Sorry, my parents are down to visit. My mom only gives me the time to write when we aren't doing anything or it's late at night. I gotta sound like Shikamaru now... THIS IS SUCH A DRAG! Also, there is a new profile picture edited by ME, check it out!

As always,

Enjoy!

~Kyvena


Chapter 38: Interconnections


Emerald orbs slowly fluttered open, only to slightly dull at the surroundings of the couple's home to settle within her vision. This was one dose of reality that she really didn't want to see as of now. She was married... it was one thing she had sworn to never do and yet here she was. Peering down at the man she had married momentarily, she then shifted her orbs to the wedding band that now rested on her respective marriage finger.

A massive frown was then slowly laced upon her facial features. Why did she continue to play house...? Was there a true reason...? She had no answers, nor solutions to the question at hand. Slipping out of Madara's tender hold on her, Sakura then showered, brushed her teeth, and got dressed. Walking out of her room, she peered up to see Shisui frowning at her - yet all she could do was keep the same bland and dulled expression frozen. She wasn't so sure that she could even do this anymore. She had been married to for two years now... she had vowed to NEVER fall in love, but she was foolishly following in her parents footsteps.

Vanishing to appear within Minato's office, he peered up and smiled. Sakura had recently become appointed as an aid to the Fourth Hokage as a means to keep herself distracted and busy with all that went on within her mind. At this point in time, Minato had become accustomed to Sakura helping him with all of his work when she needed to get away from Madara for a while.

Now late at night, Minato smiled happily, "You were a HUGE help today Sakura. I'm finished for the day, so you can go ahead and head home." The pinkette nodded silently and decided to walk home instead of flickering there. Releasing a deep breath, emerald orbs shifted to peer at the twinkling night sky and almost felt frozen in place the moment she stood in front of the door to her home. How long could Madara actually go without having sex with anyone else except the precious woman he held as a wife...? Well, she sure as hell was about to find out.

Shaking her head lightly, Sakura then took a deep breath and entered her home. There was no silence on this night... this night, there were sounds of pleasure echoing throughout the home. Sakura knew for a fact that Shisui and Izuna were out on a mission... but Madara... was home. Reaching the door, the pinkette rammed her fist through her bedroom door and walked in to see TenTen of all people on top of her husband. Darting his head to the side to glare at the intruder, he then pushed the female that was currently riding him - off and telling her to leave as fast as she could.

Rushing to his wife that now had her mouth moving, yet no sound was being projected, Madara then grasped her shoulders as TenTen rushed by to exit before shaking her lightly, "SAKURA!" Snapping out of it the moment the front door closed, the pinkette's orbs narrowed furiously, "WHAT IN THE HELL!? WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE FOR THIS MADARA!?"

Madara scowled angrily and the grip on her shoulders became tightened to the point to where it had her crying out in pain, "M-MADARA, S-STOP!" Growling at the pinkette, he swiftly raised a hand up and slapped her so hard that she slammed face down on the ground. All she could remember were all of the vicious disputes that her parents had, had at that point as she curled into a tight ball on the ground and screamed within her mind something very familiar... 'I'M NEVER GOING TO FALL IN LOVE! NEVER AGAIN!'

Blood was now sliding down from the corner of her lips and her entire body was now showered with ugly bruises... but what really hurt were the wounds that could not be witnessed by the naked eye. Grabbing her long locks at shoulder length and pulling her up so that her dull orbs stared into his crimson orbs, she then weakly pulled out a kunai - only for the sexually frustrated male to laugh at her, "Honestly Sakura... I gave you more than enough time to bare me an heir. I might have not warned you that you did not have a whole lot of time left, but I would have thought you would have figured that out on your own. DO NOT EVEN TRY TO DEFY ME!"

That's when Sakura's eyes widened and dropped the kunai that she had been holding. She could feel a breeze down south and she began to slightly panic once Madara snapped her around and she placed her hands against the wall while yelling, "MADARA, NO! PLEASE STOP!" Tears dripped down her face miserably until feeling his bare fingers begin to rub at her sensitive nub in a circular motion. Now panicking, her eyes lost focus as she continued to beg her husband to stop.

Rolling his lust filled crimson orbs, he made quick work of taking her clasp and cloak alike off - only to drop it lazily to the floor. His vision was so clouded as of now, he could not even hear her pleas for him to cease his actions. Raising one of his masculine paws, he leaned over her body and grasped one of her breasts. All of her resistance was cut short the moment he began to toy with one of her nipples while sucking harshly on her beating pulse to leave a mark on her body. To be plain and simple... he liked to be rough, but was not beyond the point of showing courtesy.

A sharp gasp was emitted from the pinkette's throat as her juices began to flow over his fingers and down her thighs. Taking her hands within his own, he then gave a gentle whisper so that his hot breath assaulted each and every nerve within her body, "Relax your body..." Roughly biting her lip with widened crimson orbs, all she could do was nod at his words of wisdom - but this was easier said than done considering he continued to tease her sensitive skin.

Smirking at how she was now cooperating, he then traced a single finger over the swollen skin of the love bite he had left over her pulse and leaned his face to the sensitive skin to run his tongue tauntingly over it again, only for her to react quickly by slamming her back into his muscular chest, "First... use your sun symbol and heal all of these ugly wounds showering your body..." Nodding her head lightly, Sakura placed her right palm on her body and healed all of her wounds. Smirking at her as he pushed her forward again to slowly rub the head of his member against her entrance teasingly so that she stayed wet, Madara then had to muse out, "Ah, that's my good girl..."

Her body felt like it was on fire the more he teased her and slowly, she flicked her crimson orbs back at him as she panted softly due to him teasing all of her sensitive areas for his own pleasure. Slowly, he began easing into her tight entrance until he felt her give his hands a death grip the moment he began to shred through her hymen like it was a piece of soaking wet paper.

Looking down, he witnessed his pink haired wife had stopped any indication that she had wanted to continue living due to the way she had been holding her breath. Blood now seeped between her thighs, making Madara frown gently and lightly shake his head. All though he was finally getting the one thing that she would never give him, Madara gained a deepened feeling that something within the world had gone entirely wrong. Something, other than the sex he was finally getting, didn't feel right and that made him a little more than tense. At this point, he had to force himself to relax so that his pinkette wouldn't pick up on how he was feeling.

Squeezing her hand tenderly, Sakura's crimson gaze then shifted to her left eye being stuck in her Rinnegan as she began to cry softly and clench his hand even tighter. Madara watched as the bangs over her left eye then spilled over it as if wanted to conceal her left orb entirely before leaning over to place a kiss between her shoulder blades, "Sakura, please do try to relax so that you might be able to enjoy yourself..."

Regulating her breathing, her walls then relaxed enough so that she could place her right hand over any damage that had been done entirely. The moment she was healed, he began to slowly ease in and out of her body and she had EVERY indication of hitting him so hard that he would never touch her again - yet the pleasure she now felt blocked ANY of those negative emotions. "M-Madara..." she mumbled softly, making him lift a single brow, "Hm?" Right at that moment he pulled out of her, only to snap her around and lift a single one of her legs before plunging back inside.

The moment she had been turned around, her arms coiled tightly around his neck to pull his body tightly against her own. Chuckling softly, Madara then nuzzled his nose against her ear and release a heated whisper, "It went exactly as I had planned..." - "M-MADARA! S-SHUT UP!" Well, well... he had NEVER heard Sakura's tone like that before. This tone actually had him softly blushing as she scowled at him lightly, "MOVE! WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TOO MANY DIMENSIONS FOR YOU TO STOP NOW!"

Kaguya normally had her eyes covered for any intercourse the two had - but this single comment made her snap her hands away from her face as she grasped both of their memories and erased them completely before replacing new memories. She couldn't believe at how hard headed these two were. So much chakra had to be used to completely erase the memories and push them into a new realm... Except this realm was more or less in the same realm, but had a few minor changes to it.

Sakura's eyes began to flutter rapidly as she watched her husband begin to rub at his crimson orbs tenderly as if there was a pesky, yet small amount, of dirt gathered within. With no second thought over the matter, Madara began his two hour battle with the pinkette. By the end of it all, the couple laid in the bed panting heavily. There was no recollection of betrayal, beatings, or even the fact that Shisui had even been her younger brother. In his place, there were now three older brothers, Shisui, Itachi, and her twin brother... Sasuke.

Their door all of a sudden flew open, giving Sakura NO time to put clothing on at all, before all three brothers grossed out at what they were now seeing. Madara, not giving a fuck if he was seen naked, sat up on his forearms as he questioned, "What happens to be the issue? Also, I thought you three... plus Izuna, were on a mission." Shisui released a heavy breath as he spoke, "W-Well... you see..."

At that moment Minato walked in, yet instantly slapped his hands over his eyes the moment Sakura came into view. Clearing his throat, he then spoke in a tone that held a mixture of sadness and misery, "Well..." Shooting his sky blue orbs to look Madara in the eye, Minato then spoke in a firm tone, "Madara Uchiha, your younger brother... Izuna Uchiha, has been killed in action..."


Two days later, Izuna's body was brought in and placed on the table, "I-Izuna..." Sakura spoke softly as she cleaned all of his wounds to make him presentable. She couldn't use Rinne Rebirth now and that's what was hurting. Rinne Rebirth couldn't be used for another eight to nine months. Dulling her single emerald and Rinnegan orbs, the pinkette then leaned over his cold and lifeless chest and began to sob. Right at that moment, her twin walked in with a frown, "S-Sis... ease up on all the feelings of heartbreak..."

Peering up, her two different colored orbs stared at the floor while giving a sniffling reply, "F-Forgive me..." Sasuke then frowned heavily and sat beside his younger twin, "So, can I ask why you aren't using Rinne Rebirth?" Sakura then peered into her lap as if it were the most intriguing thing on the planet as she whispered back, "I'm pregnant..."

Sasuke understood what his sister was feeling due to the fact that all four siblings had grown up under some pretty harsh circumstances. Their parents had always been at war with one another... there was a constant supply of wreckage to their home... there was repeated spouse abuse... and they, as children, had not been spared from it either due to the fact that they had been FORCED to watch it. The first time his twin sister had to witness the abuse first hand, she had run out of the house sobbing - only to meet Madara soon after.

The other issue was the fact that since Sakura chose not to obey and watch all of the abuse, she had been beaten to hell and back for disrespecting their father's wishes. None of them were permitted to leave either... so in other words, they had been forced to watch their sister's brutal beating. Taking his younger twin's hand, Sasuke gave it a light squeeze, "Hey, you'll do great as a mother. Izuna wouldn't want you to lose a child because of him, so we will keep his body in cold storage until after the birth.

Sakura then nodded lightly, "Sasuke... it's weird..." Blinking rapidly, he then peered at his sister's face, "What's weird?" Twisting her hands together anxiously, the pinkette then released a shaky answer, "M-My due date... it's February tenth..." This made Sasuke's eyes open widely, "W-What...? The same birthday as Izuna's birthday...?" Sakura then nodded lightly, but did not reply.

Leaving for the night and returning home with a dulled expression, she then called out in a monotone voice, "I'm home... sorry, I will get dinner started now..." Madara then ran out with a hopeful expression, only for the pinkette to lightly brush by him. The moment he realized Izuna had not been revived, an angered scowl crossed his facial features as he spoke in a tone that basically screamed that he was pissed, "Sakura... why did you not revive Izuna!?" Looking down for a moment, she then began to remove items out of their refrigerator to make a healthy dinner for the both of them.

"SAKURA! I AM WELL AWARE THAT YOU HEARD ME, SO TELL ME THE TRUTH," the moody male yelled angrily. All the pinkette could whisper out sadly was, "I... I can't..." Storming up to Sakura, he then grabbed her shoulders tightly before whipping her around so that she now faced his scowling form, "What do you mean?" Darting her eyes away, she then shook her head, "You'll find out soon enough..."

Once dinner was completed and Sakura sat inside the bath, her lip began to quiver as she whispered out softly, "I-Izuna... you fool. You forced your spirit to enter my unborn child's body and now I can never revive you..." Tears fell from her face to drip into the warm water. Splashing her face with water as her stomach began to churn, Sakura then quickly washed her entire body and got out of the bath before toweling her body dry. Walking out into her bedroom and placing new undergarments on, the pinkette then pulled her long hair into a messy bun.

Swallowing harshly at this point in time, Sakura quickly pulled on a shirt over her body, but had no time for pants. Right at that moment, Madara walked into the room with his high ponytail swishing behind him. He had to admit it, he was in one fowl mood until witnessing pastel pink locks zoom right by him and into the bathroom before slamming the door shut. He could hear her coughing harshly and that was enough to have him curiously open the door to see his wife purging her stomach. There was absolutely NO way... was there?!

Activating his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, a familiar color of chakra then caught his eye. It was the same color chakra that Izuna had once held... silver. 'Wait... there is no possible way that Izuna is the father... is there!? No, no... that would not line up correctly with how early it is. Izuna... you damned fool...' was all he could think as he deactivated his crimson orbs to walk forward and tenderly rub Sakura's back. A sad chuckle then escaped his lips, "I am going to assume that there was simply too much excitement in one day for the both of you."

