Time passed and they all turned into adults. While growing up again, Hashirama gave himself opportunities he have never had before, like spying Madara in the bathroom (Note: he was catch and the red as hell raven beat the pervert into next week) or rip holes in his armor and clothes in battle, just to take a peek (Tobirama and Kawarama had to carry him back home on a stretcher after the flustered Uchiha ended up with him). But live was good. And he was having a splendid time convincing everybody that peace was an alternative. Even the Uchiha clan was listening to him again! Oh, he was winning! And Madara soon would be his! Yeah for him!
"Hashirama, are you listening to me?" asked Tobirama from the door. "Those damn Uchihas are attacking, we need you to come to the front"
"I will be going then" answered him after checking the date. As he thought, it was the day of Izuna´s death. Then he had something else to do… "Why don´t you stay at home and rest? You have been doing too much work lately, otouto"
"Why do you want to get rid of me?" the albino raised an eyebrow. Inwardly the God of Shinobi cursed, have his brother to be so damn clever?
"Of course not! I just want to give Kawarama a little bit more of commanding experience and being always the third in command would not give him that" excused himself the brunette.
"Yes!" they heard an enthusiastic Kawarama, who was listening to them behind the door. His eyes were shinning and his smile was even bigger than Hashirama´s best. "Come on, take a rest, Tobirama aniya, and leave everything to me. I will not let you down"
"Just heard him, Tobirama, and stay here today" tried to convince him the oldest brother, but the glare that the second gave him and the third shut them up.
"I appreciate that you care for my health and for Kawarama´s formation in commanding, but I´m fine and he is too young to be in charge of so many ninjas helping a hopeless case like you, Hashirama, so I´m going. End of the discussion"
"Why… Why do you want to punish me?" said his little brother, making himself overly dramatic and imitating Itama so his brother would say yes.
"Cut the crap, you are not Itama. You are not going to convince me with a few tears like he does. Now stop wasting time and get into your armors. We are late" said a very stressed out Tobirama. The last thing he needed now was another brother being a crybaby. By the way, why haven´t his father already married off Itama? The littlest brother grown up to be a beauty to everybody´s amazement, even if he still was a scaredy cat, and got a lot of proposals from other shinobis from their allies to make alliances more stable. Butsuma have rejected all of this proposals in the name of his son.
"At least I have to try…" murmured Kawarama. "The let´s go"
"Let´s go" say a defeated Hashirama, resigned to watch his little brother all the fight.
-With the Uchihas-
Madara was not having a very good day. And he was not the only one, Izuna was tired of his brother being overprotective. Especially that day, he didn´t let him out of his sight not even a minute. But when the Senju engaged into combat he didn´t have another choice but to leave him alone, fighting Tobirama, and that made him happy.
While the little brothers fought, the olders were aware of what they were doing. The Uchiha had a plan, already set into action. So when the damn albino did his despicable jutsu he will met his end via a well placed Katon. Hashirama noticed that and prepared himself for the coming attack. With a little bit of luck they will both get out of this with their little brothers alive and his beloved will have to kiss him again.
"Duck, Izuna!" yelled Madara when he saw Tobirama´s especial knives near his brother. The younger Uchiha did as he was told and the older released a huge fireball directly to the Senju. A wall of wood appeaed in front of the scared albino, saving him from being roasted.
"Are you alright?" asked Hashirama, a little bit worried. His mokuton have worked just in time to save his baby brother.
"Yeah, thanks, Hashirama" answered him. The wall got down and they saw Izuna being carried away by Madara, angry but okay, and the other Uchiha retiring. Some of the members of the clan stayed back to give themselves up, just like the brunette remembered. They wanted peace, much to Hashirama´s delight.
"I´m so screwed" said Madara while fleeing along with his other clan members. If things continue like this he will be married to that idiot at the end of the month. Oh, God bless Izuna and his mistrust for the Senju! That was nearly the only thing that kept him away from Hashirama´s grasps. Because even his father and the elders were considering peace as an option and most of the clan´s members wanted him to accept the Senju leader´s offer for a alliance. But the cost was too much (for himself).
