The Naka Shrine

[Hono Uzumaki]

Hidden within the forests of Hi no Kuni, Konohagakure no Sato sits peacefully, seemingly untouched by war and strife. The streets were lined with consumers, vendors and opportunists who solely care about themselves. The crowds mixed together and seemed to form a single mass. This was the life they all lead day in and day out.



Tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the Market District, a large building sits. A shrine which holds great meanings to those who know what to look for. Concealed within the solid adamantine foundation, the secrets of the Uchiha Clan are held. Two eternal red flames lit the room where a tablet was housed. The room contain nothing else, because protecting the tablet was it's purpose and nothing more was needed.

A large spiraling silver void appeared within the basement of the shrine; small stars falling away from the hole in time and space as the silver substance expanded. Minaru and company past through the opening to appear within the Uchiha Stone Tablet room. He cleared his throat as he began to speak. 

"I am sure you both have questions, but first I wish to give you a lesson on history." With both his Eternal and regular Mangekyo active, he turned and made his way closer to the tablet, placing his right hand on the handle of his katana. "You see, I have read this piece of rock, many times; although, I could never finish it. The writing as you can see if no language any of us can read. It needs a cipher, and I finally have it." he laughed lightly as he pointed to his eyes.

The Uchiha's smile seemed to grow and grow as he began to read, "The prowess of the Uchiha, their eyes, they hold more power then you previously feared. You see, the Sharingan has the power to perfectly control the Kyubi, Kurama. The ultimate beast of power and destruction easily under the control of a Sharingan user with a simple flash of the eye. Further readings tell of the powerful Mangkeyo Sharingan and how to attain it. Which brings me too this, the Uchiha's eyes have multiple stages of growth and I almost have completed the circle. From Sharingan to Mangekyo is a horrid experience by it's self. Only in great despair will one bring out the prowess which that eye holds. I have been meet with countless loses throughout my short life, which granted me these powers." a large sigh was released as Minaru took a short break before continuing. 

"After this, the process becomes more and more gruesome. You see, with this great power, comes great cost. I will eventually become blind, or that is, I would have. I came down here, and read the tablet, hoping to find and understand what I need to do next; what I had to do to prevent this decay. It told of an undying eye. The Tablet spells out how to acquire an eternal eye with power beyond mention. And so, it says that only through ripping the eyes of your brother and placing them inside your own head will one be freed from the chains which bind."
Minaru seemed to zone out for a moment, getting in depth on this story. "And I have made it this far, and have come to read over the remainder. Though, at a glance... there is still more that even I can't read."

Minaru began to decipher the cryptic writings, pondering and attempting to understand. "A perfect union will bring about peace..." he mumbled, "Or is it the rejoining of this union creates a new peace.. What is new peace.. My god." his eyes widened. 

"So, you both may know, but there was once a great man which all shinobi and all chakra descended from. The Uchiha is one of his halves, and I always thought this was pompous shit talk until now. The tablet tells that while the Uchiha are one half, the other also has great power and ability. Physical strength, and the embodiment of the original. This half has the power to manifest lush forest in a single instant, and live long beyond the years of a normal man. This is bizarre, it's as if bringing both halves will recreate the man or the former peace we held. That's what this union is... and I believe that I can bring this peace." Minaru's face held more confusion than anything else; Minaru suddenly snapped out of his odd daze.

"Albeit, this tablet has cause more murder, more genocide of my people then any one event. It has put Mother's against Daughters and so on, and if this new information got out, I fear the outcome. This knowledge is what makes the Uchiha feared and strong. And after reading this, I fear that only more will come and there lust for power will over take them. In order to keep balance in this world and to prevent the end; I shall take this information from the world."

