Yeah, yeah, yeah... Tis been a while, no? I had to re-read what I had written, twice, thus far before starting a brand new chapter!

As always,

ENJOY!

~Kyvena


Chapter 34: Second Chance


The moment those two words were hollered out; Megami, Xena, and Dragoon appeared. Instantly, Xena began to growl and hiss angrily at the great white wolf sage, "Megami!" The massive white wolf glanced towards the tigress, but initially ignored the massive white tiger as the dragon king sage huffed, "Xena, it appears that now is OBVIOUSLY not the time to be adding fuel onto the proverbial fire! We have a BATTLE to fight!" Xena was not too happy about this outcome and growled softly that the third ranked was telling her what to do, yet, Madara then gave a stern tone, "Xena, we must take down the largest one. Can you get me there or not?"

The tigress then snorted softly at the words spoken and purred out, "Worry not, my cub, I will MAKE sure you get ther-" Sakura then swiftly cut the massive tigress off as she shouted, "MEGAMI, GO! GET ME TO THE LARGEST ONE IN THE BACK!" The arctic wolf goddess then shot forward as the pinkette grasped the hilt of her snake sword. Izuna then nodded towards Dragoon and he swiftly took flight to merely pass over all of the fission beings that were now being produced to keep anything and anyone away from the main body.

Xena felt insulted by this and growled angrily before darting towards the ten tails while weaving in and out of the enemies so that no harm would come to her cub. Megami, being much swifter than Xena, almost halted as a wall came together; yet Sakura just narrowed her orbs and instructed, "Megami, just keep moving forward." Releasing a beam of light pink lightning style, the pinkette swiftly cut through the wall and the massive arctic wolf goddess continued to close in on the ten tails. Pulling up her partial Susano'o, the pink haired Uchiha then formed a bow and aimed the Amaterasu based arrow right at the ten tails.

Madara was now closing in and Xena finally jumped within the air to give her cub a good angle as he weaved his signs for his Rasen Shuriken Senbon. The high pitch sound of the wind chakra hit the pinkette's ears and she slightly turned her head as Madara shouted out the pinkette's name, almost sounding pissed or panicked, "SAKURA!"

Ignoring the male, she matched his chakra output ratios with her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and shot the arrow the moment Madara hurled the jutsu that resembled her own Rasen Shuriken so much "WIND STYLE: RASEN SHURIKEN SENBON!" - "INFERNO STYLE: SUSANO'O FLAME CONTROL!" Sakura and Madara stared at the two individual jutsu almost intently as they then collided with one another and became one fierce jutsu before slamming into the ten tails and showering the flame engulfed senbon all over its body.

The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, then smirked at this, "They combined jutsu's. That's hard to accomplish, even for a well seasoned duo." Minato watched all of this in awe, his heart strings tugging a bit whenever he glanced at Sakura and Madara's face. He was like a father to them... so this was extremely emotional to be reunited with the two kids he helped raise and personally train. At the same moment, he now felt oh-so guilty for leaving those two behind. He got to see Naruto again before being reanimated, so this was completely different. Especially whenever it came to Sakura... he had been the closest to her.

The two Uchiha's then landed and Madara snapped his head to the side, "Sakura! Douse those flames once it has been weakened! Naruto has a bit of all of the tailed beasts chakra inside of him and knows they will not cause any more trouble! Once it is weakened, we can then extract all of the tailed beasts from inside!"

Keeping her crimson gaze forward, the pinkette scowled, "I will do no such thing. The past Kage are to blame for every misguided action up until this point and found them to be acceptable." Her orbs then darkened and narrowed further, "Now just burn up..." Suddenly, her orbs widened and her face was that of surprise as she watched the ten tails merely remove all of the parts that now burned.

Scowling at this, Sakura clenched her teeth slightly as she thought angrily, 'TCH! It detached the parts that were on fire!' Madara released a gentle breath, yet, they were now surrounded as something then came out of a space time dimension and fell to the top of ten tails. Snapping her head to the side, she then heard the voice of the First Hokage due to the fact that he quickly witnessed the reanimated Madara beginning to manipulate Asura with his chakra alone, "YOU, YOUNG LAD AND LASS! YOU ARE CLOSER, QUICKLY STOP THE ONE ATOP THE TEN TAILS!" Sakura swiftly jumped off of Megami and instructed her to get to a safe place to begin healing the allied shinobi forces.

Landing on the ten tails, the pinkette drew her sword as she closed in on the person the First Hokage had spoke of. Madara already knew this was going to put Sakura in an even darker place, so he quickly followed the pinkette while shouting, "SAKURA, STOP!" Suddenly, Minato appeared in front of the culprit through his Flying Raijin... only to roughly slice at the male's shoulder and by doing this, caused his sapphire orbs to widen immensely, "A-Asura...?" Slowly, Sakura came to a stop honing a completely mortified facial expression, "Lord Fourth... what did you just say...?"

Minato's face slowly turned with his eyes even larger to witness tears filling the pinkette's orbs before cascading down her face. Her eyes could no longer focus and Minato frowned immensely, "Sakura... Asura has been alive this entire time..." Something within her snapped as she remembered Indra's words to her on that fateful day... 'I'm sorry Sakura... Asura is dead. There were so many against his platoon that they never had a chance against them...'

Gritting her teeth, she then bit her lip so roughly that blood slid down her chin and she instinctively took hold of the safe place that Madara's hand held for her before dropping his hand and chuckling darkly, "Well, that was anticlimactic... now all we have to do is seal the reanimated Madara and well... this giant thing."

Suddenly a harsh and blood splattered cough was then heard, causing all to snap their heads down towards Asura as he spoke darkly, "And what makes you think that the war is over, my fellow traitor baby sister?!" Sakura instantly took a hold of her safe place again and gripped tightly as the ten tails began to be absorbed by the pinkette's older brother. Swiftly, Madara yanked Sakura away from the harsh winds as Izuna then instructed Dragoon to catch his elder brother and the pinkette.

Landing on the top of the Dragon Sage King's head, Madara gave his thanks to his younger brother as Minato's clone then appeared beside the three Uchiha teenagers that all slightly turned their heads towards the Fourth Hokage before directing their attention back to the catastrophe that was currently unfolding in front of their very eyes. Dragoon quickly turned and Izuna swiped his hand in front of his body, "GO DRAGOON!" The Dragon King Sage swiftly turned his body and flew a safe distance away before turning back to witness what was happening.


Minato didn't know what to think of this, nor did he have any clue as to what was even going on as of now; so he simply blurted out what he was running through his mind as of now, "W-What is going on?!" Izuna didn't know what to say or think either, so he simply did the same thing as the Fourth Hokage, "Is the Ten Tails changing form again, or something?!"

Naruto then attached one of Kurama's arms to the Dragon Sage King and stepped forward a bit with slightly widened orbs before even uttering a single word, "No, that's not what's happening! Asura repelled the reanimated Madara's manipulation and he's been weaving the signs necessary to do this right from the beginning! He's become... Ten Tails Jinchuriki!"

Izuna then shot Naruto a nervous, yet at the same time, calm look, "The Ten Tails Jinchuriki? Are you sure about that? Also, how can you tell?" Naruto kept his gaze firmly fixated on the white ball Asura had become while he spoke out, "Earlier, I became friends with all of the tailed beasts and they all gave me some of their chakra. Whenever Asura absorbed the Ten Tails, I could feel all of their chakra being pulled in one after the other." The three Uchiha's, plus the Fourth Hokage, then watched as Asura then emerged from the white ball that Naruto had been intently observing, now looking... like an alien of some sorts.

"ASURA!" Minato yelled in the hopes of gaining some sort of reply as Asura then muttered out, "As-ur-a...?" This simple reply caused everyone to become wide eyed due to the fact that this man no longer even recognized his little sister of all people. Madara glanced towards the pinkette with a frown, "Sakura..." Tilting her head down, the pink haired Uchiha then frowned slightly. He had been the major issue of her despair and hatred throughout most of her lifespan. He had been the one that manipulated her from the moment she had even met him in his masked form. Now he has the gall to not even remember who in the hell she even was, or even himself for that matter?!

From a distance, Hiruzen, Tobirama, and Hashirama then all narrowed their orbs while thinking, 'Not good...' - 'What's this I feel!?' - 'Jinchuriki... huh... even if one becomes a Jinchuriki, the Gracious Deity Gates are still in play!' Suddenly, the Gracious Deity Gates then slammed down onto Asura, making Naruto clench his fists and grin, "Oh, wow! That's so awesome!" Minato then slightly turned his head towards his son, "Not quite..." Those gates then became cracked before reducing to lowly rubble. Sakura then shifted her orbs to Naruto, "Listen Naruto, just keep your focus on the enemy. We need to watch for an opening."

