BTW... if you haven't realized it yet, all of my chapter names are from the song "Angel" by Theory of a Deadman.
Also, I had to redo this chapter THREE times before it was posted!
...so...
Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the song lyrics that are my chapter names. Give the credit to Theory of a Deadman and go and listen to the song!
As always,
Enjoy!
~Kyvena
::~7: Until We Hit The Ground~::
Back at home now, Indra completely tuned out all of her husband's rantings as she stroked Tendo's silky fur. Noticing the brunette's almost blank facial expression, Izuna then growled, "INDRA! DID YOU HEAR A WORD I JUST SAID?" Slightly startled by his outburst, Indra then peered up, "Huh? Are you finally done?"
Izuna looked all too frustrated until Tendo shot off a warning growl that he was MORE than ready to teach this pup ANOTHER lesson in manners, along with how to treat your mate. Izuna snapped and narrowed his orbs at the massive sparkling white wolf, "Tendo, get the hell out of here so that I can speak to my wife!"
Crystal blue orbs gazed innocently towards the singular light sapphire gaze that Indra held, yet she released a rather loud and drawn out sigh, "THAT'S ENOUGH! BOTH OF YOU JUST STOP IT! If you wish to speak to me alone, then I will give you that respect. You DON'T have to yell at Tendo though, Izuna!"
Man, she could FEEL a major migraine just waiting to slam into her skull at this point.
Standing, Tendo then bowed his large head respectfully, "As you wish, lady Indra." The moment Tendo jumped back into his portal, Izuna kept quiet and this only further frustrated the sassy brunette, "WELL!? You wanted to have "PRIVATE" time without Tendo here, so speak!" Izuna sulked forward and grasped Indra's hips before tossing her on their rather lavish bed.
Gasping sharply, Indra then sat up on her forearms, "HEY, THAT WAS...rude..." her voice slowly trailed off the moment her husband was right in her face with a devious gleam. Shaking her head, Indra pushed Izuna off of her and rolled to her side, "If you have nothing more to say, then I am going to take a nap. My head hurts..."
Groaning, Izuna then rolled off of her... but then thought of Tendo's words at their last battle and rolled over to pull his wife close to his bare chest. Softly smiling now as he pressed his nose within her hair, Izuna tightened his hold slightly and chuckled softly, "Man, that wolf of yours had a seriously sharp tongue. He bitched me out during our last battle and I suppose his words are true."
Indra heard his words and finally took Izuna's hand into her own and brought it up to her face as she cried softly. Feeling her distress, he sat up on his free forearm while his occupied hand stretched his fingers out to brush her tears away, "Hey now... why are you crying...?" Indra abruptly shook her head as she held his non-gloved hand tighter, "P-Please just don't leave me..."
That's when it finally hit him...
Her heart was still fragile from four-thousand years of not having him close to her. Leaning his head back onto his pillow and chuckling softly, he pressed her body closer, "Ah, I'm not going anywhere Indra... never again will I leave you."
Rolling onto his back, Izuna then gave Indra a light tug to roll her onto his chiseled chest and she easily replied and responded to the affectionate hold. Rolling over, she then placed her face against his collarbone and wrapped her arms around his neck affectionately. Even though she could most definitely feel that what he had said to her was nothing more than a lie, she could and would accept that because of one reason alone.
"I love you... Izuna..." her heart broken tone rang out softly, making him frown deeply the moment he felt her tears against his mating mark. Peering down after she quickly fell asleep due to listening to the gentle rhythm his heart had to offer her, he chuckled softly, "At least give me the time to respond before you fall asleep, you beautiful little angel..."
It was the middle of the afternoon, but the skies grew dark with the threat of rain at any given moment. It were almost as if the skies wanted to continue to cry in her place. His eyes slowly drooped and pulled Indra's clothing off before pulling the blankets over them both.
If he had the strength, he would completely take advantage of her warm nude body against his half nude frame, but as such... he liked his hot-headed little lady the way she was. The fire that burned brightly within her soul was amusing to say the least and that same short fuse of a temper kept him highly entertained.
But as such, he wanted more and more; his demonic being roaring to be set loose at this point. Slowly pulling away, he walked to their door and glanced back at her tear stained face before walking outside with his hair loosely flowing behind him.
Abruptly, Indra shot up and slightly turned her head to the window the moment she heard the sound of thunder. Noticing Izuna was not beneath her any longer, Indra peered into her lap for only a mere moment before standing up, only placing lace underwear on and yanked one of Izuna's cloaks on her smaller body before walking to the door and stared outside to see Izuna sitting within the rain.
He looked so utterly defeated with the way his head lowered and his eyes, teeth, and fists were tightly clenched...
Walking outside, Indra sat beside him within the rain and wrapped her arm around his shoulder tenderly before speaking softly, "Izuna...? What's wrong...?" Slowly, he allowed her to pull his drenched head to her chest, "It's nothing..." he feigned horribly, making her chuckle softly as she brushed one of his soaked long strands of his hair away from his face, "You have always been a horrible liar... you know that right?
Releasing a soft chuckle that brushed between her cleavage, Indra took in a deep breath to calm her body before speaking, "How long have you been out here?" Feeling him shrug, she rubbed her hand up and down his arm that held goosebumps from the cold rain, "Come now, you're going to catch your metaphorical death out here."
Why did she put his cloak on when no one even lived near them? No clue.
His clothing now clung tightly to her body and she began to shiver slightly while her teeth softly chattered. The old Indra finally showed herself as she hollered, "How in the HELL are out here without a shirt on!? IT'S FREEZING IZUNA!" Laughing softly, he smiled against her cleavage, "Just cooling my head is all."
From the way his body felt, he had been out here longer than just a few minutes. Standing, Indra forced him up and pushed him to their bath. Pulling her-er-his top off of her, Indra then pulled his pants down, "Come on, let's get you warmed up before you go outside to sulk again."
Pulling him into the bath, he hissed softly from the warm water assaulting his freezing body, "Indra, at least let my body temperature go up a little before pushing me into a hot bath! My skin feels like it's being burned off!" Chuckling at him, she then sat in his lap and laced her arms around his neck to pull his body close to her own.
She couldn't explain it... but if she had to guess, she just wanted him close.
