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Chapter 21: Blending With Reality

"Excuse me Madara?! Oh hell no! You are not TELLING me to do anything! YOU LOST THAT RIGHT LONG AGO!" Sakura scowled her emerald based orbs towards the man she was currently married to. Madara's void like orbs narrowed dangerously towards the pinkette, whom firmly stood her ground before he spoke in a rather dry tone, "Is that so..." Sakura could not believe her ears... this man was such an egotistical bastard that even she was at a loss for words.

Ripping her hand away from her husband's, Sakura then called out, "Izuna! Sasuke! Over here!" Madara honestly couldn't help the way he acted. He loved the pink haired Otsutsuki female so much that he honestly just wanted her love in return. Before Izuna and Sasuke appeared, Sakura turned towards the godly man and sighed heavily, "Listen Madara, if you want a real chance at being Sasuke's father, I need to see some real dedication and love from you... can you do that...?"

Thinking this over for a moment, the male with the long unruly spiked hair nodded, causing his thick black and blue forest of silky thorns to sway along with his initial head movement, "I accept these terms." Sakura stared into his eyes to find some sort of honest truth, but the more she stared, the more she began to feel lost. So she honestly could not say nor validate if Madara had even been telling the truth over this matter.

"Mommy...? Mommy? MOMMY!" Sasuke yelled as he puffed his cheeks out cutely. Sakura finally snapped out of her daze and shot her head towards her child, "Oh, Sasuke! I'm sorry baby." Kneeling down and taking her son into her arms, Sasuke snuggled into his mother's chest and released a heavy yawn. Releasing the miniature Madara, Sakura then ran her fingers through his long soft locks before glancing up at Izuna, "Izuna, it's okay now... Madara and I... need to speak with Sasuke alone."

Nodding his head towards his sister in law, Izuna narrowed his eyes at his elder brother, "If any harm comes to them, I will never forgive you big brother..." Madara rose his only visible eyebrow at his younger brother before motioning with his hand for Izuna to scram, "Get lost." Rolling his eyes, Izuna then hugged Sasuke and told him to be a good boy for his mommy before taking his leave.

The family now walked back towards Sakura's and Sasuke's current home before entering, yet not before everyone and their grandmother stopped in their tracks to witness how much this man looked like Sasuke. Closing her door, Sakura sighed heavily and knelt down to her only child, "Sasuke, dear..." Sasuke looked at his mother with those big, adorable, doughy eyes and the pinkette instantly began to wonder if Madara had been this cute whenever he was Sasuke's age.

Clearing her throat, Sakura's eyes softened before a gentle, yet unsure tone of voice projected towards her son, "Sasuke... meet your father..." The moment this was said, Sasuke's eyes widened immensely and his head snapped towards Madara, who was now kneeling, "Sasuke, I am your father. My name is Madara Uchiha. First off... I want to apologize for hitting you son. Second, I want to apologize for not being there for you and your mother when you needed me the most... can you forgive me Sasuke...?"

Tears instantly filled the little boy's eyes. This is what he had wanted for so long now - he had wanted a complete family to love and treasure. In return, all he wanted was for that family to love him in return. Gulping harshly, Sasuke then nervously jumbled out, "N-No hit anymore...?" Madara instantly flinched at this and swooped his son into his arms, "You got it pal. I won't hit you anymore." All Sakura could do was merely watch her husband finally interacting with - and more importantly, acknowledging their child.

As the years began to pass, Sakura began to realize that Madara was a wonderful father to their son and was even proud to call the man her husband once more. Madara couldn't have been more happy to see his wife smiling once again and not looking towards him with suspicious eyes after so much time had passed. The three were now a happy family living a prosperous life and nothing would change that as long as the Uchiha heir was alive and well.

Sasuke was currently eight years old whenever he came running up to his father pouting, "Dad! When are you going to teach me some jutsu and fighting skills! I want to learn now!" Madara, whom was currently sitting down on the family couch blinked innocently a few times before looking back at his wife as she cooked lunch for the three. Sakura only glanced back and her husband and release a soft chuckle. Releasing a heavy sigh, the male with the long unruly spiked hair ran a single gloved hand through his hair, "Why do you want to learn Sasuke?"

The eight year old child scowled heavily before speaking in an upset tone, "Grandpa told me that you started learning before you were eight years old and were practically considered a genius along with uncle Indra and mommy!" Even the mention of Indra caused Madara to huff extremely heavily as if Indra were such a drag to even be hearing about as Sasuke continued, "Mommy won't teach me because she said that's your job! This isn't fair!"

Sakura instantly began to laugh and motioned for Sasuke to come closer, which he smiled and ran to his mother until she rose two fingers and poked her son's forehead, causing him to stumble backwards while holding onto his forehead, "OW MOM! I TOLD YOU TO STOP DOING THAT!" The pinkette instantly became all doom and gloom. She honestly missed how adorable he had been when he was a smaller child. Now it was Madara's turn to chuckle at his wife.

"Madara it's not funny! My baby is growing up too fast!" Sakura pouted cutely, which only made Madara laugh even harder, "Oh Sakura, you're just so beautiful and sweet. I will finish up lunch, why don't you go and teach him the fireball jutsu?" Sakura sighed and shook her head, "No honey, like I told Sasuke... it's a father's job to pass on all of his techniques to his son. However, once you have a better concept and knowledge of chakra control, then I will teach you medical ninjutsu. Is that a deal Sasuke?"

Thinking this over for a moment, Sasuke then nodded sadly but then his head perked up, "Wait! I wanna see you and daddy spar, mommy!" Sakura instantly blinked rapidly before turning to face her husband all the way, whom only gave a devilish grin; causing Sakura to blush furiously in the process. "I think we can manage that... yes... Sakura, let's dance!"

