Days passed and soon it has been a month since the brothers left their father´s house. In the meantime, they stayed hidden in Madara´s home, wearing his and Izuna´s old clothes. The hair of both children grew, something that Mito never allowed before. Byakuya soon realized why. Even if his hair was brunette and straight, it falls in a way that shown more the similarities between his facial structure and his mother´s. Sorato was even worse, he didn´t know how they managed to hide that he was the carbon copy of their mom except for their eyes.

"What is this?" asked the younger child one day. His hair bothered him a bit, the way it falls into his eyes prevented him from having full vision, but he wanted to keep it long. That day he was trying to find a solution when he found two silver accessories.

"I haven´t seen them in a long time" said Madara, giving those a look. "They belonged to my mother, she used them to keep her hair out of her face. Like this" he put them each in one side of his son´s face, pinning it to the sides. "You can keep them if you want"

"Thanks, mama" he said. With his hair problem effectively solved, he left the place and saw his brother in the backyard, staring at the koi pound. His eyes narrowed, knowing exactly why the brunette was acting like that. He has always wanted to learn strong jutsus, not just the boring bunshin the Shodaime have taught him (it was the only jutsu the seven years old knew). "Mama, nii-chan wanted to learn a jutsu"

"Hum?" Madara peered from the other room and quickly realized what happened. "Didn´t your father taught you some jutsus?"

"No, he didn´t. I learned bunshin, kawarimi and genjutsu myself, he only knows bunshin… for the Academy"

"I can´t believe him" Madara walked straight to his older son and put a hand on his shoulder. "Come here, I´m going to teach you some Uchiha Fire Style techniques"

"Really?" asked hopefully the kid.

"Really" they went to a nearby lake and there the older raven made some hand signs. "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" an enormous fireball was shot from his mouth, making the child open his mouth in awe. This… this was amazing! So much power, so much passion… the fire was definitely the best element. "Now you try"

"Okay" he made the same hand signs and then "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" the fireball that was shot from his mouth was hardly the half of Madara´s, but it was a huge achievement for his first time… but not for him. He wanted his Fireball to be perfect. "Hum…"

"Very good, you are a natural at this" the mother put a hand on his shoulder, congratulating him while his little brother observed.

"It wasn´t as big as yours"

"Of course, I have more practice. But for your first time, it was more than most Uchiha children manage to do, you should be proud" the Uchiha leader looked at the sun. "Later I will teach you some taijutsu, now we have to buy more groceries and some things for your rooms. I bet you will like some decoration…"

"You go, I will be here… practicing"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I want to do it right" Byakuya then proceeded to form some hand seals and making another Fireball, bigger than the last one, but not enough for him. Madara was unsure about leaving him was there, but Sorato grabbed his hand and told him it was okay. They went away to the stores, with everyone looking at their direction and whispering in their backs. The adult tried not to pay any attention while the child narrowed his eyes. He didn´t like a bit. The younger Uchiha´s bad humor only worsened when he noticed how expensive everything was for them, since the food to some simple decorations for their rooms, as if the prices were riced especially for them.

"Ma… Father, why is everything so expensive?" he asked, knowing that to call Madara his mother in public would be a mistake.

"I don´t know" he lied and they left, the child by the hand of the older raven. When they were returning to the Uchiha Compound, they were stopped by Tobirama and some of his guards, that were looking at Madara as if he was a criminal.

"Madara, my nephews disappeared sometime ago, care to explain me how it happened?" asked the albino directly, as if he was talking to the culprit. Well, maybe he was, but not in the way he seemed to believe things have happened.

"How should I know? Maybe their stupid father lost them" he answered without paying attention. Tobirama was about to confront him more directly when he noticed the other had company. His gaze felt on the child, that felt immediately threatened. His eyes turned red, which made the future Hokage take a step back. He has never seen an Uchiha so young with the fully matured doujutsu, how much hate did this boy had?. For a moment he believed this was Ahou under some type of genjutsu, but now, after seeing the boy´s Sharingan, he knew it was impossible his nephew and this kid to be the same person. Besides, he looked exactly like Madara…

"Who is this kid? Now you are babysitting for someone? You really have so much free time, Madara" he mocked. The albino knew that the Uchiha didn´t have many missions because he assigned them to other shinobi to prevent him to have much money and avoid a future coup d´ etat. The kid glared at him, still with his doujutsu activated. "Don´t test me, kid"

"Sorato, stop" ordered the older and the kid dropped the jutsu. "This is my youngest son, Uchiha Sorato. He is three and was born a month before your nephew"

"I didn´t knew you had children"

"I have two sons, Byakuya and Sorato"

"The where is the other one? Guarding the house or something inside it?" Tobirama raised his eyebrow. Now he was more than interested in this mysterious children. "And why didn´t you enroll them at the Academy… or at least the older one?"