Reaching up and flushing the toilet, Madara then gifted the pinkette with some mouthwash and she gladly accepted it before taking it within her mouth to begin swishing it around and spat it out once her mouth felt clean enough. Collapsing onto Madara's chest, Sakura also release a soft and sad chuckle as she leaned her nose against his collarbone to take a deep breath of her husband's scent. He always smelled so good with the way he held the scent of sunshine and the forest.

Tilting his head down, Madara sighed, "Izuna's spirit and chakra entered into our unborn child... believe me, I could not miss his rare silver chakra signature anywhere. That is why you could not use Rinne Rebirth." Sakura nodded sleepily against his collar and he lifted his feisty wife into his arms before walking to their bed and easing her down with much care. Sakura suddenly shot her hand out and grasped Madara's within her own, "Madara, if I use Rinne Rebirth... the child will be lost, but Izuna's spirit and chakra will return to his own body. I'm only telling you this because I want you to THINK about what you want."

As Madara got into bed beside her, he then peered at the ceiling sadly. The solution that had been handed to him so that he could solve his problem was indeed a double edged blade. His younger brother... or his child...? Shakily, Sakura then spoke out, "To be completely honest... I wouldn't be completely opposed to reviving Izuna..." With that, Sakura rolled onto her side and slipped into a deep state of slumber.

Well this wasn't conflicting at all. Nope, not in the slightest. Figuring that he was going to get no sleep on this night, Madara barely sat up and began to think about anything and everything he could think about until the sun began to rise. Tiredly tilting his head up to glare at the sun for even rising at all, he then peered down as his wife began to stir uncomfortably within their bed and finally rolled over to place her head upon his abdomen. Sliding down a bit, Madara then tugged the precious pinkette up to him and gently frowned once he figured out as to what she had meant, 'S-She does not even want to be a mother...'

The two different colored orbs that Sakura wielded then slowly opened and laid there merely staring at her husband for the longest time. He looked exhausted and even she could see that... but what really bothered her was the fact that he looked like a defeated warrior with the way his hands began to lightly tremble and tears filled his eyes. This made the pinkette sit up and usher her husband into her arms to gently wrap her arms around his neck while placing her hands to the base of his skull lightly, "Madara...? What's wrong honey...?" Even though she asked the question... she already knew the answer.

Gaining a slightly shocked facial expression the moment he felt his wife's arms wrap around him to hide his tears within her clothed chest, he brought his hands up to shakily grasp her arms lightly and his tears were finally set loose to drip against her sleeping shirt. Tiredly, Madara spoke out, "If you are wishing for it... then you may return Izuna's spirit to his body..."

The pinkette then smiled softly as she stroked his long high ponytail of unruly black and blue thorns, but on the inside knew she couldn't be a mother to anyone with the way that she had been raised. Placing her head against his and kissing the top of his head, all she could do was apologize profoundly, "I'm sorry... I'm so, so sorry..." Pulling away, Sakura then stood and yet froze before muttering, "I-I'd be killing an innocent child..." Peering her direction, he watched as her shoulders fell while releasing a dreaded sigh, "HER name will be Izuna..." Madara looked shocked at this, yet smiled sadly at his wife and nodded.

Now they had to prepare Izuna's funeral... and that meant a lot of emotional breakdowns. When Sakura walked into the morgue that she had left Izuna within, she noticed... his face had changed. He now held a gentle smile and his closed eyes were lifted slightly in happiness. All too suddenly, the pinkette heard Izuna's voice within her head, 'Sakura, I'm probably the worst person who could have transferred to your unborn child's body... but I am happy that you are finally taking your life within your own hands. Please don't cry... I'll still be here in spirit. Don't screw this up!'


After Izuna's funeral, everyone had to get back to work and Sakura was no different. Appearing within Minato's office, she instantly witnessed his annoyed facial expression. Blinking rapidly, the pinkette then turned and witnessed she had just barged in on a debriefing and bowed silently before walking behind the Fourth Hokage and standing sternly.

The blonde haired young boy deemed it fit to continue his bitch fit at that moment, "SERIOUSLY GRANDPA!? WHY ARE YOU SENDING US ON ALL OF THESE LAME MISSIONS!? FINDING LOST PETS, CARRYING GROCERIES, CLEANING UP KONOHA!? YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU SUCK!? YOU ARE SO UNCOOL THAT IT ISN'T EVEN FUNNY! OF COURSE MY GRANDPA HAD TO BE THE HOKAGE!" Sakura's eye began to slightly twitch at the same time that Minato's had.

Sighing all of his dread and annoyance out, Minato then narrowed his orbs; yet before he could even utter a word, Sakura snapped out viciously, "I CAN SEE THAT THE RUMORS OF YOUR MOTHER GIVING YOU NO DISCIPLINE ARE TRUE, BORUTO! SHOULD I HEAR ONE MORE WORD OUT OF YOU, THEN I WILL PERSONALLY BEAT SOME MANNERS INTO YOU!"

Minato's eyes brightened at this and turned his head towards the feisty female and cleared his throat - catching her attention rather abruptly before speaking in a calm tone, "Boruto Namikaze, you are to now live with Sakura Uchiha until you have learned your lesson. There will be no mission today Konohamaru, thank you for coming in." Sakura internally paled at this comment, yet stormed up to the child and tightly grasped his ear once she had been handed a scroll to take to the failing parents.

In Naruto's defense, he was always being sent on missions left and right. He never even had a second to catch his breath before quickly being sent off to his next assignment... so there wasn't much that he COULD do. Sakura fumed as she continued to drag this child to his home and once there, straightened her Uchiha attire before knocking on the door.

A few moments passed before the door opened, "Boruto, welcome home! Oh, Sakura! It's wonderful to see you!" The pinkette merely nodded and handed Hinata the scroll, only for her to read over it with slowly widening white eyes, "W-What...? Boruto is being removed from the Namikaze residence to temporarily live at the Uchiha compound with YOU and your husband, Sakura!?" Nodding at this as if dreading this all too much as well, the pinkette sighed, "Listen Hinata, you don't discipline your children and that is this affecting as to how they will progress as shinobi. Have a bag ready for him within the next ten minutes please... I am rather tired."

Ten minutes passed and the door opened after hearing Hinata's voice from behind the door in a failed and miserable attempt at a whisper, "Now listen Boruto, you don't have to listen to a thing they say or tell you! Just stay as you are no matter what!" As the door then opened, Sakura's two different colored orbs narrowed dangerously, "If you chose to not listen to me, then you will probably end up within the hospital. Now let us be off." Noticing the child wasn't moving, Sakura tightly grasped his arm and yanked him along with her.

She had never been happier to see her home in her entire life considering the fact that it was now in view for the two to see. Boruto proceeded to whine and complain the entire walk to her home. Switching to sensory mode, the pinkette noticed her husband was not home and sighed heavily before entering her home. Carrying Boruto's belongings to one of the spare bedrooms that they had and set it down. Folding her arms, the pinkette then scowled, "I want you unpacked before dinner, do you understand me!?"

Remembering what his mother had told him, he then grinned and laced his hands behind his head while laughing, "No way! Do it yourself!" Nodding her head slightly, Sakura's arm then shot out and roughly slapped Boruto upside the head, "DO AS I SAY!" Sky blue orbs widened immensely and abruptly nodded before rushing into the room while complaining that his head now hurt extremely bad. Walking away in an exhausted manner, one emerald orb caught a glimpse of a note left for her and she walked forward, only to pick it up - 'I am being sent on a mission and will not return until tomorrow morning. So do please try to get some rest and take it easy. -Madara'

Sakura secretly kept every single note that her husband had ever written to her, making her smile as she approached an end table and silently pulled open the drawer to pick up a diary that held no confessions of sorts. Each piece of paper held a taped letter to each and every page. Flipping far forward, the pinkette then came to a stop and pulled out some tape before taping the note on the page and closing the diary. Putting the "diary" back and closing the drawer, Sakura then stood upright and gained a sickening feeling within the pit of her belly.

Ignoring it momentarily and swallowing heavily, the pinkette then noticed Boruto attempting to sneak away and was on the verge of yelling at him until she simply dashed away. Boruto knew that she had watched him trying to sneak out... so why did she just run off the way she had? Curiosity getting the better of him, the blonde entered the spacious and luxurious bedroom, only to gawk, "Dude... my grandpa is the Hokage and his house isn't even this nice," Boruto whispered out until hearing coughing.

Okay, he knew that Sakura had a temper... but he didn't know if something was wrong or not, so he chose to take the gamble. Opening the bathroom door, his eyes widened and he rushed forward to the pinkette. Holding that much hair back was a challenge, but he managed somehow.

Well this wasn't awkward... AT ALL. Sakura finally felt her stomach settle and flushed the toilet, only for Boruto to quickly get her some mouthwash and asked in a slightly concerned tone of voice, "Are you all right...?" Spitting the mouthwash out, Sakura had no choice but to slump back onto Boruto, "Y-Yes. Forgive me, Boruto, I will go and get dinner started now..." Boruto then gave a scowl, "Like HELL you will be cooking! You are gonna get some rest! Man, can't you even tell that you're sick!?"

"Honestly Boruto, I feel just fine. This is natural..." her tone softened and trailed off as she stood up and gracefully walked out to the kitchen and prepared dinner. Placing a meal down for Boruto and herself, the pinkette then called out, "Boruto, it's dinner time!" Oh, hell no. He wasn't about to play a death game by eating a sick person's cooking... so he ignored her as he tapped the buttons on his gaming console. Lifting her brow, Sakura then walked to the living room and folded her arms across her chest, "BORUTO! I SAID DINNER IS READY!"

Peering his sky blue orbs towards her, the preteen then gave a loud scoff, "Yeah, no... I won't be eating a meal a sick person just made." At this point in time the pinkette felt as if she might rip her thigh long pastel pink locks out of her skull. Pregnancy hormones were NOT aiding in keeping her calm at all as she stormed over to the blonde and slapped the console from his hands, "I'M NOT SICK! I'M A MEDICAL NINJA, I WOULD THINK I WOULD KNOW IF I WERE SICK! NOW GET YOUR ASS TO THE TABLE!"

It took a good thirty minutes of arguing with the kid until he finally caved in and sat at the table and ate as quickly as possible. Sakura knew that she couldn't eat that quickly, but once finished, she walked to the sink and turned the water on hot and waited for it to heat up while she put Madara's leftovers within a clear tupperware before placing it within the refrigerator.

Walking back to the sink, the pinkette began to wash the pots, pans, and any tableware she had used for this supper. Tilting her head to the side, the pinkette then smiled brightly and called out sweetly, "Boruto, honey, please bring your dishes to the sink." - "Yeah... no. Do it yourself." Sakura's eyes then narrowed, "I will ask you one last time... please bring your dishes to the sink." Boruto narrowed his own orbs towards the pinkette before he made the unfortunate decision to mouth off, "I SAID DO IT YOURSELF! YOU AREN'T MY MOM, SO DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!"

Storming over to the suicidal blonde, Sakura then slammed her fist into his gut, "I ASKED NICELY TWICE! HOW FULL OF YOURSELF ARE YOU!? I WON'T ASK THIS TIME, NOW I'M TELLING YOU! TAKE YOUR DAMN DISHES TO THE SINK; I AM NOT YOUR PERSONAL MAID! CHA!"

A rather loud yelp was heard, along with a loud crash within the home and Sakura turned away, yet tilted her head back towards the preteen that was currently gasping for much needed air before spewing venom laced words, "Actually, clean your own dishes. Believe me, if I don't find them on the drying rack in the morning... you will be hurt far worse than this." With that said, Sakura turned and walked into her bedroom before locking the door and taking her shorts and bra off. She was beyond the point of ONLY being exhausted at this point and couldn't wait for her husband's return tomorrow.


...


'Okay, it's SUPER early in the morning. She shouldn't be up this early in the morning, so now is my chance to escape from this house!' Boruto's thoughts rolled out rather LOUDLY, causing both of the pinkette's orbs to snap open almost dangerously. Boruto's rather loud yelp was then heard, making Sakura shoot off of the bed... already feeling queasy as she darted towards the door in only her underwear and one of Madara's t-shirts that loosely hung around her petite, yet muscular, frame. Pushing the preteen out of the way, Sakura then froze and tears filled her eyes to the brim, "M-M-Madara..."

Her trembling voice was all too apparent as he opened his arms so that he could swiftly catch her form the very moment she darted towards his rather large and muscular frame. Holding the precious pinkette close to his frame with his onyx orbs slammed shut and his arms fastened securely around her frame, "Sakura... I must ask, how have yourself and Izuna fared?" Nuzzling the base of his neck lovingly, Sakura then abruptly hit his shoulder while covering her mouth.

