Authors Note
This story has been adopted from the wonderful Forever Gypsy.
All characters belong to Kishimoto Masashi.
Chapter
XII
The Time Traveler
"No Sakura you're doing it wrong" Looking across the table at her mother she glared as she placed the wine goblet down completely frustrated, if her mother kept this up she might actually allow someone to stab her so she wouldn't have to come home after a mission. "Ugh! I don't even understand why we're doing this! I mean I'm going to be a shinobi kaa-san, I doubt anybody cares how I hold a wine glass".
Haruno Mebuki sighed then as she rubbed her forehead in frustration. "I know that Sakura! It's not like you've stopped reminding me of that!" A vein popped on her forehead then as her mother continued. "Besides eventually you're going to realize that the shinobi life isn't what you want and then we can find you a nice nobleman in the Capital and that's when these lessons will come in handy".
"I don't want to marry some old man from the Capital! I'm going to marry Sasuke-kun! I'm going to become an amazing kunoichi and I'm going to help Sasuke-kun restore the Uchiha clan and I'm going to have lots of Uchiha babies and become the Uchiha Matriarch! Why can't you just understand!"
"Sakura you're eleven years old, you don't know what you're talking about! Marrying into a shinobi clan isn't as great as you'd think and Sasuke is not someone you want to marry ... I just wished you'd open your eyes, this is not any world you want to have children in".
Sakura shook her head as her mother continued. "Sakura there's things about being a kunoichi that you won't learn in the acadamy or in any of your books, things that you don't learn until it's too late, and god forbid you do end up marrying that boy! ... I just don't want you to get stuck with a child and a man you can't leave".
"And that's just about the worst thing that's ever happened to you".
...
'Stop wasting your time'
'Be quiet'
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'You have the power now, use it'
'Stop talking'
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'Take back my nursery, take it back for us'
Looking over the lotus pond she took a shuddering breath as she attempted to refocus her mind and chakra, meditation wasn't working all that well, especially when her inner psyche was not the safe haven it had once been.
Ever since Madara and Hashirama had gotten through to the deepest locks of her mind Kaguya's chakra had been able to get her voice through. The sounds of the nails screeching against the doors of her prison and the clinking of the chains was louder now than ever before. She had been attempting to fix the doors within her mind that Madara and Hashirama had been able to get through, but without knowing anything about Uzumaki sealing jutsu's she was getting nowhere real fast.
It didn't make any sense, they shouldn't have been able to open any of the doors ... Was it because Kaguya's chakra was able to manipulate Indra and Ashura's chakra from beyond the prison? Was that possible? Or was it possible that because it was a reincarnation that created made the seals that they were able to get passed the seals created?
'Sakura' She shook her head as she heard the voice once more 'Sakura'. Was it possible that when they opened the doors to the prison they'd created a crack in the seal? Was it possible? Or had the seals already begun to weaken before that? Wasn't there something about female Jinchurriki? 'Sakura' Her voice was becoming louder than her inner voice and that was not good, her inner voice was the last bit of her trueself she had left. She couldn't loose her.
'Kill them, take their chakra and take back our kingdom' Focusing her chakra she dived deep into her mind, past her protectors, deep into the freezing snow she stopped as she looked at the mirrors that were cracked from the ice that grew upon them and opened the door.
The gate was brought down immediately and the snow and ice melted all around her at the extreme heat that came from the other side. Looking in she saw it then. The cage that Kaguya had been pushed into was now fallen into the lava that surrounded the rock that it had once sat upon. Kaguya sat there instead, the long chain that attached to her neck still in place keeping her installed into the dimension for now, but the chains that had held her hands down were gone.
"Hello my darling daughter" Her voice was soft and calm as she sat there with her moon-colored eyes looking dreamy back at her. Sakura looked around the dimension, no sign of her inner. "I'm not your daughter".
Kaguya smirked. "A vessel is my future, is my child" She scrunched her brows, a vessel? What did she mean by that. "Oh my dear daughter, don't think to hard, soon enough you'll come to understand what I speak of, we're already well on our way to becoming as close as a mother and child can be".
"Stop talking" Kaguya leaned her head onto her knee's then. "Careful my child, speaking to me like that will come back to haunt you, very soon too", "Where is she?" "Hmm? What are you speaking of?" "You know who'm I speak of, where is she?"
"... You mean that disgusting thing, my girl don't fret about her, I've made sure she'll stay quiet for now, I can't have you listening to anyone but your mother".
She pulled up the gate then and looked around the dimension. "What have you done?" Kaguya kept still as the lava rocked higher against her rock, a smirk in place as she looked across from her. Holding onto the doors of the prison she leaned further in and looked to where Kaguya's eyes were looking.
The snow melted after a serious heat wave hit her and she saw then as she grasped hard as her inner was tied down with Kaguya's missing chains sitting up so high up a mountain that one would hardly noticed her blended form nearly mixing into the shadows.
Pulling herself out from the prison she looked over to a smirking Kaguya. "Aren't you going to save her my daughter? She's so special to you after all". She wouldn't be able to help her inner, if she entered the prison with Kaguya having more control with her chains now off her she knew it would mean the end of her and Kaguya would have her body and if that happened she'd find her physical form not long after that.
"What do you want?" Kaguya lifted her head then. "What I want my child is for you to listen to me, we have the power of these clans now, consume them all and take back our world". She shook her head. "Why would I do that? I came here so I could protect the world from you" Kaguya chuckled then.
"My daughter haven't you learned yet? Of course you haven't, you're so young still". This was impossible, this woman was impossible, of course she was impossible she was a god.
"You can't save the world from anything Sakura, so long as humans exists this world will forever be in danger, it's cursed you know, this place, I knew the man that married the witch that cursed it into this nightmare". Was she talking about herself in a third person now?
"You caused these clans to fight! You and your Zetsu made this world how it is". Kaguya shook her head. "Oh no, no, no, no, no, my daughter I saved this world, if not for me all of this world would still be cursed, but I stopped her curse, I saved the humans, gave them peace" This woman's audacity was off the chains and alongside that was her delusional thinking as well. "You murdered billions of people over millenniums through your Mugen Tsukuyomi, all those humans died, enslaved to your will". Kaguya shrugged, no ... Kaguya was above shrugging, she gestured haughtily, her uncaring gesture matching her words. "They shed blood, the blood that sprouted my child, my perfect Shinju, they became part of it, I was not the one whom told them to kill one another over and over, and over again".
She looked over at her then, eyes sharp and ready to strike she stilled herself against the immortal queens next words.
"These boys you've chained to us will eventually kill this world, they'll turn against you just like the humans turned against that witch and just like those bastard sons of mine turned against me. It's what they do, they use us and dispose of us, but we can stop it now, stop them before they realize they can find a way to break from us"
"They won't turn against me" Kaguya chuckled then, a sorrowful chuckle that even she felt in her bones. "My dear child, I remember when I had thought so naively. You're too soft my daughter, those disgusting bastards of mine, they'll tear your heart out and eat it. They're so much like Tenji, they'll make you believe they love you and then attack you at your lowest, I promise you my daughter, if we don't strike now they'll kill us".
... She realized it then, those moments when she'd kissed Tobirama and Madara, it hadn't been her inner voice telling her to run from them, it was Kaguya. Kaguya didn't want her to loose herself to her emotions, didn't want her to fall, she didn't want her to face the same fate.
...Tenji? ...Could that have been Hagoromo and Hamura's father? Their human father? ... What happened to Kaguya and the father of her sons?
"Why are you so intent on killing everyone? You were even willing to kill your sons, all because of chakra?" Kaguya looked away then. "I was protecting them, just like I'm protecting you my daughter, eventually you'll understand it like I came to. The Ōtsutsuki's way is the only true way, but this world has grown on me and we must protect our nursery, from the humans, from the Ōtsutsuki, from everyone that would see it dead".
...Ōtsutsuki? ... Was she talking about ... "You're talking about your clan aren't you?" Kaguya tilted her head, just slightly. She pushed with a different approach then. "Where do you come from? ... You're clearly not human"
The moon was created after she'd come to earth, but still ... "Just as you sit on that side, I sit on this side, that's where the Ōtsutsuki call home".
... That side, this side? ... She looked around herself then, the lava that trapped her on that rock and the gate she had pulled down and the snow that lay on her side. Two different sides ... Two different worlds. ...
..."You're not just from the stars are you? You're from an opposing dimension right? Just like I'm from branch reality to this one" Kaguya surprised her. "Opposing indeed, I've never seen a world with so many freedoms and so little harmony ... Listen to me my dearest daughter, you may have figured out how to control the Kama, but you've still been using my chakra, you've felt it right? The gate that separate's us is slowly beginning to erode and soon enough I'll have full control of everything".
... Kaguya was going to overpower her body with her chakra in order to control her. "Then I won't use your chakra, the Senju and Uchiha are now bound to me, with my chakra alone I bound them to me, I have no need to use your chakra anymore if I have theirs to control". Kaguya laughed though, a small laugh with an amused smile that was just not a good sign and made her stomach clench in pain.
"Oh my dear Sakura, you still don't get it, you can stop using my power, but with all your emotions running wild and your gentle heart, you'll reveal the cracks I need to release my chakra through, and my children will help me, they've already begun their work on you, I hadn't wanted to see you go down that path, but if I must use it to release myself then I will".
... Her children ... Madara and Tobirama ... "I don't have feelings for them, I seduced them in order to gain the upper-hand and it worked, beyond that-", "Nevertheless, you are attracted to them, it's the first step, attraction, you've already gotten a taste of Indra, you my dear daughter won't stand a chance against an Ōtsutsuki's love or even worse their lust, especially Indra, he's so much more passionate, and you ... you're just a simple girl with a gentle heart"
... A gentle-heart ... Will my heart be the reason I fail them? ... I cannot fail. ... Not him ... I can never fail him. ... "You're right, I am just a simple girl, but I won't have a gentle-heart, if I must I'll give myself a new heart, one you can't taint, one that won't give into desire".
