My Name Is Uchiha Hikari

My name was Uchiha Nameless.

I was a weapon of war born into the Uchiha Clan during the Warring States period two hundred and thirteen years ago. After being used and discarded by the clan, I was eventually sealed away by the combined forces of the Senju Clan and the Sarutobi Clan.

Sixteen years ago, a brat named Uchiha Chen broke my seal and awakened me in this era.

I had originally thought Chen would follow in the footsteps of the Uchiha of old and continue to use me as a weapon.

Honestly, I had been waiting for him to say it!

Because I needed an excuse to vent the hatred in my heart upon the world!

As long as he said the word... I would use the power of Yachihoko to do anything for him!

But from beginning to end, he never gave me that excuse!

Finally, unable to wait any longer, I began pressing him, demanding to know what exactly he wanted me to do!

His answer carried a calmness that once made me question my life.

"I want you to be my wife."

Huh? What was this guy talking about? Just as my brain crashed from loading the wrong information...

That guy began seriously explaining himself without a care, even calling me by the name my parents had given me.

"To tell you the truth, Hikari, I know everything about you. I am completely certain that you are my ideal other half."

I bristled and demanded, "What nonsense! What if I refuse? Are you going to kill me or seal me away again?!"

Chen fell silent for a moment, then revealed a peaceful, gentle smile.

"No. I am only expressing what I want, not forcing you. If you are unwilling, then I have already prepared myself to remain a bachelor for the rest of my life."

Even someone like me, who had barely ever properly spoken with others... could sense that Chen's eyes held a sincerity purer than even the purity of my Uchiha bloodline!

How could he say something like that with such a straight face?!

This guy might actually be a weirdo.

After that, he acted as though he had forgotten that conversation.

For a while, I even thought I had imagined it...

Yet he still would not let me leave his side and act alone.

Not because he wanted to restrict my freedom, but because this era was even more dangerous than the Warring States period I had lived through.

I absolutely believed Chen's words.

Because Chen was even stronger than me!

That day, when I rose from the sealing coffin and saw that damned fan crest on Chen's God Robe... the uncontrollable killing intent within me drove me to attack him!

Yet he used overwhelming ocular techniques to neutralize all of my attacks!

He was too strong... You were the real weapon, weren't you?

I could not help thinking that.

Before that happened, I had never once considered running away from his side.

Because deep down, although I wanted to take revenge on this world, I was also afraid—afraid of returning to a life of being alone and having no one to rely on. Heh, pathetic, wasn't it?

As for that incident I mentioned, one day I suddenly realized that although I kept saying I hated him, his face kept appearing in my mind!

Whether I was alone or elsewhere, my gaze could never help but focus on him.

And I did not reject him calling me by my name, Hikari.

Whenever I heard him call me Hikari... my face would inexplicably grow hot, and even my heartbeat became noisy.

I even began to wonder whether what Chen had said that day might actually be unexpectedly nice if it became reality!

I felt like he had thrown my heart into chaos!

I felt like I had fallen under a genjutsu even more terrifying than Imprinted Tsukuyomi!

I felt like I truly could not escape anymore!

Help... I was about to stop being myself!

My fear of losing myself forced me to do something... something I still blamed myself deeply for!

Late that night, at the critical moment when Chen was cultivating through Zen Meditation, when he was least likely to be on guard...

I ambushed him!

By the time I came back to my senses, I had already pulled the blade from Chen's chest.

There was something I only learned afterward. During deep Zen Meditation, a person's Chakra would flow toward the brain, especially in the profound realm known as Samadhi.

The body would be in its weakest state, and once injured, the wounds would be far more severe than usual.

That was the closest Chen had ever come to death in his life.

Let alone the Mangekyo Sharingan, he could not even activate the Sharingan in its ordinary state!

That ocular technique that reversed time and directly restored injuries, Time Reversal, was out of the question. Even the Forbidden Jutsu called Izanagi could not possibly be activated.

Looking at Chen lying in a pool of blood, pale-faced and barely clinging to life...

The blade fell from my trembling hand, and I collapsed to the ground. Yet I felt relieved. At last... at last, I had protected myself!

Chen's younger brother Jin rushed over, ready to fight me to the death. I had already prepared myself to die!

But Chen stopped him with a hoarse shout. Then he looked at me, his eyes filled with that same "pure sincerity."

"Hikari, go. Find somewhere to hide. For the next fifteen years, do not go anywhere! Do not do anything! Fifteen years from now, go to Konoha Ninja Village and find someone named Uzumaki Boruto. That person will give you a good home!"

I did not know when fifteen years—longer than the life I had already lived—would be. I did not know who Uzumaki Boruto was. But a sorrow I had never felt before turned into tentacles harder than a Susanoo blade, burrowing into my chest from every direction, viciously tearing at my heart...

At last, I understood what those feelings that had confused me for so long truly were!

And at last, I understood that I had hurt the first person in my life who had ever been willing to love me and treat me well!

He was also... the person I loved!

My vision had already become a blur.

Tears I had thought long since dried up welled from my eyes again.

Even though Jin had already placed his blade against my neck, I still stepped forward and took Chen's hand.

Chen had already lost consciousness, and I had to make up for my mistake.

Even if Jin's blade cut open my throat the next second, I had to do it!

Even if it could not make up for what I had done, even if Chen would hate me forever, I still had to do it!

Yes, I used Yachihoko, but not to vent my hatred upon this world. I used it to express my love for the person before me!

Once the "imprint" of Yachihoko was placed upon a target, it could ignore distance to draw Chakra and control the other person's mind. Of course, conversely, it could also be used to transfer Chakra and life force!

Yachihoko was a terrifying killing technique, but it was also the strongest support technique!

Using the "stock" I had collected with Yachihoko during the Warring States period, which had been preserved by the time seal placed upon me by the Senju and Sarutobi Clans, I transferred it to Chen through Yachihoko's imprint and healed the fatal wound in his chest.

Thank goodness, I did not lose Chen. But that scar remained on his chest forever.

It bore witness to the bond between us, one that could never again be severed!

My name is Uchiha Hikari.

At this point, I am no longer a weapon.

I am Uchiha Chen's wife!

Samui's outrageous words made Hikari's ears burn bright red!

She snapped in embarrassment, "W-What nonsense are you spouting?! You female pervert! It's n-not all Chen's credit! T-Things like this also depend on genes and nutrition, okay?!"

"And speaking of that part! Samui, you're the spokesperson for it! You're the boob! alien! Chen talked about!"