7 Letter

Many students raised their hand as they spoke out their answers, "Lord Hashirama was the greatest. He was the Strongest Shinobi in the world." "Lord Tobirama was the greatest because of his great arsenal of techniques." "Lord Hiruzen is the greatest because he knows all the Five Nature Releases." And so on…

Shun stayed silent for some time before he raised his hand. The teacher saw Shun raising his hand and nodded his hand and motioned him to stand up, Shun stood up as he started to give his answer, "In terms of power, Lord Hashirama had no rival but for me he wasn't the greatest Hokage, he may have been the greatest Shinobi the world had witnessed but not the greatest Hokage or leader."

"No, I believe that Lord Tobirama was the greatest hokage, it wasn't because he was the Godly user of the Water or because of his Lightning Sword, or because of his Teleportation Technique. No, what made him great was that he decided to use himself as a decoy during the 1st Shinobi War, and before doing that, he appointed a suitable man as the next hokage and thought of the Village first and then his life, he was also someone who chose the way he should die and that was by using his life to protect Konoha. And that…is the reason I believe that Lord Tobirama is the greatest hokage and respect him very much."

Hearing his answer, the teacher remained dumbfounded for quite a few moments, he didn't know how to respond to such a good answer. Even he didn't know just what words he should use to praise for such an answer.

The best that he could come out was remain silent as he started to clap his hands, he asked his name just to be sure, "You… You are named Shun Uchiha right?" Shun nodded his head in confirmation.

Teacher looked towards Shun as he motioned him to sit down now, he knew that he would have to mention about this child to the Hokage, it seems as if a great Ninja was in the making.

With that, their class ended and today was the Kunai and Shuriken practice, the teachers gave out a couple of Kunai and Shuriken, and assigned them to some specific locations where they could train together.

Mikoto and Shun were assigned to the same location as they were quite close and also because they were from the same Clan, a Chuunin instructor was assigned to each one of the locations, they wanted them to intervene is the situation suddenly got out of hand otherwise, the Chuunin Instructors were to remain hidden.

Shun looked towards Mikoto as he proposed an idea, "Mikoto, I think we need to perfect our aim before trying out anything else. Let's do that." Mikoto completely agreed with that idea as both of them set up the targets all around them.

They backed away and suddenly picked up Kunai and started to shoot them towards different Targets. Their kunai had enough power but their aim was still not perfect, they suddenly changed positions and once again tried it out.

They continued to do this training till it was the end of the day and Shun finally had a good enough aim that he could strike close to the target. He knew that he needed a bit more practice but that was all…

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Shun and Mikoto returned back to the house and noticed that Miyuki was still not here, this time they did think that it was somewhat serious as she has never gone out for such a long time.

But they didn't think that it was someone who came into the house, their house was in the Uchiha District, one of the most protected places in the Konoha, just who had come in without any notice and picked off Miyuki.

Shun started to use his Sharingan as he wanted to search for clues regarding Miyuki, he knew that Sharingan granted enhanced perceptive abilities and these would be quite useful right now.

He used his Sharingan and noticed Blue Coloured Chakra footsteps on the floor, he looked towards Mikoto who was quite worried for her mother and spoke up, "Mikoto, follow me." Mikoto didn't ask any question and continued to stare at him as she followed him.

Shun started following those footsteps and noticed that they were going in Miyuki's room, he had already checked there and didn't really find anything there. But this time, he looked around the whole room and followed those footsteps.

He looked around and saw a letter that was stuck between the window panels, it was as if it was hidden from someone's eyes. Shun pulled out the letter as she opened it up and started to read it.

His eyes widened out as soon as he started reading the letter, his expression became blank as he read ahead. After reading the whole letter, he looked towards Mikoto and remained speechless for quite some time.

In the letter, Miyuki had written "I believe it will be very late once you find out this letter. Perhaps hours after I have left… I know you both must want to know the reason but I can't tell you, superior orders. But let me tell you, there isn't a chance that I will return, I am just going to my death."

"There are many things you cannot find in the village. Shun, take care of Mikoto, I know that you have the Sharingan, I saw its awakening. Use it to bring the Uchiha to the peak of its power, let the world tremble with the name of our Clan. And remember to burn this letter after reading it."

Just what could Shun say to Mikoto at this point, he was just asked to take care of her but, what could he do. He was just a kid of the same age as Mikoto, shouldn't Miyuki have thought more and appointed a more responsible person.

But the problem was, just who to appoint, whom could she trust enough to look after Shun and Mikoto. If he found out about Shun's Sharingan and informed the Clan Head then Shun would have been trained as a Machine to become useful to the Uchiha Clan.

She knew because she had heard that happen to another child who actually killed himself, but there were many young children who didn't kill themselves and one of them was her husband, before meeting her, she knew the condition in which he was in.

She helped him as much as she could but she didn't like the Uchiha Clan's method, but she knew that she also couldn't say anything as this was War time, the Clan was looking for people who volunteered to become the Clan's slaves and protect it for as long as they lived, it also meant that they were the ones who did the dirty work of the Clan.

All of the people who were selected for such a training were volunteers, the Clan didn't force an individual as they knew that it could backfire after that suicide incident. It had made the Clan understand their error and reformed their ways from before.

And Mikoto's father was the one of the people who had volunteered to support the Uchiha Clan for as long as he lived, this was also one of the reasons why he couldn't spend much time with Shun and Mikoto.

Shun looked towards Mikoto as the tomoe in his Sharingan started to revolve at a faster pace, she was surprised as she didn't know that he had Sharingan, she didn't know when it was awakened and was happy for him.

She suddenly felt his arms wrapping around her and pulling her into a tight hug, Mikoto didn't know why he was hugging her but she could deduce that it was something related to what was written in the letter.

She inquired him with a serious expression, "Tell me Shun, what happened to mother? Did she write when she would return? Tell me?" Hearing her words caused him to look down, just what could he say.