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Mysterious Goddess ║

5 days ago...

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As Hashirama has been successfully escaped from his clan's village, he cautiously runs as quickly as he can in hope that no one will ever notice and followed him. In his thoughts, he couldn't wait to meet his friend again at the designated place where they first met as they skipping their stones.

He travels in the middle of the woods jumping on tree branches. In 30 minutes after, he finally sees the river stream not too far away from his sight. As he leapt from above the air, time was seemingly in the deliberate state, he promptly glanced down and saw a lady shaded herself with her red paper-oil umbrella on the ground whilst she ambling at the pathway. The time then runs to normal, without any hesitations, Hashirama immediately stops on one of the branches. Thinking to ask a question to the lady of wandering herself alone into the woods. Scarcely, he landed on the ground and stands in a few inches at the back of her and at the same time, she paused, knowing of Hashirama's presence.

"Excuse me miss. I apologize for interrupting your travel but... this place is dangerous especially a lady like you walking alone in the forest." Hashirama said kindly.

The girl that he tried to talk didn't respond directly to him and remained in silence as her back blocked by her umbrella. Hashirama blinking his eyes, utterly bemused. He doesn't know if she heard him or not but he then tried to talk to her again.

"Uhh...hello? Are you alright, miss?" Hashirama puzzled but then he thought that the lady might be terrified of him. He showed his gentle smile. "Don't be afraid of me. I didn't want to harm you-".

Hashirama stopped all of a sudden when the lady were interrupted his words by her instant chuckled. He rose his left brows and confused.

"Why should I afraid of you?" She finally spoke with such an angelic voice. Then she turned around and faced him. Hashirama sees her fixed pink hair with emerald eyes and wore a yellow kimono with some printed flowers on it. Hashirama's eyes were sparkling in astonishment. "Is there any reason for being afraid of you?" She continued with her bright smile.

'Wow...' He thought. Amazed of her angelic beauty. He came closer to her and smiled at her back. His head was slightly turned to upwards and stares brightly at Sakura's face. He instantaneously feeling embarrassed.

"I'm sorry if I stopped you, but I was worried about a lady like you walking alone in this dangerous forest." He scratches his head shyly. Sakura chuckled again.

"I'm fine and I know these place very well. This is one of the places going to a certain location to find wild herbs so I'm sure I'm not getting lost or something."

"I understand. But even so. This is also a battle area for clan shinobis. You must be careful and cautious. Just run and escape if you encountering one." Hashirama warned in a humour way as his forefinger shook like an older stranger lecturing a kid. That made Sakura showing her constant smile as she reminded him of her knucklehead best friend of hers.

"Ano...where are you heading at, miss? I don't mind if I'll guide you." Hashirama blinked.

Sakura wave her hand,"I'm alright. Just wanted to get some proper rest on the river banks first before heading back home."

"Really! I'm gonna meet someone there." Hashirama brightened.

"Oh...you're going to date with that 'someone' hmm?~"

She teased and pretending that she didn't know who will be meeting with. Hashirama suddenly turned pale. He quickly looked depress with falling vertical flats above while his head turned downwards. Afterwards, Sakura fell her sweat-drop on his forehead and didn't anticipate that he was that kind of a person fell rapidly depressed.

"I-I never d-dated a boy...miss. I swear I...didnot." Hashirama muttered in a funny weird way of depression. Sakura quickly waves her hands in a slight stutter.

" S-Sorry! I-I didn't know it wasn't a girl." She laughed weakly.

"Or! You can come with me and I'll introduce you to him? Sounds a good idea?" Hashirama formed to his normal self as Sakura nodded in agreement.

"Sure thing! It's nice to meet new ...What's your name?" Sakura suddenly asked him as if she didn't know. Now, she forthwith started the manoeuvre.

"Oh I'm sorry for not introducing myself. My name is Hashirama...but I'm unfortunately cannot tell you my last name. You see, I'm a shinobi and that's one of our rules. "He answered. Then the two of them began to walk on the path.

"And my name is...Sakura." She spoked. She knew how Hashirama will going to react.

In a few seconds, Hashirama frozed that made him stop to walk as Sakura leave him behind.

"...S-Sakura?...is that...your name?" Hashirama stammered as if he sees a ghost. Sakura then stops, she turned herself around until she found a disbelief face of a Senju boy.

Sakura's semi red lips were smiling weakly, then it began to open, " ...Yes...I am Sakura. The one who saved Kawarama. Senju Hashirama."

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Time passed, they already reached the riverbank, Hashirama and Sakura were both sat together in front of the calm stream of the river.

Hashirama remains his constant strange look at Sakura, still cannot able to ponder properly about her. Incredulous of meeting Sakura - Kawarama's saviour- and doesn't know how to speak and give her foremost gratitude for saving his younger brother's life.

Until Sakura breaking their silence.

"I know what are you thinking, Hashirama-san." Sakura spoke formally that made Hashirama gasp softly as he surprised that Sakura knew what he's been thinking about. Thrilling of what Sakura will going to tell him about how his brother was revived from death.

"T-Thinking...about what?" Hashirama pretentiously playing dumb with her. Sakura closes her eyes, smelling the fresh air. After her sight, her jaw remained open until she speaks.

"That I revived your younger brother?" Sakura answered.

Hashirama was slightly dumbfounded. 'She..can read minds? No...that's..' he thought and turned frown at her. "It's because Kawarama had told me that's why you predict what's in my mind," he said sternly.

Sakura turns her head to her and rose her pink brow. "Obviously kiddo. I never said that I can read minds." Sakura can actually can. Wanting to pretend a slight naive girl and knew that Hashirama playing dumb around to test her.

Hashirama admittedly got him, but still, it is impossible for him to read minds...because he didn't feel her chakra's spikiness. However, he still gave her a solemn glare, "But you did really revived him back then, didn't you?"

"No." Sakura answered instantly. "It was just his illusion. I am just lucky that Kawarama had a slight heartbeat. I resuscitate him until he gained consciousness." She has to lie for the meantime. Suddenly, she feels a wramp around her body. She looked down, it was Hashirama who hugged her tightly.

