Finally a new chapter, what do you think of this?
"This is not working" was the only tought in Butsuma´s mind when his family sat down at the table with the visit. The Uzumaki princess kept shooting bad glares towards him and Tobirama, while in the case of Kawarama she was a little bit lighter. Hashirama was hiding behind Itama, trembling in fear as if the redhead was some kind of monster and his youngest was soothing him, assuring that everything would be alright.
"So, Mito-hime, how have your stance with us been?" he tried to light the mood, but the look the woman sent to him made him realize he had made a mistake.
"It was very… interesting, Butsuma-sama" was her only comment before going back to her meal. It was clearly that both of them resisted to the idea of the marriage and would fight with teeth and nails for it to be avoided.
"Well… glad you like it, because I have to make an announcement. I decided that maybe this arranged marriage was not my (or Tobirama´s) best idea, so the best is to nullify it" he said, hoping that the meal was a little bit better now.
"Realy?!" asked both Hashirama and Mito, happy to recover their freedom, while Tobirama choked, Kawarama looked at him in amazement and Itama smiled triumphantly. The little one have been talking all the afternoon to him about how bad it was to force two people to marry when they surely didn´t want to and how it could bring troubles in the future until he convinced his father that it was the worst idea ever.
"So… you will be going back to Uzushiogakure soon, Mito-hime?" asked Hashirama, a little bit more excited about sending his personal nightmare away than he should be.
"No… I had so much fun here… maybe I should take advantage of the fact that my clan expects me back much later, so I will stay a couple of weeks. It´s that fine with you, Hashirama-sama?" at the sound of that words a chill ran down the brunette´s spine and he hid again behind his brother. He couldn´t stomach more time in the presence of that monster.
"Don´t worry, I have a plan to rid you of that girl forever" assured Itama in a whisper, trying to calm down his aniya.
"But… but… she has to leave" said the God of Shinobi, shivering and remembering the days where he was married to the woman in question, scared out of his life, doing his work willingly… the list of things that he did to avoid that woman was as big as the Gedou Mazou!
"I know, but not necessarily leave the village, just your love life. And believe me, she is going to be out of it in fewer time than you think" while he said this he was already planning something. He was going to orchestrate an encounter between his older brother and a certain raven Uchiha… and not a violent one. More like a date. And for Kawarama and Mito, he was full of surprises. By the end of the day there would be two lovely couples, the bet and the war would be over… and all was going to be thanks to him! "I´m a genius" he congratulated himself.
For his part, Tobirama was trying to find a way to stop whatever that was going on. He knew Hashirama had Itama as an ally, but he never thought of his youngest brother as a threat. The teen was such a crybaby and a weakling… but surely he could be a sly snake! And, apparently, a great matchmaker!
-Few hours later-
Madara was walking towards the river after he found a letter from Izuna that told him to meet his little brother at that place. He didn´t know Izuna knew about the river, that was his secret place with Hashirama, but didn´t ask questions and went. There he found the Senju leader in person and was about to head back home when a root stopped him.
"Madara, why did you ask to meet me in this place if you were going to run?" asked the brunette, looking at his old friend with confusion.
"I didn´t asked you to meet me" answered the raven.
"Then what is this letter?" Hashirama showed the other a piece of paper that the Uchiha read quickly. It was signed by his name, but was not his calligraphy. He pulled out the note that "Izuna" sent to him and noticed the writing style was the same.
"Someone sent this to us so we met here" deduced him, but who? Maybe his father, but Tajima won´t risk his safety that way. And when he thought about a clan´s member that wanted him to accept the proposal… no, they wouldn´t dare. Hashirama studied the notes for some minutes before sighing.
"They are from Itama" said the brunette before putting them down. "Sorry, for this, he could be a little bit annoying…"
"Just like you? Figures, he is your brother after all" Madara turned around to leave, but activated some trap that catch both of them and sent them flying towards the river, screaming in fear. They landed on a boat that somehow was there. "What the hell?!"