"Byakuya decided to stay to practice his Katon" this ringed the alarm bells in the Senju´s mind and he demanded to be taken to the Uchiha leader´s house. Madara did it to clear his suspicions, after all he hasn´t done anything wrong and knew Hashirama wasn´t behind this searching (the Hokage knew where his children were and knew exactly why he lost his sons as well as his lover). When they were returning to the compound, a tired Byakuya appeared in front of them. When he noticed Tobirama his new eyes activated when he felt the treat. Why was he here? Did he came to take them back?

"M… Father, what´s happening?" he asked. Tobirama for the second time that day rejected the hypothesis of one of Madara´s children to be his nephew. Those kids surely were their father´s sons to have the cursed eyes at such a young age.

"Nothing, Bya, this… fine people are just going to search the Hokage´s sons in our house. Go to your room and take your room and take your brother. Don´t get out until I said so" the kid deactivated his doujutsu and did as he was told, knowing full well that they won´t find anything. They have already destroyed the clothes that could identify them.

"Watch them" ordered the albino to one of his guards. He was sure the kids were accomplishes and helped their father to commit the crime. But his search ended up empty, if his nephews were there, they were not anymore. Maybe they weren´t even alive anymore. He felt rage and went to the kids´ room. "Uchiha Byakuya, no?"

"Yes" answered the boy, trying not to stutter.

"Your father told me you were practicing your Katon, care to tell me where?"

"In the lake, a lot of people saw me there. I have done nothing"

"Here me out, you little…"

"It´s enough" interrupted Madara. "My children nor I have done anything bad, so you should take your leave now. You will find nothing"

"We will see" Tobirama made a sign to his men to leave. They were on the door when the Uchiha called them again.

"You know, you were right about something. I don´t really have much time to take care of the kids all by myself. Maybe it´s better if I enroll them into the Academy apart from private tutoring them"

"Hum… do as you want" and they left.

"And… who wants to go to the Academy?" asked the older Uchiha with a smile. Byakuya replied with the same gesture, having always wanted to go, but Sorato frowned. He knew how people really were and was not looking forward to his brother to find out.

-The first day of school-

The boys were left in the school´s yard, Byakuya holding his little brother´s hand. Both kids were enrolled, one in the actual classes and the other in the little kids daycare. He was not very happy about it, but he would behave as long as they behave with him. The older one soon found his friends, the ones that always played with him when he still lived with his father and rushed towards them, sure that they would recognize him besides his longer hair. But when he reached them…

"Get away from us, murdered!" screamed one, looking at him as if he were the dirtiest thing in the face of earth. "Monster!"

"Yes, don´t get near us!"

"What are you talking about? I haven´t done anything! Besides I am…"

"Bullshit! Do you think anyone knows what you did? You two and your father killed poor Pochiri and his brother! Then incinerated the bodies so no one can prove it!" said the other.

"What? Who is saying that crap about us?" asked Byakuya confused. Didn´t they recognize him? Really? Just because he had longer hair and a different name?

"It´s not crap, it´s the truth! Tobirama-sama said it and he is never wrong! Stay away from us, you little shit!" they turned around and got away from him. The Uchiha boy looked around, only to find more of those looks of hate and disdain, as if he wasn´t even a human. Where this really the people that used to smile at him? To give him gifts? Was the name really that important?

"Look who is here, Uchiha Madara junior" said an older boy. Byakuya turned around only to see a bunch of bullies around his little brother. He was about to run to protect him, when he noticed the little kid wasn´t afraid. "Are you really a boy? What boy let his hair grow like this and wears hairpins? You look more like a girl"

"Idiots"

"What did you say, you little shit?!" one of them raised his fist to punch him in the face, but one look at the boy´s Sharingan and he was unconscious on the floor along with his companions, trembling in their sleep.

