Falling for Madara

Chapter 3

Akita's POV:     

     I woke up because the stupid sun was shining through my window, I didn't mind too much because at least there was sun. When the Uzumaki's kept me in their underground bunker I had to be given shots that way I could get Vitamin D.

     I threw on my blue and grey Kimono before leaving. It had been about a week or so since I'd had lunch with Inabe and Madara, I'd been trying to get my home settled and having Hashirama and Tobirama help me move the bigger things in.

     I walked out and felt something bump against my leg. I looked down to see a red ball and when I looked at where it came from their were four young boys looking at me with angry eyes. I smirked which only confused them.

     Then I started kicking the ball between my own feet before kicking up in the air, hitting it on my knee, my head, my shoulder, my head and then back to the ground. Their eyes went from angry to just wide.

     "Hey lady how'd you do that?" One with short spiked hair ran up to me but stopped when I flicked him on the forehead. 

     "I have a name you know." I said matter-of-factly while crossing my arms

     "Sorry, what's your name then?" He grumbled while rubing his forehead which only caused me to chuckle. 

     "My name's Akita." I told him with a smile. He gave me a wide smile before pointing his thumb at himself. 

     "I'm Kaji, that's Nonaze, Ragin, and Hirashi." He pointed to the boys behind him.

     "Now will you teach us how you did that?" I chuckled and nodded my head. "Well first we're all going to need a ball."

     I walked off and the rest of the kids followed closely behind as I walked to a shop to get one for everyone. Before I got there I saw Inabe and a woman who looked pregnant. I ran up to him and shouted. "Hey Inabe!" He jumped before turning making the boys chuckle.

     "Oh honey is this the woman you and Madara were in that meeting about?" The woman questioned. "You're very pretty, I'm Akita, and I..." Inabe put his hand over my mouth before I told the woman what I wanted to.

     "Yes she is, Akita, this is my wife, Sakuna." I nodded. "Well Inabe that's awesome! Thought you just hung out with Madara all the time." His wife chuckled and pink dusted over his cheeks.

     "Anyways what are you doing here and with Kaji and his group." He furrowed his eyebrows while pointing to the cluster of kids behind me.

     "Well I was showing them tricks and they wanted to learn but to do that we all need a ball." I told him smiling. The kids then picked out one ball each and I handed the money to the clerk.

     "I'm afraid this isn't enough dear." Before I could try and figure something else out Inabe spoke up. "Don't worry I'll cover the rest." "You want to learn too? Well you might need a ball." His wife chuckled once again before walking over to grab her husband one.

     Inabe paid and we all walked to the open field where the kids were playing originally. Sakuna sat on a blanket she'd been carrying and watched. I stood in front of everyone but with my back to his wife.

     "Um Akita, where'd you get that kimono?" Sakuna said from behind me while playing with yarn and sticks. I thought it was weird but I didn't judge. "Oh I went to get new clothes and this woman told me this one would look really pretty on me. Besides I liked the fan, it's pretty." She chuckled as well as Inabe but Ignored it.

    After lots of bruises and failures the kids could kind of do it. "You guys still need a lot of work but if you keep practicing then you'll get better." By the time it got darker many moms started calling for the boys.

     "Well I guess I shouldn't make a big supper considering Madara will keep you out late." Sakuna said to her husband. He rubbed the back of his head and nodded. "Why can't he find someone else! I mean we do have a baby on the way!" The woman stood while ranting.

     "Wait, I'm not doing anything, I can help Madara! It'll be perfect Inabe, you just take the day off!" Before he could answer I went off to the direction of the main household which wasn't far at all.

     I knocked on the door and a confused Madara answered. "What are you doing here?" I smiled at him before explaining. "Well Inabe's wife, who's expecting by the way, was very upset that he doesn't spend a lot of time with her so I gave him the day off and I came to help."

     He pinched the bridge of his nose and stepped back from the door. I walked in and as I did he growled. "You gave someone the day off? You're not even an Uchiha, you have no right.. Okay fine, just go home." He gestured to the door I'd just closed.

     "What no I'm here to help, so what does Inabe normally do?" I walked further in to his home which was quite big.

Madara's pov:

     What is wrong with this girl you don't just walk into someone's home once they've asked you to leave. I groaned as she continued looking around at the living room. That is until I noticed her back.

     "Why are you wearing the Uchiha clan symbol?" She immediately turned around with a slight tint of pink on her cheeks. "I didn't know, I just thought the fan was pretty, and the store owner said it would look pretty on me so I bought it."

     I wasn't sure how I felt about her wearing our clan symbol but she did look dumb to say the least, she probably bought numerous clothes with multiple clan symbols. I groaned as she continued to go further into my home.

     "So... What does Inabe normally do?" She turned to me with her hands behind her back in almost an innocent manner. "Cleans, cooks, does the dishes, and over looks the documents I write and the ones I sign off on." Her eyes grew wide before she blurted.

     "Can you not take care of yourself or are you just lazy?" I narrowed my eyes and let out a hmph. "Well I mean what grown man needs someone to clean up after him and cook for him?"

     "If you don't like it then leave, my name alone could bring armies to their knees. I'm more than capable of caring for myself, I just don't have time." Her eyes glimmered with something foreign to me. She almost looked impressed.

     "Wow really? You must be amazing." She had a big smile on her face as well as those glimmering eyes. It almost made me uncomfortable. No one had looked at me like that. Fear and respect were nothing new but the look she had almost put me on edge, as if she were mocking me.

     "Amazing? Powerful yes, but most wouldn't say amazing, I've killed more than I could count." Her face went more serious and her eyes became glossed like they did back when she told Tobirama she should live here.

     "Well Hashirama says that before the village you were all at war. Killing is apart of all that, but I think the fact that you didn't keep count makes you better. You don't talk about it like it's some kind of trophy." Her look was blank as if she was telling me the sky was blue.

     How is it that she could be intelligent and beyond stupid at the same time. Perhaps it has something to do with the way the Uzumaki clan locked her away.

     "You were locked underground before correct.?" It wasn't much of a question considering I already was pretty sure I was right. I let her walk behind me as I made my way to my office.

     "Yeah, I was given a lot of books to read but they were books that were older and books that would have been thrown away anyways. I know how to do a lot because I had to entertain myself but at the same time there's a lot of things I don't understand." She chuckled to herself in a sad manner.

     "Like I talk when I'm not supposed to and I don't always know exactly what people mean when they say things. Pretty pathetic huh?" She glanced at me and for the first time I was caught off guard. I wasn't sure what to say.

     "If you find it pathetic then try to change it, becoming more social and spending more time with people is the only way to change it." I couldn't comfort her so I simply told her something my father had told me many times. She bit her lip unconsciously and nodded. Before she could respond there was a knock at the door.