The broken hero (Madara Uchiha)

4. The true face

Madara was panting heavily when he found out a spot of blood on the balcony railing. But there was no sign of commotion or fight. He looked over the ground and everything was just as normal as it was before.

His heart was pounding in his chest. He has slaughtered uncountable ninjas in his lifetime but he was shaking in the thought of losing her. His panick made his eyes glow red and redder each and every moment. He couldn't blink. The tried to find even a faint scent of her but there was nothing. She vanished in thin air.

Madara decided to call Junpa and Izuna but then he heard a soft huff from above.

He climbed the wall with concentrating chakra in his feet and found a masked shinobi holding Akiko hostage by a knife. And she was almost senseless because of the pressure that guy was giving on her throat.

Madara had to be very careful. He deactivated his sharingan and told that guy to leave her, gently. But he didn't.

"Do you know who I am?"
"Yeah, maybe the keeper of this filthy little slut."
"Shut the fuck up or I'll slit your throat.", Madara growled.
Akiko wasn't in her senses anymore. He saw her closing eyes and then he felt something raging inside his brain, it was telling him to take out every drop of blood from that guy's body. He formed a hand sign and a clone arrived at the back of that guy, in next moment he was laying on the ground senseless as the clone has hit on his head.

Madara went to Akiko and tried to wake her up, but he was a fire type so couldn't arrange water. Suddenly he felt his heart clench and he heard a beat drop. In front of him Akiko layed with one eye on her forehead suddenly tearing up the skin and making its way out. Madara left her body on the ground and stood back. Her original eyes were closed but that one on her forehead, was moving all over to find something. It glowed bright blue and locked on the guy laying next to her. For a moment everything was too silent, and then she waved some hand signs that represents a jutsu Madara wasn't aware about. In the blink of an eye that guy turned into water and splashed all over the roof.

The black haired man couldn't believe his eyes. He thought he was dreaming. What kind of ruthless jutsu is this? She killed the man like that? How much power does she have? The thought of her hiding something from him, made Madara feel unsecured about her intentions. He stood there, like a statue. The eye of Akiko, melted back on her skin just like it appeared. And she slowly gained back her senses. She sat up and found Madara standing in front of her, and her hands wet. She asked, "What happened? Where is that guy?"

After one week:

Akiko was in the market choosing apples from a vendor when she noticed people are talking about something. Senizo came running towards her and she couldn't catch her breath. She said something under her breath that sounded like, "Madara sama, injured..."

Akiko thrown off all her belongings and went to Uchiha residence. At the door she was stopped by two guards with their sharingan on. She begged them to get inside. Maybe Izuna was there. He heard her and took her inside.

It was a big castle type house with many rooms, Izuna's hands were shaking as he took her to his room.
The room was the biggest one among all others. There was no light except for a dim yellow one flickering by his bedside. When they entered, Akiko felt she was entering into a lion's den. The damped air, the hotness, and the smell of his sweat and blood. Madara was laying on his bed with his black mane spread all over.
She didn't know this man, this man gave a vibe like an injured Lion. He was laying half naked with his upper part totally bare, having bandages, and a small clothing that could barely cover his lower part, because his thighs were also having injuries. How did he get so much wrecked?

Akiko came slowly closer to him when Izuna nervously said, "I'll check that nobody comes into the room. Can you cure nii san?"
She nodded and sat beside his bed. She kept her hand on his head when he growled under his voice and it sounded like his body was aching.