Chapter 19: 19
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Kyoko Uchiha.
That was the name given to her by her parents.
The meaning of Kyoko is 'mirror'.
Perhaps her parents had wanted her to be the 'mirror' of her brother and sister. To be a prodigy, to be a beauty, to be everything that her siblings were and are; perfection. Perhaps they just named her so because she looked like a 'mirror' of her siblings, or they just named her that for no particular reason.
She was born soon after her brother departed into comatose and, though she had never personally seen him, there were plenty of pictures around the house that had his face in them. She had his vermillion eye and jet-black hair, they looked very similar to one another, to the point that one could mistake the other as twins if he was of her height.
Her brother was in a room that only he could exit from, there was no entrance, which was why she had never gotten the chance to see him. The person who made the room was Shisui Uchiha, their family's servant, and she had questioned him (in her mind) multiple times on why he had done so.
After all, if he never did that, she wouldn't have suffered through people constantly reminding and reminding her of her brother.
It was frustrating.
But more importantly, hateful.
She hated it.
She hated how everyone looked at her. She wanted to blame everything on her brother, it was his own fault that he had gotten into a coma, a stupid coma that no one even knows the reason for, then made everything in her life miserable, but she just couldn't, and she had no idea why... but she did have a clue.
From the stories that were told to her about him, she knew him as a person who did things without thinking, a person who was a battle maniac. She had heard a rumor that he was the cause of the Tremor Incident, where all of the citizens of Konoha had felt something horrifying, but she never knew just what the people felt, she wasn't born yet then, but she believed the rumor.
The rumor then said that Shisui had found her brother unconscious, coincidently right at the center of the village, which she had indirectly confirmed from Shisui. Her theory was that there was an assassin that tried to kill him but failed. She felt like a professional detective when she had thought of that, she had always wanted to be one, but there were just too many things that prevented her to do so in the future.
This rumor and her theory was her clue on why she couldn't hate him, but that was it, nothing else. She had thought about it, maybe it was because she couldn't blame a battle maniac, maybe it was because she blamed the possible assassin, but even after much thought, she had never come to an answer.
Maybe one day. she would meet him and ask him why...
___
Currently, Kyoko was sitting on a couch in the rather large living room while surfing the television of anything interesting. Shisui always had his company make the best out of the best machines and electronics for the family, one of the many things the family was thankful to Shisui for. He always had given the family much more good than bad; if any bad at all.
Everyone was home today. Vyra and Kumiko were free from their genin duties, and Mother and Father were not on any missions. Shisui was also home, as usual, having his [Shadow Clones] manage the company while he himself was tending to the family's needs: cooking, cleaning, and servicing.
While not everyone was sitting and watching the TV, they were all in the living room when they had heard the doorbell ring throughout the house. As she was the closest, Kyoko stood up from the couch and ran towards the door, lightly yelling "Coming!" towards whoever was behind the doorway.
Unfortunately, she was a bit too short for the peephole of the door, and cameras have yet to be invented, thus she opened the door blindly without expectations of whoever rang the chime might be.
What had greeted Kyoko was surprising, to say the least. It was a boy who looked around the age of 10 or 11. Kyoko couldn't help but think he looked strangely familiar. It was like something was right in front of her eyes, but she just couldn't grasp hold of it. Besides the boy, was a young woman, a voluptuous and very beautiful woman with a pair of rose-red eyes and a stoic face.
"Who are you?"
Kyoko and the boy say at the same time. 'He said 'Who are you?'' Kyoko thought, surprised and confused. 'He doesn't know who I am?' The boy spoke again, interrupting her thoughts, "Do you live here?"
Kyoko nodded and the boy continued: "Then do you know where Shisui-san is?" Kyoko was shocked, he knew Shisui lived here and even called his name without any HONORIFIC suffixes like he knew Shisui or something. Keeping that in mind, she nodded once again to his question, replying, "Shisui-san is here, what do you need of him?"
The boy smiled charmingly to her response and answered, "Can you tell him to meet me?" Kyoko nodded, sensing no malicious intent in the boy, Kyoko looked back, shouting "Shisui-san! Someone wants to meet you!", while thinking, 'What does he want from Shisui-san?'
Kyoko had also noticed that the woman had not spoken a word the entire time, which made her think, 'Maybe this boy is talking for the woman...' As Kyoko was seemingly daydreaming while looking towards the woman, Shisui had come into the scene, wide-eyed when his eyes met the boys.
"Young master!" Shisui softly exclaimed. Kyoko stared at the boy who their family's butler called 'young master.' Kyoko knew that the only person who Shisui would call 'young master' was a person of her family and the only one who fit the bill was...
"Yasuo-niichan?!" Kyoko exclaimed, loud enough to be echoed into the house. Hearing his, everyone inside quickly rushed towards the door, looking at Yasuo with a dumbfounded expression. "Yasuo-chan!" Miyrae cried, pulling Yasuo into a tight, warm affectionate hug while tears could be seen running down her face.
