Chapter 2: Uchiha Sasuke
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Uchiha Seiichi had never been shocked at anything since the day he was born. Or reborn.
At first, he wasn't too happy about the reincarnation. Or dying in the first place. He had just got promoted in his job and life was taking a turn for the better, when a stupid Ferrari had to knock into him as he crossed the road on his beloved motorcycle. A custom-made one too.
That was, until, he realised exactly where he got reincarnated into. The Narutoverse. In the Uchiha family. As Sasuke's twin brother. He couldn't believe his luck.
'Or misfortune,' he thought. 'Seeing as my whole family was about to be massacred in eight years.'
But even knowing that, he couldn't help but form bonds with Mikoto and Fugaku. Mikoto was a really great mother, and it was difficult to push her away when she smothered you with love. Fugaku was a little easier, but he found himself wanting to please his father, to do him proud.
Itachi was the most difficult. Uchiha Itachi, academy graduate at 7, Sharingan unlocked at 8, Chunin at 10, and Anbu Captain at 13, who killed his family under orders but left his dear brother alive... was now his older brother. And despite Seiichi's initial intention to avoid him, Itachi was the one who constantly pestered Seiichi in his own stoic way. Eventually, he gave in, and resigned to his fate of loving his older brother. Sometimes he wondered if he should feel guilty for stealing Itachi's previously undivided love for Sasuke.
Not that Sasuke seemed to mind. As far as Seiichi could tell, family meant the world to Sasuke, which included him. Sasuke before the massacre was innocent and well... cute. It made Seiichi want to take revenge on the elders right then, both the clan's and Konoha's, for their stupid and selfish decisions that had turned Sasuke into the revenge-minded idiot. There was little he could do, however, so he set his mind onto two goals. Prevent Itachi's death, and stop Sasuke from going to Orochimaru.
There had to be a reason he was reincarnated, right? But he didn't want to disillusion himself into thinking he was destined save the entire world from the Fourth Great Ninja war or something. He was, afterall, just one person.
What he could do now, however, was to keep training and become the most badass ninja the Uchiha has ever seen, which was kind of impossible seeing that he was up against Itachi and Madara and Tobi. Oh well, at least he was trying.
And now, back to the point of having never been shocked in this life, Seiichi found himself faced with something that had never crossed his mind.
"Who are you?" The girl who was not supposed to exist asked, looking straight at him.
They were currently standing outside the Hokage's office while the adults discussed his father's unexpected offer to house the Uzumaki twins. Yeap, he said it right. The Uzumaki twins.
"I'm Uchiha Sasuke!" Sasuke introduced himself excitedly.
Naruto grinned at him. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto!"
The girl continued staring at Seiichi, frowning. "You two are twins?"
"Yeah... I'm Uchiha Seiichi. And you?" Seiichi asked.
The girl held her hand out. "Uzumaki Mizuno."
Seiichi accepted her gesture, and they stared at each other for awhile.
Was she from his world as well? Or had Seiichi not been born in the 'canon' world like he always thought he was? But how to ask her without coming off as suspicious?
The door to the office creaked opened. The four of went into the room, Naruto and Sasuke talking to each other, with Seiichi and Mizuno in deep thought.
"Mizuno-chan, would you like to move into the Uchiha compound?" The Hokage asked Mizuno, straight to the point.
Seiichi turned to Mizuno who was frowning once again. When she noticed him staring at her, her face slowly put on a smirk.
"I would love to!" She suddenly gushed. "It would be an honour to live in the Noble and Most Ancient house of the Uchiha."
She caught his eyes, before turning to give a low bow to his father.
Did she... did she just make a Harry Potter reference? Seiichi did not doubt it. It was subtle enough not to raise suspicion, and if the way she looked at him was any indication, she was totally expecting him to get it. Well, he was going to play with her a little bit.
"That's settled then. Anbu-san will take you back to your... home, before bringing you to the compound. You may take your leave." The Hokage dismissed the Uzumakis and the ANBU who Seiichi was sure was Kakashi. Who else had silver gravity-defying hair?
The Uzumakis left, but not before Mizuno sent him a wink. He scrunched his eyebrows in false confusion, smirking only when she left.
He and Sasuke completed the academy registration before they headed back to the compound.
Usually at this time of the afternoon every Saturday, Itachi would be there to supervise the twin's training. However, he had left for a mission the day before and would be back only at night.
Thus, Seiichi and Sasuke decided to do some reading in the living room instead of training that day.
Seiichi was currently reading a Uchiha scroll on fire jutsus. They didn't seem that difficult to do, as long as you got the chakra control down. The twins had been doing the tree walking exercise, coutersy of Seiichi, which had pleased his father greatly.
Seiichi had found chakra manipulation relatively easy, seeing as chakra was new to him and he could feel it better. Or maybe he was just a prodigy. Sasuke, on the other hand, didn't do as well as Seiichi, but had managed it with minimal advice. Sasuke was a prodigy as well, anyway. Wasn't it great that Uchihas produced prodigies in every single child?
