I am very well aware that I am currently writing two other stories already but I have to write this one down before I forget it! Not 100% sure if this will be TobixSaku or MadaxSaku. Hell maybe it will be both!

This story is dedicated to TobiSaku4EVER!

So...

As always,

Enjoy!

~Kyvena


Chapter 1: What Went Wrong!?


The time for war was steadily approaching and putting everyone and their grandmother on edge. Sakura, being in the medical core, was in the pharmacy gathering herbs whenever Shizune and Ino alike ran inside of the room claiming that the Hokage, Tsunade Senju, was in need of assistance with the jutsu that she had been working on to create. It was a jutsu that would be mandatory for each and every shinobi who knew medical ninjutsu to use in the midst of battle and within the medical core unit to save lives with ease before it was too late.

Turning her head, Sakura's hip long bubble gum colored locks flowed around her body before settling back into place. Blinking her emerald orbs, the pinkette then gained a slightly annoyed facial expression before dropping her shoulders and head in defeat, "I'm coming, I'm coming." Sakura stood up and brushed the soil from her hands before walking to a sink to wash them, fully knowing the importance of clean hands when dealing with anything medical related. The walk was silent and Sakura had no idea what to think of this until they reached the doors and all three walked inside.

As they walked into the large room that was meant for creating new forms of medical ninjutsu, Tsunade turned her head with an expression that held a mixture of excitement and disappointment. Tilting her head slightly at her master's conflicted emotions, Sakura then abruptly cleared her throat, "Milady, you wished to see me?" The busty blonde nodded and laced her hands behind her back, "Sakura, it is to my belief that this jutsu is ready to be tested. However, we have no one who is willing to be tested on."

Well, this did not shock, nor did it surprise the pinkette. In order for this jutsu to be tested, they would have to be badly harmed and then they would have to lie there waiting to see if they either bled out or the jutsu was a success and you were completely fixed up.

This jutsu was almost like rolling back time on a pin pointed area that had been damaged and was a mixture of the teleportation jutsu, medical ninjutsu, and the oddest... the reanimation jutsu. The teleportation jutsu was like a reverse teleportation jutsu and had never been accomplished before so Sakura could understand the unease of being a guinea pig for something that wasn't even understood.

"Well Sakura?" Tsunade impatiently asked, causing Sakura to snap out of her train of thought, "Oh um, I suppose if you have no other candidates... I will do it for you, Milady." Tsunade nodded and grinned happily, "Wonderful! That's my student!" Sakura didn't want to see when she was attacked, so she closed her eyes, "I am ready." Ino then regrettably charged towards her pink haired best friend and the lethal feeling of a freshly sharpened kunai was roughly jammed into her gut.

The minute this happened, Sakura keeled over in pain and coughed up a small amount of blood before Shizune and Ino both picked the, now writhing in agony, pinkette and walked over to the medical table. Setting Sakura down, Tsunade then gave the pinkette a sedative and nodded towards Shizune before speaking to her sternly, "Okay, I need you and Ino to step far back!" Both nodded and complied before they walked to the back of the room, but still able to see as to what was happening.

Taking a deep breath, Tsunade made a few hand signs and held her hands over the pinkette's stab wound before calling out, "ANTECEDENT JUTSU!" As it activated, a bright golden coloration was then emitted from the blonde's palms instead of the usual jade green. So far, all was going well and the wound was beginning to act as if it were rolling back in time and repairing itself so that it appeared as if nothing had ever happened at all. Tsunade's, Shizune's, and Ino's eyes all widened and sparkled as bright smiles began to form on all three of their faces.

Just as the wound was about to close, the bright golden light coming from the Hokage's palm then morphed into a mixture of a violent purple and black, causing everyone to instantly begin panicking. Sakura had still been passed out thanks to the sedative and Ino quickly shouted, "STOP THE JUTSU, LADY HOKAGE!" Figuring Ino was correct, Tsunade had to chalk this up as another failure considering all she had tested on up to this point had been injured animals.

However, Tsunade didn't know what to do and didn't know if she should really stop. Maybe this was normal on human patients? How was she supposed to know... this was her first human tested attempt for this jutsu and she wasn't sure if this was normal or not. Turning her head and slightly losing focus for a mere second, Tsunade then called out, "Just hold on! We don't know if this is normal for human beings or not!" Ino grudgingly accepted this and simply watched as the coloration of this once golden jutsu then turned completely pitch black.

Everyone within the room began to slightly panic and the current Hokage put a stop to the jutsu right then and there. The color of the room slowly faded back into each and every single person's perspective and then noticed the unthinkable... Sakura was now gone from the surgical table as if she had simply vanished, "OH MY GOD!" Tsunade yelled and quickly called for not only Shikamaru, but the Inazuka's and Hyuga's as well.


Right as the pinkette woke from her slumber, she looked around to only see... blue? She was so confused as she looked around and that's when she noticed she was now in the sky. Suddenly her body began to roughly hit tree branches while she plummeted down to the earth before roughly slammed into the ground, causing all air to abandon her lungs and startling a horse that had been tied to a tree branch not too far away.

As the pure brown stallion began to tug at the tree branch as if panicking, Sakura then realized it might be a good idea to breath as she then began to gasp for air before slightly turning her head towards the beautiful creature. That's when she noticed a full head of long brunette hair sway out from behind the brown stud and she now felt rather confused by this entire situation. Slowly, the brunette male made his way from around his stallion and froze in place as he then noticed a beautiful long pink haired lass lying on the ground in front of him.

Now the male bolted towards her and Sakura narrowed her emerald orbs to see who this actually could have been until she then finally got a good look at this man that was now running towards her at full speed while shouting, "ARE YOU OKAY LASS!?" That's when the pinkette gained a puzzled expression while thinking, 'Who even says lass anymore?' Narrowing her eyes towards the male, Sakura could have sworn she had seen this person somewhere at some point in time, but just couldn't place her finger on it.

Finally it dawned on her and the answer hit her like one of Naruto's Massive Rasengan's. She realized as to whom she had been speaking to and her eyes widened, "L-Lord F-First!?" Hashirama instantly froze in place and gained a confused facial expression as well, "Lord First? No, no, no. My name is Hashirama Senju of the Senju Clan. I am their leader. Now might I ask who you might be?" The pinkette didn't know what in the hell was happening or going on at this point. Yet before she even knew it, a strong pair of arms then lifted her off of the warm spring grass and lead her body to his stallion.

