The next morning Sakura woke up feeling refreshed there several things to get done today like going to apologize to Gyakusatsu, hearing the sheets rustle Sakura got distracted from her thoughts and turned her head just as Shikamaru stretched.
Their foreheads slammed together but instead of pulling away from the pain they left their foreheads pressed together "How do you feel my precious gem" Shikamaru was extremely concerned and it was obvious to Sakura.
"I feel better though I do need to apologize to Gyakusatsu-sama, I kind of got a little more angry than I intended and threatened to strip him of his title" Sakura rubbed the back of her head sheepishly when Shikamaru stared in surprise.
But instead of saying anything he quickly pressed a chaste kiss to her lips "I'll go talk to Minato about that guy up there" Shikamaru nodded towards the ceiling and Sakura nodded "Do you need me to get anything while I'm in town" he asked suddenly.
Sakura tapped her lip before writing out a list "Yamato, Tobirama, and Hashirama and all of these items, I'll have breakfast ready by the time you get back" Sakura kissed him back before he hopped out of bed and got dressed.
Sakura did the same, when she exited her room, she peeked in on the children, they were still sleeping peacefully, then Sakura carried on her way down the halls to the kitchen, what surprised her though was Madara sitting at the kitchen table looking sullen.
Madara sat up straight when Sakura entered the kitchen, he swallowed thickly "I have a problem" Madara wanted to see how much Sakura would let him get away with, he wanted to send a message to Nagato and find out what his organization has completed so far.
Sakura narrowed her eyes in suspicion but gestured with her hand for Madara to speak "I don't like the room I've been given it's to far away, if I am to complete the duties you've assigned me, I need to be closer don't you think" Madara mentally smirked it was a lie of course.
Sakura mentally rolled her eyes, she had been around Hidan for to long, Madara knew damn well that he could still complete all of his duties even while staying in the guest room "You don't need to worry about that, you'll be moved down to the main hall" Sakura flashed her sharp teeth.
Madara pressed his lips together angrily, she had already intended to move him to a different room "Didn't you say I needed to learn how to cook" he stated bluntly when she started pulling ingredients out of the cabinet and fridge.
"Oh I know, that's why I'm just grabbing easy ingredients, today you'll be cooking the scrambled eggs, easiest thing out there" Sakura smirked when Madara ground his teeth in frustration, she was treating him like a child and he obviously didn't like it.
On the other side of town, Shikamaru had decided to go shopping first before heading to the Hokage Tower, it was just his luck that the people Sakura had requested to come back with him were also with Minato.
"Shikamaru what can I do for you today, or should I say what can I do for Sakura" Minato knew that Sakura would have come here herself if she didn't have some kind of problem, it usually was like this with that woman.
Shikamaru cleared his throat "Well a problem showed up last night, an extremely huge problem, Sakura has requested to see Yamato, Tobirama and Hashirama after this meeting" Shikamaru started with the easy part.
Minato gestured for Shikamaru to continue, what the man was insinuating didn't sound very good to him "It seems Gyakusatsu-sama sent back Madara Uchiha, wait listen he's not a threat right now" Shikamaru stopped Hashirama from leaving the room.
"He is bound to obey Sakura's every order, Gyakusatsu has tasked her with the responsibility of helping Madara regain his lost emotions, if it were up to me he would already be six feet under again but Sakura has decided to try" Shikamaru sighed no one could refuse Sakura.
Tobirama groaned if Sakura was taking on the job of helping Madara it would only be a matter of time before the man became just as enraptured by the woman as everyone else in the entire world was "I assume she's laid down some rules for him right" he asked.
Shikamaru nodded his head before looking at Minato "I'll get the news out, but expect a lot of angry mobs" Minato was joking, he didn't think anyone would be angry if they knew their favorite cherry blossom was handling the situation.
Back at the house Sakura was instructing Madara, he was terrible at cracking eggs "That's it just lightly tap it on the side of the bowl" Sakura sighed, she had never had to teach someone how to cook before and it was time consuming.
At least Shikamaru hadn't come back yet, the scrambled eggs were the only things that had yet to be cooked though, finally Madara managed to crack the egg properly "Good job" Sakura praised him and Madara tensed, Sakura was treating him like a child again.
"Now pour the eggs you whisked into the pan" Sakura had made her own batch "And when the eggs start forming move your spatula around and make sure all the eggs get evenly cooked" she showed Madara to start him off.
Madara smirked how hard could cooking be, several minutes later his eggs were cooked to perfection or so he thought until Sakura took a bite with one of her chopsticks and promptly spat it out in the trashcan.
"What the hell did you put in them" Sakura had made sure Madara couldn't mess up the simple task of cooking eggs, so how the heck did he mess them up that badly, Sakura looked around and finally spotted the ingredient he must have added while she wasn't looking.
"Madara you don't put vinegar in eggs, now do it over and this time, don't mess up" Sakura sighed, at least the food would still be warm by the time Shikamaru got home, she watched him closely and finally smiled when he got it right again.
Sakura warily took a bite, she chewed slowly savoring the taste before nodding "Good now you successfully know how to cook eggs" Sakura started washing dishes, after making sure Madara was watching, hygiene was important to her after all.
Just then someone knocked on the door "You finish up" Sakura ordered and Madara even though he was extremely pissed off took over washing and drying the dishes, before sitting them on the towel Sakura had set up.
Sakura pulled open the door and came face to face with her less than pleased looking father "Care to tell me why Gyakusatsu sent me a message saying you threatened to strip him of his title" Jashin eyed his daughter warily.
Sakura groaned "He brought back Madara Uchiha, tasked me with the responsibility of helping him regain his emotions and basically told me that everyone I cared and loved for were nothing more than pawns in a game" Sakura explained.
"But I had made plans for after breakfast to go and apologize, pregnancy hormones are kicking in and I can admit that I was a little to harsh, he was just trying to help and I know that" Sakura explained further and Jashin pulled her in for a hug.
Jashin chuckled, his daughter was just as much of a firecracker as Tsunade was and Yukina had been "No matter Sakura my precious emerald, I don't think he'll make the mistake of doing something like this again" Jashin chuckled again.
