UCHIHA (2)!!!

The full moon cast a gentle glow across Konoha….

For the local denizens, this moonlight was gentle and comforting, alongside the harmonius atmosphere; what could be better than this? However, while this may hold true for them, it might not be so for others.

The eerie glow cast from the full moon illuminated the Uchiha clan manor this night. In some eyes, this moon might as well look bloody.

A bloody Moon!!

A restless night it was in the Uchiha clan….

Naka Shrine

The legendary shrine which was said to be The Sage of The Six Paths Dwelling, this notion had a lot of controversies. Some said that just because they had a tablet there didn't mean that such a figure stayed there. Tablets could be moved at the end of the day. While some say that The Old Man travelled and settled down here for a while before setting off. Naturally this was controversy from Akihiko's world, as the normal Ninja nowadays don't even believe Hagoromo exists.

But one thing is clear, this place was the beginning of the ending of the once prestigious clan.

Seated at the large throne inside the Naka Shrine was Uchiha Fugaku the Patriarch of the Uchiha clan. In the Naka Shrine, unlike the Uchiha Clan Main Hall, no one other than the Clan Head could sit. Unlike the Hyuga clan who didn't care about useless honorifics, the Uchiha put great importance in prestige.

Uchiha Mikoto stood beside Fugaku, signifying her status as the Matriarch with a total of 50 Jonin of different standing, all filling up the space in the Naka Shrine. Truly, the Uchiha is a very powerful clan, with a hundred and twenty two Chuunin and countless other Genin, they had the right to claim the top spot.

This was obviously not counting the Corrupt Quartet's Clan's who took any strong Shinobi and brainwashed them into their clans, serving as Minor members. In a way, this is not much worse than the Hyuga clan, its just that these other clans make their own servants title subtle, such that no one would know. Unlike the Hyuga who had a glaring mark, anyone could just tell who was who.

Much like the Hyuga Clan, the Uchiha clan were also divided into two factions; The Radicals who believed that they are meant to rule Konoha and no one should monopolize Konha for themselves.

The second was the Peace Faction who advocated peace and forebearance with Konoha and their executives.

In Akihiko's opinion, the Uchiha's were too extreme for their own good. In the Shinobi world, one needs to learn how to be incredibly flexible in what one does.

This way, one can truly live well in this dangerous world. The first faction take their aggression to the extreme, talking about a coup. In fact if the Uchiha take a strong stance and clearly line out the benefits they want, then Hiruzen and his playmates would be pressured and won't be able to take the Moral Highground against them.

What? I asked you to give me this peacefully, so don't blame me for taking it forcefully!

In this way, the other clans and Ninja's wont criticize them since this is normal. Even they too would do the same if it ever happened to them. Some would even be willing to help.

As for the peaceful faction…. If they could calmly say 'I'm not interested in Konoha and your little games, stay in your lane, I stay in my lane! Don't provoke me and I won't touch you'. With this kind of attitude, even Danzo would find it hard to target the Uchiha and come out without a backlash.

They could balance all of this points together, making an Impenetrable Uchiha, but they just had to be foolish and to be foolishly led by a foolish Leader.

Sigh, it's the workings of fate(Kishimoto) after all.

"Fugaku, its time to act! Konohas executives have already suspected us, we need to act fast!" An Uchiha Elder spoke. His name is Uchiha Setsuna who belongs to the radical faction. Following his words, 30 other Jonin nodded as well. It could be seen that the radical faction had a clear advantage in their number.

"Fugaku, its not wise to act against Konoha." A calm voice sounded. It was another elder, Uchiha Anan belonging to the Peace Faction.

"Look at you and your old head. Of course were not taking action against Konoha, were only targeting that Old Hiruzen!" A youthful voice filled with courage and vitality spoke in disdain to the old elder. It could be seen that it was a young Jonin that spoke.

Uchiha Anan didn't become angry and no one from the Peace faction spoke, they already knew that they had lost this contest so they didn't want more embarrassment.

"Fugaku, I'm simply reminding you, I don't mind what you do, but make sure that you don't take the Uchiha Clan to the grave with your decisions." Uchiha Anan spoke slowly, not bothered by the murderous looks the other Jonins flashed at him.

As an elder, he clearly felt that something was wrong, coupled with his bad premonitions as of late, he decided to put aside his prejudice of the Radicals and personally advice Fugaku.