The moody Uchiha male swiftly released his wife and tenderly placed her on the ground while chasing after her fleeting form to the bathroom. Once there, Madara held her mass amounts of locks back as she released all of the contents held hostage within her stomach. Humming softly as if his wife's vomiting did not even phase him in the slightest, he then questioned curiously, "Sakura? Was that Boruto Namikaze?" Still purging her stomach, Sakura somehow found the strength to gently nod at the question that had been asked.

Finally finished, Sakura then reached forward and flushed the toilet before collapsing against Madara's chest while her forehead beaded lightly with sweat as she then nodded, "Y-Yeah... Lord Fourth asked the Uchiha, namely you and me, to correct Boruto's behavior." Madara then lifted a single brow and scoffed lightly, "Hm, that seems easy enough for us Uchiha to handle on our own." Handing his wife some much appreciated mouthwash, the pinkette gave her mouth a good dosage of cleansing before spitting it out and... as perusuall... leaned against his collarbone to inhale his scent for a long moment.

Releasing a deeply inhaled breath, Madara then chuckled softly as he brushed some of her locks from her face. Neither had even THOUGHT to sense if another presence was anywhere near them as they then hear the shocked tone of Boruto ring out, "WOW! You guys must REALLY love each other! I have NEVER seen TRUE love before!" Both Sakura and Madara's heads snapped to the side and gaped slightly as if confused that they hadn't even sensed the preteen in the first place.

"Yes, I do quite enjoy her feisty attitude. It definitely is not a personality that I could ever tire from being around," the Uchiha male snickered out playfully. Boruto could only stare in complete and utter awe at the couple in front of him. First and foremost... Madara Uchiha was right in front of his very eyes. He was so powerful that it made the young male's breath slightly hitch within his throat.

The pinkette was no different though. Her chakra levels were off of the charts and the young blonde did not know how to handle this much chakra in one place and certainly didn't know what to do with this amount of chakra at this exact given time. Boruto then glanced towards the couple in front of him and quickly came to the realization that BOTH had RIDICULOUS amounts of chakra at their disposal. However, he quickly realized that the pinkette was sending a large portion of her charka off as if she were simply discarding it all together. At that very single moment, he then realized as to WHY. She was pregnant.

Well, that would most definitely explain her flip of a switch attitude with how she would be loving one moment and completely pissed off the next. Slowly entering the bathroom, Boruto knelt down and placed his hands on the pinkette's stomach with fascination. No kicks were able to be felt as of yet, but just knowing that there was another life form growing within her belly made him curious. Sakura and Madara both watched as the blonde haired child simply stared in awe.

Clearing his throat after a moment or two, Madara then gazed towards Boruto, "Yes, well... as fascinating as this might be, my wife does need her rest. I will not be too happy if something is to go wrong with her pregnancy." With that all being spoken, Madara then lifted Sakura into his arms and everyone fell asleep rather quickly on this night.


A rather dreaded sigh could be heard as none other than Kaguya came into view looking not overly excited over this turn of events that was now ongoing. Shifting her pure white orbs to Madara, Kaguya then gave a darkened scowl, "Honestly... how many times must I wake the two of you from your pleasant dreams?" Lifting a single brow towards the Rabbit Goddess, the Uchiha male then folded his arms securely across his chest as he spoke, "What do you mean...? You do understand that we DO get tired, correct?" Shaking her head at him, she then peered him straight in the eye, "WAKE UP!"


Madara jolted awake rather abruptly and softly began to swear profanities as he stood up. Showering and brushing his teeth as quickly as he possibly could, the moody male then bolted out of his home without eating any breakfast due to the fact that today he was going to visit the precious pinkette inside of the prison. Walking up to a sweets shop, the moody male then bought some of the pinkette's favorite sweets before vanishing to the prison.

Being let in almost immediately by Miharu, Madara then walked in to see the pinkette basically petrified and appeared as if she were a living statue - only making him chuckle softly while speaking, "Sakura, calm down. It's just me." She had almost been in this jail cell for a year and a half now and soon... SO soon, the news about Sakura would be arriving. Walking to her and taking her blindfold off, he then placed the sweets within the pinkette's hands; yet she only peered down and kept absolutely quiet.

Just as Madara was about to begin speaking, the jail door slammed open and Mamoru rushed in, "SAKURA, YOU'VE BEEN PARDONED FROM ANY AND ALL CRIMES! YOU ARE FREE TO GO!" Miharu chuckled softly and walked into the cell to undo all four of her chakra sealing cuffs. Sakura peered up in a puzzled manner and Mamoru smiled softly, "Well, everyone argued that you were one of the main key players. A lot of it had to do with Madara and Izuna's influence on the village."

Accepting it as it was, the pinkette stood and almost walked out of the jail before snapping around and darting towards Asura. Reaching his cell, the pinkette was then let in and she rushed to her brother before wrapping her arms tightly around him. Asura chuckled softly at this and stroked his little sister's hair, "Don't fear it Sakura. This is my punishment for doing so much harm to the village that is my home..." Sakura's orbs widened although only one was even visible to see at this given moment. Soon enough though, Mamoru walked to Asura's enclosure and chuckled, "Just give it a few weeks Asura. Everyone is doing the best that they can."

Laughing at this, Asura then grinned, "Hey sis?" - "Hm?" - "We should go on an adventure together." Sakura then released a sigh and a hum at the same time before speaking in the form of a whisper, "Sorry Asura... I need time to look at the world with my very own eyes... I'll have big brother message me if anything happens though. See yah!" She didn't give herself the chance to begin crying, so she vanished out of the prison.

Walking into the Uchiha district, Sakura began to pack and soon enough... laced her snake sword behind her before snapping a black traveling cloak over her body. Minato already knew where she was going to be, so he simply stood at the exit of the village with Kushina and Naruto. Once the pinkette appeared, Minato walked forward and wrapped his arms securely around his daughter's neck, "Be safe..." Leaning back, he then brushed her bangs away from her left eye to still see her Rinnegan in place, 'So... that's why she's leaving...'

"SAKURA NAMIKAZE UCHIHA," Kushina yelled, making Sakura stiffen up almost instantly, "Y-Yes mom...?" The red head could hear the nervous tone held within her daughter's voice and smiled softly before bringing her in and kissing the teen's forehead, "Not one scratch! I will be REALLY upset if I hear that you have been hurt, ya know!?" Naruto got sick of waiting and summarily pushed his mother off of his sister, only to bring her into his arms, "I love you sis..."

Although she gave a bland facial expression, her two different colored orbs told everyone exactly how she was feeling, "I promise not to cause any trouble..." Turning away and beginning to walk away, Sakura lifted a single hand as a means of saying farewell as Kushina placed her hands around her mouth, "COME HOME SOME TIME, YA KNOW!?" The pinkette then gave a thumbs up and soon... she was out of sight.

Sakura was far down the road now and suddenly shifted her orbs to the side. There was Madara with his back leaned against a tree while his arms were fastened tightly across his chest. Cracking a single onyx orb open, the pink haired female then approached him slowly. Coming to a stop in front of the moody male, the hot tempered female chuckled softly, "You came to see me off all the way down here?" Madara released a soft snicker, "I do believe that this belongs to you," he explained as he held out his hand to show off the headband that she had once worn and now held a gash through the leaf village symbol.

Peering up to the Uchiha male's face, Sakura then smiled softly, "You kept my headband for all of these years?" Blushing intensely, Madara then snapped, "I DID NO SUCH THING! DO NOT BE SO FULL OF YOURSELF!" Oh... the truth was written all over his face... Sakura instantly chuckled softly before leaning in and grasping the front of his cloak before pulling him down gently so that her lips would tenderly caress his own - effectively shutting him up in the process.

Madara slowly wrapped his arms around the woman he held so dear in his life as if he were to let go... she would forever vanish from sight. Slowly leaning back after a long held moment, Sakura then placed her hand over her old headband and grasped it as she leaned back, "I'll hold onto this." With that, the pinkette was about to tie the headband to her belt - only for Madara to take it within his masculine paws gently and tie it loosely around her belt for her. Peering at his face, Sakura then gave a nonexistent smile as she brushed his bangs to the side so that both eyes showed momentarily, only for her to whisper gently, "You've become so handsome..."

The moody male peered his onyx orbs up and chuckled softly, "Is that so? Then why not stay with me?" Hoping to gain a reply was futile to say the least, because right at that moment... Izuna decided to run towards them while waving frantically, "SAKURA!" Snapping her head to the side, Izuna then skidded to a stop and brought her into a quick hug before handing off a missive. Confused as she was, she peered up and Izuna snickered before replying, "Lord Fourth claims that many of his ANBU have located multiple Otsutsuki ruins and would like for you to check them all out while on your travels since you have that special Rinnegan."

Nodding her head, Izuna then chuckled playfully while fanning his hand back and forth, "Ah, don't worry! Your dad is also sending big brother and me out to seperate locations to check the ruins since we also have the Rinnegan and will be able to read them as well." That's when Sakura shook her head and took ALL of the missives and began to scold softly, "Izuna, Madara... I need you guys here to protect the Leaf Village."

Lifting a dainty brow, the moody male then scoffed rather loudly 'TCH!' Both Sakura and Izuna peered towards Madara while holding surprised facial expressions until he continued, "So, what you are truly meaning to say is that you are wishing for us to protect all of the children within the village. Shikamaru actually told me that right before Asuma-sensei's death he was told... that the king held in Shogi just so happens to be all of the children within the village."

Sakura then nodded slightly, "I will go to all noted locations before continuing to search for any other possible locations that will tie to the Otsutsuki clan. Please notify my father of this decision I have made for me." Izuna began to laugh extremely hard at this before exclaiming, "He figured you would say that! So, you are already clear to go... but..." Peering towards his elder brother for a split second, Izuna then sighed softly, "Just come home from time to time... all right Sakura? Big brother is moody enough as it is, but if you don't ever come home... then he will become even MORE moody." All she could do was nod before opening a portal and jumping through it.


It had now been a grand total of six months away from the village and as of now... Madara was in one foul mood because of this. Both Izuna and the moody male were standing inside of Minato's office. Folding his arms, Madara gave a scowl as he spoke dryly, "Lord Fourth, I-" Right at that moment a massive explosion could be heard and felt, considering the ground now felt as if there was a massive earthquake. Looking extremely shocked at this, both Madara and Izuna rushed forward the minute Minato yelled, "GO, BOTH OF YOU!" Both nodded hastily and dashed towards the window before jumping out.

Finally reaching the gate and dropping down, Madara then pulled his hair up into a high ponytail as Izuna gained a horrified facial expression, "T-They're HUMAN bombs!? It kind of feels like a Genjutsu... but that wouldn't explain the explosions..." Madara then nodded, "Yes... there is something quite peculiar about all of this. The only thing we could do, I believe, is capturing all of them and examining them with the Sharingan OR Rinnegan."

Nodding at their plan of action, Madara then clasped his hands together, "WOOD STYLE: FOUR PILLAR PRISON JUTSU!" Once they had all been captured, Izuna poked his older brother's shoulder, "Madara, look at their eyes... I've never seen a Genjutsu do THIS before. I have never seen any type of Genjutsu that will change another person's natural eye color... EVER. I mean, not even Sakura can do that." Naruto then jumped down and witnessed one of the human bombs rip off a sharp piece of wood and thought nothing of it at first until the man stabbed his own neck while in mid-sentence, "What about my sist-EVERYONE, GET DOWN!"

Hinata then appeared after the explosion and shouted out, "BYAKUGAN!" Well, that didn't feel like a knife to the heart at all. Peering at all of the human based bombs intently, Hinata then hummed softly, "It's strange. They have chakra that isn't their own flowing through their bodies violently..." Madara glanced towards Hinata lazily as he spoke in an equal tone to match the look he now gave her, "Do you believe that you can render them unconscious long enough for us to remove the dangerous chakra?" Even he knew... asking Hanabi would have been about ninety-eight percent more effective, along with a higher rate of success.

Thankfully, right as Hinata was about to answer, Hanabi dropped down. Her long hair fluttered within the wind as she peered at what was going on and nodded, "I should be able to render them unconscious for quite some time, but I will need your help Madara and Izuna... do you think you guys could take hold of them for me to hit their main chakra point?"

Izuna blushed furiously and looked away, "Y-Yeah..." Madara then snickered playfully and slapped his younger brother's back, "Should we live, tell Hanabi how you truly feel." This caught Hanabi's attention rather quickly, but looked the other way while also sporting a massive blush. It was really no secret to anyone that those two had a MAJOR thing for one another. The only woman that Izuna loved more happened to be Sakura... yet he fully understood that the pinkette loved his big brother far more than she could EVER love him.

Dashing forward, Izuna then caught the first person and Hanabi was quick to follow the Uchiha male's lead by bolting forward once the first was secured to put a halt to all of their chakra by jabbing into their main chakra point. Nodding, Hanabi grinned, "Worked like a charm! He could be unconscious for three days at the most!" Izuna snickered softly as he placed the male down to lie on his back.

