Red String of Fate

Chapter 2 - His Revival

"Aniki. Aniki, wake up!" Madara felt someone call for his name but he felt sleepy, now that he killed himself to compensate for everything they still refused to let him have a good nap!

Now irritated, Madara opened his eyes, adjusting to the white light surrounding them, was he in the afterlife? He finally adjusted his eyesight and glared at the person who was kneeling at his side, cheerfully calling his name aloud.

Wait- only one person called him Aniki...

"Izuna...?" Madara breathed, his eyes widening in shock, his little brother kneeled by his sid, his usual grin on his face.

"I've missed you." Madara sat up and enveloped his adorable brother in his arms, Izuna laughed for a good minute before tearing away from his clingy brother.

"Now, now, I don't have much time to talk to you, but I've been watching you Aniki. You've been through a lot." Izuna said with a sad smile, wiping away the tears that gathered in Madara's eyes.

"I'm sorry." Madara mumbled, feeling as if something had pierced his heart.

"For what?" Izuna asked, placing his hand over Madara's, as if encouraging a two year old to speak their first few words.

"Your last words were 'never trust the Senju', but in the end I couldn't take revenge for you and I saved a Senju's life." Madara muttered but Izuna sighed, if he'd known Hashirama cared for his brother to such an extent he would've added an 'except for Hashirama'. Perhaps lots of things could've been avoided then.

"I'm sorry." Madara apologized again and again, tears forming in his eyes again.

Izuna pursed his lips and slapped both of his hands on Madara's face, he lifted his brother's head to face him and stared into his eyes.

"Listen, Aniki. I may hate the Senju, now excluding Hashirama-san, but your well-being and happiness is the most important thing to me. From now on, you do what your heart says is right, forget about getting me revenge." Izuna lectured, Madara felt his tears fall all over again.

"And if anyone dares to hurt you again, especially Tobirama or the Uchiha, even if I'm dead I'll curse them so much it'll leave their mouths dry!" Izuna declared, the two brothers stared at each other for a long time in silence before bursting out laughing.

"Well, it's too late now, isn't it." Madara added. Too late to live a life of freedom.

"Aniki, I know how you feel towards Hashirama." Izuna began saying all of a sudden, Madara heard this and immediately tried to reject the statement.

"I don't-"

"It's alright, just telling you before it's too late. But I support it." Izuna grinned, giving his brother a thumbs up. Madara stared at his brother in shock, how could he decide on their relationship before he did!

"Izuna... you say this all as if I'm going somewhere." Madara said, changing the subject, he saw something flash in Izuna's eyes and knew he was right.

"I don't want to go, I want to stay with you-" But Izuna interrupts him.

"Aniki, I am always watching over you, always protecting you." He said with a warm smile. "Don't be scared," Izuna added with a grin.

"But I want to stay with you-" Madara retorted.

"I can't... I love you, Aniki." Izuna embraced Madara and before he could start begging his little brother to stay with him, Izuna had disappeared.

All Madara faced now was light empty nothingness, and it started to anger him.

"Whoever's there," Madara growled, sensing a new presence. "You better hurry up and tell me why I can't stay with my brother."

"Uchiha Madara, I've been watching your life so far and I must say I'm not content with how it ended." A man's voice echoed through the nothingness.