Red Butterfly
"Butterfly, please come out. I prepared your favorite pizza for dinner." Sachi called her daughter, standing just outside her room.
'*Sigh* I almost lost both of my children two days ago… I suck at being a parent' the woman sighed when she was answered with silence.
At this moment, Sachi heard someone knocking on the front door, opening them she instantly recognized the white-haired Sannin standing there without his usual goofy smile.
"Hello, Sachi-san. Is Kana-chan here?"
"Hi. Yeah, but my Butterfly sealed the room and didn't even leave the bedroom yesterday." Sachi led Jiraya to the sealed doors.
When Jiraya brought his hand closer to Kaname's room, his palm was attacked by electric sparks sending his entire arm flying back.
"Hmm, this design… it's like Kushina's seal. Give me a moment, Sachi-san." Jiraya assured unrolling an empty scroll and slowly formulating the counter-seal.
Twenty minutes later, the white-haired Sannin, called out "Kana-chan! I'm deactivating your seal and entering the room!"
Sachi saw her daughter the first time from one and a half days lying on her bed. Kaname had red puffy sleepy eyes, the girl's hair was a literal mess.
"Hello…" Kaname greeted the duo.
The woman couldn't hold back, she ran to her daughter and hugged her with all the strength she had. "*Shh* Everything will be alright, I know you are sad. You loved them very much."
"*Sigh* Thank you, mom. I'm okayish now, I just feel… so tired" Kaname hugged her mother back.
"I'm sorry to interrupt, I'm here on Hokage's orders." Jiraya stated, "As the only survivor, only you can tell us what happened there. I was asked to 'bring you in' to the Council meeting."
"Jiraya-san, do they believe that my daughter had something to do with it?! Little Butterfly, stay here I will go and ki-"
"Don't bother Sachi-san, I know Kana-chan enough to know she isn't the culprit. This meeting was called in full with all the Clan Heads. With all of us, she will not be harmed by a bunch of stupid civilians. I promise."
"Hmph, let them wait for fifteen more minutes, I have to go somewhere first," Kaname replied.
"Let me guess... Ryu-kun? First, let's make you a little more presentable Little Butterfly."
Five minutes later, Kaname entered Ryuichi's hospital room and saw her brother lying on the bed, looking at his hands.
"Hi, Aniki."
"Hi, Little Squirt, sorry I didn't hear you when you entered."
"So how the famous Kyūbi Smasher is doing?" Kaname asked.
"*Cough* Don't even start, I heard what happened. I'm sorry…" Kaname saw his eye remained unfocused.
"Oh, sorry. Do you need some water? Here you go." she gave him an empty cup.
"*Sigh* Yeah, I'm almost blind. You got me." Ryuichi shrugged, after trying to drink from the empty cup.
"Shit, did you find a cure?" she urged, putting the filled cup into his hands.
"No, but I found an interesting piece in a history book. Madara had developed an even higher form of the Sharingan, maybe there is a clue somewhere."
"And what about you? You will remain blind as a mole when I burrow myself in books?"
"Don't worry about me, Little Squirt. When I activate the Sharingan, my sight comes back. But any use of my Mangekyō powers will most likely rend me blind."
"Okay, I will think of something, See you! *Pft*" Kaname kissed her brother's cheek and left.
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*Knock-knock*
"Enter!" Hokage's voice echoed.
"Hello, Hokage-sama, Clan leaders. I'm sorry for being late" Kaname bowed her head to the only people she respects, completely ignoring the other council members.
"How dare you make us wait, young la-" yelled an old woman.
"So why was I called Hokage-sama?" Kaname interrupted her.
"Kaname Uchiha, you were called because we want to know what was your part in killing Yondaime and his wife, and releasing the Nine-tailed fox onto the village," Danzo said.
"Are you the Hokage? I'm not talking to you, so shut up dickhead. Once again, Hokage-sama, why was I called to the meeting?" Kaname calmly replied, her words were met with a lot of smiles from the shinobis inside, Jiraya standing behind the Hokage laughed out loud.
