I had another serious case of writers block! UGH! Buuuut... New chapter yay! Please R&R if you enjoy the story!

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~Kyvena


Chapter 12: A Moment Of Weakness


As of now, Sakura sat in her crimson painted bedroom holding her knees closely to her chest. She KNEW that Izuna was no longer of this world thanks to a Hyuga Clan member cutting him down. The proof was brought back to the castle by Tobirama; who, at the moment... appeared very sad and solemn for the loss of his best friend.

That very same day... Madara changed... he no longer smiled, nor did he ever make sweet comments to the pinkette to put her mind at ease. The male with the long and unruly black locks that held a blue tint no longer spoke or whispered those loving words he had only used once to her either.

Just as the pinkette was at a loss and was just about to give up, a sinister MALE voice began to ring throughout her skull and started to believe she had officially gone insane. Right then and there, Sakura's consciousness was pulled within her very own darkened world of her mind as an evil smiling facial expression appeared.

'It's such a shame mother is asleep, now she cannot witness such a female writhing in pure agony!' Sakura knew this voice, she KNEW that she knew this voice as her fists balled up angrily, 'BLACK ZETSU!' Chuckling softly and evilly, Black Zetsu then calmed himself before speaking, 'Considering mother is asleep she gave ME the permission to change dimensions should it be needed. This dimension bores me though... let us create a more enticing dimension where love is not so easily given away!'

The "creature" began cackling as Sakura then reached out before releasing a loud panicked shout, 'NO!' It was obvious that she was clearly objecting to this as her hand reached out HOPING the... thing... would cease all of it's choice of actions and decisions at that moment. The pinkette then fell to her knees as her world began to black out and her memories of the previous dimension were then erased from her mind.


All Sakura could feel was a small hand- er- finger poking at her forehead as the voice of a male child began to speak, "Sensei...? Sensei... SAKURA-SENSEI!" Jolting awake, the female looked at the child, "N-Naruze...?" The pinkette stared at the blonde haired and blue eyed child as he laced his hands behind his head and grinned.

"Oi, grandma Tsunade has been asking for you all day!" The male child happily chirped and smirked at his sensei before continuing his little speech, "Obviously you were sleeping, but what were ya doing here of all places sensei?" Sakura batted her long eyelashes a few times as if she were highly confused, "I... don't know." Shrugging at this, Naruze grinned and laughed, "You'd better get going now Sakura-Sensei!"

Nodding in compliance at this, Sakura simply vanished before appearing in the Hokage's office. Kneeling to one knee, the pinkette slowly bowed her head, "Lady Tsunade you asked to see me?" Turning around, Tsunade nodded, "Sakura Uchiha, you are one of my BEST medical ninjas and were even taught by me." Erecting her body so that she now stood straight, Sakura merely stared blankly at the fifth Hokage.

'Kay... I already knew that...' The pink haired Uchiha lass thought as she nodded, "Yes milady. What are you requiring me to do?" The busty female Hokage nodded at this as if she too... already knew this, "Well, the thing is... we found Madara Uchiha very much alive, though he is not well. In order to interrogate him, I am placing Kakashi Hatake in your place as jonin squad leader of team seven while you are healing the Uchiha."

Obviously Tsunade had forgotten Sakura was an Uchiha until Shizune abruptly cleared her throat, causing Tsunade to face palm, "Doh! Erm... well that's awkward... ANYWAY! Would you like Naruto to accompany you for protection? I mean, I am aware that you're on the legendary scale but... so is he... therefore, we will be placing chakra draining handcuffs on him so that he will not be able to attack you in any shape or form."

Clearing her throat and sighing heavily, Tsunade continued, "We just don't want that evil man to assault you while you are trying to complete your mission Sakura." Sakura's eyes almost immediately widened at this request as her fists balled up so tightly that her knuckles turned a ghostly white before she began to shout angrily, "YOU WANT ME TO HEAL THAT BASTARD!?"

At that moment Jiraya walked in and instantly sweat dropped, "I'm guessing this ISN'T a good time?" Next, Orochimaru slithered into the room along with Sasuke who stared at the pinkette almost hungrily. Tsunade Senju snapped her attention to the two men that now stood in front of her, "Ah! Orochimaru and Sasuke! I'm guessing your training with Sasuke proved to be fruitful?" Not nodding, yet not dismissing the praise, Orochimaru smirked, "Tsunade, you hurt me. We would have not returned if Sasuke had not progressed as quickly as he did."

The moment Orochimaru's tongue slid out in an unnatural way to wet his lips, Sakura internally grossed out until Sasuke's voice rang out, "Sakura, it's nice to see you again..." Nodding her head towards her fellow clan mate as an acknowledgement; Sakura then resumed to look at the blonde haired Hokage, "You do not honestly expect me to heal the man that put our entire world in jeopardy... you must jest milady."

Snapping her head towards the pinkette whom was clearly pissed off at the moment, Tsunade's voice then rang out in a dead serious tone, "No, I would not joke about a matter such as this." Sakura just couldn't believe her ears... she was HONESTLY expected to heal this evil man? For fucks sake, Madara Uchiha practically STARTED the fourth great ninja war!

"Also..." Tsunade paused to gently nibble at her painted lips before continuing, "This was also the counsel's choice, so we really have no say in the matter. You were specifically chosen for this mission because you will not grow attached to this man, nor will he become attractive in your eyes."

All Sakura could think at that moment was, 'No shit... you THINK!?' Right as her thoughts finished roaring, Inner Sakura decided to chime in at that very moment, 'KICK HIS ASS! CHA!' Sakura quickly dismissed her inner voice as her emerald orbs blankly stared at her master.

Sighing heavily, Tsunade rubbed her temples, "Sakura do not give me that look of dissatisfaction... PLEASE?" Groaning at this, the pinkette continued to stare at her master, "Very well milady... when shall I begin..." Rubbing the back of her head sheepishly, Tsunade laughed almost nervously, "About that... you will be starting in thirty minutes..."

Okay, now she was ROYALLY pissed off as she bowed and released a snarky 'tsk' before she snapped around and stormed out of Tsunade's office like a clearly enraged teenage girl who did not want to be disturbed at the time. The second Sakura exited, Jiraya released a breath, "With that quick hot temper and monstrous strength... you've raised a Tsunade Jr..." Orochimaru said nothing, but nodded as well.