"He is okay, Madara-sama, Tajima-sama" said the healer when she finished her exam of Izuna´s condition. "He just twisted his ankle when he ducked out of your Katon´s way. I suggest he spend the rest of the day in bed, then he will be fine"
"I´m sorry" apologized Madara.
"Don´t worry, nii-san" smiled Izuna. He knew that movement saved his life, he would be dead now if he hasn´t followed his brother´s orders. But something was strange with Madara and the Senju leader, they somehow knew what was going to happen in the battle. And there were so many more coincidences… they were hiding something and he was going to find out what it was… "By the way, did everyone escaped?"
"No, some of our man handed themselves over"
"Damn" was the youngers only answer.
"I´m leaving you alone" interrupted them Tajima. After the healer said his son was okay he didn´t have any reason to stay there, besides he needed to speak to the council and debate if peace was truly an option, like nearly all the clan believed it was.
-with the Senju-
Something was off with his brother, Tobirama was sure and told Kawarama his suspicions. He didn´t like what that idiot did, specially with that Uchiha Madara. He remembered a time when his stupid brother was fifteen and he snuck into the Uchiha clan´s territory only to peek at that man naked in the bathroom (they had to save him from the embarrassed as hell raven and his little brother who was claiming blood). That was the most embarrassing moment of his life, but the smiling idiot didn´t even apologized. He was in his own little world.
"I´m confronting him now" told Tobirama to his brother and Kawarama followed him. Itama noticed what they were doing and followed them with his armor half off. They found the older brother smiling, thinking about the kiss he will share with his love later.
"Yes? What can I do for you?" said Hashirama, snapping out of it. The serious faces of his brothers told him that this was not time for jokes.
"We want the truth, everything" was Tobirama´s only answer and he proceed to torture what he wanted out of his brother. It was only matter of time until the older spilled the beans to the youngers, who were astonished of their brother´s lack of judgment. The albino was specially furious, about to hit his brother. "You bet my health to an Uchiha?!"
"Come on, it´s not that bad" tried to calm him down Hashirama. "Besides, it was the only thing that will make him accept… and I´m winning!"
"You are winning? Explain yourself" said Kawarama.
"Well, the bet was change the past for the better. If it was still the same you and Itama would be dead… and Izuna too. Today he was suppose to die"
"I can accept that you bet my health for saving two of our brothers, but an Uchiha?!" yelled Tobirama, slamming his hands down, then he thought about something. "Wait, if you bet me, what did he bet?"
"WHAT?! HOW DID YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT BETTING THAT?! ARE YOU STUPID OR WHAT?!" they heard the voice of Uchiha Izuna. If that even reached the Senju´s territory what Madara bet had to be serious.
"What the hell did he bet?" was the collective thought of the younger Senju brothers. Hashirama only smiled and proceed to tell them the rest of the history.
-In the Uchiha house-
Izuna was so angry that he could have punched his brother. Who would have thought that Madara have made such a mistake? This was definitely not his day (apart from his death being avoid). He swallowed up the bile raising from his throat and looked at him with an angry face.
"And who is winning?" he asked, hoping that his brother at least had the upper hand. Madara looked uncomfortable and a little bit ashamed.
"Him"
"Goddamit, Madara! What were you thinking when you bet your hand in marriage?!" yelled an angry Izuna. His older brother winced and he felt a little bit bad. His older brother was some kind of mom/guardian/best friend for him, so he would not let some stupid Senju take him away. He will win this bet, even if he has to fight with the whole Senju clan all by himself. He will start with convincing his clan that peace was not something they could reach, more less with those idiots! "I will not let him have you" said him stubborn.
"Thanks" was Madara´s only answer. He didn´t want to become Hashirama´s wife (or something of the sort) and he was starting to feel scared when the history repeated. Was the Big Loser really winning that bet? Why did the gods hate him?!
"Now, what do you exactly bet?"
Tajima was entering to his house and searching for his sons. He found them in Izuna´s room, talking about something he wasn´t exactly sure. He could only heard that it was about the Senju leader and him offering marriage to Madara to achieve peace. He sighed and retired, he should have seen that coming. The young Senju have always been so into his son, saving him and protecting him… everybody have noticed.
