So this is a pretty short chapter. But I just wanted to get it out already. :)

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I sighed at the feeling warm comfort of the sheets on Madara's bed. I rolled over onto my stomach and snuggled my face into his pillow. It smelled just like him, the musky smell of the surrounding forest. Where a lot of us have spent our time, but probably him the most.

Madara liked to be alone, so it wasn't uncommon for him to just get up and leave. Which is why I wasn't surprised when he left me a couple of weeks ago, maybe three. I had pretty much lost track of time.

I never would have guessed that I would miss him so much. He had always been so horrible to me in the past that a lot of the time I wished he was gone. But now I just wanted him here.. Which is part of the reason I was not sleeping in his bed.

Kisame had been on missions a lot lately so it's not surprising that he had been got the whole time either. Zetsu.. well I never was close to him, nor was he ever around. So his absence didn't really affect me.

In the time Madara was gone I had actually gotten in a lot of training. After Itachi died I hadn't really been to keen on doing anything. It was like nothing mattered. And then when Madara came around I was.. um.. too busy with other things to train.

It actually felt nice to do some training, and I could tell I was getting a lot stronger. It kept my mind off of things and made even my mind too exhausted to dream about things I didn't want to dream about..

I was standing in the kitchen making some dinner. Just some fish and rice balls. Nothing fancy. I sighed as I leaned agaisnt the counter and just picked food off of my plate to eat. After I was done I of course washed the dishes.

Everything had been going by so fast these past couple of days. I guess I just wasn't really paying attention to anything. I just knew how my day would go and did it, that's how it had been for the past two weeks.

So you could only imagine my surprise when I walked into my room to find Madara in my room. He was just standing there in the middle of my room, staring at me. Well at least I think so, his mask and cloak was still on.

I stood there frozen for a moment. I was so shocked, I never expected to see him back like this. As if my body had a mind of it's own, I ran up to him and wrapped my arms around him. He seemed a little hesitant but as his arms around me in turn, they were tight around me.

Eventually I pulled away and I smiled at him, of course it felt kind of empty on account of the mask. I slowly lifted my hands up from his shoulders, his neck up to the bottom of the mask. Af I reached his mask his hands were now tight around my wrist.

I looked up to where I assumed his eyes were as I slowly lifted off his mask. As I did his grip only seemed to tighten. But still I ignored it and lifted his mask off. As I was now looking up into his eyes, I couldn't quite read them.

"Madara..?" I said in a soft voice.

Suddenly he pulled me forward and crashed his lips onto mine. I was surprised by his force, but kissed back while wrapping my arms around his neck. But almost immediately as I did he jumped back.

I looked at him confused. "Are you okay?.."

He was looking down to the side with anger in his eyes, not once had his eyes met mine. "I'm fine." he answered, frustration obvious in his voice.

I looked at him, full of worry. It's like he came back a different person.. "What happened?.." I asked hesitantly.

-Two Days Ago- (Madara's P.O.V)

I jumped up to attack the white haired, snaked like man. He jumped back and before I could get to him, he pressed his hands together. Suddenly five coffins appeared between us.

I stood in place, surprised at this. "This is.." I started, but almost felt frozen as the coffins fully appeared.

The coffins opended to reveal, Five of our dead Akatsuki members. My eyes widened as my voice almost seemed to come out on it's own, "Reanimation Jutsu."

Kabuto walked up from behind the coffins with a cocky smirk. His voice mimicking the look in his eyes, "The Forbidden Jutsu know only to the Second Hokage and Lord Orochimaru. Now, I'm the third one." He walked forward once more and closed his eyes with the same smirk, as if to show me he wasn't threatened by me at all, "And I have surpassed the previous two."

His hand lifted up to touch the coffin closest to himself. He looked to me with the same smirk, "This performance is dedicated to you. So that you would believe in my power and trust me."

All I could do was stare.

He continued, "Rest assured. I did not come here to fight."

I decided that I didn't want to waste anymore time and wanted him to get straight to the point, "What do you want?"

He could obviously tell that I was getting impatient, "I want to join forces."

I looked at him with surprise, "Join forces? How will that benefit me?"

We both stood far enough away to either defend or attack as he answered, "I understand you intend to start a war soon. I'm offering to provide more military might."

"With these here.." He spoke their names in order from closest to him to farthest. "Itachi. Sasori. Deidara. Kakuzu. And Nagato."

As he spoke I followed their bodies. But my eyes wouldn't leave Itachi's. I felt my body shake slightly in fear at the thought of what could happen.. What would happen with Seitsuki..

In the end.. I choose to join forces with Kabuto. Mostly because he blackmailed me. How? I'll deal with that later.. But now I'd have to deal with the Itachi situation. I could have said no, but in truth he was a strong pawn. Besides, Kabuto would have control over him.

But most of all, Itachi was still dead in the end. Seitsuki would see that.. Right?..