Thirty minutes came much too quickly much to Sakura's dismay. Pulling her thigh length bubble gum colored locks up into a ponytail that sat on the top of her skull, Sakura then yanked a mask on in case he had any contagious viruses. 'Oh wait... HE is the virus.' Sakura internally mused sarcastically.

There was a door behind a door... 'What in the hell? I know Madara is strong... but TWO doors? He's wearing chakra draining cuffs! He's practically a civilian now! Overkill much...?' Shaking her head of all thoughts as she pulled on her doctor's coat, the ANBU guard held his hand up before practically yelling at the pinkette, "HALT!"

Well, she wished she could halt! Sighing heavily, Sakura pulled her mask off, "I am Uchiha Sakura. I have been placed to be Uchiha Madara's personal doctor under Lady Hokage's request and demands." Nodding his masked face towards her, he smiled unknowingly to Sakura, yet the pinkette could practically hear his smile, "Ah! We have been waiting for your arrival! Please enter!"

A slight pause was then given before many shouts could be heard from inside the room that were no doubt, Madara's. Tilting her head, Sakura then got an annoyed expression; causing the guard to begin laughing slightly, "Oh there are other medics inside." Nodding at this, Sakura then pulled the mask back onto her face. Gaining a "look" on her face, the ANBU guard opened the door before she slid a card into the next door to gain entrance.

Once the door opened, Sakura gained a professional attitude before walking inside. Looking at the other two nurses; Sakura would play Madara into behaving by acting as he did, "YOU TWO!" The two terrified medical ninja's, who were completely frozen, slowly turned their heads towards Sakura and she immediately yelled, "GET OUT!"

Madara watched all of this go down before the two terrified weaklings ran from the room. Turning towards the man who was also chained down to his bed, Sakura began to walk forward with her head held high, yet on the inside she was terrified. Nightmares of the war plagued her each and every night, so honestly, she was too tired to put up with this mentally insane man's bullshit.

Stopping in front of him, Sakura picked up the chart for Madara and began reading it over. Madara quietly watched those dazzling emerald orbs dance around to read. Finally speaking, Madara's stern and venom laced voice spat, "YOU! WHO ARE YOU!?" Sakura raised a hand to her chin as she read over his charts, "Doctor Uchiha Sakura..." Her voice trailed slightly off towards the end of her very own name. This man was... 'FASCINATING!' Her mind practically shouted in joy that she would finally have a challenge.

Setting the clipboard down, those brilliant emerald orbs began to look him over, "Hm... I see... turn over." All Madara could do was look at this woman in disbelief that SHE had just ordered HIM, "No." Was all his answer was as she placed her hands on her hips, "DO YOU WANT ME TO HEAL YOU OR NOT!?" This woman was UNBELIEVABLE! Madara then scowled at her spitefully, "And you, medic, never order me around again." His deepened and husky voice rang out.

'He is definitely highly dehydrated...' Sakura thought as she turned and grabbed one of the water bottles meant for her and opened it before gently pressing it to his lips, "You need to drink Mr. Uchiha..." He deeply scowled at her, but was actually thankful for the drink. Of course... you'd never hear him actually thank this wench.

After giving him a small drink, Sakura began writing a list of items she would need before walking out to the ANBU guard, handed it to him, and smiled as she asked politely if he could go into the hospital to grab those items. Nodding, the guard quickly vanished and Sakura walked back inside Madara's cell.

The one thing she could definitely notice off of the bat was the fact that he had not been sanitized, "Incompetent fools..." The exhausted pinkette managed to mutter out before she grabbed the metal tub and filled it to the brim with warm water. Grabbing disinfectant soap, Sakura walked over to the man.

Madara could not help it... this female was intriguing. She talked back to him and ordered him around. Though, of course... he honestly did not like some Uchiha bra- 'Wait... she's an Uchiha...? There's no possible way in hell.'

Sitting beside the extremely injured male, Sakura went into complete and full doctor mode, "Mr. Uchiha, I'm going to bathe you now. I will aim to be as gentle as possible around your wounds." A sharp 'TSK' was quickly released from the obstinate male's mouth, "Do not touch me you Leaf Village filth." Sakura's eyebrow was beginning to twitch angrily as she tightened her fist to the point where her knuckles cracked, "FINE! GET INFECTIONS! YOU ALSO SMELL LIKE A TRASH CAN!"

Staring lazily at the pinkette, Madara's hand shot over his mouth as be began to cough up blood. The doctor in Sakura forced her to run over to him and begin rubbing his sullied back tenderly, "You see what I mean Mr. Uchiha?" The tone in her voice had definitely become soft, sweet, and tender.

Casting his void like orbs towards the pinkette, he could not read her no matter how hard he tried. Leaning down, Sakura grasped the rag and began to scrub the dirt off of him, which took five extra times to get him to sparkle. Now it was onto the hair... that took ten whole washes to get his hair looking back to its shiny black and blue glory.

All Madara could do was try to inspect the supposed Uchiha female at that moment due to it being so dark. Sure, touching him infuriated him beyond belief but she did keep her word about being gentle around his wounds. Turning his head towards the female as she toweled off his hair, Madara smugly turned towards the pink haired Uchiha who he couldn't really even see, "For cleaning me I shall give you a reward."

Tilting her head in confusion, Sakura then shifted in front of him and began to towel the top his head off. Right at that moment she stepped in front of him, Madara's hand shot out in front of him to grasp Sakura's wrist tightly, yank her towards him, ripped her mask off, and pressed his lips to her's. In all honesty, Madara found Sakura's flavor to be intoxicating and on the borderline of being addictive, yet never actually saw the pinkette's face.

Completely shocked and mortified at this, Sakura reared her arm back and slapped the legendary god of war across the face so harshly that her hand stung painfully for a long time afterwards. Growling angrily at this, Sakura slammed the male back against the metal bed frame and began to yell at him to never touch her again unless he wanted to die; which he slipped and showed a moment of weakness before choking out, "Then allow me to kunoichi... I just want... to see Izuna again..."

