Tobirama was sitting in the living room of his and his brother's home on the couch, his brother hadn't come home yet and he had to admit he was a bit uneasy at the fact that his brother hadn't shown up so far.

He said he should have been home an hour ago, so here he sat waiting for him.

In the meantime though, he was reading some scrolls on some advanced Water Ninjutsu to practice.

A knock on the door made him look up from the current scroll he was reading up on and frown.

He and his brother were the only ones who lived here, surely his older brother hadn't become foolish enough as to knock before entering his own house.

'No… it cannot be Hashirama… it's… '

Tobirama trailed off as he searched the chakra outside the house and his eyes widened slightly before narrowing as he stormed to the door and yanked it open.

"What the hell do you want… Uchiha… Izuna?"

The younger male stood there fidgeting nervously.

"Senju-san… I hate to be impatient… but I could not wait any longer… is nii-sama… did he… is he… okay?" Izuna asked softly.

Tobirama scowled in irritation.

"Your disgrace of a sibling is not here."

Izuna's eyes became sharp as he started heatedly at the younger Senju sibling.

"Tobirama-san. Madara-nii and I have already made it clear to you, your brother, your clan, and the rest of the village that we are done fighting. Madara-nii is trying so hard to do the right thing. He wants no more bloodshed, but most of all he does not want our clan looked down upon because of our past mistakes. He does not want the Uchiha marked or discriminated against. Much like how you show your distaste toward us." Izuna said crossly, yet his voice was still soft.

"Tch. My brother is a fool to have offered a truce there will be nothing left of the village by the time-"

Tobirama stopped in mid-sentence when the door was kicked down and in walked his brother, carrying Madara Uchiha, who appeared to be unconscious, in his arms.

"Madara! Nii-san!" Izuna cried running to the older senju brother, who stopped in his tracks and pulled back.

"Izuna-chan…? What are you doing here? I told you to wait til morning…"

"I'm sorry Hokage-Sama… I couldn't wait any longer is he okay?" Izuna apologized, then reached out to touch his brother's hair when Hashirama pulled him back.

"No… don't touch him Izuna-chan… there's something wrong with him, I have him sedated he stabbed me through my heart with… well I don't know what it was… but thankfully I was able to heal myself enough then get him to a point that I could move him."

"Nii-sama's chakra… its different." Izuna said softly.

"I know, that's what the problem is. Izuna… your brother is going to stay here tonight so I can watch him. He can't control his chakra or his emotions… and I don't' want him lashing out at people at random. If he acts up or gets overwhelmed me and Tobirama will be able to stop him."

"K-Kill him? No! That's not-"

Hashirama shook his head quickly. "No, no Izuna-chan not that I mean subdue him."

"Oh. Well I can help…" Izuna started but Hashirama held up his hand for silence.

"No, I don't want you getting hurt. Madara-san is not in his right state of mind. I need to figure out what's wrong with him before this gets too out of hand. You can come check on him tomorrow afternoon." Hashirama said.

"Okay. Be careful with him please." Izuna said before leaving the two Senju clansmen alone with his brother.

Hashirama took a glance at Tobirama, taking note that the other was staring at seemingly nothing as if in shock.

"You can feel it I take it?" Hashirama asked grimly as he lay his friend down on the couch after moving his brother's scrolls out of the way.

"It's… so powerful. His chakra… it wasn't nearly this high when you last fought him. What the hell happened brother?"

"I am unsure. I have a feeling it has something to do with this seal on his neck… look at this Tobirama." Hashirama said quietly, concern etching his voice.

Tobirama knelt down beside his brother and took a look at the Uchiha's neck, inspecting a black seal that was just at the bottom of his neck, near the center of his collar bone.

Once he saw it his mouth dropped open in a mix of horror and shock.

Hashirama saw his sibling's expression and looked at him intently before speaking.

"I've never seen a seal like this Tobi… you are the one who coherently studies jutsu and their effects. Do you have any idea what it is? It in a way resembles the seal I used to seal the Nine Tailed Fox biju inside my friend Mito Uzumaki, does it have any connections to a tailed beast otouto?"

"Brother… you have to get him out of here. Out of the village. This is not good, that thing was supposed to be unreachable to any ninja in all of the other territories. He'll destroy all of us. He cannot stay here." Tobirama said with a mix of a warning and panic in his tone.

"Tobirama stop, tell me what this is then I will decide on what I shall or shall not do." Hashirama commanded in a serious manner.

"This seal, it is the seal of a tailed beast technically… but it is also the seal of a human."

"But how can that be… I do not understand Tobi."

"Brother I have read thousands of scrolls on the tailed beasts. Yes, the nine tailed beasts were created by the Rikudou Sennin also known as the Sage of Six Paths. The nine are the One-tail Shukaku, the Two-tails Matatabi, the Three Tails Isobu, the Four-tails Son Goku, the Five-tails Kokuo, the Six-tails Saiken, the Seven-tails Chomei, the Eight-tails Hachibi, and the Nine-tails Kurama."

"Yes I am aware of that otouto I-"

"Let me finish Hashirama." Tobirama said firmly.

The Hokage let out a sigh but nodded.

"All nine of the tailed beasts are each one part of the ten-tails. Known as the Juubi however… there are actually eleven demons. Ten of them created by the Sage, one of them already here to begin with. The Juubi is the one that was already here… the Raikaida is not."

"Raikaida?" Hashirama asked curiously.

"Yes, it was another demon created by the Sage… created as an experiment… on his third child."

There was silence for a long time before Hashirama whispered quietly. "Third?"

"Yes, his name was Izumu, and he was devoted to the sage even during his ending, however. One day he made a horrible descicion in trying to harness the power of the nine tailed fox Kurama. One of the Sage's creations… and the Sage decided to grant him that power. Only… he mutated. During the sealing there was an interference, some of the Nine-tails soul got stuck inside Izumu along with seemingly endless amounts of the fox's chakra. It manifested and well… he turned into a monster himself."

Hashirama glanced at his sleeping friend feeling troubled. "What happened?"

"Rikudou was overwhelmed with grief and despair as Izumu started going on a rampage. Killing everything he saw, he had no choice but to seal him away inside a vessel and he hid the urn in a place nobody had any clue where."

"Then how is it that Madara has the demon?"

"Someone must have found it. Brother this thing is dangerous, Madara was dangerous himself… he has to leave. He cannot stay here." Tobirama said urgently.

The tan skinned man glance back at his longtime friend before an explosion of red chakra filled the room with a loud bang.


Hope that was okay :D

Emily