Figuring she was now in safe arms, Sakura blacked out and fell asleep the moment she was lifted onto the horse and the future first Hokage climbed aboard as well and held her securely in place with his arms outstretched so that his hands were holding the reins. The ride to wherever they were going had been peaceful and quiet to her knowledge, that is until the stallion skidded to a stop and Sakura jolted awake.

"Ah, you're finally awake! Welcome to the Senju Clan's Stronghold, young lass." Hashirama exclaimed with a chipper tone before a stern voice called out, "Hashirama, who have you brought to our home!? That is no Senju!" Hashirama sweat dropped and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Oh, father, this is... um... what's your name, age, and affiliation?" Sakura blinked a few times before realizing that the young First Hokage was addressing her.

Clearing her parched throat slightly, Sakura then ended up shyly speaking out, "O-Oh... my name is Sakura Haruno, age seventeen, and I do not belong to any clan, sir." Hashirama smiled softly at the slightly timid pinkette and gave her shoulder a reassuring squeeze, "Don't worry about my father, miss Haruno. I'm now the leader, so what I say, goes." At that point, Sakura didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing. She really never knew what the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, had been like before he had become Hokage.

Nodding her head, she figured she could trust the man who built the village she had originated from. Hashirama stretched his joints until Sakura noticed him instantly stiffen up and slightly flinch the moment a deep and masculine voice rang out, "ELDER BROTHER, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!? I HAVE TOLD YOU TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO STOP VENTURING OUT ON YOUR OWN!" The long haired goofball then chuckled softly and rubbed the back of his straightened locks sheepishly, "Ah, yes. You're right Tobirama, I'm sorry!"

As the silver haired Senju neared his brunette brother, Sakura then realized that this was the future Second Hokage, but he had no markings on his face at the moment like he did on his great stone face. In all honesty, she found him quite handsome... rude - but handsome. So far, she was not liking Lord Second's personality and attitude at all. Noticing that he was now giving her a cold glare, Sakura instantly averted her emerald orbs away from his judgmental gaze.

Hashirama held his arm out for the pinkette to take, which she was all too thankful for at this point as she elegantly wrapped her arms around the arm he had offered. Now being lead to a large traditional looking mansion, Sakura believed she had the nerve to speak to Hashirama, "Thank you Hashirama..." Hashirama was shocked that she hadn't used any kind of formalities whenever addressing him, but he honestly could care less at this point as a happy-go-lucky smile appeared on his face, "Do not even mention it Sakura."

As they continued to walk through this maze of a home, Sakura had no idea in hell where the future First Hokage was leading her to until he stopped at a door, unlocked it and motioned her to enter, "Ladies first!" He chuckled softly and Sakura entered to see a beautifully decorated room. However, this did puzzle her... so she turned around with obvious look of confusion, "Um... I don't understand Hashirama..."

This made Hashirama laugh like a little boy before calming himself and speaking, "I would like to think that you'd rather stay in this room than in the dungeon. So, tell me about yourself Sakura." Sakura blinked rapidly at this and then smiled softly, but knew she couldn't just spout off such nonsense that she was from the future, "Do you mean where I came from? Or do you mean my abilities?"

Hashirama released another chuckle and poked Sakura's rock hard, yet smooth abdomen, "Well, I don't believe you got this muscular from being a merchant's daughter or some mere civilian." Internally releasing a breath of relief, Sakura then nodded and smiled, but knew she needed to come up with a good cover story, "You are correct, I am a shinobi."

The future First Hokage motioned for the pinkette to give more details and that's when Sakura's lie started, "You see, whenever you found me I was on the run from bandits. They did not believe that a female could be a shinobi, or even have any talent for the use of chakra. I make a living by allowing clans to purchase my talents of healing." Pausing momentarily, Sakura pulled out a kunai, gashed her hand, placed the kunai back, and then held her hand over the gash before the jade green glow of her medical ninjutsu patched her hand up.

Nodding his head at her, Hashirama then rose his hand and poked at the pinkette's forehead, "So what's this for?" Appearing puzzled by this, Hashirama then smiled and grabbed a hand held mirror before holding it up to Sakura's face to show that she had finally achieved the one hundred healing mark. Looking down, Sakura sighed softly, "That's my uh... chakra gathering and storing point. After time, it turns into a seal that is called the One Hundred Healing Mark."

Hashirama was now lost and had no clue as to what she was even talking about anymore, but nodded thoughtfully, "So, a healer for hire, huh?" Sakura nodded confidently, but on the inside she was sure she was just about to have an anxiety attack until the long haired brunette grinned, "Well that settles it then! I'd like to hire your services to keep my men from dying!" Sakura rapidly blinked at this, but nodded, "O-Okay..." It now seemed she was going to be a healer for the Senju's for a long... long... time.


. . .


"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T THINK SHE IS EVEN HERE ANYMORE SHIKAMARU!?" Tsunade screeched, causing Shikamaru to internally groan, "It's a drag, I know, but from everything you have told me so far... I honestly think the ratio's of each individual jutsu that you mixed into one jutsu formula became unbalanced. I believe that you ended up focusing more on the reverse teleportation jutsu than the other two jutsu's... and that possibly could have thrown the balance of time out of whack for Sakura."

Tsunade's eyebrow twitched frantically at this explanation as she clenched her fists, "So you are telling me that I possibly could have sent her to the PAST!?" Shikamaru shrugged lazily before sighing, "Like I said, I'm not sure. However, their are still traces of Sakura's chakra here. I would gather all of the chakra she left behind as a means of using that as her "body" so you can eventually call her back. You will need to work on a new jutsu now though."

She couldn't believe her ears. She, the legendary sanin, Tsunade Senju, doomed her very own student. Lowering her head, Tsunade dismissed everyone before quickly gathering all of the remaining chakra that her beloved pink haired student had left behind and then noticed that the color of her chakra almost flashed in a series of faded rainbows as if it couldn't make up what color it should be. This was troublesome... troublesome indeed.


It was now morning and Sakura, being the early riser that she was, hoped that all of the things she had experienced the day prior had been nothing but a bad dream. Well, all of the pinkette's hopes and dreams were basically slashed in half the moment she heard a knock at the door along with Hashirama's voice, "Sakura? Breakfast is ready. I would be honored if you joined me."

Slowly opening her eyes, it took a moment for her emerald orbs to become adjusted to the morning light. Sighing softly, Sakura sat up and noticed she had a new outfit laying beside her. She decided to keep her black spandex shorts on, but placed the short white yukata top on that adorned a storm of cherry blossoms and tied it messily. Walking out, Hashirama chuckled at her obi tying skills and retied it properly for her.

