Sakura pov.

The usual sound of the singing birds in the nearby tree woke me up. Other than that it's calm, like Tobirama-kun would say, its like the war here doesn't exist. And I love it like that. From what I know, the boys won't come today. Since they have to keep low. I won't go collect vegetables or herbs today. I have already enough. Neither will I go train. I know it isn't recommend to do it just after you body healed. I still have my garden to take care of today. So, I got up and dressed up in a blue male kimono and a blue pant. I roasted some meat and ate it before to go work on the garden.
There wasn't much to do, the seeds has starting coming out a bit. Not by much, only a leaf or two. And it make me happy. In a few months I will have my own vegetables and fruits. Well for the fruit I will have to wait a year or two, but it will be worth it in the end. I'm sure of it. I don't know if it's me, but I feel being observed. And whenever I look or go where I felt being observed, it's like there was nothing to begin with, there wasn't any trace of chakra.

After having taken care of my garden I went neck inside and took my blue scroll and painting material. The last painting I had done was when the five of us were running after each other. And a lot of things happened since then, so I took my pencil and started painting. I first paint my encounter with Kurama at the bottom of the cliff, then the time I was sick with the boys around me and lastly when me, Mada-kun and Hashi-nii were at the cliff looking at the sea of trees in front of us. After I finished the paintings I let the scroll in the sunlight for them to dry. The sun was already high in the sky, it must be noon already. I took dry fish that I had fish not so long ago and began to eat it while looking at the sky.

"Now that I am thinking about it, it's has been nearly two weeks since I last saw the boys." I said out loud. Well in these two weeks I had a lot of time to practice my skills. I even know how to use mokuton now, but it's tiring. Well I had to look through Hagoromo's knowledge to do it ( it took some time, but with a lot of meditation I got a grasp of how it works). And finding out that you need to have a gene was surely disappointing. But for weird reasons, I think it has to do with me getting Hagoromo's memory and knowledge, but I could use all of my chakra nature's. Mokuton include. Well I got curious about which my chakra nature was and took a leaf. And when I poured some chakra in it, it cut himself in half, took fire on one half, became wet and earth where plants began to grow on the other half and it wrinkle where it had take fire. Honestly, I don't know why it happens, I didn't know how I'm even able to do this. But at least I won't have much trouble with creating or learning new techniques. But I won't train today, pushing my body to his limits every day won't do me any good, my body need time to adapt himself after having being pushed to his limits. But I'm sure I master the mokuton enough to go and try to visit that stupid fox. So I took a self made bag that I had prepared, my necklace was still around my neck ( not that I take it off) and with my bare feet, I jumped on the nearest branch on jumped from tree to tree while asking my chakra signature. At first it wasn't easy to do so, but now it is much easier. and honestly, it took me more time than I thought it would have, but I came to destination no less. The cliff was still how I remember it being. But now comes the difficult part. Where the hell had the boys found me again? It was in time like this that I would crush the length of the cliff. But not wanting to lost time, I began to look out for traces I left on the cliff wall. And doing that took some time, the sun was in direction of the west, but I found it no less. And to make sure I would find it faster next time, I planted a white Iris. Because Iris mean a precious friendship and I find my relationship with Kurama special. I eventually found where the boys got me, there were still some traces of my blood, and performed the hand sings I needed before to place my hands wide open on the ground. Roots began to come out the wall of the cliff, I still have some troubles to control the Mokuton correctly, they were growing slowly and were going down. But not really like i would have wanted, they were going in different angels and directions. I even wonder how Hashi-nii did to make my house, it must have been really complicated.

3th person pov.

After having grow the roots as much as she could, Sakura fell on her knees breathing hard. Mokuton techniques are extremely tiresome for their user. Because it require a good control of the earth an water release as you mix them together, a treat that the Senju clan posses but became a rare treat. And for mixing these two release constantly, it ask a lot of chakra and chakra control. Sakura posses an excellent chakra control, but she isn't used to mix two chakra natures together and has some trouble doing so.

The roots weren't as deep as Sakura would have wished, but it was better than nothing, they were about ten to fifteen meters deep. And considering the depth of the cliff, it was barely 1/15 of it if not less. The time to take her breath she slowly stumble toward the border.

