"What the hell happened here?" Tobirama took in the destruction before him with a worried eye.

"This was um, Lady Sakura's doing, she had to...vent." Kanta tried to explain.

"Vent? From what? What happened? Surely The Uchiha hadn't made her this angry." Hashirama asked.

"I think she ought to be the one to tell you, it was, terrible, she is, heartbroken." Kanta said adding the last part a little more quietly.

Tobirama and his brother looked at one another. "Very well, let's get moving then, so she can tell us herself." Hashirama squeezed the sides of his horse moving forward.

Hashirama had of course witnessed the spar between the kunoichi and his brother but...the wreckage they had just passed was almost unfathomable, and he was very curious to find out what had caused her to 'vent' in such a manner.

They could feel their chakra before they heard them. They could hear them before they could see them.

"You foul mouthed, ungrateful little shrew!" They heard The Uchiha Clan head yell.

"Ungrateful? Ungrateful for what! Your brother gave me the clothes, your brother gave me the money, your brother gave me the necklace, the weapons and the storage scroll! You gave me a headache!" They heard Sakura's voice strong and annoyed.

"Headache! I let you live! I allowed you in my presence in my compound, yes ungrateful, I should have you punished do you know how many people have talked to me before with such blatant disrespect and lived? Why I ought to…" He was cut off.

"Then do it! Good for nothing but blood and war! Do it then, why treat me any differently than anyone else who crosses you huh?" She challenged him.

The Senju came into view a moment later to find both pink haired woman and spiky haired clan head nose to nose glaring at one another. Izuna, Madara's little brother sitting comfortably on her porch watching the display with interest.

"Because I like you!" Madara yelled at her before noticing the Senju on their horses, their mouths hanging open.

"What?" Sakura's face went comically blank and she took a step back cocking her head to the side.

Madara looked past Sakura to glare at the Senju. Throwing his arms across his chest, a gesture that Sakura was quickly becoming used to, he turned to face the new threat. Izuna had left his tea on the porch and stood shoulder to shoulder with his brother creating an impenetrable wall in front of Sakura, shielding her from view.

They could hear her huffing and puffing in annoyance behind them but ignored her in favor of giving their enemy thier full attention.

"You have no business here Senju." Madara said loudly and firmly.

"No more or less than you do it seems." Hashirama's mouth twitched as he watched his old friend carefully, noting the bob of pink hair over his shoulder.

"It's good to see you again Sakura." Hashirama inclined his head in the direction of the short pink haired woman who was trying unsuccessfully to get in front of the two Uchiha blocking her way.

"Get the fuck out of my way you spiky haired asshole!" Sakura used a chakra infused shove to move Madara out of her way, only, he had been expecting it, and had sent chakra to his own feet, she had bounced backward from the force and fell to the ground.

Madara's mouth twitched but he made no move to assist her, he simply stared straight ahead at his old friend and his younger brother Tobirama.

Izuna spared a quick look behind them to see Sakura fuming at the ears with a look that would freeze a weaker man in his place, Izuna stifled a laugh and turned back to glare at the Senju with his brother.

"Lady Sakura! Are you alright?" Kanta rushed forward but was knocked back by Izuna who sneered at his efforts.

"Know your place Senju worm." Izuna drew his sword and held it at the ready.

"Enough! I'll have none of that!" Sakura was on her feet and leapt over Izuna's and Madara's head to land in between the Senju and the Uchiha crouching low over Kanta protectively with her fists glowing green, held at the ready.

"Is this not a freehold? It is neither on Uchiha or Senju land right? There will be no fighting here! You are both here claiming friendship with me are you not?" She turned to look at one then the other.

Both clan heads nodded. "Then act like friends and respect the peace of my home." She glared at them both in turn.

When neither clan head spoke, when neither of them nodded again, the tension in the air grew. Sakura sighed.

"Fine." She threw her arms out in front of her and cracked her knuckles.

Casting one last look at her boys she infused her fists with an enormous amount of chakra and leapt into the air.

"Wait!" Hashirama yelled.

Sakura drew back her fists and landed softly in between them with an eyebrow raised.

"The Senju did not come here to fight, we came to check on you. In peace." Hashirama didn't look at Madara but at Sakura alone. "I'm sorry." He added when she didn't move.