Leaning down, Indra placed a tender kiss to his mating mark. Izuna chuckled softly as he finally spoke out, "I love you too..." Smiling softly at him, Indra leaned to his chest and placed a tender and loving kiss to his silky skin - making his head tilt back slightly, "Indra, stop before you get yourself into something that you do not want right now," his tone groaned out softly, making her giggle and she continued to press kisses to his chest.
"You are evil," he claimed as a soft moan escaped his lips. Feeling a rather harsh flick to his forehead, he tilted his head up, "That hurt Indra!" This only made the brunette laugh harder until she mumbled against his throat, "Well, then stop STABBING my thigh." Blinking his crimson orbs rapidly, he then smirked, "I'll consider it."
After a while, Izuna then stood once his body had been warmed up, only to walk out into the rain and sit down on the steps again. Indra walked to the door with a hand clenched tightly over her heart. She could feel his distress and wondered why he was feeling such sorrow, "Izuna...? Come here and talk to me..."
He made no motions to even attempt to move as his head lowered further to his lap. Clenching his hands together tightly, the long haired raven sank one of his sharpened fangs to his bottom lips so that blood would cascade down his chin. All he could think was, 'My children are now DEAD because of HER!'
"My lady, I have come with three declarations of war. All are from the realm of the mortals. I also come bearing a letter from your brother, lord Akuma," the servant spoke and Indra turned towards her, "Thank you..." Nodding her head towards Indra while the brunette was all too quick to notice that this female was now impregnated with one of Izuna's spawns. The maid gave a hurried bow and vanished, knowing that her lady had just witnessed the unborn child.
Anger was now filling her as tears dripped down on the letter that she now held, Indra gripped the letter slightly tight to wrinkle it a little before snapping out of it. Each and every female maid was pregnant with Izuna's children now and at this point, it was becoming unbearable to sense that he even was having intercourse with another female at this point. Shaking her head, Indra allowed her dulled orbs to begin scanning over the letter quickly.
'What's up sis!? I know this is out of the blue, but I NEED your counsel over some matters concerning Izuna. Drop by whenever you wish! -Love, Akuma' Indra could basically hear what was going to be said without him saying the words to her. Izuna was trying to replace his little ARMY of SPAWNS that she had eradicated at this point. Raising her hand to her mark of eternal love, she then solemnly whispered out, "Erase..." With that, her mark vanished entirely.
All within the land of the eternal rulers knew that carrying too much rage, even if that rage was justified or not, within one's heart for too long would only spell disaster and calamity for the one who ruled. She knew what was about to happen, so the royally angered brunette quickly grasped Hikari before the mark of the eternal ruler then vanished and her body then plummeted to land on the surface within the mortal realm once more.
With widened orbs, Indra then felt all of that added power of the eternal ruler leaving her body. However, the only thing she could manage to do was sigh softly before chuckling dryly, "Those who fall from grace as one of the eternal rulers are forever banished from the heavens unless they correct their line of thinking, huh...?" Reaching up to brush her fingers against her mating mark, Indra could only whisper, "I can't even feel my bond with him anymore..."
With Akuma, he was NOT looking pleased in the slightest as Izuna entered into one of the many chambers of his concubines that he no doubt, had impregnated. Suddenly, the first demon king's eyes widened in an alarmed fashion, "N-No..." Tsuyoi then walked up and frowned slightly, "My lord? What ales you?" Akuma swallowed heavily as tears filled his crimson orbs before spilling down onto his cheeks, "I-It's Indra. She has fallen as one of the standing eternal rulers."
Standing abruptly, Akuma dashed towards the room that Izuna had entered and slammed the door open; only to see the sick reality for himself. Flicking his orbs to the side, Akuma walked over to his blade and grasped it, making Izuna growl out, "And exactly WHAT are you doing with MY blade!?" Deadly crimson orbs were quick to snap towards the lone standing eternal ruler while honing a terrifying scowl, "Tell me, Izuna... can you even SENSE your MATE anymore!?"
Feeling a bit shocked at the question, he then realized that he could not feel Indra's jealousy or rage at this point as he fooled around with another woman. Keeping quiet, yet darting his crimson based orbs to the side, he gave a quiet and angered reply, "No... good riddance. If you haven't realized as of yet, Indra has yet to bare me any children. So, you tell me... why SHOULD I love her!?"
This answer... shocked Akuma...
Grasping his blade tighter, Akuma then snapped around and walked out of the room before slamming the door shut and yelling, "TSUYOI!? I AM LEAVING YOU INCHARGE OF MY THRONE DURING MY LEAVE OF ABSENCE!" Tsuyoi quickly bowed and smiled due to knowing all too well that Akuma loved and cared about Indra the way a big brother should, "As you wish my lord." With that, Akuma was about to dart out until something unexpected occurred.
Indra sat curled up against a tree bawling and somehow managed to choke out, "H-Hikari, go to I-Izuna..." Hikari asked no questions and felt horrible for leaving Indra in such a state of misery and heartbreak, but obeyed by shooting towards the heavens to do as the hybrid had asked. Clenching her legs tightly to her chest and bawling, the miserable brunette choked out, "B-Big b-brother... I-I need you..."
The blade of Akuma darted to the brunette instantly and Akuma was soon to follow as he slammed to the ground, "S-SIS!?" Rushing to her, the first demon king then wrapped his arms protectively around his descendant. Thinking about everything that had transpired up until this point, he then softly mumbled something so that no one except her would hear, "You know, I wish I would have known that one could nullify their mark of eternal love."
Shaking her head slowly, she then peered up with tears sliding down her face, "Y-You can't... unless you are the eternal ruler." Holding this little lady close to him while frowning heavily, Akuma then squeezed her tightly, "Come now, you are Indra U-" - "NO I'M NOT! I'M INDRA OTSUTSUKI," she yelled with an all too angered tone as she ripped her wedding ring off and threw it, only for Akuma to catch it and place it within a storage compartment with a gentle sigh.
Groaning softly at her stubbornness, Akuma then scratched the top of his head, "Indra, why did you force yourself all the way back down to the realm of the mortals? You could have picked to land within the realm of the angels, you know." Indra slowly nodded her head as if she had known this all along, "I-I know, but I couldn't stand the fact that Izuna continued to take the Uchiha's side whenever we were supposed to remain NEUTRAL!"
