29 Rebuilding

Sasuke was putting his shoes in place, he had just returned home and was looking forward to sharing the good news.

Looking around the corridor and not finding Shin, Sasuke yelled, for Shin to hear.

" Hey! Shin! I passed the assessment. "

" That's good! "

Came Shin's enthusiastic reply, Sasuke followed the voice and found the direction it was coming from.

" Father's office? "

Sasuke felt weird, yeah, it was now Shin's officially, but he never went there except to clean.

Uchiha clan wasn't managed by them, didn't make much sense to go to the office.

So Sasuke trotted towards the office, ready to see what Shin was up to.

* Slide *

Sasuke slid open the door, he didn't bother knocking, it's his brother, who already knew he was here, why would he knock?

" What's up Shin? "

Sasuke was startled, seeing how Shin was currently wearing the clan head dress, this was worn only on occasions which required the head's authority to be known.

Sitting in his house locked in his office wasn't one of those occasions, so what's up with Shin, Sasuke was wondering.

Shin looked up from his table, he was currently writing on a scroll.

" I am putting on paper an agreement of rebuilding Uchiha clan. I don't have a scribe, dear old brother killed everyone, so it's up to me, the clan leader to do the scribe's job as well. "

Shin shook his head, exhausted.

But Sasuke was shocked, what was the meaning of this?

" Rebuilding Uchiha clan?! "

Shin nodded, as he passed the detailed scroll on to Sasuke.

Who took it over and went over the contents, but soon his furrowed brows twitched as his face took on an embarrassed look.

What were those dense words, this smooth handwriting, this glorious font!?

It was like father was writing again, and Sasuke understood now as much as he understood back then.

Nothing.

" I.. I don't understand. "

Sasuke mumbled to Shin, who started laughing, much to the embarrassment of Sasuke, then he waved his hand to avoid embarrassing him further.

" It's alright, it basically means we will merge with Fuma clan, and as time goes by and generations pass, intermarriage will start becoming possible. "

Tapping his brush on the table, Shin continued.

" This will eventually recreate the Uchiha bloodline again, without it being suppressed or lost through generations. "

Sasuke nodded, not fully understanding, but he got that Shin was working for Uchiha revival, so that was enough.

Scratching his head, Sasuke offered his help.

" Can I help with something? "

Shin nodded, as he spoke with a helpless tone.

" Yup, you can help, when you marry, have as many children as possible, that will do. "

Sasuke fell down, as he yelled with an embarrassed face

" I am serious Shin! "

Shin gave him a weird look.

" So am I, how do you think you can revive a whole clan with only us? More children you have, more the chances of Uchiha bloodline spreading wider. "

Shaking his head, Shin mumbled.

" You don't think just getting together with a pink haired moron once, and then dipping would revive Uchiha? That's not how life works Sasuke. "

Sasuke was embarrassed and confused as he thought what a pink haired moron was, then he remembered Saukra, so he told Shin straight away.

" I get it I get it, but even if I am marrying someone, it's not the pink one. "

Shaking his head, Sasuke spoke.

" If it's just to revive Uchiha, I can do it, but it's gotta be someone who isn't her, I swear, if it's her, I think she will somehow manage to mess up having a child as well. "

Sasuke just knew it his guts, that girl, even with the best medical treatment around, would 100% mess up something.

" Unless you want, I don't know, an Uchiha with glasses because Sakura couldn't even provide a workable immune system, don't pair me with her. "

Shin looked at Sasuke in a weird way, as he was murmuring something about transmigration and holy hell, Sasuke didn't understand much but this was something he wouldn't budge on.

So he told Shin again.

" Listen Shin, if I ever marry her, It would only be if I did something truly bad and want to repent, in a scenario like that, I would gladly take her as my punishment. "

Sasuke nodded, he felt he had put his feelings in words correctly, and Shin was just looking at Sasuke with a ghastly expression.

As he mumbled.

' I guess that clears it up. '

Shin shook his head, anyway, Sasuke's wasn't against clan marriage, so that's good.

He was the clan leader, he couldn't have children willy nilly, every child of his would represent a chance at future clan head.

Too many and it would be a bloodbath, Shin didn't want that future.

So only Sasuke, Itachi and Obito were left as full blodded Uchiha's, and one amongst them wanted to kill Shin and one wanted to get killed by Shin

So it's good that Sasuke was onboard

" That's good, glad you understand. And it's fine, I was joking about Sakura, I don't want her roaming around with the Uchiha surname either. "

Both brothers shivered, thinking Saukra one day calling herself Saukra Uchiha.

That was nightmare fuel for them. Uchiha's shame cannot be greater than that, Tobirama would come back to life just to laugh at them for this one.

As Sasuke was trying to erase the mental image, Shin patted his head as he exclaimed.

" Oh look at me, I forgot to show you. "

Sasuke was about to ask ' show me what ' as his eyes went wide.

" Mangekyou Sharingan "

As Shin's eyes spun and a pattern different from his original three tomoe emerged, Sasuke's memories started flooding in.

" These eyes! That man! Itachi! "

The pressure emanating from Shin was something Sasuke would never forget.

These were the eyes that man had showed him that horrific night.

Shin didn't give Sasuke much time to imagine, as he spoke of his ' deductions '

" Yes Sasuke, these are the same eyes, it's for this, that brother killed everyone. "

Smiling, Shin lightly shook his head.

" At least that's what he claimed. "

Sasuke didn't hear the subtle melancholy in Shin's tone, as he was focused on one thing alone.

Shin had gone ahead and done it!

What Itachi had to kill his entire family for, Shin had done that via pure talent.

' Itachi, we are coming for you! '