Chapter 48

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

AUTHORS NOTE: This chapter contains depiction of violence, blood/gore and death/loss that might be triggering or unsettling for some readers.

"WHAT!?" Izuna freaked out when he heard the news and rushed to the surgery room. He could see the Senju in the cradle being attended by Ryuuji. He felt like a caged animal, he looked everywhere, shaking, and hyperventilating. "T-Toka…." He started sighing violently. Hikari grabbed him by his shoulders firmly.

"CALM DOWN!" she shouted him, Tobirama, Yuko and the Hyuuga had already arrived to the pre-surgery room and they were outside looking through a big window and could listen to her. "YOU ARE A MEDIC, THIS SUCKS AND IS A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY, I KNOW" the shinobi couldn't listen nor look at her in the eye. "LOOK AT ME!" she forced him with her hand and the man could see her eyes filled with tears. For a moment he felt like crying but his instinct told him to pay attention to what she was about to say, she sighed and tried to speak a littler calmer "Sakura is still fighting along with your siblings and Hashirama. We are all counting on you, even Toka" she pointed at her "It is hell of a burden and a responsibility, but you won't be alone. We will all save my friend and you love, and I will connect with her with my sage mode and keep her alive even if my life depends on it"

Tobirama's eyes widened at those words, he realized two things, the Takishima was ready to die for them who made him feel really proud of her, and, most importantly, Izuna was in love with Toka. He looked at Yuko, who returned the look serious and nodded. How could he not see that? Then the trio looked at Hikari who clashed foreheads with Izuna, grabbing him by his nape.

"Breathe with me" she said softly, after a minute the Uchiha could calm down and entered in medic mode. He grabbed a robe and washed his hands.

"Ryuuji, tell me her state" Izuna asked serious. The albino was expectant.

"She has internal bleeding, it doesn't seem to be her spleen" the civilian doc was applying healing chakra on her abdomen "This is not working, we need to open her up and aspire the blood before she gets sepsis"

"Hikari-chan connect with her" the Uchiha ordered and the girl nodded. She went towards the head of the stretcher and activated her sage mode. She put both her hands on Toka's temples.

"I am going to be out once I do this" she explained "I cannot distract myself because we're going to somehow share consciousness, so I'll be in trance to keep her knocked out". Izuna nodded. "Ninpō: sempo Chakura no tsunagari" she exclaimed and the lines on her cheeks grew larger going down her neck and following her shoulders down her arms and towards her hands. Toka's closed eye-lids got the same shade of Hikari's for they were sharing sennin Chakra. Tobirama could feel that the connection might use most of the Takishima's chakra and he remembered that she didn't have complete access to it, if her seal broke... what would happen to Toka, and to all of them?

"You are worried about that connection" Yuko observed while they could see Izuna cutting on Toka's abdomen with Ryuuji's assistance.

"Yes" he answered "If they share consciousness, if something happens…" he didn't know if the Nara knew about the seal, so he was being cautious.

"Nothing will happen" Yuko said with confidence, she thought he was only being worried about Toka and the Takishima though "look," she pointed "she is using healing Chakra added to the link. That will soothe anything Toka could be feeling now, and check her chakra but also keep her alive if things get complicated". The man looked at her puzzled.

"How do you know that?" he asked

"When Hikari-san connected with my dad it was not like this" She said "She didn't have those marks, I suppose that's some sort of Toad Sage mode given the fact she has contract with those animals" she reasoned "so she is using healing chakra to search for vitals and soothe the pain as she did with my dad, but also she is connecting herself to Toka to keep her alive. She's will keep her brain working if anything happens to give Izuna more time, it's not like she is giving Chakra per sé"

"You have huge observational skills" Tobirama said astounded "Thank you" he added calmly. It didn't stop his fear for the seal, but after assessing Yuko's words he realized that the connection was different. It will use a lot of her chakra, but maybe they were out of danger on that side. The Nara heiress felt a bit awkward with his compliment.

Sato Hyuuga was watching and listening everything in awe. He could see all Izuna and the civilian doctor were doing, he also realized that the civilian boy could use chakra, but that what hit him the most was the communion of their work: Two Uchiha –for him Hikari was one- and a civilian tending to an almost dead Senju to save her life. It was extraordinary.

After a while Izuna was already working within Toka's abdomen but there was blood everywhere.