Kaguya's glare was a hard one to look at. "There's nothing for you to do, you've already allowed the seeds to be planted within yourself, you're attracted to Indra".
... Wasn't that too obvious of a statement ... "You're right, I am, but I learned my lesson with Indra's reincarnation from my true reality ... I won't allow Indra to fool me in this reality, I'll rip my own heart out to make sure of it, not you nor him will have me". Looking over at her inner she knew, they both knew what had to be done.
"I'm sorry, but it seems everything must end, even you". There was a nod and she looked back at Kaguya. "When I'm finished here, you won't be able to think about escaping let alone actually doing it". She slammed the mirrored doors shut then and opened her eyes.
Looking down at the lotus flowers she sighed as she stood from the pond and back over at the elder toad Gamamaru. He sat next to the lotus pond watching over her.
"The prophecy has changed young one, with your existence here, nothing I knew will come to be". Looking back at the lotus flowers she took in a deep breathe. The prophecy should have changed, by splitting the realities with her presence here and saving Izuna from death there shouldn't be anymore wars. Not if Izuna was the sole reason Madara had gone crazy and Zetsu hadn't been able to taint the Uchiha blood as he had once. ... Although, she had been away for sometime now and hadn't been able to track Kaguya's monster.
"What do you see now Gamamaru-sama?" He closed his eyes then and she could feel the chakra in the area running towards him as he breathed in and exhaled.
"The blue-eyed boy will return and he will be your undoing, you will die and the Ōtsutsuki will destroy all that lays before them".
... One week later ...
"How is the search going?" Opening a single eye he looked up at Hashirama who was blocking the sun from his sight, shading him. 'That giant oaf is finally showing some use'.
Looking to the side of Hashirama's leg he was able to see that Tobirama was still sitting across at the riverbank, his body mimicking the lotus pose that he sat in as well as they both concentrated on their chakra's.
"If I had found something that was notable don't you think I would have informed you about it?" Hashirama sighed then as he turned back to Tobirama, the younger sibling seemed to already know what his brother was wanting.
Tobirama's tone was harsh as he kept his eyes closed. "Don't bother me, I'm concentrating". Hashirama hung his head low then as he looked back over at him. "She's five foot and weighs less than seven stones how hard could it be to find her?"
"She's five foot two actually", He looked over at Tobirama then, of course the younger Senju would know that. Hashirama looked surprised. "Huh ... I thought she was shorter".
He rolled his eyes. ... 'Everyone is shorter than you you big oaf' ... Hashirama groaned then as he took a seated position in front of him, folding his legs underneath him as he looked straight at him. A contemplative look crossed his face and he sighed, if memory served him right anytime Hashirama had an idea it was an outrageous one.
"Say Madara" ... Here it comes ... "Do you think it's possible to track Sakura down using the binding?"
...I was not expecting that ... It was a good question though, they were bound to the small woman and technically speaking she was able to track them from long distances, or if she decided to activate the binding and kill them simultaneously she could do it from across the world.
Was it possible though to do the reverse? She did after all take in their chakra just as they had taken in her chakra, it should be possible to reverse track, but it would be difficult. Attempting to focus on Sakura's chakra within them was difficult, they'd have to override their own chakra, pushing it down till they could find Sakura's chakra.
"It should be possible". Hashirama nodded then as he fixed his pose, mimicking his meditation pose. Tobirama decided to speak up then. "There's a possibility that if your able to manipulate Sakura's chakra you'll also have the chance of accidentally growing it within you, I shouldn't have to explain to the both of you what she could do with that much power of our bodies. We should all do it so that the chances of finding her is faster and the chance of her chakra growing within us is lessoned".
There was that as well, Hashirama had his head down in depression again. "How did we get stuck being bound to Sakura of all people".
He shouldn't have said anything but somehow he couldn't stop the words from being said after he'd sighed. "It could be worse, we could be bound to an ugly old hag and not someone attractive to the eye". Hashirama'd looked up at him through his lashes then, smirk on his face.
"Ne Madara" ... He should have not opened his mouth... He decided not to acknowledge anything and Hashirama decided to continue. "How are the Uchiha elders taking the fact that you've decided to marry Sakura into the clan?" Hashirama looked both ways suspiciously then before leaning forward as if to tell him a secret. "Ne does Lady Madara know your taking a second wife?"
... Lady Madara? ... Tobirama saved him then as he threw a rock at the back of Hashirama's head, Hashirama flipped forward ungracefully, landing on his head with his legs splayed and bent awkwardly ...Idiot ... "Hashirama you're an idiot" He took in a deep breath as Hashirama hung his head low again.
Tobirama continued. "Besides don't you know, the Matriarch of the Uchiha clan would not carry the title lady, Uchiha's like Hyuga and Uzumaki hold noble bloodlines and noble titles, technically the Matriarch of the Uchiha is Uchiha-hime, until of course she has a daughter of her own, which would ascend her to Uchiha-Hidenka ... Though considering if Sakura does ever admit that she's of nobleblood as well, as we all know she is, her title will depend on where she stands on royal titles and whether or not she would be given the title Hidenka over another".
If he admitted that he was impressed it would no doubt give the younger Senju a bigger ego boost and they certainly didn't need that. Hashirama looked stunted then as he looked over at his brother. "Sakura is an aristocrat?" He shook his head, of course out of the two brothers Tobirama would have picked up on that que.
He decided not to acknowledge the idiot and corrected Tobirama on one thing. "Actually the Matriarch would ascend from Uchiha-hime to Uchiha-hidenka as long as she bore the main family children, regardless of gender, the title hime hasn't been used in a very long time either as there hasn't been a female born into the main family nor has there been a long time span between engagement and pregnancy". Tobirama nodded his head in acknowledgement.
Hashirama still looked confused though. "When did Sakura say she was a nobleman?" He sighed, of course he was still on that.
It was clear to him and Tobirama that Hashirama had not been paying any attention at all when it came to Sakura. Whether that was because he was naturally an idiot or didn't actually consider Sakura notable was to be decided as of yet.
Deciding it was best to explain as simply as he could he started. "Sakura has not stated she was an aristocrat, but she has certain behaviors that give way to her status". Tobirama decided to jump in. "The Uchiha's right, Sakura could deny it all she wants but she does have manners that you only see with the civilian nobles. Also, considering Sakura is a woman, it's best to note that she see's herself higher than just a woman, she's vocal and clearly educated, contradictions of a shinobi's daughter and a common woman ... and she has good teeth".
...Well at least he wasn't the only one that had noticed her teeth ... Hashirama's brow had hit his forehead then. "Good teeth? That tells us she's an aristocrat?"
Tobirama was quiet for a moment, thinking his explanation through no doubt, his white brows scrunched in thought before he looked back at Hashirama.
"Commoners don't care if there women are seen beat up and can't afford to replace broken or rotted teeth with fakes ... Certain shinobi clans only care about the appearance of their girls until after their married, but many don't spend the money to replace lost teeth with high quality substitutes ... Aristocrats, especially the civilian aristocrats, are much like the noble shinobi clans, they put in money to make sure their girls are attractive enough to be noticed and keep their families in a good standing position within their ranks and if possible marry higher up the ranks due to their looks, a girl with bad teeth would stand out just like a girl with good teeth stands out in our world".
Hashirama still had that thoughtful look to him. "Hmm ... You know I never realized it but you're right". There was no more clarification on who was right and what they were right about. That was Hashirama for you.
Tobirama spoke up again, clearly annoyed that his brother was interrupting them. "If that's all, I suggest you shut up so we can begin, If we haven't located her by now then it's clear she's not in the country, we'll have to focus our search further out ... And Madara". He looked over Hashirama's shoulder then to make eye contact with Tobirama, not wanting to point out that he hadn't used the proper honorifics once again. "Your Sharingan allows for you to enter the human psych, should you find her first, distract her while Hashirama and I figure out the location, we'll pull you out when we have enough to make an educated assumption". He nodded his head in understanding. It was a good idea, especially now that he knew her mind enough to safely go inside.
He closed his eyes as he focused on looking for Sakura's chakra, unlike the other's he'd had a good understanding of her chakra signature, which would give him a better advantage of finding her faster.
Looking for her chakra amongst his own was a rather strange event, searching through the abundance of his for a single amount of hers, he took a deep breath as he continued looking through his body.
It was there, hidden in a small crack between his crown and third eye, not it enough to block either but enough that it glowed softly in the vastness of his own, beating gently as if it were an ember waiting to come to life. Sakura had chosen a very interesting place to hide her chakra in him, if she were to activate this particular chakra to go off it would undoubtedly end him. ... And it would be very painful.
The idea sounded exciting, he was rather tempted to encourage her to try it, though, while he would admit to himself that he was a bit of a masochist, the idea of tempting death didn't sound to appeasing when he thought about it on a more serious level. Especially when Sakura had the ability to truly kill him if he did push her too hard.
Now that he found it, how was he to do the reverse tracking on it? Bindings had a whole set of hand-seals that weren't taught unless you were familiar with bindings. Opening an eye he looked over at the Senju brothers, both seeming to be concentrating on finding Sakura's chakra within them.
Taking the opportunity he summoned his memories and focused as far back as he could go, to the time after he activated his Sharingan and his father announced him as heir-apparent.
The memories spun around him rapidly and he watched and waited till he saw it. That single memory, slowing down he took in another breath as he saw the young girl in the Daimyo's palace corridors and the soft scent of lotus oil. The golden pillars reflected harshly in the sun and he heard the bells of the eunuch's as they passed by him and his parents with their harsh smelling sandalwood incense and announced the hour loudly through the halls.
