Author's Note: Thanks for all the feeback and reviews. I'm so sorry it takes me ages to update, but I hope it's worth the wait. And here's some interaction between the two...so I hope you like it.

Pairings: TobiramaxOC

Genre: Romance, Tragedy, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Angst

Maria had just stepped out of the shower when she saw her younger brother standing by the sink, brushing his teeth.

"It's not my fault we've just got one bathroom." He sneered, making sure to look away from her.

"Well," Maria got a bathrobe hanging from the door and put it around her. "The least you could have done was knocked."

"Why should I have to knock in my own house?" Saul checked his choppy black hair in the mirror, moving his bangs from his eyes.

"Ugh, you're never going to get married."

"I don't need'a get married. I can take care of myself. I don't need any girl to take care of me." His comment was so stupid and un-thought out, that Maria decided not to reply. She just rolled her eyes and began fixing her own hair in the mirror.

The two stood there in silence, fixing themselves up until they heard a loud and familiar scream. It was Peter's voice.

Without a second thought, the two practically flew through the house and towards the direction they heard the scream, Tobirama's room. When Saul pushed the door open, he yelled and jumped back. Maria went past him and gasped when she saw that Tobirama was awake.

It appeared that Peter had regained himself, and now was in a crouching position, ready to defend himself.

"Tobirama!" It sounded so strange, his name coming from her lips, but she just went with it. "Calm down_"

"Who the hell are you people!?" He asked, standing feet away from Peter. "Have you captured me for information?" Peter was about ready to attack, so Maria taking a deep breath decided to count her blessings and walk towards Tobirama.

"Calm down...just calm down...I was just...you see..." She slowly walked towards him, yet he stared at her with fire in his eyes as if to say 'Don't you take another step'. She did however, and when she got close enough, she extended her arm towards him like he was a wild animal. Slowly...she attempted to place her fingertips on his arm. Bad idea.

The air about the room, the atmosphere was more negative than she had ever felt, yet she ignored it and decided to take a much more negative chance.

He grabbed her arm tight, twisted it, and swung her. She went flying towards Peter, who made a sloppy effort to catch her. Both siblings fell backwards and upside down. Maria however, was much more worried, as she was only wearing a white bathrobe.

"You can't do that to my sister!" Saul yelled, stepping in front of them. "If you wanna hurt them, you're going to have to fight me!" At least he tried, but a nine year old was no match for Tobirama.

What the three, at that moment, had failed to realize, was Tobirama's ability to manipulate time and space. One second he was standing there, glaring at Saul, another Saul was flying and then, Tobirama was literally standing before both siblings.

Peter stood up and was punched instantly by Tobirama. He clumsily fell backwards. Next was Maria, who caught his left fist, but was unable to dodge his right leg, as she again, flew into her brother.

Saul on the other hand was more than determined to redeem himself, as he made a few quick hand motions to perform a jutsu.

"Katon!" He bellowed sucking in all his hair. "Hosenka_ Good God..." There was a wave of water coming towards him, as he dropped his hands to his side. Maria was happy that he at least made an effort, even if it ended in him being shot out of the window and their guest bedroom drenched.

Maria finally stood, and at a firing speed ran towards Tobirama and roughly tackled him from behind. She put him in a firm lock, disabling his movement. But he was still physically stronger than her, as he fought and eventually tore her off of him. Within seconds he was on his feet, glaring down at her.

"I remember you." He spoke, his voice deep with venom. "That Uchiha girl from before. Did you really think capturing me_"

"I didn't try to capture you!" She pleaded. "I saved you from the minefield! Don't you remember_"

"Lies, that's all you Uchiha's are good at!" He bellowed, clenching his fist.

"Lies? What? No, you've got it all wrong..." She stood, nearly tripping over herself in fear. It was almost funny, how tall Tobirama towered over her. His eyes were piercing through her, causing her to shake lightly but she didn't back down.

"Listen, you've got to trust me!" Again, she made way to softly touch him. Luckily this time he didn't twist her arm, he only grabbed her fist before she made contact with his chest.

For the longest time, the two just stared at each other. It was obvious, by just staring at Maria, that she was somewhat terrified, yet she didn't want Tobirama to see that. She squinted her dark eyes, and glared straight back at him with all the anger she could muster. The show continued like this, with their glares piercing each other until finally, Maria realized that the pressure around her wrist was getting tighter. She yelped a bit, causing Tobirama to lightly chuckle.

"Why won't you just use your sharingan?" He asked quietly.

"I don't have a reason to use it now!" She replied, trying to stay calm. "Do you think we go around flashing our sharingan every second?"

He would've replied, if Peter hadn't hit him with a cooking skillet on the back of the head. He fell forward, instantly. Maria caught him before he hit the ground and slowly, she sank down to the floor and sat, holding him in her arms.

