Author's Note: I screwed up by putting "Oneshot" in the previous summary. I'm happy to announce that it's not a one shot, that was my mistake! And here is the second chapter, I hope you like it!

Pairings: TobiramaxOC

Genre: Romance, Angst, Tragedy

It was nightfall by the time Maria and her brother had returned to their home with the unconscious man in their company. They made sure to stay quiet, and not to accidentally alert any other Uchiha in the area. This required Saul keeping quiet about the pain in his shoulder, which wasn't that bad.

The two were able to bring Tobirama in through their back door, hoping that no idle Uchiha would noticed. Their plan worked for the most part until they actually got to the spare upstairs bedroom. Unbeknownst to the two of them, Peter was standing in the doorway, with a shocked look on his face.

Both he and Maria shared glances before he vanished downstairs. She and Saul softly rested Tobirama on the bed, and went to join their brother in the kitchen.

As it turned out, the trio was far from hungry, shaken was a better word. Shaken, because they had Tobirama Senju sleeping in their upstairs bedroom.

"I had to help him!" This was perhaps the tenth time that Maria yelled this, but she had to get her point across. "He was going to die! And he's still badly injured!"

"So his death would have impacted us how?" Peter asked, crossing his arms. "What, are you two buddies now?"

"No!" Maria protested. "But I couldn't just leave him there! Peter, don't you see? We are better than that, we're better than what he makes us out to be! If we want him, if we want anyone, to change the way they think about us, then we need to start now! We need to make a difference!"

"So it's our job?" Saul asked from across the table. "To make a difference? Why do we even care?"

"For once, he has a point." Peter acknowledged. "I could understand if...if it was some random Senju you brought home, but Tobirama! If the Senju win this war, he'll have us exterminated."

Maria rolled her eyes and stood up. "All I know, is that we've got an injured man that needs help. You guys can sulk and be afraid all you want. If you need me, I'll be upstairs."

She didn't give her brothers time to respond, she only turned around with her night robe and long black hair flowing behind her.

Removing Tobirama's armor was perhaps the most difficult task for Maria. The fear of waking him up radiate through her body, but luckily it didn't stop her. She worked quietly and diligently until finally, she was able to easlily slip his armor over his un conscience body.

Next of course, was his skin tight shirt and that really should have been her main concern. She carelessly ripped his shirt from his body and caused him to stir roughly in his sleep. However, he still remained silent, and for this reason, Maria breathed a sigh of relief.

She stared at the large gash on his body and observed it for a while. It was big, for sure and if left untreated it would surely get infected. Luckily, she knew how to treat it. He would just have to rest for days, or even weeks afterwards. And in addition, she would have to continuously change his bandages.

Good God Maria...She thought to herself, looking around the room for at least some ointment. After a few seconds of searching, she remembered that she had left it down stairs. So with Tobirama's bloody shirt in his hand, she quickly walked out of the room and into the kitchen.

Her brothers were still sitting at the table, looking as confused as always. They seemed to return to reality when she threw Tobirama's shirt at Saul.

"Get this clean Saul." Maria commanded, quickly walking over to a cabinet and opening it. She searched for a small container she'd usually use for injuries, but to her surprised it wasn't there.

She turned to Peter who sat at the table, staring blankly.

"Where's that oily stuff we use?"

"Oh erm...that, Saul used it all up on his shoulder." Peter quietly replied, seeing as his sister was angry. "But hey...you can use the plant." He pointed to that plant. The plant that never really died...but it wasn't completely alive. Maria looked at him with distaste.

"The substance inside the plant is specifically used for healing. If you treat his wound, you've just got to use the plant. Aloe Vera...I think, that's what it's called. Trust me." He gave a hopeless smile as Maria slowly walked over to the plant, sitting near the stove and picked it up.

It wasn't dead, the leaves were green, but it didn't look like much either. It was medium sized, so there was enough, stuff, in the leaves to treat Tobirama's wound. Maria only hoped he was still asleep.

Trotting back upstairs, she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw he was still unconscious. She entered the room once again and shut the door behind her. Slowly, approaching him, she cut the leaves of the plant open with her nails and allowed and slimy thick substance to fall on her hands.

Standing above Tobirama, she slowly applied the liquid to the large injury on his chest. She made sure she got every inch of the scar so that it wouldn't get infected. And after she was done with that, she took a few steps back and stared at him.