When the screens opened he moved through the scenes quickly before he stopped at what he was looking through, he felt his hands come together recreating the seals, his chakra flared then and he felt the pull.
Closing his eyes he took in a deep breath as he moved through the dark void, watching slowly as the darkness around him began to form into a cave of sorts. A light at the very end hit him and he continued to allow the pull of his body to keep going.
Mountains and waterfalls, ponds and tree's flashed by him and he saw her then, sitting ontop of a pond filled with lotus flowers and small toads hoping between the flowers. her lilac-colored hair was in a messy bun, strings of loose hair surrounded her and her matching seal, her eyes closed and focused, the long sleeve shirt was gone, as were her pants leaving her in her bindings and undergarments, her pale skin glistened in the rays of the sun making her glow like an ethereal being amongst the plain surroundings.
She opened her eyes then staring straight at him and her pillowy lips opened. "Fuck" He didn't have a chance to stop as he was pulled into her.
Their bodies smashed together harshly as they tumbled together into a dark world. He landed hard ontop of Sakura and she slapped at his chest and shoulders then. "Get off me, Get off me, get off me!"
...What would she do if I refused? "No" Sakura glared at him and he looked away for a moment to see where exactly they were. It was dark, the only thing you could see was the large pristine marble statues and the large doors beyond the two of them. Sakura's inner psyche world. "In this world, chakra doesn't exist right?" He looked down at her and she looked away, clearly not happy about the situation.
"Uchiha-san if you don't remove yourself from me I will move you myself", "You know I remember not too long ago you being the one on top of me and I had absolutely no issue with it". Sakura lifted a brow as she spoke. "That's because you enjoyed that, and I don't enjoy this".
"But you enjoyed it the last time". He saw it in her eyes then, she knew he was stating a sure fact and not asking a question. Sakura shook her head though. "I didn't", "Yes you did".
Sakura's leg rode up to his waist then and she flipped them over. 'She'd rather not have that conversation then'. Sakura stood up immediately and he noticed that she was once more fully covered from her neck down to her feet, her small toes sticking out from her sandals and she turned to him.
"How on earth did you find me?" He stood up as he explained. "I traced your chakra inside of me and used it to do a reverse locator since my hawks couldn't seem to find you and neither could Tobirama". That brow of hers lifted high up her forehead then. "You and Tobirama were trying to find me ... Like together?"
"Surprising isn't it?", "Very surprising", "So do you want to just go right out and tell me where you are? It'll be easier that way I can leave here and head straight to wherever it is you've been hiding".
Sakura scoffed then as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Why would I do that?", "Well if you don't tell me then Tobirama will figure it out, he's doing the exact same thing I did". Sakura shrugged her shoulders. "Doesn't matter, the two of you can't do anything to hurt me". She looked back over at him then, because they both knew that she had refused to activate the binding on him when he'd pulled at her hair. ... Then again from how she had responded it would seem she enjoyed his treatment of her.
And if her soft moans had been anything to go by, she had enjoyed it a lot.
"Sakura", she looked up at him and he noticed that the woman was indeed small, he'd never realized how much of a ... pipsqueak she was, she had to be shorter than what Tobirama had stated. "Uchiha-san?" She was waiting on him and he noticed then that he'd got lost in his thoughts once more.
He forgot what was he about to say? ... 'I'm beginning to sound like the idiot'. He turned his entire body towards her then, remembering now what he wanted to speak to her about. "So my dear betrothed". Sakura rolled her her eyes at him. "Don't start with that, I've already told you I'm not interested in any of that". He reached over and grabbed her by the arm, she was pulled into him easily.
Everything between them was easy, from the flirting to the conversations to the strong chemistry, everything just came too easy for them. It was almost as if she knew him, knew how to treat him, what to say, how to act ... It was exciting in a way.
Wrapping an arm around around her small waist he wished for that moment he could use his Sharingan on her. Leading her to nowhere particular, but he pushed her body back with his own. "Marry me" Her brows scrunched together. "Why? So you can use me, take control of the contract for your own benefit and fuck me like some cheap whore before killing me".
He took in a deep breath and he felt the weird movement comeback at him through his spiritual body. "You confuse me more than anyone has ever, you stick up for the Uchiha clan when it comes to the Senju but you put us on the lowest pedestal and vilify me" He moved his hand from her waist to her hip and noted how her body shuddered in response. Sakura glared at him though. "You don't deny what I believe you have planned for me if I were foolish enough to except your proposal, condemning you must not be wrong".
Sakura's body hit the large doors then, the sound of her body slamming against the doors echoing in the darkness. Sakura didn't fight him when he leaned down, his nose grazing along her clothed neck as his hands slid down from her hips.
He bit back a groan as he moved over her plump ass, stopping just under the soft globes and lifting her up, her strong thighs and legs wrapped easily around him as he fit himself between her. Her body thrummed against his and here in the depth of her psyche she could not hide her responses and the soft moan that left her was music in his ears.
Sakura held herself up by holding onto his shirt as she spoke. "Tell me I'm wrong". He took in a deep breath and it took a moment for his physical body to connect with his spiritual one for him to smell the scent of lotus that clung to her physical and spiritual form. "I'd be lying, it wouldn't be completely untrue". He leaned away then to face her. "I would use you, it would be foolish of me not to, not only are you an amazing healer but your intelligent, more intelligent than all my council put together and yes I would take control of the contract, the Uchiha clan has to survive and if that means marrying you in order to get my hands on the contract then I will, any man in my position would, Hashirama would too if he were able to and I'm sure he's already convinced Tobirama that it's necessary for him to marry you. What would be a lie though ... When I do get my hands on that contract I won't kill you, that's the difference between the Senju and Uchiha, I don't kill out of fear of the unknown".
Using one hand he let go of her thin hip and slid it over her waist, up against the side of a breast and lifted an arm up and over her head, holding it there. "And your right, you are so completely right Sakura, I will fuck you, but not like some common whore, you're no whore but have no doubt I would fuck you, and even when my home is filled with all of our bastards I'd still not have enough of fucking you".
Sakura's thighs tightened around his waist and she leaned her body closer to his, her lips so close to his own as she let go of his shirt and grabbed at his hair. "I don't want bastards Madara, I refuse to be a second wife or worse yet a concubine" ... Of course she would refuse, nothing less than the very top of the hierarchy would satisfy this woman. "If you really want to marry me come back to me when you can give me a true marriage and maybe I'll consider it".
"Does that mean you finally except?" Sakura gave him that impish smile of hers with the deepened dimples then. "Have you already found a loophole in your binding agreement with the Daimyo that allows you to marry outside the Uchiha?"
The prickling at the back of his mind let him know that his physical body was reacting to her words. "You shouldn't know about that." She challenged him with a lifted brow. "But I do". Yes, yes she did ... Her green eyes flashed with fire then. "Are we done then? If your so eager to marry me perhaps you should get on to looking for that loophole you need, I'll not consider any proposals without a guarantee that I'll be your only woman, inside and outside the marriage bed".
Gods he wished he could feel in this place, to really feel her hands tugging at his hair, the feel of her body against him, anything really. His spiritual body could feel the remnant of what his physical body was feeling, after it took the time to register but it wasn't fast enough to come back to him like he wished it would.
Bringing her hand down from his hold to his lips he smirked as he watched her lean her head back against the doors as he moved his lips across each small knuckle. It was her spiritual body, her inner psyche, she would be able to feel compared to him. "I love how greedy you are Sakura, the true ethos of an aristocrat".
Grabbing her neck he watched as she bit her lip. "How deeply can you feel me Sakura, here in your safe haven?" He pressed down just slightly on her neck watching as she continued to bit on her lip. "Let me explain something then Sakura, If you do decide you want to marry someone and it isn't me then you should be prepared to find that man's head served to you as dessert. So long as you hold power over me, I will make sure that no other man will ever have you, and I will personally take pleasure in dismembering every man that dares to even challenge that, you want to be the only woman I have, then I'll be your only man, even if I can't have you ..." He squeezed down more and Sakura gasped, her hands tugging harder on his hair. He leaned forward and ran a his lips against her throat and Sakura's entire body writhed against him.
"Gods!" ...Gods indeed ... He smirked against her throat, his little witch not only had a great and murderous imagination but she was also sexually stimulated by the same things he was. ... What fun they would have ... He bit at the place he knew he would have felt her hear beating in her real body and she sighed. "Does that make you happy, knowing I'd kill other men for you? Knowing I want you enough to kill for you?" A whine escaped her. "Can you feel me Sakura?" Sakura's chest was moving rapidly against his own and he let go of her throat and held onto her small waist, Sakura took in a deep breath before she spoke carefully, her soft lips moving as she kept her green eyes on his red one's. "The crossing's of spiritual and physical bodies and touch sensory depends on the person and their mentality, eidetic memory helps the spiritual body to feel what has already been felt and simulates the feelings from the memory in order to feel".
The memory of her grinding against him under the darkness of his home crossed his mind, just as quick was the memory he had of her against the table right next to his brother and that time he had made sure she could really feel him against her.
The knowledge that she could remember everything in perfect clarity, the feel of his body against hers, made him almost dizzy. Realization hit him then as he felt the prickling of someone's hand on his physical body and it certainly wasn't Sakura's hand, the Senju had figured out where Sakura was hiding.
He pulled away and brought his hand up to her chin, forcing her to give him all her attention. "While you're waiting for me to come get you, do consider my words, it's better to be mine than to be with anyone else, you know what to expect and I do care for you, even if but a bit, it's more than anyone else could say, though ... For you it's better to belong to the Uchiha or Senju ... Eventually the clans will find out and when that happens it's better to have protection from a strong clan than no clan at all, the Uchiha can be that protection, if you're mine of course"
Sakura unwrapped herself from him then and he let go of her, making sure her feet were steady, she looked up at him, green eyes large glassy. "I could never be with you". He tilted his head. "You'll come around" The dizziness hit him then and he shook his head. Looking down at her he smirked. "I'll make sure your rooms are prepared for you, try not to destroy our house though, it's getting rather costly with all the repairs".
