DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS/PLOTS. I ONLY OWN MY OC'S.

"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul;

That makes us reach for more,

That plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.

That's what I hope to give you forever."

Nicholas Spark (The Notebook)

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Izumi closed her eyes and felt Tobirama's lips on hers; they were hard yet soft, gentle. Warmth spread throughout her body as she moved her arms to his neck, deepening their kiss. She felt Tobirama move his hands to her back, and area that no one has ever touched but Izumi didn't care because her body was tingling with unknown emotions, ones she didn't think she would ever possess.

They both pulled back, breathing a little harder. Tobirama was staring at her with the red eyes that she had gotten so used to and she realized that they contained so much emotion; this alone would have made her breathless without the kiss. He placed both of his hands on the sides of her face and leaned down to where their foreheads were touching, both of their eyes now closed.

"Izumi… We can't…" Izumi grip tightened on the outsides of his arms. She knew that if they didn't stop here, there would be no turning back. Right here was their warning sign, if they continued whatever relationship they had, it would be forbidden. Just think about these kinds of things made her eyes burn with the oncoming tears. "Our clans…"

Izumi tried to hold back her tears, but one managed to escape. "Tobirama…"

Hearing her say his name in that fragile voice, the one that he knew that meant she would come undone seemed to have made Tobirama decide. He knew his answer, but would it be the right one?

Tobirama's hand moved from her cheeks to around her jaw. "Izumi, look at me." She hesitantly opened her eyes and the first thing she saw were his eyes. Looking at them she knew what his answer to their silent question was, causing a small smile to form on her face.

Tobirama leaned down and closed the distance between them.

November

Three months later…

"Izumi!" Said girl turned around and smiled when she saw Hiromi.

"Hiromi, how are you?" Izumi asked as she jogged up to meet the pregnant lady.

"I'm doing great and so is little Yuri-chan."

Izumi cocked an eyebrow, amusement clearly showing on her face. "You seem so sure that it's a girl."

Hiromi wiggled her finger in front of her face. "Mother's intuition."

Izumi laughed and gave her a hug. "I would love to talk to you but I have to go meet with Madara, we should catch up some time. I never see you anymore since you moved to Nidai."

"Alright then, bye!" Saying goodbye to her friend, she ran off to find her older brother.

When she reached the building that held the meetings and Madara's office, she noticed that her brother was already waiting outside, probably for her. "Madara!"

"You're late Izumi."

"Sorry, I met with Hiromi along the way and-"

"It doesn't matter." Madara handed her a piece of paper.

"What's this?"

"It's something the Elders just shoved in my face, I'm sorry but we're going to battle." Izumi's eyebrows rose with shock as she read over the paper.

"I don't understand, we were doing quite peacefully with the Senju lately. What happened?"

Madara shook his head and when Izumi looked at him, he looked so tired, so worn out. Being the clan head must be stressful, not to mention he has to 'listen' to the Elders -Izumi thought that this was bunch of bull, but hey, she didn't know anything about politics-. "I don't even know. The Elders are accusing the Senju of doing something that I know isn't true." He shook his head. "But the Senju are accusing us of doing something to them too."

Izumi furrowed her forehead. "So we're basically going back to war?" He nodded his head. "Great, of course." She pushed the paper into Madara's chest and walked off.

"Izumi-"

"If you need me, I'll be…somewhere." She said, anger obvious in her voice. Madara sighed and despite wanting to go run after her, he knew that Izumi was mad and it would be better to just leave her alone, let her blow off her anger.

When she walked into the house Kazuyo was preparing lunch for Kagami.

"Hey brat, what did your brother want?" Izumi pulled out a chair and sat down on it quite hard before slamming her head on the table.

"We're going to battle." Her muffled voice replied to Kazuyo's question. The knife in her hand paused and she looked back at her friend.

"When?"

Izumi raised her head up. "It said in a week on the paper."

"Kami that must suck. Glad I'm not in your place, I have Kagami as an excuse as not to start missions just yet."

"You're so lucky Kazuyo." There was a comfortable silence between the two for a few minutes; the only sounds were the cutting of vegetables that came from Kazuyo.

"Are you happy right now Kazuyo?" Izumi suddenly asked, out of the blue. Said girl whirled around, her eyes opened with shock.

"What's up with that question Brat?"

Izumi shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, I just feel like asking that."

"I actually am happy, I have Kagami and surprisingly," Kazuyo smiled at her. "I have you."

Her face turned red. "O-Okay." Seeing her reaction Kazuyo laughed at her when she realized something was different about Izumi.

"You're a lot happier lately, did something good happen?"

