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~Kyvena
Chapter 35: Devastation
There was a fine line between jealousy and childish fuming - considered she now witnessed the "gross" Madara basically throw a silent temper tantrum over this turn of events. Growling softly, he then practically fumed, "Each and every person within these lands are now having the most beautiful dreams. Sakura calls me a monster, but tell me how it is so wrong when you got to have the life that I had always WISHED I could have had! YOU got to have many friends, YOU got to have people trust in you, YOU GOT TO FIND A WOMAN THAT YOU LOVED - WHEN I WAS DENIED THE PLEASURES OF DOING SO!"
The pinkette peered over with her emerald based orbs as she continued to hold the man she truly loved, yet hated so much, to her heart. Calming himself, the teenager then erected his form and folded his arms across his chest, "It is sad that you are asking a mere child for answers. However, if you must know, it is all because I did not pull myself away from what I hold dear. I clung onto my foolish ideals as tightly as I could. Any friend that I made, I can assure you that it took a long period of time to create such a bond of trust with them that I now feel as if I have grown old and am ready to wither and die... just like a flower that has been picked."
Pausing slightly as he wrapped an arm around the pinkette, which she most definitely scowled at, Madara then continued, "But, as you can clearly see... I am very much in love with her, but she does not return those feelings in the slightest." The relic of the past then peered at Sakura, whom was now trying to get the teenager's bulky arm off of her, "Then tell me, why continue to chase after such a foolish and childish action!?"
The teenager's arm finally dropped from the glaring female while chuckling sadly, "I do suppose the answer to that would be... it's because I love her. I've loved her ever since I was a mere brat with no real power to call my own. So I trained hard to make myself someone she could depend on so that she didn't always have to use her own power to support me. When we were children, she already possessed so much power that I became infuriated at being inferior to a woman and ended up yelling at her without even knowing that I had done so until she stepped away and ran home crying."
At that moment tears began to flow down Sakura's face... she remembered that day very clearly. That was the day that their relationship began to unravel and she turned to cling to Izuna instead of Madara in the easy attempts to make him jealous. Turning his head towards the silently crying pinkette, Madara raised a hand and smiled softly as he brushed her tears away - making her look into his eyes as those tears continued to fall from her pained emerald orbs.
"So, you see... I was a power hungry young boy that never even thought, or had the nerve, to simply apologize for snapping at her in the cruel manner that I had. Little has she known, she has all I have ever thought about. Each and every day up until this point, she was always lingering within my heart and mind," the teenaged Madara spoke honestly and was basically wearing his heart on his sleeve for the very first time for all to see. Her tears intensified and slowly, he brought her into his chest so that she could finally break down... but as such, things never go as initially planned.
Ripping out of Madara's arms, the heartbroken pinkette swiftly slapped the teen harshly across the face. DAMN HIM TO HELL! HE WAS TRYING TO BREAK DOWN HER FIRM BARRIERS AND SHE WOULDN'T... NO, SHE COULDN'T ALLOW HIM BACK IN! Snapping towards Izuna, she then wrapped her arms around his neck tightly and sobbed against his chest.
The moment he had been slapped, his head whipped to the side and a single silent tear slid down his cheek. Releasing a shaky breath as his lip slightly quivered, the teenaged male then turned his head forward again, "But as you can clearly see, I have lost any and all given rights to her heart. As much as I love her, I merely wish for her to be happy. Even if her gained happiness causes my downfall, which I am sure will be the case eventually. A perfect world without a sassy pink haired lady would just be boring. A perfect world, a perfect wife, perfect children... no. I wish to know of all imperfections this world holds and accept it as it is, even if it does not work in my favor."
This ancient relic felt bad for his young self. He felt so much pain and anguish that his own pain of the loss of his younger brother was nothing compared to his younger self's own pain because of the simple fact that the reasoning for his pain was still alive. Now he understood... he wanted to be free to love, hate, show emotions, or hide them. He did not want everything to go as planned and he envied this young doppelganger so much for his solid conviction. Just as he let his guard down to release the jutsu, black Zetsu rushed in to pierce him through the chest.
Izuna's eyes widened at this as a mass amount of chakra began to fill his brother's look-a-like, "BIG BROTHER! HE'S GOING TO EXPLODE! GET AWAY FROM HERE!" Everyone dashed away, but soon enough, long white tresses snatched up Madara and Sakura once a woman emerged. Both of them felt frozen in place with how much chakra she held - so much that it was terrifying. Neither knew what to say or do at this point as their eyes widened in horror the moment she glanced towards the two with her Byakugan activated to see the sun and moon symbols, only to hurl the two away so that the pinkette rammed into the moody male's chest.
"W-What in the hell..." Izuna mumbled as he stayed frozen in place. Shisui noticed how the youngest Uchiha within his squad was about to bolt towards his two teammates and quickly stopped him, "Izuna, don't do anything careless..." At that moment, the woman began to float toward his older brother and the pinkette - causing the long haired raven to freeze all over again due to feeling her overpowering amount of chakra.
Sakura peered at this woman and whispered, "S-She's the one that Hagoromo was talking about..." Madara then narrowed his eyes, remembering meeting Hagoromo as well. Nodding softly he then took the pinkette's hand firmly within his grasp, "Kaguya... Otsutsuki..." Okay, she didn't mind having her safe place right at this moment considering her hand tightened around his own.
"Ninshu... no... you called it Ninjutsu and shinobi... all chakra belongs to me, even the mass amounts that you three hold." Kaguya then motioned her hand slowly to Izuna, making sweat bead down his face. "This place... is my precious nursery, so I will be rid of all of you in THIS world!" Just she finished her sentence, the world around them changed, making all eyes widen immensely as they began to plummet towards LAVA. Slipping her glove off, the pinkette then shouted, "DAD USE FLYING RAIJIN AND GET EVERYONE TO SAFETY ON THE WALLS! MOM USE YOUR CHAKRA TO KEEP EVERYONE FROM FALLING IN!"
With that, Minato hurled a singular custom made kunai at a hidden part of a wall and everyone placed a hand on him, making him nod as he called out, "FLYING RAIJIN!" Kushina then attached her chakra around everyone and held them securely so that no undesirable death would be met by any that were currently tagging along for the terrifying ride.
"SUMMONING JUTSU!" Sakura called out for her black hawk to appear and catch Madara by the shoulders. The pinkette glanced over to the group that was now hidden and being held onto by Kushina's chakra and nodded as Madara jumped on the top of the hawk with his arms folded. Sakura then quietly tilted her head towards the moody teen and whispered something softly, "Okay, I'm not going to lie... Naruto taught me this jutsu a long time ago and it actually might be of some help us. He told me these types of jutsus tend to work better the stronger the opponent is."
Lifting his brow at this he then peered towards the focused pinkette, "You're kidding, right...?" Sakura shook her head, "No... but even if it gives us the slightest opening... then I'm game. Get your eyes ready." Madara instantly activated his susano'o to shield the two once Kaguya began her brutal HAIR assault and they began to fall the moment the hawk's chakra points were hit.
'I'll have to use Susano'o!' - Madara then grit his teeth and peered at his arm to see one hair had pierced a chakra point - 'BYAKUGAN!' All too suddenly the pinkette was now floating within the air as she grasped Madara and lifted him up so that she could use a single truth seekers orb so that Madara could stand on it, making him question, "You can levitate?" Gaining an 'oh yeah...' face, she then nodded firmly.
"They are just staring each other down, ya know," Kushina mumbled as she watched the two carefully. It was now or never, so she dashed forward after hearing Madara yell, "AMATERASU!" Kushina's face then focused, "They're attacking!" Sakura then dashed forward and Naruto peered around the corner to watch his half-sister as many clones popped out, "TAKE THIS!" All Sakura clones then transformed into almost naked men, "SEXY JUTSU! REVERSE HAREM JUTSU!" Kaguya then activated her Byakugan and her eyes widened - becoming frozen in place.
Madara's eyes then widened in horror as he watched all of this transpire while Naruto held an all-too amused facial expression that Sakura of all people had just used his Reverse Harem Jutsu. Izuna sweat dropped to the max and peered towards his sensei, who, at the moment, was trying to NOT die from laughter. Asura was in no better position, considering he had to slap his hand over his mouth so that NO hysterical fits of laughter would escape.
Minato began to chuckle softly as he watched this, "That's... uh... quite the jutsu you taught her, Naruto..." Kushina instantly gained a nose bleed until she gained an enraged facial expression before she began to shake her fist angrily in front of her body and yell within her mind, 'THAT IDIOT! USING A JUTSU LIKE THAT IN THIS SITUATION! That might work on me... BUT THERE'S NO WAY A JUTSU LIKE THAT WILL WORK ON SUCH A GOD LIKE PERSON, YA KNOW!?' All clones then vanished and the furious pinkette slammed her fist into Kaguya's face to send her flying backwards while Kushina gained an extremely dumbfounded face, 'IT WORKED!?'
The battle was long and hard, but the little gang of misfits finally were crowned the victors with no deaths on their side. The tailed beasts and the gang were brought back by Hagoromo, who now smiled at them, "Congratulations for beating my mother Madara, Sakura, Izuna, Shisui, Minato, Kushina, Asura, and Naruto." All of the work had mostly been done through Madara, Sakura, and Izuna, but they accepted the praise.
Turning his head towards Minato and pointing his finger to him, "Minato, do not take the second chance you have been given lightly. Yes, Sakura can revive people without dying... but she is still gambling with her own life when she brings people back from the dead. Always honor that this is your daughter and take very good care of her. Now, Madara... Sakura... after battling my mother together, have your answers changed at all?" Sakura's orbs narrowed almost angrily as she darkly spoke out, "No..." Madara then tilted his head to gaze at the sky, "Mine has slightly."
Curious over Madara's new answer, Hagoromo waited patiently until he decided to continue, "I merely wish to create a bond and find a love so strong that nothing can ever corrupt me the way that my other self was..." The alien hybrid male then looked surprised. He had kept quiet on the issue and hadn't told the teenager that he was actually a reincarnation of the other Madara, but it appeared that the young man found out all on his own. Nodding his head, Hagoromo smiled, "I see. So what will you two do now?"
Biting her lip softly, Sakura then peered her Rinnegan filled orbs all around before pressing her hands together, "PLANETARY DEVASTATION!" All tailed beasts were then captured and Naruto snapped his head towards the nine tailed fox that no longer inside of his body, but was alive due to having a small part of ALL tailed beasts inside of him, "KURAMA!"
"You already know where I am heading, right... Madara..." Sakura venomously spewed, making him gaze into her eyes deeply, "Yeah..." Izuna then clasped his hand over his heart, "All I can ever do... is whine and cry for you to not leave. I am so pathetic... but, Sakura, if you even have a SHRED of love for me left within your heart then... PLEASE DON'T LEAVE AGAIN!" Sakura snapped her gaze towards Izuna, deactivating one of her Rinnegan so that only the one within her left eye remained as her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan caught the long haired raven's gaze, only for an illusion of her to appear and slam her fist into his chest.
Onyx orbs widened in immense pain as Madara swiftly caught his little brother and snapped his head towards the pinkette, "SAKURA! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT IZUNA UNDER A GENJUTSU!" A sharp 'TSK' was then released before she uttered a single word, "If I hadn't, he would have just followed us." Snapping away, Sakura darted off into the forest as Madara frowned and handed Izuna to Shisui, "Take care of Izuna, sensei..."
Shisui's orbs then widened, "WAIT MADARA! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO!" Lowering his head and sinking a single canine into his bottom lip, he took in a sharp breath, "Finishing this once and for all..." With that, the male with the long forest of black and blue thorns began to dart until reaching the Final Valley. Sakura mirrored him with a darkened expression, "It's ironic that we are here... once again. THIS will be our final battle Madara!" Madara then clenched his fists tightly until the voice of Neji softly jingled out for only him to hear, 'Some times, your eyes are even better than mine. Only you can bring Sakura back from the darkness... NOW GO!'
Tears began to fill his eyes as he whispered out, "I will..." Clearing his eyes of all tears, both of their heads snapped up and the staring showdown began before they finally darted towards the edge before cascading down and rushing towards one another. Raising both of their forearms, the two then slammed into one another furiously, causing the water around them to bend and splash around their bodies due to their will alone.
Pushing forward, Madara brought up a single fist as Sakura pulled an arm back. Her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan had now deactivated to merely show her three tomoe Sharingan at this point, but her left eye was still her new set of Rinnegan. Watching his fist rush towards her, the pinkette slammed her foot into his stomach before doing an all-too graceful aerial backflip. The two then darted at one another again and the pinkette brought her leg up to slam against the moody male's face, only for him to shield the blow with his muscular forearm and take swing at her, only for her to duck beneath the swing.
