Naruto:Blast to the Past

Chapter 12: Crossroad Part I

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Chapter 12:
Crossroad Part I

Mikoto didn't know what came over her all of a sudden. It was the first time in her short life that she had ever been interested in another person.

Mikoto had been born to one of the most influential families within the Uchiha. Her father had increasingly strong political influence within the clan. Of course, it helped that her grandfather was also one of the members of the council of elders of the Uchiha. It was also due to this standing that Mikoto had become a bit…arrogant. She knew it herself. And she saw no reason to change it either. As far as she was concerned, others were beneath her. And she trained herself hard everyday so that she could back those words up. It was because of this thought of hers that other girls in her class in the academy didn't like her very much. Chief among them was Inuzuka Tsume. The young Uchiha already knew that that was the true reason why the Inuzuka had challenged her the other day. It went well with the typical Inuzuka thought process. It was in their nature to try and be the alpha. And Tsume saw her as a threat to that. Unfortunately for the Inuzuka girl, Mikoto had always been stronger than her since day one of the academy, something that just made the girl even more pissed off at her.

Mikoto was also very independent. She didn't need anyone else. She could get the job done all by herself. It was another one of the reasons why she didn't have any true friends either. But she didn't care. Her mind was set on her future career as a shinobi. She wanted to be one of the best, with her first step to that goal being when she finally activated her sharingan. Unfortunately, her father didn't see it that way. To him, all she was was a tool he could use to strengthen his standing in the clan. And that was exactly what he had done. He had arranged a marriage between her and the future clan head of the Uchiha. Needless to say, Mikoto didn't like the idea in the slightest. Marriage had never once crossed her mind. To her, it was just something that would get in her way. But she didn't really have any choice in the matter. To make it worse, the boy she was engaged to was a horrible candidate in her opinion. Well, to her just about any boy was a horrible candidate since she didn't really know any of them. But what she was thinking about was the fact that he was weaker than her. Fugaku had once asked her to a spar against him one day. She had beaten him, quite easily too now that she thought about it. Mikoto wondered for a moment what kind of training the current clan head was giving them before she shook the thought away. She had other things to worry about.

Right now, the young female Uchiha was staring at the entrance to the house of the clan head's family, mustering her courage to actually go inside. The academy had already ended for the day, and she had the rest of the day off fortunately. So she decided to confront the one person that she had been trying to figure out for the last few days.

Uchiha Sasuke.

From what she had already heard, he had no direct relatives in the clan. He had been found and brought in. Supposedly, he could have even lived in one of the other villages. Mikoto really didn't know what to make of the rumors, but she wasn't all too concerned about them. They didn't really matter as far as to what she was trying to accomplish. But the problem was that even she herself didn't know what that was. All she knew was that the boy was an enigma to her. Thinking of their talk during their first meeting, he seemed…..anxious about something. But she couldn't think of any reason as to why he would be anxious to begin with. And then there was how he stopped Tsume with a single look. She had seen it. It was…..dark. And scary, if she were honest with herself. Which she wasn't. There was the speed too. The boy was fast. Even that blond, Minato, had been genuinely impressed. And Mikoto already knew how Minato was a prodigy in his own right.

So, all of that internal struggle finally led the young girl to where she was at the moment, standing in front of the residence with a fidgeting look. It was the first time that she had felt this way. And she didn't like it. She didn't like feeling all hesitant. To make the feeling worse, she didn't know why she was hesitating in the first place. After all, for all intents and purposes, she was engaged to Fugaku. That gave her enough reason to visit the compound with the excuse that they should get to know each other better. Of course, it'd be a lie. But that was beside the point.