“My parent’s death was a mystery, I never did figure out who killed them, nor why, but I had a feeling I knew the reason.”
My father talked about his childhood like it was a fond moment of his life. How, could he look back and smile? I felt some kind of pity, he lost his parents almost like I have. Except I had a father, but still felt as lonely as he did.
“So you are saying, Kiyoko’s mother was so powerful at such a young age. Bettering even Itachi’s skills.”
“Yes, some used to say she rivaled even Madara Uchiha’s sharingan. Since she did awaken her sharingan at birth, her proficiency came early in life, we were both ahead of our classmates, both a bit of outcasts, her more than me. I never did talk to her until the eve of my parent’s death,” father said as he patted his clothes.
“Madara,” I heard Kakashi whisper and clenched his fists. Who was this Madara Uchiha, that made Kakashi this way. Perhaps he was a powerful ninja, to compare mother to him.
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Soichi’s POV
“We have to get out of here,” Yukiko said as she tugged my arm.
“No, I won’t leave them behind. I can’t!”
“Its still dangerous, who know maybe they will come back to finish you off,” Yukiko tugged once more, finally separating me from my parents bodies. No, I won’t leave them. I won’t let theirs deaths be in vain, I will avenge them. I will kill who ever murdered them.
“I will fight until I kill them all! I don’t care if I die at the end, I will kill the murders,” I say. I felt my heart burn and pump the warm blood all over my body. I have to find that special item my father told me kept under lock and key. Perhaps it is full of jutsus I can learn to kill the murders. Yes, I have to find it. Leaving Yukiko there I ran to my father’s study room, I never was allowed in here, maybe I know why. There was a hollow spot near the desk, it must be down there.
“What are you doing, idiot! You have a death wish,” Yukiko came into the room too.
“There is something in here my father wanted to show me. I have to get it,” I say and push the desk to the side. I rip away the rug and destroy the floormat that kept the hollow safe hidden. This is what my father would have shown me two days from now, this is what he wanted me to know, I just know it.
Once I reach into the hole, I full out a heavy black box, it was sealed with an intricate seal. I turn on the light to see it more clearly, this seal was to advance for me. Damn it, if only I was more advanced with my studies.
“I can undo the seal, move over,” Yukiko said. She tucked her long hair behind her ear, and I saw those red eyes activate. Her red eyes had a flower pattern, six petals and a dark pupal. She made some signs with her hands, and soon I saw the black sealing markings disappear. Yukiko was quiet in class, but she was probably far beyond anyone’s skills. No wonder she is the smartest person in our class, I follow second. I will never think about teasing her.
“Thanks.” I pull the lid and see a large book, probably bigger than any textbook I have ever seen. It was covered with symbols that I can’t read. It had three eyes on the cover, one was the byakugan, one was the sharingan, and the other I didn’t know. Yukiko gasps and disables her sharingan as if she saw something she didn’t want to see.
“The Rinnegan. How did your father get his hands on this book?” Yukiko said. I shake my head, I don’t know, but looks very important and very dangerous.
“You can’t tell anyone Yukiko. I mean it, not one soul. This stays between us, you have to promise me,” I say and take my hand out. She looks once more but nods and shakes my hand.
“I won’t say anything to anyone,” she said with a soft voice.
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“After that you could say we were inseparable, your mother helped me decipher the parts she could, but we never did read the entire book, not without the Rinnegan. There are secrets of course that I never have the answers for, but your mother did help me do more than read that book. After my parent’s death, she did not let me go rogue to track done my parent's murders. At the age of fifteen I was so ready to go out into the world and track down the assinators, but Yukiko did not let me. She put in a genjutsu just to calm me down.” My father chuckled as he recalled that memory.
The book he talked about is the book we have, it is the book Kakashi and I found. This was coming back, it was completing this loop. I wonder why he didn’t take it back with him when he moved to the Leaf.
“The villagers looked at us with condemn in their eyes. Everyone knew the Senju and Uchiha were bitter rivals, how could a couple of kids like us get along. It got even worse when Yukiko and I began dating. Her father was so angry with her, at times she wasn’t able to come out of the house for weeks, but she always found a way to escape. When my parents died, I felt like I had no reason to live in the village anymore, but Yukiko kept me grounded. My grandmother, Hiro Uzumaki, took me in, but I felt so alone. During the lantern festival,when we were sixteen,Yukiko told me she loved me, there was no doubt in her heart. It was then that I didn't mind living in the rest of my life in the village if I was with her. Love sure is powerful,” He smiled and looked at us.
I couldn’t believe that my father was the same man that sat before us. His demeanor has completely changed. I would not have mind to be his daughter if he was this kind of man.