The Fourth Hokage then turned to look at the pinkette as his thoughts ran wild, 'I'd expect nothing less from Sakura. She's definitely a bright one and never misses a single detail about anything. I can still remember the day she figured out that she was fighting a Jinchuriki just by her senses alone. I'm so sorry for leaving you all alone Sakura...' Not releasing Madara's hand, she then glanced at Minato, "Don't worry about it dad. Besides... you didn't leave me alone. I still had Indra and many others."

The very moment Minato heard the word "dad" come from this precious teenager's mouth, tears began to fill his eyes, "You're right Sakura. Forgive me... my daughter." Naruto watched all of this with a gentle smile before blurting out, "WAIT! DOES THIS MAKE SAKURA MY SISTER, YA KNOW!?" This only made Minato laugh gently, while Sakura became completely silent.

Madara gave a deep frown as he glanced towards his hand, which the pinkette had yet to release due to her anxiety over the entire situation that was now at hand. Giving her hand a tender squeeze, the moody male then spoke softly to not startle the distressed female, "Sakura... are you okay...?"

Tears that had been gathering within her crimson based orbs now cascaded down her porcelain skin before sucking in a deep breath of much needed air, "That... is no longer my brother, Madara. So, yes, I am fine." Izuna watched all of this transpire with a deep frown plastered onto his face as Minato glanced towards the young Uchiha male. Considering Madara and Sakura were much farther ahead of Izuna and himself, he found that he should ask this now of all times, "Izuna...?" Turning his solemn head towards the blonde reanimation, he gave a polite reply, "Yes, Lord Fourth...?"

Minato was not sure if even asking this was okay, but he had done it before... so maybe this time, the teen wouldn't be killed-er-warped before winning over the girl he loved, "Sakura... you love her, don't you?" Looking slightly taken back by this, Izuna chuckled softly and turned his head forward, only for his long raven ponytail to chase gently after him, "Well, I have always loved her and she knows that. The thing that hurts the most is the fact that even though she will not admit it, Sakura is still very much in love with big brother. She has also used my love for her to her advantage as a means to hurt Madara."

Only hearing a gentle chuckle from the Fourth Hokage, Izuna then tilted his head back towards him as he spoke, "So, that's it then? You are just going to give up on that love just because she "secretly" loves someone else? Believe me, Izuna... the last team I lead was a team much like this one, well, except for the fact that the girl was not as rough as Sakura."

Izuna roughly blinked at this, "Wait, Lord Fourth, you are talking about Shisui-sensei, Rin Nohara, and Asura... right?" Nodding his head, Minato then sighed gently, "Mhm... that would be the one. Asura was madly in love with Rin and for some reason, no matter how hard he worked - Rin only had eyes for Shisui. You see, Izuna, that was my little family before Naruto was born. Asura and Shisui were always nagging and fighting with one another - much like how our dearest Madara and Sakura always fought. They could just never find middle ground. However, Rin was my peace keeper for the two - much like you in that aspect. So let me teach you one thing Rin taught me. Go for it, Izuna!"

Asura, no longer knowing himself at this point, now began to launch wild attacks at the trio of Uchiha teens - along with Naruto and Minato. Finally, they all dropped to the ground and stared intently at this levitating male. Just as Asura shot towards them, he swiftly caught Madara's and Sakura's faces as his hands opened up holes to jam spears through their faces.

Minato, now panicking quickly yelled within his mind, 'PLEASE BE IN TIME! I WON'T ABANDON THEM AGAIN!' - "Flying Raijin Jutsu!" Yet nothing happened and he grit his teeth, "Damn! My marker on Asura must have vanished once he became the Ten Tails Jinchuriki!" Naruto, finally remembering a small piece of information that his father couldn't use the Flying Raijin unless he, or his chakra, were touching someone and two of his Kurama-link arms grasped his father and Izuna while the other two quickly shot out to latch onto Madara and Sakura.

Getting the notion of what his son wanted him to do, Minato then smirked, "FLYING RAIJIN!" Madara and Sakura were then tossed onto their backsides with sweat nervously beading down their faces as they then witnessed Asura begin to dart forward again, yet his body began to swell up like a hot air balloon - yet too heavy now to take flight into the skies.

"ASURA, STOP THIS!" The Fourth Hokage yelled in a state of panic at his beloved subordinate's state as of now. Asura's face, now swollen, gurgled out, "Who... are... you...?" Minato then dashed towards the man who was clearly in pain as of now as he thought aloud, "Time to use my Rasen-Flash Super-Circle Dance Howl Stage Three!" One final mumble was heard from the man that made the Fourth Hokage's eyes widen immensely, "Rin..." Trying to not let his emotions overtake him, Minato then darted forward, "Here I come Asura!" Throwing his markers along with summoning his original, the clone then appeared in front of Asura, only to be destroyed - and the main body... then had an arm torn off.

Within Asura's mind, he was slowly being torn apart - the only thing keeping the Ten Tails at bay being a picture of his teammates blended with a picture of the three siblings. First, Shisui was torn... then Minato became torn... then himself became torn... then Indra was summarily ripped. His eyes slightly saddening, he watched as Rin and Sakura were then torn and that sent him over the edge. He refused to lose the memories of the time he spent with his teammates and his family. Summoning every last ounce of willpower, Asura then pulled the blended picture back into a whole.

Now Asura had control over the Ten Tails and his conscious was fully there as he ripped his former sensei's reanimated arm off. Giving a cold and blank stare, Asura then muttered, "It's about time we get started. Isn't that right, sensei?" Again, all Minato could do was try to scold the man, "ASURA! STOP THIS! YOUR SISTER IS RIGHT HERE!" Even the mentioning of his baby sister filled him with unknown rage as he then yelled, "IT'S A BIT LATE FOR YOU TO BE LECTURING ME, SENSEI! YOU'RE ALWAYS TOO LATE WHEN IT MATTERS THE MOST!"

Suddenly, clones of Hashirama, Tobirama, and Hiruzen then appeared with sweat beading down their faces as the First Hokage muttered to the group, "Listen... I'm going to be blunt with you all. This guy... is much stronger than me." The Third Hokage then turned his head and slightly nodded, "No offense, but it seems you are correct Lord First."

Asura then darted forward and struck both clones of Hashirama and Tobirama, "SARU, LORD FOURTH, SCRAM!" Everyone then darted away as Sarutobi then turned his head while thinking to himself, 'So this is Lord Second's attack plan! He plans to use his specialty! Tandem Paper Bombs!'

Considering this was just a clone, Tobirama then placed a marker on Asura and smirked, "I was the one who created the Reanimation Jutsu, along with its ancillary jutsu. Though this is the first time I'm using it on myself... AND THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE!" Reaching inside of his chest, the second Hokage then hurled out a single tag that began to rapidly duplicate over and over, "EACH TAG SUMMONS MORE TAGS, RESULTING IN CONCENTRATED AND FOCUSED CONSECUTIVE EXPLOSIONS!"

Rapid explosions were then set off causing Naruto to basically freak out, "What's going on!? This is too much, ya know?!" Minato then glanced to his son, "Now don't panic, always keep your eyes on the enemy." The Fourth Hokage then turned his gaze upon the pinkette as her crimson orbs stayed completely focused on the ongoing battle, making Minato internally smile at how strong she had become. Yet there was just something about her gaze that now seemed cold and lifeless as he frowned ever so slightly, 'Sakura... as your father... I shouldn't have used the Reaper Death Seal when I knew of how much you have already lost within your life...'

Tears flooded the pinkette's vision and she slightly tilted her head down before replying to what had initially been thought, "Y-You have no idea what losing you did to me dad! Was it too hard to live for Naruto, Madara, Izuna, and myself?!" Naruto then frowned and slowly approached the pinkette before opening his arms and wrapping them securely around the beautiful lass, "Come on sis, it's been tough... but we have endured not only losing dad, but Jiraya-sensei and many others. You're my tough older sister, ya know?" Minato watched all of this transpire and frowned deeply, yet on the inside... he smiled at the fact that his biological son was taking such good care of his "adopted" sister.


Now, Minato was feeling pressure and guilt for never telling neither Naruto, nor Sakura, the truth of their relationship and finally came clean just as the five kage of each nation arrived, "Naruto, Sakura, I need to tell you both something..." The blonde and the pinkette then turned their attention towards the reanimated Fourth Hokage and gave him their full undivided attention. Trying to think of an easy way to put this was easier said than done considering the lump that was now stuck within his throat did not seem to want to go away.

