It all started when the Yamanaka clan decided to join leaf village after the peace treaty between the Senju and Uchiha clan. Hashirama unquestionably was the most excited because his petty childhood dream village was rising in population and pollution. But, with the Yamanaka clan, came a refined well formed classy woman- or girl. She was eighteen according to the papers handed to Tobirama by the clan's information.

Tobirama wasn't one to deny the truth, no matter how little he cared about the opposite gender the woman was hard to ignore. So he gave her that much credit and nothing else.

However, Hashirama seems to be on heat whenever the said girl was in sight and it truly disgusted him how his elder brother never controlled his useless feelings whenever he admired something. Speaking from past experiences, he wanted Konoha, he got Konoha. He wanted Madara, he got Madara with extra weight from his clan but Tobirama wasn't allowed to show his distaste towards the overly emotional clan that would be starting another war. And now his foolish brother sat his eyes on this girl, Tobirama was sure the Yamanaka clan would happily let that happen. But having seen her a few times, Tobirama started to hate her. Hate her as much as he hates Madara. To his dismay Hashirama started to like Ino as much as he liked Madara. That proved his theory wrong for he believed his brother was gay for Madara. What a plague.

"Tobirama, how about we go for sh-"

"No brother, no more shopping for you! You spend nearly all the money we got from selling tailed beast just in shopping clothes that you don't even like!"

Hashirama grimaced, eyes longingly staring at the shops. Tobirama gritted his teeth once he followed his brother's vision line. That girl! That damn girl never fails to shop every single day. Where does she get her money from, growing them on trees perhaps?

"I only said that because you already returned them. What do you want me to say, oh brother can you let me try them first? That's ridiculous!" Hashirama finally complained when the girl vanished. He hated how Tobirama controlled everything. He sometimes wondered why his brother appeared creaky.

"Stop making excuses! You never hold yourself back from saying anything! Remember the time you told me how you and Madara compared your sizes? Or the time you were wet with his filthy water jutsu? Or-"

"No, I didn't. I never told you such a thing Tobirama! Were you spying on me?!!" Hashirama looked horrified at he steps back, away from his brother.

He flushing at being exposed, Tobirama denied. Of course he never meant to stalk his brother and his friend but he couldn't leave Hashirama alone. His brother was a little child, he needed elders guidance and Tobirama believed he was far to smarter than any adult in the Senju clan so he decided to take the matter into his very small hands and save his mentally unstable brother by stalking his private time with his equally retard friend.

"Stalk you? Like I've nothing better to do." Tobirama felt pathetic lying through his teeth like this. He wasn't afraid of Hashirama but Hashirama had a big mouth and his reputation could be ruined easily if his brother decided to use his brain.

"Whatever, I'm going to Madara, you suck." And some curses for Tobirama along those lines.

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"Ino, you're from the Yamanaka clan, hahaha I never noticed you before." Hashirama laughed nervously. He wanted to appear cool and not some desperate man chasing after beautiful young girls.

Ino looked shocked. Then her face fell down in disappointment. She could swear before this very moment Hokage had his eyes on her so how come he never noticed her. Was he a retard? It's impossible for someone to not notice her, let alone the guy she was constantly trying to appear before him randomly.

She turned towards the dresses, picking out a random dress and swirling it around. "N not even once?" She asked.

"No, of course not. You're so common that even if you roam naked around me, I wouldn't know." And he laughed again.

Ino was pissed.

Anything but her body, no one had the power to look away from her, let alone her glorious birth form so how dare he humiliate her like this?! She'll, she'll take her revenge from this ignorant prick! She'll absolutely not let him peacefully after humiliating her like this!

"Hokage sama," she pressed the word sama grudgingly as the people around her scattered away. "Please, take a look at me." She posed proudly, then pointed at herself. "Now tell me, does this look like a common body to you?" This was her way to make a move on him. She had fallen in love with the man from the stories she heard before her clan decided to join the village so she was over the moon when they came to this land.

Hashirama's eyes moved up and down, drinking the sight almost inappropriately but Tobirama wasn't there to stop him so he let himself hang loose over the girl's confidence and smacked his lips. He was blessed.

"Yeah, nothing special."

Ino gasped, stepping away before her eyes slanted down. "How dare you put me down and humiliate me?! I I hate you!!!!!!!"

She threw the piece of cloth on his face, stopping the urge to spit and dashed out with snail speed, swaying her hips left to right. At least others admired her even though her sole reason for this behaviour was the one who said 'nothing special'.

"Wai-"

"Shut up!"

Hashirama swore he wasn't checking her butt out.

Tobirama watched the two from the corner, unamused.

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Ino know she could get in trouble for peeking through the window, no less Hokages window. It was all Hashirama's fault. If he asked her out like a gentleman he always pretended to be she wouldn't be here watching over his every move secretly.

His long hair resting on his back so beautifully, what shampoo does he use? Or were they giving him the best shampoo that ever existed because he was Hokage? Yeah, yeah you get those amazing stuff as a part of being an important figure in the village. The fact this same man was beholder of the tailed beast was fascinating.