Honestly, they just went through an entire war and were now fighting one another. Resting was not an option as of now. 'DAMN IT ALL TO HELL, SHE'S FAST!' Madara roared within his mind, but refused to lose. Kicking the male to a single knee, Sakura then took his hand and created a single hand sign, only for him to swing a fist at her that she ducked below before ramming her fist into his cheek and taking hold of another hand to create another hand sign. Raising her foot, she slammed her foot into him twice and on the second blow, she pushed off of his body to rain fireballs down at him.
Jumping away from each fireball, Madara then jumped to a wall and held up his hands for the shadow clone jutsu, only to see a wire kunai fly by him and slam into the wall next to his head as she pulled herself to the wall - interrupting the process for the jutsu, only for her to begin swinging her leg over his head - which each he dodged until her fist slammed into his face and swiftly grabbed his long hair to kick him in the gut so harshly that he flew off of the wall, only for him to finally create the sign and four clones emerged for him to hurl towards the pinkette as he swiftly ran up before pressing off of the wall to intentionally hurl himself at her.
Sakura managed to dodge two of the clones and grasped another's arm to hurl him behind her before swiftly turning to kick the last in the stomach so that it flew away from her. The real Madara then grasped her around the hips and the two began harshly rolling against the rocky surface... ripping up the cloak Izuna had given her off of her body so that she was merely in her black tube top again. Reaching a ledge, Madara then hurled her delicate, yet extremely muscular, form over so that her back slammed into the wall, gracing him with an all-too shocked facial expression as she coughed roughly.
Peering her eyes up in an alarmed manner, the pinkette instantly witnessed one of the clones coming straight at her - wielding two Rasengans. Rolling out of the way and rushing forward for the clones to swarm her while attacking, the pinkette managed to counter all of their attempts at hitting her. Snapping her head around, the deadly gleam of her single orb streaked across the afternoon air before dodging a single clone and pressed on his shoulder blades to jump upward and slam her feet against two clones within a split jump.
Once landed, the clone snapped around to strike her with the Rasengan he held, only for her leg to shoot up and connect with its jaw before sending him flying away. Instantly crossing her arms in front of her face as the original slammed his forehead against her forearms before kicking his body away. He knew she would be tough... but DAMN!
Single Rinnegan shining brightly, Madara took a step back almost nervously. At this point, his chakra only had enough to hold the normal three tomoe pattern within his eyes so for now, he would have to make due. All clones and the original attempted to dart back as a means to get away from her, yet she held her arms out, "UNIVERSAL PULL!" All clones were then stabbed by her flame control once in the vicinity and she glared at the only man left that had actually forced his Rinnegan open to absorb the jutsu before they faded once again to his normal three tomoe pattern.
Darting forward she then flipped over his head and snatched his hair up tightly within her grasp, making his face slightly twist at just HOW tightly she was yanking it. Feeling that he was getting nowhere thanks to his long hair, he twirled a kunai out and effectively cut his hair to be at Sasuke's length. Shaking his head free from the cut locks, Sakura looked at him dryly due to the fact that he now looked exactly like a bulkier Sasuke now.
The fist fight only continued until the pinkette switched places with the discarded locks of hair, only for her light pink chidori to engulf her hand as she roughly slapped Madara down into the water. Pushing himself out and coughing roughly, his head then snapped up to see the pinkette within her partial Susano'o as she fired three arrows towards him and gathered enough nature energy now to speed up and slam his foot into each arrow to send them flying. Frustrated at how persistent he was, Sakura then activated her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan so that her fully grown Susano'o slammed to the surface of the water.
He had no choice at that moment and did the same. He was playing one hell of a defensive game, making her snarl out, "WHAT'S WRONG? YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO PLAY DEFENSE!?" Snapping his orbs to her, his royal blue angel of death then grabbed her Susano'o by the leg before flipping it over his own to sit on top of her as he held a blade to her face, yet she only laid there quietly and almost sadly... making him halt all movements.
Both now back in the air after sending a bolt of lightning to strike him, which gave her more than enough means to escape; the pinkette and the emotional male then continued their air based battle until he yanked out three more of his blades and making her smirk, "Finally decided to kill me, huh?" Madara then lowered the blades and shook his shortened locks, "I-I don't want to have to kill you, Sakura..." - "ENOUGH OF THIS!" She then released the deadly arrow and he slashed through it, creating a massive explosion that hurled both to the rough ground of the Valley of the End.
Snapping awake, Izuna looked around, "Shisui-sensei... big brother and Sakura... they're fighting their final battle aren't they?" Shisui then nodded, "Yeah... I just hope that both of them come out alive..." Hagoromo then peered to them both, "As of now, they are still locked in combat. However, both are extremely weak and low on chakra at this point and they are about to reach their final conclusion..." This made Shisui, Izuna, Minato, Kushina, and Naruto all snap their heads towards the legend nervously. Izuna wrapped Shisui's arm around his shoulder and thanks to the pinkette teaching him a bit of medical ninjutsu while she was still in the village, healed everyone before they departed.
Sakura coughed heavily before rolling to her side to sit up on her forearm, only to see Madara sitting up on one knee. Both panted heavily at this point as Sakura clenched her fists tightly, "D-Dammit... you're still..." Holding his hands up to create clones, Madara continued to pant heavily before his eyes widened and he rolled away as the pinkette yelled out furiously, "AMATERASU!" -'Damn him! I won't be able to take him down with this, I need to use the tailed beasts to get chakra!'
Just as the pink haired kunoichi went to use her Rinnegan to pull chakra towards her, a pain surged through her left eye and she grasped lightly at it while making an audible sound of discomfort, 'I-I've used too much chakra, I can't maintain control. At this rate I can't use my left eye's abilities either!' Hearing the rushing of footsteps through water, Madara then jumped up and Sakura's head shot up in shock as she continued to hold her pain induced left eye. Her head continued to follow his body at that point with her shocked showing orb widening further.
Feeling a rather harsh kick come to the bottom of her jaw thanks to a clone, the pinkette was then flung into the air as two extra clones popped out and continued to kick her further into the air. Just as the original jumped above her battered and bruised frame, Sakura snapped her fierce crimson three tomoe orb towards him and the two ended up slamming their fists into one another's cheek.
They were both in so much pain right now that they cried out in pain the moment the hit landed and were flung away from one another. Madara's clones continued to chase after her and as she rolled on the ground, three shuriken appeared in between her fingers - lacing all with her lightning style and hurling them toward the clones so that they vanished in a cloud of smoke. Ramming her hand into the one that she figured was the real one, it then cringed and held onto her arm tightly while the original appeared and slammed his fist into her cheek to hurl her away.
Angling herself so that she landed like a crouched tiger and her chidori still lightly covering her hand, Madara began to suck in deep breaths as he readied a Rasengan and began to run towards her. Sakura had her head down to take in deep breaths as well and shot her head to the side the moment her chidori deactivated. She didn't even have enough chakra to keep one of her eyes as the Sharingan anymore as her emerald gaze gained a shocked expression.
Hearing his footsteps nearing her, Sakura shot her face towards Madara... only to watch him trip so that he could begin eating the dirt beneath him as her arms raised in an almost panicked manner, yet soon enough... her shoulders relaxed. Standing up, the pinkette then rushed towards the, now, short haired male and kicked his jaw so that he landed roughly on his back. Slowly walking to him, Sakura then straddled his hips and fell to her knees as Madara shoved a hand in her face, only for her to roughly punch him across the face over and over again.
The longer she continued her assault, his arms slowly fell to each side of his body - now honing a swollen eye that was barely open, a busted lip, a bloodied nose, and many bruises. He witnessed her strikes becoming slow and rather sluggish, allowing him to shoot both hands up and grasp her shoulders before slamming his head against her own and kicking her body away, only for her tube top to become slightly shredded - yet showed nothing indecent.
Both laid on their backs for a minute to catch their breaths before Madara finally stood. Sakura slowly stood and growled out, "Give it up already!" Running towards Madara, he had to take in a large breath to steady his breathing at this point before mirroring her actions and the two then raised their fists to one another angrily. Now the fight was more or less on equal grounds with the amount of trades of blows to one another. Blood was being spilled by their fists alone and they continued to grow even more exhausted the longer they went at it.
The two were STILL at it even when the sun began to set and the skies held a saddened light yellow and orange. The two Uchiha's now appeared as if they were a couple of drunks fighting over something idiotic. Splashes of water were heard each time either Madara or Sakura held no strength to actually keep standing. Finally standing, both of them stumbled to one another and the pinkette lightly tapped his chiseled abdomen and the panting male lightly tapped her forehead in an all-too exhausted manner. Right then and there, Madara's headband became loose from his belt and plummeted to land within the water beneath their feet.
Feeling a bit of chakra returning to her body as Madara collapsed onto his knees and forearms to breath heavy and labored breaths, Sakura activated her three tomoe Sharingan and allowed her hand to become engulfed within her light pink chidori - 'Now... NOW I can finally be alone...' - "Farewell, my one and only... LOVE!" Thrusting her hand forward, Madara's eyes widened immensely at the words she had just spoken to him.
Snapping towards her body, he witnessed her Sharingan deactivate and instantly brought his fist up to slam into her chin, causing her to become a living rocket until smashing into the walls of the Final Valley and creating a miniature cavern that was just big enough for her to stand in. Slowly grasping the ledge as she found the strength to get on one of her knees, her angered tone then rang out, "Over... and over... and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over AGAIN! JUST GIVE UP AND LET ME CUT YOU DOWN ALREADY!"
Finding the strength to barely stand, Madara stood on shaky legs as he chuckled softly with his head lowered, "Heh... sorry, but I cannot do that." Slowly lifting his head, Madara then stared the pinkette in the eyes, "That is because you claimed that I was your one and only love. Am I mistaken?" Gritting her teeth angrily, Sakura then took a deep breath and activated her light pink chidori mixed with flame control. Staring down at Madara, who only stared right back at her... both watched a leaf hit the top of the water and their faces narrowed with determination.
Both darted towards one another while Madara held his hand out, only to feel all of those that believed in him begin to aid in his cause to bring the woman he loved home. A saddened face graced his face as he continued to feel the added power. Finally, he felt the final touch of the loving power that belonged to... Izuna. Snapping his head up at the pinkette who's long hair was violently fluttering behind her, the two jutsu's clashed and made an earth shattering explosion, flinging the two away from the collision of immense power - only to land side by side as blood rushed down Madara's forehead and a large gash had been administered to his side.
Ironically, Sakura was in the same position as she laid unconscious beside him. Slowly, he allowed his vision to fade as he remembered what he had told the pinkette so long ago... "Only I can burden all of that hatred, Sakura. Throw everything you've got at me. However, do know this..." Pausing momentarily and looking down, he then shot his onyx orbs up to meet her emerald orbs, "If we fight, then we will both die." Merely staring at this man for merely a second, the pinkette then gave a one worded reply, "Yeah."
...
Opening his eyes finally, he was back in the village and Sakura stood beside him. Releasing a shaky breath, the pinkette looked down, "Are we dead...?" Madara glanced down slightly and gave a rather unsure reply, "I cannot feel anything in my body, so I do believe that we are."
The pinkette gave a gentle, yet saddened hum as she peered further down at the ground - the two now at a new memorable location that they held as Madara spoke softly, "You know, Sakura... when I first met you, it felt like my heart was going to explode. You were simply the sweetest and most adorable person that I had ever met. I hated it when you clung to Izuna because it made me far too jealous. When we began to ignore one another, I always felt... lonely. It was almost as if I truly had nothing left to live for. So, in a sense... I do suppose we achieved that goal."
Emerald orbs shifted slightly to peer into those onyx orbs she secretly adored so much before walking to him and reaching up to touch his shortened locks, "It's so short..." - "Hm?" Madara questioned softly and closed his eyes to feel her fingers running through his hair while speaking in an extremely saddened tone, "Your hair. When I first saw you after all of those years with long hair, my heart almost melted. You had become so handsome that I actually didn't know what to say..."
'Drip'
"So you deemed it fit to ram your sword into my hands after feeling me up. Do you HONESTLY expect me to believe that, THAT was your way of NOT knowing what to do!?" Madara scowled angrily and clenched his fists tightly. Looking straight forward as her hair gently blew behind her, a deep frown crossed the pinkette's face as she tilted her head to look straight down at the ground below her.
