CHAPTER TEN

Day 1

*The following day, early in the morning

"Nii-san, I am going" Izuna was desperately trying to weak up his brother. Last night he didn't geel goot and went to sleep a lot earlien than he was supposed to.

"Ok-ay" all what could to the Uchiha was to murmle. Izu had been starting to worry for him and would rather look after him than go to the competition. But too badly the team depended on each player. Most important rule in this spoer was teammate.

"Please, call me when you weak upi. I am worrying for you" the raven petter Madara's piky hair.

"Fine" and Dara turned to the other side, continueing his sleep. Izuna sighed.


Everyone was waiting at the bus stop, expect one boy.

"Where's Sakurai?" Keita asked. "Yesterday when i readed out loud the names i didn't notice his."

"Yea" Tobirama said "Don't you remember that a week ago he broke his leg?"

Keita opened widely his mouth as a gesture of surprise. "Oh, yea. Who's going to take his place anyways?"

"Must be sensei" Hiroshi suggested as the bus came. Their trainer got out of the cechiacle, greeting everyone out lodly.

"Goood moorning!"

"Sensei, not so loud please.. it's still 8 o'clock and i would like to use my ears for a little bit longer.." Izuna laughed at the joke that Tobirama had just made. The albino couldn't help but smile.

"Sorreeh! I am just hyperactive because we will beat them for sure! Yeeaah!" he screamed loudly once again. The boys sighed.


Everyone sat at their seats. Izuna and Tobirama were together. The albino sighed when he noticed that the raven was way too quiet. For sure he had been thinking about something but what?

"Is there something wrong?" The white-haired boy asked Izuna, who was sitting nearby the buss window, staring at the trhees which they had passed. The Uchiha didn't answer.

"Izuna?" Tobirama repeated his name once again and just then the raven responsed.

"Yes?"

"What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

"I am asking you if there is something wrong."

"Nom why, should there be?" Zu lied. He had been thinking about his brother non-stop. Last night he trhew up and had headache. He was supposed to feel better in the morning because he took medicine but it seemed just the opposite. He was even worse than yesterday night.

"Too quiet? Not that we talk so much tho"

Tobirama frowned. He hated smartasses. Sudenlly the Uchiha's phone rang. He picked it up without any hesitation, without even looking who it was. Wa he awaiting it? He seemed pretty happy that the phone rang.

"Yes?!" he said. Tobirama could hear a female voce through the phone. They talked for a little bit before ending the call.

"Who was it?" Tobirama's curiousity was going to kill him one day.

"Ino. She wanted to wish me luck since we are going to represend our highschool"

Tobirama hissed. What did that blonde wanted from Izuna? Lately, she had been around him so much. Tobi turned his head away avoiding Izuna's gaze. The Uchiha's phone rang second time.

Ino... Ino.. Ino... was all Tobi would think about.

Once Izuna saw his phone, a broad smile appeared on his face.

"Madara-nii!" he almost jumped in surprise.

"Hey, I just wanted to tell you that i am feeling much better and that i wish you good luck. Don't make me ashamed of you, okay?" he jokd.

Tobirama now could hear the conversation, since Madara's voice was way too deep and high than Ino's. Zuzu couldn't stop smiling.

"I promise, i won't! Take care of yourself, okay?"

"Okay, you too." and the phone call ended.

Tobirama couldn't believe how Izuna would change his vibe so fast just from one call. Did he really loved his brother so much?

"You're very close with your brother, aren't you?"

"Yea, since he is the only one i have left" The Uchiha should have said that with a sad face but instead of, his face got even brithen.

"You dating Ino anyways?" the albino snapped out.

"Don't have enough time to do that" it was more like a tease. What a smartass. Tobirama smirked.


"OOOKAY!" sempai screamed "we had been traveling for more than 6 hours, so i am going to give you a free day today. Go get some rest because tomorros you are going to have really thought training."

Each of the males nodded, grabbing their sacks and going to their rooms.


"We will take the elevator, right?" Zu joked.

"Ha-ha" Tobi sarcasticly laughed.

"I will wait you on the 3rd floor. Meet you there" the raven said as the elevator's door got closed.

Withing a blink of an eye, Izuna was stanging in front of their room. Since Tobirama had the keys, the boy had nothing else to do but wait his friend.

Pants were able to be heard by the end of the corridor. Tobirama was bearly walking, heavy breathing. Not only that the stairs were a lot, but and his laguage was a lot heavier than Izuna's. What could he have brought so much? Izuna was laughing at the view in front of him.

