Well, I was kind of sad my last new chapter got no new reviews... but what can ya do?
Now to clarify a few things. First and foremost, each and every time Kaguya pushes Sakura and Madara into a new realm Sakura is given new powers along with prior powers from past realms. So each time they pass to a different realm/reality they are also gaining the chakra they had from the previous realm as well. So their chakra reserves are now beyond massive.
Second and last thing, I know most of you know Asura as "Ashura" but whenever I first came to know about him was through the Naruto Storm games and they called him Asura, not Ashura. They pronounced it A-Sue-Ra. However, I still pronounce it Ashura if it makes you feel better lol.
Hope that cleared things up! So...
As always,
Enjoy!
~Kyvena
Chapter 25: Failed Teamwork
As the morning sun bled orange, yellow, and red into the skies; Izuna was up and had already left the home he had been in residing inside with his older brother and the feisty pinkette. Reaching his destination rather quickly, the young man knocked on the door gently; only to hear a muffled and extremely tired, 'Come in.'
Entering the Seventh Hokage's office and gently closing the door behind him, Naruto tiredly tried to keep his focus, "Sasuke, is that you?" Sweat dropping slightly, Izuna shook his head, "Er... no, it's me Lord Seventh." The blonde then gave a weary smile that screamed that he was in dire need of rest as he spoke up in an exhausted tone, "Oh, forgive me Izuna. What can I help you with...?" Izuna remained silent for only a moment before taking a deep breath, "Lord Seventh, I believe it would be in our best interest if I were to abandon this mission and move out."
Naruto's eyes instantly widened, he was going to hear none of this and he definitely would not put Sakura in any danger, "I forbid this. Besides, if I am not mistaken, Sakura's two older brothers should be returning home from their mission any time now. Once they return, I will be moving you all to a bigger home so that they are able to help out as well. Besides, I'm sure they won't be happy with my decision of only having you there to help keep tabs over their little sister." Just then, two ANBU members appeared and bowed deeply towards their exhausted Hokage, "Lord Seventh, mission complete."
At this point in time, the blonde haired Jinchuriki was MORE than happy that the two had finally returned. Directing his attention to the ANBU members, Naruto gave a weary smile, "Good work Indra and Asura, I'm pleased to see that you have returned unharmed. You may remove your masks because I have a new mission for you that is linked directly inside of the village." Nodding their heads, both brothers removed their masks to reveal their Sharingan which was quickly shut off so that their normal eye coloration was quickly set back into play.
Indra, being the "smarter" of the two brothers then spoke up, "When you say that this mission is directly linked inside of the village, what does this entail of? Have there been any issues during our absence?" Well this was a difficult question to answer to say the least. Sighing heavily, Naruto propped his elbows up on his desk before lacing his fingers together lightly, "Kurama explained everything to me, so please don't sound too shocked at this. We found Madara Uchiha still very much alive and well. Even though we all thought he was dead, he had just been resting. Then he became the two tails Jinchuriki to stay alive."
Both brothers seemed completely shocked at this as Indra's face darkened, "So, we will be placed within the jail as a means to keep tabs on him?" Izuna, whom had been keeping quiet the entire time, slightly sweat dropped at this - which Naruto was all too quick to notice. Even Naruto knew that Izuna was aware of how protective her two older brothers were of their little sister, so of course he naturally would feel nervous over the entire discussion.
"Well... about that. Madara has come to his senses and now wishes to protect what Lord First and himself had initially created together in the first place." The Seventh Hokage exclaimed calmly, yet tiredly. Asura's eyes widened immensely at this due to feeling all of Izuna's conflicting emotions, "Izuna, you okay?" The male with the long ponytail that resembled Indra's so much decided not to speak up, but Naruto did in his place, "Indra Uchiha, Asura Uchiha - you are to now move in to this new location along with Sakura and Izuna to help give periodic reports on Madara's behavior."
"Lord Seventh, you are kidding, right?" Indra asked blandly as Shikamaru finally walked through the doors, "No, he does not kid. Now, I will explain the situation so far." They all nodded and listened to Shikamaru until he finally finished speaking. "So, you're telling me that my little sister is all by herself with that madman right now!?" This is when the youngest Uchiha in the room became slightly nervous. He HAD left Sakura all alone with his big brother... yet knew for a fact that Madara would not harm the precious pinkette.
Shikamaru released a gentle breath, yet everyone in their right minds knew it was a sigh of sheer annoyance at this point before he spoke, "That isn't the only thing that will be happening. Considering Sakura is now teaching Madara medical ninjutsu-" Right then and there, Izuna cut him off, "He has already grasped how to use medical ninjutsu effectively."
Blinking rapidly at this, the man who considered everything to be such a drag chuckled softly, "That doesn't surprise me in the least Izuna. Now, what I was going to say was - you all will now be Team Indra from this point forth and the only five man squad within the village." Indra clutched his fists tightly and spoke through clenched teeth, "And what would be the point in doing this..."
Shikamaru was now heavily sighing, but humored the man and explained, "Madara needs to grasp and prioritize the safety of his teammates and also needs to realize that teamwork is essential in this day and age. Lord Seventh will hear no complaints over the matter, so here are the scrolls with your orders and here -" pausing momentarily, Shikamaru then began to scribble down a new address down on a small piece of paper before handing it to Asura and continuing, "- is your new address within the Uchiha compound. Dismissed."
Indra, Asura, and Izuna all walked along beside one another in a horizontal line as they retreated from the Hokage's Tower. Indra kept completely silent, but his pace was unnaturally quick for just merely walking home. Asura and Izuna were quick to notice the eldest among the three beginning to walk faster and faster, causing them to break into a quick paced run to catch up.
It did not take long for the three to reach the home of Madara, Sakura, and Izuna before the eldest brother of three practically slammed the front door open with an all too pissed off facade, "Which one is Sakura's room Izuna!?" Indra yelled through gritted teeth. The reason he could not pin point his baby sister was the simple fact that her chakra resided all over the home, making it physically impossible for him to actually locate her and felt asking would be far better than wasting chakra to activate his Sharingan.
Taking a step back, Izuna darted his gaze away and balled up his fists, "I wouldn't go looking for her if I were you, Indra." That came out completely wrong and Indra's eyes widened profoundly, before he darted towards the first bedroom and swiftly grasped onto the doorknob as Izuna shouted, "INDRA! STOP!"
By then, it was too late. The eldest of three swung the door open to see his baby sister snuggled up close to this mass murderer that had put this whole world at jeopardy. If Indra, Asura, Naruto, Sasuke, Izuna, and Sakura hadn't been there; this world would have fallen to pieces without anyone, but the reanimations, knowing. The male with the purple face paint below his pissed off blazing Sharingan orbs approached the peacefully sleeping pinkette, only to grasp her arm and toss her to Asura; whom caught her with ease.
The moment she was was initially grasped, Sakura's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan swirled into place until feeling being tossed with ease; causing her to gasp in surprise whenever she actually gained witness to whom the culprit was. Deactivating her Sharingan so that the emerald forest Sakura claimed as eyes settled back into place, the pinkette then began to stutter out in disbelief, "B-Big b-brother!?" Indra instantly snapped his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan towards his sister and scowled heavily before placing her under a heavy genjutsu.
Asura watched as his baby sister's head dropped almost lifelessly and he snapped his head towards the eldest of three, "Indra! Why did you do that!? You know that you are Sakura's favorite! Now you just gave her a reason not to trust you!" The eldest of the three was so pissed off right now that it wasn't even funny and was actually on the borderline of terrifying. Yet, what Indra hadn't known was the minute he had pulled the precious pinkette away from the god of war, he had clearly snapped awake in one foul mood, "You know Indra..." Madara's voice purred out darkly due to remembering this male all too well, "You should never wake me until I am ready to wake up myself..."
The youngest male sibling between the three sighed heavily and handed Sakura to Izuna, whom gladly took the pinkette that was now under a heavy genjutsu that not even he could break. Clapping his hands and walking between his elder brother and Madara, the second eldest then released a rather loud huff, "WE ARE TEAM INDRA! TEAMWORK IS A NECESSITY BIG BROTHER! OR HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN LORD SEVENTH'S ORDERS!? SINCE YOU PLACED SAKURA UNDER SUCH A HEAVY GENJUTSU, SHE WON'T BE WAKING UP FOR A WHILE, SO, YOU GET THE HONORS OF PACKING FOR HER!"