Right at that moment, Izuna snapped his head to the side to witness his older brother and Hinata rushing forward towards a wounded male. Activating his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the long haired raven gained a face of sheer horror before yelling out, "BIG BROTHER STOP!" Madara darted his orbs towards his brother that now held crimson orbs and skidded to a stop... but was far too close as he watched this man no longer be a man considering he was now only a massive ball of flesh that gave off the sounds of a few heartbeats before exploding.

Being flung back with a facial expression that was a mixture of pain and shock, the older Uchiha brother slammed to the ground and gasped sharply. A sharp pain jolted through his entire body at that very moment, only to glance down to see the same spot that had scarred over from his battle with Sakura was now reopened. Furious now, Madara cringed as he healed the damage... only to yell out, "IT ALMOST SEEMS AS IF SAKURA IS NEVER WANTING ME TO FORGET THAT BATTLE!"

Once healed, Izuna rushed to his moody older brother and tilted his head back to watch Hanabi knock the others out cold while Hinata attempted to keep up with her little sister. As Madara stood up, Minato appeared while scowling angrily, "Could anyone see who was controlling them!?" No answers were given at that point, making him swear softly under his breath, "It's time to recall her..." Madara's head snapped to the side once he heard this, "Lord Fourth... you do not mean Sakura, do you?"

Tilting his head towards Madara and giving a teasing smirk, the Fourth Hokage then nodded playfully, "Who else would I mean? Saina, please send word to Sakura about the entire situation at hand. Please make it urgent that she must return as soon as possible." Nodding her head, Saina wrote a letter down and formed it into a bird once the jutsu was called out, "Super Beast Scroll! Now go to Sakura!" With that, all they could do was wait.

As of now, the pinkette had stopped to take a lunch break. Sitting with a single leg brought up so that she could use her knee to rest a single arm upon it, she then tilted her head down once a mother cat brushed against her lovingly. Smiling softly and picking off some of her rice ball to hand feed the hungry mother, a few mews could then be heard and that alone had her tossing the last small bite of her rice ball to them. Looking towards the sky, her single showing orb widened immensely the moment she witnessed Saina's ink circling around her.

Jumping to her feet and tossing out a scroll, the ink bird then swooped down and landed on the parchment. A gentle scowl laced her facial features the moment she began to read over it, only to mumble to herself, "Human bombs...?" Well, that was a first for her. However she then frowned slightly, "They need me back in the village already...? Madara and Izuna are there though..."

A soft groan of sheer and utter annoyance was quick to escape the pinkette's lips while gathering her things, yet she sighed softly and peered up at the sky once more, "Maybe I should go. I promised to protect the village from here on out, so that's what I'll do. Besides... it will be nice to see Madara and Izuna again..." Mind made up, Sakura then stood up and placed her traveling cloak back on before buckling it into place. It was almost as if she had twin telepathy at this point considering she then winced and grasped at where her scar was, "Dammit Madara, what are you doing NOW!?"

Releasing a gentle huff and ignoring the pain now, she began to walk towards the village while deep in thought, 'Human based bombs...? How would someone even DO that? Maybe ramming an actual explosive into the person? No... that doesn't sound correct due to the way dad made his report.' Furrowing her pastel pink brows slightly, Sakura then froze the minute she heard screaming along with explosions. Darting towards the area that was under attack, Sakura then jumped on the top of a home only to see the human explosive for herself, 'I know this is something Naruto would say but, holy shit...'


All the pinkette could do was watch in horror as this human being exploded right in front of her very eyes as an elderly male with two people running towards him. There was a young girl that looked to be no older than ten years of age yelling at the elderly male, "OLD MAN IOU!" Shifting her only showing emerald orb, Sakura then witnessed a man that could be a teenager speak in a deep and calming tone, "Chino, go and stall them." - "You got it Nowaki!" The blonde haired female then rushed forward quickly.

Coming to a halt, Sakura then watched this young girl raise her arms up as if she were going to do something fantastic while yelling, "ALL RIGHT, HERE GOES! WATER STYLE: WATER WALL!" She wasted all of that damned energy just to announce a simple jutsu? All of that build up for what... a water wall. Narrowing her only showing emerald orb slightly, she decided to question herself, "Shinobi...?" She had no clue why someone was targeting such a poor village, but there was no time like the present to just jump down and ask right?

Jumping down, her black traveling cape flew straight upward to show a good portion of her muscular body thanks to how little she wore. Nowaki turned bright red due to seeing such flawless beauty and that made Chino puff her cheeks out before jabbing his side to snap him out of his little trance.

Turning her head slightly so that her shimmering emerald orb looked their way, the pinkette then asked two simple questions with the dryest tone one had ever heard, "What is all of this? What's happening here?" Iou then promptly ripped his arm out of Nowaki's hold considering he had been helping the old fool up before deeming it fit to yell at her, "WHAT? WHO ARE YOU!? WAIT A MINUTE, ARE YOU ONE OF THEM TOO!?" Giving Iou no room for throwing in anymore accusations, Sakura then replied respectfully, "You've got it all wrong."

"JUST SHUT UP! THEY ORDERED YOU HERE TO COME AND GET EVEN WITH ME, DIDN'T THEY!? I JUST KNOW IT," the elderly male furiously screeched. As confused as she was at THAT particular comment, she chose to just speak what was on her mind, "Get even...?" This whole fiasco was more puzzling than when Naruto rambles on and on about every type of ramen brand that he liked.

Iou swiftly turned and grabbed Nowaki's shirt before lightly shaking it and began making ridiculous orders before he pointed towards the pinkette, "HEY, YOUNG ONES, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?" Chino then gave a soft whine and apology, "Oh, come on! Sorry, I've got nothing against you, but-" Chino then darted forward before jumping into the air and shouting out, "WATER STYLE: RAIN HAIL!"

Even without her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan activated it was easy enough to see where all of the large droplets were going to land... but with her hidden Rinnegan orb, she made a quick assessment over the strength of the jutsu. This was so pitifully weak that she almost groaned, but made hand signs that were too quick for the eye to keep up with, "FIRE STYLE: FIREBALL JUTSU!" With how much fire was exerted from the pink haired missy, all of the water droplets evaporated rather quickly.

Once the girl named Chino had landed, she took a step back with widened eyes, "WHAT!? I didn't know fire style could beat water style! Did you Nowaki!?" Sakura honestly hated it when people lied to her face, but she merely stood there as she heard the larger male hesitantly speak, "J-Just get back!" - 'Is he actually nervous to attack me? That's hilarious!' Shouldn't have been cackling up on the inside because Nowaki had already engulfed his blade with chakra. Instantly, she began to bolt away, only for him to throw it once she was in the line of fire - yet failed miserably due to her jumping onto one of the rooftops of a home and smirking, "Change in chakra nature of wind."

Oh, Sakura knew all too well as to what wind chakra felt like. Iou growled angrily before pointing straight towards the pinkette, "COME ON, HURRY UP AND KILL HER!" Chino then laced her hands behind her head and began to whine once again, "No one said anything about her being so strong!" - "WHY YOU SPINELESS LITTLE BRAT!"

The blonde haired little lady did not look too pleased about being called a "spineless little brat" at all. At that moment, many of the exploding humans began to walk through the water wall and all except Sakura looked phased by this as she stepped forward, "After all of this, you can explain WHY you thought I was someone else." Activating her three tomoe patterned Sharingan and shocking the hell out of Chino and Nowaki, Sakura then swiftly met all of their gazes and the red within their eyes quickly faded before collapsing to the ground, completely unconscious... but not useless.

Walking forward once they collapsed, the pinkette could hear Chino softly speak first, "That eye..." Nowaki's tone didn't even change or even SOUND phased at all as he exclaimed, "The Sharingan..." Chino could feel all of the anger and rage filling her as she spoke so that ONLY Nowaki could hear her, "She's an Uchiha..." - "Yeah, no, I'm actually a Namikaze-Uchiha... but sure, if Uchiha is the only title you wish to label me with than that's your choice," turning her head back towards them, Sakura could only give a blank stare.

Going back to the problem at hand, Sakura then directed her gaze towards Iou, "How did the villagers end up in this condition?" This old man's voice was giving her a headache considering he YELLED everything, "HOW SHOULD I KNOW THAT!?" Sighing gently, Sakura then pushed on, "The one you mistook me for is involved somehow, right?" Iou instantly snapped his head to the side as if unwilling to speak now, "I'M NOT TELLING YOU!"

Glancing her, once again, regular emerald orb towards the other two to get some sort of explanation - but just as Chino was about to speak, Sakura then smirked, "If I were you, I wouldn't lie." Chino then tilted her head slightly, "How come?" The pinkette then narrowed her singular showing orb towards the small appearing girl, "Because, I can hear a person's inner thoughts as well as I can tell if a person is lying to me." Chino then took a slight step back, "S-Seriously?" Lifting a single pastel pink brow towards the female, she then chuckled, "Earlier, you exclaimed that you didn't know that fire style could beat water style. However, you already know that it CAN."

Considering Chino knew how to lie to her heart and conceal her mind, she then frantically shook her hands in front of her face, "I-I'm sorry, but we don't really know what's going on here either." It took Nowaki everything in his power to keep his thoughts to himself, so he merely nodded.

Staying completely still, the pinkette then spoke out, "Seems to me, that you two aren't even from this village... are you?" Chino then nodded, "Mhm! We were shinobi, but now we're traveling performers. We had a gig in the Hot Springs Village, we made real coin there! There's good money to be found here for entertainers like us!" The blonde haired girl then inhaled deeply before blowing bubbles out from her mouth as a presentation of sorts. Sakura, however, did not look too impressed or thrilled at the young girl's form of "entertainment".

Taking a deep breath, Chino then smiled brightly and continued, "Anyway, after that gig ended, we decided to head somewhere else. So, we came through the Bamboo Village to stock up on supplies. Oh yeah and old man Iou's daughter is so nice to us, she's really great! She made us this AMAZINGLY tasty food!" Iou then looked shocked as he forced his body to stand on both legs, "Hey wait! Amino, is she okay!? AMINO!"

Chino then turned from watching Iou face plant into the ground to look back at Sakura, whom was now taking her traveling cape off and folding it up before placing it within her storage holster. Both Nowaki and Chino stared at this female's physical form, only for the blonde to swiftly clear her throat, "Earlier, we told all of the women and children to take shelter." Turning, the short haired blonde girl than jogged towards the home and opened the door, "Hey!" Sakura then turned to look down at one of the unconscious men on the ground, "I have no choice but to ask these guys directly then."

Hearing the sounds of rushing feet, the pinkette's head snapped back to where Chino had gone to release the women and children - only to see Iou's daughter, Amino, with those same blood red eyes, "An exploding human," the pinkette exclaimed in a bland tone. Nowaki had been having a hell of a time holding Iou back this entire time with how much squirming he was doing. Oh sure, Sakura could have saved her too... she... just didn't realize that part until the last damn moment and it was too late. The last thing that could be heard from Iou was his mumbled, "I... will never... forgive you, Fushin."


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Sakura waited around until someone finally woke up to get some answers for her questions. Groggily, someone sat up and leaned against the well of the village as the pinkette approached, "Just who is this Fushin?" The man groaned softly and coughed slightly before weakly replying, "The Lightning Gang's leader..." - "The Lightning Gang?" The male then spoke about them, "They take money from bad people and distribute it to poor people, like us. They're thieves... but, they act honorably." Sakura couldn't wrap her head around this at all as she asked, "So why would their leader want to get even?"

That was a tough pill to swallow, but it would do him no favors to lie to her and it was about damn time that the rumors came out of the shadows, "This is just what I heard. The Lightning Gang was betrayed by the Hidden Mist. It seemed that they barely escaped with their lives and found their way to this village, but the village turned the Lightning Gang away." This only made Sakura clench her teeth tightly before snapping around while placing her traveling cape back on as she began to walk towards the still unconscious exploding humans.

Chino hummed sadly, only to ask, "What are you going to do?" Sakura gave a matter-of-fact tone the moment she replied, "Search the memories of the exploding humans." The blonde then gasped sharply, "Huh!?" Kneeling down and gently prying one of the male's orbs open, Sakura figured that her three tomoe Sharingan would be enough to search the memories of this simplistic man.

Once the memory sweep began, Sakura's long locks began to flutter within the air as she looked through the memories. Oddly enough, she witnessed Nowaki placing firewood down while Chino walked behind Amino and placed a hand on her shoulder while smiling. Trying to sift through more memories, the pinkette then lifted her head as if shocked that she was now in the midst of an ocean. It felt as if she were being grabbed by the ankles and pulled beneath the water's surface. The moment she began to cascade deeper into the water, Sakura cringed as the pressure pushed her bangs away from her left eye.

Forcing her way back up, Sakura broke the surface of the water and coughed all of the water she had consumed during her time of being forced to become a mermaid before beginning to take deep breaths to fill her lungs with air once again. Tilting her head slightly up, that's when her face gained a horror filled expression that was laced with a small amount of fear. Within the sky were two blood thirsty orbs. The whites of the eyes were red, the irises were a deep red, and the pupils were even red. "The Sharingan is scary looking, it's so bloodthirsty," people say... yeah, no, fuck off - THIS SHIT WAS TERRIFYING.