"You have no idea how grateful when he was saved by you. Thank you so much, Sakura-san.I..I don't want to lose all my brothers..or..or-"

"-call me Sakura." Sakura wrapped her hands around him warmly. In a few minutes, she then broke him and Hashirama trying to hold his tears by using his arm to wipe his tears as he sniffs. Sakura palmed him on his head. Her lips smiles widen.

That moment, Hashirama began to converse constantly at Sakura as he became elated than ever before. They were laughing for each other when they start talking about Madara telling her that Madara cannot able to pee when someone behind his back. Sakura then admitted that she knew Madara, explaining to him how she met Madara in a strange but hilarious way.

Afterwards, Sakura decided to give something special. And it was a karachi bag full of special pills for him.

"Sugoi! T-thank you!" Hashirama found their gaze each other and smiles weakly, "Sakura-nee-chan."Suddenly, Hashirama stutters his head in surprise. He quickly hid Sakura's Karachi pouch into his inner pocket on his katana.

Then Hashirama noticed a spikiness of other person's presence, he immediately turned his head around and saw a staggered Madara. His face brightens and gradually opens his jaw.

"Ooooooooooooooiiiiii!" Hashirama continuously waves frantically with his vivid smile. He then immediately stands up and ran towards Madara.

Meanwhile, Sakura still remaining her place while her emerald pair of iris move at the left corner of her eyes and smirking. She intends to conceal her chakra since her first encounter of a young Senju boy, intentionally when she was pretending to wonder in the forest.

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Night..

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Hashirama finally returned to his clan village. He stares at the forest meters away, grins with a tease after he found himself out that Madara did really liked Sakura after he noticed his best friend's actions towards her.

"Unbelievable. Not only he hates someone standing behind his back but I didn't foresee Madara has a crush to Onee-chan." Hashirama teased.

He began to walk slowly towards their huge wooden wall. A plan struck from his head about wanting an ambush surprise towards his brothers. He hid his chakra then he jumps mutely onto the rooftops until he reaches their home. However, the unexpected things that he inadvertently heard something after he peaked his head near at the slightly opened window below while he's on the roof.

" Otou-sama, you're here?" Hashirama heard Tobirama's voice. He suddenly turned meticulous. His father just arrives from their bedroom. He sensing their chakras and find himself out that only Tobirama and Batsuma are there. His other two brothers seemingly sleeping in the other spare rooms. Then he decided to continue listening to their conversation in scrupulous.

"Where is Hashirama?" Batsuma asked and slightly glared at Tobirama.

"He probably coming here after he trained just for himself, father," Tobirama responded. Hashirama was shocked after he heard Tobirama's answer. He thought that how come he never saw him was training with someone? Has Tobirama certainly tailed him or one of his brothers? But the most important thing that Tobirama never saw that he was with someone else earlier.

"So he just trained all by himself? Nothing else suspicious?" Batsuma asked in somewhat with the sound of a dubious voice.

"Affirmative, Otou-sama."Tobirama answered.

'How can this happen?' Hashirama thought confusedly.

Something's went wrong about Tobirama's spied on him. What he saw was obviously Hashirama because both of his two other brothers have stayed in the compound for the whole day.

'That's...impossible. He may be cast from someone else's genjutsu!' He thought. 'But who did it?'

In a few seconds, when he looks at the left side, he gapes his eyes nervously as he saw a cat hissing and trying himself not to shout or making any noises.

Tobirama suddenly noticed something suspicious from the outside then he scurries goes out from the room. Subsequently, what he seeing is a brown cat apparently just came across in front of their shoji door and then the cat runs away in fear. He goes outside the room to check then he looks upon the rooftop but there are no signs of a person on there. Tobirama as known to his clan has a good chakra sensory, but luckily, Hashirama hid his chakra. If he didn't, Hashirama will be caught right now.

"Who's out there?" Batsuma asked his son while he crosses his hands.

"Nothing father. It was just a cat." Tobirama answered. He still peered at the rooftop in suspicion. After Tobirama's inspection, he thought that he just sensed the cat and then he went into the room and closes the window.

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An Hour Later...

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Hashirama sitting at the edge side of the veranda with the view of little Zen Garden in front of him. He stared at the moon contemplating for something with its fine moonlight shone to himself. All his surroundings were almost perfectly quiet except the tipping sound from the Bamboo fountain, the Shishi odoshi slowly fill with the water then it tips downwards in a sudden. Then, it returns to its original position and fills the water again.

He's been thinking about Sakura again and how Tobirama spied on him. It was extremely impossible that Tobirama saw Hashirama, training himself alone. He knew that someone did cast him the strongest genjutsu that could possibly he have ever known. So strong that Tobirama, which is good in sensory type and can distinguish if it is genjutsu or not, had been caught by it and thought that it was real for himself.

'Was it...her?' He assumed thoughtfully. But without knowing Sakura, Hashirama always activated his sensory skills. Her chakra back then was normal. Or perhaps Hashirama was trapped by another genjutsu of hers? 'No that's impossible.' he shooked his head for a few times. Then he turned his gaze upon the full bright moon...with one of the stars which were brighter than any other specks of dust of stars combined.

His solemn face determined to find out if it was Sakura...or perhaps Madara...but if not the two of them, then who? He knew that it was great that Tobirama never found out that he's been meeting himself with Madara and Sakura. Because of Tobirama tailed him ordered by his father, Hashirama has to be more cautious than ever.

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Day Time...

Senju Compound...

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"Batsuma-sama!" The three Senju men kneeled in front of Batsuma and his sons. They were all wearing battle armour.

"There's something wrong with those Uchihas!" One of them talked.

"Speak." Bastuma glared. He hates it when he heard something about bad reports related to his clan's temporary downfalls or possible retrieves.

"T-The Uchiha clan... All the ones we killed are now back alive and well!" One of them said. "We couldn't believe what we saw but we were so sure that it was the ones we slew!" All of them are electrocuted shock except with these three Senju men. Hashirama was bewildered.

