It was just another day.
Madara sat up from his bed and scratched the side of his head, yawning. He glanced over at a mirror and blinked. "Hair..." He did a slight spazz before brushing out his hair. He liked his hair.. even though it was freakishly long. He stood up and went to his closet silently, picking out an outfit for the day. He slipped of his shirt and lightly rubbed his side, feeling a couple of mysterious scratches. "Hmm.. where did those come from I wonder..." He shrugged and finished changing his clothes. He opened his door and yawned softly.
"I was just going to get you.." Madara blinked and looked at the person in the hallway.
"Oh.. Morning Izuna" He smiled softly at his brother, who returned the smile.
"You should probably get going.. I heard today is going to be a little crazy.." He said softly. Izuna was known for that. He was always quiet and respectful. Madara on the other hand usually just snorts and tells what he thinks.
"Oh great..." Madara sighed softly and gently hugged the younger male, who softly hugged back. "See ya bud.." He murmured before walking off and towards his office. Well.. It was Hashirama's too.. but Madara called it his..
He sighed softly as he reached the building. He slowly made his way upstairs, gave a slight nod to the guards, and walked into his office. He plopped down in the seat and yawned, looking over some papers before sighing.
The rest of the day was, as Izuna had warned, pretty damn hard. He had mission after mission to assign. A few fights to take care of. In all, he was just exhausted. He sighed and looked outside. "Hm.. Hashirama should be here in a couple minutes.. maybe I can go back to the waterfall..."
And, as if on cue, Hashirama knocked on the door and opened it. "I see you actually waited.." He said softly. Madara nodded, stood up, handed a folder to Hashirama and started leaving the room. Hashirama grabbed The Raven's wrist gently, stopping him in his tracks though. Madara lifted a brow and looked back at the Senju. "Madara.." Hashirama looked at the other and smiled softly. "You know I still do care about you... right?" He asked. Madara turned all the way around, looked down, and shrugged. "Well I do.." Hashirama murmured softly. After a minute, Hashirama patted Madara's shoulder. "Alright... See you tomorrow then" Madara nodded and left the room.
He walked out of the building and sighed softly, scuffing his feet against the ground. He blinked and stumbled slightly, a ball hitting him in the gut. He blinked again and picked it up. A group of kids ran up to him and he looked at them. "W-We're s-sorry sir!" One of them said, looking at the Uchiha with huge blue eyes. Madara let a small smile form on his lips as he tossed her the ball.
"It's fine, just be careful next time yeah?" He said, walking past them.
"Y-Yes sir!" She called before running off with the group of friends.
Madara walked out of the village and headed back to the spot he was in a couple days before. He heard the waterfalls as he got closer, and he smiled to himself. He walked through a few bushes and entered the clearing. He blinked and looked at the rock he was on, seeing a person sitting there, with their feet in the water. They also seemed to be watching the fish, because every now and then the person would giggle. Madara looked at his or her chest, trying to figure out a gender for the person. He.. or she.. had rather feminine features, but he/she also had a few masculine traits. The person had sky blue hair, and he/she was wearing a kimono.. which made Madara second guess the person's gender. They also had a rather nasty looking cut on their cheek. "E-Erm.." He finally said softly. The person gasped and jumped, looking at Madara. Madara blinked and looked at the person's eyes. They looked amazing! The person's eyes were a bright, vibrant green, and their pupils were slits, like a snake's. "Who are you?" He asked the person, who was slowly curling up. Madara started walking up to the person, who shrieked and scrambled to their feet. "Hey.." Madara said in a soft voice. "I'm not going to hurt you..." He looked over the person's body. They seemed pretty beaten up.. Madara wanted to know how badly, but he didn't know how to ask without scaring the poor kid.
"Y-Yes y-you will.." The person said softly. Madara still couldn't tell what their gender was! The Uchiha took another step closer to the person, who took a step back, slipping on a rock. The person, who Madara thought was a girl, gasped, starting to fall. In an instant Madara was there, grabbing the person and pulling them away from the water.
"There.. Now do you believe me?" Madara asked, letting the person go. The person whimpered softly and took a step back. "What's your name?"
"N-Naoko..." The person said slightly louder. "I-I'm a boy too..." The boy looked down. Madara blinked. 'That's a boy...? ... Oh.' He thought to himself.
"My name's Madara Uchiha... What are you doing out here?" He asked softly, looking over at the rock where the boy was. He blinked, seeing the boy's sandals. Even those were feminine...
"I-I don't wanna talk about i-it..." The boy looked at him timidly. "Wh-Why are you h-here...?" He quickly got his sandals seeing Madara eyeing them. He slipped them on and looked back at Madara, who tilted his head slightly.
"It's just a nice place to relax I guess.." He said softly, figuring that the boy would run the second he did something too fast or sudden. He slowly walked over to the boy, making sure he didn't seem like a threat in any way. The boy stayed where he was, watching Madara's every move. Madara smiled softly and held out his hand. The boy shrieked and stiffened, almost as if he was thinking that Madara would hit him. "Shh.. You're okay..." He said softly. The boy shook lightly and took a small step closer to Madara. It was almost like trying to get a feral cat to trust him.
"Wh-Why h-haven't you done a-anything...?" The boy looked at Madara with huge bright green eyes. Madara hummed in slight confusion at what the boy meant by that. "P-People are always t-trying t-to... nevermind" The boy said, looking down.
"Take your eyes...?" Madara said/asked softly. "You're from the Hebi clan correct?"
"Y-Yes... There's o-only five of us l-left... I think..." The boy said sadly, looking down. Madara gently touched the boy's cheek, but withdrew his hand back when the boy snarled in surprise.
"Hey.. Let me help.. that's going to get infected..." He said softly. The boy looked at him and then to his feet, nodding slightly. "Come with me, you'll be safer than out here.." Honestly he just didn't want the boy to get frostbite or anything. It was rather cool out at the moment, and the boy barely had any clothes on.
"F-Fine..." The boy said softly. Madara swiftly turned on his heel and gracefully started walking back to the village, the boy on the other hand... well he practically had to run to keep up with the Uchiha. And on top of that he was getting weaker by the second. 'It's already infected...' Madara thought to himself. He stopped and blinked. The boy ran into his back and almost fell backwards. Madara turned around and caught him just in time.
"You're way too weak to walk..." He said softly. He picked up the boy bridal style and tried to hold him still, but the boy was squirming and shrieking almost too much. Madara sighed. "I don't want to do this... but..." He activated his Sharingan and looked at the boy, who looked him directly in the eye. The boy whimpered softly and slowly went limp. "Shh... you're okay..." Madara said softly. He didn't knock out the boy, but he did calm the other down.. physically anyways.