Heavily sweat dropping, Sakura glanced towards her son, whom only seemed pumped to watch an all out battle royale between his parents. Sighing heavily, Sakura then nodded in defeat, "Fine, fine... but lunch first. All right Sasuke?" The ecstatic child quickly nodded and sat down at the table whenever his mother placed every plate down in its rightful spot.

As the three ate, Sakura began to think long and hard over the most random things one could possibly think of while eating, 'You know...? If anyone broke into our home, I'd feel sorry for them because I'm pretty sure they would not leave here alive. Hell, even if an entire platoon broke in, I would STILL feel sorry for them and have no worries about my family's safety...'

Before she even knew it, all of the plates were piled into the sink and Sakura now stood facing her husband in a battle ready stance that Madara was not used to seeing from Sakura, but he was no fool and knew he had to keep his guard firmly set in place instead of merely standing there with his arms folded like he usually did when sparring against someone. He was fully aware of how deadly Sakura could be as an opponent and if he didn't keep his guard up, he would humiliate himself in front of his son. Sasuke was deemed as their referee and he held his hand up before swiping it down, "START!"

Swiftly, Madara pushed off of the earth, leaving a dent and vanishing in the process before reappearing in front of his wife smirking. That's when he noticed she was smirking far wider than he was whenever her fist shot out and connected with her husband's gut, sending him flying through trees. Sasuke's eyes widened and he sweat dropped heavily while thinking, 'I am never making mom mad ever again! She might kill me!'

By now all of the citizens of the little town they lived at were now out of their homes curiously watching the ongoing battle. Madara scowled and shot out of the trees before weaving signs faster than the human eye could keep up with, but Sakura already had her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan activated and she quickly mirrored her husbands hand signs before both hollered out, "FIRE STYLE: DRAGON FLAME LOUD SINGING JUTSU!"

Both parents produced massive dragon appearing flames that collided with one another. Before Madara even landed, Sakura was now in front of him and shouted, "BYAKUGAN!" The veins on each side of her skull began to protrude unnaturally from her smooth skin and Sasuke's eyes could only widen even further. In his eyes, his mother was like a goddess; but his father was nothing short of being a god himself.

Swiftly swinging his body around, Madara's foot shot out and connected with Sakura's gut before the mass amount of pressure shot her to the ground. Weaving more hand signs, Madara landed and was about to invoke another jutsu, "FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!" Yet... nothing happened. That's when the pinkette grinned and the male with the long unruly locks appeared shocked, "You turned all of my chakra points off Sakura!" He hadn't even realized why she had thrust only two fingers out at a time to jab him in a few spots on this body while up in the air.

"I see you've finally met my new gentle fists technique, Madara!" Sakura practically mocked towards her husband, whom only gained an annoyed facial expression. He knew he didn't need chakra or jutsu to beat Sakura, but it would seem as if he would need to put in much more effort to take down this mother lioness. Smirking to himself, Madara stood up and merely brushed his clothing off looking highly unenthusiastic in the process.

This small notion caused the pinkette to scowl heavily before activating her Rinnegan and grinning. Sasuke watched wide eyed and almost in complete horror that his parents held this much power at their disposal. The Uchiha heir swiftly bolted in front of Sakura, which she honestly hadn't expected from someone who had just had majority of their chakra points turned off temporarily. Sakura scowled heavily and Madara's grin grew as he dropped and slid his foot across the ground right where his wife's legs were, which tripped her and caused her to fall to the ground.

Bright light pink electricity then gathered within the palm of the pinkette and she shot her arm forward, only for Madara to quickly back flip away before being struck. Sakura then called out to Sasuke, "THIS IS WHY THEY CALL YOUR FATHER THE GOD OF WAR, SASUKE!" Sasuke, along with the rest of the towns people felt as if their eyes were about to pop out of their skulls at that very moment. This was just so... "Intense..." Sasuke muttered quietly to himself.

By that point, Madara had already bolted towards the pink haired female without her even noticing whenever a strong fist connected with her arm and accidentally broke it in the process. Gritting her teeth harshly, Sakura began to send healing chakra straight towards her arm to heal the damage that had been done without even weaving any hand signs.

The Uchiha heir was pretty sure that his own wife was one of the toughest opponents he had ever encountered in his entire life. He wouldn't stop though, no. He was having far too much fun at this point in time and sparring against Sakura was good training for himself. Noticing his chakra points had healed, he grinned and Sakura could only think, 'Ah, shit...' as her husband was about to use one of his most deadly jutsu's which she quickly mimicked with her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan so that there would be no damage to any of the homes.

By now all of the towns people cheered and placed bets, which highly distracted the pinkette. However, she knew better than to let her guard down around someone of Madara's strength and caliber. Yet, this did not help due to the mass cloud of dirt flying around in the air that now made it hard for her to even keep her eyes open. Forcing her eyes to stay open was her mistake because the longer she kept her eyes open, the more dirt would accumulate within her eyes until she could no longer take it and she began to tear up and rub at her now emerald orbs to rid them of the troublesome dirt.

Suddenly, a shout was heard projecting from Sasuke in an almost panicked tone, "STOP!" A swift gust of wind blew away all of the dirt in the air and Sakura was now in agony from all of the dirt in her eyes, yet saw Madara standing there with his eyes closed while holding a kunai pointed towards her throat. Madara swiftly pulled the kunai back and twirled it a few times before slamming it back into his holster and that's when he noticed Sakura trying to open her eyes, but just couldn't.

"Dammit sweetie, you know I don't need my eyesight to fight! I'm sorry... open your eyes for me one at a time and look up." Madara softly and sweetly spoke, only for Sakura to try to open one of her eyes. The Uchiha heir reached his hand out and held the pinkette's eye open while his other hand swiped all of the accumulated dirt out of his wife's eye before moving to the next eye and repeating the same process.