Looking up to the sky, Akuma released a rather gentle and subtle chuckle, "Well, it appears that there is at least one Uchiha who deeply cares for you. However, now that I know that you are safe, I must return to my kingdom. Keep hold of my blade and if you should need me, it will summon the portion of my spirit that is sealed within. Don't fret though, your backup is on its way," he chuckled and winked as he stood up and shot towards the heavens.
"INDRA," a rather familiar voice shouted, making her head shoot up in complete disbelief as she managed to stutter out, "M-MADARA!?" Landing on the ground and making his wings vanished, Madara then peered around curiously, "So, THIS is the realm of the mortal race, huh?" Nodding her head as she stashed the sheathed Akuma blade within her sparkling white belt, Indra began to walk towards a certain destination while giving the dull reply of, "Yeah..."
Madara quickly began to jog to catch up with her and slowed to match her pace before questioning, "Why did you not just simply return back to the domain of the angels?" Sighing rather drastically as her thigh high white boots with shimmering silver swirls decorated at the top made gentle and silent steps forward, Indra then turned to the curious demon, "Because... I do not wish to witness Izuna at all at this point in time."
Duh...
Out of the corner of her light sapphire orb, the melancholy brunette then picked up on the sound of the male with the forest of black and blue thorns humming softly and tilting his head from side to side as he gently grasped his chin as if carefully considering her reply, making a portion of his long locks slip from his high ponytail in the process as he nodded, "Yes, I do see how that could become an issue for you."
Sadly chuckling and coming to a halt, the not so moody male instantly slowed to a stop to peer at the hybrid in a rather puzzled fashion until she spoke, "Madara, your hair is a mess from flying. Sit down and allow for me to fix it" Nodding his head, the demonic male lowered to sit on his knees as Indra moved around him to pull all of his shiny, silky, yet unruly appearing locks back up into a high ponytail before tying it securely, "There you go."
Smiling at the saddened hybrid, the demonic male gave a soft smile as he stood, "Thank you, Indra. I do appreciate you fixing my hair for me. It does make me wonder as to how good of a mate you are though," he teased gently, but that tease obviously didn't register to the brunette as she lowered her head sadly, "Apparently not good enough to wait for..." This comment only served to make the moody male scoff heavily as he rose to his feet with folded arms.
TCH!
Madara released an annoyed huff before replying, "Indra, have you not come to the realization that I have been waiting for you ever since we MET!? Have you learned NOTHING!?" Rapidly blinking in a rather puzzled fashion, the angel and demon hybrid then tilted her head in an obviously confused manner, "Huh...?"
Rolling his bloodthirsty orbs, the moody male slightly puffed his bangs out of the way of his eye for a moment, "Indra, tell me... between my little brother and I, whom did you encounter first?" Thinking back and tapping her chin lightly, Indra then peered at the demon, "Well, it was you, Madara." Nodding his head as if that should have been EXTREMELY obviously, he released a heavy snort, "Well, of course it was me."
Peering down, Madara then released a soft chuckle, "Though, I suppose at that given time... I never really had a chance with you. You were SO fixated on Izuna, that you never had any time to spend with me. I craved your attention, longed for you to merely glance in my direction, and hoped that you would acknowledge me more than my brother... but mostly... I simply wanted you all to myself. Demons are greedy you know," he finished with a playful wink.
Hikari and the flesh and blood Akuma returned to the realm of the demons and the demon merely returned to his throne while paying NO mind as to where Hikari even went or what she did at this moment. The door to where Izuna currently resided in was slammed open and the concubine he was currently "exercising" with, was quick to jump up abruptly before Izuna pushed her body back down to continue until he spilled his seed and sniffed the air just to check.
Yup, she was now carrying his bastard child... and that pleased him greatly that he would be having yet another spawn to dote on.
Spirit, now infuriated, the sheathed blade of Hikari then swooped in and the hilt of the blade roughly slammed into the long haired raven's forehead; hurling him away from the woman as the spirit of Hikari eased to the floor while folding her arms as Izuna shot up and glared hatefully while holding the red spot that she had left on his face, "DAMMIT HIKARI! WILL YOU STOP DOING THAT!?" - "SILENCE! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE JUST DONE, DO YOU!?"
Glaring right back at the spirit, the lone eternal ruler basically spat to the side, "WHY SHOULD I CARE!? TELL ME, HIKARI!" That's when it hit this spirit form of the living female. She didn't have to say a word to harm this moron, and that only proved to make her grin, "Just you wait." With that, Hikari vanished and Izuna, now in a horrible mood, put his clothing back on his body and placed the rapier of Hikari into his belt to return it to his mate before flying back to his home.
Landing, Izuna huffed heavily before walking into his home while ruffling the back of his short, yet long locks and immediately called out, "Hey Indra, forgive me for being so late. I'm home now." The lone eternal ruler heard absolutely nothing for the longest time and this caused his crimson orbs to snap about in absolute panic before yelling out in an equally panicked tone, "I-INDRA!? INDRA ANSWER ME, THIS INSTANT FUNNY!"
Oh no...
More silence then graced his ears, causing the demonic male to begin darting through his entire home frantically while yelling, "INDRA! HONESTLY, IF THIS IS A GAME, THEN YOU HAVE WON; NOW ENOUGH OF THIS AND COME OUT! INDRA, INDRA!" The more rooms he checked, the more he found nothing. His heart, now roughly pounding within his ears, Izuna then came to the realization that his wife was no longer even inside of their home.
Hearing a disgusted scoff, Izuna snapped his head around to see Hikari's spirit form before she spoke dryly, "Honestly? Did you just EXPECT for Indra to just stick around while you frequently fooled around with other women to create spawns!? If so, then you are more deluded than I had originally thought." - "HIKARI, WHERE IS INDRA!?" Izuna furiously yelled out, making her honestly shrug, "I do not know. I honestly just hope that she got far enough away."
This was infuriating, but that ONE miniscule comment had him believing that he KNEW as to where she was; that is... until she spoke again, "Now that I think about it, I do believe that I did bare witness to your older brother heading in her direction though," she spoke with a grin that basically screamed that he was the only one to blame at this point.