"Wha...?" Okay, this could NOT be Madara Uchiha. Was her master playing a trick on her? If so, it wasn't funny. Madara simply gained his cold expression once again and glared at the female. Getting an annoyed facial expression, the ANBU member then appeared within the room with everything she had asked for. Smiling beautifully at the guard, Sakura then bowed slightly, "Thank you for that. I really appreciate it." The male then nodded and vanished back to his post.

"And what might THAT be?" Madara barked out, obviously wanting an answer right then and there. Not answering him as she inspected the syringe filled with antibiotics, Madara continued to speak, "Keep that garbage away from me." His voice was now giving her quite the massive headache until he made one final comment, "All you Hidden Leaf trash have become like a pack of weak pups barking. No bite and no dance left." Okay, she snapped.

Whipping around, the pink haired Uchiha then roughly plunged the syringe into the relics arm, causing him to grit his teeth and grunt, "What is the meaning of this!?" Sakura then shot him a glare and yelled angrily through clenched teeth, "SHUT UP!" Hang on... he knew this voice. The cell was so poorly lit though that he could not clearly see her face, "You... medic."

Lazily humming a reply as she hooked up an IV drip, Madara continued to speak, "Come into the light. NOW." Sakura was growing highly frustrated with this arrogant BASTARD, yet stepped into the light as she began to scribble notes down. Madara's eyes suddenly narrowed and his brows furrowed, "It's you." Nodding as if it were obvious, Sakura instantly rolled her emerald orbs and gave a snarky reply, "It's me."

"YOU ARE THAT BRAT WHO WAS WITH NARUTO AND SASUKE!" Madara screamed angrily as Sakura glared at the infuriated male, "I have a proper name, so I advise you USE it Mr. Uchiha." The rest of the time Sakura was treating Madara was completely silent until Sakura stood from the stool and finally spoke whenever she reached the door and opened it, "You know... I don't want to be around you as much as you don't want me around you. Keep that in mind you bastard..."

Such DISRESPECT to the great Madara Uchiha would NOT be tolerated! The moment Madara opened his mouth to speak, Sakura slammed the cell door shut before exiting the second door. 'Now I have a searing migraine all thanks to that jackass, GREAT!' Was all the infuriated pinkette could manage to think as both of her hands rose so that she could tenderly rub the sides of her temples in a circular motion. Madara was baffled at this... none of the other medics that had come into his cell had spoken to him the way she had, "How enticing..." His dark voice purred out.

The report could wait until morning... she really... and I mean REALLY needed some much needed rest as she walked back towards her apartment. Ever since Madara murdered her parents with one of Ten Tail's tailed beast bombs, she had been... alone. Looking up at the starry sky, tears filled Sakura's emerald orbs, "I wonder. Is this how Naruto felt his entire life...?" Sakura softly whispered out.

Naruto offered to stay with her due to not used to being alone the way he was, but she felt like she would just be burdening the lovable knucklehead with how childish and weak she was being. Now she had wished... she had accepted that offer. Nightmares and night terror's constantly plagued her at night until the point where she did not even want to try to sleep anymore.


. . .


The next day came much too quickly as the pink haired Uchiha female began to seethe over having to go BACK to that wretched prison cell to HEAL that INTOLERABLE man after only gaining roughly three hours of sleep the night prior. Pushing herself out of bed, she obviously hadn't gotten much sleep... as usual... and her body was seriously beginning to take its toll as she lugged her body to her coffee machine.

At the moment a very hyperactive ninja bounced his way to Sakura's apartment due to the fact that he had promised that he would be there each and every morning to walk Sakura to the Hokage's office to make her report. Opening Sakura's apartment door, Naruto popped his head in only for his eyes to widen in horror.

She didn't know what had happened, but before even making it to her coffee pot; she collapsed face first on the ground. Naruto ran in and began to shake her roughly, "SAKURA!? SAKURA!?" Whenever he could not wake the unconscious beauty, Naruto instantly swore aloud, "SHIT!"

Sticking to Sakura's side, the blonde haired hero knelt down and found that she still had a pulse, but he was also quick to notice the black rings circling her beautiful emerald orbs, "She hasn't... been sleeping...?" Naruto quickly lifted Sakura into his strong arms bridal style before turning and bolting out of the apartment. Right at that moment Kurama decided to speak up, 'Naruto, this is the woman you love isn't it?' Nodding his head towards the now befriended Nine Tailed Fox, Naruto sighed as he replied to his companion internally, 'I've loved Sakura for as long as I can remember... yet I know that she is in love with Sasuke...'

Kurama quieted down the moment Naruto burst through the Hokage's door and just about giving her a damned heart attack, "Naruto!? What happened to Sakura!?" Shrugging, Naruto's face softened as he peered down to the pinkette that now laid unconscious within his arms, "I'm not sure granny. After her parents were..." Pausing momentarily to mouth K.I.L.L.E.D, he then continued, "She's had horrible night terrors... I even offered to stay with her to help her cope... but she rejected me as usual, ya know?"

This made Tsunade groan before getting an idea and straightening her body, "NARUTO UZUMAKI!" Stiffening up as if he were in trouble, the blue eyed male then spoke out, "Yes granny?" Nodding her head, Tsunade then pointed to Sakura, "You are to stay with Sakura until she is feeling better!" Gaining a mischievous grin, Naruto aimed to please as he then spoke out, "What rank is the mission?" Oh how did she know he was going to pull this...

"It will be an S-Rank mission!" Well... she wasn't lying... Sakura's temper could jeopardize anyone's health. Grinning handsomely at this, the Jinchuuriki shifted the pink haired Uchiha female within a single one of his arms before using the other hand to give Tsunade the thumbs up, "You can count on me granny!"


By the time Sakura came to, three days time had actually passed as she shot out of bed to notice a bunch of new things within her apartment, "Did I remodel when I was asleep...?" Finally feeling rested, Sakura stretched; causing each and every joint in her body to pop before she walked out to see none other than Naruto asleep on her couch.

At first she wanted to punch the blonde haired male to the moon, but then she noticed a note on her counter. Picking the note up, Sakura began to read it softly aloud so that she did not wake up Naruto, 'Sakura, I know you told me you didn't want me to stay with you, but granny ordered that I move in with you because of your night terrors. -Love, Naruto.' She really hadn't wanted anyone to figure out about her night terrors... but she knew Naruto had meant well, so there was no possible way she could be angry with him.