Once she had rest enough, she began to climb down the roots she had formed with her bag tightly tied around herself. When Sakura reached the end of the roots, she looked down and couldn't see the end of it, took a big breath before to close her eyes and to let go. Unlike the time before where all she had been feeling was fear for dead and entirely helpless when she was falling in the deep cliff. She was feeling light and at ease, like she was floating on a cloud. She could feel her hair going slapping her across the face lightly and the rope of her necklace on the back ofher only thing she could hear was the whistling of the wind going against her ears. She waited and waited till, she suddenly open her eyes and poured chakra in her whole body before to grab one wall. She didn't felt pain in her hands and feet. She jumped from one wall to another to slow down her fall and end up on the water. She didn't waste anytime to join the enter of the cave. But once she had stopped moving, she felt her legs shake and her heart beating like crazy.

'Ha. Scary, I didn't know if it would have worked.' She thought, she hadn't tough about a plan B if it hadn't worked or even think about the possibility of failing. She took a look behind her to see that the bag was still there. She would have been disappointed if she had lost it while going down. Now that she had checked that everything was there, she took one more step, she didn't saw anything. it was too dark. She took a big breath before to..

"STUPID FOX! ARE YOU HERE ?" She shouted her lungs out, making a certain tailed beast cover his sensible big ears. Sakura placed one of her hands on her throat, maybe she had yelled too hard, her throat was hurting now. But it was an effective method to know if Kurama was there, the proof, she could hear him moan in annoyance in less than a minute after she had yelled.

"It's not even noon." He responds as she was slowly getting up and started to walk toward the pinket.

" What are saying? It's already past noon since long." Told the said pinket to the lazy fox. Kurama could only sigh, he was tired and like take naps, mostly the one in the afternoon. But he was surprised that she had come back, and this time without a single scar or tired to death like she was last time. He laid back down with his head high, still looking at his loud guest.

" So, what owe me the honor of your visit brat?" Asks the tailed beast to his human friend, even if he won't admit it. A thick mark formed on Sakura forehead, that nickname will never leave her, but neither will be 'stupid fox'. and she soon began to pout at him.

"I said that I would try to pay you some visit, didn't I?" She answers him while pouting. And now that she was mentioning it, Kurama recall her saying something along the lines before he trews her at the wall of the cliff. " And here I am and not with empty." And she slipped the beg off her shoulder, before to kneel down and unpack her bag. In the entire process, Kurama didn't took his eyes of her, curious of what was inside her bag. Well his life was pretty boring, always alone in his humid cave when there aren't these damn Uzumakis trying to seal him away, so having Sakura come over make some change in his boring life.

"What is that? " He asked her. Not knowing what she had taken out. She took them in her hands and show them before him.

"They are meat balls with some edible herbs from the forest. I made them yesterday and thought you would like to try them. Not that there are any animals around here you could eat anyways." Sakura answers him. She had took some time to chop the meat and make it compacted enough to shape it into a ball. And she was proud of what she had achieved, and without the help of the boys.

"Never tried before." He said. His huge hand with hid huge nails went forward to the meat balls before dug his nails in it and put them in his mouth. They roll on his tongue, leaving their taste. The meat was a bit too cooked for his own taste and the herbs didn't really went with the kind of meat she was using. To put it simply, she was a bad cook and would need to improve this skill if she ever going to marry someone.

" And? Does it taste good?" She asked him, she never really had the chance to cook something other than only meat or fish. So, she hoped that for her first time it would be good.

"Honestly. It's horrible, even raw meat taste better than you're meatballs. The herbs don't fit with your meat." He answers before to look at her in the eyes. Sakura felt herself going shift went his big red fox-like eyes landed on her. "Did you even taste?" In shame, she lower her head to look at the ground before to shake her head. Kurama sigh and with his nail he lifted her head back up. And then he pointed it to the only meatball left in her bag, she sweat dropped and avoided the tailed beast look.

"Really?" She asked in an innocent tone. Kurama frowning made her shriek internally, he could be scary when he wanted to.

