Hey everyone! I'm sorry for postponing this new chapter for so long. I have just been so busy writing those ridiculously long chapters of 'Shattered Mirror'! If you haven't read it yet, it is still in the process of being created but whenever the new chapter is posted it will be my longest story! So I want to thank all of you for your support!
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~Kyvena
Chapter 20: Awakening
It had now been a month since her "father" rejoined the Village Hidden in the Leaves and was reinstated as a Leaf Village shinobi. So far, everything was going smoothly, well, for the time being at least. Well, obviously she thought too soon as she heard Sasuke arguing with Madara over something Sakura quite couldn't make out. Sighing and shaking her head, Obito then walked through the door and laughed at Sakura's annoyed expression as she tapped her finger against the coffee table in the living room, "What could be so wrong that you are forced to make that facial expression sis?" Sakura glanced back at Obito and yet another sigh was released, "Dad and Sasuke have been at this for over four hours... I feel like those two never get along."
Shrugging, Obito sat behind his adopted baby sister and pulled her into a cuddle, making Sakura giggle slightly. Figuring she needed to laugh even more, Obito's eyes then gained a mischievous grin before he began to tickle Sakura's sides; causing the beautiful pink haired female to begin dying of laughter as the two then heard Madara and Sasuke abruptly stop arguing. Rubbing the top of his head, Madara then walked through the door and sighed heavily, "I must say, your brother is quite obstinate." Snorting, Sasuke then pushed Madara out of the doorway before making his way in, "It's good to hear you laugh again sis..."
Sakura already knew all too well that Madara did not like to be pushed around as if he were some pushover as he then folded his arms securely against his broad chest, "Honestly Sasuke. Did you NEED to push me? There is this thing called saying excuse me, you may want to try it some time..." Madara's deep voice rang out before Sasuke snapped towards him, "YEAH DAD!? WELL WHO GIVES A SHIT!?" This made Obito almost instantly groan and the two arguing suddenly snapped their head to glare at him, "I didn't make Sakura laugh so that you two could bring your petty bullshit into this room! She has been sitting here moping around because of the fact that neither of you can seem to get along!"
Madara and Sasuke glanced towards one another, now feeling rather ashamed and guilty of their actions. Sasuke walked up to the father figure of the family and held his hand out before speaking, "Sorry dad, I shouldn't have let my emotions get the better of me. I am an Uchiha after all! We keep our emotions in check!" All Sakura could think as she rolled her emerald green hues was, 'Yes, because family members shake god damned hands to make up. Geez big brother, you're so damn clueless...'
Merely glancing at Sasuke's hand, Madara then nodded, "Think nothing of it Sasuke." Obito sighed heavily and using only a single hand, he then pushed Sasuke towards Madara, whom caught Sasuke with ease. Bringing his "son" into a hug, Madara laughed, "You remind me so much of myself whenever I was your age! So hot headed and ready to dance!" Sakura merely laid in Obito's arms, now fast asleep which made all of the Uchiha men smile gently.
Giving a grin, the fatherly figure of this Uchiha family stared at his daughter adoringly, "Isn't she just the cutest?" Obito then gave a saddened smile as he stroked her hair, "She's pushed herself far too hard..." Sasuke tilted his head gently before speaking out quietly to not wake his sleeping sister, "What do you mean by that brother?" Looking towards Sasuke, Obito shook his head slightly and released a sigh, "She doesn't get a lot of sleep..." Raising his eyebrow, Madara clutched his arm tightly, "And why is that Obito?" Obito glanced down at Sakura's peaceful face as she slept, "Well... ever since Deidara and her had that falling out, she hasn't quite been the same. She has been plagued by nightmares, so she constantly forces herself to stay awake so that she does not wake up screaming... she knows Sasuke, dad and myself will all come running if she does, so she simply forces herself to stay awake."
Clenching his fists tightly now, Sasuke was about to speak whenever a knock came to their front door, causing Sakura to stir awake, "Sorry about that big brother... I didn't mean to fall asleep on you." Madara grit his teeth as he walked to the front door and Obito carried Sakura to her room. Finally reaching the front door, Madara unlocked and opened the door before slowly opening it, "Yes? How may I help y-" The simple sight of Deidara made the man seethe with anger that had been boiling up in him.
"What do YOU want?" The male with the long hair that jutted out in every which way possible spat out; venom clearly noticeable in his tone with the way his words came out. The male with long blonde hair took a slight step back with the way Madara had activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, "I just came by to see Sakura, hm!" Madara's scowl almost immediately intensified, "She's not home." Sighing, Deidara grudgingly accepted this answer as he then turned to walk away.
