Kobayashi Natsumi stood in the Hokage office with her arms crossed, hoping desperately that she was coming off confident. In front of her sat the actual god of shinobi, Senju Hashirama and his younger brother Senju Tobirama. Her face was straight as the smiling Hokage introduced himself. Apparently, all day today the Senju brothers have been trying to 'get to know' all of the shinobi in the newly formed village.

"Hi Natsumi-san! It's great to meet you!" The Hokage smiled at her and she offered a weak smile in return. "I'm Senju Hashirama and this is my brother Tobirama!" He explained all too excitedly.

In response she bowed to the pair. "It's an honor to meet you Hokage-sama, Tobirama-sama."

"Oh please! No need to be formal! We're all friends here!" Laughter was heard as she stood up straight, arms crossed once again. She looked in between the pair. What drastic differences. Tobirama was standing behind his smiling brother, arms crossed and a slight frown on his face, giving off the impression of not wanting to be here. "Take a seat Natsumi-san. We called you here so we can get to know each other better."

A small smile graced her lips as she did as requested. She saw Tobirama take out paper and pen, seemingly to take notes on the conversation. Then Tobirama stared at her, straight in to her eyes and at first it threw Natsumi off the edge. However, she was a kunoichi and could not afford to look weak in front of the two shinobi she respected and looked up to the most, so she looked at Tobirama as well making eye contact and smiled.

"Kobayashi isn't a clan I'm familiar with." Glancing at Tobirama once again she realized that his first statement was disguised as a question. Who the hell are you.

"Ah, I don't have much of a family so I read scrolls on chakra and jutsus to more or less train myself." Half-truth.

"Wow that's impressive! I've heard you're pretty strong too!" Her wide eyes looked at the Hokage and blushed a little wondering who could have told him she was 'strong'.

"What justsus do you use." Once again she looked at the impassive face of Tobirama.

"Eh? Why do you need to know?"

"Tobirama! I've told you multiple times to explain why before you demand answers!" After snapping at his younger brother, Hashirama turned back to Natsumi, once again with a smile in place. "What he means Natsumi-san is that we need to know what your strengths are so that we can place you on the correct teams and give you the missions that are best suited to you." An 'o' formed on her lips as she listened to the explanation. She then gave an annoyed look at the aloof man.

"With all do respect Tobirama-sama, if you want someone to give off personal information you need to at least act more interested." A slight glare was sent her way as Hashirama laughed at the statement. "I'm proficient at taijutsu but I prefer water release and genjutsu. Also I believe I am quite good at my sensory skills." With that statement she could feel Tobirama staring in to her soul.

"You said your last name was Kobayashi, correct?" She nodded quickly at the younger Senju. She could feel him staring at her searching her inside and out as if he believed she was lying. "Very well."

With that they said their farewells and Natsumi left the office. As soon as the door closed a sigh of relief escaped her lips. I don't think they sensed a lie.

xXx

"She's lying." Tobirama placed the paper down on the table ready to be filed. A curious look covered Hashirama's face. "The Kobayashi clan is a merchant clan from Suna."

"She's not a spy, Tobirama." Was Hashirama's final reply. "I sensed her chakra as well, and I'm sure she has a reason for lying. It's best we not question her reasons." A disapproving 'tch' came from Tobirama as the next shinobi came in.

xXx

It was around lunch time and Natsumi was wandering the newly formed village looking for possible food to eat. Finding a ramen stand she quickly made her way to eat.

After ordering, she let her mind wander. Like she thought earlier, the brothers are polar opposite. They both also demand respect anywhere they go. Whether it's intentional or not she couldn't tell but one thing was for certain; Tobirama was intimidating. When he was looking at her it felt like a knife was stabbing her, daring her to lie about anything. Daring her to do anything in general. However as much as she respected him, he pissed her off.

She stopped eating and sat straight up, defenses on. "Oh-ho look who it is. It's the bastard's daughter." She refused to look around to see the duo behind her who were laughing and making fun of her. An annoyed 'tch' left her lips as she stood up and paid. Quickly she walked out of the stall to leave.

"They're both dead you know. The daughter of a whore and a traitor. What's it like to be alone?" They boys who were bothering her laughed as she stopped and turned around. Her honey eyes were quickly fading to red as the boys stopped laughing. However as soon as she sensed a certain chakra signature she quickly turned around and left the now silent boys standing where they were.

She decided to go to her favorite spot all the while hoping she wasn't being followed. Not 10 minutes later she found herself staring at a river and after quickly relaxing, took a seat. Her relaxation was cut short as she realized he was watching her. She had no idea why, but her curiosity piqued. While she was inwardly debating he continued to watch her. Finally deciding to ignore her intruder she took her sandals off and put her feet in the river. He would probably leave her alone after a bit anyways. After about an hour, she finally stood up, annoyance written all over her face.

