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[Sasuke was one of the children who was supposed to be removed from the village to preserve him from a possible rebellion of the village. So Fugaku was accompanied by a member of the Anbu. He too, like all the others, did not seem to be totally happy about it. It was all happening so fast. One of his sons was going to disappear and not be heard from for a long time, possibly.

Fugaku was standing in front of his house door... He was getting chills from having to face what was happening, but he didn't want to give up either. The sun was already low in the sky, there was only a fraction of it visible before it disappeared completely. He finally entered].

Mikoto (Slightly worried): Fugaku, the meeting was awfully long. What's the matter?

[Fugaku looked at his wife with a dejected look, even if he tried to hide it. He could only turn his face away, he was not able to look her straight in the eye.

A member of the Anbu appeared behind Fugaku. He, however, was much less sensitive to the events].

Mikoto (more worried): What's going on Fugaku!

Anbu member: I came to get Sasuke.

Mikoto (Confused, out of her mind): What? what!? What is he talking about, what does he want from Sasuke?

Fugaku: Mikoto, it is important that you understand that...

Mikoto: What what, Fugaku!!?

[Itachi, in the middle of the night, subtly looked out from the corner of his bedroom door at the scene].

Fugaku: The council members and I have decided that for the sake of the clan, the dispersal of some of the Uchiwa children at a young age to neighboring countries is necessary to preserve the clan. Sasuke is one of the children chosen to be hidden in a village that will be unknown to us all.

[Mikoto activated her Sharingan almost instinctively. A Sharingan with three tomoes. She was furious about it and determined not to let what was coming pass. At the words of his father, Itachi also got chills. Despite his young age, he understood perfectly well what he had said].

Mikoto (Angered): You can always dream, you will never take one of my sons!

Fugaku, in an authoritative tone: Calm down, Mikoto. It's for his future that we're doing all this, we must keep one of our sons safe at all costs if the clan is ever attacked! Think about it, it's for his own good!

Mikoto: If there is any danger, I will protect my sons myself in that case!

[Fugaku waved his fingers at the Anbu member. The special agent made an instantaneous leap to get Sasuke, but Mikoto, with a kick blocked him. She could see him through her sharingan. The Anbu member fell to his knees on the ground from the pain].

Fugaku: Mikoto!!!

[Fugaku activated his sharingan as well, he was on the verge of tears... he obviously couldn't stand the thought of one of his sons leaving his life any longer. Still, he tried to put on a serious face to bring his wife to order.

Mikoto ignored what Fugaku said. She grabbed the neck of the Anbu member and lifted him up. She broke the mask of the Anbu member and stared into his eyes with an angry look, her eyebrows very much furrowed. All of a sudden, surprisingly, after a long time, her face calmed down and let go of the agent's neck...

The emotion took Mikoto, she fell on her knees on the ground and began to cry loudly. Fugaku approached Mikoto and knelt down just like her and hugged her tightly. In spite of his authoritarian, cold and rough character, Fugaku was also human, his feelings towards his sons and his wife, the empathy he had for her, he could not but start to cry].

Mikoto (Crying): Promise me... promise me that he will be okay. That nothing will happen to him, that he will be in good hands, that he will have a good home, that he will have a family, friends... promise me...

Fugaku: I promise you Mikoto, he will have everything you could have given him here, I'm sure of it, it's one of Nekobaa's sisters who will take care of Sasuke, I trust them completely. Thank you for being so understanding Mikoto. Maybe our son will be the one to prolong the Uchiwa's life if something happens to us.

Mikoto: Let me see him... let me see him for one last time...* She takes off her sharingan *

Fugaku: Yes, I want to see him for the last time too. * Does the same with her eyes *

[Mikoto and Fugaku both went to the room where Sasuke was. Fugaku signaled to the Anbu member to wait a moment. Of course he could not refuse.

Mikoto, to her son (Sad): * Hold back her tears * Only 3 months, 93 days... that's all the time and only that time I could to know you... Sasuke... that's so little time to get to know someone * Mikoto breaks down again at the situation * But I already love you so much, with unconditional love, my sons are the dearest thing in the world... But now one of you is already leaving my life... * Out of it * How am I supposed to live with this, me!? How am I supposed to live with the fact that one of my sons is in so much danger being let loose in this crazy world, in the hands of a person I don't even know! How am I supposed to live with the idea that one of my sons is most likely running to his death! All because of that monster Kyubi... How could such a horror have so many consequences, damn it!

* The child is disturbed in his sleep, Mikoto is immediately concerned and calms down very quickly *

Mikoto: No... what I'm saying is wrong... everything will be fine, I know it. You're my son after all. It might not be easy at first, but the more you go, the more friends you'll make... they're the ones you'll think of as your brothers and sisters. I'm sure you'll have everything you need there, you won't lack anything. When you are seven years old, like many young people, you will enter the Academy of your village and you will become a great ninja who will travel the world to make more friends, for sure. You will know how to make the right decisions even in the most difficult moments, you will know how to surround yourself with good people and you will change this world of hate, fear and manipulation... I know it, I see it. No matter what choice my sons make, I will always accept them. I love you and will love you forever, no matter what... I so wish I had, much, much, much more time to get to know you and be able to watch you grow up to be this great ninja. I wish I had given you all the time I had to help you through your trials * closes her eyes and wipes them * I can only pass it on to you now. * Mikoto slightly half-opens her right eye, with her awake Dojutsu due to the emotion of the moment, in a sobbing voice * I love you...