Sakura grinned, it was fun scaring people sometimes and to know that she had the ability to scare an immortal god was just as hilarious "I am still going to apologize though, I was severely out of line" Sakura couldn't stand it when she got angry at people for helping.
Jashin sighed and gave Sakura one last hug before leaving, Sakura shut the door behind her as she went back into the kitchen, Madara was sitting at the counter looking bored and sullen again "Alright what is it now" she sighed and sat down.
"I would like to have some books to read particularly on human anatomy or weapons" Madara ground out between clenched teeth, he hated asking for things but Sakura had ordered him to, and so he was compelled to do so.
Sakura blinked and put away the dishes, after inspecting them of course, then she thought of Madara's request "I don't see a problem with you having any books, we have a library here in the house, that I will allow you access to" Sakura answered in a warning tone.
Madara knew what was coming next "2 hours a day and only one book will be allowed in your room" Sakura laid down another rule, Madara nodded, he didn't see a problem with that rule, it would give him some time by himself.
"Oh and Madara if you try anything that privilege will be revoked" Sakura smiled sweetly at him before checking on the food it was still warm and Shikamaru's chakra was on it's way back with the people she had requested to see.
Madara frowned, why had the gods cursed him to live out his days as a slave to this woman, Gyakusatsu had promised him that she was a sweet and caring woman, but Sakura was no such thing instead she was pure evil.
"Now I'm going to introduce you to the animal companions" Sakura grinned, she wouldn't actually let Madara near them every day unless the animals learned to trust him, but at least they would know not to attack.
Madara sighed and unwillingly followed Sakura down the hall to the room that the animals had been assigned "Everyone listen up from this day forward, Madara here will be a permanent resident in the Kamizuru household" Sakura started speaking.
Madara eyed Sakura warily was this woman crazy, animals didn't talk "Mistress he reeks of sweat make him take a bath" a male ferret opened his mouth before covering his nose with his paws and Madara grew offended, he did not smell.
He discreetly smelled the air and nearly gagged, ok so the ferret was right he did stink but that was no reason to point it out so rudely "Sasuke that was not nice" Sakura scolded before the other animals started speaking up.
"You better not try anything Madara-san, everyone of us will gladly rip you to shreds if you so much as even try to threaten Sakura-sama" Midori set her crystal blue eyes on Madara who repressed a shiver of fear.
Madara swallowed thickly, all the animals were staring at him with mistrust in their eyes, and suddenly, it wasn't Sakura he feared it was these animal companions "Sakura-sama has cared for everyone of us" Kanpecki spoke up from his pillow.
None of the other animals spoke but the unspoken threats and mistrust were clear in the others eyes, even Komori was eyeing him with distrust in his brown eyes, then Sakura led him from the room and part way down the hall to the unused rooms in the house.
"This is the room you'll be using, I wrote out a list for my husband this morning to get you some things that you'll need but he's also been requested to bring back a few people" Sakura smiled cheerfully at Madara who leaned away from her in fear.
"Sakura where are you" Shikamaru called out as he opened the front door, he didn't have to call out again, as his pink haired wife trailed out of the room she was giving to Madara, who was right on her heels and looking less than happy about everything.
Sakura smiled happily and wrapped her arms around Shikamaru's waist "I'm here my shadow king" she pecked him on the lips briefly before greeting her family members and Yamato "So glad you could make it" Sakura greeted Hashirama and Tobirama with a hug.
Then she shook Yamato's hand, just then Madara spoke up "This is outrageous I refuse to bow down to this man" Sakura whipped around and glared heatedly at Madara, who immediately backed up several steps.
"You don't have to bow down, all I ask is one little thing, Treat My Family With Respect" Sakura snapped and popped her knuckles, she was one step away from just punching Madara in the face, usually a good beating from her straightened people out.
Madara grew pale and pressed himself against the wall as Sakura stalked passed him, the anger rolling off of her was massive, the others followed and he took up the rear "Shikamaru would you mind waking the kids" Sakura called from the front.
Shikamaru veered to the right and into the room Yukimaru had claimed as his own, Yukimaru and Mitsubachi were still burrowed under the covers, Mitsubachi was curled into Yukimaru's back and Yukimaru was snoring softly.
"Ok you two it's time to wake up" Shikamaru tried at first "Breakfast is ready and you won't get any if you don't wake up" Shikamaru sighed out, this time both children woke up and scrambled from the bed to get ready for the day.
Once they were dressed, Shikamaru took Mitsubachi into his arms and headed to the kitchen where everyone was situated at the table and Sakura was chattering happily with Tobirama about various water jutsu and which one was the best for beginners.
Mitsubachi huddled against Shikamaru, it was clear she didn't like Madara who sat at the end of the table looking extremely bored, his plate was cleared already or Sakura hadn't passed out the food yet, turned out it was the latter.
The minute Mitsubachi was settled in her high chair in between Shikamaru and Sakura, and Yukimaru and Shikamaru took their seats, Sakura hopped up and started plating up the food for everyone Madara got his last.
Yukimaru dug in, Sakura had made his favorite "Thanks Kaa-chan" he stated kindly after swallowing the bite he had eaten, soon the food was all demolished, Yukimaru hopped up like usual to do the dishes but Sakura stopped him.
"Madara will be doing the dishes, you need your rest, I noticed you rubbing your arms and stomach, so no exercise today" Sakura pulled Yukimaru in for a hug before nudging him out of the kitchen and back to his room.
Yukimaru gone Sakura turned to the rest of the occupants "Hashirama, Tobirama, Yamato, the main reason I called you here is well, Madara needs a bathroom attached to his room" Sakura didn't like ordering her family around.
"Say no more Sakura-chan, I assume Shikamaru has already gotten the bathroom items, and just need them to be assembled" Hashirama grinned before leading his brother and Yamato from the room and down the hall to a door that had Sakura's mark on it.
Madara sighed but continued washing the dishes like Sakura had ordered, it was ridiculous, he was the great Madara Uchiha and where was he now, a maid to the craziest person he had ever met and it was extremely degrading.