The two walked silently until they reached the dining hall and that's when Sakura noticed it was not going to just be Hashirama and herself eating breakfast, but Tobirama and their father, who would later be known as Butsuma. Now it felt like she was someone's girlfriend being introduced to the family for the first time and she instantly became rather stiff as she walked to the table silently.

Tobirama still glared at her, making her feel extremely uncomfortable until Hashirama poked her side and motioned for her to sit down. The moment she sat down and was served a delicious meal, Sakura gave her thanks before taking a single bite that would almost kill her due to what the long haired brunette now spoke, "Tobirama, you are to act as Sakura's guide and bodyguard until she is treated as one of us. Understood?" Right as this was said, the bite of food she had taken shot down the wrong pipe and the pinkette began to choke until she took a hasty drink.

"ELDER BROTHER, YOU MUST BE JOKING!" Tobirama roared as Sakura kept her head down, allowing her bubble gum colored bangs to move in front of her eyes so that she did not have to see the future Second Hokage's face. Hashirama scowled angrily at his little brother's yelling, "TOBIRAMA! YOU WILL DO AS YOU ARE TOLD!" Tobirama instantly scoffed at this and the rest of the meal went without incident.

The moment breakfast was finished, Sakura stood, "Pardon me, but I must go into town to gather herbs..." The pinkette hastily bowed and just as she turned, Hashirama grasped her arm, "Not without Tobirama you won't. Sakura, you must understand that these are times of war and any outsider that is brought inside of the stronghold is deemed an enemy..." Not saying anything in return, all she could do was simply nod at the male that had stopped her dead in her tracks.

Now as she stood there waiting with her head lowered as the silver headed Senju male finished his breakfast as slow as humanly possible, Sakura then clenched her gloved hands as tightly as she possibly could. This did not go unnoticed by either Hashirama or Tobirama due to the sound the gloves had made the moment she had clenched her fists.

Hashirama abruptly cleared his throat and Tobirama instantly shot his elder brother a glare as he spoke, "Tobirama, don't you think it's about time for you to show Miss Sakura around?" Scoffing at this, the second Senju heir snapped his eyes away until he gave in and released a heavy sigh, "Oh all right elder brother..." Finally standing and approaching the obviously pissed off pinkette that had been left standing there for thirty minutes before finally giving in.

Turning, Tobirama headed for Sakura and only spoke four words in an extremely hushed tone as he passed her tiny frame, "Follow me... you filth..." Sakura's eyes instantly widened at this comment and now had to wonder what Konoha had been like during his time in office. 'The village must have had such a cold environment.' She now thought as she followed the spiky headed Senju into town. For the time, the pinkette paid no mind to the man and finally snapped out of it once she realized that she was now walking alone.

Groaning, Sakura turned around and began to walk back the direction she had been coming from only to begin hearing multiple females squealing, declaring their love and their desires to bare this person's child. She hadn't heard who the girls kept squealing and pawning over, but she rolled her eyes and continued as she remembered how she had once acted around Sasuke when they were in the academy together.

The excited noises began to grow louder and louder with each and every step she took and when the girls finally came into view, so did Tobirama. Sakura smirked and leaned on a building as she waited for the jerk to become free, which did not go unnoticed by the silver headed Senju; which only caused Tobirama to instantly shoot Sakura a death glare.

Finally, Tobirama got at a way to get back at Sakura as he turned his head, "Oh, there you are sweet heart! I'm coming! These girls just won't stop bothering me! Please forgive me, my darling!" Sakura's face instantly gained a look of shock before it turned a bright red. Too baffled to say a word while the girls then gave a groan of disappointment as they turned and walked away, the pinkette merely stood frozen in place until Tobirama's arm slung around her shoulder and he whispered softly, "Just play along. I do not wish to mingle with those women."

'Shocking... you're too self-righteous for your own damn good.' Was all Sakura could think as an annoyed facial expression began to appear. As her eyebrow furiously twitched while the two walked away, Sakura then realized they were out of the view of the fan girls and promptly shoved Tobirama's arm off of her shoulder, "You got away with it this time, but I warn you... touch me like that again and you will get more than my fists in your face."

The silver headed male scoffed heavily and folded his arms as they walked, "Tch, do not flatter yourself. I do not find you attractive in the slightest." Yet, at the same time he said that, all he could think was, 'But I cannot help but be fascinated by you...' The pinkette shot her head away as she released a heavy snort of a lack of enthusiasm, "Oh trust me, the feelings are mutual." The only problem was, was that she actually had meant what she had said.

As the two neared the herb shop, Sakura entered and her eyes began to sparkle at such a wide variety an abundance of herbs. This was nothing like her era when there would be a shortage of some herbs or they would run out and then there would be issues. Tobirama leaned against the wall as the elderly female shop keeper turned towards him, "Lord Tobirama! It's wonderful to see you as always... Oh? Who is this beautiful young lady that you have escorted here? You found yourself a wonderful catch, Lord Tobirama."

That's when Tobirama's face bled red and as fate would have it, that's when Sakura looked over to see Tobirama's embarrassed facial expression and rose a delicate eyebrow before releasing a sigh, "Good grief..." She mumbled before she called out to Tobirama, "Hey Tobi, come look at the quality of these herbs with me!" Sakura then gave a bright smile that could fool god himself, but the second heir to the Senju clan knew better by this point. He knew Sakura hated him, but he was now mesmerized as he had unknowingly began to walk towards the pinkette.

Once he was close enough, Sakura then released an angry whisper, "Do not get me wrong, I have no interest in you what so ever..." This comment made Tobirama scowl and just as he was about to snap back at her, Sakura brightly smiled and practically spoke through clenched teeth, "So how do these look to you Tobi?" Tobirama didn't know what in the hell was happening now. This was all just confusing as hell and it did not help that she appeared so convincing to the untrained eye.

Finally done herb shopping, the elderly shop woman smiled at the young pinkette that she had taken a great liking to, "Now, you take care Lady Sakura!" Sakura instantly shook her head and fanned her hand lightly, "Ah, no need to use such formalities with me ma'am. Please, just call me Sakura." The elderly shop woman's eyes brightened and she waved Sakura to come closer so that Tobirama could not hear a word she now said, "Lord Tobirama can be rather reckless... so I ask you Sakura... please take good care of him."