"HIKARI, DO AS I SAY AND BRING HER BACK TO ME," the demonic male growled angrily, making the angelic spirit laugh hysterically before replying, "And what gives you the right to order the race of angels? Honestly, how do you expect for me to bring her back whenever you can no longer even sense as to where she is due to the bond that YOU broke? You took her love for granted and any time she graced you with that love, you tossed it aside as if she meant nothing to you."
A hate filled scowl graced this demonic male's face before rushing out of his and Indra's home before jumping off of the ledge and spreading his blackened wings as he made the plunge. Since the hybrid cut him off entirely so that he could no longer sense her OR gain assistance from her healing abilities, Izuna was more or less on his own.
Damn this woman to HELL.
Landing in the realm of the mortal race, he shifted his orbs to an onyx coloration instead of them looking as if he were out for blood; Izuna then darted his orbs anxiously from side to side. He only knew of one place to start looking at... and that place just so happened to be Hagoromo's tavern.
Darting there at an inhumane speed, Izuna reached the tavern rather quickly and swiftly slammed the door open; only for Hagoromo to walk out with an extremely puzzled expression, "Izuna, what brings you here? Business for once? Or does something happen to be wrong?" Taking an unsure step back, he then asked shakily, "A-Are Indra and Madara here...?"
Hagoromo blinked rapidly as if highly confused before replying to the lone eternal ruler respectfully, "Indra and Madara? No, they aren't here. Has something happened to them?" That was a question that Izuna did not want answer in the slightest as he walked out of the tavern without a word spoken; but his head was lowered in an all too ashamed manner.
Having no clue as to what that was all about, Hagoromo then opened the door of the tavern, only to find no one standing there. Groaning softly, he then snapped his head around, "You two are damn LUCKY that he didn't even think of using his normal eyes! IDIOTS, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY NOW!" Indra, completely packed and walking down the steps, now chuckled softly at the outburst, "Please forgive us father."
FORGIVE MY ASS!
Scowling softly, his face then softened, "You know, Indra, ever since I lost the world's clumsiest waitress; business has been shot to hell. Would you and Madara like to work to get some money saved up before you head out to travel?" Considering this deeply, the sassy brunette then turned right back around and walked back up the stairs, only to place all of her clothing back.
Looking towards Madara as he now leaned his form against the tavern's counter, he then sighed, "There are only two rooms Madara. Since Indra went back upstairs, that would mean the two of you are staying for a bit. However, you two will be-" - "We will be sharing the same room," the hybrid female then spoke in a lazy fared tone as she walked out in her tavern uniform.
Madara was quick to release a snicker while tilting his head back slightly to peer at the annoyed demonic grandfather before the moody male then spoke out smoothly, "Like father, like daughter. I shall go and get changed then and be sure Indra does not run your business into the ground." Well, THAT much, he was thankful for due to how damned CLUMSY his granddaughter was.
It had been a few weeks since Indra and Madara's appearance within the mortal realm. Hagoromo had found out that during her travels with Akuma, Indra had become a traveling dancer to raise money for how much his great-great-great grandfather ate. With that knowledge in hand, the young appearing grandfather made his granddaughter the entertainer for the tavern so that she did not waste any of his provisions.
Peering towards the overly jealous male waiter that held a bad boy attitude, which had women flooding in left and right; Hagoromo sighed heavily, yet chuckled softly, "Goodness..." Men within the tavern were cheering, whistling, and clapping as his granddaughter danced sensually along to the folk music that was now playing and due to her more than revealing attire and slick moves, his tavern had become a major hotspot for the locals.
Madara watched Indra in awe as she jumped onto a table and lowered to her knees to give one lucky male some of her attention, the cheering became much louder as more men and women alike piled into his tavern. The moment that small dose of attention was given to that single male, Indra gave an elegant jeté off of the table, only to roll to the ground gracefully.
Appearing in front of a new male patron on her knees, Indra then leaned in slowly to bless not only this man, but all of the men with a good view of her cleavage. If she kept "blessing" so many men, Hagoromo would have to turn his tavern into one of those things that the humans called a "church".
Slowly leaning in, the sassy little lady then giggled softly as she swiftly rolled over her shoulder and caught her body with a single hand to lower her body down to the ground. Men were going crazy over the routine that this popular dancer now performed that had them bewitched, considering coins were now being tossed everywhere.
Toss a coin to your bewitcher.
Madara had just delivered a few pints to paying customers as he watched this group of mortal men simply throwing their money towards the tavern dancer and wondered as to HOW they could just waste their money so freely and carelessly. From what Indra had told him, mortals did not make that much money to begin with unless they were nobles; so the fact that they just mindlessly threw their earnings away was rather odd and almost dumbfounding in his opinion.
Reaching the counter and leaning back on it, the moody male just had to ask the owner of the tavern one thing, "Has Indra always been THIS popular?" Hagoromo tilted his head to where he knew his granddaughter currently was, yet once he witnessed her smiling face, all he could do was chuckle and nod, "Indeed. Even when Indra was classified as one of the clumsiest waitresses alive, she still brought in a large crowd of people due to her appearance alone."
Watching more coins fly into the air, all Madara could do was snicker playfully, "Hey dad, if Indra keeps this up much longer then you will be one wealthy man." Needing a cover story as well, Hagoromo then became Madara's father as well. As awkward as THAT was, it wasn't more awkward than having to call Indra his SISTER... and he was not very good at covering up the fact that he eyeballed her as much as he could.
Awkward...
"Here you go son. Table five," Hagoromo exclaimed with a cat-like grin plastered onto his face. Rolling his eyes and placing all of the pints on a tray, Madara then walked to the table and delivered all of the ale... only to have a coin slam into his face the moment he turned around. Slightly flinching and grasping his bleeding nose gently, Madara then barked out angrily, "WHAT IN THE HELL!?"
Indra had witnessed a man acting like a pitcher before hurling the coin at Madara's face once he had turned and was in range. Glaring at the male, she knew him... his wife was infatuated with Madara, while he was infatuated with her. She knew that he had done this out of spite and jealousy, but also did not know that the two were "siblings"; which caused him to act out rather stupidly.
