Hashirama pov.

Yesterday I discovered that Imouto-chan has a crush. And on my best friend. And I think Madara like her too. He does things he normally would never do. He isn't the kind of person to give a piggy back ride to anyone and a girl no less. He always complain about the one in his clan. Not that I know which clan he is coming from. All I hope is that he isn't an Uchiha.
So, I was about to go meet Imouto-chan. But I felt a menacing aura just behind me that I know too well.

"Aniki." Tobi-chan said slowly in a cold voice. I turned around slowly and looked at him. I know that I am shaking and as the hier of the Senju, I shouldn't be shaking by the only presence of my younger brother.

"H-hai Tobi-chan?" I asked. His glare became sharper than it already was and I think I am shaking a bit more than before.

"Don't call me Tobi-chan!" He yelled in a irritated and maybe..pissed tone. I know he doesn't like to be called Tobi-chan, but it is stronger than me. If only he had stayed the adorable three year old he was before. So cute and not rude. I had more or less agree (/forced) to not call him Tobi-chan when we were outside the main house.
So, to drop the subject of ' Tobi-chan' I asked him a quick question.

" What were you going to ask me?" And his mood dropped a bit. Well not really but he looked a bit less tense.

"You're going to go visit neesan, aren't you?" He said. Was I so easy to read?

" How did you know?" I asked him. Wanting to know how he could read me so easily or if I was just being too obvious.

" It doesn't matter how I know." He responds me. " But do I need to remind you that father will keep a eye on us way more than usual. We will have to be more careful from now." And I got a bit depressed. Because of our recent and frequent visits, I should have know something like this would have happened. And because of the incident that happened two days ago, Sakura-chan falling in a really big and deep cliff and then getting sick the next day made father more suspicious.

" I know. But just to check if she is healed." I begged him. I know that a big brother shouldn't begin his little brother like a child begging his parents to have a candy. And if Madara was here he would have said a rash comments from pathetic to disgrace.

" And why you and not me? I want to see her too." He shot back. It felt like an arrow was shot in my back. I was now on my knees and hands against the wooden floor, shaking a bit. It wasn't a normal talk between brothers anymore. But a verbal war to be the one to go visit Sakura-chan.

" Because I am the eldest." I say in hope to persuade him.

" And the more irresponsible one." Another arrow of depression in my back.

" But I have more knowledge in medicine than you." I protests. His eyebrows seem to twitch. Looks like he can't find another argument. Looks like I won. And suddenly I don't feel depressed anymore. I was about to go out by using the window, but Tobi-chan grabbed the back of my collard before I could grab the sides of the window.

"Are you serious?" He says as he send me his infamous glare.

" Hai." I respond shaking a bit, his glare is as scary as the ones of our parents when they are angry.

" Father sent men to spy on us. They are nearby, but not nearby enough to hear us." He tells me and let me go. His glare becomes less scary, bit he still glare at me.
" So, if I was you I won't be using the window. They will direct see that something is odd." I wouldn't have thought that father would get suspicious enough to sent our own clan's men to spy on us, his two sons. But now that I am thinking about it, it isn't as surprising as I thought. He sent my own brother to spy on me.

" Then I only will go underground. They won't sense me if I hid my chakra and make a tunnel big enough for me to fit." I explain him my plan. It looks more easier said then done I admit. But it could work. Tobirama face palmed like it was the stupidest thing I had said.

" They will sense it aniki. The ground will shake or are you just to much of an idiot for this." And another arrow verbally shot. Why must he be so cruel towards his big brother.

" But you could distract them for me, your lovely big brother." I told him. He singed and headed towards the window.

" Be ready, because I'm not doing this a second time." Was all he said before he jumped out of the window. I don't know what he has in mind, but I think it is something he won't be happy about.

Suiton. Uo Tsuba no jutsu.

"Aaaah" the cries of my now wet clan members could be heard. I profited of the panic to made my hands sings.

Mukoton. Mokusei ton'neru (wooden tunnel).

And the wood of the floor began to dig into the ground, pushing the earth on the side and it is fortunately not making the surface crack. Tobi-chan was still using g his water jutsu to wet the one who were supposed to spy on us. I have to admit, he look like a troublemaker like that or a brat as the adults would say. When I had finished to make my tunnel, I began to lose my balance. I might have use more chakra than I had thought I would. But I still have enough chakra for the rest. I am not one of the strongest fighter in the clan for nothing. I took my futon. Because we were in my room and used it to hide the hole after I went in the tunnel. All I hope is that it won't be obvious that there is a hole here. I hid my chakra and began to walk through my tunnel. And I am really proud of it, it is solid enough to carry the earth and the clan above us. When I am exit the tunnel I was about 200 meters from the compound. And still with my chakra hidden I traveled to Sakura-chan's house. I was lucky enough for not having encounter anyone so far. But it was really quite when I arrived. And...