"Ah, my boy is back!" Izuna grinned as he too, join in the hug, though his voice was clear, one could tell it was wobbly and see his eyes slightly teary. Kyoko had never seen her father become so flustered, he was normally so cheerful and lively, it was strange to see him shed tears because of a person who she had never seen nor interacted with before.
Kumiko and Vyra soon joined in the hug as well, though they did not speak, they were most definitely unsettled for this unexpected reunion. The only ones that didn't join the family group hug were Kyoko, Shisui, and the woman.
Kyoko stared at the woman, and the woman stared back. Taking the initiative, Kyoko asked plainly, "Who are you?", capturing the other's attention as they too wanted to know who this person that accompanied their Yasuo was.
Yasuo raised an eyebrow, 'Heh, my little sister would be great at poker, and she's a little genius.' While Shisui responded to Kyoko instead. "Ah, everyone please look at me." Everybody - except the woman - did as he asked, breaking away from the hug. They all trusted him a great deal as far as think he would never harm any of them in any given situation...
"[Kotoamatsukami]."
They all saw Shisui's eyes shine bright red as 'memories' come 'back' into their mind. They all 'remembered' now, this woman was their maid, hired under Shisui. Though she was their maid, they had never gotten her name nor ever heard her speak one word. Of course, the [Genjutsu] only worked for everyone else except Yasuo and Vyra, the former thinking, 'Eh, couldn't we have just told them she was a maid I employed from Shisui's company?'
Kyoko stared intently at the woman. "What is your name?" Kyoko inquired. In response, the woman bowed, "My name is Yu Miaoyi, young mistress." She monotoned, very contrasting compared to the way she had greeted Yasuo, devoid of any respect as if she was merely doing it for unwanted courtesy.
Kyoko had wanted to ask more, but Shisui's voice had interrupted her, "We may want to go inside." As he looked towards the gathering crowd and light murmurs near the mansion. Everyone nodded, no one wanted some stranger meddling in their family's affairs...
___
"Hokage-sama."
"Hmm?" Hiruzen puffs out a cloud of smoke from his pipe. "Speak."
"Yasuo Uchiha, son of Izuna and Miyrae Uchiha, has awakened from his coma." The Anbu started. "He was seen at his family's compound and one of our scouts had seen Shisui Uchiha use his [Mangekyō Sharingan] ability that he called [Kotoamatsukami]."
Hiruzen nodded as the Anbu continued: "The ability's effects are unknown but we assume, from what the scout saw, it is a mind-controlling [Genjutsu]."
"Who did he cast it on?"
"His employers, Lord Hokage." As the Anbu said that, Hiruzen's expression noticeably darkened. "However, from what the scout had seen, he had merely used it to deceive Yasuo Uchiha's family into thinking a woman was their maid."
Hiruzen's expression slightly softens, "Keep an eye on Shisui Uchiha and Yasuo's family." The Anbu nodded and disappeared using [Shunshin]. (A/N: Shunshin = Body Flicker Technique)
'Hashirama-sama, it seems that you were correct in your judgment,' Hiruzen thought as he blew another cloud of smoke. 'That Yasuo is definitely an interesting child... well, it's not that I don't trust your judgment...' Hiruzen sweatdropped.
___
Yu Miaoyi was now deep within her thoughts.
She did not have memories of anyone, except herself, her young master, the other summoned, and the device that her young master had summoned her with.
She knew she had called herself Hinako Akuta in the past, but she had no recollection of why. She also knew herself as a 'Heroic Spirit', which were spirits of heroes who had achieved great deeds in life, who now have become objects of worship after their deaths. Though she herself had yet to die, she had somehow still become this 'Heroic Spirit'.
She was and is immortal, however, this immortality comes with a cost. She is bound to a humanoid visage as her immortality requires nature's interference to maintain the flesh. However, she could call upon the physical world's inexhaustible mana, or in this case, chakra supply due to her connection with nature, though since she is bound to a humanoid form, the output is limited; in fact, she could even be called weak compared to other [Assassin]-class [Servants], even if she was this so-called [Emperor Tier].
She had abnormally high [Endurance] and [Mana], both at [A+], but compared to other [Assassin]'s, her [Luck] and [Agility] were just rubbish, the former [E]-rank and the latter [D]-rank, while her [Strength] was a rank higher than the 'normal' [Assassin] at [C]. Though [Assassin]-class [Servants] specialized in killing [Masters], they would be able to outwit her with their 'normal' [Parameters] of [B]-rank [Luck] and [Agility]... well, depending on the situation for the element of surprise could make an unthinkable outcome, become true; which for her, was her [B]-rank class skill [Presence Consealment].
However, thankfully, she knew she was not in one of those 'Holy Grail Wars'. She could not 'feel' the Grail and she had no knowledge of this strange world she had been summoned to; the grail would gift Heroic Spirits knowledge of the modern world, but she did not have that. Also, her master had no 'command seals' an, even if she was in one of the Grail Wars, she didn't know what she would wish for if she did win it.
