A/N: Thank you to the reviews I have received on this. I apologize for how late this is but here's chapter four!

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Hashirama and Madara were in charge of a scout group equally consisted of both Senju and Uchiha clan members. Butsuma and Tajima were in charge of another, while Izuna and Tōka were in charge of a third. Hashirama and Madara's group was to go west, the clan leaders were to go east, and Izuna and Tōka's group was to go north. Before splitting, the two clan heads took the time to speak to the groups as a whole.

"Uchiha clan listen to me closely. We are going out there to search for my precious daughter Naomi, but we are also going out there to look for Senju Tobirama. If you see any signs of either of them immediately tell your group leader. Work with the Senju as if they are part of our clan, for the sake of Naomi at the least." Tajima spoke sternly and confidently, but the Uchiha could see just how worried he was. They were too, Naomi was their princess; she had taken care of each other them after battles and was always smiling. Regardless, each Uchiha nodded their agreement, though many were cautious.

"That goes for all Senju as well. We are looking for Uchiha Naomi as well as my youngest son Tobirama. It is likely that they are together. However, be prepared in case they are not together. Your Uchiha leader can describe Naomi-san to you if you missed the earlier explanation." Butsuma explained to his own clan. After getting a nod in understanding the three groups departed.

Butsuma and Tajima led their group east of where the trail had gone cold. Not even a full kilometer in, a Senju woman had found a scrap of dark blue cloth hanging from a branch, and it was bloody. Tajima recognized it as one of Naomi's clothes, the yukata she often wore when it was hot or she was doing a lot around the house. It was also the one she had been wearing when she was taken, according to Madara. Butsuma sent a messenger to each of the other groups to tell them their discovery while they went on.

Izuna and Tōka had gone north but they did not find anything for two whole kilometers. When they did fine something, Tōka almost went on a rampage then and there. She was not happy when an Uchiha showed her the pile of weapons that had been carelessly tossed away, Tobirama's favorite weapons to be exact. It made her wonder; they had received a message about Butsuma and Tajima's group finding a piece of Naomi's clothing. Did that mean they were separated? Or were their captors trying to throw them off? Just as Tōka was going to send a Senju to relay the information, an Uchiha from Madara and Hashirama's group arrived.

"Taku what is it?" Izuna asked when he saw the man. The new comer took a moment to catch his breath before replying.

"Madara-sama and Hashirama-sama found evidence of both Tobirama-san and Naomi-sama. Tobirama-san's face plate and Naomi-sama's necklace were found on opposite sides of a small trail. Hashirama-sama and Madara-sama are continuing on ahead" the dark haired man replied quickly. Izuna's face hardened and Tōka looked surprised; Tobirama's weapons and now his face plate? And so close to something that belonged to Naomi?

"Tell Hashirama-san that we found Tobirama-san's weapons. We will continue on for another three kilometers" Tōka commanded, collecting Tobirama's weapons carefully. The Uchiha messenger left and Tōka sent a messenger to relay the information to Butsuma and Tajima. The group continued on until they hit their five kilometer limit. Finding nothing more, they turned around and ran back to the meeting point.

Hashirama and Madara had continued to scout their area after finding Tobirama's face plate and Naomi's necklace. Madara was holding onto the necklace in his hand tightly. It had been taken off by force, the chain was broken and there was blood on it. The Uchiha fan was dirty and bloody and it made Madara wonder if Naomi was alive still. Hashirama had insisted that his brother would not let her die if she was with him. That was what fueled him to continue on.

"Stop!" Hashirama called quietly, knocking Madara out of his thoughts and causing everyone to stop. With his Sharingan Madara could see a few chakra signatures move near them. The entire group hid and masked their chakra. Two men, shinobi from a clan that Madara could not identify, walked down the small path that the group had been o

"Man it'll be too easy to fool those idiots. Leaving stuff behind to throw them off was a genius idea" one of the men laughed as he slowly walked with the other. His long blond hair swayed as he threw his head back. His partner, a smaller man with green hair, just stared at the blond.

"So long as it works long enough for the Boss's plans to take place. Once those two cooperate and do what the Boss wants we can leave this damn country" he said in a bored voice. The words made Madara's blood boil. There was no way he was going to let them take his sister away.

"How is the Boss planning on forcing them to go with him? His plan is to get the Uchiha girl pregnant isn't it? With the Senju's baby?" The first asked as they stopped to take a break. The other sighed.