Sakura turned to Shikamaru "Take Mitsubachi to the library, she needs to start learning how to read and write, I'll be down as soon as possible, I need to apologize to a certain person" Sakura smiled when Mitusbachi pouted.
"Kaa-chan why do I need to learn such things" Mitsubachi had never had to learn before while she had been at the base, so she didn't really understand, Sakura pulled Mitsubachi into her arms at the question.
"Well sweety you want to be able to go to school someday and be like your big brother don't you" Sakura titled her head to the side and asked her question, Sakura waited for Mitsubachi's answer who thought long and hard about it.
Mitsubachi thought over her mothers words before nodding "I do, does that mean I have to start training as well" Mitsubachi didn't want to start training yet, but she would be a big girl if that's what her mother wanted her to do.
Sakura's eyes widened "Oh heavens no, Yukimaru was 7 when he started training with me, so you still have a couple more years to go before you get enrolled into the academy" Sakura quickly reassured Mitsubachi who smiled happily.
"Ok you two go on to the library I'll be down soon" Sakura set Mitsubachi down, Shikamaru took her by the hand and with that were gone from the kitchen, while Sakura had been talking Madara had finished the dishes and put them away.
"And as for you start setting up your room" Sakura handed Madara a scroll and he left the room, while Sakura went up the stairs again to enter her ritual room, for the second time in two days, before she helped Mitsubachi, Sakura had to apologize.
Sakura quickly chanted the ritual and was sent before Gyakusatsu, the immortal god immediately leaned away from her and Sakura flinched "I apologize for my actions yesterday, I let my mouth run away with my words" Sakura started.
"I never meant to take it so far, I'm trying to help Madara now, but don't take my threat seriously, your a very good lord" Sakura set her emerald green eyes on the immortal god, sadness and regret were clear in their depths.
Gyakusatsu hadn't thought Sakura would come back after the other day, but here she was "Your forgiven, I can admit to my own mistakes and the next time I want to bring someone back, I'll get your approval" he stated before sending Sakura back the conversation clearly over now.
Meanwhile Madara had finished setting up his room, the frame which Hashirama had made for him, had the mattresses on it, along with the sheets and pillows, he had a dresser full of clothes and a bedside table with a lamp on it.
Along with a homemade bookshelf and a door leading to his personal bathroom, complete with washer and dryer, but now he had nothing to do, so Madara wandered from his room, Sakura hadn't forbidden him from exploring the house.
He went into the kitchen only to back out Sakura's wolf was in there and chatting with Yamato who had decided to stick around for awhile, Madara would only admit to himself that he was terrified of that wolf.
Next Madara went up the stairs, on the way he passed by a door that hadn't previously been there, curious Madara pulled the door open and found Sakura on the floor, he pressed his finger to her neck her heart wasn't beating.
True terror went through him then, sure Madara didn't like the situation he was in, but that certainly didn't mean he wanted Sakura to be dead, he wanted to be the one to kill her, Madara didn't waste anytime and tore out of the room.
Madara found the library it was right next to the kitchen "Sakura is dead, I don't know how it happened, I was only exploring and I found this door half way up the stairs, when I went in she was sprawled out on the floor, she had no pulse and her heart wasn't beating" Madara shouted.
Shikamaru sighed when Mitsubachi burst into a loud wail "Mitsubachi-chan, why don't you go stay with Yukimaru for a bit" Shikamaru helped the 5 year old down from her chair and she scurried off crying the entire way.
Just then the wails cut off and Sakura's voice filtered into the room, a minute later the two females came back in "That scary man said you were dead" Mitsubachi still had tears leaking down her face and she was clinging tightly to Sakura's hand.
"Silly I can't die" Sakura glared right at Madara when she said this "I'm special and soon you will be to" Sakura smiled sweetly at her 5 year old adopted daughter and helped her up into the chair she had just vacated a few minutes ago.
Sakura turned and sent a signal to Shikamaru who immediately turned and started instructing Mitsubachi again on writing "You will follow me now" Sakura ordered, she had only been gone for 30 minutes and chaos erupted in her absence.
"Listen good Madara, I'm immortal like the god who brought you back to life and if you so much as even speak about this in front of Mitsubachi, you'll be forbidden from wandering around" Sakura hissed at Madara who nodded.
"I understand" Madara grimaced, he had jumped to the wrong conclusion and now, Sakura and Shikamaru were angry, he had gotten another order and he had caused a little girl to cry, why couldn't he do anything right anymore.
Sakura turned around and went back to the library "Oh and Madara I suggest you get your reading in while Mitsubachi gets taught" Sakura called over her shoulder and Madara didn't hesitate he walked back into the library.
He sat far away from the three, Madara wouldn't let on but he was furious that Sakura had caught onto his earlier lie, that was another thing he couldn't do around the pinkette, but he pulled out a book and started reading.
On the otherside of the room, Sakura bit her cheek to hide her smile, Madara was pissed and she knew why "Ok Mitsubachi-chan show me what your otou-san has taught you so far" Sakura instructed her daughter and the little girl eagerly showed off her neat writing.
Sakura smiled sweetly, Yukimaru had, had a hard time learning how to write but it seemed Mitsubachi was a quicker study "Kaa-chan I can also read a little bit now" Mitsubachi held up a children's book from Yukimaru's days and flipped it open to start reading.
"And the ugly duckling followed his momma home, he knew where he belonged now" Mitsubachi shut the book and looked up to find her own mother staring at her in shock "Did I do good Kaa-chan" Mitsubachi was worried that she had done something wrong.
"Very good how would you like it if I taught you a little bit about being a ninja" Sakura wanted to see if Mitsubachi was good at anything else like she was at reading and writing Mitsubachi tapped her lip before nodding slowly.
Sakura leaned down to whisper in Shikamaru's ear "Keep an eye on him and when 2 hours are up, make sure Madara only takes one book with him back to his room" Sakura didn't want to deal with anymore trouble Madara might cause that day.
