Disclaimer I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

Takato arrived at the Hospital with Hikari sleeping on his back. He softly woke her up and after some minutes she understood the situation and extremely embarrassed she hopped off from his back. In the Hospital, Megumi was being treated by Sakura and Tobirama was waiting in the corridor. The little girl had burnt her hands and she had some little burns on her face, but the Pinkette healed her complete. When the duo entered the building, she had just asked the albino to enter so she could fix his rib. The little Koji girl was waiting outside and run to meet her sensei.

"You saw sensei!" she exclaimed "I could do it! But I need to practice more"

"You were awesome Megumi" Hikari sat next to her on a bench. Takato helped her and sat to her side. "Of course, we'll increase our training. You need to work on your concentration."

"I know!" her kohai answered "I will train hard!"

Inside the examination room Sakura was running a scan on Tobirama.

"I need you to take your shirt off" Sakura said as she wrote some notes on a chart. Silence was the only answer she received. She looked up from her chart and saw a grumpy albino that seemed more like a shy little boy, than the impressive warrior she knew. "Come on Tobirama-san, I need to check your torso."

"I thought healing chakra could work over clothes" he grunted.

"Yes, but I don't heal everything with healing chakra" the pinkette said serious "It would be counterproductive for the body"

"Why is that?" The Senju asked.

"Because medic ninjutsu accelerates the cell multiplication of the patient's body, and helps it heal faster." Sakura explained "It's essential in battle and in fatal wounds that need the fastest treatment. But to use it for everything, it's like cheating. Also is very chakra consuming, and I have lots of patients to attend" She added "Now please take your shirt off. Don't worry, I'm a kunoichi. I've had missions with male comrades; I had to treat my sensei and lots of men during war and in the Hospital. I even do surgeries. Don't be shy."

"Hn." Tobirama said, and started to remove his clothes.

"You're starting to bruise. Let me see" she said and started to analyze the marks. She realized he had lots of poorly healed scars that clearly meant he had fought a lot. This man suffered a lot too. "She really did a small number on you. We weren't sure she might even hit you" she said absentmindly. She touched him on his left side and he suddenly moved in discomfort. "Does it hurt?"

"It tickles…" he said bored "but yes, it also hurts"

"You have a broken rib there" Sakura checked with her tact and applying a little of chakra.

"That's what Izuna told me" The Senju answered.

"Boy, that brat is sure learning fast" Sakura smiled still focused on his injury and the bruise it created.

"Aren't you younger than him?" Tobirama asked rising an eyebrow.

"Nani?" she asked

"You shouldn't be calling him 'brat', he is your sempai" he elaborated with a serious tone. Kami, this man was pretty difficult. She sighed.

"It's an affectionate way to call him, Tobirama-san" the pinkette said "and he is going to become my apprentice, so he will be my kohai instead of sempai, you know?" she moved to a counter and grabbed an ointment. "Stay still" she asked as she put the ointment aside and grabbed the area surrounding the broken rib, one hand on his back and the other one on his upper left abdomen. "I need to realign the bone so I can start healing it" she explained "It will hurt, and you will hear sort of a 'snap'. Be patient."

The kunoichi closed her eyes and started to apply strength from both sides, moving her tandem like she was doing some kind of tai chi-like taijutsu. In a swift movement a snap was heard and the Albino almost cried out loud, but he ended clenching his teeth hard and suppressing a scream instead.

"Excellent" Sakura observed "It has aligned perfectly. Now I'll use chakra to fasten the calcium regeneration so the rib will weld efficiently." The Shinobi nodded as green chakra started to flood his inner left ribcage.

'She sure has a perfect chakra control' he thought 'and that seal withholds an insane amount of chakra.' The albino thought that he actually didn't know much about them; aside what they had told him and some small chats with Hikari during trainings. He started to feel guilty, because y really seemed to be good hearted people, and he was always so serious and rude with them. He might have even killed her friend… his ramblings were interrupted by Sakura.