By the time the two parents looked towards Sasuke, both of their eyes widened. "S-Sasuke!" Sakura called out, making the poor boy jump slightly, "What mom!?" Madara chuckled softly and walked over to Sasuke before raising a single hand, placing it on his child's head, and ruffled his hair, "Nice job on awakening your Sharingan, Sasuke." Sasuke looked ecstatic over the matter and began to jump up and down happily, "Let me see dad, let me see!"

Madara chuckled softly at this before pulling out a polished kunai that his son could look into. Once Sasuke caught a glimpse of the two tomoe pattern held within his eyes he then looked towards his parents, "How long did it take both of you to get the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan!? I wanna know!" Sakura turned away, not wanting to hurt her child's feelings, so Madara answered for him, "Well, I got mine after your mom got her's."

Not happy with such a small explanation, the eight year old miniature Madara then shook his head and puffed his cheeks out, "But WHEN did you get it!?" The Uchiha heir sighed heavily at this and leaned back, "Your mom was born with the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the Byakugan, and the Rinnegan. Honestly, she was going easy on me during that fight. She could have easily used Planetary Devastation on me and it would have been an immediate game over for me."

Sasuke felt so amazed right now, but Sakura shook her head, "I would never use such a jutsu on someone I love. Besides Madara, you could have used Planetary Devastation on me as well. You always hide that Rinnegan of yours so people don't know you have it should war break out." Madara instantly smirked at his wife, "Yes, but I would rather keep this world in one piece. Should we both use that jutsu, all hell would break loose. Besides, you didn't even use Amaterasu or your Susano'o."

The pinkette instantly gained a playful facial expression, "Well, neither did you." Sasuke was instantly interested, "Mom, dad? What's Amaterasu and a Susano'o?" Sakura and Madara both turned their heads towards their child, "Please do not say you wish to see this ability Sasuke. For it might scare you." Madara claimed as he folded his arms. Sasuke was hearing none of it though, "Yes! I want to see it! Please, please, oh PLEASE!?"

It was obvious both parents had a hard time saying no to their child due to the fact that both of their shoulders instantly slumped and their heads dropped, "All right Sasuke..." Sakura spoke softly and smiled gently, "Just remember this though, they are your friends who are here to act as your guardian angel." This confused Sasuke but he nodded in agreement.

Madara was up first as the royal blue skeletal figure began to wrap around his body and Sasuke watched in amazement as the figure then grew into a complete Susano'o, which towered over Sasuke. Looking up, the eight year old then squinted his eyes to notice his father in the forehead of the enormous angelic appearing being. By now, Sasuke's eyes sparkled in amazement before snapping to his mother, "Your turn mom, your turn!"

Sakura sighed heavily, but nodded and did the same as her husband, the only difference between both of their Susano'o was Sakura's was more feminine rather than having a male appearance; and unlike her husband's royal blue Susano'o, her's was a light pink coloration and slightly shimmered in the light. There were now two giants in the village and of course the obvious outcome of this, considering no one had ever seen a Susano'o before in their entire lives, was that everyone instantly screamed, began panicking, and all began to run as fast as they could to get away.

Sweat dropping at this, Madara and Sakura both dropped their Susano'o form and landed on the ground with ease. Everyone that had ran away now seemed confused that the two "giants" had merely just vanished into thin air. The family of three then ruffled their son's long hair, "Dad will you please, please, please train me!?" Madara instantly turned and looked at Sakura for approval and she only smiled and nodded. Turning back towards his son, the Uchiha heir then nodded, "Very well then, let us begin your training."

Remembering something important, Sakura bonked her fist into her open palm before running inside. Sasuke was growing fast and needed a new white Ninshu cloak if he was going to become a disciple of Ninshu. Finding a larger version of the standard white Ninshu cloak that Sasuke had worn since he was an infant, Sakura brought it out and tossed it towards her eight year old son, "Here Sasuke, you'll need this!" Sasuke turned and caught the clothing, instantly noticing that it was the exact same as his mother's cloak.

Shaking his head, Sasuke was quick to point at his father, "I want an official Uchiha cloak mom! Not that white outfit you, uncle Izuna, uncle Indra, uncle Asura, uncle Zetsu, and Grandpa always wear!" This shocked Sakura and actually made her slightly depressed, "O-Oh... I see..." About to turn away, the pinkette then heard a thwacking sound, causing her to rapidly blink her eyes as Madara scowled, "Sasuke, wear the damn cloak your mother gave you." Pouting while rubbing where his father had whacked his head, Sasuke nodded and did as he was told.

From that day forward, Sasuke trained rigorously with his father so that he could one day become much stronger than both of his parents and end up surpassing them. Years began to fly by and Sasuke was maturing into a fine shinobi that even Madara would brag about... and that man would only brag about himself and his wife, no one else was worth bragging about until Sasuke began to show real promise.

. . .

Before she had even realized or comprehended as to what was happening; Madara, Sasuke, and herself were packed up and ready to move back to the main Ninshu village, but they were not leaving alone. Naruto, Hinata, Boruto and Himawari were all tagging along as well considering the fact that Boruto and Sasuke were such good friends and neither parties wanted to rip that bond apart. There was also the fact that Hinata wanted to live much closer to her cousin, Neji.

Madara had come into Sasuke's life twelve years prior and he was now the prime age of sixteen years old. Madara had more or less kept to himself while living in this place, practically making him a secret from the village until now as Naruto, Hinata, and their children approached Sakura. Hinata was the first to ask, "Sakura? Who is that? He looks just like Sasuke!" Internally sweat dropping at this, Sakura then laughed almost nervously, "Oh him? He's uh... he's uh..." Madara rolled his eyes instantly and answered for his wife, "I am Sakura's husband and the birth father of Sasuke. My name is Madara Uchiha."