He smirked as he watched her ears turn red and her mouth drop, her pillowy pink lips formed a perfect 'o' before she closed them shut and looked away from him, her ears still tinted that perfect red. She crossed her arms over her chest then, "Maybe you should just do as I say and there wouldn't be any need for repairs", She looked away from him then, her nose pointed haughtily up, her ears and now neck that perfect blush.
Well she didn't deny it was her house as well, that was always a start. "I'll see you soon Sakura". She didn't look over at him, still refusing, he smirked.
Opening his eyes he looked up at Izuna then, who looked concerned. "What is it?" Izuna shook his head. "Nothing, nothing" With a lifted brow he looked over at Hashirama then who smirked at him. "Have a nice time with Sakura?" ... Ah ... That was right, my body was reacting to the mental stimuli. ...
And with Sakura there was a lot of mental stimuli to be had.
Looking back at Tobirama he questioned him. "Did you figure out her location?" Tobirama shook his head. "I've never seen anything like it" Hashirama scrunched his brows together in deep thought. "Hashirama?" The darker skinned man shook his head. "Sorry I was just thinking".
... This ought to be great ... "What were you thinking about?" Hashirama unfolded his legs then and looked down as he mumbled. "What was that?" Hashirama cleared his throat then as he looked back up. "Katsuyu, I was thinking about my summons". ... He was thinking about a monstrous sized slug ... He took in a deep breath. "Why are we talking about your summons". Hashirama flicked a rock next to him. "She said something to me once, about there being these ... portals ... physical bodies can't find them unless your contracted to that animal ... or unless you or someone you know knows how to find them, anyways, there's three specific portals to three specific animals, animals that choose you based on your chakra and physical capabilities" ... He's rambling ... Tobirama seemed to read his mind. "Hashirama, get to the point".
Hashirama scratched his neck. "Sorry, anyways, I thought, when Tobirama and I were attempting to get a good look at her surroundings I could have sworn I saw a toad statue ... What if Sakura ... What if this is Sakura's animal contracts dimension? I mean it would explain why we can't find her, because she's technically not in our dimension". He stopped him. "Sakura doesn't have an animal contract, the Hagoromo clan would know if she held a contract with any animal not to mention at any time she could have used a reverse summon to get away from us".
Hashirama only shook his head. "I'm not explaining this very well", he didn't disagree, "No your not", Hashirama glared at him. "The Hagoromo clan only carries normal animal contracts, not the three animals from the Sage regions".
Sage regions? Tobirama spoke up then. "If Sakura were a sage, I'd have felt it" He knew his brow was high now, how would Tobirama know what Sage chakra felt like? Hashirama shook his head. "I'm not suggesting she's a sage, but what if she knows the entrance ... remember Madara she did say that she had undisclosed sources, what if Sakura knows, or hell knew someone that trained as a sage, I mean I swear on everything god and holy", Izuna scoffed. "That's rich coming from a man that practices debauched hedonism". Hashirama frowned. "Not you too, I had such high hopes".
Tobirama growled then. "Hashirama you're getting sidetracked again!" Hashirama smiled softly. "Sorry, sorry I'm just saying that I saw a toad statue, and considering this is Sakura, I think it's time we start thinking outside the box and Sakura hiding away in a sage region that is only accessible through a dimension hoping portal that only those who've been there can find is exactly the sort of thing that Sakura would do if we were thinking outside of the box ... Not to mention, animals, especially summoning animals don't adhere to human laws, Sakura would have known that her hiding spot with the Hyuga's was figured out and if she didn't want to be found by anyone, even those that are contracted to protect her, what better place than with those that don't have to listen to the laws of man".
He was surprised with the fact that he actually agreed with that. "That's surprisingly an intelligent view of things". Hashirama frowned, "Why does everyone think I'm an idiot?" Tobirama sighed. "That's because you are an idiot". Hashirama hung his head down low in depression. "Everyone, even the good Uchiha is on board now".
Good Uchiha? Was he talking about Izuna? Did he know that Izuna could be worse than him? Maybe he should let the older Senju figure that out on his own. "Well we need to find a way to figure out how to find the portal to this Sage region". Hashirama perked up. "Let me figure that out! Katsuyu will help me figure it out! She would know anyone, prey always know where the home of those that would eat them is!"
... Sometimes he wasn't sure where Hashirama's mind went. Izuna spoke up. "What about Sakura though, she won't come easily and we can't hurt her, so how are we supposed to bring her back?" He rolled his shoulders. "Leave that to me, I know someone that owes me a favor". Hashirama's eyes went wide. "You're not going to put a hit on Sakura-chan are you?" He rolled his eyes this time. "No you idiot!" He took in a deep breath regaining his control. "Just don't worry about it, Sakura will be fine and when we're done she'll be safe and sound at home".
Tobirama rolled his eyes. "You're still at this? She clearly was against marrying you the first time, don't you think your brother would have a better shot?"
He was very surprised about the fact that Tobirama wasn't suggesting himself. The younger man rolled his red eyes, speaking as if he knew what he was thinking. "Why would I ever want her? She's more trouble than she's worth".
... Well they would have to disagree on that ... "I'm surprised the Senju don't want her is all". Tobirama shrugged his shoulders, "Better the Uchiha than any other clan, but ... if the Uchiha are unable to marry her I'll be forced to step in and do it myself ... I do not want to be stuck with that woman for life, I'd rather you Uchiha take on that problem child, I already have Hashirama".
... Ah ... How could he forget, Tobirama was Hashirama's keeper. "Don't worry you won't have to step in, once the elders see her healing abilities they'll embrace her and approve the match". 'Especially when they learn she's bound The Senju clan'. Tobirama lifted a brow. "And the Daimyo?" He waved him off. "I don't need the Daimyo's permission" 'Not that he need's to know what Sakura has figured out'.
Tobirama nodded his head. "Very well then, Hashirama and I will speak with his summons and the two of you make preparations to capture the target, are we all in agreement?" They all nodded their heads and the two Senju disappeared then.
"Nee-san" He took in a deep breath as he stood and looked back at Izuna. His younger brother clearly wanting to know what the plan was. "If you reveal the fact that Sakura's bound the Senju, you'll also be revealing that she's also bound us" He waved him off. "The council are blind old bats, all we have to do is say what they want to hear about Sakura to win them over to approve the match, none of them are smart enough to think about what they're hearing, besides once they realize how amazing of a healer is and how good of a match we are ... and the fact that I'm willing to give them a true-born heir with her, they'll be all to happy to care about what we didn't tell them. ... We just have to work on Sakura and the Daimyo" Izuna lifted a brow. "What about Sakura?"
"... As a condition to accepting a proposal from either of us, Sakura expects the marriage to be ... monogamous ... on both sides". Izuna's chuckled deeply as he grasped onto his stomach and started to actually laugh. He frowned. "It's not funny". Izuna took in deep breaths as he tried to stop laughing. "Oh but Nee-san it is, it really is! Sakura, the girl you've been searching for, for years now, is demanding that Uchiha Madara be monogamous ... Well you have to admit Sakura is trying to force you to give up and it would be very hard for you to give up such traditional beliefs, even if for a woman that's quite possibly the best match for you".
... Definitly the crueler of the two of them ... "Don't rub salt into my wounds otōto, besides, I'm sure I can convince her otherwise why would she want to be around me all the time? Mother had no issues with father and his women, and I've never heard of other wives having that issue". Izuna sighed then. "Mother was raised in a shinobi clan, just as the other women in our clan, if Sakura isn't from a shinobi clan then she wouldn't know that it's expected of you to take on multiple wives if the council demands so in order to have enough heirs and to ensure there's enough shinobi to meet the demands of the Daimyo and to ensure survival of the main house and of your Sharingan lineage ... Did you explain to her that if the Daimyo see's the low number of able-bodied soldiers that he'd demand you ... get to work ... on making them .."
He sighed. "I don't know whether your on my side or her side, but either way she's already expressed that she will not except a proposal of marriage without the guarantee that it will be monogamous, even if I were to convince the Daimyo to approve the match, Sakura wants to ensure that she's the only one". Izuna's brow lifted impossibly higher.
"What exactly did she say?" He took in a deep breath. "There's no proposal unless there's a guarantee that she's the only one I sleep with, in the marriage bed and outside ..." Izuna made an odd sound as he attempted to contain a laugh. "It's not funny", "It truly is, Sakura has literally denied you any possibility of marriage unless your willing to give up your bedwarmers ... I mean, it's funny, you have to admit it brother, she's a very good match, I don't think I could name a single woman that would demand such a thing of you ... At the same time though, doesn't a monogamous relationship mean you get to have her whenever you wish, she would be your wife after all the the idea of a single woman having to except you at all times is rather ... tempting".
..."Tempting? You understand I'd have to deal with her as well ... at all times, there's no getting away during a marriage like that, there's a reason men take multiple wives and mistresses, it's so we don't kill them when they piss us off, and Sakura is ...".
"Sakura is?" He took in another breath, his brother was tempting him. "Gods Sakura is ... I've never wanted to dominate a woman so thoroughly, I mean have you met her! She rolls her eyes at me! Me! She scoffs at me, she dismisses me, she talks down to me, if she were any other woman I'd have found a way to have her killed by now, but really all I can think about is ... Well I can't think about anything really since we kissed and that makes me sound pathetic, just like her wanting to believe that I would willingly go along with her idea of me being monogamous just so I could even have the chance at fucking her".