"Moshi how many times do I have to tell you to listen carefully? Yes he wants the Uchiha girl pregnant with the Senju's kid. Once a pregnancy is confirmed the Boss will kill the Senju and take the Uchiha with us. They're too weak to fight back without their chakra. We just have to break them down a bit," the first said confidently before continuing on the way they were heading. It took all Madara had not to kill the two enemies on sight. Instead, Hashirama sent half of their group to report to the other two groups while the rest continued on. After they departed, the small group tree jumped until they came to a large mound of earth. There were many more ninja guarding the building that was off to the side, as the mound was unguarded but the ninja were close enough to stop anything from happening. So they watched until they were supposed to leave to meet up with the other groups.

"I'll stay, you go explain what happened" Madara offered as Hashirama brought up the meeting. Said brunet nodded and assigned two Senju to stay with him. Madara kept an Uchiha behind and the four continued to watch the area. After a few more minutes something felt wrong. The two shinobi from before returned and after a few words were exchanged the entire force left. Madara stayed in place just in case the shinobi returned but it seemed they had abandoned it. Was it another decoy? Madara did not know. He waited with the three who had stayed behind. After half an hour, the rest of the group along with the other two groups arrived.

"It seems like it was another decoy. They left about half an hour ago and no one has returned" Madara explained as Butsuma and Tajima landed beside him.

"Has anyone come out of the house?" Butsuma asked examining the area. Madara shook his head. He had hoped that someone would. Or that there would be some sort of sign of either Tobirama or Naomi. The shinobis' conversation earlier had put him on edge. Naomi was only thirteen, and while she could carry a child she was not old enough to actually take care of it. If she were forced to carry a child she did not want he was not sure how her mentality would hold up. Madara knew that she wanted kids one day, if they could end this war before she was too old to have children. Would she love the child if it was forced upon her? Madara had to shake the thoughts away. His sister would not get pregnant, not if he could stop it. He knew that Tobirama was not the type to take a woman by force though. Madara could only hope he held onto his morals.

Hashirama was also concerned with the conversation he had heard earlier. If they did not hurry bad things were going to happen. He had faith that his brother would not break so easily, but what of Naomi? Madara had said she only had the training of a ninja, not the battle experience. Would she be able to withstand whatever these people had planned for her? He had to believe that his brother was not going to let her get hurt. He had assured Madara and Izuna that Tobirama would take care of her. They had to find them before their captors lost their patience.

"Something's not right here" one of the Senju trackers said from near the back of the group. Everyone turned to look at him as he narrowed his eyes in concentration. He was staring at the mound intensely, like he was trying to see through it. Before anyone could ask him why, an Uchiha gasped in shock.

"Someone was in there. Or is in there? It's hard to tell. I can sense two chakra signatures but they're faint and obscured. As if they aren't really there" the Uchiha explained quickly, quite used to the temper of the clan leader and his sons. Especially when it came to the safety of Naomi.

"Or they're further away than this mound. It could be a tunnel" the Senju added finally looking up at the two clan leaders. Tajima's eyes were narrowed and he let out a low growl. It was a growl that put everyone except for Butsuma, Madara, and Izuna on edge. Those three were used to hearing the Uchiha leader growl. Hashirama, having never actually heard such a menacing growl come from a human being, paled as he wondered how close to losing his temper he was.

"Is there any way to follow it?" Butsuma asked, ignoring his rival's growl. The Senju sensor snapped his attention to the clan leader and shook his head. The Uchiha sensor bit his lip in thought.

"The likelihood is that they made the tunnel as a trap. I can barely feel chakra in there but if we go in and investigate we could run into multiple traps." The Uchiha stated. The Senju nodded his agreement.

"And even if there is a tunnel and somewhere in it are Tobirama-sama and Naomi-san we would not be able to tell. Who knows where this tunnel leads or how long it is." The Senju sensor chipped in.

"So how do we find them?" another Senju asked cautiously. Madara and Izuna looked at their father, wondering what was going through his mind.

"Can you sense the ninja that were here?" Butsuma asked before Tajima had a chance. Both sensors nodded. Their chakra was still hanging in the air, they must have been there for a while before leaving.

