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

"The darkness became his ally, and with every passing night he had come to the conclusion that he had lost a piece of himself in his past, a piece he continues to scavenge for in all the broken souls he crosses paths with."

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Betrayal

Making sure that she had everything, Izumi walked out of her house, determined to not let her brother soil the Uchiha name. How dare he not do his duties as Clan Head! How dare he!

Izumi was mad. No, she was beyond mad, she was enraged.

It wasn't just the fact that her brother had forgotten her birthday yesterday (and Izuna's), it was the fact the he had the nerve to try to erase her memories. It was the fact that he neglected his clan and the people that cared for him. She had wanted to talk to him about it today but decided against it after having a slight argument with Connie.

Izumi let out a sigh, which caught the attention of a young Uchiha that was most definitely not following her.

"Izumi-sama, is everything okay?" She turned around and saw the same little girl from yesterday with her hands behind back.

"Akane-chan!"

The little girl gave Izumi a shy smile before rocking back on her heels. "Did you have a good birthday yesterday?"

Izumi kneeled down and playfully pushed the girl's little nose. "I had the best because of your gift."

Akane's eyes widened and her face turned red. "R-Really?"

"Yes." Quickly ruffling her hair Izumi stood up. "I wish I could talk with you longer, but I have a meeting to go to. I hope to see you again Akane-chan!"

Letting out a cute giggle, Akane nodded her head and bowed before running away.

Shaking her head, Izumi continued walking towards the Hokage Tower.

When she reached the building, she realized that there was an hour before the meeting with the Sarutobi Clan started.

"Hashirama." Izumi greeted the Hokage respectfully as she opened the door. She didn't bother saying hello to Tobirama since she knew he had sensed her arrival. He stood in the room, reading a scroll that Hashirama had handed him.

"Ah Izumi-chan, what can I do for you?"

Izumi quickly looked around to see if maybe, just maybe, her brother was here. "Madara wouldn't happen to be here right?"

"That brother of yours hasn't set foot in this room for a meeting in weeks." Tobirama said monotone from behind the scroll that he was still reading. Izumi knew that when he was focused, he tend to get a little...unemotional.

"Why am I not surprised." Putting on a smile for the two Senju's in the room, she clapped her hands together with forced cheerfulness. "Well, I heard from one of the Elders and you about the meeting with the Sarutobi today. I hope that as the Clan Head's sister I can be enough in my brother's stead."

Hashirama quickly stood up and ran to where she stood in front of the door. "Thank you so much!" He gave her a hug, shocking the Uchiha. "You may have just saved this meeting!"

She let out an awkward laugh and patted Hashirama on the back. "It's my pleasure to help this village. Um...if you don't mind, could you please let go of me?"

"Oh yes! Of course, sorry."

"It's fine." Izumi fixed her armor and looked around. "Was it just the Uchiha and Senju they wanted to meet up with?"

"Yes. I have no clue to why they would only request two clans, I had thought that they would like to meet with the other major clans that reside in Konoha now." Tobirama answered, placing the scroll back on Hashirama's desk.

"That is weird..." She thought about what they could possible want with the Clan only when the sound of a sigh broke her out of her thoughts.

"Brother, I think we shouldn't accept this invitation, it is too suspicious." Izumi continued standing there, slightly confused by the sudden change of topic until she realized Tobirama was now talking about what he had just read.

"Tobirama, it's fine. We need to establish a relationship with the new Hidden Villages and this one happens to recognize that fact." Realizing that she had nothing to do with their conversation, she quietly sat down on one of the couches in the room. She pulled out a scroll that she had stolen from her brother's house and quickly started reading it.

What the scroll contained was just the monthly spending's used by the Clan, it wasn't anything of great importance but what Izumi noticed was that there was a request for more houses, but without Madara's stamp of approval, the buildings would not be able to be built. 'Damn that brother of mine-'

"Izumi, can you go?"

She looked up at the two men in the room, not aware of their conversation before she was included in it suddenly. "Yes?" She hoped that it was the right answer to whatever Hashirama had asked.

"Great! Well then it's settled Tobirama, nothing to worry about now."