The door to the house opened, revealing Fugaku and the Uzumakis.
"Otou-sama!" Sasuke exclaimed when he saw their father. Looking past him, he exclaimed once more in delight. "Naruto-san! Mizuno-san!"
Seiichi rose from his chair and went to the door as well. His father had already came into the house, while the Uzumakis were taking off their shoes and surveying the house with wide eyes. Naruto's were especially large in disbelief, as if he couldn't imagine that there could ever be a house this big.
"Seiichi, Sasuke, could you show them to the guest room on the second floor? I have to report for work. Your mother should be back from the market soon." Fugaku told them.
"Hai otou-sama." Seiichi and Sasuke chorused.
Seiichi and Sasuke lead the two of them up to the second floor, showing them to their room.
Naruto's eyes widened once again when he saw the nicely furnished room with actual beds, together with a toilet and everything.
Mizuno settled their pathetic luggage down on a wooden table by the cupboard, and turned to them.
"I'm gonna take the first freaking proper bath in my life. If any of you try to rush me while I soak in the bathtub, there'd be hell to pay." She looked at Naruto pointedly, who managed a sheepish grin. Seiichi guessed that Naruto didn't like being left alone when she took her baths.
"Take as long as you want!" Sasuke told Mizuno. "We'll be showing Naruto around the house! Bye!" He dragged Naruto out if the room.
"He's unexpectedly friendly." Mizuno commented at Sasuke's enthusiasm.
"Why wouldn't he be?" Seiichi asked in wonder.
Seiichi almost gave himself away when he saw the girl's confused face. "No, it's nothing. He's really cute, actually. I'm going to take my bathe now!"
"Go ahead then. The rest of us should be in the backyard once you're done."
She nodded, still looking confused. Grabbing her clothes, she headed for the toilet and shut the door.
Seiichi quickly left the room else she heard him burst into laughter. Of course Sasuke was friendly before the massacre. With their father being strict about their upbringing, the both of them found it difficult to make friends that he approved of, and Sasuke usually jumped at any opportunity to make new friends. He really was innocent and fun loving before the council screwed him up.
Seiichi found Naruto and Sasuke in the kitchen, where Naruto was trying to reach for a tin of cookies, but was too short.
Sasuke, on the other hand, stuck his feet onto the wall like a pro and walked up to grab the tin. He then flipped down to the ground, holding the tin out to Naruto.
Naruto gasped. "You're... you're a ninja too?"
Sasuke grinned. "Of course. I'm part of the Uchiha clan!"
Naruto's eyebrows scrunched in confusion. "The Uchiha clan?..."
"You don't know about the Uchiha clan? And you're going to be a ninja?" Sasuke asked, skeptical.
Naruto flushed. "I'm going to be the Hokage! Who cares about stupid clans..."
Sasuke laughed. "You? The Hokage?"
Naruto growled, not happy about being looked down upon. "You looking for a fight, teme?"
Seiichi sighed. It was as if the these two were fated to become rivals. "Don't fight in the kitchen, idiots. Take it out in the backyard."
Sasuke's eyes lit up at the thought of a spar. "I'll race you all there!"
Seiichi watched as the kids ran out of the kitchen to the general direction of the backyard, shaking his head before following them. Life was going to be, for lack of a better word, troublesome with the Uzumakis around.
To Seiichi's surprise, Naruto had won the race. It looked like Mizuno had been making him train these past seven years. However, he got utterly thrashed when it came to the spar. His taijutsu, if you could even call it that, was horrible. It had little form to it, as if he just watched someone use it once and tried to learn it.
"Wow, you suck at this." Sasuke commented as he helped Naruto up from the ground.
Naruto frowned. "I'll get better!"
"Sure you will." Seiichi told him, walking towards them. "But not without help. I'll ask Itachi-nii if you guys can join in our training sessions."
"Really?" Naruto's eyes lit up.
"Yeah! Itachi-nii is the best ninja ever! I'm gonna be just like him someday." Sasuke exclaimed.
"Your nii-san sounds so cool! I wanna meet him soon!" Naruto grinned.
"He should be back tonight." Seiichi said.
"Narutooo! It's your turn to bathe!" Mizuno's voice drifted from the balcony above them.
"Aww... I hate bathing." Naruto frowned.
"No wonder you stink!" Sasuke rubbed his nose.
"It's not my fault we don't have such a nice big house with bedrooms and toilets and everything!" Naruto complained.
"Where did you live then, before this?" Sasuke wondered.
"I'll tell him." Mizuno jumped down from the balcony. "You get your ass up there and take your bath."
Naruto pouted and went into the house.
Seiichi turned back to Mizuno after watching Naruto enter the house. "So... where did you guys live before this?"
"In the forest." She growled. "Two kids in the forest from the age of one. What was the Hokage thinking?"
"Why didn't you and Naruto have a house?" Sasuke asked.
Mizuno looked at Sasuke. "People hate us." She said flatly. "I don't even know why your father would take us in so randomly..."
