(A/N: Here's the second chapter of 'Fanning the Flames'. Enjoy! Whoa! I didn't know I'd get so many feedbacks for this story. Thanks, guys!
AlyssaOtaku69: Thanks for being the first person to review! No, the chapters won't be any longer since it's a series of intertwined drabbles/short chapters.
Nattychan17: Thanks for the review! The romance would be kind of a slow burner. I'm going to have establish a friendship between Naruko and Madara before they hit off into being romantic partners. Going to take quite some time since they were once mortal enemies on the battlefield. But it will be fun to write.)
Why am I alive?
Madara thought that he would finally die a second time.
What else was there to live for? His lifelong dream had been crushed while his greatest friend and worst enemy's, Hashirama Senju, dreams continue to flourish with each new generation.
Not only that, the humiliation in finding out that he was nothing more than pawn in Black Zetsu's grand scheme, left a bitter taste on his mouth so vile that it felt like his tongue was soaked in acid.
Him, the great and insanely powerful Madara Uchiha, was used like a puppet on strings. Everything he did for the greater, for world peace, for the Infinite Tsukuyomi, were merely cultivated lies.
He sacrificed everything for Infinite Tsukuyomi. His friendship with Hashirama, his clan, and now even his dreams.
And what does he have to show for it? A wounded prided and a sense of loss and defeat. He was manipulated in the end into leading a shrouded, meaningless life.
Madara Uchiha… A man who had nothing left to live for...is now giving a second chance at life by a certain blonde haired war hero because of god's sympathy for his plight or the devil's cruel, sick joke to see him suffer even more.
What does a man like him have to life for?
(A/N: Well, that's the end of the second chapter. Did you enjoy it? Leave any thoughts, comments, questions, and suggestions in a review, and thanks for reading!)