A/N:This is more of a one-shot than a drabble ^_^' oh, fo you who read my Mission Hogwarts story, I'm in a bit of a writing block, but I hope to be able to finish the next chapter soon;P
And thanks for the two reviews :D
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Madara looked at the sleeping form of Sasuke. He had brought the younger Uchiha to one of the Akatsuki hideouts and healed his wounds after his fight with Itachi.
Sasuke.
The boy was one of the key players in his decades long played game.
Game. There wasn't really any other word for it. He had planned years in advance, he watched his plans unfold and the consequences of his actions.
There was occasionally someone who thwarted his moves, like the first or the fourth Hokage. Though the first was in a way the reason for him to start the game at all. Madara had lost to him. Hirashima Senju had become the first Hokage while it was him who should have been chosen.
And that had started it.
He had made many plans. Some were to cover a span of a year, other decades. He had seen how the other players lived their life and how he could make use of it.
He had seen how he could use Nagato in his big scheme over twenty years into the future. He had manipulated the events that in turn created Akatsuki, a group containing some of the major key players in his plan.
And then another nuisance had appeared. The fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
When he had unleashed the Kyuubi upon Konoha, he had made the mistake of underestimating the blonde genius. Of course, Konoha had received massive damage and casualties, as well as the loss of their leader. But he had lost the nine tailed demon fox to the hidden village.
But in the end, it had brought a nice little side effect.
The Uchiha's demise.
The clan had been under suspicion due to their sharigan's power over the Kyuubi (and his own fight between the First). They had been moved to a corner of the village and put under surveliance. The paranoid elders had believed they were planning a coup and began to treat one of their most prominent clans badly.
In the end they had gotten their wish.
Fugaku and the rest of the clan were tired of being treated like some kind of abomination and began to plan a coup. They planned it very well and only made one mistake; they had underestimated Itachi's will to prevent war and his love for his little brother.
The young prodigy went to the Hokage and became his double agent. The elders of Konoha made use of this and planned on a counterattack.
They gave him the mission to kill his family.
As an earlier Uchiha leader and as a man who rarely bothered with emotions, Madara had not been able to understand the thirteen year olds decision to protect the village instead of his own clan.
Though in the end, it had worked in his favour. Itachi approached him with an offer. The eldest Uchiha had been surprised that Itachi had discovered his identity, but didn't dwell on it. The offer Itachi came with was to help him eradicate the clan and in exchange, leave the village alone.
Madara agreed, knowing he would attack the village as soon as the younger boy kicked the bucket. He knew it would take time, but after playing this game for over 50 years, he had proven to have the patience to wait another 10 years.
Madara made Itachi join the Akatsuki. He had known Itachi wanted to keep an eye on them, but he had used it to his advantages and milked it as long as possible. He then looked at his brother, Sasuke.
The eight year old boy that had been traumatized by the massacre. He could use him in the future, definitely.
In the later years, the game started to pick up speed.
He had watched as Orochimaru defected. First from Konoha, then Akatsuki. He had watched the snake Sannin attack the hidden leaf village and how he killed the third Hokage.
He had watched Orochimaru as he lured Sasuke out of Konoha and into his grasp, believing he would wield the power of the Uchiha. Madara snorted to himself. What a fool.
Up until now, the game had been slow-phased, but that started to change.
Akatsuki started to move.
Madara noted that the Kyuubi brat entered the chunin exam with Sasuke. And also that Orochimaru invaded during it. Though he hadn't quite expected the snake to do that, he hadn't been surprised by the action. Yes, it was quite interesting.
Years later, Sasuke was finally within his grasp. The boy had betrayed Orochimaru and then proceeded to find and kill his brother. When he'd wake up, Madara would tell him about Itachi. He would feed the boy hatred against Konoha and use him to get the tailed beasts.
Oh yes, it was quite interesting, and now it was his move in the game.
The shinobi countries wouldn't know what hit them.