The two male siblings then began a showdown of merely glaring at one another until the male with the long black and blue locks groaned heavily and stood up before placing his cloak on and snapping it securely into place. With that, all he did was pat Indra's shoulder and give a slight sigh, "You are a good older brother. I do not blame you for acting the way you did."
That was all that was said on Madara's behalf before he exited from the room slowly with his arms laced across his broad chest, which in terms left Indra and Asura rather puzzled and curious over what Sakura had done to mend this man's broken heart that had obviously been damaged within another respected time and era.
However, the eldest of three did now feel guilty over placing his beloved baby sister in such a heavy based genjutsu and packed all of her belongings within storage scrolls and before they knew it, they were now at a massive home within the Uchiha compound that no one had, had the money to purchase until now.
Asura slightly sweat dropped as they all walked through the beautiful home, "Don't you think Lord Seventh went a bit overboard...?" Indra then glanced towards his younger brother and sighed gently, "You forget that Sakura was Lord Seventh's old teammate. He will practically do anything for her... and even though he is married to Lady Hinata, everyone knows where his heart truly lies. He has been in love with Sakura ever since they were classmates at the academy and that is something that will never change."
Izuna glanced down and sweat dropped as well, "Um, Indra?" The eldest of three children then glanced back and then remembered the tiny detail that Sakura was under his genjutsu before calling out, "Release!" Sakura's emerald orbs snapped open with tears now flowing down her porcelain cheeks due to the illusion she had been forcefully placed under. Izuna tenderly set the pinkette down so that she now stood on her own two feet before she lowered her head and clenched her gloved fists tightly. Indra was now calling for a death wish considering he even spoke, "Sakura I-"
Before he could even finish his sentence, the beyond furious third born child slammed her fist into the first born's cheek - sending him flying through the house without miraculously breaking anything, "SCREW YOU INDRA!" Sakura would have turned to run to her room, but then realized they were in a new home all together, "Huh? Where are we?"
Asura cautiously approached his younger sister before capturing her in one of his signature bear cuddles, "SAKURA~!" Realizing who exactly this was almost instantly, the pinkette began to giggle happily as the short haired brunette twirled her around in a circle. Madara watched all of this almost... curiously... as if he were trying to learn more about this era and more importantly, the feisty pinkette.
"Let's go pick out your room first! My beautiful pink haired little sister~!" Asura chimed as he set the pinkette down, only to extend his hand to her; which she gladly took in Indra's place. While the two siblings went off in search for Sakura's room, Izuna and Madara then heard Indra coughing harshly as he lugged his bruised and battered body out, "I guess I should have seen that coming." Even though the younger brother of Madara did not want to admit it aloud, his body language gave him away as he nodded as if saying, 'You DID act kind of fucking stupid.'
Giving Izuna a look of displeasure, Indra merely sighed heavily, "If I were to hurt you, Sakura would definitely kill me. She loves you like a little brother even though you're older than she is." This made Izuna chuckle slightly, yet on the inside - he was frowning, 'No wonder I could never get her to go out on a date with me... she would have found it weird...'
Madara noticed Izuna's face fall ever so slightly almost instantly, 'I see, Izuna was in love with Sakura. However, she could not return those feelings that he held for her due to caring for him as if he were her younger brother.' Internally, Madara smirked, but on the outside his face resumed unchanged. Everyone's head then shot up whenever they heard, "NO, STOP!" Coming from the pinkette, which made the remaining three rush up the stairs and into one of the rooms to see Asura tickling his little sister until she couldn't hold her breath any longer and burst into laughter.
Indra had just about had a heart attack over the matter of hearing his baby sister yelling in such a panicked tone that he walked up to Asura and swiftly brought his fist across the back of his younger brother's skull in a scolding manner, "DON'T SCARE US LIKE THAT ASURA!" All that could be heard from Asura was, "A-h-owwww! Big brother, that hurt!" Sakura instantly calmed down to notice her eldest brother looking as if he had been beaten to hell and back before something within her tugged at her heartstrings. Patting Asura to the side so that he could continue to wine, the youngest of three stood.
Taking a deep breath, Sakura's emerald orbs softened and she instantly motioned for Indra to come closer. He approached cautiously and once he was in front of her, he noticed her puffing her cheeks out cutely. He just could never say no to his only little sister, so, he lowered his towering frame down so the two were now at eye level. Sakura instantly gained a beautifully gentle smile as she leaned in and pressed her lips to her brother's forehead before bringing his head to her chest, "You know I love you... don't you big brother?"
The eldest of three honestly could not help it, his sister was adorable and he loved every part of her being; including when she was royally pissed off and knocked him into next week. Nodding into her chest, Indra brought his arms up and held onto the pinkette lightly, "I love you too Sakura..."
. . .
"FINALLY DONE!" Sakura yelled out in an exhausted manner as she flopped onto her bed. Well, her rest was short lived due to Asura poking his head into her room, "Hey sis! What are we doing for dinner?" Groaning, Sakura mentally cursed at being born a female before sitting up and releasing a rather loud sigh, "Do we even have anything to MAKE food?" Well, he hadn't thought that far ahead. Holding up a single finger, obviously asking his sister to wait, all she could hear was rushing down to the kitchen before a loud, "FUCK! NO!"
Everyone within the home heard this which caused all, with the exception of Sakura who knew what all of this commotion was about, ran out of their rooms. Indra finally had no purple face paint under his eyes due to just showering, yet noticed the panic held within his younger sibling's eyes, "Asura, what's wrong?" Everyone waited for an explanation until the second born brunette frowned sadly, "We don't have any food for Sakura to make one her delicious dinners, dammit!"
This actually made the oh-so-stoic Indra panic slightly as he turned and put his Uchiha cloak on, "ASURA, COME ON, WE HAVE TO HURRY! SAKURA, WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK!" Sakura only knew this was going to play out, so she rolled her eyes, "M'kay..." She basically told herself as she chuckled softly. Walking to her window, she opened the latch and walked out to sit on the balcony; she deserved some peace and quiet. Well, that's what she thought and hoped for at least.
All of those hopes were quickly pushed to the side the moment a single deep voice brought her out of her thoughts, "Sakura - Sakura - SAKURA!" Madara yelled finally to grab the pinkette's full given attention, only to scare her so badly that she ended up falling from the balcony. Being as quick as he was, Madara dashed towards the opposite home, used it as a spring board, and caught the youngest of three, "It was not my intention to frighten you, forgive me."
Looking up at the beyond perfect male, Sakura smiled softly, "Oh no, that was my fault entirely. I shouldn't have spaced out as bad as I did to the point where I couldn't even hear your voice." By then, the former leader of the Uchiha clan had attached his feet to the home and was now scaling up the wall until freezing at a single one of the pinkette's comments, "How is someone so perfect?" By then, her hand had reached up and found its rightful spot on his cheek as if that's where it should be - causing all of his movements to cease and his void like orbs widened slightly.
"Hey, you okay?" Sakura asked as she gently patted his cheek, causing him to snap out of it. Blinking rapidly, Madara smirked in an all too cocky manner as he jumped back into Sakura's room, "Of course I am all right. However, to answer your question... would you like to figure that out yourself?" Turning bright red at this comment, the pinkette sunk into her high collared cloak and began to grumble about how he should not be teasing her. "Teasing? Oh no, I am not teasing Sakura." He said with a matter-of-fact tone as he then placed her on the ground - only for him to begin shedding his top.
The initial moment the god of war began to remove his cloak, the pinkette placed her hands over her face and Madara cocked his only visible eyebrow, "You wished to know, did you not? Now come and find out before I change my mind." Dropping her hands from her face, her curiosity got the better of her and she removed her wrist length gloves before approaching this god among men. Slowly raising her hands, Sakura began to trace each and every well defined muscle all while thinking, 'This must have taken YEARS. Battling day after day and given no choice to even stop. His body has been honed to the utmost perfection.'
All though he was highly enjoying Sakura's fingers tenderly trace each and every well defined muscle, he couldn't help but notice her facial expressions go from excited, to sad, and then there was lust. Pulling away from her, the former leader of the Uchiha clan smirked, "Now, do I get to examine your body..." He definitely did not ask this in the form of a question, but his tone was seductive enough for Sakura's cheeks to begin burning as if hell had ignited fire to them, "W-What?" Was all the pinkette could manage to stutter out.
Lacing his muscular arms together against his well defined chest, Madara scoffed slightly, "You heard me, do not make me repeat myself." Now it just felt weird to her. It now felt like a father scolding his child instead of two individuals that could have a chance of becoming attracted to one another if they simply spent enough time with one another. Stepping away, Sakura picked up the former Uchiha leader's cloak and handed it to him before silently walking out of the room.