Seiichi wondered why too. Maybe it had something to do with the Kyuubi, but he doubted the Hokage would have agreed to place a Jinchuriki in the hands of a clan planning a coup. He'll have to ask his mum later, or maybe Itachi.
"So... what were you guys talking about?" Mizuno asked.
"Oh, me and Naruto were sparring and his taijutsu sucked so we were thinking of asking Itachi-nii to train u guys!" Sasuke answered.
Seiichi groaned internally when he saw Mizuno's eyes sparkle. 'Oh great... a fangirl...'
"Itachi? Itachi's gonna train us?" She grinned.
"You know him?" Seiichi questioned.
"Uhhh... well... no..." she frowned. "Not yet anyway. I heard he's strong, handsome and the coolest ninja ever though!"
Seiichi rolled his eyes. "He's not going to like you."
"Yeaahh Itachi-nii hates fangirls. He always complains about those girls always following him around and never leaving him alone." Sasuke giggled. "He even taught us how to get rid of them!"
Mizuno's glared at them. "Me being a fangirl is a secret between the three of us then."
Seiichi and Sasuke continued laughing as the three of them walked back into the house.
The twins' eyes lit up when they saw their mother coming out of the kitchen.
"Okaa-san! You're home!" Sasuke ran to hug her.
"Oh! I was wondering where both of you were. My, my. Is this Mizuno-chan?" She put Sasuke down.
Mizuno bowed low. "Hai. Thank you very much for allowing us to stay in your household."
"It is my pleasure. I had wanted to take the both of you in for a very long time..." she mumbled the last sentence. "Anyway," she continued. "Dinner is ready so could the both of you go set the tables?"
Seiichi and Sasuke nodded and went to the kitchen, leaving the two females in the living room. They grabbed the bowls, washed them and started dividing the pot of ramen.
Soon, the table was set and the three Uchihas sat at the table, waiting for the Uzumaki twins.
"Where did Mizuno-san go, kaa-san? They're taking so long and I'm hungry!" Sasuke complained.
"She went up to get Naruto. Be patient!" Mikoto scolded.
"We're coming!" Mizuno shouted from upstairs.
Seiichi frowned. The sound of her voice didn't seem to come from her room, but further down the corridor, where his room was located.
The Uzumakis came down the stairs, with Mizuno looking smug and Naruto confused. They quickly sat down after Naruto greeted their mother.
"Finally! Itadakimasu!" Sasuke cheered.
Seiichi eyed Mizuno as she dug into her food, grinning stupidly. She looked up at him after swallowing her food and smirked.
What on earth did she see in his room?
After dinner, Mikoto shooed the kids to play while she washed the dishes.
"Wanna see my room?" Sasuke asked Naruto.
Naruto glanced at Mizuno. "Actually.."
"Yeah let's go!" Mizuno interrupted him.
"Both of you sneaked into our room just now, didn't you?" Seiichi asked her as they climbed the stairs.
Her eyes widened. "How'd you know?"
Seiichi rolled his eyes. "You were so obvious."
"Oh yeah? And you are so fake!" Mizuno growled.
"Fake?" Seiichi feigned innocence again.
"I found evidence in your room you idiot. Just admit it already." She groaned.
Seiichi frowned. He didn't remember leaving anything important lying around...
When they reached the room, Sasuke started showing Naruto their toys and training equipment, which lead to an argument of who could throw the wooden kunai more accurately, followed by a competition on the dart board.
Mizuno, on the other hand, started rummaging shamelessly through Seiichi's scrolls.
"Hey, don't touch my stuff!" Seiichi growled.
"Aha!" She cried victoriously, lifting an old scroll from the stack.
Seiichi's eyes widened, recognising the scroll immediately. He quickly grabbed the scroll from her. "You read this?"
"Yeah, I thought you had pretty big guts to write that all down, even if it was in English." Mizuno said.
"I burned everything I wrote in English years ago... I guess I missed this out." Seiichi frowned, opening the scroll. He had written all the dates of the significant events that would happen in the Narutoverse when he was a kid, afraid that he might forget some. He then memorised them before deciding to burn it as it was too dangerous to leave a document like that lying around, even if it was in a totally different language.
"It's coming, huh." Mizuno pointed at the first event.
Seiichi nodded mournfully.
"Not gonna do anything about it? It's your family, after all." Mizuno asked.
"Nothing much I can do, is there? I'm not going to risk a civil war." Seiichi muttered. If Itachi couldn't find a way out of the massacre, there was no way he could do it.
"You should burn that soon. And for the record, I totally saw through your acting." Mizuno smirked, turning towards the two boys.
"Yeah..." Seiichi closed the scroll and dropped it on the floor before joining them in the kunai training. Now that Mizuno had verified him really being from her world, they were going to have much to discuss.
He really wasn't looking forward to it.
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A/N: Hi Codebreakeryuuki and Wilhelm Wigworthy I love you two for reviewing seriously reviews make me happy HAHHAHAH it's 2am and I'm high you guys can skip the author's note seriously it's just gonna be a space where I talk shit and complain about stuff I should sleep because according to HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER no good decision is ever made after 2am.