Uchiha Izumi
Izumi likes Hitomi.
Her cousin was not as bubbly as Shisui but he had an aura of tired mom that made most of them feel cared and loved when he was around. Always soft words and warm hands, playful in a way that was not childish but child friendly.
Izumi was not well liked inside the Clan. Her father had been an outsider, a civilian. His mother died the night of the Kyuubi incident. Her father was not allowed to keep her custody and she was moved into her uncle’s house.
She had awaken her sharingan then, making her uncles like her well enough to treat her like family instead of an outsider.
She was a talented ninja but she never advanced from chunnin. She wasn’t allowed to. Because she had a duty to the clan; she must marry and become a housewife. Have children and continue their bloodlines.
Hitomi knew this. He was well aware of how the politics inside the Clan worked and still he offered to help her train, so her abilities wouldn’t rust. That alone had been enough to put him in Izumi’s good graces.
Not that it meant they were friends.
Hitomi didn’t do friends.
He was like Itachi-kun in that aspect (Or maybe Itachi-kun emulated Hitomi?) and keep to himself beyond a nice disposition. It was something superficial. A mask. Everyone with eyes could tell but not many were ready to accept it.
That’s why it took her by surprise when he included her in his plans.
“Who are the ones aware of this?” Izumi asked, eyes narrowed, mind racing through the discussions her uncles had been having about the Coup.
It would have been a lot more serious than she thought if Hitomi was thinking on alternatives so forceful.
“For the moment, you and my brothers.” He answered in a whisper. “Shisui and Itachi are working on another plan. They too close to the village and could become a liability.”He adds at seeing the shock on her eyes.
Izumi nods.
Even with the training they received their clan was not inmune to some mind-fucking tecnics. Shisui and Itachi would be targets if someone had any suspicious of what was going on so it made sense to keep them in the dark about this.
“I understand.” She forced a smile; too empty, too big, too many teeth. “If you agree I have at least two other that could join us.”