Sakura pov

"He is scary." I thought. His red fox eyes looking at me like that with him frowning is really giving me chills. I gulped before to take the last meatball, I admit that it wasn't really smart of me not to taste before. But I really thought it would be good at the first try, I know it was naive and stupid of my part to think that. I hesitantly took the food closer of my mouth. Why I am hesitating? I cooked it, I should have faith in my own skills. Then WHY I AM HESITATING?! I open my mouth and took a big bite. I nearly choked, the meat was dry and the herbs gave a bitter taste. I wanted to spit it out, but that stupid fox look was preventing me to do it. It was like his look told me 'If I did, then you do it too.' and he was still frowning. So i had to swallow it.

"And?" even if it pain me to admit it out loud, he was right, my cooking skill are really bad. But it's not like someone can teach me. I am pretty sure that the boys don't cook their own food, that must be the women work.

"It taste horrible, happy?" A smirk formed on his face and he stopped frowning and giving me that look. After that he rested his head back on his arms. I spoke about what happen since last til time we met and a bit before that so that he could better understand what I was talking about. He was quit surprise after I told him that I could use mokuton without being part of Senju clan, which I am 100% sure I don't belong to, and all the other chakra natures without much difficulties. It is understandable, I don't think that there is someone that has all his chakra natures unlocked at such young age or all unlocked at all. It was soon night and way too dark for me to go back, you never know who or what you might cross at this time. So I decided to sleep here. That stupid fox didn't complain much to my surprise when I went between his arm and his cheek. His fur is really soft and warm, it's like I am on an orange and warm cloud, I like it. And slowly I let the darkness take over.

morning

I woke up by the sunlight going on my face. At first I didn't recognized where I was, But the memories of last night come fast back to answer my question. Kurama was still asleep, the sunlight didn't looked to bother him. So, I went out of his grab to not wake him up and slowly and quietly walked out of his cave. After taking a good look up side, I performed some hand sings and set them on the ground. Like yesterday, roots were coming out of the ground and were going up, they were going in zigzag to the side I wanted them to go. It was still tiring, but at least I can make them how I want now. I was as high as it was last time ( 15 meters). when I had reached the top. I went to the extremity of one branch, placed my hands on it before to pour chakra in it, It went down and when i though it was enough. I poured more chakra in it and I went flying up fast. I might have underestimated the amount of force I used for the propulsion. when the speed was slowing down, I took the wall and began to climb. After reaching the top, I took some time to catch my breath. Then I hide my chakra and walked back home.

~elsewhere~

3th pov

Hashirama , Tobirama, Madara and Izuna were walking toward the river, one of their main meeting point except Sakura's house. They weren't happy or exited to meet each other, they were nervous. Hashirama could feel his throat go dry every time he thinks about what he is going to do, Madara too. Izuna and Tobirama were trying to be calm, trying to do like everything that had happen since they met each other never happen. Because after what they had all discovered, neither of the four boys wanted to believe what they were about to do was going to hurt the person they all cared about so much.

It was nighttime in the main houses of the Senju and Uchiha clan, only a little chandelier was lighting the room, the clan head were both in their traditional yakutas with their sons. The four boys were all tense before their fathers, knowing that they don't usually ask them for a meeting this late at night. The Senju clan head, Butsama Senju, took a good look at his two remaining sons before to start talking. Hasirama was clearly nervous, even if he was trying to hide it, his hands were shaking at bit. While Tobirama was as calm as ever. at about the same time, the Uchiha clan head, Tajima Uchiha, did the same. His youngest was avoiding his look while his oldest was tense.

" These children you keep meeting up with." These words made shivers ran through the four boys spine.

'how?' It was the same thought in the four boys head, they thought they had been careful enough to hide the fact they were meeting up with other clan kids.

"They're from the Uchiha clan." the color drained from their face, pale Tobirama was now whiter than snow and had a shocked expression on his face that would be replaced by one of betrayal. His brother had a shocked expression too. A lot of though were running trough his head. In a way he saw it coming, they both had some ressemblance with the Uchihas and strong fire jutsus, and on the other way he didn't. He didn't wanted to believe that his best friend was an Uchihas, someone who might have killed one of his little brothers.

