Chapter forty-nine - The enemy trap
Yuko and Tobirama stood in front of the massive stone arch. "This is the entrance to the village of the client." Senju said. Uchiha kunoichi frowned and her eyes stared at his face, judging by his narrow eyes, he felt it, too. Tense and evil chakra hung in the air like readable threat. The two Konoha shinobi nodded at each other and together they stepped into the village.
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They walked through the village for a few minutes and did not find anyone. The houses were empty, shops were desolated and streets without signs of life. Everything was empty. Konoha ninjas walked in silence, accompanied only by blowing wind.
"Strange-" Tobirama muttered, his eyes traveled around, his hand made a contact with Yuko's shoulder, but only for a split of second.
"I can think of only two options." Yuko crossed her arms over her chest. "Somebody beat us and arrived here first, or your navigational skills are on the freezing point and we came to the wrong place." She added mocking chuckle.
Tobirama did not bother to comment on her insult, just keep resumed his slow walk. "This place is empty for a long time-" He said. "It seems that someone duped us."
Yuko stopped while Tobirama went on. With narrowed eyes she looked around. This place was really creepy, a tension in the air could no longer be ignored, it was only a slight calm before a major storm. "Sharingan." She growled softly. The bloody colour flashed in her eyes and three pupils were exposed on the view.
The first thing she saw was Tobirama's back and the flow of his chakra. Her eyes widened slightly as she realized how strong his chakra is, her strength can't be compare to him. Kunoichi hate to admit it, but with his supply of chakra and life energy it was impossible for Yuko to defeat him in battle. Shinobi of the Senju clan are really tough...
Then her eyes widened. The explosive tags were placed under the ground, Tobirama just went into that area and she saw with her sharingan that his steps unleashed the seal that kept the tags in calm state.
There was a few seconds of struggle, she inhaled sharply and outstretched her arm to stop him, but no sound came from her throat... And then it was too late to wonder why.
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Explosive papers began to explode one by one and literally tore up the ground on which Tobirama walked. Yuko wanted to scream his name, but her desperate cry was drowned out by the explosion and then Senju Tobirama ... disappeared.
The shock wave sent her to the ground, Yuko covered her head with her arms, her face to the ground. It took several more minutes before noise endured. And then all was silent, all she could hear was the gravel which still sprinkled on the ground from above.
Yuko coughed, her back was covered with dust. What the hell happened to her? Why she did not warn him? Uchiha clan is cursed, really, huh? Yuko wrinkled her nose in anger and clenched her teeth. She felt like a coward, her subconscious knew that she is too weak to beat him in a straight fight, so she let him die like this? So un-shinobi and poor manners, she punched her fist into the ground. "Damn it- !"
She slowly climbed back to her feet, her sharingan darting from side to side, but Tobirama's chakra disappeared. Probably, she should be happy that the killer of her beloved is dead, but she did not feel happy at all. Yuko felt as if it was someone from her own people, it was a strange feeling, but there was no time to examine what she felt exactly because suddenly there was a deep male voice.
"One down-" Then he paused. "Miyuki take down the remaining one."
"~I'm on it.~" Sang the female voice then was heard as the katana been pulled out from its sheath.
Yuko quickly grabbed her katana that was tacked on her back, spun around backward and even before was all her blade out from the sheath it collided with another sharp edge in the sparkling conflict. The owner of the sword that wrestling against Yuko was a petite woman with dark skin and bright yellow bristly hair, apricot lips wore a sweet wide smile, her eyes were gray and her pupils just yellow slashes. Her fangs sharp and pointed, simply she resembled a cat.
Both kunoichi rebounded back.
"~I'm nicely surprised~" The woman sang again. "~And I thought I'm perfectly disguised~"
Her voice was soft and delightful. People would be able to stand for hours and still listen to her tunes. Yuko shook her head to prevent her voice blocked her mind and concentrated on her movements.
The woman that a man's voice called Miyuki spread her arms and took a deep breath, then her mouth formed a small O and she simply blew air...