Now she was feeling the pressure, but damn her good nature, "Of course ma'am, you have my word." Right at that moment, the long haired pinkette wished she had crossed her fingers behind her back. The two finally exited the herb shop and Sakura dropped her head, either looking extremely depressed or perhaps she had grown tired... Tobirama didn't know.


Tobirama continued to walk beside Sakura until his favorite tea house came into view. He came to this tea house every day and knew that it was always crowded, so he decided it would be a good chance for this pink haired freak to learn that the Senju were not ones to be messed with, "This tea house is phenomenal. You will enjoy it." Sakura shrugged and nodded as she walked into the tea house with Tobirama only for each and every set of eyes to instantly shoot towards her almost... hatefully.

Ignoring all of these hateful glares that she was now receiving, the two then sat down at a small vacant table whenever an extremely handsome male waiter approached them with a happy smile, "Good afternoon Lord Tobirama! Oh! You have someone with you today, who might this lovely cherry blossom be?" This was actually comical for Sakura to hear considering he had just asked her name in a rather ironic way.

The grumpy silver headed Senju glanced his powdery red orbs towards the male before speaking, "Hey there Sosuke. Her? Oh, this is the new clan healer. Her name is Sakura." Sosuke smiled handsomely towards Sakura and gave a nod, "Well, it's nice to meet you Sakura. So would you like the usual tea and dumplings, Lord Tobirama?" Raising a delicate silver eyebrow, Tobirama then nodded and then Sosuke motioned to Sakura, "And her as well?" The second heir to the Senju Clan was growing agitated at this point and nodded stiffly.

The pinkette instantly fanned her hand, "No dumplings for me Sosuke, but thank you." Sosuke appeared rather shocked that a female could speak for herself, but found it rather refreshing, "You got it Sakura." Sosuke grinned and turned before walking away.

The two sat there silently for what felt like forever. The tension that now lingered within the air was becoming almost suffocating and Sakura honestly wished she had never volunteered for that stupid jutsu, she wished she had never come to the Warring States Era, and she definitely wished she had never met Tobirama Senju. However, Sakura knew that wishing was futile and all it did was bring her spirits down.

By now, Sakura knew what Tobirama had been up to, so she decided to call him out on it, "So... you thought bringing me into a busy restaurant would intimidate me? Listen, I don't want to be bound to you as much as you don't want to be bound to me. However, they are Hashirama's orders so we will just have to bare with the hand of cards that we have been dealt. There is no need to make a situation such as this more miserable than it already is..."

No longer wishing to have any tea, Sakura stood, shielding her eyes with her bangs to hide the tears that now gathered within her big and beautiful emerald orbs. Tobirama appeared so shocked at what Sakura had said that he now felt frozen into place. He didn't know how long he had been sitting there frozen, but Sosuke had finally come back with two cups of tea and one order of dumplings only to be confused that the pinkette was no longer there.

As Sakura walked she found a massive cherry blossom tree that had just come into bloom and sat underneath it. Bringing her knees to her chest, the homesick pinkette then lowered her head to her knees so that she could cry with ease and no one would even know. That's what she had thought at least, considering she hadn't caught a glimpse of a single other person anywhere in the vicinity of the cherry blossom tree.

"Sakura...?" Hashirama's voice called out gently as he lowered his body to kneel right in front of her, "What happened...?" Sakura slowly lifted her head as tears streamed down her face, "H-Hashirama...?" She didn't need to think twice, Sakura knew she needed a hug and Hashirama was the perfect choice. The leader of the Senju Clan was pushed back onto his backside the moment Sakura had pushed her body into his arms and began to sob.

Hashirama already knew what this was about and he sighed heavily, "Tobirama was that bad, huh...?" The pinkette said nothing, but nodded at the brunette's choice of wording. Due to having fantastic sensory skills, Tobirama stood around the corner with an ashamed facial expression. He hadn't meant to be that cruel towards her, but in the end he had been extremely cruel towards her without even giving it a second thought. He was becoming so frustrated as to why this pinkette made him act the way he did, but could never really figure out why he was doing this.

Tobirama took a deep breath before pushing himself off of the wall and turned the corner to slowly approach his elder brother and the sobbing pinkette. The silver headed male cleared his throat and Hashirama looked up while Sakura kept her face hidden on the brunette's chest. Tobirama instantly motioned for his elder brother to scram and Hashirama sighed heavily, hoping Tobirama would make things right. The two men ended up switching places and Sakura hadn't even realized it considering her vision had been blurred by her tears and honestly, she just couldn't bring herself to care.

He knew he was no good at situations such as this due to how cold he was, but Hashirama stood off in the distance giving tips of what to do until Tobirama began to ignore him. Internally sighing heavily, the silver headed Senju then spoke in that deep voice he held, "Sakura... forgive me, I was out of line."

This is when Sakura's eyes widened immensely. She had just heard Tobirama, hadn't she? Well, she was not going to be played by some ancient asshole and she had already warned him not to touch her ever again. Suddenly her fist made contact with Tobirama's cheek and sent him flying into a wall, "I WARNED YOU THAT IF YOU TOUCHED ME AGAIN, YOU WOULD GET HIT!" In the background, Hashirama's eyes widened in horror and amusement at this and couldn't help but burst into laughter at the fact that his little brother had just got his ass handed to him by a female.

Groaning, Tobirama pushed himself out of the human shaped crater that had just been made all thanks to an extremely ferocious pink haired shinobi. As the silver headed Senju tenderly rubbed at his head, Sakura then noticed blood dripping from his face and in a sense, felt victorious, but at the same time... she felt incredibly guilty.


Standing up, Sakura then made her way towards Tobirama, who did the worst thing he possibly could. The moment Sakura was close enough, Tobirama instantly spat blood into Sakura's face and it seeped into her eyes, which instantly made her hands shoot up to her eyes in obvious pain and discomfort. Tobirama then tackled Sakura to the ground and held his hands over her throat tightly, causing her to gasp sharply for air and begin struggling against his mighty grip on her as saliva began to slide down the corner of her mouth.

Hashirama had only turned his back for a moment, but by the time he turned back around he froze with a horror struck facial expression. Hashirama instantly bolted towards his younger brother and as he struggled to pull his hands off of Sakura's throat, her movements stilled and her hands fell to the ground lifelessly. Hashirama no longer had a choice... so he rose his fist and slammed it into his younger brother's cheek, snapping him out of his crazed state of mind.

