Greetings people of planet Earth! I'm Sode no Shirayuki1411! This is my first time writing Naruto, I'm very exited! I hope everyone will be nice to me, I'm still pretty new to writing and I'm not that great

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Chapter 1: Didn't see that coming

-Hashirama has the end of the war in the palm of his hand and finds it ripped away…by Izuna.


"Izuna!" The cry that rings through the air is Madara's. In a second he has forgotten his fight with Hashirama and is running to his younger brother's side as the younger man falls to his knees, blood spurting from his side from Tobirama's attack.

Hashirama runs over, partly because he cares about what happens to Madara's younger brother and partly because he cares more about his own and wants to be able to protect him from Madara's wrath should Izuna's wounds turn out to be fatal.

Madara slings his younger brother's arm around his shoulders and helps Izuna to stand. The younger Uchiha's face is white with pain but he struggles to otherwise not let it show, it is very Uchiha of him, Hashirama thinks.

Izuna's eyes are half-lidded and he leans heavily on Madara who supports him tenderly and thanks his lucky stars that fate hasn't seen fit to rip his only remaining sibling away from him.

Not yet anyway.

Hashirama steps forwards, "stop this Madara," he half-orders, half-begs, he can't remember the exact words he says to his old friend after that, he knows they will be some variation of what he says to him every time they meet. 'This war is pointless, have you forgotten the ideas we had as children? No children will need to fight in our ideal world, etc.'

No, he barely remembers what he said, but he remembers what happened afterwards with perfect clarity.

Madara hesitates. His will to fight waivers. For a few, precious seconds Hashirama sees the longing for this to end on Madara's face. He sees the young child he adored. And Hashirama Senju feels a thrill shoot through him, he has won. They have won.

Not 'they' as in the Senju Clan. 'They' as in the two young children who used to sit side by side by a river or up on a hill top and talk about the future they would build together.

Then Izuna speaks, his voice is ragged with pain, he has to force every word out through gasps of pain. And his words change things completely, "don't let…his pretty words…fool you…brother." He tells Madara.

Overcome with pain and blood-loss, Izuna sags forwards slightly as he passes out, Madara supports him. When he looks back up at his friend Hashirama can see that Madara has changed again, this is not the boy he once knew, this is the ruthless leader of the Uchiha Clan.

Madara dismisses Hashirama's words like they are nothing and walks away. Hashirama just stands and stares, dumbstruck, at the spot where the two Uchiha brothers were standing.

He had been so close, and an Uchiha brother had stopped Hashirama's plans for a peaceful village. But it hadn't been the older, stronger brother, Hashirama's possibly-insane, definitely-best-friend Madara.

It had been the peace-loving, rational Izuna. And as Hashirama lays awake thinking about what the hell just happened and what the hell Izuna was thinking he reflects that he didn't see that coming.


Why did Izuna say that? I'm sure there's a good reason but could someone please explain it to me?
Anyway, that's not important, R & R guys, let me know if I need to get lost and stop wasting everyone's time or if you want more, I'd be happy to do requests!

See ya! Hope you enjoyed!