Gasping sharply and darting towards him while yelling out something that made ALL male patrons feel like complete idiots, "BIG BROTHER, YOU ARE NOT HARMED ARE YOU!?" The musicians put a hold to the beautiful brunette's performance the moment she had...well, stopped performing. Madara raised a dainty brow and brought a single finger up to place it over a single nostril to blow out some blood before speaking dryly, "Yes, Izumi, I am quite all right."
Not known for having the best temperament, Indra then whirled around with her hands on her bare hips while scolding the male, "Listen buddy, you have no right to assault my big brother because your wife stares at him! It's not fair to HER because you are constantly staring at me!" The male then shrunk back and Hagoromo placed a hand over the male's shoulder, "Sir, I am going to have to ask you to leave. You just assaulted my son."
Indra and Madara had concealment magic placed over their bodies to hide their true identities, so they DID look like siblings. Indra looked like a female Izuna, yet held a blue and black tint to her hair instead of her brunette mane. Madara's hair color did not change, yet his hairstyle showed his entire face considering he merely pulled all of his long bangs back into his high ponytail and his eyes were now the same as Indra's light sapphire orb.
Both still looked as if they were of royal bloodlines due to the fact that the moody male refused to appear... as Madara claimed to her... "unsightly". Knowing that this was her last dance, Indra chuckled to Madara and winked, "See ya later big brother!" Groaning internally, he had to force an entirely convincing smile on his face, "Go on, your last dance is almost over." Nodding happily, the beauty then gave a cute wave, "All right, Izumo!"
Madara didn't think that he would ever get accustomed to being called "Izumo" instead of his birth given name. Releasing a heavy sigh of dread, the moody male then leaned against the counter again as Hagoromo chuckled, "Tomorrow, I am going to need you and your sister to go into town to pick up some supplies. Ever since Izumi began dancing and not spilling everything, I feel as if I am still losing just as much supplies; I'm just rich though."
This comment only proved to make Madara snicker softly as he folded his arms across his broad chest before replying respectfully, "Very well. Give me the list tonight and I will take my little sister to town tomorrow. I am quite sure that she will end up bringing you home more money in the same way that she did last time."
Bonking his fist into his open palm, the fatherly figure then chuckled, "Oh dear, I am going to need you both to go to many towns to procure many different alcohols. The first town is extremely shady, so watch your sister like a hawk. She has this tendency to wander off on her own in places that could place her in immediate danger."
Indra, now finished with her dance, walked over to the two gossiping men with a dry expression while panting softly, "Honestly father, it's not my fault that you NODDED to me the last time! So, I blame you." Sweat beaded from every pore on her skin, yet this only proved to make her appear more desirable. This made Madara stare at her until nudged lightly by a scowling little lady, "Izumo, STOP staring at me!"
Oh, whoops.
Hagoromo handed Indra a large cup of water that she quickly chugged, making a single drop roll down her chin in the process. Chuckling at her as she placed the cup down, Madara lifted his masculine gloved hand to tenderly wipe the droplet off and stare into her eyes for a moment until Hagoromo cleared his throat, making the two bounce away from one another.
The moment Indra jolted back, she slightly bumped into one of the patrons, "O-Oh, please excuse me!" Giving a quick bow, the male behind her brought a single hands to brush it against her backside, only to give a firm squeeze. Squeaking at this, Madara then darted around and grasped the male's wrist so tightly that a small snap was heard, "Do not place such FILTH on my little sister EVER again! Should you make the unwise choice to do so again, I will not be so gentle."
HE CALLED THAT GENTLE!?
"I'm going to have to ask you to stop antagonizing my children, sir. Izumi's older brother, Izumo, is extremely protective of his sister. Should you choose to continue, then I will have no choice but to kick you out," the owner of the bar exclaimed impatiently. Shaking his head abruptly, he then looked into the owners eyes and gulped heavily. Indra couldn't blame the poor man... her grandfather had eyes so powerful that even mortals could feel the immense magical power.
However, her Rinnegan outclassed her grandfather's by miles, so she concealed it by using a lot of magic to even do so; but was so used to having her hair over her left eye that she never moved them away. The only time she did move them away were the times that she was lazily hanging around, like now.
Hagoromo then turned towards his granddaughter with a soft and gentle smile as he spoke, "Izumi, dear, why don't you go ahead and bathe. Your brother and I can finish up down here." Nodding her head, Indra then climbed up the stairs that lead to the residential area; leaving the two demonic males to pack up for the night.
Akuma sat in his throne lazily while tapping on a single shin in an almost impatient manner. His little sister hadn't used the blade of Akuma once ever since she had left and he was becoming rather restless. Tilting his head slightly, he watched Izuna land and dart his crimson orbs away from the first demon king's angry and very judgmental gaze that basically told him that he had no reason to be moping around due to ALL of this being his own damned fault entirely.
Izuna was already aware of how royally pissed off that, not only Akuma was, but Hikari as well. Akuma then fanned his hand angrily, "Congratulations... Your fiftieth BASTARD was just born ten minutes ago." Akuma's tone slithered out venomously. Leaning his cheek into his propped up open palm, he then understood as to why his little sister continued to murder Izuna's offsprings while on the battlefield.
The first demon king hated each and every single one of Izuna's bastard children. Not a SINGLE one of them had a shred of decency within their bodies, nor any damn common sense lingering within their brains. Considering demonic children grew up rather quickly and basically stopped aging once they hit their eighteenth birthday, all were personally trained by their father to become cold hearted killers for the demon clan.
Every time he heard one of these brats call Izuna "father", he literally wanted to slit their throat right where they stood. Okay... he actually had murdered a few of them until Izuna made the order that he was no longer permitted to kill any of his children. What pissed him off even MORE than that was when they called him... THE FIRST DEMON KING... their "uncle".
All though he was in no position to be barking orders OR to command answers from the lone eternal ruler, he did so anyway, "Have you FOUND my little sister yet!?" Right then and there, one of Izuna's brats walked out and rolled his eyes, "Your talking about aunt Indra... AGAIN? Who even CARES!?" Akuma clenched his fists tightly at this and his teeth and fangs began to grind together grotesquely, "SILENCE YOU VERMIN! YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A BASTARD CHILD!"