"Thanks Peter." She quietly replied, grunting slightly. "Now, we've got to figure out what to do with him."

"What to do with him?" Peter asked, humorlessly. "He...he practically destroyed us in our own home! Maria, I'm not sure if you realize this but he wants to kill us! Let's just throw him in a river, let him drown." He limped towards his sister.

"Peter, we're better than that!" Maria angrily shouted.

"Really?" Saul said, climbing back in through the window, still soaking wet. "I say...I say we kill him right now! Let's slit his throat!"

Maria rolled her eyes and stood up. "No, we aren't savages." She crossed her arms. "We need to get him to trust us. If he acts up like that again then his wound is going to get worse."

"Yeah, I don't think he realized that he was even injured." Peter remarked.

"Tell me about it..."

The siblings sighed in unison as Maria dropped her arms to her side. "Any other options boys?"

"Yeah." Peter snickered. "Go put some clothes on."

Maria instantly turned bright red as she realized she was still only wearing her bathrobe. Without another word, she exited the room, leaving her brothers to place Tobirama back in the bed.

Hours had passed since that incident.

Maria remained sitting by Tobirama's bedside with a skillet in her hand, ready to strike if he didn't comply. Earlier,the trio had tied him up, but reflected on how he would react if he was awake and decided to untie him. After drawing slips of paper from a hat , Maria was selected to be the lucky Uchiha to sit there and watch him. At first she felt a twinge of fear, but as time progressed she felt a little safe in his company.

Peter had gone out to the library, Saul had gone to his night classes, Maria was left alone in that room. She watched him sleep peacefully. He stirred every so often, but other than that he was quiet.

She sighed as she saw a bit of blood seeping through his dark shirt, and stood. His bandages needed to be cleaned and replaced, so slowly like before, she pulled his shirt off and went downstairs to retrieve a bowl of water, new bandages, some healing ointment, and a beverage for herself.

Tobirama was still asleep when she returned to the room and shut the door behind her. So with silent ease, she began to undo the bandages like before. Everything so far, was going normal.

That was until, Tobirama woke up.

It all happened so fast, giving Maria no time to react. Tobirama sat up and grabbed her wrist again, nearly crushing it this time. She yelped, but held in her scream and fear. She looked at him with soft eyes, as he glared at her. She felt fear radiating through her, but made sure to remain calm and when finally she found her voice, she spoke.

"Please...I'm trying to help you." She breathed lightly. "You're hurt, if you keep on like this, your wound will get infected and you'll die."

He held her wrist, shaking a bit but finally he released, yet he still held her gaze in his own. "Why are you helping me?" It was an honest question, and it was asked nicely, disregarding the expression on his face. At the moment however, Maria didn't have a solid answer.

"Please lay down..." She replied softly.

Tobirama didn't make any notion to move, so slowly, Maria began to treat his wound while he sat up. She rubbed the ointment on his chest and felt the need to draw back as his muscles tensed, but he made no movement to strike at her, he only glared at her. Strangely, she began to laugh.

"What's so funny?" His voice was filled with much more anticipation, causing her grin to go away.

"I'm...it's just...you're staring at me like you're a lion." She said, and it was the truth.

Tobirama grunted and surprisingly, fell back down. He looked up at the ceiling this time, avoiding her gaze.

"Where is my shirt?" He managed, wincing a bit in pain.

"I'm washing it later tonight, you'll have to wear my brother's shirt." She replied kindly.

"That won't be necessary, I'm leaving tonight." Tobirama snapped angrily. "I won't be made a prisoner_"

"Hey, you're not our prisoner, okay. We're not like that, in fact, the Uchiha Clan isn't like that. We just want to help, but it would be a lot easier if you could just trust us." She gained a bit more courage.

"Trust you?" Tobirama laughed humorlessly. "Your clan harvests nothing but hateful men and women."

"And your clan harvest nothing but hurtful members with closed minds." She poked at his chest, feeling him tense up again. "Why the hell do you hate us so much?"

And after that, he went completely silent. Maria asked again, and he didn't reply. His eyes were closed, as if he was sleeping. He was ignoring her.

"Fine..." Maria mumbled. "I didn't want to talk to you either." And much to her dismay, Tobirama chuckled. He didn't smile, not in the least but he chuckled.

Perhaps this was a start.

I hope you liked this chapter. I promise I'll try to stick to a schedual, maybe once a week...how about every Saturday Would that work for you guys? Can't do Friday because I've got football games to be at, can't do Sunday because...I've got a shitload of homework right now... :(

So please review and tell me what you think.

(PS, the scene where Tobirama literally pawns them was hard to come up with. While the three of them are Uchiha, he manipulates his time and space jutsu. In addition, the three weren't using their sharingan because well...they were shocked I guess. Please review AND, I don't own Naruto.)