"DAMMIT!" he exclaimed "the arrow that pierced through her was poisonous" he explained to Ryuuji out loud "It mostly passed through muscles and soft tissue but it must have teared her large intestine on the way and I can't close any wound with healing chakra"

"You need to cauterize the intestine wound after applying an antidote" the Koji boy remembered Sakura's teaching while he kept drawing out the blood.

"I Can't see it!" The Uchiha screamed "with a wound like this, I need to see where I cauterize because I can really mess it up" The Hyuuga reacted to that.

"I can help!" Sato said, both Yuko and Tobirama looked at him. "You know, the Uchiha needs help and I have the eyes he needs" he looked at the medic through the window.

The albino stared at him for a moment trying to analyze any threat. The Hyuuga sighed, he knew there were reasons for him to doubt him, but he had honor.

"I am not going to kill her. I can help saving her." He repeated "Look, you don't have time, either you trust me and let me help or you let her die. If you notice I mean any threat just kill me in site" he added with a defying stance.

"Tobirama-san, let him help" Yuko intervened "I'll go with him and freeze him with my shadow jutsu if I see something weird" she reached his forearm "Toka needs us". He was touched by her words and just nodded. He was speechless, but felt he could leave everything in her hands.

"Come on Hyuuga-san" the Nara connected her shadow to him but allowed him to move. She opened the door for him and let him enter. That made Izuna rise his head from Toka's body.

"WHAT IS HE DOING HERE?" he asked in a voice a little higher than intended "I-I can't handle an enemy here"

"He is here to help you" Yuko said "To help Toka" she added in a soothing voice "He offered to use his eyes to help you see the wound, or if she has a senbon… I'm sure that if Hikari-chan wasn't on trance would tell you the same. I am connected with him through my shadow, if he tries something funny I'll stop him and Tobirama will Kill him on site. This was Hagoromo Clan's doing" Izuna's eyes widened and so did Sato's, he didn't know that part, and it was a very important one. He focused and sighed again to release his tension.

"I am not your enemy, not here, not after this passes" Sato added with his arms up, "I was touched by the way Senju and Uchiha, sworn enemies in the past, are connected. How she is so important to you. I-I…" he choked, it seemed the new information hit him hard "I-I want you to save her, I want to help you save her. For her family and for you" he was speaking nonsense, but he knew where it came from. Having had medic ninja in his camp, his wife and children would have been alive by now.

Izuna thought for a moment, his words resonated within himself.

"I need eyes here" he pointed "I can't see where the wound is and she is losing a lot of blood. I need to close that first so I can't close the in and out arrow wound"

"HAI!" the Hyuuga nodded and activated his Byakugan. He looked frantically over the blood and tissue in front of him. Izuna was a little impressed that he was not feeling upset by seeing all that gore. "THERE" he pointed.

"I can't see" the Uchiha added, moving his hands inside, "There is a lot of blood" He saw the white-eyed man grab a glove, put it and pointed inside Toka.

"Follow my finger" he said serious. The medic was in awe but did what said "See? Can you feel it?"

"YES!" he answered, and when he blocked the wound with the tip of his finger he noticed the blood stopped coming out. "Ryuuji, keep aspiring that blood, it seems to be working" Izuna ordered "TOBIRAMA!" the mentioned moved surprised "COME HERE! I NEED YOU TO GIVE TOKA BLOOD".

The albino moved without thinking, he had been like an automat since he lost it at the gates, but fortunately in automatic pilot he could still be functional now.

"You have Toka's same blood type" Izuna explained

"Do I?" He asked

"Yes, I've memorized all of us medic information in case of need" the Uchiha explained. "Once Ryuuji finishes, he would put you a needle and take your blood to be directed to Toka." Then he looked at his hand, he couldn't have it there forever. But the healing chakra was not working because there was some poison there. "Yuko-san"

"Hai?" She asked "what do you need?"

"Do you remember the antidote Sakura used on your father?" he asked

"Hn…" The Nara thought for a moment "I-I don't, but I believe she had it in a special place"

"She had it on her personal drawer!" Ryuuji intervened without stopping aspiring blood "She wanted me to replicate it but she went on her mission, it's a transparent glass vial with a purple-ish liquid, it's has a tag called after your father"

"I need you to go and grab it" Izuna asked Yuko "Her office is the first one to the left, entering the building"

"But the Hyuuga…" she eyed Sato

"He will be on my charge" the medic nin assured while looking at the shinobi "I will trust you for now" and the mentioned nodded. Yuko looked at Tobirama who also nodded and then run to look for the antidote.