She also realized that she was her 'main body' itself, not just another person who bore the same name and appearance, a 'clone' to put in simple terms, and, though the memory was a bit blurry, she knew she was definitely not summoned by Chaldea's FATE system...
She stoically stared at her young master, it was truly strange to her, she felt a 'connection' to him and trusted him without question, even though she knew she was not the type to trust someone so easily, not to mention someone she had just met.
From what she had understood of him so far, he was the type of person who put on a 'bubbly' front to mask his cunning and manipulative side, but even deeper under that, she could see very hidden unconscious side of kindness and love for his family, especially his twin, in his eyes. It was charming to her, not that she'd ever show or tell of it. No way in Diyu would she do that!
Suddenly, a voice had cut her away from her thoughts: "Dinner's ready!" as an enrapturing aroma entered her delicate nose. Her young master had been cooking all this time and only now had she noticed his food's fragrance? This was a moment of disgrace for her!
However, those thoughts soon came to an end as Yasuo's voice called to her, "Yu-san, join us!" with a smile on his face. She was inclined to refuse, after all, how could she sit at the same table as her young master, but seeing as none seemed to care and Yasuo's youngest sister - one she had yet to know the name of - looked as if she was eager to talk to her, she ultimately agreed, nodding.
Elegantly walking towards the large ornamental dining table, like that of the silent steps of assassins yet having the gracefulness of royalty, she sat down and spectated the scene before her...
Everyone was beasting away at the food like carnivorous animals that had never seen meat. Even the little girl who wanted to talk to her was no longer interested, wanting none but to indulge herself in the pleasures of food.
The only ones that seemed to have moderation were Shisui, another of her young master's summoned - told to her by the system - and her young master, which of course her young master would be as such, and she was starting to gain a bit of respect for this Shisui Uchiha; only the slightest bit.
"Yu-san, does this food not suit your tastes?" Yasuo inquired, everyone now staring at Yu. He was now quite invested in cooking now that he had tasted the grandness that was Ichiraku's ramen, and even if Yu said yes, he wouldn't be offended in the slightest.
However, Yu misinterpreted.
"No, of course not, young master." Yu quickly said, picking up the ornate chopsticks set for her and taking a relatively small slice of beef before taking a small bite of the meat...
Her eyes widen in amazement and pleasure as Yasuo smiled in the contentment of his cooking, while everyone else grinned before they once again somehow filled more food down into their already brimming mouths...
___
Dinner soon came to an end and Yu was pleasantly surprised by all the food that was presented. Everything was delicious, yet one could never tire of any single delicacy if told to only eat it for the rest of their lives, but she merely thought, 'as expected of the young master.'
Now, the family was resting in the living room, some relaxing and others watching the TV while their stomachs were bulging from eating too much food.
Currently, Vyra and Kumiko were sitting side by side on a couch and in between the two, was Yasuo, who didn't seem to be perturbed at all at having two beauties sitting next to him, having a carefree smile running across his face; though they are his sisters...
Kyoko had sat across from them while Yu and Shisui were standing, the former behind Yasuo and the latter behind Kyoko. Meanwhile, Miyrae and Izuna were the ones watching the TV, a fair distance away from the group, though enough to hear the conversation the group was going to have.
"Ah, that's right!" Yasuo exclaimed, then started to scratch his cheek in embarrassment. "I still don't know your name, imouto-san."
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Kyoko Uchiha.
That was the name given to her by her parents.
The meaning of Kyoko is 'mirror'.
Perhaps her parents had wanted her to be the 'mirror' of her brother and sister. To be a prodigy, to be a beauty, to be everything that her siblings were and are; perfection. Perhaps they just named her so because she looked like a 'mirror' of her siblings, or they just named her that for no particular reason.
She was born soon after her brother departed into comatose and, though she had never personally seen him, there were plenty of pictures around the house that had his face in them. She had his vermillion eye and jet-black hair, they looked very similar to one another, to the point that one could mistake the other as twins if he was of her height.
Her brother was in a room that only he could exit from, there was no entrance, which was why she had never gotten the chance to see him. The person who made the room was Shisui Uchiha, their family's servant, and she had questioned him (in her mind) multiple times on why he had done so.
After all, if he never did that, she wouldn't have suffered through people constantly reminding and reminding her of her brother.
It was frustrating.
But more importantly, hateful.
She hated it.
She hated how everyone looked at her. She wanted to blame everything on her brother, it was his own fault that he had gotten into a coma, a stupid coma that no one even knows the reason for, then made everything in her life miserable, but she just couldn't, and she had no idea why... but she did have a clue.
From the stories that were told to her about him, she knew him as a person who did things without thinking, a person who was a battle maniac. She had heard a rumor that he was the cause of the Tremor Incident, where all of the citizens of Konoha had felt something horrifying, but she never knew just what the people felt, she wasn't born yet then, but she believed the rumor.
