Sorry about not uploading for so long, but I've been busy with college coursework and revising for my A2 exam, which is next WEEK! So I'm kind of stressed right now, especially since I had to do 3 major courseworks all at the same time! *Cough* but enough of my whining and bitching, on with the story, and if you haven't figured it out by now, I suck at writing scenes involving any fighting or heavy description, well...enjoy!

With Jiraiya

The sannin was walking down the street after gathering some information for his book and was heading back to the training area where, as he like to call them, the brats are training, but he stopped in mid-step when he heard two jounins talking "…it seems that Orochimaru is up to something" Jiraiya looked alarmed

"I know, he seems to be looking for the best healing master or something" his friend said "but right now he's actively sending several of his ninjas after some Uchiha from a prophecy he found" Jiraiya didn't need to hear the rest as he ran faster towards the training area, only one thought in his head 'I hope nothing happened' after a few minutes of jumping from roof to roof he finally arrived at the area, only to find some sort of barrier around the area, which he quickly identified as the same one used during the invasion in the Hokage box, 'Am I too late?', he made a few hand signs, which quickly disabled the barrier and ran in, where he found the area covered in dead bodies, all of which had Sound Nin forehead protectors, and in the middle of the chaos were his charges, all laying unconscious on the ground except one.

Madara stood there not tired at all, while holding an unconscious Izuna bridal style against his chest, the leader of the attack laying dead a few metres away from him; he had already sent Kain away a few seconds ago, he stood there for sometime before Jiraiya appeared besides him "and where have you been?"

"Gaining some research" Jiraiya said kind of hesitantly "so what happened here?" he changed the subject quickly

"Changing the subject uh?" he sighed "whatever, the sound Nins just appeared out of nowhere and attacked, they wanted to take away either Izuna or Sasuke for a prophecy" he reported "What should we do now?"

"We better head out of the village before anyone finds us here then" they each made enough clones to carry the unconscious ninjas before heading back out of the village un noticed, they also made extra clones to collect their belongings at the motel.

10 minutes away from the village

Jiraiya and Madara decided to set up camp to rest for the night, they had laid the unconscious nins down, Madara had went to get water and food while Jiraiya kept watch over the unconscious nins and the fire.

3 hours later

Izuna groaned softly as he slowly opened his eyes, and found himself stare up into the night sky, he blinked slowly before his eyes widened and he quickly sat up, only to hold his head in pain, making him groan loudly.

"You shouldn't be up yet" a voice came from above him, making him look up and saw Madara sat on a tree branch looking down on him "how you feeling?" he asked as he jumped down, landing gracefully and quietly besides his brother.

"Fine, a bit sore though" he answered "but what happened? Why did you put the others to sleep?"

"I can't tell you" he looked away and was about to walk away when he was pulled back by his shirt "what?" he glared over his shoulder making Izuna flinch, but he didn't let go.

"Tell me now" he demanded

"No," he stood his ground "I don't have to tell you anything"

"But I'm your brother"

"Brother or not, I'm still not telling" he growled, yanking himself out of his grip and walked away, leaving a slightly hurt teen behind.

The next day

Everyone had woken up and was now eating, Izuna was quiet since yesterday and hadn't talked much, which worried his friends, Jiraiya was observing them as he had heard the conversation between him and his brother, speaking of Madara, he had disappeared right before the Sannin woke up, only leaving a note that said that he was going back to the village first. Another thing that confused the Chunnins and genins that were still conscious after the attack by the leader was the question as to why Madara put them to sleep when they could have helped in the fight.

"Where's Madara?" Sakura asked the Sannin

"He went back to the village early to inform Minato what has happened" Jiraiya answered

"Couldn't he have sent a summon animal or something?" Itachi asked

"He said that he wanted to do it personally" he glanced at Izuna, who looked more dejected then a few minutes ago before standing up "ok you brats, pack up and then we can head back to the village" the group did as they were told before they set off down the road.

'Is he avoiding me?' Izuna thought sadly 'did I do something wrong?'

Back in the village, in the Hokage tower

"It seems that Orochimaru is getting more desperate to get his hands on your brother and cousin" Minato said after hearing the report that Madara had given "with the village still rebuilding after the invasion and all, we don't have time to deal with Orochimaru right now" he sighed

"So what should we do?" Madara asked

"I want you and your team to spy on the Sound village to find out what there plans are"

"What do I do about my team and family then?"