She has travelled far with her clan and joined the newly found village because according to her father, it's uncool to be alone. Like what kind of drug was her father using? Being alone is the coolest thing but the bad part is she can't show off her amazing self to the world if she's alone. God gave her everything a human could ask, beauty, brain, body and more except a boyfriend with a capital B. Why? So she fell in love with Hokage and just became the happiest woman alive, however Hashirama was making things difficult. Why can't he just love her and get over it already? She wasn't a woman with a patient you know so he should start moving.

Hashirama sneezed loudly, blowing his papers away. "Somebody is talking bad about me. I wonder who is unpleasant with me."

Ino grimaced.

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"Tobirama, I think she hates me." Hashirama finds himself complaining to his brother about his one sided love.

"She was outside staring at me with murderous looks, for eight hours, Tobirama. What am I supposed to do? What if she decided to kill me?"

"Then die. You deserve it."

Hashirama stood up. Tobirama was no help. No wonder he was single and unloved. Hashirama knew a person who could help him.

He harshly slammed the door behind his back to show Tobirama his displeasure for being a nonchalant jerk to his life threatening problems.

"Madaraaaaaaa. How are you doing my friend?" He asked excitedly.

Madara was peacefully drinking his green tea, sitting ever so elegantly admiring the garden in the back of his house.

"Hashirama, sometimes I wonder if I killed you and won the war. I feel great when I think about it. You know, just to inform you."

"That's okay Madara, you were always a loser so it's only right if you feel like this. I would never know how it feels to be a loser, my sad my life of always being a better warrior is a burden I must bear till the end of my days." And he had the audacity to laugh boastfully. He felt nice doing that. Madara truly earned his friendship, he was the only human who made him feel superior and be such a jerk openly. Who else allows him to be this free? His sorry excuse of a brother was always in a bad mood and hated anything surpassing him so Hashirama can't brag to him but Madara was different. He took everything Hashirama had to say and was unable to fight him back. Madara was his life happiness.

"What brought your lousy ass here? Don't you've important people's business. Scram off you unwanted failure." Madara grumped sourly. He was suddenly in a bad mood. Hashirama was the source of his sadness but he was such a sadist who loved being in pain so he liked Hashirama's company.

"You're right, I've better things to do then waste my breath with you, but I've a problem." Hashirama can't imagine being rejected from Madara.

"I reject your existence, Hashirama."

"No you don't, you love me."

"I hate you."

"What was that, you can't live without me? That's very sweet of you, Madara."

Madara throws his leftover tea at Hashirama. He was asking for that.

"Thank you, my friend."

"Don't mention it, what are friends for?"

A while later after Hashirama was done telling his sad life story of a single woman he fell in love with and hates him he patiently waits for Madara's great advice. Madara was a very wise man, he could never go wrong in his life. He was always right-

"Kill her." Madara said, a very serious look in his eyes. "You must kill her, that way, you'll have no one to hate you."

"Change the word 'her' to the 'you' and I'll follow your commands."

"Kill you?" Madara scratched his head. Hashirama wanted to die? He should've died in the war, what's the point of dying now? Even if he ends up dead, Torbiramafucker, that sorry excuse of a human being, will be the next Hokage. It's useless for Hashirama to die now.

"No, you." Hashirama corrected.

"That's what I said, don't be a sour dango bag, 'you'."

"I said you, not me! Kill you, you dumbass!"

"Shut up, Hashirama."

"Why does everyone tell me to shut up?"

"Because shut up Hashirama. Your voice is so ugly I can't handle it." Madara shivered, disgust spreading through his body.

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Inoichi awkwardly picks at his rice as his eyes move from his wife to his daughter. His wife gave him a signal to initiate a conversation with his daughter.

Heaving a deep sigh, Inoichi gulped before forming a bright smile and cheerfully stated. "What a lovely day, right Ino?"

His daughter, who had been sniffing and snotting queitly all over her food glanced grudgingly at her father. Lovely day he says? When she was bawling her eyes right in front of his face he had the guts to be happy about it? No, no one has any right to be happy when she is sad. Her father should be as miserable as she was, who gave him permission to be so happy anyway.

"Just like your face, father."

"Ino, don't speak to your father like this!" Her mother interfered. Oh, of course she can't take anyone be rude to her lovely husband. Ino pouted, it's all her parents fault she wanted a perfect life. If her parents weren't so happy, she wouldn't dream to be as happy as them. Now look at her, their happiness destroyed her life.

"Apologise this instant."

She sighed, before facing her father with her teary eyes. "I'm sorry, father. I mean yeah it's a beautiful day, unlike your future."

It wasn't surprising when she dashed out before getting hit with the pan her dear mother held a firm grip on. Luckily she was able to get out at the right time.

She walked lifelessly through the village. Face down alongside slumped shoulders in depression and arms hanging at her side.

'Did you hear, Tobirama sama was saying Hokage sama is searching for a wife.'

'Really, I hope I could be his wife.'

'I'd have to dress up to impress him so he would choose me.'

Ino's lip queried. She loved him first! Why were these nobodies interfering in her love life? If only Hashirama wasn't such a fool, everything would've been nice but he ruined it!

She clutched her heart, holding back her tears. No no, she can't cry. She was Ino Yamanaka, and she had to fight through it. It would be his loss if he married someone else. She was too good for him so he should start appreciating her. What was he doing now? She should go and stalk him. She must find out every detail to maybe blackmail him. She knows what's good for his future so he should shut up and follow her lead like a good boy.

