into the light, and Kumiko was so shocked she dropped her katana. "I-Itachi-kun…? You did this?" Sasuke seemed just as disbelieving as she was, when Itachi used the Mangekyo Sharingan. Sasuke fell to the floor, and Kumiko turned to see his wide eyes. "Sasuke-kun!" she turned to Itachi, saying, "Stop hurting him!" That's when she was dragged into the world of black, white and red. She was four years old again, and with her mother, when he attacked…the fight was fast, and she saw him slash open her mothers throat with his large sword.
The blood splattered on her face, covering her shirt as the body fell. She fell on her knees, holding her head, crying, as the blood covered her hands. "Mom! Mom! Stay with me, mom!" The whole event repeated itself for three days straight, before she was thrown back into reality, where only a second or two had passed. Tears blinded her quickly, and her knees gave way underneath her, making her fall. She cried into the floor, and then remembered Sasuke. 'Sasuke-kun…' she got on her hands and knees, wiping her tears away and willing herself to stop crying before she turned to Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun…are you okay?" He barely nodded, and she moved closer, helping him get up. "Why help a hopeless case, Michiko?" Anger rushed through her blood, as she glared at him, saying, "He's my friend, and I'm not going to leave him behind…" she turned to Sasuke, saying, "Run…" he seemed surprised, and was about to protest when he saw the force in her eyes, and he nodded, before getting up, and running.
She stood up, picking up the katana she'd dropped earlier, and twirled them in her hands, saying, "You know I'll try to stop you." "And you know I won't kill you." Her gaze hardened, as she gripped the hilts of her swords tighter. "You have the potential to be a strong kunoichi…I don't kill the strong…" "But the weak can become strong." A kunai whizzed past her, cutting her cheek, and she put a hand to the stinging cut. "That's why I have to make Sasuke strong…" her eyes widened. "What are you going to do?" he smirked, saying, "Revenge is a powerful thing." Her eyes widened, and she threw a kunai. He dodged, saying, "You'll have to do better than that…" The next moment, he was grabbing her wrists, making her release her swords, which clattered in the silence.
She struggled, trying in vain to get away, but his grip only tightened. "Why don't you just kill me?!" After a moment, he whispered in her ear, "It's not often I meet a strong girl…" the next moment, he'd disappeared, and her eyes widened with panic. "Sasuke-kun!" she ran out of the room, and looked around. She bit her thumb, did some hand signs, and slammed her hand on the ground, saying, "Summoning jutsu!" she summoned a small white husky/wolf mix, with dark blue eyes, that she'd been training. "Shiraishi, find Sasuke's scent and lead me to him."
The pup nodded, sniffing the air a moment before barking and running off. Michiko followed close behind, and soon found Sasuke, paralyzed with terror, on the ground, and no one else in sight. 'I was too late…' she ran to his side as Shiraishi poofed in a cloud of smoke, and tried to soothe him, but what could she do? She couldn't even help herself at this point. 'Why him…why Sasuke, of all people?'