Both teens studied Minato's nervous facade intently, causing both of them to become slightly nervous as well. Right then Asura lowered his floating body to ruin the surprise, so to speak, "What sensei is trying to say is that whenever I had been pronounced dead, Indra was having an extremely hard time dealing with you... Sakura. So as it stood, Indra came to him and asked for sensei to take Sakura in as his child. I'm sure you don't remember much about that time Sakura, or, you have blocked those memories all together."

Pausing was the worst thing that Asura could have done at that moment as he then grinned, "Indra gave all rights of you to Lord Fourth, making him your adoptive father. For roughly six months after my supposed death, you actually lived with sensei, Kushina, and Naruto to balance out your heart and give you a foundation of what a family was. Believe me, I checked in on you as much as I possibly could. For the longest time, you called Naruto your brother to fill the void that Indra and myself had left - and considering our parents died when we were all young, you ended up calling sensei your father and Kushina... your mother."

Sakura's emerald orbs widened immensely and Asura smirked as he witnessed Indra's mortified facial expression due to leaking classified intelligence before calling out, "ISN'T THAT RIGHT INDRA?! YOU GAVE SAKURA AWAY TO LORD FOURTH SO THAT YOU DID NOT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH HER OR FEEL INFERIOR TOWARDS HER! SHE WAS OUR LITTLE SISTER, OUR RESPONSIBILITY, YET YOU EVEN PLAYED SENSEI INTO BELIEVING THAT SHE SIMPLY NEEDED HELP!"

Turning to look upon her eldest brother with horror, Sakura clenched her gloved fists so tightly that each and every knuckle gave off a harsh cracking. Indra then lowered his head and sucked in a deep breath, "Sakura - I - you see..." He couldn't form a sentence that his little sister would be willing to accept, so he then released a gentle breath, "Sakura... some of what Asura claims is correct. However, that isn't the whole truth. At that time, you needed to be shown love and affection - and with how often I was being sent on missions, I wasn't able to be there for you as your older brother. I wasn't suited to be a parent at that time, so I humbly asked Lord Fourth to take care of you."

Minato then glanced down, knowing that Indra was not telling the full truth and finally gained the courage to speak, "Sakura, what both of your brothers speak are the truth, but... Indra, how dare you lie to my daughter!" Indra's eyes widened in slight panic as the Fourth Hokage then continued, "Indra came to me one day after a mission, not knowing what he could even do to help you anymore and he was also not WILLING to care for you. Due to how gifted you were and the jealousy and rage emitted from his eyes were clear as he spoke these words that I will never forget..."


:::Flashback:::


"Lord Fourth, I have returned." Indra spoke blandly, his eyes filled to the brim with not only jealousy, but anger as well. Minato lifted his head and peered into those piercing charcoal orbs momentarily before uttering a single word, "Indra, what is the matter?" Shifting his gaze downward to not look Minato in the eye, a gentle sigh was then emitted before an almost harsh tone was released, "Lord Fourth, with how many missions you are sending me on, I ask of you to please take the responsibility of caring for my little sister."

Lifting a delicate blonde brow, Minato released a gentle sigh, "Indra, are you asking me to take Sakura into my custody? She just had one brother taken from her and now you are asking me to take another from her?" Nodding his head as if it were such a simple task to achieve, Indra then spoke in a low tone, "Lord Fourth, I do not wish to be around someone who constantly slows me down." This instantly made Minato snap as he slammed his palms on his desk and erected his body angrily, "INDRA! HOW COULD YOU SPEAK OF YOUR OWN SISTER IN THAT MANNER?!"

This is where Indra's gaze became cold, lifeless, and uncaring, "That is no sister of mine, with all due respect Lord Fourth... and you know it. While my mother was still alive and married, yet you were not married at the time, you became infatuated with her and impregnated my mother. SAKURA IS YOUR DAUGHTER AND YOU CONSTANTLY REFUSE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HER! YOU ARE THE ONE WHO EVEN NAMED HER! I WANT HER OUT OF MY HOME BY SUNDOWN!"

Minato felt so shocked by this and roughly bit his bottom lip before nodding, "As you wish Indra... have Sakura ready to be picked up by sundown..." With that, Indra smirked and left the Hokage's Tower in a hurry and packed for his HALF little sister before she got home from school.

The current Hokage turned his head towards classified documents and pulled out a certain birth certificate before deeply staring at it for the longest time. Releasing a heavy breath, he ran a single finger over the name printed before muttering it aloud, "Sakura Namikaze Uchiha... but she will remain known as only... Sakura Uchiha."

Sundown quickly approached and Minato hastily left the office to appear in front of Indra's home, only to hear yelling, "SAKURA! I ALREADY TOLD YOU HOW TO DO IT FIVE TIMES! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?! Tch... you are exactly like your brother..." Sakura, thinking that Indra had been speaking about Asura, instantly burst into tears and Minato darted into the home, "INDRA! THAT IS ENOUGH! DO NOT SPEAK TO YOUR SISTER THAT WAY!" Indra instantly shot a hate filled glare towards the Hokage before sighing, "Yes sir. Have you come for Sakura?"

The hope filled tone the young man held was all too clear, even Minato could hear it and knew for a fact that if he could hear it... that Sakura could sense it. Minato instantly wrapped a sheltering arm around the young pinkette and lifted her into his arms, "Hey Sakura! Would you like to come and stay at my home for a while?"

Nodding her head gently, Minato smiled even brighter, "Well! Then we had better get out of Indra's hair! He can get so grouchy and needs a LOT of time to cool down!" This made the pinkette sadly laugh and nod. As the two then left, Minato held Sakura's hand and talked to her, while Indra now stood in the doorway with a saddened facial expression. He had never meant to treat Sakura the way he had... she was his sister, no matter the given name on her birth certificate, and the manner in which he treated her was just cruel. His heart now ached and knew if Asura had been around to see him treat Sakura the way he just had... he would have died.

Entering the Namikaze home and taking their shoes off at the front door, Minato was now thankful that Kushina had been made aware of Sakura's existence this whole time or he would have a lot of explaining to do as to why Sakura had his eye shape, nose, mouth, and skin color.

"Hey, I'm home." Minato spoke out in a weary tone and Kushina popped her head out to not only see Minato, but Sakura as well. Looking towards her husband, Kushina gave a soft smile of understanding and then gave a goofy smile, "Oh my, Minato! Who is THIS pretty little lady, ya know?!" Minato gave a soft chuckle and smiled, "This is Sakura Uchiha. Her brother needs some time away from her and I'm sure the same goes for Sakura here. She will be staying with us for quite some time. Where is Naruto?"

Kushina then furrowed her brows slightly, "I have called for him to come and eat about one hundred times now! He's just so stubborn, ya know?! Oh, Sakura dear, you can just call me mom, mommy, mama, whichever takes your fancy. Now can you be a doll for me and go get your brother?"

Blinking rapidly with confusion, yet, also understanding, she nodded, "Yes ma'am." Walking to Naruto's door, she then opened it, "Hey Naruto, it's dinner time." Naruto quickly turned his head and blushed heavily, "S-SAKURA!?" Jumping up, he quickly ran to her so that he did not make the mistake of making her wait.

As the two walked, they then paused once they heard the chipper red headed mother of the family basically squealing in delight, "Oh... my... GOD... Minato! She is just so PRECIOUS, ya know?! Can we KEEP her!?" Naruto then turned his head towards the pinkette and chuckled softly, "Sorry, my mom is kinda always like that." Smiling softly, Sakura then glanced down with a gentle, yet saddened, smile on her face, "It must be nice..."

Months began to fly by and it was now a new day within the Namikaze residence. Sakura, being an early riser, got up and dressed before walking out to see Kushina preparing breakfast for everyone. Turning around, the red head then smiled, "Good morning Sakura! Can you go and wake your father and brother up?" Nodding her head and smiling brightly, Sakura then gave a happy reply, "Sure mom!" Walking to where her father and mother slept, the pinkette then walked in and jabbed her finger into her father's side, shocking him awake, "Daddy, it's time to get up." Nodding his head tiredly, he stretched and pulled the pinkette in for a hug, "Good morning my beautiful daughter!"

Sakura had memorized how to wake everyone up without losing an eye pretty quick. Squirming within Minato's arms, the pinkette then released a giggle, "Daddy! Mommy wants me to wake up Naruto too! I don't want to make her mad!" This made Minato laugh, and hard too, before releasing the pinkette he had loved since the day that she had been born, "Of course Sakura."