She finds Hashirama and his friend on the mountain. She knows this place because she followed him here before, so now she went and hid herself behind a rock that hardly covered her half body and observed the interaction between the two.

"Don't be ridiculous, your dreams of Kaguya are meaningless. Since we're talking about dreams, I had a wonderful dream where I sacrificed you to the monkeys and become the next Hokage. What do you think about it? Will my dream come true." Madara asked hopefully.

Seeing his friend needing encouragement, Hashirama placed his hand on his back. "Madara, you mustn't lose hope. I'm sure one day you'll become Hokage."

Madara's face lights up like a Christmas tree. "Really?"

"Good luck with that, you slimy bastard."

"HASHIRAMAAAA!"

"MADARAAAAA!"

Ino blinked when out of nowhere they held their weapons. She blinked again.

"HASHIRAMAAAAA!"

"MADARAAAAAAA!"

"HASHIRAMAAAAAAAAAA!"

"MADARAAA-"

"Okay, I'm tired. Let's take a break." Hashirama stated pushing himself to sit down.

What?!

They barely even walked and they were tired? What about the epic battle they were going to start just a second ago?

"Ino," someone tapped on her shoulders from her back.

Ino first reaction was to scream but a hand forced her screams down and the person forcefully threw her down and before she decided how to get rid of this nuisance her eyes met her friends. So she inhaled her scream and stared wide-eyed.

The person seeing her calm down moved his hand away and then wiped her spit on her shirt disgusted at the saliva.

"Neji, what're you doing here?" She questioned.

Crossing his arms he frowned. "Because some fool decided it's a good idea to stalk Hokage sama. Are you an idiot? If someone finds out you're stalking Hokage like this, they could think of you as someone who actually has motives in life. I couldn't handle you being known as such so I came to stop it at once."

Ino mimicked his body language. "So basically you're here because you don't want me to be successful." She was unamused. Neji was a butt hurt most of the time so she saw it coming however she decided to show him how much disappointed she was. Friends should be happy about eac-

"Ino, I can read your thoughts and what you're thinking is all wrong."

"Huh, I mean-"

"I'm hungry too, and I was craving some chicken and meat. Great minds think alike, don't they."

She rolled her eyes extra dramatically. It was all about damn chicken, she was here to gain favour over her love life but he wanted a chicken.

"Neji, sprint off the way you come from or better yet just pretend you don't exist for the next few days."

"Oh really then who'll you cry to about your sorry existence. Your bedroom?"

"Neji!!! Get out!"

She yelled angrily.

"Huh, Madara, did you hear someone screaming right now?"

Ino gasped ducking down, however Neji pushed her away and only hid his body. Betrayer.

Ino would've slaughtered her friend but getting caught took her worries so she sat there on her knees praying with her hands together to not be noticed. Like a statue, if only she could summon enough spit from her mouth that would make her a fountain.

"Weird, I totally didn't see that statue there." Hashirama laughed pointing at the stone statue between the rocks, an unusual place for a statue but he wasn't going to question that.

"You fool, it has been there since wars. How could you never notice anything."

"Back then I had my eyes on you, Madara, to defeat you. If you wouldn't be so distracted by these views you could've stood a chance to win but of course you would still not make it because your parents named you Madara."

"That's not funny." Madara grumbled, turning his face away.

"Well I don't know, but I can't imagine someone calling me Madara. That would've made me saddy...or daddy. What do you choose Madara?"

"I'm done with your shit. Go fuck off somewhere else."

Hashirama smiled blissfully. What a wonderful life.

Tobirama forehead vein twitched. His brother had surpassed his common stupidity and had levelled up. His elder brother can't tell the difference between a statue and a human. He shouldn't have let Hashirama become Hokage. Should've listened to his father when he had the chance.

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"He said there was nothing special about my body, Neji. Can you believe that? That's just impossible!" Ino whined to her friend.

Hyuga and Yamanaka were close even before joining the village, so Ino was more than few occasions left with the said man while elders were busy so unintentionally they became close which wasn't surprising but to them it was news.

"Well, yeah, what about it? Personality should take priority. You know, something that actually matters in a relationship."

"Only ugly people say that."

"That's makes ugly people the happiest. Seduce him and when he's done with your body he'll find someone ugly who actually understands hi-"

"I do understand him!"

Neji shrugged. "I don't know, tell me what he likes?"

Ino curled her palm. "I know a lot about him, don't dare question me Neji Hyuga!"

"Yeah, and I asked what you know. It should be a piece of cake for you. You know, after stalking him and all."

Neji was provoking her. She won't let him make a fool out of her. She knows a lot about Hashirama, and she'll prove him how wrong he was and he would beg for mercy.

"He likes... Uh he plays... Ah... Wait a second, give me a minute and I'll tell you a hundred things I know about him!" She stuttered. What does she know about him damn it.

"Ino, he likes Madara." He sighed disappointedly. "If you really mean what you say, it wouldn't have been so hard to come up with even a bullshit but you're too focused on yourself to actually care what he's like."

His words stabbed her heart. She frowned, her eyes watered up but she rubbed them away. She was mad at Neji, he wasn't being a supporting friend like she expected him to be.

