I don't think I've ever been so excited before! FOUR YEARS AGO, this adventure began. It took many breaks of resting the creativity of my brain, but forty chapters later, my masterpiece has FINALLY come to its epic conclusion! I hope all of you have enjoyed this rollercoaster as much as I have! It is no simple task to create chapters THIS long, I will say that much!

As always,

Enjoy!

~Kyvena

FINALE - Chapter 40: Wake Up To Reality

With heavy eyes, both Sakura and Madara finally had come back to the world of reality. Sitting up slowly, Sakura's long locks spilled over her shoulders as three faces belonging to the Uchiha clan rushed into the room she had been inside. Asura teared up before leaning onto his little sister's chest, "DON'T EVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN, SIS!" As of now... the pinkette couldn't honestly tell if this was real or just another realm. She supposed she would be wondering that very same thing for the rest of her life, especially if something changed drastically overnight.

Looking towards Indra, the tired pinkette smiled and spoke softly, "Hey big brother..." As fast as he could, Indra shoved his younger brother away and took his little sister into his arms tightly before whispering, "You beat the one thing that I couldn't back in my time. Welcome home sis." That comment made Sakura's eyes widen immensely. His memories were intact of each and every realm she had been in all because, he too, had been put through the exact same loop.

Obito then slowly approached his new found little sister before crouching down and tapping below her left eye, "Sis? When did you get a Rinne-Sharingan like Sasuke?" Glancing towards Obito, Sakura hummed softly before tiredly chuckling and rubbing the back of her head, "Dunno!" Now she knew... only Indra or Madara would understand as to how she had anything. Right at that moment a blonde haired dummy zipped into the room, only to tackle the pinkette to the ground, "SIS! MOM AND DAD HAVE BEEN SO WORRIED, YA KNOW!? OH! DAD NEEDS TO SEE YOU AT THE HOKAGE'S OFFICE, YA KNOW!?"

Now feeling partially deaf, Sakura shoved Naruto away with her bare foot while groaning and holding her ear. However, the sassy pinkette then exploded towards her brother angrily, "DAMMIT NARUTO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO YELL IN MY EAR! I DON'T WANNA GO DEAF, YA KNOW!?" Asura chuckled softly at this, "You know, I don't think I will ever get used to how much Naruto is just like me!" Indra then gained a dry expression as he spoke, "It's because he's one of your reincarnates, Asura. It really shouldn't be that surprising."

Knowing out of her four brothers... Indra had been the only other to go through all of that, Sakura looked into her lap, "Hey... Indra? Will you walk me to the Hokage's office...?" A heavy sigh of complete understanding was then released as the long haired brunette stood and offered his little sister his hand, only for her to take it and wobbly stand on her own two feet.

About to fall, Indra hastily caught her and held her up before glancing towards his brothers, "Get out you fools. Sis needs to change." All brothers grumbled at the favoritism card being pulled and he closed the door behind them. Grasping one of her Uchiha branded cloaks, short form fitting black shorts, gloves, and knee-high combat sandals; Indra could only turn away and lower his head before chuckling sadly, "I'm actually surprised that I was always your favorite. Grandmother wanted for me to become attached to you as well. It's still shocking as to how close you and I were through it all."

Turning her head towards Indra tiredly, Sakura's face looked puzzled, but also exhausted as she spoke, "What do you mean...?" Tilting his handsome face towards her and winking, Indra then snickered softly, "The Indra in each different realm was no mere imitation of the past. I asked grandmother to place me within each different realm that I appeared in. So, you were actually talking to the real deal."

Dumbfounded... that's all that could be said about this picture. Sakura's eyes then filled with tears and she hurriedly stood and jumped into her big brother's arms, only to be hastily caught and held tightly. Lowering his face into her neck as he cried tears of regret over his own failure, her arms slightly tightened as she whimpered out, "W-Why didn't you tell me...?" Frowning, Indra then pulled away and tilted his head away from her face sadly, "Believe me... I wanted to, but I wasn't allowed to reveal any of the sensitive information or details. I literally had a seal placed over the information, but I was still aware of what was actually transpiring. That's why I was there for you as much as I possibly could be."

Turning back to look at her after she was dressed, he gave a soft chuckle of disbelief, "I still can't believe that your heart chose to revive me of all people. You do know your history concerning me, right?" The pinkette pulled a large portion of her bangs over her left eye as she replied, "Yeah, I knew it. I... I just cared for you so much that it would have made me sad if you hadn't been here for me. Out of everyone, you appeared the most in each different realm." This comment shocked the hell out of the long haired brunette, yet ended up chuckling softly, "I went through my own trial with grandmother. I wanted to know if she could correct my initial line of thinking."

Chuckling, Sakura then poked his side after placing the clasp lazily around her hips, "So, did she help?" Indra merely shook his head softly, "No, she didn't. What helped me, was constantly having you around to cling to me. You were so cute that I was physically incapable to deny changing my ways. You, little sister, have a strength inside of you that I never once held in my respective time and age."

Looking down, the pinkette chuckled softly until hearing Indra take in a sharp pained breath. Shooting her head up and noticing Indra's left eye tearing up, Sakura instructed for him to slowly open it. Once he could fully manage to open his eye, Sakura could only chuckle softly, "You'll be fine, big brother. We just now have matching eyes." Tilting his head slightly, the pinkette gained an annoyed look before holding a mirror up to his face to show his very own one eyed Rinne-Sharingan, "What...? But I..." Indra mumbled, yet the pinkette giggled cutely, "Big brother, Sasuke has that same eye and he is a reincarnate of YOU!" Indra then chuckled softly, "Guess it slipped my mind."

Snickering at his face, the precious little lady gave her big brother a pat on his broad chest and teased softly, "I have to say, big brother, that you were an ADORABLE little boy!" His face instantly became annoyed as the pinkette giggled and began to walk away, yet stopped at her door and gave him a soft gaze, "I mean it, Indra. You were so cute that I absolutely HAD to be glued to your side." Noticing his face, the pinkette began to chuckle softly, "Indra, don't give me that face. Honestly, it was a compliment. I couldn't have passed if you hadn't been there for me..."

Walking up to his little sister gracefully, Indra then lowered his frame and gave Sakura a poke with his index and middle finger to her forehead, making her slightly wince as he chuckled softly, "Come on, you dork." Giggling softly at him and holding her forehead, he then turned back and held a single hand out towards her; only for her to rush up and take it within her tender hold. Both smiled now as Indra hollered out, "We're headed to the Hokage! You three behave and at least TRY to not break anything while we are gone, okay!?" Obito then bolted out towards the two before skidding to a stop and pouting, "HEY! Why do YOU only get to go with sister!?"

The devil within Indra then emerged as his face gained a playful smirk, "Simple. It's because I'm her favorite." Sakura then held her hand out to Obito and he rushed up to take her hand within his, "HA! Take that big brother!" Sakura scowled softly at this and released a massive sigh, "Stop it! Both of you!" Both immediately quieted down and Indra opened the door of their home that laid within... the bustling Uchiha compound.

Madara's eyes slowly opened and Izuna sat right beside him while nodding off, only to snap awake with one Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and one Rinnegan orb shooting down to the culprit that had just so rudely awoken him. A bright smile laced upon the younger of the two's face before shouting out, "FATHER! BIG BROTHER IS AWAKE!"

Right at that moment, Tajima walked in with a smile as he leaned his shoulder against the frame of the door, "Madara, you're awake. Welcome back to the world of the living." No pun intended. Glancing to his little brother, whom now looked just as confused. The moment the father of the house left to let his elder child fully awaken and get dressed, Madara peered at his almost panicked little brother before whispering out, "What is the meaning of this Izuna!?" Izuna immediately began to frantically shake his hands in front of his body, "I don't know! The surviving Uchiha's were simply going about their day whenever they all started appearing!"

This puzzled the fuck out of Madara. Did Kaguya lie and merely send them to a new realm? Fuck if he knew what was and what wasn't real anymore. As disoriented as he was, Madara had to gain the aid from his little brother to stand and get dressed. He knew that for the rest of his life, he would be contemplating if he was truly back in the real world. That right there was troubling enough.

Izuna then released a troubled hum, making the moody male weakly turn his head towards his younger brother the moment he began to speak, "It's weird... Kaguya had escaped from her seal and then both your own and Sakura's chakra then vanished shortly after I had come to speak with you. Even weirder, both of your chakra only vanished for a mere ten minutes. Shortly after, both of you then suddenly appeared in the Uchiha district on the ground outside. Then, all dead, murdered, and officially placed as missing in action Uchiha's began appearing inside of the compound. All of the Uchiha's were disoriented and highly confused that they were even alive."

Placing a single hand on his cheek, Izuna then continued, "What's even stranger... Lord Sixth stepped down because his mentor, Lord Fourth and his wife... the previous host of the nine tails... were also revived. So, Lord Fourth is now the Hokage again. I mean, they just popped up out of NOWHERE! Ten minutes of you two being temporarily gone and all HELL broke loose." All Madara could consider were his younger brother's words. Both him and Sakura had only been gone for a mere ten minutes - and those ten minutes had been enough for calamity to befall the well-being of the both of their psychological states of mind.

Wait... ten minutes!? Madara's face then gained a expression filled to the brim with shock at that given moment. This HAD to be a new realm and not the real world. There was no way in HELL that him and Sakura had only been gone for TEN MINUTES considering the fact that in each new realm the two had been sent off to, YEARS would come and go as they saw fit - while they both would AGE with those damned years that had passed by.

This was simply just not possible... not in this realm, nor the next. He didn't know as to what was even going on any longer. If anything were to change too suddenly, he would believe that he was still stuck in that merry-go-round of realms that Kaguya had created. Paranoia began to settle in rather quickly for this extremely moody male. What if they were to NEVER escape the death trap that Kaguya had forced them into? If he was being honest now, he admitted it clearly that it would be all too fine if he were forever stuck in that loop. However, Sakura deserved so much better than that. Her smile was the only thing that kept him sane and pushing forward for that entire-er-ten minutes.

His memories of those realms were fading rather quickly too - which was troubling him to no end and making him so paranoid that his entire body was now stiffening up to the point that whoever knew him would think that someone was standing right behind him. Peering at his older brother, Izuna then tilted his head, "Big brother? Is everything alright...?" Merely nodding his head at the question asked, he then began to place his attire on as Izuna spoke, "Oh, get this! Before Lord Fourth got married, he actually had a daughter with an Uchiha! Weird, huh?!"

"Izuna... I need you to help me to go outside," the moody male spoke softly. He needed to see this reality with his own eyes and validate all of the claims that had just been made to him. The only way to confirm if this was actually the real world, would be to speak to the man that he had been reincarnated from - Indra. If Indra didn't know what in the hell he was talking about, Madara would simply chalk this up as another realm he was now forced to live inside.

What was bothering him the most was the fact that he had his old persona back. He was able to make his own choices freely without having the influence of another to guide his every action he ever made. He wasn't simply being drawn to Sakura like a magnet anymore. He didn't know if he found this to be a relief or merely just another inconvenience on his part considering the fact that he truly did love her now. She was the one person who would never intentionally break his trust, or bring him harm - unless extremely pissed off to the point that it was inevitable, or, that harm was to knock sense into him.

Placing his older brother's arm around his neck, Izuna then guided his older brother outside. Right at that moment, Itachi and his girlfriend Izumi, walked by and gave a gentle smile as they both stopped, "Madara, I'm glad you're out of bed. How are you feeling though?" The moody male was now a shocked male, considering he rapidly blinked and peered at Itachi as if he weren't real and now stood before him as a ghost from the past. Yet, the only difference was... that "ghost from the past" was now conversing with him as if they were old pals. Feeling as if his mouth were now stuffed with cotton, the only thing he could reply with was, "I... uh... well..."

Glancing over to the side, a gentle smile crossed his face the moment he witnessed many Uchiha children tackling Shisui while he feigned a gruesome death in the most dramatic of ways. Itachi looked over his shoulder and released a soft chuckle at the sight, "Madara, what's up with you today? You know that Shisui has always been this way."

Giving a gentle sigh, Itachi then glanced back at Madara with a smile gracing his face once more, "He wanted siblings and envied the blood ties that Sasuke and I held. He never told me that, but it was always easy to read him." Hearing the explanation, Madara began to blink rapidly to try and remember everything. Finally remembering, his onyx orbs slowly opened and almost appeared saddened in a sense due to remembering one of the dimensions where Sakura had been Shisui's older sister, then younger sister - and with Itachi's explanation... it now made sense. He now regretted not making Shisui one of Sakura's brothers for that knowledge alone.

He watched everything as if seeing it all for the first time. Uchiha's happily conversing with the newly revived Chinoike clan members that were also now a part of the village, Uchiha's happily vending to people other than members of their own clan, and most importantly... there was no guard tower to spy on the clan to see if they were planning any type of revolt. This village... was his home once again - and he would gladly offer his life to keep the peace of his home protected no matter what the circumstances might be, or what the tolls possible results could lead to.

Yes, he, Madara Uchiha... once again found a home within the confinements of the village that he had helped create and named. As perplexing of a thought that it was, it was one of the few things that he had to hold onto with dear life or it would be lost within the raging sea within his mind once again. In his mind, only four things now truly mattered - the clan, the village, his younger brother, and most of all... Sakura.

Making it to the Hokage's tower, the three siblings then walked inside before knocking on Minato's office. Hearing an almost nervous green light, Sakura alone entered. The moment that door closed, a furious redhead slammed her fist on the top of the pinkette's skull, making her head shoot down before groaning in pain, "Owwie..." Kushina placed her hands on her hips angrily, "SAKURA NAMIKAZE UCHIHA, WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING, YA KNOW!? YOU REVIVED MINATO AND ME... PLUS THE ENTIRE UCHIHA CLAN!? YOU MUST HAVE A DEATH WISH, YA KNOW!?"

Pulling her head up, Sakura gave a puzzled look, "Huh? I didn't revive anyone." This made Minato concerned slightly as he spoke evenly, "Sakura, we all felt your chakra pulling us back into this world. You're the only one capable of reviving the dead without the equivalent exchange of losing your own life as the toll." Sakura looked so confused right now that it wasn't even funny, "Dad, I DIDN'T revive ANYONE!"

Feeling her ear being tightly grabbed now, the pinkette yelped, "OW, OW, OW! MOM, THAT HURTS, YA KNOW!?" Feeling the furious redhead's grip become tighter, Minato then spoke calmly, "Kushina... I think she's telling the truth." Angrily releasing her daughter, Kushina merely brought the pink haired little lady into her arms and began to cry softly, "Never make me worry that much again!" Bringing her arms up, she then held onto the redheaded motherly figure tightly when the door knocked and in walked her original parents with their hands on their hips, "SAKURA! WHEN ARE YOU COMING HOME!? HM!? YOU HAVE LAUNDRY TO DO!"

It was obvious that Sakura's memories of being a Haruno had been completely overwritten, yet the Haruno's hadn't had their memories altered... but the rest of the village HAD altered memories as to who Sakura actually was. Oh whoops. Kushina scowled angrily, "HEY, WHO ARE YOU TO TELL MY DAUGHTER WHAT TO DO, YA KNOW!?" Mebuki placed her hands on her hips, obviously not caring about Kushina, "A revived previous host of the nine tails that gained no accolades like her son has, has no rights to be telling me what to do! Sakura, come home NOW!"

Sakura then lifted a brow, "I think you have me mistaken for someone else. My name is Sakura Namikaze Uchiha, not Haruno, ma'am." The moment Mebuki stormed forward and grasped the pinkette's arm tightly, making her yelp, Indra and Obito both rushed in and the brunette swiftly slapped her hand away, "NEVER TOUCH MY LITTLE SISTER EVER AGAIN!" Still, no one dared cross Indra the wrong way and he was still loved and praised by all in the village. Manually entering your own name on his hit-list was never a very wise choice... especially now that he also held the Rinne-Sharingan at his disposal. Jumping back, Mebuki hastily bowed, "I-INDRA, PLEASE FORGIVE US!"

Minato was already exhausted after that little exchange, so he merely said it as it was, "Listen, we will run a blood test if that will satisfy you. Sakura, you agree now, don't you?" Nodding her head slightly, the pinkette spoke up, "Yes sir, that won't be a problem. I will do as you wish without fail or complaints, father." Indra then smiled and grabbed his little sister, plus the two Haruno's before sternly calling out, "FLYING RAIJIN!"

Appearing in the hospital, the pinkette held her brother's hand as they walked to the DNA testing room. Thankfully though, Sakura now DID hold Minato's and an Uchiha's blood. Walking inside of the room, Sakura took a sample of her blood, Mebuki's blood, and Kizashi's blood. Looking at them and smiling softly, she then happily claimed, "Ya ready?" Both real parents nodded as the pinkette placed the blood inside only for Sakura's medical charts to come up to name the parents - which were not Mebuki and Kizashi. Both looked mortified at this and hastily bowed, "Forgive us!" Sakura merely shrugged at this as Indra printed the results off and handed it to them.

All got back to the Hokage's office quickly and Mebuki bowed deeply, "Lord Fourth, I deeply apologize. She looks so much like my daughter that I mistook her for my Sakura. Now I fear that my daughter is missing." Sakura then chuckled softly, "I'll look for her." Well, you won't have to look too far. The Haruno's hastily bowed to the pinkette before exclaiming, "Thank you so much!" With that, they left with hopeful hearts and Sakura turned towards Kushina, who looked like she was about damn near ready to explode, only to begin backing away.

Finally erupting like an active volcano, Kushina then angrily lashed out with her fist held angrily within the air, "A REVIVED PREVIOUS HOST OF THE NINE TAILS THAT GAINED NO ACCOLADES LIKE NARUTO!? WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS TELLING ME WHAT I DID AND DID NOT ACCOMPLISH, YA KNOW?!" This comment only made Minato, Sakura, Obito, and even Indra... sweat drop.

