The Lost Uchiha (Uchiha Clan × Midnight)
ep1
ANBU
Another one? Hmph. How many more "lost" members does this clan have? Between clones and time travelers, the Pure Land is getting crowded.
itachi
Be patient, ANBU. Every Uchiha has a story. Who are you, friend?
midnight
I don't even know anymore. I woke up in a lab, surrounded by jars of eyes and white-haired clones. They called me "Project Zero."
naruto
Jars of eyes? That sounds like Danzo or Orochimaru. Did you have a name before the lab?
midnight
I remember a high collar with a fan on the back. I remember fire. But they told me I was "lost" because I wasn't born—I was synthesized.
sasuke
Synthesized? Like Shin? Or are you another one of Orochimaru’s "special projects" meant to be a spare body?
midnight
I have the snake Sharingan, but it’s different. It doesn’t just see chakra; it makes me shapeshift. I saw you all die before it even happened.
naruto
Shapeshifting? Hah! If you saw the end, why didn't you stop it? Why are you "lost" here with us instead of ruling the world?
midnight
Because the more I tried to change, the more the world pushed back. I saved a version of Shisui in one timeline, only to watch the village burn in another. I’m "lost" because I no longer have a home timeline to return to.
itachi
A heavy burden. To see all possible tragedies and be unable to prevent the one that mattered.
midnight
I just wanted to know if the clan was ever truly happy. In all the timelines I saw... you were always fighting.
naruto
Happiness is an illusion, girl. Only power is real. But... tell me. In any of those timelines, did I actually win?
midnight
Only once. And you hated it. You spent eternity in a dream world where everyone was a puppet, and you were the only one who knew the truth
ANBU
Sounds about right. Welcome to the group, "snake." At least here, the only thing you have to fight is Madara’s ego.
ep2
shadow cutter
Stop talking, "Snake." You’re not "synthesized" from thin air. I saw the scroll in Orochimaru’s inner sanctum before I escaped.
midnight
Who are you? How do you know about the lab?
shadow cutter
My name is Sasame of the Fūma. My people were also used as experiments in the Land of Sound. I was there when they brought you in.
itachi
The Fūma? Our "distant cousins." What does a survivor of a dying clan have to do with this "Project Zero"?
shadow cutter
Everything. They didn't just grow him in a jar. They used the genetic base of an Uchiha who died during the massacre and "reinforced" it with Fūma vitality. You aren't just a clone, Snake—you're a bridge.
midnight
Reinforced? That’s why my eyes don’t burn when I use them?
shadow cutter
Exactly. The Uchiha blood gives you the vision, but the Fūma blood gives you the physical stamina to perceive the "threads" without going blind. You were designed to be the perfect "Watcher."
sasuke
Hmph. To think the blood of my clan was diluted with that of mere shuriken-throwers to create a "stable" weapon. Offensive.
itachi
Or perhaps, a necessity. If her purpose was to watch the timelines, she needed a body that wouldn't collapse under the weight of the Mangekyō.
shadow cutter
There’s one more thing. The "Uchiha" donor wasn't just anyone. Orochimaru harvested the DNA from the battlefield where itachi's body was supposed to be.
midnight
That’s why I saw your death first. I wasn't seeing the future... I was remembering it.
ep3
naruto
"Reinforced" by the Fūma? "Stable" eyes? This sounds like the talk of a coward who fears the true cost of power.
midnight
I didn't choose how I was made, Naruto.
naruto
Choice is irrelevant. Only the will to survive matters. If you truly carry Itachi’s blood and those "eyes" you boast of, then show me.
itachi
Snake, be careful. A mental spar with Naruto is not a game. He will attempt to shatter your psyche to see if your "purity" holds.
midnight
Let him. I’m tired of being called a "project."
naruto
Look upon my world! Everything is ash. Everything is fire. If you cannot see through the smoke of my Perfect Susanoo, you are nothing but a failed experiment.
shadow cutter
My screen is glitching... the chakra pressure from the link is leaking into the chat!
midnight
It’s... heavy. Like the sky is falling. But wait... I see the threads. Naruto, your attack is powerful, but it’s anchored to a single moment in the past.
midnight
I’m not fighting your fire. I’m pulling the thread from before you lit the match.
itachi
She’s doing it... She’s using my Body Flicker speed combined with that time-perception. She’s moving between the seconds.
naruto
Impudent brat! You dare step behind my shadow?!
midnight
I don’t see a legend, Naruto. I see a man who was so afraid of losing that he tried to put the whole world to sleep. Your "purity" is just loneliness.
sasuke
...You cut him off. No one has ever cut Naruto off like that.
naruto
Enough. Her technique is... unorthodox. But she didn't break.
itachi
High praise, coming from you.
midnight
SH!T
The "Fūma stability" has its limits.
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