One-Shots

Menma Namikaze x Rein Senju

"Tsunarein...Tsunarein!"

"Huh? Oh...sorry Madara Sensei..." Rein was zoned out during her training...as she has been for the past week. Madara and Obito looked at her in concern, the obliviousness not a usual trait for the Senju princess. Her eyes were dark and her skin was pale, as if she lost the sunlight that lit up her world.

"Are you alright Rein? You don't look great." Obito said. Rein merely shrugged weakly, looking at her sandal clad feet. Madara had an idea what was bothering her...and he needed to fix this issue quickly.

"It's that nine tails boy isn't it?" Madara stated. Rein didn't even look up but the tears that welled up in her eyes revealed the broken heart she hid. Her depression was eating her alive, her loneliness only making it worse. If Madara didn't want to lose her then he had to come up with a plan to help her...and soon.

"Tsunarein come sit with me." Madara instructed. The girl sat with Madara on a patch of soft grass, the elder man instructing for her to lay her head on his lap. Madara found it calming to stroke her soft curly hair, the Uchiha so starved for affection his whole life. Obito sat across from them, watching Rein with a concerned glance. He felt the way she was feeling after Rin died...except she wasn't angry like he was. She was just...hopeless...like a dark bottomless pit of nothing.

"Remember your purpose Tsunarein...we are achieving a world for both you and the boy...remember why you are here."

"I know...I...just lost my will anymore." Her voice raspy as if she was about to sob. Obito hated seeing her this way because it was like a reflection of his inner self. If Obito was more expressive then this is how he would be too. Madara knew this was his fault considering he took her away from Naruto...but he couldn't afford to lose her when they were so close to their goal. He decided perhaps she could have the love she desired...at least temporarily, and not lose custody to the Hidden Leaf.

"Look in my eyes Tsunarein." The blue-green eyed girl looked up to be met with a beautiful scarlet iris, the black in the eye swirling. Her body immediately relaxed as she finally entered a world to get rid of the darkness that had settled in her heart.

~~

She woke in a bed, but not just any bed...the one she slept in when she still lived with Sasuke and Itachi. She felt like she was having heavy flashbacks, memories of waking up excitedly to play with Sasuke filled her mind. Suddenly a smell hit her that she hasn't smelled in years.

"Mikoto's secret pancake recipe...is someone making it?" Rein gasped as she quickly sat up in her bed, throwing off the plush comforter. She stood up and was about to walk in the hallway when she realized that she was dressed in little to no clothing.

"Wherever I am...I better find some clothes." Rein opened the double doors to her old closet, finding a silk robe with the Uchiha symbol on the back that went to her knees.  That was the first thing she saw and so that was the first thing she wore. She tied the sash quickly before basically running down the stairs of the old home she lived in. Her heart was pounding in her chest...what was going on? Why was she here and how come she can't remember how she got there?

Rein came down the stairs and nearly collided with a tall man who caught her just in time, offering a mocking smile.

"Easy Rein...you nearly toppled me!" She looked up only to be met with a familiar warm onyx gaze. The man pat the top of Rein's head before grabbing the daily paper by the door and walking towards the kitchen. Rein was petrified, stuck in place after seeing the man she hasn't met since she was eight years old.

"F-father Fugaku..." She barely voiced out. She slowly moved to the kitchen, watching as Fugaku sat with the paper open at the head of the table, Itachi next to him and a teenage Sasuke next to Itachi. The two seats across from the younger boys were empty...the spot Rein and Mikoto used to sit. The air was caught in Rein's throat...was she thrown back in time again? If so then why was Sasuke and Itachi older? Nothing made sense but she knew that this was her opportunity to tell Mikoto and Fugaku words she never got to say.