"That boy… what does he thinks he is doing?" asked the Hokage. He boat started to move and the two males on it could see the incredible view of the river at night. The birds, the fireflies, everything so perfect that their eyes… so romantic. The two old rivals were out of words while the bicolor haired teen congratulated himself.
"God, I´m good" said Itama, before getting to work again. "And now the butterflies" the boy hit a three, causing that thousands of butterflies flied in terror towards the river, circling the two occupants of the boat.
"This is so…" started Madara, astonished.
"So beautiful" completed Hashirama. Just sharing such a romantic moment with Madara made this an especial day. He touched the other´s hand in a tentative to hold it and the Uchiha was so concentrated in the view that he got his wish. "Yes…"
"You go, Hashirama-aniya" smiled Itama and got up. "Now with Kawarama and Mito"
-In another part of the woods-
"This is so beautiful" was the first thing the youngest Senju brother heard when he arrived to the scene. There, in the middle of the threes, were Mito and Kawarama, admiring the flireflies that flied in their direction after he scared the butterflies.
"I´m not just good, I´m awesome" congratulated himself again and proceed to work. With a simple healing jutsu he made the flowers bloom, amazing the girl and making his brother smile. Oh, he loved this job.
"Mito-hime…" said a very flustered Kawarama. The third brother have never asked a girl out, so he was pretty nervous. And the girl in question used to be his older brother´s forced fiancée, so he felt as if he was betraying… Tobirama. He swallowed to get some courage.
"Yes, Kawarama-sama?" asked her.
"You… you… are the most be… be… beautiful girls I´ve ever seen" he confessed. After spending so much time with her while Hashirama was throwing his tantrum he felt utterly in love with the Uzumaki woman. "Can… can… can you be my girlfriend?!"
"Yes!" she answered, happy too. She considered her ex fiancée to be someone extremely childish to the point of pitying the person that he loved. "But… can you tell me the real reason why I was asked by you and your brother to marry that… how to say without insulting you brother?"
"Don´t worry, call him a fool" said the scared faced young man. "We have done it for a long time and know just how stupid could he be"
"Yeah, well… can you tell me why were you so adamant in me marrying that fool?" Mito raised an eyebrow when Kawarama´s happy face dropped. Now that he was in love he comprehended his older brother more and knew exactly how wrong he was in the beginning.
"Hum, how to tell you? Hashirama made a bet with the person he loved. He bet that if he could convince all the people in both clans that peace was something we could achieve, then he will have to marry him"
"Why would he do something like that? Why not try and conquer his hearth with…? I don´t know, flower? Words?"
"That wasn´t going to work and every time he tried to be romantic with said person it ended in a utter disaster"
"Now I´m curious, who is this person?" the redhead looked with interest at her new boyfriend. He was a little bit akward, not knowing how the girl was going to react to the news that the person his older brother was so enamored with was a complete psychopath.
"Madara Uchiha"
"NO!" she jokingly said before laughing as hard as she can. Now everything made sense! The idiot was in love with the man he always fought and every time he tried something romantic with the cold raven he just pushed him away. "How funny… it´s right that from hate to love there is only one step"
"More like from friendship to love" he sighed and then explained. "Hashirama never considered that bastard an enemy, he was like his best friend"
"Oh well, great! Then…" Mito was about to say something but her chakra warmed her that someone was in the close proximity. She has been so concentrated in Kawarama that missed that presence. Her eyes looked at where it was. "Someone is here"
"Where?" asked Kawarama and was ready to send a huge Suiton in the direction she pointed but the presence emerged from the threes.
"Wait, don´t shut. It´s just me" said Itama, smiling and appearing in front of the couple. "I just wanna make sure you got enough courage to ask her to be you girlfriend. I was ready to help, but…"
"You… my personal matters are not of your concern, little brother" said a very angry scared man. "Go back home before I drag you there"
"Sorry, but no. besides, my work here is not done. Hashirama has got on a date with Madara and I want to see it" informed the bicolored haired teen. His older brother and his girlfriend exchanged a look and then she closed her eyes.
"They are in the river" she said and then they ran.
