Madara was looking at the horizon with a thoughtful face. Maybe he was wrong after all and Konoha would be the peaceful dream it was meant to be… if the oaf that was in charge of it could keep it that way. He sighed and walked towards his husband´s office, with a lunch box in his hands. The idiot forgot it on the counter that morning… again. Sometimes he wondered if it was an elaborated tactic to force him to take the box to it´s owner. In the tower, Hashirama was battling with the monster called paperwork. He asked himself why did he accept the position as Hokage again… yes, it was because he wanted to make sure it was in good hands until Tobirama was ready to take over (and handle the damn cellulose fiend for him). Well, it won´t be happening for some time, as the albino finally married the new Uchiha clan head (for everybody but Itama´s and his mother´s surprise). He took a quick look at the paper in his hands and gritted his teeth. Really? Did the Tsuchikage hate him or what?
"I think you forgot something" said his raven spouse, putting his lunch on his desk, then looking at the towers of paper in it. "But maybe I should return later. You didn´t seem to be doing your work accurately"
"Say that when you have to battle with reports and politicians all day" grunted the brunette, getting up to take the box. He was starving, tired of all the false congratulations from the nobles and the tension with the other newly formatted villages.
"Is something bothering you?" he asked and, after a quick look towards the documents on the desk, he picked up the one he was reading. "Huh, I see no things have changed after all, Iwa is still giving us problems. If things go on like this by the end of the month there will be war"
"No" the answer was so firm that it startled the raven a little. "I couldn´t avoid this from happening in the past, but it´s not happening again. Not when I finally have you at my side"
"Sometimes there is nothing that could be done…"
"Bullshit, I will figure it out, you will see" smiled the Hokage. "And if everything else didn´t work then I could tell them that they will have to handle us two together, that will surely scare them so much that every shinobi in Iwa will be screaming for peace."
"Hum…" grunted Madara, but he smiled then. The idiot was right for once. If one of them alone was a huge nightmare for their enemies, both of them would make any jounin piss on himself. But that surely won´t stop the ambitious kage. "Are you sure that you could handle that man?"
"Pretty sure" said the confident Senju. "He is such a pest, don´t you think?"
"Calling him a pest is an insult to pests"
"How funny!" laughed Hashirama.
"I wasn´t joking"
"I know" he calmed down and looked through the window, to the recently build Academy. There he could see children playing without a care in the world, not having to kill each other anymore. How could someone want war when the kids were able to be kids for once, without having to kill each others? He couldn´t really understand. Then something else crossed his mind. "Have you think about what I told you earlier in the month?"
"You think this is the right time to do something like this? We could be in war soon" answered the raven lowering his eyes. After an uncomfortable silence, the man sat down in the desk and sighed. "I don´t want to bring children into the world if they have to suffer through the same that we did, Hashirama"
"Hey… they won´t" the Shodaime put his arms around the other. "I won´t let that happen. Our kids will have the chance to be children, maybe they won´t even know what war is"
"Ever the optimistic fool, no?" grunted the former Uchiha, but let his spouse cuddle him.
"One of us has to be"
-In the Uchiha Compound-
Tobirama was serving some tea in his father-in-law´s cup while trying to keep an straight face as much as he could. Tajima and him never got along, even if the former accepted his marriage to Izuna because he comprehended the youngsters feelings. But with the albino´s personality it would have been a wonder that they didn´t clashed. And the things got even worse when Izuna wasn´t at home to play peacemaker…
"Your kimono´s tie is louse" commented the older man, earning a bas look from the other, that put the pot away to not be tempted and throw it.
"I can assure you that it is well ties, Tajima-sama" Tobirama made sure to check his things twice in the morning, because he didn´t want to give the old Uchiha the satisfaction of finding something wrong with him.
"Then you should fix your eyes, it is…"
"I´m home!" announced the Clan head at the top of his lungs to stop whatever fight has broken between his father and husband in his absence. The red eyed male got up to great him and serve him some tea.