Air, a normal person would have thought this but Yuko's sharingan saw something else. Hundreds of senbon needles cut through the air their path to the Uchiha kunoichi. Yuko narrowed her eyes and thanks to her kekkei genkai she slashed with her katana all of them...
"Senbon needles-" Yuko snorted. "My eyes can see through your attacks-"
"~You don't see what I see~" Miyuki sang and smiled sweetly. "~Now you can't flee~"
Yuko's eyes widened. "My- my body, I can't move!" Slowly she lowered her head and her eyes found in dismay that her entire body is pierced by Miyuki's needles. What's going on? I dodge them all-! "It's genjutsu!" Yuko shouted. "But when-!"
How Yuko began to focus her chakra to release genjutsu it occurred to her, that it will probably be the cat's eyes, which cast the genjutsu. "Release!" She felt her limbs alive again and then she realized that her body wasn't wounded. Yuko jumped back another two steps. "As I thought, it was genjutsu." She frowned.
"~How naive you must bee~ If you think you can be free~"
Miyuki ran against Yuko. Uchiha kunoichi wanted to make the goukakyuu technique but to her horror she discovered that her body froze again. "Oh crap-!" Her sharingan seen as the sword of cat woman almost touching her head and halves her skull into two parts, when all of a sudden ...
Yuko's back collided with the stone wall. The impact was so sudden and so hard that it almost took her breath away. She opened her eyes and stared face to face with his frowned gaze, his dark-wine eyes were narrowed. "To- Tobirama-!" Yuko blurted with a sigh of relief and surprise.
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Tobirama's large hand rested just below her breasts and he held her firmly against the wall. Then her eyes fell on the dead body of a cat woman who lay at the point where even a few seconds ago Yuko should be killed. "How did you- when-" Yuko was amazed by his speed.
"Hiraishin no jutsu." Then he answered all her questions when she remembered that he touched her shoulder when they arrived into this village. It must be back then when he placed his marking on her.
Tobirama finally let go of Yuko and stepped back. "The mission is over. Let's go home." He said, emotionless.
"What-?" Yuko's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"
"Meanwhile, you've struggled with this woman I found the others." Tobirama explained. "It was the last survivors of Hagoromo clan. It was them who asked Konoha for help in the hope of getting information about the village and will be able to attack."
"Hagoromo?" Yuko muttered. "I thought all of them are dead... So it was just a trap!"
"Your allies-" Senju man chuckled.
Yuko looked somewhat guilty, her eyes were fixed on the ground. "Relax-" He said. "Now, we are allies, remember." He smirked.
"So you took them all down?"
"Of course-" He turned to the death body of Miyuki. "She was the last one, but I had to wait when she would be close enough to you."
"You watched us?" Yuko raised her eyebrow.
"Hn." Tobirama nodded and folded his arms over his chest. "Thanks to my mark on your shoulder I knew I can get to you, but her voice could sent me to the genjutsu, too. So I waited when she will be close to you so I can bring her final strike."
"Voice-!" Yuko gasped. "So her eyes-"
"No." Tobirama said. "To be able use genjutsu, she sang."
Yuko snorted. "That bitch."
"Such a bad mouth you have-" Tobirama smirked on her. "But your heart is on the right place."
"What-" She stared in shock at his back.
"Let's go home!" He raised his hand, saying to follow him.
Yuko lowered her eyes to the ground, now she was convinced that it must be her who have to apologize. The past can't be changed, but she can change her future. Tobirama can't change the fact that he killed Izuna, but today he changed Yuko's destiny and saved her life. Today, Senju Tobirama protected Izuna's last wish. With a slight smile Yuko ran after him...
"Oh, and here I thought that all of the former enemies are gone." Hashirama sighed when he had just heard together with Madara the results of the mission, of which Yuko and Tobirama just came back.
"We should be more careful." Younger Senju said. "Hagoromo aren't probably the only ones who want to attack Konoha."
Mokuton user scratched the back of his neck. "I'm aware of that." Then on his lips appeared lukewarm smile. "Good job you two."