"E-Elder b-brother...?" Tobirama finally spoke shakily and he looked down to see Sakura's lifeless form. Hashirama swiftly shoved his little brother off of the pinkette and tilted her head up before giving her mouth to mouth resuscitation. It wasn't working, but Hashirama was not about to give up. On his final try, Sakura's blood shot eyes flew open and she instantly rolled to the side coughing harshly and gasping sharply for air.

Tobirama instantly turned and bolted away from the scene of the crime. He hadn't meant to snap the way he had, but it all had just happened so fast that he couldn't even comprehend as to what was happening until it was already over. Continuing to run as fast as his legs would carry him, all Tobirama could think was, 'I almost killed her! I almost killed her! I ALMOST KILLED HER!'

A gentle sigh escaped Hashirama's mouth and he rubbed the back of his head before he leaned down and lifted the pinkette into his arms. He knew that he was going to have to make a decision over this incident. There was just far too much war and distrust to bring in an outsider at this point in time. However, if he let her go, there was a decent chance that the Uchiha's would swoop in and snatch her up to heal injured members of their clan.

That's when Hashirama came to a decision. Placing Sakura within the guest room she had been in, Hashirama then made his way out of the village and stopped half way between the Uchiha Clan's Stronghold and the Senju Clan's Stronghold before using his Wood Style Jutsu to create the pinkette a comfortable house with furniture along with a decent sized clinic to house both Senju and Uchiha's.

Nodding at his handy work, Hashirama then turned before an all too familiar voice stopped him, "Hashirama... what do you think you are doing..." The brunette turned around and smiled, "Ah, Madara! I was just about to send a message to you! Yesterday, I found a girl who is an outstanding healer. I hired her... but..." Hashirama paused and looked down as Madara rose his only visible eyebrow at his old friend, "But what? Spit it out Hashirama!"

Letting his shoulders drop sadly, Hashirama's tone of voice then echoed out softly, "Tobirama took an instant disliking to her and almost killed her... so I decided to make this house for her. I will allow the Uchiha's to use her as well as long as you pay half of the fee." Madara folded his arms securely across his broad chest, "I will believe you once I meet this girl and test her abilities." Hashirama found this understandable and nodded, "Please wait here for me and I will fetch her. She did just get strangled, so I ask you not to push her too hard."

Madara only nodded his head slowly at this. He actually felt bad for this girl he hadn't even met yet considering she was strangled by Tobirama for no reason. He honestly had never really liked the silver headed Senju in the first place, so this was just another reason to dislike him further. Hopping onto his horse, Hashirama gave a quick farewell and promised to be back soon as his steed then bolted towards the Senju Stronghold.

The moment the long haired brunette entered his clan's stronghold, he swiftly made his way to his home only to hear screaming from Sakura. Hashirama's eyes widened significantly before bolting towards Sakura's room and once there, he skidded to a stop only to see Tobirama trying to get close to the pinkette, whom was now sobbing hysterically. Rushing in, Hashirama shoved his younger brother away and lifted Sakura into his arms before bolting out of the house.

"H-Hashirama?" Sakura shakily sobbed out as he placed her on his horse, only for him to hop up behind her. As they began to ride Hashirama explained everything, "Sakura, I have made you a home on the border of Senju territory and Uchiha territory. We will be meeting with Madara to split the pay so both clans will have your care. This is also to keep you safe Sakura..." Sakura's throat ached so badly from being strangled and screaming that she only nodded.

Honestly, she could have cared less at this point if she met the real Madara Uchiha. This was not her time, so it was a definite possibility that he had not become corrupted as of yet. So in all honesty, she was actually looking forward to meeting Madara before anything went south. If she remembered correctly, the reason Madara became so corrupted was because Tobirama had cut down his younger brother, Izuna. Sakura now knew that she would not allow Izuna to be cut down by the likes of Tobirama.


. . .


Sakura decided to take a quick catnap before being put through the stress and anxiety of meeting Madara Uchiha, but again, she honestly held no grudge against THIS Madara considering this was the past. Hashirama gave Sakura a gentle shake, causing her emerald orbs to tiredly flutter open, yet found it hard to keep her exhausted orbs open as she once again shut them.

"So this is her, Hashirama?" Madara asked quietly and curiously, which Hashirama found rather amusing that his old friend was finally noticing girls. Or maybe it was the fact that he had never come across a female as exotic as Sakura was. Either way, it was still entertaining to observe.

Madara gently brushed her long cotton candy colored locks to the side, only for his eyes to widen immensely once he noticed the deep black, blue, purple, and grey hand print bruising around the pinkette's throat and used a single finger to gently trace the outline of the bruising, "I feel bad for her... she knew no one and was hired by you, only to be attacked by that wretched little brother of yours." Madara softly spoke, not knowing Sakura had regained consciousness the moment he had touched her delicate skin.

Finally allowing her eyes to slowly open, she finally got a good look at Madara Uchiha. 'He's... handsome...' Was all she could think as a light blush assaulted her cheeks. Madara gained an amused facial expression at this and smirked, "Well, well, the sleeping beauty has finally opened her eyes. My name is Madara Uchiha, I am the leader of the Uchiha Clan. Hashirama tells me you are a phenomenal healer, is this true?" Sakura then gave Hashirama's arm a gentle pat, letting him know that she was fine to stand on her own.

Setting Sakura down, she then turned towards Madara and bowed, "It's a pleasure to meet you Madara. My name is Sakura. As for the healer part..." Sakura's arm shot into her holster and grabbed her kunai and swiftly sliced her hand open. Right at that moment, Madara thought this girl might be insane, but all of that changed the moment she held her uninjured hand over her injured hand and pushed the jade green glow of her medical ninjutsu into the wound; closing it within a few moments.

The male with the long and untamed black and blue locks instantly gained an extremely shocked facial expression, "How are you doing that?" Sakura chuckled softly and gave a wink, "I can teach you if you'd like. Though, it will take roughly six months to master. However, you do have the Sharingan, so it may prove to be an easier task for you to master than a normal girl such as myself."

Madara was now pumped and his eyes sparkled, "Do you think you can teach my little brother as well? His name is-" Sakura accidentally cut Madara off and spoke before he did, "Izuna Uchiha. I would love to teach him as well." Madara became dumbfounded, "Have... you met Izuna before...?" That's when Sakura internally began to shout, 'FUCK!' but on the outside, she chuckled softly, "I don't think there is a soul alive who has not heard of Madara and Izuna Uchiha."

