"By yesterday, our Konoha Military Police Force reserve had recruited forty-one people. Twenty-nine were civilian-born students, and twelve came from the village's shinobi clans. There were even members of the Hyuga Clan and the Aburame Clan."
The Hyuga Clan was descended from Hamura Otsutsuki and was one of the founding clans that had joined Konohagakure during the early days of the Land of Fire. Its members inherited the Byakugan and possessed special abilities such as Gentle Fist.
The Aburame Clan was also one of the founding clans that had joined Konohagakure during the early days of the Land of Fire. Its members fed insects their own chakra, allowing the insects to live inside their bodies, and controlled them. All of the Aburame Clan's jutsu relied on insects.
Although neither clan held as much power or influence in Konoha as the Uchiha Clan, they weren't far behind. They were among the village's upper-middle-tier forces.
Even within the Ninja Academy, nothing the young members of either clan did would escape their clan's scrutiny.
Their children's joining the reserve must have had their clans' approval. They might even have been deliberately assigned there to show goodwill toward the Uchiha Clan.
After all, now that Minato Namikaze had taken office, the Uchiha Clan had not only helped him rise to power but also had no need to worry about enemies secretly retaliating against them.
And after Shisui Uchiha had dragged the clan elders into his Mangekyo genjutsu space and given them a dressing-down six months ago, they had settled down considerably. They no longer shouted every day about staging a coup or spouted similar nonsense.
A rational Uchiha Clan that wasn't isolated was a force everyone was happy to win over—and one that could never be ignored.
The two clans' children joining the Military