The Eternity of a Spark (Naruto, Madara/Izuna, Set Alpha)
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Izuna Uchiha→Madara Uchiha
Theme set: Alpha
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Unrequited incest-y love, mild violence.
Betaed by the handy (XD) forchancookie ♥
#01 - Comfort
Izuna couldn’t help blushing slightly at the regular beating of his older brother’s heart against his back as they rested together, one next to the other after the hard training.
#02 - Kiss
Madara kept talking, exposing his last strategy against the Shimizu Clan; Izuna kept looking at his lips moving, and instead of formulating words, for a second he imagined them panting softly against his after a forbidden and heated shared kiss.
#03 - Soft
“Allowing soft stuff in your life is nothing but a trait of weakness of the soul,” Madara mocked him as he spotted his younger brother adding an extra blanket to Madara’s bedding; Izuna smiled and let it go: he was indeed weak.
#04 - Pain
“It’s nothing bad,” Madara grinned as he stopped the spurt of blood from the deep wound on his arm with his hand, the tone of his voice making Izuna shiver “Pain is fuel for hate-And hate is the best fuel in battle, otouto-san.”
#05 - Potatoes
“I’m not particularly fond of them,” Madara stated, munching at a roasted potato under Izuna’s attentive eyes, “But it’s definitely better than the frogs we had yesterday.”
#06 - Rain
Izuna raised his face up the sky, allowing the rain to drip against his flushed features; he liked the subtle touch on his exposed skin, he could easily imagine it to be his older brother’s fingers teasing him to raise shivers.
#07 - Chocolate
“Is it any good..?” Madara asked curiously, intrigued by the way Izuna kept munching at the sweet little bars they just raided, among other things, from the Iga clan’s supplies.
#08 - Happiness
Sometimes, Izuna wondered what happiness was for his older brother: drinking sake under the moon, annihilating his enemy on the battlefield, gazing at his falcon’s flight during a warm spring morning; he found Madara’s simplicity reassuring, but also excruciatingly sorrowful because of the realization that he wasn’t included in the list of Madara’s things necessary for living.
#09 - Telephone
Just like that game for kids, Izuna kept sending Madara signals, but they didn’t find their way to him, ending up being misinterpreted or ignored promptly by his older brother’s stolid sensitivity.
#10 - Ears
When he was a kid, Izuna remembered squeezing his older brother’s earlobe in his fingers to lull him into a serene sleep.
#11 - Name
Izuna frowned as he heard Madara calling him by his name: it usually meant that he was angry at him for some error in battle.
#12 - Sensual
Izuna recognized that embarrassed look in his older brother’s eyes as he caught him getting undressed while he prepared for sleep; he was grateful that once in a while he wasn’t the one blushing, but smiling.
#13 - Death
He wasn’t sure if his older brother ever feared death; it would probably annoy him, leaving his ambitions unrealized, but he couldn’t really figure him being bothered by the other mortals’ common worries.
#14 - Sex
He knew that it was impossible since he was the only one bearing such feelings and the sinful nature of such a bond was unthinkable for both of them, still Izuna couldn’t help but long for his older brother’s caresses, touches and kisses; his feelings were like a black creature flickering in the darkness while longing for the blissful warmth of the sun: a little pathetic but tragically beautiful; it suited his nature.
#15 - Touch
Even Madara couldn’t miss the peculiar sound of the soft sigh that escaped Izuna’s lips as the older man touched his shoulder to invite him in to discuss their next attack to the Kuroi Clan; Madara excused himself for surprising him, trying to break the sudden tension with a poor joke about how a ninja should be always aware of his surroundings.
#16 - Weakness
“Weakness transfigures reality, becoming the first step towards defeat,” Madara said quietly, referring to his younger brother’s recent behaviour towards him, “I don’t like being your source of weakness, otouto-san.”
