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Sasuki smirked devilishly as she felt the power surging further and a strange tingling sensation on the other side of her body. The seal was advancing and spreading quickly, putting the two conscious members of the Sound genin team in a state of light panic and shock. The markings stopped glowing again and they were now as black as the night. The bandage-covered guy flinched back a little, obviously, it was bad for them if the power the cursed seal gave the Uchiha did that.
"Dosu! Don't be afraid of that half-dead bitch!" Zaku called to his teammate, his hands held together, almost as if in mock prayer.
"No, stop! Zaku" Dosu called in panic. "Don't you understand!?" But it was useless. Zaku wasn't listening.
"I'll kill them all with this!" Three tomoes spun at the declaration and muscles tensed. Shino blanched even as he knew he and team 10 were not in direct range, but Sasuki was, "I'll finish this in a flash!" His eyes widened when he swore he sensed something shift not too far away, a presence. But his jutsu was ready and they had their orders. He let it rip. "Maximum Air Cutter!"
Shikamaru, Ino, and Chouji covered their heads, Neji and Tenten held on to the tree they were in as the air current flew past them all. The wind wiped their hair around and it was difficult to keep their eyes open. Neji was the only one - due to him being able to see through objects, he had just closed his eyes and looked through his eyelids - to see it happen and he still couldn't believe his eyes. When the dust settled, there was a long row in the earth that lead to where Sasuki had been. Zaku was panting as he looked at his handiwork.
"She was blown up into pieces.'' He stated arrogantly.
"Are you sure?" A voice beside him asked and his eyes widened. He looked to the side to see the Uchiha girl standing there casually, a hand held up, as if ready to deliver a blow. And deliver a blow she did, as if she were swatting a fly. Ino, Tenten and Chouji were staring at her as if she were an alien while Neji and Shino were still watching silently...with a little worry in Shino's case.
Zaku flew across the clearing right to Dosu's feet. They were staring at the Uchiha while Zaku tried to get up.
"She's fast." Dosu said in fearful awe and looked at the said girl. Sasuki suddenly turned towards them and they flinched back as she started making hand seals.
"Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Jutsu." The fire easily flew from her towards Zaku, but the teen was still not getting the message of 'Don't mess with the Uchiha'.
"Don't get so cocky! I'll erase it!" He said confidently, pretending not to be surprised that a genin could do such a high-level fire jutsu. He brought his hands before him and sent a blast of air towards the fire, knowing that it will blow the flames out. However, he had not known that Sasuki had trained hard with shuriken so he did not expect them to be hidden in the fire, a neat trick her older sister had taught her. He didn't have the time to dodge them and he took quite some damage to his hands and body as he tried to shield himself.
"Zaku! Below you!" He heard Dosu yell and looked down just in time for him to see the Uchiha appear in front of him before suddenly materializing behind him, holding his arms behind his back and pushing his body forwards with her leg. A sadistic smirk suddenly spread across her lips and Sasuki felt herself drowning in the darkness.
"Her chakra is completely different from before." Shikamaru dared to breathe to his teammates.
"Is this really Sasuki?" Ino also dared to ask while Chouji was shaking on the other side of her.
"What happened with her?" He asked fearfully.
Sasuki's grin widened as she pulled the arms back...
Zaku was frozen in fear of what's coming next, his arms already aching and his bones slowly cracking. He could feel it. He heard his opponent speak right behind him.
"You seem to be proud of your arms." The girl said in a cruel tone of voice, almost mocking him. Almost. The voice was too emotionless for it to be true mocking. The foot pushed harder and Zaku turned to look at the Leaf shinobi in fear. He turned to beg. To beg her to stop, not to do it.
Shino was really afraid of this side of her teammate as well now. If it kept going the way it was, Sasuki would lose herself. He had to prevent her, "Stop!" He called out, "You won Sasuki, let him go and calm down!" He tried to reason her out of her actions, but her crimson eyes stayed focused on Zaku. Sasuki pushed and tugged harder. Zaku knew he will not be able to hold in his screams of pain if the other continued.
Suddenly, a cracking sound echoed throughout the clearing and Zaku screamed as his arms were mercilessly broken. Completely, utterly broken from shoulder to hands. Team 10 stared in shock, Shino's brow cold with sweat as he saw the horror scene in front of him.
Dosu stared in fear, not daring to move in any way so that he himself would not be the Uchiha's next victim. She was too strong for them like this.