This only boosted Madara's ego by a million until Hashirama cleared his throat, "Well Madara?" Madara instantly turned towards his old friend and nodded, "Very well, I accept." Sakura then began to chuckle, "Why don't you two just create a village together? That way... you won't have to lose anymore people who are precious to you. Fighting only creates darkness and a world of hurt and sadness... I do not wish to live in such times of grief..."

Hashirama's and Madara's eyes both widened immensely at this and Sakura continued, "From the way you two speak to one another, I would never be able to tell that you even are enemies... I wish to live in a world of peace and tranquility..." Both men watched in awe as the pinkette tilted her head upward to stare at the now sparkling night sky.

"She has a point Madara..." Hashirama spoke softly, yet sternly. Madara turned his head to look at Hashirama as Sakura began to explore her new clinic and home, "You know Hashirama... I believe for once... you are correct. I don't want to lose Izuna and I'm sure you don't want to lose that hateful little brother of yours either." Hashirama's face practically lit up at this, "Madara! Does this mean - does this mean!?" Madara released a soft chuckle and noddle, "It means, let's create that village we spoke of so long ago..."

Sakura finally exited her home to see both men shaking hands as smiles graced their faces, "Did I miss something?" Sakura smiled sweetly and both Madara and Hashirama shook their heads, "No, you missed nothing. However, you did open our eyes as to how pointless this war is. We will be joining forces tomorrow and from there, we will begin to build our village around your home and clinic."

She had never felt so happy in her entire life time as a bright smile came into play and she rushed to the two before gently grasping both behind the head and pulling them down towards her shoulders, "You two are amazing... simply amazing... I am proud of both of you for putting your differences aside so that the children can actually grow up happily with no worries." This caused both men to chuckle and Madara turned towards Hashirama, "Hashirama, may I have a word with you?"

Blinking rapidly at this, the leader of the Senju Clan nodded and Madara smiled at Sakura, "Give us a moment Sakura." Sakura nodded as tears of happiness slid down her face. Once the two clan leaders were out of Sakura's hearing range, Madara stopped and looked towards his old friend, "Hashirama, I wish to marry that girl one day." Hashirama bubbled with laughter and gave his old buddy a pat on the shoulder, "Well, she is one hell of a catch Madara. I wish you happy hunting."


From the shadows, a pair of hands reached out and grabbed Sakura, covering her mouth with one hand before dragging her away into the forest. Once the abductor deemed they had put enough distance between the two clan leaders, all movements stopped and finally his voice rang out, "Sakura... I'm sorry for what I did. Please, you have to believe me that I did not mean to harm you to the extent that I did." Tobirama pleaded to the now terrified pinkette.

Trembling, Sakura began to back away, but Tobirama followed until her back slammed into a tree. "S-Stop..." Sakura whispered in fear, but Tobirama continued to advance. He was now right in front of her and he was raising his hands, making it appear as if he was going to strangle her again and that's when all hell broke loose and Sakura began to scream at the top of her lungs as if she were being murdered.

Madara's and Hashirama's heads both snapped towards the sound and Hashirama already knew that Madara was much, MUCH faster, "GO MADARA!" Madara nodded and sprinted off at full speed until he lost the sound of Sakura's voice. Skidding to a stop, Madara began to thrash his head from side to side to figure out where the damsel in distress actually was, but found no one in sight, "What in the hell!?"

Tobirama held his hand over Sakura's mouth once again to keep her quiet and that's when she remembered that she had promised to never be a burden ever again. That's when she fought back and roughly bit down on Tobirama's hand, causing him to scream in pain. Madara's head shot to the side and he rushed towards Sakura, who now ran towards him with her eyes closed and tears streaming down her face until slamming into his broad chest and he protectively held onto her, "Sakura, SAKURA! It's me!"

Her hands were shaking so hard now that all she could do was hold onto the man who was deemed evil in the future. Tobirama stumbled out from his hiding spot and Hashirama finally caught up and put two and two together, "TOBIRAMA! ENOUGH OF THIS! I'M PUTTING YOU IN THE DUNGEON FOR THE NIGHT!" Tobirama's eyes widened in horror, "Elder brother! I was trying to-" Hashirama quickly cut his younger brother off, "Sakura, I know Tobirama will be able to escape the dungeon so I want you to stay with Madara tonight... okay?"

All she could do was agree and nod her head at this point in her now fucked up life. The past was now her life and there was not much she could say or do about it. Hashirama quickly grabbed Tobirama and right before the two left, the brunette turned around and smiled sadly at his friend, "Madara, please take good care of her. She's already scared, so it would be better if you didn't try anything."

The moment Hashirama got Tobirama home, he went right where he said he was going to be placed. The dungeon... but his elder brother was right about one thing... this cell would not hold him. He had to make things right with Sakura, even if that meant breaking into the Uchiha Clan's Stronghold.

Vanishing from his cell, the silver headed Senju male threw his marked kunai and used his Flying Raijin Jutsu to appear at the kunai before picking it up and repeating the process until he stood outside of the Uchiha Clan's Stronghold. However... Tobirama did not gain the little piece of information that she wouldn't even be there.

Madara and Sakura were currently inside her home making dinner together whenever Madara cleared his throat, "Sakura... would you... would you like to meet my little brother?" Sakura's eyes instantly began to sparkle and she nodded, "Oh, I would love to Madara!" Smirking at this, Madara nodded, "Good because he's already here." Gentle knocks of morse code began to echo off of the door and throughout the home and Madara instantly answered the door, "Izuna, good to see you."

Izuna smirked at this and held his fist up for a fist bump, which Madara mirrored before letting his little brother inside, "Izuna, meet Sakura. She will be teaching us... wait, you never told me the name of your jutsu Sakura!" Sakura giggled softly at this and came into the light, only for Izuna's face to gain a cute blush, "I will be teaching you medical ninjutsu. Good evening Izuna, my name is Sakura. It's such a pleasure to meet you."

Smiling bashfully, Izuna nodded, "It's nice to meet you too Sakura." Suddenly, massive explosions could be heard coming from the Uchiha Clan's Stronghold and Madara's eyes widened, "DAMN THAT TOBIRAMA!" Just as Izuna and Madara were both about to run out, Madara skidded to a stop, "Izuna, stay with Sakura and protect her with your life!" Izuna gave a firm nod before Madara practically vanished from how fast he was. Sakura stood there amazed, "Wow... your brother really is something else. No wonder they called him the god of war."