Turning her head to look at the time, the pink haired Uchiha swiftly turned her body, quickly made coffee, ran back to her room, got dressed in a black Uchiha branded t-shirt and short black spandex shorts. Running back to the coffee maker, Sakura got a travel mug and placed some peppermint flavored creamer with two scoops of sugar before pouring in some of the coffee.

Closing the top to her travel mug, the pinkette then grabbed everything as quickly as humanly possibly and gave Naruto a kiss on the forehead before bolting out. On that day, she had forgotten to tie her hair up into her signature high ponytail, leaving her locks to flutter loosely behind her.

Finally reaching the cell Madara was being held in, Sakura could already hear his pissed off yelling echo throughout the corridor as she walked towards the ANBU guard who nodded at Sakura to enter once he opened the first door. Walking through the door, it was quickly shut and Sakura began to whisper as she made her way to the second door with the card to give her entrance in hand, "Please don't piss me off, please don't piss me off, please don't piss me off!" Of course she knew that was asking a bit much. Especially whenever it came to Madara Uchiha.

Swiping the card, Sakura then entered and immediately saw the same two medics she had yelled at on the very first day and smiled apologetically towards them, "What's the issue?" Sakura made sure that her voice was projected sweetly this time instead of acting like that bastard.

The two medics turned to Sakura with fear filled expressions, "H-He won't let a-anyone treat him b-but you Lady Sakura." The first male stuttered out and the female medic that was beside him was all too quick to nod in agreement. She could already feel a headache coming and she quickly drank some coffee to suppress that pain that now pounded within her skull; but did this help? I think not.

Motioning that the two other medics could leave, Sakura sighed heavily as she began to make sure that all of the torches had been lit so that she could actually see the damage on her patient as well as see his condition. Today she was going to test out a new jutsu on Madara that she had been using on the orphans of shinobi that had been killed by Madara or by any of the other reanimations. Sakura was proud to admit that not even the fifth Hokage knew how to use this jutsu.

Snapping into professional mode, the pinkette then gently spoke out, "How have you been feeling Mr. Uchiha? Forgive my absence... I was not feeling well." As if he CARED if she was not feeling well or NOT, "Never leave me again." That came out completely wrong and Sakura instantly turned bright red. Now she wished she had not lit all of those damn torches.

"W-What...?" Sakura muttered out as Madara then noticed what he had said, "TCH! Do not FLATTER yourself girl! I simply meant that I don't want any other hands touching me except yours!" Okay, that had come out wrong too. The pink haired Uchiha female blinked rapidly to try and make sense of all of this, yet found she could not. Whenever Madara realized what he had said, HE blushed, yet snapped his head away so that she could not witness the rent tint that now plagued his cheeks.

Moments of silence began to pass whenever Madara's hand shot up to his eyes as if he did not want to see something traumatic. She knew because the CHILDREN in the hospital would do the same exact thing. Rushing to Madara's side, she began to rub his back tenderly, "What hurts Mr. Uchiha...?" His hand suddenly shot out and since she was so close, he grasped her tightly around the throat as she squeaked and began to claw at his bare hand with her gloved hands.

He had began to hyperventilate, "I HAVE SEEN YOUR GHOST MY ENTIRE LIFE EVER SINCE YOU DIED! WAS WITNESSING YOU DIE ONE TIME NOT ENOUGH IZUNA!? ARE YOU PUNISHING ME NOW!? WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG!?" At this point, Sakura was gasping for air as Madara yelled at her. Now was the best time to try out that new jutsu.

It came to a shock to the Uchiha male whenever Sakura's arms wrapped around his neck as she forced her chakra into his system, sending the scent of vanilla and cherry blossoms through his nostrils as she continued to gasp for air.

She didn't honestly know if this treatment would even help him with the way it helped her children patients that had post traumatic stress disorder due to losing their parents in the war. Finally Madara's grip began to loosen until his hand fell to his lap in a guilty fashion. His trembling hands then slowly rose up behind the pinkette to grasp onto the back of her shirt tightly as his head lowered to the nook of the female Uchiha's shoulder and neck. Tears began to fall from the long haired male's face as if he were slowly morphing into someone he was clearly not.

'Okay... this IS Madara right...?!' Was all she could think before her hands were slowly brought up as if she were highly unsure if he would snap her neck for this or not for simply comforting the obviously tortured man. The moment Madara released Sakura and leaned back, she did the same. However, the moment she tried to lean back was the moment she blacked out and collapsed onto his lap..

The second Sakura fell into his lap he began to panic even though he was highly unsure of what actually happened. She was breathing, good... that was one less thing to worry about. He couldn't help but flinch whenever he curiously brushed her hair to the side only to witness the deep black and blue bruise that now covered her throat.

The one thing he could not stop staring at was how beautiful she was, though he'd never admit to that aloud. A female he knew nothing about was now sleeping on him. Well, this wouldn't be the first time; but he actually paid those women to sleep on him completely nude. He was just happy he wasn't brought back as his former self that had lived past the age of one hundred and twenty years old. Wait... WHY DID HE CARE!?

Finally grasping reality and shaking any and all thoughts from his mind, Madara grasped Sakura's shoulders, shook her awake, and pushed her upright before folding his arms across his chest, "What do you think you are doing..." Sakura could not remember what had happened for the life of her, "What... what happened...?" Madara didn't know why the pinkette was asking HIM what happened whenever he didn't know himself.

So, rather than admitting that he wasn't aware of what happened, he just became cold, "You listen to me medic. You shall never place such filth on my body ever again." Gaining an annoyed facial expression, Sakura kept silent as she got off of the bed so that she now stood before placing a new bag within the IV drip and injected it with antibiotics. Turning to leave, the pink haired Uchiha female paused at the door, "Then I will leave you to wallow Mr. Uchiha."

Madara honestly hated how this female continuously called him "mister" instead of "my lord" or "lord Madara". Snapping his head towards her, he released a growl, "STOP calling me MISTER Uchiha!" Oh boy, this was FUN. Internally groaning at this male's ignorance, Sakura then turned towards him, "I shall return the same time TOMORROW Uchiha!" Now she was treating him like a prisoner instead of a patient, which only frustrated him more.