Izuna crossed his arms then as he tilted his head. "You do understand that your actually excited at the prospect of playing her game don't you? I mean why else would you even be talking about it if you weren't excited about having her consider your proposal, despite what you say, I personally think that monogamy is a great belief, having someone except every single piece of you no matter it ugly or attractive, it's rather nice to think about and dare I say, I think that's what love is all about, excepting someone for all their perfections and flaws all at the same time, but ... the difference between you and me is that you were born and raised to become the chief of the clan, and I am the last remaining extra heir, born and raised to become the head of the branch family, two different houses with many different lifestyles".
... Wait ... "I though the head of the branch family was allowed to have concubines and extra wives?" Izuna waved his hand dismissively this time. "That's different, that's only if the Daimyo demands more bodies, anyways Nee-san, perhaps you should focus more on finding a way to convince the Daimyo to approve the match before you jump into the Sakura situation". Izuna smirked then, turning on his heel as he walked away while chuckling. "And also, take this time you have now to follow Senju-sama's hedonistic ways and fuck all the women you possibly can before Sakura neuters you after the wedding".
"That's not funny Izuna!" Izuna waved back at him before he disappeared and Madara sighed, clearly talking to his brother about this was not going as well as he had hoped.
Sakura opened her eyes and she looked around the lotus pond, her body felt hot, very hot and her heart was beating very, very hard, harder than she could ever imagine.
She had definitely not been expecting that to happen, she stood up as she looked back at the temple where she knew Gamamaru was smoking away. She sighed, it would seem she really had no choice, if she didn't do it, she'd be fucked ... and not just literally by Madara.
Kaguya wanted her to fall into her emotions, if she fell, Kaguya would be able to release her chakra and take control ... at least she thinks that's what she planned. She knew, he had issues with Kurama ... if all these memories told her anything it was that Kurama had planned to take him over the same way, only instead of lust and love he had planned to use his negative emotions against him. ... Unlike Kurama though, there was no way she could bond or even talk Kaguya out of her ideas, it was after all just her chakra, it wasn't as if she had her full form sealed within her ... Neither did he though ... He had done it even when Kurama had been halved and somehow he had done it. ...
... Then again Kurama had even said Kaguya was all trouble and so far that turned out to be true.
Moving through the murky water she took in a deep breath of the lotus scented air, her body instantly relaxing despite the inner turmoil that raged inside of her.
The sun was going down and the crickets chirped quickly before the toads attacked them and quieted the evening. Her legs were heavy as she moved through the murky water.
Madara was really trying her patience, every time they were around each other he pushed and pushed and pushed and she tried, she really, really tried. Nobody had told her the man that had helped destroy her world was charming. A disgusting asshole but charming none the less, with Izuna still alive, Madara's personality was different than what Obito's memories regaled her with.
The frail and worn old man that had died sitting upon a broken concrete throne had been jaded and horribly pessimistic. A complete one eighty from this younger ... much younger Madara that was able to keep his brother and reunite with Hashirama.
... This younger Madara was also clearly very virile as well, not that it was unexpected, all shinobi had higher libido's than that of civilians. Though she should have known that it would be extreme with Hashirama and Madara, she'd been told by Tsunade that Hashirama had been known throughout the nations for his amorous ways just as much as his fighting skills.
Chakra also had a major factor into how much further one could be active in the bedroom as well, considering that Kaguya's descendants had a share in her genetics and a touch of her chakra it would make sense that they'd have a rather veracious sex drive. ...
The Uchiha loved more deeply than that of any other, but it would seem they also lusted just as deeply, it was so very dangerous that she was almost tempted to dip a toe into that madness that awaited in the bed of Uchiha Madara.
She wasn't an idiot though, that would be falling into what Kaguya wanted and she could not allow that, no there was no way she could allow that.
Bowing before the doors of the temple she waited patiently. 'Enter' Opening the heavy doors she looked up at Gamamaru as he sucked on his cigarette.
"Gamamaru-sama is it possible for me to go into the future for small moment? I wish to see what I've changed". The elder toad tilted his head as he looked down at her curiously.
"Go forth you say? It would be difficult, there's are many branches and none would be for sure, the future changes and branches begin to flit away with each moment".
"Then how do prophecies work? How can one see into the future if there are so many possibilities?" Another puff of his cigarette and he leaned further into his large throne. "There is a for sure moment in time that exist across all futures that cannot be changed no matter how much one attempts to try break the cycle".
"But there are ways to break the cycle yes? For instance if one were to mix the chakra natures of the Senju and Uchiha" Gamamaru coughed then before he looked back down at her. "Do not speak of such blasphemy! To even suggest such a thing!" She looked down at her feet then.
"There was a future you saw, the one where I came from where it happened, but Hagoromo-sama had willingly given two others his chakra creating two new Rikudo Sennin ... Surely that broke the cycle of the futures"
"And they nearly destroyed the world while trying to protect it and the other, he totaled the world with the power he'd stolen". "But Uchiha Madara did break the cycle did he not?" Gamamaru took in a deep inhale of his cigarette.
"He didn't break the cycles, Uchiha Madara of your reality stopped them momentarily, but not the futures, I predicted the future of the blue-eyed child nearly one-thousand years ago", "But Hagoromo-sama hadn't gone through time in order save Indra from Zetsu, he just watched Indra destroy himself".
Gamamaru leaned forward then, eyes slits as he grasped onto the arms of his throne. "Watch your words girl, I've given you safe heaven here in my home, you the human girl that has the demoness sealed within her own body and has come and messed with time. I've been kind girl, but I will not tolerate you desecrating Hagoromo's name here in my home".
... Of course not, because to admit that the Rikudo Sennin was a horrible father would just be a smidge on the old geezers perfection ...
Gamamaru leaned back then, taking another puff of his cigar, "It's possible that I can find a fixed point that has a for sure moment in a few futures, but it will be painful, do you remember much of what's needed of the jutsu?" She nodded her head. "We'll have to adjust the time for it, I'll instruct you where it's necessary". She nodded her head.
... Finally we're getting somewhere ... "Sakura-hime" She looked back up at Gamamaru his eyes looked down at her curiously once more. "When you've returned you should remove the memory of the jutsu, if the wrong hands were to get their hands on it ... Many would suffer for it".
She understood, she'd only kept it around on the instance that it was possible to go back into her world, but considering she had been sent back nearly three years before Izuna had died, it become obvious that going back wouldn't do any good ... But staying here is just as dangerous ...
"Of course Gamamaru-sama, would you be able to help me with it?" Gamamaru nodded his head. "It would be painful, but I will remove it from your mind, something that must be done as soon as possible". She nodded her head.
Cutting herself she began to make the kanji's around the temple, stopping as a thought occured to her. "Gamamaru-sama?", "Yes Sakura-hime?", "Won't I arrive in the same location as where I left? Not that I'm complaining, of course!" Gamamaru only smiled. "If the jutsu is as I believe it is, there may be room for me to fit the necessary location in the fixed point you'll be going to".
... In other words she could have landed somewhere better than Shimo when she first arrived, she took in a deep breath as she continued to write the kanji's and seals while Gamamaru focused on what he was doing.
It must have been hard living with the knowledge of the future, surely Gamamaru had wanted to change what he'd seen, he had to have.
She shook her head as she continued her seal work, she had enough problems of her own, Gamamaru was the oldest living being on this planet, he obviously knew what he was doing.
When she was done with her work she walked back outside, first taking the minute to grab her clothes and place them on, there was no way she was going to go back in time in her underwear and bindings, after she went back to the lotus pond, pulling at the flowers as she did so, the murky water soaking into her pants and sandals as she did.
She had expected him to lie to her, manipulate her, just like he'd done to Obito, but Madara hadn't done that, he'd told her everything he'd had planned for her when she hadn't wanted to know. ... Madara didn't lie to her though ... It was odd, he could have lied, could have tried to lie to her, tried to manipulate her, but he hadn't and she couldn't understand it. Did Madara truly make such a drastic change in character after Izuna had died? Surely he couldn't have, Hashirama wouldn't have cared about Madara as he had if there hadn't been anything left of the friend he once had.
... Or had Tobirama's manipulations changed Madara? Was it possible? Tobirama and Madara didn't seem to care much for each other, they barely even made any exchanges, but if Izuna was gone would that have changed?
Tsunade-shishou had stated that Tobirama had ruled as Hokage as if he were a mixture of both Madara and Hashirama, but how would he have known how Madara had ruled as if Madara had never been Hokage to begin with? Was it possible that Madara and Tobirama had become close enough that Tobirama had been granted the ability to see how Madara ran his clan as their chief? It was the only logical explanation, if Madara had only been chief of the Uchiha and had never been the Hokage then and only then would Tobirama have had the opportunity to see and to get that close to Madara.
Growing up Ino had theorized that Madara had fallen in love with Uzumaki Mito and that's what had gotten between Hashirama and Madara, but what if it wasn't love and it wasn't Mito ... What if Tobirama had purposely befriended Madara, it wasn't a long shot, Hashirama was the closest thing Madara had to someone that truly cared for him and Tobirama was his brother, the three of them had founded the village and must have all worked closely together. Tobirama was a devious man though and the only reason he would ever consider the Chief of the Uchiha a friend, the Uchiha clan that had killed his blood-brothers, would be to manipulate Madara. ... Hashirama probably didn't even know and Madara had been grieving Izuna for so long he probably hadn't even considered Tobirama until it was the very last hour. ... Tobirama was probably manipulating both Hashirama and Madara.
For what purpose though? Hadn't Tobirama told her that the Senju gave the Chief title to the heir that gave them a true-born male heir first, If Tobirama wanted to be Chief he knew exactly what he needed to do to make that happen ... Could it have been for Hokage? It was a possibility, but really nobody would have voted him Hokage if it came down to him, Hashirama and Madara ... So why?