"Brother-"

"We'll talk about this more later, the Sarutobi have arrived!"

Two hours later…

Bowing to the last Sarutobi in the room, Izumi was relieved to know that the meeting was over. "Well, that went a lot better than what I had expected." Hashirama said with a tired sigh. "You really helped us Izumi."

"No, you two are the ones that did most of the talking. I just sat there, placing my input every few minutes." Izumi smiled and carelessly fell onto the couch. "But wow, I am tired. Meetings are a pain -no offense to you Hashirama."

"None taken."

"Brother, we need to go back to the conversation from earlier-"

"Oh yeah, about that!" Izumi interrupted. She quickly stood up and walked over to where the two brothers stood. "What did I actually agree on?"

Tobirama opened his mouth to say something but Hashirama beat him to it. "You and Tobirama will be the representatives of Konoha at the newest Hidden Village called Kirigakure in the Land of Water."

"...Oh."

Hashirama waved his hand in front of his face casually. "Of course the meeting won't be held for a few months but it doesn't hurt to be prepared." Izumi continued standing there, a what have I done look on her face. "Well, he'll be going along so you don't have anything to worry about. Okay?" She nodded her head, still shocked at what she had agreed to.

About an hour passed by before Tobirama and Izumi left the room and it was only because Hashirama said he needed to finish some paperwork. "Bye Hashirama!" Izumi said quite cheerfully. She never knew why but after being in a room with him for the whole morning cheered her up a bit.

But her happy mood didn't last because the moment Tobirama and Izumi stepped out of the building, he immediately grabbed her arm and looked at her. "What are you-"

"Don't do the mission. Tell Hashirama that you can't accept it anymore."

Izumi looked up at the white-haired man, shock showing in her eyes. "What?"

"You heard me." Izumi made a sound of disbelief before trying to rip her arm out of his grasp.

"Because you just told me not to go, I will go."

"The Clans that make up that new village aren't ones a kunoichi should go too." She raised an eyebrow, confused. "Whenever we fought those Clans, we never allowed our kunoichis to fight, they were only allowed if they accompanied a large group of...men for reasons that you probably know." He tried pleading with her with his eyes. Could she not see the worry, the desperation?

"Are you doubting my skills as a kunoichi?"

"Of course not-"

"Then I will have you know that I can keep up with my older brother in a spar." She narrowed her eyes. "If I can do that, I think I can handle a group of horny men Tobirama." She countered. She wanted to say more but when she leaned a little to the side, Izumi noticed a brown haired boy walking towards them.

"Hey-"

"Tobirama-Sensei! Is that you?" Tobirama's eyes widened in disbelief before his face was wiped of any emotion.

"Don't say anything, okay?" He whispered to her before quickly turning around to face the boy.

"It is you!"

"Hiruzen, why are you here?" The boy, Hiruzen, ran up to them with a large smile on his face.

"My mother and father are one of the first groups out of the Sarutobi to move here! Isn't this exciting?" He looked up at Tobirama, awe and respect in his eyes.

Sarutobi? Since when was Tobirama a teacher? Izumi never heard about him teaching anybody, let alone non-Senju.

"Uh Sensei?"

"Yes?"

"Who's the person standing behind you?" Seeing that this was her cue to introduce herself, she quickly moved in front of Tobirama and gave the brown-haired boy a smile.

"Hi Hiruzen-kun, I'm Izumi."

The boy's eyes widened and a few seconds of silence passed as he took in her appearance. Black hair and eyes, pale skin. The Uchiha symbol on her armor. "Y-You're an-"

"Uchiha? Yes, I am." She patted Tobirama's arm, shooting a glare at the white-haired man. It must come to a shock to some people when they were seen together since Tobirama was known to not like the Uchiha's. There have been nasty rumors of how Izumi was sleeping with him, but both of them ignored those lies and continued to stay as...whatever they were. "We've set aside our differences quite a while ago if that's what you're wondering." Almost three years ago too, but Hiruzen didn't need to know that.

"Oh..." The boy suddenly smiled. "You're very pretty so I hope to get to know you better!" After saying this he ran off towards the direction he had come from. Izumi, taken back by what he just said, took a step back and into Tobirama's chest.