"Tell me, son, what did the old farts want again?" asked Tajima when they were all sitting. "By the urgency of their calls it has to be something important"
"Hokage-oaf sent us a letter telling all the clan heads and councils that Iwa is about to declare war to us and that we should keep an eye on the frontier. Well, this week some of our clan members found out some Iwa shinobi and slaughtered them"
"And it was needed a council reunion because…"
"They couldn´t decide by themselves if it really matters. Some of them thought it was necessary and others that it was a loss of time" Izuna sighed. "Seriously, they could be such idiots"
"I see… what did you do?"
"I sent the report to the oaf" the young man glared at the floor. "The Tsuchikage wanted to declare war. for the time being we are resisting, but… I think it won´t be long until we are fighting again"
"What has that man against Konoha?" asked Tobirama, that just came out of the kitchen with more tea. Both ravens looked at him. "What?"
"It´s not against Konoha itself, but against it´s founders" answered his husband. "He thinks they are too much powerful and should be eliminated to avoid the danger they represent to his people. In his mind this is the only way he could keep them safe. And don´t even let me begin with the possibility of them having children…"
"The other day I heard Hashirama talking about the issue with your brother" said the albino, serving both man. "I don´t think I like what you are implying."
"Just pray that this is just me being paranoid"
-Some months later-
Hashirama finally managed to keep the status quo, reminding the annoying Tsuchikage that he didn´t want a war with him. The man was so obstinate that it was needed a Kage summit and some subtle treats to dissuade him. Finally, both the Hokage and his bodyguards (his husband and his brother) returned to Konoha with a feeling of victory.
"Crisis avoided"
"For now" clarified Madara, not liking the look that the man was giving to him. It was as if he was just waiting for something to act. "Do you really had to give them the Tailed Beasts, our village secret weapons?"
"Madara, they are not weapons, they are living beings. You should know after the experience we have with them in the…"
"Don´t remind me" grunted the Uchiha. "I just wish that idiot Tsuchikage to leave us alone. The orange idiot would have known how to make that"
"Uh hum" answered Hashirama. Yes, Naruto managed to join together all nations, make all villages friends and awoke the goodness in the darkest beings. That´s what someone could call a hero. "I bet he would be kissing his feet after his first talk"
"Right" smiled Madara and kept walking. Tobirama was in front of them, listening to their talk. Who they were talking about? Well, it doesn´t matter, he will find out later. The two founders soon passed in to more trivial themes, like what they were going to do once they reach Konoha. "I´ve been thinking about what you said and… maybe in a year or two"
"So… you are saying yes? Wait, a year or two? Why do you want to wait?"
"Because I don´t feel ready! You know what it means to raise a child?! It´s going to be years of effort and that´s just the beginning!" Madara practically yelled. Tobirama keep listening to them, shaking his head. Good for him that Izuna hasn´t thought about children yet. The two older ninjas kept fighting until they reached the village.
"Why don´t you want children now?" asked Hashirama.
"I… just don´t feel ready for kids… the only one I have ever tried to raise is Izuna and…"
"More than reason! You did a good job with him, why don´t try to be a mom again?"
"I wasn´t Izuna´s mom!" yelled the raven, blushing. After Tajima told once to his husband that his baby brother used to call him mama, the brunette haven´t gotten out of his head that they should try and have a child. "I just was the closest thing to a parent he had for a long time, while my father was… busy"
"Mine was too and none of my brothers called me mama" answered the Hokage. Then he received a hit on the head and was left there in the gates by a seething Madara. He grunted and sobbed his sore head. "Why did he always have to react like that?"
"Because you are an idiot" the albino said and then left. He had a lot of thing to do, starting with making dinner. Izuna was a terrible cook and Tajima wouldn´t be caught dead touching the kitchen, his place as the old Uchiha said.
"Well, this idiot is not going to wait" murmured Hashirama to himself and started walking towards his office. There he picked up the paper with the jutsu Hagoromo has given to him when the bet started. He smiled in a wicked way, for once he gets to be the evil one that has his way without asking the others permission. And Madara will forgive him, after all it will be a gift for him too.