Giving her father a quick bow, Sakura then turned and rushed to Naruto's room, "Naruto! Naruto, wake up! We have class in an hour!" Hearing the groan of her brother, he then huffed and turned over so that his back was now facing her before releasing a tired groan, "Sis, just five more minutes!" Oh, she wasn't going to fall for this again due to the fact that the last time she had actually allowed her brother to sleep in five extra minutes... that five minutes then turned into fifty minutes - giving the two only ten minutes to arrive at their classroom.

"NO, NARUTO! GET UP, YA KNOW?!" Sakura yelled furiously, effectively scaring her brother awake. From the kitchen, Kushina laughed softly as Minato sat at the kitchen table chuckling until hearing his wife speak, "I wish we could just adopt Sakura... She has been so good for Naruto. No, that's not right. She has made our little home feel like a complete family, ya know...?" Minato glanced down and nodded in complete agreement, "I wish we could too. However, I would need Indra's permission to do so..."

Right at that moment, Kushina then whipped around, "Then get his permission, ya know?! It doesn't ever seem like he ever wants her back anyway! So get his permission!" Minato gave a heavy sigh, yet nodded at his wife's request - all the while thinking to himself, 'She makes it sound so easy... I don't even know if Indra would be willing to give his sister away. Even if he claims she is not his family... he loves and adores her dearly...'

Later that day, after given his summons to the Hokage's Tower, Indra knocked lightly before being given the green light to enter. Walking inside, the long haired brunette Uchiha then came to a stand still and bowed respectively, "You called for me, Lord Hokage?" Nodding his head lightly, Minato placed his pen down and laced his fingers together in front of his face, "Indra, my wife has taken a great liking to Sakura and wishes for our family to adopt her with your permission. That would permanently change her last name to Namikaze instead of Uchiha."

Indra's eyes slightly widened, "W-What did you just say, Lord Hokage!?" Minato then gave a heavy sigh, "To be blunt, Indra... it never even seems that you have any wish or desire to have her back as her guardian." Looking down slightly, Indra then scowled due to remembering that his youngest sibling was far better at anything that he ever did, "Permission granted."

Soon after that, Sakura hastily had her surname changed to Namikaze... yet was never informed of this change. After two months had passed, Indra was then given the rights as Sakura's guardian and caretaker back due to Kushina catching a deadly virus - and thanks to the stubbornness of the Uzumaki lineage, she ended up pulling through rather easily. However, at this point in time - and having much time to reflect on his actions, he had come to regret the way he had ever treated the pinkette and began to treasure her if she was his whole world.


:::End of Flashback:::


Sakura's eyes were now clearly out of focus and she had begun to slightly hyperventilate at the entire matter at hand. She was Minato Namikaze's... no... she was the Fourth Hokage's daughter and had never been told. Naruto was her half brother and once she glanced over to the teenaged blonde, she quickly noticed all of the shock now being admitted from his crystal blue orbs.

Madara swiftly grasped her shoulders and began to lightly shake the pinkette, "SAKURA!" Asura scowled deeply over this whole encounter before shouting, which knocked each and every person back into this sick reality, "ENOUGH OF THIS!" This battle was going to be deemed as one of the toughest fights they had ever taken part of as Asura then hurled out four black rods and enclosed every shinobi that now stood on the battlefield within a red barrier that surpassed even the reanimated previous four Hokage's 'Four Crimson Ray Formation' that had held the Ten Tails at bay.

Basically spitting out the Ten Tails, four massive tailed beast bombs were swiftly being created and the pinkette looked for any and all means of escape, which obviously was going to do her no good at this point in time. Naruto then glanced at the pinkette, "SIS! I STILL HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU ANY OF KURAMA'S CHAKRA! COME HERE!"

Not knowing what to say or think at that given moment, the obviously distressed pink haired Uchiha then was hastily given some of Kurama's chakra and Minato then transported each and every shinobi outside of the barrier once the tailed beast bombs were launched. Madara then glanced towards the blonde teen with a highly confused facial expression before speaking, "What did you just do?" Tobirama then appeared and explained the entire ordeal to the moody Uchiha teen, which in terms, explained what had just happened to not only himself - but all of the shinobi that now resided outside of the barrier instead of inside and left to their demise.

The living Tobirama then ran up, only to skid to a halt, "IT'S TRUE! SAKURA, YOU'RE HERE!" Peering at her trembling hands and widened eyes that now cascaded with tears, her head slowly turned towards Minato, clearly ignoring Tobirama at this point as her voice trembled out, "D-Daddy..." Minato's heart clenched tightly as he turned his head to see a flash of pink bolt straight towards him and jump to wrap her arms around his neck to begin sobbing, "MOM HAS MISSED YOU SO MUCH, YA KNOW!?"

Wrapping his only remaining arm around her tightly, he then nodded into her sweet scented long locks, "I know honey..." Peeling her glove off, she placed the sun symbol over where his arm was missing, only for it to reform. Releasing him, she then stood back, "If I were any other person, I would surely die from this. However, this won't kill me... but it WILL make me extremely weak. So, Naruto... I need you to pass me a lot of your chakra the moment I do this, all right?" Minato gave a highly puzzled expression, yet Naruto nodded before giving a cheeky grin with the thumbs up, "Right! You got it sis!"

Clasping her hands together, a huge surge of chakra began to build up and it did feel as if her soul was being ripped out of her chest. The only thing keeping it there, was the fact that her half-brother - Naruto - now held a firm hold on her shoulder and began to pour an immense amount of chakra within her body.

Shooting her eyes open, Sakura then shouted, "I AM THE DAUGHTER OF THE FOURTH HOKAGE, SAKURA NAMIKAZE UCHIHA! GEDDO ART OF RINNE REBIRTH!" Minato's eyes then widened immensely as all cracks on his skin became smooth and the black held within his eyes, faded into white. Soon enough, warmth began to flood his skin and the rapid pulse of his heartbeat could be felt. He... was alive again thanks to his daughter. Kushina gasped sharply after finding her son thanks to her nine tails and witnessed her husband... ALIVE, "M-MINATO!?"

Her eyes felt so heavy as she fell backwards onto Naruto's chest. Asura held a face of mortification that his little sister... had just resurrected her true father by using the Geddo Art of Rinne Rebirth and that it was NOT going to kill her. Slowly lowering to the ground, Asura's eyes filled with tears, "Sakura, no matter what name you hold... you will always be my little sister. As it stands though, you ARE my enemy!"

The pinkette began to breathe heavy labored breaths and coughed harshly, her eyes widening as she fell to her knees and began to cough up blood that splattered to the earth's floor to stain it a deep crimson coloration. Indra hurriedly rushed to her and rubbed her back as she continued to cough up immense amounts of blood as payment for bringing someone back from the dead. This angered Asura immensely as he began to yell at Indra, "HOW DARE YOU TOUCH MY LITTLE SISTER! YOU GAVE UP ON THE RIGHTS TO CALL YOURSELF HER BIG BROTHER THE DAY YOU GAVE HER BACK TO SENSEI!"

Everyone listened to Asura's angered tone as he continued, "I'VE ALWAYS BEEN WATCHING! WHEN SHE WAS GIVEN BACK, YOU BEAT THE LIVING HELL OUT OF HER EVERY SINGLE DAY! I FORCED MYSELF TO SIT THERE AND WATCH IN HORROR AS EACH DAY, YOU WOULD WALK OUT INTO THE UCHIHA COMPOUND... ONLY TO BE ADMIRED AS THE BEST BIG BROTHER IN THE WORLD! YET YOU DID SO MUCH HARM TO HER ALREADY FRAGILE HEART THAT IT WAS SICKENING TO WATCH! I WATCHED HER FALL INTO DARKNESS BECAUSE OF YOU! I WATCHED HER RELATIONSHIP WITH MADARA CRUMBLE BECAUSE OF YOU! EVERYTHING WAS YOUR DAMNED FAULT!"

"A-Asura... enough," the pinkette softly spoke as she held her stomach, only to begin coughing up more blood. Not able to stand back and watch anymore, Izuna rushed to her to place her sun symbol over her heart - causing her breathing to even out and stabilize. Snapping his head towards Asura, Izuna's face grew painfully dark, "If you were alive and watched all of that abuse... WHY DIDN'T YOU HELP HER!?" Izuna had always had a way of spitting out the truth... whether you wanted to hear the harsh reality or not.

Minato effectively shoved Indra away and brought his daughter to his chest to hold her close. The reanimated Madara watched all of this curiously with a single arm propped up on his shin so that his chin could lazily take refuge within his open palm. Humming softly, his eyes then slightly narrowed, "They are ALL a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. However, that Uchiha girl... she could prove to be of some value to me." Mind made up, he then vanished the moment he stood up.


