Desperate Heart
Sakura:
“My lady please” one of the boarder guards begged, “please allow me to contact the main family. I’m sure Madara-Sama, Inzua-San or Fugakoto-San wouldn’t want you to suffer like this. Please allow me to get you some help” I held my hand up, silencing Moka as he begged me, words blocked out as I contuined to heave up another mouth full of blood, how he and his partner had found me early this morning. Having come by before their day started at the border. “Malady” his partner whispered, “we only have your best interest at heart.” I just nodded unable to speak. Blearily eyes tried to focus on them as I struggled to catch my breath. “It will do no good, they don’t care” getting the words off my chest should’ve made me feel better, at least emotionally. All it did was bring to the forefront the hopelessness of my state.
“Will you at least allow us to make you a meal? It won’t be as good as the main homes meals but it will be somthing” the partner added, “your stomach is rumbling let us take care of you.” I gave the men a small smile, closing my eyes as I did so. Happy to not be alone for a couple moments. Even if the alphas present were only there because they felt compelled by duty. “You guys barely get enough to eat for your selves. Don’t waste your rations on me.” I would die soon anyway, able to feel it in my bones, their help would only draw out the inevitable.
“Don’t worry for us, we’ll be fine” the first speaker attempted to ensure me as the two men kneeled at the foot of my bed. How shocked they must’ve been to see the rundown state of my estate, my eternal prison. The two captains had been horrified and angry when they finally found me suffering as I normally do in bed. I had heard them calling for me outside but felt too physically weak to answer. And not caring too. I heard them break into the residence searching the place until they found me, rushing to my side to check on me. “Don’t cause trouble for your selves. I’m not important. You should not worry for me.”
“You were supposed to be the new matriarch” the first captain snarls, “the women to give the clan its next leading generation. You should’ve been served and protected, worshiped by your mates. Not imprisoned here and abondoned!” Normally the man was nonchalant, calm and cool. But now in this time and space he was a fuming alpha, I dare say insulted at my current condition and lot in life. “They should’ve appreciate that they had meet their mate but no!” It was true, all the Uchiha males at the territorial boundaries didn’t have any mates. Families yes but no omegas to return to. “Allow us to petition for your return. If not at least allow us to advocate for more supplies, repairs and health care for you.” I patted the second speakers hand as he fumed on my behalf. Their consideration proving to me that the world and alphas wasn’t completely evil and heartless. These guards might just be the exceptions to the alpha labels.
“Yoka, Moka, thank you,” I said, probably the first nice thing I had spoken to another in many years. The brothers share a look before giving be a kind smile, telling me with no words how they appreciated what I said. The moment was broken by my hacking. My sore throat struggling to take in oxygen as I threw up more blood.
For the following days the men took care of me, bringing me meals and medication. Taking from their meager rations and medical equipment to help me. I didn’t have the heart to break the news to them but the sickness medication barely touched what ever was making me ill. At least, to my relief the pain medication was working. Even if it didn’t completely wipe the slate clean, it at least topped off my pain. Making life more bearable. The blood leaving my throat had not let up, but it did no good hiding it from the twenty Uchiha men. Granted I wasn’t so close to all of them like Moka and Yoka, as the two were my main care givers, but they all went out of their way to spend time and to care for me. Sometimes brining news of the outside world or books to barrow and read while laying bed. Though with little means for themselves I was given two wool blankets, gently worn but had been well cared for. I adored my new gifts.
After Itma’s apparence on the Uchiha’s side of the territory boundary the alphas took turns guarding me at night. Patrolling the mansion grounds to ensure nothing negotiate occurred. This went on for a week, entering into the first stages of the winter months. Until tonight, the first frosty evening outfitted with chill did the ruinten change.
Akimitsu one of the younger, newer guards, burst through the door to my private chambers with fellow guard Yukto right on his tail. The two barricading the door as soon as they were through. Their thumping foot steps awoke me before they entered unannounced, the sleepiness leaving me as soon as my mind caught up with what my mind was seeing, blood, rapidly dripping from them. Weakly I sat up, but my eyes were wide as I took in the two men. Yukto was shoving furniture in front of the door, bloackding it with everything available. A bloodily Juno dripping red clenched between his teeth. Akimitsu was whipping around the room, packaging things in a small bag. Two blankets, some snacks they had left by the bed, medication, a coat and a pair of socks. Stuffing the fabric bag full until it was near bursting. Finally finding my voice I asked the plaguing question. “The boarder beens breached, we’re getting you of here.”
“Stop standing there talking and go” Yukto snapped, banishing his sword as he took a defensive fighting stance in front of the door. “Get her out of here. Their in the house” I made to ask but decided I could find out later as the other alpha rushed to my side, picking me up hastily. “Yukto?” I whispered, there were only mere moments for Akimitsu to open the window and check, enough time for me to hear the last words off the other male, now able my self to hear incoming footsteps, “see you later my lady.”
We fled for what felt like hours. In reality we didn’t far before Akimitsu suddenly hid me behind a tree. He had been looking over his shoulder near constantly and he contuined to do so even as he told me to stay put and silent. Then he was gone, disappearing in a puff of smoke and leaving me out in the cold.