That night he entered the room where his husband was sleeping without making any sound, he quickly did the jutsu and proceed to make a sound to wake up the other shinobi. The raven opened his eyes, staring at him with an annoyed face. But everything was forgotten when the brunette pulled out a big bottle of sake, the brand the other preferred, and two glasses. Madara accepted the glass he was being offered, a little bit suspicious.
"What´s the special occasion?"
"Should there be always one if I want to share a drink with you?" the look he was given told him everything. "And we have at least gained time until the First Shinobi Great War"
"Cheers for that" said the dark eyed shinobi, drinking his booze. The Hokage did the same and refilled both glasses, making sure to drink less and slower than his husband. In the end, the former Uchiha was drunk… an easy prey for some lecherous Senju.
"Oh, this is going to be amazing" mumbled Hashirama to himself and proceed to do unrepeatable things to the drunken Madara…
-The next day-
Madara woke up with a terrible headache and only wanted to sleep. His eyes were crying because of the amount of light that came through the window and his stomach was turning. He rolled naked in the bed, only to collide with the other body. He grunted and got up, it was not the first time he woke up in the bed after having drunk sex with Hashirama. In fact, it was pretty common for this to happen.
"Idiot, wake up" he said, pushing the sleeping brunette out of the bed with a leg. "You have a village to run, time to get up"
"Urgh… I don´t want to" mumbled the man in a childish way. "Five more minutes…"
"No" with this firm word Madara emptied a glass of water from his bedside table into the sleeping fool´s face. The Shodaime woke up immediately, whipping the liquid away from his face with his hands. He grunted before rising to his feet.
"Why don´t you have to wake up at this unholy hour?" asked the brunette with tears on his face, seeing how his beloved got once again into bed and closed his eyes. It wasn´t fair, he wanted to sleep in too!
"Because I wasn´t elected to rule this place" smiled Madara. After some time helping his husband with his duties as Hokage, he understood that the job wasn´t a great thing and that there was nothing to be jealous about. The days buried in paperwork, enduring the false smiled from the politicians, talks with the clients and the damyo… he sincerely didn´t know anymore why did he made such an scandal about not being Hokage last time.
"Mada… my job sucks"
"You stated that before the village was created" after saying that Madara started snoring softly, tired from the other night. He would take a shower later, when he was more awake. The brunette growled and prepared for the day, quickly making a cup of tea. He rushed to his office, where his brother was already working on the paperwork. "Looks like someone is already up"
"And like somebody is late, well, later than usual" commented the albino, rising his head from the paper, a bored expression gracing his features. Hashirama sighed and sat down, of course he had to be late on Tobirama´s day (his brothers made a calendar to help him with his duties each one day) "What happened last night?"
"Nothing special" answered quickly Hashirama, grabbing the first report. It was as thick as an encyclopedia, making him shiver. "Shit, couldn´t people made shorter reports"
"Apparently not" talked a voice from the door. The brunette lifted his head and saw Kawarama, rubbing his eyes. The third brother dragged a chair to the desk, grabbing the first report from the same pile as Tobirama. "Damn, this thing is worse than facing one thousand enemies alone"
"And it´s lighter than usual today" the three of them grunted and started working, or the cellulose born fiend would keep them there all day.
-In the Senju house-
Madara was taking a shower, washing the wastes from last night´s action, oblivious to the presence of a known fiend. Through the walls and earth, the Will of Kaguya was watching him. Since long time ago he has been stalking the transmigrants. How convenient that Hagoromo decided to give them a second chance to live their love, it also gave him a new chance to awoke his mother and bring the new era of peace… but he couldn´t use Madara again. He concentrated on the man´s chakra and found a tiny spot of recently formatted chakra. He grinned.
"Perfect" he dark being said in a low voice. Now the only thing he had to do was distract the other transmigrant, so he could kidnap the Uchiha. And he knew exactly who was the ideal idiot for doing so.