Sakura smiled and turned to Madara.

"Well, I'm not going to sit around and drink tea with him, but I won't try to kill him...while we are visiting you..." Madara felt the need to clarify his response.

Sakura rolled her eyes but nodded satisfied as she pulled Kanta up by the arm helping him to his feet. Kanta smiled at Sakura and stepped back bowing, "Forgive me Lady Sakura, but I thought you might be in danger." He cast a guarded look at Madara who merely rolled his eyes at the man.

"Thank you Kanta but I am not in any danger. Just annoyed." She said sighing….'what now?'

Madara saw how uncomfortable Sakura had become with the arrival of the Senju and felt more than a little responsible. He himself was a bit uncomfortable after his blunt confession.

"The servants have unpacked the wagon brother." Izuna stepped forward.

"Sakura, I hope you enjoy your new home, if there is anything else you need, please let me know. Thank you for accepting The Uchiha Clan's offer, you are welcome at anytime. I will send you word on your new apprentice when I have it. Izuna and I will take our leave now." Madara bowed formally to her surprising both Senju and the Uchiha servants.

Izuna ignored everyone and pulled Sakura into a close hug, going so far as to kiss her on top of the head, sweat and dirt notwithstanding.

"Bye Sakura Chan. I'll come visit you soon." Izuna smiled at her and cast Kanta one last glare. The Uchiha mounted their horses and wagon leaving with Sakura's thanks.

'That could have been so much worse' She took a deep breath, turned and greeted her Senju guests with more enthusiasm than she felt.

"Sakura, nice to see you again." Hashirama dismounted and pulled her into a hug like Izuna had, greeting her once more.

"Er." Sakura stuttered, "Nice to see you again too Hashirama Sama.

"Sakura Chan." Tobirama inclined his head to her in greeting.

"Hi Tobi Kun." Sakura smiled at him.

"So I hear you hunted down a goddess?" Hashirama grinned at her.

"Yeah." Sakura took a deep breath exhaling loudly through her nose.

"Would you like to come inside for some tea Hashirama Sama?" Sakura turned to her house inviting them in.

She stopped just inside her doorway making Hashirama run into her.

"What the fucking hell!" She exclaimed annoyance clearly heard in her tone.

There was a soft sofa in front of the fireplace that hadn't been there before she had followed Madara outside to yell at him, a wood rack just inside the hearth, a large pot with a swivel stand, and a grate. A rug that matched the couch, a long table behind the couch and two tall oil lamps.

Sakura stomped into the room letting her guests follow as they liked, she continued past the couch into her bedroom and gasped. There in the corner was a very large raised pallet bed, shelves along the walls and pegs for her clothes, a trunk at the side of the room by a small writing desk and what appeared to be a large wardrobe.

She didn't even bother to check the small storage room in her bedroom but walked back out into her living room, past the Senju into the side room where she growled in frustration.

"That, that, oh I'm going to….that …" She stammered. Izuna wasn't there anymore to help her finish her insults upon his brother and for a moment she wished he was.

"Sakura Chan?" Tobirama came up behind her, "What's wrong?"

"This!" She waved her hand at the side room three separate beds were lined up along the back wall each with a small table in between them, covered in bedding and two clothes pegs each on their corresponding wall...a clinic. Shelves and cupboards ran along the opposing walls with little wash basins set up and pitchers, small cloths were clean and neatly folded ready to be used. The shelves were lined with wraps and gauze, mortars and pestles, small bamboo tubs and little glass bottles of herbs. As upset as she was about the rest of the things, she was a little more than grateful for this.

"That sneaky bastard." Sakura actually shook her head and laughed.

"The Uchiha?" Tobiramama and Hashirama had entered the room after her and looked around.

"A hospital." Hashirama picked up a bottle with some dried herbs in it and showed his brother.

"The Uchiha did this?" Tobirama asked suspiciously.

"Yeah, well, 'this', was part of our deal, the other part, was a grey area of our agreement." Sakura took another look around the room and headed for the kitchen, where her jaw dropped open again.

Kanta had gone to the kitchen to prepare the tea. He stood in the middle of the kitchen pouring tea, from a new teapot, into cups, new ones that matched the tea pot, for them.