Clenching her eyes tightly, she then whirled around and slapped him across the face, "DAMMIT, YOU NEVER DID UNDERSTAND, DID YOU!?" Tilting his head as he watched her run off, he too... frowned, "I understand more than I lead you on to believe..." The two, now in the flower field, sat together as Sakura held her knees to her chest, "Is that so..." Leaning back on his hands as he looked into the sky, he then nodded, "Mhm... I knew far too well that it was your love for me that pushed you to curiosity, but you continued to harden your heart so that you could keep all of that love at bay and plunge into the darkness..."
'Drip, drip'
Sighing heavily, Sakura then stood up and laced her hands behind her back. Her left eye, still one of her brand new Rinnegan, peered towards the ground silently as a strong gust of wind passed by and pushed her bangs over her eye to hide it, "Why did you do it...?" Gazing up at the pinkette as tears rolled miserably down her face to hit the ground, Madara then sighed heavily, "Why did I do what?"
Snapping angrily towards him, she tightly clenched her fists, "WHY DIDN'T YOU CUT ME OFF!? EVERYONE ELSE DID, BUT YOU NEVER DID!" - "Ah... I thought you already knew that answer, or at least figured it out from how many times that I have repeated it." Suddenly, Madara winced and clasped a hand over his side. A blink was all it took and Madara was out of her line of sight, "M-MADARA!?"
Groggily, Sakura finally woke up only to heavily groan and wince at her side as Madara softly chuckled, "I am hurting everywhere. Dammit all to hell, you never did know when to hold back!" This made the pinkette laugh softly, "So... why did you do it...? You never answered me..." Madara only rolled his eyes, "Honestly Sakura? Do NOT make me repeat myself!" Snapping her head towards him, the pinkette scowled, "JUST TELL ME!" - "You know that you shouldn't move around too much or you will bleed out." This man was a serious piece of work!
A heavy sigh was then released from the moody male that was now badly bleeding, "Like I told you, I thought you already knew that answer, or at least figured it out from how many times that I have graciously repeated it." Scowling deeper, Sakura then winced badly, only to look down at her side to see how much blood she was now losing. Turning his head lazily towards her, Madara spoke nothing but the truth to the injured pinkette, "It's because I love you, Sakura."
The conviction and truth held within his voice was hard to get passed. Just as Madara began to complain again, he then looked at the precious female next to him that tilted her head away as tears silently escaped. Izuna finally arrived and gasped as he jumped down, "SAKURA, BIG BROTHER!" Once landed, Izuna held up a single hand to each of their sides and began to heal the both of them. Sakura peered at Izuna's stern face and she was sure he was guarding his heart so that he did not become too attached, "Izuna...?"
Izuna abruptly shook his head, "I need to focus. Let me concentrate." Sakura's face softened immensely at the long haired raven that now healed the two dumbass's that had to rage a war after just finishing a different war that had already come to its conclusion. "I'm sorry, Izuna..." her tone softly projected. Izuna lowered his head for his bangs to cover his eyes as he spoke evenly, "What for?" Sakura then tenderly placed a hand over his own, "Everything..."
"Y-You got that right! Don't make me worry that much over you EVER again," his tone came out in soft and shaky whimpers as tears slid down his face. Finally done healing them, Izuna wiped his brow and blew his bangs to the side as the two sat up and the pinkette wrapped her arms around the long haired raven's neck, "I'm ready... to go home..." This comment made Izuna's eyes widen immensely and peered up to Shisui who frowned slightly. He knew far too well that once she even got home, the pinkette would be imprisoned for who knows how long. Hell, they could even be looking at sending her to Hozuki Castle.
Izuna nodded and glanced up, "Shisui-sensei, can you carry-" Minato then appeared and lifted the pinkette into his arms, "You reckless IDIOT! KUSHINA IS ABOUT READY TO MURDER YOU!" Sweat dropping, Sakura then laughed softly, "Sorry about that dad." The blonde then puffed his cheeks out slightly, "I forgive you, but your mom might be a different story."
Okay... now she was a tad nervous. Her mom was scary as hell. Appearing right in front of Kushina, Sakura couldn't even stand as of yet due to how low her chakra was and the runaway-no-jutsu was not even an option as of yet. Turning to look at the pinkette, the redhead then stormed forward and took a deep breath, "ARE YOU TRYING TO DIE, SAKURA NAMIKAZE UCHIHA!? I SWEAR, IF YOU EVER DO SOMETHING SO STUPID EVER AGAIN, I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF, YA KNOW!?" Slumping into her father's chest, Sakura nodded, "Y-Yes ma'am!"
Huffing, Kushina then twirled around as Madara was lifted up and she walked up to him, only to punch him harshly in the gut - causing him to fall to his knees and coughed harshly before yelling out, "I DID SUCCEED AT CONVINCING YOUR DAUGHTER TO COME HOME! WHAT MORE ARE YOU WANTING FROM ME, YOU BACKWARDS OLD BAT!" A rough punch to the skull was then heard that even the pinkette flinched at. Madara groaned and rubbed the top of his head tenderly until Kushina wrapped her arms around the teen, "Thank you so much... Madara..." Blushing heavily, he then pushed Kushina off, only to make her beat the ever living shit out of him.
"MADARA UCHIHA, YOU BASTARD," the furious redhead fumed as she pummled his already battered and bruised body. Izuna then pulled himself over the ledge and ran to Kushina, "Kushina, big brother is still weak from having no chakra and he lost a LOT of blood! Okay, we need to get you two back to the tree so that you guys can undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Lord Hagoromo explained it all, you both have to be present to release the jutsu so that everyone can be freed. Well, minus two of us, there are two people here that can do the Flying Raijin. Everyone-" Izuna was instantly cut off the moment he was taken into Kushina's arms rather abruptly, "IZUNA, YOU'RE JUST SO CUTE, YA KNOW!?"
Everyone took hold of either Minato or Izuna, considering they had left their markers by the tree. Using the Flying Raijin, all then teleported back and Hagoromo smiled, "Sakura, you look much happier now, my dear. I have to stay to transfer your moon symbol back to your hand after the jutsu is released. Both of you must simultaneously weave the sign for rat and the jutsu will be undone." Noticing how low their chakra was, Hagoromo then floated forward and placed a hand on both of their symbols - transferring a lot of his chakra to them.
"Mom, can you put a chakra cloak on Madara and myself please?" Sakura asked and was replied to by a cloak appearing over both of their bodies. Slowly, their chakra began to refuel and this made Kushina frown, "This will take a while because the other half of Kurama is being held hostage by you, ya know?" Peering her eyes to the nine planetary devastations within the sky, the pinkette mumbled, "Release."
Kurama instantly came crashing down to the ground growling and Naruto began to frantically swish and sway his hands in front of him, "Kurama! Sakura isn't er..." - "I'm not evil anymore," she finished for her half-brother, making the nine tailed fox nod, "If you say so, Naruto." Feeling enough power to stand and perform the jutsu now, Madara then held out his left hand and Sakura matched his sign with her right hand. Soon enough, all of the tied up bodies began to be released. Releasing an exhausted breath, Madara glanced towards the pinkette... who's head was now tilted down for a very good reason.
The war, FINALLY over with, shinobi's began to pass into the Leaf Village and instantly noticed Minato... alive and well. One thing was wrong though. Lord Fourth now carried precious cargo that even he knew far too well would be severely punished for her crimes. Indra quickly stepped down as Hokage, yet still carried the title of Lord Fifth, and Minato was quickly reinstated as the standing Hokage.
Sakura did not resist the punishment she knew would come her way if she had ever chosen to return to the village. Now, she sat alone within a cell with her eyes covered and chakra sealing cuffs were placed on her wrists and ankles. She was NOT alone in this line of punishment though, considering Asura sat in a different cell in the same predicament as his little sister. These cells were not close by any means though and silence was all they ever heard now. The jail door opened and the hurried sounds of abrupt standing and bowing could be heard before her cell was unlocked and a person entered.
"Sakura, it's nice to see you," Minato spoke tenderly as he took her hands. The blindfold she held couldn't hide her tears, considering that they now flowed freely down her face. Minato frowned gently and wiped her tears away, "Oh, my beautiful daughter..." No words could be found to make her father exactly PROUD of everything she had done in her life up until this point... so... she stayed silent.
The Yellow Flash of the Leaf sat with his pink haired daughter for thirty minutes and peered over to the clock on the wall, "Sakura, I have to go to a meeting now... please, take care. I'm sure many people will come to visit you, so keep your spirits up, all right?" This is when the pinkette began to sob hysterically... she had wanted to rush to her father and hold him, but she was loosely chained to the wall and floor so that she could stretch, but not get too far.
Just as he was about to leave, he FINALLY heard her miserable tone, "D-Daddy... d-don't go..." Minato gave a heavy sigh and frowned, "I'm sorry honey..." Everyone within the village had been made aware that Sakura was actually a Namikaze-Uchiha. The classified intel was no longer... well... classified, so this didn't shock the guards who frowned on the outside.
Stepping out of her cell and closing the door, Minato then turned to the two guards, "How has she been...?" The head guard, Mamoru, then frowned heavily, "More or less, she's completely silent. Just like with you, Lord Fourth, she only speaks when that person is leaving. Her heart rate accelerates frantically, she breaks down into tears, and well... frankly... she begins to panic. Especially when Madara, Izuna, Shisui, Kushina, Naruto, or you come to visit, my lord. Many people will come in here claiming that they are just wanting to speak to her, but they end up saying some of the cruelest things I have ever heard. Well, in other words... they come in ONLY to harass her."
The other guard, Miharu, nodded, "Yeah, her heart is extremely fragile and they take advantage of this. As of late, when Madara comes to visit her... she won't speak to him at all. This is because many of the females claim that they are either dating him or carrying his child. The moment we hear her sobbing, we have to run in and calm her down. She knows us pretty well now and she will speak only when we bring her lunch and a drink, only telling us a very soft "thank you, I don't mean to put you through so much trouble", or when we have to rush in to comfort her."
Minato tilted his head to the side to see his daughter completely silent and holding still. Her head was tilted to the ground so that her long locks spilled over her shoulders and her trembling hands were placed neatly within her lap. Sighing softly, Lord Fourth then lightly folded his arms, "How is Asura doing...?" Mamoru and Miharu began to lightly scowl at the man's name, but sighed heavily and ruffled their own hair slightly as Mamoru spoke up, "Well, he's an extremely quiet one too. Him and his sister are alike in that aspect. However..." They then frowned softly and any traces of hate were erased from their faces, "He will only ask us one thing in particular..."
This peaked Minato's interest and he placed his hands by his sides to grasp tightly at his Fourth Hokage's cloak, "What would that be?" The guards immediately realized they had no right to dislike this man at this point in time and their faces fell as Miharu softly replied, "He will only ask us "How is Sakura? Is she getting enough to eat? Is she being taken care of?". To be honest, Lord Fourth, I do not think they would even be a danger to the village..." Now THIS was shocking. These men were two of his top ANBU and had an extremely cautious nature with people that abandoned the village and committed a series of crimes, only to return.
Nodding his head, Minato then grasped his chin and was about to leave until Mamoru held out his hand, "There is one issue, Lord Fourth." Turning his head back around, he motioned for the man to speak and he did so once he scratched the top of his head, "Well, it's about Sakura's left eye. Her Rinnegan won't deactivate. I'm not sure if it's because of the chakra sealing cuffs we have on her or not. One day we took her seals off and asked her to activate her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and she could with ease. When we asked her to change her eye back to the normal coloration, she only softly spoke... "I can't..." I don't know if that helps or harms, but there you have it."
Sighing heavily, Minato then nodded, "Please do keep me updated on her welfare. If anything urgent comes up, I would like to be told immediately. Am I understood?" - "Yes sir!" Both men bowed and smiled. To be honest, they adored having Sakura in their custody. She might not talk much, but she was about as sweet as one got.
It was now an entire year later and Sakura had opened up a small amount to the two guards. Her hair was getting too long now... considering it was all the way down to her knees due to never having it cut for a year straight. Lifting her head slightly, she spoke to her favorite guard softly, "Haru...?" Sakura had got in the habit of shortening Miharu's name for her own convenience, yet it fit him very well. His hair was jet black and his eyes were silver. He was lean, but muscular and was roughly an entire foot taller than her.
Turning his head away from his book, his silver orbs flicked over as he leaned his chair back to rest against the pinkette's cell, "What's up pretty girl?" Blushing softly at the name, she cleared her throat, "C-Can you cut my hair to the top of my thighs? It's summer and this is a lot of hair that is clinging to me."
Standing up and pulling out some scissors, Miharu then opened her cell and walked inside. Getting her to stand, her snipped away at her locks before teasing her playfully, "Does your head feel lighter now?" Miharu joked playfully and she nudged him lightly with her arm. Chuckling, he then walked out and put the scissors back, only to grab a hairband that was brought by Kushina for the pinkette to use.