About to open his mouth to snap at Sakura again for her disrespect, she then opened the cell door and slammed it shut. 'The NERVE of that man!' She roared internally as she then exited his cell to leave the prison. Sakura was sure it was going to be like this for a long time and that right there... did not comfort her any.


It had now been a month since Sakura took on the task of healing this madman, yet felt as if it had been going on for an eternity. Majority of the time, Madara kept silent and that was something she hadn't been used to all thanks to how talkative Naruto was. Sighing heavily, the pinkette glanced towards the man, "Well that's it for today... I will return tomorrow." With that said, Sakura turned away, not expecting him to say anything to her at all.

The moment the pink haired Uchiha female left his cell, Madara felt oddly... alone. Well, that is until his eyes began to pulse and the room slowly became soaked with blood. 'No... not again...' Madara panicked internally as a hallucination of his eyeless little brother, Izuna, slowly came into sight. He couldn't stand this, so he slammed his eyes shut and placed his hands over his eyes like a frightened child as Izuna's corpse began to slowly approach him.

Now he was hyperventilating, yet tried to calm his breathing. Thinking it was all over, Madara lowered his hands only for actual voids where Izuna's eyes used to be stared him straight in the eye, "STOP IZUNA! PLEASE!" He yelled in such a frantic state of mind that he was sure anyone and everyone would believe he were insane.

Opening the second door to the cell, Sakura did not see a point in even speaking to a man who would not even reply back to her. Once she passed the ANBU guard, Sakura slowly began to walk down the hall completely lost in thought until she heard a distressed yell coming from her patient, 'STOP IZUNA! PLEASE!' This made Sakura's eyes widen before snapping back around and running back towards the cell, "OPEN THE DOOR!" She yelled so that she would not have to stop.

The ANBU guard who had been standing watch over Madara quickly opened the door as the pinkette ran through. Stopping at the second door, Sakura quickly inserted her card to gain entrance to Madara. She honestly didn't know why she gave a damn about this man but if she had to take a guess, Sakura would have to say it was the doctor in her that caused her to act this way.

Once she had the green light to enter, Sakura ripped the door open to to see Madara wide eyed while his entire body trembled. 'He's been battling post traumatic stress disorder and it's not from our time either... this is back from the Warring States Era. What exactly did he go through...?' Sakura thought almost sadly as she ran up to him and sat beside him. Raising her hands, she then took either sides of his face within her hands before yelling, "MADARA! ... MADARA!"

She couldn't explain it... she really just couldn't explain this. The all mighty Madara Uchiha was now trembling as... tears slid down his face. Sakura continued to yell his name out until finally she removed her hands from his face to wrap her arms around his head to pull him into the safety of her chest, "You're so strong... you can't s-show weakness l-like t-this..." Sakura could feel the choked up sobs threatening to escape her lips at any given moment as she lowered her face to his head and gently placed a tender kiss on the top of his unruly black and blue locks.

This small act of kindness and tenderness caused the male's body to begin to relax within her hold as his arms slowly came up to grasp onto the back of Sakura's Uchiha branded cloak tightly, "S-Sakura..." That was the first time Madara had ever said her name, not to mention that he had just stuttered. Continuing, Madara slowly tilted his charcoal tinted hues to stare into Sakura's emerald based orbs while tears continued to stream down his face, "P-Please don't leave me..."

This caused Sakura's eyes to widen slightly. Madara had just ASKED her to do something instead of ordering her. Her eyes then noticed the plea being emitted through his charcoal orbs and for some reason... could not bring herself to reject him, "A-All right..." Casting her gaze directly to his orbs, Sakura then sighed, "I am going to make the decision to trust you Madara..." This confused him slightly, but soon figured out what she had meant whenever he felt the chains restricting his arm movements being released from his chakra draining handcuffs so that he could completely use his arms, just not any jutsu or activate his Sharingan.

Looking at her watch, she figured this would be fine considering it was already midnight. She had, had to stay a few extra hours that night due to an infection; it seemed as of late, his body had become highly susceptible to viruses and that's when it hit her... 'He's been stuck in a moldy and damp cell for a month now and has had no sunlight. No wonder he's becoming sicker and sicker every day... I mean, of course I can heal those viruses but it isn't doing his body any good if he isn't getting any sunlight or fresh air.'

Madara scooted over and laid his body down, clearly exhausted from what had happened to him. What shocked Sakura the most was how she hadn't even realized that Madara had gently laced his arms around her tiny, but muscular frame and yanked her down so that she was now caged in between this legendary male's chest and arms.

A gentle sigh of relief escaped Madara's lips, he hadn't felt this calm in ages. Sakura's warmth, scent, and even the softness of her skin and hair was more than enough to ease his troubled mind as he fell into a deep slumber. Looking up at the sleeping male, Sakura just couldn't believe this was happening at all... though, he looked so cute whenever he slept. He did not terrify her anymore after witnessing this side of the man who had almost doomed their world.

Sakura had wanted to touch his face due to how serene and peaceful he had appeared but then again, she did want to live long enough to have children. The warmth his body was now emitting made Sakura's eyes become heavy even though she was now trying to force herself to stay awake due to the night terrors. Yet whenever the pinkette even attempted to move, Madara's muscles would tense up so that she could not get away from this predicament. So she allowed a peace filled sleep to engulf her body.


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The next morning came all too soon, yet Madara and Sakura were so happy to finally not be plagued by nightmares or night terrors that they did not move from their position of awkward cuddling. Well, that was at least until the cell door slammed open, which made Sakura just about jump out of her skin so that she now sat upright and Madara woke up, but did not open his darkened orbs to meet a familiar pair of equally as dark orbs.

Sasuke had heard about Sakura healing his disgusting and vile ancestor from Naruto and instantly went down to the cell his "uncle" was being held within. Slamming the door open, Sasuke watched Sakura just about become a living rocket while Madara only smirked with his eyes still closed.

Gritting his teeth rather tightly, Sasuke folded his arms, "Uncle... What in the hell do you think you are doing..." Sasuke's angered and agitated voice rang out, only causing Madara to smirk darker; still keeping his eyes shut at that point, "I am sleeping nephew... what does it look like I am doing..." Well, that wasn't the answer the enraged Uchiha male had honestly wanted and Madara knew this far too well.