"H-how did that...happened?" Tobirama responded while he slightly trembled in anger.

"Hashirama-sama, I checked what they're using for revival. It was something a pill they swallowed forcefully in dead bodies and turned inexplicably alive. Including with those seriously injured ones." One of them explained.

Hashirama remains shocked and puzzled. His eyes trembling in an instant horrific state. Then he moves his eyes to the left corner then turns downwards and stares at the huge brown pouch on his left side hung on his hips where he put Sakura's kinchaku.

'Pills? It can't be...'

"What!?" Batsuma was stupefied. 'Kisama! Now I finally know why the ones that I slew were mysteriously alive as well!' Batsuma cursed mentally. Suddenly sat down in incensed while the other men and his sons have despondently gazed at him.

" 'Tou-san, this is seriously unexpected. This means we have to change another plan." Tobirama suggested. Batsuma nodded at agreeing with his son's idea.

Meanwhile, Hashirama still in a perplex state. He then contemplating those pills that Uchihas use has no doubt in his mind but belongs to Sakura only. Hence, now he found out who that person was Sakura gave her other kinchaku pouch.

'...Madara...he's...an Uchiha..' He said but with a lack of surprises on his reactions. 'So, my doubts about him were right.'

He tried not to believe it, but it isn't an assuming anymore because of that pills as a shred of evidence. He closes his eyes and worried about their friendship might be broke into pieces once Madara will found out that Hashirama is a Senju. Sakura might know about Madara as well as she also knew that he is a Senju.

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Noon...

Luckily, Hashirama didn't use these pills...or else, himself and Sakura will be in great menace. While him, Kawarama and his youngest brother Itama with his other men behind travelling into the woods. He confounds about what he was planning to do with these pills or else not long after, his father will find it out in no time. His mind ponders, until a few seconds, he knows the conceptions of his plan. He immediately stops at the branch then he turned around and face them. They then subsequently stop.

"I have to go back and get something important. You guys will proceed. Wait until I arrive." Hashirama ordered Itama.

"Alright, nii-san. I will be the lead at the moment." Itama said. Hashirama nodded then he jumps in their opposite way rapidly while Itama and others continued.

When he was a bit far from them. He peeks at his back making himself sure that no one's tailing him. Then, he went to the other way until he reaches the cliff. He then stops at the edge of the precipice. He reaches the kurachi from his pocket. Then he raises his arms and steadily grips the kinchaku while he hangs it by his hands ready to release it.

'This is for her safety...as well.' He said in despair. Then he un-grip the kurachi and falls along the deepest of the cliff. 'I hope Madara will never allow his clan to reveal Sakura's identity.' He desired thoughtfully. In a few seconds, he hurriedly left the cliff and jumps away.

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Present Day...

"We must report this to Batsuma-sama." One of them whispered and then they both nodded to each other heads. They quickly leave as fast as they could without noticing the Uchihas.

In a few meters away, an unknown white figure lurking in the dark side of the forest apparently stared at the two Uchihas grieving their close comrade who lied lifelessly down on the ground. Then the white figured person saw Madara muttering his mouth open and look desolating.

"I'm sorry, we've run out of pills". Madara apologizes at them. After their grievances, the two Uchihas jump away and left. Afterwards, the white figure turned itself around and suddenly vanishes into thin air.

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Senju Compound...

"Yes Batsuma-sama, they finally ran out!" One of the Senju men reported and one of them had spied the Uchihas earlier.

"And they look problematic when all of it was gone. Probably they're not the one who made those pills, sir."

"Really? In that case, a person who's not from the Uchiha clan made this miraculous pills? I wonder who could that be." Bastuma smirked. Hashirama widening his eyes slowly. His heart throbs faster and felt a bit nervous while he hoping that his father will never find about Sakura.

"That's what we think sir." One of them spoke.

"Outo-san, this will be a great chance for us," Tobirama smirked.

"What shall we do, 'tou-san?" Itama said.

Suddenly, they heard two thud sounds. When Batsuma and his sons look in front of them, two of their clan's men were unexplainably knocked themselves out and lay their bodies on tatami floor unconsciously. They are both alarmed and promptly stand themselves up. They grab their weapons except Hashirama was just staring at the two in a stun. Tobirama then checking their pulse on their neck.

"I don't know if they cast them a genjutsu or something but they are alright," Tobirama said.

"What!-" Kawarama was cut off.

"-Leader-sama! An Intruder! An intruder!" a range voice was heard from the outside of the room.

Both were confounded and probably thought that this intruder is from a certain Uchiha clan. This is the first time that an enemy was successfully intruded their territory despite high levels of security outside of their compound. They quickly run and exiting through the door until they get themselves outside of the room and stops at the huge spacious veranda. They then look around and saw their men did nothing but remain stands straight.

"Oi! What are you guys doing! We're intruding by an enemy!" Tobirama exclaimed. Hashirama suddenly patted his left hand on his shoulder. When Tobirama looks at his eldest brother, Hashiama's face looked incredulity towards their clan's men.

"Tobirama, our men seemingly cannot move." He spoke in a lower voice. Tobirama was shocked after he heard it from his brother. He looks at his father was also stiffly frozen. He then looks back at their brethren. Those men who guarded the meeting room were eight of them. Each side was four aligned outsides of a veranda. But these men in full battle armor were shuddering but outwardly, they seem like they wanted to move their body. However, something did stop them from moving.

"H-How!?" Tobirama dazed himself with his eyes widens in horror.

"What's happening, Hashi-nii?" Itama asked.

"Itama, our men did not move as well they even can't speak," Kawarama answered him.

Hashirama then looks at their people around, children, elderly people and women went to their houses. Some of them were just sneaking in terrified. While their men remain to stand in stiff.

"How did this happen!?" Batsuma finally talked after he was stunned in silence.

"...It is me, the one I controlled them..." a deep voice of a woman said. Both were alerted. Then they look at the left side where they heard a woman's voice.