Fugaku who heard this words was in deep thought, he didn't want to attack Konoha but he knew that he had to do something about their increasingly dire situation. There had been raidings on their mines quite frequently and the Radicals already suspected that Danzo orchestrated all this. Wasn't this blatant provocation, how would they look if they didn't retaliate. People will think that they were easy to bully, a soft persimmon!! They absolutely couldn't tolerate this nonsense.

"Fugaku, if we don't retaliate and show Konoha who we are then I'm afaid that soon enough, Danzo would covertly begin the extermination of our clan. What? Don't tell me you cant remember what happened to our Eternal Rivals; The Senju? Under the guise of integrating with Konoha, Danzo with Hiruzens tacit understanding covertly exterminated them from the Shinobi World." With this harsh statement from Uchiha Setsuna, Fugaku was given a rude awakening.

Yes, the Senju who personally created Konoha were mercilessly exterminated in their own turf, what more them, who were an eyesore to them. By then, he won't even know how he died!

"Leaving only Tsunade with the Senju name, we don't want something similar to happen to us! Don't worry, we don't need your approval anymore, this is a matter of life and death, and I'm not going to watch and do nothing when I'm about to be killed! Farewell!" Uchiha Setsuna, leaving his remarks, stormed out of the Uchiha clan followed by their loyal followers.

Leaving Uchiha Fugaku with a weary expression, looking as if he had aged ten more years. He was genuinely tired of his position, he just wants to rest and forget about all this political issues. However, circumstances didn't allow him to leave his position.

"Sigh…" Sighing wearily, Uchiha Fugaku leaned back to his chair in deep thought. Uchiha Mikoto, worried for her husband, gently massaged his shoulders and said nothing. She knew that, her husband had to make a choice, and she will support anything her husband chooses. This was her responsibility!

The Peace faction said nothing more, at the end of the night, this meeting was useless since nothing was achieved. A lot of people didn't even speak, therefore there was really no use for such gathering that will only serve to agitate Konoha and their executives.

Even with all the advice and ideas placed in front of him, Uchiha Fugaku remained unresponsive and indecisive. Lacking proper insight….

If Fugaku had still retained his youthful vigor and ideologies alongside his bottomline, then this could have been no issue to him. Just address Konoha directly and state his stance on this issue at hand, however…..

With the drifting of the errie moonlight, the sun cast its warm brilliance on the Hyuga clan Manor.

Akihiko yawned after waking up from bed. After a lengthy time in the Hot spring, Akihiko quickly wore his clothes and gathered his equipments with him. Wearing a white shirt and black pants, Akihiko quickly strapped his gear around him before vanishing from the spot.

Danzo had summoned all Root members, it seems that something big was going to happen in Konoha. Arriving underground, Akihiko quickly spotted the vast amount of Shinobi in the base. Reaching over five hundred, Danzo was really meticulous.

Followed by a rhythmic tapping sound, Danzo approached from the rear accompanied by 3 Elite Jonin behind him. Calmly glancing at his creation, Danzo was momentarily satisfied. This was his hardwork; creating his own force, not counting the massive strength of his clan. From now henceforth, he is destined for change!

"A great storm is about to sweep Konohagakure! We as Root must capitalize on this force to rid Konoha of its evil. We recide in the darkness to deal with the darkness. All Ninja below the Jonin level will henceforth discretely monitor the Uchiha Clan and all their members. All the Uchiha Members outside Konoha have already been dealt with! For Konoha!" With a resounding speech from Danzo, all Ninja's below Jonin level quickly dispersed.

In all honesty, Danzo didn't need the speech since his subordinates would still obey his command, but he felt good speaking like this to his subordinates. Soon he will also address Konoha, so he'll just take it as practice for the future.

Leaving the Jonin at hand, Danzo calmly gazed at them before coldly uttering. "To the Third Training Ground, we have an Evil Ninja to intercept!"

'Uchiha Shisui….to think a mighty Kage level Ninja like you would die in such a pathetic way!' Akihiko slowly thought as he gazed at Danzo. 'Perhaps only Sakumo could compare!'

"Hyuga Akihiko would stay behind for the operation. Understood!!?" Danzo bellowed in a cold tone.

"Understood!" Akihiko immediatedly said. He understood Danzo's thoughts, he was afraid of loosing a genius. Akihiko inwardly smirked at this, truly, this was what he wanted the most. It's a good thing that Danzo is very perceptive.

With everything prepared, Danzo gave a nod.

'Swoosh'

The once filled underground hall was for the first time empty!

A great battle was going to ensue!!