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Uchiha Compound Council Meeting

"The south is being attacked"

Madara said, he looked up from the scroll he was reading carefully then turned his gaze to the Elder in front of him

"It is not our problem." Homora, another council member beside Madara replied.

"Why do you think it's not?" Izuna asked slightly arching his eyebrow

"It's the Kimura Clan who asked for help. They needed us to defend them from a sudden attack from the rogues from the Land of Tea. They are more than willing to pay a hefty amount of money." Madara said, darting back his attention to the scroll he is currently holding.

"I don't want to waste time and resources on such trivial matters like that of Madara-sama, we are at war ! We need to focus on winning this and beside what we can benefit from aiding them they are not even a shinobi clan." another Elder interjected.

"You called this matter trival?! You are missing the bigger picture here, maybe your brain is already deteriorating from old age!" Izuna addressing the said Elder.

"Insolent Child!"

"These old faggots" Madara sigh inwardly.

"SELF-CENTERED BALDING OLD FAGGOT-"

"ENOUGH!"

"Chichiue wanted to form an alliance with them before. Let me remind you this is Kimura Clan, they are noble themselves and we are not going to do this for free they are going to pay for the service we are going to provide. I know we are at war right now but our clan is not just composed of shinobis. Our families, our children will greatly benefit from this. We have to seize this opportunity, we need to act immediately before the Senju. I will not entertain any objection, my decision is final. " Madara replied in such an authoritative manner , reminding everyone in the room who is in charge.

The south is the current trade capital of the country. It houses mostly the merchant clans of the fire country and the Kimura clan is one of them. They supply the majority of the essentials needed by the clan, especially herbs medicine and metals for the forge. Aside from being nobles they are also known for being wealthy maybe next to the daimyo itself but they are also known to be neutral and cautious to the shinobi clans. Maybe they suffer a great deal of loss to ask for their aid.

"Izuna, Prepare the troops we will be marching to south before dawn."

Madara stood up from his seat and put his hoari on.

"Have a nice evening everyone. "

-o.0.o-

"We are greatly indebted to you and your clan Madara-sama. Without your help we won't be able to survive the attack. " Aoki said while bowing his head to Madara.

"We are surprised that you asked from our clan not the Senjus' ' Madara replied while greatly eyeing the old man whose head is currently bowed down in front of him.

" We are not favoring any Clan Madara-sama. For the longest time our clan has remained neutral, we hired you because we are badly in need of help and we know this time it is best to ask for you"

Aoki raised his head to look at Madara.

"What a clever old man"

"You mean your clan is playing safe for the longest time Aoki-san." Izuna who is currently leaning on the door frame is interjected with sarcasm.

"Izuna." Madara immediately gives his brother a warning look.

"Again we are thankful for your immediate response Madara-sama." Aoki replied.

"No worries, Aoki-san we are allies after all." Madara smirked.

"If you don't mind, who may I ask who is in-charge of your clan's affair? Now, that your leader is dead and his heir too young to fulfill his duty. " Madara asked the old man.

"Well for now the responsibility of seeing the clans affair and taking care of Soujiro-dono fell on Sotaro-sama , Kiashi-dono's younger brother."
Aoki stand up and move to in front of the window gazing to unknown.

"Usually it's Sakura-Hime who is in charge whenever Kiashi-dono is not around. But they were ambushed at Shinao river while fleeing, up until now were unable to find her."

"We sympathized with your loss , that Sakura- hime must be dear to you Aoki-san. " Madara can not help but to feel curious about the former clan head's eldest child.

"Hime is respected and adored by everyone, not only that she is our clan renowned healer just like her mother. It's truly tragic." Aoki nodded with his voice waiving with sadness.

"Did you know your father Tajima-sama formerly proposed to have our clans join thru marriage?" "But Kiashi-dono refused to avoid conflict with other clans."

Ofcourse h didn't, their refusal is taken by Elders as sign of distrust towards them.

"Maybe that's why the elder seems to be hesitant to help you .Kiashi-dono seems to be a wise man" Madara chuckled.

"Indeed." Aoki smiled back.

Aoki turned to Madara and the atmosphere of the room shifted.

"I need another favor to ask Madara-sama." Aoki looked directly at Madara's eye.

"Help us find our Sakura-hime, and we will give you the allaince you been asking for."

With that Madara's eyes swirled red.

-o.0.o-

The sun is gently shining from the window gently tickling her eyes, the birds chirping outside like they are singing a peaceful song.

Slowly opening her eyes, she carefully analyzed her surroundings, she was alone. Sakura hated this kind of feeling. Waking-up from chakra exhaustion, as her body is being pricked by hundreds of needles and her head is being split into half . Slowly getting up , and tried to have a clearer picture of where she is right now. The room is entirely different from the infirmaries they have, there is a tsukeshoin on her left, a wall covered by traditional paintings and shoji door on her right, and spacious almost akin to what Daimyos and clan heads have .

"Where am I? Where are the others?" "

Sakura senses someone's chakra heading toward her direction.

"They are not masking their presence. Which means she could be in allied territory, but still it is uncertain. There are there people approaching"

Hurried footsteps getting louder and wooden floor creaks as they approach. The footstep stopped in front of the room and the shoji screen slid open in an abrupt manner. Causing Sakura to jerk backward.

"Good Morning Princess." The man with dark long mane greeted.

Sakura's eyes widened in recognition.