"Hikari-chan" Izuna whispered, "please hold on for a while" he saw the girl struggling a little. He needed more time. "What is your name?" he looked at the white-eyed man

"Sato" he answered "Hyuuga Sato"

"Sato-san" the Uchiha spoke calmly now, he was starting to have hope and felt he could trust this specific Hyuuga "I need your help again"

Ryuuji was finishing cleaning all the blood, but still there was a lot where Izuna had his finger and he still could not see. He left that in his charge and started to connect Tobirama to give Toka's blood.

"How can I help you?" Sato offered

"I am going to try to cauterize that wound, once Yuko-san brings the antidote" he explained "I need you to guide me one more time, because I am going to use my fireball jutsu in the minimum scale I've ever done it and I need to have eyes all around the wound"

"I'll do my best" he said "I hope I can explain what I am seeing fine"

"You will" The Uchiha assured, and the man nodded somehow feeling confident by this sort of former enemy trust in him.

A minute later Yuko arrived running with the vial on her hand. Ryuuji had already connected Tobirama to Toka and he was successfully donating blood to his friend, so he retrieved the vial and put it in a syringe.

"Izuna-san" he said "I believe it will be better If we inject a part of it directly around the wound. It would be faster"

"Let's try that, Sato-san" the mentioned looked at him "Guide Ryuuji's needle so he can pinch the tissue next to where my finger is."

"On it" he nodded and grabbed the syringe and Ryuuji's hand. He guided the needle and inserted on the tissue next to the already necrotic wound. "There" he said. And the civilian medic started to apply the injection. "It's working!" he added enthusiast

"How do you know?" Izuna asked surprised. He was no medic, and even for them it was kind of difficult to know that.

"I can see the tissue around your finger changing color" he explained "It was kind of necrotic, but now its regaining a bright red color, I assume it's this antidote working directly."

"Your observation capabilities are amazing" the Uchiha said "no pun intended"

"Thank you…" he simple answered "all of this is amazing" the White-eyed smiled softly and the medic could see that smile came from deep inside him "If we had had this before, maybe… maybe my life would be different…"

"We could use more people like you to change other people's lives. To prevent them for having our experiences" Izuna reasoned. Sato simply nodded, his eyes were watery and he could not trust his voice. He masked it coughing a little.

"It's done!" he said when he finally saw the antidote had healed the tissue completely. "I think it is safe for you to close the wound now"

"Please tell me how far are the other organs, I can feel them with my hand, but I can't calculate distances" the Uchiha asked

"All organs are half a centimeter away from your finger" Sato detailed "you don't have much space to work"

"That is great" Izuna said between his teeth "Okay there goes nothing" He closed his eyes and concentrated just a tiny amount of chakra and his finger started to burn. He removed it a little and whispered "Katon: hinoko". Toka flinched at that, and that meant that she was feeling and regaining consciousness, and also that Hikari was about to reach her limit.

"How is it Sato-san?" he asked the Hyuuga "I just feel burnt tissue and it seems is not releasing more blood"

"That is right" he said and Izuna gasped "You closed the wound and you didn't touch other organs, it was a perfect jutsu, I can't believe it" the man was in awe and he saw the medic was about to cry "w-what's next?"

"Now we continue cleaning her and close her abdomen" the Uchiha explained trying to fight back his tears "Ryuuji san, give her antibiotics, and also another small dose of the antidote in another vial, but left something to replicate it later, we're not sure she might need it later, or the others when they come back." The civilian nodded "Sato-san you can sit down there" he offered "You too Yuko-san"

He started cleaning Toka's abdomen and Ryuuji joined him after he finished putting the vials and the antibiotics and antidote. Once they finished, both of them used a little of medic chakra to complete healing the cauterized wound and closed the rest of the tissues except for the flesh which was sewed back together until the antidote covered her completely, she will keep bleeding until that, but it would not be like it was before. They needed to save some more chakra if needed, for Hikari, Tobirama and the others.

"Hikari-chan" Izuna called her and touch her shoulder softly bringing her back from her trance. The girl looked at him a bit lost, she was tired of the connection and overuse of sennin mode. After a minute she regained her senses, but kept the sage mode and the connection with her friend.

"How was it?" she asked a bit stunned. She could see Toka all patched up, and a lot of blood everywhere.

"You tell me" the Uchiha asked and she checked the vitals.