"No matter what you put out there and brag about, it's all out of insecurity, Ino. It's not a healthy way to see yourself."

His eyes still softened at her miserable appearance. She kept poking her eyes to stop the tears, it only made her eyes swollen up and her snot was running down.

He reached out his hand and patted her cheeks. "Ino, if Hashirama cared how you look, he wouldn't have hesitated to ask you out. He's Hokage, he knows what's right and wrong and is a very responsible man. He wouldn't want to involve himself with someone for his body desires."

"Go ahead, tell him you want to know him better. Observe what he likes and dislikes. Find out his personality traits. Tell him about yourself- other than your body. That would be a lot better than creeping on him from afar. I swear if someone saw you stalking the Hokage, they'll arrest you."

"I hate you..." Ino whispered.

"Likewise."

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"You'll do no such thing Tobirama." Hashirama threatened.

"Brother, you're not thinking right, don't let your feelings cloud your judging. You did the same in the Madara case and now this? Stop believing everyone has good intentions-"

Hashirama rolled his eyes making a poker face. Oh, of course, the universe was evil. The old man at the ramen stall was evil, oh oh wait- his noodle was evil too.

"-So you must listen to me, brother!"

Hashirama snapped out of his inner monologue. His younger brother was done with his speech, finally a long awaited silence since the moment his know-it-all brother decided to enter the room. Oh god thank you.

"I'll definitely do as you wish Tobirama. I'll definitely do it." He walked towards the window to pretend like he was actually thinking what Tobirama said.

"It's a deal right?" Suspicious Tobirama asked raising a single eyebrow. How come his brother easily agreed with him, that rarely happens when it comes to convincing his brother to leave troublemakers.

"I assure you, Tobirama. It's a word of a man, and I'm a true mens man."

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Unamused, Tobirama showed the papers to Hashirama. "You agreed on this, a word of true mens man."

They were in the middle of the road, Tobirama's two guard bounded Ino's two wrist behind her back tightly as Hashirama found them and came immediately to interfere.

Ino's eyes for a second under the sun shined in betrayal before turning to normal- as if her being bound like this was a reasonable thing to do.

Ahhhh he should've listened to his brother, that little devil can't just treat his lover so shamefully. He should use his authority in a time like this. He cleared his throat, before holding a hand in front of Ino who looked pissed- any given moment would scratch someone's face and Hashirama hoped it to be his younger brother's face.

"Tobirama, considering I've been unharmed for the last five seconds, she's no longer in the list of dangerous people."

"What're you bullshitting, step aside!" He was firm.

He forced Hashirama to use his last resort. "Tobirama, I, Hokage of konoha, order you to release this prisoner this instant."

"I'm no prisoner,"

Tobirama hissed before releasing his grip. It did seem too good to be true for Hashirama to actually agree. Whatever, he'll just have to find out more before pressing the matter since his no brain brother would bring a culture failure if he let him do things on his own.

Hashriama brought his hand towards Ino to help her. She happily accepted his hand and straighten herself all the while glaring at the white head man. She ought to murder him for treating her like a prisoner. He should be thankful to Hashirama for being his brother or she would really showed him her fist. Killing her brother in law wouldn't help her in gaining Hashirama's approval.

"Ino, I absolutely want to apologise but certain wanna be big brother prohibited me to do so, However I insist on making it up to you. Can you spare me a day?"

Tobirama gritted his teeths.

He shouldn't have bothered to arrest her, so much for his hard work to go down the drain.

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Ino was skipping alongside the superior figure of the village. Neither cared for the judging eyes and pointed fingers. Ino's heart was filled with felicity that she swore no single human could ruin her moment.

"Oh," Hashirama halted upon his next step. He spoke after turning to her in a quiet manner, eyes everywhere but her. "Since i-its my first time walking with a woman— what do you think when I walk like this?"

He modelled at her side, chin facing up non humbly as his right hand rested on his waist and the other dangled down. He turned to her with his half upper body only; then waited. And waited.

Then waited a bit more.

He could wait until she formed some nice well suited to his level compliments.

However, Ino thought otherwise. She waited too. She was trying to get what he meant by his statement. She studied his posture according to his question but she wasn't sure how to say he looked ridiculous.

"Just magnificent my lord!" She cried, forging a huge smile.

Hashirama smiled widely. Oh well, now he'll walk like this for the rest of his life.

They walked like this, receiving shocked looks from citizens. Some pretended they didn't see such a cursed sight while others judged harder leaving everything behind just to watch the hilarious moment of their Hokage. They hoped Tobirama would show up and fix this.

"Say Hokage sama-"

"Hashirama is fine." He sure was running things hastily by throwing the formalities this early.

"Hashirama," Ino tested the name, liking how it rolled out her tongue so intimately.

"Hashirama," Once again, she tested.

"Hashirama,"

Hashirama side-eyed her. She sounded like Madara. And he liked Madara. So all the more reason to like her even more if it was possible.

"You sound like my manly friend."

"Manly friend?" Did he dare compare her ultimate feminine head voice to his manly friend?

"Yeah, he's the manliest man of a men from a whole manly mankind. You must be feeling so honoured I believe."