"Sakura-hime" She turned back around to the temple, Gamamaru had called out to her and she knew that he was ready, grabbing her flowers she walked out of the murky pond and back into the temple, seeing Gamamaru waiting on her, already have wiped at the kanji's that needed to be changed. Popping the flowers off the stems she placed them around the circle.
"Remember Sakura-hime, this is only one of many fixed futures, it is not for certain, but this is the one where our world still exists". She nodded her head as she turned to the spots where he had ushered towards. "Here, the time will be in the year of nine-hundred ninety-eight, the time will be dusk at zero six-hundred, point in place, borderlands of Amegakure no Sato and Konoha no Sato".
Ame, why did this suddenly seem like a really bad idea. Nothing good ever came out of Ame. She sighed as she did the kanji's in the seal work. "You'll be given an hour, but ... Time there may be different, or it could be the same ... If it goes longer, you'll need to come back and redo the jutsu". She nodded head head. "Hai Gamamaru-sama".
She stepped into the middle of the seals and laid down, taking in a deep breath as she did so. Releasing all of Kaguya's chakra she closed her eyes as the bright light blinded her and everything around her.
She was falling again, falling through as fast as she remembered. 'Sakura-chan!' Her eyes opened and she looked around herself, white painted her sight and she saw no-one, but she could have sworn she'd heard his voice. Her heart beat loudly in her ears and she continued to breath deeply as she relaxed her body and began falling into the blinding light that surrounded her.
It was quick though and she painful, she felt as if her skin was being ripped from her and her bones and muscles seemed heavy as lead.
Something dark was beyond the safety of her jutsu, and suddenly red eyes were on her and she screamed as she was ripped through the barrier.
Looking at the glowing vile he turned it in his hands, the poison seeming too thin to really do any damage, but it wasn't his forte, men who used poisons were more feminine than anything else. ... In the case of Sakura he'd allowed himself with the help of Kita to delve into the feminine world of the arts of poisons.
"Madara-sama, I don't know about this, don't you think this is a bit ... much?" He looked down at the Hagoromo heir, the much younger heir seeming to be swallowed by their larger bodies.
He shook his head. "No, your clan is the only one that Sakura hasn't contracted to protect her". The dark haired boy nodded his head, as he gripped his bow harder to his body. "I understand but still, Chichi-ue-sama, has told me that she's a very kind girl, it seems rather ... aggressive to use such means on someone that's helping all of our clans".
Hashirama looked back then a brow lifted "Sakura-chan kind? ... Oh boy you Hagoromo boys just haven't seen how vicious she is", the Hagoromo's large brown eyes went wide as he looked away from Hashirama and towards himself. "Really? She seemed so kind though". Hashirama shook his head. "It's all an act I tell you, that girl is just waiting for us to all let our guards down so she could kill us". He rolled his eyes. "Hashirama stop, you're scaring the boy".
Izuna looked down at the boy then. "You sure you know how to use that Kohaku-chan?" The boy nodded his head happily as he looked up at Izuna then. Eyes bright and big with awe shinning through them as he looked up at his younger brother, what was it with children seeming to love Izuna so much? Even Hashirama liked Izuna ... Then again Hashirama was a bit of a child himself. Still though didn't they realize that Izuna was worse than him, Izuna used that youthful glow that seemed to confuse people into believing he was the good one between the two. "Of course Izuna-sama! Chichi-ue-sama has had me hunt before the winter comes, it's an honor to do as only the best hunters are given the task, and I've never once missed my shot".
...Neither had Sakura... Had it not been a clone he was sure he wouldn't have been able to use Katon properly anymore, the woman truly knew her anatomy and her chakra and elemental points. Rarely did people understand elemental points of the body unless it was there own. Considering the feel of her chakra she was anything but a fire type and that made it even more impressive that she knew her elemental points, if anything her's felt more like ... more of something solid like the Senju's chakra felt solid especially since so many of them were either earth types or water types, Tobirama being a Suiton user and Hashirama being the single Mokuton user anyone had ever come across.
Sakura's chakra though ... she had a special type of chakra though, he'd been up against so many different types of chakra's but her's was ... delicious ... It was alive, it was strong and it responded so well against his own, as if they had come from the same tree. He'd only ever felt such a strong connection with that of his clansmen and the strongest was with his brothers ... The only person outside of his clan that he'd ever had a chakra connection so strong with was Hashirama ... Sakura's chakra was stronger then any of his clansmen though, more alive, more ... animated, more receptive when clashing against his own. ... Perhaps it was because she was a woman?
None of them had ever felt that of a woman's chakra, truly felt it, since so all women were required to have their chakra's bound it was impossible to truly feel their chakra.
"See I told you I saw a toad statue!" He looked forward then and saw that indeed, hidden under a larger brush of tree's was a stone statue of a toad, beyond that, the branches twisted high above a dark alcove that beckoned them all in.
He remembered this place now, his spiritual body had been pulled into this darkness before it had rushed through it to follow Sakura's chakra path.
The chakra though that echoed from the dark tunnel and out towards them and the surrounding area was strong, strong and alive. Sage chakra, they were going to enter a Sage region and that was interesting.
Hashirama spoke up then as he straightened himself out. "Remember we're stepping into a Sage region, human laws don't apply here but we must respect their laws, whatever they may be".
Hashirama was the first to disappear into the dark alcove, Tobirama was next and after that was along with the Hagoromo child and his brother. Taking in a deep breath he steadied himself as he entered through the dark alcove.
He really hated the dark maybe the next house in the village would have more light, he'd like that, a house with lots of sun and warmth.
The stars glittered differently in the darkness and they walked along through soft grass, large mountains in the horizon, the chakra swarmed around them and he took in a deep breath as he relaxed his body. ... This was Sage chakra huh ... That makes sense. ... He looked over at Hashirama then, his long brunette hair swaying back and forth across his back. ... That's why Tobirama knew the feel of Sage chakra ...
"Hey" He looked down at the young Hagoromo boy only to see he too was looking around for the voice and they all stopped as they looked for it. "Hey I'm down here". He looked down then, over at a small toad that could fit in his palm. "Yeah you, you're trespassing, you lot need to leave". Hashirama pushed him away then and he scowled as he watched the big oaf. "Sorry there, we're looking for a friend of ours, Sakura-chan, have you seen her?"
The toad went quiet and he looked over to the young Hagoromo child then at Hashirama. .. Friend huh ... That was new ... "What does this Sakura look like?" He rolled his eyes as he watched Hashirama become animated. "Well she's very short, truly like this kids height and she's skinny ... like she really looks hungry, seriously someone needs to feed her and she's got pale, pale skin and long black nails, and last I saw her I believe her hair was purple ...like a lilac flower ... and she's got the prettiest green eyes and her ass!"
His eyes widened then and he watched Tobirama bump his fist on Hashirama's head, a red bump beginning to quickly form and Hashirama rubbed his head, clearly in pain. "Hey I'm just saying!" Tobirama wasn't having none of it as he looked over at the toad. "Green eyed girl that doesn't have branding's on her, you'd know ... she's a human obviously".
The toad remained quiet then and another toad appeared then this one just slightly bigger than the one that had been talking to them, they made sounds that started from their throats, and came out, obviously a serious conversation as the toads continued to speak amongst each other before the little one turned back to them. "You're speaking of Sakura-hime?"
... Sakura-hime ... How many titles did Sakura have? To even have been given the title further deepened the suspicion of her aristocracy, beyond the Hyuga, Uzumaki and Uchiha clans there weren't any shinobi clans that were permitted to hold the title. If Sakura wasn't from a shinobi clan and she was from a civilian family she would have had to be very high in the hierarchy in order to even be permitted to use the title.
Hashirama scratched his neck awkwardly, catching onto their thoughts. "Yes, Sakura-hime would you be willing to take us to her?" The toad shook his head though. "Sakura-hime and Gamamaru-sama are in a meditation study, no one is to disturb them, I will take you to them afterwords". Hashirama though was a charming man and he smiled his best as he moved a finger across the toads back.
A shiver ran down his spine at the sight of the slime that was seen when Hashirama lifted his hand and repeated the process, the toad took on a dreamy look. "What if you took us to where they are, we promise not to disturb their meditations", the dreamy look was odd on the little toad. "... Perhaps, they are inside the temple, come, I'll take you to the temple, but you must not disturb, Gamamaru-sama cannot be disturbed during his meditations!"
The walk to the temple didn't take long, just across a river and over a small hill, was a large temple, beautiful and alive with chakra swirling all about and right in front of the temple was a pond of lotus flowers.
Hashirama looked over to him, as he tilted his head towards the temple then. "We should wait till after they've finished their meditations", He understood what he was saying and turned to look down at the Hagoromo child then while handing him the poison they'd developed. "Can you make a shot from this far?" The child nodded his head.
"Hai Madara-sama" He nodded his head then. "Good get into a comfortable position, we don't know how long we'll be here for, prepare for a good long time". The child nodded his head in understanding as he dropped down and sat on the grass
Hashirama sighed then as he dropped into a meditative pose and he lifted a brow. "Is there a problem Hashirama?" Hashirama shrugged his shoulders. "Nothing, nothing".
Sitting on the grass as well he heard Hashirama sigh once more and he felt the vein at the top of his temple begin to beat against his skin. "Yes Hashirama?" Hashirama turned to look at him then and only shook his head once more. "Nothing, nothing". He took in a deep breath attempting to calm himself.
He remembered Hashirama would used to do this sort of crap when they were younger just so they could get a rise out of him, he wouldn't allow the Senju to mess with him like that anymore.
Hashirama sighed once more and he felt that vein in his temple finally pop and he gritted his teeth together. Hashirama opened his mouth then and turned his neck swiftly towards the Senju ready to cut his mouth off. Tobirama got to Hashirama first though. "Will you stop that!" Hashirama's eyes went wide as he looked down at the grass. "I just thought we could have a little bit of fun while we were waiting" He rolled his eyes.