Minaru drew his sword as he began to channel chakra into it. "I will take this Tablet." His right eye began to spin as his katana turned an eerie silver. The swords glow illuminated the room further, and in a single swing a passed the blades edge through the section of the stone which fastened it into the ground. Using his Kamui in a matter of chakra flow he allowed his blade to cut through time and space ripping anything which comes in contact with it and sending it to his Kamui dimension. The Tablet began to fall to the floor face first at Minaru's feet; "KAMUI!" he said with an over the top tone. The same swirl that brought them there made the stone disappear.

"Any questions?"

[Tatsuo]

"Back to an ordinary life." The expression articulated a year ago would waver into the back of his mind. Ordinary? Could that accurately define the proceedings of Hiroshi's existence? Was it habitual for one to ascent to boundless summits, only to have been transported downhill by the bereavement of the ones he favored? If so, then he was not extraordinary, and existence was not the bitch he judged it to be; however, those measures made Hiroshi into the "gentleman" he was this day: an individual who shadowed a rigorous set of guidelines. Naught would be able to flee his ire, and the credit belonged to his brother. No longer would the man lose a conflict to anxiety, not after the last time. Oh how he bemoaned that day, the epoch he could not secure domination over his brother and prevent the butchering of both his mother and father. It was then that the eyesight in Hiroshi's left eye began to blink in and out. What was this? What was he scrutinizing?

He hesitated and momentarily squatted on the top of the foundation he once stood. His right hand pushed against the surface while the height of his knees increased to equal the location of his elbows. He observed as the eye scanned over the material before him and soon tapered his stare. This was the Naka Shrine? He bounded frontward and precipitously soared from the structure he had been on and ultimately descended towards the earth. The instant the flat of his bottoms equaled the ground, he was off, the man broke into a dash, one that would carry him through the throngs with ease. Snaking left and right, Hiroshi neglected no rhythm. Each step of his mattered, for each step conveyed its function with intensity. Could it be... Minaru? There was no other... How dare he display his visage here after so long? After what he had done? Fury began to intensify within the man's eyes, which soon altered from a shadowy to cerise hue. Just as he appeared within the sanctuary, Minaru had commenced to rupture the tablet, and just as he entered the cellar, Minaru had absorbed the tablet.

Hiroshi would stand erect before his brother and comrade(s) with his right hand risen to the hilt of his sword, and his left hand concealed under the extended sleeves of his robe. For the minute, he was prepared for anything, and would brawl if he had to. Why? These people were now trespassers. And not only that, but they had been thieving clan enigmas, a certainty--perhaps naively--that could not be concealed from him. He said, "I see you've finally returned." In that second, his eyes flicked towards the company of his brother and his cerise gaze locked in on those before him. He was primed for anything at this point, even as his hand dropped itself away from the hilt of the blade in hopes of them thinking he let down his guard. He then said, having made a motion with his head, "You need to return what you have taken, for does not belong to you."

[Viola]

Viola listened in close to what Minaru had to say. She hadn't known much about the Uchiha; simply that they were overpowered puppets in the war of the ninja. As she would continue to listen to Minarus monologue, she became a bit scared. Blindness? Pain? Control? All these things sounded very clan-esque, and for Minaru to desire such a power made her wonder if it would be for the better good? For such a powerful tablet to escape the hands of Konoha, she was unsure if this was going to go smoothly.

The basement held many secrets, but by whose word was this not to be shared with others besides the Uchiha? What if, as this was a devilish thought on her part, the tablet was not removed, but brought to the village square for all to see? The commoners may not be able to understand, but become confused as to why the Uchihas wrote such a language that they could only read. The villages would come to some conflict, and hopefully they could resolve it with words? But, as she thought on, that would still make it available for Uchihas to abuse their power...just with more than the Uchiha themselves overseeing the process. She would have to pitch this idea to Minaru after he had spoken.

Viola stood, stolid with her hands clasped behind her back. She was careful to take down each detail Minaru relayed in her mind. She didn't want death, but she also did not want this tablet to be used to create more death...She bit her lip still though. Why would Minaru take the risk of blindness? And, from this, she began to wonder more about this brother that he ran away from that year ago.