"Done!" she said smiling. He looked to his side and saw his skin was still purple. "How do you feel?"

"I'm still bruised" Tobirama answered in a plain face. "It still hurts"

"Yes, the bruise needs to heal by itself" she said "But pay attention to the pain, how is it?" The Senju moved to both sides and realized something.

"It's an external pain. It doesn't hurt inside anymore" he concluded.

"That's perfect!" The Pinkette clapped her hands smiling. "Now I'll put this ointment on your skin and bandage you up" she grabbed the supplies and showed to him "this is a mixture of natural herbs and oils that help the skin reabsorb the blood from the broken vessels, and also has anesthetic quality." He nodded. As she worked on him, he thought about making a little conversation but something stopped him. The Pinkette might not be a sensor, but she had become sort of an expert on emotions, and was sensitive about that in the atmosphere. When she ended her task she went to grab her chart and wrote some extra stuff there.

"You can dress up again" She said. The man did as asked, still feeling that he might have said something more. He didn't need to think further about that because his medic spoke first. "When you're finished, please have a seat next to my desk" she asked.

"Hn." The Senju said, did she want to speak with him about what almost happened?

Once Sakura was sitting behind her desk, she started to rearrange some papers. He finished and walked next to her and sat down a nearby chair. He didn't say a word.

"Tobirama-san" the pinkette started "I know for sure that all of you have had tough infancies and because of that I assume you all were witnesses of a lot of violence." He kept silent, what she had just said was pretty obvious, but he knew that that was not the point. "I think you all are traumatized in a way because of that. It's a common mental reaction. We all have traumas"

"So?" his voice was husky, maybe it was because the small knot that was forming in his throat.

"Some people like Hashirama-san or Madara-san tend to overturn their frustrations in something positive, like the idea of the Village, or creating peace from where is always horror and pain, though they fight a lot" her tone was very professional, and he was very impressed by how older she seemed while talking like that. "Takato-san and Toka-san are that way too. They both want to help and protect their precious people. But there are some other types of people like Izuna-san or yourself that bury their pain inside an internal cage and become cold and closed off to people." He was right, she was talking about what happened, she continued "And those are the most dangerous ones" 'SHIT' he thought.

"It was not my real intention to kill your friend" he said getting defensive.

"I am not talking about that" she cut his speech, and he looked at her confused. "There is something called Post Traumatic Syndrome. It's often seen on people that had witnessed horror and violence in any time of their lives. Not everyone develops it, but the trend is higher in the last type of people that I've mentioned. People that bottle up things, and don't trust their loved ones"

"Bottle-up you say…" Tobirama thought out loud, and it was her turn to look at him with a curious look. "Izuna and Hikari-san mentioned the same thing."

"Well, Hikari-chan has had something similar, but it didn't escalate much. She would become very violent when she was extremely hurt emotionally." The pinkette explained. "Even I have moments like that. I don't know if Hashirama-san told you about it, but I almost destroy a mountain when I lost a patient in the Merchant village." His eyes opened up wide at that.

"No, he didn't mention It." He said "I guess we don't talk much aside of Village-related things" Sakura nodded with interest and made a mental note about something she thought, she preferred to continue with her story for now.

"The only thing that stopped me from my rampage was Hikari-chan becoming my punching bag" she said smiling sad. "I'm not proud about that, but I am always working on it. We both are." She continued "On our Konoha I created a clinic that attended emotionally injured people, especially children and shinobi victims of war. Lots of kids had lost their families and witnessed the horror, and that's the difference with your era. Those children didn't go to war like you did. War destroyed their world."

The Senju remained silent. That's why they were so angry when the saw the children on the battlefield the day they arrived.

