Miyo dragged Sakura along to the Hot Springs and apparently, from what the little girl had said, Mito had no idea they were going to be there. Miyo had a habit of doing that often with multiple people, always dragging people places and interrupting conversations just because she felt she could. Sakura did not mind once she got there, since she tried her hardest to distract herself from what happened earlier.

She looked around curiously, considering these Hot Springs never existed in her timeline. Many things changed over the years and she had to get use to this Konoha while trying not to forget her Konoha. The walls were white with vines painted around the room starting from the entrance, various flower petals falling from the buds. After entering, Miyo excitedly places their stuff in a compartment before undressing as quickly as she could while Sakura admired the artwork.

"Sakura-sensei, come on," she said with a smile. She nodded and undressed, both heading into the next room to wash up before going in to see Mito.

The woman was humming to herself while running her hands through her long red hair. She looked up at them with surprise and then concern as she looked at Sakura. Miyo hopped in the water while Sakura got in slowly. She growled when Miyo splashed her with a giggle, Mito grabbing her hair and yanking it to get her to stop.

"Sakura-chan, what is wrong? I haven't seen you so upset since you first arrived in Uzushio," Mito said with a stern voice, knowing how stubborn the pinkette could be.

"I don't want to talk about it at this moment if you don't mind Mito-chan," she sighed, swimming over to the edge with her.

"Before we leave you are going to talk with me," she told her.

"I know," she said, crossing her arms over the edge and laying her head on top of them.

"Sakura-sensei I brought you here so you can talk about it. I mean I don't know what Hashirama-sama and Uzashi said to upset you but..."

"Hashirama and Uzashi?" Mito said with alarm, and anger.

"How do you know?" Sakura snapped at her, not realizing how harsh she sounded.

"I... may have been around," she said scratching the back of her head, smiling nervously.

"You little brat," she groaned.

"I know but I sensed something was wrong and you know me... I have to find out what, and why..." Miyo explained with quickness.

"Leave her be Sakura-chan. Of all people how could those two upset you?" Mito ask swimming closer to her.

"Especially to get you to cry that badly." Miyo quickly shut her mouth and drove under water when Sakura glared at her.

"Uzashi is the main person who upset me. He is acting strange these days and I want to know why. He asked me to out with him tonight and when I did, Hashirama showed up. He apparently was with someone there and saw me. We have thing we need to discuss and have been busy, thus he came to find out when. Next thing I know Uzashi is saying bad things about Madara and naturally we defended him. But then..."

"Sakura-chan?" Mito got worried as she began to tear up.

"We all started to argue over it. I don't really understand why we went at it that badly. Uzashi just gave off this aura of hatred and when he got started everything went wrong and even Hashriama and I got into it," she sobbed, starting to tell the story as best as she could.

"Hashirama is not the kind of man to just argue that way. It is hard to image all that happening. Uzashi though, he has been strange since we got here," Mito commented, rubbing Sakura's back.

"It was because he said something about Tobirama that was offensive from what I gather, and that set him off. I can't remember it all right now, its all just too much," Sakura cried.

"Don't worry Sakura-chan, after a good nights rest you should feel better," Mito said, sighing.

This was worrisome. Ever since they departed from Uzushio, Uzashi has acted strange. After they got to the village, he became a bit distant and cold. What cold have possibly done that to him? Whatever it was, she had to find out. Mito was not about to let him ruined Sakura's life, and definitely was not going to disrespect her soon to be husband. Or his brother.

"Miyo, who...?" Mito stopped mid sentence when she noticed the girl was gone. "Why does she always do that!?"


Sakura groaned as the light hit her eyes. Her head hurt and her tongue was sticking to her mouth. She had cried so much last night and didn't replenish the water she needed. After crying her eyes out at the Hot Springs, Mito invited her to her temporary home so she would not be alone. And she eventually start to cry once again, but that time was because of everything building up over time.

She had been so stress and did not have enough time to really think about what was going on to the point that it all came to her when she was most vulnerable. She tried to be strong but Sakura knew eventually it would happen. At least she didn't say anything to Mito that could have let her know her secret. That was the last thing she needed.

She got up and rubbed her eyes, getting out of bed when she smelled breakfast. When Mito cooked, it was a full table of food and admittedly something Sakura missed. She went downstairs to see the twins helping in the kitchen, for the first time ever, with her friend already fixing up the last bit of food. She sat down as the twins plated the table with extra plates.

"What got you into cooking so much food?" she asked, grabbing the cup of water Mito set down for her.

"I have company coming over for breakfast," she smiled. "It'll give you time to talk while I go straighten out Uzashi," she whispered.