"If your supposed friend sounds like me, I assure you- his vocals are unmistakably far from male counterpart. For my resemblance would be justified only by the great women who know the perks of being female and playing them like brushing one's hair."

Mortified, Hashirama was speechless. Does that mean his best friend was a woman? Despite Uchihas being naturally beholder of splendid fine looks, his friend never looked pretty— handsome would do the justice for this new realisation. Oh god, if Madara was a woman, he would want to arrange a hasty marriage between his best friend and his younger brother. Oh, if Tobirama found out such a news, he would definitely marry Madara Uchiha with no further bitterness. Afterall Tobirama did seem to be in love with him so that would seal the deal!

So they rushed to the short tempered firm and strict younger brother to arrange his wedding with his dear friend who he recently found out was a woman. If only his heart wasn't stolen by a certain blonde he would've arranged his own wedding with his friend but that was proven unnecessary. Oh, how his brother will finally get what he always wanted but kept his feelings in the dark. Hashirama was never blind to his brother's feelings towards his friend. His brother always had special reflexes to his dear friend. Always. Not a single day he proved to treat Madara in the same line as he treated others. How foolish for him to be ignorant when his brother's love was begging for world attention. He'll make sure to end his brother's restless suffering at this very moment. He just can't wait to tell this amazing news to his brother. Only the thought of how his brother would react made his heart liquidy.

"Tobirama! You'll not believe what I'm going to reveal. You'll become the happiest man in the next second after hearing what I've to say!" Hashirama spoke like someone who had gone sugar crazed. Drunk on sugar, but seeing that this suspicious blonde woman was around them Tobirama appeared rather patient. He maintained his professional attitude and waited for the gibberish his brother was so excited to waste his time on in enlightening him.

"Madara-" the mere name turned the younger brother's lips down in stress.

"-is a woman! I couldn't wait to tell you! Just when do you want your wedding day? Week? Two days, perhaps to-morrow? I believe you couldn't wait to get together with him!!! Tobirama, do you know how happy I'm for you?!! Can you tell??!!"

Tobirama stayed indifferent. He observed his brother intimately, it didn't seem like he was drunk on sugar. No, he has surpassed his own levels of higher stupidity and has finally seized lunacy.

"I've no time to waste, unlike you, Hashirama. I have to unapologetically ask you to leave this room."

"But Mad-"

"Out!"

So bitterly Hashirama walked out. He didn't understand why his younger brother behaved so cruelly. It was his chance to get wed to his long life secret lover.

"Maybe he needs a push!" Ino suggested helpfully. Seeing her lover down forced her to use her genius problem solving ability that was famous for being useless.

Its endeavour was successful. Hashirama's face lustered up. He nodded with new found hope all thanks to the genius known as Ino. Her extreme kindness and compassion for his brother made him fall deeper in a black hole.

And so in Ino account they headed for Madara. Ino had politely said how Lady Madara would need to be convinced to speak directly to her love subject because Tobirama was a hard man. Hard man like him stood no chance against a hard woman. By all means Lady Madara was charismatic like no women from the description that was so sweetly slipped out from Hashirama's mouth. Ino wasn't jealous, she knew better than to grow these sort of feelings against Madara. She sounded creepy, headstrong and stubborn like a bull. She was a true warrior, no one came close to her combat skills and the only one who actually was close to Hashirama's greatness in war. Just the type of women Ino would stay away from.

"Madara! Forgive me my friend for never noticing how beautiful you were and how womanly you were! Forgive my hurtful words for treating you like the manliest man alive!" Hashirama cried kneeling beside his friend who yet again seemed to have been in meditation.

Ino after a single look at Lady Madara— Or Lad Madara was left speechless. She wondered how Hashirama could relate herself with this buffy moody grumpy man. And if he wasn't satisfied with humiliating her by comparing her to his friend, he dared to humiliate his friend by thinking of him as a woman. How crazy he must be to do all that and still be unharmed. Hokage privilege.

"Beautiful?! Hashirama, have you finally gone blind and is it time to quit your Hokage title?" He seemed a bit too pleased with his second question.

"No, Madara you don't understand— God I don't understand! You and Tobirama must've been suffering all this time! You must go to him and tell him how much he means to you!"

Madara huffed, the mere name of that white hair rat boiled his blood. How many times should he repeat to Hashirama never mention that disease name in his presence.

"He means to me as much as my slippers mean to me!" He shot spitefully and cringed his nose. Such a hateful existence, ought to be stepped on at a sight!

Shedding a single forced tear that scarcely left his eye, Hashirama insisted. "Tobirama loves you, you two are meant to be. You must give up your ego and sprint to him at once!"

"Love me?" Madara scoffed in a disgraceful manner, "Show me where he is and I'll suffocate him with my Love."

Hashirama and Ino shivered at the beautiful word twisted to a poisonous meaning, extremely vicious and hateful intention were first time spoken in such a manner coming out of Love word.

"I don't know what you mean but you totally made it sound bad."

"Hashirama, give me moment." Ino stepped closer to the confused man and whispered to him his grave misunderstanding.

"So why do you mention such a disease to me? I did rather have him die by a giant rock falling on him but that is someone else's destiny."