#17 - Tears
By looking at his fiery and hard gaze before a battle, Izuna wondered if someday he’d be ever able to witness his brother’s eyes filled with tears for the grief of an important lose, as he already did with their other clansmen.
#18 - Speed
Madara’s quick perfectly timed attacks during a fight were always a cause of great awe in Izuna: the way the man managed to trap his opponent into his own pace, how he abused the other’s weak points and openings was always a show to him; he wouldn’t be surprised if someday he’d get a fatal blow just because of his obsessive study of his older brother’s fighting style instead of focusing on his own enemy…
#19 - Wind
It was fun to see how wind-natured fools burned out easily when facing Madara’s katon… They left a smell of roasted meat all over the place, and Izuna wasn’t particularly fond of the unnatural scent still sticking to his clothes once home.
#20 - Freedom
To fight and prevail, that’s what freedom meant for his brother; following him and making his wish came true, that’s what Izuna’s sweet enslavement was.
#21 - Life
Sometimes, Izuna had the impression that Madara took life and victory for granted; such was the weakness of those whose victory was a personal damnation on earth.
#22 - Jealousy
Izuna bore the apprehension of losing his special position in his older brother’s heart daily; that was the fear of being discarded that had never abandoned him since they were kids.
#23 - Hands
When helping him to his feet after a excessively strong blow, Izuna was surprised to see that his hands were almost as big and strong as Madara’s.
#24 - Taste
When they were kids, once Madara punched him in the face and Izuna could taste the blood in his mouth after he injured his lower lip; since then he always figured that Madara’s kisses would taste like that, blood.
#25 - Devotion
When Izuna could stand him in a fight, when Izuna killed his best friend to gain the Magenkyou sharingan and when they headed together against their first battle, Madara saw nothing but the complete homogeneity in his and his brother’s goals; only Izuna knew that all of that was done just out of ardent dedication.
#26 - Forever
“Tell, aniki, would we be together for ever…?” Izuna asked when he was barely in his teen, looking at the star in a serene summer night; Madara smiled and nodded, of course he’d find a way to grant his little brother’s wish.
#27 - Blood
Izuna didn’t expect the first tears dripping from Madara’s eyes being tears of blood.
#28 - Sickness
Madara dismissed Izuna’s worries with a growl “-It shouldn’t be something serious if it didn’t affect you too.”
#29 - Melody
When the pain was too strong to bear and Madara couldn’t even stand the sound of his voice, Izuna sat next to his bed, playing a sweet music with his flute, relaxing his brother’s wounded nerves with the mute sound of his secretive feelings.
#30 - Star
“Which star do you think is the one that protects us?” Madara asked his little brother when they were less than teens, just to smile with satisfaction and reassurance as Izuna would have pointed at the brightest.
#31 - Home
As the sickness in Madara’s eyes progressed, he had to be forced to retire from the battlefield more and more frequently; when Izuna got back from another victorious fight in Madara’s name, he could feel the humiliation of his proud older brother being forced in that narrow space called home, as out the fight was brighter and warmer than the sun.
#32 - Confusion
Izuna looked at his brother’s calm breathing when sleeping; he licked his lips and leaned in to steal him a kiss; then stopped.
#33 - Fear
Izuna pulled the blanket over his brother’s lips, making sure to not awake him up; once he got Madara’s mouth covered by the thick sheet of cotton he leaned in and kissed him.
#34 - Lightning
Madara started to appreciate lighting, their stubborn light was enough to allow him to see clearly in the twilight, if just for a second.
#35 - Bonds
Madara was quite bothered by having Izuna by his side the most of the time: what was doing there, instead of grasping the dream of dominion in his stead-?
#36 - Market
Izuna would cover the proud Uchiha crest on his back under a dark cloak to pass as a commoner; it was the best camouflage when he was looking for medicines and analgesics for his brother in the enemy’s open markets.
#37 - Technology
When practical applications become obsolete, what’s left for the men to hope in if not their undying faith and resolution..?
#38 - Gift
“If needed, aniki, I’d give my eyes to you.”
