Yami could be seen walking the streets of Konoha, accompanied by one of the servants from his residence.
He hadn't long since graduated from the ninja academy, where his class had focused on ninja history and a few very basic training exercises.
The class had been very easy, or rather, too simple for what he already knew. But considering that this was also for young people with no ninja training, Yami couldn't complain too much.
Although he didn't like the idea of being there, he had no choice but to endure it. He had to prove not only to the academy but also to his mother that he was far beyond the norm; that way, she might let him graduate. Or at least, that's what he understood.
"Well, we've arrived where the young man and young lady should be," said the caretaker, as they stood at the park entrance.
Only to find a scene far more unusual than he had anticipated.
A large crowd of children could be seen gathered in the distance.
Most of them were lying on the ground, crying and complaining, and in the middle of it all was Hikari, with one foot propped up on one of them and her arms crossed.
"Are you going to keep fighting?" asked the only redhead there, looking at the boy on the ground.
"I give up. I won't do it again," said the boy, his eyes filled with tears.
"Won't do what again?" Hikari questioned.
"I won't question any of your decisions again," the boy said, meeting the redhead's sharp glare and swallowing hard. "Boss," he finished.
"Fine, be grateful I'm a good person, and I'll let you go without asking for any compensation," Hikari declared, placing a hand on her chest like a benevolent leader.
"Amazing," said a blonde girl, staring at the redhead.
"You're great, Hikari," said another, this one with pink hair.
There were other children praising Hikari, but Yami's attention wasn't on them. Instead, by chance, among the children complaining on the ground were Naruto and... Sasuke, but these two were still, leaning back to back while panting.
The caretaker watched, unsure what to do. Yami noticed this and wandered off to where two children were standing apart, watching the whole spectacle.
"Shikamaru, Choji, what happened?" Yami asked, approaching the two boys.
"Yami, I see you're here," he said listlessly, swinging slowly on the swing.
"Hey, Yami, your sister is really scary," Choji commented, shoving another potato chip into his mouth, sitting on the other swing but not swinging.
"That doesn't explain anything," Yami said, but mentally complaining to the two of them.
"I'm not entirely sure what happened, but I do know that your sister tried to become, so to speak, the leader of the park, which started a fight among several of us here," Shikamaru explained a little.
"So Hikari fought all those kids by herself? "Yami questioned, noticing how clean her sister looked, making it seem unlikely she'd do anything like that.
"No, she used Naruto and Sasuke as subordinates; she practically forced them to fight for her, and after the fight, she abandoned them and claimed victory," the Nara explained.
"They were both too exhausted to even try and stop Hikari, so it was no trouble for her," Choji added.
Basically, Hikari made Naruto and Sasuke fight for her, forcing them to take down all the kids who opposed her. And when they were finished, she took them down herself, proving that if she could defeat those who had defeated her, then she was the strongest, demonstrating her superiority.
Yami noticed this and watched as her sister basked in the adulation of the children who hadn't participated in the conflict, while those who had could only lick their wounds and hang their heads.
"What a tyrannical way to act," Yami couldn't help but say, analyzing the whole situation.
"And troublesome," Shikamaru added.
...
Several days had passed since the mafia and the yakuza had discovered the treacherous Uchiha and dealt with him, but the disappearance of a clan member, especially one belonging to the police force, was bound to cause a stir.
First, they searched the facilities where the missing individual had been staying, only to then begin searching the lawless areas of the village, only for their search to be interrupted by the yakuza.
Faced with all this, she had no choice but to go to the Hokage's office in search of answers, which brings us to the current situation.
Miyu looked at the five Uchiha members before her, seeking "justice" for the missing Uchiha ninja.
Leading this group was Fugaku, who was experiencing a mix of emotions due to the implications of the whole situation.
Beside him were two clan elders, followed by the Uchiha police vice-captain and the missing ninja's partner.
Since this was a special occasion, three trusted ninjas were hidden in the office, along with two of her bodyguards.
Yamato was staring at the passageway outside the tower as if the whole situation had nothing to do with him, since he didn't want to keep getting into trouble like this, while Katsuki stared straight ahead with a hardened expression, trying to intimidate... in his own way.
The missing member of the Hokage's guard was resting, since the rounds were done in pairs, so there were always two members on duty while one could dedicate all his time to his own projects, and every so often, this one would replace the one who had been on duty the longest, and so on, rotating.
"This is an insult to us! How can a member of our prestigious Uchiha clan disappear and you do nothing?" exclaimed one of the clan elders, one of the most extreme, with barely contained fury. He was the one who had received the information about the already murdered Uchiha.
Knowing that the woman with the forehead enjoyed experimenting on members of his clan, he couldn't help but feel hatred toward her and frustration at the fact that he couldn't do anything about it.
For her part, Miyu looked at him as if he were trash.
"If someone wants to speak, they have to raise their hand so they can have their turn to express what they feel; I don't want this room to turn into a screaming match," Miyu said very calmly, almost mockingly.
The old Uchiha could only clench his teeth in frustration at her words.
"Forgive me for interrupting, Hokage-sama, but the situation is quite serious. The disappearance of a member who had already awakened the Sharingan could be a major disaster not only for the clan but also for the village," Fugaku interjected, trying to make them understand the gravity of the situation.
