1321) Death
He died. It was no surprise to him that he did - after he hit his 150th birthday and he finally started feeling the years weigh on him, he was expecting to keel over for some reason or another. Considering how many life threatening experiences he'd experienced, making it to the ripe old age of 161 was more than he'd ever expected. However, he was expecting to see King's Cross post-mortem like he had for his second death; obviously, that hadn't happened. Instead, he was in a dark, but warm location, smothered on all sides. Considering he was conscious, he would've believed that he was still alive if it weren't for the fact that he was perfectly fine with not breathing; if he concentrated hard enough, he could even still feel the echoes of his heartbeat. Strange; he thought hell would be more… well, hellish.
2) Rebirth
Oh. Well then. That explained a lot.
Evidently, even if he wasn't the Boy Who Lived any longer, apparently, he seemed to be incapable of dying properly. From what he'd observed so far, he had been reincarnated into some bizarre world populated by magic ninjas. Despite the rampant violence and weird ninja shenanigans that were considered normal, he was grateful for his new life; the fact that he had a loving family in this life helped soothe the pain of loved ones that he'd lost. And while the Weasleys had been family to him, the fact that he had an actual older brother now was ridiculously exciting, even if he was mentally older than his nii-chan.
3) Resolve
While he wasn't completely sold on the idea of becoming a ninja, he seemed to have little choice. While his parents would most likely allow it, however grudgingly - he was the "spare" son after all - he'd noticed that as a civilian, he would have little agency: he wouldn't be strong enough to protect the ones he loved, he'd need to hire ninja bodyguards just to leave the village safely, and it wasn't as if the job market was all that great on the civilian side if you didn't have a business or trade to inherit. In addition, as not only just an Uchiha, but also as the son of the clan head, he was a valuable kidnapping target. On principle, he refused to make it easier on them by being weak and defenseless. So despite his distaste in becoming a contracted mercenary - one lifetime as an Auror, coupled with his childhood adventures, was enough excitement for him - he was becoming a ninja anyway. At least he knew he'd be decent at it already.
4) Memories
The loud, blonde kid he'd spotted today was suspicious. More specifically, the way the adults treated him like the scum of the earth was suspicious; it reminded him of how the Dursley's neighbors viewed him back when he lived in Little Whinging. Why did they despise the kid so much?
5) Suspicions
His family was acting strange. It was subtle enough where he didn't notice it at first. Both Itachi-nii and Shisui-nii were too busy for him, yet more and more of his clansmen seemed to be taking less missions; the clan compound was more crowded than ever. He'd also noticed the increase in frowns and mutterings of discontent by many of the older generation, though they took care to speak only when they didn't know he was nearby. He was, to put it mildly, very worried about his family.
6) Grief
His fears had come to pass: his whole family was murdered, except his brother, who was the prime suspect. However, he refused to believe it; despite Itachi-nii's personality flaws, psychopathy nor insanity were included in them. However, even knowing this was little comfort. Even at 168, with his experience in his previous life in mourning, the loss of all the Uchihas hurt. The pity he received from the villagers didn't help either; the moniker of "the Last Uchiha" reminded him a bit too much of his old one as the "Boy Who Lived".
7) Inheritance
Settling his inheritance with the Hokage was an interesting experience. The money and property he received from all his clansmen was not a surprise. His emancipation was a bit of one. However, the fact that as the new Uchiha clan head, he was also the Chief of the Konoha Police Force was very surprising. While the Hokage had some of the ninjas covering the KPD's duties for now, he had to decide the fate of the KPD as soon as possible. With his lack of experience coupled with the lack of officers, what was he to do, however?
8) Questions
His talk with the Hokage about both nii-san and Uzumaki - the blonde kid - were utterly unhelpful. It was rather suspicious how he'd avoided answering anything regarding them. While this gave further credence to Itachi-nii's innocence, he wasn't sure what that meant for Uzumaki's situation. Was it something about the orphan himself that everyone hated, or did the villagers hate his parents?
9) Delegation
The Hokage was more helpful regarding his dilemma for the KPF. While he couldn't resign his position as the Chief - it was apparently written into Konoha's founding treaty, and he didn't want to dissolve the KPF and dishonor the memory of his clansmen, the Hokage had suggested people he could approach to hire as officers. In addition, the Hokage recommended a retired ANBU as his second-in-command. Essentially, until he was older and more able to handle his Police Chief responsibilities, his Deputy would be filling in for him. All he would need to do is read weekly reports and sign off on some paperwork once in a while.
10) Snake
In class today, he learned about the Sannin: Jiraya the toad sage, Tsunade the slug medic, and Orochimaru the snake genius who turned traitor. What was up with these snake-affiliated genii going off the deep end? Regardless, he now had three goals:
1) Prove Itachi-nii innocent.
2) Figure out what was up with Uzumaki.
3) Get his hands on that snake contract.
Despite the hit his reputation would take as a snake summoner, he wanted it out of some twisted sense of petty revenge against Voldemort. The blow it would strike against the snake Sannin would just be a bonus.
A/N: I thought I had a plot for this when I started, but now that I'm here, I have absolutely no idea where I'm going with this. Whoops?
