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Chapter 4: Uchiha Seiichi

"Mizuno-chan?" The repeated question pulled me out of my staring.

"Wha-What?" I asked.

"Would you like to move into the Uchiha compound temporarily?" The Hokage asked again.

"Oh. Ok." I replied dazedly.

"It's settled then. Dog, can you escort them to pack their belongings before bringing them to the Uchiha compound?"

"Hai, Hokage-sama." Kakashi placed a hand each on our backs and lead us out of the room.

"You okay, Mizuno?" Naruto asked, waving a hand in front of my face. "You look kinda pale."

"Are you sick?" Kakashi asked.

"I'm fine." I said. "Ne ANBU-san, how many sons does Fugaku-sama have?"

"Three, why do you ask?"

"It's nothing..." I flashed him a smile and continued walking. "Let's go!"

We gathered our few clothes and scrolls, and made our way to the Uchiha compound.

"You know... I'm already missing our tree! We spent so many years there and it was so fun and everything! And the Uchihas kind of scares me..." Naruto whined.

"Idiot." I told him. "At the Uchiha compound we'll have shelter and won't have to put up plastic sheets to cover us when it rains... I'm sure they'll give us nice new clothes, and you can even eat ramen everyday!"

"Really?" he asked, eyes sparkling.

I laughed and nodded. I was glad Naruto would finally be able to have a normal childhood, instead of the usual scavenging and begging. Fugaku's offer was surprising, but welcomed. Afterall, it would also give me time to investigate why there was an extra Uchiha in the family.

"We're here." Kakashi said.

I stopped walking and looked up. There was an entrance much like the Konoha Gates, with guards at each side, who were currently glaring at us.

"ANBU-san, for what reason would you bring these two... monsters here?" the guard asked.

I growled. "You little-"

"They're with me." a voice from behind said.

"Fugaku-sama!" the guard exclaimed with wide eyes. "But..."

"Move aside." Fugaku ordered.

The guard bowed and scampered to the side.

"I shall take my leave then. Be aware that if these two are ill-treated here the Hokage will not hesitate to remove them from your charge." Kakashi told the Uchiha leader before he shunshined away.

Fugaku turned to us and led us in. We walked through a mass of bungalow-like houses, to a bigger one situated in the middle of the compound. Uchihas nodded their heads to Fugaku in respect but looked at us in distaste. Naruto hid behind me as we walked, as if I could somehow shield him from the glares.

"Fugaku-san." I started.

"Don't worry," he reassured us. "You won't have to deal with their glares by tomorrow."

I frowned and continued walking. We reached the house a few minutes later, and were met with a middle-aged woman.

"Welcome home, Fugaku-kun." She greeted, before bending down to our eye level and gave us a warm smile. "Welcome to our house, Naruto-kun, Mizuno-chan."

Naruto crept out from behind me and smiled at her timidly.

"Nice to meet you, Mikoto-san." I said, sticking out my hand. Her eyes grew sad as she accepted my outstretched hand.

We were brought to a room on the second floor. It was furnished with two beds and a closet, a table with a lamp, a chair and had one bathroom.

"Cool!" Naruto exclaimed before jumping on one of the beds, enticing Mikoto's laughter.

"Ahh..." Naruto stopped when he remembered there was someone else there. "Sorry," he blushed.

"It's okay," She smiled. "Unpack and take a bath, and be down for dinner by 6.30?"

"Hai." Naruto and I chorused.

We had nothing much to unpack, so we decided to take turns showering before going down for dinner. After teaching him how to use the showers and taps, I allowed him to bathe on his own.

I wandered around the house, trying to familiarise myself with place. There was another room on the second floor at the end of the hallway, so I went and tried to peek inside.

"I don't think you should be sneaking around in aomeone else's house," someone said.

I spun around to see Uchiha Sasuke walking up from behind. Coming to a stop in front of me, he stretched his arm out.

"Uchiha Seiichi, nice to meet you."

Oh right. It wasn't Sasuke. It was the supposedly non-existent twin.

"Uzumaki Mizuno." I said, accepting his outstretched hand.

"Uzumaki?" He asked.

"Yes. Is there a problem?" I inquired.

"You're the blonde boy's twin sister?"

"Yeah. Though... how did you know we were twins? We look nothing alike." It was true. While Naruto inherited our father's blonde hair, I had my mother's fiery red hair. Naruto also had whisker marks from the Kyuubi, while I didn't. Unless you knew our past, it wasn't possible to deduce we were twins. After all, we could have just been normal siblings.

"I just-" he started.

"Ouch! Look where you're going, teme!"

"What? You were the one who knocked into me!"

I looked up to see Naruto and Sasuke on the floor, rubbing their foreheads.

"What happened?" I asked.

"I was coming out of the room to tell you I was done bathing when this guy ran up the stairs and knocked into me!" Naruto explained.

"Are you blind? You were the one who came running into me, idiot!" Sasuke protested.

"Im not an idiot!" Naruto exclaimed.

"You so are!" Sasuke stuck out his tongue and ran off."Come back here!" Naruto took off after him, leaving Seiichi and I standing stunned in the hallway.

"Kids..." I muttered.

"I should go after them before they break something shouldn't I." Seiichi sighed, walking away. I frowned. He was so mature for his age. Another Itachi-like genius? Ugh. Thinking of Itachi made my head hurt, like there was something important I was missing out.

I went back to my room and pulled out a notebook filled with English words. It was a book where I wrote down important events, for fear of forgetting them.

Let's see... Naruto year seven... Nothing. Naruto year eight...

23 January- Uchiha Massacre

Shit. How could I forget the massacre? Adding to the fact that I was living here now, this should be the first thing I thought about before moving in. Stupid, stupid, stupid!Today was the 20th of December. There was a little over 1month before it happened. What should I do?

I shut the book and went into the bathroom. The warm water from the showers felt so good. It was my first proper bath since I was reborn, and oh how I missed it.

Coming out of the bathroom, I spotted Seiichi standing in front of my table, in his hands was my number notebook. He had an annoying smirk plastered on his face.

"What are you doing!" I ran over and grabbed the book from him.

"As I suspected." He said.

"Suspected?" I asked. "Wha-" Then it hit me. He wasn't the only supposedly non-existent twin. Wasn't I one too? And I came from-

"My name was Joel. What was yours?" He asked.

In English.

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