This only made Madara grin, "The game is not nearly as fun if someone forfeits automatically. So, you wish to be hunted. Do not think you will be crowned the victor though, because when I, Madara Uchiha, want something, I always get it. It may take time, but I can be a patient man."
Finally, Asura and Indra ran through the front door after opening it and the third born tilted her head slightly, completely forgetting they had even left, "Huh? Why are you two so frazzled and why are you holding so many... oh-OH!" Walking up to her two brothers, the pinkette fixed their attire and hair, "Sheesh, at times I feel like I'm both of your mother-" Tears instantly gathered in the youngest child's eyes of lush emeralds before spilling down onto her cheeks. 'That's right... Madara killed our parents...' was the only thing that could be thought until she completely broke down.
Madara heard all of the commotion and walked out, only for Izuna to slowly approach him. Considering the two brothers were busy consoling their little sister, they were not so focused on listening in on other conversations. Tilting his head ever so slightly, Madara had to wonder, "What is the matter with her?" Izuna then looked down, sorrow lacing his facial features as he took in one shaky breath, "Its because you, big brother, killed their parents." Keeping his stoic facial expression all he could think was, 'I am the reasoning for all of her pain and suffering...'
By the time Izuna peered over towards his older brother, his eyes slightly widened due to the fact that HIS brother of all people... now held a mortified expression as he clenched his fists tightly as if this would help him deal with this type of situation. Placing a hand on his once crazed big bother's arm, Izuna sighed softly, "I don't know how or why, but she feels the closest bond - with you, big brother." Madara then glanced down and chuckled sadly, "What foolish naivety..."
The next day came far too quickly for her liking. Sitting up before her alarm even went off, she bent over and shut it off before it could start giving her an unnecessary headache from hell. Rising from her bed, the pinkette then realized why she was so damn tired in the first place. Madara hadn't been in her bed to cuddle with her so that her night terrors would go away. Sighing and standing up, Sakura made her way to her bathroom before sitting in her shower to cry.
Everyone else within the home, whom now resided in the kitchen to get coffee into their system, heard it. How could they not hear those sobs of pain, anguish, fear, and loss? Asura turned towards Indra with a frown plastered onto his saddened facial expression as Indra's worried facade was all too apparent. Looking down, Asura then spoke softly, "I wish Sakura's heart would heal..." Indra nodded slowly and sadly, "I agree. Madara, you need to understand something. It isn't just out parents Sakura cries over. She cries over all of the shinobi that she was incapable of saving while on the battlefield. All of the shinobi - killed by you."
Just when Madara thought the eldest brother to the pinkette would stop, he didn't, "That's not all either. At first, she was constantly glared at by family members of dead shinobi, friends of dead shinobi, and even random shop keepers stared to look at her the same way. All though Sakura gained the Rinnegan, she was begged, pleaded, and cried to, to bring all of their loved ones back from the dead using Rinne Rebirth. Whenever they realized that she wouldn't, they shunned her as being selfish. Even the sage of six paths himself praised that Sakura was actually stronger than he was during his prime."
Madara wanted Indra to shut up, so he stood and simply walked upstairs. Everyone seemed confused by this notion and figured Indra's preaching had pissed him off, but they couldn't have been more wrong in this line of thinking. Turning towards one another, all they did was shrug and continue to listen to Sakura's sobs of misery.
Sure, he did not care for Sakura's oldest brother, but he did care for her. Opening and closing her door silently, Madara then shed his clothing within her room and silently opened the bathroom door. What he saw though, caused him to take a silent step back. The way she was curled up underneath the water broke his heart, yet at the same time he still found her beautiful.
Just as silently as he had entered the bathroom, he then entered the shower and sat behind the broken pinkette before speaking softly to not scare her, "Sakura..." Tilting her head up from her curled up position, Madara then noticed the darkness plaguing the pinkette's porcelain skin; almost as if someone had punched both of her eyes. "M-Madara...?" Sakura quivered out and he nodded lightly, "Come here..."
Sakura wasn't sure if she should oblige or scream at this point, but her curiosity always got the better of her; so she simply used her foot to push herself back until a strong pair of arms caught her and pulled her into his lap. She still cried over all of the initial heart break, so he gently took her hand and placed it over his heart; which now slammed roughly against his chest cavity. The strangest thing to the pinkette was when he then mirrored the action and placed his hand over her heart.
This action was enough to dry her falling tears as she then peered up almost curiously into his eyes. Void met emerald and emerald met void. 'Madara, should you not tell her you are a Jinchuriki?' Madara seemed slightly conflicted about this, yet internally shook his head, 'No, not yet Matatabi. The time is not right.' Right as the usually oh so stoic male began to speak, "Sakura I-" he was quickly interrupted by a high pitched shriek released from the youngest of three's mouth.
Of course the shriek alarmed the three that resided downstairs, considering they almost instantly shot to their feet and ran up the stairs before crashing the party, "MADARA WHAT IN THE HELL!?" Indra seethed as Asura covered his eyes to NOT see his little sister naked. Izuna's nose began to slightly bleed due to seeing a certain pink haired Uchiha completely nude. Sakura quickly grabbed onto Madara's neck and pressed her body tightly to his. This confused the hell out of Indra, well, until she shrieked out, "THERE'S A COCKROACH!"
Indra glanced at the wall and sighed extremely heavily before grabbing the little rascal and flushing him down the toilet, "There, the yuck is gone. Now, care to explain yourself Sakura?" Sakura blinked rapidly before a dark scowl became laced on her beautiful facial features, "GET OUT! LET ME SHOWER DAMMIT!"
Some times, Indra did not understand his sister at all, "Fine, have fun. We shall explain the team meeting after breakfast." Sakura nodded and as Indra turned to leave, he noticed Asura wasn't even looking and Izuna was staring hungrily at his sister's body. He was thanking god Madara was not staring at her like that; and that's when it hit him. The former Uchiha leader had come to console his hurting baby sister and that was admirable, even if she was naked.
Groaning, the eldest of three then grabbed the one who had no clue what was going on due to shielding his eyes and the one who was now hungrily staring at his baby sister by the tops of their heads before turning them around and shoving them out, "Get out you fools." Was all Indra bitched before closing Sakura's bathroom door. "Well that was entertaining." The Uchiha male exclaimed in a lazy fared tone.
Shaking her head, the female Uchiha quickly washed her body and hair before getting out, yet couldn't find her towel until Madara gently wrapped it around her body, "There you go." Turning around, Sakura smiled softly before motioning a single finger for him to lean down to her considering he was too tall for her. Merely blinking, the male shrugged internally before leaning down to her eye level. At that given moment, the pink haired Uchiha female leaned up and pressed her lips lightly against his cheek, "Thanks..."
A bright tint of red decided to assault the former Uchiha leader's cheeks as he straightened up; and this time, he could not hide it. Pulling out a separate clean towel for Madara, the pinkette walked to him and gulped harshly, yet tried to keep her eyes focused on his to the best of her capabilities.
Noticing how red she was now, Madara chuckled, "Are you not used to seeing men naked?" Sakura then scowled slightly and then blurted out something she immediately wished she could have kept a secret, "It's not like that! I am a doctor you know! I'm just not used to seeing patients as sexy as you!" He already knew that, so he smirked, "Is that so? Well, I'm not used to seeing women as beautiful as you naked, but yet, you were moments ago." Oh she could feel it all right, the two were arguing in a sense now and ended up much closer - just as he had planned.
Humming softly, the god of war inched a bit closer and rose a single hand until it gently took a hold of the female Uchiha's chin. 'How would it feel... no, that's the wrong wording. How would I feel, if he got what he wanted?' Was all she could think until he smirked at the pinkette, "I shall leave you to get dressed then." His moist breath assaulted each and every one of her senses and was on the border of driving her insane. As he turned to leave, he already knew he won this battle and she would be his.
All she could do was feel anxious now. Now SHE needed to help herself, 'Damn him, he's playing me. No, it's something more than that. He is hunting me. Well Madara, I won't lose.' Instantly dismissing any sexual desires that now bubbled up, all she could do was smirk back, "M'kay." As he began slowly walking away, thinking he was crowned the victor, he heard her towel drop; causing each and every muscle within his body to tense up.
Slowly turning around, Sakura slowly approached the god of war in a seductive manner before pressing her body tightly against his to the point where his back pressed against the confinements of her walls and whispered out, "If you think I'm the one being hunted, you're dead wrong..." Oh she could feel everything. She was no fool, she knew he was interested. Activating her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the pinkette smirked before simply... walking away and deactivating her Sharingan. Madara's eye was now furiously twitching, HE was the hunter, HE would not be hunted, HE had PRIDE as a male Uchiha warrior.