"M-Mom, calm down," Obito shakily spoke. Minato and Kushina had officially become the legal guardians of Sakura, Obito, Asura, and Indra; so all referred to Kushina as mom and Minato as dad. Snapping her fired up orbs towards Obito, everything instantly died down and she released a heavy sigh, "I know, I know... deep breaths." This made Obito sweat drop again as Indra could only think to himself, 'Yeah... that will only happen when hell freezes over. Mom never stays calm for long...' This comment only made the pinkette release a chipper laugh, "INDRA, THAT'S HORRIBLE TO SAY, YA KNOW?!"

Kushina then peered over to her kiddos, "Ah! I almost forgot to tell all of you! Dinner is at six sharp, so don't be late, ya know? Your grandfather is coming as well, so you all be on your very bes- yeah, scratch that..." Indra was now laughing at that comment due to Jiraya's shady reputation of being a pervert. Wiping a tear from his eye, he then snickered, "We'll be there mom." Turning towards Minato, who was only nervously chuckling at the rage fest he was about to have on his hands, the long haired brunette then lifted a single brow, "Obito, why not hang out with mom for a bit?"

Obito was JUST about to whine about the suggestion that had been made until looking at Kushina's sparkling orbs, making him chuckle and mumble softly, "Ah, dammit all to hell..." - "Yeah, sure it will be fun to hang out with mom for a bit!" As Indra turned, he gave his brother a pat on the shoulder while snickering playfully, "She loves you a LOT. Just be proud that you are able to stop a volcanic eruption with your presence alone."

Quick to roll his eyes, Obito was then snatched up into Kushina's arms, "AW! OBITO, YOU'RE JUST SO CUTE, YA KNOW!?" Minato now held a thankful look on his face as he released a heavy breath of relief, "Thanks Indra and Sakura! I'll see you both at six! Remember, your grandfather is going to be there, so be on your bes-" Doing just as Kushina did, he paused at that word before smiling, "Well, you guys will be good no matter what. See you later!" With that Indra and Sakura snickered and waved, yet Obito was too busy trying to make his great escape from Kushina with little to no progress made.

As they walked out of the Hokage's tower, Indra held his hand out to his pink haired little sister, "Come on. Do remember though to act your BEST around grandfather." This comment made the pinkette laugh as if she had been possessed by a hyena before retorting with, "Ah, yes, because HE is so DIGNIFIED! One wrong word and it could spell your doom! Actually... I just described you, big brother." Grinning at this, Indra then flipped his low ponytail, "Yes, because I am so scary." - "You actually are unless it comes to me." This only made Indra snicker, "Too true."

It had now been a few days and Madara leaned against a wall as he watched Izuna and Hanabi speaking to one another, only for Izuna to begin blushing furiously over something the Hyuga lass had whispered to him. He had found Indra and spoke to him about if they were in the real world, which had now been confirmed. However, he hadn't seen Sakura at all, so what came next was most definitely a surprise. A flurry of long pastel pink locks rushed right in front of him with an all too familiar voice then projected playfully, "IIIIZUNA!"

Sakura had watched all of this transpire between Izuna and Hanabi... even hearing what Hanabi had thought slightly hurt. So, she caught his attention by jumping right on his back with her arms wrapped around his throat lightly and her thighs gripping his side. Startled as HELL by this, he swiftly grasped the pinkette and hurled her to the ground; only to straddle her hips with his fist ready to strike.

Lifting an eye at the long haired raven, Sakura reached up and began to play with those long shiny locks before her tease began, "Mm... not bad Izuna. What position next?" Turning bright red at the comment, Izuna merely sat on the pinkette with all of his weight, "Sakura, what in the HELL? What if I would have hit you!?" Blinking slightly, she gained a devious smirk, "Indra would kill you, that's all." Face planting her breasts, Izuna then groaned and softly whispered, "Sakura... STOP!" Chuckling, Sakura then wiggled out of his grasp, "You're right. Hey Hanabi, be a dear and help Izuna with his problem."

Hanabi turned bright red at the comment, "S-SAKURA! YOU READ MY THOUGHTS AGAIN!?" Blinking slightly, she then shook her head, "You two just make it... really obvious..." Walking away while giggling, Izuna followed her to a secluded area that she went to so that she could think, only to pin her down, "You HAVE to stop working me up!" Her attire had parted and showed a decent amount of skin now, making her clear her throat the moment she realized he was now staring at her body, "Izuna the dad, huh? Have you asked the elders for their permission yet?"

"S-SAKURA! YOU DID READ HER THOUGHTS," the long haired raven hollered out, completely flustered. This only made the pinkette lean up and undo his ponytail, "I-Izuna... if you don't want two children then leave..." Confused at that comment, he then understood. However, she had been teasing him for days on end. It was payback time. Slowly running his hands over her flesh, she then rolled the two over and he instantly grasped her hips the moment she placed a hand on his chest to... stop herself.

Breathing heavily, her single emerald orb lost all of its focus and she leaned down, only for someone to clasp the back of her attire tightly and lift her away. Just as she was about to shout, an extremely familiar voice dryly rang out, "Izuna... leave." Her eyes widened at this voice and froze all of her movements. A heavy sigh was heard once Izuna darted off, only for her to get scolded, "HONESTLY SIS!?"

Trying to make a good excuse to INDRA was hard as hell, "Well, I, you see?" Perfect gibberish. Indra gave a heavy sigh as if he ACTUALLY understood what she was attempting to say, "GAH, YOU'RE GOING TO KILL ME WITH HOW RECKLESS YOU ARE!" Frowning, Sakura then peered down, "Sorry big brother..." Putting his foot down, Indra groaned, "No! You're not allowed to give me a cute apology this time! I won't accept it! NOW GO HOME AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR OWN PROBLEM! I CAN'T SCOLD YOU PROPERLY WHEN YOU SMELL LIKE THIS!" Smell?

Blinking rapidly at that comment, Sakura almost INSTANTLY began to die of laughter, "I am a human just like you, big brother! Believe me, I have SMELLED you before and have NEVER said a word!" This made the long haired brunette turn bright red, "S-SAKURA! THAT'S SO INDECENT FOR A LADY TO SAY!" Lots of people stuttering her name today.

Blowing her bangs up, she instantly witnessed a highly venomous bug flying in front of her brother's face and panicked, "INDRA LOOK OUT!" Ramming her palm forward, she smashed the bug alright. However... she also smashed Indra's nose so that it broke. Indra's face instantly scrunched up in pain before yelling, "AH, DAMMIT SAKURA! YOU JUST BROKE MY NOSE! WHAT IN THE HELL, DID YOU THINK MY NOSE WAS THE BUG!?" Healing her bitching brother's nose to perfection with one touch, Sakura then sighed heavily before tears filled her eyes, "I HATE YOU, INDRA!"

Darting off towards her home, she hurriedly rushed in and made it to Asura, only to break down and cry on him. This shocked him awake and he instantly sat up while stroking her hair, "Indra was that harsh on ya this time... huh?" - "DAMMIT SAKURA! I WASN'T DONE WITH YOU YET!" Indra furiously yelled. Asura immediately sweat dropped, "Holy shit, he is PISSED." Turning his head, he noticed his sister under his blankets and covering her ears while softly crying. His door then flew open and he stormed up to the pinkette, only for Asura to stand in front of her, "ENOUGH BIG BROTHER! SHE'S ALREADY SCARED! SHE ONLY COVERS HER EARS WHEN SHE'S SCARED!"

His eyes then darkened, "Asura... Get out of my way, NOW!" Asura was just as hard headed, so he stayed put, "NO INDRA! THAT'S ENOUGH! DIDN'T YOU LEARN ANYTHING!? I SURE AS HELL DID LEARN THROUGH THE TRIAL! WHAT I LEARNED WAS SHE LOVES AND ADORES YOU THE MOST! IF YOU BREAK THAT BOND THE TWO OF YOU HAVE, THEN YOU WILL BE SENT BACK!" Taking a step back, Indra grumbled as he left the house.

Sitting beside Sakura now, Asura uncovered her head to see her widened eyes, "Y-You did the trial too...?" Asura then chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head, "Guess I let the cat out of the bag this time. Oh well... get some sleep sis." Nodding her head, she then placed her head on Asura's lap as he protected her from the nightmare named Indra. Sighing gently, Asura then peered at the doorway where Indra now stood, "Y-You told her...?" - "Mhm." - "You'll never be her favorite and I won't allow you to take my little sister from me..." - "OUR little sister, Indra. Geez..."

It had now been an entire month since that day and Sakura was currently out in the Uchiha district whenever her body froze at Hanabi's saddened inner voice 'I wonder if Izuna is okay after what I told him...' Finding Izuna, she dashed and jumped on his back again, "IZUNA!" She was then grasped roughly before flipped off of him with so much force that shock settled in for any and all air abandoned her lungs.

Izuna then straddled her hips again and actually began to punch the pinkette across the face with forceful blows of pent up rage. Sakura, bloodied now, gave rise for the most terrifying beast to be summoned... Indra. Hastily, the brunette then grasped Izuna's fist so tightly that the bones within his hand shattered. Ignoring her own pain at this point and healing herself with her sun symbol, Sakura then shot in front of Izuna with both of her arms held up, "THAT'S ENOUGH BIG BROTHER!"

He had heard his little sister's voice, but chose not to comply with her wishes considering all he did was shove the pinkette so hard that she flew into many vending stands and now laid unconscious. Asura quickly found her due to the rather loud commotion and began to lightly pat on her cheek, but she was out cold. Shooting his head up, Asura witnessed Indra beating the life out of Izuna, making him rush forward. As fast as he possibly could, Asura quickly restrained his elder brother while shouting, "INDRA, CALM DOWN." When he wouldn't listen, Asura softly apologized before knocking Indra unconscious and tossing him to the ground.

Hastily rushing back to his little sister, Asura then picked her up and carried her to Izuna's battered and bruised body, only to place her sun symbol on him. Watching his eyes snap open, he then stood up before raising his hand to Sakura, only to have his own motions halted by force from Shisui's hand, "Yo! Is that any way to thank the girl who just healed you up to perfection?" Asura then sighed and frowned, "Shisui, can you take Sakura for me...?"

Nodding his head, he tenderly took hold of the pinkette as Asura spoke, "She has probably lost all of her faith and trust in Indra... keep her close to you. I know you live in a single bedroom apartment, but can she stay with you for a few days? I honestly hate to even ask you to do this, but they... they need to be a part for a while." Shisui nodded, but gave a cheeky grin, "Ah, don't worry about it Asura! I'll take care of her!" Shisui then flickered off with Sakura. Yet, from the shadows... Madara had watched all of that from start to finish in complete horror.

...

A little while was what Asura asked, but Sakura only held trust in a few people now. Any other man, especially Izuna and Indra, now terrified her. Shisui walked up to the pinkette with a frown, "Sakura?" Tilting her head up and smiling softly, she then nodded and he continued, "I really hate to ask you to go out into the district, but I'm being sent on a mission and we need groceries." Swallowing heavily, Sakura nodded, "I-I'll go..." Shisui then gave her shoulder a gentle pat, "I asked Itachi to go with you and he said he would." Nodding her head lightly, Shisui then knelt down and took her hands, "Hey don't worry, you've got this."

Staring into those sparkling onyx orbs, Sakura then swallowed heavily and leaned forward. Placing her lips lightly against his, she then leaned back after a short lived moment, "Please... just come home to me safely..." That was the first time she had ever spoken such sweet words to him and it warmed his heart. Leaning forward, he placed his lips upon her own once again momentarily before leaning back and winking, "Ah, don't you worry! I'll be just fine!"

Right at that moment Itachi walked in and softly chuckled, "You two would make a cute couple." Well, Itachi always did say it as he saw it. Shisui then stood up and held a hand up, "Take care of her, man. If I find out something happened to her, the results won't be pretty." Itachi then fanned his hand dismissively, "Yeah, I get it lover boy." He then walked to the pinkette and held a hand out to her, only for her to take it and stand up. Shisui then smiled and held a hand up, yet Sakura could feel something was going to go wrong on his mission.

Bolting forward, Sakura wrapped her arms around Shisui's neck tightly, "Please... PLEASE be careful. I can sense something off about your mission. If something seems dangerous, come home to me immediately!" Itachi then chuckled and folded his arms, "You heard the lady." Shisui then wrapped his arms around the pinkette tightly, "I promise..." Itachi knew what was about to be said was not for him to hear, so he walked outside and closed the door.

Looking at Sakura, he smiled softly, "How do you do it...?" This made the pinkette blink her duo colored orbs rapidly, "Do what?" Lifting his hand, he then placed it tenderly against her cheek before releasing a deep and nervous breath, "How are you making me fall in love with you...?" Blushing brightly, Sakura then placed her head on his chest, "I guess the same way you are doing it to me..." Shisui's heart rate skyrocketed at this point and he gently took the pinkette's chin, "I love you, Sakura..." Smiling softly, she then leaned forward and pressed her lips to his while mumbling, "I love you too..."

With that, he had to go and slowly slipped out of her grasp before winking, "Alrighty then! If something is too dangerous, I come home right away!" Opening his door and walking out, he merely turned towards Sakura one last time, "I do love you, Sakura." Before she could even answer, he was gone. Sakura grabbed her holster and clipped in on before walking out and taking Itachi's hand, "Shopping... doesn't sound too difficult!"

The two were now in the Uchiha district market and the pinkette was pressed tightly to Itachi as her hand trembled within his. Peering down at her, Itachi chuckled, "I bet you can't buy apples on your own." Challenge initiated and ACCEPTED. Releasing Itachi's hand, she took nervous steps forward, but managed to reach the vender and get what she needed. Turning back towards Itachi, Sakura then jogged back with a bright smile, "Itachi, I did it!" He couldn't help it, she was adorable; so a hug was then gifted to the pinkette, "Good job Sakura. I have the rest of the list if you want to try it yourself, but remember I am always right here."

In all honesty, he had no clue as to how one with so much power could fear anything in the slightest. Sakura then swallowed heavily, but nodded, "Y-Yeah... I need to learn how to stand on my own two feet." Wherever she went, Itachi was never too far away. Each stand she went to was a victory for her to help her move on. That's when Itachi thought he could stand back and watch her from a distance. What a big mistake that was...

As of now, Madara sat at the back door of the home humming softly when he heard Izuna call out, "I'm heading to the market! I'll be back!" Madara refused to speak to his little brother right now, so, all he did was continue humming as their father gave Izuna a list of what they needed. Walking out of the home and to the market, he began buying things left and right. Making it to the last stall, he bought what he needed and bumped right into someone, only for him to bow deeply, "My apologize!" Hearing nothing, Izuna then glanced up to see Sakura on the ground trembling.

Taking a step forward and holding a hand out, Izuna then pleaded, "Sakura, please listen! I'm sorry!" Hearing the commotion, Itachi lifted his head and narrowed his eyes to see Sakura on the ground trembling in fear as Izuna held his hand out to her. Darting forward, he was there in little to no time before shoving Izuna away and shouting angrily, "STAY AWAY FROM SAKURA!" Sakura hated feeling this way... she absolutely hated it.

Lifting the pinkette to her feet, she then looked down and whimpered out, "S-Sorry Itachi..." Izuna was so sick of this as he reached out and grabbed the pinkette, "DAMMIT, WILL YOU LISTEN TO ME! I'M SORRY! THE DAY YOU CAME TO ME, HANABI TOLD ME SHE HAD LOST THE BABY!" Sakura then glared through all of her tears, "And that gave you the right to ABUSE me!? I heard that once Hanabi heard of what you did to me, she wouldn't even look at you! She comes to see me so often and apologizes for you! APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED! THE ONLY REASON PEOPLE VALUE YOU IN THE VILLAGE IS BECAUSE OF YOUR STOLEN RINNEGAN!"

Izuna was getting nowhere fast in this, so he finally smirked at her and folded his arms, "I bet you haven't even found big brother yet..." Taking a gentle step back, Sakura then pleaded, "IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS, THEN TELL ME!" This only made Izuna chuckle, "Since you won't accept my apology, find him yourself. I mean, you've got all of that chakra, so it SHOULD be easy for you. Your dependency on others is unsightly..." Sakura was left speechless at that, but then lowered her head, "You want me all to yourself, that I can understand. However... your brother knows the truth and that's all that matters."

She no longer felt that fear as she picked up all of the groceries and walked back to Shisui's home. Entering the home, the two then began to put things away until that bad feeling became worse and she dropped what she had been holding. Itachi knew what this meant and immediately pushed on her back lightly, "GO SAKURA!"

Darting out of the door, the pinkette combined the flying raijin and teleportation technique and now could not even be seen as she rushed towards Shisui. She could sense him and he was still alive, but he obviously wasn't in sensory mode due to the fact that his entire team were still blindly moving towards a trap. Remembering that she had placed one of her markers on Shisui just in case, she then pinpointed the target and called it out, "FLYING RAIJIN!" Appearing in front of Shisui's squad, she then wrapped her arms around his neck, "Stop, unless your entire team wishes to die. I got to you just on time... thank god you are safe..."

Placing the pinkette down while blushing furiously, he then cleared his throat, "Sakura? What's up?" Sakura then looked into his eyes, "Just as I thought..." Tilting his head slightly, the only thing he could retort with was a good old fashioned, "Hm?" Releasing a gentle sigh, Sakura then smiled softly, "Babe, use your Sharingan..." Oh, he loved his new title and would TREASURE it for however long it lasted. Activating his Sharingan, his glowing crimson orbs darted around, "You're right babe, we are completely surrounded." Her Rinnegan's shadows were already out to play though and damn he was thankful that she was now his protective girlfriend.