As he neared the end of his speech, she began to inch away, still barely used to his Kamui, or as Viola thought of it, void of nonthingness. It still made me feel like she was dead for a specific period of time..absent of all other people. As she watched this transpire, she could feel one specific chakra near them so quick that the source appeared before their very eyes before she would be able to warn them.

As she spoke, her eyes began to shake. An overwhelming since of violence passed through her eyes. Cringing, Viola began to remember how injured Minaru had been. She wanted to fight him, but something told him Minaru would be taking him face on. She kept to her emotions, staring down at mas wares. She looked over him to see weapons he could possibly use as well as the kata he had already drew. She moved her hands from her back to her front, gently displaying them in a defensive matter. She wanted to lunge at the man who hurt her dear Minaru, but for now, she would only go on his order. She would not make a mess on their planning.

[Hono Uzumaki]

Minaru's vision began to flicker far before the arrival of his sibling. "Hiroshi-ani.." he mumbled, turning slowly, he stepped his mass in front of Tsuk. "All be calm, this is not our enemy." he grumbled as he read his flickering vision. Sharing the same eyes with his Older Brother held more meaning then anyone could know. Uchiha who share eyes, share vision if within close quarters. He could see the killer speed of the rushing buildings as Minaru's Brother made his way to the Shrine. He was fast, and obviously knew exactly what was going on.

"Is my name not Uchiha? Is this not OUR sacred meeting place?" he teased sarcastically, knowing full well what his family meant. "So demanding and you only just got here." his brow narrowed.
"If you truly cared for our Brethren, you'd understand why I am doing this." his eyes drifted to Viola, who was standing beside Tsuk on Minaru's six. As his eyes drifted back, both of his Mangkeyo Sharingan still active, but slowly drifted into a docile jet black.

"Big Brother, I am not here to fight. I am here to repent and see if forgiveness is at all possible. It wasn't until this Haruno touched my heart that I fully understand what I did. Who I was, and what I was becoming. I laid waste to people I loved in cold blood, and this may not ever be forgiven; I understand that." The boys face held remorse and a sense of depression fabricated his words. He spun his blade in his hand and quickly sheathed it, showing that he meant no ill will.

"You may believe that I am desecrating this site, but I am not. I am saving our family. Their blood lust for power will cause our numbers to dwindle and before we know it, we will be a memory of the past as our bloodline kills itself out. This stone tablet has killed more of our family then any war, or any other Kuni in this world." he glared at Hiro, though his hardened face began to soften and become more relaxed. "What I do may not make sense now, but it is for the greater good, I know of all people you could see that."

"You see, after I left and found my light. I found my way and I realized something, the villages and politics within them created this madness we live in and something great, and possibly devastating would need to occur for these lands to know true peace. I know this is what you seek, Kage to be." A warm smile lit up his face as he continued,

"Hiro... the power struggle needs to end. The Leaf needs to make the first steps towards real peace for our people and all people. I have formed a group of same minded people, we are Sekai no Kage. And I, am Owari. We keep Neutrality and Balance in all things. We will end this power struggle, and I have arrived in hopes to make an alliance with the village. That is, if you allow me." he chuckled,

"Though, this means, attempting to gain land or Bijuu would be a no, no." he shook his finger like a parent to a child. "I know this is odd, and confusing. But, this image I have for the world. A perfect world, isn't far off if we all join together in stopping this madness our forefathers created for us. We must break the cycle. And if you accept this... I have one last thing to ask of you." he extend a hand out to shake his brothers.

[Tsukiaddo]

Tsukiaddo was still processing the events the previous few minutes when the older Uchiha made his appearance. He still had plenty of questions for Minaru, but they would have to wait. The Yuki was beginning to take a step toward Hiroshi, when Minaru stepped in front him him. The three of them could easily overpower the lone shinobi, so why was Minaru hesitating.

Minaru's proposal shed a little light on the situation. If this was the brother that he had mentioned earlier, then he was definitely a force to be reckoned with. Despite the bloodlust that was beginning to build inside of him, Tsukiaddo decided to wait for Minaru's command before attacking.

