Love me untill the end (A Madara love story)

Chapter 7-The surprise kiss

"The next task is..." Izuna drawled out looking at her, Hanako nodded but felt everything around her started to spin and everything went black. She had fainted of exhaustion. Izuna swiftly caught her and looked at her face, she was truely pleasant to look at, well not that outlandish beauty but a simple one but it confused him why his brother didn't want her. He carried her bridal style and took her to his room, he laid her on the futon and tucked her under the blankets. "Sleep well Hanako..." he whispered to Hanako and left the room.

Next day when Hanako woke up she sat up on the futon and looked around, she was not in the guest bedroom. She quickly checked if she was fully clothed or not, 'thank Kami..' She thought with relief and tried to leave the room but someone else slid open the shoji door and entered. It was Izuna and he was holding a round wodden tray with a brewing cup on it. "Tea for you...now get up and go wash your face...right now you resemble a spooky witch with all those drool marks on the corners of your lips" Izuna said putting away the cup on the low table. Hanako scowled at his rude attempt to get her out of his futon.
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Hanako slowly sipped the hot brewing tea and watched Izuna fold the futon and put it in a small room.
"Now...Izuna-san tell me who is this Matsuri" Hanako demanded. It may seem strange but Hanako was always good in concealing her feelings...thanks to her father, She knew she was being outrageously jealous of Matsuri and it annoyed her whenever Matsuri was around her fiancé, of course this was inevitable cause wives are bound to be jealous if their man is with another woman. Her such public display of jealousy amused Izuna to some extent. Was she developing a crush on his brother? He couldn't help but chuckle at this thought, 'another hopeless crush' He looked at her from top to bottom, she was quite pretty but she couldn't stand a chance against Matsuri, she was at a different level in terms of look and strength. And again..Matsuri was a skilled kunoichi who could easily defeat a slow poke like Hanako. Hanako was from a non shinobi clan, she was the daughter of the daimyo of the snow country. She was really a stupid woman to agree to marry his brother and not to mention her impatience . Her insolence someday could be the reason behind her death in future.

"Matsuri is Madara's concubine and they are in love" Izuna said with a straight forward tone.

"What?" She asked. Izuna slowly nodded, this harsh truth intensified her already blooming sadness and the feeling of burning jealousy. 'That explains why she was so clingy with him' Hanako thought with a dejected expression. She at last realized that slowly she was developing a crush on Madara, which sane woman wouldn't, but it confused her how could she let her guard down like that? What was this attraction for? Was it his power? wealth? Fame ? Looks? 'how could I could fall for him...he tried to kill me once for God's sake' She thought angry with herself.

She looked at Izuna for a second and left the room. After hearing that Matsuri was Madara's concubine she felt like someone had squeezed her heart. So she quickly left the room to get some fresh air in the garden. Today the Uchiha mansion was unusually cold so she hugged her shawl tighter around her form. She passed by a certain room and heared muffled voices coming from inside. So she opened the shoji door a little and peeked inside. Inside was Matsuri and Madara and it seemed like that were arguing about something.

"Madara what is the meaning of this?"

"What've I done now?"

"Now don't play stupid..you know what I am speaking of"

" You are still angry about that Hanako?"

Matsuri became red in anger and threw a kunai at him but he dodged it easily and sunsined infront of her and caught her arms.

"You think that I am going to fall for that weakling?"

"I am going to marry her but as soon as she gives me a heir...I'll.dispose of her and after I become the leader no one can stop me even the worthless old prunes. I" Madara smirked as he leaned forward and captured her lips.