With Shisui's mission being a success, thanks to Sakura, they now sat in his apartment after eating dinner. Slowching lazily on his couch, he half expected for the pinkette to retreat to their bedroom; but oh was he wrong. His eyes, closed due to being tired, Sakura made her way in between his legs to lie against his chest. Opening his eyes, he then smiled as he officially asked, "Sakura? Will you be my girlfriend?" Peering up at him with a gentle smile, she then nodded, "Of course I will. We already live together, so that makes it pretty simple." All he could do was chuckle at her answer and wrapped a single arm around her until both fell asleep.

The next day, both woke up and all she could think of doing was cuddling more. Shisui merely snickered playfully at this, "I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you no longer have your fears." Sakura's eyes then opened slightly, "Nah." Nodding at the newfound knowledge, he then smiled softly, "Let's go out today. What do ya say?" Nodding and yawning, the pinkette adjusted to her back so that she could stretch without hitting him.

Now out and about, the two held hands as they walked to the Uchiha's lake. It was summer time, so what better time was there to swim? Rushing down the hill and tugging Shisui along with her, she then chuckled, "Come on, let's go swimming!" Grinning at her, he pulled his cloak off at the same time she did, only for the both to gracefully dive into the water. Popping up, Sakura then chuckled, "Hey, did you know there is a huge drop off a little further out?" - 'Wait... how do I even know that...?' Was all she could think at the moment.

The sun was now setting and both were now walking through town with their hands laced together until hearing a familiar voice, "Aw! Look at you two! So cuuuute sis!" Sakura looked up only to notice Asura and Obito right in front of her, "Oh, hey Asura, hey Obito!" Obito then lifted a single brow and pointed to the two, "So, when did THIS happen?" Asura then pouted, "Oh, common, they look so cute together!"

Both Shisui and Sakura were now rapidly blinking at the free comedy show in the form of the pinkette's brothers play out. Obito huffed heavily, "She should have TOLD us!" Asura then fanned his hand leisurely back and forth in front of his face, "Ah, man, don't be such a killjoy!" Snapping towards his older brother, Obito then fumed, "ASURA, BE SERIOUS FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!" Asura then snickered playfully, "I am serious about you needing to lighten up. I mean, Shisui was the white knight who swooped in to save the fair maiden in her most dire hour of need!"

Obito looked so unenthusiastic about his brother's choice of wording as he sighed heavily, "Sakura, why didn't you tell us the two of you were dating now?" Indra's voice then echoed out, "Sakura is DATING someone in her pathetic condition? I find that extremely hard to believe. Besides, who would find a cowering kunoichi attractive? Well... other than HIM."

That hurt to hear, but Sakura supposed that it wasn't too inaccurate to make such claims. Asura then turned towards Indra and huffed, "Do you ALWAYS have to be a jerk!? Seriously Indra, Sakura and Shisui are so cute together!" A rather loud scoff was then heard coming from the eldest, "Shisui... huh... of course he would go after her. Little lambs are easier prey when they are timid. So Shisui, you plan to take advantage of my sister while she is still healing? Or... are you merely after her eyes...? When someone does not wish to see the world and how cruel it can be, being blind serves as a help and not a hinder... at least not for you."

Indra sounded so cruel and uncaring at this point that Sakura's vision became blurry and unfocused. Releasing Shisui's hand, the pinkette bolted as fast as she could. She didn't care where she went as long as it was away from all of that chaos. Rushing deep into the woods, Sakura was not paying attention and her foot landed on a paper bomb that had been planted by an enemy that was after her in the first place.

All of bickering between brother's immediately came to a screeching halt the moment a massive explosion was seen and heard. Asura took a nervous step forward at that point, "T-That's the direction Sakura ran... INDRA GO!" Snapping his head around, he then realized... Indra was already gone. He darted as fast as he could at that point as tears flooded down his face, 'W-WHY WAS I SO CRUEL!? SHE DIDN'T DESERVE ANY OF THAT! I'M SO SORRY SAKURA!' - "I figured you were," her gentle tone wrang out as she walked out dirty as hell from the explosion.

Dropping to his knees, Indra brought his beloved little sister into his arms and she held his head lightly before kissing the crown of his messy brunette locks. A sad look then graced her face, "It was all a plan that Asura, Obito, Naruto, and... Shisui came up with. They knew you'd say something cruel to make me run off. They wanted the kind you back... so they placed me in immediate danger to make your heart fill with the emotions of fear, loss, love, sadness, and sorrow. Shisui felt guilty last night and kind of leaked all of the information in his mind."

Indra didn't care at that point if it had been a plan or not. All that mattered was that she was safe. Calming himself and standing, he then frowned, "I heard that you bumped into Izuna while shopping. I also heard that he would not tell you as to where Madara is." Sakura then frowned as well, "Y-Yeah... he won't tell me." Indra then blew his bangs up, "He has no right to keep that information to himself."

Suddenly blinking his duo colored orbs rapidly at his sister, Indra felt like a complete IDIOT for not realizing this until now, "Uh... sis? Have you even thought about asking DAD where Madara is?" Sakura then blinked her duo colored orbs rapidly at her brother, "INDRA, YOU HANDSOME GENIUS! YOU'RE THE BEST BIG BROTHER IN THE WORLD!" Getting on the tips of her toes, Sakura then planted a kiss on her brother's cheek and wrapped her arms around his neck tightly, "However... I need your heart to heal first. If I went off to Madara right away, you'd just become miserable again. I can't have a sad big brother, now can I?"

Wrapping his arms firmly around the best baby sister in the world, Indra then buried his face into her neck while softly crying, "N-No..." She hadn't realized as to how attached Indra had been to her until right now. The weakness he now showed was definitely rare and most definitely unwanted in her eyes. What she needed to see again, was a strong and courageous older brother that she knew him to be.

Finally dropping to the ground to stand on her own two feet, Sakura held her hand out with a smile, "Common big brother, let's go home..." Nodding his head and wiping his eyes, a smile finally graced his lips the moment he placed his hand within her own. Talking cheerfully as they walked, they finally came to a halt in front of the group of plotters and the pinkette gave a heavy sigh, "Shisui, the next time you and my brothers are plotting something, remember this one thing. You gotta keep your thoughts tightly locked up, or I will most definitely hear them."

With that, the pinkette politely broke up with Shisui and moved back in with her brothers; which made them all happy as hell. They honestly didn't know how much more of Indra's horrible cooking they could take. Entering the home, everyone went to their own respective rooms while Sakura deemed it fit to snuggle up close in her eldest brother's bed to give him the emotions of love and compassion once again.

The dawn of a new day was now upon the land of the living, but Madara was already awake and inside of Minato's office. Minato gazed at the moody male for a moment before sighing softly, "I'm afraid you heard me correctly, Madara. Many other nations are now after Sakura. They aren't daring to take her eyes or power of the Six Paths from her due to the information that I gave all of them concerning what would happen if they DID take them. They all are now fully aware that whomever takes her eyes or Six Paths from her and attempts to use both will die swiftly; only for everything to be returned to her. So now, they are all arguing as to who should have possession of her in their village."

Madara appeared dumbfounded at this and shook his head abruptly, "THIS IS HER HOME! YET, YOU HAVE SIGNED A TREATY TO ALLOW EACH NATION TO HAVE SAKURA FOR THREE MONTHS AT A TIME BEFORE SHE IS SWAPPED TO A NEW NATION!? THEN WHY HAVE THEY BEEN ATTACKING!? IT HAS MERELY BEEN ONE-" Minato then frowned heavily, "It's been seven months because of Sakura's condition. I'm sorry, but I don't have a choice Madara."

His face was full of fury at that point and even Minato could tell that. Sighing, the Fourth Hokage then laced his fingers in front of his face, "Madara, you haven't even tried to hold a conversation with her, much less make the attempts to go and visit her. I'm not exactly sure why this is riling you up so much." Onyx orbs instantly saddened before peering to the ground, "I figured that she wouldn't want to see me after everything we went through... at least, not yet." Minato then chuckled softly at this and stood up to face his window to stare at the village as he spoke, "Well, since you have told me everything that happened to the both of you, I can see as to why you would believe that."

A soft chuckle was then released from the blonde as he softly spoke out, "My daughter has been hounding me to tell her where you are. She isn't the only one though. Indra and Asura have also been at my throats to find where you are, but considering you asked me to make that information classified, I am unable to tell them a word. Sakura pries through my thoughts so much now, that I can actually tell when she is doing it. Well, you'll have the chance to see her in a year. Well, other villages have asked for her aid as well, so it might be two years or possibly longer before you see her next. If you don't want her to have a meltdown... you should probably leave now."

Madara's eyes were now wide with horror... two years or possibly longer. His heart race began to accelerate at an alarming speed, making him breathe heavily and clutch his chest tightly. Turning around, Minato's eyes widened before he rushed to the moody male to give his back a harsh pound so that he began to harshly cough. Sky blue orbs then saddened, "I don't want to hurt her heart... so Izuna will be guiding and guarding her."

Shooting his head up with widened eyes, the moody male was about to object to this; but Minato held up a hand, "I'm letting him regain his honor as a proud member of the Uchiha clan. As for you, all though you might only be eighteen, you will be made into a jonin squad leader." Not this again. He knew that he couldn't refuse the command... what the Hokage says is absolute and THIS Hokage just so happened to be Sakura's father - so he merely nodded, "Very well." Chuckling, the male with the sky blue orbs smiled, "I'll give you your team line up later. For now, you need to leave and keep your thoughts concealed."

He understood completely as to what Minato had meant by that. So, in other words, Sakura was close. Bowing, Madara then vanished from the room, making Minato release a heavy breath due to how much chakra that teenager even held at his disposal - not that his daughter was any better in that aspect. Madara and Sakura were so gifted that they made everyone else who held any talent, look pitiful.

A knock came to his door and he gave the green light, only for Sakura and Indra to enter. Giving a bright smile, the pinkette then placed her hands on her hips, "What's up dad?" He knew this calm day was about to turn into a cataclysm in one shot. So he explained everything and as to whom her guard would be. Indra's face then drained of color, yet once he looked at his little sister's dull orbs, he knew she was now keeping her love locked up tight so that she did not have an emotional breakdown. Minato then turned his head, "Izuna, come on out." Izuna appeared and gave a respectful bow before turning to the pinkette and smiling softly, "Ready to go?"

All she could do was give a silent and dead eyed nod. The only vocal goodbye she gave, was to Indra - and she held onto him tightly as if he were a security blanket. Leaning back, she then reached behind her and unclasped her locket before placing it around her eldest brother's neck so that he did not become cold while she was absent.

Not wanting for her brother to become malicious again, she did the smartest thing possible for Indra's unstable heart that clung to her for the love and support that her loving soul had always been there to offer. She placed her hand over the locket and transferred a good amount of her chakra inside for him to always be able to sense before softly speaking, "Indra, I need you to safely guard it..." Those words she spoke made Indra realize that she wasn't speaking of the locket - she was referring to her actual heart. Nodding gently while running his fingers through her long and soft locks, he then smiled softly, "Of course..."

Sakura then gave her father a hug, but no goodbye before turning and walking out with Izuna. Once the door closed, Indra snapped towards Minato, "Seriously dad!? Sakura is a HUMAN, not goods to be passed around for all of the villages to use her until there is NOTHING left of her soul! Did you even think about HER happiness and what SHE wants!? She's in love and you even hid his WHEREABOUTS from her!"

Watching as his daughter walked out of the Hokage's tower, tears began to slide down his face as he answered, "O-Of course I thought all of that through. All of the villages deem it as unfair that we have so many Rinnegan wielders, with you being our newest wielder of the permanent one eyed Rinne-Sharingan. Once they gained word of the Uchiha clan's revival, along with my revival, and your mother's revival; they all began to make threats of war if Sakura were not passed around for all villages to use equally. This is why Sasuke stays on the move... he doesn't want the other villages to think that he is even HERE so that we get attacked."

Indra began to process all of this and grasped his chin, "The Rinnegan itself is rare, so I can see how that could happen. There is Sakura, Madara, Izuna, Sasuke, and myself. However, I can feel that they aren't wanting Sakura ONLY for her Rinnegan." Minato then turned towards the long haired brunette with a questioning gaze, "Then what are they wanting her for?"

Indra then sighed heavily as he looked his adopted father dead in the eye, "That should be obvious. They could have asked for any of us, yet they specifically requested for SAKURA to move from village to village. The only logical reasoning that I can think of at the moment is that it's because she doesn't die when she uses Rinne Rebirth and she holds the Six Paths sun and moon..." Minato's orbs then widened as if mortified at the explanation while his nervous tone projected out for the brunette to hear, "Y-You don't think that they will ACTUALLY make her actually use Rinne Rebirth, do you!?" All Indra could do was nod as he began chewing nervously on his thumb lightly.

As horrifying as that was to hear, the Fourth Hokage could no longer do anything to stop as to what she was commanded to do or not do. All he could honestly do at this point was begin writing letters to each great nation. He did NOT want to lose his little girl after he had finally been reunited with her after such an extensive period of time. It was the same for Indra. He refused to lose his little sister. If he did lose her, they WOULD have a war on their hands.

Well on their way to the Land of Wind now, or to be more precise, the Sand Village; the pinkette more or less kept to herself as she made graceful strides forward. Izuna then glanced towards her and released a gentle breath while thinking to himself, 'I really wish she would forgive me... I honestly didn't mean for it to go as far as it did...' - "I know, Izuna... I forgive you now..." Sakura spoke in a slightly dead tone, making his head shoot towards her due to forgetting that she could more or less hear ALL of his thoughts.

"Really!? You forgive me!?" Izuna's brightened tone chirped out, making her smile softly. She had always LOVED Izuna's bright tone voice. For her, it wasn't about finding out as to where Madara was anymore. It was about forgiving the one person she had always adored. Nodding slightly while a slight smile crept onto her face, the pinkette gave a soft reply of, "Of course. It's not to find out where your brother is either - you were there for me before he even thought to be."

The long haired raven then dashed in front of Sakura and clasped her gloved dainty hands within the palms of his masculine gloved paws with a bright smile, "Oh, thank you, Sakura! Thank you!" The way his onyx orbs now sparkled and glistened made the pink haired kunoichi laugh softly at the happiness his vocal chords held and only gave his shoulder a gentle pat, "Come on. Don't want to be late, ya know?" Nodding brightly at her, he then held her hand within one of his and she didn't even try to pull away from his tender hold on her hand.

Glancing towards Sakura, Izuna gave a slight frown, "So... you don't want to know where big brother is...?" The pinkette merely gave her head a light shake, "If he wanted for me to find him... he would have sought me out long ago..." Izuna had heard many of Madara's self-chats when he thought he had been completely alone - "Why hasn't she come to our house yet...? She should know that I am here. I mean, where else would I possibly be!? I would never leave the village without her... so why... WHY hasn't she come to our house yet!?"

Tilting his head down slightly, he knew she had the right to know... yet... he couldn't bring himself to tell her due to his love and admiration that he "secretly" held for her. Sakura peered her singular emerald orb towards the long haired raven and softly chuckled, "Izuna... I already know that you hold a deep love and admiration for me. I... I just can't return those feelings... YET." Snapping his head towards her, his mouth slightly gaped open at the last word she spoke, "Does that mean what I think it means?" Nodding her head as if it were all too obvious, Sakura then chuckled, "Mhm, it means you get to have a shot at winning over my heart."

Now he was thankful he took on this mission. He would be ALONE with Sakura for a LONG time. Hearing Sakura run into someone, she then gave a deep bow without realizing as to who she had actually ran into, "Please pardon me!" A soft chuckle was then heard before a reply of, "Hello Sakura, it's good to see that you have been doing so well." Shooting her head up with widened eyes, the pinkette then jumped in very familiar arms, "S-SASUKE!" With that happy greeting, Sasuke instantly caught the joyous pink haired kunoichi that he now believed belonged to the same clan as him.

Twirling her around, Sasuke then set her down before speaking, "Going out on a mission?" Sakura then peered down with saddened eyes, "N-No... Dad made a treaty with all of the other villages that I am to move from village to village after three months, so I will be gone more than you, ya know?" That shocked the hell out of Sasuke as he took a gentle step forward, "THREE MONTHS!? S-Sakura, you have to be kidding!"

Shaking her head lightly as if all too serious at this point in time, Sasuke gave a gentle sigh, "This is the exact reason that I kept on the move. I didn't want to be used. Why not come with me?" Sakura then gave a deepened frown, "They keep attacking the village all because I am there. I don't want to be the reason it gets destroyed. Besides, I'll have Izuna with me the whole time!" Sasuke then peered his head towards his doppelganger and chuckled, "Hey Izuna. Still infatuated with Sakura I see." This comment only caused Izuna to turn bright red, "S-SASUKE, THAT IS NOT TRUE AND YOU KNOW IT!"

Sakura even gained a dry expression at this comment made by the long haired raven, "Liar." As Izuna whined to the pinkette, Sasuke chuckled, "I can see that you two are as close as ever. It's good to know that some things just never change. Izuna, have you asked the elders to marry Sakura yet? I'm sure they would agree that it is a good match." That comment made Sakura's face turn bright red as Izuna fanned both of his hands in front of his face frantically, "NO, I HAVEN'T! CAN YOU STOP INTERROGATING US!?" Snickering at this softly, Sasuke then grinned, "Yeah, sure thing."

Shaking her head abruptly, Sakura then placed a single hand on her hip, "So, where you headed Sasuke?" Folding his arms and chuckling, Sasuke then pointed towards where the village was, "Home! I found some ruins belonging to the Otsutsuki clan and need the cipher core to decipher all of the writing that my Rinnegan couldn't read." This comment only made the pinkette shift her head down, "O-Oh... I see. Be sure to tell Itachi hi for me."