"Just tell them that you are going on a long term mission, you leave in an hour and I'll inform your team" and with that Madara disappeared back to his house

2 hours later

Jiraiya and group were found in the Hokage tower, after they reported what happened, "ok you lot, and you can all go home to rest" the genins and two Chunnins all walked out of the office leaving the two adults behind.

"So what are you going to do?" Jiraiya asked

"I already sent Ookami and team to spy on the on the Sound village to find out their plans"

"Isn't it a bit extreme to send a 3rd ranked team to do the job?" he raised an eye brow at this

"Usually it is, but this is Orochimaru we're talking about and I want as little casualties as possible" he sighed

"Well if you're sure"

In the Uchiha main house

"What do you mean he went on a long term mission?" Izuna demanded, the whole family were eating dinner

"That's what he said" Mikoto said "Minato had sent him on spy mission"

"But isn't that for Anbus or something?" Itachi asked

"Yes normally, but this is just a C-ranked one so it's safe" Fugaku said

"But what worried me was the fact that he looked a little distracted when he told us" Mikoto said worriedly "did something happen?"

"Maybe it has something to do with when we were attacked by some Sound Nins and one of them nearly took Izuna away" Sasuke said

"What?" the adults and Obito yelled

"What do you mean Izuna was almost kidnapped by a Sound Nin?" Obito demanded

The teens relayed the event that happened while they were in the Lightning country, except Izuna who had stayed quiet all the way through, which worried them all. The said teen didn't notice any of this as he was lost in thought, thinking about the conversation that he and his brother had the other night and he couldn't wonder if he was the cause of Madara's distraction.

2 year later

It had been 2 years since Madara went on his long term mission, and a few things had changed, the first being the Konoha 13 are now Chunnins after taking the exams again, Sarutobi recovered from his injuries and is now training Konohamaru since he began going to the Academy, Hiashi was also doing the same thing to Hanabi, Tsunade had stayed in the village and is now the head nurse, Shizune was the assistant head nurse, Fugaku and Mikoto was busy raising their newest daughter, who they named Kina, Izuna was still dejected about his brother leaving and none of his friends knew why, when they asked he always say it was nothing. Sakura was the most surprising as she toned down her fangirllyness and decided that Sasuke wasn't going to like her if she was weak, Haku had also joined the group and he and Sasuke are becoming closer, much to the surprise of his friends and family. Itachi and Mirai had also made it to Jounin rank, Obito and Genki finally came out that they were together since they were Chunnins, everyone was happy for them, Okahito and Michito had also told their friends that they like each other more then brothers should, and after a lot of effort from Ino, Hinata, Kushina and Mikoto, they got them together while getting some good blackmail material as they went. But they weren't the only siblings that they helped to get together; they had gotten Mirai and Naruto together as well, with Kushina yelling Kawaii every time they passed by together holding hands, much to the two teen's embarrassment. Jiraiya's apprentices were now part of Konoha 13, making them called 'The Invincible Hurricanes' (I know, lame), surprisingly, Itachi and Deidara had gotten close together even though their personalities differed greatly.

In the Hokage office

Minato had a serious expression on his face as Madara and team reported what they had found out, apparently the Sound and Iwa have allied together and have planned to go to war against them in a few years time, that would mean that they would happen anytime and they have to be prepared in case they attack at any random moment.

"This is most worrisome" Minato sighed

"What should we do Hokage-sama?" Anko asked

"I don't know yet, I have to discuss this with the council before we take any action" he sighed again "ok, you four are dismissed" the Hunter Nins bowed before disappearing

In the Uchiha main house

Izuna was laying flat on his back facing the ceiling, a thoughtful look on his face, Sasuke was out with Haku and it isn't going to be long until they start going out, Obito was on a mission, Itachi was out cloud watching, Mikoto, Fugaku and Kina was out shopping. That was when he heard someone appear in the house, making the Uchiha jump up in alert as he took a kunai and quietly stalked out of his room, he followed the noise, which led him to the kitchen, Izuna slowly peeked in and who he saw nearly made him drop his kunai. There sitting at the dinner table eating Onigiri was Madara, but what really made the young Uchiha blush was the fact that the older Uchiha had changed so much, making him look more handsome then ever, his outfit had also changed, which hugged ever part of his body.

