Tsuki

"Dance for me my puppet! Dance!"

Gaara destroyed the school on site as I watched the children flee. It made me proud to see my jutsu work so marvelously. He had no say in any of this. He was merely my puppet without a mind of his own. He was doing my bidding and he would continue to until we found Kitsune. I wanted to be the one to capture her with my own powers and not his.

"Gaara, stop this!"

I watched as Kankuro came into view with Temari close behind. I was able to conceal my presence with another jutsu of mine. They had no idea he was being controlled.

"Gaara! I said stop this! What the hell are you doing?"

"Kankuro! Don't talk, just stop him!"

"How!"

"Kill him if you must."

"Temari…"

"He's a threat to our village which means he needs to be stopped. I don't care if he is the Hokage or not."

"But, Temari…he's also our little brother."

"Like I said, I don't care. Kill him."

"Temari!"

I watched as Temari swung at her brother with that giant fan of hers and it let out a huge gust of wind. Gaara's sand instinctively protected him, but I added more to it by having it whip out at her. She was sent flying. Kankuro caught her and saw she was already heavily injured.

"Damn it, Gaara. You almost killed our sister…"

He was speaking more to himself and I watched as more ninja appeared to take Temari away, but I wasn't going to let that happen. I wanted to kill her. I couldn't have anyone ruining my plan, especially Gaara's siblings.

"Take her to the medics as fast as you can. She has heavy internal bleeding."

"Right away, Kankuro."

"You're not taking her anywhere. I'm doing this for you Madara! I'm doing all of this for you! You are everything to me!"

"Where the hell am I? This is all Nami's fault! How? I don't know, but I'm blaming her anyway!"

I walked aimlessly for what seemed like hours before coming to the sound of clashing weapons. It was a young boy with another young boy practicing with their kunai. They stopped mid-strike and I saw them look in my direction. I quickly ducked behind a bush.

"Damn it! How could I forget to conceal my presence!"

I saw them look away and they continued to spar with each other. I watched them for a long time before they both suddenly disappeared.

"Damn it! Where did they go?"

"Were you looking for us?"

"Shit."

One of the boys had his kunai to my back.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb your practice."

"Who are you?"

"My name is Tsuki. What's your name?"

"Hn. You don't need to know our names."

I looked around to see the other boy standing right over me. I hadn't noticed his appearance and to be honest these two boys were scaring the shit out of me right now.

"So, why are you here?"

The other boy asked me this question and I could tell he was nicer than the one with the kunai to my back. He didn't sound like he wanted to kill me even though they both probably wouldn't have hesitated to do so.

"Uh, well, I got separated from my…sister…and her…teammates. We were…training."

Granted she wasn't my sister, I wouldn't even think of calling her that, but I needed an excuse and granted we weren't training, more like burning down a village and killing anyone on sight, but I didn't know how they would react to something like that.

"I see…Izuna."

"Yes, Madara?"

"Go get our father and tell him we found a lost little girl."

"Right away."

So the one with a kunai to my back is Madara and the other one is Izuna…and they're brothers. I watched the nicer brother run to their home as the presumably older one watched me. His cold eyes were making my skin crawl and I didn't like it. He struck fear into my very soul. No one had ever been able to do that to me. I wanted to know how he could do something like that even at such a young age.

"How old are you, Madara-kun?"

"Don't call me that."

Clearly he wasn't a social person.

"Are you gonna answer my question or be some stuck up brat?"

"How dare you talk to an Uchiha like that , filthy cur."

"Ha! The Uchiha were wiped out a few years ago. Don't lie to me."

"What are you talking about? I am the strongest in the clan."

"I think you've lost your mind. Uchiha Itachi wiped out his entire clan, except for his little brother."

He glared at me with the most disturbed look on his face. I could tell he wanted to gut me for saying that, but he was in the wrong, not me! I was simply stating the facts!

"Madara! Father wants to see us and he wants us to bring the girl as well."

"All right. You take her, I'm ready to kill her."

"Ha-ha, why? What did she do?"

"Why don't you tell him, cur."

I looked at the ground. It felt like I was going to cry. There was something about this Madara kid. I wanted his approval and with his insults I could tell he wanted nothing to do with me.

"Hey, how old are you, Tsuki, was it?"

"I'm ten years old."

"Ah. So am I and my brother over there is 13."

"Oh. All right."

The Izuna boy kept glancing over at me as we made our way back to the "Uchiha compound" and it didn't bother me, but I also wanted the other one to stop throwing death glares at me.

"You're scared aren't you, Tsuki?"

"Hmm? No, not really."

"Ok, keep telling yourself that, you're going to need that denial soon."

I had a confused look on my face and I heard him softly laugh at me. After that we continued our walk in silence as the younger brother eyed me carefully and the other…well he just completely blew me off! Jackass!

"We're here."

"Huh?"

Izuna looked over at me and I just stared at the buildings in front of me. Nami had told me that the Uchihas practically had their own village within the village. It was amazing. I was used to the sand in Sunagakure and the rotten old villages we often destroyed. This was beyond beautiful. You could easily tell that they were an important and prosperous clan in the village.

Shit. They're telling the truth…which means that boy really is the legendary Uchiha Madara. Oh this is going to be good. I have to get them to let me stay.