[Tatsuo]

Hiroshi altered his eyes amongst the three, and then shifted to take a lone step back. This austere gesture could be misperceived as dread for being outnumbered; however, that was not the case this time around. The action would tug the three of them into his cerise stare, and would permit him to retain both orbs on the three entities before him. The one who would have been nearest, preceding his brother’s talk, would have been the other male. Unaccustomed to two of the three, he maintained the deadly eyes, even though his brother conversed in a manner deprived of mischief. "Our sacred meeting place?" The lyrics reverberated in the posterior of Hiroshi's brain, but he did not take the time to counter right away. Instead, he elected to listen to what the boy had to say. And that did not persist, for he went on about the concern for brethren. Was that a question? "Our sanctified meeting place? That was surrendered when you bore your posterior to your clan and your family." He dwelled and then decided he would continue when he assembled the precise words. Hiroshi desired to verbalize his philosophies on the matter, but understood springing to any variety of deductions, at this stage, would be a squander of time, so he would hear the boy out a bit more.

The inimitable orbs then seized the vision of his brother's shady orbs before they grasped the gentle aspects of Minaru's expression. Here to atone and pursue reconciliation? Yet, this was how he went about doing so? Not attempting to come forth in the decorous method, but instead slipping into this residence while transporting those who are not of the Uchiha blood-line? Then, the young one shrouded his weapon into its sheath. This made Hiroshi feel a tad more tranquil; however, he could recollect the incorruptibility his brother's once presented during that dusky day. The virtuousness that lingered, and then vanished to expose the fiend that he truly was. Thoughts like these tormented the elder brother's mind, even though he knew better... He knew how little his brother could not constraint himself at the time. And now? He addressed of how he was transformed by some female Hiroshi knew nil about. As if he would be so immediate to have confidence in this freshly attained information. "You are not here for combat, but to atone and obtain absolution?" The male fixed his bottoms and resumed with, "You are here without enlightening anyone. You are pilfering something from the clan, preserving it as your own. You are commanding outsiders; escorting them into a place they do not belong. Divulge to me.. How are you on a trail of forgiveness?"

He shook his cranium and articulated, "You are protecting our clan? Do you believe a majority would attain the aptitude essential to decipher the entirety of this stone? That they would be proficient or adequate enough to comprehend what it insinuates and what it stands for? The stone is there to assist in unravelling the maximum potential of our eyes, the strength of our blood. It is there to assist us in comprehending what we survived, what we are, and what we are capable of becoming. To confiscate that currently, would be to eliminate it from those forthcoming. Should something happen to you, it would be lost perpetually." He lingered in his speech once more and drew in a profound inhalation of air. "Do you not recollect your particular proceedings? They were of your personal doing, not this tablet." He narrowed his stare. "Choices are determined by each individual. Those same individuals desire their own direction. Taking this tablet will not stop the Uchiha from slaughtering one another. That takes a resilient superior, and taking the tablet will stop nothing." The last bit was repeated to show how much he believed how useless taking the tablet would be.

"As for this nation, I do implore tranquility. Harmony is the aspiration a profusion of people have; however, those visionless.. blinded by blackness and supremacy will never let it survive. Peace cannot come from something demoralizing/devastating. Obliteration spawns detestation, and from detestation comes vengeance, and vengeance generates death, and death brings abhorrence. It is an infinite sequence, fueled by our predecessors, and those that may come after us. It is accurate that we, as a society, are not progressing in the appropriate course; however, I intend to make an alteration to that when I become Hokage. I plan on amalgamating humankind by believing in a collective visualization." There was another pause, as if Hiroshi was endeavoring to acquire some form of wit against his brother. After all, the man was outnumbered, and he was also in a limited space. Fighting the three would be significantly strenuous if things got out of hand. Besides, the rational thing would be to keep them all composed while he constructed a back-up strategy. Resuming, he decisively answered, "There is a struggle for supremacy, and I can value the fact that you wish to keep nonalignment and equilibrium in all things. However, to be truly nonaligned, one must create obscurity and light. To be neutral is to have the unadulterated assortment of both. In that circumstance, you cannot say you've absolutely transformed, for blood will persist to defile your hands. That is not the direction I visualized my younger brother taking. And although I can admire your new-found perceptions, I cannot entirely harmonize with them. Attempting to gain land or Bijuu would be a no, no? What are you and your acquaintances going to do if the other Kage do not agree? You're going to take down a village and force them to your will?"