Madara finally relaxed his clenched jaw and watched her fishing through drawers to obtain the items she wanted, yet by the time she finally found a pair of underwear she wanted to wear - he was already behind her with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan blazing and grabbed her by the hips before turning her around to press her tightly against the wall.
Sakura's face instantly heated up before her voice could project any sort of whisper towards him, "Madara...?" His eyes were filled to the brim with lust now and constantly and continuously had to remind himself, this was no longer the Warring States Era. So, to calm himself down, he roughly bit the inside of his cheek until his mouth filled with the metallic taste of his own blood. The pinkette began to notice that he was actually inflicting harm to himself to calm himself so that his lust did not overtake him and her face almost instantly softened and saddened.
He couldn't even hear her right now due to trying to calm himself down, yet once he opened his eyes he realized she had been begging for him to stop as her soothing chakra began to heal any damage that had been dealt. "Sakura...?" The Uchiha male whispered softly. The moment she looked up, it was a green light. The falcon swooped in, yet stopped, shifted up, and placed his lips against her diamond baring forehead before resting his head on top of hers, "Thank you."
Smiling softly, the pinkette nodded slightly and placed her head right over his heart to listen to the now calm rhythm it held. Staying like that for a while just felt oddly... correct - but at the same time she knew it was wrong, "You're welcome. Please... just don't hurt yourself anymore Madara." The only thing he could do was slightly nod as his grip on her slightly tightened. He had never felt this way before, so for him, this was a new sensation for him all together. This is when the once moody male realized, 'So this is what happiness feels like.'
Both quickly got dressed in their Uchiha branded gear and that's when Sakura remembered she really, and I mean really needed to take Madara to get some new clothing. He had been wearing Izuna's all this this time and now that she looked closer, Izuna was smaller than Madara.
Sakura quickly informed her brothers and Izuna that she needed to take Madara to get new clothing due to Izuna's being too small on him. Once everyone ate, Sakura sighed heavily as Madara put up his disguise; obviously not a big fan of it as his long locks became short, which made her frown.
As "Mada" and Sakura walked through the Uchiha compound, he was quick to notice that some shot the pinkette dirty looks, while others could get over the loss of a loved one and waved with a smile. Entering a clothing shop, an elderly man walked out, "Sakura, it's been a while!" It was apparent to Madara that this shop keeper liked Sakura. Good to know.
"Hey! Yeah, I know, I know, I'm horrible! I'm here to get outfits for not only me, but an Uchiha who recently moved back to the village! Oh... I will also need new stuff for Indra and Asura considering they never come in themselves. At least Izuna comes in to get fitted!" Sakura spoke in such a chipper tone and while speaking, tucked a rogue strand of pink locks behind her ear. That's when he noticed her speaking to him by using hand signs, 'Don't be fooled, this man hates me. His son died during the war.'
The elderly male nodded, "Of course, same size and attire for everyone? I'm sure you're in need for a couple new pair of gloves as well." Sakura merely nodded with a beautiful smile as she signed to Madara, 'Watch his face as he turns.' Madara directed his attention towards the elderly male and as the elderly male turned, a face of sheer and utter disgust became plastered onto his face.
As the elderly male came to measure Madara, he then whispered, "Keep your distance from that young lady if you know what is good for you son. Death shadows her every movement..." Madara then cocked an eyebrow, "Hm, is that so? Well, your Sharingan must be losing its light then because all I see - is life itself." This shocked the elderly man as he looked back at the pinkette, whom now held her finger out for a butterfly to land gracefully on it. Chuckling softly, the elderly male then smiled, "Maybe, just maybe, you are correct in this matter son."
At the register now and about to pay, the elderly male held up his hand; completely shocking Sakura. "You can thank your friend Sakura, he finally opened my old tired eyes. War is hard and death is even harder to accept, you tried your hardest; that I am sure of. You cannot save everyone."
The pink haired Uchiha was so baffled right now that all she could do was look towards Madara, whom nudged her as he carried all of the bags, "Let us be going, Sakura." Nodding was the only thing she could do, yet as they walked, Sakura secretly took the stoic male's hand within her own due to all of the bags he carried. Squeezing his hand softly, Sakura tilted her head down before her quivering voice projected - letting him know that she was crying, "T-Thank y-you..."
Finally making it back home, Indra, Asura, and Izuna had all been talking about missions whenever the two Uchiha's that had left, returned. Indra, being the most perceptive glanced her way almost immediately, "What took you so long Sakura?" Sakura gave an agitated facial expression before tossing Indra a bag and Asura a bag, "I got you two new clothing." Asura bounded up to the pinkette and swooped her up, which effectively ripped her hand away from Madara's, "You're the best little sister ever!" Asura then planted a kiss to Sakura's diamond baring forehead, making her smile softly.
Madara couldn't take being in Izuna's clothing any longer, so he quickly left and changed before returning, "All right, now you claim we had a meeting. So, enlighten me, what is this team meeting about?" The eldest of three had wanted to appear shocked, but Madara had asked this. Now if Asura had asked this, he really would have been shocked.
"Team Indra, first and foremost we will be working on teamwork. Now, I know for a fact that Sakura, Asura, and now even Izuna are all accustom to working in squads. Even I am accustom to working with a squad. That just leaves you, Madara. You are far too accustom to doing everything yourself. Our goal on our first mission is to set up a solid foundation for teamwork. If we must drill it into your head over and over until you get it, then so be it."
Sakura was no longer paying attention at this point. Hell, Kakashi-sensei drilled teamwork into her head at a young age; so this all was just boring blabbering. Madara was the sharpest one among them all considering he swiftly caught the pinkette that had dozed off and placed her head in his lap. He didn't blame her, she was exhausted from gaining little to no sleep the night prior and Indra continued to babble on and on about the importance of never leaving a comrade behind unless they were already too far gone to be saved.
Suddenly an ANBU member appeared and handed Indra a scroll, which he took and nodded, "Good work." Opening the scroll he began to read over the contents until closing it and pressing a single finger to his forehead, "Well, it appears Team Indra will now be a six man squad." Izuna tilted his head, "Huh? Who's the last member then?"
- 'KNOCK' - 'KNOCK' - 'KNOCK' -
Sighing and standing up, Indra walked as slowly as humanly possible before hearing more knocks - which honestly just annoyed him. Finally reaching the door, the eldest of three opened the door and none other than Ino bounced in, "Hi there! Happy to be on your squad!" Noticing she had a bag with her, Indra quickly reread over the scroll and groaned softly in frustration. How his little sister tolerated this girl was beyond him.
"So, you've already been made aware of the situation Ino?" Indra asked as patiently as he possibly could. Considering Ino had a crush on not only Izuna, but Indra and Asura as well; this was heaven for her. Nodding her head slightly, she turned towards Madara, whom obviously no longer held any interest in the blonde and honestly, had only been curious about what clan she could possibly be in when he had glanced back at the hospital. Now, he idly ran his fingers through the pinkette's long mane, which made him feel surprisingly calm.
Figuring she could rip the god of war's gaze away from Sakura, Ino flipped her short blonde hair and giggled softly, "Hi there, my name is Ino Yamanaka." Silence was all she heard and this actually made Indra want to burst into laughter, but he roughly bit his lip to seal any fits of giggles. Asura waved towards Ino happily, "Hey Ino!" All Indra could think was, 'Oh no, don't encourage her to talk Asura!'
Glancing at his watch, he knew they needed to debrief, but also knew Sakura had little to no sleep the night prior. After an hour of just sitting around, Ino was fed up with it and stood up, "ARE WE GOING TO START OUR MISSION SOME TIME TODAY, OR IS TODAY 'LET SAKURA SLEEP' DAY!?" This initial shouting not only gave everyone in the room a headache, but it caused the exhausted pinkette to shoot awake with blood shot eyes.
Indra released an extremely deep and heavy sigh, "The last time I checked, Ino, this was Team Indra. NOT Team Ino. However, now that Sakura is more or less awake, I will begin debriefing the mission." Asura felt so bad for his little sister that he instantly made her some coffee and set it in front of her, "Thanks big brother." He could only nod at his exhausted baby sister so that Indra could speak.