"What the hell do you want?!" She yelled up at the tree her intruder was sitting in, waiting for him to show himself. He didn't disappoint as he dropped down from the tree, the usual impassive face looking her right in the eyes. A stare off began between the two ninjas before Natsumi decided to break the tense silence. "Tobirama, would you please tell me as to why you have been stalking me for the past two hours?" She questioned, completely disregarding the usual honorific.

A smug look covered his face for half a second before returning to his usual straight face. "You knew the whole time?" It wasn't a question he needed to ask. He knew that she knew since she walked away from the boys who were bullying her. But for some reason, he wanted to hear her answer.

"Of course I knew. I'm a sensory ninja. I told you this earlier. Also, you knew that I knew. So why are you stalking me?" A snort like sound came from the male as he continued to stare at her silently. "Well?"

"I was curious as to why you lied." A look of shock covered her face for a split second before it went to a calm collected one. However, on the inside Natsumi was anything but calm.

How did he know? What did he see? Why does he want to know? Does he think I'm a traitor? What's going to happen to me?

"What do you mean?" She finally answered after a moment's silence.

"Natsumi-san, if you couldn't lie to me back then, what makes you think you can lie to me now?" The girl hung her head in shame. She really should have known better than to lie to the two most powerful ninjas of her time. "Kobayashi is a merchant clan around the village of Suna. So either you're a spy-"

"I'm not a spy! I would never do that! It's just…" She trailed off.

"It's just what." Tobirama was getting impatient. He had a fair amount of patience due to the fact that he had to deal with his brother but this girl was beating around the bush and avoiding it. However when she looked him in the eyes, he found himself feeling guilty for pushing her to share. It seems as though, as much as he hated to admit it, Hashirama was right. "Those boys from before, they said your mother was…" He stopped when she nodded.

"My parents…they're both from prominent clans of ninjas. My father's clan and my mother's clans were both bitter enemies when I was born. When my father's clan found out that he impregnated my mother, they immediately labeled him a traitor and sent off ninjas to kill my mother and myself. I was four when they killed her in front of me. I'm only alive because my uncle from my father's side saved me. For five years he secretly took care of me and trained me when he could so I could fend for myself. However he was killed in action during a battle against my mother's clan. So those boys were right. I'm the child of a traitor and a whore."

"That's not true." Tobirama's answer was absolute. It left no room for questions or doubt. "If your parents loved each other, then so be it. It wasn't their fault that their families were bitter enemies." Natsumi's eyes widened a fraction at that before she let a small smile grace her lips.

"Thank you…Tobirama." It came out like a whisper but Tobirama heard it loud and clear as if she yelled it. He started thinking of which families were bitter enemies curious as to her origins. He remembered the boys who were taunting her. They had an arrogant air about them, which made him think of one clan in particular. Looking back he also realized that they, in fact, had the usual black hair and black eyes of the Uchiha clan. Then her eyes. They were changing colors before she noticed his presence. Something clicked in his brain at that moment.

"Tohru…" His eyes were wide, unable to conceal his shock. He remembered her now. Senju Tohru was a woman his father was in love with, but she turned him down multiple times apparently. After disappearing for a month's time she reappeared except pregnant. She refused to tell anyone who the father was and so they looked down on her. Butsuma told him about the tale. It all made sense now how on the day Tohru died, her child mysteriously went missing. He remembered wondering if the child was killed or kidnapped, but no one did anything about it.

"You're half Senju half Uchiha?" It didn't come out as a question, more like a statement and when he received no response he knew it was the truth.

"Are you disgusted now Senju Tobirama? Are you disgusted like the rest of your clan? Like the rest of the Uchiha?" A glare was on her face as she stared at the now silent Tobirama. With a huff she walked past him intent on returning to the village. She didn't get very far as he grabbed her arm not allowing her to pass.

Once again silence consumed the pair. "I hate it Tobirama. I hate it so much. I'm hated for something that isn't my fault. I hate that the man who I respect most knows my disgusting secret and now hates me." He didn't hear them but he knew tears were falling down her face as silence consumed the pair.

"Why…" He paused, not looking at her. "Why would I hate you." When she didn't answer he turned around and looked her in the eyes. Her face was red and eyes puffy, an obvious sign of her silent tears. Quickly she averted her eyes to the ground. "Look at me." She didn't and kept her head held down in shame. "Natsumi. Look. At. Me." After a gulp she looked the fearsome ninja in the eyes. "Tomorrow morning, at sunrise, meet me at the training grounds. We have similar jutsus and I'll train you so that you can prove how strong you are."

Shock consumed her whole face when she heard him. "But-"

"No buts Senju Natsumi. The man you respect most is telling you to train with him. You're not allowed to argue." With that he suddenly disappeared using his thunder god technique. She stood there gaping at the spot he was standing in until she realized what he said; 'The man you respect most is telling you to train. You're not allowed to argue.'

That pompous son of a bitch.