The male's right digits coiled themselves into a constricted sphere. The sound of his muscles could be heard as they struggled to move because of the intensely applied to them. "A flawless world does not exist.. nor will it in a matter of years. That will take a lot of time and influencing, no matter how passionate each of us are. Power will always call for more power, and as long as there are Bijuu out there, people will pursue them. Can you genuinely demand me to put the village in a dangerous situation, wishing no one will have the spirits to face a tailed beast? There are too many people here who would rely on me." He then observed his brother's extended hand in wonderment of what exactly happened to him while he was away. Sure, it was a respectable proposal, and it could use some polishing, but he required verification. Not only that, but he desired to see the change in his brother with his own eyes. Sure, he pardoned him a long time ago. The demise of his parents and the loss of his brother made him stronger, and helped make him the man he was now. With the negative came a positive, and although he missed his parents, there was nothing that could be done about it now. There was no need to dwell on the past.

[Viola]

As the man spoke Violas blood boiled. It took all the restriction in her power to not interject as he spoke. How dare he have so much doubt in his own brother, his own blood? This was what was precisely wrong with the Uchiha: so distrusting to the point they only listened to themselves. Diluting the truth with lies, believing power is driving factor for others in life.

Viola balled her hand in a fist as he spoke, giving occasional glances over to Minaru. She felt especially worried for him. This was his brother after all speaking in quite the demeaning matter to him. Viola began to wonder how it would be useful to come here in the first place. If this man was so abled to be talked down, he seemed to be talking more as the conversation went on. She wanted to demand from his lips the exact reason and purpose for the stone in the first place. All of his justification came from *others* gaining power and using it against Leaf and not the power that was *dangerous* that could be gained with the stone. Why could he not see it from their prospective?

Viola extended a hand to reach out for his shoulder, in attempts to display the docile nature of Minaru. She wanted to show this big shot Hokage that he was not the rouge they should be afraid of or fight. If Minaru would allow her, she would extend her hand over to him to wrap it gently across his waist. Then after, she would look in the general direction on the Uchiha, but not quite in his eyes...she did not want to experience another genjustu as she did in the Summer. Although not from an Uchiha that had occurred, Viola surmised that it would just be worse to be caught in one at this moment.

As this was the only neutral action she felt she could take, she stood here, waiting, hoping Minaru could break through the Hokage. The Hokage himself felt a bit too big for his shoes, perhaps even grandiose. Why put so much weight on your shoulders when you have an entire village to depend on? Viola bit her lip, still thinking about the volumes that this could go so wrong.

[Hono Uzumaki]

"Do you really believe that? What you are saying. Why do you think I killed Mother and Father so long ago? Why do you think I ripped out your eye. I wanted to show you how the world was going..! At the time, I wanted to bring your world crashing down." He felt the warm grace of Viola's arm around him, and her scent drifted into his nose. A gentle smile settled over his face as he looked towards his Brother.
 
"I understand that in order for there to be true balance, one may need to perform acts which seem demonic and evil. But, my cruel intention are for the better, I am sorry you don't fully see that as of yet." Minaru's hand caught Viola's as his arm came to rest over top her own. "Hiroshi-ani, do you know why I call my self Owari? Did you contemplate what my group is about?  Sekai no Kage... We are the Shadow of the World. And I bring the End. End of strife, and heart ache. The end of death and dismay, because I will keep order, WE will keep order. The other Kage's, if they refuse I will not simply attack them, but much like shadows we lay in wait until the light casts us in the direction we are most needed." 