"Oh, so they're thinking about the village. I thought this whole thing was just so they wouldn't look like fools when a member of their clan vanished into thin air in the village itself. I think this is something Danzo would do. That man likes kidnapping children; I wouldn't be surprised if he started doing it with eyes now. Go bother him," Miyu argued, gesturing for them to leave her office.
The faces of the five Uchiha darkened at the Hokage's words, only for the other elderly Uchiha to step forward and slam his fist on the table.
"Who do you think you are, Hokage, to say such things?" he snapped. Miyu immediately raised a hand, signaling the ANBU and her bodyguard to stop their attack on the old man.
"Who do I think I am? The military leader of the village, and the one who can stop you from circulating in your clan's budget," Miyu said calmly, looking at the old man.
"Well, if you're the military leader, you should be concerned about your subordinates," the old man complained.
Miyu simply gave the man in front of him a disdainful smile.
"The military police and the situations of the village clans are outside my jurisdiction, not to mention that, according to Elder Setsuna, Uchiha Kay disappeared alone in the lawless zone, without his partner. I wonder what he was doing there alone, because it wasn't police duty; otherwise, he would have been with Isami."
The five were speechless at the Hokage's words, overwhelmed by the logic.
"Kay went alone to a place where ninjas almost never go and without much supervision. Could he have been trying to meet with someone? What would that have been for? Surely, that person made Kay disappear, and why would this individual do that? Perhaps he's a traitor, and that makes me wonder: 'Why would Kay meet with a traitor?'"
More silence filled the room.
"Are you trying to say that Kay was a traitor?" Fugaku suggested, sounding frustrated.
At this, the other Uchiha in the office felt a surge of anger at the thought that the Hokage was treating their clan as traitors.
"Who knows, it's just a guess. Maybe he just ran into someone who hated the Uchiha; "In that sense, the list of who it could have been is quite extensive," Miyu added, pulling out a folder full of documents.
"What's that?" the Uchiha police vice-captain asked, puzzled.
"A summary of many of the Uchiha's crimes, both within and outside the village," she said, sending a chill down the spines of all the Uchiha in the office.
At that moment, Miyu began to pull out several documents filled with information.
"Abuse of power, multiple attempted murders, harm to civilians, abandonment of missions, desertion of fellow ninja from the same village, extortion, mockery of civilian ninja, various acts of revenge; the list goes on," Miyu remarked, laying all the documents flat on the table for everyone to see.
"They talk about being despised and lacking prestige, but any other clan, having done a quarter of what you have done since the village's founding, would have been expelled by now. Do you still claim you have no privileges?"
None of them reacted to the Hokage's question.
"Since I've held this position, there have been over 50 cases where the Uchiha have done something to damage the village's integrity, and your own clan leader has seen me trying to resolve them, as he's been present to see how I do it."
At this revelation, the Uchiha looked at their clan leader, who could only nod.
"As clan leader and head of the Uchiha Police, I've been present in almost all of these cases, and along with the Hokage, I've had to resolve them discreetly to avoid damaging the clan's reputation."
None of the four Uchiha said anything; they could only clench their fists until their knuckles turned white.
"However discreetly these situations were handled, people aren't that stupid, and most of these happened in public places," Miyu explained. "People see, people talk, and people express what happened."
Faced with this, the old man standing before Miyu could only grit his teeth and stare intently at the Hokage.
"That doesn't change the fact that a member of the clan has disappeared," he insisted.
At this, Miyu could only sigh.
"I'll speak with the yakuza and the mafia to see if I can find out what happened to Uchiha Kay, but considering that technically it could be anyone, the investigation will most likely stall. And if someone stole the Sharingan, which is most likely the case, which is the only thing that matters, we'll find out sooner or later who has it, and when it's found, it will be returned to the clan," the Hokage declared in a commanding voice.
At the Hokage's words, Fugake grabbed the old man's shoulder, pulling him back slightly.
"Understood, Hokage-sama. I hope we receive an answer to your investigation soon. We'll take our leave," the clan leader said.
"But Fugaku, we..." the old man Setsuna tried to continue his argument, but a cold glare from his leader stopped him.
"Do you want to keep making the clan look bad, or what?" he asked coldly, silencing the old man abruptly.
With that, Fugaku left the office, followed by the other Uchiha, all with sour faces, openly displaying their frustration and resentment.
A voice in the room faded away; Miyu glanced at a corner.
"Tell me what you think, Karatsu?" Her enticing question drew the attention of a young man wearing a crow mask.
"That they're not good at hiding their anger and fury toward you," replied Karatsu's young voice.
"Hehehe, even a blind man could see it," Miyu scoffed, standing up. "You two organize my writing; the rest can leave; it's getting late."
"Understood," everyone in the room said as the blue-haired woman stood and walked toward the exit, only to realize that Karatsu was still standing there.
"Tell me what you're thinking about so much?" she asked him.
"Are there truly traitors within the Uchiha clan?" the young ANBU questioned.
"Would you like to find out?" she suggested, making him look into the Hokage's eyes. "Tell me, would you be willing to turn your back on your clan for the sake of your village, Itachi?"