Nodding shyly at this, Hinata quieted down and Sakura shook her head as she placed two fingers against the purple shaded diamond that laid dormant on her forehead, "That's right, this is Sasuke's birth father and my husband. Now, can we get a move on before it gets dark? I'd rather not have to camp outside if it can be avoided." Everyone nodded in agreement and began to walk towards their final destination.

Sakura and Hinata mostly spoke with one another as they walked, but Naruto honestly felt rather timid to speak to the man known as Sakura's husband due to the way he appeared. Naruto instantly noticed that Madara carried himself as someone who was extremely important and well respected, but he figured that he shouldn't judge someone by appearance alone; so, he decided to give Madara a shot, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki. It's nice to meet Sakura's REAL husband, ya know?"

This comment was not ignored by Sakura or Madara considering the pinkette shot her wide eyed gaze back towards the blonde, completely mortified at the indication that he had just made that Sakura had been using someone else as a stand in. Madara's orbs darkened instantly and he immediately stopped walking, "What did you just say...?" His tone of voice did not appear happy or cheerful in the least.

Hearing this as well, Sasuke then slowed to a stop and turned around, "Mom never told you dad?" Madara's gaze was then directed towards his teenaged son, "Told me what..." The way the Uchiha heir had said this was more or less a tone Sasuke had become rather familiar with. It was the 'you'd better fucking tell me the damn truth, or else' tone and the now short, spiky haired teen sighed heavily, "Before you came into our lives, Uncle Izuna acted as my father figure. It's not that big of a deal or anything, it is what it is."

That very moment, Sakura felt as if a panic attack was approaching before she turned and swiftly sprinted away. Sasuke instantly noticed the way his mother began to haul ass away from the group at top speed and he immediately began to run after her, "MOM STOP!" She couldn't do this anymore, she just couldn't. Living with Madara was like constantly walking on egg shells and she just couldn't do it anymore. She refused to live her life in constant fear anymore. Sasuke continued to sprint after her and finally tackled her to the ground, "DAMMIT MOM! WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM!?"

Finally, Sakura burst into tears and spoke through her sobs, "S-Sasuke I-I can't do t-this a-anymore! I-I... I CAN'T LIVE IN FEAR ANYMORE SASUKE!" Sasuke's darkened orbs widened at the site of his mother who was usually stronger than an angry lioness protecting her cubs before he got off of her, turned his head around to glare at his father, and pulled his mother into a protective embrace, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MOM, DAD!? LOOK AT HER! SHE'S TERRIFIED OF YOU!"

Sakura continued to sob as Hinata ran towards her and Sasuke in a panicked fashion. "Take my mother Miss Hinata..." Sasuke darkly spoke and Hinata instantly nodded, taking Sakura into her arms and hushing her to calm her sobs. Madara merely stood there with his arms folded securely across his chest with an amused facial expression, "Ah, Sasuke... what will you do? No, let me rephrase... what CAN you do? You do not honestly believe that you are on my level, do you?"

At this point, the teen was royally pissed off as he clenched his gloved hands, "Do you honestly think I want to fight you dad? No, I do not. Unless you were lying to me whenever I was little and you told me there would be no more hitting!" Madara's amused facial expression brightened at his son's words before laughing, "Your mother gets out of line far too often and her actions need to be corrected, Sasuke. Besides, I only said I would stop hitting YOU. I never made any indications about your mother."

Sasuke now felt disgusted that this man was his father and instantly darted towards him while pulling out his katana before his world darkened. Shooting awake sweating heavily and panting as if he had just ran a marathon, he then heard a knock on his door before his long pink haired mother entered his room carrying storage scrolls, "Sasuke! What are you still doing in bed at this hour!? We are leaving for the main Ninshu village soon! Get up lazy bones!"

Raising a single hand to one of his Sharingan based orbs, the teen then looked towards his smiling mother before speaking, "Mom...?" Sakura turned to face her sixteen year old child and blinked rapidly, "What's wrong honey?" Sasuke lowered his hand to his lap and looked towards his mother, "Has dad ever... um... hit you...?" Sakura once again rapidly blinked her emerald based orbs before bursting into laughter, "That is absurd Sasuke! Your father has never placed a single hand on me in an abusive manner! What gave you that impression?"

Just then, Madara walked in while running a single hand through his long locks after hearing what his son had just asked his mother in a concerned tone of voice, "Sasuke, I love your mother more than anything in this whole world. I've loved her ever since we were children and that will never change. The only time I ever lay a hand on her is when we spar, that's it son." The male with the long unruly locks then wrapped his arm tenderly around his wife's hip and kissed her cheek in a doting form, causing her to giggle softly.

Instantly grossing out at this, Sasuke wrinkled his nose up and shook his head before releasing a sigh of relief, "I guess that was just an extremely vivid dream... sorry mom and dad." Not thinking anymore about the matter, the teen lugged himself out of bed and began to pack up his belongings. The thing he was happiest about with this move to the main Ninshu village was that he would actually know someone other than family once he had arrived.

It did not take long for the two families, the Uchiha and the Uzumaki, to arrive at the front gate of the main Ninshu village where everyone was waiting. His four uncles and his grandfather, along with the rest of the entire village all stood there waving at both families; happy that Sakura and Madara had finally returned to the village safe and sound along with their child that none of the villagers had ever met.

Hagoromo was the first to welcome everyone, "My daughter... how have you been all of these years away from home?" Sakura smiled brightly and nodded happily towards her father, "Madara and I have managed with ease, but we have missed everyone here dearly." Nodding at this, the future sage of the six paths then looked towards his grandson, "Ah, Sasuke! Welcome to the main Ninshu village! It is wonderful to have you here my beloved grandson!"