She felt almost petrified in that water... until she looked at the eye beginning to drip blood as if crying. She couldn't remember the last time she had screamed so loudly, but hot damn this sure felt like a good time to do so. Activating her three tomoe Sharingan, the pinkette then forced herself out of the memories and shot up with her heart beating rapidly inside of her chest and her breathing was heavy. Chino then clasped both hands over her heart with a worried expression, "Are you okay...?" Sweat beaded down her face lightly as she continued to pant, "Those crimson eyes... I'm sure of it... It's a Kekke-Genkai..."

Writing a letter down, Chino then looked over the left side pinkette's shoulder with the hopes of being able to see what was underneath her bangs, "Hey, who are you writing to?" She couldn't exactly LOOK at the girl, but could feel that she wanted to know what was under her bangs. Shaking her head, Sakura then released a heavy breath as she folded the paper up. Well fuck... how was she supposed to take her gloves off without showing her sun or moon symbol?

It was dark outside, so she chose to tug off her left hand glove, yet just incase, kept her four free fingers pressed tightly over her moon symbol as she bit on her thumb and placed her hand against the ground, "SUMMONING JUTSU!" One of her messenger hawks then appeared and slipped her glove back on the moment neither were looking her way. Placing the letter within the hawk's carrier, she then whispered softly, "Go to my father."

Chino huffed softly as she watched the hawk take flight, "Heyyy, who were you writing to!?" Sakura was getting slightly agitated at this point as she peered her emerald orb down, "My father." Standing up and snapping around, the pinkette then heard the blonde laughing hysterically, "You write like THAT to your DAD!?" Stopping all movements, Sakura turned her head, "Wouldn't you if your father was the Hokage?" With that being said, she then turned and helped give a proper burial to all of the deceased villagers.

Minato was currently in his office thinking long and hard until his door slammed open and he just about became a living blonde rocket. His heart slamming in his chest, he cleared his throat, "Naruto? What's wrong?" Naruto laughed softly and walked forward, "Sorry dad, I didn't mean to scare you... again. Anyway, nothing's wrong! Sakura just delivered a message and since it came to me, I figured I'd just bring it to you, ya know?"

With that, the note was handed over and Naruto smiled softly, "I'll see you later dad." Minato merely waved as he began to read over the letter - 'Encountered exploding humans, I will be investigating independently. I respectfully ask for your understanding. Do not allow any Uchiha's except Madara and Izuna to search the memories of the people. -Sakura' - Setting the note down, he then sighed, "I've been great Sakura, how have you been...?" Minato grumbled softly before leaning back in his chair and glanced up at the ceiling, "Just how long will your journey be forced to continue...?"

Now walking away from the village, a PET NAME stopped her, "Saky, where are you going!?" Nowaki then spoke up blandly, "Is your name... Sakura Uchiha?" Chino then tilted her head down, "The most gifted member of the Uchiha clan... that's who you are, isn't it?" Today must be back and forth day because now Nowaki spoke, "I knew it the moment I saw your Sharingan last night." Chino then spoke up, "So where are you going now?"

Sakura merely stared at these two jesters before releasing a heavy sigh, "I already told you my last name is Namikaze Uchiha. As for where I am going... That has nothing to do with the two of you." Just as the pinkette thought she would be home free to walk away, the blonde then yelled out, "IT DOES INVOLVE US!... because Amino cooked us some really good food and she was kind to us. You're going to look for that Fushin guy, right?" Oh hell no. Sakura did not need this little mouse tagging along, so she began to walk away as the little blonde began to jog to catch up, "He's the one who changed Amino and all of the others into those human something or others isn't he!?"

Walking silently through the snow as her hair floated angelically behind her, making Nowaki stare at the boundless beauty - which Chino most definitely noticed, "Listen! We're going too, I think that we might be able to help!" Considering the pinkette wouldn't speak to her, Chino puffed out her cheeks, "And don't give us that "I don't need you guys" look! That's only going to make us more determined to come!"

'Sweet son of a bitch! What did I do to make them follow me!?' The pinkette roared internally as she continued to walk silently - "SAKY ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME!?" Chino then ran up and grabbed the scar that the pinkette held on her side tightly. Chino could feel the depth of that scar and sharply gasped as she dropped her hand. The moment the pain finally subsided, Sakura turned to face the two, "I don't care WHAT you do, but stop calling me that, all right?!" Waving her hand playfully in front of her face, she held an equally as playful tune to match, "Well, I figured since I'm older than you are Saky, I can give you what EVER nickname I want!"

Well that was slightly startling to hear and it definitely made her face the very YOUNG appearing female, "What... older... really?" Placing her hands on her hips with a cat-like grin plastered onto her face, Chino then released a rather loud, "AHEM!" Nowaki then jogged up to the pinkette and leaned down to whisper into her ear. Now this rang a few bells due to the fact that this little thing was roughly as old as Megami and didn't look a god damned day over ten years old.

"By that much, huh," the pinkette lazily spoke and immediately tilted her head away the moment Chino chimed in with, "What do you mean by THAT much...?" Looking towards Sakura, Chino then smiled softly, "You know what Saky? It's never a good idea to judge people based on their looks, or by your own preconceptions."

All Sakura could do was swallow heavily and turn away with a lowered head so that no tears could be witnessed falling to the ground as Itachi's voice rang through her head, "Sakura, you should never judge someone by their appearance, or by your own preconceptions either." - "Forgive me, Sakura, but this is it..." - "And whatever you do from here on out, know this, no matter what I will love you always." - 'I-Itachi... please forgive me. One day, I will join you... but until then... I'm begging you to keep watch over me...' - "Saky? Hey Saky? Hey by the way, have you been back to the Hidden Leaf Village?"

She couldn't say anything more, so she stayed silent as she made her way forward. Chino laced her hands behind her head and chuckled, "Oh I see, ignoring me, huh?" Chino continued to pester and pester the poor pinkette until Nowaki sternly spoke out, "Chino... that's enough..." He quickly motioned his head forward and Chino tilted her head slightly to see tears falling down Sakura's face. Right at that moment, she chose to silence herself.


Madara was currently lying in bed in the morning just staring at his ceiling. He could never get over how him and Sakura were now connected through the scar that they both held. It was fully healed, yet it was almost as if someone was intentionally reminding the two of what they had been through together. Wincing rather abruptly, the moody made instantly began to swear, "FOR FUCKS SAKE!" That was enough for Izuna to haul ass inside of the room and come to a screeching halt the moment he arrived, only to pant heavily for a moment before hollering out, "BIG BROTHER, WHAT'S WRONG!?"

Noticing his brother clasping his side, Izuna then puffed out a breath of relief, "Oh good, it's just your weird bond with Sakura again." We are clear for takeoff in three... two... one... BLASTOFF, "IZUNA WHAT IN THE HELL HAVE I TOLD YOU!? IT IS NOT WEIRD, IT MERELY HAPPENS TO BE HIGHLY INCONVENIENT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT I AM A SHINOBI!" Fanning his hand from side to side, Izuna snickered, "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Oh, that's right, Lord Fourth wants us to go to Orochimaru's hideout because Yamato has sent word that Orochimaru has asked permission to leave on a trip, so Yamato requires extra backup considering he can't make direct contact. So take a shower and get dressed."

Looking down, Madara then spoke softly while tenderly rubbing at his scar, "It lets me know..." Tilting his head towards his older brother in a rather puzzled fashion, the long haired raven then questioned, "Hm? Lets you know what?" Lowering his head further as he stood up, he then spoke the moment his back was turned away and had begun heading towards the shower, "It lets me know... that she is still alive..." Madara ended with softly as he closed the bathroom door, quickly showered, pulled his hair up into a high ponytail, and got dressed quickly.

He didn't exactly know as to why he always wore his hair in a high ponytail now, but he could make an educated guess. He wore it that way because Sakura had told him it looked extremely cute on him. It was also something she had always done for him during the summer time as well. He could remember each and every time he felt like his skin was going to suffocate and die until Sakura would come up and place his long forest of black and blue thorns into a high ponytail.

The two were dressed in their Uchiha branded cloaks and Madara even carried one of Sakura's cloaks with him for "good luck". Or, as Izuna would put it... his big brother just wanted the pinkette close, even if she was far away. Darting towards Orochimaru's hideout, they then reached it within half a day. Peering around Madara released a snarky 'TCH!' before speaking, "Why did he ask for us to be out here, only for him to leave without his backup!?" A separate ANBU then walked up to the two Uchiha teens and bowed lightly, "Captain Madara and Izuna, Orochimaru had decided to not wait because Karinku was being a pain in the ass again to three guests that came in."

Motioning his hand for the male to go on, Madara then folded his arms across his chest the moment the male continued, "I didn't hear much, but Orochimaru claimed, "But, I can lure him out. However, doing so may cause a few problems." He then claimed that they would be going to the Colosseum." The moody male then nodded before turning away and bolting to the shore as his little brother spoke in a mixed puzzled and curious tone, "What in the hell is the Colosseum?"

Coming to a stop, the two then boarded a ship and took off. Folding his arms once he sat down, the elder Uchiha brother then peered into the sky, "You cannot simply find this place without knowing where it is in the first place. I only happen to know about it thanks to a few ANBU missions that ordered me to bring home multiple kidnapped shinobi that held Kekke-Genkai at their beck and call." Sighing softly as he tightened the grip on both of his arms, Madara then looked down, "It is a resort for the wealthy. The Colosseum just so happens to be that island's "entertainment". They throw fighters in the ring and whichever shinobi loses the battle is then traded to the winner's... owner."

Pointing out into the distance, Madara's onyx orbs then narrowed, "It just so happens to be right there. Place your mask on, though, it is not as if we are undercover. I mean look at us. We are wearing all of our clan based clothing." Izuna then snickered as he held out his elder brother's ANBU apparel. Chuckling at this, Madara took his uniform and the two swiftly changed. Placing on their masks, Madara then pointed at the dock, "We must scatter the moment we arrive at the dock."

Once docked, the two Uchiha brothers darted off to not be seen. Both had their Rinnegan in play as Madara flicked his finger forward, "It is this way! Now, keep up Izuna!" Nodding his head, the two then entered the Colosseum and hid in the cover of the shadows. Spotlights then flashed down on the arena as a male with a microphone boasted out, "Good evening everyone! Are all of you enjoying yourselves so far!? Glory for the victor, despair for the loser! The rules are simple! The one with your I.D. tag faces someone with another person's and the winner is whoever manages to take their opponents I.D. tag! Simply put, it's a match of PURE SURVIVAL!"

Izuna's eyes widened at this as Madara tilted his head away from the arena while tenderly rubbing his scar. Shakily projecting his words, Izuna spoke out, "W-W-What's going on here big brother!?" Madara glanced back as he continued to rub at his scar, "I already told you, did I not? If you do not wish to see this as much as I do not wish to, then look away." Izuna then noticed his brother rubbing at his scar and frowned slightly as his worried tone projected softly, "You okay...?"

The matches went on and on, with neither hidden ANBU male's able to watch a single one... that is... until the final names were called out, "The wait is FINALLY over! Now for the main event! Wearing En Oyashiro's I.D. tag we have Futsu and his opponent will be wearing Lord Orochimaru's I.D. tag, the legendary kunoichi who attacked the five kage summit, the most GIFTED Uchiha clan member - SAKURA UCHIHA!" Both Madara and Izuna's head snapped forward and prayed to god that this wasn't some sick prank, yet both also knew that if she was entering into this... then she probably had a very good reason for doing so.

Both of the Uchiha brothers then released a breath the moment the referee placed his hand over his brows as if searching around while calling out, "Wait a minute here folks! Could this be a forfeit!?" Thinking that they were all in the clear, both males then looked away again until once again snapping their heads forward the moment the referee called out in an all too excited tone, "SHE'S HERE! SHE'S ARRIVED, READY TO GO! SAKURA UCHIHA HAS APPEARED!"

Without her even knowing, Madara scoffed lightly, "An Uchiha, yes. However, he is missing the Namikaze aspect that truly makes her special." The match had now officially begun and only two attacks were shown off... and they weren't even from the pinkette... before all hell broke loose and one of the "president's" fell from his balcony. The referee then darted forward, "AN AMBULANCE! SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!" Sakura then snapped around with panic in her eyes as she yelled out, "NO, GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Yet all the pinkette could manage to scream within the midst of her mind was, 'An exploding human!?'

Darting forward now, Sakura's three tomoe patterned Sharingan swirled into motion and captured the fallen male's eyes before he even got the chance to explode, causing him to become normal once more before thudding to the ground. Everyone was now hearing screams of panic from all over the Colosseum as exploding humans began to bubble up. Sakura then took an unsure step back while sweat beaded down her forehead. Oh, what she wouldn't give for Madara and Izuna to be here right now to help her out, because as of now... she was unable to exit the arena.