The rumor then said that Shisui had found her brother unconscious, coincidently right at the center of the village, which she had indirectly confirmed from Shisui. Her theory was that there was an assassin that tried to kill him but failed. She felt like a professional detective when she had thought of that, she had always wanted to be one, but there were just too many things that prevented her to do so in the future.
This rumor and her theory was her clue on why she couldn't hate him, but that was it, nothing else. She had thought about it, maybe it was because she couldn't blame a battle maniac, maybe it was because she blamed the possible assassin, but even after much thought, she had never come to an answer.
Maybe one day. she would meet him and ask him why...
___
Currently, Kyoko was sitting on a couch in the rather large living room while surfing the television of anything interesting. Shisui always had his company make the best out of the best machines and electronics for the family, one of the many things the family was thankful to Shisui for. He always had given the family much more good than bad; if any bad at all.
Everyone was home today. Vyra and Kumiko were free from their genin duties, and Mother and Father were not on any missions. Shisui was also home, as usual, having his [Shadow Clones] manage the company while he himself was tending to the family's needs: cooking, cleaning, and servicing.
While not everyone was sitting and watching the TV, they were all in the living room when they had heard the doorbell ring throughout the house. As she was the closest, Kyoko stood up from the couch and ran towards the door, lightly yelling "Coming!" towards whoever was behind the doorway.
Unfortunately, she was a bit too short for the peephole of the door, and cameras have yet to be invented, thus she opened the door blindly without expectations of whoever rang the chime might be.
What had greeted Kyoko was surprising, to say the least. It was a boy who looked around the age of 10 or 11. Kyoko couldn't help but think he looked strangely familiar. It was like something was right in front of her eyes, but she just couldn't grasp hold of it. Besides the boy, was a young woman, a voluptuous and very beautiful woman with a pair of rose-red eyes and a stoic face.
"Who are you?"
Kyoko and the boy say at the same time. 'He said 'Who are you?'' Kyoko thought, surprised and confused. 'He doesn't know who I am?' The boy spoke again, interrupting her thoughts, "Do you live here?"
Kyoko nodded and the boy continued: "Then do you know where Shisui-san is?" Kyoko was shocked, he knew Shisui lived here and even called his name without any HONORIFIC suffixes like he knew Shisui or something. Keeping that in mind, she nodded once again to his question, replying, "Shisui-san is here, what do you need of him?"
The boy smiled charmingly to her response and answered, "Can you tell him to meet me?" Kyoko nodded, sensing no malicious intent in the boy, Kyoko looked back, shouting "Shisui-san! Someone wants to meet you!", while thinking, 'What does he want from Shisui-san?'
Kyoko had also noticed that the woman had not spoken a word the entire time, which made her think, 'Maybe this boy is talking for the woman...' As Kyoko was seemingly daydreaming while looking towards the woman, Shisui had come into the scene, wide-eyed when his eyes met the boys.
"Young master!" Shisui softly exclaimed. Kyoko stared at the boy who their family's butler called 'young master.' Kyoko knew that the only person who Shisui would call 'young master' was a person of her family and the only one who fit the bill was...
"Yasuo-niichan?!" Kyoko exclaimed, loud enough to be echoed into the house. Hearing his, everyone inside quickly rushed towards the door, looking at Yasuo with a dumbfounded expression. "Yasuo-chan!" Miyrae cried, pulling Yasuo into a tight, warm affectionate hug while tears could be seen running down her face.
"Ah, my boy is back!" Izuna grinned as he too, join in the hug, though his voice was clear, one could tell it was wobbly and see his eyes slightly teary. Kyoko had never seen her father become so flustered, he was normally so cheerful and lively, it was strange to see him shed tears because of a person who she had never seen nor interacted with before.
Kumiko and Vyra soon joined in the hug as well, though they did not speak, they were most definitely unsettled for this unexpected reunion. The only ones that didn't join the family group hug were Kyoko, Shisui, and the woman.
Kyoko stared at the woman, and the woman stared back. Taking the initiative, Kyoko asked plainly, "Who are you?", capturing the other's attention as they too wanted to know who this person that accompanied their Yasuo was.
Yasuo raised an eyebrow, 'Heh, my little sister would be great at poker, and she's a little genius.' While Shisui responded to Kyoko instead. "Ah, everyone please look at me." Everybody - except the woman - did as he asked, breaking away from the hug. They all trusted him a great deal as far as think he would never harm any of them in any given situation...
"[Kotoamatsukami]."
They all saw Shisui's eyes shine bright red as 'memories' come 'back' into their mind. They all 'remembered' now, this woman was their maid, hired under Shisui. Though she was their maid, they had never gotten her name nor ever heard her speak one word. Of course, the [Genjutsu] only worked for everyone else except Yasuo and Vyra, the former thinking, 'Eh, couldn't we have just told them she was a maid I employed from Shisui's company?'