" They're from the Senju clan." Both had reaction similar to the Senju heirs. Izuna clinched his fist and was shaking. He was feeling betrayed, sadness, rage and hate. He was also feeling ashamed of himself for having been good buddy with the two boys.
Madara had more difficulties to believe it. He saw Hashirama perform mokuton, he should have know it instantly, but he didn't wanted to believe it. He wanted to believe that Hashirama wasn't his enemy, that he was his ally. But fate didn't tough that way.

" But about the girl." This was what they feared. Their fathers had discovered about their female friend. But was she an enemy or an ally. They could feel the temperature of the room drop and began to shake a bit, what wasn't gone unnoticed by their fathers.
" She is a mystery/ enigma." Hashirama let out a sigh he didn't know he was holding. Madara felt himself relax a bit and so did the two other boys.

" But her ability could be some use for our clan"

" She could be useful to the clan with her rare ability."

For a second, they stopped breathing. They did everything they could to prevent this from happening, but their lack of carefulness and attention let them discover it.

The four boys know that next time they would meet, it wouldn't be as friend. It would be as enemy. Their fathers told them their plan. After they exit the room. They all went to their respective room. They knew that what they were about to do would change everything and that it would hurt them. But they knew that the one who would suffer the most from it would be Sakura.

Hashirama rubbed his left cheek two times before to pay his leg and blinking fast three times at his brother. Tobirama looked at his brother before to wink at him with his right eye. It was a code they made the night before so that his father and other clan members couldn't understand them. It ment.

"Do you sense her?"

"No."

It took them some weight of their shoulder, they didn't had to face when they will clash each other. But it didn't eased them for much. They don't know how it will be if she saw them, it wold surely break her. Tobirama and Izuna wouldn't admit it, even under torture, but the thought of each other as rivals and best friend. Even if they would often say the same thing at the same time, it was funny when they thought about it even if the say that they can't stand each other. The four boys walked to the river, where only Hashirama and Madara revealed themselves. While their fathers and little brother with some clansmen were hidden. Both with stone in hand and kunais hidden in their clothes.

Not far from there was Sakura who had hidden her chakra and was walking toward her home. When she felt her two friends chakra, a bright smile appears on her lips. She was happy, she could see them again. They were the one who gave her some company and he didn't know what she would do without her boys.

'I could surprise them by sneaking up on them, it would be funny.' She tough before to start walking silently, like real shinobis. If only she knows what was going to happen.

The clan heir looked at each other dead in the eyes. Both feeling uneasy.

"Your little brother isn't here today?" Asked Madara to his friend.

" He is sick. And yours?" He respond. The lame and classic excuse/lie.

"Same. But I don't feel well either. So let just rock skipping and go home." Madara says. both tough the same.

'Why was he a Senju/ Uchiha?' And they threw their stone at each other. the time their stones were bouncing felt like an eternity, in which Sakura had arrived and was behind a tree. She had felt the tension between her friends. She didn't know if she had to make them aware of her presence. When the stones came in the hands of both boys, they looked at it, both were surprise.

"Trap"

"Run, ambush"

Both boys knew what to do, they both turned around and ran at full speed back to their side of the river. Sakura know that something was wrong and that she should probably leave, but her body didn't wanted to move. Both clans know what the two boys intention were and jumped into action. The Uchihas had their sharingan actives and like the Senjus were already forming seals. Some were already clashing swords, others were glaring at each other and other were already death. In the middle of the river was the main family.

"Tobirama and Bustama Senju"

"Izuna and Tajima Uchiha"

And with these words they swung swords at each other, not far from there, Hashirama and Madara had turned back and started to fight each other. Not wanting to disgrace their clan. Sakura found herself paralyzed by the events. She saw the one she cared for the most, the ones she wanted to protect, trying to kill each other. she went out of her trance when she saw the two clan head jumping in the air and held their weapons differently, toward the ground. She felt that something was going on and that the weapons weren't mean to go to their opponent, but below them. The two clan heirs felt it too and were moving closer to their little brother without being hurt by another shinobi of the enemy clan attack. Sakura didn't wasted a second before to take two stones and get into stance, both stone in every hands and ready to throw, she couldn't miss. It wasn't an option. When the adults threw their weapons, Hashirama and Madara weren't close enough to prevent it to go to their little brothers. The two youngest didn't notice the imminent danger they were in. And in an act of distress, their older brothers yelled.