"I was inspired mostly by my teammates and Sensei Story, and also Hikari-chan's the one you know." Sakura needed him to know more. "Naruto had lost his parents, and everybody in the village used to hate him because he had the Kyuubi sealed inside. Dammit even I was mean to him in the beginning, until I made friends with Hikari-chan and knew him better. Even though he had an awful past and present, he still was bright looking at the future. Sasuke-kun had had a beautiful infancy, he was loved by his mother and brother, and he had finally received respect from his father, the head of the Uchiha Clan. But when they all were murdered he became cold. He eventually closed off to us and ended up becoming a murderer, and the number 1 enemy of the Village. Kakashi sensei had suffered his father suicide by seppuku, and had lost a friend during war, his other teammate committed suicide by throwing herself in front of his attack, and his Sensei -Naruto's dad- died tragically some time later."

"His teammate committed suicide by his hand?" Tobirama said "That's sick"

"She had been captured by the enemy and they had sealed a tailed beast inside her so they would release it in Konoha and destroy everything." The pinkette explained "during the battle Kakashi-sensei was attacking some of her captors and she jumped intercepting the attack, she preferred to die than to be a tool in an attack on the Village. He pierced through her heart because she didn't give him time to react. That haunted him for decades". The albino paled a little, he gulped hard.

"So their stories inspired you to do what?" he managed to say.

"To create a clinic, so those emotionally injured people wouldn't be alone, and could have support." She answered "Kakashi-sensei became a cold, insensitive man after that. The perfect shinobi assassin. Sasuke-kun for a moment lost his mind; It got worse when he learned that his brother had killed his Clan because it was an order from a Village elder. He ended up killing that man, piercing over one of his henchmen that was being held by him. I could save her but he tried to kill me."

"Kill you? Wasn't him your friend?" He was absorted in her story. 'He really is a good listener' the kunoichi observed.

"At that time we were nothing to him" She said hurt "He wanted to destroy all the bonds he had because he said they were weaknesses"

"I can see the point in that. Father used to say something like 'feelings make you weak' and something like that" he said "What happened to him in the end?" The Senju asked curious. He used to hate Uchiha, but this kid seemed to have endured a lot.

"He never listened. After the war he wanted to destroy the Village and Naruto fought him." Sakura told him "in a battle to death." She made a pause "they used all the chakra they had left on one attack each, and when they clashed together the explosion almost kill them. We found them laying down over a pond of their own blood, both missing the arm with which they had launched their attacks. That's when Naruto's words finally reached Sasuke-kun's heart. And he apologized to him, to me and to everybody. Now he is a loyal shinobi of the leaf, and even though he is still cold and reserved, he knows he can count on us as family. Anytime he felt bad, he came to talk to us and releasing his pain made him feel better"

A long silence followed all her story. It was too much to process for Tobirama. Sakura was a bit embarrassed because she thought she had spoken too much.

"I'm sorry, I've spoken a lot…" she started to apologize.

"Don't" he cut "there is no need to apologize. You're telling me all of this because you think my case is related to them, am I right?" she shyly nodded "You're my medic, where's all that security from the beginning? You can't be shy if you're going to treat me." Her face brighten.

"So… you…" she tried to say something.

"Yes" he looked at her serious "I need help. I wanted to kill Hikari-san for a moment, but it wasn't like that, I-I…" he made a pause "I was angry. Her attack, her techniques. I thought she was cheating."

"Why would she be cheating?" Sakura interrupted.

"Because you come from the future, and you seem to know me." He stated "And I don't know how, because I am sure I was long dead before you were born" Sakura's colors left her face for a moment and he noticed, but say nothing. "And Maki-chan… I-I…" he stopped his rambling. 'Why did I mentioned her now? After all this years…' He thought.

"Wait a moment" The pinkette regained her composure. "She didn't cheat. We do know a little about you, and I can't tell you why, because it will spoil some things of the future. Just know that there's some information on our history books about you and your brother. And you actually created a lot of jutsu used on our era. But that's not the case. She didn't have any advantage aside knowing you're the best sensor and use water style jutsu." She was a little worked up right now and she needed to calm that because of the things she needed to ask next. "That's why I said we didn't think she could harm you like she did. I think it's because you're still young, and you were older when you created all the jutsu we know."

