>>5792346>>5792354>>5792420>>5792431>>5792470>>5792558>>5792651>>5792673>>5792701>>5792753>>5792756>>5792768>>5792792>>5792870>>5792969Having accepted Shigure-Sensei’s offer to learn some sensor-nin skills, you find yourself released from class early to go to his home in the Uchiha district. You’ve never been here before, and you’re surprised with how… unwelcoming the vibe is.
The entire distract was quite literally walled off. Not in a prison-camp kind of way, the wall wasn’t exactly capable of truly keeping anyone in or out, but it was a very clear aesthetic choice:
Uchiha in, everyone else out.
It wasn’t lost on you either that people generally didn’t like the Uchiha. Even you had heard the dark rumors that members of the Uchiha clan were somehow responsible for the Nine-Tails attack when you were 5. A day you remember, keenly. You had even seen it yourself, albeit from a distance and obscured by the trees that surrounded your home. A truly huge, demonic form moving through the village with terrifying speed, slaughtering and annihilating all in its path as it spammed truly devastating explosive blasts. It seemed all but immune to any kind of damage. Defeating the creature cost the Fourth Hokage his life, a shame because he was young, kind, and extremely powerful.
He wasn’t the only one who died. With the Fourth’s sacrifice the death toll was prevented from reaching truly staggering numbers, but almost everyone’s family seemed to be in some way affected by at least one death. Well, besides yours. And… the Uchiha.
The Uchiha compound went totally untouched by the monster, and the Uchiha death toll likewise remained absolutely zero.
Now, the Uchiha weren’t entirely untrustworthy. First of all, you had learned from personal experience that the bigotry of the masses wasn’t always warranted. Though it had stopped as you’ve grown older and began to obviously carry yourself as a ninja (Some adult villagers were willing to pick a fight with a little boy, but not a proto-genin who could actually defend himself.), you remembered that lesson well. Second, the Uchiha ran and continues to run the Konoha police force, a responsibility and level of trust you very seriously doubted the Third Hokage would be affording to them unless the Uchiha had his complete trust.
At least, you hoped so. The political dynamic of the village was somewhat obscure to you, owing to your marginalized outsider’s eye.
One Uchiha man even stops you as you’re walking along, briefly interrogating you on why you’re here and where you’re going. When you explain you were invited by Shigure-Sensei, the man relaxes and points you in the right direction. He urges you not to loiter or stick your nose in anything. As he leaves, you internally remark that there was a very tense atmosphere within the area, as if things were strained for some reason. Probably best not to linger.