The Uchiha had not seen his brother in a year, and he has grown so much since then. His voice took a serious tone. "Soon, I will command the Nine-Tails and soon, I will bring peace to Hi no Kuni and the rest of this continent. You cannot tell me that you do not wish Kumogakure or Iwagakure to be knocked down a few pegs. They started this war, and we will finish it. You and me working as one. This is the first step, the stone tablet will create the separation for the blood. You said yourself that blood taints hands, but did you know. In order to be at the level you are, people had to die? It is our curse and blessing. I carry the taint, I carry the memories of all those I have put to rest. I don't forget these times, for they keep me on my path. Did you ever come to the conclusion, that if I didn't forcibly trigger your power that you cold very well be drawn to do the same for the greater good?" 

"I had to make you hate me, want to find me and make me answer for my crimes. I helped strength the only good in the world in Konoha, just in ways that unify the village against a single entity and a single goal."

"I may love my Brother, but I will put you down if I need to and pull strings of a puppet from the seat of Hokage. This is the world we both want, I just choose to live in the shadows and make the hard choices in order to create the perfect union. It's a hard task, but the mission is true." Minaru looked to his companions.

"My companions are all chosen and hand picked for my own reasons. This boy here," pointing at the Yuki "is one of the strongest shinobi I have met, yet the overflowing power fills him with a rage that he cannot control. He managed to lay waste to many lands before I found him. I wouldn't say I control him, but he knows who's boss." The brim of his lips turn up and he giggled. "Maybe it's a bit Nia've but someone has to try."

"And most of all, I have come to give you your eye back, as my last gift to the village. I have brought you your eyes back, so you can be at full power in order to guide this village in the right direction. I know we share the basis of what is good for the Leaf. The village is over all things, even blood."

[Tatsuo]

"Do I have faith in that? What am I stating? Harmony will come through time, giving the appropriate opportunity. In regards to you massacring mother and father so long ago, and acquiring my eye, you did not illustrate to me how the world was going. You showed me the impulsive deeds of a child. Do you sincerely consider me to be sightless to my situations? Do you think I am incompetent of identifying what goes on about my person? I pay close consideration to elements, and I construct verdicts centered on the basis I deem is admirable. And for you to assume you brought my domain hurtling would be indistinguishable to you conveying you are superior to myself." Hiroshi then caught notice of the movement both Minaru and the girl and in time ah'd soundlessly to himself. So this was the anonymity he learned little of. He could only presuppose beforehand, but now he could corroborate. Did they imagine that would be sufficient in verifying something to him? Anyone could claim to be with one another, but having a bottomless desire and displaying an unfathomable infatuation for one another had been two dissimilar things.

"As for your unpleasant objectives being for the better, you cannot feasibly know or completely clench the wisdom as to what existence requests. You are seventeen years of age now. You are still young, my brother, and have an abundance to discover. Even so, have confidence in acts both malevolent and malicious are not the appropriate solution. One can bring forth righteousness, serenity, and stability without taking a single life. But of course we all hold our geniuses; we all embrace wicked creatures within us, shaped by the immoral accomplishments we both executed." Hiroshi dwelled while he relaxed his gaze and shook his skull. The lips of the male's maw parted and he sighed softly while he said, "That is a thought-provoking aspiration to have. Stability is nice, and it is no luxurious mission to grasp. But to end death and dismay? You are not a Deity, my brother. You are human. Objectives are beneficial, but setting them too high will bring you anguish. And to be a shade, waiting for the day to come...? That may never happen. There may be Kage after Kage who claims their way is the veracious way. You may consider it comparable to me, but I am not saying what you're doing is wrong, but I am not saying what you are doing is correct either. The stronger you are, the more power you will attract to yourself. This is proven by your want to dominate the Nine-Tails, which I cannot agree with, as I have my own plans for dealing with the beast."