"STOOOOOP" And then it was like the skies had hear their prayer. Both weapons were deflected by stones. Everyone on the battlefield was now looking in the direction of where the stones were threw. The yell of both clan heirs had took their attention. Tobirama and Izuna that had noticed their brothers shout and the weapon above their head being deflected were shocked and now frozen and same with Hashirama and Madara, who were smiling and relieved that the weapons were deflected, when they saw who had threw the stones. Sakura who had been hiding since the begin of the fight was now on side of the river with her arms in a cross and breathing heavily. She was the one person who they didn't wanted to see this.

She noticed that all the attention was on her. And when she saw the faces of the ones she called family, she didn't wanted to face them, so she ran. The clan heads were the first to replicate.

"GET HER." And all the men ran in the direction of where the pinket had ran of. They were still clashing swords inn their pursuit of the little girl. The clan heads soon followed their troops, leaving their children behind and still in shock. The four looked in each other eyes before to follow the rest. An unspoken message was shared when their eyes met. They wouldn't let anybody catch her. They all know that she would be used like a slave if she was to get caught, that she would never be free. And they rather work together, now that they know who they really are, than to let that happen to Sakura

Meanwhile Sakura as running as her life depended of it, which was like the case, she didn't ran toward her home. She knew that if the knew where she was living, than she could never come back. And that was something she didn't wanted to happen. It was there that she had all her memories and she didn't wanted to go live somewhere else, it was her home. So, from tree to tree she jumped and as fast she could. She was going direction the cliff where Kurama was. It was the only place she could think of. But if she will actually reach it was another question. Having the two most powerful clan after her was seriously minimizing her chances of success. Not that her chances were high to begin with. Even if they were still fighting each other while chasing her. And she didn't wanted to fight, It wasn't something she liked to do, but she did when it was necessary. And when a kunai landed at two inches of her face, she didn't had the choice anymore. She jumped from her tree and turned around before to quickly make some hand sings.

"Katon. Goukakuu no jutsu." And she breathed out a big fire ball that they all had to dodge. some of them were shocked but quickly recover and continued their mission. Sakura could sense them coming closer to her and kicked the tree she had just landed in and send it toward them. But it didn't slowed them down. She had also noticed that Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama and Izuna were coming closer to her too, catching up to the men she supposed was their fathers who were themselves really close to her. More than she would have liked. She knew that if she continued like this that they would catch her, so she went to the ground before to ad more chakra in her legs and so run faster. She felt the tears she was holding back going out little by little. But it was kind of a mistake. She was now attacked by above and could barely dodge their attacks, but they needed her alive. So, her legs were the main target. And after having multiples cuts on her arms and legs, she felt one of the shuriken that were throw going in her left leg before to fall down. She saw the men land on the ground, she didn't know what to do. Water and fire wouldn't be of any use to her now. She didn't know any wind jutsu and earth wouldn't cover her like she would wanted. Her hands were forming seals nearly as fast her brain could process. And in one move, she slammed them on the ground with a lot of chakra. Just when she saw the clan heads being six feet from her, their sons not far behind them. The root came out at an alarming speed and were growing fast. They came propulsing the clan heads in a nearby tree. Both were surprised when they saw the wood came out of the ground and didn't had the time to dodge. But both Senjus and Uchihas were frozen, mostly the Senjus, because mokuton was a rare ability that only the Senjus could use. So having an outsider use it like that was certainly a shock to the said clan. While the heirs were also frozen once again, the were asking themselves when she had acquired such ability and that without telling them.

She felt tired, she had used a lot of chakra and her adrenaline would stop taking effect if she didn't move. She quickly took the shuriken out and started to run once again and with the shuriken in hand. She was limping and she felt the blood going out of her leg and stain her pant. The four boys were going to her when, a Senju appears just behind her and was about to grab her. Just like a relfex, she turned around with the shuriken in her hand and it cut the man a diagonal line on his face, leaving the eyes. He cried and jumped away. Soon other were trying to get her. And Sakura knew that she was done for, it was only a matter of time before one of the clan owns her.