Shikamaru nodded and pressed a kiss to Sakura's lips, before she left the room with Mitsubachi in her arms, the minute she was gone Shikamaru narrowed his eyes in suspicion when Madara sat down in the empty chair next to him.
Madara saw his chance to talk to Shikamaru and try to turn him against Sakura "How long have you known that evil woman" Madara didn't think Sakura was all that kind and sweet, she was just a demon in disguise.
Shikamaru glared "Sakura is not evil, she's just extremely protective and since I was 7" he rattled off "And I know exactly what your trying to do and it won't work, so I suggest you just get back to reading" Shikamaru announced smugly.
Outside Sakura was teaching Mitsubachi about kunai's and throwing them, like before the little girl picked up on the instructions with ease and was soon adept at hitting a target, though her aim was off it just proved to Sakura that Mitsubachi had the potential to be a great kunoichi.
"Kaa-chan what's that track over there" Mitsubachi pointed at the small race track and Sakura led her over to it, she saw the many footprints in the dirt and the various weapons littered across the field grounds in her backyard.
Sakura smiled down at Mitsubachi "Well this is where we run laps, Yukimaru often comes out here to train and always starts with his laps" she explained and then grinned "Would you like to run a little bit, you know exercise is good for you" Sakura gestured at the track.
"Can I really Kaa-chan" Mitsubachi was excited to learn that her onii-sama also ran on this dirt track to run laps and get exercise, she wanted to be just like her big brother and mother when she grew up.
"Yeah but words of caution start out slow otherwise you won't get very far" Sakura pulled over a chair and sat down to watch Mitsubachi do laps, she would have normally joined in but Sakura wasn't exactly feeling up to par at the moment.
Hashirama saw that Sakura was free and went over to talk with her "Are you sure that you can handle Madara, he's not who think he is and Madara has a lot of evil in him" Hashirama formed a chair and sat in it.
Sakura leaned her head back to look at him "Don't worry Hashirama, I know Madara is pure evil, but so long as he doesn't have a chance, he'll eventually learn to be good again I hope" Sakura really didn't know how to help Madara but she would try her best.
"Baby steps right" Hashirama grinned and Sakura returned his smile with one of her own "That's probably the best idea right now, work your way up from the bottom and gain his trust everything should come after" Hashirama explained.
Sakura sighed "Thanks for coming over, I thought it might help but I'm not always right" Sakura leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes, it wasn't even noon yet and she wanted to go back to sleep already it was hell carrying quadruplets in the womb.
Hashirama pressed his finger to his lip at Mitsubachi who approached "Your Kaa-chan's just a little tired" Hashirama reassured her when she asked if Sakura was ok "Want to go get your otou-san" he sent her off when she nodded.
In the library "Do you have a training field around here" Madara had been getting belligerent and Shikamaru had just about had enough of it "I don't like being cooped up in a house for a long period of time" Madara complained again.
Thankfully Mitsubachi ran through the library doors "Grandpa Hashi sent me, Kaa-chan is sleeping in the chair outside, she's tired cause of the babies" Mitusbachi explained to Shikamaru in a whisper, Mitsubachi didn't realize she no longer needed to be quiet.
Shikamaru grinned "Yes we have a training ground, but Sakura hasn't said anything about it yet, so you'll have to wait until she wakes up" Shikamaru happily informed Madara who scowled deeply at the news he couldn't go out and train.
"Also your two hours are up and you may only take one book with you back to your room" Shikamaru ordered and the Uchiha grasped one book in his hand before heading back to the room Sakura had given him.
Shikamaru headed outside and sure enough Sakura was there sleeping in a chair, Hashirama was silently watching over her "Thanks Hashirama, I've got her now" he carefully lifted Sakura into his arms like the day before and headed back in.
The others had left and so Hashirama took his leave as well "Mitsubachi, why don't you go see if Yukimaru will play with you for a bit, Kaa-chan and I are going to take a nap" Shikamaru chuckled as the little girl pouted at him.
"Actually, why don't you ask your onii-san if he'd take you to the park for awhile, but don't tell Kaa-chan I allowed this because then she'd get angry with me" Shikamaru grinned and gave Mitsubachi some ryo to get icecream and then headed into his room.
Soon both of them were asleep and Mitsubachi headed into the room next door and found Yukimaru wide awake reading from a book "Hey imouto-chan what is it" Yukimaru sat up when Mitsubachi clambered onto his bed.
"Otou-san and Kaa-chan are napping but otou-san said to ask you if you would take me to the park so will you onii-san" Mitsubachi chattered on endlessly before finally stopping "And otou-san gave me some ryo for icecream" she finished after a few minutes.
Yukimaru grinned, Mitsubachi hadn't been back in town since that first day, so there were plenty of things they could do besides go to the park, but Yukimaru grabbed his wallet, Sakura usually took 3 hour naps so they had some time.
Mitsubachi grasped onto Yukimaru's hand as they snuck out of the house the minute they were clear of the compound, he started explaining what they would be doing to Mitsubachi, Yukimaru wanted to show her some of his favorite places in the village.
"I figure we can go get some icecream first, then go to the park for a bit, afterwards I'll take you to visit the stone faces and then to the flower field Kaa-chan use to take me to all the time" Yukimaru listed off and Mitsubachi squealed in joy.
Yukimaru lightly laughed and led Mitsubachi to the icecream shop "Oh hello cutie pie" the girl behind the counter was a civilian who helped out at the shop her parents owned, but this was the first time she had met two absolutely adorable customers.
Mitsubachi huddled into Yukimaru's side "She's shy and two orders of soft serve vanilla" Yukimaru ordered, Mitsubachi didn't mind, because she didn't know what she would have picked so it was for the best.
Then Yukimaru gently pulled Mitsubachi over to a booth, a few minutes later their orders came and Yukimaru quickly poured a little honey over both of the ice creams, Mitsubachi squealed happily as she took a bite and allowed the icecream to melt in her mouth.
Yukimaru took a bite of his as well, it's a good thing that they'd be walking after this because, he didn't want to face an angry Sakura for breaking the no junk food rule and by the time they got back Mitsubachi should be hungry again.