It was obvious that Hashirama had never taken on any sort of reconnaissance contracts. "If we're to grab Sakura before she realizes we're even here we have to make sure that we're prepared for when she comes out of the temple ... Causing to much of a ruckus will allow her to know we're here". Hashirama lifted a brow. "But wouldn't Sakura already know we were coming anyways?" He rolled his eyes.
"Sakura thinks she has the upper hand, first she's hidden somewhere we had never thought to look and three, even if we would have realized where she was the trip itself would take a fortnight to a month long, we used your summoning animals to reverse summon us to the closest portal which gave us the upper hand against her by cutting down the travel time by a month at most ... She knows we're coming but she doesn't realize we're already here".
Hashirama groaned then, "Are you telling me we could be here for a long time while those two meditate?" He rolled his eyes, why did he have to make friends with the idiot.
She groaned as her body hit the ground. 'Fuck that hurts' Another groan, this one definitely male made it's way to her ears and her neck snapped to the sound.
There a shinobi was, plank style as he lifted himself from dusty ground, pale skin and short messy raven-colored hair. What caught her attention though was the very familiar green flak jacket, what was out of place though was the very distinctive red, white and blue fan that was stitched proudly onto his long sleeved blue shirt.
"Uchiha". His head snapped towards her then and bright red Sharingan met her green eyes.
Her body froze then and she watched carefully as he maneuvered himself better to stand to his full height. Getting a better look at his face, it was boyish in a way, with a broad nose, thin lips, but his eyes, those bright Sharingan were surrounded by long thick lashes, the top lashes in the corner particular long as they stuck out to the very tip of his brow.
He smiled a closed smile then as he reached out a gloved hand, the reflective armor on the top of his gloves glinting in the harsh sun. "Sorry about that I hadn't calculated that we'd be pushed out so hard".
... What? ... He dropped his hand then and quickly crouched down at her then, his eyes meeting hers as he tilted his head, smile now gone. "Hey you okay? The fall didn't hurt you too much did it?"
... He was an Uchiha ... But he seemed so ... different ... "Hey miss? can you talk?" He lifted a finger then and she pushed it away from her. "Who are you?" He leaned back on his hunches as he tilted his head, bringing his pointer finger to his chin. "Who am I? Shouldn't I be asking you that? I mean you did just fall from the sky and Madara-sama is insistant that we get to you before anyone else"
... Madara-sama ..."Madara ... you know Madara ... Wait of course you do your an Uchiha ... Wait how do you know Madara he should be long dead by now".
The bow lifted a perfectly dark brow then. "How do you know Madara-sama he's been dead for a while and you're saying his name in a very familiar way and why was he so eager to get you?" ... They were literally talking in circles now ...
She held up a hand then. "Okay, let's take a step back and try this again who are you?" She stood up then and dusted off her pants, thankful she'd changed before she'd left. The Uchiha stood up as well then and she realized his uniform looked pretty torn up and his Hitai-ate was missing. ... If that wasn't a bad sign ...
"Shisui!" Both their necks snapped in the direction of the voice and her eyes widened as she saw a very familiar face and Sharingan.
... Uchiha Itachi ... What the fuck ... He stopped in front of her, his red cloak covering him and unlike the last time she'd seen him his eyes were black with his Sharingan glowing bright even in the sun ... He's dead in this time too ... He froze at the sight of her and she saw the recognition and confusion cross his face.
..."Haruno-san?" The other Uchiha's neck snapped back towards her with wide eyes then. "Haruno Sakura? ... But your ... Itachi!" His neck snapped back towards Itachi then. "Itachi, Zetsu just", "Stop talking Shisui" Itachi analyzed her carefully, his eyes roaming over her critically.
He tilted his head. "I created that jutsu didn't I?" Neither didn't need to say what he was talking about then and she nodded her head. He smirked making him look even more deadly than he already was. "Well then, I should commend you for surviving it".
The man that stood between her and Itachi finally seemed to understand what they were talking about then. "Oh god Itachi you figured out that Jutsu and placed it inside Haruno Sakura!" Her eyes moved to him again, "Who are you again and why does any of this concern you?" He looked ready to pull his hair out then.
Itachi stepped closer to his clansmen then as he spoke. "This is Uchiha Shisui, the grandchild to the man that created the jutsu you've used" He looked her up and down then before continuing. "You're older now, how many times have you used the jutsu Sakura-san?", "This is the second time, I wanted to see if anything has changed since I went back and fixed a few things". Itachi sighed then.
"The future is not written Sakura-san, it would have taken someone who understands time-travel in order for you to get to this specific location because for the jutsu to work at all it is absolutely neccessary that the right time and place is written into the jutsu, if even one thing is off you could have been lost for the rest of your life".
She nodded her head, "Yes I understand, I found someone who was able to find a for sure future of when I had left here". The man, Uchiha Shisui scratched his head then. "So if you used the jutsu twice now, that would mean that you've split reality meaning that you're not actually the Haruno Sakura from our reality, but from another ... That is way to confusing".
She shook her head as she looked over at Itachi. "You died in my reality as well, how did you die in this one?" Itachi looked around them then before he looked back at her. "The five nations have declared war against the Akatsuki and Uchiha, my father was able to get his hands on Yakushi Kabuto and resurrect not only Yakushi-sans entire army, but also the previous Hokage as well as Uchiha Madara to fight against the five nations. You and Sasuke were on the front-lines, but it's not looking good Sakura-san ... The you in this time was able to put a good canyon in between the Allied forces and Uchiha but the moment Madara was able to get his hands on Uchiha Obito's Rinnegan and fully resurrect himself as a living being and became the Jubi's Jinchurriki he was able to get Zetsu over to the other side and took out one of the Allied Nations best defense ... You, you've been constantly healing and giving up your chakra to Sasuke and"
"Don't say his name" He didn't look away from her. "So he's dead in your reality then, that's truly sad to know, but at least he's not suffering, now that you're gone, Sasuke and him won't last much longer without their chakra levels constantly being restored, Madara will have what he wants". She shook her head, feeling her eyes beginning to water. "Just please, tell me what happened, how are the Uchiha still alive? You and Obito massacred them all in a single night in order to protect Konoha".
Shisui raised his hand then. "That would be because of me, see Itachi and I had planned that if something were to happen to me ever during a mission or I caught some crazy illness that I was unable to fight off that he'd have to take matters in his own hands in order to stop the clan, but I decided one night after a briefing with the Hokage and his counselors that instead of going home right away I'd go and visit my fiancee, well it was late by the time I left her residence and well it turns out that Fugaku-taicho had left the precinct late that day too so we'd both ended up getting attacked by Root, anyways long story short other Uchiha came looking for Fugaku-taicho because Mikoto-sama was worried when he he'd never returned home, Root retreated and then the Uchiha decided to declare war and that's when I decided to use Kotoamatsukami on the Uchiha".
Shisui took in a deep breath then and she lifted a brow as he looked down at the ground. "The clan was doing okay, but, Danzo and the rest of the counsel continued on with their anti-Uchiha propoganda and the Uchiha could only take so much before they decided against to revolt again, after Pein destroyed Konoha and then brought it back the Uchiha decided to take the opportunity to leave. Since Obito controlls Amegakure he took in the Uchiha and when the five nations heard they declared war, we've been fighting ever since"
Things were starting to make sense, kind of. "I don't understand though, I bound the Uchiha and Senju when I went back, I saved Izuna, how is it possible that the Senju were able to preach their hate against the Uchiha, the binding wouldn't have allowed it".
Shisui and Itachi didn't look at her then, but they seemed to be having a silent conversation between themselves. "Itachi?" Itachi sighed then. "Binding contracts are tricky unless one was able to figure out a loophole, but if not the only way to break a binding contract is when the binder dies but clearly you haven't died so my assumption is that time-travel may have a role in this, it's possible that if you don't get back to the past where the binding contract is activated as soon as possible that it will eventually break itself as you are not there anywhere on the plane of existence at the present moment of the contract being in existence".
... "So this is all because I came here?" Itachi shook his head. "No Sakura-san, it's not because of you, as long as you get back immediately before Madara comes looking for us then we'll all be good"
"Madara shouldn't come looking for you though, I wouldn't see why he'd care at all about either of you". Shisui sighed then as he explained. "Madara concerns himself with Itachi, Sasuke and Itachi are Uchiha Izuna's great-grandchildren, where Obito and myself are Madara's great-grandchildren, but from what he claims all of us are bastards and it's why he's taken back the role of Chief... Though when one thinks about it, it would explain why the four of us were all the strongest out of the the entire Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna were the strongest of their clan during the roughest of era's surviving all the odds against them, I mean Obito and Sasuke needed a bit of some real finessing when they were younger but it seemed to have paid off".
She shook her head, "Itachi how did you die? I mean if Madara was so concerned about you and Sasuke ...", "Ahh, I was able to give you enough time to save a jinchurriki after they had their bijuu extracted ... I'm happy with my choice still, him and Sasuke would have changed Konoha for the better if we had won the war, now though with you gone, their healer ... But if we send you back to the exact time and date you arrived from before the binding contract destroys itself we may be able to stop this reality from becoming the true future".
"Yeah but I don't know what to do, you picked me the most under-qualified to go back and stop this from happening, I mean there were other better shinobi Itachi-san". Itachi shook his head. "Sakura-san I didn't choose you for this"
Shisui was the one that spoke up this time,"I did."
It was a quarter past an hour since they'd arrived when Sakura walked out, her long lilac-colored hair swaying behind her and she seemed to have looked right at him and if he could have sworn she even had a blush when her head turned in their direction. He heard the sound of the arrow before he saw her go down.