Kyoko stared intently at the woman. "What is your name?" Kyoko inquired. In response, the woman bowed, "My name is Yu Miaoyi, young mistress." She monotoned, very contrasting compared to the way she had greeted Yasuo, devoid of any respect as if she was merely doing it for unwanted courtesy.
Kyoko had wanted to ask more, but Shisui's voice had interrupted her, "We may want to go inside." As he looked towards the gathering crowd and light murmurs near the mansion. Everyone nodded, no one wanted some stranger meddling in their family's affairs...
___
"Hokage-sama."
"Hmm?" Hiruzen puffs out a cloud of smoke from his pipe. "Speak."
"Yasuo Uchiha, son of Izuna and Miyrae Uchiha, has awakened from his coma." The Anbu started. "He was seen at his family's compound and one of our scouts had seen Shisui Uchiha use his [Mangekyō Sharingan] ability that he called [Kotoamatsukami]."
Hiruzen nodded as the Anbu continued: "The ability's effects are unknown but we assume, from what the scout saw, it is a mind-controlling [Genjutsu]."
"Who did he cast it on?"
"His employers, Lord Hokage." As the Anbu said that, Hiruzen's expression noticeably darkened. "However, from what the scout had seen, he had merely used it to deceive Yasuo Uchiha's family into thinking a woman was their maid."
Hiruzen's expression slightly softens, "Keep an eye on Shisui Uchiha and Yasuo's family." The Anbu nodded and disappeared using [Shunshin]. (A/N: Shunshin = Body Flicker Technique)
'Hashirama-sama, it seems that you were correct in your judgment,' Hiruzen thought as he blew another cloud of smoke. 'That Yasuo is definitely an interesting child... well, it's not that I don't trust your judgment...' Hiruzen sweatdropped.
___
Yu Miaoyi was now deep within her thoughts.
She did not have memories of anyone, except herself, her young master, the other summoned, and the device that her young master had summoned her with.
She knew she had called herself Hinako Akuta in the past, but she had no recollection of why. She also knew herself as a 'Heroic Spirit', which were spirits of heroes who had achieved great deeds in life, who now have become objects of worship after their deaths. Though she herself had yet to die, she had somehow still become this 'Heroic Spirit'.
She was and is immortal, however, this immortality comes with a cost. She is bound to a humanoid visage as her immortality requires nature's interference to maintain the flesh. However, she could call upon the physical world's inexhaustible mana, or in this case, chakra supply due to her connection with nature, though since she is bound to a humanoid form, the output is limited; in fact, she could even be called weak compared to other [Assassin]-class [Servants], even if she was this so-called [Emperor Tier].
She had abnormally high [Endurance] and [Mana], both at [A+], but compared to other [Assassin]'s, her [Luck] and [Agility] were just rubbish, the former [E]-rank and the latter [D]-rank, while her [Strength] was a rank higher than the 'normal' [Assassin] at [C]. Though [Assassin]-class [Servants] specialized in killing [Masters], they would be able to outwit her with their 'normal' [Parameters] of [B]-rank [Luck] and [Agility]... well, depending on the situation for the element of surprise could make an unthinkable outcome, become true; which for her, was her [B]-rank class skill [Presence Consealment].
However, thankfully, she knew she was not in one of those 'Holy Grail Wars'. She could not 'feel' the Grail and she had no knowledge of this strange world she had been summoned to; the grail would gift Heroic Spirits knowledge of the modern world, but she did not have that. Also, her master had no 'command seals' an, even if she was in one of the Grail Wars, she didn't know what she would wish for if she did win it.
She also realized that she was her 'main body' itself, not just another person who bore the same name and appearance, a 'clone' to put in simple terms, and, though the memory was a bit blurry, she knew she was definitely not summoned by Chaldea's FATE system...
She stoically stared at her young master, it was truly strange to her, she felt a 'connection' to him and trusted him without question, even though she knew she was not the type to trust someone so easily, not to mention someone she had just met.
From what she had understood of him so far, he was the type of person who put on a 'bubbly' front to mask his cunning and manipulative side, but even deeper under that, she could see very hidden unconscious side of kindness and love for his family, especially his twin, in his eyes. It was charming to her, not that she'd ever show or tell of it. No way in Diyu would she do that!
Suddenly, a voice had cut her away from her thoughts: "Dinner's ready!" as an enrapturing aroma entered her delicate nose. Her young master had been cooking all this time and only now had she noticed his food's fragrance? This was a moment of disgrace for her!
However, those thoughts soon came to an end as Yasuo's voice called to her, "Yu-san, join us!" with a smile on his face. She was inclined to refuse, after all, how could she sit at the same table as her young master, but seeing as none seemed to care and Yasuo's youngest sister - one she had yet to know the name of - looked as if she was eager to talk to her, she ultimately agreed, nodding.
Elegantly walking towards the large ornamental dining table, like that of the silent steps of assassins yet having the gracefulness of royalty, she sat down and spectated the scene before her...