Izumi's face turned even redder and her eyes widened. "N-No!"

"Huh, you're lying Brat."

"What? No I'm not!" Izumi stood up. "I have to go, uh, do something." After giving the eight month old baby a smile Izumi walked out of the house. Kazuyo narrowed her eyes and was suspicious of the 19 year old, Izumi reminded Kazuyo of herself after she started dating Izuna,

It was almost as if the girl was in love.

After making sure to conceal her chakra she walked out into the forest. Izumi was still pissed off at the Elders, even though only one of them from her father's time as Clan Head was alive. Talking with Kazuyo helped calm her down a little too but the conversation she was having with her took a wrong turn, something that Izumi obviously didn't want.

Izumi sighed and kicked a small rock in front of her. Kami she hated the Elders, there were not enough words to describe the hatred for them. You would think that by Madara being Clan Head the Elders would be different, but even in the current Elder Council; the "newly" appointed ones were just as bad –if not worse than before. She hated fighting, especially if it meant doing it with her brother. He was ruthless and unemotional on the battlefield, something Izumi absolutely hated. Not to mention those eyes… Madara called them the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan –whatever the hell that meant. All she could see now were her twin's eyes mixed together with Madara's. Izumi sighed and continued walking, distracted by her thoughts and not realizing that someone was following her.

"Tobirama?" Izumi asked, not sure if he was nearby. She looked around and couldn't sense anyone, but that didn't mean anything. She could never sense him and it bothered her relentlessly. "Hello-"

Arms suddenly surrounded her from behind, slightly scaring her. "Hello Izumi." A deep voice said in her ear. Izumi felt a smile adorn her face and she turned her head around to see red eyes staring back into her own brown.

"Hi Tobirama." She placed a hand on one cheek and gave him a kiss on another. Tobirama's arms tightened and she let him lead them to the overhand. After they both sat down Izumi leaned against his chest while his arms continued wrap around her body, his hands tangling with her.

"Kami, I missed this." Tobirama suddenly said, out of character. He always kept his emotions and thoughts to himself and Izumi knew this so it was weird when he would say things like this. She looked up at him and saw that he was looking over the horizon.

"I did too." She missed being in his arms, hearing his voice. Tobirama was gone for the past month because of a mission that he was on –where to he never told her and Izumi understood why, clan privacy and all.

"How have you been?" He asked her.

Izumi looked up and gave him a smile. "I've been fine. My eyes are sore every once and a while but that's about it really." Her face suddenly changed as she remembered the events that had happened earlier.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm going on a mission."

"Oh." Izumi let out a forlorn sigh as she gripped onto his hands even tighter.

"I don't want to go," She looked down at their linked hands. "I never do." Izumi added in a small voice. She was glad that Tobirama chose to not wear his armor today, if he did she would be laying against it and she knew through experience that it wasn't comfortable.

"Well, I'm not going to bother telling you to be careful."

"Gee, thanks."

Tobirama looked down at her and gave her a small smile. "Because you're strong." For the third time in a day Izumi felt her face heat up with a blush.

"Thank you Tobirama, for everything." She turned her body around in his arms and faced him. Izumi gave him a wide smile and put her arms around his neck. "You know, I'm not coming back for a while…"

"Oh?" She tilted her head up. Tobirama gave a small chuckle. Hearing him laugh, even if it was little, made Izumi's heart beat faster.

In a blink of an eye his lips were against hers. She laughed and kissed him harder.

'Thank you Tobirama, thank you so much.'

"Kazuyo? I'm home!" Izumi shouted out from the front door. She walked to the kitchen and saw Kazuyo staring at her, anger all over her face. "Uh, did something happen?"

"I followed you."

Izumi dropped the bag she was carrying, her eyes widened with shock. "Wait-"

"Really? You're meeting with a goddamn Senju?"

"Please-"

"What the fuck Izumi?"

"It's not like that-"

"You were kissing the guy!"

Izumi stumbled over to where Kazuyo was standing and grabbed onto her shoulder. "Kazuyo please, you can't tell anyone.'

"Izumi, he's a Senju and not just a normal one he's Senju Tobirama, Hashirama's little brother! He's probably using you!"

She shook her head, denying what Kazuyo just said. "No he's not." Izumi turned her head to the side, tears streaming down her face. "He makes me happy Kazuyo, think about it. I've been so happy for the past few months."

"This has been continuing for months?"