When the got done the two adopted siblings left the shop only to come face to snout with Kanpecki "Lady Alpha said not to do exercise, so I'll carry you two around for the day" Kanpecki loved it when Yukimaru included him on adventures but his master had forgot him this time.
Yukimaru winced "I'm sorry Kanpecki and thank you" he helped Mitsubachi up onto his companions back before hopping on himself "To the park" Yukimaru ordered and the canine/wolf took off in a sprint Mitsubachi squealing the entire way.
5 minutes later Kanpecki came to a stop "Ok Imouto-chan, welcome to the park" Yukimaru grinned and set Mitsubachi on the ground, she took a hesitant step forward before running the rest of the way to the swings.
"She's quite the adorable little girl" Kakashi appeared next to his side and Yukimaru nodded not taking his eyes of his little sister, Shikamaru trusted him to watch over Mitsubachi and that's what he would do no matter what happened, Yukimaru would protect his sister.
"That's right and she's my little sister, Kaa-chan adopted her on my birthday and that was the best gift I could have gotten" Yukimaru explained before walking over to Mitsubachi who was waving him over.
"Onii-san will you push me on the swing" Mitsubachi enquired innocently kicking her feet back and forth lightly while she waited for Yukimaru to say something about her request that she had asked of him.
Yukimaru smiled and moved behind her "Sure swing your feet out at the top and tuck them under as you go up" Yukimaru instructed before taking hold of the chains and taking several steps back "Hold on Mitsubachi-chan" Yukimaru called out before running forward.
On the last step Yukimaru let go Mitsubachi went extremely high before coming back down Yukimaru grabbed onto the chains again "That was fun onii-sama" her heart was pounding at being so high up in the air "Will you push me that high again" she requested again.
So Yukimaru pushed Mitsubachi a few more times until she got bored, then she went over to the slide and then across the monkey bars, well Yukimaru watched her play on every single thing at the park, by the time they left 45 minutes had passed.
"Can we come again someday onii-san" Mitsubachi was still full of energy and couldn't wait to see more things in the village "You know I'm happy grandpa saved me and Kaa-chan and Otou-san adopted me" Mitsubachi murmured, she no longer lived in fear.
Yukimaru smiled "Me too Imouto-chan alright Kanpecki to the stone faces" Yukimaru ordered his companion forward and he leisurely walked through town towards the other end where the stone faces were carved into the mountain.
Mitsubachi stared in awe at the faces of the previous Hokage as Kanpecki carried them up the 273 steps until finally they reached the top "Onii-san who are these faces and why were they carved here" Mitsubachi asked in confusion as they sat down.
"Well Imouto-chan, the first face there is of a grandfather Hashirama, and then the second is our uncle Tobirama, the 3 is Hiruzen Sarutobi, the fourth is Minato Namikaze and the fifth one is our grandmother Tsunade" Yukimaru explained eager to teach Mitsubachi about some history.
"The reason they were carved into the mountain is because they were the villages leaders" Yukimaru continued and waited for the next question Mitsubachi wanted to ask, though it wasn't quite what he expected.
"Wow onii-sama, so grandpa Hashi, uncle Tobi and grandma Tsuna protected the whole village, how do you become the Hokage because that's what I want to be when I grow up" Mitsubachi wanted to have her face carved into the mountain like her grandparents had.
Yukimaru lightly chuckled "Well you have to train really hard and learn about politics and you have to do a lot of paperwork and you have to care for the entire village and want to protect them and you have to be elected by the village elders" Yukimaru explained.
To be honest he really wasn't sure what a shinobi had to do to become Hokage but under Sakura's and his own training, maybe Mitsubachi might be able to reach her goal someday, what with everyone being immortal.
After that Mitsubachi didn't ask anymore questions instead the two siblings sat together atop the Hokage Mountain for 25 minutes "Can we go to the flowerfield now" Mitsubachi wanted to get the last thing out of the way before going home.
"Sure Mitsubachi-chan" Yukimaru stood and helped Mitsubachi on his companion for the 3rd time that day, then Kanpecki walked back down all of the steps and towards Yukimaru's favorite place in the whole village it also happened to be Sakura's as well.
"This is where Kaa-chan and Otou-san first became friends, they laid down on the ground like this and cloudwatched for their entire lunch" Yukimaru told the story of how their parents became friends and then laid down as a demonstration.
Mitsubachi giggled but cuddled next to Yukimaru on the ground as they watched the clouds drift by it was really relaxing and the two almost fell asleep if it hadn't been for Kanpecki letting out a warning bark at the approaching chakra.
Yukimaru jumped up, he had never felt this persons chakra before so Yukimaru pulled Mitsubachi up with him and climbed a tree while ordering Kanpecki to hide in the bushes a second later a person he had never seen before crashed into the clearing.
"Damn it I was sure I felt that brats chakra" Yukimaru had heard that voice before, then he remembered it was that elder from the Aburame clan that didn't like Sakura, the man had approached them in the store and tried to take Mitsubachi with him.
Yukimaru was glad he had masked his chakra before hand, because it took the elder 20 minutes to give up on searching for him and Mitsubachi, the minute he was gone Yukimaru with Mitsubachi on his back clambered down the tree.
Then he helped Mitsubachi onto Kanpecki before climbing on himself "Kanpecki to home and make it fast" Yukimaru ordered and they left the flower field behind, besides it was time to get home anyway he would also hide this little problem from Sakura for now.
Kanpecki raced through the streets of the Leaf Village, and to the Kamizuru Compound and towards Sakura's house "Don't mention this to Kaa-chan Kanpecki and that's an order" Yukimaru didn't like forbidding his companion from something but this needed to be hidden.
"I understand Master" Kanpecki knew the reason why Yukimaru had ordered him like that, Sakura didn't need the added stress this new problem would bring, after the babies were born then Yukimaru would most likely tell Lady Alpha but until then he would keep quiet.
"Mitsubachi-chan, don't mention what happened or that we went out, Kaa-chan can't know, I'll help you train after the chunin exams and I'l share my honey combs with you" Yukimaru compromised, and waited for Mitsubachi's answer.