Yuko caught with the corner of her eye Madara's standing form. He was silent, his face was cloudy and he had his arms folded across his chest. She wondered what was chasing in his head now. Her thoughts were snatched by the door that slammed shut with light thud. Tobirama left.
Yuko wanted to go after him. She had to apologize to him, she had to say to him ... something. She nodded to Hashirama, who gave her a friendly smile, then she headed for the door and left the office.
Madara's sharp eyes followed her until she left the room. It was a mistake, he shouldn't allow her to go on this mission. It was dangerous and she could lose her life. That was the last time, Madara was not going to risk anymore...
"Don't worry." There came Hashirama's soothing voice as if he could read Madara's thoughts. "You're in unnecessary stress. See, she's fine, nothing happened to her."
"That was today-" Madara muttered irritably. "What's going to happen on her next mission?"
"Madara..." Hashirama rose from his chair and stepped closer to his frowning friend. "She will never be on a mission alone." He put a hand on Madara's shoulder and smiled friendly. "Konoha shinobi always protect their comrades, at all costs."
Although on Madara's face were still visible doubts, he knew in his heart that Hashirama -even his brother- are willing to lay down their lives for the salvation of the people in the village. He knew that Yuko would be always safe in the presence of Senju, perhaps even more safe than she could ever be with him.
"Tobirama!"
The white-haired man turned to face Uchiha kunoichi who ran after him in the Konoha streets.
Yuko stopped in front of a ninja in blue armor and suddenly realized that she actually don't know what to say. "I ... um ..." She nervously rubbed her hands and her eyes were fixed on his sandals. After a moment of internal struggle, she gave resigned sigh. Tobirama silently and patiently waited for her speech, he stood up straight with his arms over his chest.
"I'm... I'm sorry-"
There.
Yuko finally found her words. "I'm sorry I called you evil, because you're not, it's me who's evil." Her eyes remained on his feet, Yuko tried to avoid any eye contact. "I knew about the explosive tags, but I didn't warn you, because, because ... I don't know because I'm a coward. And you ... even though I almost let you die there, despite it, you've saved my life and now I feel like a complete idiot." She chuckled slightly, Tobirama was still mute.
"I'm sorry, I ... I blame you for his death, because, because I needed to throw the blame on someone, but you're ... you're just did what everyone did in times of war, you defend your people and your family . I ...I just-" The first tears blinded her vision.
"That's enough." Tobirama said suddenly and Yuko raised her eyes to meet his soft look. "You have nothing to apologize for. As for those explosive tags, I knew about them when we stepped into the village, I'm sensor type you know, that's why I placed my mark on you. Actually, I was selfish and evil, because I used you as a bait." Senju man cleared his throat slightly. "It should be me who's going to apologize."
"As for Izuna ... It will be selfish of me what I'm about to say, but stops worry about the past, you just hurting yourself. I understand that you will never be able to forgive me this fact that I killed him and it's absolutely obvious that you feel hatred, I also felt it when my brothers died. But now ..." He sighed quietly. "You and I are now part of something new. We are part of the future, the life without wars and unnecessary death. It's true that we are unable to change the past, but we can decide how to continue our life to the future. Look-" He pointed with his hand around him. "Look around and tell me what you see."
Yuko's eyes followed his hand. She saw a street full of people. They laughed, shopped, some adults chasing their laughing children. What did she see? Yuko saw a place to live. The place where it was not necessary to die. She saw peace and joy and happiness ... Yuko saw home. "I see..." Kunoichi smiled and wiped her tears. "I see their dream. I see a new beginning."
"Exactly." Tobirama's lips created a slight smile. This man don't laugh often, so it was probably his best smile. "A new beginning. Isn't it beautiful?" Yuko nodded and he placed his hand on her shoulder. "Let's start over."
Yuko gave him a bright smile. The smile was devoted to Izuna, he wanted so much to see her smile. "Yes." She nodded. "Let's start again, for the future."