"Hn." He said crossing his arms "I see your point. But you both underestimate yourselves"

"I know" Sakura sighed "It's a thing in the Village that women tend to underestimate themselves. I think is a bit misogynist." She chuckled.

"Misogynist?" Tobirama asked "What is that?"

"It's a way of thinking that women are less worthy and weaker than men." She explained, and was surprised to hear him snort.

"That's stupid" he said "Women give birth, protect and defend their camps, and some of them even fight side by side with men during battle. We men are the ones that sometimes are unworthy of them" He stopped because of Sakura's delighted expression "What?" he said now exasperated.

"Who would have thought you were a feminist…" she said amused, and noticing his face she added "it's a person that believes in genre equality"

"I think if you speak with my brother and even the Uchiha Siblings they all think the same" he said a bit flustered looking to the side. He heard her giggle.

"I know." Sakura answered. "Anyway, there are three things left I need to ask you. May I?"

"Go on" Tobirama allowed.

"First of all, I would want to have some encounters like this with you. It's called therapy." Sakura said "We can work together on your trauma, so you never lose yourself again. Would you like to?"

"What do we do in therapy?" the albino asked.

"You sort of open that bottle of feelings you have buried inside you, and we try to heal them" she explained.

"That seems an embarrassing thing to do" he theorized.

"I will keep professional secrecy." The pinkette swore "Anything you say to me won't leave our sessions, unless you want to share it." He considered for a moment and nodded. "Excellent, we can do this weekly. We'll set the appointments once I finish this shift." She wrote something on her chart again "The second thing I needed to ask to you is about your relationship with Hashirama-san."

"What about it?" the man asked grunting again.

"Have you ever opened and talked to him?" she enquired. He remembered the last month and a half, all the small conversations they had had and remembered one specially. The one they had after he had spoken to Takato.

"I did it once, almost a month ago" he said. "I had spoken with Takato about sibling's relationship and I had the Urge to express some stuff I had inside since I was a child"

"And how did it feel?" The kunoichi asked.

"Lighter" Tobirama resumed.

"Good. That's what I want to work with you" she said "For our next encounter think about your relationship with your family in general, and your elder brother in particular."

"Okay" he nodded.

"And the last thing…" she made a pause "Who is Maki-chan?"

Once Tobirama was healed, It was Hikari's turn to be checked by her Friend. The albino looked at her and nodded in her direction as he left the building. She was sure he felt awkward and still feel guilty, but he seemed lighter than he was before. 'Maybe Sakura has spoken with him about what happened' she thought.

The Uchiha helped her up and lead her at the Pinkette's door. She told him to go and get some rest, because she will get out from the examination room walking fine, so he offered to accompany Megumi to her home. There was a small awkward silence between the two grown-ups, and they weren't sure why. Megumi jumped from her spot when she saw Ichigo arriving with Toka and the other Uchiha. She felt bad he was injured because of her, but when her Sakura appeared through the door to call another patient she saw everybody and approached him and healed him in a matter of seconds. Izuna didn't want to try helping him yet, because he was still a little boy and he wasn't sure about chakra amounts.

The pinkette made her friend get inside and the rest of them decided to leave to grab something to eat before their shifts.

When they were inside the room, Sakura quickly checked her friend. She had more bruises than her counterpart, but Izuna had healed the majority of her injuries.

"He really is getting better on this" the pinkette exclaimed pleased. "I can't wait to teach him all I know"

"Next week, wasn't it?" Hikari asked "I know you grew fond of Madara and Hashirama, but they might need mornings to work on the Hokage naming, and also I have nothing else to teach to the Night Shifters."

"It seems fair" she answered giggling about the nick name her friend had given to the night group. "Let me check your ribs, I thought I noticed one slightly cracked"

"How can you do that without having any dojutsu?" The Takishima was in awe with her friend's abilities. Sakura chuckled.