Mitsubachi knew that something had happened but she didn't understand what "Ok Onii-sama I promise" she whispered as they quietly snuck down the hall to Yukimaru's room, Mitsubachi was tired now so they curled up on Yukimaru's bed and fell asleep.
An hour or so later Shikamaru and Sakura woke up from their 3 hour nap "Feel better Sakura" Shikamaru asked even though he alread knew the answer to his question but Shikamaru wanted to hear it from Sakura anyway.
"Never better Shikamaru" Sakura stretched it was time to get started on lunch, then she remembered and wanted to groan "Will you send Madara to the kitchen, he's a terrible cook and he needs to learn" Sakura stated as Shikamaru helped her up from the bed.
Shikamaru sighed "You sure you want to tackle helping him" Shikamaru didn't think the old Uchiha was really worth all the trouble he was turning out to be, already Madara had created new problems and stressed Sakura out to the max.
Sakura bit her lip but nodded, she couldn't help it, it was just who she was "I'll go get him" Shikamaru chuckled, he knew what Sakura was thinking and really that was one of the reasons he had fell in love with her in the first place.
They shared a sweet kiss before moving off to do their separate tasks, Sakura peeked in on the children and they were knocked out like this morning "You two time to wake up, lunch will be ready soon, I hope" she called out as she walked by.
Yukimaru's eyes popped open then snickered quietly "Good job Mitsubachi-chan" they had feigned being asleep, they had woken up 5 minutes before Sakura had opened the door but wanted to see if they could trick her into believing they had been asleep.
"I don't like pretending to be asleep" Mitsubachi pouted, she didn't like having to hide things from her mother either but even she knew that Sakura didn't need anymore problems tacked onto her already long list of problems.
When the two siblings entered the kitchen Sakura was trying to teach Madara how to make grilled fish, it was one of her favorite dishes and right now that's what she was craving, but he kept messing up removing all of the bones.
Just then Hidan walked in, Sakura remained unaware but Madara noticed him immediately, then he smirked, oh yes he could use this, Hidan was a part of the akatsuki so he must be here as an undercover spy for Nagato.
"Sakura, I've heard a rumor that you made steak for the Inuzuka's" Hidan whined, he missed Madara who twitched his eye in agitation "How come you never make me a steak anymore" he pouted loudly.
"Hidan I don't have time for your problems I have more than enough of my own" Sakura angrily jabbed a knife in Madara's direction before turning on her heel to get back to cooking the minute she did Hidan started up again.
"So will you make me a steak tonight because it's been so long and I really want one" Hidan was acting like a child and he knew it but Hidan had been feeling ignored by Sakura lately, what with her having a family and everything.
A second later the knife Sakura had been using whizzed by his ear and his pink eyes widened "Hidan you want a steak make it your damn self I don't have time" Sakura growled and flopped down in a chair running a hand through her hair.
Shikamaru pulled Mitsubachi back, Sakura rarely got angry at Hidan and honest he had deserved it this time but she was also pregnant and very dangerous with a knife in her hands "Sakura why don't you let me try to teach Madara how to cook" Shikamaru offered.
"Would you please my feet ache and I just don't think I can do this right now" Sakura started crying as her mood changed from angry to upset "I can't do it anymore ok Hidan, I can barely move around as it is, I'm sorry" Sakura burst into another round of tears.
Hidan scratched the back of his head, Suzumebachi had warned him not to bother Sakura and now he knew why "Geez Sakura I'm sorry and it's ok you don't have to say sorry this was all my fault" Hidan owned up to his own mistake.
He lightly rubbed Sakura's back until her sobs died down and she gave him a watery smile "I'm ok now Hidan and really I can't make steak right now" Sakura pointed out again, actually she had, had steak last night and the little ones inside her rejected it.
Hidan smiled "Got it" then he eyed the knife that was still imbedded in the wall right where his head had been, Hidan carefully pulled it out of the wall "Here's your knife back" Hidan chuckled and handed it over before leaving with a wave.
Madara eyed Sakura warily, that idiot had just given the pregnant woman her knife again, he was loath to admit it but he was terrified of Sakura, he knew she had missed on purpose so that meant Sakura was a great shot.
So Madara just simply went back to work on trying to remove all the bones from his fish before grilling it to Sakura's liking, once lunch was eaten, Madara slipped off back to his room, he didn't want to end up getting a knife thrown through his skull by accidentally making Sakura angry.
In a room somewhere in the Leaf Village the elders of the village were having a meeting without Minato "This is outrageous Madara Uchiha being pardoned for his crimes I've never heard of something so ridiculous" one shouted this sparked the others to add their opinion in.
"I've heard that Sakura Kamizuru is once again in the middle of everything, Minato assured us that she had him under control but still we can't forgive Madara for everything he has done to this village" another yelled.
"He needs to be sentenced to death, that man will ruin us all if he's given the chance we can't let him destroy the village, Sakura or not Madara can not live, no mercy for Madara" more shouts echoed through the room.
All the elders agreed and decided to act when the time was right, Sakura would soon be distracted with the chunin exams and Madara would be left unattended it would be the perfect time to take Madara into custody and execute him before anyone found out.
Back in the Kamizuru house "Hey Kaa-chan I could give Imouto-chan a bath tonight if you'd like" Yukimaru wanted to make everything easier for his mother, he had noticed that after his birthday everything had gotten harder for Sakura.
Sakura looked at Yukimaru like he was the answer to all her problems, not really but at least Yukimaru understood what was going on "I love you Yukimaru you know that right" Sakura sighed she couldn't wait until this was all over and done with.
"I know Kaa-chan, come on Mitsubachi let's go play outside" Yukimaru took Mitsubachi by the hand and led her outside, he felt better now so that meant he could help Mitsubachi out with anything she needed.
"Will you help me train for a while onii-san" Mitsubachi wanted to start training to be Hokage and Yukimaru was just the person to help her, she didn't know how strong her brother was but Mitsubachi was sure she'd find out eventually.
Yukimaru grinned and headed over to the track "Onii-sama I've already done laps today" Mitsubachi sulked, she wanted to do something else that didn't involve running Mitsubachi plopped down on the ground in a mini tantrum.