"Well that was easy enough". He looked over at Tobirama then, it was easy. "Doesn't it seem to easy ... She looked right at us, she let us take her". Tobirama shrugged his shoulders. "Matters not, we've secured her".
Walking over to the temple steps he stopped and looked down at her and she pouted as she looked up at him. "Did you have to use an arrow? Just because I have rapid healing doesn't meant that I don't feel pain". She pulled out the arrow from her stomach throwing it out of the area. She leaned back then and looked over to the hill they had been sitting on. "Wait, didn't you say only children use the bow still?" He looked back at the hill then realizing what she was assuming.
"It was one of Hagoromo-sama's sons, they still train in the old arts". Sakura attempted to sit up, the poison already kicking in, she looked down at her stomach, the wound not closing. "You used a chakra blocking poison?" "I had a look at the poison that I was hit with and based my finding on it in order to stop your chakra temporarily, it'll only last for a few hours" Sakura nodded her head as she leaned against the temple walls then. "Pretty good, didn't know you knew how to create poisons, I guess there are some things that I don't know about you still".
"Are you able to walk?" She shook her head. "Did you bring any medical supplies?" He sighed as he looked over to Hashirama who was walking up to them full of giddiness. "Sakura-chan!"
Sakura only shook her head as she mumbled, not seeming to realize that he had heard her. "That man just never changes". Her voice took on a serious note. "He's not slowing down" Looking back over at Hashirama he noted that indeed Hashirama was running quickly to get to them.
Hashirama was definitely going to hurt her more than she was already he sighed as he stepped in between the two, Hashirama came to a halt quickly before he could make contact with him and he frowned. "She got shot with an arrow you idiot, be more cautious". Hashirama grinned at them embarresed then. "Oh yeah sorry about that Sakura-chan I forgot".
Sakura only shook her head as she looked up at them from her spot, green eyes bruised with dark circles and he knew even in this serene place she wasn't sleeping well. That wasn't good, their healer needed to take better care for herself. "Please tell me one of you thought to bring medical supplies". Izuna came up to them then and dropped his pack. "Don't worry Sakura-san! I remembered to pack some things". Sakura nodded her head. "Good"
'Sakura-hime!' Sakura sighed then and they watched as a medium sized toad jumped from the pond and over to them. 'Sakura-hime you're injured!" Sakura waved at the toad then. "Kai-san don't worry about it, I'll be fine" The little toad shook it's head. "We must tell Gamamaru-sama!" Sakura shook her head. "I said no Kai-san, I'll be fine". The toad looked over at them then before they spoke again. "Sakura-hime, if you are in fear for your life, just say the word and I'll tell Gamamaru-sama immediately" Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Kai-san trust me when I say they're no threat", "Are you sure Sakura-hime" Sakura nodded her head. "Very well Sakura-hime, I'll be over in that pond watching just in case" Sakura smiled. "Don't worry to much Kai-san, besides I'm leaving anyways, but thank you". The toad nodded their head before they hopped away and Izuna bent down next to Sakura.
Tobirama spoke up then. "Sakura-sama, Sakura-hime, many people seem to exult you" Sakura lifted her shirt up, with a groan and Izuna sighed as he pulled out a kunai. "I'm gonna need to cut your bindings in order to clean this properly" Sakura agreed. "That's fine" She looked up at them then. "Don't think to hard Tobirama-san, they're just showing their respect". Tobirama crossed his arms then. "Respect is one thing Sakura, exultation is another". Sakura shrugged her shoulders as she helped Izuna remove her bindings.
Hashirama blushed then as he turned swiftly away, "Ah maybe we should get going, I can leave a piece of Katsuyu with you so she can summon you back to the forest". Madara nodded his head. "Take the Hagoromo boy with you, the sooner he gets back to his clan the better". Hashirama glared at him.
"You're not coming with us?" He shook his head. "I'm staying with my brother, once he's finished I'll return with him". Hashirama lifted a brow. "We should really return together", "Perhaps then we should all wait for Izuna to finish then?" Hashirama looked back at Sakura and blushed when he caught sight of her exposed tummy as Izuna cleaned the wound, while attempting to avoid Sakura's scrutinizing gaze.
Hashirama turned quickly away from the sight then, grabbing Tobirama harshly by the neck. "Very well then we'll meet up with you in a few minutes". He made a sign then while ushering for the young Hagoromo boy to go to him all the while Tobirama struggled against his brother's hold on him. They disappeared in a puff of smoke though and a small snail fell to the ground and moved over to them.
Turning back to Sakura and Izuna he watched as Sakura glared at his younger brother, green eyes heavy with scrutiny as he continued to clean her wound. "You're still not done". Izuna shook his head and Sakura glared harder at his younger brother while she spoke. "Someone forgot to pack the antiseptic", "I already explained Sakura-san it was an honest mistake", Sakura's green eyes were cold emeralds then. "If I catch an infection before this has time to wear off I'm going to kill you the moment it does" He sighed.
"Sakura try not to threaten Izuna, we've already had to deal with Tobirama this past month, it's been torture enough", She didn't look at him as she watched Izuna, her skin becoming even more pale than it already was. "Do I need to hold your hand while you stitch me up as well?" Izuna pressed down hard on her wound then and Sakura hissed. "So sorry Sakura-san I forget my strength". He poked at a rib then. "Sakura-san I'm rather concerned do you ever eat?" Sakura rolled her eyes. "Of course I eat, I am human you know".
She was still considerably underweight, as he looked around the area he noted all the fruit trees and vegetation that surrounded them. If the toads had any respect for her as she claimed he doubted they would have allowed her to go unfed, yet her body was so thin that her ribs were extremely noticeable and even her stomach muscles were noticeable, her skin seeming thin and translucent while being stretched across her body.
...Seems the Uchiha clan were going to be eating extra meet till the pretty healer put on some weight ... That also meant more sparring sessions for him. "Whatever you say Sakura-san"
"Ne Sakura-san it's a good thing you heal very well, this would leave a rather nasty scar if you didn't have that ability". Sakura smiled grimly as she watched him clean the needle then. "Yeah that healing ability does come in handy, but a scar from a tiny arrow is hardly to fuss about".
"This is gonna hurt", "Probably not as much as getting shot with an arrow". Izuna stuck the needle through her skin then and Sakura barely flinched. "Ne how bad would the scars be? Like I know if it wasn't for your healing me I would have had a huge scar on my chest". Sakura frowned then. "That wasn't because of the healing, no matter how good a healer is there's always going to be some marks, damaged skin is damaged skin"
He frowned, if it hadn't been her healing that kept Izuna from scarring like he should have what was it. Izuna kept on talking as he continued to sew her up. "So what's the worse that's happened to you?"
Sakura only looked down at her stomach for a moment. "I was skewered onto a chakra rod, went all the way through and destroyed the entire right side of my vital organs, thankfully I was able to heal the moment I was pulled off of it, but because of what it was, it effected my ability to heal properly for a few minutes there, I learned a valuable lesson too" Izuna interrupted her then. "Not to become a human version of yakatori?" Sakura smiled softly then, dimples deep.
"That too, but I learned never come up with the crazy idea of being bait and ending up as a human yakitori" Izuna stopped what he was doing and he realized it to then what Sakura had just said. "... Wait you made the decision to get stabbed". Sakura blushed then, her ears turning red as she looked away from them.
...'That is too ... cute' "The plan was to be a distraction, not to get stabbed ... there was only a slight possibility, though I mean there were a lot of options for him other than that too, but I assume he realized my healing abilities and associated it with my Shishou and deducted it would be better to put distance between us, it would have been bad if I had been able to touch him like I had planned".
Had she planned to immobilize her enemy with that specialty touch she used on him where she cut his motor skills on his arm? That was such a wonderful skill she had. Deadly and un-expecting, just like her.
Izuna helped her sit up then and began rolling the guaze around her. "Mmm ... Sakura-san you smell wonderful! Like Lotus flowers!" He looked back at the pond and saw the lotus flowers once more, listening to Izuna talk as he distracted himself from looking at Sakura's nude skin. "It was no wonder we couldn't locate you, we'd asked every vendor that sold lotus oil and where they had obtained the flowers and searched there and every time we came up empty and now we know why! A sage region! How clever, I never would have thought to hide away with my summons".
"The toads aren't my summons, I've visited here before with ... I've been here once before and knew it was a safe place for me to come back to".
The toads weren't her summons ... Yet they showered her with respect? She said she'd been there before too but there was more to it, he knew there was. "Alright Sakura-san I'm no you, but you'll be good for now, we'll have to change the bandage in a couple of hours though".
Sakura nodded and she went to standup, when she was on her feet he realized that it was the perfect opportunity to give her a reminder of their engagement.
Once she had her feet settled securely on the floor he bent down quickly and slung her over his shoulder, she squeaked as she hit his back. "Uchiha Madara you put me down this instance!", "Nee-san you'll damage the stitches!"
He rolled his eyes at them as they walked down the temple steps and over to where the slug was hiding away behind a bush from the toads. "The stitches are fine and besides Sakura, you forget I can carry you however I wish and this is the best and quickest way the rest of my kinsmen would articulate with you belonging to me".
He didn't need to see her glare to know that it was deadly. "Let go of me you neanderthal!", "If I'm a caveman then you're my cavewoman and I will not allow anyone to take you from me". Sakura kept hitting his back. "I swear to god you-" He stopped and looked back at him and watched as Izuna wrapped guaze over her mouth while a clone of his wrapped her wrist together. "And people say you're the nice one". Izuna smirked back at him. "That's funny". Sakura continued to try to fight them and they poofed away from the mystical region.
... I love Shisui, like seriously his character was adorable.
So I'll see you all in the next chapters, thank you for all the reviews and thank you for favoriting my story as well. I really, really appreciate it.