* Silence *

Fugaku: My sons are my greatest pride. They are the ones I will trust the most, I know that. You will lead the Uchiwa clan, I'm sure, no matter where they are. That's why, even if you're not with us here, you will make the Uchiwa clan great wherever you are. You will become strong... I love you, my sons.

Anbu member, entering the room, wearing a mask again: Are you ready?

Mikoto: I'll never be, but if that's what it takes, I'd rather have at least one of my sons safe somewhere else, go ahead, I can't watch.

Fugaku: Let's be strong, goodbye my son.

[Fugaku was also unable to watch such a scene, the two parents left the room to take refuge in another room for a while, wanting to be as far away as possible from this scene, not wanting to see anything, to ignore everything during this short time... but which could seem infinite to the two Uchiwa. In an instant, the Anbu member did what he had to do and left in a very short time, making hardly any noise.

An hour later, having recovered slightly from her emotions, Mikoto finally came back to see Itachi and see if he was still sleeping... but she soon found out that he was not. She quickly saw him, through the opening of his door, sitting on his bed, with a blank look on his face].

Mikoto: Itachi, are you okay?

Itachi: Mom...what did he do to Sasuke?

Mikoto (Compassionate): ... Itachi, I...

The room was completely dark. Only the outside, illuminated by the light of the moon now, was visible. There was no sound... a silence that seemed endless, a moment that seemed so to Mikoto].

[Fugaku was also unable to watch such a scene, the two parents left the room to take refuge in another room for a while, wanting to be as far away as possible from this scene, not wanting to see anything, to ignore everything during this short time... but which could seem infinite to the two Uchiwa. In an instant, the Anbu member did what he had to do and left in a very short time, making hardly any noise.

An hour later, having recovered slightly from her emotions, Mikoto finally came back to see Itachi and see if he was still sleeping... but she soon found out that he was not. She quickly saw him, through the opening of his door, sitting on his bed, with a blank look on his face].

Mikoto: Itachi, are you okay?

Itachi: Mom...what did he do to Sasuke?

Mikoto (Compassionate): ... Itachi, I...

Itachi: And the Anbu member, why did he leave with...

Mikoto: Itachi, I have to explain to you....

Itachi: ...Sasari...

[That at the mere last syllables of Itachi, Mikoto's heart began to pound as if it was going to burst out of her chest. Her breathing began to increase, to increase, and became jerky. On the verge of tears again, she could only put her hand in front of her mouth and stop herself from screaming].

Fugaku (Shaken): Mikoto! He's got the wrong... * Looks away from his wife *

[At the mere sight of her, he knew that she knew. Mikoto was agonizing on her knees on the floor, her forehead against the ground, holding back to a more to the point of crying out while clenching her teeth with all her might, she went completely mad. All this did nothing but turn the knife in the wound, a wound already very painful. Fugaku quickly ran to his wife to hug her as hard as he could without hurting her... she was struggling with rage and emotion.

This quickly saddened Itachi who quickly understood the whole scene, he was still standing, holding his door, also holding back his cries... he kept looking at his mother who kept sobbing in his father's arms who obviously couldn't take it anymore...]

Fugaku: It's too late now, we can't do anything Mikoto... It's over.

Mikoto (Shouting, crying): Nooooo!

[The night was most painful for the small Uchiwa family, as it probably was for the other eight families affected by this plan. It was a monumental catastrophe, probably a hundred times more painful than Kyubi's appearance in the village almost two weeks ago. How was it possible to bear the loss of a child and possibly never see them again? These children were delivered in a plan made in such a short time to possibly run the greatest risks.

For most of the night, Mikoto could not change her emotions, she could not believe that one of her sons was no longer in her life. Fugaku had managed to calm Itachi down for a while, not knowing what to say... not knowing how to break the news to him... His pride as a police chief, authoritarian and cold, had taken a blow in this evening.

Before the night was over, Fugaku finally came out of Itachi's room, having succeeded in calming him down a little... but it was impossible to make him sleep or to make him forget what had just happened... Impossible to tell him anything other than what he had seen... He knew exactly what had happened. Mikoto, tired, entered Itachi's room to see him].

Itachi: ...Mother.

[Mikoto approached her eldest son and crouched down at his level to look into his eyes for a long time].

Itachi: ... what...

Mikoto: Forgive me Itachi.

[In an instant, looking into her son's eyes, Mikoto's Dojutsu awakened and had an immediate effect on Itachi who fell unconscious].

In the morning.

[Itachi woke up with a slight scream, like when you have a nightmare. His mother quickly entered his room, still as tired as ever].

Mikoto: What's wrong Itachi?

Itachi: I had a dream mom, Sasuke was kidnapped by an Anbu member and you and dad were very sad. I didn't have a brother anymore and also, he had... he had...

Mikoto (Surprised): ... * Is reassuring * It was just a nightmare Itachi, everything is fine. Sasuke is still sleeping in his room. Don't worry...that nightmare...that nightmare will never happen again, I promise...

[After this long night of running around as quietly as possible, the member of the Anbu also arrived, very early in the morning, at the agreed destination. A small village in the country of Iwa. he knocked on the door of a house and a woman opened it. ]

Anbu member: Shibaa Nakajima?

Shibaa: That's me.

Anbu member: This is Sasuke, as we agreed.

Shibaa: Hmm * looks at the child and turns over the label on the blanket surrounding the baby * ... It says Sasari Uchiwa, it's not Sasuke... * Sighs *

Anbu member: My mission is over, I leave you in this case, I wish you good luck Shibaa Nakajima. You are inheriting someone important for the future of Konoha village. With that I leave you...

Shibaa: Welcome to your new home, Sasari Uchiwa.