"Lady Sakura, I took the liberty of preparing the tea." Kanta bowed low, lower than normal and backed up against the wall of the kitchen, his eyes on the floor.

Sakura frowned at him, ignoring the other new items in her kitchen that she hadn't asked for.

"Kanta, there are only three cups poured." Sakura said walking up to him and bending over to catch his eye.

"Yes my Lady." He said,

"There are four of us." She put her hands on her hips and widened her eyes meaningfully at him.

"Yes Lady but I will not be joining you, it is not proper and…" He was grabbed by the hand and set down at the table where she poured him his tea and he sputtered his protests.

"Shut up and drink your tea. This is my house, and if anyone has a problem with my friend joining me for tea, they can leave." She sat down with her own cup and looked at the brother Senju.

"Not at all Sakura Chan." Hashirama smiled.

Tobirama looked like he disagreed but Sakura gave him a hard look and he grumbled something agreeable and sat as well.

"So Sakura Chan, what kind of agreement did you set up with the Uchiha if you don't mind my asking. I assume it has something to do with the hospital? I know they have no real healers among them." Hashirama opened the conversation.

"Well yes. Izuna offered it to me, he asked I heal any Uchiha that come to my door and in return the clan will provide me with medical supplies, food and an allowance to live comfortably. Oh, and they granted me access to their library when they found out I was going to ask you if I could visit yours." Sakura told them.

"Since I wouldn't turn anyone away who needs healing no matter what clan they were from, I took it." She said, blowing on her tea.

"Library? You wanted access to our library? What are you researching?" Tobirama was curious.

"The god tree." Sakura said softly.

"The god tree, but that is a fairy tale, why would you be interested in that?" Tobirama asked her confused.

"I need to find it and destroy it, it isn't a fairytale, it is just a very old tale, that needs to be retold and rewritten." Sakura took a deep breath and sighed, she seemed to be doing that a lot lately.

Hashirama watched the young woman with interest, so that's why she was hunting down a god, she needed information on the god tree?

"Did the goddess not tell you where to find it?" Hashirama asked her.

"She didn't know where it was, she is the one who told me I needed to find it and destroy it." Sakura said slowly. She hadn't made up her mind what to tell the Senju or the Uchiha the truth yet, but honesty seemed to be the best answer. Her eyes met Kanta's and he nodded.

Tobirama had noticed and his eyes narrowed at the man. They appeared to have grown quite close in their short time together and Tobirama wondered exactly what kind of relationship they might have. Sakura clearly considered Kanta an equal, which he found annoying and odd, but Sakura, was...odd, now however, it seemed there might be a bit more to their relationship.

"Kaguya, that is the goddess that my village, that all of the Hidden Villages of my time were fighting against, it was the fourth world war." She told them.

Hashirama and Tobirama exchanged looks but stayed silent.

"There was an alliance between all of the villages, all of the shinobi banded together as one, to fight a great evil." Sakura paused, she didn't think she should tell them everything.

She didn't know who Madara was exactly, but...he wasn't the same man that he was in her time, he wasn't...a mass murderer, could she condemn him for a crime he would commit? No, her conscience wouldn't let her do such a thing, no matter how much he might irritate her, he didn't deserve that.

"I'm not from this time. I'm from the future, almost two generations from now. My village hasn't been built yet and I have no way to get home." Sakura said.

Hashirama didn't even blink.

"If you find this god tree and destroy it, could you, I mean, would it not be able to send you home then? Did the goddess tell you if you did this for her, she would send you back?" Hashirama asked her without a single hint of scepticism in his voice.

"No, I can't go back. Destroying the god tree isn't for her, it's for my friends, my family, my village...the world. It will change the past, the present and the future, it will end the Curse of the Hatred before it is cast. The god tree, was the beginning." Sakura looked up then and looked into Hashirama's eyes.

There was wisdom there and understanding, sympathy and worry. It was reassuring, but then she looked at Tobirama. That was the reaction she had been expecting. Distrust and contempt were visibly etched across his face.

"You believe this goddess?" Tobirama asked her.

"I have nothing else to go on." Sakura admited.

"What if she is using you, tricking you, did you not say the world was at war with her?" Tobirama asked.

