beloved, twice(spinoff of beloved, once). chapter 1

summary: a girl who was reborn as Itachi's twin sister, goes again...(spoilers- original fanfic)

wanted to write a spinoff this story after chapter 3. Author is still writing original(https/searchingforenadi./post/755636689750425600/are-you-going-to-continue-beloved-once-or-any).

Chapter 1(cont,d from chapter 3 end) - Reborn, Again

Days passed since and the inevitable plan to move back to the outer districts due to Danzo's "planning" led to the same happenings as before.

Only this time, something had changed.

Uchicha Miho and and her mother got a summons to the Hokage(i) 's office, surprisingly.

huh.

Despite all things being equal, somehow I got on Lord 3rd's radar.

It's a good thing Mikoto Uchiha is who she is, otherwise I'd be a in scolding and a half for something I probably didn't mean.

Like my 2nd chance at this 2nd life.

As we walked past the normal guards, usually vibrantly kind, this time there was a quiet solitude in the air.

A shift, that was un-doubtably Seen.

Hokage: H , Miho: M

H: "Where do you wish to go?", on a philosophical whim

M: "I do not know. For I am Lost."

H: "There are many places to visit, but nowhere to go."

M: "This may be your learning, but I have not Seen this Truth non-intellectually, therefore I must go where my feet take me. For I have not Seen it All. Only conceptually is this the case."

H: "My young one, I understand. Let's invite your mother into this conversation."

As if we gaze at each other, lost in a trance, suddenly with a bow from my mother, I snap out of my reverie.

For all that that was, it likely wasn't a genjutsu. But I got pulled aside all the same.

As I bow accordingly, but a second later than usual, the 3rd Hokage turned a lot more stern.

After making a hand sign, causing the ANBU to flicker, he decides to drop the bomb.

H: "We recently revived Uzumaki Kushina from the dead and said that it was thanks to you we got a glimpse of the intruder. For Lord 4th's soul remains with the reaper".

M: "..." *silence

H: "She said you made adjustments to the seal for protection, can you please explain what you did."

Mi: "Hokage-sama, I think this is a misunderstanding. How can a 5 year old, make adjustments to someone's security detail."

H: "Oh, but she did, in the tiny yearning moments of force, you never know whether a butterfly's wings cause a flap in a new direction."

As I proceed to take in this conversation, I suddenly have an idea of what they're talking about. The Seal.

M: Ah, I don't know fuinjustsu. I just absorbed whatever I could from wherever it came from and said some random words.

H: But you could learn.

M: This is True. For as I explore new places and experiences, I learn as I go. But let it be Known, that I currently do not Know.

H: That is to be expected. You are merely a young child. But sooner or later, the bird must fly, or end up, withered and tired.

(As if I want more philosophizing at 6 PM on Sunday).

Miho looked at the 3rd Hokage as if realizing the jig is up, and it won't allow anymore more slip ups via the strange pace that was set up.

Hiruzen:"Haha, I was just wondering. Just letting you now, we know and thank your contributions to our efforts to find this attacker."

As mother and I walk out of the building, we leave a different pair then before.

This happens Often, These Days.

"Quite calm you were, for the first time in front of the Hokage", Mikoto remarked.

I continued to remain silent as the shark the looms it prey waits for the fish to enter it's line.

But the fish is ten years too wise to fall again. At least that's what it thinks...

"You always seem to know when to keep silent, too. That itself is a form of intelligence. For something within you likely realizes that saying anything is a fool's errand waiting to be run."

Caught between a rock and a hard place. Damned either way.

I guess this is what it means, to live in society.

"No matter, as I've said continue as you are. You may not be shining, but you'll be a quiet star."

As I linger on the possibility, the mind slips awake, and I've got to close my eyes, for heaven's sake.

"Mom, you're overthinking, I'm merely existing here", me.

"Ah but don't you realize? Can't you See?

The world is trash and society is too. But I'll never give up on my angel in you",

Mom said while pretending to be intimating old grandma I seem to her while apparently stroking a goatee that lord 3rd was doing before.

I chuckle, because really, I can't help myself.

In this dark world, you take what you can get.

"I didn't MEAN to be philosophical in there.

Something about the air around that man, just screams tell me the Truth, at least partially.

'For I already See through the Lie you've prepared.'

It was off-putting."

Off-put like being present at Itachi's Massacre being the other, hoping that I'll stop hoping leaves man without his brother.

In this case, a young maiden and her heart which longs to be Free and Just Be.

"Blind to the days, Blind to the haze, blind to the days of snow

Wherever you go, I'll follow along, with you try drag down your hopes

Wherever you are, I your Mind, will bring you down if you can go.

This is a battle, of a certain war, bound in only ways we Know...bound in only ways we Know"