"Mom, let me help you tidy up."
Looking at Sasuke Uchiha, Mikoto Uchiha tucked a somewhat messy strand of hair behind her ear, forced a smile, and said tenderly: "Sasuke, Mom can do these things by herself, you go do your homework."
"By the way… I heard there's a boy in your class named Naruto?"
Sasuke Uchiha nodded: "Yeah, he's a loser who only knows how to cause trouble all day. It annoys me just looking at him."
Hearing this, Mikoto Uchiha sighed: "Sasuke, don't bother Naruto, understand?"
"As long as he doesn't provoke me, I won't pay any attention to him." Sasuke Uchiha waved goodbye and ran out of the room: "I'm off to do my homework then."
Watching Sasuke Uchiha's back as he left, Mikoto Uchiha sighed with resignation.
Being an Uchiha, she couldn't do anything about the matter of that boy, Naruto.
Besides… her own family's problems were already enough to keep her busy.
Today she had prepared a hearty dinner, hoping that the family could eat together and improve the atmosphere at home a little.
But both Fugaku and Itachi seemed to have their minds elsewhere; they barely exchanged a few words and each went their separate ways.
She didn't know why, but Mikoto Uchiha had a feeling that a storm was brewing.
…
In the dead of night.
Mikoto Uchiha waited silently in the room.
Beside her was Fugaku Uchiha.
Listening to the faint cries of agony coming from outside, Mikoto Uchiha sighed: "Fugaku, is this the end of the Uchiha clan?"
Fugaku Uchiha, with an expressionless face, said in a grave voice: "The radicals of the clan are already out of control. Itachi has also chosen to side with the Hokage."
"I respect Itachi's choice. Before the Uchiha clan is branded with infamy, it is better to accept our fate."
"That boy, Itachi, must be carrying a burden far greater than we can imagine."
Hearing Fugaku Uchiha's words, Mikoto Uchiha said nothing.
If Fugaku had been a little stronger, if he had chosen a side firmly and suppressed the other, things would not have come to this, right?
The fact that her son was carrying so much weight, wasn't it precisely because his father had laid it all on his shoulders?
But having reached this point, Mikoto Uchiha had nothing left to say.
Finally, silence reigned outside once more.
The door to the room opened softly, and heavy footsteps echoed behind them.
After a long moment, Fugaku Uchiha spoke on his own initiative: "Itachi, since this is your choice, then do it."
Sobs were heard from behind them. Mikoto Uchiha, her heart aching, said: "Itachi, take care of Sasuke."
A few seconds later, Mikoto Uchiha felt a sharp pain in her neck, and the scene before her eyes quickly darkened: "So this is how it ends…"
…
"Look, that's the orphan of the Uchiha clan."
"He seems very arrogant, I don't know what he's so proud of."
"Speak softer, don't provoke people like that, they say the Uchiha clan members are very dangerous."
"For his own brother to kill his entire clan, how can he have the face to keep living, he should just kill himself to atone for his sins!"
Listening to the murmurs around her, Mikoto Uchiha slowly opened her eyes.
She seemed to be in the Ninja Academy classroom. A boy with empty, lifeless eyes sat alone in the back row, while the other children pointed at him from behind his back.
"Sasuke?"
"Isn't he dead?"
Mikoto Uchiha looked at herself in surprise, only to find that she could not feel her own body.
It was like watching a movie; she could see and hear, but nothing more.
After the initial panic, Mikoto Uchiha calmed down.
Perhaps this was what the world after death was like.
To be able to stay by her son's side like this, quietly watching him grow up, seemed like a good option.
However, after patiently observing for a while, Mikoto Uchiha's face grew somber.
Those children seemed to be isolating Sasuke.
And also…
Judging by their tone, Itachi had become a rogue ninja?
How could that be? Itachi had sided with the Third Hokage, even at the cost of massacring his entire clan, how could he now be a renegade?
Ding, ding, ding!
Finally, the bell rang, signaling the end of class. Mikoto Uchiha watched Sasuke Uchiha leave the school without a backward glance.
He walked to an abandoned training ground in the clan district, and Sasuke Uchiha began to practice alone with shurikens, kunai, taijutsu…
"Itachi Uchiha, I swear I will kill you!"
He trained late into the night. After bandaging his bloody hands and legs, Sasuke Uchiha dragged his exhausted body back home.
After making himself some noodles, Sasuke Uchiha lay down on the bed.
The light went out.
Sasuke Uchiha suddenly curled up under the covers.
Hearing the sobs coming from within, Mikoto Uchiha felt her heart break.
What exactly had happened during the time she was dead? Why had Sasuke come to this state?
…
"Sasuke, come with me, only I can help you fulfill your plan for revenge."
"Naruto, I don't need bonds, a simple whim of mine could cost you your life!"
"Orochimaru, you have lost."
"From today, team 'Hebi' is formed."
"Objective: kill Itachi Uchiha!"
"Itachi Uchiha, my eyes can already see through your genjutsu!"
…
"Huff! Huff! Huff!"
Sasuke Uchiha panted heavily, looking in terror at Itachi Uchiha who was approaching step by step.
He desperately threw all the weapons he had at Itachi Uchiha, but they were effortlessly blocked by the Susanoo.
Finally, Itachi Uchiha reached Sasuke Uchiha's side.
A bloody hand reached out towards Sasuke Uchiha.
"No, no, no…"
Amidst Sasuke Uchiha's terrified murmurs, a smile suddenly appeared on Itachi Uchiha's face.
Poke!
"Sasuke, forgive me. This is the last time."
Two fingers weakly touched Sasuke Uchiha's forehead and then slowly slid down.
Finally, Itachi Uchiha's entire body fell to the ground, breathless.
Sasuke Uchiha, also exhausted, lay on the ground, without the joy of having killed Itachi Uchiha in his eyes, only an infinite emptiness.
Rain fell from the sky, and the warm jokes of the two brothers' childhood had now become the final gesture at the moment of life and death.
Mikoto Uchiha felt an infinite sadness welling up from the depths of her heart.
She had thought that, after exterminating the Uchiha clan, Itachi would become a hero of the village and watch over Sasuke as he grew up.
But things did not turn out as she had hoped. The Uchiha clan was massacred, Itachi Uchiha became a pariah hated by all, and Sasuke, consumed by hatred, became a renegade.
And in the end, Itachi and Sasuke killed each other…
Why had things come to this?!
If only she had another chance…
————
Under the dim yellow light, an unfamiliar yet familiar face appeared before her eyes.
The man was holding her chin, a faint smile on his lips.
"Lady Mikoto, how was the experience?"
The voice seemed to come from a very distant place. Mikoto Uchiha blinked, confused.
After a long while, the chaotic memories flooded back into her mind. Mikoto Uchiha suddenly regained consciousness…
Is this… reality?
Looking at the man in front of her, Mikoto Uchiha couldn't help but say: "You are? Mirai Uchiha!"
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