"Okay, okay just let me run a few laps then we'll move onto the good stuff" Yukimaru laughed and started running a couple laps later he stopped and took a deep breath, that had been exhilarating like usual.
Mitsubachi hopped up and followed her brother towards a tree that Hashirama had grown in the backyard for chakra training "Alright you need to learn how to establish your chakra" Yukimaru grinned this had been one of the first things Sakura had taught him.
"This is one of the easiest exercises, knowing how to use chakra is one of the steps in becoming a great kunoichi like Kaa-chan" Yukimaru explained and then gathered chakra into the soles of his feet, and walked right up the tree to Mitsubachi's fascination.
Inside the house Madara had felt enough time had passed to wander out of his room again and request to use the training grounds, Sakura was still in the kitchen and Shikamaru was rubbing her feet as she hummed and read a book.
Madara hated asking but Sakura had requested he come to her with anything so Madara cleared his throat "May I use the training grounds out back" he spoke clearly and as nice as he could possibly ask and waited for his answer.
Sakura grinned she would like to feel the sun on her skin "Perhaps we could all go out back" Sakura craned her neck to peer at Shikamaru who shrugged his shoulders in agreement, with that they all went outside, the companions even came out as well.
Over by the tree Yukimaru dropped down from his branch and Mitsubachi clapped her hands together, she was ready to try her hand at the exercise "Hold on there little eager bee" Yukimaru stopped her and she pouted up at him.
"First you put your hands together like this" Yukimaru instructed, Mitsubachi repeated his actions with an ease he felt mildly jealous of but Yukimaru shook it off, there were shinobi out there that were younger than him and stronger than him.
"Next Mitsubachi you concentrate your chakra into your feet be careful, if you use to little you'll fall and if you use to much you'll crack the tree and get pushed off" Yukimaru showed her a few times until a blue glow surrounded Mitsubachi's feet.
Mitsubachi's eyes lit up in amazement she was just like her big brother now a ninja, then she took a deep breath and walked right into the tree, Mitsubachi blinked her mismatched eyes and looked up how come she hadn't gone up the tree like Yukimaru had.
Yukimaru lightly chuckled "Imouto-chan you have to get a running start at first" he finally explained and Mitsubachi's eyes lit up with understanding this time "I'll be here to catch you just in case" Yukimaru promised.
Sakura eyed her children warily, oh she hoped to her immortal god that Yukimaru wasn't teaching Mitsubachi what she thought he was teaching her "You know maybe we could move a little closer to the kids just in case" Sakura wrung her hands nervously.
"Midori keep an eye on Madara" Shikamaru commanded and help Sakura up from her chair then he grabbed the two chairs up and moved them closer to the tree his children were standing under, next he helped Sakura sit down before doing the same.
Madara wanted to just die again that woman didn't trust him at all, what had been the point of coming back in the first place if he had no free will, but he continued tossing a dull kunai at a target hoping to perfect his aim and get muscles back that he had lost in the revival.
Yukimaru watched as Mitsubachi concentrated chakra to her feet again and then took his instructions by running at the tree, when her feet hit the tree Mitsubachi just kept running until she reached the top of the tree she blinked and started plummeting to the earth.
Yukimaru's eyes widened in horror, his little sister had just gotten the jutsu right but Mitsubachi hadn't been paying attention and ran righ up the tree until there was no more, she wasn't screaming she just seemed fascinated.
"Hang on Imouto-chan I got ya" he caught her just before she hit the ground "Next time pay a little more attention" Yukimaru set Mitsubachi on the ground and wiped his forehead, at least she hadn't freaked out about being to high.
Sakura smiled in relief and pride Mitsubachi was going to grow up to be a prodigy "Kaa-chan did you see I ran all the way up the tree" Mitsubachi came running over to her, Yukimaru was slowly trailing behind her looking sheepish.
"I saw and I'm very proud maybe after your siblings come I can help out with your training some" Sakura offered "Also if I can convince your father to go and get Suzumebachi's bee summoning scroll you can start training with a bee summons" Sakura smiled innocently at Shikamaru.
Shikamaru sighed "Alright I'll go ask" he pressed a kiss to Sakura's cheek before heading through the gates and down the road towards Hidan's house, the silver haired man let him in and led him into the living room where Suzumebachi was drinking tea.
"Sakura sent me to ask you for the bee summoning scrolls, it's for Mitsubachi who started training thanks to Yukimaru" Shikamaru sat down when Suzumebachi gestured for him to do so while she sent Hidan looking for her scrolls.
Suzumebachi sipped her tea quietly, Hibiki was taking a nap and the house was quiet "I thought Sakura was going to wait until Mitsubachi was older before training her" Suzumebachi didn't look up from her book though.
"Yeah like I said apparently Mitsubachi convinced Yukimaru to start her training and well she's a natural at everything so far" Shikamaru grinned, two talented children and more on the way, with the babies being of Sakura's blood and flesh they would be extremely talented.
Suzumebachi laughed softly and took another sip of her tea just as Hidan came back into the room carrying the scrolls Shikamaru had request "I'll bring them back sometime" Shikamaru took the scrolls in hand and then left the house.
In the time he had been gone Madara had sat down in a vacant chair right next to Sakura as she watched her two adopted children train and get stronger "Why adopt them when you have your own on the way" Madara didn't understand why Sakura took people in.
Sakura's head snapped up from where she had been resting it against her pillow "Yukimaru would have been used for evil purposes, I took him in because he needed me, Mitsubachi was practically abandoned in a base with an evil man, she needed someone as well" Sakura sighed.
"I might be pregnant right now but those two will always be just as much my children as any other children I birth" Sakura had worked long and hard to make this world a better place and that's exactly how it was going to stay.
Madara leaned back and groaned, this woman was impossible "Why did I get stuck with you" he scowled fiercely but Sakura didn't answer him, she just continued reading from her book, Madara was tempted to snap at her to not ignore him but this woman was dangerous.