"Let's send a small group after them, consisting of the best trackers from both clans and the best spies. All we need to do is spy. We don't want to let them know we're onto them yet. Not until we can determine the location of Naomi and Tobirama." Butsuma suggested, to which Tajima nodded his agreement. It was their best course of action at that moment.

"Izuna, Hedeaki, Daiki, and Koharu will be the ones from the Uchiha clan. Everyone else go home and rest." Tajima ordered, standing up. All of the Uchiha except for the four that Tajima called out, Madara, and Tajima himself left. Hedeaki, the sensor who had backed up the Senju one, stood maybe an inch taller than Izuna was and was about the same age. Daiki was only a teenager, standing about two inches shorter than Izuna. Koharu, the only female chosen for the mission, was the oldest of the group and was the same height as Izuna was.

"Kiyoshi, Ryota, Kenshin, and Michi will be the ones to accompany them. Izuna-san will be your leader so listen to him." Butsuma announced before dismissing the rest of the Senju clan. Hashirama stayed behind, waiting to return home with his father. He was putting his brother's life in Izuna's hands, and he had no choice but to trust him. Izuna may have been Tobirama's rival, but Hashirama was hoping that would help him if he found them.

Tobirama was growing tired of being in the dark room with nothing to do. He could talk to Naomi, but there was only so much they could talk about without giving away clan secrets. He had half a mind to try to escape through the door. It would probably end in failure and at least one of them would get seriously injured, if not killed. He would not risk Naomi's life like that.

But he was bored. He could not train because he had no weapons or chakra. He did not even know what to say if he were to start a conversation with Naomi. He needed to figure out how to get them out of here. Before Naomi froze to death. It seemed they were letting the room get colder the longer they were in the room. Even now, Naomi was curled into him shivering. He was starting to feel the cold prick at his skin.

The door opened and the same woman who had been bringing their food walked in with another tray of food. She set it down in front of them, not even looking at them and left. Naomi was half asleep on Tobirama's chest. Gently he shook her awake. "We need to eat."

"Not hungry…" she mumbled sleepily. Gently he brushed a strand of hair out of her face. That is when he noticed how warm her forehead was. In fact she was burning up with a fever. He repressed a sigh as he ripped a piece of his shirt off and picked up one of the glasses of water. He would have to try to cool her down with the limited water source he had. Naomi getting sick made it that much harder for them to escape.

"Sleep for now Naomi. When you wake again you will have to eat." He told her softly, gently running a hand through her hair to lull her to sleep. Tobirama did not know if it was going to work or not, but he knew it had worked on his brother whenever he was not feeling so great. He felt her body relax against his causing Tobirama to let out a sigh of relief and lean his head back against the wall. He was hoping with everything he had that after getting some sleep Naomi's fever would go down and he could focus on getting them out of there, the sooner the better. For the time being, all he could do was focus on helping her get better; and keep her from getting worse if he possibly could.

This was more stress than he needed and he had other things he needed to worry about. Like the war between The Senju and the Uchiha clans, or the Hagoromo clan attacking his clan, or his brother's training to become clan leader. He had jutsu to practice and master, fights to prepare for, and countless other things that needed his attention. Instead he was sitting in a dark cell underground babysitting a sick Uchiha civilian.

As Naomi curled into him more, Tobirama felt bad about thinking such things. Being a shinobi he had a duty to protect those who were weaker than him or unable to fight. Even if she wasn't of his clan or a client, Naomi was a civilian as far as he knew and she needed his help to survive. He could only hope that he would find a way out of there so he could return Naomi to her brothers and go home to his own.

Looking up he saw the small sliver of light again, though it was much duller than the previous one which indicated that it came from the moon. In a matter of seconds it was covered up then uncovered…as if someone was walking on it. He could not be sure if they were friend or foe but he could hear faint voices. Moving Naomi so she was laying on the ground, Tobirama stood up and tried to hear the voices better.

Was that…was that Izuna? Who was with him? It sounded like it could be Kiyoshi…yes that was exactly who was talking back to his annoying rival. Cheering silently, Tobirama tried to break the ceiling more so that he could shout up to his hopeful rescuers.

A/N: Thanks for reading! I am amazed by how many views this story has received in the short time it's been posted so seriously thank you! Unfortunately there may not be an update next week mainly because I haven't started chapter 5 yet and I have a busy work schedule. I'm going to try to get one out though. Please leave me a review!