"Hn, don't fall asleep, I'm not done with you yet." Sasuki said with a cruel grin, she grabbed Zaku by his hair and looked into his eyes, "You're some kind of guinea pig for my new power, so don't make me disappointed." Her three-tomoe Sharingan spun faster and faster until they became Mangekyou Sharingan, "Tsukuyomi." She muttered the name of the technique.
Zaku was cast into the strongest genjutsu, he fell unconscious, but almost immediately started screaming in horror and pain when he was going through his worst nightmare in the genjutsu.
Sasuki spent a moment longer staring at the shaking form of her last victim, then she turned to look over her shoulder at her next one, having thoroughly enjoyed the scream the now unconscious male had released. She was looking forward to the sounds of pain she could cause in the other one, too.
Her voice was glacier cold when she spoke. "That just leaves you." Dosu started shaking uncontrollably at this as Sasuki turned to fully face him. "You better entertain me better than him." She said with a manic look in her eyes, all Uchiha composure gone. She walked calmly past Shino, eager to start, to sate this need to destroy something.
Dosu couldn't even move or make a sound, the other Konoha genins couldn't even breathe as they watched the Uchiha girl advance on the other Oto male.
Shino continued looking at his female teammate in fear and concern. He knew whatever he said fell on deaf ears and Sasuki would stop at nothing until she felt satisfied, and he doubted it.
'The cursed mark is badly influencing on her mind, she even doesn't listen to me now.' He thought worriedly. 'What can we do? The others surely don't dare come out to meet Sasuki head on and if I try, I'm not sure I even will have any chance...'
Shino's thoughts were cut off as he sensed a familiar chakra, it kept getting closer and before the Aburame could do anything, a figure passed him quickly.
"SASUKI!"
Sasuki slowly approached the bandaged Oto ninja who was trembling with fear. Her every step was very deliberate yet fearsome, spreading panic to both Dosu and the fellow Konoha shinobi. Looking at the fear of her enemies, Sasuki felt the excitement and enjoyment running through her body.
In the Uchiha's mind, everything was now murky. The Uchiha just wanted to break and destroy, to cause pain and chaos, suffering and fear. Everything that had made her Uchiha Sasuki was pushed out of reach for her soul, starving of light, and only darkness surrounded it, her own need to have more power, more, more more!
All Konoha genin in there looked at her with concern and a hint of fear. The Uchiha was now nothing much than a monster, it was wrong as they had that comparison with a fellow ninja, but that was what they thought as they saw the way Uchiha Sasuki was acting.
For the raven haired girl, more and more of the curse marks began to cover all of her body, the marking were just a few inches from covering her completely, and was about to give in to the hatred, she slowly plunged into darkness.
"SASUKI!" A loud voice spoke out, followed by the appearance of someone and they got between her and the Otogakure shinobi. Who? Who dared to cross her way, "Stop it, Sasuki! That's enough! Don't let the curse mark control your mind!"
Sasuki's head was muddled now. She couldn't noticed the person in front of her. The voice...a guy. Who was he? Why did she feel familiar with him? Whatever, Sasuki wouldn't allow that moron to stop her.
"Stay away." She ordered coldly. "I have to kill him."
The said stranger looked her in shock, she didn't noticed him, 'What the hell does that seal do to her!?' Naruto thought in panic.
"The cursed seal is greatly corrupting her mind. Be careful Naruto." Ashura advised in his head, his voice filled with concern and anxiety.
"Damn that fucking old snake" Kurama growled in anger.
"Move!" Sasuki said loudly, she was losing her patience.
Naruto shook his head, "I won't, Sasuki. You should stop now or you will lose yourself forever." He said in a serious voice.
Sasuki glared at him with her Mangekyou Sharingan, she gritted her teeth, "They challenged me before! They hurt my teammate! They will pay for all we've done. Now get out of my way or else, I won't go easy on you!" She snarled and pushed him aside roughly.
However, Naruto wouldn't be Naruto if he gave up easily. He immediately charged to her and tackle her. He struggled to hold her down but with the power which the cursed seal gave her, Sasuki became stronger too much. She expertly flipped their positions, pinned down her attacker, and stabbed him in the chest by her kunai. Shino, Tenten, and team 10 gasped as they saw that. Neji continued watching with no emotion on his face.
""Naruto!"" Ashura and Kurama both yelled worriedly, they didn't think Sasuki would really hurt him seriously.
Meanwhile, with Naruto, blood came out and soaked through his shirt. It wasn't a fatal blow but it was still too painful. However, he tried to hold his cries of pain down. The boy reached up and pulled Sasuki closer to his body. He hugged her tightly.