At this instant, Tobirama suddenly felt an immense rare type of chakra. His eyes widen in shock after he uses his Sensory no Jutsu. When he scanning his eyes onto the woman, her chakra type's dissimilar and it was his first time he cannot discern what kind of superficially a kunoichi they were facing to. He sweated in contemplating. Then he glowers at her

The woman they saw was covered in white kimono clothes. She wore a plain white but her upper parts were covered and wore an Ichimegasa with white thick net cloth was hanging around from her hat vertically down reaches till his leg parts. The Ichimegasa hat's cloth swaying and dancing when the calm wind blows around her.

The white veil mysterious woman walks while entering herself into the aisle through them. The people around were staring at her; some were curious, some were looked angry, but most of them were scared. Until the woman reaches in front of Batsuma and his sons then she faces them. Meanwhile, Hashirama trying to look utterly inside of that cloth and trying to identify her half-covered face but cannot able to see it clearly.

"Who...are you?" Hashirama asked. Batsuma looks at this woman incurious with the inimical stare of his eyes and seems that this lady was dangerous. But it was an unknown reason for him why she was intruding their territory. He also deemed that this woman is not from an Uchiha clan.

The lady then stops in front of them.

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Uchiha Meeting House...

Madara pauses himself and his eyes instantly wide with his jaw drop. He was very staggered when he sees something he didn't expect.

Both him and Izuna were frozenly stiff when they saw a lady wore a white kimono and covered her face with an Ichimegasa while she pointed a Chisa katana in the throat of their father. Madara suddenly turning his head around, he saw his clan's man kneeling weakly outside the door and look petrified.

"G-Gomenasai...Madara s-sama,...T-this girl..." He didn't continue. Izuna shocks his eyes when he saw the other five men, three were on the left and two were at the right alongside their father were sitting in the middle unable to move like a trembling statue while a fear struck onto their faces.

"Leave or I'll kill your precious leader." A lady with a deep voice treated the horrified Uchiha man. Then the man didn't hesitate and went away. Madara slowly turns his head back and look at the woman with an angry glare.

"What in the world is happening here!" Izuna yelled and was disbelieved.

"'tou-san..." Madara muttered but unable to respond. His father looked furious. His mouth shivering and appears that he wanted to open it so that he can speak to his sons but he was paralyzed by this woman. Madara stares at the lady in incensed while he gritted his teeth.

" Who are you? What do you want from us?!"

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Senju Compound...

"I don't want to tell you about my name." She answered them.

However, Batsuma observed her rare god-like power against his guards with no hand seals performances she had and it was an extraordinary one for him. He suddenly made a name for her. "I will call a mysterious goddess then." He spoked.

"g-goddess?" Itama spoke in puzzled.

The mysterious goddess ignored Batsuma's words as she remains in silence.

"What is it you want, woman," Batsuma said.

"I command you...to stop this war against the Uchiha or any other clans. Or else, you will suffer the consequences." The lady in long white-dressed said.

Few minutes after, the silent moments broke out when Batsuma suddenly burst into a laugh. His sons look at him confusedly. Hashirama sounded his father like he underestimated the girl's simple command until Batsuma ceases his laugh. He then stares at the mysterious lady in contempt.

"No one will ever stop me," Batsuma said. The mysterious goddess again remains silent.

On the other side, Hashirama was carefully staring at the girl. He doubted that he knew this woman which is as well as a pacifist and that he thinks that she is Sakura. However, when he sensors her chakra signature, it was enormous while Sakura isn't. Her voice is different which is deeper than Sakura's angelic voice as well as their heights. The lady is a bit 3 inches taller than Sakura.

'No...I believe it isn't her. But...why is she doing this then? Is her reason really wants to stop the war?' He thought.

"...I am not a god as what you thought, Senju Batsuma." She replied. "I am more powerful than your legendary rabbit goddess."

"And what is that supposed to mean? You're powerful more than a god?" He smirked. "Don't make me laugh, woman."

"Ottou-san, please don't underestimate her! Look at them! They were all mysteriously not moving."Hashirama warned his father about their clan's men. "...she's immensely stronger than us! We can't defeat her, father. We have no choice b-"

"NO!" Batsuma protested which it makes his sons startled except Tobirama contemplating at the iche-onna plainly with a doubt. "WE WILL NEVER BE AT PEACE UNTIL WE ELIMINATE THAT UCHIHAS! WE PROMISED TO OUR ANCESTORS ABOUT THAT AND WE SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR ORDERS! Don't you dare to stop me you little brat!"Hashirama then glaring at him.

"OUTO-SAN! Please!-"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Then Batsuma looks back at the woman in enraged then he pointed his threatening index finger towards her. "You...must leave our territory at once your impertinent woman before I'll stain your blood in here!" He yelled.

"...How persistent you old man." the woman murmured.

Suddenly, Tobirama ambushed her at her back. He then forming his hand signs quickly before he thinks that this girl noticing him.

"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" He released the water Dragon-type as he launching an attack the mysterious goddess. Both of his brothers were surprisingly shocked except Batsuma was expected of Tobirama attacking her in surprise. The water dragon is approaching the girl. Her left hand lifted in the air then she swipes horizontally through the right side. When she did it, the water released dragon gradually stops at her back and turned into ice. Thunderbolt was hit from their heads and was ultimately stunned. Tobirama didn't know how she did it but he saw she performed only her one hand by raising it to stop his trap he settled for her. It was very odd for him because he has never seen any person without using any hand signs to stop his attacks. After he alarmed himself, he throws heaps of kunais with explosive tags were tied to it.

The girl once again raises her left hand then those kunai halted per se. Then it went up away and she let it explodes after she closed her palm. Tobirama was completely in shock while he looked at the exploded sky with his wide eyes open in a tremble. He then gradually looks at the girl back and turned her face to scowl.

'What kind of kunoichi is she?' He asked himself infuriated.

Suddenly, he feels something an agonizing pain within and felt like his whole body wrapped tightly with an invisible rope around. Then he was levitated and shivered for trying to force himself to move his body and escape.