Tobirama was muscular, and very strong built. It was no wonder that he had survived his injury. In addition to that, the Chakra that Maria felt illuminating from his body was intense. He had far more chakra stored than she did.

He was a fierce man, and had made a perfect name for himself. Tobirama Senju. Master of speed and slayer of the Uchiha.

"I'm so dumb..." Maria said, in something more than a whisper.

However, something about the man seemed off. As he slept, as his eyes were closed and as he was defenseless, he seemed so much more peaceful, so much more innocent. The thought brought a smile to Maria's face, but she didn't really ponder on it really more.

The last things she did were retrieved bandages, bandaged Tobirama up and put him back in his clean, but slightly damp shirt.

After that, she slowly made her way out of the door and began to shut it. However, she couldn't stop herself from looking back at her patient as she silent breathed, "Good night, Tobirama."

When she arrived back downstairs, she had figured that Peter had already went to bed, as he was absent from the kitchen. Saul had just finished washing the dishes, as he was looking outside the kitchen window. He quickly turned around when he saw Maria.

"I think you did the...the right thing." He finally admitted. "It was dumb, but it was the right thing."

"No...no..." She walked over to Saul and pulled him into a tight hug. "We, did the right thing. Now, how about some sleep?"

Saul smiled. "I was wondering if we could sleep in the yard tonight! You know like we do when it gets really hot?"

Maria crossed her arms and looked down at her little brother. She saw the smile on his face, but knew that was only a cover up for what he was really feeling. It was natural that he wanted to sleep outside that night, he was afraid. As brave as he made himself out to be, he was only nine years old and having Tobirama in their house frightened him. Still he'd never admit it, and Maria didn't plan to make him.

"Okay." She replied, with a smile on her face. "Wait in the yard for me, I'll get some blankets for us."

Within five minutes, both Maria and Saul were on their backs, looking up at the starry sky. As usual, Maria explained the concept of stars to her brother, while he pretended to listen. But the two were happy, for that moment. For that moment they were able to forget the war that was going on, forget the man upstairs in their house, and all in all, forget the loved ones they had lost to bloodshed. Nights like this were what made the two closer, and for that they were thankful.

"Mom and dad...they're up there, aren't they?" Saul asked, pointing.

"Yeah..." Maria didn't sound entirely happy, but she didn't sound angry either. The subject of their parent's was always a tough one, but it couldn't go ignored. "They're watching us you know. You especially."

"You think so?"

"I know so. Mom was crazy about you before she died. Everything she did was for you...I was glad for that. We all loved you when you were a baby, I just wish Mom and Dad would've stayed alive long enough for you to actually remember what they look like."

And at that, Saul laughed. "I don't have to remember what they look like Maria, because I've got you and Peter! I'm pretty sure you two look just like them!"

Mary felt her heart warm up as she turned to her side to face her brother. Saul did the same. "Are you ready to go to sleep, it's probably gonna be a big day tomorrow."

"Yeah..." Saul turned back on his back, and folded his hands, holding them to his chest.

"Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to the Lord my soul to keep..."

It had been a long time since Maria had actually prayed before she went to bed. As bad as it sounded, she just lacked the time and energy for it. But listening to Saul pray, such a simple prayer gave her some small amount of hope...or happiness. So turning back to her original position, she joined in with her brother.

"And if I die before I wake, I pray to the Lord my soul to take."

It was just a bit after sunrise when Peter woke. He had cleaned himself and showered, ready to begin his day. As far as he was concerned, he had the day off and he planned to spend it at the library.

However, he lacked a few items he needed. Books? Of course they were books, and they were extremely overdue. As Peter walked down the hallway, he wondered what he would say to the librarian in order to still be able to check out books.

He shrugged as he reached to door he was looking for.

Strange it was closed, he remembered leaving it open a few nights prior. Nevertheless, he twisted the faded bronze nob and stepped into the room.

Seeing an empty bed and a very hostile and awake Tobirama standing in the corner of the room, Peter all of a sudden remembered why the door was closed in the first place and the events of the night prior raced through his head.

As Peter was totally off his guard, he didn't dare think about concealing his scream as Tobirama raced towards him with assaulting speed.

I hope you really liked it, and thank you for your reviews for the first chapter! If you read it now, reviews would be very much appreciated!

And I do not own Naruto.