Itachi wanted to bang his head against the wall. He had just informed the clan about the increased village security to deter them from launching their rebellion. Instead of withdrawing, they were planning more aggressive maneuvers.

"Itachi-kun, you must get us those new security plans quickly. You are an ANBU, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to get your hands on them." One of the elders, Uchiha Kenji, demanded.

"Were you dropped on your head as child, Kenji-san or this mental retardation is a result of later life choices?" Itachi almost groaned aloud at hearing Naomi's voice, but years of conditioning prevented him from from doing so.

All eyes turned towards the shadowy corner housing twelve year old Naomi Uchiha. Itachi's father was the first to express his disproval. "You are not supposed to be here, Naomi. This meeting is for chunnin and above members of the clan."

"Maybe chunnin should learn to be more discreet then. Even a lowly genin like me was able to deduce the plot of coup from their gossip." she replied. " And a chunnin should know that village security has been increased in response to the whispers of the same coup and in that case Itachi wouldn't be able to get anywhere near the plans. "

There was silence following the proclamation." What do you mean by whispers of the coup? "

" You haven't heard? There rumors all over the village about the Uchiha usurping the village. Danzo's work if I had to guess. He was behind the ones about the Uzumaki kid."

Uchiha Kenji was able to gather his wits by then." This is the reason the coup is necessary. The village council, even the Hokage are all prejudiced against us due to Tobirama's teachings. We have to grab the power for us, ourselves."

"Wow, you're seriously dumb aren't you?" Naomi spoke, as usual, without filter. " You don't realize you're doing all their work for them. I agree they are prejudiced against the Uchiha, but they can't do anything about it since we are a founding clan, the only one since the Senju are all but gone. But you are giving them a reason to eliminate us, on a silver platter. They can easily do that. They have twenty times the Ninja as compared to the clan. No matter how much you talk about the superiority of Sharingan, even you know we can't realistically win. Is that the reason for this coup? To commit mass suicide as traitors? "

" What do you suggest them, Naomi? We should continue to tolerate oppression and discrimination from the the very village we founded? " Father asked.

" Organizing a coup isn't the only way to fight against that. We need allies in the village. Hiashi-sama told me that the Hyuuga clan owed me a favor for saving their heiress from abduction. We can easily use that to negotiate an alliance with them. The Nara, Yamanaka and Akimichi can be brought in through trade agreements, so can the Aburame. Having allies in the clan council could help you to counter the polices of Hokage council and to present grieviences."

If the Uchiha were able to be struck dumb, that would be the expression of every Uchiha in the Naka shrine. The solution presented by Naomi was so simple, yet no one in the clan had thought of it. The Uchiha had always been isolationist and the sentiment was reinforced by segregating them in the police force and later the clan compound. This isolation is what would have led the Uchiha to their doom... If not for Naomi.

Not everyone was satisfied, though. Some of the more arrogant and bloodthirsty members of the clan still wanted the village to pay. But having an alternate solution at hand, father was able to end the coup plans. Itachi would finally be able to give good news to the Hokage