Folding his arms, Indra got to work explaining the situation at hand immediately, "All right, from the intel we have acquired, the Mist Village has become rather hostile as of late and we cannot confirm whether if they are rogue ninja's pretending to be mist shinobi, or if they are the real deal; but our guess is that it is the real deal due to the fact that the Mizukage, Mei Terumi, will not answer any of our missives. Our job is to eliminate the platoon and leave no traces of the enemy left behind." Everyone then nodded their heads, even Sakura considering she downed that cup of coffee after hearing this.
Now Madara folded his arms securely across his chest, "It is human nature to thrive on conflict, yet, at the same time we desire peace. We are such foolish creations." This caused Indra to sigh and shift his gaze downward, "Yes, I suppose you are correct in your line of thinking Madara. It was foolish of all of us to believe that a true alliance could be achieved after the war." This is when Sakura groaned, causing everyone to shift their eyes towards her, "Man... this is all because she can't find a damn husband. I just know it."
Releasing his arms, the eldest of the three siblings then began to gently tap his finger against the table, "Yes, well, back to what I was saying. It should take us roughly three and a half days with thirty minute rest breaks to reach our destination. However, we will take one day longer to completely rest our bodies with each of us taking three hour guard shifts. Understood?" Everyone once again, nodded. Sakura, Asura, and Izuna were used to being in the ANBU with Indra; so they fully understood his line of thinking on this matter.
Standing on the top of their home, the eldest of the three siblings then called out, "Team Indra, this is our first mission and failure is NOT an option! SCATTER!" With that everyone darted forward. Ino being the slowest out of the six could only see five Uchiha crests, which made her slightly pissed off and made her wonder why the Uchiha's excelled at anything they did at an alarming rate. Uchiha's made rather talented shinobi look inferior due to everything they could do.
All Uchiha's present already had their Sharingan activated and Indra slightly glanced back to see Ino slacking far behind, "PICK UP THE PACE INO!" Sakura, having a big heart, allowed herself to slow down so that she could hand Ino a food pill, "Here, this should help." The pinkette gave a sweet smile until the pill was roughly slapped from her hand, causing her to drop down, catch the discarded offering before roughly falling to the ground from sheer exhaustion. Indra instantly held up his fist and dropped to the ground.
"S-Sorry big brother. I-I'm just tired..." Sakura now hid her face to hide the tears she now shed; finally understanding as to why Ino stuck so close to her. It wasn't because of her, no... it was because the blonde had wanted to be near the Uchiha clan. Izuna, Indra, Asura, and now... Madara.
Indra shook his head lightly, causing his long brunette locks to sway along with his initial head motion before crouching down, "You always push yourself too hard Sakura." The tone he now projected was gentle and understanding as he sighed gently, "Let's take a break." Just as Madara sat down, Sakura was going to rush to him by the way Indra kept pushing on her back until Ino sat beside him and began talking nonstop. That's when Indra pushed the pinkette towards Izuna roughly, causing her to slightly stumble and trip until landing on top of him with her lips pressed tightly against his.
Turning bright red, Sakura quickly pulled away and nervously began to fiddle with her hair. 'I'm pathetic...' was all she could think before gaining a determined facial expression and putting the food pill she had offered within her own mouth and roughly bit down. Feeling good to go, she then turned and her eyes met with Madara's. Something was different, colder, more withdrawn, and heartless as he then smirked at the pinkette before turning to the Yamanaka heiress, grasping her chin, and leaning in to capture her lips.
Pulling away only moments after, he noticed the tears gathering within Sakura's shock filled eyes until she just lowered her head, "Indra, I am good to go." Indra, Asura, and Izuna alike had not seen Madara do this; so now they were confused as to why the pink haired Uchiha now sounded so cold. Simply nodding his head, Indra clapped his hands, "Break is over, let's get a move on."
Everyone nodded at this, yet, now Madara wished he hadn't kissed the Yamanaka heiress due to the fact that she would no longer give him a moment of peace or silence. The tension only grew on the final day before arrival at the battle. Indra KNEW the pinkette needed sleep the most, there was no getting around that, "Sakura, there is no reason for you to take a watch tonight. We have five sets of Sharingan, we should be fine." Shrugging her shoulders, the pinkette merely said one word, "Okay."
Ino couldn't understand why Sakura was acting the way she was, it was almost as if she had shut off all her emotions completely. Pulling out her sleeping bag, the female Uchiha got in and closed her eyes, falling asleep quickly. It didn't take long though... thirty minutes of the pinkette tossing and turning, she finally shot up wide eyed and breathing heavily. Asura was the first to initially notice this distress as her hands began to tremble frantically.
Dashing towards his baby sister, Asura quickly came to his sister's aid by wrapping his arms tenderly around her, "Shh... I'm right here Sakura..." Asura gently spoke out as he began to run his fingers through her hair. Soon enough, the youngest of the three siblings fell back to sleep and Asura temporarily laid her body down before moving his sleeping bag right next to his sister's.
Walking to the eldest of the three, Asura gently sighed, "Indra..." Indra already knew and nodded, "Lie with her until we switch. Then I will take over." Asura nodded as he walked back to his baby sister. Once back, Asura laid his body to rest next to his sister before tugging her to him so that she now comfortably rested her head on his chest as he held her securely, "I'm here for you too sis, don't forget that."
Three hours later and it was finally shift change. Indra was damn thankful too because he was exhausted. Indra was sure that Izuna and Madara knew how to take care of his baby sister; so he wasn't too worried. Switching places with Asura, Indra then got much needed rest. Three hours later, Izuna got rest. Three hours later, Madara got rest until the sun rose into the horizon.
As the skies bled yellow, orange, and red; Madara instantly stirred awake for some reason as he saw Indra appearing, "Ah, good, you're awake. Pack things up and wake Sakura and Ino up." The only thing the former Uchiha clan leader could do was stand and roll up his sleeping bag before putting it away. Placing his Uchiha branded cloak back on his body, Madara then knelt down and began to gently shake the pinkette's shoulder, "Sakura, Sakura, Sakura."
A heavy sigh was then released from the god of war's mouth, "Sakura, wake up. It's time to pack up and move out." It'was as if the very last sentence he spoke were the magical words to wake the sleeping beauty. Emerald eyes popped open and almost instantly became ice against the former Uchiha leader's skin, 'This is Sakura, right?' Was all he could think at that moment her once sparkling orbs became dull and lifeless. Asura walked towards his little sister holding coffee and handed it to her, "Here you go sis..."
The worry in her older brother's tone was all too apparent, but she honestly just wanted Madara to get away from her. The short haired brunette then turned towards the god of war and smiled, "I'll take care of Sakura, why don't you go wake up Ino?" Right then and there, Asura heard the audible cracks and pops being admitted from the pinkette's fists from clenching them so tightly; making him slightly nervous that he had said something wrong.
. . .
The six were now fully rested and on the move with Ino, once again, lagging behind. Ino half expected for the pinkette to slow down to offer her a food pill or something, but then realized, the pinkette was not breaking formation. As they continued Sakura finally spoke in an almost dead tone, "Indra, I will be leaving the team after this mission to rejoin the ANBU."
Indra seemed rather shocked by this, yet his face remained the same, "That is for Lord Seventh to decide. We are almost there, so everyone drop." Everyone did as told, and the eldest of the three siblings looked at all of the Uchiha, "We have multiple valuable assets within this team." Pausing momentarily, the only thing he could quickly think was, 'The only valuable ones are us Uchiha. Ino, however, could prove to be a burden.' Clearing his throat, Indra continued, "All five of us have obtained the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. However... we do have a trump card."
Blinking his eyes rapidly, as if he had forgotten, the short haired brunette made one comment, "Huh? We do?" The long haired brunette then gained a slightly annoyed facial expression, "Yes, we have the Rinnegan and the Six Paths. Or I guess another way of putting this is, we have Sakura." Asura smiled happily and nodded, "Yeah! We have Sakura!" Indra then held up his hand, "I only want you to use this as a last resort, okay Sakura? The Sharingan should be enough to handle these fools." She wasn't even listening, but nodded anyway.
Sakura could sense that they were surrounded right at that moment, "Indra." Indra turned towards her with a confused expression, "What is it?" Sakura then scowled deeply as her Sharingan danced about, "We are surrounded." Growling softly at this, all Uchiha's then activated their Sharingan along with the pinkette's only to realize they were heavily outnumbered.
"Well, it seems to me that, that last resort is needed now. LIMBO!" Sakura called out as her eyes transformed into the Rinnegan. Finding the shinobi was easy enough for her fifty shadows. "Just leave this to me..." Was all the pinkette said with an icy tone. Noticing a leaf falling in front of one of the shinobi, she quickly switched places with it and cut him down.