Izuna gained a puzzled expression and tilted his head so that his black ponytail swung free from his high collared Uchiha cloak, "Huh? "Called" as in past tense?" Sakura internally face palmed and then chuckled softly, "Oh it's just something I heard on my travels. You know... your brother and Hashirama are going to sign a peace treaty tomorrow and then they are going to start building the village they had visioned as children." Izuna appeared surprised by this, "Well, you must have said something to open big brother's eyes."

By the time Madara finally got to his clan's stronghold, he noticed many dead and many severely injured Uchiha's. Running over to a survivor, he knelt down and immediately asked, though he was pretty sure he already knew the answer, "WHO DID THIS!?" The male coughed up a slight amount of blood before saying two words, "Tobirama Senju..."


"Shikamaru, this isn't working at all!" Tsunade screeched angrily. Shikamaru groaned and released a sigh, "This is a drag, but it has to be done to bring Sakura back home. However..." This gained Tsunade's attention pretty damn quick, "However?!" Shikamaru was taking all of this verbal abuse for nothing, so Shizune stepped in and said it for him, "Sakura's chakra vanished. There might be other ways to bring her back, but the longer you sit here complaining, the less of a chance we have of bringing her back."

"That's not the only issue." Shikamaru claimed as he pulled out a history book that dated back to the Warring States Era that the First Hokage had written. Tsunade rose a delicate blonde brow at the book her grandfather had written, "What about that book Shikamaru? I've read it so many times I have it memorized."

Shikamaru gave the current Hokage a blank stare as he opened the book and pointed, "Sakura is now in Lord First Hokage's hand written journal." Tsunade's eyes widened before she snatched the book away from the lazy Nara male and began to read it over.

"On this day, I found a rather odd young girl with long pink hair. If I had to guess, she would probably be around the age of sixteen or seventeen; the same age as Tobirama. My greatest hopes and desires are that Tobirama can find companionship or even love with this mysterious young girl who called me "Lord First". If all goes well, I believe that hard heart he holds will begin to thaw and he will begin to see the true beauty in life." -Hashirama Senju

Tsunade had to sit down to continue reading at this point. Her student was actually changing history that might benefit the future. Tsunade couldn't have been more proud of Sakura. This girl who had once been too scared to fight with her eyes open was now doing things no one else has ever done. Shaking her head softly and smiling, she continued to read.

"Well, I cannot say if I made the right decision on bringing Sakura here to the Senju Clan's Stronghold. I noticed she was a shinobi and she told me she was a traveling medic for hire. I witnessed this power with my own two eyes and was amazed, so I hired her. Tobirama seems to hate Sakura and honestly, I believe the feelings are mutual. I made Tobirama a bodyguard and guide for Sakura while she stayed here, but things are not going well so far." -Hashirama Senju

"I just now sent Tobirama and Sakura out on an errand to pick up herbs that Sakura needed for her clinic to help the sick and injured. They have been gone for quite some time, so maybe they are getting along? I cannot be sure of this accusation. However, I did just gain word that Tobirama was last seen taking Sakura into his favorite tea house. Maybe they are going on a date! Ha, ha, ha, how great would it be if they fell in love!" -Hashirama Senju

"This isn't good... earlier today, I was walking by my favorite cherry blossom tree and found Sakura beneath it sobbing. The poor girl seems homesick or maybe Tobirama said something cruel to her, I didn't really know what to do, so I held her to give her comfort. After that, Tobirama appeared and took my place without the poor girl even noticing. Once she realized it was him, Sakura punched Tobirama so hard that he flew into another wall that was quite far away..." -Hashirama Senju

"I had to rush to Sakura's aid. I HAD TO! He was going to KILL her! Tobirama ended up strangling Sakura until she stopped breathing. I had to rush over and punch Tobirama off of her so that I could resuscitate her. Once I did, she adorned horrible bruising that I wish I hadn't seen. Right then and there I realized it wasn't safe in the stronghold for Sakura. I then went to the border of the Uchiha's land and the Senju's land and built Sakura a house and clinic. She will be moving in as soon as possible." -Hashirama Senju

"I finished building Sakura's home and clinic and have to say it looks awesome. Just as I was about to leave to retrieve Sakura, Madara stopped me and I explained everything to him and offered the Uchiha's care as long as they paid half of the funds for Sakura's service. Once I returned back to the stronghold, I heard Sakura screaming bloody murder and ran to her rescue, only to find Tobirama in her room. I quickly took Sakura out of there and we are now on our way for Sakura to meet with Madara." -Hashirama Senju

"Sakura is an angel. I swear it. Somehow, Sakura managed to talk both Madara and myself out of continuing this war before anymore children had to die. She said, "From the way you two speak to one another, I would never be able to tell that you even are enemies... I wish to live in a world of peace and tranquility..." For some reason, this hit both of us hard and we agreed to begin building the village we had envisioned in the past. However, it now seems Madara has grown attached to Sakura and now claims that he wishes to marry her. How great would that be?" -Hashirama Senju

"Oh no, Sakura was kidnapped by my own little brother! What is this world coming to!? Thankfully, Madara found Sakura in time and I am now taking Tobirama back to the stronghold to put in the dungeon for a night to cool down, but I did warn them that no dungeon would keep Tobirama at bay and I was right... The Uchiha Clan's Stronghold was attacked by Tobirama and his Tandem Paper Bombs. Many were injured and I am sure Sakura will now have her hands full with healing all of the wounded." -Hashirama Senju


The injured were piling up within Sakura's clinic and she now had three bowls of paint for this. Green for non-emergency wounds, yellow for severe-but not life threatening wounds, and red for the life threatening injuries. "We've got another one here for you, Sakura." Madara called out and the long haired pinkette ran to the male groaning in agony. Izuna had now watched Sakura use her medical ninjutsu so many times that he could help out with the basics, which Sakura was now grateful for considering how many wounded were now piling up.

In her eyes, this was just as bad as the Uchiha Clan Massacre that happened back in her time. The only problem with that analogy was the fact that she never actually witnessed the Uchiha Clan Massacre. "Izuna, can you go on and begin healing the yellow patients? If the damage is too severe, I can step in for you." Izuna nodded and began to heal the Uchiha's with a yellow spot of paint on them. The only issue was that people were dying faster than Sakura could heal them and she was now running low on chakra.

"Madara..." Sakura practically whispered out, causing him to turn his head, "What's the issue?" Sakura looked down and clutched her hands tightly together, "I... I don't have enough chakra to heal everyone..." Tears began to fill the pinkette's eyes and Madara smirked, "Then just use mine." Sakura looked up into Madara's determined eyes and she nodded, "All right, let's go!"