Everyone was beasting away at the food like carnivorous animals that had never seen meat. Even the little girl who wanted to talk to her was no longer interested, wanting none but to indulge herself in the pleasures of food.
The only ones that seemed to have moderation were Shisui, another of her young master's summoned - told to her by the system - and her young master, which of course her young master would be as such, and she was starting to gain a bit of respect for this Shisui Uchiha; only the slightest bit.
"Yu-san, does this food not suit your tastes?" Yasuo inquired, everyone now staring at Yu. He was now quite invested in cooking now that he had tasted the grandness that was Ichiraku's ramen, and even if Yu said yes, he wouldn't be offended in the slightest.
However, Yu misinterpreted.
"No, of course not, young master." Yu quickly said, picking up the ornate chopsticks set for her and taking a relatively small slice of beef before taking a small bite of the meat...
Her eyes widen in amazement and pleasure as Yasuo smiled in the contentment of his cooking, while everyone else grinned before they once again somehow filled more food down into their already brimming mouths...
___
Dinner soon came to an end and Yu was pleasantly surprised by all the food that was presented. Everything was delicious, yet one could never tire of any single delicacy if told to only eat it for the rest of their lives, but she merely thought, 'as expected of the young master.'
Now, the family was resting in the living room, some relaxing and others watching the TV while their stomachs were bulging from eating too much food.
Currently, Vyra and Kumiko were sitting side by side on a couch and in between the two, was Yasuo, who didn't seem to be perturbed at all at having two beauties sitting next to him, having a carefree smile running across his face; though they are his sisters...
Kyoko had sat across from them while Yu and Shisui were standing, the former behind Yasuo and the latter behind Kyoko. Meanwhile, Miyrae and Izuna were the ones watching the TV, a fair distance away from the group, though enough to hear the conversation the group was going to have.
"Ah, that's right!" Yasuo exclaimed, then started to scratch his cheek in embarrassment. "I still don't know your name, imouto-san."
Kyoko Uchiha.That was the name given to her by her parents.The meaning of Kyoko is 'mirror'.Perhaps her parents had wanted her to be the 'mirror' of her brother and sister. To be a prodigy, to be a beauty, to be everything that her siblings were and are; perfection. Perhaps they just named her so because she looked like a 'mirror' of her siblings, or they just named her that for no particular reason.She was born soon after her brother departed into comatose and, though she had never personally seen him, there were plenty of pictures around the house that had his face in them. She had his vermillion eye and jet-black hair, they looked very similar to one another, to the point that one could mistake the other as twins if he was of her height.Her brother was in a room that only he could exit from, there was no entrance, which was why she had never gotten the chance to see him. The person who made the room was Shisui Uchiha, their family's servant, and she had questioned him in her mind multiple times on why he had done so.After all, if he never did that, she wouldn't have suffered through people constantly reminding and reminding her of her brother.It was frustrating.But more importantly, hateful.She hated it.She hated how everyone looked at her. She wanted to blame everything on her brother, it was his own fault that he had gotten into a coma, a stupid coma that no one even knows the reason for, then made everything in her life miserable, but she just couldn't, and she had no idea why... but she did have a clue.From the stories that were told to her about him, she knew him as a person who did things without thinking, a person who was a battle maniac. She had heard a rumor that he was the cause of the Tremor Incident, where all of the citizens of Konoha had felt something horrifying, but she never knew just what the people felt, she wasn't born yet then, but she believed the rumor.The rumor then said that Shisui had found her brother unconscious, coincidently right at the center of the village, which she had indirectly confirmed from Shisui. Her theory was that there was an assassin that tried to kill him but failed. She felt like a professional detective when she had thought of that, she had always wanted to be one, but there were just too many things that prevented her to do so in the future.This rumor and her theory was her clue on why she couldn't hate him, but that was it, nothing else. She had thought about it, maybe it was because she couldn't blame a battle maniac, maybe it was because she blamed the possible assassin, but even after much thought, she had never come to an answer.Maybe one day. she would meet him and ask him why...___Currently, Kyoko was sitting on a couch in the rather large living room while surfing the television of anything interesting. Shisui always had his company make the best out of the best machines and electronics for the family, one of the many things the family was thankful to Shisui for. He always had given the family much more good than bad; if any bad at all.Everyone was home today. Vyra and Kumiko were free from their genin duties, and Mother and Father were not on any missions. Shisui was also home, as usual, having his Shadow Clones manage the company while he himself was tending to the family's needs: cooking, cleaning, and servicing.While not everyone was sitting and watching the TV, they were all in the living room when they had heard the doorbell ring throughout the house. As she was the closest, Kyoko stood up from the couch and ran towards the door, lightly yelling "Coming!" towards whoever was behind the doorway.Unfortunately, she was a bit too short for the peephole of the door, and cameras have yet to be invented, thus she opened the door blindly without expectations of whoever rang the chime might be.What had greeted Kyoko was surprising, to say the least. It was a boy who looked around the age of 10 or 11. Kyoko couldn't help but think he looked strangely familiar. It was like something was right in front of her eyes, but she just couldn't grasp hold of it. Besides the boy, was a young woman, a voluptuous and very beautiful woman with a pair of rose-red eyes and a stoic face."Who are you?"Kyoko and the boy say at the same time. 