"Yeah, about that... I've misunderstood something but not anymore. I do feel sad for you, Madara. For your love shall never become real and both of you are destined to suffer in isolation for eternity. But thankfully my life is easier. Hokage, a woman I love, uhh you name it! You must be praying to live inside my body Madara. That's just how much of a loser you're."

Madara totally hated Hashirama for roasting him like this out of nowhere. Rubbing it on his face every chance he was granted. Maybe that's why he was so lucky, jerkass always got what they wanted with a little compassion from their side.

Ino was introduced to Madara as a friend to hokage and she was over the moon for that. It was better than to be an unimportant existence now she was his friend and could spend time with him without stalking him. Tobirama nearly threw her behind the bar for stalking if Hashirama didn't see her in time and saved her.

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It was the day when Hashirama had dared to hold her hand gently in the warmest of grip. She closed her eyes and followed his lead in the most unsuspicious manner trusting every inch of herself in his being. He didn't betray her when he brought her out to a garden- flowers and of all colours she could have the honour to know were laid open in sight for every unexpected and expected guest. It was something that Hashirama spent his time taking care of (his servants did) and boasted so proudly of their beauty. In the midst of it all she narrowed her eyes at Madara. Who invited him here to interfere with her loveliest moment. They all sat together and Ino didn't let a chance slip out without vocalising how much Madara was an unwanted guest. The latter simply smirked and stole her lover's attention from her.

"You know, we're too comfortable with each other, I mean I wouldn't mind taking a shower with her if it wasn't such a forbidden thing." Hashirama claimed it easily, his grip knowingly squeezing her hand despite his eyes on Madara.

"Wh-"

"Oh dear, I thought it was only me! I would shower with you anytime if it weren't inappropriate! How similar we thought. I do imagine sometimes how you would feel against me." Ino too didn't conceal her darkest imagination and proclaim them carelessly to her heart's content.

Madara was freaked out by them. Friends do not think of each other in such a manner! No human does for another unless they are hot for each other! "But you're-"

"I imagined us sleeping together in absolutely no hindrance of clothing and pure flesh-"

"Just fuck already!" Madara snapped mortified at the relationship they were dreaming to have with a forged name of friendship. Disgusting.

"Hashirama... Do you... Mean that?"

Madara wide eyed stared from her to him. Was he about to witness a confession? No way, he hated these sort of sappy dramas from the core of his heart and beside Hashirama was like his own child who he raised and fed throughout his life so seeing his little child in such a position— his heart broke into several pieces so he stormed off to wipe his manly tears of happiness.

And they finally became a couple and as they ran hand in hand in the garden for unknown reasons, Tobirama begrudgingly watched the two.

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Ino sighed in bliss. Hashirama truly was the best thing ever happened to her. It wasn't a secret they were dating, and soon to be wedded despite how hard Tobirama tried to separate them.

The two of them sat on top of the mountain away from humans or animals alike with nothing but each other's company. Sun was about to set in few moments.

"You're such a sensitive man, Hashirama." Ino was admired as he was the one who chose their location here away from life surrounded by dead trees.

"As sensitive as a crocodile." He said, playing tough guy. He often does this around her, maybe he didn't have enough confidence to behave with her as openly as he does with Madara. He tried, but couldn't because she easily got hurt. He remembers he only told her why she was dressed ugly one morning and then she hide herself from him for how long he can't remember but he does remember the burden of searching high and low for her till he reached her. So yeah, not everyone could be treated as Madara. Madara should be glad by this— his place was un-replaceable.

"So I was thinking," he said.

His eyes moved to her lips fearfully. He had been thinking of kissing her but was too conscious of what she would think of him or how he should approach her for the matter therefore he decided such a location to be free from any burden of getting caught if things didn't go his way to save his face.

"About Madara?" It was always about him. Ino thought bitterly. His obsession with his spiky haired friend was abnormal. Though she can't have a say in it since they were friends before her existence was known to them. How pitiful.

"No, not Madara!"

"Tobirama? Did he say you should eat your breakfast? It's important for hokage to never skip breakfast? We don't need a hokage who refuses his breakfast?"

"Okay, that's not true. Let me talk-"

"I know, Madara must've said something about him wanting you to spend time with him!"

Hashirama wanted to deny it until he realised. "Oh yeah about that you're correct. However I've something else to say."

"Spit it out, I'm running out of patience." She grumped.

"Ino, pardon my rudeness, but I want to share this moment with you in a more- intimately fashion if you grant me your consent."

Ino watched him. Until realisation hit her. Of course he wanted to share that with her! How could she not notice at the first glance. It was planned all along.

"Hashirama, you surprise me sometimes. Of course I would like to share this moment of sun setting with you to-day and everyday as you please!"

He stared indifferently. "Yeah... I guess thank you for allowing me this?"

"Don't mention it. I did do that much for you."

"Yeah."

On second glance Ino spotted him sulking.

"Hashirama?" she called out carefully.

It wasn't the first time he sulked in her presence but when people ignored his sensitive feelings he behaved this way.

A depressed 'huh' was voiced out.

Sun had started setting and his low mood had always left her uncomfortable, to her advantage darkness was about to cover them. They were all alone on the tip of the mountain. If she could just do something to cheer him up, she would.

Only a cold breeze howled by them until darkness embraced them in half an hour.