Yuko arrived at her door with a lighter feeling in the heart. Hate wounded our soul even more, so it's better to feel more positive, something that will help our pain to fade away faster. She felt that her conversation with Tobirama helped her a lot. Now she felt like she's able to do anything, she felt like her life wouldn't be so empty and miserable. In the end, she still had those beautiful memories and even if it sounds weird to her she has Madara on her side. And more, she has Kon, Teru, Reiko, Tobirama, Hashirama and the whole village... They are family, but...
Big black cloud descended over her head when she stepped into her empty apartment. A feeling of loneliness returned ... Without any other thought she slammed her door behind her and started to run to the place where she feel the safest, to the place where she could sleep peacefully.
Madara's place...
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The balcony door was, as always, open. Yuko left her sandals on the balcony and walked into his room, Madara was not yet present. On her lips danced satisfied smile when she saw that the room was always tidy and without a single drop of alcohol.
Madara's chakra was nowhere close, so she decided that she'll take a quick bath. Just then she realized that she had no change clothes, Yuko cursed in her mind. She pursed her lips and opened Madara's wardrobe. After a little digging in the clothes she pulled one navy blue shirt, with a length that can range up to her thighs. "That would be fine, then I will jump into this lovely bed." She grinned madly. Madara's reaction probably wouldn't be the most pleasant sight, but he can't kill her, right.
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The whole bathing actions took about 20 minutes. She wrapped a towel around herself as she left Madara's shirt on the bed. She cursed herself, again ...
She ran out of the bathroom as fast as she could, but as soon as she was in the room Yuko yelped in shock when she saw him standing next the bed. Madara stood motionless, his arms were folded on his un-armored chest. His face adorned with a deep frown. "What the hell are you doing?" He growled through clenched teeth.
Yuko nervously pulled the towel tighter around her naked body, her face flushed in embarrassment. "Sorry, I did not expect you to come so soon." She swallowed heavy lump in her throat.
Madara seemed that at any moment he will explode in the heat of anger. Yuko did not expect his reaction to be so violent. Actually she didn't done anything that wrong, so why is he so furious? Madara grabbed shirt on the bed and threw it in her face. "Get dressed and get out!" He barked and started to leave the room.
"Wait!" Yuko cried out uncontrollably. "Let me sleep here please."
Madara stopped and looked over his shoulder, his eyes were burning with indescribable emotion. "Pardon?"
Yuko swore she could hear his voice shaking. "I don't wanna be alone, so please..." Her voice suddenly faded away when she saw him turned around and began to make predatory slow steps to her trembling body.
Madara's breathing became more difficult, it was a long time... Long ago he had felt under his hands naked female body. His desire began to grow uncontrollably, the lust demanded to dominate the surface of his skin. Her scent acted as a trigger to his animal instincts and he knew it was wrong. He knew that he must get rid of her now, soon, otherwise he won't be able to control himself anymore. His hawk eyes watched the droplets of water how they flowed on her smooth skin and drank into the edge of the towel.
It was too late to back down now when his hands grabbed her upper arms and his desire began to sucking the ablaze heat of her skin. Madara felt his erection to grow and then his mind went white when he smashed hungrily his lips on hers.
Yuko froze under his sudden action, her eyes were wide open and she felt his grip on her arms tightened. She couldn't express her feelings, she was completely confused, like on the rollercoaster. First she felt guilty but then when his hot tongue find its way into her mouth she felt the fire that been lit in her abdomen. Her breath was stucked somewhere in her throat and she couldn't help but closed her eyes and slowly gave in... With the feel of betrayal she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back with the same eager passion as he did.
It's been a long time that someone touched her, she felt frustrated that it's Madara, Izuna's brother, but there wasn't way back.
Not now...
She needed to feel someone's kisses, touches, anything...
Yuko felt ashamed, but continued to undress his shirt while his hands caressed her back sensually. She felt ashamed because she needed to released all the stress and tension that ruled her since he died...
Shirtless Madara lifted her from the floor and sat her on his hips. When Yuko felt his hard length, the ticklish feeling exploded and she cursed in her mind when her mind went blank...
Their tongue entwined in a heat of the kiss and both of them could think only about one thing... release.
Yosh :)))
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