He lately took note of the serious tone, but did not mention much of it as he weighed the words of his brother carefully. His thoughts were not always exposed through physical expressions, or flux of voice, however, they were well present within those deadly eyes of his. "And yes, I can tell you that I do not wish for Kumogakure or Iwagakure to be knocked down a few pegs. They did start this war, and I intend on finishing it as well. How? There are methods I can come up with, but nothing is set in stone. Besides, there has already been enough blood spilled over this. I would know with me being on the battle-field often. As for the triggering of my power, I would not be on a much different path. I was fine with what I had. It's always been mind over matter for me, you know this. My beliefs are what keeps me from hating you."

Hiroshi then found himself drawn to silence as his brother finished speaking. He would take in each word and ponder his possibilities. There was a lot conversed during this small time. When Minaru finished speaking, and all was done, he responded, "You think you have the absolute expertise to put me down? So you do think you are better than I? I can assume you believe you are fit to be Hokage then? I am not where I want to be because I'm a controlled puppet. I'm where I am because I desired to make this world an improved place for you. I simply did not do it fast enough, but my time will come." Hiroshi took in the details of Minaru's companions. His gaze lingered on the Yuki for a moment, and he said, "You do not control him, that is good. But he is filled with rage? Does that not make him blind? How do you plan on changing the world if you have not yet taken the rage--one that cannot be controlled--from the one within your own ranks?"

He grumbled before he shook his head a final time. "It may sound as if I am being hard on you, but I cannot watch you go down a path of no return. You may show me what it's like now, what you have built, but I do not believe you are ready to take on the world, nor will I sit by and watch you take this entire burden on your shoulder alone." Hiroshi now spoke of the eyes. "I would take my eye back, but I am not currently in place of a medical ninja. And as for the village, we will raise as a nation and overcome all the trials placed before us. Peace will come. As for the tablet, you must return it, or I will be forced to stop you."

[Viola]

Viola could feel her anger crest. What was he trying to say with all of his fancy words and holier-than-thou' attitude? Using all these words she barely knew from her casual reading, what was he trying to say? Was he dancing around his negative thoughts around peace between the nations? She had a feeling this irked Minaru further. Giving her eyes the chance to look over what his facial expression would say. Regardless, she began to make her way behind Minaru, her arms gently staying around his waist. She was worried now. As he neared the end of his speech, she pondered if he was going to want a fight. Viola was never a fighter; only a healer. There was nothing more she could offer to the situation other than healing and moral support.

She felt her heart crush as the Hokage seemed quite upset about not receiving his eye back to. Now the Uchiha did not want his eye back? What an idiot! Viola felt insulted by their offer was not enough for the greedy power mongering Hokage. No matter how many fancy words he was using he only meant to cover his true intentions. He only wanted the tablet to further the power the Leaf could obtain. At this point she gently let go of Minarus' frame at the end of his babble, allowing Minaru to make the call. Knowing her strength was not all that great and her jutsu were not all that, she would see what he could do to protect the group they had. She kept her hands at her sides, waiting for a response.

Viola hadn't much to offer Minaru but at the end of the day it would require healing and a possible surgery. Before then she would have to abide by being protected until they reached a secure location to do such.

[Minaru]

"This woman saved my life a year ago. She placed my eye in my skull and I placed all my faith into her." he pointed a finger to Viola behind him, but didn't tell her name in order to protect her identity. We didn't need her to be posted as a Ronin.

"We can easily do this here. Just need to be more private." he closed the door to the secret meeting location. "V, can you manage to mend us both on the spot enough to function?" he questioned to see what their options were. He began to place his hand over his left eye, Hiroshi's Mangekyo Sharingan.

He pulled the eye as he stared back at his brother, not fearing his Brothers intentions. He wouldn't attack him without being provoked. He ripped his eye from it's socket and placed it in Viola's hand as he sheathed his sword. The glowing shimmer dissipated.