Sasuke blinked a few times, yet nodded in acknowledgement towards his grandfather, "Thanks grandpa." Madara just couldn't hide it from anyone anymore, "Lord Hagoromo, Sakura and I have a surprise for you." Tilting his head slightly in confusion, Hagoromo then released an, "Oh?" Nodding his head, Madara grinned before spilling everything, "Expect a granddaughter in the near future."

The human and alien hybrid male then cackled happily, "Oh, I see! A granddaughter! Wonderful, wonderful! I cannot wait!" Indra, Asura, Zetsu, and Izuna all overheard this and quickly ran to Sakura, "Well that explains why you look so chubby sis!" Asura laughed out before getting roughly backhanded by his little sister, causing him to yelp. Indra rolled his eyes playfully towards his younger brother and smiled towards his little sister, "Well, I for one think you look beautiful Sakura."

Sakura rolled her eyes playfully while Zetsu poked at his sister's swelling belly, "It never ceases to amaze me how mother's do it. Giving birth and all sounds painful." The pinkette instantly gained a look that practically shouted 'no shit, you think?'

Now it was Izuna's turn and Sasuke knew far too well to keep his mouth firmly sealed if he wanted his family to stay just that... a family. However, Naruto was not aware of this dream and he instantly ran up to Izuna, "Izuna! What's up man! Ditching your wife gave the chance for another man to swoop in, ya know!?" Sasuke's breath instantly hitched in his throat as Izuna, Sakura, and Madara all looked at one another before beginning to laugh at this and Sasuke was internally panicking that his mother was going to be attacked by his father.

"Naruto, I already told you that Sakura and Sasuke weren't truly my wife and son. I was merely a stand in at the time because Sakura needed help while my big brother traveled." Izuna chuckled out and Naruto immediately rubbed the back of his blonde locks with a sheepish look plastered all over his face, "Oh right, right. My bad Izuna."

Shaking his head at the disturbance from the new arrival, Hagoromo cleared his throat before speaking, "So have you two thought of any names for your little girl yet?" Sakura and Madara instantly looked towards one another before smiling and nodding. The pink haired Otsutsuki female then gave a clear answer, "Yes father, we have. We have decided to combine our names." Sakura then glanced at the father of the soon to be two children and he nodded, "We will name her Sadara."

Smiling at this, Hagoromo gave a nod of approval, "Such a beautiful name. I commend you two on your choice of a name for the unborn lass. Now, why don't you all go and get some rest? I'm sure you must be rather exhausted after traveling." Asura quickly ran to his little sister and grabbed her hands while his eyes sparkled with excitement, "Sakura! Does this mean you're going to start making our meals again!?" Indra, Izuna, Zetsu, and even Hagoromo snapped their heads towards the pinkette anxiously awaiting an answer.

Chuckling softly, Sakura nodded, "Yup! I will be cooking again guys so don't worry!" The maid who had been in charge of the meals quickly lowered her head in shame because she knew she could never measure up to Sakura whenever it came to how good the food tasted.

"Well, until then, I am going to get some rest. Sadara and myself need to keep up our strength." Sakura chuckled and held onto her five month old growing baby before slightly bowing and waddling inside the main Otsutsuki household. Madara looked at Hagoromo and both men chuckled softly. Once calmed down, Hagoromo then motioned towards the other family, "Madara, who are your friends?" Blinking rapidly, Madara then turned his head to see the Uzumaki family, "Ah right, this is the Uzumaki family. Naruto Uzumaki, Hinata Uzumaki, Boruto Uzumaki, and Himawari Uzumaki."

Hagoromo made note of this and smiled at the new family, "We welcome you to the main Ninshu village. Is there a reason as to why you decided to follow my daughter and son in law?" That's when Hinata stepped forward, "Y-Yes sir, my cousin lives within this village. So we decided to move here to be closer to him." Nodding his head that this was a reasonable explanation, Hagoromo then asked, "Might I ask who your cousin is?" Hinata then nodded, "My cousin is Neji Hyuga."

Hearing his name, Neji ran forward and smiled brightly towards his cousin, "Hinata! It's great to see you!" Hinata then nodded with a calm smile, "It's always good to see you Neji." Everyone then welcomed the new family into the village and were told until Sakura could build them a home, they would be staying in the main Otsutsuki house. By that time, Madara and Sasuke both had lugged their tired bodies into the main house and Madara pointed to Sasuke's room before heading into Sakura's old room.

Once inside of the room, Madara took all clothing, except for his pants, off before lying down beside his wife. Sakura instantly turned towards him in her sleep and rested her head on the tops of his chest, causing the Uchiha heir to smile lovingly before sleep took over him all too quickly.

"Dreams are beautiful, are they not...?" Kaguya's voice called out and Sakura turned her head only to find herself completely shocked that Madara had actually found his way into her inner psyche where the Rabbit Goddess resided. Madara felt equally as shocked, which was all too apparent on his facade.

Finally turning back to face the long white haired female, Madara folded his arms, "What is the meaning of this Kaguya..." Sakura had to nod in total agreement at this point in time, yet her voice did not sound as pissed off as Madara's, "Yes Kaguya... why have you brought us here...?" Kaguya finally came out of the shadows to stand in front of the couple and smiled softly, "You two never cease to amaze me. You act as if you hate one another, but look at this... you have already brought one life into this world and are working on bringing your second in as well."

Well, to say the least, this hadn't been the answer they had been looking for, but then Kaguya released a gentle sigh, "I have brought you two here together to explain something..." Nodding their heads in acknowledgement, the Rabbit Goddess then continued, "These alternate dimensions are not just alternate dimensions to say the least."

Shocked... that's all the two could feel until Madara lashed out, "What in the HELL is that supposed mean!?" Kaguya glanced towards the Uchiha heir and sighed gently, "It means, I have sent you back in time. What has originally happened in both of your original times has yet to pass. However, considering I sent you back... I know what will happen in the future." Raising his only visible eyebrow at this, Madara just had to ask, "So what will come to pass?"