"She is doing fine" the Takishima answered giving a huge sigh

"Please stop your bond with her, so we can see if she can be fine by herself" the medic asked

The Kunoichi let go of her, sage mode still on just in case and they could see Toka felt pain, but her vitals were good and she was sleeping safe and sound. Izuna scanned her body twice and let Ryuuji do it too. She was out of danger. She still needed blood and needed to be checked by Sakura for any poison trace, but until that, the antidote would help. He sighed profoundly and finally relaxed.

"You can let go of your sage mode now" he said to Hikari touching her forearm and smiling faintly "She's fine… s-she is..." he started crying because of the stress. And Hikari hugged him but since they were both tired their legs gave on them and landed both on their knees. The Takishima was crying too. It was so emotional that even Tobirama and Yuko shared a tear. Ryuuji was checking on Toka for the third time, and he also was very moved. Sato Hyuuga was overwhelmed with the love of all those people, and that moment Hashirama arrived with Sakura, and thought the worst

"Oh, no…" the Senju chocked "W-we didn't make it…"

"WHAT?" Izuna said "NO!" he stood how he could and Hikari mimicked him "She's stable!" he smiled all teary "We could save her" he cleaned his nose with the back of his sleeve. Hashirama beamed and run to hug him. Sakura looked at him with a maternal look and nodded. She immediately went to Ryuuji and examined Toka. She noticed Tobirama being connected with her giving her blood, the vial with the antibiotics and antidote, the sewed wound. She could sense the internal wound that Izuna had cauterized. Her vitals were fine; her blood levels were increasing. She was so proud of this team.

The pinkette asked Ryuuji and Izuna to report what happened, but first asked them to sit down and gave them a soldier pill each.

"They taste awful, but you'll be better in no time" She cheered "You too, Hikari-can, Tobirama –san eat one"

"Is it necessary?" her friend asked while eyeing the pill on her hand "You haven't improved the flavor, have you?" the pinkette rolled her eyes.

After everybody was set to regain strength, she received the medic detail. They had done an impressive work, also that Hyuuga guy.

"I think it's good to disconnect Tobirama-san" she resolved "and once we clean her we can move her to ICU so we can check on her closely. Tomorrow I will run a scan on her and use the cleaning technique to remove anything that could be poison trace for her system. But now she won't endure that treatment, and she is covered with the antidote for a while. You all need to clean yourselves, eat and rest." Sakura ordered everybody "but I believe you Hyuuga-san need to speak with Hokage-sama right?" the mentioned nodded

"Please clean yourself up and eat something." Hashirama asked kindly "Then we can talk, do you need to rest too?"

"I-I am fine Hokage-sama" Sato said surprised for this man kindness but he realized his legs were trembling. He didn't do much but his fatigue was way more emotional.

"We will show you a place for you to clean and change then" the Senju said "And then join the others to eat. We will talk once Madara arrives"

The Uchiha brothers were coming back with some shinobi, they had left a small patrol at the area to cover for their departure which would arrive a bit later. Everybody was tired and slightly wounded, and had gone on another alternate route to miss any possible threats and that took them a while. Madara heard from the Gatekeepers that Toka was out of danger but Hashirama needed him to speak with a Hyuuga messenger, so he left his brother in charge and run towards the hospital.

Takato told the shinobi to go to the Hospital and get checked. Fortunately, they didn't have any mayor injuries, and he stood alone behind the gates waiting for the rest to come. Meanwhile he took a scroll he had on his bag pack and released the content. It was a relative large item covered with a fine purple silky cloth.

"I hope she likes it" he thought out loud, as he waited for the men.

Madara finally arrived at the Hospital and was received by a beaming Hashirama.

"Your brother is truly amazing!" he exclaimed "He saved Toka's life with Ryuuji-cha and Hikari-chan help!" he added "Oh! And of course, this man's willingness and noble heart too!" he pointed at the Hyuuga messenger, who was sitting on a chair next to them and stood up at the mention of his name.

"Uchiha-san" the man bowed at him "I am Hyuuga Sato, I am a messenger from my Clan, we are interested in the possibility of joining your village." He said after grabbing a scroll from his knapsack, which the mentioned grabbed and opened.

"A pleasure to meet you, Hyuuga-san" he said politely "I think we should go to a private place to talk, am I right Hashirama?"

"Of course" the Senju answered "Sakura offered us to close the cafeteria, so we can be nearby"

"Hn" his friend nodded and the three of them walked towards the said place. "So, Hyuuga-san, Hashirama said you helped my Brother to save Toka" he started as he invited him to sit down.