"HOW DARE YOU! No respect for the Council. Do you see that Hiruzen? It must have been her!" Danzo shouted out, rising on his feet.
"Sit down on your ass, or I will make you never leave the chair again. What did I say about calling me by name in the meetings, Danzo? I'm your Hokage for gods' sake!"
"I'm sorry, Hokage-sama…" Danzo sat, his eyes glaring at the young black-haired teen.
"Hello, Kana-chan. We would like to hear what has happened with the delivery of Minato's child." Hokage calmly asked.
"*Sigh* Everything was okay until the child was born. As you most likely understand by now, we were attacked, I'm sorry Hokage-sama, your wife was killed first by a masked man with a single Sharingan" collective gasps sounded through the meeting members.
"So it was an Uchiha! I told you, Hokage-sama, we can't trust them!" Danzo stated.
"Watch your next words, Councilman Danzo. As an Uchiha Clan Head, I can't tolerate such words directed against my clan." Fugaku calmly interrupted the old-man.
"SILENCE!" Sarutobi ordered, "That's what I found out myself, we found the bodies of stationing Anbu with wounds suggesting that they were impaled by a blade. Did he say who he was?"
"Yes, but I think it should stay between me and you, Hokage-sama. There are some people here that I don't feel I can trust with this secret. It's for the good of Konoha. Let me continue the story, as I saw a blade sticking out of Biwako-sama I rushed at the enemy, he saw me and…" Kaname remembered assailant's single eye opening in shock and worry as he looked at her, "...Sorry, I had a wild thought going through my head. His Sharingan had a distinct design, wait can I speak of this Fugaku-san?"
"Hmm, this is an Uchiha Clan's secret, but if it's necessary to understand the full story, then I give you my permission."
"Thank you, Uchiha's eyes got a higher version of evolution known as Mangekyō Sharingan, it gives its user additional unique powers, but we need to sacrifice something close to one's heart to acquire it. With that said, I rushed at the enemy, but his eye changed shape, I will draw it later for Fugaku-sama to check the design in archives, my attack and body went through him like he was some kind of a ghost. Landing on the other side of the infiltrator's body, he counter-attacked, breaking my spine."
"Eh?! Then how do you even stand here, Kana-chan?! It was two days ago!" The Inuzuka's Alpha-female shouted out perplexed.
"I got better, it doesn't matter. Let's just say I was out of the fight. Then in this intruder's hands landed Minato's baby that was in his wife's arms, not sure how - I think it's one of his powers. He wanted to use the weakening of the Kyūbi's seal to eradicate Konoha. Then…"
After five minutes, Kaname was finishing the story.
"... With losing both of them, I was able to awaken my own Mangekyō Sharingan, and then I fainted." Kaname concluded.
"*Sigh* I'm sorry for making you repeat that Kana-chan. I would like to mark this killer with a 'Kill on sight' order, adding him to Bingo Book as an S-rank ninja. Anyone against the motion?" Hokage asked politely, knowing he would do it with or without the Council approval, the voting was unanimous.
"Kaname-san, as everyone here knows you awakened your eyes, can you show us how they look like?" Aburame clan head requested.
Kaname made the chakra flow into her eyes, soon she saw everything more clearly than ever before, she could see the small spider hiding in the dark corner of the room under the sofa.
The meeting members saw Kaname's three tomoes in her eyes bloom like small seedlings into three black water lilies.
[AN: imgur.com/a/W79OQ0c, fiction cover will be changed later - it's an old project, I got a better one now. I will do it when she gains her EMS - because it took me lots of time to create it :-)]
Kaname's head was flooded with new information about her powers.
'Wow, I feel power cruising in my body, now about my skills. Hmm, so similar, yet so different, let's see Kami-no-mon, almost the same as Aniki's. And the second Tsubasa-no-kioku, hmm a little tricky genjutsu to use.' Kaname weighed her new options.
"So, what are your powers?" Danzo called out.
"*Pft* Yeah, like I would tell you. This is only for the people I trust to know. You are on the far end of that spectrum."