"Wait!" screamed Itama, running behind them. When they arrived to the place, neither of the three knew what they were going to see. Kawarama thought a huge battle, Mito a conversation between friends (typical of the first date) and Itama a shy man holding discreetly his beloved´s hands. But what they saw…
"They… they…" begin Kawarama.
"Oh my God" said Mito, covering her mouth.
"Yes!" Itama was dancing in his mind. The two rivals were kissing! And Madara seemed to answering to his brother´s ministers without complain. He even closed his eyes! "Itama, my friend, you are a genius"
But the fantasy world didn´t last forever and as soon as the mind blowing kiss was over, Madara realized what he was doing. His face went red and he screamed pushing Hashirama away and trying to gain control of the boat to go to the coast.
"What are you doing?" asked the brunette.
"What am I doing? What were you doing?! You kissed me!" yelled the embarrassed Uchiha. He couldn´t believe that he have just shared a kiss with that fool, and even worst, that he enjoyed it.
"You kissed me back" said the Senju happy.
"That was a mistake" assured Madara, still trying to get to the coast.
"But we both liked it, so what if we do it again?" with those words the fool grabbed the raven´s hands and tried to kiss him, but a punch sent him into the water. When Hashirama resurfaced, Madara was already in the other side of the river.
"And don´t believe that this means anything! Whatever you are doing to win this bet it´s not going to work! You understand me?! It´s not working!" with that the angered Uchiha left.
"Well… maybe I´m not that good" The a series of screams was heard. That startled Mito and Kawarama, who embraced her.
"What the hell was that?"
"Oh, I didn´t want anything that ruined Hashirama´s date, so I put some traps in case some annoying pests were coming. And it seems that our dear brother and his Uchiha friend have just activated one" explained Itama with a creepy smile.
"Poor things…"
-A few minutes before-
"Are you sure you feel my brother´s and yours chakras in the river? Together?" asked Izuna, tired of walking. He was pissed that the fool was having a secret meeting with his brother, interrupting their time for planning.
"For the umpteenth, yes" answered an enraged Tobirama, who just couldn´t believe that the sly Itama could put up an act like that in such few time. Crap, he had just taken his eyes away from him a few minutes that day!
"Oh, I´m going to kill him… or better, kill you stupid little brother first, then strangle your older brother with his intestines and bring my brother back to the clan… better. I´m going to lock him under seven locks in a safety box!"
"Shut up, you paranoid freak, I´m trying to concentrate" said Tobirama, not noticing that he and Izuna were walking towards some ninja string. When the string broke they were pushed to the ground and rolled in the dirty wood floor before falling face first into the mud. But younger brothers lifted their heads and saw each other faces.
"Was it…?"
"ITAMA!" yelled a homicidal albino, getting up and running home with a fratricidal mission. Izuna sighed, getting up too to go home for the night. He wanted a hot bath and a great sleep, then he could go back and kill the fool and matchmaker wannabe. In the way he crossed with his brother.
"Izuna! What happened to you?!" asked a worried Madara, trying to clean with his finger the mud from his baby brother´s face.
"Nothing, I just fell. But I was looking for you, where have you been?" he changed the theme. As if he didn´t know.
"I… want to forget where I was and what happened there" answered the older Uchiha.
"Yes? Let me guess, it involved Hashirama"
"Yes…"
"And it was not a fight"
"Yes…"
"Then… WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE?! CONCENTRATE, NIISAN! YOU HAVE TO WIN THIS BET!" with this screams the Uchiha brothers went back home, Izuna dirty and furious and Madara embarrassed and scolded.
-With the Senju-
"SO you are going to help me convince dad that Hashirama aniya is right?" asked Itama. He had done a great job after all, winning Kawarama as an ally in the fight for Hashirama´s happiness.
"Yes… now that I´m in love I know that being away from Mito will turn me crazy, so I will help you. And his idea of peace is a great change! We will be able to raise a family without worrying about the war!" they smiled and the Uchiha´s chances of victory went smaller. Butsuma will be convinced by his sons… two, only two persons were keeping him out of Hashirama´s grasps and bed.
Do you like it? What should I do with the plotting younger brothers? How am I going to convince them? Reviews, please!