"W-well…" Sato started a bit nervous, the Hokage seemed a very lighthearted person, but the Uchiha felt very intimidating. "He could not see the wound and your friend was bleeding herself to death, so… I offered my eyes to help see through the wound and blood."

"And it was remarkable!" Hashirama intervened "Tobirama told me that you said that if they felt you were a threat they could kill you in sight, am I right?" he added with an amused tone. 'Maybe the Hokage is a bit darker than he seems…' the white-eyed thought.

"Hn, yes" he answered slightly embarrassed. Madara was looking at him as if he was trying to solve a puzzle.

"What made you act that way?" he asked "Did you want to gain our favor?"

"W-wha… No!" Sato said a bit offended "I never thought of my clan's sake while doing that. It would not be good for any truce If I did something stupid and you kill me. Also, there's a reason why they sent me"

"And that is…" The Uchiha asked curious and still suspicious of him.

"I am a pacifist" he said "Don't get me wrong, I am one of the most capable shinobi from my Clan, and it's not bragging, it's the simple truth. But life made me a pacifist, I don't see any reason to keep killing us if we all feel and go through the same." He paused "and before you ask, that is loss"

Both the Uchiha and Senju became silent, the first one motioning him to go on.

"Some years ago we were also fighting the Hagoromo Clan" he continued and the mention of that particular Clan's name made the duo exchange worried looks "I was this stupid egomaniac brave soldier, and killed a lot of them out of spite. Even though those were soldiers that had surrender." Sato cleared his voice and his expression change from a stern one to a hurt one. "I never thought that this action would bring the worst someone could ever live. One of the soldiers passed as dead and he managed to return to their camp. Eventually they found us and attacked us, I was face to face with tried man I tried to kill mercilessly, and my boy…" he finally chocked, his eyes got watery.

"W-would you like some water?" Hashirama offered him with a quiet tone, as if he was anticipating what the man was about to say. He nodded and the Hokage looked for a glass of water and gave it to him.

"M-my boy was 4. He was terrified, so he screamed 'DAD!' to me…" the Hyuuga explained "and in that moment that man realized that in that tent there was my family. Some men attacked me and this bastard just entered grabbed my son and killed him in front of me…" tears started rolling from his void eyes. "At the very moment, my wife, who had my baby daughter on her hands came out from the tent screaming and was also killed… both of them. I-I lost it, and at one moment I could release myself and dismembered the bastard alive. And when the battle was over, I cried myself to exhaustion while hugging my wife and children bloody corpses." He stopped to drink more water "I then became a monster, killed everyone on site until one day I was about to kill a man and his little boy run towards him and put himself between his dad and my attack, and I-I… I-I could not…"

"That's enough" Madara said calmly. His black eyes met the white ones and at that moment Sato realized that the terrifying Uchiha was actually a good man, because his eyes spoke more than his façade. "I am positive that last thing was a fateful accident, but as you said, we all lived through loss. I lost two siblings and my mother and I don't count my father for he was lost for me even while alive. One of my siblings was killed in battle by Tobirama himself, hell, he almost killed the other two I have left if it wasn't for your Clan chasing Sakura-chan and Hikari-chan to our battlefield. And we still managed to befriend each other. Kids are just victims of battle and ill parenthood. The Hyuuga seemed surprised by what he just said.

"When I learnt what my clan did to your children some months ago I snapped" He added "I confronted my Clan head and council, and they were removed. We also don't bring kids to battle anymore, nor take the battle near ours or the enemy camps." He looked down for a moment "I should also apologize to the Merchant Village leader, for the group of my clan-mates that attacked their Village."

"You can talk with him tomorrow after you rest a little" Hashirama answered

"I don't want to intrude" Sato answered "I am still your enemy"

"You came for a truce, you're not an enemy" Madara explained "you are in a grey zone, but your Inn will be guarded nevertheless, I hope you understand"

"I do" the man answered.

"Perfect, then we will escort you there" the Uchiha commented "You have gained our respect, so you are our guest now, but given the fact of our Clan's history, this joining arrangement will take a while. Nobody will say anything to you if you are with us"

"You have gained my respect too" the Hyuuga said "also my admiration. I look forward working with you"

When Sakura finished putting Toka at the ICU she had sent Tobirama, Hikari, Ryuuji and Izuna to clean themselves and eat something. The albino had left the Hyuuga with his brother so he went home to change quickly and changed his clothes, when he arrived again he could only find Yuko, Hikari were eating at Sakura's office since the cafeteria was closed for the meeting and Izuna was in another officer resting a bit.