"Please...stop it..." He mouthed difficultly. "I...I know you don't...want this. This isn't you. Don't...don't allow the hatred and fury to take over you. I don't want...to lose you..." He held her tighter, ignoring the pain in his bloody chest. "Come on...come back to me...Sacchin..."
The nickname in the last part made Sasuki flinched slightly. She stared at his eyes, the sky blue ones, and saw the grief, sorrow, sadness, pain and despair yet a hint of gentle, concerns and anxieties in them. And his hug...Sasuki could feel the familiar warmth of his touch, it looked like them, it warmed like hugs which she always received from someone familiar.
Suddenly, Sasuki's mind began to see images of a smiling blond appearing within her head. Images of him. Images of her best friend and crush. Images of the boy with the kiss-sun hair and sky blue eyes...her savior...her hero...who she loved so much...
Images of Uzumaki Naruto...
Sasuki widened her eyes once that hit her. She quickly pushed herself upwards so that she could see her undesirable victim's face only to find him smiling kindly.
"Are you okay now Sacchin?" He asked his voice sounding dry and drowned at the same time.
Sasuki looked at Zaku and his mangled body, then Dosu, and finally Naruto who was still trying to suppress the pain in the wound. She then looked the kunai she had so cruelly thrust inside her beloved boy before instinctively yanking it out, making Naruto gasp, and took a few steps back.
Looking at the injured boy, Sasuki then stared at the bloody kunai and her blood drenched hands that began to shake. She nearly used her own hands to kill someone, to hurt her best friend...her crush...because of the sick pleasure she felt as she destroyed something or someone.
The gravity of her actions finally reached the Uchiha and she fell to her knees to scream in agony and disgust. She collapsed and the strange mark started retreating.
Shino quickly ran to Naruto and put as much pressure on the wound as he could, "Ino, Chouji, Shikamaru, I need help!" He called out desperately.
Immediately, the trio of team 10 rushed to his side. Ino knew basic first-aid procedures a little because Sakura taught her a little as the pink head kunoichi was studying the medical treatment for becoming a medic nin. She observed Naruto's wound carefully and went to work taking care of it .
For Shikamaru and Chouji, they approached Sasuki. After Shikamaru got a full view of her and he was sure Sasuki didn't have any wound, the Akimichi picked her up and carried her on his back, they went back to Shino, Naruto, and Ino. The blond genin was still awake, his wound was quite serious though. It was not unusual for the Aburame as he knew the tailed beast's chakra was slowly healing Naruto.
"Don't worry about me I really heal very fast." Naruto said quietly, then he turned to Chouji and Shikamaru and asked, "Is Sasuki okay?" The pineapple head nodded his head slightly.
"Except for some small scratches, she's okay." He replied, still not to take his eyes off the raven hair girl.
"I see." Naruto said with a sigh of relief. "Could you help me up Shino?"
Shino helped Naruto to his feet and slung his arm around his neck to help him stand up. Naruto looked up and saw Dosu who was still standing in his place without doing anything. Looks like Sasuki scared him to the point of causing him to be stunned for a while.
"I suggest you and your teammates leave here immediately." Naruto said in a serious voice. "Or I can't guarantee your safety when she wakes up."
Dosu blinked a little, then he nodded, "Thank you..." He then took both of his teammates on either shoulder, readying to take off with them to a safe place to recover. "In exchange, I will promise this...If we are to fight each other in this exam for a second time, we will not run or hide." and disappearing. Naruto just stared after him.
"Hey, are you okay?" Tenten asked Neji, who just continued staring at the unconscious Uchiha.
'That chakra was abnormal. The Uchiha clan's power is beyond my knowledge. But that had not felt right. Just what is going on here?' The Hyuuga thought to himself.
"Are you sure you're okay Naruto? You are deeply wounded." Ino asked in concern.
"I'm really fine Ino. Thank you for helping us and take care of my injury." He replied softly. "You too, Shikamaru, Chouji." The said two boy nodded.
Everyone's attention was drawn by something else just before Tenten landed in front of Ino. Naruto knew that she and Neji watched everything from a distance, his senses were still sharp, although not nearly as much as when Kurama and Ashura would be on the forefront of their connection, and he was sure Shino also sensed them by his insects.
"I'll take him now." Tenten said. Ino handed him over with a blink and Tenten suddenly started shaking the boy like a maniac. "Wake up, Lee!" She screamed and everyone sweatdropped. At least it woke him up. He blinked around a bit, confused with the presence of his teammate.