Suddenly stopping, Deidara's pained voice rang out, "I'll never be able to atone for everything I've done to Sakura... I know that, hm..." Madara had already beaten the "Deidara accent" out of Sakura, not literally, but none the less, he still made sure that he never heard that dreaded "Hm" come from an HIS little girl's mouth ever again. That's when Deidara turned his head so that the two stared at each other with their only visible eye, "Sakura isn't even your child, hm. Stop acting like the father you never got to be." With that said, all hell broke loose.
Obito laid Sakura's mentally and physically exhausted body down on her bed until a MASSIVE crash could be heard, making his exhausted little sister shoot out of bed wide eyed, "Big brother what was that!?" Obito really didn't know, so he shrugged, "I couldn't tell you Sak-" His voice was swiftly cut off whenever the two of them heard Sasuke shouting, "DAD STOP! YOU'RE GOING TO KILL DEIDARA!" Sakura then pushed herself out of bed and began running until she reached the front door of her home.
Emerald eyes widened immensely at the sight of her father seething as her big brother, Sasuke held his arms back, "DAD STOP!" He yelled again. Madara was seeing red now until he heard Sakura scream, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE DAD!?" Instantly running to Deidara's side, Sakura noticed he was barely breathing at this point as she weakly began to attempt to heal the beaten, battered, and bruised male with such little chakra. Sakura dropped her head and began to sob, clearly not in her right state of mind due to her lack of sleep.
Noticing how his father's muscles were no longer tense, Sasuke dropped him and Madara slowly walked to Sakura and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Honey... I-" Madara's hand was swiftly slapped away as Sakura's orbs stared into Madara's very soul; causing him to freeze, "T-The Zennagan... was awakened..." He muttered out as he stared at Sakura's purple tinted hues. It was as if a ton of new knowledge of different jutsu's then poured into Sakura's mind as she grasped her skull in agony.
Both Sasuke and Obito were about to run to Sakura whenever Madara held his arms up, not allowing either to pass as Sasuke yelled, "DAD SHE'S IN PAIN! SIS NEEDS HELP!" Releasing a rather long and drawn out sigh, Madara then looked back at his two son's, "If you touch her now, you will kill her. This pain, she must push through herself." Something was off though... Sakura had already achieved the Rinnegan, which was also used by the Sage of Six Path's. Yet Sakura's Zennagan looked like a mixture of the Rinnegan, Sharingan, and the Zennagan all clumped together. With a shaky tone, Madara looked at his two boys nervously, "I think Sakura... might now be stronger than the Sage of Six Path's himself..." Was all he said as both Sasuke's and Obito's eyes widened immensely.
All Madara could think was, 'All it took to awaken her Zennagan was beating this boy until he knocked at deaths door...? Interesting...' Noticing Sakura was now attempting to stand up, her piercing orbs stared at her father, "How DARE you hurt Deidara dad!" With all of the new found knowledge that she held, Sakura leaned down and placed her hand on Deidara; instantly healing all of the damage that had been done to his beaten body. Turning back towards her home, Sakura lowered her head as she began to walk away, "Just leave me alone..."
As Sakura passed by her father and brother's, she could only mutter, "Just keep Deidara away from me..." The three could only stiffen up and nod at the pink haired youngest member of their family. Stopping at the door, Sakura turned her head slowly and obviously not only mentally, but physically exhausted as well before speaking, "Sasuke... can you come with me please...?" All he could do was nod as he followed after his beyond tired younger sister.
Entering Sakura's room, the youngest of the three then collapsed to the ground on her hands and knees as Sasuke's eyes widened, "Sakura!?" Chuckling softly, Sakura then turned back towards Sasuke, "Big brother... can you please stay with me...?" The male with the shortly spiked black locks nodded and lifted Sakura up before laying her in bed. Sitting beside her, Sasuke began to stroke Sakura's hair gently until he noticed she was fast asleep. Sakura's door suddenly opened and Madara sighed as he walked in, "Sasuke, just..."
Smiling, Sasuke nodded at his father before sitting up and standing off Sakura's bed, "Sure thing dad." The moment Sasuke was gone, Madara sat beside Sakura and pulled her sleeping form onto his lap, which she snuggled into. Smiling gently as he stroked Sakura's hair, "You won't remember me... yet I will remember you... Sakura Haruno..." He didn't know what else to do except fall asleep sitting up until he felt his form being shaken.
Stirring awake, Obito looked at his father, "Dad, it's dinner time but Sakura can't cook in her a comatose state. What are we gonna do?" Madara hummed softly as he began to stroke at Sakura's long pink tresses once again, "Order out from Ichiraku's." Obito could only nod as his father handed him the money to pay for at least thirty bowls of ramen, which made Obito sweat drop slightly, "Get everything. You know Sakura's taste better than I do." Nodding, Obito smiled as he watched father and daughter snuggled up to one another.