Madara was not about to leave all of this to a woman, that was against his all of his pride, "FIRE STYLE: MAJESTIC DESTROYER FLAME!" The massive jutsu was then launched and Indra internally groaned before matching the ratio of Madara's chakra output level, "AMATERASU!" That's when Madara's flames truly became lethal. Sakura had been noticing people running, but hadn't truly realized as to why until those flames hit her dominant arm and leg, burning her cloak in the process and creating serious burns on her body.
Upon looking closer, she noticed that she was still being burned, so she simply absorbed the jutsu quickly before it could do anymore damage, Sakura then realized why they had been running back. There, of course, was back up. "Son of a bitch..." The pinkette grumbled and finally sheathed her sword. The back up thought she was giving up, but they couldn't have been more wrong in that line of thinking.
All the five could hear was one pissed off pinkette yelling, "SUSANO'O!" With that yelled out, Sakura began to emit a mass amount of chakra; causing her hair to violently flutter towards the heavens as the light pink female appearing humanoid avatar then began to wrap around the casters body until the perfect Susano'o slammed to the ground.
However, the burns Sakura received, no thanks to Madara and Indra, were beginning to effect her efficiently enough to the point where her Susano'o dropped and she came crashing to the ground. Breathing heavily over such massive damage done to her body, the feisty female Uchiha effectively passed out. The mist ninja were quick to act too, rushing to her in a timely fashion before anyone could get to her.
Once they had a hold on the female Uchiha, the captain then yelled out, "RETREAT!" By the time Indra, Asura, Ino, and Madara reached where the pinkette had been, the eldest of the three siblings tightly clenched his fists. Asura was completely clueless as he then looked around, "Big brother, where is Sakura!?" This caused the male with the long brunette locks that were tied into a low ponytail tilt his head downward, "The Mist shinobi... have kidnapped her. They knew they didn't have a chance against her while she were still conscious, so once she passed out, they leaped on the opportunity."
Asura's eyes widened profoundly, "But - I - what do they even want with Sakura!?" The eldest of the three siblings was now trying his hardest to keep his composure as he spoke, "My guess is, they want her eyes and - they want the six paths." Asura's eyes widened in horror at this, "But big brother, ONLY Sakura can control BOTH of those powers! If they try to put it on anyone else, it will instantly reject them!" They only knew this because the Leaf Village... had tried once before.
Groggily waking up, Sakura then realized she was no longer with her team. Hell, she didn't know where she was at all. Well, she knew she was in a jail cell; but what village was she in exactly? Hearing the screeching sound of a jail door being opening, the pinkette continued to ponder until hearing, "UCHIHA, OUT! NOW!"
'Great, just great. Not even called by my first name. Hang on a second... I recognize this voice.' Opening her emerald hues, Sakura looked towards the male who had just deemed it okay to yell at her, "Chojuro?" Chojuro smiled sadly towards the beautiful pink haired Uchiha that had saved his life during the war, "Come on Uchiha, out..." Sighing, the pinkette made no attempts at standing, "I already know what this is about. The mist wants my eyes and the six paths." He seemed slightly shocked at how she could figure out their plan in so little time.
"Don't do it unless you want to die." Was all she calmly stated. Raising an eyebrow, he then pulled up a chair to sit in front of her cell, "What do you mean?" Turning her head to glance at him sadly, the saddened Uchiha female glanced to the sun and moon symbol that laid dormant on her palms, "We have tried in the Leaf Village. Only I am able to control it for some unknown reason."
He really didn't want to do this to the pinkette, but he wasn't really given a choice and shinobi follow orders. Sighing softly, Chojuro stood, "Well, I guess Lady Mizukage will find that out the hard way." Sakura merely sat there as Chojuro opened the cell and placed chakra draining handcuffs on the female Uchiha, "Come on, orders are orders."
Sighing, Sakura stood and followed the male until they reached a surgical room, "I'll be waiting outside for you, okay? Once the procedure is a success, then you will be released; but until then-" Chojuro trailed off lightly as Sakura's eyes became dead and cold, "Until then, I will be your prisoner. Don't expect to have a village when all of this is said and done with Chojuro..." With that, his eyes widened and the doors to the surgical room closed.
'Well, there goes my eyes... and... ow... the six paths.' was the only thing the pinkette could think as bandaging was wrapped around her eyes, yet she shook her head, "There's no need for that." The surgeon had seemed so confused at this explanation until he heard the male he had placed everything on, writhing in agony. Soon enough, Sakura could feel her skin mending itself - only for the six paths to be placed back on her palms. Sighing heavily, she merely placed the sun symbol over one eye at a time and before she knew it, everything was back to normal and now laid a dead shinobi.
The surgeon then growled before yelling out, "NEXT!" Again, her eyes and the six paths were stripped from her again, only for the same results to occur. "NEXT!" - "NEXT!" - "NEXT!" - "NEXT!" - "NEXT!" - "NEXT!" - "NEXT!" It just kept going and going and going until finally the surgeon yelled, "NEXT!" and Chojuro walked in. Sakura's eyes widened immensely, "NO CHOJURO!" He only smiled sadly at the pinkette and allowed the procedure to happen, only for a sheet to end up over his head.
Obviously they were growing desperate at this point, because now the Mizukage walked in. 'Oh joy. I wouldn't mind if she died.' Was all the female Uchiha could think as she laid there, completely uninjured at this point. The Mizukage then growled out, "HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU WIPED OUT THE ENTIRE MIST VILLAGE!?"
Had she really been here for that long? Sakura didn't know, so she sighed, "The power of the six paths and my eyes reject any and all who attempt to steal them. Meaning, they die. Now, how long have I actually been here." The female Uchiha did not exactly ask this initial question in the form of a question, yet the Mizukage answered, "You have been here for six months now." Rolling her emerald orbs, the only thing she could sarcastically say was, "And how fun it has been." Growling, the Mizukage then lifted her body onto the opposite surgical table as the pinkette softly hummed, "I'd reconsider."
"Do it." Was all the Mizukage growled out and the male hastily nodded. 'One eye gone, two eyes gone, one sun gone, and one moon gone. Five, four, three, two, one.' It was as if she had gained a knack for how long it actually took for the person to begin their screams of pain and agony. Placing the sun symbol over each of her eyes again, the pinkette sighed, "Can we stop now..."
The surgeon took the female Uchiha's word whenever she had initially told him that it was physically impossible to transplant the six paths to other people, so he did the smart thing and nodded, making her nod, "You have my thanks." With that, she then stood up and adjusted her clothing before walking outside. She missed her brothers dearly and she could only bet that Asura was driving Indra insane by this point; so she wrapped her Susano'o around her body and shot out of the now extinct Mist Village.
Madara sat on top of the home he lived in with Asura, Indra, Izuna, and Ino whenever he heard Ino sit beside him, "Hey there, what are you doing?" Glancing lazily towards the blonde that he did not particularly like, the grumpy male sighed, "I was thinking, that is all." Ino then batted her eyelashes, "Oh, were you thinking about me!?" God her voice was annoying...
An extremely heavy sigh was then released, "No, as a matter of fact, I was not." That's when the blonde's face fell, "Oh... so what were you thinking about?" All he could think about was how he would love to strangle her right where she stood. "I was merely thinking about Sa-" -'CRASH!'-
"FINALLY HOME!" Sakura glanced down from the skies to see Madara and Ino talking on the roof, making the pinkette roll her eyes, "Whatever man." Descending from the skies like a bolt of pink lightning, Sakura's Susano'o slammed into the ground, rattling the earth and causing Ino to fall into Madara's lap.
From inside, Indra, Izuna, and Asura were all playing a bored hand of cards whenever the earth decided to feel like it was having a massive earthquake. Izuna and Asura fell from their chairs, but Indra sprang up. He could sense her and he could sense her so easily that he could mistake her for being in the same room. Bolting outside, all he witnessed was the pinkette dropping to the ground with ease before her eyes lit up, "INDRA!" Bolting towards him, he quickly mirrored the actions and swooped his little sister up before burying his head into her long bubble gum colored locks to now hide the tears he shed.
"I was so worried about you..." Indra meekly whispered out and slightly tightened his hold on her small, yet muscular frame. Frowning slightly, the female Uchiha began to run her fingers through her oldest brother's long brown low ponytail, "Shh... I'm here now aren't I?" Nodding his head within her hair, he let out a breath he hadn't known he had been holding, "Yes..."