Allowing his eye to twitch slightly, Sasuke balled his left fist tightly as he began running his Chidori through it, "That's NOT what I meant and you know that uncle!" Groaning at this point that his nephew would not let him sleep, he slowly sat up and JUST to piss Sasuke off, he wrapped his muscular arms around Sakura's abdomen who had been in a state of shock or was completely dumbfounded as of right now... she honestly was not too sure.

"SAKURA!" Sasuke yelled angrily, causing her to jump slightly before nervously answering the beyond pissed off man, "Y-Yes Sasuke...?" Dark orbs now glared at the pinkette angrily, "You heard the Uchiha elders! We are to be MARRIED! Yet I find you SLEEPING with THIS bastard!?" Sakura rapidly blinked her eyes as if she did not understand, yet she came up with the perfect cover story for herself, "Excuse me Sasuke? You are asking a DOCTOR why she was doing what had to be done to keep her patient's sanity intact?! SUCH NERVE!"

Madara just had to snicker internally over Sakura's "solid" excuse as to why she were sleeping in his extremely uncomfortable bed. Okay, he had to hand it to her... Sakura was extremely clever. Sasuke then sighed heavily and shook his head, "I'm sorry for yelling at you Sakura." That's when he noticed... she no longer had any dark bags underneath her eyes; meaning she had gotten a good nights rest with his evil uncle of all people.

Clenching his jaw to the point that an audible pop could be heard, Sasuke then walked up to his uncle before shooting his hand out to grasp him around the throat tightly, "What have you done to her uncle!?" Madara almost instantly rolled his eyes at this and even though it was becoming hard to breathe, he kept his stoic facial expression in play, "Tell me nephew, does it upset you THAT much that Sakura slept in the same bed as me? You should take a good look at yourself... you look simply unsightly..."

Sakura could hear Madara's breath becoming shallow and ragged, causing her eyes to widen before she did the one thing she never thought she would do. Raising her fist protectively, Sakura then slammed it into Sasuke's chest and in terms, sent him flying into the wall before Sakura pushed Madara's arms off of her so that she stood, "YES Sasuke, I am well aware of the elder's decision for us to become married. However... I WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO HARM SOMEONE WHO CANNOT EVEN FIGHT BACK AND I DEFINITELY WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO HARM MY PATIENTS!"

Sasuke's eyes widened at this after he had hit the wall, "I see then..." Standing, he grabbed Sakura's arm in a bruising hold which angered Madara for some unknown reason, but what could he do exactly...? He was nothing right now and his mass amounts of chakra had been sealed away. Sasuke grinned at Madara as he left with Sakura still in his painful grasp as tears of pain began to slide down her face.

On normal days, Sakura would always say in a bright tone, "All right Madara! I'll be back again tomorrow at the same time!" However... this time... there were tears of pain and anguish. After one month of only seeing that pink haired female and no one else, he had become slightly attached to her; but not in a loving way. Far from loving was more correct, yet... he couldn't help but feel close to her... she was all he had.


Even after the two exited the prison, Sasuke did not ease up on the bruising grip he held on her arm until Sakura ripped her arm from Sasuke's hold, "What in the HELL do you think you are doing Sasuke!?" A deep scowl crossed Sakura's face as Sasuke glared right back at her, "I am taking you to Lady Tsunade." Was all he said to her before throwing her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Deciding that what had happened was not enough to walk the streets of Konoha to embarrass the hell out of Sakura, he simply vanished before reappearing in Tsunade's office.

Turning around, Tsunade rose a dainty blonde eyebrow towards Sasuke, whom was carrying Sakura. Clearing her throat, Tsunade just had to ask, "Sasuke Uchiha, what do you think you are doing to my beloved student?" Sasuke scowled angrily, "As you heard from the Uchiha Clan's elders, Sakura and I are to be married." Nodding her head, Tsunade sighed, "Yes... what about it? This better not have anything to do with your uncle Sasuke because the counsel has ordered this. Once those stubborn old fools make up their minds, there is nothing I can do."

Sasuke shot Tsunade a hateful glare, "My uncle is trying to get in between us Lady Hokage." Sakura then released a scoff, "Yeah, as if. He knows who I am Sasuke. He KNOWS I was there with Naruto and you whenever we defeated not only him but Kaguya as well!" This made Sasuke's eyes widen slightly, "Wait, he KNOWS who you are!?" Sakura then gained an annoyed facial expression, "That is what I just said is it not?"

Tsunade was not the only one getting a headache over this; Sakura was as well. Both teacher and student rose their hands to their temples and began to gently rub in circles so that the pain would subside, but that wasn't going to happen though due to Sasuke opening his mouth to speak again, "I forbid my future wife to continue healing that monster."

At that moment, Tsunade snapped and shot a hateful glare towards Sasuke, "THAT MONSTER IS YOUR UNCLE! FINE! I WILL SPEAK TO THE COUNSEL AND REQUEST THAT I BECOME MADARA'S DOCTOR BECAUSE YOU KNOW I HAVE SO MUCH FREE TIME LAYING AROUND!" Sasuke could only smirk at this, "Good." Sasuke then vanished along with Sakura to appear in the busy streets of the Uchiha compound.

Sakura had, had enough of this bullshit. So, she rose her fist and clobbered Sasuke roughly upside the head before whispering a yell, "I LIVE WITH NARUTO! IF ANYONE SHOULD MAKE DECISIONS FOR ME, IT WOULD BE HIM!"

The moment Sasuke was initially hit, he lost balance and Sakura pushed off of him to land on her feet perfectly, "Until the day we are to be wed, I do not even want to see you Sasuke... do you hear me..." Snapping around Sakura then began to run towards her apartment that she knew Naruto would be in. She really needed him right now... sure at times he was a big dummy, but he could be wise and say the exact words you wanted to hear when you needed to the most.

Reaching her home, Sakura pulled out her key and unlocked the door. Why was she feeling this way? She figured that she of all people would have been happy to have been relieved from the duty of having to heal that monstrosity of a man. So why was it that she felt so miserable...?

The moment Sakura entered her home, she heard Naruto's voice happily jingle out, "Welcome home Sakura!" Removing her shoes at the front door, the pinkette began to walk inside the home to see Naruto actually cooking. Well, this wasn't such a big shock because of the fact that she had taught the blonde haired ramen addict how to actually cook nutritious and delicious meals that WEREN'T ramen.