"Yes but, it was her sons, look I don't know how to explain it, that's why I need more information so I propose the deal the Uchiha gave me, to you. Send me your sick and I will heal them, in return, allow me access to your library. I give you my word any information I learn from your records will not be repeated or used against you in any way." Sakura turned her eyes back to Hashirama.

"On our way to visit you we saw a part of the forest that had met with some...misfortune. Kanta tells me that it was you, venting." Hashirama said carefully, his eyes averted to his tea.

"Is this, your search for the god tree, is that what caused you to get so upset?" Hashirama asked her, their eyes meeting.

"Forgive me, I was...not thinking when I destroyed the forest. Yes and no, it was because of the frustration yes, but it was...loss that drove me to...do that, to act out in such a way." Sakura sighed. "I shouldn't have."

Kanta had remained quiet, it wasn't his place to say anything, to speak in such company, but his eyes watched Sakura with such sympathy and concern it drew the keen eye of Hashirama.

"Madara seems to be quite taken with you Sakura Chan." Hashirama teased her.

"Ugh." Sakura let her head fall to the table with a small thump.

"Yes, well clearly he had no clue how to woo her, the yelling was evidence of that." Tobirama smirked into his tea.

"It wasn't all his fault, I was yelling at him too, he isn't...all bad." Sakura smiled in spite of herself. He had helped her before, and recently.

Tobirama choked on his tea causing his brother to laugh out loud at him. Tobirama gave his brother a dirty look, "Excuse me?" He said to Sakura.

"What?" Sakura looked at him confused.

"Not that bad? He is a plague upon the earth, do you know how many Senju he has killed including Kanta's sister's husband?" Tobirama glared at her.

"Forgive me Kanta, but how many Uchiha have the Senju killed Tobi kun?" She countered.

"Your war is a stupid pointless war, there is hate on both sides, don't you sit there and tell me one if better than the other, I know, you forget, I'm from the future and you know what the future holds?" She paused for emphasis.

"It holds one Senju and one Uchiha! Your clans are no more because they are all dead now!" She yelled the last part at him.

"Dead because you couldn't stop fighting now! In this time! There is a future but your clans will not be a part of it!" She emphasised her point by saying it again more forcefully.

Silence fell with her last words.

"Is that true Sakura? Truly, we are no more, the Uchiha are no more?" Kanta asked her quietly.

"To my horror, yes Kanta, it is true. I wish it weren't so. That's why I need to find the god tree and destroy it, I told you, " She looked at Hashirama, "It is for the past, the present and the future." Sakura set down her empty tea cup, an ominous gesture that was not lost on the Senju.

"We will help you." Hashirama said simply. "We accept your proposal Sakura Chan."

"Thank you." Sakura said gratefully and relaxed back into her chair.

"If you'll excuse me for a moment?" They nodded.

Sakura stood and moved to the side of the room, bit her thumb and summoned a small Lady Katsuyu.

"Sakura, what can I do for you?" Lady Katsuyu's sweet little voice filled the room.

"Would you please tell Lord Madara I have struck the same agreement with the Senju that I did with his clan, and that there is to be no fighting at my home, this is now a safe zone for both and any clans that come to me for healing?" Sakura requested.

"Yes of course my Lady." Lady Katsuyu bowed.

"I am not Tsunade Sama." Sakura began.

"You are now the best healer in history and existence, Tsunade would be proud of you Sakura san, and of you, Lord Senju." Lady Katsuyu turned to Hashirama.

"Me?" Hashirama looked surprised.

"Tsunade was your great granddaughter, she looked a lot like you." Lady Katsuyu bowed to Hashirama then disappeared with a pop.

"Your Hokage, your Shisou was my great granddaughter?" Hashirama looked at Sakura, his eyes wide.

"Yes." She didn't elaborate.

"Whoa." Kanta said remembering the things Sakura had told him about her Hokage and mentor in their travels together.

Sakura looked at Tobirama after Lady Katsuyu's departure. He looked...stunned.

"Believe me now?" Sakura asked him smugly.

"Now I do." Tobirama said and drank the rest of his tea in one gulp.

"Got anything stronger?" Hashirama drank the rest of his tea like his brother and set his cup on the table.