Madara was very disgruntled. His fellow clansmen were aware and no one dared talk to him, except for his brother. This time though, even Izuna did not seem to be getting anywhere with him. Madara made that even clearer when he stormed off their house furiously "to go for a walk" because "he was dejected from the weakness surrounding him".

Everybody knew what was going on. It had been a month after the last Uchiha-Senju confrontation and the young Uchiha's blood was boiling with excitement after he was made aware that a battle was approaching. "Hashirama" he had said trembling from excitement and bloodlust. He was the first to land on the battlefield, annihilating enemies left and right trying to find his eternal rival, but a sudden realization hit him as he was mowing through the Senju lines. Hashirama was nowhere to be found. As if he had disappeared into thin air. Where could have he been? Was he taken down? How dare he? He would never abandon a battle.

Those were his thoughts when his surroundings turned pitch black and he was sunk into the bottom of an enormous pit.

"Touka huh?" he muttered as he regarded unintrestedly the darkness surrounding him. She had placed him successfully in her genjutsu.

"Bringer-of-Darkness Jutsu" he heard the woman's echoing voice. It was only natural that since Hashirama was not here, the stronger Senju clan members would try to subdue him. That meant that Tobirama was in close proximity. Not that it mattered though.

"Pathetic" he muttered. Too easy for him. But before he could uncast the jutsu, the bright daylight surrounded him again as he saw his brother slash the caster mercilessly and going straight for Tobirama.

"Hn" Madara smirked. He and his brother would be more than enough to clean up the place from those unskilled idiots. Tobirama would be troublesome but he didn't interfere out of respect for his brother's fight.

He raised his scythe to give the kunoichi the final blow but Tobirama had already grabbed her and they had disappeared into thin air.

"New tricks up his sleeve, that man" he thought "that sly bastard is here, but Hashirama is not"

"HASHIRAMA WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!" his deep voice echoed on top the clashing and explosions. This was not what he expected. Too easy and too boring. He didn't even need to activate his new ocular jutsu for this child's play.

As he went deeper into the forest he was immersed in his thoughts. Nobody from yesterday's battle would answer him where his nemesis was. They were either too scared or too dead to be able to give answers and Tobirama was preoccupied fighting his brother, after he had presumably returned his cousin to safety.

It wasn't long before he heard water sounds, only to realize that the place was familiar. He had accidentally returned to the river where he had made his most precious childhood memories. His wandering ways had led him subconsciously to reach the place where he had met his most bitter rival, as if he had a chance of finding him there, skipping stones while laughing joyfully.

As he neared the river though, he heard a loud splashing sound followed by a figure emerging from the water. Immediately he found himself staring at a beautiful pair of startled, mismatched eyes.

The mesmerizing gaze in front of him was not enough to keep him dazed for long. He averted his look from the eyes, only to see that they belonged to a slender, white haired girl. She didn't seem much younger than him. Her long, wet, straight strands covered her bust in places that would otherwise be bare, reaching her small waist, which was being hugged by a damp clothing piece that seemed to serve as her undergarment. Madara further noticed that her hands were stained red as she was holding a handful of a crimson soft substance on each of her hands.

For a brief moment he felt a rush overcoming him, for he had not been so taken aback by a female before. Who was she and what was she doing at that river, being dressed like that? Quickly regaining his composure he crossed his arms and slightly squinted his eyes at the girl who was still staring at him, her face progressively becoming more flushed.

**Author's comments**

"The bald eagle has landed. The bald eagle has landed."

Stranger things reference anyone?

I decided to mass post on the first day, to kickstart the story.

I tend to really like characters with uncommon characteristics so that is why I decided to give Hanami heterochromia in her eyes (one teal one purple) so she would have a striking appearance. White hair seems to be pretty common in the Narutoverse. If you want inspo think Shiera Seastar from the ASOIAF franchise with a hint of Tsunade mixed in as far as facial features are concerned (they are relatives after all).

Hope you enjoyed, things will be getting juicier from now on.

xoxo,

CS