“At first her parents and my grandmother did not approve of us, but they eventually came to accept us being together. Nothing could separate us, when we began to date the second shinobi war began, it was devastating. We were assigned different teams, I didn’t know if I would see her again. I fought with regret, I never did like to kill people over something kages can’t negotiate over. After the war, I was summoned to the Shikkotsu Forest to begin wood style training with Sage Moriko. Tomoko believed it was time for me to restart my wood style training. Yukiko had duties to the reconstruction of the village, we had a hard time together, but we rode it out. A few years after, I proposed to her, I wanted to be married to her so that even if we are separated we are bound together. Yukiko and I married in the summer with family and friends, we were only twenty. The year of our marriage my grandmother told me a frightening reality,” My father’s voice changed from glee to sorrow in seconds.
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Soichi’s POV
“Soichi, come here boy, there is something I must talk to you about,” My grandmother said to me as Yukiko left the house to finish some ninja report with the hokage.
“I do believe it is time for you to know the truth about our family, the Uzumaki’s are a strong clan you already know, and so are the senju. In the future, your child may be the most powerful human alive. The mixture of a Senju and Uchiha has never been done, but your love for Yukiko has overcome the obstacle. There is something that has been passed down for generations through the Uzumaki’s first born.” Grandmother Hiro lead me to her room, in the house we shared. Her old body struggled to kneel on the floor.
“I will show you this power, only if you vow to take it and do good with it. Its a dark power that only the purest of souls can control, I believe you and Yukiko can control it, with your wood style and her Sharingan, you two will be the most powerful ninja in the world,” Grandma smiled a bit. My heart raced, what in the world does she have that can be so powerful? Mom was a ninja I knew, but did she really have hidden life. My grandmother pulled out a red hair from her head and took it in her ancient hands, before she slipped it between two floor boards.
There was a steep staircase leading down into the darkness. Grandmother made hand signs and chakra was dispersed.
“I deactivated the seals. If you walked into anyone of them, you’re body would disintegrate in seconds. Follow closely behind me, and do not touch anything unless I tell you to.”
She led the way down the dark stairs, and I quickly followed. I always knew my grandmother was weird, but this was creepy. I thought she was a lonely hag after grandfather died before my birth, but she spent her time guarding what ever this was.
The deeper we went into the earth, the colder it got, but I felt a strong chakra. A chakra so strong, it felt like animal inside some cage. It felt wild, and untamable.
“There is a legend that began with the first shinobi. It was so long that I do not know who was the first shinobi to hold this power. It began with the Senju clan, they were given the power to keep it, but hundreds of years ago, the senju gave it up to the Uzumaki Clan. Our clan was beyond excellent in the sealing art, we’ve had it in possession ever since. Your mother was my first born, and she was entrusted to keep it safe, but now it is up to you Soichi. It is given to your first born, when the time is right. You must keep this power under control, and if time comes it may be of some great use.”
“What is it?” I ask. My grandmother opened the wooden box it was held in. It was kept in a large jar, thick with sealings and restless. Whatever it was, it has been in there for years, hundreds of years.
“Even I am not sure, but I know it is a beast. A best made of chakra, and bloodthirst. I believe you can handle it, you have learned woodstyle. My grandson, your mother would be very proud of you, and your father too. They only wanted peace in this world, and this power could bring it,” grandmother Hiro patted my back. What was I going to do with this thing? How am I going to be able to control such raw chakra?
“I will teach you sealing techniques, so you can keep this beast sealed if I die soon. Don’t worry I still have plenty life in me,” Grandma gives me a chuckle and seals the bow once more.
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“That was the first time I came into contact with the tailed beast. My grandmother taught me sealing jutsus powerful enough to keep the beast in on my own. Your mother didn’t like the idea of me keeping guard of a beast under our own house, especially without the village knowing.”
I swallowed my nerves as my father talked. I wasn’t born with the Ryuu already in me? Did I receive after my birth, after my mother’s death.
“Did you live in the Uchiha district? The time you invaded the Leaf, you were looking for something, was it the book?” Kakashi asked. He was so calmed compared to me. I could barely keep my head from exploding with all the questions I have.
“Why did you decide to put it inside me? Why would you do that to your own daughter,” I say a bit more louder than I thought. I didn’t even feel the tears, but they were coming down. Did he not know what effect it would be on me? I still hated him, no matter how many times he explains himself. I will never forgive him.
“Conflicts were arising again, your mother and I decided that we will wait on the eve of your birth to seal it inside of you so we can flee,” he said.
“What? Why then? What happened?”
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Soichi’s POV
I was in charge of sealing it now, Grandmother Hiro is gone, she passed away just three months ago. I can do it, I’m sure I can, she did prepare me for this. Yukiko helps too, with her Sharingan and my wood style we will be able to do this together. Times were tense for us ninja right now, problems with the Village hidden in the Mist are getting tenser. Some say there will be another shinobi war, only years after we finished one. That can’t happen, I don’t want more people to die. Perhaps this is what my grandmother meant, maybe this power can stop all wars.