"Hokage-sama, I would like to take young Kaname-san as one of my students. With me as her teacher, she could become one of the best Kunoichi in the history of our great village!" Danzo tried his luck.
"Nah, you look like a shady type, I don't want to become your student."
"And that's that, anything else, Danzo?" Hokage asked.
"Hmph! If I can't get her, let me take the weapon. I will train him from young to become our biggest trump card."
"Are you imbecile?! Like hell, I will let you take Minato's son. Leave, I had enough of your stupidity for a single day." Hokage ordered.
"We shall see what the Daimyo will say at the end, Sarutobi." Danzo murmured, leaving the room with the company of two elders from the Council.
"They are troublesome…"
"*Growl* Can I sick my dogs on them Hokage-sama? All our internal problems would end with their deaths." Tsume offered.
"Don't worry, this time we are on the attack. We got Minato's last will, they can't do anything against his and Kushina's baby."
"Heh, I guessed Kushina was his wife" Inoichi laughed out and extended his empty hand towards Chōza and Shikaku.
"Tsk/Troublesome…" they replied, putting the money in his palm.
"Hokage-sama, can I ask you something in private?"
"Yes?"
Kaname stood next to him and whispered, "How many Anbu's are here?"
"What do you mean. None, it's the emergency council meeting."
"What about the one hiding as a spider beneath the bed?"
"What?" he whispered back.
"Can I deal with him? I would like to test one of my powers on a willing test subject." she was answered with a nod of the old man's head.
'
The root agent heard everything that was said in a meeting, he was waiting for the room to empty to return and report on the child's mother. Then he saw a red butterfly flying his way.
'Aren't the butterflies scared of spiders?' he thought.
As the butterfly grazed the spider's hairy body, it flew away in terror. Just like all those people were fleeing away from him when he was on his first mission, the most committed to the memory was a young boy protecting his little sister with his body from a fireball heading their way.
In an instant, the spider's body exploded in flames. From under the sofa came a smoke cloud, throwing the furniture off the Root Agent. The black-cloaked spy was burning as he was screaming in pain.
Hokage dosed the flames, but the man was still shrieking.
"What has happened to him?" Chōza questioned, while the called in Anbu took the crazy spy outside towards the T&I department.
"It's one of my powers
"Are you okay, Kana-chan?"
"It's normal for the first use of Mangekyō Sharingan, Hokage-sama." Fugaku explained, "The sudden cut of endorphin from the deactivation of the said eyes, leaves us disoriented for some time."
"Thank you." Kaname caught herself back up, "I'm okay now. Now that we don't have anyone that I don't trust, we can talk without secrets. The man called himself Madara Uchiha, and no, he wasn't the same person, maybe his child or grandchild?" Kaname words were met with a loud gasp from the ninjas.
"Fuck…" Shikaku said.
"Yeah, now I have a favor to ask of you, Jiji."
"Hmm?"
"The fight against a Kyūbi made my brother almost blind. I want you to pull him out of active duty. Any use of his powers will rend him blind forever."
"Fugaku-san, have you got anything for Kana-chan's big brother in the Police Force?" the old man gruffed out.
"Hmph, she saved my firstborn from premature death, she delivered my second-born. Who would I be if I did not help her family?" Fugaku harumphed.
"Kana-chan, there is one more thing. Minato's and Kushina's last will. Both of them want you to inherit the Namikaze estate, Minato was the last of his line." Hokage started.
"What about Naruto, he is his son." Kaname pointed out.
"I will get to this in the end. The second thing, Kushina left you sealed information about the location of Uzumaki Clan's Mask Storage Temple, she thought you would be able to study them. Minato's left you a scroll with his research on Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan. And now to the last thing, as Kushina wrote: 'If I don't do it, she will find me in the afterlife and kick my ass.' Well, I don't take any chances with her, she always delivers on her promises, and I don't have much time left…" he joked, "Both of them ordere- *Ehem* asked me to make you Naruto's guardian. Do you accept?"
"*Sigh* I knew it would end up like this... I most likely owe them my life, I accept."
[Edit 2020-09-19]