Finally Asura and Izuna both ran out, only for Izuna to freeze in his tracks while Asura hauled ass towards his baby sister, "S-S-SAKURA!" Asura always allowed his tears to fall freely, but he didn't steal the pinkette from Indra, he merely held onto both of them, "I've missed you so much sis!" The three cuddled for a bit until the tears dried and they backed away. This is when Izuna bolted and lifted the pinkette into his arms before placing his lips against hers without knowing that Madara was watching.
Turning bright red, Sakura pulled away and began to slightly scold Izuna at how that was not fitting for an Uchiha to behave. As she scolded, Madara dropped down from the roof and merely walked away. Ino gave him a worried look before following the god of war like a lost puppy, causing the pinkette to roughly bite the inside of her own cheek so that she now began to taste the metallic flavoring of blood. Slightly lowering her head, Sakura chuckled almost darkly before spitting some of the blood to the side, "I'm going to bathe and change."
Everyone who noticed this took a step back and only nodded towards the pinkette, still not fully knowing what this was about or what was causing all of this darkness to arise within her. Walking inside the home, emerald orbs dashed to the side to see Ino snuggled up to Madara and considering there was still blood in her mouth, why not? Ino had used her just to get close to the Uchiha's.
As she silently passed the blonde, she spat out the remaining blood that lingered within her mouth so that it would land straight in Ino's eyes and face, causing the blonde to shriek and gross out. Not even bothering to glance towards Madara at this point, Sakura entered her room and shed all of her clothing before running a bath and stepping inside the warmth of the water.
"Gross, I am filthy." Sakura murmured as she began to scrub away at layers of caked on layers of dirt, grime, and blood. "How long do you plan to ignore my presence Sakura?" His deep, musky voice rang out as he leaned against the frame of the bathroom door. Initially ignoring the question, the pinkette finished bathing and looked brand new. 'Did I forget to grab a towel?' She silently pondered until hearing a deep sigh and footsteps approaching her. Holding out her towel, he wrapped it around her securely before turning to walk away.
Pausing at the door, that's when Madara's voice wavered, "I'm just thankful... you were not harmed..." With that he began to leave and the pinkette clenched her fists tightly, "Wasn't harmed!? FOR SIX MONTHS STRAIGHT I HAD MY EYES RIPPED OUT AND THE SKIN REMOVED FROM MY PALMS!"
This caused the male praised as the god of war to freeze as his breathing hitched within his throat. His eyes seemed to lose all focus as the room began to become hazy. Oh, she was far from done yet, so she bolted to him - losing her towel in the process, before slamming him to the ground and straddling his hips, "LISTEN-" The moment she finally focused on his face, she then noticed it. He was not even conscious as tears slid down the corners of his eyes; yet, what made her breath hitch was one comment from him, "I failed... I failed to protect her Hashirama."
"D-Damn him..." Sakura then placed her hands on Madara's broad shoulders before leaning down to place her forehead on his chest so that finally, tears could fall from her eyes for the first time in over six months. He could feel all of her pain, all of her sorrow, and all of her... forgiveness. Slowly his vision coming back to him, his arms slowly rose up and tenderly wrapped around her, "I have missed you... I have missed you so much..." In all honesty, Madara had been practicing ways to say this in a more modern fashion and finally nailed it.
"WHY!?" Sakura yelled through sobs and Madara had to ask yet was quickly cut off, "Why did I miss you-" Shaking her head and clamping down on his shoulders a tad tighter, the female Uchiha literally cried out, "WHY DO I CARE SO MUCH ABOUT YOU!?" This caused the male's darkened orbs to widened immensely as if he had just been stabbed by Hashirama all over again before they softened, "I ask myself the same thing Sakura. However, I now know my answer."
Tilting her head up to look at Madara in the eye, he then rose a single hand and brushed away her tears, "It is because you were the first person to accept who I was as a person. Yet, you were stubborn enough to share some of your light so that I had guidance within my own pitch black world. I quite enjoy your sassy attitude, so once you consumed yourself by the darkness, I lost my guiding light and became lost once again." Riddles and more riddles, but Sakura understood the borderline concept of where he was going with this.
Finally sitting up so that her long pink tresses spilled over her shoulders to conceal her body, Sakura then whispered, "I don't like it when you cry... it hurts my heart..." Staring into her emerald orbs, the Uchiha male whispered back equally as quiet, "I could say the same to you. However, you might want to get dressed now." Looking down, Sakura then released an all too familiar shriek.
Indra, Asura, and Izuna all heard the shriek, yet looked to one another before shaking their heads and continuing what they were doing. Ino then pouted, "Hey, where is my Madara!?" Indra then rose an eyebrow at the blonde's choice of wording considering Madara could not stand her, "Probably with my naked sister." All Asura and Izuna could do was nod in agreement.
Ino scowled heavily before snapping around and storming up the stairs, only to hear Izuna sigh and call out, "I wouldn't do that Ino." She was going to hear none of this, so she grasped the door leading to the pinkette's room and swiftly opened it to find that they all had been correct. Snapping, Ino barked out like a dog, "MADARA! WHAT THE HELL!? WE ARE TOGETHER, YET I FIND YOU WITH ANOTHER WOMAN!?"
Raising his only visible eyebrow at this, the former leader of the Uchiha groaned in utter annoyance, "Ino, we are not together. We will never be together. You are not an Uchiha and you have no right to any of the power that the Uchiha's hold. You Yamanaka are all a lesser clan, much lesser compared to us Uchiha."
This only made the Yamanaka heiress seethe with anger until she smirked, "We will see who has more might." Rolling his only visible eye, Ino then began to devise a plan right then and there. Sakura should have never returned while she was on the team. What was the point in using one of her jutsu's against the Mizukage to steal Sakura so they could try and harness the six paths power?
Flipping her short blonde locks, Ino then left and the pinkette sighed heavily, "I knew she wanted to marry an Uchiha one day, but I never knew she would get this desperate." The former leader of the Uchiha clan merely shrugged as he watched the only female Uchiha within the home stand and fish out new clothing.
It had been a few months since Sakura had returned, yet her and Madara's relationship had been at a huge stand still ever since she had returned. Madara's presence was now known throughout the entire village and was now deemed as a kind and devoted man to the village. The day after Sakura returned home, Naruto announced that Madara had been living among them all and was actually helping the village, so disguises were no longer a necessity.
As of now, Team Indra was on a simple escort mission that could easily turn into an A-rank mission due to it being the feudal lord of the land of fire going all the way across the damned country. After walking for quite some time, Indra held up his fist, "All right, let's take a break guys." Ino pardoned herself and walked far away enough that Madara could still be seen, but it would be hard to detect her. Kneeling down behind a bush, Ino held out the correct hand sign before whispering out, "Mind Transfer Jutsu!"
Madara had been taking a drink of water whenever his head suddenly fell limp without anyone noticing. Lifting his head now, he glanced to the pinkette, "Sakura..." Blinking her emerald orbs rapidly, the female Uchiha turned her head towards the god of war, "What's up Madara?" Folding his arms across his chest he then spoke in the tone he always used, "I must speak with you privately." Shrugging her shoulders, Sakura stood up and dusted off her clothing, "Sure, let's go."
Something didn't feel right... Indra peered towards Madara and Sakura as they left to talk privately and then glanced around more before turning to Asura, "Hey, where's Ino?" Asura blinked a couple of times and tapped his chin, "She went to the bathroom, but that was a while ago." Indra's eyes widened before snapping back to where Madara and Sakura were, only to find they were gone. "FIND INO!" Indra shouted angrily and each Uchiha quickly activated their Sharingan to peer around.
Once Madara had successfully taken Sakura to a secret location, she turned towards him, "You wanted to talk?" Smirking, his hand shot out and grasped the precious pinkette around the throat tightly, "As a matter of fact, yes, I did want to talk Sakura. You get in my way with every little thing! That's the ONLY reason I asked to be put on this team!" She knew who this was almost instantly, "I-Ino!?" Madara's grip then tightened as the female Uchiha began to struggle for air. No more was said until it was lights out for Sakura and her hands fell limply to her sides. Right at that moment, Ino released the jutsu and came out of the bushes.
Asura tilted his head slightly, "Hey, where were you Ino?" Ino chuckled softly and toyed with her hair, "Sorry, I must have ate something bad. My stomach was all knotted up and I finally had to throw up." Asura kinda grossed out at that small piece of information that he wished she would have kept to herself.
Once Madara came to, all he saw was Sakura lying lifelessly on the ground with deep black and blue hand print bruising around her throat. His darkened orbs widened immensely as he dropped to his knees and leaned over to place his head against her chest, "N-No..." Indra had been looking around for Madara and Sakura for quite some time until he heard a panicked yell, "SOMEONE HELP!"