"Hurry up. I don't want my father to wait for someone like you."

"You're a filthy Uchiha! I don't care if I make any of you wait!"

Damn that was stupid to say. Why the hell did I say that?

"What did you say?"

"Wait, wait, wait! Madara, Tsuki, please calm down. There's no need to fight like this."

"You're spineless. That's why you'll never be better than me, Izuna. You'll never get praise from our father."

Izuna lowered his head as Madara walked away with a scornful look on his face. The younger brother silently led me to their house and I couldn't help but think that Madara was a very cold and uncaring brother, even Nami was nicer to her sister than that or so I was told.

"It'll be all right, Izuna. I'm sure you're just as good, no, you're better than Madara."

"Thanks, Tsuki."

"No problem, buddy!"

I gently placed my hand on his shoulder and his face lit up.

"Why are you so happy?"

"It's not often someone compliments my abilities."

"Oh, I see."

"It's always about Madara. Always, but I know I will be just as strong as him one day."

"I know you will and I'll be rooting for you all the way, Izuna."

"Thanks, Tsuki."

We finally made our way into the compound and I was sitting in front of their father. The brothers were standing a little ways behind me, just watching me.

"Speak."

"Huh?"

"Tell me why you make such false claims about the Uchiha clan."

"That's what Nami told me."

"Who is this Nami person, little girl?"

"Her name is Haruno Nami and she hailed from this village."

"I think we should start from the beginning. Tell me everything."

"Ok."

I told him everything that Nami and Itachi had told me. I told him about the Hokage and the Uchiha and the Sage of the Six Paths, they already had an idea about it, but they didn't know everything. I told him about the dispute and how the Uchiha became feared. I told him about Itachi who was ordered to destroy his village, but was aided by Madara. I told him about the Ninetails attacking the village and how Madara controlled it. Soon enough they knew their entire village history way before it actually happened.

"I see. Well, how did you get here, Tsuki?"

"I didn't know before, but I figured it out."

"What is it?"

"It's a power I absorbed from a girl in my village, Kitsune. It was a time reversal…I had been practicing for years with his technique…I never thought I'd be able to use it on myself."

"You're very smart, for a ten year old."

"Does that mean you'll keep me?"

"Ha-ha! Madara, Izuna, bring your mother and tell her she finally gets that daughter she wanted!"

"I can stay? Really?"

"Of course! As long as you have that kind of information and that kind of power. You are always welcome in this house."

"Thank you! Thank you!"

I ran off after my "brothers" to follow them to my new mother. I looked at my surroundings. The compound was beautiful, well more beautiful than what I was used to…that stupid old orphanage.

"What's your mother like, Izuna?"

"Why are you asking him?"

"Because you're a jackass, Madara."

"Tsuki! Don't say that to my brother!"

"Well it's true."

"You filthy little cur."

"Madara! Don't talk to her like that either!"

Madara and I glared at Izuna as he tried to play peacemaker. Seeing that he was failing he shrugged his shoulders and just walked away leaving us alone.

"Come here, Tsuki. I want to show you something."

"What?"

"Just follow me."

"I don't trust you."

"Are you sure about that? I can make it worth your while."

"What do you mean, Madara?"

"You have…that lust in your eye…you want the power to get revenge don't you?"

"Don't act as if you know me."

"Based on what you told my father, I can help you with that."

"Fine. Show me, Madara."

He flashed me a wicked grin. I would soon use that grin as my own after being around him so much. He led me back to their training grounds and he found a little brown rabbit. He motioned for me to come closer to him after he caught it.

"Watch closely."

He placed his hand on top of the rabbit. I watched as intently as humanly possible.

"What are you-?"

Before I could finish my question I had realized what he wanted to show me. He was extracting the soul from that rabbit. I saw a white ghostly matter come out of it.

"It's soul removal. It's a jutsu I acquired some time ago. You're the first person I've shown this to."

"So that means instant death to that person?"

"I'm not sure, I've only been able to practice on animals, but the animals die right away, even before I finish."

"Why did you show me this, Madara?"

"I want to offer it as a trade."

"For what?"

"We can help each other out here. I can make you more powerful and you can lead me on the right path to get what I want."

"I want more than power."

"What else can I give you, Tsuki?"

"You tell me, Madara."

"How about this? I make you my equal. We shall work together to cleanse this world."

"All right. It's a deal."

We shook hands and I smiled at him. I was going to become stronger. I was going to be able to take down Gaara and Kitsune. Those worthless creatures shouldn't have gotten that power! I've tasted their power! I know what it can do! I deserve it!

My wicked cackle filled the town. No one knew where it was coming from or who it was coming from. I let my wicked laughter continue as I made Gaara attack Kankuro. His sand formed into a whip to strike his own brother down!

"Everyone! You must stop Gaara! That's an order! Do not hold back!"

I growled at their sister as she shouted out commands. She was being watched over by some medical ninja, but was trying to join the battle herself.

Apparently I didn't do a very good job in injuring you. I guess I should fix that, huh!

I had Gaara direct his sand in all directions. He easily took out the reinforcements Temari had called on. Soon only Kankuro and herself were standing. Gaara moved closer and closer to his siblings. There was about to be a battle between the famous sand siblings of Suna!

I wish you were here to watch this, Madara!