"Madara tell me what happened what turned you against the Leaf Village, your home, your friends everything in general" Sakura wanted to know more about Madara so that she could better understand what she needed to do.
Madara gave her a sneer and turned over so that his back was facing her "Don't make me command you" Sakura warned and he quickly flipped back over "Good boy now talk to me, that is what I'm here for" Sakura smiled innocently.
'Unbelievable she threatened me and all I did was turn over like a scared child' Madara crossed his arms sullenly "My brother died, I lost against Hashirama, I learned some things explanation over" he rushed out before flopping over again.
Sakura's eye twitched in irritation "Madara that was not an explanation, and I expect you to turn over and talk to me, stop acting like a child" Sakura snapped in agitation, the Uchiha was being ridiculous how on earth anyone expected her to help him was beyond her.
Madara sighed "Fine Tobirama killed my brother, I gained a new sharigan, I lost a long battle against Hashirama and was forced into helping him build a village" he started explaining a little bit more about his past life.
"With my new sharigan I could read from a stone tablet and learned certain things about the world and wanted to correct them thus I left the village" Madara finished "And now can I stop talking this was extremely exhausting" Madara glared angrily in a random direction.
Sakura slapped her hand against her forehead 'Gyakusatsu I swear this man is impossible to help maybe you should just take him back' she sent the thought to Gyakusatsu who ignored it, he was sure Sakura could help Madara.
"You know the world really is a better place, there hasn't been a war for over 20 plus years, every village has a treaty with the other" Sakura tapped her lip, if Madara thought the world needed some corrections, then maybe she would show him how peaceful it was now.
Madara huffed but remained silent "When my children are born and Shikamaru can handle them, we'll leave the village for a couple of weeks and I'll show you just you wait Madara" Sakura stated in determination.
Just then Shikamaru came back through the gates "She had them stored in a closet so it took Hidan awhile to search for the scrolls" Shikamaru explained the reason for why he had been gone for as long as he had been.
Sakura smiled "Mitsubachi-chan come on over here" she waved the little girl over "Madara would you do me a teensy weensy little favor" Sakura turned her emerald eyes on the Uchiha who sat in the chair 5 feet away from her to her left.
Madara reluctantly nodded his head "Would you do the honors of summoning this wasp summons for me" Sakura enquired innocently "I can't use chakra and Shikamaru can't do this one because it requires a lot of chakra" she internally smirked.
"I suppose" Madara was surprised it was the first thing she had asked him for without commanding it and it felt somewhat nice, he had a more than a lot of chakra so using this jutsu wouldn't be to difficult for him.
When the giant hornet appeared Sakura quickly took over "Kyojin-sama, would you consider letting Mitsubachi sign your summons contract, she's of the Kamizuru clan true blood as you might call her" Sakura requested kindly.
Kyojin stared down at the tiny blue haired girl with mismatched purple and blue eyes before peering at the pinkette who had addressed her then back at the little girl before finally speaking "I would be most pleased if the little miss signed my contract" then reversed the summons.
Madara sat back down in his chair as Sakura instructed Shikamaru on helping Mitsubachi sign her name in blood and press her fingerprints to the scroll, Sakura wrapped her hand in a bandage "You were so brave" Sakura pressed a kiss to Mitsubachi's forehead.
Mitsubachi peered around Sakura at the scary man who had intruded their home "Mister Madara" she hesitantly approached him, and Sakura held her breath and hoped that Madara didn't do anything to upset her daughter.
"Yeah little girl what is it" Madara was curious to see what she wanted from him, technically he was compelled to do anything the little girl asked because Sakura had ordered it of him on the first night here.
Mitsubachi took a deep breath "You don't like being here do you" she rushed out, Mitsubachi had noticed how reluctant and angry Madara looked everytime she saw him, and she didn't understand, her Kaa-chan always made her feel better so why didn't he like it here.
"No I don't but I really have no choice so my opinion doesn't matter" Madara wasn't cruel with his response it was full of resignation to the fate of being an eternal maid to the occupants of the house and more that were on the way.
Sakura flinched that had been harsh but she could understand where Madara was coming from, since the moment he had been brought back all she had done was order him around, Sakura was just being extremely cautious.
"That's not true Madara your opinion does matter" Sakura felt hurt though "All you have to do is speak up use your voice like it was meant to be used just use it for the good side now" Sakura stared at Madara her emotions were reflected in her eyes.
Madara pressed his lips together, Sakura was right, but he couldn't just simply give up on his dream could he, but if what she said was true then everything he had worked for was for nothing and now he had nothing.
"I don't have a goal now" Madara sighed he was tired of fighting, he would accept this new role, the akatsuki were disbanded anyway and "What will I do" Madara leaned back in his chair with another sigh and waited for someone to give him an answer.
"Madara don't you like anything, perhaps you had a hobby in your past life that you liked or I could..." Sakura trailed off, she knew what she was going to do 'And you better do it for me Gyakusatsu' Sakura sent another message to the immortal god who sent her a message back.
'It will take some time to bring Izuna Uchiha back Princess so give me some time' Gyakusatsu told her before fading and Sakura sighed it was just something that she had to live with and plus she had plenty of patience now.
Madara stared at her in surprise before he flushed in embarrassment "I liked gardening and growing flowers also I liked to skip rocks with Hashirama" he admitted, before looking at the time "I'll start making dinner" Madara hopped up and escaped into the house.
Sakura grinned, those things were easily acquired not to mention, Madara had finally opened up to her, with that everyone went in and ate dinner that Madara had cooked, it was grilled fish but nobody minded it much because Sakura usually cooked fish in several various ways.
Afterwards Yukimaru gave Mitsubachi a bath before peeking into his parents room, Madara had gone to bed sometime ago "Goodnight Kaa-chan, Otou-san" Yukimaru called softly before letting Mitsubachi take her turn at saying goodnight.
"Night Kaa-chan, Otou-san" Mitsubachi yawned from Yukimaru's shoulders she had gotten sleepy so she had asked her brother to carry her, Sakura and Shikamaru returned the sentiments and Yukimaru and Mitsubachi crawled into bed before quickly falling asleep.