"HASHI-NII." Was tackle on the ground by a monstrous strength.

"I-ite Imouto-chan." And she got of me. I turned around and saw her. Her hair was a real mess of pink hair, well it trouble Tobi-chan a bit, but we don't mind. She hasn't anything to take care of it anyway. She wore a brown male kimono and green belt with a dark brown pant.

" I didn't know you could make it Hashirama." Said the voice of my best friend. He has his usual blue and purple kimono on.

"You're so mean Madara." I say as I let out a stream of big tears.

" And you a real girl. I wonder sometimes if you're a boy or a girl." He shot. Me? a girl? And I fell in depression.

"Tobirama-kun also didn't came Hashi-nii." She said. I nodded. Wait. Did I hear right? Did she calls me ''Hashi-nii'?

"Hashi..nii?" I let it roll on my tong. I don't think to have ever been called like that. It has always been Nii-san, aniki. Never Hashi-nii.

"Yep. You call me Imouto-chan. So, it is only natural that I call you Hashi-nii. Right." Says Sakura.

"Imouto-chan." And I jumped to give her a teddy bear hug. Tears of joy streaming down. I am happy.

" Tsk, your a real girl Hashirama." Says Madara. I froze like an electroshock went through my body. And I fell on the ground once more.

" Don't be so mean Mada-kun. It just how he is, and it's good that way." Sakura-chan defended me.

"You're too kind Imouto-chan." I told her. Honestly there isn't a Nicer person than Sakura-chan, except Kaa-san. And after some arguing between Madara and Sakura-chan we went to the cliff. I told them about Tobirama covering me back at the clan. And Izuna did pretty much the same. They both wanted to come, but lost the verbal 'war' and had to stay at the compound. We were on our way when I had a idea. Since our little brothers aren't here to interferes in my plan, I have a chance to do it. I though about it last night.

"I think I forgot something in there, go ahead I will catch up." I say and vanished. I hid my chakra and went to hide myself behind a bush not far away from them.

Operation Cupido can begin.

Sakura pov.

I stretch my arm towards Hashi-nii, but he vanish before I could even object. Me and Madara-kun sweatdropped, how come he vanish that fast when it isn't needed. In training he is never this fast.

" Did he had something with him?" I ask Madara-kun.

" I don't think." He answers as he lifted his shoulder a bit. " Either way it must not be important." And he began to walk. I walked just behind him, I feel nervous now that Hashi-nii isn't here with us or Tobirama-kun and Izuna-kun for that matter. Did what Hashi-nii said bother me that much. Could it be true? I feel my face become a bit warmer. I shoke my head.

" Are you alright Sakura-chan?" I hear Madara-kun ask.

"I-I'M Fine." I say faster than I should have. Now he might think that something is definitely wrong.

" You're sure?" He asks and I nodded. Geez, it's all Hashirama-nii fault. I took a step forward only to trip over and to fall on Madara-kun. He had not turned around yet so I collided with his chest and he fell on his back, me on top of him. I could feel all my blood going in my cheeks and I didn't dared to look at him.

Hashirama pov.

I used my mukoton to make the roots grow faster and manipulate them to go on the surface. Sakura-chan clumsiness played in my favor, she didn't notice the root, tripped over it and fell on Madara before to make them both fall on the ground.

Plan number 1. Succeeded.

Madara pov

Sakura-chan had tripped and fell on me, making me lost my balance and fall on the ground. The position we were in was in my opinion rather embarrassing. She was on top of me, nearly hiding her face in my chest. I don't dare to move. Me. An Uchiha don't dare to move because a girl fell on me. What was I supposed to do in this kind of situation?

" Could you ...get off me?" I ask her. What kind of sentence was that! I don't think it is the way to address a girl when she is on top of a man. But the position isn't really appropriate either.

"H-hai." And she get of me fast. Her face was red, and her hair made it more obvious. And I got up too.

" Are you hurt?" She took a look at her body before to answer.

" No." And we continued to walk to the cliff. We were nearly there when something hit my head. It had fallen at my right side, I turned to the direction of whatever object had hit. It was rock. And just behind the rock are flowers. It were yellow and white flowers. The yellow one had five petals and weren't longer than my hand while the whites one had three petals and were longer. But now that I think about it, I never saw these kind of flowers before. And we often use this path. Whatever, I passed the flowers and walked with Sakura-chan till we were in front of the cliff.