#39 - Smile
And when Madara smiled, after so many days and nights left in despair, Izuna couldn’t help but smiling back.
#40 - Innocence
Izuna took his brother’s hand in his; it was so warm that Madara shivered.
#41 - Completion
That’s it, because if he couldn’t be at least his older brother’s spare, what else was left for him than wither in Madara’s shadow..?
#42 - Clouds
Madara remembered looking at the clouds with their sharingan when they were kids, just to see what would become of the shapes they'd just spotted in them a moment before.
#43 - Sky
And the sky was so bright on that summer morning, the day they went to play by the river, Izuna splashing his older brother with water and Madara trying to cut the drops with his chakra.
#44 - Heaven
“Use me to give you strength; I’m the only one who can offer this to you,” Izuna whispered.
#45 - Hell
“Raising my hand against my younger brother; this would grant me power but cost me eternal damnation,” Madara replied softly.
#46 - Sun
And Madara still remember when they challenged each other to look at the sun, to see who’d last longer with his eyes open; when Izuna admitted his defeat, Madara cheated and told him that even the sun had to close her eyes before him.
#47 - Moon
And it was strange to look at the full moon so intently when walking one next to the other, just to lower their eyes to see the road in front of them and see the merciless darkness.
#48 - Waves
Just like the seashore, my beloved brother, just wait for the next wave caressing your warm skin: so I’ll give you my strength, and the power you’ll gain, it’ll be because of my love.
#49 - Hair
He shouted, the poetry destroyed by the unexpected fury, need and greed of the fingers carving his bones empty; he pulled at his hair to confirm that it was still his own body, then he returned to his senses, this time looking for his older brother’s existence, finding it as his searching fingers tangled with Madara’s raven locks “Aniki,” he cried softly, getting closer “Can you see, now?”
#50 - Supernova
And just like the explosion of the brightest star, Izuna didn’t see it, but could feel it in the intensity of joy and sorrow, the tears that Madara finally shed for him and him only.
Pairing: Izuna Uchiha→Madara Uchiha
Theme set: Alpha
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Unrequited incest-y love, mild violence.
Betaed by the handy (XD) forchancookie ♥
#01 - Comfort
Izuna couldn’t help blushing slightly at the regular beating of his older brother’s heart against his back as they rested together, one next to the other after the hard training.
#02 - Kiss
Madara kept talking, exposing his last strategy against the Shimizu Clan; Izuna kept looking at his lips moving, and instead of formulating words, for a second he imagined them panting softly against his after a forbidden and heated shared kiss.
#03 - Soft
“Allowing soft stuff in your life is nothing but a trait of weakness of the soul,” Madara mocked him as he spotted his younger brother adding an extra blanket to Madara’s bedding; Izuna smiled and let it go: he was indeed weak.
#04 - Pain
“It’s nothing bad,” Madara grinned as he stopped the spurt of blood from the deep wound on his arm with his hand, the tone of his voice making Izuna shiver “Pain is fuel for hate-And hate is the best fuel in battle, otouto-san.”
#05 - Potatoes
“I’m not particularly fond of them,” Madara stated, munching at a roasted potato under Izuna’s attentive eyes, “But it’s definitely better than the frogs we had yesterday.”
#06 - Rain
Izuna raised his face up the sky, allowing the rain to drip against his flushed features; he liked the subtle touch on his exposed skin, he could easily imagine it to be his older brother’s fingers teasing him to raise shivers.
#07 - Chocolate
“Is it any good..?” Madara asked curiously, intrigued by the way Izuna kept munching at the sweet little bars they just raided, among other things, from the Iga clan’s supplies.
#08 - Happiness
Sometimes, Izuna wondered what happiness was for his older brother: drinking sake under the moon, annihilating his enemy on the battlefield, gazing at his falcon’s flight during a warm spring morning; he found Madara’s simplicity reassuring, but also excruciatingly sorrowful because of the realization that he wasn’t included in the list of Madara’s things necessary for living.