Sakura quickly took Madara's hand and lead him to a red patient and they then began to heal as one. Madara activated his Sharingan and began to intensely focus on everything that was being done until after the sixth patient. Madara then turned towards her with a smirk, "I've got the hang of it now Sakura, go on and take a break." Sakura couldn't believe her ears, yet that's when she finally remembered and shouted in a shocked tone, "OH MY GOD! HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN!?"

Madara and Izuna both turned towards Sakura with confused facial expressions and all she did in return was point to the diamond on her forehead. Activating the One Hundred Healing Mark, the tribal markings of the jutsu began to spread down her face and body until she was completely covered. Madara and Izuna looked at the pinkette with a facial expression of complete and utter shock considering both had their Sharingan activated.

"Big brother! Sakura's chakra is massive now!" Izuna claimed in a shocked tone. All Madara could think was, 'That's it... I really plan to make her my wife. She is simply perfect.' Izuna looked at his elder brother with a look of confusion considering he had never seen Madara act this way with another female before.

Sakura worked until she was completely finished healing all of the patients that had been harmed and deactivated her One Hundred Healing Jutsu. The pinkette then claimed that she was now going to take a short walk to get some fresh air and stretch her limbs out. Both Izuna and Madara made it clear that she should not venture too far away from the home for her own safety, but somehow she forgot this as she began to walk further and further into the woods.

Yawning tiredly, Sakura then froze the moment she felt chakra standing right behind her and she snapped around only to spot Tobirama, "WHAT DO YOU WANT!? DO YOU WANT TO KILL ME THAT BAD!?" She yelled angrily, causing Tobirama to slightly flinch before speaking, "No, Sakura... I've been trying to tell you that I want to apologize for my actions. It's... it's just hard to trust people in this day and age."

Sighing heavily and slightly annoyed by this point, the pink haired kunoichi folded her arms, "I forgive you. However, do not think I trust you at all... especially not after you almost killed me. If Hashirama hadn't been there, I would be dead for good. Do you understand that Tobirama!?" That had been the first time Sakura had called him Tobirama instead of merely calling him Tobi, which slightly shocked the silver headed Senju, "Sakura, you just called me Tobirama..."

Finding this odd that he had brought that up of all things, Sakura folded her arms, "What ever do you mean, Tobirama? That IS your name after all." Tobirama shook his head slightly and chuckled softly, "You've only called me Tobi up until this point." Sakura blinked rapidly as she thought back, only to realize that he was absolutely correct.

However, the pinkette was still not happy as she remembered all of the injured Uchiha's that she had to heal and scowled, "Also... why did you harm all of those innocent Uchiha's!?" That's when Tobirama scowled deeply, "Innocent!? The Uchiha's are a clan bred from EVIL!" Sakura heavily sweat dropped at this and groaned, "Seriously...? You are such a JERK!" This shocked the silver headed Senju male that this feisty pinkette would just come out and claim that he of all people was a jerk.

Right at that moment, Madara's voice was now calling out from a distance, "SAKURA?!" Tobirama looked at Sakura and sighed heavily, "I am not the bad guy Sakura... you will come to recognize that quite quickly." With that, Tobirama vanished and Sakura stood there highly confused as she muttered, "What did he mean by that...?" She had only been here for three days now and was just told that? Right then she knew she was in for one hell of a ride in this era.

Madara then ran up to the pinkette and nudged her shoulder, "Aye, it's not safe for you to wander this far away from home." Sakura turned around and saw the Uchiha's Clan leader smirk and wink towards her. Laughing softly, Sakura nodded, "Yeah, you're probably right. Let's go back home."

To Madara, that was the most calming and relaxing thing he had ever heard coming from a female's mouth. As the two walked back to Sakura's home, she couldn't help but feel a pair of eyes on her... yet she knew exactly who those cold eyes belonged to...

Tobirama Senju.


The next day came far too quickly for her liking as she sat up in bed, yawning. Slowly turning her head, that's when she noticed Madara had been sleeping beside her and she released a screech considering she had never honestly liked sleeping with any clothing on besides her underwear.

Izuna instantly bolted into the room, "SAKURA!? WHAT'S WRO-" Right at that moment, Izuna turned a deep shade of red and instantly covered his eyes, "S-SORRY S-SAKURA!" This was actually humorous to the pinkette as she burst into laughter, "I-IZUNA! YOU D-DUMMY!" Sakura choked out between her fit of giggles. Pulling the covers over her body, Sakura then shoved Madara out of the bed until he landed on the floor with a loud dead weight 'THUD!'

Shooting awake now, Madara instantly activated his Sharingan, thinking they were under attack; yet only found Izuna and Sakura laughing their asses off at the man that had just been pushed out of bed. Madara instantly gained an annoyed, yet tired facial expression as Sakura walked over to him and knelt down, still having the blanket wrapped around her body and used her free hand to lightly poke his forehead, "Next time you need a cuddle buddy, tell me before I'm asleep so that I don't freak out in the morning... okay?"

Madara didn't want to admit it, but his face turned a deep scarlet red, "I... I didn't mean to..." This is where Izuna burst into laughter once again, "Sakura, big brother sleep walks! Whenever he's cold, he basically turns into a baby kitten searching for warmth!" Madara instantly looked away with a bright red face. Sakura couldn't help it and chuckled softly, "That so...? Izuna, I'll be out to make breakfast in a moment."

Izuna fully understood as to what Sakura had meant, so he nodded, "Okay!" He turned around and walked out of the room, closing the door gently behind him and once Sakura knew he was gone, she gulped harshly. Considering Madara still had his head turned away like an embarrassed child that had just been caught with his hand in the cookie jar, he did not see the pinkette open the blanket that had been wrapped around her tiny, yet muscular frame before wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling his head to her chest.

The moment Madara felt Sakura's silky smooth skin was shocking enough to the point that each and every muscle within his body tensed up, but soon relaxed once he felt the pinkette's fingers gently running through his wild bedhead. This sensation made Madara so relaxed that his eyes slowly drooped once again and he gently murmured out, "Sakura... one day... I will... marry you..."

Soon enough, the big bad wolf was fast asleep with his arms wrapped around her core in a grip that was not tight, but it would not allow her to escape by any means. Sakura released a soft chuckle as she continued to show the god of war the affection he so desperately needed to save the future that she had originated from.

If she had the chance to protect what she held dear in the future...

Then she would stay and fight until the very end...

In the past...