At the same time, Hashirama and Madara were tackling an Uchiha and a Senju that were trying to get Sakura. While Tobirama and Izuna both took one arm and ran. Their brothers soon followed. But even if they were working together, Sakura could still see the hate in their eyes when they looked at each other. And it pained her. The eldest were deflecting the projectiles while the youngest were trying to get out of there with their oneesan. Sakura tried to run on her own, but it was rather difficult with the ones she called little brothers that were dragging her. She was seeing the cliff come into view when a kunai with an explosive tag landed just behind them and sent them flying toward the cliff. Hashirama and Madara had token most of the damages and had serious burns on their legs and back. Meanwhile Sakura had pushed her little brother to prevent them being hurt. She explosion had more touched her legs than anything else. They were all near the end of the cliff. Izuna and Tobirama had some scratches, but nothing serious. When they saw the state the others were in, it was something else.

" Aniki! Neesan!" They both cried at the same time as they went to them. Sakura who was on laying on her belly was starting to crawl toward the injures boys. She felt the tears going out and she could not hold them anymore. Even if it hurts her to see them fight each other, it hurts even more to see them like that.

" Mada-kun. Hashi-nii." She said between snobs. The two boys were groaning as their little brothers touched them. When she had reached them, she poured chakra in her hands and a green light came out them. She knows that if she do this, she won't have enough chakra to heal herself. But to her, the safety of her boys were more important. When she placed her hands on one of their legs, she made her chakra go into their whole leg and soon go into their whole body. And at that precise moment, the two clans who were still exchanging swords while advancing with their chief in head appear. They all saw their respective heir being enveloped by a green chakra. The clan heads were relieved internally when they saw that their sons were still alive and one of them had nothing. The clans saw that the burns were slowly fading away and that the muscles were regenerating themselves, they also noticed that their target was making it possible and that she had some trouble keeping up.

As the legs she was holding was healed enough ( with skin), the other parts hadn't sever burns anymore, but Sakura felt that her strength was leaving her. And she wasn't the only one, everyone could sense it. But nobody made a move, knowing that the other side would jump in action to protect their heirs.
Sakura let out a painful cry when she felt that she would last long anymore and pouring more chakra in the boys body.

" Neesan stop." Begged Izuna as he saw the painful expression on her face.

"You will die if you continue like this." Tried to reason Tobirama. She was running dangerously low on chakra and wouldn't stop. Sakura felt that her conscious was slowly fading away and her grip was loosing up.

" Let go, Baka." Said the voice Madara as he and Hashirama were starting to stand up. And soon she was too weak to keep her grip on them and was on the verge to pass out. Now both heirs were up and with their back towards the cliff. Their father saw an opportunity to retrieve the girl.

" Son. Take her and go back." Says Butsama to his sons. Hashirama and Tobirama, who was beside him, didn't move under their clan look and the Uchihas. But we're both in conflict with themselves. They would do a lot for the clan, even give their lives for it, but they couldn't let their sister end up in the hands of any clan.

" Not if mine do first. Izuna, Madara." Retort Tajima. Madara and Izuna where in the exact situation as their so-called enemy. They would die for their clan, but they won't hand Sakura down no matter what.

They were exchanging looks with each other and a quick glance toward Sakura who had troubles to stay awake. And just at that moment, an impatient Uchiha and Senju passed into action. They both jumped toward the children against the protest of their chief and landed a blow that the boys had dodge and were nearly going in the ravine behind them. Their blow ended on the ground, making it shake and the end of the cliff began to crumble. Sakura who couldn't move ended up falling. They boys who couldn't reach the earth anymore began to fall when they fell themselves going down. And all of this in front of their families. Both fathers were screaming internally, they couldn't show their emotions/weakness to the other side. While some clan members from both sides didn't hesitate to call the four boys name. You could hear Hashirama, Madara and Izuna scream while Tobirama was trying hard not to. The four boys saw their pink haired friend falling rapidly and so tried to go closer to her and find a way to survive this deadly fall.
Sakura was on the bright of passing out, heard the boys scream and didn't fell anything beneath her. The cries ended when she felt four pairs of hands grab her. They were talking, but she couldn't understand anything they said. Suddenly she had an idea. It was risky, but there wasn't anything else she could think of in her state.
Meanwhile the two Senjus and Uchihas were trying to find a plan to save their lives, they heard Sakura tell with everything she had before to pass out.