He had to remember everything that Sakura had taught him about medical ninjutsu right at that very moment. Taking off her cloak, Madara then made a big enough cut in her side so that his hand could effectively slip in. Once in, he felt around until he found her heart and and began to gently squeeze it over and over; yet with his other hand, held the bridge of her nose while breathing air and chakra alike into her system. He continued to do this until she began to cough harshly and he quickly released her heart and retracted it from her body, only to seal the wound.
Indra was there quickly to see Sakura roughly coughing and Madara sealing the incision he had made on her side before bringing her into his arms. The long haired brunette seemed so confused as he asked, "What... happened...?" Madara shook his head, "I'm not sure, but once I came to - Sakura was no longer breathing."
Being as perceptive as he was, the long haired brunette quickly noticed the bruising around his little sister's throat. Lowering his head, Indra spoke in an extremely deadly tone, "Madara... back away from my sister. NOW!" Sakura was so weak right now that Indra had to lift her bridal style and carry her back, yet even when she tried to speak, her older brother softly hushed her. Ino had to make this believable, so once Indra, Sakura, and Madara came into sight; the blonde gasped sharply and ran to her, "Sakura, are you okay!?"
The pinkette said nothing in return, yet gently grasped the front of her older brother's Uchiha branded cloak with a trembling hand and she were now breathing as if she were panicking. Her eyes could not focus no matter what as tears quickly gathered in her emerald orbs before spilling down onto her porcelain skin, "I-Indra..." Sakura shakily spoke out and he tilted his head down only for his eyes to fall under one of the pinkette's genjutsu to seem as if he were still in reality. She then did the same to Madara, Ino, Izuna, and Asura.
Looking back after healing her injury, Sakura then slammed her eyes shut and darted off towards the village. Once she made it far enough away she then whispered, "Release..." Sakura knew her life would be in danger as long as she was on Team Indra, and honestly, she'd rather be back in the ANBU.
Once close enough, she used one of her markers to appear in the exhausted Seventh Hokage's office, "Huh...? Sakura? I thought you were out on a mission." She couldn't tell the truth, no matter what, "Naruto, both you and I know I have far too much talent and skill to be doing stupid escort missions! I WANT BACK IN THE ANBU!" Walking towards Naruto she sighed even heavier before a gentle tone was then projected, "You work yourself too hard Naruto... there's only so much I can do before your body requires real rest."
Pouring energy into him, he sighed softly, "I know Sakura. I will grant your wish though. Team Yin will be getting replacements though, considering it is usually Indra, Asura, Izuna, and yourself. Nodding her head at this, Sakura then tilted her head, "Who did you have in mi-"- "Who do you think, hn." Turning around she then realized who else was on her team, "Itachi! Shisui!"
"Right, so let me just push you four right back into missions. We have gained word that a confirmed band of rogue shinobi containing highly dangerous members are heading to attack Team Indra and the feudal lord. You are to go as back up, but stay on your guard." All of the shinobi in the room nodded, "Yes sir!" Nodding, Naruto smiled at Sakura as she finished up energizing him, "Remember, failure is not an option. Now GO!" Nodding their heads, they all then vanished from the room and geared up within their ANBU gear.
Shisui, being the oldest was named team captain; however, he was also the most playful out of the lot. As the female Uchiha pulled her hair up into a high ponytail that laid to rest on the top of her cranium, Shisui walked by and playfully pinched the pinkette's firm backside; causing her to blush madly, "Shisui!" This only caused him to laugh brightly before his serious tone decided to emerge, "All right everyone, do your best. Remember, failure is not an option. Masks on now."
Sakura nodded and pulled up her cat mask over her face. With all gear on, spirits high, and Sharingan blazing in the darkness that now settled around them, Shisui swiped his hand, "EVERYONE, LET'S GO! SCATTER!" The four then darted through the forest at a swift pace. Nothing would happen to their comrades or clansmen as long as they lived. They were part of the prestigious Uchiha clan after all, so their bonds were strong.
. . .
All they kept hearing from the feudal lord was whining, whining, and more whining. "UGH! Where did the pink haired one go!? What was her name again...? Ah yes, Sakura Uchiha! Where is she? I enjoyed speaking with her!" The feudal lord complained, causing Indra to internally wish he'd die while Asura chuckled slightly and sweat dropped at his big brother.
Madara had not said a word to anyone ever since Sakura had just poofed away, yet Ino would not stop talking to him no matter what. All she ever did was talk and he was growing more and more agitated as the time passed. Indra and Asura both glanced back to the former leader of the Uchiha clan and sighed softly until hearing the feudal lord, "Hey, what is THAT THING!?" Indra instantly snapped his head forward to see a male that looked like a shark skidding towards him with one of the Seven Ninja Swordsman Blades, Samehada.
Snapping his crimson orbs to the left, he then noticed two ANBU members in the air; yet one used his feet to shoot the other forward until their blades clashed. "Well! I haven't had THIS much fun in quite some time, but don't you find it rather RUDE that you won't show me your face!?" Shifting their eyes slightly as he reached for her mask, the ANBU member simply vanished; making the male cackle hysterically.
Two more ANBU members were then flung out of the forest and one even lost his mask. Indra, Asura, and Izuna knew better than to use real names of ANBU members while they worked; however there was still the headache named Ino, who called out, "Sasuke?!" Sasuke ignored her and placed his mask swiftly back on before launching himself back into the forest.
"Son of a..." Sakura whispered as she continued to dodge the massive crimson three pronged scythe. "GIVE IT UP! YOU WILL BE SACRIFICED TO LORD JASHIN!" Well that was confusing. Who in the hell was Lord Jashin? Sakura held no answers, but finally felt the rough impact of the male's foot connecting with her stomach, which sent her flying before slamming into a wall. Gasping for air now, she realized she was out in the open AND that big ass scythe was coming straight for her. Ducking, she shifted her eyes to the side to see Team Indra.
Glancing might have been a bad idea considering that scythe was coming straight for her face. Turning just in time, he reeled the weapon back in and broke the pinkette's mask. Breathing heavily, she then felt the warm trickle of a minor cut rolling down her face. Now holding his weapon, he held the blade up to his tongue before consuming it and his skin then shifted to appear as if he were the walking dead, "Now we shall commence with the ritual." The male spouted off as he finished drawing his diagram.
Entirely confused at this point as the male pulled out a sharpened black iron rod that extended, "Now we shall feel the ultimate pain TOGETHER!" The pink haired Uchiha then bolted towards the male as he swiftly then stabbed his own leg and Sakura instantly felt a jolt of immense pain and cried out before falling face down in the dirt, "T-This doesn't hurt one bit!" Indra, Asura, Izuna, and Madara watched with a mortified expression while Ino slightly smirked.
"Oh, it doesn't hurt?" The male then ripped the weapon to stab his leg out, only to then pierce himself through the stomach. This time, the pinkette smirked considering the fact that he hadn't even realized the two had switched spots. "WHAT!?" The male yelled before grumbling about this and that before sulking up to the pinkette and grasping her by her long locks, "Such pretty hair. I think I will cut it off as a souvenir."
This is when Madara snapped and bolted forward as Ino held her hand out, "No Madara! It's too dangerous!" All he did was tune her out as he approached the male at an alarming rate. Before long, the god of war slid in-between Sakura and this male, making sure the male that was now harming what was precious to him, was out of the circle before pulling out his Gunbai, "Uchiha Reflection!" Once the male was shot back Madara effectively broke the entire circle as the pinkette smiled at him, "Thank you."
Ino was so sick of Sakura standing in her way of what SHE wanted, so she held up the correct hand signs and just as she was about to call out the jutsu, her wrists was suddenly grabbed by Indra, "YOU HURT MY LITTLE SISTER AND EVEN TRIED TO KILL HER! DO NOT EXPECT FORGIVENESS!" Ino hadn't expected she would've been caught and Indra's grip was becoming so tight that Ino's wrist almost snapped until Sakura's voice projected out sadly, "I forgive you Ino..."
Tilting her head up with shocked blue orbs, Ino couldn't find the words to say. Placing the sun symbol over her wound, it instantly closed up and she smiled at Madara. She never ceased to amaze him no matter what, but as it stood things did not look so good for Ino. Suddenly the feudal lord's body poofed away to show Naruto. "L-Lord S-Seventh!?" Ino choked out as he got out of that stuffy carriage, "From the way I see this... Team Indra, your teamwork..."
"Has failed..."