Crimson orbs then gained a shocked expression the moment she witnessed not one, but TWO, Uchiha men swiftly changing into their cloaks and hurling their masks to the side before darting off with their three tomoe patterned Sharingan swirling into place. Tears instantly filled the pinkette's eyes as En Oyashiro smirked deviously, "So those two must be Lord Orochimaru's bodyguards... Madara and Izuna Uchiha. That Sharingan... I want to see it up close!"

Officially saying "Fuck you" to the match, Sakura then darted into the crowd to help split up the problematic situation that they were all now caught up within. Keeping that three tomoe pattern swirling and capturing as many eyes as she could catch with those sparkling crimson orbs. She would miss the very last one if she didn't rush and to make matters worse, Nowaki was right in front of it. Tilting her head back to notice Madara very close, made her yell out, "MADARA!" Snapping his head around to see the pinkette darting towards him, he swiftly caught her before throwing her into the air and flipping to slam his feet to her own so she flew towards the last male who was on the verge of exploding.

Making it JUST in time, Sakura captured the final male's orbs so that he collapsed to the ground, "NOWAKI," her panicked tone rang out as she quickly snatched the larger male into her arms as a means to protect him just in case she should fail. By the end of the cluster fuck of a situation, the pinkette then had Chino take Nowaki to get his wound tended to. Only two people had died and that felt like a blessing all on its own. Sakura then snapped her body around and rushed towards the moody teen as fast as she possibly could go. Reaching him quicker than she had initially thought, the pinkette then launched herself towards the oldest Uchiha and captured him by hurling both to the ground.

Wrapping her arms securely around his neck tightly, Sakura broke down and pulled this arrogant, yet loving, man closer to her so that she could sob into his neck. After a few minutes, Sakura sat up while straddling his hips and leaned her petite body over to tightly press her lips to his while her fingers began to tightly tangle within his high ponytail, yet was quickly jolted out of her loving moment the second Orochimaru approached, "Seems like you won't meet En Oyashiro." - "What!? Why not!?"

Chuckling softly, Orochimaru peered those golden orbs straight into Sakura's two different colored orbs, "I told you, he's a very cautious man. I can't imagine that he'd take the time to stick around after all of this uproar... and since the match ended mid-way, there won't be a name tag transfer ceremony. This Fushin person was En Oyashiro's guard and we know that he made the exploding humans, but now we can't get intel on him. Seems this trip was a total waste."

Sakura was now silently fuming, but no one, except one, could even tell that she WAS fuming in the first place. Madara then yelped softly and grasped his scar, "S-Sakura, would you MIND easing up on all of your FURY!?" - "HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT AT A TIME LIKE THIS!? EN OYASHIRO WAS MY FIRST SOLID LEAD! MY FIRST, DAMMIT!" Now it was Sakura's turn to yelp and grasp at her own scar, only for Madara to quickly sit up and bring her head over his heart, "Shh... calm yourself, Sakura..." - "MADARA!" Izuna shouted as he rushed forward and grasped the hilt of the chakra engulfed blade that had been thrown at his moody older brother, only to hurl it back so that it slammed into the offender's thigh.

Noticing a male speaking to Orochimaru the moment she cracked her orbs open, the pinkette then heard the snake resembling male's surprised tone of voice, "What was that...? Well Sakura, Madara, and Izuna... En Oyashiro's asked for all three of you. He is under the impression that Madara and Izuna here are my personal bodyguards." Madara then folded his arms, "To be honest, that IS why we have come all this way. However, if Sakura is to go with you, then Izuna and I shall accompany her so that neither you or this En Oyashiro will bring harm her way."

Orochimaru could only breath a chuckle at this point as he turned and snapped his golden orbs towards the extremely moody male, "Even I can see that you two have yet to fully comprehend as to how connected your hearts have become intertwined. Though, I am sure that Izuna here has been witnessing all of this first hand from the both of you for as long as he can remember. Shall we be off then?" Izuna said nothing, but he WAS internally agreeing.


The little chat that the five had, had concluded very quickly. All three Uchiha's could only tightly clench their fists together as they walked out of the conference room. The Uchiha clan had been the ones responsible for the Chinoike clans' seclusion and all of this had happened long before their time. It would be more accurate to say that all of this transpired thousands of years ago.

As the trio of Uchiha's passed Chino and Nowaki, Madara peered over towards the male as he openly stared longingly at the pinkette that paid him no mind at all the moment she passed by. Snapping, Madara whirled around and grasped the front of Nowaki's shirt before slamming him to the wall and yelling at him viciously, "TELL ME, WHY IS IT THAT EVERY INSTANCE THAT I TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT YOUR UNSIGHTLY FORM THAT I CATCH YOU STARING AT SAKURA LIKE A STARVED ANIMAL!?" Sakura then snapped around and rushed to Madara before her eyes widened at the amount of rage that now pulsed through the scar the two shared.

Crying out in pain, Sakura then fell to her knees and Izuna rushed to her side almost instantly to begin tenderly stroking her back, "Come on Sakura... breathe..." Sakura could barely focus at what the long haired raven was even saying at this point... and he could tell that much on his own. As panicked as he was, Izuna held Sakura close to his heart and gently covered her ears, "BIG BROTHER, TURN AROUND!"

The anger induced male then slowly turned around with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan activated, yet looked horrified the moment he witnessed Sakura sobbing as she held the scar on her side. All Izuna could do was stroke her hair and allow her to listen to his heartbeat with the hopes that it would either calm her, or put her to sleep. As pissed off as he was, Madara had to force himself to calm down before walking to the pinkette and lifting her into his arms bridal style. Just as all of her pain began to subside, Nowaki just HAD to get smart with Madara of all people, "What type of man are you!? You put such a beautiful woman through so much pain that she is incapable of tolerating it!?"

Sweat lightly beaded down Izuna's face due to that comment because he could already tell that his older brother's pissed off-o-meter just flew straight through the ceiling. Sakura's pain was so intense now that she actually passed out and that right there... made Madara freeze before beginning to yell at himself internally, 'REMEMBER ALL OF THE THINGS PERVY-SAGE TAUGHT YOU! I WAS TAUGHT HOW TO CONTROL ALL OF MY ANGER SO THAT I STAYED CALM! I CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS!'

At that moment, Izuna knew that his older brother was now beating himself up over bringing Sakura MORE harm. The first time was kinda both of their faults... but he still took the responsibility as if it were some challenge to overcome. All the moody male did... was laugh gently, "Do not worry Izuna, he does make a valid point. However, I will not apologize for Sakura being my first and only love. That is something that you shall never take away from the two of us. How long have you known her now? A few weeks? Well, I shall tell you now... Sakura and I have known one another since we were eight years old and we have loved one another just as long."

Sakura's arms then wrapped around Madara's neck tenderly and she buried her face into his neck. It was obvious as to how exhausted she was, so he then peered to his younger brother, "I am going to take Sakura to get some rest. I would like for you to take them somewhere they can afford. Now, please do excuse me." Izuna could only frown and whisper out, "Take good care of her, big brother..."

Paying for a nice room that had a luxurious bed inside, Madara then placed Sakura down and took off her black traveling cape... only to find a TUBE TOP was the only thing to be found beneath. Chuckling softly at her as he removed her black capris, combat sandals, and gloves to leave her in her undergarments; he then unbuckled his clasp and dropped it to the ground before yanking his cloak off of his body and removing his gloves. Walking around the bed, he then eased himself beside her and rolled to his side to bring up a single finger to trace at the unsightly scar that stained her flawless body... yet, it also connected them.

The moment his finger began to assault her skin, Sakura's tired orbs fluttered open and she slowly leaned up to yank off her tube top before dropping it to the side and collapsing once more. Groaning softly due to the fact that Madara would NOT keep his hands to himself, Sakura then rolled over to rest her head against his perfect form and her hand basically pinned his to the bed, making him smirk, "You know Sakura... if you are going to be rough, then I shall not be so tender with you either..."

All she wanted was some damn sleep, but he was not allowing this. Whining softly, the pinkette basically pleaded at this point, "Madara... I'm exhausted... can you save being an insufferable prick until tomorrow?" Hearing him hum gently, he then laughed softly, "I do apologize. I forgot how sensitive your skin... is..." Oh, she knew this game far too well, so she simply began to run her fingers through his lush forest of black and blue thorns to the point where he fell asleep by the end of his sentence.

"That makes this win number one-hundred and ten for me," she spoke to herself softly to not poke the bear with a stick. Continuing to run her fingers through his long locks, her opposite hand slowly began to trace random patterns over his well defined and masterfully sculpted chest - only for the big bad wolf to turn towards the pinkette and gently nuzzle her neck with his nose. Two different colored orbs flew wide open the moment the pinkette could feel the moody male's breath against the sensitive skin on her neck... making her whimper slightly as she arched into his body, "M-Madara..."

He could only "try" to hide his cocky smirk, but failed considering the fact that she could feel his lips tug upward against her silky neck. A rather rough punch then came crashing down onto his skull before the furious female began to shout out, "I AM EXHAUSTED MADARA! AT LEAST ATTEMPT TO ACT LIKE YOU REALLY DO CARE ABOUT MY WELL-BEING!"

Rolling his eyes, he then rolled back onto his back with his arm securely latched around her hip to tug her along for the ride as well. Sooner rather than later, both parties were deep asleep and the two Uchiha's ended up tangling their bodies together in the entire process. The moment the sun began to fill the room, Sakura's eyes finally opened to not the sun... but the sounds of pounding against the front door. Rolling out of bed, the pinkette stumbled towards the door and opened it without remembering that she was basically naked, "Izuna...?"

Standing there waiting for his older brother to wake from his hibernation, Izuna merely hummed a soft tune to cover up the fact that he was even anxiously awaiting. The moment that the door opened, his face turned bright red and managed to stutter out, "S-Sakura!?" Pushing the pinkette back into the room and closing the door behind him, Izuna released a heavy sigh until stiffening up completely the moment he felt her arms wrap around his neck and press tightly to him. Well, this was NOT fair.

"B-BIG BROTHER," he yelled loud enough to shock his older brother awake to the point where he shot up holding a kunai within his hands, only to place the kunai away the second he realized as to why his younger brother was even yelling. Snickering at his frozen little brother, Madara then tiredly projected, "Izuna, pick her up and bring her to me."

"Izuna... you smell so good..." the pinkette then mumbled as she tightened her grip on him. Oh, she LOVED how Izuna smelled and there was nothing that Madara could say or do to change her mind over that matter. She did love Madara's scent though... he smelled like sunlight, fresh air, and nature; but Izuna just held onto that same scent in a more delicate manner.

Gulping roughly, the long haired raven then picked the exhausted pinkette up that was currently refusing to release him at that given moment, only to mumble, "Izuna... take me to your room... Madara didn't let me get any sleep..." This comment made Izuna's face become graced with an immense frown, "Big brother, why did you NOT let Sakura get any sleep!?" Madara then playfully lifted his only visible tired brow, "Would you like for me to tell you, or explain everything that transpired last night?"

This comment only served to make the younger Uchiha brother turn bright red, "M-Madara, you two - I mean you... - you..." It was almost as if Madara understood this gibberish and began to snicker, "Ah, as much as I would like to say yes, the answer to that question would be a no. I have waited this long to marry Sakura so that she can bless me with children to fill our home, so I do believe that I will be able to wait until she comes home for good." Izuna then frowned and spoke softly as he turned away while holding Sakura close, "But... what if she never comes home..."

Not allowing his brother to answer, the long haired raven then exited the room and walked to his own. Once inside and locking the door, Izuna then walked to his bed and placed the sleeping pinkette down so that she could rest comfortably, only to ease his body next to her own and tug her close before whispering softly to not wake the devil inside of her, "I wish you would come home..." With that, the Uchiha male then fell asleep as Sakura lightly traced his chest within her world of dreams.


Once the next day was upon them, Sakura was up before Izuna and leaned over to push his bangs away from his forehead before gracing his skin with a gentle kiss. Leaning back, the pinkette then realized he was uncomfortable and her hand felt behind him to notice he had left his hair in his low ponytail. Shaking her head softly, Sakura tugged his hair free as gently as she could and ran her fingers through Izuna's beyond silky locks with a smile before whispering gently, "Take care of Madara for me..."

Sitting up and walking away, Sakura then managed to write two notes and placed the first down on Izuna's nightstand. She then noticed he had brought NONE of her clothing with him, so she effectively stole his cloak and walked to where all of her clothing was. Entering the door, her single emerald orb saddened at the sight of the man she loved the most within this world in deep state of sleep.

Walking up to him and brushing his long bangs away from his face, all she could manage to think was, 'Okay... it must be a SIN to be THIS beautiful.' Shaking her head, the pinkette then got dressed in her own clothing and placed Izuna's cloak beside him, only to add to her letter to Madara that he would need to take Izuna his cloak. Setting the note down, Sakura then leaned forward and pressed her lips to his softly... not wanting to leave him... but this was her punishment for all the wrong she had committed during her prior absence from the Leaf Village.