" KURAMA !" The four had a dumb founded expression on their faces. They didn't know who or what a Kurama was. But her call was heard by everyone.

At the bottom of the ravine, Kurama was being waken up instantly by the voice of the pinket. He went out of his cave and looked in every direction till he spotted a tuft of pink with four other humans. Seeing the alarming speed they were falling at, the tailed beast didn't though twice before to jump toward them. The four boys saw a giant fox with nine tails jump toward them. they thought he wanted to eat them, they didn't know it was the one their friend had called. And so they were quiet surprise to land on his back and not in his mouth.

"We're alive." Said Hashirama after blinking a few times and feel if he was still in one piece.

" Be happy humans, if it wasn't for her. You would all be dead." Said an irritated fox who had just woken up a few minutes ago. He was glaring at them and showing his teethes. The four boys gulped and sweating, he was scary.

"H-hai." was the only thing that wanted to leave their mouths. Kurama was walking away from the cave, with these human knowing where he lives, he didn't had another choice but to find another place. The four boys soon noticed their female friend bean to glow orange, Kurama was giving her some of his chakra, and it was automatically healing her long after, Sakura regained consciousness. She fast took notice that she was lying on something soft and that it was moving, she deducted that it was Kurama. But also that her friends were above her, looking at her with worry.

" YOU'RE OKAY" The voice of Hashirama was being too loud for someone who had just woken up. He had hugged her instantly when she began to sit up, Izuna, Tobirama and Madara did the same. And for a moment she had hoped that what she had seen was only a bad dream. But reality just came kicking back at this moment.

" Get your hand off her, Uchiha scums." Yelled an now pissed Tobirama at Izuna and Madara. Sakura eyes opened wide.

"Who do you think you are to touch her with your dirty hands, Senju bastard." Shot Izuna back. She felt the tears coming back and it pained her to hear them say these things. Unlike the times before when they were, when there was a daring look in their eyes when they insulted each other, this time she saw a burning hate in their eyes. She shake them of her with a simple move of her arm. Leaving them speechless.

"When? when did you became like this? Did you wanted to kill each other all along?" She asked them while tears were going down her cheeks, she couldn't believe that they could become like this overnight.

" It's complicated." Answers Tobirama. Kurama who had been listening to their conversation since she had woken up, hadn't said a word. It wasn't his place to say anything, He didn't know them nor did he lived their what they had overcome together.

"THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO KILL EACH OTHER!" She shouted at them, it was all too much for her, too much.

"Imouto, calm down... please" Begged Hashirama, he too didn't liked it. But he couldn't do much about it.

"DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN! I DON'T WANT TO!" She shot back. The boys were once again speechless. They never saw her lose her cool before. " Kurama stop here." And he did.

" Sakura?" Asks Madara.

Sakura pov

Why? Why did it had to be like this? Why? As I saw the concerned faces of the ones I call family, I couldn't take it. I didn't held my snobs back anymore.

" I thought that (hic) t-that we were ( hic) a-a family.(hic)" I said between snobs and I felt the tears fall down. I saw their faces darken, I couldn't even see their eyes anymore.

"T-that's impossible Sakura." Said Izuna, I could still not see their eyes, why couldn't they look me in the eyes. Why?

"(hic) But it (hic) was you who said it. (hic) That we were like a family." I can't believe they are telling this, how can they even say it after everything we did and everything we lived together.

"Senju and Uchiha aren't mean to get along. We are mean to kill each other till one side fall." It was what hurt me the most, it's not a name that tell you who you are and what you have to do. And worst, it was Madara-kun who said it.

" Because of that, we will fight each other till we fall down. But if you want to help one of, then you could come with him. But I'm sure it is not what you want." Said Hashi-nii with a sad face. From the four, he was the one who could understand what I was feeling the most, He didn't wanted this either. And who would want to kill someone dear. But I still felt betrayed by their words. They were asking me to chose between them. How could they ask me that. And Kurama still said nothing and honestly, I didn't needed him to set a layer on the situation.

"H-how could you?" How could they do what. Do like all we did never existed? Putting me in this pain? Asking me to chose? Lying about everything? It was all I wanted to know, all I wanted to ask them. I took my necklace. To me, it symbolized our adventures, everything between us.