"You'd better give me the keys." Izu naw chuckled. Without any hesitations he gavte them. When they entered the room, there was no light.

"The fuck?!" Tobirama snapped "And they call this a five stars hotel?!" he argued yelling.

All what could do Izuna was to brust out laughing.

"You silly! Look now" and the raven got a card wich was given by the receptionist. He pressed in on the wall and suddenly everything lit.

"What a miracle!" Tobirama was amazed.

"Yea, a miracle" Izuna teased him as he pointed out his tounge. The Senju smirked. That boy...

"I am not familiar with those things. I don't go in hotels" he tried to find some excuse.

"That's why you're so familiar with your brother. Both of you are complete dorks" Zu slightly chuckled once again. The little raven was really happy after Madara's call. Tobi wondered himself if he could make Izuna as happy as his nii-san did.

"Do we have dinner?" Tobi asked as his stomach rumbled.

"I think we have missed it already" Izuna said as he closed the door behind them.

"Aww maan.." Tobirama let go his sack on the floor as he threw himself on the bed "Pretty soft"

"Didn't you bring any food?" Izuna asked.

Tobirama shook his head as a response of "no"

"Seriously? Rule number one is always to bring food when you're travelling away from home" Izuna pointed his finger.

"Why should i bring food when the hotel feeds me?" Tobirama protested.

"Well, then what do you carry in your sack since it's so heavy. I thought you had put ply of food" Izuna raised an eyebrow.

"Well.. a towel, toothpaste, hair dryer.. mm what else? Oh, yeah shampoo.." the Uchiha laughed before Tobirama would be even able to continue.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing.. haha, really nothing. They all have it here" did Izuna's eyes got teary from so much laugh? "Heh, whatever. Here, take my crisps as i go and buy some food from the supermarket." he threw Tobirama a bag of crisps.


Once the Senju was done with eating, he took a shower. Izuna entered as the albino walked from the bath.

"Bath again? I am starting to think that global warming might be your fault" he joked.

"I like to stay clean, unlike some people" did he mention Izuna? He glare the albino. "What did you buy?"

"Tomatoes, feta cheese, bread and wine."

"What? Wine? Wine with bread?" Tobirama nearly chocked.

"You eat the food, the wine is for me"

"You drink?" Tobirama was surprised.

"I like it's tase, plus that red wine is healthy, so and white one, rose too."

"You seem a big professor. Did you know the hotel had shampoo and soap?"

Izuna laughed again. Was Tobirama acting dumb on puprose? "Tobe, you're helpess..."

did he just call me Tobe? My heart skipt a beat...

"I am going to take a shower too. When you eat at least throw the rubbish" Izuna said as he entered the bathroom but screamed once he was inside.

"TOBI! What did you do?!"

"What?" he stood from the bed where he was sitting,still only with a towel around his waist ,looking why his friend yelled.

"Is that Niagara or what? There's water everywhere!" Izuna protested.

"Oh, yea."

"Yea? Don't you know that you should remove the.. oh god, seriously, just go and eat. Don't touch anything or do anything unless i go out, understand?"

Tobirama nodded. Why was he acting like that? Was he a baby or what? The Senju just unpacked the bags and started eating. He was starving.

When Izuna was out of the shower, his long and beautiful hair was on a bun. Such a waste, i would prefer seeing it flowing.

"TOBI!"

"YES" he screamed in surprise

His hand got slapped. "What are you doing you idiot! Don't use the fridge. Whatever you eat or drink you have to pay it"

"I will pay it"

"The prices are x3. You'd better go and get what you need from the supermarket. Oh god, you really haven't been in hotel before, have you?" Izuna facepalmed himself.

Tobirama frowned "Not my type of wasting time" as he put his pants.

"You are going to sleep like that?" Izuna asked suprisingly.

"The cold doesen't bother me"

Yea but your nudity is bothering me. Izu thought.

And Tobirama snuggled under the clean and soft sheets. He was so exausted. All what he would want right now is to sleep and sleep and never weak up.

"Night" the albino told

"So fast?" Izuna rised an eyebrow and before the Senju was able to answer, the Uchiha's phone rang. A third time for today. Wow, he was really some fameous boy. But Toi was way too tired so he slowly started to fall asleep. He just heared Izuna mentioning the name Ino as he talked on the phone,

Ino.. Ino.. Ino.. that blonde...

and Tobirama felt asleep.