"That's your student?" She furrowed her eyebrows before turning around because of something she realized. "Wait, so the Senju had a treaty with the Sarutobi?"

"Yes." Tobirama grimaced when the memory of meeting the Sarutobi boy three years ago.

"Judging by that face you must not have a great memory of him."

"No, he's just very…loud." Deciding to be bold, Izumi patted his cheek and started walking away.

"What-"

"I need to go, I have to watch over Kagami for the day." Not bothering to turn around she threw her hand up in the air as a goodbye. "I'll be at Kazuyo's house!"

Realizing that she had avoided their earlier conversation (or argument in her mind), Tobirama stood their, disbelief in his face.

He had been tricked! "The conversation is not over yet Izumi!"

"Of course it's not!" She mocked before jumping away.

"Hey Kazuyo?" Izumi knocked on her best friend's door, but there was no answer. "Kazuyo?" She placed her hand on the doorknob and twisted only to be shocked when it opened. 'Unlocked? She never leaves the door like this, even if she was home.' She was starting to worry. "I'm coming in!" Pushing it open, the first thing that Izumi registered was that it was dark. For as long as she's known Kazuyo, Izumi knew that the woman hated the dark.

When her eyes adjusted to the dark, Izumi walked down the hallway and into the living room. She let out a gasp when she saw the two people crumpled on the floor, unconscious. "Kazuyo, Kagami!" She shot forward and fell to her knees, checking for any blood on the mother and son.

"They're fine, I only knocked them out." Recognizing the voice, her head flew up to see her older brother standing there, clad in his battle armor. "I need to talk to you-"

"By knocking out Kazuyo and Kagami?" She stood up and walked in front of the two to protect them if need be. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

He started pacing. "I knew that you were going to their house today so I figured I could talk to you then."

"You could've just walked into my house and asked, it was that simple Madara."

He moved quickly in front of her and gripped the sides of her arms. "I can't, we're being watched!"

Izumi quickly realized that her usually clam and stoic brother was...unstable. "Madara-"

"Come with me."

"...What?"

"Leave this place; we'll create a better world." Madara shook her. "I know how! We'll be back with Father and Mother, with Arata and Katsumi!" His grip on her arms tightened; she had to hold back a whimper from the pain that he was inflicting on her, both physically and mentally. "We can be reunited with Izuna, isn't that what you want? For your twin to be back with you?"

She shook her head. "That's impossible! They've all passed away, there's no jutsu in this world that can make them come back!"

"But there is, all you have to do is come with me."

"I-I can't, there's too much here-" She knew that that was the wrong thing to say when she saw her brother's face turn to a scowl. He pushed her away and balled his hands into a fist.

"It's that damn Senju, isn't it?" He pressed a fist against his eye, as if he was in pain. "Isn't it?!"

"What are you talking about?" Izumi feigned innocence. Despite looking calm, she was oh so desperately trying to calm her racing heart. How had her brother found out? They were so careful-

"I know you're wondering why I know, aren't you little sister?

"W-What?"

Madara started laughing, making Izumi doubt her brother's mental stability at the moment. "Stupid, stupid, stupid!" He moved his hands from his face and that was when she noticed his eyes. Instead of the usual cold, hard brown she was so used too, her brother's eyes were red with the Mangekyō Sharingan. "We were always watching, you know? But you betrayed us when you...kissed that Senju!"

"You don't understand-"

"I don't care Izumi." He seemed to take a breath to calm himself. "All will be forgiven, all you have to do is come with me."

Izumi looked down to the two fallen figures on the ground. The conflicted look on Kazuyo's unconscious face and the innocence in Kagami's made her even more confused. "I..." And when an image of a smiling Tobirama flashed in her mind, Izumi realized that she couldn't just…leave. What would happen if she did? She could imagine Kazuyo and Kagami sadness at her leave.

Izumi could even imagine Tobirama's look of betrayal if she followed after her brother. "I can't, I'm finally happy Madara, isn't that enough for all of us?" She turned her eyes to her brother. "There are no more wars, no pointless deaths." Her voice raised. "If I leave with you now, what will you do? Will you destroy this peace that we've finally managed to grasp?" She quickly glanced at Kazuyo and her nephew. "You know what Izuna told Kazuyo before he died?"