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"SAKURA, THIS WORLD IS HELL! DO YOU NOT SEE THAT NOW!? Now... come here and join me," the elder brother to the pinkette's tone rang out painfully dark. Peering her sassy gaze towards her older brother, Sakura gave off a scoff, "You are planning to doom this world! How can I accept that!?" Naruto's nine-tails chakra cloak had finally refueled her chakra as she pulled out her snake sword.

Peering to Naruto, she then smirked, "Come on Naruto! Let's see that fighting spirit," the pinkette grinned the moment he realized as to what she had meant and stood beside her, "Right! Everyone move out of the way and recharge your chakra, that goes for you too dad! Get mom to safety! Sis and I can handle this!" Naruto then peered at his half-sister as her white loose kimono top fluttered within the wind, "LET'S GO!" Sakura shot forward and began to assault her big brother's six paths staff with grace and precision.

Rushing up, Naruto then watched as his sister backflipped, yet her knees were bent. Jumping up with a Rasengan ready to go and landing on her feet, she then slammed her blade into the ground and pushed Naruto forward at an alarming speed. Nothing was working though. No normal jutsu's were making any damned progress and that was frustrating considering they were blocked with ease and no damage was befalling Asura at all.

Minato watched all of this with absolute horror, but was too low on chakra now to actually fight, "ASURA! STOP THIS! I THOUGHT YOU WANTED TO BECOME THE HOKAGE! IF YOU KEEP THIS UP, YOU WILL NEVER OBTAIN THE STATUS! YOUR SISTER IS HERE, FIGHTING SO THAT THIS ENTIRE WORLD MAY LIVE IN HARMONY! WILL YOU CAUSE HER TO SUFFER MORE!?"

Izuna jumped back on top of the dragon king sage's head only to hear, "Lord Izuna, the summoning is rapidly approaching the time limit. I will leave a parting gift though! SAGE ART: DRAGON ACID!" Sakura watched as this attack... actually did damage, making her eyes widen as Asura spoke, "You're going to lecture me NOW!? Bit late for that, sensei! You were my teacher and yet, you didn't realize it was me... but now you've been EXPOSED as a DISGRACE in front of your son AND daughter." The second Hokage watched this Namikaze-Uchiha lass as she frowned heavily and stood still, making him smirk, 'She's a sharp one...'

The pinkette then gave a soft hum of anger and sadness until she opened her crystal blue sage orbs once her light pink chidori infused with sage chakra beamed brightly, "Big brother! You have NO right to make fun of the Hokage when you couldn't even become one! HOW DARE YOU PUT HIM DOWN LIKE THAT!" Right at that moment the second Hokage appeared behind the pinkette and teleported the two above the alien appearing male as she rammed her jutsu straight into his back, ripping and shredding away at the skin in the progress as the pinkette then yelled, "YOU BASTARD, CHA!"

Grinning at this, Tobirama immediately allowed his thoughts to flow, 'It's just as I thought! Ninjutsu may not have any effect, but Senjutsu DOES!' Landing with a massive crash, Sakura then stood up with a darkened glare, "Never underestimate the power of a Namikaze-Uchiha!"

Madara watched all of this with saddened orbs. Sakura had asked Naruto to fight with her and not him... that stung all too much. He knew that she was well aware that he had plenty of chakra reserves, yet still did not ask him for his help. Izuna then jumped down to the pinkette and gave her a high-five as she chuckled, "Thanks to Dragoon, I figured out his weakness!" Asura finally pulled himself up while internally growling, 'I can't believe that I have such a weakness... and while in this form I can't slip through things. How frustrating.'

Sakura and Naruto then stood side by side as Asura stood again as if he had taken no damage at all. Izuna then backed up to stand beside the pinkette and soon enough, Madara approached to stand by them as Sakura yelled out, "DO YOU REALLY WANT TO FIGHT FOUR SENJUTSU USERS BIG BROTHER!? IF MY DAD FOCUSES, HE COULD ALSO BECOME PROBLEMATIC FOR YOU AND BECOME A FIFTH SENJUTSU USER!" As of now, he didn't care considering he dashed towards the pinkette... only for the ancient Madara Uchiha to appear in front of her and coil a single arm around her hips before vanishing again. Naruto then shot his head to the side, "S-SIS!"

Landing in a large clearing, the ancient male then tossed Sakura so that she hit the ground roughly and shredded her white kimono off of her flawless body, only leaving her black tube top as she pushed herself off of the ground and glared hatefully towards the ancient relic of the past. Darting towards him with her snake sword drawn in her gloved hands, she scowled as she spoke out in a scornful tone as she began to swing at his body, "NOW THAT YOU'RE FLESH AND BLOOD AGAIN THIS WILL BE THE PERFECT CHANCE TO KILL YOU FOR GOOD AND SEND YOU BACK TO THE AFTERLIFE! YOU'LL REGRET THAT YOU'RE STILL NOT A REANIMATION AS YOU GO TO YOUR DEATH!"

Wait... he was... alive!? Sakura's eyes then widened. Well SHIT she hadn't meant to bring HIM back to life as well! Skidding his left foot back and bringing up his right arm, the pinkette then pierced through his bicep - making him grunt in pain as his left gloved hand grasped at the blade to hold it in place, "Such fine eyes... why not put down your blade and join up with me?" - "OH PLEASE, IN MY EYES YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A DEAD MAN!" Sakura yelled angrily, making him smile softly at how soothing her voice was as he chuckled, "Very well, but I must warn you that you do not have a lot of time left."

"Kunoichi, I must give my thanks for bringing me back to life. It didn't go as planned, but oh well. If I had known that there was someone of your strength out there that would not die when she used Rinne Rebirth, then I would have got a hold of you much quicker," he smirked softly and kept his eyes closed. The pinkette sighed heavily and took her right hand glove off before speaking sternly, "If I give you your eyes back, will you promise to stop this war!?" He almost looked shocked at this comment and immediately gained a frustrated scowl upon his face as he folded his arms, "No way."

He could hear the sorrow and pain filled tone and was rather distracted by it until white Zetsu popped out of the ground, "Lord Madara, I have brought one of your Rinnegan!" A deep and hefty sigh was then released along with a dry tone, "FINALLY." Taking the orb, he then shoved it into his eye socket, making Sakura slightly gross out that he hadn't been more tender. Opening his eye to look at her, his singular showing orb then widened at her appearance... even IF his was not much better due to being shirtless.

Turning away slowly with saddened orbs, he almost wanted to reach out to this beautiful woman. The strong urge to take her into his arms washed over him like nothing he had ever felt before and he abruptly cleared his throat, "Kunoichi, tell me your name." Sighing heavily, she then peered one crimson orb towards the male and immediately had to dart her orb to the ground, "Sakura Namikaze Uchiha..."


This one was a beauty and even he could internally admit that. Snapping her head to the side, she witnessed Naruto, Izuna, Madara, Minato, and Kushina all combine powers with all of the Allied Shinobi Forces. Hearing a pained voice of two people, her orbs immediately snapped to their direction before widening, "L-LORD FIRST!? L-LORD SECOND!?"

Noticing all of the black rods sticking out of their bodies, Sakura instantly snapped her eyes back to the ancient man, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" Not giving him an actual chance to answer, the pinkette then painfully jabbed her finger into his broad and muscular chest - making her blush furiously and clear her throat, "HONESTLY, YOU HAD TO HARM OTHERS!? I CANNOT CLAIM THAT I AM INNOCENT IN THAT ASPECT, BUT YOU WOULD THINK AFTER YOUR FIRST LIFE THAT YOU WOULD CEASE HARMING OTHER PEOPLE AS A WAY TO ATONE FOR YOUR SINS!"

Grumbling softly at the fact that he was now being bitched at, Sakura then snapped around and walked over to Hashirama to begin pulling out all of the protruding black rods, "Lord First... are you alright...?" Smiling happily in a gracious manner, he then gave a playful wink, "I thank you, lass!" Nodding slightly was all she could do before making her way to the second Hokage, only to hear Madara angrily bark out, "DO NOT REMOVE HIS! HE KILLED MY YOUNGER BROTHER, IZUNA!"

The pinkette then gave a hefty sigh, "Honestly, how long will all of you old timers hold onto your grudges? I would think by now, you would have simply let them go..." Indra then fell from the sky holding a panicked facial expression while yelling out, "SAKURA, ARE YOU UNHARMED!?" Narrowing her orbs dangerously as she pulled out all of lord second's black rods, the pinkette huffed angrily, "Honestly big brother!? Why do you even CARE!?