"Is there another one that wants to talk to me?" he asked and all the children made way for him. The young prodigy looked around. "Good"

-At the house-

Madara received his children after they arrived from school. Byakuya was so pissed that he threw his schoolbag to the floor and ran straight to his mother. He let out a few screams of rage, while his little brother just went straight to the refrigerator for his meal. After just one day he managed to win everybody´s fear, even the teacher´s. Sorato was a genius among genius, genjutsu being his best technique, but he still have many other jutsus.

"What happened?" said the older raven, running a hand tough the boy´s hair.

"He just found out how people in this village really are" answered Sorato, biting a sandwich. "He will get used to it"

"Huh… Byakuya, as you see, I´m not the most popular person in Konoha… In fact, all the people, even in my clan, believe that I´m dangerous" explained Madara. The boy just can´t believe it, he knew his mother and he was a loving, caring person, not some merciless killer. "It was because of the reputation I made for myself in the Clan Wars, so… maybe it´s better for you two to return to your father, he can…"

"NO!" screamed the brunette, hugging the other Uchiha tightly. "I will do anything except returning to that lying bastard´s house!" angry tears ran down his face. "And those people… they are idiots! All of them! Are they just that blind?!"

"In their eye the sons of the merciless murderer Madara Uchiha can´t be the same as the ones of Saint Hokage" said Sorato. "So the only answer their logic left them was that we killed his children out of revenge or something like that. They don´t even try to see the similarities, just the differences"

"Damn…" he unlatched himself from his mother, then smiled in a wicked way, releasing hate from his Sharingan. "But at least now I know how people are. Such narrow minded, untrustworthy, lying, selfish creatures. They didn´t even try to understand, just hate people for something an idiot make up as the truth!" he laughed. "But maybe… maybe Tobirama was right. I killed Pochiri… I delivered the killing blow today by finding out how they really were!"

"Bya…"

"It´s okay, I´m okay" assured the boy to his parent. "We can make this… we just need to stuck together, the three of us" he hold his brother´s and mother´s hands. "We are a family after all"

"Yes" said Sorato, smiling for the first time.

"Absolutely" said Madara. "But what about the Academy?"

"We didn´t need friends if they are just going to be with us for interest" answered Byakuya. "It will leave us enough time to study… so we can ace it in less than a year"

-In the Hokage tower-

"I found something interesting last time I saw Madara, brother" said Tobirama while the brunette Senju was reading some papers, trying not to think about his children and their mother. He was really depressed about that. First his sons abandoned him and then his lover broke up with him, leaving him sexless. "Aniya, are you listening to me?"

"Yes, I am" but he was clearly not.

"I was telling to you about the surprise I got when I found out he had children" said the younger Senju, while the Shodaime´s fingers grabbed the papers with unneeded strength.

"So… you met Byakuya and Sorato?" he asked, masking what happened.

"You knew about them? Why didn´t you tell me that the bastard had little monster? He is spreading his evil crazy genes as we are talking"

"Please, Tobirama, they are only two children"

"That will grew up into powerful enemies, just like their father…" Hashirama bit his lip, preventing himself from saying something to his brother. "Just how much time did you know them?"

"Since forever. Byakuya was born a day before Pochiri and Sorato is an entire month older than Ahou. I wanted them to be friends but… well, Madara said that he didn´t want his children to commit the same mistakes as him" lied the Hoage.

"For once he was right… and you are an idiot. They would undoubtedly have killed your children" the albino sat down on the desk. "In fact, I believe it was them who murdered them."

"Aw, come on, Tobirama! You are just talking about two kids and my best friend! They couldn´t have done something like that!" especially since they were the same persons.

"But they did and I will prove it. Until then I have instructed the jounin senseis not to let them pass the genin exam and they gladly accepted. No one wants them to become shinobi… mostly after what that little monster Sorato did to the other children"

"Now, that´s just exaggerating, Tobirama, are you and the others really going to deprive two kids of fulfilling their dreams just because you dislike their father?"

"No, brother, we are protecting the village from a very real treat" Hashirama frowned. He wanted to yell at his face not to touch his love or his children, but he kept his mouth tightly shut. If he open it he would lose his dream, but if he don´t…