Snapping his crimson orbs towards Akuma, Izuna then folded his arms securely against his chest, "I have barely had the time to search for Indra or Madara because-" - "Because INDRA used to look over all of the paperwork and get it done while you had your little playtime with your whores," Hikari spoke freely once her spirit popped out of her blade honing a scowl too dark for someone of an angelic stature to be holding.
Akuma then shifted his crimson orbs towards the child that had basically talked poorly about his little sister and Hikari grabbed her own blade, "HIKARI, RELEASE!" Considering that Izuna could only control the demons, but not the angels... he could do NOTHING to stop her as she slit the undignified brat's throat. That's when she narrowed her orbs towards the lone eternal ruler and took her blade back before spewing, "I will no longer protect you."
"Considering that Indra has my blade, you CAN'T call upon my power to protect you either," Akuma spat out angrily. He shouldn't have spoken up... because Izuna then smirked, "Akuma, you are to return the blade of Akuma back to me this instant." Akuma didn't want to do this, but had no choice as he held his hand out and choked out through gritted teeth, "A-Akuma c-come." Soon enough, the blade of Akuma appeared within his grasp and Izuna swiped it.
Peering back to Hikari, crimson orbs narrowed as he snatched her blade back, "You know, I think I will keep both blades for safe keeping." Hikari then stepped forward with sheer panic in her eyes, "WHAT IF INDRA GETS INTO TROUBLE!? SHE SENT MY BLADE TO YOU SO THAT NO HARM WOULD COME YOUR WAY, YET YOU WOULD DENY HER THE SAME SAFETY THAT SHE MADE SURE TO LEAVE FOR YOU!? HOW WILL SHE PROTECT HERSELF WITH NO WEAPON!?"
Darting his crimson orbs towards Hikari and narrowing them dangerously, Izuna hardened his heart further as he snapped around and began walking away, "I do not care..." Akuma peered towards Hikari nervously and for once... Hikari began to shed silent tears as she returned to the blade. Akuma clenched his fist tightly now and allowed his sharpened canine to pierce his bottom lip due to knowing that his little sister would now be extremely vulnerable.
Tsuyoi had witnessed this and pulled out his blade, "Soul, I command thee, split into two and enter the blade of Tsuyoi!" As he felt his soul splitting, he engraved all of his abilities into the blade and cringed painfully. This was a fatal mistake on his part though. Izuna then held his hand out, "BLADE OF TSUYOI, COME TO MY BECK AND CALL!" Tsuyoi's eyes filled with tears as the blade of Tsuyoi flew to Izuna instead of being delivered his daughter to protect her.
This had just become double edged blade now.
Pulling the blade out, Izuna's eyes widened immensely the moment he witnessed the two engraved names on the blade and swiftly sheathed it. As his blackened angel wings grew, Izuna took off as tears slid down his face miserably. He knew this was SUCH a dangerous gamble on her life, but he wanted her to come home more than anything. Once landed, he separated the soul and returned the blade and soul to its rightful owner.
Once Hikari's spirit returned to her blade, the living and breathing Hikari blinked rapidly and dropped the paperwork that she had been carrying to the current supreme goddess. Kaguya then turned her head towards the first supreme goddess as her worried tone projected softly, "Hikari? What happens to be the matter?" Hikari then lowered her head, "Izuna now holds both Akuma's blade and my blade, my lady."
This made Kaguya's eyes widen immensely, "H-Hikari, how will my daughter protect herself!?" Hikari walked to the enclosure that held her original rapier and took it out, "SOUL-" - "HIKARI, STOP! YOU DO NOT POSSESS ENOUGH SOUL TO DO THAT ANYMORE! W-We will just have to trust in Indra's strength..." Bowing slightly, tears fell from the usually so hardened angelic female's face, "Y-Yes, my lady..."
Hikari placed her rapier back before she then clasped her hands together and began to pray for Indra's safety. She could feel that Izuna had placed his own seal over the blade of Hikari so that even if Indra called to it, she would not be able to go to the "young" lady. Even if Indra were in a life or death situation, neither the blade of Akuma or Hikari would be able to respond to her plea for help.
Glaring at all of Izuna's spawns that now ran around his castle freely, the only thing Akuma could do was yell, "GET THE HELL OUT OF MY SIGHT YOU BRATS!" A LOT of whining was then heard, along with the ONE name he hated to be called by these bastards, "But uncle Akuma!" - "I AM NOT YOUR UNCLE YOU BASTARD CHILDREN!" The first demon king yelled furiously. The only children that would be permitted to call him uncle, were the ones Indra gave birth to.
Akuma was not happy... not in the slightest. Izuna had left his eternal mate to die, but did understand his logic as to why he did it. If Indra had nothing to protect her, she would be forced to return to the heavens to retrieve one of the two blades, but this was not the way to go about doing this. However... he had been happy that he had engraved Indra's name on his blade before he had placed it within his little sister's possession.
He was not happy over Izuna's actions... Not in the slightest...
Indra and Madara were out walking and the blade of Akuma was securely laced to her sparkly white belt. The two chattered happily until Indra came to a stop the moment her blade began to shake and chatter against its sheath, making her turn to look at the moody male, "I wonder if big brother's all right... his blade is going crazy." Just as Madara went to reply, the blade of Akuma flew towards the heavens and both could sense it... this was Izuna's doing.
Scowling and looking at the sun, she then began to make the time changes and nodded that it was night time and Izuna would be asleep. Madara was quick to reach out and grasp her arms tightly, "INDRA, NO!" Snapping her head back to peer at the clear concern on this demon's face, Indra then grinned, "Maybe I should piss Izuna off. Don't prolong this or he will pinpoint us."
Lifting a brow at this comment made, Madara felt as if a billion questions were about to roll out of his mouth until the brunette hybrid reached a single hand out and grasped his high ponytail and brought him down to press her lips to his own. Oh, he WANTED to prolong this, but did not desire for his little brother to find their whereabouts as of yet.
Leaning back, Indra then blushed softly and took Madara's hands within her own, "I have to get big brother's sword back... please understand. I can feel how worried he is about me..." Releasing a comical hefty sigh, Madara then smirked and gave her hands a tender squeeze, "UGH! You have thirty minutes... do you understand?" The sassy little lady then stuck her tongue out playfully at the worried demonic male, "Of course!"