That's when Kaguya shook her head, "I cannot tell you that... for you must mold and shape your own future. The future is something that can always change, that is why I cannot tell you what lies in the far future of your lives." Madara and Sakura both glanced at one another in an almost nervous fashion before the pinkette turned to look at Kaguya dead in the eye, "I think I have a pretty good guess as to what will happen..."

Kaguya seemed almost taken back by this before asking, "Might I ask as to what you believe you see in your future...?" Sakura then nodded gently, "After I pass... Madara will drown in despair and Zetsu will take advantage of that considering I was the one who made him what he is to this day, so once I am gone, he will change as well. He will then revert back to his plans to revive you and will manipulate Madara to get his wish. Since he will know exactly where Madara and I will be buried at, he will more or less guide Kabuto to our graves and we will become... enemies of the future."

All the Rabbit Goddess could do was stare in disbelief at this pink haired woman standing in front of her very eyes, "My, my, I must say Sakura, you have extremely keen eyes, but I cannot verify whether this is true or not. There is also the fact that neither of you will even remember that we even spoke once you wake from your pleasant dreams. I can say this though... be weary of Black Zetsu. Though, again, you will not remember this warning once you have awoken from your slumber."

Madara scowled heavily at this and folded his arms, "Let me add on to what Sakura had said. Since Sakura and I are living legends, that will make us massive targets for this plan. Our children will pass away without even being acknowledged by Zetsu for their strength the way we were, and so, they will not even be in the running for this scheme." Kaguya appeared even more shocked now due to both Madara and Sakura's equations for what they believe what will happen in the future.

"Well, it matters not... but I can assure you that your children will not be targeted. I am sure you do remember the Sasuke Uchiha from your time, correct Sakura?" Sakura nodded slightly and glanced her emerald orbs down towards the ground, "Yes..." Kaguya nodded at this and gave an apologetic smile, "The Sasuke Uchiha of the future... will be Madara's and your own descendant." Sakura's eyes widened in horror or shock, at this point she wasn't sure if she could take much more of this.

However, that was not everything that needed to be said that would send yet another shock throughout the pinkette's system, "There will also be... another Sakura. However, she will be going by your original surname, Haruno. So in a sense, you and her are more or less the same person... but I must say, never cut your hair short Sakura. It does not look good on you at all." This actually made the long pink haired female laugh, "I couldn't cut my hair even if I wanted to. Madara will not allow it!"

Madara instantly shot his head to the side blushing heavily while grumbling about this and that. Sakura turned towards the Uchiha heir and laced her hand through his own, "Kaguya Otsutsuki... no... grandmother... I thank you for giving me the most valuable treasure this earth has to offer. Madara is a god send and I should have known better that you picked me because you had already noticed the attraction between us." This comment caused Kaguya to chuckle softly, "You are welcome... my beautiful granddaughter. Now... it is time for you two to wake up. Do take care of one another."

. . .

Four months came and went pretty damn fast. Sakura now laid in the birthing room with Ino as her midwife once again, whom chuckled, "Sakura, here you are again! Don't you think it was a bit LATE to have another kiddo?" Sakura instantly scowled at this before screaming in agony. Madara, of course, being the nervous wreck that he was, slowly opened the door to not make any noise just to check up on his wife. This was not Ino's first rodeo, so she snapped her head towards the father and scowled deeply, "MADARA! YOU KNOW THE RULES! MEN ARE FORBIDDEN IN THE BIRTHING ROOM!"

Grumbling, the man who was recently named as the Uchiha leader then shut the door so that he could pout. Ino shook her head and checked the pinkette's dilation and shook her head, "Not yet Sakura, I'm sorry." Sakura then released a scream of pure agony that was now laced with multiple profanities.

Ino was shocked though, "You know Sakura, it's amazing how the entire world knows of your presence. It's almost as if my best friend was famous or even a living legend!" At this point, Sakura could have cared less if she were famous or a living legend so to speak of. She just wanted Sadara OUT so this treacherous pain would stop.

Hour after hour passed and nothing was happening except pain. This was nothing like giving birth to Sasuke at all considering Sasuke was out pretty damn fast. Now Ino was beginning to worry as sweat drenched the pinkette's face, "GOD HELP ME!" She screamed in pure pain that exceeded majority of the other pains that she could heal rather quickly and effortlessly.

Thirty six hours had now passed since Sakura had initially gone into labor and she was exhausted. Yet Ino checked the pinkette's dilation and finally confirmed it was now time, "All right Sakura! You know the drill! Push!" The pain filled pink haired female now weakly pushed and felt her vision growing blurry until a cry of life was heard. Ino then turned towards Sakura with a bright smile once a cry of new life filled the room, "Congratulations Sakura! It's a girl!" Sakura's eyes were so dull and hazy at that point that she no longer even knew where she was until everything in the world went dark...

Ino's eyes grew wide and she quickly severed the umbilical cord before rushing Sadara out to her father, "Ino...?" Madara asked as he held the blood stained baby girl, "I'm sorry Madara! Hold onto Sadara!" Ino rushed back into the room and checked the pinkette for a pulse. Whenever she found none, her eyes widened in horror, "N-No..." The bleach blonde midwife tried everything she knew of at the time to attempt to try and resuscitate Sakura, but had no such luck.

After thirty minutes of trying and trying, Ino grabbed a white sheet and slowly pulled it over the pinkette's head with tears streaming down her face. The hardest thing she knew she had to do... was tell not only Lord Hagoromo and the pinkette's brothers... but Madara and Sasuke as well... and that right there, was no simple task to achieve.