Indra darted his crimson orbs away until Sakura's eyes widened as she watched a mass amount of black and blue thorns appear before her and kick her brother harshly away as Hashirama and Tobirama rushed to stand in front of the pink haired lass, only for him to appear before them and slam his fist into both of their faces. Again, her eyes darted towards the side once she noticed Naruto hurling a kunai with one of Kurama's arms hurled out two custom made kunai's for one to slam in front of her and the other to slam in front of Indra.

All she could hear was her father's hasty yelling of, "FLYING RAIJIN," before he appeared and grasped his daughter by the hips and then using his-er-lord second's jutsu once again to appear in front of Indra. Grasping the unconscious male, Minato then vanished as Madara tilted his head to the side, "The hunt just isn't as fun if the prey gives up almost immediately."

Landing, the pinkette blinked rapidly to see Kushina linking her chakra from Kurama to Naruto's while yelling, "Take hold of my chakra and begin tugging, ya know!?" All shinobi nodded and took hold of the fiery redhead's chakra to begin tugging harshly. Peering towards her half-brother, she then noticed Madara's Susano'o was firmly wrapped around Kurama and his hand was held up to help the blonde play the game of tailed beasts tug-of-war, "JUST KEEP PULLING NARUTO!" Nodding his head and giving a battle cry, all of the tailed beasts were then yanked out of Asura before he plummeted to the ground and landing with a deadweight 'THUD'.

"A-ASURA," the pinkette yelled once she noticed Madara bolting forward while pulling his blade out, causing Naruto to shoot his hand out to him, "MADARA, NO! ASURA HAS GIVEN UP!" Minato effectively dropped Indra to the ground, yet tenderly set his daughter on her feet so that she bolted forward as Madara closed in on her big brother, "MADARA, STOP!"

Coming to a halt was unexpected as she slammed into his body on accident, sending him flying to the ground. Minato chuckled and sweat dropped at this while rubbing the back of his head nervously, knowing his wife was PROBABLY about to explode at the predicament the two were in. Kushina then peered up, only for all color to drain from her face to see her daughter sucking faces with the moody male on accident and instantly raised her fist into the air, "MADARA UCHIHA! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, YA KNOW!?"

Hearing Kushina, Sakura shoved Madara away and darted towards Asura and knelt down... the tailed beasts had been extracted. Looking towards her, he then smiled softly, "Hey sis..." Naruto then walked up with his hands laced behind his head, "Don't worry sis, he isn't going to die. Kurama explained it all to me and said he's just going to be really weak for months."

Minato then glanced towards his son and daughter, "Shouldn't you two go and finish off Madara? Well, I mean the other Madara." Naruto almost looked shocked at this considering he had forgotten, "OH YEAH! SAKURA, COME ON!" The pinkette was now huffing due to the fact that she had JUST been there. Turning her head towards her brother, she smiled, "Naruto, I'm going to confront him in person. I need you, mom, and all of the tailed beasts to be ready just in case he slips by me." Nodding, the blonde dummy then rushed off as she looked around to find her, "Saina, can you make one of your ink birds for me to ride and send me over there?"

Nodding her head, she swiftly scribbled the bird onto paper before holding up her index and middle finger together, "NINJA ART: SUPER BEASTS SCROLL!" The pinkette then nodded gratefully and dashed up on the bird and Minato watched with a frown as a bad feeling grew within the pit of his stomach, causing for him to frown heavily.

Naruto then ran with all of the tailed beasts for them to stand in a horizontal single file line. To say the least, he hadn't expected Madara to already be there when his sister had claimed that she was going to take him on first. Placing his foot into Kurama's chakra and healing up, Madara grinned, "AND UP NEXT! Time for me to take possession of all of you... filthy beasts." Kushina had managed to escape thanks to her son, but Naruto had not been so fortunate considering Kurama was pulled out of him and a harsh pulse ran through his body as he felt his heartbeat grow weaker. Gaara quickly took hold of the young man and left in a hurry.

Sakura was in the process of getting there while thinking of a strategy to win. Noticing Madara hurl multiple black rods into the second Hokage, the pinkette then pulled out her snake sword out as a means to quickly assault the man causing so much damage to this world. The ancient male hurled another black rod into the second Hokage's forehead and calmly spoke, "I have wanted to do this to you for a very long time now..."

"But you're just a moving corpse, so it's hardly fulfilling. This is because YOU were the one who KILLED Izuna. All I want to do is build the nation that Hashirama couldn't finish. People desire peace, but yet on the other hand, they crave conflict as well... and those two things stand together side by side. Only within a true and perfect dream world will all of the conflict end." Tobirama hated to admit this... but, "You have a point there." - 'However... it's not a dream for YOU to meddle with!' Tobirama roared within his mind, only to spit out some senbon towards the moody ancient male.

Seeing her opening at this moment, the pinkette jumped from the ink drawing while angrily yelling within her mind, 'NOW!' - but he glanced back slightly and froze the pinkette where she was and her blade fell to slam into the ground as the senbon were quickly blocked by Madara's Susano'o engulfed arm "You could say, that this world is Hashirama's paradox world." Sakura's crimson orbs scowled hatefully for a moment as sweat beaded down her forehead, 'DAMMIT!' What kind of sorcery was this!? Her eyes then widened at the sight of that royal blue chakra, 'T-THAT'S MADARA'S SUSANO'O? IT'S THE EXACT SAME AS THE OTHER MADARA'S!'

Sweat lightly beaded down the pinkette's forehead as she listened to this man. She was stuck in the air, so, you know... no need to panic. She was feeling fear now and didn't know what to do considering she couldn't move, 'What is this!?' She thought as Madara peered an orb back towards her stuck form for only a brief moment. Unable to move, Madara slowly turned around and began to walk towards her before grasping the hilt of her blade and stood in front of her with his long bangs covering his eyes, "So in order to protect something... something else gets sacrificed. "

Tobirama's eyes then widened as he watched the male flick his wrist, indicating as to what he was about to do and making the second Hokage shout out, "STOP MADARA, ENOUGH! DON'T GO ANY FURTHER!" Completely ignoring the second Hokage, Madara finally lifted his head to see her terrified face and slightly faltered. Internally shaking his head and narrowing his orbs further, he then darkly spoke out as he lifted her blade to her chest, "Be they a close friend, a sibling, or even if they were my very own child..."

Madara then thrusted her blade forward and pierced her chest. Sakura gained a shocked facial expression as he stared her lazily in her widened orbs, "Honestly, I gave you plenty of time... and I even warned you that you didn't have a whole lot of it left. How unfortunate." Tobirama felt so pissed right now that it was unbelievable. He was becoming far too soft to now care about the welfare of an UCHIHA, "MADARA! WHAT KIND OF MAN ARE YOU!?" Tears streamed down her face before she harshly coughed up an immense amount of blood that ended up splattering onto his face.

Right then and there... he felt like a monster...


Ripping the blade from the pinkette's chest and jumping over her, Madara then spoke out, "The simple fact that you possess such eyes proves that you continue to seek something despite many great losses." Slowly lifting her head towards him with blood streaming from each side of her lips and tears sliding down her face, the face of her Madara came into view... the Madara that was so self-confident, continuously late, protective of her, and loved her came into view, making her eyes widen slightly as blood began to pool around her body.

Within this state, she wouldn't be able to use her sun symbol and she knew that far too well. Her face was actually breaking his heart and slightly took a step back, only to grasps his fists tightly, "But all of that ends right here. You shall lose your very self. You see, this is what they call a TRUE ending."

Slowly lifting herself with determined eyes that had once again turned emerald, Sakura then attempted to push herself up, "I'm not dying! I - CAN'T - die yet!" He could feel her pulse weakening and knew he had to get away before he helped the precious female in front of him. Slamming her blade into the ground, the ancient relic of the past then snapped around and began to walk away slowly while lowering his head. Lifting her head again as tears slid down her face, she then spoke softly, "I can't allow Itachi's life to have been-"

"I will have protected my village, I am still Itachi Uchiha of the Leaf Village." Pausing and moving forward with a smile, Itachi then spoke, "I have always lied to you and asked for your forgiveness from a distance. It's funny though, I have always considered you to be like a younger sister of my own. No matter what the other Uchiha say about you and no matter what dark place you may be in now, nor what you strive to be in the future, know this..." Now in front of the pinkette, the reanimated raven haired male stopped and grasped Sakura behind her head before leaning her forehead against his own, "I will love you always."

"-all in vain..." the pinkette's heart grew weaker and weaker as she coughed up more blood and think weakly, 'I'm not going to die... NOT until I build a TRUE village and become a TRUE kage... I-I can't allow myself... to... die...' Collapsing at that point, blood began to pool around her body while Tobirama glanced at her sadly - finding it pitiful that he... touted as the fasted shinobi alive... was unable to even move to rescue her.