'He said 'Who are you?'' Kyoko thought, surprised and confused. 'He doesn't know who I am?' The boy spoke again, interrupting her thoughts, "Do you live here?"Kyoko nodded and the boy continued: "Then do you know where Shisui-san is?" Kyoko was shocked, he knew Shisui lived here and even called his name without any HONORIFIC suffixes like he knew Shisui or something. Keeping that in mind, she nodded once again to his question, replying, "Shisui-san is here, what do you need of him?"The boy smiled charmingly to her response and answered, "Can you tell him to meet me?" Kyoko nodded, sensing no malicious intent in the boy, Kyoko looked back, shouting "Shisui-san! Someone wants to meet you!", while thinking, 'What does he want from Shisui-san?'Kyoko had also noticed that the woman had not spoken a word the entire time, which made her think, 'Maybe this boy is talking for the woman...' As Kyoko was seemingly daydreaming while looking towards the woman, Shisui had come into the scene, wide-eyed when his eyes met the boys."Young master!" Shisui softly exclaimed. Kyoko stared at the boy who their family's butler called 'young master.' Kyoko knew that the only person who Shisui would call 'young master' was a person of her family and the only one who fit the bill was..."Yasuo-niichan?!" Kyoko exclaimed, loud enough to be echoed into the house. Hearing his, everyone inside quickly rushed towards the door, looking at Yasuo with a dumbfounded expression. "Yasuo-chan!" Miyrae cried, pulling Yasuo into a tight, warm affectionate hug while tears could be seen running down her face."Ah, my boy is back!" Izuna grinned as he too, join in the hug, though his voice was clear, one could tell it was wobbly and see his eyes slightly teary. Kyoko had never seen her father become so flustered, he was normally so cheerful and lively, it was strange to see him shed tears because of a person who she had never seen nor interacted with before.Kumiko and Vyra soon joined in the hug as well, though they did not speak, they were most definitely unsettled for this unexpected reunion. The only ones that didn't join the family group hug were Kyoko, Shisui, and the woman.Kyoko stared at the woman, and the woman stared back. Taking the initiative, Kyoko asked plainly, "Who are you?", capturing the other's attention as they too wanted to know who this person that accompanied their Yasuo was.Yasuo raised an eyebrow, 'Heh, my little sister would be great at poker, and she's a little genius.' While Shisui responded to Kyoko instead. "Ah, everyone please look at me." Everybody - except the woman - did as he asked, breaking away from the hug. They all trusted him a great deal as far as think he would never harm any of them in any given situation..."Kotoamatsukami."They all saw Shisui's eyes shine bright red as 'memories' come 'back' into their mind. They all 'remembered' now, this woman was their maid, hired under Shisui. Though she was their maid, they had never gotten her name nor ever heard her speak one word. Of course, the Genjutsu only worked for everyone else except Yasuo and Vyra, the former thinking, 'Eh, couldn't we have just told them she was a maid I employed from Shisui's company?'Kyoko stared intently at the woman. "What is your name?" Kyoko inquired. In response, the woman bowed, "My name is Yu Miaoyi, young mistress." She monotoned, very contrasting compared to the way she had greeted Yasuo, devoid of any respect as if she was merely doing it for unwanted courtesy.Kyoko had wanted to ask more, but Shisui's voice had interrupted her, "We may want to go inside." As he looked towards the gathering crowd and light murmurs near the mansion. Everyone nodded, no one wanted some stranger meddling in their family's affairs...___"Hokage-sama.""Hmm?" Hiruzen puffs out a cloud of smoke from his pipe. "Speak.""Yasuo Uchiha, son of Izuna and Miyrae Uchiha, has awakened from his coma." The Anbu started. "He was seen at his family's compound and one of our scouts had seen Shisui Uchiha use his Mangeky Sharingan ability that he called Kotoamatsukami."Hiruzen nodded as the Anbu continued: "The ability's effects are unknown but we assume, from what the scout saw, it is a mind-controlling Genjutsu.""Who did he cast it on?""His employers, Lord Hokage." As the Anbu said that, Hiruzen's expression noticeably darkened. "However, from what the scout had seen, he had merely used it to deceive Yasuo Uchiha's family into thinking a woman was their maid."Hiruzen's expression slightly softens, "Keep an eye on Shisui Uchiha and Yasuo's family." The Anbu nodded and disappeared using Shunshin. A/N: Shunshin = Body Flicker Technique'Hashirama-sama, it seems that you were correct in your judgment,' Hiruzen thought as he blew another cloud of smoke. 'That Yasuo is definitely an interesting child... well, it's not that I don't trust your judgment...' Hiruzen sweatdropped.