Walking out of the room sobbing now, Madara's eyes widened and he grasped Ino's shoulders, "HOW IS SAKURA, INO?! WHERE IS SHE?!" Ino then noticed Sasuke standing there with a shocked and mortified facial expression, "No... MISS INO, WHERE IS MY MOTHER!?" Sasuke instantly pushed passed the bleach blonde female and his father before forcing the door open quickly. The moment he saw her, he stumbled backwards before slamming into the wall sobbing.

Madara was so confused at his son and thought maybe he was just happy to see his mother simply resting after such a long labor. Well, that was until he shifted his body to look inside of the birthing room only to see a sheet over his beloved's body, "NO! NO! SAKURA!" At that moment Sadara began to wail and sob in her father's arms and the new father then froze to look down at the bloodied little girl with a mortified expression. Sasuke knew what was about to happen and even though he was in pain, he knew this wasn't Sadara's fault.

Running to his father and brand new baby sister, Sasuke effectively snatched Sadara from his father's arms so that the teen's father could practically erupt as if he were an active volcano. Madara then looked towards the tiny baby girl and pointed his finger at her, "THIS IS YOUR FAULT GOD DAMMIT! THIS. IS. YOUR. FAULT!" Sasuke then scowled hatefully towards his father and instinctively began to shelter the sobbing newborn from all of this rage that was misdirected towards her.

Right at that moment, Hagoromo, Indra, Asura, Zetsu, and Izuna all walked up to see Sasuke holding his baby sister while Madara began to slam his fists through walls. "WHOA! He must be really happy!" Asura said until he came in front of the birthing room and instantly froze at what he witnessed. Indra slightly tilted his head at Asura and walked up behind his younger brother before he too, froze with a look of sheer horror placed on his face. Zetsu then looked and also froze and then it was Izuna's turn...

Nearing the brother's of Sakura, Izuna could feel that something was in fact, not right. Pushing passed the brothers, Izuna then ran to Sakura's covered body, "SAKURA! WAKE UP, THIS ISN'T FUNNY!" The younger brother of Madara Uchiha screamed as tears filled his void like orbs before spilling onto his cheeks. "So... it has come to this... has it..." Hagoromo spoke with sorrow laced words as he walked inside of the room.

Taking a deep breath, Hagoromo then grasped the top of the sheet before slowly sliding it down to look at his daughter's face, which had tears still cascading slowly down her face as blood slid out of from the seams of her mouth. Raising a single hand to place it on his daughter's face, Hagoromo then was pushed into the sick reality as he felt the icy cold skin of his third born child. Tears instantly began to stream down his face and drip down onto Sakura's face as if those tears had been a dam filled to the brim with sorrow that had finally broken down to release all of its contents.

Still hearing the screaming of Madara, whom was now being held back by Indra, Asura, and Izuna so that he could not harm the one thing Sakura gave her life to bring into this world. Hagoromo then slowly walked out of the birthing room and roughly slapped Madara across the face, "Don't you dare insult my daughter by threatening the one thing she gave her life to protect!" Madara's eyes filled with tears and began to flow down his face miserably, "I-I... I need fresh air..." The Uchiha's clan leader swiftly turned and bolted from the room without telling Sakura... goodbye...

The ceremony was held the very next day after she had been cleaned up and dressed in her white Ninshu attire that she had loved so much. In her hands were photos of Madara, Sasuke, and the newborn Sadara. Madara stood quietly while holding Sadara as tears began to flow down his face once again.

"Sakura... was my daughter and one of the most precious things in not only my life, but her brothers, brother in law, children, and late husband. She was loved throughout the entire village and even the entire shinobi world had come to love her as well. She might now be physically here, but she will always live within our hearts. More importantly, she will continue to live on through the children that she risked her life to bring into this world. Now... Indra, Asura, Zetsu will you come and say a few parting words?" Hagoromo's speech had everyone in tears, yet Indra slowly walked up to the front followed by Asura and Zetsu.

"Our little sister was the best person we ever knew... she had a heart filled to the brim with love for each and every person throughout this village." Indra spoke before taking a shaky breath and continuing, "She was bright, kind, and mostly beautiful. If she had to pick a handful of people that she loved the most... it could not have been answered because she treasured every single life. Her late husband, Madara and her children, Sasuke and Sadara will continue to live on in our lives and a part of her will continue to live with all of us for the rest of eternity."

Asura waited for his elder brother to finish before shakily speaking up, "If I had to pick one thing that I loved most about my sister... it would have been those big beautiful emerald orbs that she filled to the brim with love. There were times where Sakura was terrifying, believe me when I say that; but there was never a moment of doubt held within my mind that she did not love each and every single person here. She brought us a new brother to treasure and also gave us two surviving children, Sasuke and Sadara, that she treasured more than her own life. She will be remembered throughout the ages, I have no doubt in my mind about that..."

Zetsu said absolutely nothing, yet could feel all of the darkness and hatred that Kaguya had once placed inside of him swelling to the brim. Everyone figured he was just trying to mourn and grieve in his own way. Sasuke chose not to speak and kept quiet as he took Sadara from his father's arms to cry against her tiny chest as she slept.

To everyone's shock and surprise, Madara also said nothing about his wife to remember her. His eyes appeared dull, lifeless, cold, and lost by that point and he couldn't even think straight. By the time Sakura's memorial was over and she had been buried within a tomb holding the Otsutsuki and Uchiha clans symbols. Madara, Sasuke, and Sadara stayed put for the longest time after Sakura had been buried and simply stared at the fresh soil that had just been used to cover the pinkette.

From afar, Zetsu glared at the newborn baby girl for taking his little sister away while also drilling in his mind where she had been buried down to the every last detail so he would never forget. Right then and there, Zetsu came to the conclusion that reviving mother would have been far less painful to endure than watching his little sister become fertilizer for the ground.

Hagoromo had decided to plant a cherry blossom tree right over Sakura's grave and that just made it even easier to remember where his little sister had been buried. After that day, Zetsu vanished from the main Ninshu village entirely, never to be seen again.