"M-Madara?" Izuna said hesitantly as he slowly approached the teen, his kunai put away already, and the said teen turned towards him, mid-way biting his Onigiri and blinked slightly, Madara chewed and swallowed before addressing his brother.

"Izuna" he nodded his head in his direction "you look well"

"Thanks, you too" he walked over and sat on the seat opposite his brother, there as an awkward silence before he broke it again "so how was your mission?"

"It went fine" they fell into another awkward silence, which was luckily broken when Mikoto, Fugaku and Kina came through the door.

"Oh Madara, welcome home" Mikoto smiled as the Fugaku and Kina sat at the table while she started making lunch for them "you look well"

"Thanks Auntie, so who's this?" he gestured to Kina who was looking at him curiously

"Oh, this is Kina" Fugaku said "the new member of the family" he passed his daughter towards Madara, who took a hold of her, Kina looked curious up at the teen before giggling and started pulling at his hair.

"Ow," Madara winced as his hair was being pulled "that hurts you little demon"

"Don't call her a demon" Mikoto scolded "she's just a little baby"

"Whatever" he rolled his eyes as he passed the baby back to Fugaku and finished off his food before getting off his seat "well I'm off to see the others" he walked away and out the door, Izuna abruptly got off his chair with a shout of him going to see the others before disappearing out the door, leaving the adults confused.

Izuna ran around the place before seeing Madara being cornered by some fangirls, though he didn't look panicked, which wasn't a surprise since the older Uchiha had quite a good control on his emotions when in trouble. Izuna jumped down besides his brother, startling the girls, but that was when his own fangirls appeared as well, making it more crowded.

"You just had to appear didn't you?" Madara glared

"I needed to talk to you" Izuna defended

"Well you could have talked to me when there wasn't any fangirls around" he said harshly as they were squashed more together, Madara suddenly found himself pinned against the wall, Izuna had his hands on either side of his head to keep him from crushing his brother completely. The two brothers stared in shock, there eyes meeting, as a blush appeared across their noses, Madara's darker then Izuna's, and Izuna couldn't help but think how cute it was, that was when he got an idea, he didn't care that it might make Madara hate him forever, but it was the only way to get the fangirls off his back. Izuna slowly leaned forward, he ignored the gasps, his brother staring questionably at him and the fact that he was creating a new fan club, the Yaoi fangirls, which was even worse then an original fan club (I'm in that club :P). He was a mere inch away from his brother's lips, as he felt Madara's hot breath mingling with his own, before crushing their lips together, causing the elder Uchiha to gasp in shock, Izuna took this opportunity to force his tongue into the hot cavern and started exploring it, causing Madara to moan slightly 'tastes like strawberry and chocolate with a hint of mint' he thought, the girls squealed, some of them started taking pictures of it while others fainted with noise bleeds and a happy face. After what seemed like hours, which in fact was only 30 seconds, they broke apart, both panting slightly from the lack of oxygen, Madara's blush had grown darker and had spread to his ears, while Izuna was doing a little better. When Izuna backed away from his brother slightly, he saw that all of the girls had already fainted with nose bleeds and giant happy grins on their faces, he stared at them weirdly before turning towards Madara again, and who was still in shock. Madara was jolted out of his shock when he felt Izuna nip gently at his ear before whispering, making his breath hitch, "you are so cute when you blush" he said in a husky voice. Madara's eyes widened before he pushed him away, and quickly walked away, leaving a confused teen behind. Izuna blinked several times before a small smirk spread across his face 'I wonder how far I can make his blush spread' and with that thought he walked back to his house.

With Madara

Madara had ended up at the training area where Minato used to train at when he was just a genin; he plopped down ungracefully onto the grass under a cherry blossom tree, he had drew his knees towards his chest with his chin resting on top of it, the blush was still there but it was nearly gone.

'What the hell was that' he thought 'I know it was to get the fangirls off our backs but he looked like he meant it' he buried his head into his knees, letting out a frustrated noise 'and why the hell did I react like that' he groaned 'what the hell is wrong with me'