With that mindset, Sakura then turned away and walked out of the room. Soon she was met by Chino and Nowaki as they then boarded a ship and her singular showing emerald orb dulled slightly as the boat took her further and further away from the two Uchiha brothers. Chino then lifted her violet orbs towards the noticeably sad female, "So where are we headed to this time?" Sakura kept her eyes forward as she spoke, "The Land of Steam..." Tilting her head, Chino then had to question, "Why are you going there of all places?" Clenching her fists tightly as she remembered the story told to her, the pinkette then released a breath, "I'm going to Hell Valley."

This answer slightly shocked Chino and was about to speak until Sakura beat her to the punch, "I need to see the harsh truth with my own eyes..." This further shocked Chino and she quieted down, but every so often she would flick her eyes to meet the pinkette's form. There was something that she did not know though... and how could she know? Sakura rarely told her anything over any matters at hand.

Naruto groaned as he walked into Minato's office, "Dad, Sakura sent you another message. Her summon must really not like you if it always comes to me to deliver messages for you, ya know?" Rolling his sky blue orbs at his son, the Fourth Hokage then held his hand out and his son then placed the note within his hand. Lifting the note to his face, he quickly began to skim over the contents of the letter, making Naruto tilt his head, "So, what does it say dad?"

Smiling softly, the blonde haired father then spoke out with a chuckle, "Time to go on a trip. Shikamaru!" Shikamaru then walked in, "What's up Lord Fourth?" Minato then stood and yanked on his official Hokage apparel while speaking, "I'm going to need you to redecorate the old Uchiha compound with this insignia. It seems as if Sakura is going to save a clan that the Uchiha clan put into seclusion thousands of years ago. I can understand her... in some way, she feels responsible for what transpired due to the fact that her name holds ties to the Uchiha clan." Minato then handed the new insignia to the Hokage's aid and he nodded at this, "I will get it done before you return."

Sakura now stood silently in the Land of Steam. Fuck... it was cold as hell. Turning and beginning to walk down a path, she then watched as a group of people passed her and immediately hear Chino scream within a panic as Nowaki reached out to her, "SAKURA, HELP!" Darting forward and activating her three tomoe orbs, the pinkette then caught all of their gazes and fell to the ground.

All too suddenly, a chakra cloaked blade was thrown at her and she activated the arm of her Susano'o to block the blade before snapping her head to the side to speak quickly, "You two stay here!" With that, she darted after the male that was now throwing regular blades at her, 'It's... not cloaked in chakra!' By this point she had a pretty good idea as to what was going on as another barrage of blades came her way, only for Sakura to easily grasp the hilt of one of the blades before roughly hurling it so that it would slam into a weak spot on the tree branch he had just landed on.

The moment he landed, that branch broke and he plummeted forward to land in a steaming hot spring as the pinkette caught the cascading blade. Pushing himself up quickly, he then moved forward while painfully calling out, "Hot, hot!" By the time he looked up, the male witnessed Sakura standing there holding the same exact blade that had been used to make him make his ungraceful descend. He had never thought that this girl would turn out to be so beautiful, but the tone she now used was dry and uncaring, "No... you're not Fushin, are you?"

Pulling himself out of the hot spring, the male then sat down with his legs and arms folded, "Huh!? What are you talking about!? I'm the Lightning Gang's leader and-" She gave no room for this man to finish as she simply claimed, "I possess the Sharingan." This made him give a shocked expression as he peered into that single emerald orb while she continued to speak, "I can look into your memories with it... and if you're lying..." Right then and there she activated her simple three tomoe Sharingan so that it spun into place before finishing her little chat, "I can't guarantee that you'll stay alive..."

A harsh gulp was then heard coming from this man before he stood up, "Fine..." The male then did a series of quick backflips away so that he was a good distance away and stayed in a crouched position, "You can't guarantee that I'll stay alive, huh? Well, I'll say the same thing right back at you!" Dropping the blade that had been thrown at her, Sakura then pulled out her snake sword and engulfed the entire contents of the blade with her light pink Chidori. The male then grinned and made a few hand signs before slamming his hands to the ground, "I won't let you! EARTH STYLE: MUD WALL!"

Oh, he was far from finished as he made more hand signs, "LAVA STYLE: RUBBER WALL!" The rubber then coated the back of the wall that had been made as the pinkette darted forward and slashed at the stone, only for her Chidori to become nullified and looked up the moment she heard him mocking her, "Rubber works well against lightning style. LAVA STYLE: RUBBER BALL!" Okay, watching this man create rubber based balls from his mouth was slightly sickening to Sakura, but her face remained unchanged.

The male then jumped down to the ground and lifted those balls into his hands while grinning, "NOW THEN, HERE I COME!" With that, he threw each ball at her and she merely tilted her head from side to side so that they would miss her entirely. Grinning still, the male called out, "NOW TRY THIS!" More mud walls began to pop up all around her and the balls began to bounce off of them and shoot towards her. The only problem was... none were actually hitting her.

"How did- Fine then! I'll just make more," the male exclaimed as he clasped his hands together to create more, but she turned her head towards him to show him that this was not the final stage of her Sharingan considering the cherry blossom pattern held within her eyes then spun into place, "AMATERASU!" Those black flames instantly targeted his right leg and he began to panic, "W-WHAT'S THIS!?" With that, he fell off of one of his mud walls and all of his jutsus vanished the moment he fell on his back and began to pat at the flames with the hopes of putting them out.

"I-IT WON'T GO AWAY! HOT, HOT! I'LL TELL YA ANYTHING YOU WANT! I'LL TELL YOU! PLEASE, JUST LET ME TALK! PLEASE, PUT OUT THE FLAMES," Sakura allowed the flames to burn him a little longer before using a monotone voice to recall her black flames from hell, "Kagutsuchi." The male then tilted his head down and panted heavily, but by the time he looked up again Sakura was in his face.

The cherry blossom pattern held within her singular showing orb spun as she then claimed, "You don't have to talk..." That's when he realized he was entirely screwed now. The Sharingan captured his eyes and she began to dig through this man's mind. By the time she got all of the intel she needed, the pinkette only spoke three words, "As I thought..." - "You're right," the voice of Nowaki spoke out and she erected her body to turn and stare at him before demanding an answer, "Where's the chakra sword you threw? It's the same one you threw at me in the Bamboo Village."

Nowaki only grinned at her and her crimson orb then narrowed, "Show me your true face." He almost sounded confused about this as he answered, "My face?" Sakura then scoffed lightly, "I know this isn't your true appearance, because otherwise, you couldn't have shown yourself to old man Iou and the Bamboo Village. OR, were you afraid to meet En Oyashiro?"

Scowling at that little comment, he then yanked out two of his blades and cut each side of his wrists. Sakura's eyes then widened as he began to bloat up, but then began to deflate like a popped rubber ball. Once the ball was completely deflated, he then spoke, "You're right. Now you're looking at who I really am." Sakura narrowed her orbs towards this man and scowled slightly as she spoke words that could have been made of silk had they truly been something that was tangible, "Fushin..."


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Standing there with her thigh long bubblegum colored tresses blowing softly within the ice cold wind, all she could do was glare until speaking in a cold tone, "I'm going to make you tell me everything that I need to know." - "I wonder if you CAN," Fushin mocked, making her eyebrow that was beneath her bangs slightly twitch... but appeared calm and collected, with a dash of I'M PISSED THE FUCK OFF, all thanks to her bangs. She had been willing to risk her own life for him and this is how she was repaid? Lovely.

'Considering he was once En Oyashiro's bodyguard, it is safe to assume that he has a Kekke-Genkai...' She thought as she watched him make a single hand sign before yelling out, "SEVERE WIND DESTRUCTION!" Okay, this was a new one. She had never had someone create a damn TORNADO before.

Bracing herself against the freezing cold air that now pressed against her body, Sakura's eye darted to witness Fushin grabbing one of his chakra blades, cloaking it with chakra, and hurling it at her so that she was forced to jump into the storm. Oh this was a freaking FREEZING merry-go-round. Spotting a tree branch, the pinkette quickly attached herself to the top of the branch until Fushin decided to hurl MORE blades at her to make her jump back into the storm. The two played this dangerous form of tag for quite some time until Sakura narrowed her body and was about to get to him until he yelled out again, "SEVERE WIND DESTRUCTION!"

Fushin was now pushing a lot of chakra into this round and the tornado became massive and began to head straight for her while he yelled, "NOW I WILL MAKE YOU MINE!" Sitting up off of the snow covered ground with her cloak now gone, her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan swirled into place and her Susano'o swiftly built up and two blades were formed to counter the tornado that she finally sliced away, "CARE TO REPEAT THAT!?"

"I'M NOT DONE," Fushin yelled angrily. Sakura was his prize... and he wanted to keep this pretty little Uchiha as his pet for the rest of their lives. Now a ridiculous sized tornado appeared and slammed into the pinkette's Susano'o blades. Okay... she might have watched Izuna with her Sharingan once to see if his "Vanish" could be copied and low and behold, it could be with a LOT of practice. Snapping her index and middle finger up, the pinkette then smirked dangerously, "NOW VANISH!" Slowly, her entire presence melted away from existence and that made Fushin snap his head from side to side, "W-Where in the hell did she go!?"

Having her Susano'o fly right above the eye of the storm, she then dropped her Susano'o and smirked the moment he shot his head up with a shocked facial expression as she called out, "THERE'S NO WIND IN THE EYE OF THE STORM!" Activating her light pink Chidori and engulfing her fist with chakra, she then shot down, "I BELONG TO NO ONE, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?! DON'T YOU DARE UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A NAMIKAZE-UCHIHA, CHA!"

The tornado finally dispersed, Fushin laid bruised and battered on the snowy floor as Sakura stood there in one foul mood, "Now, start talking..." Struggling to sit up, Fushin growled out, "No way!" Unable to sit up, he then fell on his back again, "D-Dammit..." She wasn't going to sit here and wait, so she activated her Sharingan and caught his gaze. Inside of his mind now, Sakura stood there staring at a mansion before questioning, "What's that...?" All too suddenly, a huge current of water slammed into her and she growled within her mind, 'I won't fall for the same trick twice!'

Activating her three tomoe Sharingan, she realized that she was still inside of his mind as she stared at those bloodthirsty orbs within the sky that only stared at her. Not tolerating this, she then closed her eyes so that her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan swirled into place. Panting heavily now that she was back in the real world, Sakura noticed that Fushin had vanished as blood slid down from her right eye and rolled down her cheek as she turned away and began walking towards her final destination.

Minato, Indra, Asura, and Naruto all finally made it to the Land of Steam and peered around. The newly released Asura looked towards the Fourth Hokage, "Lord Fourth, where should we be heading?" Minato then snickered and looked towards his son, "Naruto, would you like to lead us to your sister?" Naruto grinned cheekily and gave the thumbs up, "Sure thing dad!" With that, the four darted the moment the blonde haired dummy began to lead the way.

"Excuse me, sir? Can you perhaps point me to Hell Valley? I would really appreciate it," she smiled brightly and the male turned around to point the way, but also warned, "I wouldn't go there young lady..." Tilting her head towards the older male with an unenthusiastic face, she then had to know why, "And why should I not go?" The male then folded his arms and huffed, "That clan of traitorous scum lives in there. The Chinoike clan... be weary of their eyes young lady!" Sakura's Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan then swirled into place, "Why should I be weary of a lesser visual Kekke-Genkai?" The male then looked shocked, "An Uchiha! Bless you, young lady!"

That was a headache that she hadn't needed to deal with, but at least she was now walking again. Deactivating her Sharingan, she then entered the cavern and attempted to look through all of the steam. Sighing heavily, Sakura then called out, "BYAKUGAN!" That's when she saw many people staring at her in a confused manner. Once the fog began to lift, the entire Chinoike clan glared hatefully, "Why is a HYUGA HERE of all places!?"

Deactivating her eyes so that her singular emerald orb glimmered happily, they all then felt confused as Sakura chuckled, "Yes, it is extremely confusing at first! My name is Sakura Namikaze Uchiha, daughter of the Fourth Hokage and sister to the Fifth Hokage." All of the Chinoike clan immediately scowled as one shouted, "SHE'S AN UCHIHA! HER CLAN IS WHY WE ARE HERE!" Noticing many injured people, the pinkette appeared in front of the first little boy and took her right hand glove off... only to place the sun symbol over his heart.

The young boy then looked up and smiled brightly, "Thanks so much!" She then repeated the same process to all of the other injured Chinoike members until Chino came into view. Sakura then snapped around and projected for all to hear, "You know, you really shouldn't judge someone by their appearance, or by your own preconceptions either. It has been thousands of years and I have been told that the Chinoike clans' eyes are the most terrifying to behold. However..."