Hashirama pov.

Crap. Madara didn't took the flower I made grown. These kind of flower don't grow here. I had really put some effort to make them grow and fast. I only know them because these are the flowers that the women in my clan mostly use for the graves.
My plan was that Madara would give Imouto-chan the flowers.

Plan number 2. Failed.

3th person pov.

While Hashirama was a bit grumpy, Madara and Sakura were in front of the cliff waiting for the said Senju. Not that they know he is one.

" He surely take his time." Says Madara as he has his hands at the back of his head.
Sakura nodded. She found indeed that he was taking a long time to find whatever it was. And the little accident from today made her a big uncomfortable. She found it really embarrassing. Because of her clumsiness she ended on Madara who had fallen on the ground. She could feel his warmth and to be honest, she enjoyed that warmth. Madara too was a bit uncomfortable. When she had fallen on him, he could feel her breath and moving. So they were avoiding each other gaze. After some waiting, Hashirama came out. He couldn't really do something if these two were avoiding to look at each other and standing there, doing nothing. He didn't had the time to tell them his excuse that Madara had beaten him.

" Did you found it? Because I am pretty sure you had nothing with you when came." He asks him.

'Crap' that was what Hashirama thought right now. He hoped that his excuse could persuade them or at least Madara. Sakura was really naive. If you didn't explain her first, then she could easily be misleaded.

"Well... You see.." Hashirama began. But his hesitation was only making Madara angry.

"You what?" He said in a voice that showed he was a bit pissed. Hashirama was feeling that whatever he would say, will mostly end by him getting yelled at or get hit.

"I thought I had took something with me, but I think I forgot it home." He says. A bright idiotic smile on his lips and a cheerful aura around him, hoping that it would save him.
Madara eyebrow was twitching in annoyance. He had just experience something that was for him quit embarrassing that could have been avoided if his friend had been with them. Hashirama feel the killer attend Madara was letting out all directed towards him, while Sakura's was a bright one with hope and joy. At least one of them had nothing against him for leaving them together. Madara then begin to walk to Hashirama. Hashirama could feel that if he let Madara get his hands on him, that it would end badly for him.
For Hashirama there was only a way to get avoid this painful path.
Go hiding behind the girl he considers as his sister.

" Imouto-chan!" And the two boys began to run around her. Madara was running after Hashirama trying to catch him, while Hashirama was running away from him and still hiding behind Sakura. Sakura who hadn't move since Hashirama came, looked at the two boys running in circles. After some while she felt dizzy. So, she stretched her arms and took both boys back of their collard and lifted them from the ground. The two said boys blinked a few times. And were slammed in each other by Sakura before she let them fall on the ground.
Now the two boys were on the ground. Hashirama grabbed the back of his head in pain, where Madara's head hit him. And Madara rubbed his now red face. His face had forceful collided with the back of Hashirama's head.

" It hurts." Says Hashirama in a teary voice. Madara could be heard crushing under the pain. A few minutes passed before the pain of both boys went away. But it still hurts a bit. And everything was back to a calmly atmosphere till they had to climb the cliff.

"Are you saying I'm weak or useless!" Said an angry Sakura. They were supposed to go to the top of the cliff by walking on the cliff's wall. And it was going good till the boys offer her to be carried. And Sakura didn't took it well.

"N-NO. But it is saver for you if you do." Tried to explain Hashirama while he was shaking in fear. Because if there was one thing he knows by spending time with Sakura, is that women can be really scary and violent. And he didn't want to be the next victim of her punch. He had heard that she had been training, which mean that her punches are more painful than the last time she had punched him. Which was when they had accidentally burned her clothes.

But Sakura didn't wanted to hear any of it. They thought that she was fragile. She had ride a dear, survived a high and deadly fall from a cliff and survived an annoyed/ angry Kurama! She was not a weak and fragile girl! She went to them, took one arms and took some steps back before to throw them at the cliff. If they weren't shinobis, they would have feel a lot of pain. But they stopped themselves to crash in the cliff by concentrate their chakra in their hands and feet before to place them in front of them and it would came in contact with the rock.

"WHAT THE HELL?!ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US!" Cried a furious Madara. It was already embarrassing enough to have her fall on him and being threw like a bag of potatos . She ignored his cry and walked to the cliff and added chakra in her feet before to set her feet on the cliff's wall. Madara and Hashirama had already reached the top when she was still climbing. When the three of them were on top, Sakura was ignoring them and the two boys knew they had offended her and had to apologize for it. For Madara it was a bit more difficult than for Hashirama that could do it directly. After the boys had apologize they sat on the edge of the cliff ( who later by the hokage mountain) and looked at the endless sea of trees. They often go there and look at the view in front of them. It had always a calmly effect on them.

