And that is how my first year in the Narutover... no, Sasukeverse went. I was going to make myself the protagonist after all. Wasn't I?
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Being an Uchiha kid was tough, people have a lot of expectations. For example, Itachi had already become the honour, pride and prestige of our clan. And of course, there were those oldies who go around giving free advice to people in the Uchiha clan. So yeah, I at the age of one, had already become the centre of attraction to a lot of people. I was constantly compared to Itachi and Shisui, who I had the honour of meeting on my first birthday. There were questions, 'Will Sasuke be like his brother, or will he become the disgrace of the family?' And I fucking hated these questions and these people who had nothing better to do than pass judgements.
Now I have read those fanfics in which the MC decides to hide his talent to not mark a target on his back, to safely hide in the shadows and attack when the time is ripe, and I understand why they do that. But now that I was an Uchiha, why should I hide in the dark? I know that the Uchiha clan is the most hated clan in Konoha, but that doesn't mean that anyone can come and kill me, much less hurt me till the massacre, something I plan to prevent, I don't know how? But it will depend on my power level at that time.
Now I had already learned the language, I couldn't read nor could I write it but I could understand what the other person was saying and I could also speak the language, not fluently but I managed.
Oh, right there this was one thing that happened before my birthday...
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"Mikoto, stay inside, the Kyuubi has attacked our village. Itachi, take care of your mother and your brother, understand. I will go and assist the shinobi of our village." Fugaku said, after which he flickered away.
'Huh, so the famous Kyuubi attack will happen today'. I really wanted to intervene, not for the sake of Minato that much but I did want to save Kushina. I had actually met her a couple of times, she was mom's friend after all. And she was a really good person, she had a very cheerful personality and was also someone who showed me a lot of cool ninja tricks, though her habit of pinching my cheeks was very irritating. Once she even had a fight with Itachi over who was cuter, the future Naruto or me.
But the truth was that no matter what I did, I won't be able to save her, I knew that. Even experienced ninjas would lose against the might of Kyuubi, and I was not even a year old. So I did what I could, I placed the issue in the back of my mind and left it for the future me to think upon.
I was sitting on my cot, listening to the yells and shrieks of the villagers, the sounds of buildings collapsing, roars of the Kyuubi and the shrills of the people who had lost their loved ones, while Mikoto was holding me in her arms, trying to shield my ears from the sound of war. Itachi was tensed, he was in the end a six-year-old child, who had the responsibility to save his family should the danger reach the doors of our house. A very big responsibility for those tiny shoulders of his.
Soon the sound died down and a crestfallen, angry Fugaku entered the house.
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'They didn't let us join the fight, they said that we were too suspicious and they thought that we were behind the Kyuubi's attack, are we the Uchihas that untrustworthy in the eyes of the village, in the eyes of that bastard Danzo? The fact that the Hokage agreed to this further saddens me.' I said to myself. I was sad, angry, hurt, and a mix of a lot of emotions right now. Why? The Uchiha clan was denied the right to protect their village, our pride was shattered, were we not the ones who created this village with the Senjuus, were we not the clan that bled to save this village in the shinobi wars? Then why were we never trusted, why were we always hated, and why was my clan the only one that was treated as a villain even after the sacrifices we made for Konoha? With a heavy heart I greeted my sons, 'I hope they will not have to deal with this hate.'
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The next day there was news that the 4th Hokage had died, and though there was no proof, there were rumours that the instigator of the attack was an Uchiha. People's distrust turned to hate, and for the subsequent days whenever I left for a walk with my mother, people looked at us as if we were the most pathetic human beings in the world. There were cases in which villagers attacked the Konoha Police force, a force made entirely of Uchiha shinobi. They accused us of everything wrong with the village, they tried to hurt the 'Uchiha ego', something that each and every Uchiha was born with. The hate between the government and the clan further increased when we were ordered to move to the southernmost edge of the village, a place that was nearest to the Anbu headquarters. Even a child could understand why we were sent there, so of course, every Uchiha also could. And though we didn't respond to this relocation, the distrust had grown, the hate had grown and the Uchihas were ready to blow, all they need was another spark.
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Soon my birthday arrived, and I got to meet a lot of people. I met Shisui, Izumi, and tonnes of Uchiha children. People from the Inuzuka, Akimichi, Aburame, Nara, Hyuuga, etc clans had come to congratulate me. We were hated by the villagers but every clan head knew what the truth was, and allying with the Uchiha clan at their worst point in history was an opportunity no one would want to miss. Except for the Hyuugas, of course. They were the only clan that had the same amount of ego as the Uchihas, but they were not so adamant about showing it to everyone. So yeah, one could say they were smarter than us. I had the chance to meet Ino, Hinata, Shikamaru, etc. all the Konoha eleven except Neji who I thought was not allowed to attend due to him being from the branch family of the Hyuuga clan. But the meeting wasn't that worthwhile, after all, they were still not able to walk properly, nor were they able to talk properly while I could do both of those things easily. Hence, the esteemed me was soon pronounced to be a genius. Itachi was proclaimed the entertainer of the party by me, and he had the duty to do different tricks throughout the party, something that he was glad to do when he saw that it brought a smile to my face.