"Where did the Oto ninja go?" He asked, looking around and not finding them. Although he did notice that there were a lot more people in the clearing than it had been when he passed out.
"Sasuki-san drove them away." She said with a serious expression and Lee looked over to the Uchiha girl, who was carried by Chouji.
Naruto decided that they should come back the cave where his team was in.
"I see..." He prepared for the lecture he saw was brewing up in Tenten's eyes. Oh boy. He did feel like an idiot.
"Lee-san." He looked up when he heard Naruto's voice and was surprised when he smiled at him. "Thank you for supporting my team while I was away. Shino was very tired from our battle with a powerful enemy before, so it would be difficult for him to hold out much longer if you weren't here. We're really grateful." He finished and Shino nodded in agreement.
Lee just stared up at them before tearing up, "Naruto-san, Shino-san..." He quickly wiped the tears away. ''It...It looks like I need more training." He said with a big smile on his face. Naruto just smiled back.
"Alright, I suppose we should separate because the second task is not over yet. You guys need to find your necessary scroll if you haven't got it, or you can go with us." He said. "And I hope everyone won't think of taking our scrolls." He stated mischievously.
"Troublesome. I don't think we can do that after what we saw." Shikamaru replied lazily. That was the truth, team 10 still felt chills a little because of the terrifying scene the Uchiha girl caused, even Tenten and Neji, they had enough two scrolls though.
"Oh, one last thing." Naruto started, causing everyone to look at him, "That white haired genin we meet earlier, the Kabuto guy, don't trust him, I know this may sound distrusting, but trust me his bad news." He warned them with a serious tone.
This caught Lee's attention. "What do you mean by that Naruto-kun?" He soon asked.
Naruto then gave off a firm look to everyone, "He has lots of information on all the genin, that's abnormal. He can be a spy." Everyone widened their eyes when they heard it. "Anyways, just be careful if you see Kabuto or his teammates." He once more warned.
Seeing the intense atmosphere that the blond head boy was giving off, the rest knew that they were very serious about this, so they all replied with nods.
Sasuki's mindscape
Sasuki's eyes flooded open, she was greeted by the sight of her clan compound. What the heck was she doing here?
The Uchiha girl got up and walked around the compound to find her mother and sister, but she couldn't find anyone here, not even other clan members.
When she came to the main house, there was someone out of the shadows. Sasuki looked closer. That was a woman.
'Who is she?'
The woman stepped forward. She had long brown hair cut short on top and two locks wrapped in bandages framing either side of his face. Her eyebrows were cut short - a symbol of her nobility - and her eyes had blue markings around them, which were turned up at the corners. She wore a high-collared, light-coloured kimono held closed by a dark sash, and the collar was adorned with magatama. She wore a black full-bodied suit underneath.
"Greetings, Uchiha Sasuki. I am Otsutsuki Indra."
The Tower in the Forest of Death
"So we are the first ones here?" Kiba asked as Team 8 walked through the halls of the castle that was in the middle of the Forest of Death. The place was pretty deserted, so there was a good reason for them to think that.
"No, I felt someone's presence." Sakura denied, all of them looking around as if expecting someone to just pop up like some demented jack in the box. Seeing as they had fought and what they had seen that creepy Saara girl did back in the forest when the Exam had just begun, it really wouldn't surprise them if it did happen.
'From Naruto's attitude, he may seem wary of her. What is she the kind of monster? Her look...they horrified me a little...' Sakura thought when she recalled her insecurity when she saw Saara.
"Is Akamaru okay?" Hinata asked as she gently pet the cute puppy, who was too scared to leave Kiba's jacket. He had been terrified by what Saara had done and the bad chakra, as Kiba called it, that had come from the redhead in waves. "He's been shivering ever since."
They stopped their conversation when they heard voices complaining down the hall. Their eyes all widened when they saw it was the Sand team, relatively unscathed and, apparently, have been waiting here for twelve hours. They smirked at the younger team when they passed and shivers ran down all three Konoha genin when those light aquamarine eyes settled on them as Saara passed.
"I don't know who that chick from Suna is, but she's too dangerous!" Kiba hissed to his teammates. Cold sweats had covered their entire bodies. Anyone who faced that girl was definitely going to die. 'Maybe Naruto will...No! What am I thinking!? No way that loser can defeat her.'
"Greetings, Uchiha Sasuki. I am Otsutsuki Indra. But first, let me get rid of a pest."