"Oh," she sighed.

With that being said, there was a knock at the door. Before they got to it, Miyo opened it and walked right in leaving the two Senju dumbfound at her lack of care. Mito motioned for them to enter as she plated the food. Miyo hopped into the seat next to Sakura before anyone else could. Hashirama sat on her other side with Mito sitting next to him. Miyo had a sudden smirk of mischief when Tobirama sat next to her. Sakura suddenly regretted giving her a secret mission.

"I did not think that through," she thought, mentally slapping herself.

"I should apologize for last night. I should have left you two alone until you finished," Hashirama said looking at her.

"Let's just try to forget it. But we do have things to discuss later," she said as he nodded.

"If you kick my leg one more time, I swear I will..."

"Tobirama!" Hashirama snapped as Tobirama and Miyo glared at each other.


The twins cleaned up, being surprisingly compliant to what Mito asked. Then again they were always in trouble until she came around. Then they feared getting into trouble even more than with Sakura around. It was fun to watch. Tobirama excused himself when he had enough of Miyo kicking him under the table, only for her to do as he did and follow him. Miyo really did not care what the consequences were when annoying people.

"Mito-chan, where are you going?" Hashirama asked as she placed the tea down for them all.

"I have some important matters to attend to. I will be back," she smiled at him before leaving.

"What exactly do we need to discuss?" Sakura asked, pouring them tea.

"I mainly wanted to thank you for keeping Madara busy lately. It is around this time he had started to change and I do believe it is because he had overheard a conversation between Tobirama and I," he told her taking a sip of his tea.

"Really?" she asked confused, holding her cup in her hands tightly.

"After the meeting with the Feudal Lords, he had overheard a discussion which consisted of Tobirama giving me information on a rumor of how the Uchiha's hatred caused the Sharingan. This was before he had figured out the truth to it of course. Madara must have overheard and began to distance himself, not trusting anyone. Perhaps it was because of the lack of trust others had of him that caused things to go so badly," Hashirama said, a sigh before crossing his arms.

"So just by inviting him to tea I helped avoid that?" she questioned, getting a nod in response.

"Maybe it was a good thing I brought you here. What was meant to happen seems to continue on, even if certain events happen quicker than they did last time." She instantly knew he was talking about his marriage. "But ultimately you have changed many lives being around. I felt guilty for throwing you into this without a second thought but now it seems as if it was the right choice. Through the pain you became stronger and can even handle someone like Madara," he chuckled.

"What is so funny?" she asked crossing her arms with a pout.

"I expected you to hate him. But somehow you to have become friends in a way. If anything I honestly thought you would be afraid but that went away when you first punch him in battle."

"Yeah well he pissed me off," she said, looking at her bracelet with a smile. "But I guess I learned how to just go with the flow of life and try to live without resentment. Hatred started this and I have to make sure no one gets wrapped up in it, even myself."

"Well said."

Sakura took a sip of her tea before looking at the staircase with worry. The twins went up to do their chores but through the entire conversation they seemed to have disappeared. She quickly got up and went up, leaving Hashirama confused. She saw a room door cracked and looked in, only to find them slouching over the bed. One was just being lazy and bored while the other was napping.

She would have told them to finishing cleaning the rooms, as Mito had asked of them, but it was a good thing they were there. After all, when the two began to talk, she had forgotten about them and the last thing she needed was for someone to find out what was going on. The toughest thing to do in life was to keep that a secret.

She went back downstairs, hearing Tobirama and Hashirama talking. Miyo was sitting in her chair, playing with the tea cup. When she told Miyo to give Tobirama a hard time, she didn't mean for her to follow him around the whole time. Then again it was Miyo, she did missions her own way anyway.

"Sakura-chan, we will be leaving now. I suppose we can talk more later," he nodded to himself.

"Yeah. Take care you two," she said as the two left.

"He is going to see Mito-sama," Miyo commented.

"I know," Sakura smiled, thinking about their conversation as she took a seat.

She had never really put to much thought into it but it did seem like she had befriended Madara. At first it was strange to be around him knowing what she knew, yet he somehow made it easy to be around him. And she was never afraid like she even expected to be upon meeting him. The changes she had gone through made her a better and stronger person. And that made her smile.

She wanted her team to see her the way she is now but that was never going to happen. But at least she knew them well enough to know they would be proud. Especially her Shisho and Sensei.


Author's Note: Here is the next part, took a bit to get together. I will upload Miyo's story soon I just need a few more votes to get an idea of what to call her story so for those who can, go to my profile and vote!