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Meanwhile, near the graves of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, a white-haired person could be seen crying, complaining about the cruel unbiased world which took his mentors, his friends, and his parents away. Everyone he knew, he loved had met their end and he wasn't able to help any of them in their times of need. His sensei who taught him everything he knew had died, but he wasn't there when he was needed the most.
"Kakashi Hatake, son of the White Fang one of the strongest ninjas in Konoha, I knew I will find you here." a voice came from behind the grieving man.
"Danzo-sama," Kakashi exclaimed, bowing to pay his respects to the Council Elder.
"I know that you, Guy, Kurenai, and the other shinobis were not allowed to participate in the fight against the Kyuubi. Do you know why this happened, boy?" Danzo asked.
"No, Danzo-sama."
"Because Hiruzen is weak, because he thought that you, though a jonin will not be able to fight against the Kyuubi, and that is why we lost Minato. Because in the end, there were no reinforcements to help him in his fight."
"But..."
"Maybe if you were there, the 4th Hokage could've been saved, who knows?"
"I guess you are right."
"We must make Konoha strong so that no fox will ever be able to attack our village, no village will ever eye us with greedy eyes. Join me Kakashi for, in this endeavour of mine, I will need your help. Join the Root, Kakashi." Danzo announced, in response to which the blue-haired ninja nodded.
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In a cave far away from Konoha.
"We failed to capture the nine-tails." a guy in an orange mask could be seen talking to a black, humanoid figure.
"But we did manage to weaken Konoha, so the mission was still successful." the humanoid figure replied.
"Then why am I crying, why does it feel that I have lost someone extremely precious to me?"
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My birthday might have become a big success for the Uchiha clan, if and only if our clan elders toned their egos down and accepted the alliance offers. But no, those dumbasses were so smart that they decided that the Uchiha clan didn't need any help, and will be able to persevere on its own. How did I know this? Well, Fugaku had a loud voice, and maybe no one thought that I will be able to understand what the word 'politics' meant. Because Itachi surely couldn't.
As I didn't have the power to influence these decisions, I continued my training. Not body training, if you are thinking that, I was one for god's sake. I started learning the language, and at the pace, I was going I would be able to learn it fully in a month max because I wasn't doing anything else right now. Learning the language was a means to an end, I needed books to learn about chakra because I knew that I couldn't tell anyone about myself having already noticed my chakra. I planned to become a genius, not a monster because if Danzo got to know that a child of the Uchiha had chakra at the age of one, I would die. Not even Fugaku could stop a dozen Root ninjas himself, could he?
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'My Sasuke is a genius.' I thought, why? Well, he had already completed all the 'Introduction to Kirusawa(the name of the language used in the Narutoverse, it is not real, I just needed a name for the language.)' in a month. While kids had not even started speaking, my child was already writing without any mistakes. He could already do mathematics at an unprecedented level, a level that many Uchiha were able to comprehend only due to the Sharingan. Itachi is a genius, many people have said to me, they congratulate me every day, they say that 'a diamond has been born in your home.' But if Itachi is a genius what should I call Sasuke who can do mathematical operations without using any paper? I just hope that Sasuke is not such a genius in being a shinobi, I don't want him to be involved in the upcoming disputes between the clan and the village, something I won't be able to save Itachi from.
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Mom was crushed when the news that Minato and Kushina died reached her. She cried throughout the day after she heard that even their unborn child was killed by the Nine-tails. I was so angry at Hiruzen and his council when I heard the news. How could they kill a child? I knew that Naruto was alive, but if they killed Naruto officially then he lost his rights to the prestigious life that Kushina and Minato thought he will receive when they sacrificed themselves. He was the child of the 4th Hokage after all, the man who saved the village from the nine tails. He was a celebrity, and yet he was going to be treated as dirt throughout his childhood, he would be bullied by so many children, why? Because taking his happiness was not enough for Danzo. After watching the anime, I cursed a lot of people, but I only hated Danzo. Zetsu had a reason for what he did. But Danzo, he was just selfish. He just wanted the throne of the Hokage. He just wanted to be better than Hiruzen. And that will be why, now that I was here, there would be no one who will be able to save his sorry ass from me, no one.