"That´s it!" he said to himself. A way to achieve stable peace between the clans, a marriage. If Madara accepted the proposal from Hashirama then they will have an alliance with the other clan and nobody would want to oppose them. He got out of the house to inform the elders, it was something they need to know.
-back with the Senju-
"You WHAT?!" asked Tobirama. This was unbelievable, was his brother really that idiotic? A proposal… to an Uchiha? He marring… and Uchiha? Not in his life! He will keep his brother in line even if it cost his death. He turned around and walked towards the door.
"Where are you going?" asked Kawarama, thinking like the second brother. Was Hashirama serious? He couldn´t marry and Uchiha!
"Are you getting married, Hahirama aniya?" asked Itama, they only one happy.
"To hand myself over to Madara and Izuna. That way they will kill me and finish with this stupid bet once and for all"
"It´s not part of the rules" tried to argue Hashirama, but the nasty glare his little brother sent his way shut him up.
"And who is going to keep this idiot away from troubles if you are not here?" asked Kawarama, who didn´t find anything funny in this situation. Tobirama walked his way and hold his hands as if he was in his final hours.
"I fully trust you to keep those two idiots away from troubles"
"Wait there, Tobirama. You are not doing anything reckless. Don´t forget who is the judge in all" the albino cursed, the person behind all of this mess was the Rikudo Sennin in person, so he has to think fast a plan before his brother ended up married to an Uchiha.
"We will talk later" said the second brother and stormed away from the room. The third followed him, very annoyed by the present situation. Couldn´t Hashirama keep himself in line for two seconds without them? And who makes that kind of bet? It was calling a disaster.
"Could we stop him?" asked the brunette.
"Not alone, but I casually know an Uchiha that will help with our plans"
"An Uchiha? Aggg, not you too!"
"Sorry, but I have to. We need someone in the Uchihas side to convince their people that the idea of peace is only an idiot´s dream… and that said idiot will never achieve that"
"Okay" said Kawarama, then thought about something. "What´s going to happen to you when this is over?"
"Like I said, I fully thrust you to take care of our brothers"
-With the Uchihas-
That night, Tajima was eating in silence with his sons. Izuna seemed to be very angry for some reason and Madara… seemed embarrassed. The father sighed, he didn´t know how to approach this matter with his sons in such a state. Maybe he should talk about that in the morning, but the council told him to do it as soon as he could.
"Madara, can we talk about something important?" he tried to initiate conversation without making one of the youngers explode.
"Yes, father" answered the older son. "Is something related to that council meeting you have to go this afternoon?"
"Yes…" answered Tajima, then decided to drop his cards. The sooner, the better, anyway. "What do you think about… accepting the Senju clan leader´s proposal?" Madara choked on his own spit and started coughing while Izuna broke his sticks. Both of the sent furious glares towards him. What have he got into?
"Not in a million years"
"Well, I brought that issue to the council and they, not to mention nearly all the clan, think you should accept" at this point Izuna slammed his fist down into the table and got away without any other word. "Oh, that was rude"
"Of course it was! You just told me to marry that Senju idiot!" yelled Madara, totally flustered. He couldn´t believe this was happening, the Big Loser was really winning this bet. This have to be sick joke made by Rikudo Sennin.
-In another place-
"He is really losing, no?" said Hamura, looking down at the human world. Beside him was Hagoromo smiling. "Do you really remember the kind of clothing your son will wear in front of a whole horde of perverts if he lose, right?"
"Never. I put some rules for Ashura about the kind of clothing his brother could wear in that fashion show. And let me tell you that in some dresses Indra looked so cute"
"No, that no!" yelled said older brother, running away in a maid costume, followed by the little one, who had s corsé and mini skirt in his hands.
"But you look good in that!"
"Were you saying?" asked the bored Hamura.
"Damn"
Hey, how are you? Who do you think is the Uchiha that will help Tobirama? Is everyone thinking about the same? Will there bloom love?