The pinkette was then cut off by angry yelling, "Our Ketsuryƫgan is NONE of your business, UCHIHA!" Taking in a deep breath and releasing it, Sakura finally moved her hair from her face and activated her right eye's Rinnegan as well before opening her eyes, causing all to gasp, "S-She has the Rinnegan..." Looking down and deactivating her eyes, only for her right eye to return to her normal emerald coloration as she placed her bangs back over her eyes, "You are not alone. NONE of you are alone!"

"Mhm, that's right," an all too familiar voice chuckled out before walking forward to show Minato. Sakura then smiled softly, "Hey dad." - "SAKURA!" A blonde haired dummy zipped forward and lifted the pinkette within a big bear hug. Minato then stepped forward, "My name is Minato Namikaze, I am the Fourth Hokage. I have heard all of the legends of your clan, but all I can ask myself is how do they differ from any other clan?"

Indra then chuckled softly and nodded, "My name is Indra Uchiha, the Fifth Hokage that stepped down for the Fourth Hokage to lead again. I must say though, due to all of the history that is based off of my clan alone... the Chinoike clan are basically angels. Why should the Uchiha clan have so much freedom and happiness when all of you do not? Now, the Fourth Hokage will now make his proposition known."

Minato then smiled brightly as he glanced towards his son and daughter briefly before projecting sternly, "The Leaf Village has a WHOLE vacant compound. We are willing to let the entire clan join with the Leaf Village as long as you can promise that you will do everything within your power for the sake of the village. My daughter travels because of her eye that will not change back into its original eye color... and all though we have two more Rinnegan users, we could always use more protection to keep the village protected."

The entire Chinoike clan then stared in disbelief as one spoke out, "Are you saying that we will be free to use our Ketsuryƫgan while on missions without being called traitorous scum?" Naruto then frowned deeply and stilled from cuddling his sister for the first time in over six months, "Well, we don't take lives needlessly, ya know? What dad is thinking is a much better option for those of you who wish to make exploding humans." Sakura then nodded in agreement, "For those of you who wish to create human explosions, you will be placed within the ANBU. It would make missions extremely simplistic."

By the end of everything, the Chinoike clan leader then shook Minato's hand, "Lord Fourth, we all humbly accept your proposition. Smiling brightly, Minato then slightly tightened his hand, "We are now comrades in arms and you all are now citizens of the Hidden Leaf Village. Come now, it is time to go home." The moment Minato witnessed his daughter flicker away, he frowned deeply and turned around. Patting his face, all then left to return or be introduced to the Leaf Village.


The sound of waves crashing against the shore could be heard as the pink haired Namikaze-Uchiha continued to move forward. Hearing the screech of a messenger hawk, Sakura halted and held her arm up for the bird to land on her forearm, "Must be from dad..." The other hand then unscrewed the message capsule and pulled the note out before opening it.

Sakura's eyes narrowed at the parchment as if actually trying to read what had been written, "Illegible... it's Asura..." - 'Sis, I figured you'd like a little update on the village. The Chinoike clan took over the old Uchiha compound and they are fitting in perfectly! Many are anxious to know when you will be returning home, so send word as soon as possible!'

Looking up to the sky with a gentle smile graced upon her lips, Sakura then spoke her thoughts out loud, "It's been a while... maybe... I'll go home." Walking forward now, her Uchiha cloak fluttered within the wind and she placed one of Asura's many "illegible" notes within one of her holsters before snapping it shut and making her way forward to head home.

It took until the beginning of summer to even get close to the village. Sweat beaded down her skin and she came to an abrupt halt to take her clasp off before pulling her cloak over her body, "DAMMIT ALL TO HELL, WHY IS IT SO HOT!?" Tying the arms of her cloak around her hips, she then realized it looked like someone merely stole the upper half of her cloak. Shrugging, the pinkette owned the Uchiha branded black tube top as she walked into the village. Looking around, she wondered why her mark hadn't acted up for many months now... but now knew the answer.

Right in front of her, Madara walked with Hinata hand-in-hand. Lowering her head slightly, she took a deep breath and pushed forward so that the moment she passed by Madara, she gave his hand a tender squeeze as if telling him that it was all right and she understood. By the time Madara slightly tilted his head, he saw no one and peered down.

Izuna and Hanabi were walking together while talking about the new squads that they now in charge of, making the pinkette stop and lean her shoulder against a wall while chuckling softly, "I hope those two realize how they actually appear with one another right now. They make a cute couple..." Suddenly, it felt like a stampede was rushing right towards her, making her sweat drop the moment Naruto, Asura, and Indra came into view. Izuna rapidly blinked at the men rushing while making bets...? Indra then grinned, "I already win! FLYING RAIJIN!" Appearing in front of his little sister, he then scooped her up, "SIS!"

Any resentment that she had once held towards her older brothers had long since vanished, but the oddest thing was... "BIG BROTHER, COME ON! I WAS THE ONE WHO SENSED SIS!" Naruto fumed as Asura made his case. Sakura immediately tuned the three out the moment Sasuke walked down the streets with tears sliding down his face. Ignoring her brothers now, she then pushed through them and jogged up to take Sasuke's hand.

Looking up at the pinkette, she knew all of this was her fault... she needed to take responsibility, "Sasuke... come with me..." Nodding his head towards her, the two then walked out of the village, "It will take a while to get there, so let's talk. I know why you were crying. I need you to know that it's all my fault Sasuke... and I never told you the truth. I-Itachi's death was no accident. I didn't know that he was undercover in the Akatsuki, so I cut him down. However, I am going to fix that today with your help."

Sasuke had never been told as to how his brother had died, so this came as a shock to him. Stopping in front of a building, Sakura then knocked on the door before entering, "Kabuto, are you here?" Walking out with a smile, Kabuto ran forward and brought the pinkette into his arms, "All of the money you send the orphanage is always such a big help! Whatever you need, I will do it."

Sakura motioned him and Sasuke outside before walking into the forest. Coming to a halt, the pinkette then opened her time space portal and a white zetsu fell out, "Kabuto, I know that you hold onto Itachi's reanimation scroll for sentimental purposes. Use the jutsu." Pulling out the scroll, he then clasped his hands together, "REANIMATION JUTSU!" - "Sasuke, pour as much chakra into me as you can NOW," she ordered as she clasped her hands together and began to build up as much chakra as she could while Sasuke began pouring in a mass reserve of chakra into her body as her, now both, Rinnegan orbs sparkled brilliantly as she called out, "GEDO ART OF RINNE REBIRTH!"

It was June ninth... it was as if all of this had been preordained within a different space and time all together. Itachi then felt the warmth of his skin as Sakura dropped to her knees to violently cough up blood. Sasuke knelt down to her and even if she was coughing up blood, he brought her in close and pressed his lips to her own tightly as tears fell from his face to her own. Pushing more chakra into her during the kiss, she no longer felt as if she were knocking on death's door.

Snapping her head towards Itachi, she then tripped over her feet to rush towards him and he swiftly caught her while chuckling softly, "Sakura... you damned fool..." Her eyes then widened and she hastily pulled away, "Sorry, I have to go to Amegakure!" - 'NARUTO, COME WITH ME! I AM GOING TO REVIVE PERVY-SAGE!'

Naruto was there as if he were a bolt of lightning, "Let's go sis!" Sakura chuckled softly before turning and rushing off. A day and a half later, the two arrived and noticed to what looked like a past battle. Turning her head, Sakura nodded, "I found him. Can Kurama help us get him?" The blonde nodded and unleashed Kurama, only for all three to dive down. The deeper they went, the more pressure they felt - but Sakura kept her sun symbol on the nine-tailed fox to keep him stable as he finally reached Jiraya and gently lifted him within his mouth.

The three then resurfaced and Jiraya was set down on solid rock. Turning his head, he then witnessed his sister trembling and crying silently as she walked forward and pulled all of the rods out of him and placed her sun symbol over his heart to restore any holes forced upon his body and reform his arm. Looking at Naruto and nodding, he then forced a MASSIVE amount of chakra within her system and she clasped her hands together, "GEDO ART OF RINNE REBIRTH!"

Jiraya shot awake and turned his head to see a flash of pastel pink rushing towards him before she wrapped her arms around his neck, "GRANDPA, NEVER AGAIN!" She had never told anyone that she KNEW Jiraya was Minato's father... oh... whoops. Naruto took a step forward and held his hand out, "S-Sis...? What did you just say...?" Explaining to Naruto that Jiraya was their grandfather was simple enough and he accepted it rather quickly.

The three now walked home after getting Jiraya some new clothing and happily chattered about everything they could speak about. Jiraya then poked at the pinkette's scar, "So, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that Madara has an extremely similar scar." Tilting her head down, Sakura smiled sadly, "Yeah... he does." The perverted grandfather then wrapped his arms around both of his grandchildren, "I LOVE YOU GUYS! So tell me, Sakura, how long have you been home in the Leaf Village now?"

A sharp 'TSK!' was then released before she looked to the side, "I was under the impression that all of you watch over us from the other side." This made Jiraya snicker playfully as they walked through the village gates, only for the gate guards, Izumo and Kotetsu, mouths to drop wide open that Master Jiraya was back and ALIVE.

"Well... to be honest, this is my first time home since my imprisonment," she spoke truthfully and tilted her head further down. Jiraya then frowned slightly, "How come kiddo?" Stopping all movements, she then pulled her hair away from her left eye and explained softly, "My eye has been stuck like this ever since I had my final battle with Madara. So, I don't want to put my home in danger just because I am around. Many people would want not only my eye, but the six paths as well." Allowing her bangs to fall back into place, she then made her way forward.

Entering the Hokage's Tower, Sakura motioned for her grandfather to wait while her and Naruto walked in the room. Looking up, Minato lifted a single brow, "Hey guys, what's up?" Naruto then smiled brightly, "We have a present for you dad!" Sakura merely nodded and walked to the door. Walking back in, Jiraya then walked in and Minato's eyes widened as his pen fell from his fingers, "D-Dad!?" Slapping his hand over his mouth, Sakura then rolled her eyes, "Dad... we already know pervy-sage is our grandfather."

At that moment, Kushina rammed the door open looking furious as hell, "WHAT IN THE HELL IS MADARA THINKING!? IF SAKURA EVER COMES HOME AND SEES HIM SUCKING FACES WITH HINATA, THEN SHE WILL GO CRAZY AND TRY TO KILL THE POOR GIRL, YA KNOW!? - Oh, hey there father - BUT SERIOUSLY MINATO! WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING TO HAPPEN!? I WISH I COULD SEE THE FUTURE, YA KNOW!? - WAIT! FATHER!? HOW IN THE HELL ARE YOU NOT DEAD, YA KNOW!?" Minato then cleared his throat and motioned his head to the pinkette.

"Sakura! Welcome home dear! How long do you plan to stay this go around? Oh, I know, I will make your favorite dinner tonight," with that fiasco over with, Kushina, completely oblivious as of now, simply walked out. Sakura instantly rushed forward and opened the window before jumping out to escape from all of that heartbreak that resided in one place.

Rushing with her eyes slammed shut, all people witnessed was a flash of long pastel pink locks fluttering within the wind. She ran and she ran until slamming into a rock hard body and flinging two people to the ground - yet she was hurled much further than the other due to how fast she had been running. Not even caring right now that both of her tops were shredded to hell from that type of fall, Sakura slid down fully to begin sobbing hysterically.

Madara had been out on a date with Hinata and had only released her hand for a moment to walk back so that she could take a "memorable" photo of Madara. The moment she snapped the photo was the minute the distressed pinkette slammed into the moody male and lowered her body to the ground completely to sob. Blinking rapidly at what had just transpired, Hinata then tilted her head and saw Sakura, "Sakura, you're back in the village!" Madara's eyes shot open and turned his head to the side to witness that slumped over heap of sorrow.

Taking his cloak off and walking to the pinkette, he lightly draped it over her shoulders before walking away and softly speaking, "Welcome back home..." She clung to that cloak tightly and in the end, it only made her hurt even more. Right at that moment, Izuna walked up to Madara and was about to speak until he heard Sakura's pain filled voice. Fury engulfed this younger Uchiha brother and he swiftly brought up his fist before slamming it into his older brother's cheek and hurling him to the ground like the animal he was.

Rushing towards the pinkette with many shattered bones within his hand, he then lifted her bridal style and she instantly wrapped her arms around his neck, "I-IZUNA! HOW MANY TIMES CAN I FAIL UNTIL I GET IT RIGHT!?" Hushing her softly as he stroked her hair, anger bubbled up inside of her as she shut down her emotions and wiggled out of Izuna's hold, yet the first thing he could grab onto... was her hair.

Pulling out her blade, the pinkette swiftly cut her hair off so that it only reached a little below her shoulder blades before bolting again. Madara now looked absolutely mortified that she had just cut all of her hair off and grit his teeth angrily before bolting after her as fast as he could, but Hinata held her hand out to him, "MADARA, STOP!" Slowing... he realized now... he couldn't feel their connection anymore because he had been the one to sever their ties - "SAKURA! I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SEVER OUR BOND!" His own voice echoed throughout his own mind over and over again.

He had done this... not Sakura.


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