Karinku's eyes widened as if mortified and began to sob hysterically before standing up and bolting in Sakura's direction, making Madara and Izuna alike tilt their heads in the direction of this flailing male. Narrowing his sharp crimson orbs, he peered to his younger brother for only a moment until realizing that, THAT had been one of Sakura's old teammates, "IZUNA! SWITCH TO SENSORY MODE!" Izuna nodded sharply and shifted his chakra to sensory mode and searched around. Snapping his eyes wide open as if panicking, he then shouted, "BIG BROTHER, I CAN BARELY SENSE SAKURA'S CHAKRA!"

Gaining an all too mortified facial expression, the two brothers slipped their swords back into the safety of their sheaths and began to rush off in the pinkette's direction while the panicking moody male yelled out, "IZUNA, LEAD US TO HER QUICKLY!" Nodding his head, the younger of the two began to dart quickly to the pinkette's position that was fading.

As they rushed, they paid no mind to the relic of the past that stalked by - only to snap his head towards the two brothers once they passed, only to notice that his doppelganger's face now flooded with tears. Slowly coming to a stop, the moody ancient male then turned his head towards where they had been running off to in such a hurry. They had been rushing to help the pink haired kunoichi that he, too, had become oddly fond of. This was definitely a first for him... he felt sympathy for NO ONE. Not even if they had been an Uchiha.

That's when he figured it out... he had been reborn and given a second chance to live a peaceful and happy life. Snapping his body in their direction, Madara bolted as well. His spirit had been playing tug-of-war this entire time and couldn't in the slightest figure out as to why he had felt so miserable about stabbing her and leaving her to bleed out miserably on the ground.

Once the pinkette came back into view, his heart shattered entirely the moment he witnessed his other self holding the unconscious young lass tightly while screaming and sobbing uncontrollably, "SAKURA, YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME! WHO WILL HIT ME TO MAKE SURE I STAY IN LINE!? WHO WILL YELL AT ME FOR SAYING SOMETHING OUT OF LINE!? WHO WILL CLING TO ME WHEN THEIR HEART HAS BEEN BROKEN!? WHO WILL LOVE ME THE WAY YOU HAVE," the seventeen year old sobbed against her chest before wrapping his arms around her neck tightly, "C-Come back to me... y-you beautiful little f-fool..."

Sakura awoke slowly within a darkened area with water surrounding the floors and the sounds of droplets of water completely shocked her awake, "Where am I...? Does this mean... that I'm dead?" - "What makes thee think thou art dead? Thine ethical view on death differs much from what prevailed in my time. To so easily replace one's self with the term "death", thou must gain metal, oh fledgling."

Sitting up with a straightened back, the pinkette then asked properly - as an Uchiha would, "And just who might you be?" - "Tis quite a precise question for this place, but, I am quite uneasy over whether thou shalt be able to connect my name, with my actions as a harold." Oh jesus, this man was speaking as if he were a damned noble from the distant past... and to be honest, all though she understood him, she wished he would simplify his words to get this over with a lot quicker.

"I am he who shall achieve peace and order, and my name is Hagoromo," he spoke as he turned his body around to face the pinkette as he continued, "But on the other hand, I had already foreseen that thou wouldst end up in such a state as that one after all." - 'Oh, HELL! Can he just get to the point! Cha!' - "Uh, sorry gramps, but I-" the pinkette tried to explain, but was swiftly cut off, "Now then..."

Noticing his eyes, she then stood up and folded her arms against her almost bare chest, "The Rinnegan... huh?" Hagoromo then nodded, "Thou doest appear to have observant eyes. All that remains is for thee to pragmatically comprehend thy circumstances. Firstly, thou has not died as of yet. This place is thy known inner mind..." Hagoromo continued to talk and talk on, making Sakura dread the fact that he would NOT just get to the damned point. Putting her foot down metaphorically, the pinkette then growled out, "Listen, I do understand that you are from the past, but can you SPEED this up at all!?"

"Forgive me, I am an anachronism. Over the passage of much time, cultural traditions and notions; ethics have managed to bring about some changes. In each time that I- wait one moment... thoust already appears to possess the powers of light AND shadow. However, this should not even be possible. In each instance where someone has gained the sun of light and the moon of shadow, it has not only been on one person." Sakura then looked down to her hands and gave a heft sigh, "Yes sir, I possess the sun and the moon symbols of light and shadow. Now, might I ask that you speak normally!?"

He continued to speak in that old fashioned tone for quite some time until the pinkette gained a harsh dry expression, "Listen... are you an alien, or something...?" A dreadfully long pause then came about before he spoke with a new voice that actually puzzled the fuck out of her due to how quick it had gone about changing, "That's a bit much, don't you think? An alien? Seriously? Hehehe." Almost instantly, Sakura knew she now honed a face that her half-brother would have if he had been the one placed within this circumstance.

"Well... maybe that ain't too far off. Anyway...Mm? You STILL don't understand? To think conversation would pose such a complex challenge," he spoke in an almost frustrated tone and the pinkette instantly began to swish and sway her hands in front of her face, "No, no! That was fine just now! Now I finally fully understand you! I was just shocked because your speaking style changed so much, ya know!?" - "Oh yeah? For real? Then I'll keep going like that, I'm much pleased! All right!" - 'Except if he continues to talk like that, he loses any shred of dignity that he once held...'


Izuna finally turned around to give his brother some privacy, only for his eyes to widen immensely and reach down to gently jab at his older brother's shoulder. Looking back once poked, his eyes too... widened. There stood the revived Madara with tears flowing down his face miserably. Giving his older brother a pat on the shoulder, Izuna then approached the distressed male and played the part of HIS younger brother, "Big brother? Are you okay? I'm sure he will let you hold her too..." Snapping his face towards the smiling Izuna, he found that he could not bring any harm to him on his second chance.

Slowly making his way forward, the living relic then fell to his knees once he was right in front of the beautiful pinkette. He didn't want to... but Izuna had a way with everyone to make them cooperate willingly. Slowly extending his arms, the battle hardened male then had Sakura's body eased into his arms while whispering softly, "Come back to me... you beautiful little fool..."

This made the seventeen year old Madara's eyes widen immensely at the words just spoken and at that point, he too then knew... he had been given a second chance at happiness. Clutching onto this female desperately, the living relic lowered his crying face into her chest, "THIS IS ALL OUR FAULT! IF WE WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN MORE LENIENT, GIVEN MORE OF A DAMN, AND PROTECTED HER WITH EVERYTHING WE HAD - SHE WOULD STILL BE HERE!" Tobirama then scoffed, "NOW you show remorse for your actions?"

Snapping to the male that now had tears dripping from his face while clenching his teeth tightly, Madara and Izuna frowned immensely until an unknown voice spoke out, "Put down Sakura, I will heal her." All then peered up to witness Kabuto and gave him a suspicious glare. The two teens then took a step back, only for Kabuto's eyes to widen immensely at the sight of the all powerful Madara Uchiha holding onto this woman tightly.

As nervous as he was, Kabuto gave a hefty sigh, "If you don't put her down now then she will be lost." Considering she was only adorning a black tube top at this point made it rather easy to get to her wound. All then became slightly grossed out the moment they witnessed what looked to be eggs filling the pinkette's wound. Izuna, looking partially sick from this internally thought, 'Oh, that is SO nasty!' While both of the long haired men could only gain a sickened face as both thought instantly, 'How unsightly...'

After some time, the pinkette's wounds healed up and she slowly sat up, only for the revived Madara to vanish and take the tree within his body. The seventeen year old doppelganger was then yanked into Hagoromo's world and explained that he would be temporarily borrowing the pinkette's moon symbol before pushed back out.

Looking down at his gloved left hand, he then lightly pulled it down for his eyes to widen once he realized that he did indeed hold the pinkette's moon symbol. Hearing Sakura's wincing of pain, he peered over to see that she was now holding her left hand tightly as if in pain. Thinking nothing of it at the time, Sakura then took in a deep breath of air and released a gentle hum, yet that deep breath also made her smile softly, "Their are now small pieces of all tailed beasts within Naruto. He will be okay..."

Getting down on one knee, Madara then held his hand out to her - only to be swiftly punched across the face and hurled a good distance away. 'Everything is back to normal now.' Izuna sweat dropped and chuckled softly. Ripping his face out of the ground, Madara erupted like an active volcano, "DAMMIT SAKURA! WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!? WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE BEING PUNCHED IN THE FACE!?"

