Sasuke ran along the streets of Konoha. He was 7 years old this year and currently ranked first in class, though he didn't feel proud. For some reason, that kid Kudo had stopped competing, always remaining at 4th rank. Turning the corner, he was a mass gathering outside the Uchiha compound, smoke wafting into the air, and he walked faster, his heart beating in anxiety.
Just as he was about to ask a random stranger, someone flickered behind him, making him alert.
"Young lord Sasuke. The clan head ordered us to look after you. The clan compound isn't safe right now. We will escort you to your mother." Sasuke recognized the shinobi; he was Sasaki Uchiha. "What happened? Why is our home on fire?" Sasuke asked as he was led away, but Sasaki didn't answer; his job was to escort Sasuke, anything else was up to the clan leader to decide.
Inside the compound; "Escort Danzo to the basement of the Hokage building." Hearing Hiruzen's words, Danzo almost threw a fit. Hiruzen had judged him as likely to flee the village. He felt his honor and undying love for the village being spat on. Anbu quickly applied seals onto Danzo, Hiruzen turned to Kakashi, "Clan leader Hatake. Escort Danzo along with the anbu to the hokage building." With Kakashi present, any chance of escape was thwarted. Kakashi had grown stronger over the past 7 years; his strength was elite jonin, be he hadn't been assigned yet. "Yes, lord Hokage." Kakashi immediately left with the Anbu. After a long talk with Kakashi, Hiruzen had uncovered what Fugaku had said to him, and he was surprised it wasn't a plot but genuine advice that Kakashi desperately needed.
Turning to Fugaku, Hiruzen massaged his forehead. Although Fugaku had recovered his eye, he still went against his order, and punishment was due, but he had to be careful not to further agitate the Uchiha. Elder Setsuna's words echoed in his mind, but he knew the Uchiha would never separate from the leaf.Their pride wouldn't allow it, their pride backed by the sacrifices they made for the village. They wouldn't dishonour their dead loved ones.
"Alright, everyone, let's gather at the hokage building within the hour."Everyone dispersed, and Fugaku left towards the compound.Upon arriving, "Yashiro, call the elders." Yashiro, whose arm was banged, bowed slightly and flickered.
Several seconds later, 3 figures approached Fugaku who was seated in meditation, recovering his chakra.Opening his eyes, he took out a scroll, "In this scroll lies Shisui's other eye. I ripped it off, Danzo."Yashiro and Matsui showed surprise, but Setsuna was already aware; he had been there. Setsuna immediately produced a jar with a floating eye; it held Shisui's other eye. Looking at the mangekyo sharingan, Fugaku was tempted to destroy it right there, but that decision was best left to Itachi.
Itachi closed in on the eyes, taking hold of it, his Sharingan changed to the mangekyo and a black flame burned both the scroll and the tube. None of the elders showed emotion, but they inwardly lamented the fall of Shisui. None desired his mangekyo sharingan, Setsuna and Matsui were retired, and Yashiro, now injured, was also about to retire. With Itachi and Fugaku both wielding the mangekyo sharingan, there was no need to keep Shisui's eyes; his kotoamatsukami was a serious threat to both the leaf and Uchiha. The ability to rewrite some's will without them being aware was absurd and a temptation to anyone who might want to overthrow Fugaku and his lineage, for the only way to do so was to have the mangekyo sharingan.
Sasuke was most likely gonna awaken the mangekyo sharingan, given that his father and elder brother had awakened it.As the flames of Amaterasu died, nothing remained physically, but Itachi knew inside he had safeguarded Shisui's legacy from any that might dishonour it."Casualty reports, how many dead, injured, and crippled?" Fugaku took a seat, the crisis fresh in his memory. He had done his best to minimize the destruction and loss of life."Lord Fugaku, in the attack, 400 clan members were exposed to the scent and incapacitated, but they are now waking up, most of them being civilians, genins, and some chunins.263 members suffered injuries, with 56 of those being crippled. Thanks to Yashiro's swift action, most injuries were attended to, and most in the path of the battle were evacuated. 105 are dead, 60 are civilians, and the rest are 27genins, 11 chunins, and 7 jonins.Our clan lost 9.5 % of its manpower in the attack. Most of our forces were outside on patrol and doing missions."
Fugaku silently took in the information. Their plans had been derailed heavily, with past wars, the mighty Uchiha and Senju clans each fell below 1000 members, and that figure has been rapidly declining. Fugaku wanted to raise that number to at least a thousand, but with 105 lives gone, he would have to wait at least ten years. For clan of 70% shinobi forces, like he imagined, he would need at least 15 years and a massive amount of money to handle such a force.
With recent attacks by root having dialed down, he sent most Uchina shinobi on missions to build the resources necessary, this of course included abandoning their compound at the center of the village. To expand the clan, they needed a vast space, and only the outskirts of the village would do.
"Bastards. Yashiro hunt down information on those who attacked us. The Uchiha aren't toothless dogs. We are tigers, and as long as we will hunt and devour those who act against us."Yashiro nodded, "Yashiro, from now you will be responsible for counterintelligence in the clan. Every threat must be culled before it blooms; if not, then Elder Matsui's force will annihilate them. Elder Setsuna, we need more fuinjutsu masters and better protective barriers against those who scheme against us.Itachi, you will lead your current generation and the next as the future clan leader. What happened today will never happen again to the Uchiha, do you understand?"