As the woman, Indra said so, she went to the main hall, where a huge, glowing purple symbol was stuck to the wall. It was three tomoes in a circle, a seal of some sort. She reached into the seal and yanked hard, causing a whitish apparition of Orochimaru to materialize in her hand.
Indra muttered, "Begone."
A bright glow enveloped the apparition as it disappeared. "I have just removed that Orochimaru man's soul from the cursed seal, so you are free to use it without any influence or impediment."
Her eyes narrowed slightly as she stood up. "Who are you?"
The black haired woman replied coolly, "Simply put, I'm your ancestor. My father was a great man, the legend Sage of Six Paths, and then my younger brother, Otsutsuki Ashura." Indra looked a little sorrow when she said the name. "He is my father's successor...and the one who is most precious to me."
Sasuki looked at her suspiciously, "You say that you're my ancestor. What do you mean? And the Sage of Six Paths and your brother, who are they?"
"I can't talk to you too much, at least not now. But I'm able to reveal about myself and my brother a little." Indra started saying, "I and my brother are two children of the Sage of Six Paths, Otsutsuki Hagoromo. However, each of us inherited different things from him. I had the doujutsu: the Sharingan while my brother had my father's 'body'. After we died, my chakra left my mortal vessel and reincarnated into various individuals, including the infamous Uchiha Madoka. My brother transmigrated as well, into Senju Hashirama - the Shodai Hokage and Madoka's rival. In other words, I'm the progenitor of Uchiha clan and Ashura is the progenitor of Senju clan and Uzumaki clan." She then glanced at the Uchiha, "And it's you in this life.
Sasuki widened her eyes, "Are...are you saying I'm the regeneration of the legendary Uchiha Madoka?"
"Yes and no. You and Uchiha Madoka both are my reincarnations, but you're just transmigrants at the same time." Indra explained as she clasped her hands behind her back, "My chakra still remains after my death before attaching itself to a new host. The chakra is connected with the soul, so that's the reason why I'm here now. It is the same with Ashura and his transmigrants."
"So...who might this Ashura be in this life?" Sasuki asked though she felt she knew who was that for some reason.
"Your teammate... Uzumaki Naruto."
'I know it!'
"Anyways, let's go back to our problem. Because of some trivial reasons, I and Ashura contradict each other. No, rather, because of my foolish blindness and my brother was just trying to stop me." Sasuki could see Indra was trying to hide her sadness after her emotionless face, "You see, I was a natural-born genius. I outgrew my father's teachings before I was at 16 and struck out for greater power." She sighed before ruefully continuing, "People worshiped me every bit as faithfully as they worshiped my father."
Sasuki could understand it. That was what she went through every day, and she really despised it so much. She didn't need their idolatrous. They worshiped her because of her status and what they could get from it. That was one of the reasons why she was just close to her family and that whiskered-face idiot as only they viewed her as herself.
"Are you listening to me Uchiha Sasuki!?" Indra spat out, she hated being ignored.
Sasuki was startled by the Otsutsuki's loud voice, she didn't know why but the Uchiha felt that she shouldn't piss the woman off so she nodded furiously.
Indra growled in displeasure, but she controlled and suppressed her exasperation as it was not the best time to complaining about a 12-year-old girl's behave with an elder...Damn it! She was worried about little things now. Curse her old man and damn the foolish younger brother.
"And, my younger brother, Ashura, he was a fool, in every sense of the word. He inherited my father's physical energies, an incredible vitality of chakra, but he had no control over them. He was brash, headstrong, and regularly outperformed by the people my father taught." Indra suddenly looked away, "But he's still my precious brother, my closest partner, I believed in him more than anyone...and him too I believe." She said with a quiet but filling of love and caring tone.
'She surely adores her brother very much.' Sasuki thought with soft features, this woman reminded her of her older sister. Izumi always cared and protected Sasuki besides her mother. While her father usually ignored or if he set his eyes on her, they were just harsh, stern words with an emotionless expression, saying that the youngest Uchiha had to train more and become a prodigy, a pride of the clan while her mother and sister, otherwise, were always at her side to comfort her, help her train, loving and treating her well. She could see the caring and loving look her sister and mother had in Indra's eyes when she was talking about her brother.
And that Ashura, Sasuki could see a lot of similarities between him and Naruto, except her blond friend was very smart...except in some situations.
"Wait. You said that you and your brother got into a conflict. What happened?" The Uchiha couldn't help feeling curious. If they had mutual concern for one another, what could cause division between them?