Ten years later, Madara still had yet to heal as he sat in a chair, merely staring outside of a window with his cold eyes. "Daddy! Daddy! DADDY!" Sadara yelled as her pink locks fluttered softly with her angry motions that her father was not paying her any attention. Slowly, the Uchiha male slowly turned his head to look at his daughter before shifting his gaze back from whence it came so that it resumed where it had previously been.

Puffing her cheeks out cutely, Sasuke then walked into the room, "Sadara? What are you doing?" Sadara turned towards her elder brother pouting, "I wanted to show daddy that I can do medical ninjutsu just like mommy did! I also awakened my Sharingan and he won't even LOOK at it!

Sighing heavily at this turn of events, the short haired Uchiha male then smiled gently, "You know that you can show me, right Sadara?" Looking back, that's when Sadara realized that her elder brother had been more of a father to her than her birth father had ever been in her entire life. In fact, her birth father didn't even acknowledge that she had even existed.

Glancing down to the ground the young Uchiha female then released a sigh, "I know I can, big brother... it... it would have been nice to show daddy what I can do for once. I just wish he knew I existed, Sasuke!" Right at that moment the ten year old female child broke down sobbing and Sasuke had to run to her to catch her and hush her gently, "Common Sadara, mom would be sad if she saw you in so much pain..." That's when the pink haired Uchiha female snapped.

"YEAH? WELL AT LEAST YOU KNEW MOM FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS! I NEVER KNEW WHO SHE WAS BECAUSE SHE DIED GIVING BIRTH TO ME! AT LEAST... at least you have memories of her, big brother. Count yourself to be lucky, because I will never know mommy the same way you knew her..." At the end, Sadara's voice trailed off as she sniffled and rubbed the tears from her eyes.

Sasuke instantly snapped towards his father angrily, "DAD IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS! SADARA NEEDS YOU! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? SAY SOMETHING, SAY ANYTHING! JUST SPEAK DAMMIT!" Once again, Madara slowly shifted his head to glance at his son before returning his gaze back to the window without uttering a single word. Sasuke couldn't believe this... this was just wrong and even he knew that, "You are no father... you're just pathetic. I wish it had been you and not mom..."

That's when Madara's blank gaze widened in shock and horror, yet he had said nothing for so long that he could no longer find his voice to say something snarky in return like he usually did. Instead of staying shocked, his face fell and he stared at his lap blankly.

Shaking his head, Sasuke then stood up with Sadara in his arms, "Dad, I'm taking Sadara to live with me. You are not fit to be a parent as you are." With that, Sasuke helped his little sister pack all of her belongings before the two then told their father that they would be back every single day to make sure he ate. The moment all of this was said, Sasuke sighed heavily and wrapped a hand around Sadara's shoulder before guiding her slowly out of their father's house to move into his own house.

As the time passed, Madara froze his heart and became isolated from the world. By the time Sadara was old enough to live on her own, the Uchiha clan's leader moved out of the village alone to never allow his heart to heal. Years and more years had gone by when Madara was finally visited by a familiar face. A face he had never expected to ever see again... "Madara... I see you are looking as horrible as always." Madara's eyes shifted to the side almost angrily before he spoke one word, "Zetsu..."

"Come now Madara, is that any way to speak to someone who is about to give you a resolution to your problem?" Zetsu spoke eerily with a grin plastered on his face. "What in the hell are you even going on about Zetsu..." In all honesty, Madara had practically become a mute in his isolated time living in the middle of nowhere and this had been the first time he had spoken in such a long time.

Zetsu chuckled darkly, fully knowing he was about to take advantage of a man who's heart was so broken that it would never heal. Madara was now living in a world filled with darkness and he was honestly just fine with that, "You see, there is a dream world where Sakura can live once more." Zetsu dryly spoke, clearly knowing that the Uchiha male would take the bate with ease.

Snapping around with widened eyes, Madara did not know what to say before it simply came out by itself, "WHAT IN THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY!?... AND YOU ARE SURE THIS WILL WORK!?" By now, Zetsu knew all too well that Madara had taken the bait for his scheme to come into play. Tilting his head to the side in a sickly playful manner, Zetsu then grinned and spoke, "The Infinite Tsukuyomi... a world of dreams that become reality for all that are captured in its light."

Right then and there, Madara knew what he had to do to once again see that beautiful smile graced upon the love of his life's face. He made a solemn oath to Zetsu that he would accomplish this dream world no matter what happened, the only difference being that he claimed he would accomplish this on his own terms; which Zetsu complied with to make this seem as if it were his idea completely.

As more and more time passed and Madara grew old, he would never speak. Even when Sasuke or Sadara would come and visit him in his final days, he never uttered a single word to him. Knowing he would need someone to "pass the torch" to, he prolonged his life for many years after even his children had passed away until meeting a child named Obito, whom had been severely injured and that's when the ball really got rolling on this plan.

"So... you're saying anyone can live within this dream world old man?" The young Obito asked with a firm tone after witnessing the love of his life die by another's hand. Madara was so old by that time that he knew his time in this world was almost up, "Correct... from now on... you shall live by the name Madara Uchiha. Make your presence known to the entire world and when the time comes for me to reenter into this world, I will make our dream a reality..."

Right then and there, Madara's life came to an end never once forgetting the face of the one he loved the most in this world. Placing a mask over his face, Obito then turned around and got to work on making The Infinite Tsukuyomi a reality. Obito even created a group named "The Akatsuki" in the process to help him achieve his goal much faster than if he were to do it on his own.

Flash forward many years after Madara's death and Obito had finally announced that he would be going to war with the five great nations during the five Kage summit. Figuring he had effectively kept Madara's body hidden, Zetsu then began to lay the bread crumbs out for Kabuto Yakushi to find not only Madara's body...

but Sakura's as well...