Nodding his head at the request, Sasuke then frowned, "To be honest... I think war would be a better option than being the five great nations and random villages slave. That's my opinion though... Izuna, be sure to keep a smile on my cousin's face in my place, will you?" Izuna could only nod slightly at the request, "Yeah, I'll do my best-" Sasuke's eyes then narrowed dangerously as he spoke, "No, you WILL do it. If I hear a single rumor that she isn't smiling, you will have HELL to pay. Do you understand me?" Izuna was NOT about to piss off the pinkette's cousin, so he hastily nodded, "ROGER THAT!"

Turning away while chuckling, Sasuke raised a hand as a way to say farewell, but was stopped the moment Sakura darted towards and around him - only to wrap her arms tightly around his abdomen. Softly crying against his chest now, Sakura held onto him for dear life; making the short haired raven frown and hold her tightly, "Hey, hold your head high. You are an Uchiha after all, so be proud of your lineage and walk with pride." This only caused her to cry harder, "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT CLAN I AM FROM! IF I AM SAD, I WILL SHOW IT!" Sasuke began to stroke her hair lightly and sighed heavily, "You have a mission and I need to report to uncle Minato. Go on Sakura."

Nodding, Sakura's eyes dulled as she released her cousin and began to walk back towards Izuna. When the pinkette was not looking, Sasuke turned towards his lookalike and scowled angrily considering he was already failing at the task that he had given him. Izuna sweat dropped and held his hand out to Sakura, "Common Sakura! Give me that pretty smile!"

Taking Izuna's hand, the two began to make their way towards the Sand Village once again. Once Sasuke was out of sight, the long haired raven chuckled softly, "DAMN! What is it with your family and being TERRIFYING!? Your dad, mom, Indra, Obito, Sasuke, and Itachi are all scary as hell when it comes to the matters of you!" This actually made the pinkette giggle and honestly shrug, "I couldn't tell you even IF I knew, ya know?!" Snickering at her, Izuna then gave her hand a tender squeeze, "If you frown once and rumors of it spread... Sasuke will kill me. So, for my safety, PLEASE don't frown!"

...

The two were now in the land of wind and sweat beaded from every pore on their body. Sakura hastily yanked off her cloak and groaned out, "WHY IS IT SO DAMN HOT HERE!?" Izuna was about to do the same, yet Sakura hastily stopped him, "NO IZUNA! YOUR SKIN IS TOO DELICATE FOR THESE HARSH RAYS!" Snickering at her, he pulled off his cloak anyway and her face instantly turned bright red. Clearing her throat abruptly as if doing so would rid her of her blush, the pinkette stormed forward, "Izunaaaa... it's SO freaking HOT!" A devious smirk then graced his handsome face as he gave an all too cocky reply, "Hm? Me or the sun?"

Bright red again, Sakura then huffed, "THE SUN, YOU ARROGANT ASS!" Releasing a chipper laugh, Sakura then glanced over to notice that his skin was already beginning to gain a bright red sunburn, only for her to roll her eyes, "Don't say I didn't warn you..." Lifting a delicate raven brow at the comment made, as if not understanding in the slightest as to what she had actually meant; the two continued walking for hours until they were both at the gate of the Sand Village. Walking into the village, people began to clasp their hands together to begin PRAYING to the pinkette as if she were a goddess.

Turning bright red from all of the attention, Izuna then looked at her and chuckled before tossing his cloak over her head, "There, now you can't see if they are praying to their goddess or not. I'll lead us to the Kazekage's tower, just follow my lead." Tugging the pinkette along with him, they then reached the Kazekage's tower and Gaara's voice echoed out, "Izuna? We asked for Sakura, not you."

Gaining a dry expression at the comment, the long haired raven then yanked his Uchiha branded cloak off of the pinkette before dryly exclaiming, "Tada..." Gaara then walked forward and took Sakura's hands within his own, making a gentle blush of embarrassment cross her face as he softly spoke, "Welcome Sakura..." Izuna gave a loud huff of jealousy, making Sakura slightly glance back at him. Gaara then took the pink haired kunoichi's hand before leading her towards her room, "This room has been set up for you. We were made aware that a guard and escort was coming with you, so I'll take him to his room now.

Nodding her head lightly as the door closed, she felt Izuna's chakra growing farther and farther away from her own. Slightly panicking that he was being taken so far away from her, the pinkette shot out of the room and rushed towards Izuna before taking his hand within her own and stuttering out, "H-HE WILL STAY WITH ME!"

Gaara glanced towards Izuna with clear jealousy written all over his face, but whatever the "goddess" wanted, she got. Nodding his head, Sakura began to lead the Uchiha male towards her room... and in the process, he looked back at the Kazekage and smirked deviously towards him as if saying "ha, ha, I win." Once pulled inside of her room, Sakura noticed Izuna wincing in pain; only for him to look at his sunburned shoulder and groan softly. Rolling her eyes, Sakura placed her sun symbol against him so that his skin became bronzed instead of burned.

Doing the same to herself, Sakura's skin gained a bronze coloration as Izuna folded his arms, "I don't like the way Gaara looks at you. He acts like you are something that can merely be bought from a vender." Peering over at the long haired raven, the long haired pinkette chuckled, "Someone's jealous." Izuna instantly gained a sour facial expression over this, "I AM NOT! SAKURA, THAT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY!" Blinking rapidly, she then chuckled softly, "I never said that it was..." Huffing now, Izuna swiftly pinned Sakura to the bed that they would be sharing, "You enjoy teasing me, don't you?" Blinking rapidly, the pinkette gave one dumbfounding reply, "You're just now figuring that out...?"

As fate would have it, Gaara then walked in to see the... er... position the two were in, only to walk in and grab Izuna's tender long hair tightly; making him wince in the process. Sakura knew Izuna was tender headed and swiftly stood before slapping the redhead's hand, "DON'T EVER TOUCH IZUNA AGAIN, AM I UNDERSTOOD!?" Scowling, he then glanced to his older brother, who snatched Izuna away with chakra threads.

Once the door to the pinkette's room closed, Temari then smirked, "Thank you for escorting Sakura here. You may take your leave now." Izuna hastily folded his arms, yet held a lazy fared expression on his face, "Do you actually think I would abandon my guard duty...? As an Uchiha, I outclass all three of you by miles. Do I need to request backup from my big brother OR her big brother to solve the matters of my duty to keep Sakura protected from any and all harm?" All three knew that Izuna had far more chakra than the three of them COMBINED, so having Madara OR Indra come here was like asking for a death sentence.

No village dared cross Indra due to his protective nature over his little sister and NO ONE wanted to get on his bad side. However... Gaara smirked, "Sakura is no longer a shinobi of the Leaf Village. She is now a shinobi of the Sand Village. You may leave this instant. If you do not wish to leave on your own accord, we will not mind throwing you out ourselves." Holding his hands up defensively, Izuna walked out of the village and hastily wrote a letter for Indra. Biting his thumb, Izuna then slammed his hand to the ground, "SUMMONING JUTSU!" One of his small, but extremely fast, messenger dragons then appeared and grabbed the note before taking off straight to Indra at top speed.

It didn't take long for Indra to get the note as he hastily scanned over it with his eyes before roaring angrily, "DAMMIT ALL TO HELL!" Throwing his cloak on, he then sent a message back to Izuna alone with a small vial of his own blood. Once Izuna retrieved both, he made the correct hand signs for the reverse summoning jutsu and one PISSED off Indra appeared.

Noticing the look on this eldest brother's face while his body sparked up with lightning, Izuna didn't even dare SPEAK to him. Getting a pat on his shoulder from Indra as a thank you, good work, and wait here; the younger male merely nodded and leaned against the gate of the village - already feeling his skin burning once again as Indra darted inside of the Sand Village. The moment Indra neared the Kazekage's tower, his face drained of all color due to hearing his baby sister screaming as if highly panicked at the moment. Now... all hell was about to break loose.

The devil unleashed within him, Indra gained one murderous gleam within his eyes as he sulked forward. His one eyed pentagram orb activated with his Rinne-Sharingan blazing within his other, guards immediately began to yell for him to halt. A very unfortunate decision on their part. All guards that got in his way were met with a good dose of lightning and a harsh dose of death. NO ONE fucked with his little sister and were permitted to leave with their lives still intact - unless your name was Izuna Uchiha. Once all guards were effectively murdered mercilessly, he made it to the room that his little sister was screaming inside of.

With no mercy left within his body, the door effectively exploded with sparks of lightning still resonating on the hinges. Snapping his head over Gaara scowled, "INDRA, HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET HERE SO FAST!?" That murderous gleam held within his eyes, he merely replied simply, "I bet you already know that answer... Now remove your FILTHY hands off of my sister! Refuse to do so and I will not hold back in slaughtering the Kazekage..." When Indra spoke, you listened, like it or not. He made the rules concerning his little sister... and you OBEYED to those rules. Gaara instantly jumped away and the moment he did, the pinkette rushed to her eldest brother.

Pride be damned, she didn't give a fuck if she was naked. Taking his cloak off and lacing it around Sakura, that murderous gleam was not going away until his baby sister took his hand and softly spoke, "I knew you'd save me, big brother..." Peering towards Sakura, Indra then smiled softly, "I always will. As for you, lord Kazekage, my sister will NOT be returning to this village. If that means war, then expect no mercy from our family..."

Scowling at Indra at this point in time, Gaara made the unwise choice to speak, "Sakura is now a shinobi of the Sand Village! If commanded, I will have her attack you!" Sakura then began to rapidly blink, "Yeah, I never agreed to any of that." Her angelic face then became just as dark as her eldest brother's, "Are you honestly wishing for Indra, Asura, Obito, Naruto, Sasuke, and Itachi to assault your village!? Don't forget my father, the HOKAGE, and my mother, Kushina. Also, do not think that Madara, Izuna, or myself will sit idly by! Your village will be extinct before you even had the chance to PROCESS as to what happened!"

With that small threat made by the pinkette... she was free to go with no verbal threats made to the Leaf Village at all, but a silent declaration of war WAS sent to the Hokage. Again, not a wise decision considering Indra relayed as to what had transpired before Gaara's message even had the chance to arrive and be delivered in Minato's office. To say Minato was pissed at how his beautiful little girl had been mistreated was the understatement of the century. Add the entire Uchiha clan into that mixture of fury... because Sasuke showed up almost instantly after Sakura and Izuna departed for the next village and began to wreak havoc upon anyone who dared cross him.

Walking into the land of earth, both Sakura and Izuna groaned again at the heat. The two Uchiha's were now sporting tans and their sun kissed skin once again beaded with sweat. Neither had, had the chance to fill their canteens and just in time, made it to the Stone Village. Walking into the Tsuchikage's tower without people praying to her, the two were hastily given water as Onoki chuckled, "I don't need an Uchiha coming to destroy my village!" This comment only earned an extremely puzzled look from the two as the pinkette slightly tilted her head, "I'm sorry, what?"

To him, it was obvious the news hadn't reached Sakura and Izuna as of yet, making him chuckle softly, "Sasuke Uchiha assaulted the Sand Village after the both of you departed." This made Izuna gain a dry look towards the pinkette, "I told you that your family is terrifying when it comes to you, but did you believe me? No, Izuna knows NOTHING!" This comment merely had Sakura laughing softly, "Hey now, I never said you were wrong! I only said I couldn't tell you even if I did know why they acted that way!"

The time spent within the Stone Village went by quickly and had a lot of healing. Sakura even made the Tsuchikage appear youthful again, but other than that, their time was rather uneventful. The two spent a lot of time in a clinic that Onoki had built specifically for Sakura and she found him to be a rather pleasant male to speak to. He even had the pinkette and the long haired raven participate on his council during their three month stay.

Once their three months time was up, Sakura was almost sad to leave the stubborn old - yet young - man due to how courteous he had been their entire stay. Izuna had been allowed to stay inside of Sakura's room as well due to not wanting Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura's cousin, to come to his village and bring his wrath for mistreating his cousin along with him. However, Onoki highly enjoyed having Sakura and Izuna's opinion over state affairs. The two had even managed to make the Stone Village an even more prosperous and enjoyable place to live at, but now they were saying goodbye to head to the land of lightning to stay at the Cloud Village.

To show his deep gratitude, Sasuke dropped by the Stone Village... and as frightening as him even coming to the village even was... Onoki was all too shocked when Sasuke humbly thanked the Tsuchikage for taking care of his dearest cousin that he loved so much. Onoki had found this so honorable and sweet that Sasuke cared so deeply about his family, that anything that Sasuke needed on his travels was given to him completely free of charge. In another sense, this was the Tsuchikage's way of indirectly thanking Sakura and Izuna for all that they had done and accomplished during their stay.

Back in the Leaf Village, Madara and him trio of genin walked into Minato's office for their new mission. Looking up from the stack of papers he had, Minato set his pen down and laced his fingers together in front of his face, "Hey you four, I have a new mission for you. Thanks to your accolades, you four will be escorting a merchant all the way to the Mist Village. You guys up for the task?" The genin had picked up on Madara's lazy fared attitude and all shrugged.

Once the beautiful female merchant walked in, Madara didn't even look her way... and as insulting as that was, the four set out to deliver this merchant to the Mist Village. All members of Team Madara were now highly respected within the village due to his teachings. All of the Uchiha were well respective members of the community, so this team finished each and every mission given to them flawlessly. They were basically being brought up to become perfect ANBU candidates in Minato's eyes and one could definitely see why. Their team leader was strict, reputable, honorable, and gave no room for failure.

The moment Sakura and Izuna entered the land of lightning, both were miserable due to the humidity. The heat, they could tolerate... but this... this... "THIS SUCKS!" Sakura furiously groaned. All though they were more or less used to being in humid weather, this place's humidity was just ridiculous. Making it to the Cloud Village, both Sakura and Izuna noticed the glares shooting their way as if they were most definitely NOT welcome. Sakura then leaned to Izuna and began to whisper, "What in the hell? I feel like a pissed off INDRA is staring at us!" Izuna could only nod lightly and darted his singular Rinnegan everywhere as he mumbled back, "Sakura... be weary of your eyes..."

Glancing Izuna's way, the pinkette then gave a playful wink, "Right back atcha, handsome." This comment has the long haired raven blushing furiously as they entered the Raikage's tower. The Raikage merely lifted his brow to the Uchiha male before looking at the snickering Uchiha female and scolded lightly, "Sakura, stop teasing the poor boy." Smiling cheekily, Sakura then winked, "But he's so fun to tease, ya know?!"

The Raikage had heard as to what had happened in the Sand Village as well, yet he had always found the pinkette incredibly charming and well mannered. Groaning, Sakura then peered at the leader of the village, "The humidity here is INTOLERABLE! How do you live here without constantly feeling like all of the water inside of your body is quickly being sucked out!?" Chuckling at the comment, he could only retort with, "I've lived here my entire life, what did you expect?" Sakura then gained a dry facial expression, "Oh, I dunno, maybe something LOGICAL!"

The Raikage snickered at her sharp tongue and took the two to the room they'd be sharing. All of the rumors that the two always shared a room came in handy for him. He definitely did NOT want to get on Minato's bad side, but more than anything else... he wanted to stay in Indra's good graces. After gaining a letter from Indra that he'd better not hear one complaint from his little sister, it made him force his people to treat the two with the utmost respect. Considering that rumors also spread around like wildfire Izuna and Sakura were a loving couple, it made the Raikage give the young man respect for handling such a - as he put her - "a playful beast".

This made the time there fly by rather quickly due to hearing about what the two had done for the Stone Village. The two basically did the same at the Cloud Village that they had done in the Stone Village, with the added addition that Sakura sparred with the Raikage so much that her speed was off the charts and her swordsmanship was more or less perfect now thanks to the Raikage's consistent lessons.

Once three months came to a close, Sakura cried due to having to leave; but the Raikage was NO different in that aspect. He cried just as much as the loveable pinkette that he was having to release from his custody. He treated Sakura as if she were his daughter and that's the way Minato had wanted it to be. In the Fourth Hokage's sky blue eyes, the more people to love your child, the better off they are. Izuna was having one hell of a time trying to even get those two blubbering dummies a part from one another and was failing miserably.

The two ended up staying an extra day within the Cloud Village due to the pinkette's and the Raikage's stubbornness when it came to saying goodbye. Groaning as he laid on his back with his arm over his eyes, Izuna sighed until he felt his ponytail being played with and a sweet voice along with the initial tease, "Awe, common Izuna! It's not so bad here!" Not moving his arm from his eyes, the long haired raven released a huff, "Sakura, we were supposed to leave YESTERDAY! What if we get in trouble with your dad!?... AND WILL YOU STOP LYING ON ME HALF NAKED!? YOU'RE DRIVING ME CRAZY!"

Lifting a brow at this, Sakura snickered playfully as she traced her fingertips over his bare muscular chest, "You get to sleep half naked, so how is that fair to me?" At that moment the Raikage snickered out, "SHE'S RIGHT IZUNA!" Moving his arm away from his eyes and scowling, Izuna groaned, "GO AWAY OLD MAN!" Sakura then lightly wacked the Uchiha male's chest, "Be nice Izuna." Sitting up and stretching all of her muscles, Sakura then placed all of her gear on with a pout, "Fine! You win, let's go!" Sitting up and smirking, Izuna then grasped the pinkette before pulling her to him, "I think I like you better half naked..." Sakura could only roll her eyes at this, "Of course you do. Now, let's go handsome."

Taking their leave, they were now off to the Mist Village... which Sakura was NOT thrilled about going to in the slightest. On a boat now headed towards the Mist Village, she could only think about all of the things that would happen to Izuna. He was one HELL of a looker and the Mizukage would try her hardest to persuade him to become her man. Turning and looking at the long haired raven, the pinkette walked to his sitting form and wrapped her arms around his neck lightly; making him glance up at her as she spoke, "While we are in the Mist Village, you will be my boyfriend. I don't want the Mizukage going after you."