"Nii-san!"Kawarama cried while Itama frozenly stunned.

"Tobirama!" Hashirama then looks at the woman anxiously. "Please...don't kill my brother..." He didn't do anything but he begged himself towards the woman. The mysterious woman, however, turned her head and look at Hashirama with an incredulity stiff Batsuma. While she stared at them, she raised her hand again and swipe lightly. Tobirama's blue chakra evaporated like smoke until he felt completely weak and drained. Then he closes his eyes and become unconscious.

"Don't worry...I only drained his chakra. It will be back itself afterwards." the woman spoked. Hashirama felt relieved. Her whole body turns around and faces in front of them. Her eyes beneath her white cloth glow in crimson red.

Thence, Hashirama immediately flashes back mentally and remembers his eerie dream...ergo the glowing crimson eyes was the same as this one.

'T-That's-!?'

"-Your power..." Batsuma suddenly spoke. Hashirama then turns his head punctually to his father. He saw him in staggered with his jaw dropped. "...your power is as similar to that legendary goddess. Who the hell are you?" He said.

Hashirama benumbs himself and believes that she might be the legendary goddess. But he isn't sure if she is that goddess or not but he basing her power, it was vast for him.

"It doesn't matter who I am. Stop the war or else I will stop you. Farewell, and I will see you again." The Wind blows widely that made those men's hands crossing and close their eyes to protect themselves against it until the winds stop in a sudden.

They look around and saw that the mysterious white-dressed goddess had suddenly disappeared. All people around their territory went outside from their homes and all the men who paralyze were finally move freely like puppet strings were cut from her. Tobirama slowly floats downwards and landed gently. Then he awakes weakly while Itama and Kawarama run over him and carrying their brother by supporting Tobiramas arms onto their shoulders and the two gripped each of his weak arms.

Hashirama stares at them and saw Tobirama expectedly alright then he felt mitigated. But then he reminded his mind about that girl's glowing eyes in crimson and realized himself that it wasn't a glowing Sharingan that he saw his dream but it was precisely her glowing eyes. He looks downward and turned his eyes to stern curious.

"Who...really are you?"

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Uchiha Compound...

"I don't know what you are up to. But no matter how hard you'll going to stop the war, we can't able to cease it." He glared at the white-dressed woman.

"Pitty.." She simply spoked a word that made Madara knitted his brows.

"And why is that," The young Uchiha asked her in curiosity. There was a silence been going on, Madara knew that beneath of her Ichimegasa's cloth, her eyes have remained on his.

"...This war is the reason why you're younger brother will going to die." She said. Madara jerked his head, he was honestly offended. He was about to talk her back but stop when she speaks instantly, "You're thinking of protecting him? During this war? No. Madara, hear me this, I have a special vision and see what will happen to you and you're clan in the future. I see my future visions that you're brother will die no matter how hard you protect him or no matter how strong your little brother is, he will be destined to die. His death is the cause of your massive failure in the future...if you don't submit and stop the war. Even you are going to try reviving yourself and creating your own path of peace, you will still fail and wished that you will follow you're a friend of your's dream."

She stopped and saw Madara, nothing but feeling disturbed. He began gritted his teeth of anger, forgetting about why she knew about Hashirama but thinking about the death of Izuna.

"WHO ARE YOU! WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME SHIT LIKE THIS, WOMAN!" He yelled. both of his hands that placed on his lap turned to fists and were trembling in furiousness. His eyes deeply darkened when the woman had told about Izuna's fate. It was ridiculous and how dare she say such things about her little brother's death.

Meanwhile, Izuna didn't respond but remained her terrified stare at the woman. The way she spoke about his fate seems...real.

"ANSWER M-" Madara suddenly stopped, feeling like he's losing his consciousness until he fell on the ground. Izuna widens his eyes in fear

"Nii-san!"

"Uchiha Tajima." She looked at the Uchiha clan leader and found him as he remained in calm whilst he knitted his eyes and constantly look at her. She read his nerves and his sensory, they were seemingly sangfroid that made her wonder. " Stop this war or your clan will be going to extinct."

Still, Tajima didn't react in fear of her words even though she knew that Tajima thought of her that she never lied about it...unlike Batsuma. She feels like Tajima knew something that she didn't know.

"...Go ahead and treat me, woman" he smiled. "I know you who you are and what clan are you from".

This moment, the woman didn't understand what Tajima meant. Or maybe she was mistaken by someone. "I don't care what you think about me or not. Stop this war or I will stop you and your clan," she said which is the same as what she had told to Batsuma.

She then vanished herself into thin air.

The other Uchihas, Tajima and Izuna finally can able to move as Izuna ran to the unconscious Madara whilst Tajima remained sitting on the floor, thinking about that woman.

'No...it wasn't her. I knew she's from the same clan as hers.' he thought about the woman which he met from the forest before. It is really strange that the woman who made this miraculous pills and this mysterious woman just suddenly infiltrated their village, hostage him and threatening to stop the war. However, they might be the same person. Who knows.

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Next day...

Some leaves were ultimately blooming on this first day of the spring season as well as those cherry blossom flowers but some petals started falling down the ground. The sky's as clear as a blue crystal without seeing any clouds above. Sakura sat peacefully in front of the river, pondering her mind about the beautiful lady around the age of mid-twenties or thirties and was met her from the marketplaces.

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When Sakura bought cheerily of 5 kilos of capsicums and cucumbers to an elder vendor lady, she suddenly heard detestation voices from people. While she tried to look at the crowds finding out who they were talking with. The vendor elderly lady instantly holding her hand to halt her. Sakura saw the vendor shook her head.

"What's wrong?" she asked. The lady look at her in worried.

"That woman is a witch. Starting those time she came here, some of our villagers were missing. We knew there's something up to that woman. Be careful young lady, just stay away from her." The vendor old woman whispers.

"And why on earth did you say that?" Sakura scowled. She hates everything about bullies and can't help herself but want to protect the lady from accusing her a witch.