The sounds of battle reached me ears, shouts of anger, cries of agony and discriminatory words reached me ears. The clash of metal on metal still echoed in my ears even after I threw my hands over them. Shivery and wet I buried my head between my thighs, as if by becoming smaller the nights events would all fade into a nightmare that come morning would fade into a bitter memory easily forgotten.
Hours went by where I silent as a mouse, making little noise other than the shivering ruffles of the snow around me and the occasional cauphing. In fear that the blood would attract them to me, who ever they were, I rose and dragged the bag over my shoulder. Stumbling blindly over the ground that rapidly accumulated with inches of snow, my only companion my physical agony and puffs of exhaled air, I walked until I came across a small cave. Collapsing wasn’t an option even as weak as I was. Out of desperation I gathered what little wood I had strength for and created a fire. Unable to ignore my trembling from the cold, nor the blueness gradually gaining control of my skin I laid down next to the fire. My final thought wasn’t of the fight though there was many questions remaining to be answered, no my mind went to the possibly that this might be where I died. And I was ok with that.
Hashirama:
It was over. The boarder had been breached and the guards subdued or murdered. Five had been taken hostage and were currently being housed in a secured, guarded tent, camp having been set up near a decrepit mansion. The men that had been tasked with breaching the doors found no one inside but a single guard defending a bedroom, one that smelled like an omega.
How anyone could house an omega in such conditions was appalling, disgusting. Uchiha were known to be stubborn and hot headed. Now added to that list was abusive, neglectful, fools. Senju worshiped Omegas, they brought life, warmth, and love into the earth with every breat they took. To treat one bad was to be the worst living being on the planet. After the clan on site discovered the full extent of her story. Any positive feelings of success and victory left my body when I thought of all the possibilities of what had been done to her, the feeling only emphasized when Senju began to speak of their hatred of our long time enemy, spitting out nulls about their treatments of omegas. There would be no peace if our speculations were reality.
“Stop mopping Anji” still with a cloud over my head, I turned in my thick furs and armour to take in the sight of my approaching brother, “Tobirama-Outo.”
“Be alert brother” he stared nagging me, typical Outo, “father is about and will not tolerate your spacing.” I waved off his concern, knowing he was right. Father was not to be trifled with when he was like this, nearing heat and stressed. He hated the fact that mother wasn't here, the alpha staying behind to finish the preparations for winter and to keep the clan back home safe. As it was father could be seen walking around, followed closely by his personal guard. “Where is Itma?”
“Currently running around trying to find her, Sakura if I remember her name right.” He nodded, looking around the landscape as we stood on the wintery grounds, watching our fellow Senju alphas finish setting up for out temporary encampment. Seeing as winter was approaching father had decided now was time to not play fair, take as much Uchiha land for our own until winter got worse enough we had to back out, yet still secure in our own expansion. The enemy wouldn’t find out the news until the spring. “You can’t locate her?”
“No, and don’t ask why. I don’t know” he was no doubt frustrated, after all he took great pride in his physical and mental abilities. He was after all the most powerful sensor of the clan, confident in his abilities to know where allies and enemies alike were located. “He seems near obsessed with her.”
“He feels guilty about leaving her.” Figures he’s able to know how the other feels. They were close and his sensing abilities did allow him to sometimes feel another emotional state through their chakra network.
“Father was angry he interacted with her but understood when he explained his concern for her.”
“He shouldn’t have disobeyed orders for a stranger.” I gave him a look, he always went by the rules, and had nothing good to say about anyone who didn’t do as they were told. After all, those who did put lives at risk. Order infractions could cost supplies, security, lives and information, none of which were preferable. Father had only been forgiving when mother stepped in to tell him about what was gained and not lost. After all there was an estimated mere 100 omegas left thought out all the lands. The Uchiha might have twenty at most, if that number was true they’d have at least one left once we found the girl. The Senji had the most at forty but that’s because we didn’t send ours out to her battlefield. There was not an omega most cherished than an Senju omega. “He has a big heart, brother” I said, “he’ll make a good alpha one day.”
”Sup’ I jumped as my cousin snuck up on me, Toka coming over to speak to us after taking care of her own duties. “Jeeze” I snickered, able to laugh at my self, and why not she was chuckling at me. “Alright you got me. But I’m not the one your in war with, pick on him instead” I didn’t fail to miss the rolling eyes of my middle brother when I sicked our cousin on him, encouraging the continuation of their highly amusing prank wars. “Your just easy to mess with Cuz.”
“Any way” she said finally getting serious, “areas secured, house has been cleared, tents set up, the whole nine yards. In other words were all good to go for a few days.”
“We won’t stay long” Tobirama said, “weathers turning for the worse and father will be sending a ceasefire document to the enemy soon.
“We’ve gained some good ground and all it took was killing a few Uchiha lives” she snickered, the beta taking great glee in the murder of our long time enemy. She did always have a strong thirst for blood. Able to scare many male alphas in the clan with her merciless personality. “There is good hunting grounds here, we should do some before heading back” my lips formed the words as I encouraged the changing of the topics, it was no secret to the two around me that I advocated for peace and not death.