Chapter 3: Truth

Time passed and Illumi, Kaname and Fugaku's birthday came, Since they shared the same birthday the clan saw this as a good omen.

Even though it was a special day, Illumi was gloomy (pun unintended). His father, one of the parents he grew heavily attached to throughout the years wasn't there and it seemed like he wouldn't show up anytime soon.

"Is dad going to miss my birthday?"

Illumi asked his mother, with worry ridden in his voice and all throughout his face. He was a grown man by heart and soul but these emotions fueled by the uchiha clan made you go from deep admiration into a strong father and son loving bond. He couldn't escape these feelings, it burned in his soul thinking about what if his father never makes it back.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you're dad will make it soon."

"Hn.."

Illumi's relationship with the people closest to him we're deep. They provided him with a family, something he didn't get to have in his previous life.

Seeing her son all depressed as a mother she knew exactly how to cheer him up.

"By the way, today is the day you, Fugaku and Kaname get your chakra nature tested! Isn't it exciting?"

Illumi's face lit up! Every session of training led to this moment and he knew building a foundation before using ninjutsu was important. He did that half prior to now he couldn't wait to breathe fire.

Seeing her son's mood improve, Junko smiled.

"Illumi, there's something your father and I wanted to tell you… since it seems he isn't gonna make it anytime soon and you're the appropriate age, It should be the right time."

Hearing his mother's words, Illumi immediately guessed what she was going to say.

"Is it because of your heritage or appearance?"

Hearing this, Junko gasped in shock. Sometimes it was like he was too old for his age, he couldn't be fooled like the average child.

"Yes… but why appearance? don't I look like an Uchiha"

"Yeah to the average eye, not to a person who has seen you every single day since birth."

"Firstly, you have a dark shade of purple for eye color and including your mannerisms compared to any other female Uchiha, it's either you didn't grow up with the clan or was half Uchiha."

Junko's mind literally boggled at the prospect of her son's deductive and reasoning skills. There was no way he was four. She didn't second guess he'll leave a mark on the world.

She pinched his cheek and smiled

"Sometimes Illumi you're too smart for your own good, I wonder what goes on inside your head. Maybe you even know how babies are made."

"Oh that, those are the results of the noises you and father make at night. You guys are awfully loud, I wonder if I can please a woman like he does you in the future." Illumi teased.

Junko's eyes twitched in annoyance "You BRAT!" as she smashed her fist into his head.

"How'd you know something like that. I hope your father isn't teaching you these things or I wonder where he'll sleep for the next couple of months."

"Of course not mother don't be brash, I read that in the books I read on beginner biology, human anatomy and other stuff." It was true Illumi loved to read whether it was about chakra or not, he had somewhat of a profession in medicine in his previous life.

"Hmph, well anyways, I'm not Uchiha in blood at all I'm a Senju."

'BaDuMp' my heart dropped as well as my jaw, there was no way my mother was Senju. If this is true then I possess the eyes and physique/body of the sage of six paths, and I could truly become a force to be reckoned with in this world as a smile creeped upon my face.

"My father and mother both were, they died shortly after I was born it was an Assassination."

"They both left the village on a vacation for 9 months to a year when they found out my mom was pregnant. After I was born they were assassinated left for dead and me on the brink of death. Some even say that's where I got my pale skin which looks Uchiha to you."

"After days of neglect and crying a family, a couple of two found me and took me in as their own, my adopted mother couldn't have kids so this was a tragedy but a newfound blessing. Growing up I always showed signs of shinobi traits, something untaught, they knew I was meant to be shinobi. That's when they both decided I should get shinobi training and long story short became a jounin level kunoichi, fell in love with your father and here we are."

"I'm so sorry mother for what's happened to you but how'd you find out you were a Senju"

"In the house my adoptive parents found me in belonged information on me and my parents, they found out my original name Junko, so they kept it the same and changed my last name."

"The Uchiha also accepted me because of my status as a jounin but also because of the clan head Fujime, your uncle who allowed this as we told him the truth of my heritage."

"Whew, that's a lot to take in I'm not sure if I should be happy or sad and also I assume your adoptive parents passed of old age?"

"Yeah, they were around 53-56 when they found me all those years ago."

"Well mother, thanks for telling me this and not keeping it a secret for too long, I really do appreciate this piece of information."

"No problem Illumi-kun" as she pinched my cheeks and ruffled my hair.