Snickering at the pinkette, Izuna then tilted his head back so the two were face to face, "That sounds enticing. What a protective girlfriend I have," he finished with an adorable wink. Rolling her eyes, she then had to spell it out for him, "I just don't want her tarnishing your good name or reputation. Besides, she will use any dirty tricks as a means to get you. However, if you are taken... she might not try anything." This only made Izuna snicker playfully, "And what kind of Uchiha man would I be if I let her do that to me while my girlfriend is around?" - "Not a very good one," the pinkette dryly replied.

Arriving in the Mist Village, the Mizukage had already been made aware that Sakura had an Uchiha MALE bodyguard and escort with her. Walking up, both Izuna and Sakura gave a bow as the Uchiha male spoke, "Lady Mizukage, I am here to present my girlfriend, Sakura Namikaze Uchiha." Mei's eye began to twitch slightly at the title the two held. Everyone now "knew" that the two were a couple, but she wasn't willing to let Izuna Uchiha of all people, go.

The Mizukage had received threatening letters from Minato, Indra, AND Sasuke concerning Sakura; but did she care a single bit? I should think not. Ever since Indra had turned her down, Mei had been one raging bitch to EVERYONE. Uchiha men were beautiful and she knew that there were about to be TWO Uchiha males within the Mist Village. Leading them both into the Mizukage's tower, Mei lead Sakura to her room before turning, "Izuna, your room is down the hall." Sakura began to chew on her lip slightly before speaking out, "Lady Mizukage...? Izuna normally stays with me for my safety..."

Holding her hand over her mouth as if shocked, Mei then gave a soft gasp, "Sakura, it is indecent for a man to be staying in your room! If you two were married, that would be a different story!" Izuna then gave a heavy sigh, "You do understand the Uchiha elders are the ones to chose as whom we are to wed to, correct? Must I add in that us Uchiha also become wed to someone within our own respective clan..." Mei could only chuckle, "I think they would make an exception for the Mizukage. That would give the Uchiha a new home where they are COMPLETELY respected. Now come along."

Izuna nodded and began to follow the lady of the lands to his room. Placed within a room FAR away from the pinkette, his door was summarily locked from the outside. Considering that night had fallen, she highly doubted anyone would even notice if the pinkette were gone tomorrow night. She already had the perfect cover story that Sakura had merely vanished from her room when morning rolled around.

Trying to get sleep was damn near next to impossible. Sitting awake all night, Sakura merely stared at her hands until the sun rose into the sky. The Mizukage then walked inside of the pinkette's room and grinned, "Did you not sleep well? Ah, let me go and fetch Izuna for you." Not even looking up as Mei left, Izuna was then let out of his room and darted towards the pinkette. Rushing into her room, Izuna looked mortified at how exhausted Sakura appeared, "Babe...? Did you sleep at all...?" Merely shaking her head, he then walked in and closed the door behind him before sitting on the bed and lightly pulling her head to rest on his lap.

The moment her head hit his lap, Sakura was out like a light. Frowning softly at her exhausted form he began to lightly stroke her long locks as a single one of her hands aimlessly took his unoccupied hand. Mei then walked in and huffed heavily, "She is STILL asleep!?" Izuna then darted his orbs up dangerously, "She can't sleep in an unfamiliar place unless someone she knows is with her. Do not speak poorly about my girlfriend unless you wish them to be your last words." Obviously furious at this, the Mizukage then shouted, "WAKE HER UP, SHE HAS WORK TO DO!"

The shouting alone was enough to jolt the exhausted pinkette up. Sitting up, Izuna then pulled her right back down and scowled, "Do NOT wake her up. She's exhausted!" Mei rolled her eyes and placed her hands on her hips, "She has work to do! I expect her up within ONE hour." Rolling his eyes, Mei then closed the door and Izuna took his cloak off as he placed her head on the pillow and laid down beside her, only to tug her close to his chest.

The moment Sakura rolled over and placed her head on Izuna's chest, his eyes began to droop until he completely fell asleep while a single one of his arms wrapped securely around the pinkette's waist. An hour came and went pretty damn fast, only for the Mizukage to hastily open the door to witness the two asleep. Clapping her hands obnoxiously, Mei then shouted out, "UP YOU TWO!" Neither even attempted to budge a fraction of an inch, so the furious Mizukage stormed over to the pinkette and ripped her off of Izuna - jolting her awake in the process. The moment Sakura was jolted awake, Izuna had been as well.

A harsh glare came to Izuna's face as his single Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan swirled into place. His tone, more than unhappy at this point, spewed out like venom, "I warned you to not wake her..." Sitting up and walking to the Mizukage, Izuna captured her gaze and placed her under a harsh genjutsu, yet the pinkette gave an exhausted shake of her head, "No... I'm okay babe..." Standing up, he then took Sakura to the bath and sat inside with her, making her furiously blush, "I-Izuna! I'm more than capable of bathing myself!" Izuna then gained a dry facial expression, "I trust that as much as I also trust you to drown due to being exhausted."

Keeping a close eye on the drained pinkette, he then frowned as he watched her fold her arms over the tile outside of the bath and fall asleep again. Undressing and getting into the water with her, he held her nude frame close to his body. He needed to bathe anyway, so he hastily washed his body and hair before beginning to wash her body and long locks.

Brushing a stray of locks away from her face, he then lifted her sleeping form into his arms before walking back into the bedroom. Literally kicking the Mizukage out of the room, Izuna then closed and locked the door before he placed the two back in her bed, only for her eyes to slowly open and close, "Izuna... time is what it...?" Chuckling softly at her exhausted mumbling, he then pulled her to his chest, "Time for you to sleep considering you are making no sense..." Slowly opening her eyes fully, Sakura then yanked his long hair gently, causing him to look down at her, "Hm...?"

Sliding a thigh over his abdomen, Sakura then pulled herself up and straddled his hips before leaning down and pressing her lips to his. Pulling away, a tired smile came to her face, "I'm okay Izuna..." Stroking her cheek lightly, all he could do was lightly guide her head to his neck and almost instantly, she was asleep with her arms wrapped around his neck. Frowning, all he could softly whisper was, "Don't you know how much I love you...?" Tears slid down her face as she nodded, "I love you too..." Leaning his face over, Izuna placed a soft kiss to her forehead, "Sleep now, love..."

As she slept, she then mumbled something within her sleep that killed his heart, "Madara..." Izuna then stared up at the ceiling with a broken heart and tears sliding down his face as he gently whispered to not wake up the exhausted kunoichi, "You have no idea how much I envy her love for you... big brother..." With that, he held her tightly as he, too, fell back asleep.

Eight hours later, Sakura's eyes fluttered open and turned bright red. Okay... she was naked and sleeping on top of Izuna... no biggie, right? Hearing her doorknob jiggling frantically, Sakura stood and placed Izuna's cloak over her frame before walking to the door and opening it to see Mei, "I'm sorry lady Mizukage. I must have been very tired from all of this traveling." Bowing deeply, the pinkette heard a loud huff, "I had better not catch Izuna in your room again. Have I made myself perfectly clear, Sakura Namikaze Uchiha!?"

Blinking rapidly considering she had thought that Izuna had been in her room all night, this was a little more than confusing to her, "Huh?" The Mizukage then scowled deeply and grasped the front of the pinkette's borrowed attire, "HE IS MINE, HAVE I NOW MADE MYSELF ABSOLUTELY CLEAR!?" Sakura was so confused that it wasn't even funny, but replied with, "Uh... so my boyfriend is now dating you...? I highly doubt that considering the fact that he is an honorable Uchiha. He would never go behind the elders back to get with someone from a LESSER clan."

Shaking her head and pushing Mei off of her borrowed clothing, she then walked towards Izuna and kissed his cheek; only for him to stir awake, "Mm, morning babe." Running her fingers through his messy locks, Sakura gave a soft chuckle, "Try good evening." Blinking rapidly, he then looked outside to see the night settling in place, "Well damn, we must have been really tired."

They were extremely exhausted from all of the traveling every three months, but the pinkette sighed gently, "Did you forget that you're not allowed to sleep in the same bed as me?" Smirking at the pinkette, he then grabbed her hips and pulled her on top of him, "Must have slipped my mind. My, my, how careless of me. Sorry about that babe." Chuckling softly and kissing his lips softly, she then rolled off and took his cloak off in front of Mei; only for the Mizukage to gawk at such flawless beauty. Uchiha's were all so fortunate with how beautiful they all were. So, seeing the harsh reality with her own eyes made her think as to how unfair the Uchiha's existence even was.

Tossing Izuna his cloak, he enjoyed the show as she got dressed in her own attire. Turning to face him, she then knelt down and jabbed her finger into his side, "Get up love." Feeling that jab, Izuna groaned and sat up, "I hate it when you do that babe!" Chuckling, Sakura gracefully stood up, "Come now, be respectful to the Mizukage and go to your own room." Scrunching his face up, he then huffed softly, "But I love feeling your naked body against mine." Turning bright red, the pinkette then released a highly embarrassed groan, "Ugh, GO TO YOUR OWN ROOM, IZUNA!"

Grinning, he then stood and placed his cloak back on before leaning down and placing his lips to her own momentarily, "As you wish, my lady." Snickering as he walked out, the Mizukage then released an angered stare, "I have one last order of business before lights out." Nodding her head, Mei then walked away angrily before locking Izuna's door from the outside once again - only to walk to her office in one foul mood.

Sitting down, the door to her office was then knocked on and the green light to enter was soon to follow as Madara Uchiha and his trio of genin walked inside with the merchant she had sent out, "Good work you four! Very commendable for such young shinobi! You all may stay the night, you must be tired!" Madara barely acknowledged the wicked woman who was currently playing nice, but he did respectfully accept the rooms for himself and his genin squad. As they walked to their rooms, Mei then chuckled, "Forgive me, but we have two VIP guests staying here as well."

Lifting his brow at this, all he could do was nod before he was let into his own room that just so happened to be right beside Sakura's. How very fortunate. Walking to the window, he merely sat on the ledge to blankly stare outside. He wanted a tough mission, not all of these boring little missions. Hearing his door being locked from the outside, all he could do was tilt his head back slightly. He then mentally shrugged and went back to vacantly staring out of the window. He hadn't known how long he had been sitting there while effectively spacing out like a champ when an extremely familiar COLOR caught his attention.

Walking to Sakura's room and entering, Mei then smirked, "Would you look at that, I have three Uchiha guests that are now staying here." Okay? So? It was sudden, but the pinkette's eyes then widened immensely the moment the Mizukage held her hands up and made hand signs at a much slower pace than Sakura, but this was a jutsu that she could not copy in the slightest - a Kekke Genkai.

"VAPOR STYLE: SOLID FOG JUTSU!" Well shit just went from zero to one-hundred in about two seconds. Rushing towards the window as part of her cloak melted away into nothing, the pinkette then crashed through the window and hit the ground rather roughly - only to skid against the ground painfully. Standing up, she then realized that she was COMPLETELY surrounded by shinobi, making her swear beneath her breath, "Shit..." Hearing the Mizukage laugh that she had just made Sakura run away, the pinkette stood and winced the moment she felt her arm burning from the corrosive fog. Well fuck, that has to hurt.

The Mist Village shinobi were now growing closer and Mei was growing closer as well, making the pinkette nervous. She could NOT do a single THING to harm these shinobi, or she would be hearing her father's and mother's long lectures over her reckless behavior while in another land. She knew none of the shinobi were actually to blame, for they were merely following orders as a shinobi should. All were growing far too close for her liking and she took a nervous step back, only for a crash of a window to be heard and the sight of long black and blue tinted locks flashing before her very eyes - and the sounds of conflict were soon to follow.

Blinking rapidly at this, Mei then took a step back, "W-What!? Sakura you assaulted me!? I have been so kind to let you stay in my home, only for you to attack me to the point where I felt the need to defend myself!?" A deep and bored tone then rang out, "You do not actually think that I will believe such nonsense, do you!? You insult me, Mizukage. For I am Madara Uchiha and you have just attacked the HOKAGE'S daughter - who was not even attempting to fight back!"

Saying that Sakura was merely confused was putting this little scenario extremely light, but one other had witnessed all of this transpire and reverse summoned Indra. Oh, he was pissed for two reasons. One, he had just witnessed his little sister being assaulted... AGAIN. Two, he had JUST been asleep. This was not a favorable mixture for Indra. Jumping out of the window and taking his little sister into his arms, all the eldest brother spoke is, "Sakura will never return to this village ever again. How dare you place a harming hand on my little sister! Sis, you and Izuna can go home now. I am going to be calling Sasuke for... a favor..."

Sakura instantly sweat dropped at the comment made, "Just don't be too rough on the shinobi. They were merely following orders..." Giving a nod to his sister, he then leaned down and kissed her forehead, "Go on... IZUNA, GET MY SISTER HOME! NOW!" Izuna appeared and did not DARE speak due to the fact that he knew far too well that Indra had just been woken up by the reverse summoning technique. He enjoyed living too much to piss Indra off when he was already grumpy and tired to begin with. With that, Izuna grabbed all of their belongings and loaded it onto their boat before setting sail to the land of fire.

Indra then grinned at the Mizukage before pulling out a vial of Sasuke's blood and placed a drop on his hand, only to slam his palm to the ground, "REVERSE SUMMONING JUTSU!" If people thought HE was bad when woken up in the middle of the night, that would classify Sasuke as a night terror. When woken up, Sasuke became an Uchiha ball of fury. Add Sakura's safety into the mixture... and make no mistake... you were a deadman.

...

Sakura and Izuna finally made it back to the village and quickly informed Minato of everything that had transpired within the past couple of months. Minato's mouth was wide before he shook his head abruptly, "So you're telling me that only the Stone and Cloud villages treated you kindly?" One very tired pinkette merely nodded towards her father, "Mhm..." Noticing as to how tired she actually was, the Fourth Hokage released a soft chuckle, "Dismissed dear. Go and get some rest." Looking down, the only thing she could do was nod. After witnessing Madara, the pinkette had a hard time gaining any sleep at all.

Walking beside the long haired raven, the pinkette then released an exhausted tone, "Madara... huh...?" Tilting his head to glance at her, he then lifted Sakura into his hold to carry her, "That seems to be the case." Knowing that Kushina would want her daughter at her home, Izuna didn't dare dismiss the redhead's protective nature over her daughter for his own safety. Walking up to the door and knocking lightly, Kushina then opened the door and smiled happily, "Awe, Izuna! You two are just so cute, ya know!? You came straight to me instead of taking her to the Uchiha district, what a good boy!"

Sweat dropping slightly, Izuna then chuckled softly, "Well, I just figured that you'd want her at home with you. So, I am merely here to deliver the precious cargo." Noticing that her daughter was asleep in Izuna's arm, she then ushered him in, "You both must be tired from the journey. Why not get some rest?" He didn't doubt that he looked drained at that point in time, so he graciously accepted the offer and entered the home.

Naruto was walking down the stairs as Izuna walked in, making him blink rapidly, "Izuna, you and my sister are back?" Well that was obvious. Shaking his head, the blonde haired dummy then chuckled, "Common, I'll lead you to Sakura's room." Nodding his head, the long haired raven merely followed Naruto until the pinkette's door was opened and the two were let inside, yet Naruto spoke softly, "Take care of my sister, Izuna. That's all I'm asking of you." Nodding his head, he then walked the exhausted pinkette to her bed before easing her down and lying beside her as the blonde dummy gently closed his sister's door.

Madara returned home in one sour mood and Minato chuckled nervously, "Uh... why not give me your report tomorrow...?" Nodding his head, the beyond moody male began to walk home and bumped into Naruto, "Sorry Naruto. I do suppose that I am rather distracted at the moment." Naruto merely chuckled softly, "Nah, it's fine. Besides, I heard what happened in the Mist Village. You're probably just as tired as Sakura, ya know?" Looking into those same sparkling sky blue orbs that he once defied, Madara merely sighed softly, "Yeah..." With that little exchange, the moody male went back to his home and fell asleep rather quickly.

The next day, Sakura waved to her mother joyfully as she exited her home and ran into the Uchiha district. Slowing to simply walk and stare at the ground, the pinkette sighed softly as a comforting arm wrapped around her shoulder, "Long mission? I heard it went badly for the Sand and Mist Villages though - no thanks to Sasuke," her raven haired cousin spoke out, making her glance up, "Oh, hey Itachi. Have you been well?"

Peering down again, Sakura gained a dumbfounded facial expression as she grasped Itachi's left hand and held it up, "YOU GOT MARRIED AND DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF TELLING ME!? YOU'VE GOT SOME NERVE, YA KNOW!?" Itachi immediately leaned back from the fury of his cousin before softly chuckling, "Well, I couldn't get ahold of you. Izumi and I got married and she's now pregnant with our first child. That reminds me, the Uchiha elders are wishing to have a word with you right now. You're nineteen now, so I can only guess as to what it's about." This only made Sakura look down, "Yeah... my betrothal..."

Walking his cousin to the elders, he then poked her forehead lightly, "Want me to come with you?" The pinkette merely shook her head lightly at this before smiling softly, "That's okay, I think I can handle two old dusty bags of bones myself." That comment only made Itachi sweat drop, "That's the problem though." There was no point in thinking the words when Sakura could hear each and every unguarded thought. He could only wish that he had the same abilities as his pink haired cousin, but knew they only existed due to her half Namikaze nature.

Fanning her hand, Sakura could only peer down, "Don't worry... I won't cause any problems." Holding his pinky finger out, he then chuckled, "Promise?" Rolling her eyes, she then took his pinky within her own, "I promise." With that, she entered the home of the elders. Coming to a stop in front of them, the pinkette's eyes slightly dulled as she bowed, "Honorable elders, I am here at your request."

