Chapter 4: Obey me
The next day I woke up next to Madara again.
It was a weird feeling, seeing him sleeping peacefully like any normal not insane man would do though I doubted if he really was asleep all the time or if he just pretended to be. But I didn't try to flee out of the tent anymore, not because it was pointless anyway but also because I didn't want to give him another reason for continuing to torture me though I should have known that he didn't need any reason, he just did what he wanted.
"I hope you are enjoying the stay in my bed." I nearly jumped out of the bed when I heard his dark voice close, too close, at my ear. I felt his muscular body against my back, his warm breath tickling my skin, his fingers touching slightly my exposed shoulder making me flinch. A part of my brain probably knew that this was just another one of his methods trying to find out which of his torture methods would work best on me but it's hard to think if you are lying with your enemy who is currently invading your personal space in the same bed and your instincts are screaming at you to push him away and to run out of the tent – but I managed to stay because I knew that he just wanted to provoke this reaction out of me. So instead I forced my body to relax.
"It would be more enjoyable without you" I growled, keeping my back turned at him. Madara laughed and got out of the bed, making me inwardly sigh in relief.
"You should be happy that it's me you're staying with. If it would be someone else from the clan you probably wouldn't have your clothes still on by now." I flinched at that but forced any upcoming reaction away.
"Maybe I should try this as a new torture method, forcing you into a bed of another man… Maybe you would break then, what do you think?" he asked friendly, mockingly while he got dressed. Under the blanket I balled my hands into fists but I replied with an almost steady and calm voice: "Why would you send me to another man's bed when you can do it yourself or are not as sadistic as I have thought?"
"I would maybe reconsider it if you wouldn't be an ugly Senju woman."
"But your men wouldn't care?" I asked with a snort but in the same time I was happily glad that he at least wouldn't rape me. To my question he only shrugged but didn't continue as a woman entered the tent with two trays. My mouth watered when I saw the delicious food.
"I didn't say that she gets anything to eat" Madara though said slightly irritated to the Uchiha woman.
"My apologies Madara-sama but Izuna-sama told me that it would be okay" she said with her head lowered.
Madara sighed. "It's alright. You can leave the trays here." She nodded and quickly left the tent after placing the trays on the table.
"It seems that unlike you your brother does care about my well-being." I grinned. I would notice later though that there was much more to Izuna's motives than I had thought. Madara though only snorted but then looked at me with a grin that made me flinch immediately.
"Could be, but who says that you will get any of the food?"
"So you want to starve me again?" I growled trying to ignore the grumble in my stomach.
"No, letting you starve would mean letting you die. I just want to let you suffer with giving you only little food, bit by bit. But I might give you some of it" he said while I stood up from the bed. "I even might letting you walk outside, giving you new clothes, allowing you to wash yourself…"
I looked at him as stoic as I could while trying to figure out what he wanted; what the meaning of his smirk was. "You only have to do something for me."
"Forget it." Whatever it was that he wanted me to do, I would never do it. I could deal with my grumbling stomach. But of course Madara didn't give me much of a choice.
"You didn't hear my entire offer yet. You will do as I say, when I say, for 24 hours, in exchange for your treatment and your free time."
"Like I said, forget it!" I hissed glaring at him. That time I thought I would never, ever, do as he says. But of course there was more to this deal.
"Refuse my friendly offer and I will rip your clothes off before I'll push you outside, in the middle of the camp, naked. My men are tired and frustrated of this war. I'm sure that this will be fun."
My jaw hit the floor, I couldn't help but staring at him in shock. My blood firstly turned freezing cold and then burning hot; I blushed hardly while I felt incredibly sick all of a sudden. Madara stepped closer to me and leaned forward to whisper in my ear.
"Do you still want to deny my offer?"
I still feel sick thinking about it today. I would have done everything to prevent myself being raped, knowing that it would break me completely. At that point I knew that after all he had something against me in his hand. He had practically won.
So as I slowly shook my head and quietly said "I would take the offer" it was clear that I had lost. He could have asked me under these circumstances about the information in the scroll and I would have unsealed it. But surprisingly he didn't. He didn't use that opportunity.
Instead he said: "Good girl. First I want you to respect, to obey me. Do as I say, don't talk back and play your role as my doll. Understood?" I nodded.
"Say it" he growled out still standing only inches away from me, making it hard for me to breathe.
"Yes." He slapped me with the back of his hand and I gasped from the sudden sharp pain in my cheek.
"What did I say about respect?" It was like he was the strict father lecturing his misbehaving child. I lowered my head so that I didn't have to look him in the eyes, that he couldn't see the tears forming in mine. But he grabbed my chin and forced me looking at him, in his cruel smirking face.
"Yes Madara-sama" I finally answered as the obeying doll I just had become.
I was trapped in a bubble of numbness and disbelief. I couldn't even swallow the food as I was sitting trembling on a chair in his tent, with the tray on my knees while Madara sat at his desk and enjoyed his food with a victorious smirk on his face.
"Madara, can you come please, it's important" Izuna said stepping through the tent door.