"Because I hear rumours that she killed people including children. I heard she's from a faraway of a noble kingdom. She was exiled from that place because she was evicted. That's what I heard from her. And again, I warn you to stay away from her."

Sakura raised her both eyebrows then she looked towards the crowds living the vegetables that she bought. When she peeks herself, she saw the lady wearing a foreign black silver hanfu dress, with such a long ash blond straight hair reaches at her lower back with hazel narrowed eyes and her angelic pale skin. Now she realizes how beautiful lady she was but unfortunately was bullied which it doesn't suits to treat her that way.

Sakura saw the lady covering half of her face using a white cloth while trying to buy something but was rejected by a man spat his threatening words. Sakura, however, she cannot stand the way he treated her. She passes herself throughout from the crowds then she comes closer to a lady and faces the grumpy man who selling jewellery, hair clips, and any other woman's decoration.

"Shannarroo! what the hell's wrong with you! She wants to buy something and she pays for it! Take her money and give that hair clip to her you dimwit old man!" Sakura confronted the scaredy-cat man. He then quickly reaches the hair clip decorated with a made of red kanzashi fabric flower with those triangular falls on it.

On the other hand, the lady was astonished at Sakura. She then reaches the coins onto the table then she stared back at the pinked haired girl incurious with her jaw drops lightly. When Sakura turned herself and look at the lady, she then reaches the flower hair clip and gave her a friendly smile.

"Here you go, miss. Please don't listen to these dumb people around. There just nothing but listening to any false gossips without any effort knowing about you." Sakura cheered her. The ash blond-haired lady slowly forms her mouth into a beautiful grinning smile.

"Thank you for doing that...May... I know your name?" she asked.

"Just call me Sakura. And you?" Sakura answered. The beautiful lady smiles benignly at her back.

"My name is-"

"Hey, you! Stay away from here and get lost you foreign witch!" one of the crowds yelling at the lady.

Sakura was irritated. She suddenly grips the lady's wrist and pulled her out from the crowded people.

"Let's get out of here. Don't listen to them, ok?" Sakura glowered. Meanwhile, the lady stared at Sakura, she smiled at her again and felt happy that she met a good-hearted person like her. Until they were out of the crowds and found themselves in the forest.

"Once again, I am very thankful for trying to protect me from their threats." She bowed politely.

"Oh no don't bow to me like that. That's really nothing and no formalities! By the way, why those people had told you such things like that?" Sakura asked.

The lady look in Downcast. It is rude to read her mind so Sakura decided to wait until she speaks.

"I don't care if they calling me that way. They just... accusing me that I am the one who's behind those villager's missing." She said then look at her as she furrowed her brows at Sakura. "It really wasn't me. It was one of the clan shinobis who's abducted some of the villagers and made an experiment of creating pills trying to ...well, making it revive their clan's people without any medic's aid."

To Sakura's surprise, it was because of her pills that she'd given to her two boys. She never expected it turned to be worst like this. "Oh...I-I see. But...how can you be so sure about...that?"

The blonde lady glared at Sakura, "I don't know yet. I was about to find out. I have a friend of mine from a certain shinobi clan. I might be going to ask him questions about it and probably he knew something about this."

Sakura felt a pang of sudden guilt as she heard the lady's words. When the lady looked at Sakura's face. noticed of her dismayed. "You seemed...unhappy. Are you alright?" The lady asked that made Sakura snapped.

"O-Oh! Yeah!" Sakura smile and laughed fakely. "Of course I'm ok! I mean...its...you know..unfortunate to hear this tragic news."

"Yes, it's very unfortunate."

"W-Where do you live?" Sakura asked, changing the topic.

"In the forest just closer to this small village."

"Will you be alright?" Sakura worried.

"Not to worry about it. I live in an abandoned house and I can easily find any food around the forest." She gave her a soft smile then she waves while she slowly walks into the dark forest. Sakura felt relieved and seemingly this lady has strong types of personality and self-assured.

"Ok! I will see you and will visit your house if I have time!" Sakura waved her back until the lady already gone. When Sakura turns around and looks at this small view of the village's houses afar. Guilt took over her again that civilians were involved in this stupid clan war. This made her realised how cruel this warring era shinobi clans can be. But then, she remembered something all of a sudden.

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaa! I-I forgot those veggies from that market!" Sakura jumps away and runs quickly went inside the village gate.

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"and I forgot to ask her name." She sighed. "Unbelievable, Sakura."

Sakura's eyes blinked and still, she stares at the flowing river. She cannot explain why but something's mysterious familiar to that lady. However, she was hoping herself and look forward to meeting her again. At this time, the river filled more with cherry blossom petals. Then she thinks about the pills as it means that her plan went wrong for involving innocent people's abduction and turned them into an experimental mouse. However...

"Sorry, I'm...-" Madara stops when he saw Sakura while she sat in front of the flowing river."...late." He continued. He didn't notice that she's only sitting alone after he quickly travels through the forest and jumped higher then he landed on the pebbly ground. He looks around and had no signs of Hashirama. "Is Hashirama isn't here yet?" He asked while he walks closer to her. Sakura then turned her head to him. Now, she let her short hair falls and grows in few inches long with the pink kimono she wore.

"Yeah but I'm sure he'll be coming late." She replied. Madara then sat down beside with her and stayed in silence. Madara stares secretly at Sakura and he blushes a bit lighter. Then he looks back at the river. However, he turned disquietude and grim.

"By the way, Did you receive my letter days ago?" He broke their silence.

"Yeah...so your clan's men wanting me to be their medic?" She said.

Madara just nodded without looking at her. His both hands clutching those pebbles apparently to himself that he was very worried for her and at the same time he hated himself for such trouble that he did. He lied his clan because he wanted to protect her identity and afraid that what might they treating her inside of his clan's people. Surely, most non-Uchiha Medics were treated in fair but some of them were just killed without any reluctances even their medics did just a minor mistake like failing to heal one of his clan's men, gave them a wrong medicine or even some of them accused of spying. Then they just killed them. One thing that he bothered his mind, he didn't even know that those pills weren't so-called just a 'healing' but those were obscurely the rarest revival pills. He converts his face to glower.