The elders chuckled softly, making Sakura look up in a puzzled manner. The two elders then spoke honestly, "Sakura, do not bow to us. We do not deserve such praises coming from the most gifted member of the clan." Nodding her head was all she could do as one then smiled towards her, "Sakura, dear, you are now nineteen years of age. We had to postpone this talk due to your lengthy mission, but it is now time for you to become wed." Go figure. Nodding her head slightly, they then continued, "Well, as you know, Uchiha's must only marry another from the clan to keep it thriving." Okay... she already knew this.

Frowning, the other elder then spoke up, "Well, that's the thing Sakura. We have many candidates who are WANTING your hand in marriage, but we have three people in mind for your marriage." The other elder then nodded, "That's correct, many have asked for your hand, but we have refused them all due to your strength. However, we did manage to find three suitable husbands. The first is your cousin, Sasuke. The second is the third most gifted, Izuna. The third happens to be the second most gifted, Madara." She knew that she wasn't allowed to put in her own word over the matter, so she merely nodded.

The second elder then smiled softly, "However, we think we have picked you the perfect husband. Since he travels with you, Izuna will become your husband." Lowering her head further, tears began to silently drip down the pinkette's face, yet clenched her gloved hands tightly before looking up, "I REFUSE!" Both looked completely and utterly shocked at the outburst before frowning.

The second elder then sighed heavily, "Sakura, you know the rules just as well as anyone else does. We chose who others are deemed to marry and give the word. That word is not to be questioned, nor is there any room for negotiation." Her gloves now sounded strained from how tightly she now clenched her fists, only for venom laced words to project, "You already claimed that I am stronger than you. There's also the fact that the two of you are only alive BECAUSE of me. Bringing an entire clan back from the dead is a tedious task, indeed. However, wiping that very same clan out of existence would be a simple task for one such as myself..."

Right at that moment, Madara darted in and slapped his hand over the pinkette's mouth before shoving her head down to bow as he lazily spoke, "That was not a very nice thing to say. Do at least try to act as if you hold a shred of respect for those who outrank us... at least in age." The two elders watched in fascination as Madara kept the fuming pinkette's raging emotions at bay and softly chuckled, "I see it clearly now, Sakura. Your heart has obviously already chosen another. Madara Uchiha, from this day forth, Sakura will be your wife, your caregiver, your heart, and your soul."

Giving a gentle bow towards the elders, he was given two rings holding crimson stones, making Madara slightly narrow his orbs and keeping his thoughts to himself, 'I am quite sure that I have seen these rings before...' Shaking his head slightly, he took the rings and bowed once more, "I thank you for your guidance, elders." They were at least thankful that Madara had common sense in him and knew that he could keep this hard headed pinkette under his thumb.

Dragged out of the elders home now, Sakura's furious orbs could only glare at the nonchalant moody male that was now dragging her away. Coming to his home after moving out of his father's home and getting his own place, he tossed the ball of pink fury inside as he entered and closed the door. Shooting her head up from the ground angrily, Madara then pinned Sakura's hands to the ground with ease as he smirked at her, "I can see that you still hold that beautiful fire within your soul that will keep me more than entertained." Struggling against his hold, he merely pressed down on her hands harder to make her unable to escape his mighty grasp.

"YOU BASTARD! YOU WERE HERE IN THE VILLAGE THIS WHOLE TIME AND YOU LEFT ME ALL ALONE!? WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?" Sakura's furious tone rang out angrily as she continued to struggle against his hold on her. Sighing heavily, Madara then blew his long bangs up slightly, "Tell me, Sakura, do you know how long we were ACTUALLY in Kaguya's worlds!?" Not answering the moody male and still struggling to get out of his grasp on her... he finally lost his lazy fared attitude as he yelled, "THE ANSWER IS... WE WERE STUCK FOR MERELY TEN MINUTES!"

Sakura hadn't known that little fact at all and her face drained of color, "T-Ten minutes...?" Madara was BEYOND furious now, "YES, TEN MINUTES! THE MOMENT WE WOKE UP TO REALITY, IZUNA TOLD ME! I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SEE ME AGAIN OR NOT, SO I STAYED IN THE SHADOWS!" Finally shoving Madara off of her, she then slammed her fist against his face and ran out of the home in tears.

The next three months... married or not... Sakura hid from the world and almost everyone who lived in that world by taking Sasuke up on his offer to travel with him, so the two left the village together. As the two walked, the short haired raven chuckled, "I heard that the elders had me in the line of becoming your husband." Sakura then groaned heavily, "Gah, gross! Don't bring THAT up Sasuke!" He could only laugh at this, but soon settled down, "I also heard that Madara shut himself away in his home due to your disappearance..." Peering sadly down at the ground, the pinkette then spoke softly, "Is that so...?"

Humming, the short haired raven then took out his calendar and marked off the day that his beloved cousin would need to be back inside the village. Glancing up at the sky once he placed his calendar back within one of his holsters, Sasuke then smiled softly, "You know, I actually think what you and Madara went through was very romantic, as hellish as you explained it to be."

Coming to a slow stop, the pinkette then lowered her head, "It was hell... there was nothing romantic about it..." Sasuke looked over to his cousin and ruffled her long locks, "Sakura, even I can tell that you miss him." Groaning, Sakura began to move forward again, yet then froze in place, "Sasuke..." - "Yeah... shinobi from the Mist and Sand Village..." Both looked far ahead and immediately switched places with a mere leaf. Well, that was easy. Sasuke then snickered as they began walking again, "Hey Sakura? Why did you choose to come with me this time?"

Peering towards her cousin, she then released a sigh, "I hate that I had to give up my freedom in one single day without having a say in the matter at all. To be honest, those realms scarred me... I will now always be paranoid that we were simply played for fools and we will forever still be in that merry-go-round for the rest of our lives." Well, that was understandable. Sasuke didn't know what in the hell she was feeling because of the fact that he was never in the village long enough to actually be caught and summoned by the elders to get married, nor had he played Kaguya's game of merry-go-round realms.

One of her small arctic wolf summons then ran up to her while holding a message, causing her to kneel down and take it before opening it to see that it was a letter from Madara. Not reading the message, she merely slammed it into one of her holsters - yet Sasuke rolled his eyes and reached into that same holster to grab the note before reading over it.

All too suddenly, Sasuke's face paled, "S-SAKURA! THE VILLAGE IS UNDER ATTACK!" Both then opened a portal to the village and jumped through to see massive destruction. Pillars of smoke now rose into the skies and the two became even paler the moment she witnessed the Fourth Hokage tied up and bleeding to death - making her take a step forward, "D-Dad..." Sasuke KNEW this was a trap, yet Sakura darted towards him anyway while shouting, "DAD, HOLD ON!" By the time she got there, it was too late - well... unless you were her.

Holding her father close, all she could do was cry hysterically as her chakra became rather unstable. Sasuke hurriedly rushed up and placed his hand on her shoulder, "Calm your chakra before you use Rinne Rebirth." Taking deep breaths, Sakura calmed her mass amount of chakra before clasping her hands together, "GEDO ART OF RINNE REBIRTH!" Right at that moment, Minato's bloodshot orbs flew open and Sakura began to cough up a mass amount of blood. Sasuke began to funnel chakra inside of her body and she smiled weakly with blood stained teeth, "Thank you, Sasuke..."

As weak as she was right now, Sakura was unable to move without assistance - so Sand and Mist shinobi dropped down and grinned, only for Sasuke to dart forward and begin cutting them down while yelling, "UNCLE MINATO, TAKE SAKURA AND GO!" Nodding his head, Minato swooped his daughter up and began to run. However, this was a short lived reunion considering Sakura had chakra threads attached to her and she was swiftly yanked away.

She had heard that Sasuke had "taken care" of Gaara and Mei, so she could only guess as to what both villages wanted. If she used Rinne Rebirth two more times in a row, she had no clue if she would actually die or not. Once she was in the arms of Kankuro, Sakura only thought loudly, 'Naruto, I need your help!' As fast as she had thought it, he was there holding a deep scowl, "What are you doing with my sister!?" Kankuro then smirked, "Sasuke killed Gaara, so she is going to bring him back to life. Since he was killed by a shinobi from the Leaf Village, she will now become the Kazekage's wife."

Naruto's face gained a deep and deadly scowl at this comment, "Like HELL she will! She's already married, ya know!?" Noticing the wedding band on her finger, it was swiftly removed as Kankuro brought out Gaara's body, "Work your magic." Naruto sighed heavily and placed one of Kurama's chakra cloaks around her body and was hastily refueled. Nodding her head, Sakura then clasped her hands together, "GEDO ART OF RINNE REBIRTH!" Dropping to her knees almost instantly, the pinkette began to cough up an immense amount of blood. Placing his hand on his sister, the blonde began to funnel chakra into her body, but the Mist Village then brought out Mei.

Panicking, the sky eyed male shook his head abruptly, "CAN'T YOU SEE THIS TAKES A TOLL ON HER!? EVEN WITH MY CHAKRA CLOAK, SHE IS STILL SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE RINNE REBIRTH'S REBOUND!" Kushina then dropped down, "It won't do you any favors if Sakura is dead, so let me help with the other half of Kurama's chakra." With that, Kushina's nine tails chakra cloak was then wrapped around her daughter, whom only continued to cough up blood.

"What...? Mom, she's still coughing up blood, ya know...?" Naruto shakily spoke as Kushina knelt down to hold her daughter's hair back before snapping her head towards her son, "GO AND GET MADARA, NOW!" Abruptly nodding his head, the blonde haired dummy darted off to find the one of the nine people in the village that COULD help her. The only people who could now help were... Madara, Izuna, Indra, Asura, Obito, Hashirama, Tobirama, Hagoromo, and Hamura. Going into sensory mode, Madara was pinpointed and Naruto hastily grabbed him with no explanation given before darting back from whence he came.

Landing by Sakura, who was still coughing up an immense amount of blood, Madara rushed to her and began to funnel a mass amount of chakra inside of her body. Her coughing fit finally subsided and she fell back onto Madara's chest with tears in her eyes as she softly spoke out, "Madara..." Noticing her wedding band was gone, the moody male shot his eyes up and glared deeply at Kankuro before using Universal Pull to retrieve the snatched trinket. Placing her wedding ring back on her finger, Sakura cried against his neck before whimpering softly, "I'm so sorry for everything..."

Shaking his head, Madara merely brushed her long bangs from her eyes momentarily, "Do what you must. I will be right here to kill the bastards afterwards." Sakura chuckled softly as she took in his scent to calm herself. Looking towards Mei, she then clasped her hands together, "GEDO ART OF RINNE REBIRTH!" Madara fueled her with so much chakra that there was no coughing fit to spill her blood, but she did fall against his chest to catch her breath. Mei then sat up and scowled, "I want compensation for you killing me!"

With a lazy fared expression, all the moody male could retort with, "Technically, it was Sasuke who killed the both of you, not Sakura." Gaara then held his hand out, "Come Sakura." Mei then pointed towards Madara, "I want Madara Uchiha to become my husband." Oh for fucks sake lady, did you not learn your lesson the first time?

Standing up, Madara clenched his fists tightly, yet relaxed his fists and folded his arms across his broad chest while speaking in a no fucks given tone, "You asked for compensation, did you not? Well, Sakura breathed life back into your unsightly bodies. So, it appears to me that you have already been compensated for the initial conflict that you started in the first place." Gaara then stepped forward with narrowed orbs, "That's not sufficient enough. As one of the five kage, I was shown no remorse from Sasuke Uchiha, whom we have now caught. He is badly injured and I will only allow for you to heal him if you agree to my terms to wed me."

Right at that moment, Sasuke was shown badly bleeding; making Sakura's eyes widen, "S-SASUKE!" Opening his singular showing orb, he then shook his head. Sakura's eyes became panicked at that moment, "I will do it! I will not fill your desires for my body, nor will I bear any of your children though. It wasn't a part of the terms you set out." Damn, she got him good on that one. Sakura refused to look at Madara now as she walked forward and removed her right hand glove to press it against Sasuke's body - healing him instantly.

Her eyes were now dull and lifeless as she shakily removed her wedding ring and placed it within Madara's hands while softly speaking, "Forgive me..." Where in the fuck was Indra when you needed his scary ass attitude? No clue. With all of the negotiations done on the pinkette's end, she was whisked away to the Sand Village and hastily became the wife to the Kazekage. Madara no longer had a purpose for living, so he gave the same terms to Mei and the two were wed.

In the Sand Village, Sakura sat with a lost expression on her face while staring out of a window as if seeing something that wasn't even there. At that moment, Gaara walked in to notice the look of longing on the pinkette's face before a single tear slid down her face. She hated being Gaara's wife and now wished that she would have taken her marriage with Madara much more maturely. She acted as if the world had ended right then and there, but she knew she had only been fooling herself with the act of hatred towards the moody Uchiha male. He had only held love in his heart for her and now... he was gone from her life.

She hadn't even noticed that Gaara had been speaking to her until he cleared his throat, making her turn towards him miserably, "What..." Sighing at the fact that his pink haired wife hadn't even heard him, he sighed heavily and repeated himself, "There is going to be a five kage summit. I need you to come as my bodyguard. Normally I would ask Kankuro and Temari, but they are both out on a mission as of now." Nodding her head, she merely turned her head back towards the window and stared out, "If that's what you wish..."

In the Mist Village, Madara was doing the same exact thing as the pinkette and was merely staring out of the window as if also seeing something that was not there. Mei entered the room and it was always hard for him to miss her voice, "Madara, there is going to be a five kage summit that I must attend to. I need you to come along and act as my bodyguard."

Nodding his head, Madara already knew that Gaara was probably going to do the same to rub it in their faces that Sakura and himself were no longer a married couple. Turning his head back towards the window, he then gave a gentle sigh, but was smiling softly at what he was actually seeing when he spoke, "As you wish." Mei thought his smile was for her and giggled, "Are you that happy about going on a trip with me, Madara?" Lazily turning his head forward, he gave a bland expression, "No, but I am happy that I will be able to see Sakura... in the flesh..."

That was a confusing comment to say the least, but she let it be before snapping around, "We are leaving in thirty minutes." Nodding his head, he then focused on the shadows of himself and Sakura together, making his eyes soften. It was hell having to hide from Mei, but seeing both of their shadows loving on one another was a major comfort to his damaged heart. Standing and fixing his Uchiha cloak, Madara then placed all of his weapons on his body and walked outside with a soft smile as the shadows continued to be there for one another. Mei then walked out and was handed her official headgear before they began to make their exit.

In the land of iron, the samurai's still ruled over these kage summits as Gaara and Sakura approached. She had refused to part with her Uchiha branded cloaks from the start, so Gaara stopped arguing with the pinkette over the matter at hand. Walking into the conference hall, she noticed that her father was already sitting at the table silently and did NOT look too pleased over... whatever this summit was about.

Standing behind the curtain, she then sighed softly, but was then assaulted by two people that were very familiar to her in the form of a big hug. Indra and Asura instantly scooped their little sister up and hugged her tightly, only for Asura to lean back, "Whoa, sis, that is a hardcore tan you are rocking." Sakura merely nodded and gave a hefty sigh, "I hate it..." Indra then frowned and kissed his little sister's forehead. She then noticed the locket that she had given Indra was out of chakra and she immediately refilled it as she whispered softly, "He doesn't let me visit anyone..." Indra was now relaxing and folded his arms across his chest, "That's what this summit is about."

Tilting her head back slightly, Asura then leaned into his little sister's ear, "The Uchiha are pissed that the Kazekage and Mizukage took the two most gifted that were already formally wed... They've been basically breathing down dad's neck to get you and Madara back..." Indra then nodded and whispered softly, "Yeah, they were not to pleased when they heard of the abductions. The fact that they had blackmailed you into these marriages by using an injury that Sasuke had only made things about a thousand times worse. They keep going to dad and claiming that those two are not worthy to be wed to an Uchiha."

The meeting officially began and Minato sighed heavily, "I'm going to make this as blunt as I possibly can so that this smooths over quickly. I have called for this five kage summit because the Uchiha clan has been highly dissatisfied about two non-legal marriages that took part due to blackmail. I believe those two very same people I speak of are here today." Mifune's eyes widened at this, "Lord Hokage, you jest! Where is your proof!?" Minato then pulled out a marriage certificate belonging to Sakura and Madara. Once read over, Mifune then called out, "If Sakura and Madara are here, please, step forward."

Sakura witnessed Gaara shoot his orbs back dangerously towards her and she looked down, but did not move from her position. Madara was in no better position than her though, causing neither parties to show themselves. Minato then slammed his hands on the table, "INDRA, ASURA, ASSISTANCE PLEASE!" Indra gladly walked over to Sakura and Asura walked over to Madara before both were pushed out into the open. Mifune then looked at the two with questioning gazes, "Lord Hokage, might I ask why this is of such importance?"

Nodding his head, the Fourth Hokage folded his arms, "Indra, hair." Moving forward, Indra tenderly pulled away his little sister's bangs to show her Rinne-Sharingan, only for Minato to grind his teeth together slightly, "MY DAUGHTER has the capability of bringing the dead back to life without the corresponding price of the rebound taking her own life. She also wields - Indra, gloves please."

With the order given, Indra smiled at his pink haired baby sister before pulling off her gloves and holding her palms up as Minato continued, "The Six Paths that the sage of six paths and his brother wielded. Hagoromo held the sun symbol, while Hamura held the moon symbol. Sakura was a special case though, because she wields BOTH. Not only that, she holds the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, the Byakugan, and can place the Rinnegan in BOTH eyes. Her mass reserves of chakra even outclassed the sage of six paths himself."

Mifune nodded at this until remembering the first comment, "Lord Fourth Hokage, you are telling me that she is your daughter!?" Minato then nodded slightly, "Indeed. Her full name is Sakura Namikaze Uchiha. However, I have brought two of her older brothers with me today... Asura Uchiha and Indra Uchiha. That's why you see Indra there taking such care of her. Back to the topic at hand though. The Uchiha clan is EXTREMELY strict and are bound by the sets of laws they created long ago. Uchiha's may only marry another Uchiha." Mifune then folded his arms and sighed, "Lord Hokage, you just admitted that she is not a pure Uchiha."

