madahashi/hashimada, Izuna

Chapter: One

Izuna Uchiha has never begged for anything is his whole life. He had pretty much everything handed to him before he went through the trouble of asking; but now, he was on his knees, crying and begging like a five year old asking for a new bike.

"Please Kami-sama, Just give me one more chance; just one.

'Silence.!'

Please. I really need to go back, it doesn't have to be for long; a few months is all I'm asking. I beg of you.

"No answer."

"He needs me, I have to protect him. Please.

"Still no answer."

"I'll stop disturbing you, I promise; Just send me back, I just want to be with him, support him." I'm all he has and he's all I've got. Please Kami?

"Your time in the human world is over, accept your fate little one."

"Please, my Lord, Please! I'm on my knees, all I'm asking is one more chance, I never went against your commandments while I was alive. Can't you at-least give me a chance?

The only reason I kept on living was to be by my brother's side, but I ended up dying and leaving him all alone.

Call it brother's intuition, but I know something bad is going to happen to him. Please, my Lord, let me go back to my brother.

"Izuna Uchiha. You've disturbed my peace for two days straight." What will it take to shut you up?

"If you send me back to my brother, I promise to shut up."

"You can't go back, you don't have a body anymore; your body was buried a week ago, remember?"

"I don't care if I have a body or not. I can watch over him as a ghost, but you have to give me some kind of power to prevent anything that may harm him.

I'll allow it only on 'two condition.' One, you must never reveal yourself to Uchiha Madara. Two, you must return here eight months from today. If you break any of these two rules; you'll be punished, and believe you me, the punishment for breaking the rules is far too great.

"I understand, my Lord." Thank you so much.

"Very well" You may leave now, I'll see you in eight months. But be sure to deal with whatever issues you have before you come back here because after that you will never leave this place again.

"Understood,thank you…Oh great one."

Uchiha Houshood

Izuna appeared in the corner of the living room, he smiled as he looked at the familiar place. He had lived in this house since he was thirteen years old, everything looked the same as he remembers it.

He walked around the living room, then the kitchen, the whole place was spotless he noticed. "Madara is doing a great job keeping the place beautiful." He said.

He went stairs to his brother's bedroom, searched it up and down but didn't find Madara; he closed the door and left to look for him in other places, five minutes later, he still didn't find him.

"Maybe he isn't home yet." I'll wait for him.

He made his way to the living-room, he looked at the pictures that hang on the wall~it was the pictures of himself and Madara. One of the pictures caught his interest, in it was a smirking ten yr old Madara and a blushing eight yr old Izuna.

~flashback~

Izuna remembered the day the picture was taken like it was yesterday. The two had just finished swimming in their backyard swimming pool when their mother came out of nowhere and forced them to pose for the picture, Madara who had his arm around Izuna's shoulders; quickly lifted him off the ground and carried him bridal-style while smirking. After their mother took the picture, she started laughing at the face Izuna made; Madara upon seeing Izuna's face, he too, began to laugh. Izuna, however had gotten furious with both of them he had started crying.

"Madara dear, I know you would give the world to your little brother; but please don't ever give-in to his demands of marrying you when he grows up, okay sweetie? Said their mother.

"Mom, stop teasing him. His crying." Replied Madara.

"I'll marry you big brother… just you wait, I know I'll... someday" Izuna said.

"Baby Izu, please don't mind mother," Ok? "I'm all yours...now and forever."

After Izuna was reassured that Madara was all he's, he smiled happily and hugged him. They all laughed. "Ok boys, time for dinner." Their mother said as they went into the house.

~end of flashback~

As he stood there, he wondered where the said brother was. He advanced to the kitchen and sat on the counter, "Madara and I used to sit here every time he got back from work, drink wine as we talked about the good o' days." Boy, do I miss those days. Izuna thought.

"Come to think of it, I haven't gone into my room yet; but do I even want to? It may bring back memories I'd rather forget."

He suddenly felt a huge pain rush through his chest, he became breathless; and then he heard it. A voice, he heard a familiar voice calling him. Izuna stood up instantly wondering where the voice came from, he was sure it was Madara's voice that was calling to him, but where was it coming from.

He attentively listened , he heard the voice again, it was coming from upstairs. Oh no, brother?! Was all he said, then disappeared.

Izuna wasn't ready for what he saw, in fact, if he was alive and not dead; he would have had a heart-attack.

"Rest in peace," They said. Peace my ass, how can anyone rest in peace when one has a heart broken brother like mine? Izuna thought. He wasn't going to rest in peace even if someone paid him or forced him back in the grave...why? Because he has a job to do from now on; he has to mend the heart of his brother.

When he had appeared in his room, he saw a form on the bed; when he got closer, he glimpsed at the sleeping form of Madara. He felt as though he was being stabbed repeatedly in the heart as he watched his brother.

Madara had curled himself into a tiny ball, dried tears all over his handsome face, and new tears were falling down his cheeks. He was crying and talking in his sleep. "I'm so sorry baby brother, I should have been there with you." Madara said.

Izuna's heart was beating so fast he thought it would come out and make a run for it. He wasn't sure of what to do, Izuna wanted to scream, yell, and strangle himself. "This is all my fault, how could I've done this to him?"

If I didn't get myself into a car accident, Madara wouldn't be so depressed...depressed? No, depression doesn't define this whole situation.

Izuna sat beside his brother with sadness in his eyes, If he could, he would've cried himself to death, but unfortunately tears weren't coming no matter how much he forced them. "What can I do to change this? If he keeps this up~he will end up dying as well; Madara deserves to live a long-happy life, I can't let anything happen to him. Izuna told himself.

He sat there stroking Madara's hair till morning.

Madara woke up feeling dizzy, he had a headache. He felt as if someone had smacked his head with a hammer, he got off the bed and walked to the bathroom.

"Good morning, brother"

…

Was he actually expecting a "Good morning...hun, how was your night.? Like the way Madara used to greet him?" Laughable.

Who am I kidding, I'm a ghost, he can't hear me. He said as he followed Madara but stopped at the bathroom door when his brother went inside. An idea hit him, "If I want to be noticed then I should go all out, right.?" He smirked.

Putting his right hand on the doorknob, he opened and closed it; opened again and closed, he repeated the same action for awhile, but Madara ignored the crazy door and proceeded into the shower.

"I guess he's too wrapped up in his own thoughts to notice how desperately I'm trying to gain his attention." Said Izuna.

"I'll have to try something else," he made his way into the shower, looked at his naked brother and smirked. Sorry love, but I've got to do this.

He turned the tap handle to "cold" he turned it all the way to the end.

Madara's joyful shower ended when the water became too cold to his liking, "he began to scream. Aw...aw...ouch that's cold, goddammit.! He looked around, but he saw no one, he turned the water back to warm and continued with his shower.

Izuna had been on the floor laughing throughout Madara's complains, he was laughing so hard he couldn't breath. "It's always funny to see the look on Madara's face when he's mad." Izuna said as he choked on his own words.

Madara got out of the shower, towelled himself. He was heading towards the door when all of a sudden the door slammed in his face, he froze.

"What the hell?"

For the first time in his life, Madara realized he wasn't alone in the house.