"And I'll give you this." As he spoke, his other eye shot out a portion of the Tablet. The information let people learn about Sharingan's ability and how to trigger Mangkeyo. Everything past was left inside his eyes, "Come now, let's hurry. Today is your day no?"

[Tatsuo]

Hiroshi observed the girl, and then the boy who stayed stationary during this meeting, save for his initial motions. He then shook his cranium and narrowed his stare onto the woman before him. His irreplaceable eyes skimmed the woman up and down before he relaxed his posture while he dipped his head into a nod. He eventually flexed his brows and took a single step forward; slim digits would remain hidden beneath the fabric of his extended sleeves. "If you trust in her, she is the one supposed to change you, I will allow her to aid me this once." He paused before he sucked in a deep breath of air and then clasped his jaws closed with a low clamp. Then he turned his eyes towards his brother and watched as he ripped the eye from his head. His own skull tilted while he clenched his jaws once, twice, and then a third time. "As for the tablet, I will leave it in your hands for now; however, I will come for it eventually. Keep it for a time, but you will have to return it one day. It is meant to be here." With that, he pulled his hands from his sleeves and laced his digits together and awaited what was to come. He then said, "The eye to remove is my right eye. We were opposites."

[Viola]

Viola felt awkward now. As the conversation continued to go on, Minaru began to show more of his delicate nature. The old Minaru would've laid this place to ruin in attempts to kill his brother. The old Minaru would not care to kill her on the spot. A smile grew on her face however, as the eye fell into her hands. She had all the power as she had now to destroy the Hokage. All the power, within her hand.

She began to think back to their goals to achieve and maintain neutrality. With a crush of this eyeball she would extinguish hopes of peace of course with the Leaf, but with such an opportunity to end the Hokages' call of power at this moment would be beautiful. Her smile stayed, listening to the request rendered to her. Viola felt a bang of disappointment that she could not give the eyeball a good smashing. She had many thoughts before reaching this moment of crushing powerful eyes and skills of those within calls.

But what this make her better than those beforehand? Would this make her better than anyone who used their power of their eyes to gain more power? She shook her head in thought, looking to find the general direction of where Minarus' brother had been. She needed to follow her subordinates instructions at this point. She couldn't let her hatred toward clans override the mission...even if her mental state was begging that breaking this eye would lead to better results.

Viola would approach the Hokage, looking away just slightly. Violas hand began to glow a light green. Chakra began to rush toward her hand with the eyeball within it. She needed to perform a surgery, not blow the eyeball to nothing. This hand would continue to grow a steady green as the other took on more of a bluish nature.

As she positioned her hand in line to remove right eye, she kept her hands steady. She began to repeat the goals of the mission in her head. She tried with her strength to repress the thought of crushing all the eyes and giving them normal ones. That would be true neutrality. But, considering the situation, this would not be an ideal situation of her or anyone in this room living.

As she began to proceed with the eyeball replace/removal procedure it would take a matter of five minutes. She had ensured that the eyeball would be in well working condition for Minaru. If she could not tamper with them, it would be wise to keep them in mint condition. She focused on the swap eye, making sure not to wander her eyes to his other, which could easily catch her into a complicated genjustu.

As she neared the completion of this first swap, she asked, "Minaru...would you like me to preserve this or do yours as well?

[Minaru]

"We must be going, so I would wish it to be done; yes." he nodded as he held his left eye shut. "Eventually, Brother. We will be on the same page. I see a new world forming, and it looks far better then the dismal reality we lived through currently. It'll take us both, I guess. Big Brother generally knows best."

He smiled as he paced towards Viola, taking her hips in his hands gentle. "Please and thank you. After this, I have a surprise for you."

[Tatsuo]

Hiroshi motioned to lock gazes with the woman after she tended to his eye, and then bowed his head in thanks, although he never took his gaze away from her until she finished and moved to work on Minaru. He then lowered his head into a nod and said, "I will be sure to see you all out, then."