"So how did it go?" Naruto tilted his head slightly, "I mean... I got kinda nervous whenever you didn't come home last night, but I know as a doctor you can end up getting stuck for quite some time, ya know." Sakura knew Naruto was no doctor, nor was he a medical ninja of any sorts, but at least he got the concept of how busy Sakura was. Nodding her head towards the male that lived with her, Sakura nodded, "Yeah, my patient had a mental breakdown last night and it worried me. So I ended up staying the night with him so that I could make sure he didn't go insane."

Smiling almost sadly at this, Naruto turned his head forward so that he looked forward, "I see... you've always had such a big heart Sakura. So it makes me happy to see that you haven't changed." Blinking her emerald orbs almost rapidly at this comment, Sakura gained a puzzled expression, "What do you mean Naruto?" Turning his head to look at the pinkette, the blonde turned his head back towards her with a smile on his face, "It never really did matter one bit to you if someone was a friend or a foe... if they are hurt, you are always there to make the pain go away and you devote yourself one hundred percent until that person is better."

In all honesty, Sakura was just so happy to hear that Naruto understood her way of thinking. Walking forward, Sakura came to a stop whenever she came next to the fourth Hokage's son, "Naruto..." Slowly turning his head so that his sparkling sapphire orbs peered into Sakura's emerald hues, "Yea-" Naruto was swiftly cut off as Sakura got onto her tiptoes before quickly pressing her lips to his.

Instinctively, Naruto rose his hands to wrap them around the pinkette's tiny, yet muscular frame and pull her closer to his well defined form. Sakura's heart began to slam against her chest, but was quick to find out that maybe she COULD be happy with Naruto... but she was well aware of Hinata's deep feelings for the man SHE was now kissing. Well, now she felt like a shitty ass friend. Pulling away from the blonde who now resembled his father so much, Sakura smiled sadly and looked down, "Forgive me Naruto..."

Naruto was so confused as to why Sakura was apologizing to him whenever he had wanted this for as long as he could remember. Even if Sakura was now betrothed to his best friend, he was sure that since he was the main hero of the fourth great ninja war that he would be able to change the Uchiha elder's minds. He had to wonder why she looked so lost right now though, "Sakura...? Is everything all right...?" Slowly tilting her head down so that she looked at the floor, a shaky breath escaped her lips, "Naruto... you need to move out..."

Sakura had to admit it had been such a huge relief to have Naruto living with her, but this was simply just unfair and selfish to be asking him to stay with her as her security blanket and continue to rely on him to make it all better. Looking at her shocked, Naruto didn't know what to say, think, or do, "BUT SAKURA!" Snapping her head towards him, the pinkette glared with a certain degree of darkness held within those beautiful emerald orbs.

The way she now looked at him caused Naruto to take a slight step back, "I... understand..." It wasn't that she didn't love him, because she did. Just not in the way he had hoped. Ever since the war, Sakura had been having a hard time showing anyone love... even Sasuke couldn't reach her anymore and that right there worried Naruto due to the fact that he only wanted for her to be happy like she had once been. It was foolish to keep believing in a fairy tale that would probably never happen in this life time... or the next.


Naruto was finally packed and glanced towards Sakura, who's eyes still held that darkness as he approached her and took her within his arms, "If you ever need me... just holler and I'll come running, ya know...?" It worried him that Sakura did not hug back, nod, or do anything; but after a long pause, Sakura finally spoke out softly, "Yeah..."

Once Naruto was gone, Sakura felt like an empty shell that was being heavily consumed by the darkness. That's when she felt the change within her eyes, causing her to shoot up and run to her bathroom before stopping at her mirror with widened eyes.

Raising her hand to gently touch below her eye, she felt speechless, yet softly spoke out, "H-How did I skip the Mangekyo Sharingan to proceed straight to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan...?" She was so baffled and confused at this that she hadn't even heard the knock at her door until that knocking turned into banging. Jumping out her state of shock, Sakura then deactivated her Sharingan before making her way to her front door.

Opening the door, Sakura's eyes widened, "L-Lady Tsunade?" Nodding her head, Tsunade walked inside of Sakura's home only to gain a slightly confused expression, "Where is Naruto Sakura?" Shifting her gaze towards the floor as if it were the most intriguing object to be staring at as of now, Sakura's voice was then projected as a mere whisper, "I relieved him of his watch dog duty..."

This made the busty blonde haired Hokage sigh heavily, "Sakura... I didn't assign Naruto here because I wanted to. I assigned him here so that you would have less burdens and so that you will stay healthy!" This made Sakura lower her head further, "What can I help you with milady...?" Another heavy sigh then escaped Tsunade's lips before she straightened up to speak sternly, "Uchiha Sakura! You are hereby relieved of your current mission to heal the captive, Madara Uchiha."

Sakura's eyes widened immensely at this as she shot her head up, "BUT WHY!?" Tsunade shot a glare towards the pinkette, "Are you questioning my judgement Sakura Uchiha!?" Sakura could only lower her head once again, "N-No milady... I understand..." Turning around, Tsunade then said her farewells before exiting the Uchiha female's home.


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Madara had been waiting and waiting... Sakura had said she would be back so he just had to have faith in her words. Suddenly hearing the door to his cell unlock, Madara gained a hopeful expression, yet that hope was quickly put out the moment the Senju princess waltzed inside his cell.

Tsunade didn't want to be here, that's for sure; but she had made a resolution that if this helped Sakura recover from the horrors of war, then she would do just about anything. Madara instantly glared at the busty blonde haired Hokage, "Where is Sakura..." He practically demanded an answer right then and there, which in terms made Tsunade sigh heavily, "Sakura has been relieved of her duty to heal you."

To be blatantly honestly, Madara did not want this Senju filth touching him due to the fact that he only acknowledged Sakura as his medic. Folding his arms across his broad bare chest, the legendary Uchiha male then snapped his head away from the female, "No." This made Tsunade's eye twitch angrily, "And what do you mean whenever you say no UCHIHA!?" Shifting his deadly glare towards the fifth Hokage, Madara released a rather loud 'TSK' before responding, "I mean, NO."

