Dusk till Dawn(Madara Uchiha)

Chapter Fifteen: The Words Of Izuna Uchiha

Night had fallen upon the camp of warriors, all was silent as the moon's light shone down on the sleeping shinobi. Wind rustled the leaves of the trees and sent a cool breeze through the camp. Madara's long hair moved with the wind as the warrior made his way back to his tent. His clothes were splashed with blood and his face set in a grimace. Next to Madara walked his brother Izuna, he too was splashed with blood but his expression was not so grim. The two Uchiha walked in silence; they had succeeded in ending their fathers life. However not everything went according to plan.  

Izuna watched his brother closely. He knew what went wrong but should he tell his brother. Sighing to himself Izuna opened his mouth, the clan needed the power of the mangekyou. "Brother, you know why it did not work? Don't you?"  said Izuna as they neared their tents. Madara kept silent. He had an idea why but he did not want to admit it. Taking his brother's silence as an answer Izuna continued."It's because of Akame" stated Izuna nonchalantly. As much as he cared for the princess the clan came first.

"I will not let any harm come to her Izuna . . . If the Princess were to be harmed, the treaty we have with the land of Time would be in jeopardy" Madara added as an afterthought. Izuna turned to his brother with dispaleaf "but brother we would not need the land of Time if you too possessed the mangekyou" he urged, but received a glare from Madara "you heard me Izuna, No harm will be done to her. Her power far exceeded that of the mangekyou"

Shrugging, Izuna walked over to his tent "whatever"he said quietly before vanishing inside the structure.

Madara glanced up at the moon, swearing to himself that he would protect the princess even if he had to protect her from himself. If he lost her he had no idea what he would do, the idea made him feel sick.

The sun rose over the earth, its radiating golden light filling the world with warmth. The sounds of the wildlife rang through the world. Akame sat a little ways up the mountain watching the sun rise from its slumber, per her routine. Next to her sat Madara as usual though today he seemed distracted. Frowning Akame asked, "What's bothering you?" Madara glanced up from his hands and over his shoulder at her. The golden light of the sun made her look like she was glowing like an angel. " My father has left this world, I am trying to figure out how to tell the clan that I am the new leader," said Madara, sorrow evident in his tone.

"What happened? He was fine yesterday." Akame asked curiously but not without sadness. As much as Tajima was annoying he was like a father to her since she never knew her real father. "Don't worry about it Princess, It's an Uchiha thing" he said though knowing full well he was lying to her. Awakening the mangekyou had not been done in centuries, in fact it was banned because it brought too much death upon the clan.

"Are you okay?" Akame asked as she scooted closer to the mad and rested her head on his shoulder."I'm fine" he said though that too was a lie. "Are you sure? You don't sound fine" Akame continued as she glanced up at him. "Don't worry about me Princess" he said as he subconsciously wrapped his arm around the girl, something he rarely did. Smiling softly to herself at his touch, she spoke."You know I'm always going to worry about you, that's not something I can just turn off" she mused, earning her a chuckle. "Oh well" he said with a small smile on his lips.

Once the sun had fully risen the two left their spot as Madara had to inform the clan of the death of his father. Akame leaned against a tree listening to Madara talk to the clan which seemed to take it as an everyday thing and accepted Madara as their leader rather quickly. 

" Did he tell you what really happened?" Asked Izuna as he came  up behind the girl. Akame glanced over her shoulder at the younger brother, a look of confusion on her face. "He said it was Uchiha stuff, why?" Akame answered calmly but cautiously. Izuna was acting strange. Izuna chuckled a bit "Uchiha stuff smooth" he scoffed before meeting Akames questioning gaze.