She softly landed her lips on the side of his mouth then pulled away abruptly and shyly.

His eyes widened. A blush crossed his cheeks as he gave her a surprised gaze. Though he smiled cheekily when her crimson colored cheeks were glowing in the dark on her pale complexion.

Wordlessly he turned towards her and as innocent as he could placed a kiss on her cheeks. Carefully dragging his lips to hers and then fully covering hers with his. A soft sound was all he heard before all noises were stopped.

Ino dared not open her eyes however something made her open them as he had pushed her down. Clutching on his shoulders and still meeting his lips, her eyes half lidded met someone's eyes at that moment behind Hashirama, from afar and it was too sudden to pretend she didn't see him.

She pushed Hashirama away in horror and covered her face in embarrassment.

Damn Tobirama he was everywhere!

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Tobirama since his early teen years had often wondered what had gone wrong with Hashirama. Of course as a warrior- Hashirama was unquestionable regarding his combat skills and his strength and stratagems in a battlefield, that much his elder brother earned by blood and sweat. Though that was also a mystery, how did his abstracted brother endeavour such skills to achieve such a level of power that was unknown to them all.

Other than his talent in battlefield, Hashirama's personality was worth crying in despair. He often dreamed big, spurted nonsense left and right, befriended anyone as he pleased, disobeyed whatever he deemed not worthy of his knowledge, broke rules he see unfit and just be his obnoxious self if things don't go his way. That was how his dear elder brother lived which explains why he had to protect his elder brother on various occasions from their own fathers rage.

"Congratulations Tobirama sama, it's Hokage sama special day. It is such great news for the village. He deserves all the happiness." Danzo spoke admirably.

Tobirama indifferently nodded. All for the sake of manners. The younger boy gives him similar vibes to his own and that sets him off for unknown reasons but he truly looks forward to his future. Danzo, he does seem the type to leave his name in history.

His eyes wandered on the people attending the Hokage wedding.

Tobirama also has a lot of questions for Ino. He didn't see the girl a lot to say she was okay- for whatever she did left him questionable. Why would she do that? What're her intentions? Would she gain something if she did this or that? Simply because she didn't do the thing like they were supposed to be done. Like how she used to stalk his brother for the sake of love. If she loved him then why not go ahead and talk to him like any normal girl would do. And why would she pretend to be his friend if she loved him? Though he does admit her compassion left him surprised in a positive light. And more so his suspiciousness was waved away at the news of their wedding. For that was what made him understand she had no bad intentions towards his naive brother.

His eyes narrowed as an unwanted name crossed his thoughts. His eyes searched for that one person in the crowd and that would've left him happy but he wasn't. He has really bad feelings about it. Madara, what was he upto by not showing up in his brother's wedding. Uchiha clan members were present and that should've been enough but his heart was unsettled.

On the other side Hashirama and Ino dressed in one of the finest clothes they ever have the honour to dress. So handsome and beautiful they looked, their glorious smiles outshined all the people that attended the wedding.

Hashirama had been stealing glances of his lawful wife. It was hard to imagine this beautiful creature was officially his woman in all words. He couldn't wait for the day to meet its end.

Everyone congratulated him, some happily, some sourly and Neji Hyuga, Ino's friend, was the coldest person he had witnessed by far. It's strange how the guy was threatening him but for the sake of not insulting his guest he pretended to be frightened. Yep that would seal the deal for now. That also reminded him how much he was waiting for Madara since the morning. The only person he actually wanted to see after his wife. But that only person was still not available. He almost sulked but not— for the sake of the people who came to congratulate him on such a special day that was missed by his dear friend.

A random man had arrived breathless. He searched for the groom to reveal the message and the event he had scarcely survived. Not a single moment wasting on his lungs the man dashed to the groom and whispered in his ears.

"Madara has betrayed us. He had attacked the gates and warned us the next time he shall meet you, it would be your end. Hokage sama forgive me for delivering such infelicious news on your wedding day, it wasn't a matter supposed to be left unknowledgeable to you."

Hashirama had a pale face. All colours left his once reddish complexion. Ino who had noticed the change worriedly asked him the matter and he could only motion for the man to explain the situation to her instead of himself.

She gasped upon hearing and her hand naturally wrapped around his in reassurance. Seeing him depressed on such a special day let her use her brain once again. She only uses her brain on special occasions and seems like her wedding day had another surprise.

As he sat confused and depressed, she leaned to his ears and whispered to keep their problem secret. "We must go and stop him, it is only right for you to force him down and bring him here by all means."

Hashirama smiled as a new found hope surrounded him warmly and this was another one of those moments where he fall deeper for her compassion. How kind she was to sacrifice her special day to reclaim his friend.

As they excused themselves for some lonely time Tobirama caught them and mentally slapped his forehead. Not on their wedding god help him.

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"Madara! You can't do this to me!" Yelled Hashirama.

Madara who had been sitting cross legged and cross armed glared intensely. His stupid friend came for him, but he was too late to amend his mistake.

"Shut up Hashirama! You ought to feel my wrath sooner or later and you'll remember how you wronged me!" He bitterly spitted like a spoiled brat.

"Madara if its about Hokage title then take it, if it's going to make me lose my friend, I don't need such a title or anything closer to it."