“Soichi!” I hear Yukiko yell. We moved into the Uchiha district once grandmother died, I still haven’t gotten used to this house yet. Yukiko and I moved the sealed beast here and the book at night, when everyone was asleep and Yukiko made sure no one saw. Her abilities are always amazing me. Everytime I see those eyes, I am glad I am her husband and not an enemy.
“I have great news,” Yukiko’s long hair was tied back in a tie. Her smile was the widest I have ever seen. I couldn’t help but smile too, whatever the news was I was happy it makes her smile.
“What is it?”
“I’m- I’m pregnant!”
My toast in hand fell, and I stood up from the kitchen chair.
“What, you mean, you and I, we’re going to be parents!” My heart felt like it grew wings and flew out of my chest. Yukiko nodded and I brought her into my arms. I couldn’t believe this, I’m going to be a father. A little child, half like me, half like Yukiko. I couldn’t wait to meet my kid, nine months are too long.
“I have been feeling ill for quite some time but I didn’t want to worry you, the doctor said I’m just passed ten weeks along. She/ he will be due in December.” Yukiko said, with tears in her eyes. I was so ecstatic to have another family member soon. That night we told her parents, they were just as happy for us. This baby will be proof that Senju and Uchiha can have a fulfilling family together. It doesn’t matter what bloodline you come from, I love Yukiko with all of my heart, nothing else matters.
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“Soichi, things are getting bad again, aren’t they,” Yukiko said as we layed in bed that night. Her womb tucked between us. Our baby warm and safe between us, three more months, just three more months.
“We’ll be able to get through this. I know we will.” I said into the dark. Yukiko was six months pregnant now, I knew she was nervous of our situation, I would be lying if I said I wasn’t.
There has been more threats and rumors about the Mist Village, Stone Village, and Leaf Village. It felt like war was breathing down our necks, Yukiko was afraid for our child, for me. I didn’t like going on dangerous missions, especially when Yukiko is in her final trimester. I wasn’t going to die anytime soon, not until I see my child alive and grow.
“If war breaks out, what will happen to the beast? Its not a power that can be left unguarded, Soichi.”
“I know it can’t. But that seal isn’t as portable as we would like it to be. It can’t be moved around too much without chakra being used constantly to keep it sealed. No matter what kind of seal I use, if I’m not there to keep it under lock and key it will eventually break,” I say into her hair. Yukiko cups her growing midsection, and she cries. I feel my heart break, I wish I could stop it all. Stop her tears, but I knew I couldn’t now. I held her until she was done crying.
“I just don’t want our baby to go through a world full of war,” She says.
“ I don’t either.”
“You’re grandmother once told you that this baby will be one of the most powerful ninja in the world, because she is a Senju and and Uchiha, yes?” Yukiko confirms. I nod, and she goes on, clearing her throat.
“What if our child becomes a jinchuuriki like the first hokage’s wife. What if our child can stop this conflict like your grandmother said. This baby can become the seal, I really do think he/she can do it, because I can feel it in my gut,” Yukiko said boldly in the night. I felt my air being sucked out from my lungs. Make our child a living vessel?
“Yukiko we couldn’t,” I whisper.
“I know it may sound horrible to do that to a child, but Soichi this child is different. She’s strong and bold. Its a parent's duty to believe in their child. We’ll be with her through it all, she’ll never be alone, never, we’ll love her unconditionally. She’ll be no different from normal children, except she can change the world,” Yukiko said.
“She?”
“Mhm, I think we’re having a girl. Its woman’s intuition. And I think being a jinchuuriki isn’t something to be so offended by. Our girl will be a name to remember through the entire world, if you only knew how strong she feels, even as a fetus,” Yukiko smoothed her womb. Could our daughter really do it? Is it possible for a human to tame such powerful wild chakra. I saw the sparkle in Yukiko’s eyes through the moonlight. She had no doubt in her mind that our child could do it. I just had to trust her.
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“It was your mother who thought about putting the tailed beast inside of you, not because of punishment nor malice. She genuinely thought you could do anything, I never saw such a loving look on her face when she said that. Yukiko loved you very much Kiyoko,” my father’s eyes watered a little when she said those words. He had no right to cry in front of me. I had a n excuse to let all of my tears fall, here my father is telling me my mother truly did love me and she believed I could do anything. My mother who I thought hated me, loved me afterall.
Kakashi let me lean on his shoulder, soothing my back.
“Things only got worse as it went on. The Uchiha’s become more suspicious of the governing Leaf elders. She was excluded from many things, now that she married a Senju. Her parents slowly detached themselves from us, and soon we felt like we were torn in the middle of two conflicts. Our loyalty to her family, who brought me in like a son and our loyalty to the leaf. It was especially difficult on the night of your birth Kiyoko.”
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