Slowly, he pulled her mass amounts of locks into a high ponytail that sat on the top of her cranium before chirping out, "All done, pretty girl. Feel better?" Turning bright red again, she blindly swatted at him - missing him entirely. Miharu then gave a soft sigh, "Time for me to check your eyes, all right?" The pinkette had been through this drill a million times, so all she could do was nod, "All right Haru..." Slowly, he took the sealed blindfold off of her eyes and once she opened both of her eyes, he sighed heavily, "Still won't deactivate...?" Sakura shook her head, "Believe me... I've tried everything."
He had to admit it, HER Rinnegan looked cool as fuck with the way it held two sets of tomoe patterns on two of the inner rings. Humming softly, he then chuckled, "It's like a Rinne-Sharingan." Sakura blinked rapidly at this, "Huh?" Leaning in, the handsome guard then poked her forehead and winked, "Your eye! It's like a Rinnegan and Sharingan mixture, hence the name Rinne-Sharingan." Mamoru then walked by and sighed, "Miharu, what are you doing to Sakura... again..."
Miharu's silver orbs flicked over to Mamoru and chuckled, "She asked me to cut her hair and put it up. Then, I did her usual eye check-up." Mamoru rolled his hazel orbs, "I swear, you have the biggest crush on our little pink haired prisoner." Miharu turned bright red at this folded his arms, only snap his orbs towards Mamoru, "Well, so do you. I've heard the way you've spoken to her." Sakura then watched Mamoru pick the scissors up again before walk in with a smile, "If you don't want your Rinnegan to show, I can help you with that."
Sakura smiled and nodded, "Thanks Moru, that would help a lot." Bringing her long bangs together, he then began to trim at them so they covered her left eye and only reached a little below her lips - but it reminded her of Sasuke's new hairstyle a lot, which she actually did like. Haru then frowned, "Sorry pretty girl... you know the rules..." Nodding her head, the sealing blindfold was then placed back over her eyes and the two walked out.
It was now six months later, making Sakura's imprisonment total of a year and a half. Minato, Madara, Izuna, Shisui, Kushina, and Naruto all stood within the room of the counsel and feudal lord. Snapping his fan open and closed, he hummed as Minato then spoke boldly, "Feudal Lord, I am here to request Sakura Namikaze Uchiha's release. She was a one of the few key players within the Fourth Great Ninja War. In all honesty... we couldn't have won without her around."
The feudal lord scowled softly, "You want me to give you MY permission to release that EVIL child from imprisonment!?" Narrowing his sky blue orbs, Minato clenched his fists tightly, "That so called "evil" child just so happens to be MY child. Now, I have brought many witnesses for you to hear their plea as well." The feudal lord's face then scrunched up slightly, "Is it not true that Namikaze-Uchiha, Sakura and Uchiha, Madara engaged within their own battle afterwards BECAUSE of her!? I also heard both were severely wounded!"
Izuna then sweat dropped heavily and internally laughed, 'Oh geez, if only he had seen the damage himself!' - "Yes, that did happen to be the case. However, we resolved any issues that we had once held within that one battle," the moody male spoke honestly and almost dryly as he folded his arms across his chest. Kushina then nodded, "Yeah! It was just a bunch of teenagers... being... teenagers! You understand how hormones work, ya know!?" This made Madara's face almost immediately turn bright red with how DIRTY she had just made it sound.
"Is that so? So, is she with child then?" The feudal lord asked in a teasing manner as he snapped his fan open. Right then and there, Madara ACTUALLY fainted. Izuna rolled his eyes and caught his older brother before gravity decided to not be on his side and began to fan a hand over his face, "I... um... think you have painted the wrong picture Kushina..."
The redhead almost instantly slapped her hand over her mouth and abruptly shook her head, "NO! I MEANT THAT IT WAS JUST KIDS BEING KIDS! THEY BICKER AND FIGHT TO PROVE THEMSELVES, YA KNOW!?" Minato slapped his palm over his face as Shisui then finally stepped forward, "My lord, to be blunt with you..."
Shisui's face then darkened considerably and almost ground his teeth together out of sheer anger and resentment towards this man that was now denying the precious pinkette her freedom before he even considered to continue his train of thoughts for all to hear, "You wouldn't even be alive if she had not been there to help release you from the Infinite Tsukuyomi. There was NO alternative course of action that we could even consider at the time due to the dire circumstances. Also, we were informed that it WAS the only path that we could take to save ALL lives; the sage of six paths told us that himself."
Clenching his fist even tighter now, Shisui's face then became terrifying, "Hell, she even brought Lord Fourth back from the dead when normally, that is an assured death for the caster! Normally, the caster that actually uses the Geddo Art of Rinne Rebirth forfeits their own life in order to bring others back to life."
Smirking now due to knowing that the feudal lord to the Land of Fire was all too greedy and only thought about himself, Shisui then securely folded his arms across his chest as he continued his little speech, "However, Sakura is special. Her life does NOT fade after using it! Maybe you could strike a deal with her to bring you back to life after your passing. You would be reanimated to look as your younger self once more and then Sakura would use Rinne Rebirth to breath life back into your body. However, by doing so, you must release Sakura from prison. If she were in prison and you died, how could she possibly help...?" A ninja must always see through deception...
Nodding his head that the claims Shisui made did sound worthwhile, not to mention beneficial, made him finally snap his fan to close and place his fingers at the tip of the fan, "I will consider your claims. However, I will come to a decision at a later date. Can we all agree to this?" Naruto then stepped forward, "How can you just dismiss someone who saved the WORLD, ya know!? Shisui-sensei has made many valuable points and has even offered to basically make you IMMORTAL!"
Placing a finger against his chin and thinking about what Shisui of Teleportation had just claimed, the feudal lord's eyes then snapped open wide, "WAIT! Did you just claim that Sakura Namikaze Uchiha was the one who brought Lord Forth back to life... AND DID NOT DIE!?" All of them merely nodded as if this were such a simple prospect to comprehend, the feudal lord snapped his fan open, "Minato, you will go to your daughter and ask her if she accepts the deal to bring me back to life any time that I should pass. If she refuses, then she stays in prison. Can we agree to THOSE terms?"
All knew that the pinkette would never go for it, yet nodded their heads and sighed heavily. Walking out of the feudal lord's office, all then sighed as Kushina groaned softly, "Sakura will never go for that deal, ya know...?" Minato then nodded, "I know that far too well Kushina. Sakura doesn't like gambling with her life and honestly, the only reason she pulled it off last time was because Naruto kept her soul in check with an immense amount of Kurama's chakra added onto her own. I mean, what if he calls on her out of the blue one day and none of us are there to lend her extra chakra...?" That was something that none of them wanted to think about.
Shisui then tilted his head up towards the sky, "That's my little sister all right. She won't give in to a silly gesture such as that just for her own freedom. It would be no different than selling her soul to accomplish absolutely nothing. She would rather stay behind bars for the rest of her life instead of that. However, something has been troubling me..."
Izuna then peered towards his sensei, "Huh? What is troubling you sensei?" Shisui then gained a deep frown, "Sakura's left eye has yet to change back. It will only shift into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan... but not her emerald eye. With her reputation and being infamous... she will become a high target for other shinobi's. Whether it be for power, greed, or anything else of that nature. Especially if she is always within the village gates. Meaning, that the Leaf Village will constantly be under attack from foreign lands or just rogue shinobi."
Naruto groaned softly, "Man, that is just what we need, ya know? Sakura finally comes back home and then we force her out to travel the world as if she is not welcome within the Leaf Village. It's no different from the times that I spent traveling with Pervy-sage just so that the Akatsuki could never pinpoint my location, ya know? It's... just sad..."
Madara had finally woken up and walked with a firm and stern gaze fixed upon his regal features, "I will have to agree with you on that one, Naruto. It will be almost as if we are kicking her out of her birth village just because she has abilities that far exceeds even the sage of six paths power. However, I could see this being the major issue, because Sakura would never go for this proposition. No matter how much we begged or pleaded, she will always say no."
Sighing heavily and rolling his shoulders around in a circle so that his shoulder blades would give off a rough crack, he then continued with his little speech the moment he placed his hands upon his hips to also gaze upon the blue sky with brows that had become slightly furrowed over the topic at hand, "Should she actually agree, then she would be obligated to bring one person back from the death over and over again for as long as she lives. I do not believe that she would want to live a life such as that... and I shall not allow her to feel such sorrows ever again." All were in agreement with that statement as they continued back to the village.
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Holding a hand of cards, the pinkette angrily tossed them down with her arms folded before huffing, "HARU, WHY WOULD YOU ASK ME TO PLAY CARDS IF YOU KNOW THAT I AM NOT EVEN CAPABLE OF SEEING THE CARDS!?" Miharu felt so dumbfounded at this woman's luck. This was the thirty-fifth game they had "attempted" to play and each time she threw her hand down, he knew she won.
Chuckling as he set down his cards, those chuckles turned into full blown fits of laughter, "WELL DAMN PRETTY GIRL! THAT'S THE THIRTY-FIFTH GAME THAT I HAVE LOST!" The pinkette felt so flabbergasted at this point that it even wasn't funny, making her frown softly, "Haru, you don't have to lie to me, ya know...?" Miharu then gained an unseen dry look plastered upon his face, "Have I ever lied to you, pretty girl?" Scoffing lightly and folding her arms, Sakura then mused, "Yes. You always call me pretty girl... and that right there, is a lie." Even if she could tell that he wasn't lying to her, within her mind, she always felt as if he were.
Abruptly, arms circled around her waist due to Miharu shifting to sit behind her and holding the pinkette close, "Time for your eye examination." Unknowingly rolling her eyes, she merely nodded once her muscles relaxed. Slowly and tenderly, he removed her blindfold and her bangs bangs on the left side of her face cascaded over her left eye.
Moving in front of the pink haired prisoner, Miharu almost... lovingly... brushed her bangs to the side so that her, as he called it, Rinne-Sharingan, to slowly open and gaze at his handsome face. He stared into her eyes for the longest time and eventually gave off a dreaded sigh before scolding the eye itself, "Ugh! Eye, go back to normal!" This made the pinkette giggle softly until an abrupt and harsh throat clearing could be heard, yet neither turned their gaze away from one another until that throat clearing became LOUD.
Snapping her head to the side, Sakura's face turned bright red the moment she witnessed Shisui smirking at the doorway before placing a single hand on his hip and raising the opposing hand as a greeting, "Yo!" A single emerald orb sparkled brilliantly and immediately attempted to rush to him, but the restraints that had been on her for a year and a half held her back.
A sigh was then released from her lips as she slowly lowered herself back onto her bed with her sparkling orbs dull once again. Motioning for Miharu to GET THE FUCK OUT, he did as he was told and rushed out before Shisui sat behind her and tenderly began to stroke her long locks as his chipper tone rang out, "You got a haircut! You look so beautiful sis!" Not a word as perusuall... Frowning at this, Shisui gave an exasperated sigh, "Your dad, mom, half-brother, Madara, Izuna and myself all just got back from seeing the feudal lord."
Tilting her head back slowly, Shisui knew he had peaked her interest at that point - causing him to chuckle softly as he continued to stroke her long bubblegum colored tresses while speaking, "Well... erm..." the look of hope that the pinkette now gave him made him swallow harshly, "He will release you from prison for a...erm...price. He says if you revive him any time he is to die, then you will be free to go."
BINGO! All she had to do was just DISAPPEAR. Then she could NEVER be called upon to revive this self centered bastard. Internally nodding at her plan, she then smiled, "Sure!" Sakura then gave a smile that would fool the sage of six paths himself. Shisui gave one HELL of a dumbfounded expression, "But-I-Sakura-you!?" All she could do was nod as if she were telling the godforsaken truth at this point, "Mm?" This was just too good to be true, so the shinobi of teleportation lightly chuckled, "Another vanishing act, huh?"
The hurt held within her eyes was all-too apparent at that point as she glanced down, "I need time to look at the world with my own eyes now that they are finally open, big brother..." He could completely understand that logic, so he nodded and tilted his head toward Miharu, "Hey, Sakura's discharge paperwork has come in... right?"
Miharu peered towards Shisui and nodded, "Yeah. Them came a bit earlier. All Sakura has to do is sign the paperwork. Is she ready?" Shisui merely gave a nod and Miharu then walked forward with the keys to unchain the sealing stone that restricted any use of her chakra and undid all four after the pinkette effectively signed it all. Watching her freely stand made him lonely and he immediately leaned down to place a kiss on her diamond baring forehead, "Come back and see me sometime, all right pretty girl?" The pinkette nodded and smiled, "I will. Please take care of my big brother, Haru." Giving her a nod, he then chuckled, "Ah, don't worry. Asura will be fine."