"It's because of your body language." She said "People adopt a specific position whenever something is not okay. You were in pain, but if you had a broken rib, like Tobirama-san had, you would have been hurting more. How did you fix the dislocation?"

"Sometimes I forget you are like a female Shikamaru." Hikari joked "I asked Takato-san and Toka for help. I forgot to tell him to let go of my arm when he heard a snap, but he did it anyway. He got mad at me and gave me an earful" she laughed, her friend following her.

"Really? So cute! Why did I miss that!" Sakura exclaimed while healing her "You two have a nice thing going on there…"

"WHAT?" the Takishima blushed.

"You seem to be really at ease with him, It's difficult to explain…" she said "It's like you're not friends but you have a special bond"

"Not friends? What do you mean about that?" her friend asked.

"I mean, it's not the same relationship you have with Izuna-san, nor with Hashirama, or Madara-san" the pinkette explained "You told me you like him, but that being said, it looks like you may really fit together"

"Shut up" Hikari laughed embarrassed "You're being silly, and I don't have time for romance right now. I'm on the same grounds as you" when she saw Sakura's eyes wonder around she doubted about what she had said "Or maybe I'm wrong… How's your relationship with Madara-san?"

"There's nothing new under the Sun" Sakura said smiling.

"You seem different" her friend pointed out serious "It's been a long time since we've talked"

"Don't be silly, we talked just yesterday!" the pinkette laughed

"That doesn't count" Hikari said "We were talking about my spar with Tobirama-san, not about boys" She crossed her arms and made a knowing face."

"Okay, you want to talk?" the kunoichi asked, and seeing the Takishima nodding she added "then dress yourself up again and come join me for lunch, I have a bento made by Matsu that seems to be heavenly"

"Oh! I'm starving!" the brunette rushed over her desk and sat next to her to share a meal. "So, tell me. What's going on with you? I can tell you don't blush or get nervous around Madara or whenever I tease you with him."

"I don't know…" Sakura bite her chopstick. "It seems I am not shy anymore, since I checked his head for the curse of hatred. I told you we spoke a lot, and I told him about Sasuke-kun. I ended up saying something pretty embarrassing but even though I kind of set myself on fire, it morphed our relationship into a more relaxed one" she knew she was blushing, but It was kind of an obvious reaction given the fact she was confessing something important to her friend –and also remembering the conversation.

"Kami Sakura, what did you say?" Hikari urged from the border of her seat.

***FLASHBACK***

"Madara-san" the pinkette called from the door, he looked at her and noticed that now in the dimmed he could trace all her face features perfectly. "If that bastard of Sasuke could win to that thing being in the lowest someone can be, you will stand your fight unscratched. I know what I'm saying, you're way a better man than he could ever dream to be." She smiled and abruptly turned her back so she could make her big exit. Actually she was red of embarrassment and she didn't want him to notice 'CHA YOU DID ONE HELL OF A CONFESSION MISSY!' Inner exclaimed in joy 'Come on, I had to say that. It was pretty embarrassing though, but it might give encourage his faith' Sakura argued 'DON'T LIE TO US, WE KNOW YOU REALLY FEEL THAT WAY. HE HAD STEPPED OVER EVERY TINY LITTLE REMINDER OF YOUR LOVE FOR SASUKE' the voice had spot a nail 'Oh, I need Hikari Chan to wake up, I need to talk to her!' Sakura lamented.

***END OF FLASHBACK***

"WHOA!" The brunette exclaimed almost choking with her food "You never told me that!" she was grinning widely. "Inner is right; you did one hell of confession there!"

"Oh, come on" Sakura moaned 'CHAAA I TOLD YOU! SHE THINKS THE SAME THAN ME". She did her best to ignore Inner, she was insufferable when she thought she was right, which was mostly always.