Madara looked up from his just finished meal and nodded, standing up. "Woman, if you want to breathe some fresh air I allow you to take a walk through the camp but two guards will be at your side permanently."
"Yes Madara-sama." From the corner of my eyes I saw him smirking before he followed his brother who only had raised an eyebrow at my sudden behavior.
Sighing I placed the half-finished meal to the side and stood up. A walk wouldn't be that bad, it could help me clearing my head.
And so I stepped out of the tent. The sun shone brightly from between two big clouds, making me shield my eyes before they got adjusted to the light and I was able to look around.
Madara's tent stood slightly aside from the rest of the camp. It was one of the biggest tents of course, the tarpaulin was black with the Uchiha symbol on it two grimly-looking Uchiha men guarded the entrance.
As soon as I left the tent two other ninjas were at my right and left side immediately.
Whenever I left the tent without Madara they were there. They never spoke to me which I was thankful for, but their black eyes always watched me, following my every movement. It was extremely unnerving but I couldn't do anything about it so I just tried to ignore them.
Slowly I walked through the camp, drawing the attention of every black-haired Uchiha who I crossed. They whispered, glared at me with activated or deactivated Sharingan, slightly smirked at my still wounded body. Maybe I shouldn't have taken a step outside.
I just had decided to turn to head back when I saw a small gathered group away from the tents. Curiously I walked closer and heard the clashing of weapons. It had to be their training ground…
With my two guards on my side I made my way to the front row. Two Uchiha battled each other, their swords clashed together in a rapid space, and I felt the heat of their fire jutsus in my face.
The fight was so intense that one could easily think that it wasn't only a training battle. The small crowd cheered for the fighter's names, the battlers moved so fast that I only saw a blur of black hair and weapons being wield. Finally one of them won, forcing the other to give up by almost breaking his arms.
"It's interesting, isn't it?" I flinched when I heard his dark voice coming from behind me and turned around. The crowd had moved to the side to let him through, they all had slightly lowered their heads in respect for their leader.
"It's only a training battle, it's not like we don't have it in our camp" I said defiant, crossing my arms.
"Then I guess you won't have anything against showing us how you fight in your Senju camp" he said with an evil smirk that made me taking a step back.
"Sora, are you ready for another battle?" he asked and I turned around to see the winner of the previous fight step forward, bowing. "Yes Madara-sama, of course."
"Good, than let's see who is stronger: A Senju brat or an Uchiha warrior!" Madara called out and more Uchihas crowded around us, interesting and anticipating.
Crap, I thought, biting my lips to prevent me from talking out of line. I never should have left that stupid tent.
I faced my opponent. He was a few centimeters higher than me and more muscular, especially since I was still very skinny and weak from my tortures. His red eyes watched me closely as I picked up the sword from the previous fighter, as well as a weapon pouch that lay around. At least I was armed but I still my hopes weren't very high. I would do my best though. I was the represent of the Senju in the camp of our enemies, so I might as well show these red-eyed bastards what a member of my clan was capable of.
I don't know the details of the fight anymore. It all went so quick, everything around us disappeared in a blur of colors.
I had to win I had to win I had to win… But why? Why did I want to give my best when I knew that it was useless anyway? Just so that I could become Madara's doll again, so that he could continue the torture?
No… I didn't want to win. I didn't want to show them what a Senju woman could do because they wouldn't respect it anyway. I didn't want to play Madara's games anymore. I wanted to create my own ending.
I still see the sharp blade of the sword swishing toward my throat. My opponent didn't move in the usual Uchiha speed so that I was able to see the attack coming. He was playing with me. I moved my sword arm like I wanted to dodge the hit – but I didn't.
His red eyes widened in surprise as I failed pushing the blade away. He couldn't withdraw the sword; it was too late for him.
I finally was about to die.
The blade was stopped only inches away from my throat. Shocked and with wide eyes I gazed up at the person standing in front of me, the person who once again prevented my peaceful death to happen.
Madara Uchiha. Who else?
The ninja quickly put his sword to the side and knelt down in front of his leader. He looked as shocked as I was.
"I-I'm sorry Madara-sama" he said bowing his head.
"It's not your fault, Sora" Madara replied and turned around. My blood ran cold when I saw his expression. Furious, angry, deathly, maniac…
I flinched, trying to crawl away from him. His entertaining show, his game; I had ruined it with trying to throw myself onto the sword. I nearly had escaped him. He would never let me pass with my act just like that.
"In my tent, woman, now" he growled. It was a growl from deep inside his throat, not human-like but almost animalistic.
I truly screwed up this time.
Tsunade stared wide-eyed at the last Japanese character on the scroll. No… that couldn't be. Frantically she turned the scroll; hold it against the light, seeing if there were any hidden letters, but no. That was it. That was all that was written down on the scroll.
She let out a curse, making Shizune look at her in worry. "Lady Tsunade, what is it?"
"The report of that woman, it just ended!"
Did she escape nonetheless? Or did Madara break her? What did he do to her?
Tsunade stood up. There had to be a continuing to this. After all there had to be a point in Nami's life where she had been able to write all this down.
This couldn't have been the end… could it?
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