Chapter 18: A Mad Revenge

Ding-dong, ding-dong-

The doorbell jolted Kevin Cross from sleep.

He opened the door to find a blonde girl standing there, bright and poised.

"Kevin, I heard you dropped out of school?" Gwen blurted out as soon as she saw him.

"Yeah," Kevin nodded casually.

"But why? Why would you drop out? Studying is so important especially for someone like you. You're Chinese American. Education is the only way to change your fate."

"That might be true for the average Chinese American," Kevin said, shaking his head. "But not for me. School doesn't do much for me. Actually, almost nothing."

"That can't be! Why would you say that? Studying always matters. If you do well, you can get into a good college. Once you graduate, you'll find a good job. You won't have to worry about petty day-to-day survival. But if you drop out now, with your current grades, you'll end up working yourself to the bone just to scrape by. There's a massive difference between those two outcomes! How can you say school is meaningless?"

Kevin shook his head. "It's complicated. What you're talking about just doesn't apply to me."

"Why wouldn't it? Kevin, I really hope you'll go back to school. Ideally, get into a great university and become someone truly exceptional. That's what your parents would've wanted too, isn't it?"

"My case is… unique," Kevin said softly.

"Unique? Is it… because of money?" Gwen hesitated, then asked cautiously.

"Money? Mmm, sort of. Tuition here is sky-high, and textbooks and materials are ridiculously expensive."

"You could apply for a loan" Gwen suggested.

Kevin shrugged. "First, I'm Chinese American. Second, my parents are gone. No guarantor. You tell me do I look like someone who's going to get approved for a loan?"

"…I'm sorry," Gwen murmured, eyes downcast.

"Well, now you know. That's all there is to it. See you." Kevin waved and started closing the door.

"Wait"

Bang. The door shut.

Once again, Gwen found herself locked outside.

She blinked, confused. Why does nothing ever go the way I imagine when it comes to him?

@Izumi Uchiha, Kevin messaged in the group chat, What's your situation right now? Is Itachi Uchiha tearing the world apart looking for you?

Izumi Uchiha: News of me kidnapping Sasuke just got out, so yeah, if Itachi heard, he's probably scouring the world for me. I'm actually looking forward to our reunion. But I've got more important things to deal with right now.

Kevin: More important things?

Izumi: The Uchiha clan can't just vanish from the ninja world. I'm going to rebuild it.

Kevin: Rebuild the Uchiha? You guys are down to a handful of people, and you all hate each other. You'd probably kill each other before forming a clan again.

Izumi: No people? Then I'll make some. I've already pumped Sasuke full of meds and rounded up a bunch of women. I'm going to turn him into a breeding stud. However many Uchihas Itachi killed, that's how many children Sasuke is going to father.

Kevin stared at the screen, speechless. Itachi wiped out hundreds, maybe even over a thousand… Sasuke's still a teenager. You're seriously going to milk him like that?

Just then, Izumi sent a photo.

Kevin took one look and instantly regretted it. The women in the picture were all shapes and sizes but if he had to summarize them, "ugly" would be putting it kindly.

Kevin: Uh…

Izumi: These are the women I found for Sasuke. And I'm not stopping. I'll keep finding more hideous ones and make them force themselves on him until they're all pregnant.

Kevin: Terrifying.

Kevin couldn't help but shudder. She's out of her mind… Isn't she afraid this will drive Sasuke insane?

Izumi: I told you I was going to make Itachi pay. Just killing him is too easy. I want him to suffer. Until he finds me, I'm going to make Sasuke live in a waking nightmare.

Kevin: Uh, Izumi, I get you're angry, but didn't you say you wanted to rebuild the Uchiha clan? The kids born from these women will be part of your new clan, right? With their mothers' genes, the new Uchiha might end up being the ugliest clan in all of shinobi history. Can you live with that?

Izumi: "…"

Izumi: Damn it, I didn't think of that! I want revenge, yes, but the Uchiha becoming the ugliest clan ever? Absolutely not. Wait here I'm kicking them all out.

Kevin burst out laughing.

Izumi: Ugh, too late. Sasuke's already slept with them. Even if I throw them out now, damage is done.

Kevin: So what's the plan now? You were talking about having Sasuke father over a thousand kids. How are you going to handle them all? You're out on your own there's no way you have time or energy to raise that many children.

Izumi: Oh, I've already thought that through. Once those women get pregnant or better yet, as soon as they do I'll sell them off. I'll sell them and their babies to any ninja village except Konoha. Big or small, if they'll take a Uchiha, I'll sell to them. Konoha doesn't want the Uchiha, right? Konoha tried to wipe us out. So I'll scatter us across the world. Let's see how Konoha feels when the Uchiha thrive everywhere but there.

Kevin wasn't quite sure how to respond. It was a twisted plan but maybe, just maybe, it wasn't a bad one. It punished Sasuke, tormented Itachi, and revived the Uchiha in a way no one would expect.

Everywhere but Konoha.