Shisui now walked outside of the prison holding the looked that screamed 'ah, dammit... I knew this was going to happen' and all faces immediately fell until a single scolding was was heard, "Big brother, stop teasing them! I need you to take me clothes shopping. Sound good?" All eyes sparkled with tears and Minato immediately dashed forward and lifted his beautiful daughter into his arms.
Madara looked down and frowned softly, "I'm going to take a walk..." Izuna nodded his head, knowing what his big brother was thinking all too well... considering he was currently thinking the same thing. Shisui was about to answer until the Fourth Hokage did, "You're pulling a vanishing act again, aren't you...?"
How in the HELL was everyone reading her so damn well!? Sighing, the pinkette instantly took the hand of the teleporter and began to drag him to the clothing store. Entering, he bought her all of the cloaks and black traveling capes she needed, along with shorts, pants, and undergarments. Smiling softly as she slung the traveling cloak over her body, the two were at the village gates and Shisui then scolded softly, "Don't forget to come home once in a while. You know that we love you... right?" Sakura gave a gentle laugh and nodded, "No problem."
Keeping her bangs covering her left eye, she gave Shisui a tight hug and turned before walking away. Once she was far enough away, the pinkette heard a voice call out to her, "And might I ask where you are going?" Snapping her head to the side, Sakura witnessed Madara leaned up against a tree with his eyes closed. "Oh, you know, just a bit of traveling," she chuckled softly as she approached him before coming to a halt right in front of his body.
"Then you shall be needing this," he exclaimed and blushed softly, only for her to look down and realize that he had KEPT her headband this entire time. It looked exactly like Itachi's with a way a sharp cut ran through the Leaf Village symbol. Peering up, Sakura chuckled softly, "You kept my headband?" Madara pushed off of the tree with a blush and placed it within her hands before raising a single hand to lightly grasp her chin before leaning down to place his lips to her own.
Leaning away after a short lived moment, he then brushed her bangs away from her face to see her Rinnegan and softly whispered, "Do be sure to come back to me... you beautiful little fool..." All she could do was gently nod at him before making a jab at him, "You know I will, because you're too much of a crybaby without me." Scrunching his face, Madara then tilted his face away, folded his arms, and huffed. Chuckling at his pouting, Sakura then brought up a single hand to lightly grasp his chin and get on her tiptoes to press her lips to his own - effectively shocking him slightly, but securely took hold of her body within his arms to pull her closer.
A voice clearing their throat could be heard and Izuna slapped his hand over his mouth considering he had been hiding in his Susano'o this entire time to conceal his presence. Stepping away from Madara, Sakura then tied her headband around her belt and called out to Izuna... just to tick Madara off, "HEY IZUNA, WANNA COME WITH ME?"
Watching this man's arms tighten and his face gain a scowl, Sakura then chuckled the moment Izuna dropped his vanish and rushed to her, "Yeah! Can I please come with you!?" Lifting her hand as if unsure, she then chuckled softly, "As your brother." - "HELL NO!" Madara blurted out without even thinking, yet Izuna smirked, "Too damn bad. I'm going to pull a Sakura on you." Lifting his brow as if puzzled, Izuna's Susano'o formed and smirked, "NOW VANISH!"
Madara was now throwing one of his famed temper tantrums as Izuna leaned in and pressed his lips to her own, making her chuckle and pat his chest, "Sorry Izuna, I love your brother. You can blame him for being so damned hard headed." His face instantly fell, "But Sakura, you haven't done ANY training in a year and a half... I want you to teach me and help me grow stronger while I get the honors of protecting your ass." Izuna snickered as he grasped at the pinkette's backside and she effectively clobbered him upside the head, "KEEP YOUR DAMN HANDS TO YOURSELF!"
Jumping out of Izuna's Susano'o blushing furiously, Sakura then waved to Madara, "See yah... my first and only love..." Before Madara could turn his head, the pinkette vanished and was now far down the road. Stretching as she walked, her Rinnegan darted from side to side almost nervously. She hadn't been out of that cell in a year in a half and that right there was making her slightly nervous. Izuna had been right... she hadn't done any training and her muscles felt slightly weak for any average shinobi of her caliber. Well, this she needed to fix as she traveled.
Four months later, Sakura sat against a tree while eating lunch and tilted her head up to peer at the sky almost sadly. It only took her four months to get her back in peek condition and now she just traveled aimlessly. Staying out of the feudal lord's reach was fantastic and all, but she began to wonder if she even did the right thing by signing that contract and just vanishing the way she had.
In no way did she feel all that guilty for THAT aspect. What she felt guilty for was leaving everyone she cared about to clean up her mess that she had most definitely created. Mostly... she just missed Madara. Her bangs finally slid away from her Rinnegan only to notice one of Saina's ink birds that carried a message within. Grabbing a blank scroll, Sakura hastily rolled it out and the bird landed to form the message... only for her eyes to widen. 'Hey honey, I just wanted to invite you to a special event! Madara is getting married within the month, so be sure to drop by! -Love, your dad'
Ah, fuck this shit. Standing, the pinkette began to make her way back to the village. It would take a little less than a month to get there anyway as long as she walked at human based pace. Packing all of her things up as she walked, Sakura pushed her bangs back into place over her left eye that REFUSED her natural eye color. Her thigh long locks flutters gently behind her and immediately peered down, obviously NOT paying attention to where she was going when she ran into someone's rock solid body.
Peering up at the three ANBU men that stood in front of her, a hand was placed on one of their hips as the other raised his hand freely. Oh, without him saying a word, she knew exactly who this was thanks to messy mop of short black locks, "Hey Shisui," she spoke, not even giving him a chance for his normal greeting - making him softly whine, "Not cool Sakura. NOT COOL!" The pinkette rolled her eyes and placed one of her hands on her hips and raised her other hand to mimic the male of teleportation before speaking out, "Yo!"
Ripping his mask off of his face, completely flustered at this point, Shisui then hid his face by shoving it between the pinkette's breasts and whining. Rolling her eyes, Sakura began to lightly pet his hair, making him relax and slump against her form - obviously overly exhausted. Activating her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan with a glare, the pinkette growled angrily, "WHY IS HE SO EXHAUSTED!?" The other two men held up their hands defensively, yet a long ebony ponytail playfully swung out from behind one of their backs, "Izuna..."
Chuckling, he took off his mask, "Your dad wanted you home... like, right now." Looking towards the silent male, she honestly knew who this was immediately, "Hey Sasuke." Raising a hand lightly to her, he then took his mask off, "How have you been doing Sakura?" All she could do was nod, "Fine, I suppose." Sighing softly, she picked Shisui up and began to carry him on her back while he began to nuzzle his face into her hair, "Mm... Sakura... you smell good..." This only made the pinkette chuckle as she began to dart towards the village, dumbfounding Izuna and Sasuke as they raced to catch up to her.
It would be a little less than a month, she said... Grumbling was all she could do as she came to a screeching halt at the front gate while Shisui drooled on her shoulder, completely asleep from being overworked. Walking into the village that she had grown up in, many people began to wave and some spoke suspiciously about her.
Ignoring everything and everyone, Sakura walked STRAIGHT to the Hokage's Tower and did NOT knock before entering while STILL carrying the drooling male on her back. Minato looked up from his paperwork and began to blink rapidly and rub at his eyes as if he were dreaming, "S-Sakura?" Lifting her pink based brows, the pinkette then nodded, "Who in the hell else would I be?" - "Maybe a pirate? I don't know," Minato replied dryly with before peering at Shisui drooling on her shoulder and making some of her hair stick to his mouth. All the Fourth Hokage could do was chuckle softly.
The pink haired kunoichi then scowled and huffed out, "Dad, seriously? You've been overworking him, Izuna, and Sasuke, haven't you!?" Scratching the back of his messy blonde locks, his head then perked up like a puppy, "Sakura... you might want to move..." Moving out of the way of the door, it finally flung open, "I HEARD SAKURA WAS BACK! I'LL BET SHE'S SO BEAUTIFUL NOW, YA KNOW!?"
Kushina's hollering made the pinkette sweat drop and cleared her throat, only for the redhead to turn around, only for the pink haired little lady to place a single finger over her lips to silence her, "Mom, Shisui's exhausted! I got here before Izuna and Sasuke, so I'm going to take him home and watch over him for a bit. I know him far too well... he won't let go of me now."
Giving no room for anyone to complain or beg to differ, Sakura walked out of the office and began to head towards the Uchiha district whenever Izuna and Sasuke both appeared with their hands on their knees while gasping for air, "GOD DAMN SAKURA! YOU COULD HAVE WARNED US OR, YOU KNOW, WAITED FOR US!" Shrugging her shoulders, she then replied in a monotone voice, "You're welcome for the training." Brushing by the two, Sakura then made it to Shisui's apartment and Izuna pulled him off of her, only to place him in bed.
Holding his hand out to her with a smile, Sakura couldn't help but smile back as she walked forward and took his hand within her own. As the two walked, Izuna lazily peered to her to notice the ugly scar she held on her side from the battle she held with his older brother- wait... he could see skin. Lifting a brow, Izuna then snickered, "I'll make sure to check inside that cloak of yours when we get home."
Black tube tops with the Uchiha clan symbol on the back became one of her most favorite things to wear other than the black traveling cape she adorned. Reaching Izuna and Madara's home, Sakura slightly hesitated, yet allowed herself to simply give up on that dream as she walked inside of the home once Izuna gave her a slight tug. A YOUNG girl then popped her head out and waved, "Welcome home Izuna!" Slightly nodding his head as if not giving a fuck, he then brushed by her, "Yup." It was obvious that Izuna did not like her at all.
Opening his door, the long haired raven then walked into the room and closed the door, "Geez... I feel like I could sleep for a month..." he claimed as he peeled his ANBU gear off, only to keep his pants on. Turning he witnessed Sakura tapping her chin lightly before blinking rapidly, "Was that Izumi!?" Izuna gave an unfortunate nod, "Yeah, unfortunately."
Plopping onto his back, Sakura figured it was show and tell time. He showed her his most glorious body, so, she should do the same. Unbuttoning her cloak and letting it fall to the ground, Sakura then peeled her tube top off - making the Uchiha crack an eye open as she got onto the bed. Slamming his eyes shut and his heart rate now out of control, the pinkette then giggled as she snuggled up close to Izuna and pressing her body tightly to his. In all honesty, she was beyond exhausted and never really slept well.
"Izuna... don't forget to take your hair out of its ponytail..." she mumbled softly, making him reach behind him and tug his long locks free. Pulling his blanket over the two of them, both fell asleep rather quickly and the pinkette wrapped a single hand around to lightly stroke at the back of his neck as her gentle breaths assaulted his skin.
Madara just finished one of his epic verbal battles against Izumi and now needed to vent. Considering Izuna had come DURING their fight, they began to yell in hushed tones to allow his brother to get some much needed rest. Sighing heavily as he pushed a single gloved hand through his spiky mane, the moody male then opened his little brother's door and walked in... only for his eyes to widen at Sakura finally being home and even worse, she was home in his little brother's bed.
He looked at how perfect she was in every little aspect. The way her face seemed so gentle and peaceful, the way her long locks were splayed over the two like an angel, her silky skin... everything. Figuring she had a top on, he walked over and scooped her up against his bare chest - effectively scaring the shit out of the sleeping beauty so badly that she brought her fist up alarmingly fast to slam into his cheek and sending him flying against the wall. Pushing himself up while groaning and rubbing his head, Madara then snapped, "SAKURA THAT HURT DAMMIT! YOU FINALLY COME HOME AND WHERE DO I FIND YOU!? SLEEPING HALF NAKED AGAINST IZUNA!"
Through some sort of miracle, Izuna actually managed to stay asleep through another epic verbal battle. Clenching her fist tightly, Sakura then yelled furiously, "WHY IN THE HELL ARE YOU IN HERE!?" Oh you know, it might be the fact that he LIVES here. That's just my professional opinion, don't put too much stock in my words though.
Now, the arguing did not wake Izuna... oh no, that would have been more preferable. Sulking up to Madara, the still half naked pinkette then rammed her fist against him so hard that he flew into the hallway through the wall - making the exhausted long haired raven shoot up with bloodshot orbs as he witnessed one pissed off pink haired lass sulk out into the hallway. About to call out to her so that she would stop due to the way she was dressed, he quickly zipped his lips. He honestly did NOT feel like dying today.
