LIMBO

All the pretty stars shine for you my love, am I that girl that you dream of?

Uchiha Madara was a busy man and he didn't take kindly to unnecessary intrusions to his work. Everything in his desk is always in its proper place, void of any decoration. Decorations and sentimentality had no place here, emotions were a weakness and an opening. Everything in his table has been staged to make it seem like a normal innocuous, luxury office. One of the many fronts they had for their real operations.

The only place where he indulged in such sentimental notions had been in his bedroom at the heavily guarded Uchiha Manor.

He turned the brown envelope in his hands, no return address, no stamps, just his name written in red sharpie, it stood out like a sore thumb the moment he walked through his heavily guarded doors after hours.

He had called Izuna the moment he spied it on his table, no one besides him had access to this office. Not even his right-hand brother.

It was light and most definitely had some sort of tape from what he could tell. Either that or a particularly hefty matchbox. He doubted the latter.

Interesting.

Yes, it demanded his attention. His name written in red might as well have been a warning or maybe an invitation? Whoever sent it has balls and is smart enough to figure out his little hideout posed as one of their little ventures' head office.

Anyone who was anyone knew what he did and WHO he was.

Who the Uchiha Brothers were. Who Uchiha Madara is.

The gall of this person.

'Aniki, I got this envelope at one of my apartments as well.'

Izuna is behind him, he hears the trepidation in his voice, his nervous shuffling. He can practically already feel his brother's lips pressing into a thin line, a nervous habit since childhood. He had sped through traffic to meet him there, his Otouto's promptness surprised him. He had actually been on his way to him by the time he called.

'Who else?'

'Shisui and Obito too, I can't get a hold of Sasuke. Itachi is still in New York, but I would wager they have these sent to them too. Shisui and Obito will be here in 5 minutes.'

'Tell them to head to the safehouse at Kokuguchi port. Tell Kakashi to get a hold of Sasuke and bring him there.'

Izuna nods and knows the implications of going there. If the things had anything in them, any plant or sensitive material, that place would be impenetrable, the only place to investigate or get rid of whatever this was. But there was one thing he couldn't shake. Uchiha Izuna, much like his older brother is cool and calculated, ruthless when needed be. Nothing much fazed him, he's seen everything with Madara and his other brothers after all and barely blinked at the sight of blood and gore. But right now He didn't know if he was more nervous and terrified about his suspicions or Madara's ire if said suspicions turn out correct.

'Aniki…'

His older brother turns to him with a raised brow.

'I opened mine already.'

Madara knows that his brother is as if not more overly cautious than he was. He feels cold dread in his stomach when he sees Izuna so distressed and clutching his damned envelope, it was going to tear the thing if he didn't stop. His Otouto slowly reached for a small envelope inside of his, it was a simple piece of stationery, embossed with flowers. Different from the contents of his package.

Madara cautiously takes the leaflet and sees no words written, no sign of hidden ink, no apparent codes to crack. He looks at Izuna, silently asking him what he was missing. Izuna shakes his head, eyes wild as he motions him to continue inspecting the item.

A light floral scent. It wafts to his nose as he tries to see anything hidden in the floral pattern.

Unbidden memories are conjured from his mind's eye, like a tether to those times, those moments, her.

His eyes widen as realization floods him.

'Aniki I think it's her perfume.'

Sakura.

AN: So excited for this story! The whole thing came to me while listening to a Lana Del Rey Spotify playlist! Comment if you recognize the lyrics at the start, you can listen to the song while reading the story if you want to feel the mood I was going for, this chappie is the intro so it's a bit short but the next chapters will be heftier!

Reviews are so well appreciated, please let me know what you think! do the songs match the vibe? any guesses on what will happen?