Deidara must have had some guts to come back the same day he had almost been killed by the terrifying Madara Uchiha as he knocked on the front door. He could clearly hear Obito's voice, "FINALLY! The food is here!" Opening the door, Obito's face fell before he laced his arms against his chest, "What." Deidara sighed and looked down, practically whimpering at this point, "Please Obito... I need to see her..." Just then Sasuke came to the doorway and deeply scowled, "You have some damn nerve coming back around here after our father almost killed you. The only reason you're alive is thanks to Sakura. LEAVE THE VILLAGE! ALL YOU DO IS TORTURE SAKURA!"
Taking a step back, Deidara then stiffened his body, "Please Obito... PLEASE!" Deidara dropped to his knees as tears began to fall from his face. A heavy and drawn out sigh was then heard coming from Obito as he looked at Sasuke, "Sasuke, I need you to distract father for... um... an hour." Sasuke's mouth dropped open at his elder brother's words, "How do you expect me to distract father for an HOUR!?" Obito merely shrugged at his younger brother, "I don't know. That's why you're doing it. You'll think of something. Maybe bring up Orochimaru to father. I know he hates that man. So if he even hears that Orochimaru is anywhere near the village, he will go to "slaughter" that snake."
Sasuke released a heavy sigh, yet nodded at his elder brother's wishes, "Fine, but you owe me." Laughing gently, the elder brother of the two began to ruffle Sasuke's hair, "Make the performance believable too. So look panicked or pissed - wait - you always look pissed. Yeah, panicked; now go! Deidara, mask your chakra." Deidara did exactly as he was told and masked his chakra as Sasuke began to walk away grumbling over the entire matter.
Breaking into a run with a "panicked" expression, Sasuke opened Sakura's door only for Madara to look at his middle child, "Sasuke? What's troubling you?" Sasuke had to make this believable, he just HAD to, "I was taking a walk and saw O-Orochimaru walking around talking about how he was going to t-take S-Sakura's eyes..." Madara wanted to shoot up but couldn't, "Tell Obito he is to stay with Sakura until I return." Sasuke nodded and ran back to Obito as Madara gently placed Sakura's head on her pillow.
Standing, he looked like a pissed off dragon with how he glared. Walking to his room, he placed all of his old gear on and nodded to Sasuke, "Lead the way to where you last saw Orochimaru." Sasuke nodded and dashed off with Madara quick on his heels. The moment Obito could no longer sense Sasuke or Madara, he hurried Deidara into Sakura's room and he slowly walked to her before laying down and pulling Sakura close to his body. Obito then spoke in a hushed tone, "Remember, you only have one hour Deidara." Nodding in acknowledgment at Obito's words, Obito then closed the door and nervously began to pace around the living room.
Sasuke and Madara were now quite a ways away from the village as the youngest male child began to speak, "I spotted him around here. Maybe if we do some searching, we will find him." Madara nodded and the two aimlessly began to run around. After twenty minutes of finding nothing, Madara came to an abrupt halt, "Sasuke..." Turning around, Sasuke grinned nervously at his father and Madara noticed the way Sasuke's eyes began to dance about; trying to avoid Madara's piercing stare.
"Orochimaru was never here was he... you had better tell me the truth too..." His voice darkened immensely, making Sasuke stiffen up before giving up, "N-No..." Scowling deeply, Madara then turned and began to dash towards the village. Obito had been watching out of the window, waiting for Sasuke's signal whenever he saw the sudden surge of lightning up in the sky, "It's only been twenty minutes!" Obito then rushed back to Sakura's room and opened the door hastily, "Deidara! Leave NOW!"
Deidara shot up and quickly placed his shoes on before masking his chakra and bolting out of the house through a window. Finally Madara got home and Obito was sitting up in bed with Sakura on his lap as he stroked her hair gently, "Obito... who was in here..." Damn it all to hell, he should have guessed his father's nose was better than any ninja hound's nose. Looking towards his father, Obito couldn't think of anything... so... he told the truth...
Madara began to tap his finger impatiently on his arm when Obito finally answered, "I-It was Deidara..." Madara's face instantly became murderous as he turned, "I will teach that child a lesson..." He began to leave whenever Obito ran out of Sakura's room, "Father! Are you going to kill the man Sakura loves!? Will you break her faith in you so easily!?" Madara then froze before turning around, "I want you to listen, Sakura is my daughter... anyone who tries anything with her... is as good as a dead man...
With that said, Obito looked dumbfounded beyond compare, "FATHER LISTEN!" Madara then snapped around, "NO! I WILL NOT LISTEN TO YOU! YOU ARE MY CHILD! THE CHILD OF MADARA UCHIHA! THE SAME GOES FOR SASUKE AND SAKURA! SO ANYONE WHO TRIES TO DEFILE OUR FAMILY NAME WILL BE PUNISHED!" With that said, Madara turned his back with his arms snugly folded across his chest. Dropping his arms, Madara... bolted from the home with the intent of spilling the blonde haired bomber's blood...