Nodding his head, Minato could only fold his arms, "Mhm, that's right. The thing is, she was raised not knowing she had my blood coursing through her veins though. Her eldest brother, Indra, raised her for majority of her life. She only found out about her half blood lineage because of her other brother, Asura, and that forced me to finally take action and tell the full truth when I was only a mere reanimation. Majority of the times, she still refers to herself as ONLY Sakura Uchiha and was raised within the boundaries of the clans laws."

Mifune understood about Sakura now and now motioned to Madara, "What of him?" Minato then sighed heavily, "That is Madara Uchiha... a pure blood Uchiha. He wields the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and the Rinnegan. He holds just as much chakra as my daughter, but more importantly... Lord Mifune, these two are in love and still legally married, but were forced to part from one another through blackmail."

Slightly blinking at this, the samurai lord had to question, "Might I ask what the blackmail entailed of?" Minato nodded and sighed softly, "I, myself, was not present for this. My son, my daughter, my wife, along with Madara Uchiha and Sasuke Uchiha were all there to witness it. When I questioned all four of them, they all gave me the same exact story. If you so wish, Indra can reverse summon Sasuke Uchiha to tell the story as he witnessed it." Mifune then turned to Indra and nodded, "Yes, I would like to hear this story from a reliable source that is not currently present within the room."

With that, Minato then nodded to Indra; giving him the okay to do so. Indra then pulled out a small vial of blood and placed a drop of blood on his palm before slamming it to the ground and calling out, "REVERSE SUMMONING JUTSU!" Sasuke then appeared and rapidly blinked as the samurai lord questioned, "Sasuke Uchiha, I would like for you to relay the information pertaining the day that Sakura and Madara were blackmailed, can you recall as to what happened on that day and paint a mental picture for us?" Sasuke lifted a single brow and spoke evenly, "I don't mind telling you, but it would probably be better to just show you what happened as I saw it."

Mifune then nodded, "I would like you to tell us first before using your Sharingan to show us." Nodding his head, Sasuke folded his arms and sighed, "Well, I was badly injured. The Kazekage then gave my cousin the option to either save me and become his wife, or allow me to die and not be his wife." How very informative. Sighing heavily, Mifune then nodded, "You may now show me what you witnessed on that day."

Standing up, Madara clenched his fists tightly, yet relaxed his fists and folded his arms across his broad chest while speaking in a no fucks given tone, "You asked for compensation, did you not? Well, Sakura breathed life back into your unsightly bodies. So, it appears to me that you have already been compensated for the initial conflict that you started in the first place." Gaara then stepped forward with narrowed orbs, "That's not sufficient enough. As one of the five kage, I was shown no remorse from Sasuke Uchiha, whom we have now caught. He is badly injured and I will only allow for you to heal him if you agree to my terms to wed me."

Right at that moment, Sasuke was shown badly bleeding; making Sakura's eyes widen, "S-SASUKE!" Opening his singular showing orb, he then shook his head. Sakura's eyes became panicked at that moment, "I will do it! I will not fill your desires for my body, nor will I bear any of your children though. It wasn't a part of the terms you set out." Damn, she got him good on that one. Sakura refused to look at Madara now as she walked forward and removed her right hand glove to press it against Sasuke's body - healing him instantly.

Once Mifune was let out of the genjutsu, he then peered towards the dull eyed pinkette and frowned. Mifune then cleared his throat, making her slightly tilt her head up. Sakura held a saddened expression that almost broke the samurai lord's heart. Turning towards the Kazekage and then the Mizukage, Mifune then scowled slightly before exclaiming, "From this day forth, Sakura and Madara Uchiha will be wed once more! This five kage summit has been concluded!"

With that, Sakura and Madara's eyes widened immensely at this - only for their heads to shoot up and look at one another in the most hopeful manner. They were now free to LOVE one another. They no longer had to use their Rinnegan's to have their shadows meet up with one another. They no longer had to be another person's slave, and that right there felt like a damned gift. They no longer had to be a FAKE spouse for someone else entirely whenever all the two had wanted was to be with one another with NO restrictions holding them back. A brightened smile graced the pinkette's facial expression as Madara tilted his head to the ground again - this all felt too good to be true.

Hearing the sounds of rushing footsteps, the moody male's head swiftly shot up and witnessed Sakura launching her petite, yet firm body towards him - only for him to swiftly open his arms so that he caught the pink haired medical kunoichi and wrap his arms tightly around her. Nuzzling his face into her long bubblegum colored locks as tears slid down his face, Madara then took in a deep breath of her intoxicating scent once again after such an extended period of time of being parted from her side. Glancing up at Mifune, the moody male then whispered softly, "Thank you..." This only had Mifune smiling gently while nodding towards him, "Think nothing of it."

...

Sakura was now back at home in the Leaf Village, but still felt like an outsider as of now due to the tan she sported on her sun kissed skin - showing that she had lived inside of the Sand Village for quite some time. Sitting by her window and blankly staring out, Sakura was then startled by Madara the moment he wrapped his arms tightly around her. Tilting his head slightly, the moody male then released a gentle chuckle, "Calm yourself. It is merely me." Peering back outside, she then shifted her orbs to Madara's Mitotic Regeneration symbol on his bicep, "Oh, sorry Madara..."

Sitting down behind her, the moody male then tugged the pinkette into his lap - making her peer up at his face momentarily. Releasing a gentle breath, Sakura then curled up in his arms and pressed her cheek to his shoulder as he released a soft hum. He knew he had to let her go soon because he had a mission with his little team of genin, so he sighed softly and began to stand, "Sakura, I must go." Turning around with fear clearly in her eyes, the pinkette hastily grasped his gloved hand. With his free hand, he began to stroke her long locks, "If all goes well, I should be home by tonight." Slowly, her hand then dropped and she stared at the ground in silence.

Madara could only frown at this sad display and crouched down, "Sakura, I need you to look at me." Tilting her head up, Madara gained a devious smirk that only made the pinkette blush furiously as he began to slide his hand over her bare side - only for him to lean into her ear and give a seductive whisper, "I do wish you would dress like this more often..." - "M-MADARA! LEAVE, YOU ASS!" Sakura shrieked in embarrassment.

Snickering at her, he then placed his lips to her own and she desperately responded to the affection that she was now being graced with. Her hands tightly clasped onto his thick mane of black and blue thorns - which made this a little more than hard to not take what he wanted from her right then and there. Feeling her grip loosen, she then smiled against his lips, "I love you..." Madara smiled softly at this and traced his thumb against her cheek, "And I, you..." Sakura simply adored the way he responded to her words of love, but now he had messy hair - making her snicker and stand up.

Walking around her husband, she brushed his long locks free of any and all knots before pulling it up into a high ponytail. Lifting his brow at this, the pinkette then leaned forward and kissed his cheek, "Your hair looks cute like this. Now go- OH MY GOD! I FORGOT DAD WANTED TO TALK TO ME!" Rushing and grabbing her cloak that now held a v-neck, she tossed it on and lazily clasped her belt around her waist. Sitting down, she pulled her knee-high combat sandals up and yanking her wrist-high leather gloves on before holding her hand out to him, "Come on." Snickering, he walked forward and took her hand the moment the two were out of the door.

Leaning her head against his muscular bicep, Sakura's face appeared so serene that it made the usually so moody male, smile lovingly as they walked. As they neared the Hokage's tower, Sakura noticed that two of Madara's squad of genin were now scowling at her. Well, it was a team comprised of all girls, so that didn't shock her at all. Madara came to a stop and Sakura leaned up to grace him with a gentle kiss before smiling and waving, "You guys be safe, ya know!?"

Madara could only stare at her as she ran towards her father's office, only to hear the abrupt sound of three throats being cleared, "Madara-sensei, is that actually your wife and is she REALLY Lord Fourth's daughter?" Peering his single orb towards his group of genin, Madara then chuckled, "The answer to both questions would happen to be yes." All three girls appeared dumbfounded at this, yet one spoke softly, "I think that she's very pretty..." Blinking slightly, all he could do was snicker, "Ah, yes, she is quite beautiful. However, I shall have to say that the fire held within her soul is even more beautiful than her appearance."

Bursting through her father's door - and just about scaring him half to death... Minato then clutched his chest, "Geez, you're just as bad as your mother!" Sakura then sheepishly rubbed the back of her head and chuckled apologetically, "Yeah, sorry about that! So, what's up? You asked to see me, right?" Nodding his head, Minato then chuckled, "Sakura, just like Madara, I'm placing you as a jonin squad leader. I know you will be able to keep any student of yours safe. So, take these." With that said, Minato then tossed the pinkette a pair of bells and she hastily caught them, "So, who is on my little squad?" This made the fourth Hokage laugh, "Your nephew, Boruto is one of them."

Oh sheesh... not this kid. He might be family, but he was so disrespectful that it gave her a headache. Nodding at her father, he then chuckled, "The other two, are your twin nieces, Saika Uchiha, and Sarada Uchiha." That was a relief to hear. Minato then snickered, "They are waiting for you in room one of the academy. Well, they don't know who their sensei is, but they are still there waiting. By the way... did you give Madara his lunch?"

All color drained from the pinkette's face at that moment, "GAH! I FORGOT, YA KNOW!?" Darting from the room, she remembered that Madara's so called "mission" was merely a long and extensive training exercise due to the Sand and Mist Villages declaring war on the Leaf Village. Darting back home she picked up the picnic basket and began to walk towards the training grounds. As short as that chat with her father felt, it was now actually noon and she knew that he was probably starving for his protein. Looking at her skin, she then realized that her skin was now actually back to the color that it had once been.

Standing at the edge of the training grounds, she watched as Madara began to slice ropes for massive trees to begin descending towards his genin girls. Scowling, Madara then barked out like a drill instructor, "SUMIRE, DO NOT COWER AT A TREE! YOU ARE WITHIN A SQUAD FOR A REASON! NAMIDA, WASABI, WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE YOUR TEAM MEMBER BEHIND!? DO YOU WISH FOR HER DEMISE, FOOLISH CHILDREN!" Sighing heavily, Sakura then walked out while smiling, "Wow, this definitely looks tough, ya know? Well, I thought that you all could use a recharge - so, lunch?"

Hearing Sakura, Madara quickly jumped down and rushed to her - only for the pinkette to punch him across the head so that his head shot towards the floor and she placed the picnic basket on his lowered head, "DON'T YELL AT A WOMAN, YA KNOW!?" Sumire adored Sakura and had, had the privilege of eating her cooking before, making her clasp her hands together, "Sakura, you made ALL of this yourself!? Yay!"

Looking towards the purple haired young lady, Sakura then left the picnic basket on Madara's head before snatching the little lady up into her own arms and boasting out, "AWE SUMIRE, YOU ARE JUST SO CUTE, YA KNOW!?" The other two girls glared at the pinkette that was loving on the weakest member of the team, only to make Sakura kneel in front of the timid lass, "Sumire, once upon a time, I was just like you. I was scared of everything and knew that my cousin and brother would protect me while I sat back and did... nothing. I hated the way I was, so I began harsh training with Indra, Asura, Obito, Lady Tsunade, Jiraya, and Lord Fourth. You can't excell until you conquer your fears of failure."

Sumire then looked down, "But Sakura... I can never be as strong as you." This made the pinkette wink her singular showing emerald orb, "Who told you THAT nonsense? Sumire, you can be as strong as you want to be. We are now at war... and this timid nature will only get you killed if you are sent out on a dangerous mission. Tell me, do you honestly like how you are now?" Sumire instantly shook her head and looked down, "I-I'm always hiding behind Namida and Wasabi. I want - no... I NEED to get stronger so that I am of use to my team! I know that I can't heal people with one touch, or bring them back to life like you, but will you please train me medical ninjutsu?"

The pinkette then gave Madara an annoyed facial expression, making him stiffen up instantly. Sighing heavily, Sakura then ruffled Sumire's locks, "You know that your SENSEI knows medical ninjutsu as well, don't you? He was taught by ME, so he is only second to me in the whole village. I think he would be more effective at training you. Besides, I merely came out here to give all of you lunch before I go and pick up my new team."

Turning her head and peering at her sensei, Madara immediately stiffened again after taking the picnic basket off of his head and holding it within a single gloved hand as she bowed towards him, "Sensei, please teach me medical ninjutsu! I need to become stronger so that I am actually useful to the team!" Sakura instantly scowled at her husband as if telling him that if he refused to help her, he would be in a world of hurt. Sighing softly, he nodded, "Of course Sumire. I will have to test your aptitude for it first. If you are compatible, then I will begin those lessons right away." Sumire looked ecstatic at this and bowed deeply, "Thank you so much, sensei!"

Madara immediately began to rub the back of his head, "Do not thank me. Thank Sakura. If she wouldn't have given me a death glare, then I would have refused. Medical ninjutsu and combat was what she taught me, so you will be going through the same." Namida and Wasabi instantly shot glares towards Sumire, "What in the HELL Sumire! How will WE get stronger if you are always HOGGING sensei!?" Sakura then placed her hands on her hips, "You two, enough! All you do is put her down! I bet both of you will be thanking her if either of you actually get harmed and she heals you up! Now, I advise regaining all of the strength you all lost before going back into training!"

Walking up to the extremely moody male, Sakura tugged her right hand glove off and placed it against him to heal what had been harmed before tugging her glove back on. Just as Sakura turned, Sumire was given the picnic basket and he snatched his feisty wife up into his arms, "I must say... my lunch looks delicious..." Sakura turned bright red at this, but sighed and leaned up to press her lips to his before pulling away and waving as she left.

Reaching the classroom and opening up the door, a massive bucket of water was hurled all over her body - drenching her from head to toe. Opening her eyes, there was NO patience to be found, "BORUTO, YOU BASTARD!" Storming up to her nephew, the pinkette slammed her fist of the top of his head, making him slam into the ground and sit up whining, "AUNT SAKURA, THAT HURT, YA KNOW!?" Saika and Sarada merely stood there with their arms folded behind their Uchiha cloaks, making the pinkette smile, "Saika, Sarada, Boruto, you will be team seven - or, Team Sakura. Come along."

The two Uchiha twins nodded abruptly, "Of course Aunt Sakura- I mean sensei!" Her nieces produced from her older brother, Obito, and his wife Rin, were definitely cute as hell and brought up just as an Uchiha should. Meaning... they had manners beaten into them from the time they were born. Saika held long flowing locks, just like the pinkette; while Sarada held short hair. The only thing that confused her was the fact that these two Uchiha's had to both wear glasses. It was easy enough to tell the two a part though. The only issue held now, was the fact that she had to go back to the same training grounds that Madara was at.

Reaching the training grounds, Madara folded his arms and smirked towards the pinkette... considering she was soaking wet. Sakura decided to skip introductions since the three were family and saw one another on a daily basis. Now holding up a set of bells, the pinkette smirked, "All right you three, here is your first mission. All you have to do is take these bells from me."

Saika tilted her head slightly, "That's it? All we have to do is take those bells?" Lifting a single brow, Sakura then gave off a deadly smirk, "However, you will have to come at me with the intent to kill to even have a shred of hope of gaining a bell. Shuriken and the use of kunai are permitted, as well as the use of jutsu or genjutsu, traps, whatever you deem fit to gain a bell. You three will have six hours to get a bell and only those who get a bell... will pass. If you have not succeeded by then, you will be given dinner and an extra hour to make your attempts. A shinobi must see through deception, so Sarada... what do you notice?"

Sarada then glanced towards her aunt and frowned, "No matter what, one of us will fail and that will make our team uneven." Nodding her head, the pinkette then pulled out a cookbook to learn new recipes as she called out, "You may begin." Madara only chuckled at his wife as she scanned over recipes, yet noticed Boruto had shadow clones coming after her. Jumping over a single clone, vanishing from another, and using the substitution the moment "she" had been stabbed; only for her to jump to the ground again and begin swatting away the clones without even looking away from her book.

Sumire then walked up to Madara and lightly tugged his sleeve, making him peer down as she spoke, "Sensei? Is Sakura-sensei really THAT strong? She's not even looking at them!" Madara could only snicker softly, "That strong? No. Sakura is holding back... a LOT. You are about to see a small fraction of her power though." Sumire then nodded and turned her head back to the one sided battle that was currently ongoing.

Shooting her gaze down, Sakura smirked, 'Clever strategy, girls.' Holding up a single fist and engulfing it with a small portion of chakra, she then rammed it to the ground, "OH NO YOU DON'T! CHA!" The ground shattered completely, along with accidentally snapping Saika's glasses in half. Noticing her narrowed orbs, Sakura darted forward and grasped the glasses before a flame engulfed her fingertip and she placed them back together. Tossing the glasses back onto Saika's face, she then rubbed the back of her head, "Thank you aunt Sakura, I mean, sensei!" That was going to be a tough one to get around.

"YOU ARE FRESH GENIN, SO YOU NEED TO BE TAUGHT LESSONS! LESSON NUMBER ONE, TAIJUTSU!" Grabbing one of Boruto's shadow clones, the pinkette began a BRUTAL assault. Snapping her head to the side, Sakura then smirked, "LESSON TWO! GENJUTSU!" Activating her three tomoe Sharingan, she then caught Sarada's gaze and her head fell limp. It didn't take long for her head to pop up though, yet felt completely paranoid. Jumping into the clearing with her emerald orb darting about while smiling softly as she noticed all three of her students coming after her, yet snapped her head towards Madara, "GET READY TO NULLIFY THIS!"

Nodding his head, he then watched her fast paced hand signs and copied them, "LESSON THREE! NINJUTSU! FIRE STYLE: MAJESTIC DESTROYER FLAME!" Sighing heavily, Madara made different hand signs, "EARTH STYLE: GREAT MUD WALL!" Sakura's jutsu then slammed into his massive mud wall - breaking it a part in the process until it died down.