Izumi rushed out into the hallway to see the most beautiful woman she had ever seen within her entire life. The problem was, that same beauty was half naked with her soon to be HUSBAND! Storming up to the pinkette, Izumi placed her hands on her hips, "HEY, THAT IS MY SOON TO BE HUSBAND THAT YOU ARE FUCKING WITH!" Almost instantly, Sakura did not realize her bangs were away from her left eye while giving the brunette one hell of a scary 'DOES IT LOOK LIKE I FUCKING CARE' expression.
Grabbing Madara by his long locks and dragging him to his room, she then accidentally hurled him so hard that he slammed through the wall and landed outside groaning - oh whoops. Sitting up, Madara scowled, "DAMMIT ALL TO HELL! STOP BREAKING THE WALLS OF MY HOUSE SAKURA!"
Lightbulb. Sassy mouth NOT needed sir. Grabbing one of Madara's cloaks and angrily yanked her arms through the sleeves due to now remembering the little fact that she was half naked, Sakura merely pulled her arms through and left it open as she stormed outside and smirked, "What's wrong Madara? Losing your skill due to me being half naked...?" The devious gleam she now held shined brightly within her two toned orbs as she leaned forward for him to fully see her bare chest... and oh man, did he STARE.
Motioning to her body and grinning, her cocky attitude then pushed the man further, "Because I want you to remind yourself... that you just lost all god given rights to touch what you are currently seeing. You would need Izuna's permission." Izuna lifted a brow as he stood in the doorway chuckling at this, "Um, no he cannot touch. Come here."
Just to torture the poor man, Sakura traced her index finger below his chin and lightly pushed up to close his gaped mouth before snapping around and rushing to Izuna, whom caught her hips and turned his head back to give a 'VICTORY' smirk towards his elder brother. AH, HELL NAH!
Madara shoved himself off of the ground and watched as Sakura grinned at Izumi as she easily shedded Madara's top, only for her to stare at how perfect this pink haired woman was. Izuna groaned softly and rushed to his room to pick up one of his cloaks, only to rush back out and completely FREEZE. Izumi placed Sakura's breasts within her hands and lightly squeezed, "HOW ARE THEY SO PERFECT!?" Yo, if this girl kept this up, she'd be using Izuna until he ran dry. Placing her hands on the pinkette's rock hard, but soft and smooth abdomen, her hands began to slide down.
SHE NOW HAD A PROBLEM. Turning bright red, Sakura then bolted to Izuna and grasped his wrist before running to a spare bedroom and closed the door. Pressing her body tightly to the long haired raven's bare chest, she motioned for his towering frame to come closer. Blinking rapidly, as if confused, Izuna leaned forward - only for Sakura to place her hands on his broad shoulders and jump to wrap her thighs tightly around his waist.
Slamming her lips to his, Izuna blindly reached back in the attempts to lock the door but was failing miserably. Sakura then opened her eyes and pulled away, only to snicker, "Let's play a joke on your brother." Oh, he KNEW where this was going and he was GAME, "Hell yeah!" No matter how old Izuna and Sakura got, the two were continuous masterminds at royally fucking Madara's inner psyche over. The temper tantrums this man always threw were the most fun part of mind-fucking process... not to mention it was SO easy to succeed.
Walking inside of the home grumbling about this and that, Madara's muscles almost instant stiffened up due to hearing Sakura's moans jingle out. Oh, they locked the door this go around and had their backs leaned against the door TRYING to not burst into laughter as the pinkette began to bump the door in a teasing manner with her backside.
Izuna had to lean down to place his bright red face that threatened laughter at any moment between his knees. Trying not to burst into laughter was the worst of it as Izuna groaned loudly to catch Madara's attention. Oh, his attention had been caught twenty years prior. Sakura slapped her hand over her mouth and softly snickered as she feigned a rather sensual and downright DIRTY moan that even caught Izuna's attention. Oh, he was not going to let her FUCK Izuna. Hell no. Not today, not tomorrow, not next year, NOT NEXT CENTURY! NEVER!
Raising his foot, the moody male kicked in the door and flung Sakura right on top of Izuna. Sitting up on him, the pinkette rubbed her skull and looked down to see the long haired raven's flustered expression, only to lean down and press her chest against his, "I~zu~na..." she whispered in his ear softly before giggling.
"DAMN YOU TWO! HOW LONG WILL THE BOTH OF YOU CONTINUE TO BEHAVE LIKE CHILDREN!?" Madara roared angrily, realizing that the two master mind-fucker's had been screwing with his brain... AGAIN. Pressing her elbow onto Izuna's chest and propping her head up, she snickered, "Who said we were playing? Look at the position we are in." Oh, Izuna's face was simply priceless with how bright red it became. Now she tortured TWO men. Not just one man. Knowing her antics far too well, the long haired raven pulled his gloves off and reached around to paw at her firm backside.
Madara had no clue at this point if they had been serious or merely fucking with him. Izuna fanned his brother out and grudgingly, he left... only for the both of them to begin dying of laughter. Slamming the door back open with a pissed off expression, the moody male walked to the pinkette and released a sharp 'tsk' before lifting her flailing form into his own arms, yet Izuna was up in a flash and grasped his brother's arm tightly, "Leave us alone big brother. I'll be getting an apartment soon and she will be moving in with me so that she DOES have a home to come back to."
One month later and Sakura sat in her and Izuna's new apartment groaning, "WHY DIDN'T I LABEL ANY OF THE BOXES!?" Slumping her shoulders in defeat, Sakura sighed heavily and leaned her head back to stare at the ceiling. Hearing a knock come to the door, the pinkette fixed Izuna's black Uchiha branded t-shirt on her body and pulled on a pair of shorts before walking to the door and opening it to see Izuna, only to begin laughing at him, "Don't tell me you lost your key already!"
Peering his orbs down, Izuna ruffled his spiky hair slightly, "Not this time. Madara STOLE my key." Lifting a brow at this, she chuckled softly, "I'll get it back. Start unpacking, I'll be right back!" Running out of the house wearing no shoes, Izuna couldn't help but laugh at her. The two had known each other since they were children... and she didn't like wearing shoes THEN either. Smiling softly as he opened a single box, he pulled out a picture of Sakura and himself, only to blink rapidly, "WHY DIDN'T SHE LABEL ANY OF THE BOXES!?"
Running and skidding to a stop, she witnessed Madara twirling Izuna's stolen key around his finger. How she knew it was Izuna's? His key had an Uchiha crest keychain with his name engraved inside of it. Rushing up to the moody male, Sakura slammed her fist into the back of his head and snatched Izuna's key back, "STOP STEALING IZUNA'S KEY! THAT'S THE SIXTH TIME THIS WEEK! YOU ARE GETTING MARRIED IN A FEW DAYS, NOW LET ME AND IZUNA GET ON WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP!"
Scowling at the pinkette, he grabbed the key and held it far above her head, "Ah, ah, ah... you did not ask very nicely." Gaining an extremely dry look on her face, Sakura sighed, "Sorry about this..." This confused him a LOT... well... that was until her foot swiftly connected between his legs - causing him to fall to his knees. Snatching the key back, the pinkette then leaned forward and kissed Madara's forehead, "Stop taking his key... I'll make you a copy, okay?"
His pain now seemed irrelevant as he then peered up with tear filled orbs. Sakura then frowned, "Sorry, did I kick too hard that time?" - "EVERY TIME YOU KICK MY BALLS IT'S TOO HARD!" Madara roared, only to have the pinkette slap her hand over his mouth, "HUSH, YOU DUMMY! I do need to ask you something though..." Looking her in her duo colored orbs, Sakura then frowned, "Watch over Izuna while I'm gone for a couple of months... okay?" Frowning, Madara sighed heavily, "You're about to leave again...?"
Turning her head to the side, she peered almost sadly, "Yeah, the last time I was out I actually witnessed a few Otsutsuki shrines. I'm going to track them all down to see if I can find any valuable intel." Madara merely shrugged, "Why not just take him with you? He does wield the Rinnegan too, you know." He made a good point, but this was also a journey for her to atone for any and all sins that she had committed while being a rogue shinobi, "He belongs within the village. I'll be fine. You just worry about not arguing too much to your new wife in a few days."
Madara softly grumbled over this, "Yeah, that will happen when hell freezes over..." Turning her head back and tilting her head, Sakura then shrugged and smiled, "You gotta make it work one way or another." Raising a hand, the pinkette then threaded her fingers through his long locks gently, "See you around." Just as she began to walk away... Madara then said one thing to her that actually hurt, "See you around... my first and only love..."
Walking to the store, she made a replica of her key and then made a customized keychain that mirrored Izuna's. An Uchiha crest with 'Madara' neatly engraved across it. Paying and giving her thanks, the pink haired female began to walk while staring longingly at Madara's name, only to run into Izumi while she was spending a LOT of money. Waving, Sakura smiled, "Hey Izumi." Peering over with a smile, the brunette then jogged to her while carrying a LOT of baggage that held anything and EVERYTHING that was expensive.
Looking at the bags, Sakura had to wonder... 'Is she only marrying Madara because he's the next clan leader and has a lot of money...? If that's the case... I feel sorry for him...' - "So, what brings you out here?" Sakura smiled softly and Izumi huffed, "Madara yelled at me because of how much I spend! Can you believe that!?"
Sakura had never had this problem, so all she could do was rapidly blink her eyes. In all honesty, she only shopped when it was absolutely needed. Feeling a poke to her chest, the pinkette slightly jumped, "What did you say?" Izumi laughed softly, "What has you out and about?" Shrugging, she answered politely, "Well, Madara keeps stealing Izuna's key to our apartment, so I made him a spare." Before Izumi could even have the chance to explode at her again, the pinkette brushed by her quickly, "Sorry, gotta run! Izuna and I have a LOT of unpacking to do!" With that, she bolted.
She could never miss Madara's chakra. Of course he was in her apartment. SIGH. Opening the door, she began to rapidly blink due to there no longer being ANY boxes left and her whole home was nicely organized. Pulling out Izuna's key, she whistled softly to gain his attention before tossing his key to him. Walking through her apartment, she then walked into the spare bedroom to see the moody male... not moody... but melancholy as he stared at a picture of Sakura and his little brother together.
"Madara...?" Sakura spoke softly to not startle him as she walked in and took out a spare with the same keychain that his brother held. Smiling at her, Madara then brought her into his arms, "You beautiful little fool... thank you..." Nodding her head slightly, she then pulled away and winked, "Why not stay for dinner?" He LOVED her cooking, while Izumi was capable of burning water - so he eagerly nodded.
"HEY BABE?" - "Mhm?" - "Your brother's staying over for dinner!" - "Sounds good," Izuna's voice chuckled out as he helped his pink haired girlfriend by cutting up the meat for her. Walking out of the room, Madara swiftly pulled her back in and gently closed the door, "Madara...?" The pinkette whispered softly as he stared into her eyes. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around her and lowered his face to her own while mumbling, "Just... allow me to do this before I am unable to any longer..."
Nodding her head slightly, the moody male slowly and tenderly placed his lips to her own. His arms pulled her closer and slowly, she wrapped her arms around his neck until internally slapping herself across the face and pulling away, "You'll be fine Madara." Opening the door, Sakura then exited.
Izuna walked to the doorframe and leaned against it, "Will you stop putting my girlfriend in those awkward situations please? I'm asking you nicely big brother. She deserves to be happy too. You are about to get married, so suck it up. She's no longer your responsibility... she's now mine to take care of," turning his head, Izuna then walked away with a scowl laced on his regal and noble appearing facial features as he walked to Sakura... who now did not even remember what she had planned to cook for dinner. Izuna slowly approached her and wrapped his arms tightly around her stomach and chuckled softly within her ear, "Beef stew babe..."
...
It was the day before Madara's wedding and Sakura began to pack to leave. Turning her head, she then called out softly, "Izuna...?" Walking to the room with a puzzled expression, she then chuckled at how cute he was and grasped the back of his neck to lead him back so that he stumbled and caught himself once the two landed on their bed. Leaning up, she nuzzled his silky neck softly, "I love you, Izuna..."
Chuckling softly, yet sadly, he took her hand within his own, "Heading off again?" Frowning, she then nodded, "Yeah... sorry baby." Fanning his hand in front of his face as a way of dismissing the apology, he smirked at her, "Nah, no need to apologize. I just wish you would take me with you so that I can become even stronger... so that I'm not a burden to you." Leaning her head back onto their bed, the pinkette gave in, "Oh fine! Get packed, we are leaving today!" Izuna gained a distressed face as he spoke, "Sakura! We can't leave before Madara's wedding!" - "Says who? The clan? Traditions? Ethics? Or are you just wanting to rub it in Madara's face that I'm standing by your side?"