" They still so peacefully." Said Sakura with a small smile

" Yes. If only the rest of the world could like this. Then maybe peace could be possible." Said Madara still looking at the forest in front of them.

" And when it happens, let build our village here. A place where nobody would have to fight anymore and be save." Said Hashirama as he lifted his arms in the air and spread them.

" Yes." The girl of the group answers. It would indeed be a beautiful village she thought. After this the two boys had to go home, their little brother couldn't cover them forever. And so the three of them took the way home.

Hashirama pov.

After having bid my goodbyes to Madara and Sakura-chan, I went straight home. I ran really fast while hiding my chakra and look out for my clansmen. It is really tired. I stopped when I saw one of the opening of the tunnel I made this morning. I went in and used a mokuton and doton jutsu to hide the tunnel at the surface. It wasn't long before I reached the end of the tunnel. I used the bit of sensing skill I had to see if there was someone in my room. And there was no one, plus my futon hadn't been moved. So, i moved my futon and got out of the tunnel before to hide it again by laying my futon on it. I will hide it better tonight. For now i have to find Tobi-chan. I quietly slide the door of my room and quietly went out. I was at the entrance of the main house and so far nothing bad happened. I went out of the main house and continue my search. But it had stopped abruptly when one of the guard notice me.

"Hashirama-sama!" He said and the men around looked at me.
'Crap' I thought before to run from it. It didn't last long, because I felt someone grab my arm and drag me away. It was only later I found out it was my brother. And now we were hidding behind one of the houses.

" I hope it was worth it, aniki." Says Tobirama while we were still hiding.

"Why are we hidding?" I saw him after two of our clansmen passed out hiding spot, not that they saw us anyway. He was about to answer when..

" Hashirama, Tobirama." Said a voice I know to well. We both turned around and saw our father, Butsama Senju, glaring at us with some of our clansmen.
Tobirama then did something I didn't except. He took my arm and cried.

" Found you aniki!" I blinked a few times. What was the meaning of this.

"W-what?" I blurted out. Father lifted one of his eyebrows.

" Don't you remember aniki? You must hide and must find you." Tobirama says and have me a smile that was saying to play along or I would regret it.

" Ah yes. And you catch me." I try to say in a calm tone, i hope father and the others will buy it.

" And why did you attack our clansmen Tobirama?" Demands father to Tobirama.

" Not attacked, distracted. If they were spying us it would have be to easy to find aniki and it wouldn't have been fun. And in the meantime he had time to hide from me." Tobirama half lied. It was true he had used his water jutsu to distract them so I could go unnoticed, but in the meantime he had caused a bit trouble. And now the feel a bit guilty about it.

" So you attacked our men so that the two of you could have fun?" Asks father us. His voice didn't held any emotions.

"Hai" We both answer. And I felt that next part won't be a happy part.

" To the main house. Now." Father order and we did what he said. It wasn't wise to protest now.

3th person pov.

After the two Senju heirs had gone back to the main house. Butsama had scolded them and said how disappointed he was about their behavior. He had trained them to be warriors, not to prank their fellow clansmen. When the night came, Tobirama and Hashirama went to their room. Hashirama used a bit of his mokuton to hide the tunnel he had dig in his room better. He was a bit happy that at least one of his 2 plans had worked and hoped they became, even if it was a bit, closer to each other. And when he went to sleep his parents were still up in the main room.

"They are behaving is different these days." Said Butsama to his wife. His wife, Shiro Senju, looked up at him. She was an albino. red eyes, pale skin and long white hair. She was pouring tea in their cups.

" Is it a problem?" She asks her husband.

"They're shinobis, adults. Not pranksters." He answers her. Shiro had heard about the fuss her boys made today. They had told her they were playing a hide and seek. And it made her happy.
" Their still children, Butsama. It's normal for children to have fun." She told her husband. Because for the first time after so many years , her boys were behaving like kids and not like fighters.

"And you saw where it lead. To death." He coldly say. Shiro who was about to drink from her tea stopped abruptly. Her youngest sons came in her mind. Kawarama and Itama. Her two beloved sons who had did in this war were too kind for that. But her husband had sent them on the battlefield, sending them to their death.
She laid her cup on the tafel and stood up.

" I'm not feeling well, goodnight." And she exited the room to go to their bedroom. Unlike her husband, she was happy about the behavior of her sons. For her it was a sing that they were still kids. She didn't know how their behavior change like this, but she was thankful for it. She saw her two sons smile today. She hadn't see them smile like this since they had lost Kawarama and Itama.