Tobirama x Oc

Chapter 6

"Madara.. Please bury Izuna.. I don't think I can.. Can be there" I said slowly and I felt my eyes start to water. Hashirama gave me a sad look but Madara just looked worried

"Where are you going?" Madara asked sweetly moving a bit closer

"Somewhere where no other human can get to" I said intertwining my fingers in Tora's fur and Madara looked like he was going to argue but I disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared in the snow near the cave that now had a fireplace and four beds for each of us. I walked in and saw Shiro and Yuki asleep and I plopped down on my bed patting the spot next to me for Tora to climb up which he did.

"I had to kill Izuna" I said quietly as my lip quivered slightly. Tora growled and licked the tears from my cheek before nuzzling it. I wrapped my arms around his large body and just started to cry into his fur. Soon enough my sobs woke up Shiro and Yuki who came over and snuggled close to me. This wasn't the first time I had come to their world to cry but this was definitely the worst they had seen me because instead of crying about my brothers being harsh or being hated by my father I was crying because I lost one of the people I held closest to my heart. After spending some time snuggled up with my summons I got to my feet and wiped my probably dark red rimmed eyes and looked at the three of them.

"Thank you for always being here for me" I said in a hoarse and strained voice and Yuki whimpered giving my hand a lick.

"I should go back.. I am not the only one grieving" I said in the same hoarse voice that was sore from all the crying and they all nodded

"Summon us if you need anything" Shiro said quietly and I nodded giving them a little smile before appearing in my room. I realized instantly that I was not alone but couldn't bring myself to move quickly or really care at all that Madara was there. He was sitting on my bed with his shoulders slumped and holding the ruby necklace he and Izuna had given me on my tenth birthday in his palm. When I appeared he looked up to meet my eyes and his were red like mine, not from the Sharingan but from crying.

"I'm sorry Asuka" He said as soon as his eyes met mine and I nodded slightly

"You will have to be more specific" I said but it came out a bit too harshly and Madara closed his eyes taking in a deep breath before standing up and facing me. He was taller than me by about an inch or two but it seemed so much more because of how spike his hair was. He reached around my neck and I didn't move at all as he tied the necklace around my neck then rested both of his hands on my shoulders. He looked like what he was about to say caused him great pain and I believed it was because he was not used to apologizing to people even if I was his sister.

"I..I'm sorry for not helping you more when we were younger, for forgetting the promise we made to stay strong in our decision to make peace, for keeping you here and not trusting your abilities, and for not ending this war the first chance I got" He said seriously but his eyes didn't quite meet mine but focused on where his hand was meeting my shoulder. I frowned slightly but knew this was just how Madara was now, he was no longer the thoughtful brother or the happy kid that used to want nothing more than to skip stones with his best friends. He was someone who murdered a friend just to obtain a new power, a man who killed countless not even considering who would be affected by that persons death, someone who would walk right past me without a second glance when we were younger, someone who could no longer even look someone in the eye and apologize when he messed up.

"I wish we could go back to the way we were before father interfered" I said still in my hoarse voice and he nodded slightly

"Why didn't you talk to me?" I quietly asked the question that had been running around my mind for years but was never sure that I wanted the answer. His eyes that had been on my shoulder moved to meet mine