#09 - Telephone
Just like that game for kids, Izuna kept sending Madara signals, but they didn’t find their way to him, ending up being misinterpreted or ignored promptly by his older brother’s stolid sensitivity.
#10 - Ears
When he was a kid, Izuna remembered squeezing his older brother’s earlobe in his fingers to lull him into a serene sleep.
#11 - Name
Izuna frowned as he heard Madara calling him by his name: it usually meant that he was angry at him for some error in battle.
#12 - Sensual
Izuna recognized that embarrassed look in his older brother’s eyes as he caught him getting undressed while he prepared for sleep; he was grateful that once in a while he wasn’t the one blushing, but smiling.
#13 - Death
He wasn’t sure if his older brother ever feared death; it would probably annoy him, leaving his ambitions unrealized, but he couldn’t really figure him being bothered by the other mortals’ common worries.
#14 - Sex
He knew that it was impossible since he was the only one bearing such feelings and the sinful nature of such a bond was unthinkable for both of them, still Izuna couldn’t help but long for his older brother’s caresses, touches and kisses; his feelings were like a black creature flickering in the darkness while longing for the blissful warmth of the sun: a little pathetic but tragically beautiful; it suited his nature.
#15 - Touch
Even Madara couldn’t miss the peculiar sound of the soft sigh that escaped Izuna’s lips as the older man touched his shoulder to invite him in to discuss their next attack to the Kuroi Clan; Madara excused himself for surprising him, trying to break the sudden tension with a poor joke about how a ninja should be always aware of his surroundings.
#16 - Weakness
“Weakness transfigures reality, becoming the first step towards defeat,” Madara said quietly, referring to his younger brother’s recent behaviour towards him, “I don’t like being your source of weakness, otouto-san.”
#17 - Tears
By looking at his fiery and hard gaze before a battle, Izuna wondered if someday he’d be ever able to witness his brother’s eyes filled with tears for the grief of an important lose, as he already did with their other clansmen.
#18 - Speed
Madara’s quick perfectly timed attacks during a fight were always a cause of great awe in Izuna: the way the man managed to trap his opponent into his own pace, how he abused the other’s weak points and openings was always a show to him; he wouldn’t be surprised if someday he’d get a fatal blow just because of his obsessive study of his older brother’s fighting style instead of focusing on his own enemy…
#19 - Wind
It was fun to see how wind-natured fools burned out easily when facing Madara’s katon… They left a smell of roasted meat all over the place, and Izuna wasn’t particularly fond of the unnatural scent still sticking to his clothes once home.
#20 - Freedom
To fight and prevail, that’s what freedom meant for his brother; following him and making his wish came true, that’s what Izuna’s sweet enslavement was.
#21 - Life
Sometimes, Izuna had the impression that Madara took life and victory for granted; such was the weakness of those whose victory was a personal damnation on earth.
#22 - Jealousy
Izuna bore the apprehension of losing his special position in his older brother’s heart daily; that was the fear of being discarded that had never abandoned him since they were kids.
#23 - Hands
When helping him to his feet after a excessively strong blow, Izuna was surprised to see that his hands were almost as big and strong as Madara’s.
#24 - Taste
When they were kids, once Madara punched him in the face and Izuna could taste the blood in his mouth after he injured his lower lip; since then he always figured that Madara’s kisses would taste like that, blood.
#25 - Devotion
When Izuna could stand him in a fight, when Izuna killed his best friend to gain the Magenkyou sharingan and when they headed together against their first battle, Madara saw nothing but the complete homogeneity in his and his brother’s goals; only Izuna knew that all of that was done just out of ardent dedication.
#26 - Forever
“Tell, aniki, would we be together for ever…?” Izuna asked when he was barely in his teen, looking at the star in a serene summer night; Madara smiled and nodded, of course he’d find a way to grant his little brother’s wish.