"Why you didn't tell me before about those pills?"

And here we go again, that healing pills made her gone madness, internally.

"I didn't expect that it could revive a person. I'm sorry, what I did was a mistake. I don't use an animal to do experiments and I didn't notice its other effects. " Madara looks at her in confusedly and tilted his head while he blinked his eyes. Then Madara looked away, guilt formed onto his eyes. "It's all my fault. I was the one who made an Idea to let those pills swallowed forcibly to dead people."

Sakura closes her eyes in an indiscretion, "Please don't blame yourself. " She thought it was really her fault, it was her intention so that their brothers and their comrades will live. She doesn't want seeing people wasting their lives it's because of the bloody, constant war.

Madara had enough of Sakura," I shouldn't have met you." Madara darkens his eyes as Sakura turned her guilt gaze to him. " I let your life turned miserable that my clan will start searching for you without my help. They abducted clanless innocent people and turned them to experiments as they're trying to make exact pills as how the way you made them." he continued.

"Madara, it is not-"

"-And we're mercenaries, we killed people ordered by nobles." Madara cut her words.

Sakura found out why Madara spoked such dark and odd words to her. She knew why Madara turned to be like this. "What happened to you? Did..." she stopped, thinking about what she's going to say to him,"...Did someone threatening you?"

That hit Madara hard which it made himself sat on the ground beside her, with a bit strong impact. "...There was this woman...claiming she could see the future...and had told me about the faith of Izuna..." Madara continuously explained about what was that mysterious lady who intruded their clan territory and start threatening his spite that Sakura knew all of this, she still wants Madara to clam him down. The lady who Madara had encountered was actually one of her clones.

Sakura was about to talk until...

"Ooooooiiiiii!" Hashirama waving at them afar and jump on top of the flowing river and ran through them. Sakura waves him back while Madara gave him a greeting smile. Hashirama finally landed his feet on the pebbles and sat beside Madara.

"Hashi-kun! How have you been?" Sakura asked him. Hashirama stretches his arms up high.

"Whew! I just feel a bit tired from morning training with my siblings!" He answered. Then he put both hands down and leaning his arms on the pebbled ground.

"You're late." Madara knitted his brows. Hashirama staring at his side with Madara and just gave him a guilty smile.

"Gomene, Madara. I have to fix something. And..." He comes closer to him while his right palm raises nearer to Madara's ears.

"How was the date yesterday, eh~? Did something happened between the two of you?" He whispered without hearing Sakura. Madara was surprised and his face flushed red all of a sudden.

"TEME!" Madara immediately stands up madly and pointing his index finger at Hashirama. Hashirama merely laughing in teased. However, Sakura looked confused at them and blinking her eyes.

"What are you guys whispering at?" Sakura asked them curiously. Madara glancing at Sakura in anxious.

"Sakura-nee you know what?" Hashirama suddenly spoke while Madara glowering at him and turned pale.

"Eh?What is it Hashi-kun?" she asked in mystified.

"He li- uhk!uhk!" Madara quickly pressed Hashirama's throat using with his forearms which it made him choked and cough roughly. Then Madara immediately looks uneasy at Sakura.

"N-Nothing!" Madara disquietly answered. Sakura sweatdropped. Seconds later, she gave them a warm look. Repeatedly, she promptly reminded Sasuke and Naruto always fighting for something. They look very amusing for her and gradually smiles.

"Okay. I should go and look for some herbs in the forest while you guys sparring. I'll see you all later!" Sakura grips her red furoshiki shoulder bag and then jumps off until she disappeared when she went into the woods. Madara finally releases Hashirama and he cough and catches his breath.

"You almost killed me!" Hashirama cried and furrowed his brows with a slight tear from his left beady eye.

"Teme! What on earth do think if you presumably told her like that!" Madara boiled in anger while Hashirama just gave him another teasing laugh.

"I supposedly telling her that you like Nee-chan's food and wanting to eat another one more from her bento right over there! Gotcha!" Hashirama razzed at now, a confused Madara. Then, Madara glowers at him with a sudden flush red on his cheeks again. Seconds after, Madara just look at him when he crosses his hands.

"Whatever you think about what I think of her. I don't dare to care. But..." Madara look at him, sternly, then he put both his hands down. "..I wanted to protect her so badly and I don't know why I have this feeling like this."

Meanwhile, Hashirama was dumbfounded after he heard his words with a jaw drop. He even didn't believe himself that he somewhat changed a bit. Or rather he thinks that Sakura did change him. Or is it Madara didn't have just a crush on Sakura but he, indeed had serious feelings towards her. Notwithstanding, he then sees Madara offering his right palm towards him. He despondently looks at Madara.

At this rate, he befriended an Uchiha and he thinks that Madara probably didn't know about Hashirama's clan yet. He as well thinking that Madara didn't know about Sakura's unfathomable secrets too. Since he was promised that he should not tell to anyone else, he didn't have the choice but remains to keep it and pretended that he didn't know anything about his clan and Sakura. Although, he feels disquiet about their friendship that it might end forever if Madara finds this out about his clan. Will Madara felt disgusted and hatred if he knew him? Will their friendship include Sakura still in a compact?

"So...shall we start training?" Madara offered him and waiting his palm opened wide. Hashirama snaps out of himself and then he gave him a friendly smile while he nodded. Then he grips his hand on Madara's hand. Madara pulled Hashirama helping to stand himself up. Leaves and cherry blossom petals were flying around with them by a calm wind and they looked very serene.

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Meanwhile, Sakura secretly looked at them afar while she was standing on the tree branch inside the forest. She smiled and after that, she turns around continuously jumped away.

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5 Hours later...

They gathered themselves and eat their foods made by Sakura. Each of them had their own Bentos.

"Shhugoi! Shtill the beshh fud I'vever tashterd!" Hashirama said happily in tears while talking with a full food of his mouth. He then continued eating like a hungry pig. Meanwhile, Madara was sweat-dropped and felt embarrassed for Hashirama's mannerism. He then focuses his food and eats normally.