Well, that was hard to answer and he sighed heavily, "I'm the ring bearer Sakura..." Shrugging at this, her duo colored orbs then darted to the side in an all-too playful manner, "Then I guess you are going to have to play catch-up." Patting his bare chest playfully, he then sat up as Sakura walked to the bathroom and closed the door. Locking it, her eyes became widened at the "results" in front of her, "SHIT!"
Groaning heavily, the pinkette's head and shoulders dropped. Izuna deserved to know. Walking out of the bathroom, she then placed the pregnancy test in his hand and his onyx orbs began to sparkle with sheer and utter joy, "S-SAKURA! Y-YOU'RE PREGNANT!" He glowed happily and she couldn't be angry or frustrated at her predicament with THAT face of joy. Tilting her face to his, she brought a hand up and placed it against his cheek, "I need you to sit down babe." Sitting beside her, now clearly nervous, she then chuckled softly and took his large paw into her much smaller hand.
"Izuna, should the feudal lord call upon me while I am pregnant... the life of the child will be forfeit as a "payment" of sorts," she spoke softly and with unease. A knock then came to their front door and Izuna held up a finger as he walked to the door and took the missive. Opening it and reading, his eyes widened profoundly before he began to scowled hatefully as he closed the door, only to fall to his knees and begin angrily shouting, "DAMMIT, NO!"
Sakura rushed out and eased the missive out of his hand to see that the inevitable had arrived. Her eyes filled with tears as she ran her fingers through his long silk based locks that currently were free flowing, "I'm sorry baby..." Placing her gear on, the heart broken female darted to retrieve her half-brother. Opening the home, Sakura then yelled out, "BIG BROTHER!?" Darting down the stairs, she then handed him the missive and bit her bottom lip until blood slid down her chin. Peering up at her with a worried face, Naruto then nodded, "All right, I understand. Common sis, let's get this over with..."
On their way to the feudal lord's palace, she explained to Naruto that she was pregnant and that once she used the Geddo Art of Rinne Rebirth, the child's life would be forfeit. Naruto began to panic, "C-CAN'T MADARA OR IZUNA DO IT!?" Sakura then chuckled miserably, "If I wanted either of them to die... then yes."
Arriving at the palace, the pinkette kept her head lowered at the reanimated feudal lord walked up to her and she explained her situation, only to be scoffed at, "You SIGNED a treaty!" Sakura then narrowed her orbs at him, "Do you even comprehend how easy it would be for me to rewrite your memories!? If you should call upon me while I am pregnant EVER again, I will go back to jail and suffer... do you understand me, you girly ass prick!?" Scowling as Naruto placed a hand on her shoulder and began funneling a MASSIVE amount of chakra into her body, Sakura then clasped her hands together, "Geddo Art of Rinne Rebirth!"
Right at that moment... she was thankful Izuna hadn't tagged along... because their child had just perished and the signs of a miscarriage were soon to follow. Dropping to the floor sobbing, Naruto silently began to cry as he lifted his half-sister into his strong hold and began to carry her, "D-Don't cry sis..." Feeling his tears drip against her face just made matters that much worse.
Soon enough, Naruto took out the pinkette's apartment key and opened the door to find Izuna slamming his fist against their coffee table and barely managed to choke out, "I-Izuna...?" Snapping his head towards the blonde that was currently in tears while holding his sister... whom sobbed against his chest almost frantically. Standing up, the long haired raven now understood as to why she continued to travel. She wanted no heartbreak within her life. However, as long as she was that joker's living and breathing fountain of youth, then they would never be able to conceive a child of their own and actually hope to carry it full term without it being stolen from right under their noses.
Naruto wiped his eyes, yet the tears continued to flow, "I-I'm so sorry Izuna!" With that, the blonde haired dummy ran out of the apartment to rush to his father. He ran and ran until he reached his father's office and slammed the door open, only to terrify the genin that were currently having a mission explained to them in full detail. Peering up at his distressed son, Minato quickly dismissed the team.
Once alone, Naruto broke down, "DAD! SAKURA WAS PREGNANT AND THE FEUDAL LORD CALLED UPON HER TO PERFORM RINNE REBIRTH, YA KNOW?! SAKURA EXPLAINED TO ME THAT ANY TIME A FEMALE THAT CAN PERFORM RINNE REBIRTH WITHOUT DYING HAPPENS TO BE WITH CHILD, THE MOTHER DOES NOT SUFFER THE ULTIMATE PUNISHMENT, BUT THE UNBORN CHILD DOES!" Minato's eyes widened immensely at this and tears began to flow down his face. About to run to his daughter, his son stopped him prematurely by grasping his arm and whispering miserably, "D-Dad... let Izuna take care of her, ya know...?"
Minato's shoulders slumped slightly and nodded before Kushina rushed in, "I HEARD THAT I'M GOING TO BE A GRANDMOTHER!" Minato clenched his fists so tightly that all joints roughly popped and his knuckles turned a ghostly white, "No... you won't. Sakura had to use Rinne Rebirth... and by doing so, gave up her child's life unwillingly."
Kushina's orbs widened immensely, "Y-You're kidding. Please tell me that you're joking Minato! All because he made her sign that damn treaty for her freedom, she has RARELY been home and has NO chance to live a happy life, ya know!?" Minato nodded abruptly while speaking through clenched teeth, "Yes, I am fully aware. This is why I am going to call on Izuna. He WILL take revenge for his child! NARUTO, GO AND RETRIEVE IZUNA! GET GOING... NOW!" Jumping slightly at his father's enraged tone that he had never ONCE heard in all of his life, Naruto bolted back to the heartbroken couple's home.
Not even knocking, Naruto walked inside, "Izuna, Lord Fourth wishes to see you..." the darkness tinting the young blonde's voice was so clear that it honestly freaked the long haired raven out. Thinking that he did something wrong, he pulled on one of his Uchiha cloaks and snapped his belt clasp in front of his abdomen lazily before lacing his headband through the belt. Grabbing his short blade, he then hooked it behind his back and took Sakura's hand the moment she weakly reached up to him and whimpered out, "P-Please... Please forgive me..."
Keeping his face stern and filled to the brim with anger, he then yelled out, "FLYING RAIJIN!" Appearing within Minato's office, the Fourth Hokage then turned towards him holding one hell of a satanic facial expression as he spoke, "Izuna Uchiha, I am assigning a classified mission to you. You will go to the feudal lord's castle, place him under the HEAVIEST genjutsu you have within your arsenal, and DESTROY the contract he forced Sakura to sign for her freedom! Destroy ANY and ALL evidence that you were even there! Am I clear!?" Izuna then gave a stiff nod as his darkened tone growled out, "Yes sir..."
Rushing towards the feudal lord's castle did not take him long thanks to Sakura teaching him to become as fast as he possibly could become at this point within his life. He would be faster if he trained more, but as such, he has not had the time. Arriving at the feudal lord's castle and slowly approaching with his head lowered, two guards ran up to the royally pissed off Uchiha male as his head snapped up with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan AND Rinnegan activated, "GET OUT OF MY WAY," he snarled out viciously and placed a heavy based genjutsu over both, making it seem as if he had never even been there.
Each step he took, he began to notice blood stains from where his girlfriend had, had her miscarriage and now... NOW he would make this man pay for crimes against his UNBORN child. Each guard was placed under a heavy genjutsu as he walked further in - baring a look of complete and utter hatred.
Finding the filing cabinet rather easily, he used his lightning style to pick the lock and slide the drawer open - only to swiftly fan through all documents and memorize them. An all-too familiar girly male voice was then heard as he found the pinkette's documents AND the poorly hidden copies of the same paperwork. The feudal lord rubbed his eyes as Izuna stood in front of this man smirking as if he were the devil, making the feudal lord gasp, "Hey! Those are my documents for Sakura Namikaze Uchiha," he whined and threw a temper tantrum while ordering his closest guard to attack.
Izuna's grin only widened and darkened as the male ran into the room with a puzzled expression and spoke honestly, "My lord? No one is even here..." The feudal lord then peered back at the Uchiha male to see one crimson eye shining brightly, while his other orb shimmered a bright pastel purple. No one had ANY clue Izuna was even there... except for the feudal lord.
"You know... I am in the ANBU, but even so... I DO UNDERSTAND AND GIVE A DAMN WHEN I TAKE THE LIFE OF AN INNOCENT. YOU STOLE THE LIFE OF MY CHILD ALL BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT WAIT NINE MONTHS FOR THE CHILD TO BE BORN! I WOULD HAVE GLADLY LET SAKURA REVIVE YOU AFTER THE BIRTH OF OUR CHILD, BUT YOU STOLE HIS OR HER FUTURE DUE TO YOUR SELFISH DESIRES," Izuna's face only continued to darken at that point and held up his index finger with a flame flicking off of the tip, only to watch the feudal lord to begin despairing once the papers began to burn up.
Lowering his head and pulling his blade out, the long haired raven then dashed forward to the feudal lord. The moment the terrified and spoiled man took a step back, Izuna smirked, "Ah, ah, ah... I wouldn't move if I were you..." Taking a step back and sheathing his blade, he then snapped his fingers at the other guards, "GUARDS, INTRUDER! IF YOU FIND HIM, KILL HIM ON SIGHT!" The guards then nodded at Izuna, thinking HE was the feudal lord. All guards turned towards this terrified male and unsheathed their blades, "You will know what I have gone through all because of your greed," his evil tone rang out as his two different toned orbs narrowed dangerously.
Cleaning up all remaining chakra of his, Izuna then snapped his finger and growled out spitefully, "Shred the intruder to unrecognizable pieces..." With that, Izuna began to walk away before darting back towards Konoha. He was so happy that Lord Fourth gave him the opportunity at revenge for his unborn child.
Madara had heard alright. All though the child had not been of his own creation, he knew deep within his heart that Sakura would most definitely be blaming herself for what had happened. Unlocking Izuna and Sakura's apartment door, the - for once - saddened male then entered through the door, only to witness the pinkette curled up on the floor while sobbing.
Right at that moment, Madara's heart tightly clenched as he forced his legs to begin moving forward. Once behind the pinkette, Madara lowered his body to sit on the ground and gently pulled this precious female to his chest. All she could honestly think about at that moment was how much pain her heart was now going through as her arms wrapped around his neck to press her body tightly to his own - only to press her orbs to the silkiness that his neck possessed to begin sobbing all over again. He could feel all of her hurt, all of her pain, and all of her suffering. At that moment, he knew that this is what hell felt like.
Holding her tightly, Sakura then sobbed out in one of the most miserable tones, "IT'S ALL MY FAULT, MADARA!" Stroking her hair gently, he then lightly shook his head as he pulled away to cup her face within the comfort of his palms, "Do not believe for even a moment that any of this was YOUR fault. Do believe me when I say this... that man will get what is coming to him."
She loved him so much... why couldn't she just say three words? Oh right... he was to be MARRIED tomorrow. Slowly, he leaned in and pressed his forehead to her own... causing her Rinnegan orb to shift back to emerald without anyone ever noticing. Softly chuckling with his eyes closed, he then leaned up and pressed his lips to the diamond held on her forehead, "You beautiful little fool..." He actually felt her nod at this, shocking the hell out of him as she spoke softly, "Any time you believed I was going to die, you would say to me "come back to me... you beautiful little fool". You've always hated the thought of having to picture yourself standing at a gravesite for me..."
Blushing heavily now and not knowing what to say, he darted his onyx orbs away. Sakura sadly chuckled at this and placed her head over the safety his heart held for her, "Believe me... I've always known, Madara. The first time I heard you speak those words is when I was eight years old. It was a few months after we had initially met and I was being reckless at the lake."
::Flashback::
"SAKURA, NO!" Madara fumed and blushed heavily. The two had been joined at the hip since the day they had met. Rolling her emerald hues and huffing, the tiny pinkette placed her hands on her hips in the attempts to be sassy, "WHY NOT!?" Madara couldn't help but snicker at her. She looked TOO damned cute as of now and it was cracking him up.
Puffing her cheeks out, the pinkette then gasped and pointed behind the bossy young boy, "OH MY GOD!" He fell for it like an IDIOT! The moment he snapped his head around, Sakura darted towards the lake and jumped in. Turning around with his eyes closed, he released a gentle sigh, "What are you even talking about Sakura?" Silence... Okay, she had given him the silent treatment for the max of seven minutes. Maybe she would break her record this time. Leaning back on his arms with his eyes still closed, they swiftly snapped open the moment he heard her screaming, "M-MADARA!"