She didn't know how in the hell Sakura had gotten this man to cooperate with her so well whenever she, Tsunade Senju, could not get this man to cooperate with her at all, "Were you hoping that SAKURA would be coming through those doors!? Well, she is DONE. She won't be returning here EVER."

Madara instantly rolled his eyes at this... because whenever he wanted something, he no doubt got it. The heart monitor Sakura had placed on the male began to drop until his heart rate went completely flat, causing Tsunade's eyes to widen. Had he really just forced his heart to STOP!? This was just calling for a searing migraine as Tsunade then yelled out, "SHIT! FINE! I WILL PLACE SAKURA BACK ON AS YOUR PERSONAL DOCTOR!" Madara's heart rate then began to pick back up and he grinned deviously, "Do not even try to transform yourself into her either. I will know right away if you are not Sakura."

Snapping around, Tsunade then stormed out of the cell only to retrace her footsteps before she was back in front of Sakura's home and knocked on her door. Sakura slowly eased herself off of the couch and opened the door, "Yes...?" Right then and there, the beyond angry busty blonde then stormed inside of the pinkette's home, "SAKURA UCHIHA!" Sakura straightened up unknowingly, yet the tone in her voice sounded so hurt and lost, "Yes milady...?"

Narrowing her amber colored orbs towards her student, Tsunade placed her hands on her hips, "Madara Uchiha will accept no one else as his medic except for you. What is the meaning of this?" Sakura's eyes widened, "Wh...What?" Even though she SOUNDED shocked, Sakura was not surprised at this turn of events what so ever. Sighing, Sakura then shook her head and shrugged, "I'm not sure milady..."

Releasing a sound of high displeasure at how obstinate the legendary male was, Tsunade then shook her head, "Well, it would seem that you have the job again Sakura. Are their any concerns you would like to address with me?" Nodding her head slightly, Sakura sighed, "Milady, he's been stuck in that jail cell for a bit over a month now. I believe it would be in his best interest to allow him time outside." Tsunade placed her hand on her chin, "All right, permission is granted. Though he will have to keep the chakra sealing cuffs on so that escape is not an option. Now then... it is time for you to head to him."

Sakura's smile finally returned to her face and her eyes began to sparkle slightly, "Yes milady! I won't let you or the village down!" Nodding at this, Tsunade spoke a few last words before she then vanished, "Oh and Sakura? If you two are to walk around in village his appearance must be altered." Nodding in agreement, Sakura placed her Uchiha branded cloak on her before snapping it into place with a belt that laid dormant on her abdomen.

The pinkette then yanked her thigh long hair out from beneath her cloak and placed her knee high combat boots on considering it was now winter and she didn't want frostbite on her toes. Her shorts were still there though and the only difference with this was that she placed mesh leggings underneath to look like fishnet leggings.

Looking at her black, red, and white scarf, Sakura smiled softly as she yanked on her wrist length black leather gloves and ran outside before skidding to a complete halt, "He's uh... gonna need clothing..." The pinkette sweat dropped before walking through the Uchiha compound until reaching her favorite clothing store and walking inside. The store owner was so familiar with Sakura that he smiled brightly, "Ah, Sakura! Come for some new cloaks?"

Shaking her head slightly, Sakura then smiled sweetly, "Oh, um, no sir. I'm here to pick up clothing for a uh... friend..." Nodding his head, he then brought out an order sheet pad, "All right, what can I get you?" Smiling, Sakura then tried to think of what size he was... 'Probably a large considering all of those muscles...' She thought to herself and then nodded and began to remember everything Madara wore, yet tweaked it a bit so that it would have appeared as if they were his original casual clothing without even knowing.

"All right, lucky for you we actually have all of that in stock little missy!" The shop owner joked and smiled as he piled everything into a bag. Once Sakura paid for everything, she bowed deeply before vanishing to the jail and walked to Madara's cell. Of course, she was given access almost instantly, which she was really thankful for. For some odd reason she had actually missed this bastard.

Pulling out her entrance card, Sakura slipped it in only to see Madara looking away. Once he turned his head, Madara's eyes widened slightly, "Sakura?" Nodding her head, she then walked up to him holding a key, "I will say this again... I am putting my trust in you Madara..." Sakura never ceased to amaze him as he slowly bobbed his head, "I will not break that trust..." Smiling softly at this, Sakura then unchained Madara from his bed.

Standing up, the male with the long unruly locks then stretched every muscle in his body before releasing a very pleased breath. Giggling softly, Sakura then handed the male the bag of clothing she had bought for him, "Here you go." Madara eyed the bag suspiciously, yet took the bag from the female.

Upon looking inside of the bag, Madara's gaze became noticeably wide and Sakura took a step back, "Y-You don't like them...? I also had to guess the size... so I'm sorry if they do not fit you properly..." A grin finally plastered onto his face, "These are great Sakura, but I have to ask... why did you get me clothing?"

Giggling softly, Sakura winked, "Ah... so you finally noticed did you? WELL! I spoke thinks over with Lady Tsunade and she has given you access to go outside as long as you behave yourself." A gentle chuckle was released as he began to swiftly get dressed, "Interesting. How did you know what I wore back in the Warring States Era?" Sakura blinked rapidly at this, "Huh? I just got something similar to my own clothing."

Raising an eyebrow at this, Madara then grinned deviously, "Well at least you didn't get me the same shorts you wear." As he said this, his right hand had slowly risen to tug at her rather short shorts. Turning completely red due to this comment, Sakura then scowled and pouted before whacking his hand away, "Oh, remind me NEXT time to BUY you shorts like MINE!" Right as she said this, Madara tugged on the finishing touches, his gloves that he had missed dearly.

Looking at Madara, she smiled and took off her black, red and white scarf before lacing it around his neck, "There, perfect. Now let's go!" Raising his only visible eyebrow at this, he took the scarf off and laced it back around Sakura's neck, "You are far smaller than me. It would be such a pain if you got sick." Chuckling at this Sakura swiped the card in the door and the two began to walk out. On this day... no one knew something so memorable would happen...


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[A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long! Lots of things happened and my mind was just like O.M.F.G! Anyway~ Please review if you love the story and feel free to leave suggestions of how you'd like the story to progress! ~Kyvena]