"Thank you!" Sakura responded. Hashirama gulped.

"You're welcome Nee-chan! Your future husband will surely and obviously like it!" Hashirama complimented while Madara was immensely surprised and spat his food away to his left side. Sakura then looks at Madara in wonder.

"Madara-kun, are you ...alright?" She blinked.

"I-I'm alright. I-I was just..ah-choked by the food." Madara quickly drinking his water uses his own bamboo water bottle. Meanwhile, Hashirama tittering with a tease. Those words were meant to Madara.

"Ano, Sakura-neechan. Do you have a boyfriend?" Hashirama asked. Both Sakura and Madara paused and stopped their eating moments while they look flabbergasted towards Hashirama. Sakura put her hand with her chopsticks down and smiled.

"Why did you ask, Hashi-kun?"

"I'm just curious, onee-chan. If you just don't mind. Tehehe." Hashirama gave a teasing stare at Madara.

'What is it this time, teme!' Madara glowered him.

"...I fell in love with a guy, actually." She answered. Two boys were stunned. Hashirama poked his face. On the other hand, Madara lowered his eyes and continues eating desperately with the bento while Hashirama stared at him in a fret.

"Oh...where is he now?" Hashirama asked her.

"...He died not long ago...alongside with our best friend. They both died...because they tried to protect me."

Then Madara froze when he heard those words from her. He lifted his head and staring in commiseration towards Sakura while she looks in rue. He saw her eyes turned orb-less and what he seemed that she had a dark past in spite that she somewhat looks like covered on being a cheerful person. He remembered when he first met Sakura from the forest and told that her family was included as well. Madara knew about her feelings when losing with someone that you closed with. He remembered his three young brothers died at the war slain by those adult Senjus and the Uchiha traitor.

Hashirama felt remorseful."I-I'm sorry nee-chan. I'm-"

"Haha! That's alright, Hashi-kun." She smiled.

In a few minuites, an explosion from the forest was suddenly heard not far away from them. They broke their hand signs. Sakura quickly packed her bento and tie using her furoshiki then she stands herself up along with them and looks at the bomb smoke at the forest.

In Sakura's point of view, she was mentally shocked. She put a sealing genjutsu around the forest to avoid whoever entering the territory that she marked. Worst of all, the genjutsu that she uses didn't just easily be broken even using an eternal mangekyou Sharingan. In addition, why she didn't felt a warning aura?

"This is bad. We must leave this place at once." Madara spoke.

"Yeah.." Then both Hashirama and Madara exchanging their looks and then they turned themselves and look at Sakura in the stern. "I guess we will see each other again," Hashirama said. The other two nodded.

"Hai, please be careful you two," Sakura warned them. 'And have to investigate who really broke out with my seals.'

"You too," Madara replied. She turned around and walks slowly while those two boys still looking at her making themselves to assure her safety. When Sakura was about to run off to the forest, a Fuma shuriken landed in front of Sakura as a sign of a warning. Both were alarmed and widens their eyes in a sudden. Sakura immediately jumps back towards the boys and landed in the middle of them. Both were scowled and scanning their eyes around. And they saw around 50 men jumped out from the forest and landed in the river while others standing on the pebbled ground and were surrounded by them.

"Well, well, look who's here?" A man smirked towards the three of them.

"These men...they're from..." Hashirama glowered.

"...Kaguya clan." Madara mumbled with his glaring look towards them.

"That pinky girl! I'm sure she's real this time!" one of the men said in enraged and pointed his index finger towards Sakura. Both Madara and Hashirama was shocked when they look at a knitted Sakura incredulity.

"S-Sakura..." Madara muttered. "W-What did yo-"

"-You two must go." She spoke in a stern voice without looking at them. Hashirama suddenly gasp.

"We can't that, nee-chan!" Hashirama exclaimed.

Sakura ignored Hashirama and deliberately observing these men with their evil smirk on their faces. When she carefully studying their countenance, she sensing their aura and doubting that these men were exactly possessed.

'I know it was you, Zetsu.' she thought while she glowered at them. "Madara, Hashirama, leave now. These men don't care about you two. All they wanted was me only for some reason. Now go!" Madara, however, gave a hesitant look at Sakura.

"But!-"

"-I SAID GO-!"

"-NO! WE ARE NOT GOING!" Madara protested. "We will fight them together! Whether you like it or not!"He stubborn.

'You piece of bratty sh*t!' Sakura gnashed her teeth while feeling mentally stress and furious. She then looked back at those men. 'This isn't good timing to fight with these two.'

Hashirama nodded by agreeing on Madara while Sakura was pissed and grin her teeth in anger. She can't perform her hidden power in front of these two yet or else her plan will ultimately ruin. If she uses her power for casting them a sleeping jutsu then erasing their memories, unfortunately, their memories about Sakura and their friendship will be included. Then, she sticking with her plan B and had no choice but will use her usual super strength taught by her Tsunade-shiso.

"Shannarroo!" She landed her fist onto the water without warning the two boys. Madara and Hashirama were surprised and jumped away when the ground's moving. The water turned a tsunami-like and the Kaguya men were escaped her attack and scattering themselves around. The two boys were landed on the pebbled ground and looked shockingly for this unanticipated.

"Is this nee-chan's true power!?" Hashirama looks terrified. His eyes turn beady in shock and drop her, Madara widens his eyes in disbelief.

'S-Sugoi...' he thought in astounded while staring at a damage river waves wildly. Then half of the river waters showered as it rains without a storm.

Sakura jumps from the sky and landed on their back and the two gave her a look.

"Focus you two." She warned them. Both were nodded confidently then glowering towards those men. The Kaguyas, however, look unamused towards Sakura. A man seemingly the semi-leader of the clan raised his right hand as a sign to get ready. The three were both alarmed and they as well setting themselves.

"This will be fun." The man who raised his right arm smirked. Sakura raised and showing her fist steadily in front of her scowled face.

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*To be continued...

Next Chapter: Awaken