"...What?"

"He wished for peace. He held no grudge for the Senju, despite what they had done to him and our family. He wished for peace, Madara, not war!" Izumi grabbed her brother shirt and brought him down to her face. "Do you hear yourself right now? Are you the same brother that brought me warm milk when I couldn't sleep at night? Are you still the same brother that gave me rides on his back when I was feeling down?" She could feel the tears filling up in her eyes. "A-And you dare to destroy this peace; you are practically disgracing Izuna's death! His death would have been for nothing! Father's would have been for nothing! Arata, Katsumi, their deaths would have meant nothing!" She even dared to bring up a name that would she knew would pain Madara. "Koizumi would be ashamed of the man standing in front of me."

"Don't you dare say her name!" Her brother roared. In a blink of an eye, he grabbed her arm in one hand and the side of her face in another.

"What are you-"

"I will erase all memories regarding Konoha and the happiness that you associate it with. If I do this, then you will have no choice but to come with me." Madara gave her a smirk that she knew didn't belong on her bother's face. "Can't forget about your little boy toy, now can we? All those memories, gone."

"N-No!" Izumi tried to pull away from Madara's hands, but he was too strong compared to her. Realizing that he was going to do the same thing he did to her yesterday, she didn't make the same mistake of looking into his eyes.

"Make this easier on you and open your eyes." She shook her head, trying desperately to think of something. The only thing she could think of was that Tobirama had listened to her earlier and decided to meet her here, at Kazuyo's house. That's why Izumi did something that she never thought she would ever do, she screamed for him.

"TOBIRAMA!"

As soon as her scream died down, Madara started laughing. "You think he can hear you? Why do you also think I chose this place to confront you Izumi? We're located at the absolute back of the compound with no neighbors."

She continued struggling against her brother's grip because she could not -would not let him erase her memories, especially of Konoha, a place that she regards as home now. "Please Madara-"

"Let her go!" Her brother's grip suddenly faltered at the sudden shout that belong to the man that she loved (not that she had said that to him yet). Feeling Madara's hands disappear, she opened her eyes to see a blue armor and a black shirt underneath it.

"Tch, this has become quite a problem." Her brother took a step back and for once throughout this whole ordeal Izumi noticed...guilt in his eyes. "I'm sorry Izumi." He whispered, a totally different character from a minute ago. Without another word, he left the house.

"Are you okay?" Tobirama asked, turning around in a speed unbeaten by others. Izumi numbingly nods her head, shock setting in.

That man was not her brother, he was a stranger to her eyes.

"Izumi?" His voice sounded so far away, but she looked up again to see the handsome face of her lover.

"...I'm sorry." She apologized in a voice barely audible.

Tobirama placed a hand on her cheek. "For what?"

She looked down at her hands. "M-Maybe if I had noticed sooner-"

He shook his head and forced her to look at him. "No Izumi, don't blame yourself." Hearing those words for some reason caused something within Izumi to break, to crumble into irreparable pieces.

And for the third time since knowing Tobirama, she started crying because on this day, she had yet again, lost a loved one to the cruel being called Fate.

A/N: So… I'm really sorry for this being like a week late. PLEASE FORGIVE ME! It's just that I started watching Fairy Tail (a bad mistake, I assure you) and I finallyfinished all the episodes. And not to mention, I have a slight writers block with this story because I can't really figure out how I want this to end.

Last night I had to write down like the whole entire timeline of Naruto based on Hiruzen Sarutobi's age because his is like the only one that can actually help, you know? But even after I did that I just can'tfigure out how I'm going to fit in Tsunade as Hashirama's granddaughter.That's why I'm going to make her his daughter, hope you don't mind! I realized this mistake yesterday. Wow I am stupid. But I will warn you that the first half of the chapter may seem...bad, and that's because I actually did have a writers block until the day before yesterday after I started the next chapter for In Time, my other story.

I recommend The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure. It's based on when the Nazis managed to take over Paris during World War II, and how one architect manages to save the lives of the Jewish people living in Paris.

That's about it I guess. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

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