"What happened then?" Hikari said resuming her eating. "Don't you dare give me information in small portions." The pinkette snorted.

"Nothing else happened" she said "It was a bit awkward at the beginning, but then it changed and we achieved some level of confidence in where we treat each other like equals"

"That is so cool!" the Takishima exclaimed "I always wanted a big brother, so I guess Madara might be like a brother in law or something if he ends up with you…" she mocked her innocently.

"Or if you end up with his brother" Sakura counter attacked, and Hikari became red this time. Her joke had backfired.

"Anyway, changing subject" the latter cleared her voice "Have you spoken with Tobirama-san?"

"Hn?" the pinkette asked absentmindly and remembered the last part of their conversation.

***FLASHBACK***

"And the last thing…" she made a pause "Who is Maki-chan?"

The albino swallowed hard, and his eyes widened. He wasn't expecting this question. He started to feel cold, and he knew it was some kind of anxiousness. He realized that Sakura could notice that too. Should he tell her about Maki-chan? Well, if she was going to be his mind medic, maybe he should. He cleared his voice.

"Maki-chan was an important person to me" He explained "And was killed in a battle with the Hagoromo Clan some years ago"

"I see" Sakura said "How important was she? Like a friend, or maybe… a love interest?" This woman was sharp.

"You could say so" he grunted a bit nervous "I was thinking of courting her before everything…" he couldn't continue, his voice left him. The pinkette got up from her seat and walked to him. She put her hands on his shoulders and she spoke to him like she was speaking to a frightened child.

"It's okay to cry, even if you are a boy, a man or the fearless Shinobi" she said in a kind motherly voice, he remembered again his Oka-san "She deserves that you let your emotions flow, not repress them. You've been repressing for so long, Tobirama-san"

He didn't want to, he had been able to control his emotions for years. But why couldn't he stooped the water falling down his face like it was another water jutsu.

"You were drowning your heart in sorrow" Sakura said "Now it's the time to let the water go" That's when he broke down in tears, sobbing hard. She didn't want to push him harder, so she let go of his shoulders to give him space to mourn. He grabbed his head, supporting his elbows over his knees. He was like this for a while. After some minutes she went behind him and sent a bit of green chakra between his shoulder blades and he calmed down.

"You need to rest, Tobirama-san" She asked gently "Now go and eat something, and then sleep to get your head in a healthier place. Then come and find me. We'll arrange our second meeting"

"Second?" he said more composed.

"Sure! This was the first one" the Pinkette explained, and smiled at him as she noticed the tears had vanished from his droopy eyes.

***END OF FLASHBACK***

"Sakura?" Hikari called her back to reality.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something" she said "We arranged that I would have therapy sessions with him, so we could work on his snapping. I'm positively its PTS."

"And he agreed with that?" the Takishima asked impressed.

"Yes he did. Fortunately" the pinkette sighed.

"That's good." She considered "He is a good man"

"Indeed…" her friend answered. "Now tell me about you, your reaction to his attack was desperate. Did you release Ōtsutsuki chakra or not?"

"HN?" Hikari was surprised by her sudden change of subject, but what worried her more was her also sudden seriousness. "No, I didn't" she answered "It was more like an involuntary response; I don't know why I got that frightened. It felt familiar… but I don't remember being in a similar situation"

Sakura made a long pause. 'Is she...? no it can't be' The Takishima thought 'she looks like she feels guilty about something'.

"What's going on Sakura?" She asked bluntly. Her friend opened her eyes wide.

"There's something that I know that you need to know." The pinkette said more serious than ever. "And now no one can't forbid me to tell you" she sighed "It seems you have already developed the same reaction during your trainings with Naruto and Jiraiya-sama" she explained.

"WHAT?" it made no sense to the brunette that statement?