___Yu Miaoyi was now deep within her thoughts.She did not have memories of anyone, except herself, her young master, the other summoned, and the device that her young master had summoned her with.She knew she had called herself Hinako Akuta in the past, but she had no recollection of why. She also knew herself as a 'Heroic Spirit', which were spirits of heroes who had achieved great deeds in life, who now have become objects of worship after their deaths. Though she herself had yet to die, she had somehow still become this 'Heroic Spirit'.She was and is immortal, however, this immortality comes with a cost. She is bound to a humanoid visage as her immortality requires nature's interference to maintain the flesh. However, she could call upon the physical world's inexhaustible mana, or in this case, chakra supply due to her connection with nature, though since she is bound to a humanoid form, the output is limited; in fact, she could even be called weak compared to other Assassin-class Servants, even if she was this so-called Emperor Tier.She had abnormally high Endurance and Mana, both at A+, but compared to other Assassin's, her Luck and Agility were just rubbish, the former E-rank and the latter D-rank, while her Strength was a rank higher than the 'normal' Assassin at C. Though Assassin-class Servants specialized in killing Masters, they would be able to outwit her with their 'normal' Parameters of B-rank Luck and Agility... well, depending on the situation for the element of surprise could make an unthinkable outcome, become true; which for her, was her B-rank class skill Presence Consealment.However, thankfully, she knew she was not in one of those 'Holy Grail Wars'. She could not 'feel' the Grail and she had no knowledge of this strange world she had been summoned to; the grail would gift Heroic Spirits knowledge of the modern world, but she did not have that. Also, her master had no 'command seals' an, even if she was in one of the Grail Wars, she didn't know what she would wish for if she did win it.She also realized that she was her 'main body' itself, not just another person who bore the same name and appearance, a 'clone' to put in simple terms, and, though the memory was a bit blurry, she knew she was definitely not summoned by Chaldea's FATE system...She stoically stared at her young master, it was truly strange to her, she felt a 'connection' to him and trusted him without question, even though she knew she was not the type to trust someone so easily, not to mention someone she had just met.From what she had understood of him so far, he was the type of person who put on a 'bubbly' front to mask his cunning and manipulative side, but even deeper under that, she could see very hidden unconscious side of kindness and love for his family, especially his twin, in his eyes. It was charming to her, not that she'd ever show or tell of it. No way in Diyu would she do that!Suddenly, a voice had cut her away from her thoughts: "Dinner's ready!" as an enrapturing aroma entered her delicate nose. Her young master had been cooking all this time and only now had she noticed his food's fragrance? This was a moment of disgrace for her!However, those thoughts soon came to an end as Yasuo's voice called to her, "Yu-san, join us!" with a smile on his face. She was inclined to refuse, after all, how could she sit at the same table as her young master, but seeing as none seemed to care and Yasuo's youngest sister - one she had yet to know the name of - looked as if she was eager to talk to her, she ultimately agreed, nodding.Elegantly walking towards the large ornamental dining table, like that of the silent steps of assassins yet having the gracefulness of royalty, she sat down and spectated the scene before her...Everyone was beasting away at the food like carnivorous animals that had never seen meat. Even the little girl who wanted to talk to her was no longer interested, wanting none but to indulge herself in the pleasures of food.The only ones that seemed to have moderation were Shisui, another of her young master's summoned - told to her by the system - and her young master, which of course her young master would be as such, and she was starting to gain a bit of respect for this Shisui Uchiha; only the slightest bit."Yu-san, does this food not suit your tastes?" Yasuo inquired, everyone now staring at Yu. He was now quite invested in cooking now that he had tasted the grandness that was Ichiraku's ramen, and even if Yu said yes, he wouldn't be offended in the slightest.However, Yu misinterpreted."No, of course not, young master." Yu quickly said, picking up the ornate chopsticks set for her and taking a relatively small slice of beef before taking a small bite of the meat...Her eyes widen in amazement and pleasure as Yasuo smiled in the contentment of his cooking, while everyone else grinned before they once again somehow filled more food down into their already brimming mouths...___Dinner soon came to an end and Yu was pleasantly surprised by all the food that was presented. Everything was delicious, yet one could never tire of any single delicacy if told to only eat it for the rest of their lives, but she merely thought, 'as expected of the young master.'Now, the family was resting in the living room, some relaxing and others watching the TV while their stomachs were bulging from eating too much food.Currently, Vyra and Kumiko were sitting side by side on a couch and in between the two, was Yasuo, who didn't seem to be perturbed at all at having two beauties sitting next to him, having a carefree smile running across his face; though they are his sisters...Kyoko had sat across from them while Yu and Shisui were standing, the former behind Yasuo and the latter behind Kyoko. Meanwhile, Miyrae and Izuna were the ones watching the TV, a fair distance away from the group, though enough to hear the conversation the group was going to have."Ah, that's right!" Yasuo exclaimed, then started to scratch his cheek in embarrassment. "I still don't know your name, imouto-san."