"How is everything doing?" he asked her.

"Seems fine" the Nara said and gave him a report. "I am guarding the Cafeteria entrance" she added

"Hn." Tobirama nodded "hopefully everything will be right soon. Toka seems fine, and Hikari-san didn't seem hurt because of the connection" he was still thinking about her seal, but the kunoichi understood another way.

"You were really worried about Hikari-san, weren't you?" she asked and saw him nodded again serious and turned to leave, so she decided to annoy him "Do you fancy her?" she asked all of a sudden and Tobirama froze in place he was not expecting that question in a million years.

"W-why would you say something like that?" he asked, not turning back to face her.

"I have huge observational skills" Yuko remarked remembering his words and heard him sigh.

"Truth is; I don't know what am I feeling" he said honestly turning to see her. That surprised the kunoichi, they barely knew each other for a month but still he felt comfortable saying this to her? She felt something else, 'why did I joke about that?' she thought.

"How so?" she managed to asked trying not to overthink her passing feelings.

"That. I don't know this feeling, it's weird, I've been feeling it for a while" the albino explained "It seems like a silly crush, but I don't know"

"Do you think she is pretty?" Yuko simply asked

"She is fair, I believe. Also strong, intelligent and kind" He answered and the kunoichi rolled her eyes

"You could say that about any woman in your life… Do you want to see her every day?" the Nara continued "Do you miss her when she's not here?"

"I don't know!" he said again "I am positive I will see her so I don't think about that, when I do I feel at ease, I also don't know, I might miss her if she's gone. It's just…"

"Maybe you should talk to her…" she suggested "I mean, maybe by talking to her with this in your mind you might sort your feelings out" She could see the albino think for a while

"That's right!" he finally said "I will talk to her. I will find out" and he left with his hirashin

"WAIT!" he never heard Yuko trying to stop him. "That sounded… Ugh, I hope he doesn't mess it up…" she said out loud a moment before the Cafeteria's door opened.

Tobirama went back to the Hospital and intercepted Hikari who was leaving the building.

"Hikari-san, do you have a minute?" he said to her. The woman nodded and saw him jump towards the hospital roof.

"Why everyone wants to go speak there?" she asked to herself while jumping. Once they were there, the shinobi faced her.

"I wanted to speak to you in private, because I needed to tell you something" The albino said, he was looking at her intently. Still, Hikari wasn't aware about what he was going to say.

"And that is?" she asked curious

"I think I like you" He said. She opened her eyes wide. Not far away Yuko Nara felt shivers down her spine while talking with Hashirama and Madara 'he did mess it up' she thought.

"W-what?" she enquired, this time confused. 'Did the Nidaime say he likes me?'. He made a pause, and suddenly he felt him. He had felt that Takato had arrived at the Village a while ago and could also feel him coming towards them. He seemed to stop when he felt them, nowhere to be seen, the shinobi was sure his friend was behind the roof door. 'Is he eavesdropping?' the albino thought.

"I like you" Tobirama repeated this time serious.

"I-I" she stuttered nervous as she blushed "y-you think you like me?"

The Uchiha heard from the distance and a sense of void felt his gut, he realized at that moment that his heart stopped.

"I enjoy spending time together training and sparring. I think you are a strong, intelligent and capable kunoichi, and there are not many like you". The Senju explained

"That is why you like me?" the Takishima asked dumbfounded. Tobirama´s expression fell a little, his eyebrows furrowed. Takato's heart started beating again,

"Why is the question?" he asked "Am I not well suited for you? Do you really keep thinking I'm a monster?"

"Cut it off with the monster thing!" she exclaimed "I like you too, I mean I admire you, you are a good self-centered person, goodhearted and a prodigy shinobi. I also like sharing trainings with you, b-but i-it's not…"

A loud noise came from behind them when Takato, after losing balance on the other side of the rooftop's door, hit it wide open and fell to the floor. He quickly stood up, red with embarrassment.

"I-I'm sorry for interrupting" the Uchiha said, grabbing the package on his hands tightly.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

So, a lot of things happened in this chapter, new character with his background, confessions, and misunderstandings?

Next chapters are going to be so fun to release, I wrote them like two years ago, because I needed to get to this point to take the scene from my mind.

Hope you like it.

Lots of MadaSaku coming in soon…

Love

Bella