Letting her wings appear after noticing no one was around, Indra then shot off into the heavens. Once at the land of the eternal rulers, Indra suppressed any and all of her magical power to make her undetectable. Angrily stalking forward, she then silently entered her previous home, only to see Izuna fast asleep with four other naked women.
Disgust was all she felt.
Finding the blade of Akuma and Hikari, she then quietly laced both within her belt and picked up one of her old pens, only to dip it in some of the ink. Knowing Izuna was a deep sleeper, she then began to draw all over his face until stopping and glaring angrily towards this beautiful male. Lifting her brows, she then knew what to do and was aware that this would definitely wake him up, but she planned to dart out before the demonic male even had the chance to fully awaken.
Turning to grab a piece of parchment, Indra then neatly wrote down, 'NO WONDER YOU LOST ME!' With that, the completely pissed off brunette turned the ink over his face and drenched his face and body; staining that ivory skin was just a bonus. Darting out before he could wake up, Indra then jumped and plummeted back down to the land of the mortals before clenching her teeth tightly the moment she landed in front of Madara.
Shattering many bones within her legs, tears dripped down her face and she continued to clench her teeth as her wings vanished. Healed, she then held the blade of Akuma tightly so that it couldn't escape, Indra then handed it to Madara, "Big brother knows that I'm all right now, but told me that it would be better if you held onto it for protection." Madara peered at the blade of Akuma almost nervously as he took it, making the brunette chuckle, "The spells don't attack the caster."
GREAT to know.
Once morning rolled around within the land of the eternal rulers and a decade had effectively passed within the realm of the mortals, the lone eternal ruler's long and thick lashes fluttered open; only for his eyes to instantly begin stinging as if they had been injected with poison. Pushing all of the nude concubines off of him, Izuna rushed to the bathroom and began to splash his face abruptly with water over and over until the stinging finally subsided.
Releasing a breath of heavy air, the demonic male made his way to his sink and began to wash his hands and brush his teeth. During the middle of cleansing his teeth, he then slowly peered into the mirror, only for Izuna's eyes to widen as his toothbrush lolled out from his mouth to come crashing down into the sink before noticing the letter left by Indra behind him and darted towards it, only to pick it up.
Scanning over the letter quickly, the demonic male's crimson orbs immediately began to twitch furiously and waited a good while before screaming abruptly, "DAMN YOU, INDRA! WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU BITCH!" Staring at his ink stained, ivory colored complexion with complete and utter disbelief; Izuna slammed his fists down and shattered his sink before hastily dressing and jumping down from the land of the eternal rulers to descend at a rapid pace.
Take that Izuna!
Indra and Madara, completely disguised as of now, stood there speaking for a while whenever the lone eternal ruler slammed into the ground; making the little lady jump in a completely feigned startled fashion as the disguised Madara held the angel and demon hybrid securely, almost as if protecting her completely once his little brother erected his body and glanced towards the two.
Peering over, Izuna then blinked rapidly before speaking in an almost unsure fashion, "Do I know the two of you?" Madara was now in the process of trying his hardest to not laugh at his little brother's current stained state as Indra shook her head, pretending to be immensely scared perfectly, "N-No... I-I'm sorry sir, but I must ask; a-are you all right? Y-You fell from so far up!" Izuna lifted a dainty eyebrow before nodded, "Yes, I am completely unharmed."
Indra then quickly bowed to the lone eternal ruler the moment he then released a sharp 'TSK' before actually speaking, "Do either of you know the two people named Indra and Madara Uchiha? Speak quickly, I do not have the time to be wasting any and all of my precious daylight to be conversing with the two of you you two so casually."
Madara then shook his head slightly and held onto Indra slightly tighter, "No, we don't... forgive us. You must be Izuna Uchiha, the lone eternal ruler. We happen to be siblings and our names are Izumi and Izumo" Indra then moved around Madara to hide behind his muscular form while grasping his cloak the moment Izuna peered towards the two almost angrily.
Nodding slightly that he at least acknowledged the male sibling, Izuna then released an extremely hefty huff as he practically spat out, "Brilliant deduction." This comment only made Madara's eyebrow internally twitch furiously until Indra gave his bulky bicep a tender squeeze to calm the moody male, he then sighed gently, "You are looking for someone named Indra and Madara...? We will ask around to see if anyone else has seen them for you."
Dropping her hands from Madara's cloak, Indra then fumbled with her hands slightly, "Forgive us, eternal ruler... we meant no offense." Madara then nodded slightly, "Yes, forgive us. No disrespect, but we are just so accustomed to witnessing lady Indra handling any of the affairs that are to be dealt with on the surface. One moment, by Indra, you do not mean lady Indra, do you!?"
Bravo! Perfect acting skills!
Izuna's bland and uncaring facial expression sharply pierced the two in front of his eyes before speaking as if he simply did not have the time to be dawdling with these two mortals, "Yes." Snapping his head back and forth to peer in both directions, the younger demonic male then huffed softly as if extremely let down at what he had just witnessed, "Have either of you seen a beautiful young girl with thigh length brunette locks and the same color orbs as both of you?"
Both glanced at one another as if highly confused, until Indra frowned softly, "No, I have not... What about you Izumo...?" Madara then shook his head lightly, "I'm afraid not, Izumi..." Izuna then glared slightly and snapped his head away, making the little lady hide behind the muscular male before Izuna's darkened tone rang out, "I swear by all that is holy or unholy... Indra will pay for what she has done, no matter what..."
Indra and Madara watched as Izuna bolted off and was far away enough before the elder Uchiha male spoke softly, "What do you believe that he even meant by that...?" Indra looked down, but shook her head slightly to give the notion that she held no answers to share before speaking, "I am not sure in the slightest, but if I had to guess... it is because I poured ink all over him..."
The two now walked hand in hand silently towards the village that they were headed to; only for Indra to stiffen up immensely the moment she heard Izuna's voice being projected in the first place. Madara then lightly tugged at his "sister's" hand lightly so the two could hastily make their way to the vending stalls to pick up what the brunette's grandfather had asked them to acquire.