Indra unconsciously clenched her fists "We're the Sage of Six Paths's children. We were trained in Ninshuu by our father and in the future, one of us would be his successor." She said grimly, "Many things happened and I don't want to speak in detail about them now, but Ashura was chosen as my father's successor to carry out his dream of peace and understanding in the world..."
"So you disgraced your brother out of envy and jealous!?" Sasuki looked at the Otsutsuki disbelievingly.
No!" Indra yelled without hesitation, "I wanted the successor but I don't care if my father chose Ashura because I knew he deserved it by his own efforts." She said sincerely, "All that I care for is only my brother and I'm completely satisfied with my position as his right-hand man. Even if I had the leadership, Ashura would be always my top priority forever."
"If you say so, why did you and your brother confronted each other?"
"That's for..." Sasuki could feel the discomfort and hint of hatred in her voice, it seems Indra didn't even want to think about it. As evidence of this, she hesitated now and her eyes gleamed with the blood-red of a matured Sharingan spinning slowly, "That's a story for another time." She suddenly spoke out, "As I said, you're my transmigrant and have my chakra, but you are unable to get all of them now as it's still too strong to deal with by your present body. You need the training and have the patience, maybe you will control it after at least 1-2 years." She explained.
The Uchiha groaned in irritation, "Why does it take too long?"
"Don't complaint you little brat, no one starts off strong you know." Indra stated sternly as she approached the Uchiha, "Now you may not understand what I mean, but, believe me, you will need much more power in the future and more importantly,..." Her eyes slowly morphed into her Mangekyou Sharingan that looked exactly like Sasuki's, "...more merciless."
Sasuki widened her eyes, "What do you mean?" She mouthed.
"Need you ask? Becoming more stronger, more ruthless, and eliminating all people who get in the way of you."
"...Why do you tell me that?"
Indra narrowed her eyes, "Because that's how to survive and exist in this world. If you didn't get rid of your enemies, they would kill you once they had the chance." The Otsutsuki said with a firm tone.
Sasuki said nothing, just avoiding eye contact with the woman in front of her. She soon knew once she became a shinobi, she would have to kill one day, and the Uchiha got a little uncomfortable when she thought of taking a life. Not to mention Naruto...
"You're afraid my brother's descendant will hate you, right?" As if reading what she was thinking, Indra spoke out and crossed her arms, "Sasuki, he's also a shinobi, he knows better than anybody else the shinobi's jobs, including killing for their purposes." She then put her hand on Sasuki's shoulder, "He will understand for you."
'Yeah, maybe he won't really blame me but it doesn't mean he doesn't feel anything...' Sasuki thought to herself. She then recalled team 7's mission in the Land of Waves, when Naruto had fought back Demon Brothers, Gozu and Meizu, and he managed to injure one of them seriously, the wound surely ended the Kiri nin's career but it was not lethal. However, it was enough to make her crush feel a little freaked out. From his expression, Sasuki clearly saw he would want to avoid it if he was able.
"I will think about it..." Was the best answer that the Uchiha could give to her ancestor.
Indra slightly frowned in displeasure when she heard that as Sasuki still looked a bit uncertain, but then only sighed. She fully knew Sasuki was still young, and it would really take a while to shape the Uchiha into a true kunoichi such as Uchiha Madoka.
But that didn't mean she would allow Sasuki to feel inferior to her brother's transmigrant, Uzumaki Naruto. No fucking way! Indra really found it hard to comprehend how Ashura's transmigrant might be someone with wisdom nearly beyond his years while her brother and his previous transmigrant, Senju Hashirama, were pretty idiotic, carefree with their boisterous personality. However, all three of them were loving, caring, kind, gracious, and very determined people...
"Alright, that's all I want to tell you. The power is still yours, and it's completely up to you what you decided for yourself." Indra said as she put her hand on the Uchiha's shoulder, "I'm leaving you alone for a while, so take your time to think it over. When you are ready to train, simply think of me and I shall speak with you once more."
As she said so, Sasuki felt a tugging sensation as she was pulled away from her mindscape and back to reality.
Indra was left there as she stood there with her own thoughts she wasn't sure that was the right way to get. But Uchiha Sasuki had to know those and prepared for anything happening in the future, or she would be used and fell so deep into the darkness...like herself and Uchiha Madoka before, and finally, they were burdened by sadness or regret in their entire lives.
"Will I redeem my sins this time or cause another mistake as before? Ashura my beloved brother, it is too much to ask you for forgiving me after I caused much suffering to you and everyone around you? Whatever you answer, I will do everything to atone and end this stupid circle." She whispered in a bitter tone, a tear slid down her face.