"Tsunade-sama had a record about yourself that contained in detail the times you snapped and accessed to your Ōtsutsuki's Chakra without thinking." Sakura said in just one breath. "I wasn't allowed to tell you, like you weren't allowed to tell Naruto. I was waiting for a moment to leak it out to you, but it never happened and I eventually forgot. Until I saw you today"

"You lied to me all this years?" the Takishima said hurt.

"I-I…" Sakura didn't want her to get angry, but she had no excuse "You could say so. I learnt about that while checking the Clinic Records and I wanted to tell you. But Tsunade Sama told me that it was fixed, that your seal was okay and if you knew it would have made you feel bad for yourself. Or maybe that you were dangerous" The brunette was down and her eyes were shiny. She wasn't crying, but she felt deeply hurt. The pinkette took something from her pouch and handled it to her. "Here" she said "This is a very summarized health record of you. I did this kind of thing whenever I needed to participate on a mission, because it will help me to treat patients if needed." Hikari took the piece of paper as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"I reacted against my will if I am utterly angered or scared?" she read out loud. Of course that wasn't what Sakura had written, but it meant something similar.

"Tsunade-sama told me that you used to react any time Naruto expelled a tail during your training with Jiraiya-sama" The pinkette explained "It seemed you got extremely scared and the chakra just flowed over your seal to protect you, and you entered in a sort of Sage Mode that could attack directly the Kyuubi. "

"H-how could I…" Hikari kept reading "How did they stop me?"

"By knocking you out" she explained "Jiraiya had to do that because it enraged the Kyuubi and it would be counterproductive. I think he might have done that with a Genjutsu, as Shizune told me. That's why you don't remember"

"Shizune knew too?" Hikari said with tears on her eyes "Of course she would who I am kidding!" she abruptly got up from her chair, and Sakura mimicked her.

"Wait! Hikari chan" she followed her friend that was walking to the door. "Please" she begged "I am sorry I didn't tell you sooner, you're right to be mad but please, forgive me." She grabbed her gently by her wrist to retain her and bowed apologizing. The Takishima looked at her hurt.

"I-I am not mad at you…" she said "Well, maybe I am, I don't know. I need to get some fresh air. We'll talk about this later" The pinkette let go of her.

"Okay, promise me we'll talk about this." She begged again "I don't want to lose your friendship because of this." She was almost crying. Her friend sighed.

"You won't lose my friendship" she assured "I just need to think. I didn't understand why I was so scared when Tobirama charged against me, and now that you are saying this, I am starting to remember Naruto in two or maybe three tails form attacking Ero-Sennin. And I don't know if that's true or it's just my mind toying with me because of what you've said." She opened the door "Please let me do some thinking, but I promise, you'll never get rid of me, baka". She did a one sided sad smile and Sakura nodded, and then she left.

'Kami, why did they have to make this so difficult? Why did they always prefer to hide the truth? Just like with Naruto.' Sakura thought hurt, while cleaning the tears from her eyes. She closed the door and went back to her desk to drink some water and try to compose herself.

"Maybe it wasn't the best moment" she said out loud to nobody. She suddenly heard a soft noise coming from the window, like someone was hitting it with a tiny tool. She looked and found a Uchiha falcon with a message address to her. And it was no regular Uchiha Falcon. It was Madara's.

***AUTHOR'S NOTE***

Small chapter! But I needed to update soon. I have lots of things to write, but this chapter was more Sakura-centric. I told you the last one that I have tons of MadaSaku ahead (well maybe not tons, but lots of stuff), and it's not always shipping. I like her sympathetic side since the War and specially during The Last. I think she would be the best person to be trusted by Tobirama to heal himself. And also I want to show the medical/Psycological idea of different types of trauma, and the effects of bottling up things (I do love that expression)

I loved the MadaSaku flashback, If you are looking for that conversation, is located on Chapter 29 "Sharingan and Curse". Also if you ship both MadaSaku and TakaHika you will love next chapter!

And those that Love Hashirama, he will have the spotlight soon… Will he become Hokage this time too?

Hope you're doing fine. Keep safe, and love.

Bella