"HAVE ANY OF YOU SEEN A GIRL NAMED INDRA UCHIHA!?" Izuna repeatedly asked repeatedly over and over again to multiple different people before skidding to them once again, "HAVE YOU-" - "Oh, it's merely you, Izumi and Izumo." Indra slightly jumped, but nodded slightly; making Izuna huff heavily, "WILL YOU STOP JUMPING!? I AM NOT HERE TO KILL YOU!"
Tears filled the hybrid's orbs, making Izuna roll his eyes before spitting out, "What in the HELL are you crying for!?" Madara then took a step in front of Indra with a deep scowl, "STOP YELLING AT MY LITTLE SISTER! JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE ANGRY AT THE OTHER ETERNAL RULER, INDRA, IT GIVES YOU NO GIVEN RIGHT TO TAKE THIS OUT ON MY SISTER!"
Anger and rage filled those deadly crimson orbs as Madara began tugging Indra along. As they passed, the angel and demon hybrid then whispered out in her normal tone of voice so that only Izuna and Madara to hear her saddened tone, "Calm yourself, Izuna..." His crimson orbs widened immensely at that point, but by the time he snapped around... he couldn't find a single person.
The two hastily picked up what they needed before Madara began to roughly tug Indra along the dirt path while scolding, "WHAT IN THE HELL, INDRA!? WE FOOL HIM PERFECTLY, ONLY FOR YOU TO GIVE AWAY AS TO WHOM WE ACTUALLY ARE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY!" Indra's orbs spilled over with tears miserably as she basically whimpered out pathetically, "P-Please forgive me..."
Tugging the little lady into an empty alleyway, the extremely moody male then tugged the hybrid into his arms to hold onto her securely and began to hush her softly to calm her fit of misery, "I should not have yelled at you the way that I just did, Indra..." Breaking down right then and there, Madara then knew... the pain that she was feeling now... broke her heart and ripped it to shreds.
As he brought her out of the alley while tears continued to blur her vision, he then mumbled, "Indra, run..." Indra was about to ask as to what he had meant, but Madara broke into a run that she couldn't decipher as to where he was even going in the first place. Finally coming to a shaky stop, Indra darted her tear flooded orbs around, she only managed to whisper out, "M-Madara... don't leave me alone..."
She felt as if she had stood there forever and was about to yell in a panicked tone considering that she could not find him not matter how much she looked around. Turning down each and every corner, the beautiful hybrid swallowed roughly and felt as cotton now filled her throat. Sobbing silently now, she slowed to a stop and clenched her fists tightly. Izuna found her first and quickly made himself appear as his elder brother after effectively knocking him out.
Jumping down to confront her while disguised as his elder brother, he then walked forward and held his hand out, "Do try to keep up, Indra. We do not need for Izuna to catch on to our current location." Nodding her head in a dulled fashion, she then placed her hand within his own and he almost instantly began to tug her along.
At that very moment, Izuna began to feel his own heart beating again...
"Come now, let us head home," the now, docile demonic male basically whispered out. Nodding her head slightly, the two then began to walk home completely silent. The uncomfortable aura hanging around the two was definitely noticed by all that passed the two. By now, it was dusk and the two continued on their way with nothing but the grasshoppers singing a saddened melody around the them.
Finally gaining the courage to say something after a while, Madara then released a gentle breath, "So... why did you do it?" Tilting her head upwards towards the demonic male, Indra could only shrug her shoulders before tilting her head down miserably as she spoke, "I-I guess I just felt bad for what I did to him..."
Releasing a heavy and almost annoyed breath, the moody male then grumbled softly, "You are so stupid... you do know this, right?" Scowling heavily and snapping her head up, Indra then growled out, "WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!?" Rolling his eyes, Madara then released a heavy puff of air, "Because, you two ARE still mated, you know. You ARE bound to feel guilt over something so simplistic."
His words held a valid truth that she could not shake, making her look back down, "I'm aware of that... but how much heartbreak am I bound to go through before I can truly lead a happy life?" At this point, Indra knew that this was NOT Madara. Tilting his head towards her the moment she clamped down onto his hands tightly, he then released a dreadfully long sigh, "Indra... I merely wished for you to bless me with children so that we could live a happy life."
The REAL Madara was bolting towards them now as Indra lowered her head further and gave a shaky reply, "I-Izuna... you have betrayed me more than just one time. If you truly love me... let me go..." All he could feel at that point was a sharp pain directed to his heart as if he had just been slowly stabbed in the dark, making his eyes slowly dull as he dropped her hand.
At this point, he was now holding back choked up sobs that would last for hours as he spoke softly, "As you wish..." Indra almost backed away as he brought up a single hand to place it tenderly against the beautiful woman's cheek and softly stroke at the silky skin she held, only to slam his eyes shut before mumbling, "Reverse the time and erase what has been done..." At that point, they both could feel Indra's mating mark slowly fade from existence.
Pain... was all they felt...
He didn't cry, but his head snapped up and finally... his orbs filled with tears as Indra slid miserably to the ground and bursted into pain filled sobs that caused him to take a gentle step back. Madara rushed faster and finally yelled out, "IZUNA, YOU BASTARD!" Izuna slowly turned his head and whispered softly, "Take care of her and treasure her the way I couldn't, big brother..."
Madara slowed and peered down to the base of the hybrid's neck, only to bare witness to the fact that she no longer held a mating mark and began to fumble with his words, "Izuna... I... you... her... why...?" Sadly chuckling, Izuna looked up to the sky and attempted to block out the sounds of his previous mate's tears, "I see her when I fall asleep... but she was never truly mine to touch, nor keep... I realized that I had dug myself a hole too deep..."
"And I loved her far too much to take what was rightfully mine," the miserable demonic male reached a single hand out and stroked the beautiful little lady's silky bound cheek lovingly. All Madara could do was internally roll his eyes due to the fact that even though he desired Indra... he had merely been watching over her to be sure that no harm came to her while his little brother played the role of being a complete and utter DICK.
Indra kept her eyes covered with her hands as she continued to sob, "WHY CAN'T WE STAY STANDING ON OUR FEET!? WHY! WHY IS IT THAT WE ALWAYS LAND ON OUR BACKS!?" Turning away and letting his wings spread, Izuna turned his head slightly to steal one last glance at the woman that he HAD been mated to, only to reply softly, "That is something that neither of us will ever be able to answer..."