#27 - Blood
Izuna didn’t expect the first tears dripping from Madara’s eyes being tears of blood.
#28 - Sickness
Madara dismissed Izuna’s worries with a growl “-It shouldn’t be something serious if it didn’t affect you too.”
#29 - Melody
When the pain was too strong to bear and Madara couldn’t even stand the sound of his voice, Izuna sat next to his bed, playing a sweet music with his flute, relaxing his brother’s wounded nerves with the mute sound of his secretive feelings.
#30 - Star
“Which star do you think is the one that protects us?” Madara asked his little brother when they were less than teens, just to smile with satisfaction and reassurance as Izuna would have pointed at the brightest.
#31 - Home
As the sickness in Madara’s eyes progressed, he had to be forced to retire from the battlefield more and more frequently; when Izuna got back from another victorious fight in Madara’s name, he could feel the humiliation of his proud older brother being forced in that narrow space called home, as out the fight was brighter and warmer than the sun.
#32 - Confusion
Izuna looked at his brother’s calm breathing when sleeping; he licked his lips and leaned in to steal him a kiss; then stopped.
#33 - Fear
Izuna pulled the blanket over his brother’s lips, making sure to not awake him up; once he got Madara’s mouth covered by the thick sheet of cotton he leaned in and kissed him.
#34 - Lightning
Madara started to appreciate lighting, their stubborn light was enough to allow him to see clearly in the twilight, if just for a second.
#35 - Bonds
Madara was quite bothered by having Izuna by his side the most of the time: what was doing there, instead of grasping the dream of dominion in his stead-?
#36 - Market
Izuna would cover the proud Uchiha crest on his back under a dark cloak to pass as a commoner; it was the best camouflage when he was looking for medicines and analgesics for his brother in the enemy’s open markets.
#37 - Technology
When practical applications become obsolete, what’s left for the men to hope in if not their undying faith and resolution..?
#38 - Gift
“If needed, aniki, I’d give my eyes to you.”
#39 - Smile
And when Madara smiled, after so many days and nights left in despair, Izuna couldn’t help but smiling back.
#40 - Innocence
Izuna took his brother’s hand in his; it was so warm that Madara shivered.
#41 - Completion
That’s it, because if he couldn’t be at least his older brother’s spare, what else was left for him than wither in Madara’s shadow..?
#42 - Clouds
Madara remembered looking at the clouds with their sharingan when they were kids, just to see what would become of the shapes they'd just spotted in them a moment before.
#43 - Sky
And the sky was so bright on that summer morning, the day they went to play by the river, Izuna splashing his older brother with water and Madara trying to cut the drops with his chakra.
#44 - Heaven
“Use me to give you strength; I’m the only one who can offer this to you,” Izuna whispered.
#45 - Hell
“Raising my hand against my younger brother; this would grant me power but cost me eternal damnation,” Madara replied softly.
#46 - Sun
And Madara still remember when they challenged each other to look at the sun, to see who’d last longer with his eyes open; when Izuna admitted his defeat, Madara cheated and told him that even the sun had to close her eyes before him.
#47 - Moon
And it was strange to look at the full moon so intently when walking one next to the other, just to lower their eyes to see the road in front of them and see the merciless darkness.
#48 - Waves
Just like the seashore, my beloved brother, just wait for the next wave caressing your warm skin: so I’ll give you my strength, and the power you’ll gain, it’ll be because of my love.
#49 - Hair
He shouted, the poetry destroyed by the unexpected fury, need and greed of the fingers carving his bones empty; he pulled at his hair to confirm that it was still his own body, then he returned to his senses, this time looking for his older brother’s existence, finding it as his searching fingers tangled with Madara’s raven locks “Aniki,” he cried softly, getting closer “Can you see, now?”
#50 - Supernova
And just like the explosion of the brightest star, Izuna didn’t see it, but could feel it in the intensity of joy and sorrow, the tears that Madara finally shed for him and him only.