Considering Boruto continuously came after her, she decided to have fun with him and her body began to spark up before vanishing and switching places with a piece of rubble behind the young blonde as she engulfed her hand in her adorable, but deadly, lightning style and swung her body around to bitch slap the kid so hard that he flew into the river. Sumire almost looked mortified at this as she began trembling slightly, "S-Sakura-sensei is really scary..." Madara sweat dropped at this comment and kept his thoughts to himself, 'If only you knew the half of how scary she actually can be...'

He watched Saika and Sarada proudly due to their perfectly coordinated and synced attacks. Those two were exceptionally gifted for their age - while their cousin... well... he had just been bitch slapped into the river. Making more shadow clones, they then darted forward before skidding to a stop in front of their terrifying aunt and did something that Madara tried to stop aloud, "BORUTO, NO! DO NOT USE THAT!" - "SEXY JUTSU!" Those clones turned into naked women in front of Sakura's eyes. Almost instantly clenching her fists tightly, the pinkette darted after her nephew and slammed her fist into the top of his head, shooting him straight into the ground before grabbing his leg and lifting him out of the hole angrily.

"WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, BORUTO! WHAT A REPULSIVE JUTSU TO USE, YA KNOW!?" Sakura fumed, not even realizing that this was a team based plan until hearing Saika and Sarada giggle. Snapping around, her mouth then dropped open due to seeing the Uchiha twins both holding a bell as Saika snickered, "We knew you'd get angry if Boruto used that, so we all came up with the plan for him to distract you long enough for us to take the bells."

Yanking her right handed glove off and pressing her sun symbol to her nephew, she then sighed heavily, "You got me! ALL of you pass. The simulation has now been completed, good work. Our first mission begins tomorrow." Boruto, now healed began to roar, "AUNT SAKURA, DID YOU HAVE TO HIT ME THAT HARD!?" Looking at her nephew as if the answer should be a no brainer, the pinkette only chuckled, "Your father used to do that around me a lot too. Believe me, he always had it worse than you." That comment made Madara sweat drop heavily, but smiled once he noticed that Sumire actually now looked more confident, "One day, I will be as strong as Sakura-sensei."

Madara snickered softly and ruffled her locks, "That, I am sure you will." He just failed to leave out the part that his wife was a complete monster with how much chakra she wielded - not that he was any better in that aspect. Whistling to his wife, whom merely glanced over, Madara chuckled and held a single hand out, "You read and memorized an entire cookbook through that entire session. So, I am quite curious as to what we shall be eating tonight." Giggling softly, the pinkette then jogged over to the moody male and took his hand within her tender grasp.

Saika and Sarada were quick to rush after the two Uchiha's and took their hands as they walked home, which only made Boruto... envious. The moment their free hands were taken, both adults glanced down before smiling softly at the twins. Saika chattered with Sakura the whole way to the Uchiha district about how strong her aunt actually was, making the pinkette nervously chuckle until Madara lifted a brow, "Saika, you do not believe that your aunt was truly going all out... do you?"

Saika's mouth then dropped, "You're KIDDING right!?" Madara could only snicker at this as he replied with a comment he used long ago, "What adult would go all out against mere children?" Well, that was definitely a good point. The long haired twin then looked up at the pinkette, "Aunt Sakura, you and uncle Madara are AMAZING! One day, I wanna be just like you two!" Madara then nodded as they dropped the twins off at their family home, "And so you shall be."

Madara was now in a field with Sumire while getting her used to combat. Lazily holding out a hand, her attack was then stopped by his palm. Sumire was now confident in herself and was now fully used to using medical ninjutsu effectively, so, the two moved onto hand-to-hand combat. Her chakra control was coming along very nicely, making him smirk before uttering a single word, "I must say, your movements are getting much better." However, he then shot his head up the moment his wife shot into the air with one of Boruto's shadow clones attacking her; only for her to demolish the clone where it stood, "THAT'S NOTHING! COME NOW, TIME TO TRY HARDER!"

It was a tad frustrating that his wife's students were excelling so quickly that frankly, it was terrifying. On a daily basis, she would make the time to personally train all three of her students and all were now stronger than his own. Sending a sharp whistle towards his wife, her head then snapped over and he walked to her, "I need you to drill Sumire for a bit. I can take over your team for a bit." Nodding her head, she then abruptly clapped her hands to her heavily panting genin, "Take a break you guys! You get five minutes of rest before your uncle takes over for a bit. He's scary with hand-to-hand combat as well, so learn how he fights."

Saika and Sarada's Sharingan had just awoken and he quickly noticed as to how worn out they were from using it. This only made him snicker, "Saika, Sarada, if you use your Sharingan for too long, then it will completely drain your chakra. Deactivate them for a bit." Sakura gracefully passed by her husband and approached Sumire before lowering her body to place her hands on her knees, "Madara tells me you've become very good at using medical ninjutsu!"

Sumire gave a bright smile, "He's actually bragged about me?!" Oh geez, how did she not see this coming? Any answers? Guess not. Shaking her head lightly, she then chuckled, "I actually had a present made for you. Once my husband told me your combat training was going well, I knew you would need them." With that, the pinkette held out a pair of black leather gloves, making the young lady's face brighten immensely, "Oh, WOW! Sakura-sensei, they are just like yours!" Glancing to her own, she then chuckled, "Not quite." Holding her gloved hands out, Sumire noticed the Uchiha and Namikaze symbols at the top of each glove.

Erecting her form, she then got in a battle ready stance while calling out, "Alright, show me just how much you have improved!" She tried her hardest, that was for damned sure; but was ultimately praised just like Madara until Sakura spoke out, "What has Madara taught you in a sense of words?" Not fully understanding, she then said, "He told me that medical shinobi should be the last in the unit to be taken out, so any strenuous conflict should be avoided at all cost." Nodding her head, the pinkette's orbs then narrowed, "While all of that is true, it does NOT excuse you from learning how to defend yourself; nor does it excuse you from being able to fight on the front lines!"

On this day, Sakura began the lengthy process of teaching Sumire how to achieve the One Hundred Healings Jutsu. Each day, she would begin amassing and storing as much chakra as she could into her forehead. She wanted to be EXACTLY like Sakura. As the months passed, Sumire's temper also took a drastic change to mimic the pinkette's. Sakura was her role model in every single sense, so it was only fair to say that she picked up on Sakura's personality quirks.

Madara and Sakura were then called into Minato's office and for a moment... he remained silent. Sighing, he then looked the two in the eye, "I need you two to go out to the front lines. It will not only boost our chances for success, but it will also raise the morale of all that are currently out there fighting for the both of you." Both nodded and before leaving, Sakura made sure that Sumire and Saika; the two teams healers, continued their training even while her and Madara were gone. They didn't know how long they would be gone, so, Sakura asked for Sasuke to help out with Boruto and Sarada. Madara was no different though, considering he asked Izuna to do the same exact thing.

Once they left, Sakura frowned and looked down, "Madara... you do understand that we will most likely be gone for years, right...?" Madara could only frown at this and nod, "I suspected as much." Continuing to walk, the pinkette then turned towards her husband, "We are also being sent to separate regions. WE won't see one another for years! This is all because we left their sides!" Frowning, Madara then wrapped his arms around his wife tightly, "Yes, but as such... we have just as much right to be happy as anyone else. Now, dry your eyes, we must scatter now." Nodding, Sakura wiped her eyes before the two darted away from one another.

In their hearts, both already knew how this would play out. They would both grow so tired from all of this fighting that they would simply give up on any slight chance of happiness and both of them would make their great descend into a deep pit of despair that neither would be able to ever escape from ever again; no matter how long they lived. They knew that this time, they wouldn't gain a second chance, for their second chance had been used long ago.

As the two of them made their way to their respective battlefields, they cried with all of their hearts. They were fully aware as to what they were forfeiting, and what hurt even more than that simple aspect was the fact that they no longer had a say in the matter. Life was a cruel spectacle that spat venom into your eyes any chance that it was given - all the while laughing at the pain and deepend discomfort that you were now feeling. Life would always find a way to mock you and rip your heart out of your chest any time that it simply wanted to. Shinobi... are labeled as those who endure. However, who was there to give out the verdict that you no longer held any endurance at all?

As if it had been foretold, three years came and went as if not caring about anyone's happiness. Now at the age of twenty two, Sakura sighed heavily with dulled orbs until hearing, "SAKURA, ENEMY ATTACK!" Standing and passing everyone as she glanced down, she could feel her heart shattering further as she stood still and held her hands up, "THAT'S ENOUGH BLOODSHED! I WILL RETURN TO YOUR KAZEKAGE IF YOU CEASE THIS FOOLISHNESS! ASK YOURSELF, HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO DIE FOR SUCH AN IDIOTIC CAUSE!?"

Tears flowed down her face at this point considering that here she was, AGAIN, in such an unfavorable position. She no longer allowed any other shinobi from the Leaf Village to enter the fray for their safety - and due to the fact that she had used Rinne Rebirth so much that she had actually become ill for a few months. Heaving angrily after yelling, a single sand shinobi that appeared miserable FOR her then approached, "Come Sakura..."

Walking forward with eyes that looked as if she were far beyond the grave at this point, all she muttered was one simple line, "You have your trophy... now call off the attack..." As she had asked, all of the Sand Village shinobi then returned back home with their trophy of war. Walking into the Kazekage's tower, she kept silent as she was lead to where Gaara was. Once in front of the door, she was then let in and Gaara eyed her up and down, "I'm not giving you a choice this time. You WILL give me children for this war to stop." All she did was nod lightly, "Very well... All I ask is that you please do not take my ring from me..."

Her wedding band for Madara was something that was so precious to her, that she would never again part from it. Another illegal marriage was then made between the two and her heart was swiftly broken into a million pieces. Little had she known, Madara had done the same exact thing as her to end the initial conflict that had been raging for years. Neither knew what love felt like anymore, nor could they feel any emotions at this point. It was far easier to feel nothing.

"LORD HOKAGE! LORD HOKAGE!" A shinobi rushed in heaving heavily, making Minato peer up, "Hm? What seems to be the problem?" Taking a gentle step back as a nervous sweat grew on his face, the shinobi then stuttered out, "Y-Your daughter, sir. She surrendered to the Sand Village and was taken hostage once more. The same goes for Madara Uchiha." The pen Minato had been holding was then snapped in half before shooting his determined orbs up, "CALL IN INDRA, ASURA, OBITO, NARUTO, SASUKE, ITACHI, AND IZUNA! I WANT BOTH OF THEM BACK, NOW!"

Sakura sat with dull and dead orbs after three days. This just so happened to be the trick to make the Kazekage NOT take her and impregnate her. She would never leave her room so that the sun couldn't have the chance to burn her delicate skin. Hearing her door open, a heavy sigh was then released by Gaara, "Sakura, stop acting this way this very instant." Her shoulders immediately stiffened at all of the rage she could feel, but she whispered, "You're going to die and no one will come to your aid this time..."

Hearing sharp zaps of electricity, Gaara then turned around to see one HIGHLY PISSED OFF Indra as he spoke in a deadly tone, "This is the second time that you have made my baby sister your slave..." She could feel it... it wasn't just Indra that was here. Asura, Obito, Naruto, Sasuke, Itachi, and Izuna were here as well and ALL emitted a mass amount of hatred to the point that the pinkette now had sweat dripping down her forehead.

Hearing the Kazekage being ripped to shreds and having blood splatter all over her, Sakura looked at her hands and her eyes immediately went out of focus. Indra hastily lifted his little sister into his arms and vanished back to the Leaf. Cleaning the blood off of his little sister, Indra then wrapped his arms securely around her while whispering, "Thank god you are safe..." Feeling his tears, Sakura held him close as he sobbed into her shoulder. Frowning, the pinkette kissed her big brother's head of messy locks, "Forgive me, I didn't mean to frighten you as much as I did..."

Indra immediately calmed down and leaned away from his little sister before winking, "Ah, by the way! Someone that has missed you greatly just arrived, so I must go." Tilting her head slightly at that comment made, Sakura then placed a hand upon her cheek, "I wonder what he meant by THA-" Suddenly scooped into strong arms that began to squish her. Rapidly tapping the arm of such a familiar person, he then set her down and the moment she turned around, their lips locked. Delicate fingers began to fist within the long mane tightly as he lifted her body and walked her to their room.

Kicking the door closed, Sharingan met Sharingan as he leaned with her to place such precious cargo on the bed. A smirk was all that she was met with and she instantly unbuckled his clasp and yanked his cloak off before dropping both garments to the side. Staring into his eyes, she then placed a hand against his cheek before whispering softly, "M... Madara..."

"Hm, thank you for that wonderful little hello bu-" Madara spoke until she swiftly sat up and pressed her lips to his, only for her to teasingly run her tongue over his lips. Damn, she was going to drive him crazy. Pinning her frame to the bed, Madara then unbuckled her clasp and pulled her cloak off - only to slice through her bra for the ease of access. Pulling her gloves off and tossing them to the side, Sakura began to slide her fingers down his well defined chest. The two battled for dominance at this point and the winner was not being determined in the slightest.

Both knew at this point that if she had his child - less would seek her out. There was always the added plus that she was READY to be a mother. Slowly, Sakura removed Madara's gloves and his hands began to slide down her body as her heart raced against her chest. Snickering at her, Madara linked his fingers over her shorts and undergarments - swiftly pulling both down with no resistance. Her crimson orbs told him everything as he leaned down to her ear and softly whispered, "Let us make a new life, shall we?" - "MADARA, SHUT UP!" Sakura groaned as her legs laced around the dip of his back once he shed his pants.

"Deep breath, love..." He spoke tenderly as he took her hands within his own. Nodding slightly, the pinkette took a calming deep breath the moment he pushed into her and broke through her barriers. Immediately stilling the moment he felt her hands grasping his hands incredibly tight, Madara leaned forward and nuzzled his nose against her neck softly, "Breathe..."

Taking in a calming breath, she then placed her sun symbol over her smooth belly - completely healing. Taking her hips in his hands, Madara began to slowly push into her due to how tight she actually was. Sliding his hands up to her breasts and pawing at them, all he could do was smirk the moment he heard her huff, "So impatient..." Sakura rolled her eyes and was about to roll the two over until a single hand was placed against her hip and grasped it tightly as he began to roughly push into the pinkette - making her cry out in absolute pleasure.

She was so damned tight that he would not last long, but he supposed that was completely fine. She would be his for the rest of their lives... for they were bound to one another, heart and soul. Her back arched to angle him inside of her even deeper made HIM suck in a sharpened breath. Remembering as to how sensitive she was, Madara began to tease her bundle of nerves with his thumb in a circular motion. The two were battling alright... but this battle was a beautiful battle that he would gain something truly valuable from. Once the final push was then given before Madara's seed spilled and both collapsed while drenched in sweat.

As the months began to pass, all began to notice the pinkette's growing belly along with the glow she now carried. Considering she was now incapable of being a team leader, she watched as Saika and Sumire finally gained their One Hundred Healings mark and that made her truly happy that both were excelling at a rapid pace. Although their marks had been gained, Sakura happily continued to monitor both of their training just so the time continued passing quickly.

Minato then lifted his brows in a teasing manner towards a specific moody male, "Ah, I see your problem. She won't tell you the sex of the child, huh?" Madara heard the teasing tone and groaned heavily, "She has told you, hasn't she..." Shrugging, Minato then gave a chipper laugh, "I have NO clue as to what you are talking about. What sex are you even wanting?" Madara then folded his arms and softly huffed as he looked away, "A girl." Minato then chuckled softly, "Ah, that makes this much easier then. She's having a girl and wants to name her Izuna because of how girly his name is."

This made Madara's day and his eyes sparkled brilliantly, "THANK YOU!" Minato then handed Madara his mission, "This one is pretty tough. Even for someone of your strength and caliber." Well, that was slightly alarming to say the least. Right at that moment, Kushina slammed the door open and her eyes were wide, but sparkling, "MINATO! SAKURA'S IN LABOR, YA KNOW!?" That caught the moody male's attention even more and both men, plus Kushina, darted towards the hospital. All of the pinkette's brothers paced anxiously outside of the door Sakura was now screaming inside of.

All of their ears suddenly perked up at the sound of colorful language, "SON OF A BITCH THIS HURTS, YA KNOW!?" Madara hastily darted inside the room and by then, little Izuna had been born. Tsunade then looked towards Madara and chuckled, "You arrived a bit late, dad. Sign the certificate and you three can leave!" Sakura had already healed up as the moody male gracefully signed his name on his daughter's birth certificate.

"Sakura?" Madara questioned, making her turn her head towards him, "Yeah?" Snickering now, he then smiled softly, "Thank you..." The pinkette then chuckled and looked up at the sky, "Well, Izuna's name is pretty girly, so I figured it would be a great name for our daughter. Izuna Ai Uchiha. Whenever Izuna is around, we can call her Ai so that they aren't confused, ya know? I can already tell though..." Blinking rapidly, he had to know this one, "You can already tell what?" Sakura's head then dropped as she groaned, "Madara, she's going to be GORGEOUS!" Right then, baby Izuna opened her eyes and both parents were shocked.

Little miss Izuna held a permanent Rinne-Sharingan and her Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan was activated, making Madara chuckle, "Well, it also appears that we have a prodigy on our hands." This made the pinkette groan softly as they returned home. Years were all they had now... but those years were filled to the brim with love and joy. Once the pinkette hit twenty nine, she told Madara that she would NOT be having anymore children. They had three precious prodigies on their hands. After the birth of Izuna, the birth of two boys were given - all exactly two years apart in age. All that Madara would claim now, was one thing Sakura had told him.

Love is a necessity in one's life to truly make them powerful.

For a grand exit, this chapter needed a grand word count of: 30,525