"How can you asking me to chose? How can you asking me something so cruel?" I asked them and I could feel myself crying more. "If what you want is an answer, then here it is." I began to put pressure on the necklace, till I had broken it in five. Like the five petals that were forming the cherry blossom. And throw one petal to each of them, I kept the one with a darker shade while the boys had the lighter shade of pink.

"Keep it. At least as souvenir, if all of this once meant something to you." I told them before to walk away from them. It pained me to do this. "And don't think to come back at my place, you will only be allowed to come back when you stop these prideful wars of yours!" I ended up yelling at them in the end.

"You were the only family I had and I really loved you all." the tears didn't seemed to stop, it was the opposite. I didn't wanted to look at them, I knew that if i were to look in their eyes, It will only hurt me more. I made sing at Kurama, who with his tails picked them up.

" Oy, Neesan! What's the meaning of this." Yelled Izuna, he was struggling against Kurama tail. and so did the others.

"Sakura don't." Madara

" What are you doing, Neesan?" Tobirama

"Wait!" Hashirama

Hearing the misery in their voices, make me want to cry more than I already am. I turned my head around, tears still running, to look at them before long. I noticed Madara and Izuna had now awoken their Sharingan. The sharingan can only be awaken by an deep emotional wound, maybe what I said affected them more than I though.

"Goodbey." And with these last word, Kurama sent them flying upwards. maybe where we had originally came from. When I couldn't see them anymore, I let myself fall on my knees and cry louder than before. for the rest of the ride, Kurama didn't said a word.

at night

3th pov

After that the four boys had came flying back on the battlefield, it wasn't long before the to side retreat. They hadn't achieved their objectives and decided to go back. Tajima had noticed that his sons had both awoken their sharingan and had congratulated them. But they both didn't felt happy like they thought they would when they had imagined to awake their sharingan. They had hidden the rock like petal that Sakura had given them. The two Senjus did the same. They too didn't felt good, they were feeling horrible, Because they had all lost the one meant so much at their eyes, the one to accept them like they were and didn't cared about what they were. She would have accepted them for who they are, not from they clan they came from. But they couldn't turn their back on the clan either. Only their mothers had noticed their gloomy mood and were worried about what could have happened.

"So that girl managed to make the Kyuubi her ally." Said Tajima after his sons told him about how they came back from the ravine. "She is really a dangerous individual. You may go back to your quarters." And the two Uchiha heirs excited the room. The took petal out and looked at it with a sad face. Their mother, Chisuzu Uchiha, was waiting in the hall and saw her sons sad face as they were looking at their palm. Shiro was doing the same, her sons just came out from a meeting with their fathers and were doing the same thing as the two Uchihas. Both mother felt useless in this kind of situation.

"Madara, Izuna. Is something matters?" Asked Chisuzu at her remaining sons when she was close enough. Her long messy black hair was hiding her left eye and showing off her mole on the right side of her had noticed them looking at something in their hands. But when she had spoken, they immediately close their hands. Both boys hadn't hear her coming and looked at their mother. They didn't wanted to tell her what was in their minds, they think that she wouldn't understand.

"No, everything is fine Kaa-san." Respond Madara before to walk to his quarter and Izuna following. She felt pain when she saw them in this state, but she couldn't say anything about it.

"Hashirama, Tobirama. Are you alright?" Asked Shiro to her sons. The said boys looked up to meet their mother gaze. and like the two Uchihas, they closed their palms. Shiro was a bit disappointed, she wanted to know what in their hand gave them this mood.

"Hai, It's nothing to worried about." And they Walked back to their quarter after bidding their mother a goodnight. Shiro wanted to help her sons, but she couldn't help them if she didn't know what was wrong.

When they enter their room, they sat down against the wall and finally let their tears silently out. They express what they couldn't do back there.

meanwhile Sakura was in her house, Kurama had found a place nearby. A cave hidden by a water fall. He had been comforting the pinket. But even now, all she could do was crying herself to sleep.

I know that I had said that I would update after my exames, but because they weren't that great and that my grades are good either. I didn't really write. But it is an excuse and I know it. So you can kill me If you want. And I would like to thank the readers who patiently waited for this. It mean a lot for me.

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