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Kaname Uchiha was the oldest living Uchiha in Konoha. He was a young boy when the village first came about and he has many memories that have been lost to others over time. He has lived a long life and he's thankful to still see what the future holds.
Well most of the time.
Other times like this boring ass clan meeting he wished death would take him.
"So Fugaku how is Sasuke's little gennin team?" Inabi asked once all clan matters had been settled.
Fugaku sighed. "I have no idea what they were thinking when putting these teams together. Sasuke was placed on the same team as Uzumaki bou which makes sense. What doesn't make sense is putting that civilian girl with them."
At the mention of the said civilan girl Itachi elbows Shisui trying to stop the laughter threatening to break out.
Well this is intresting.
"Her parents are civilans?" Setsuna prodded. They all know Fugaku already researched the girl when he learned her name.
Fugaku nodded. "Immigrants from Suna. They came here during the last great shinobi war."
Ah, so at least one of them is retired ninja. It wasn't that surprising, after the war lower ranked ninjas such as genin and a few chunin left their homes to escape one situation or another. There were also other who were abandoned in the field their village or were presumed dead. Some like those run to other ninja villages for something familiar but some place they can be simple civilans. The offical story told for those like them is that they were all low level ninja who retired early. But the catch to this is that should that immigrant have children the oldest has to enroll in the academy. This was put in as an attempt to deter any unwanted spies.
But still to place her on the same team as Sasuke and the Uzumaki boy is odd.
"Haruno-san was the smartest of the class and her chakra control one of the best I have even seen in a genin," Itachi said coming to the girl's defense.
Huh, Haruno. Kaname hasn't heard that name in a long time. The last time he heard it was probably before Konoha.
An image of a woman flashed into Kaname's mind. Pink hair decorated with an Uchiha fan hair piece. Finger tips dyed green from her plants. Her clothes embroidered with the fan in a white circle.
Shisui snickered, "She can also can keep those boys in line like no one else too. I wish I was there to see their faces when she mastered tree climbing first!"
Kaname smiled lost in the memory of a different Haruno keeping a different Uchiha in line. Some things never change he suppse.
A knock at the door interrupts. All the men in the room glanced at one another. No one would come unannounced during a clan meeting and they would know if any outsiders would have come into the compound.
Itachi goes to greet whoever was at the door. A few moments later two brightly colored genin follow Itachi towards Sasuke's room.
Kaname recognized the Uzumaki boy, he's hard to miss with his bright orange and blonde hair. The Haruno girl...
Kaname's eyes widen. That shade of pink he's only seen on one other person. Her face is younger than Kaname has ever seen. The eyes are a different color but everything else is Haruka Haruno-Uchiha in a younger body.
Haruka Haruno later Uchiha was a woman erased from history. Both the Uchiha's and Konoha's.
Haruka was from a family of merchants who plants and teas. Haruka herself specialized in poisons. Her family was also neutral when it came to the clan wars, selling to anyone and everyone. According to the stories Haruka apparently was a little shit back in her younger days when she would request ninja assistance from the Senju and Uchiha clan at the same time for the same mission. Just so she could have young Madara and Hashriama keep her company as she did her chores. Though she never worded it like that.
The stories also go that Haruka, Madara, and Hashirama were all childhood friends despite the clans, who met by chance one day. While never quite becoming a ninja she did learn some fighting techniques from Madara and Hashirama who were worried about their friend. Later on she fell in love with and married Madara, the first and only Clan Lady to come from outside the clan.
During that peaceful time Haruka was more often than not in the company of Madara and or Hashirama. Sometimes Hashirama's wife Mito. If not them them a bunch of the clan children would follow her like ducklings, including Kaname.
They used to love watching Haruka work, and they enjoyed helping her pick plants.
The adults however...
It took a while for the clan to warm up to her as a leader, despite how handy her poisons were. Her outsider status made the adults weary to trust her. When Madara left the village Kaname remembered the whispers of who would lead the clan. Haruka had only glared at those whispers.
"Am I not Madara's wife? Did I not vow to help protect and lead this clan when I married him? Am I not the lady of the clan?" Haruka would demand. "I am your leader until my husband comes home."
Haruka gained a lot more respect after that. Years of keeping Hashirama and Madara in line prepared her to make sure her clan's voices and worries were heard and not dismissed like some others tried to do with Madara. The clan fell into a comfortable rhythm under her leadership.
It all changed again after the nine tails attack.
Kaname remembers that night well. Eveyone who could fight in the clan prepared for battle. Kaname was only 10 and scared. He ran to his clan leader.
He found Haruka as she was tracing her lips with her pinky finger.
"Lady Haruka," Kaname had cried. "What are we going to do?"
Haruka hugged him. "You're going to go with the other children until it is all safe. I'm going bring back my husband."
Kaname shook his head scared. "The clan needs you!"
"Here." Haruka hands a scroll to Kaname. It was worn and beat up. Some of the edges ripped. It was Haruka's scroll of posions. "You can keep it safe for me until I come back."
Kaname promised to keep the scroll safe. He's done so ever since he was 10.
Haruka did not come back ftom that battle.
Tobirama Senju declared her and Madara traitors. Both killed for their crime in a battle against the Hokage.
In order to protect themselves the Uchiha clan hid any and all records of Madara. No one outside the clan would have a chance to know about him. In the clan a very slect few knew.
They destroyed any record of Haruka. She wasn't a blood born Uchiha, despite how good her leadership was they could not risk it.
Kaname was dragged back to the present when Sasuke's team came back into sight as they passed by again, this time dragging Sasuke with them.
The Haruno girl had Sasuke by the hand and well well. Little Sasuke was blushing. Come to think of it the stories did say Haruka met Madara at age 12.
Itachi reappeared behind the genin. Fugaku raised a brow at his older son.
"They had a last minute mission and Kakashi sent them to get Sasuke."
The dam broke and the discussion began on how did they not know those two were in the compound?
Kaname ignored them again. His own thoughts going back to the scroll he has locked away. Prehaps it was time to give it back.