"You're not getting the point! I'm happy for once!" Izumi pushed Kazuyo away and looked at her. "I thought about suicide, I thought that by ending my life I would end the pain that I felt every morning when I woke up. But I kept on going for you, for Kagami, for Madara. But when I met with Tobirama, I don't know why but that darkness disappeared, he made me feel like there was something in life for me." Her eyes fazed over as if thinking about something. "A year after Izuna's death I fell back into that darkness, I fell back into depression. But I don't know, I was fighting with him one day and he just…kissed me." Her eyes focused again and she stared into Kazuyo's dark grey ones. "There was as if a missing piece was filled in my heart. So please don't tell anyone." Izumi's eyes widened when she saw tears forming in her friends eyes. "K-Kazuyo?"

"Fine, I won't tell anyone." Kazuyo wiped her eyes. "But I'm not going to forget about this conversation, okay?"

"Thank you Kazuyo, thank you so much."

The only reason why she even bothered agreeing was because seeing Izumi now reminded Kazuyo of herself when she was younger, when she fell in love with Izuna.

That's the only reason why Izumi's secret was safe at that moment.

One Week Later…

Izumi walked up to her brother, her body decked out with her armor. Her katana and its scabbard was at the end of her back, her sword handle sticking on the right for her to grab easily; Izumi looked identical to her brother, the only difference was that her armor was fitted for her chest and hips..

"You got everything Izumi?" Madara asked her.

Izumi groaned. "Yes Madara, I do. Let's just go and get this over with." She looked around and noticed that there were more people her age instead of the younger generation of shinobi, something that relieved Izumi for a little.

The only reason was because she wouldn't have to worry about the children fighting.

December

One Month Later…

Clang

Izumi tried to catch the Senju's eyes but he knew to avoid them, he was looking down. 'Goddamn it!' She jumped back and went through handseals.

"Suiton: Tenkyū!" Water condensed into thin needles shot out from her mouth and the unknown Senju in the chest and neck. Without giving the fallen man a second glance she turned around and saw her brother fighting Hashirama, which usually meant Tobirama was nearby. Looking around she saw fallen members of her own clan and ones from the Senju while the ones who were capable of fighting were well, fighting. She knew that her brother would be fine so she ran towards the Senju that was trying to sneak up on Madara.

Grabbing the man's shoulder, Izumi pushed him behind her and lifted her katana.

"Of course it has to be you!" The Senju ran towards her, his own katana raised.

Clang

The Senju was avoiding her eyes –just like the other one- when Izumi heard grunt that was all too familiar. Using chakra she pushed the man away and turned around only to see a certain white-haired Senju holding the side of his stomach, his face in pain with blood on it.

It was Tobirama.

Izumi took a step forward when the ground suddenly upheaved and shook, causing her to lose her balance and fall backwards. She hit her head hard against a rock and saw stars, only the shaking of the ground keeping her somewhat focused. Despite being injured the Uchiha Matriarch knew immediately it wasn't a jutsu, it spanned too far in all directions. The only thing she could think of was that it was an earthquake. Getting onto fours she groggily lifted her head up only to see Tobirama shouting at her to get up, to start moving.

Izumi moved her head back down and started to see cracks forming at where she was and she knew what that meant.

The ground was going to collapse. She stood up and almost fell back down; her head was hit hard, too hard.

"Izumi start running, please!" Tobirama was shouting out. He wanted to use the Hiraishin to get to her but one of the Uchiha had used a technique that depleted most of his chakra. He could only do about one more teleport before his chakra was gone altogether. Maybe…he may be able to catch her and run away in time, but that was a big if.

Izumi shook her head to get rid of whatever fogginess that was in her head and started running, but it was too late. Her eyes widened when she realized that the ground was breaking, falling into whatever hole there was. She looked up and saw Tobirama's eyes, widened with fear.

"TOBIRAMA!" Izumi screamed his name out with fear before falling with the broken pieces of the land. She blinked and saw her brother running towards her.

'I'm so sorry Madara.'

She closed her eyes and succumbed to her wound, but not before she felt a familiar warmth surround her.

A/N: BABAM! I finished this and I am happy! I hope you guys enjoyed reading about their kiss because I sure know that I loved writing about it xD half of this chapter was just fluff but the other half was like all intense.

Don't you just love my cliffhangers? Because I sure know that I do!

I really want you guys to tell me how well I wrote out their kiss scene because let's face it, there's probably going to be more kissing later on in the story so…

Yeah.

Asylum by Madeleine Roux is the next book for recommendations! It's actually a horror story about a group of kids who do this summer program, like college prep I think. They end up having to stay at an old and renewed asylum and the main character/boy starts seeing things and tries to find out about what really happened at the asylum. It has a sequel and they were both really good.

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Until next time!~