Scoffing lightly as she stood up, the pinkette then grumbled, "The real question is... what HAVEN'T you done." Izuna sweat dropped immensely, "Sakura, Madara, come on this is no time for bickering! Chill out!" Her eyes then flashed to the Rinnegan, yet couldn't focus as she slightly gagged, "OH MY GOD, WHY IN THE HELL DO I SMELL LIKE I WAS DRENCHED IN BLOOD!?" Izuna cleared his throat with a blush assaulting his face while tossing the pinkette one of his spare Uchiha cloaks. Giving an appreciative smile, the pinkette then buckled her attire into place and felt so much better that she didn't smell like a bloodbath thanks to Izuna's scent.

Peering in a certain direction, her face gained a look of horror as she spoke out clearly, "We are about to have a HUGE fight on our hands. Madara-er-the other Madara just absorbed the Divine Tree and he's now fighting... Shisui-sensei and Asura!? Wait, Guy just arrived... aw hell this is about to be one hell of a mess if we don't get there quickly because Guy just activated the eighth gate of death."

Minato stood back with a frown as he watched Guy activate the eighth gate of death. The blood vapor flicked all around as Madara scoffed, "The red vapor... the blood vapor. Now that I have seen it in person, it looks nothing more than than dead autumn leaves falling off of a tree." Guy clenched his fists tightly, "You aren't wrong about that. However, the nourishment from those fallen leaves will give more than enough for when spring comes, new fresh green leaves will bud anew!"

Just as Madara was about to finish the male off by sending one of his orbs to kill him, Madara dropped down and slammed his foot against it so that it was hurled right back at him. Looking shocked, all he could possibly think was, 'HE TOUCHED MY TRUTH SEEKERS ORB!' - "I can see that you have changed..." - 'What is going on?' - "To be honest, I do not understand it much better than you do," the teenaged Madara spoke honestly as his arms folded against his chest once he picked up Minato's kunai and placed the hilt between his teeth.

The ancient male was growing furious at this point as he calmly retorted, "You cannot beat me, so why even try!?" Madara then secured his headband to his belt before snapping his Rinnegan orbs up to the mirroring doppelganger, "You are right, but I never claimed that I would be doing such foolish actions alone... now did I?" After healing Guy, Sakura then appeared with Izuna - making the living relic's orbs widen slightly as Madara spoke again, "WE shall be taking you down!"

Shisui smiled softly at his team as one thing from long ago once again crossed his mind, 'It's great to be a family...' That's when everyone's eyes widened the moment the pinkette activated the six paths within her and her clothing shifted to a golden coloration and the Uchiha symbol was replaced with the Ninshu insignia while all of her body gave off a light glow. Opening her Rinnegan, they looked entirely different now considering they now held two sets of tomoe within the inner ripples.

Activating her eye, she then switched places with the relic of the past and blinked rapidly, 'Oh, so that's one of the abilities. The other is... ah... it's just like big brother's, Shisui-sensei's, and Obito's visual prowess... except on a much larger scale. I will be able to travel through dimensions, huh? Interesting...' Grasping her blade and pulling it out, the pinkette then yelled as tears filled her orbs, "FOR SOMEONE WHO CARED SO MUCH WHETHER I LIVED OR DIED, YOU SURE DON'T CARE ABOUT TAKING OTHER LIVES! IT ENDS NOW!"

Sensing something off, she quickly brought up her sword and blocked, "Shadows... huh? TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME! LIMBO!" Her shadows instantly rushed forward and began to attack his own as she jumped down and he brought his six paths staff up as she slowly stalked forward, only for him to dash towards her while she slammed her blade into the ground and pushed off of the ground to slam her foot into his cheek.


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How were THREE Rinnegan wielders having SO much trouble!? The answer was simple once Naruto jumped out of Asura's time space all fixed up, only to have his skull roughly punched by his mother, "DON'T MAKE ME WORRY, YA KNOW!?" Groaning, the blonde haired goofball then noticed the three Uchiha's battling it out against a legendary figure.

That answer was the fact that he had more battle experience than all three Uchiha's combined. Tilting her eyes to the side, she opened a portal and jumped off of Madara's shoulder, only to be followed. Slamming to the ground, the pinkette groaned once she felt a rather HEAVY body on top of her, "MADARA, GET OFF!" Turning her head, she realized this was the other Madara and grossed out slightly, "Ew... you look SO gross now!" Madara then chuckled, "Do you honestly think so...?" Leaning towards her face, the feisty pink haired kunoichi then slammed her palm into his cheek to push him away, "UM, YA! I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT IF I HADN'T MEANT IT!"

Due to how hard she had actually hit him, the relic ended up flying away and smashing into the ground before he shot up holding his cheek, "DAMMIT SAKURA, THAT HURT! DID YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO HIT ME THAT HARD!?" Groaning softly and rolling her eyes, the pinkette then heavily huffed, "YES, I DID! YOU ARE TRYING TO DOOM THE WORLD! DID YOU JUST EXPECT FOR ME TO LET YOU SLOBBER ALL OVER MY FACE WHEN WE ARE AT WAR WITH ONE ANOTHER!?"

Opening another portal, she then smirked and jumped in before swiftly closing it behind her. He was now FAR away from that damned tree and if she had any say about it, he would never get too close again. Hopping back out of the portal, the pinkette landed right beside Naruto and grasped his shoulder - only to effectively scare the hell out of him to the point where he slammed his fist against her cheek.

"NARUTO," the royally pissed off pink haired female yelled before slamming her half-brother into the ground and brushed her hands off with ease. Madara and Izuna then peered over with sweat beading down their faces nervously considering that someone HAD followed her back. Izuna then pointed behind the feisty female nervously, "S-Sakura...?"

Blinking rapidly, Sakura turned around abruptly for her lips to connect with the "gross" Madara's lips considering he had lowered his towering frame down. Both looked equally shocked, yet Izuna huffed and walked forward - only to push the two away from one another, "Sakura!" Izuna actually whined softly, making her snicker and grasp Izuna's long ponytail gently before guiding his head down to press her lips against his own. A furious blush assaulted Izuna's face at that moment due to the fact that he could feel all of her feelings through that single connection.

Madara then folded his arms tightly as if pouting, making the pinkette give him a dry look as she walked forward and gave him an annoyed peck on the lips before claiming, "We ARE still in the middle of... a... war..." her tone trailed off as she witnessed the many meteors that were now falling down from the sky as if final judgement day was now raining down to wreak havoc upon a land that had once been peace bound.

Her light pink perfect Susano'o form was then built and shot off into the sky. Izuna was quick to follow in that rare beautiful silver Susano'o, yet Madara gave a gentle huff as he got into his. Considering the relic Madara had taken the Divine Tree inside of him once Naruto had effectively cut it down and he noticed the blood red moon, he ripped the bone off of his forehead and held his index and middle finger up together as he began to shout out the jutsu. 'Not good!' Was all the pinkette could think as she hastily destroyed all meteors with the help with Izuna and Madara.

All three Rinnegan wielders then widened their eyes before hastily descending to Naruto, whom was helping by hurling multiple tailed beast bomb Rasen Shuriken's to completely shatter them. Landing over Naruto, Madara and Izuna quickly got out of their Susano'os as the pinkette pulled the wings over the group that consisted of Naruto, Minato, Kushina, Shisui, Asura, Madara, Izuna, and herself.

"None of you go outside, no matter WHAT you hear or feel, ya know!?" Sakura angrily projected, making Kushina laugh softly and nod, "You heard her... NARUTO!" All then basically told the blonde haired dummy the same exact thing, making him groan, "I GET IT!" Asura then peered towards his little sister and frowned as she neared him and placed her sun symbol on his chest to heal him up all the way.

By the time the blinding light stopped and Sakura dropped her Susano'o, all eyes became widened with horror as the ancient Madara then landed in front of the gang. The pinkette then grumbled angrily, "How many chances will you be given until you are satisfied..." This made the male take an uneasy step back as he watched her emerald orbs fill to the brim with tears, "You could have done so much better this chance and actually HELP those in need instead of being the initial problem! Just how much more suffering do you plan to put the world through!?"

Naruto took a step forward and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, knowing far too well that his half-sister had NEVER been filled with hatred to do something as stupid as putting the world in jeopardy. Her heart was fragile... she had given up her love for Madara... she had given up SO much just to get to where she is today... she had even been kept away from her true father this whole time. Izuna gave a soft frown and peered down at the ground, yet both of the moody males seemed to understand all too entirely as both of their eyes filled with tears.

Once their tears slid against their faces, Sakura looked over at the teenager and gracefully walked to him so that she could take his head within her hands and guide it tenderly to her heart. Wrapping his bulky arms around her small stature, he then whispered, "Don't allow me to become a monster like this. I will always need you by my side... you beautiful little fool..."


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