At that moment, his eyes flew open to watch her head fall below the tops of the water and stood up abruptly before nervously mumbling, "Come on Sakura... don't play with me..." His hands fidgeted nervously and ripped his cloak off after thirty seconds before gracefully diving into the water.
Allowing the water to settle for a moment, his orbs snapped about anxiously until finding her at the bottom of the lake. The dummy didn't know that there was a HUGE drop off and the panicked young man finally reached her and pulled her to the surface. Swimming to the shore, he placed her body down to notice that she wasn't breathing. Pinching the bridge of her nose, Madara then leaned down and began to blow air and chakra alike into her system before pressing on her chest four times in a row.
Lifting her body in his arms, he roughly slammed his palm onto her back twice and began to cry against her neck. Her eyes were now open and rapidly blinking whenever she felt his tears and her gaze instantly softened. About to tell him that she was alright, her body slightly froze the instant he spoke in a shaky tone, "C-Come back to me... y-you beautiful little fool..." Right then and there, his Sharingan finally awakened.
At this point, he was basically squishing her and she began to roughly cough up water onto his shoulder, "M-Madara... y-you're squishing me!" Pulling back and looking at her with his crimson orbs, Sakura squealed and tackled him to the ground, "MADARA! YOUR SHARINGAN AWAKENED! SO COOL!" Chuckling at her choice of wording as she wiped his eyes before she laid her head against his chest, "You're the best... I mean it. Thank you for worrying about me so much." Peering down at the serene face she now adorned, he didn't even attempt to move her as his arms circled around her waist to hold this precious little lady close.
::End Of Flashback::
Just as he snapped out of it, Sakura was tightly holding onto him as if he were a muscular teddy bear. He continued to run his fingers through her hair and hummed softly until freezing at three words she spoke, "I love you..." - 'I just can't have you...' Her emeralds orbs saddened and her left eye returned to her Rinnegan orb.
Right then and there, the door to the apartment door opened and a heavy and angered sigh was released. Tilting his head towards the door to his frozen little brother, Madara then waved, "Welcome back Izuna. I do hope that your mission was a success. I heard what happened to Sakura and had to make sure she was alright." Izuna walked up to his older brother with a darkened facial expression making the elder of the two slightly nervous. He knew at heart, his younger brother was as sweet as they got... but make him snap and he becomes a living devil.
Izuna swiftly reached down and tightly grasped the pinkette's arm that actually was doing her harm. Hearing her cry out in pain was the last thing he had wanted to hear, considering his face slightly twisted in pain, "I-Izuna, you're hurting Sakura," Madara yelled out in a slightly panicked tone. At that moment, Izuna reached into Madara's pocket and yanked out his spare key before hurling it down the hallway, "I warned you didn't I, big brother? She's no longer your responsibility. Now get OUT."
Standing, Madara gave a momentary gaze to the pinkette and all she could feel were his thoughts of 'RUN'. If he was actually internally screaming this, she should PROBABLY listen. Once Madara left, all she could feel was a rough punch to her face that slammed her down to the ground.
"B-BABE, STOP," Sakura yelled in a panicked tone as a bruise began to appear on her cheek. She had heard from Madara that Izuna had these... "demonic" moments and if she were around while he was in this state of mind, she would not be safe from his wrath. Izuna immediately straddled her hips and pinned her strong little fists down. Sobbing now, Sakura weakly struggled to escape her boyfriend. Due to just losing her child, she was extremely weak and vulnerable. It felt all too sudden as he continued his assault on her by repeatedly slamming his fists against her face.
Deciding to rob Madara of one of the moves he had once used against her, she swiftly grasped the collar of his shirt and slammed her forehead against his - only to wonder as to HOW Madara did that without feeling as much pain that she was now feeling. Her face was now horribly bruised and her lip and nose now dripped with blood as she straddled his hips, took his face within her gentle hold - despite the face that it now felt as if he were TRYING to make her bald - and tenderly pressed her lips to his own.
His body FINALLY began to relax after many minutes of struggling against her affection. The sparkle held within his eyes returned and his eyes widened at the state of the pinkette's face until she activated her One Hundred Healings Jutsu. Reaching up with two fingers, Sakura then poked his forehead, "Damn babe, you are scary when you turn into DEMON Izuna."
All wounds on her body now healed, she retracted her One Hundred Healings Jutsu and HAD to pay him back by roughly bitch slapping him across the face, "NEVER PLACE A HARMING HAND ON ME AGAIN, AM I CLEAR IZUNA UCHIHA!?" His head whirled to the side and his nose began to bleed slightly. Standing up, Sakura then silently turned away, only for the long haired raven to take her hand and smirk as he pulled her towards him on the ground. Somewhere in ALL of that violence, he had pulled his pants down and her underwear down.
Peering into his orbs as if unsure, Sakura then shook her head and pushed off of his member, only to make him protest and yanked her back to him, "I will be gentle babe..." This was going to stress her the fuck out... so she sighed heavily and finally nodded as he tenderly pulled her shirt off and slipped her underwear all the way off. They battled all right... they battled for dominance.
After having "fun" Sakura stood and grabbed her bag silently. Getting to the door once dressed in all of her traveling gear, she waved, "I love you babe." Smiling back at her, he nodded, "Love you too." The moment she turned her back, the long haired raven activated his Sharingan and Rinnegan, only to see that she had conceived again. Haha. Victory.
Walking out of the village, she spoke to no one as she then darted out and began walking in a rather quickened pace. Pulling her bangs over her left eye, the pinkette continued almost all day until hearing screams from a village. Darting forward, she noticed a boring group of thugs and bounced down in front of the terrified women, "Leave them alone you vermin!" Lifting a brow at the beauty in front of their very eyes, the leader motioned his head towards her until her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan came into play and the wind brushed her bangs out of her face to show her Rinnegan.
All of the men stumbled backwards, "H-Holy shit! It's you! You are the Fourth Hokage's daughter! Sakura Namikaze Uchiha! YOU ARE ONE SATANIC BITCH," one of them yelled, yet she grasped her blade, "We can do this the easy way... or the hard way... your choice..." All snapped around and ran and she shook her head to help the women up, "You guys all right?" Nodding their heads, all gained a sparkle within their eyes, "You are AMAZING!"
Blinking roughly, Sakura then sighed and turned away. Her stomach was killing her... so once she was far enough away, the pinkette placed a hand on a tree as she began to cough up stomach acid. Yum. Yeah, it wasn't too hard to figure out what was going on at that point. Leaning against the tree, tears began to fill her eyes as she whispered out, "I-Izuna you jerk..."
At the eight month mark, Sakura felt like she was dying. Resting her body for a bit, she peered up to see one of Saina's ink bird messages. Opening a scroll, the bird flew down and landed... only for her to sigh heavily. 'I know you're eight months pregnant now, come home. Oh, big brother is going to have a baby soon too! -Izuna' Great and loving letter. Just let me insert that MAJOR sarcasm card. Shaking her head and looking up at the sky sadly, a frown graced her lips, "Well... I guess I'd better listen..."
Huffing softly, her singular emerald orb flicked to the side and groaned heavily, "SHISUI, DAMMIT ALL TO HELL! YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ME FOR EIGHT MONTHS!... Hold on... SASUKE ARE YOU THERE TOO!?" Both Uchiha's chuckled as they walked out from the shadows, making her grumble, "Shisui, just pick me up and carry me home. We will get there faster if you carry me."
Nodding at this, he then walked forward and lifted her bridal style. Both Uchiha's activated their Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, only to begin squirming with delight, "Oooh Sakura, a GIRL!? Can I name her!?" Shisui pleaded, only for the pinkette to give a bland look, "HELL NO!" As they walked, they chattered about many things and noticed more Uchiha ANBU darting out the closer they got. Izuna then skidded to a stop beside Shisui and folded his arms, "Shisui hand Sakura over and QUIT groping her!
No groping was actually ongoing, so Sakura lifted Shisui's hand and placed it over her boob and squeezed it for him - making him gross out, "ACK! SAKURA, NASTY!" Sasuke then gained an amused facial expression, "Hell, if you don't like touching a boob, then I will."
Now inside of the Leaf Village and being carried by Izuna, Sakura sighed heavily. She wasn't ready to be a mother... she wasn't ready to abandon her freedom... and she DEFINITELY wasn't ready to give up her conviction of seeing the world with her own eyes. It had taken half a month to get home, so it was very close to it being time. So... here she was being bored half to death due to sitting in one spot for too damn long.
"Well, well, you are so lost that you are not even hearing my voice," Madara snickered and sat beside her before placing a hand on her swollen belly, only for his eyes to soften lovingly as he slowly slid his hand across her skin. Sakura then peered at Madara, "How's your baby doing?" Madara's eyebrows instantly furrowed at this, "That is not my child... Izumi and I have split up because of this. We were like oil and water... we were never on the same page." Just as the pinkette opened her mouth to speak, Naruto ran in, "S-SIS..."
Noticing the distress radiating from her brother, Madara helped the pinkette sit up, "Naruto? What's wrong?" He bit his bottom lip roughly and could not find it to actually look within her eyes as he spoke softly, "I-It's Izuna... he was... killed in action. He went out of control and began slaughtering his own teammates. If I didn't have Kurama in me, I'd be dead. We had to take him down before he could kill anyone else..."
Sakura's eyes were now unfocused and her breathing became labored and panicked, "I-I'm supposed to do this alone...?" Naruto frowned softly until Kurama spoke in a hurried tone, "NARUTO, SHE'S GOING INTO LABOR! GET HER TO THE HOSPITAL!" Grasping her stomach in pain, Madara was much quicker and lifted the pinkette up into his arms before darting towards the hospital. Reaching the hospital, a body was being wheeled away and the familiar long ebony ponytail swung loose, causing her to begin sobbing.
In a birthing room, Madara stayed close to her side and held her hand tightly as she broke a few bones within his hand the moment she cried out in pain, "FUCK THIS HURTS LIKE A SON OF A BITCH!" Madara chuckled softly and acted as if his hand was not hurting as of now. Her dilation was then checked and she nodded towards Madara, "It's time!" Glancing towards the pinkette as she sobbed in pain, Madara coaxed her, "Come on Sakura, you can do it!"
After many pushes, the little girl was then brought into this world and her umbilical cord was severed. A nurse now stood there, ready to write down everything, "What will her name be?" Gasping for air, she then peered over, "I-Izuna... Uchiha..." The name was then written down and then came the question of the century, "The father's name?" Her heart was in full turmoil right now as she then spoke, "M-Madara Uchiha..." Madara then stepped to the birth certificate and gracefully signed his name beautifully before the pen was then handed to her and she signed her own name.
After going out to get himself coffee, Madara walked back in to look at baby Izuna... she looked exactly like her father. Lifting the little girl into his arms, tears began to fall from Madara's eyes while the pinkette slept - which was apparently enough to wake her. Turning her head, Sakura frowned softly, "Madara... come here..."
Walking to her, he then eased Izuna between the two and the moody male laid his body down before taking Sakura's face and laughing softly as tears of joy ran down his face, "Thank you... for giving me a beautiful daughter..." Taking his hand within her own, Sakura then activated her One Hundred Healings Jutsu, only for all birthing injuries and stretch marks to heal rapidly. Standing, the pinkette yawned heavily and that's when Minato ran in, "SAKURA!?" Blinking rapidly, she then tilted her head, "Yeah dad?"
Just as he was about to speak, Indra, Naruto, Kushina, Shisui, and the released Asura ran inside of the room to all take turns holding the baby girl and speaking with the mother. Indra gave a soft smile, "So, what's her name Sakura?" Peering down, the pinkette took a shaky breath, "Izuna Uchiha." Smiling brightly, he peered down to the little girl, "Oh wow, she looks EXACTLY like Izuna! Crazy to think that Madara is the dad, because I would have thought it was Izuna!"
That stung only A FUCKING LOT. Madara then snatched baby Izuna away and held her close, "MY little girl..." The pinkette had to stop her pity party. Shinobi's died every single day. The only time it really mattered is if it were someone close... like Izuna... Slamming her eyes shut, the moody male instantly noticed her and handed Izuna to her, only for Sakura to break down. Madara quickly lifted the pinkette into his arms and silently began to walk home yet the two were being followed by Lord Fourth. Turning around, Madara tilted his head, "What's wrong?"
He couldn't hold it in anymore and blurted it out, "IZUNA IS ALIVE! WE RESUSCITATED HIM JUST IN TIME!" Sakura's eyes widened immensely at this information. Well FUCK. This information would have been good to know before MADARA signed the birth certificate! Peering his orb towards her, he then glanced down, "I am supposing that you are now regretting naming me as the father..."
It wasn't that... not at all. It was the simple fact...
That Izuna was still alive...
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