"Really? Then I'll be Ho-"

"I mean only for the words Madara." Hashirama cut him off nervously. Tobirama will slaughter him if he did something like this. Gosh his scary brother should meet his demise soon enough for scaring him like this.

"But you just said you'll give it up!" Argued Madara, utterly disappointed to fall for it even for a second.

"I meant it as a comforting speech, Madara. But you know you're far too precious for me to care about worldly possessions such as titles and alikes. If you're not there to share my happiness, felicity depreciates half of its meaning to me."

Madara's eyes glowed emotionally. However he was doing all this for a reason and Hashirama's ignorant personality brought this upon himself. He was deeply hurt and no amount of friendship, fairies and strategies exert to serve.

"You broke my heart, I'll break your village."

"Our village." Corrected Hashirama.

"Shut up already! I've no intentions to follow your lead you imbecile! Begone from my vision!"

Hashirama sighed. This wasn't going to help. He was to use his ultimate ways to force Madara in his ways. Whatever he did to break his heart, he care not, what he cared about was to bring him back.

"Ino, you must take a safe distance from here. I wouldn't want you to get hurt between us."

Ino shook her head. "Hashirama, I'm not a weakling as you think me off. I mustn't leave your sight. You do what you must and care not about me for I'll not let myself be harmed. Go and bring back your friend's brain, he seems to have lost it somewhere and is in a great need of your help."

Hashirama nodded, trust was more important between lovers— also friends.

He sprinted to Madara who was ready to defend himself. He nosedived on Madara in a tight bear hug that was ever known in the human world.

A scream of agony ripped out before Madara had the chance to calculate his position. "You fucker!!!!!!!!!!!" He screamed, elbowing his friend in the ribs barbarically.

Hashirama released his grip, his crushed ribs left him breathless.

Satisfied at endeavouring upper hand, Madara smirked down at his friend. Though he knows it won't last for long. His glory was as long as his nose.

"Ma dara... Why are you going this far... You're my only friend-" Hashirama rolled over to sit on his one knee pretending to be in outrageous agony. "You've always been the only friend... Since I could remember. Those times where we skipped rocks where I always won and you were butt sore but that didn't break our friendship. Or when my brother killed your brother, you forgave us Madara and still didn't break our friendship... We built this village together... You must understand if you desert me now I'll vacate inwardly. All our memories would sign my obliged demise hastily."

A single tear threatened to fall down however Madara blinked it away. Seeing Hashirama begging like this made him feel pity for his friend. But truly Hashirama won him over with his talk no jutsu.

"You remembered all that, however you disregarded the promise you made to me. If you truly want me to come back you must remember what you vowed to me." It was a single chance he would willingly hand over.

Hashirama grunted. He knew exactly the promise Madara was speaking of, the same promise that has been bugging him from the time this wedding day was decided and he did his best to avoid this subject. His entire speech was to avoid talking about that promise but his butt hurt friend was a parasite and demanded from all things to hear that one thing. He loathed his friend at this very moment for wasting all his efforts to avoid the subject.

"I remember now, Forgive me. We promised to dance in the woods, naked! I, on purpose didn't-"

"You ought to die by my hands Hashirama! I'm not talking about that! Get to the point before i truly use my susanoo and make parties outside the village but most importantly you'll not be invited!"

"Noooo! Madara, you know I love your parties! Anything but that!"

"I'll start the countdown. 5."

Hashirama gulped.

"4."

He bitted his lips anxiously.

"3."

Hashirama pulled his locks. What should he do now!

"2."

"Okay okay I'll tell you! Just stop counting damn it."

"Spit it out!" Madara seemed in a very felicity mood. As if seeing his friends suffering made him all happy.

Defeated and hurt, Hashirama admitted the thing he would have avoided but Madara cornered him. "We promised to hold our weddings together. There, you happy?!"

Satisfied he was however now it was point to argue over that reason. Why was his friend going to marry his love while Madara was still single!!!! He needs answers.

"Then why did you do that to me?!"

"I was desperate, Madara. You didn't seem to be interested in any women and probably not any time soon so I couldn't wait and I thought you forgot that so I avoided that subject because if I reminded you, you would've told me to wait for you like an annoying jerk and make me wait for god knows till when. I couldn't, I wanted to live with her as soon as possible." Frustratingly Hashirama waved his hand around. Pissed off. Out of his character.

"Hashirama, you- you're like my butt."

"What?! No I'm not!"

"Yes you're! I don't want to listen to you so you just went ahead and forced me to reach this point... But this was your need. It was selfish of me to think you should wait for me... Since i planned to marry no one."

"Madara,"

"Hashirama,"

Ino rolled her eyes. But it was worth it— to escape the boring wedding party and witness their drama. Really Madara was such a drama queen and Hashirama seems to love playing a hero role with him.

If someone was even more pissed off, that would be Tobirama. No matter how much he has grown up seeing this, he never got used to it.

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I hope it's worth liking. I tried my best, forced my brain to come out with things. What actually makes me uncomfortable is it's more about Madara and Hashirama than Ino but I was struggling with what to write. I had to rewrite this more than three times so this is what I decided to post since I got tired. I'll try to do my best in future stories and serve the justice she deserves.

Thanks for supporting me!