Hope you like it, this is one of the final chapters!
When Madara woke up he had a terrible headache. He rose in bed and saw Izuna right next to him, looking worried. Looking at him in distress made his instincts react, what was causing that state in his beloved younger brother? Maybe it was that he was injured or that the battle with the Senju got worse than other times…
"Madara-nii? Are you awake?" asked the younger Uchiha, still looking at his brother with a worried face. He received a smile and a nod. "Do you remember what happened?"
"Not really, care to tell me?"
"You are not going to like it" immediately said the younger brother, not wanting to remember as well.
"Just tell me" pleaded Madara.
"Sorry, but… the idiot won the bet. You fainted after finding out" the older Uchiha's eyes widened at an amazing size and started shivering. He quickly recovered his memory, wanting to scream at the top of his lungs. How could that happened? The Big Loser won a bet! The most important bet in his entire life! And now Madara will have to marry him! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
"Tell me you are joking" tried to neglect the truth the raven. Izuna shook his head, looking at his brother with pity and guilt. "H-how…"
"I'm sorry, nii-san! It was all my fault!" apologized the little brother, bowing his head low. "Itama Senju found some blackmail material on me and Tobirama that could get us expelled from the clans and…"
"Don't worry, it's not your fault" reassured Madara. He was truly meaning that, he did not blame Izuna for anything. "All this mess is my fault, I should have known better than to bet my hand in marriage, now I have to pay for my mistake" there was a knock on the door. After that Tajima entered the room with a cup of water in his hands.
"Are you feeling better, Madara?" he asked worried. His son nodded and the man, relieved, sat in the bed and handed the water to him. "You gave us such a scare when you fainted, really, don't do that again"
"Sorry, father" he apologized.
"Well, that could have been better" sighed Tajima, putting a hand in his eldest forehead to test his temperature. He was fine, so the former clan head let him be. "Talking about other things, you still have to officially accept the proposition the young Senju leader made to you"
"Please, father, I just recovered. Can we talk about this later?" he pleaded, not really looking forwards to say yes to Hashirama in front of a multitude of people. Hell, he wasn't even willing to do that in front of his family!
"Sorry, but this can't wait. Because of you fainting he didn't had an answer, so tomorrow the Senju leaders will be waiting for us in a neutral territory to formalize the engagement. Rest for now, tomorrow is going to be a busy day" Tajima was about to leave when he remembered something else. "Your kimono got dirty, but the council sent us a new one that will fit you great. I will bring it to you tomorrow morning"
"Why me?" asked Madara, wondering again why the gods hate him. He let himself fall into the bed again and stared at the ceiling. Was he really going to marry his former nemesis and best friend? Only thinking about it made him shiver.
"Exactly" said Izuna, holding his brother's hand and trying to comfort him. The simple fact that his brother was going to marry a Senju made him want to kill all those idiots, beginning with Hashirama and Itama… maybe he will let Tobirama live for trying to help him.
-In the other world-
"I win! I win!" yelled Ashura while he ran all over the place. Indra was pale, dressed in the bikini that his brother finally forced on him. He really wanted to faint while Hagoromo was half happy half worried. That bikini really made his son look so desirable that he doubt it was safe to wear. "Now there will be wedding! Do you think they will let me design the wedding dress?"
"Ah… no?" said his older brother, just looking at the piece of clothing he had. Ashura's designs were too… how to say?… western styled? And both clans wanted a traditional wedding… or as much as traditional as it can be.
"Don't be like that, nii-san, you look great in my dresses, so I will make one that no one will never forget!" said the younger brother, running towards his study. "I have already finished with the work for the fashion show, so now I will focuss on this project"
"But from where are you going to get Madara's stature and the model to make the dress?" asked
Hamura, wanting to see the transmigrant wearing one of his nephws's designs.
"That's why Indra-nii is here for!" was his only answer.
"No more…" pleaded the tortured founder of the Uchiha. Really, when was his brother going to leave him alone? He still was getting around the fact that one of his descendants was marrying one of his stupid brother's. He didn't need more.
"Karma is a bitch, no?" joked Hamura, laughing at his family. This was going to be so fun.
-Back in the world of the living-
"What am I going to do?" said Madara in front of the mirror, looking at himself dressed in the elaborated kimono. It was obviously made with one of the presents the Senju clan sent them, as the tradition dictated, and that made him feel uncomfortable wearing that thing. His father had left a few minutes ago to prepare everything, telling him that he looked great and Izuna didn't even want to see him wearing it, saying that he would probably want to tear his eyeballs out and swallow them.
"Are you ready, Madara? Come down now, we have to leave!" called him Tajima, waiting with his youngest by his side. Izuna had just sat down in his formal attire, mute, refusing to talk to anyone and glaring at his father and the council… not a great thing to do.
"I'm coming!" he responded, walking down the stairs like a prisoner towards the execution stand. In the kitchen he spotted an old sake bottle and rushed towards it. If he was going to make this he would need a drink… scratch that, he would need the whole bottle. But he wasn't that lucky, so he only took a gulp to encourage himself and walked out of his house. The words of admiration that went out of his clan's member's mouths didn't flattered him at all, he just wanted to be over with that. "Can we just go?"
"If you want to" answered his father, letting him in the carriage and entering himself. The vehicle started moving. After a few hours Tajima got tired of the atmosphere. "You can talk a little bit more, you know?"
"What it is to talk about?"
"Yes, apart from you being able to marry off nii-sama instead of protecting him from bastard Senjus there is nothing happening here" said Izuna.
"Okay, then let's continue in silence" understood Tajima. This was going to be such a hell of an awkward trip.
-In the Senju's part-
"Do you have the ring, Hashirama?" asked his mother, preparing all the things at home for her son's engagement. They were soon going to move in to the village, once they put the work in progress with the help of the Uchiha. Once Konoha was finished the wedding would be celebrated there, but first… the engagement party! She was so happy and seeing forward it.
"Yes, mother" said the brunette in an awkward way. Really, was she forgetting that he was not proposing to a girl? Why does everybody want to make this thing as traditional as they could? It was not a normal thing! It all started through a bet, for God's sake… and a foolish childhood proposition made to his best friend. And the help of the Sage of the Six Paths.
"Now, try to appear to be a good clan leader" she said, straightening his clothes for the eleventh time. Seriously, when was he going to stop wrinkling them? "You need to cause a good impression on the clan elders and your future in laws"
"As if it was even possible" mumbled Hashirama, thinking about Izuna and his wish to snap his neck, peel away his skin, dry it and make a coat out of it. But that was not different from his situation at home, with Tobirama wanting to do the same… or worse. Well, at least after he got married he would live alone.
"It is, my dear, and I'm planning something" she smiled, making a chill go down his spine. Really, Itama was a carbon copy of her. That means she was going to make everything in her power to make her sons happy, even taking drastic measures. "Why are you looking at me like that? Do I see like a ghost?"
"No, but…" he changed the course of the conversation before she could feel offended by anything he said. "Do you think he will really like the jewel? Some internal sources told me that he was not so interested in the other gifts"
"It's that you are so afraid of? Don't worry, he will love it" smiled the woman, petting her child's head like she used to when he was younger. "And after the event I will prepare you your favorite soup"
"With extra mushrooms?"
"With all you want, sweetie"
-In another part of the house-
"Do I have to do this?" asked an angry Tobirama, putting on an elegant kimono that in his eyes will suit a female better. Itama smiled. Earlier in the morning he took out of his brother's closet his formal robes, exchanging them for a sole kimono that was good enough to wear in such an occasion… too bad that it was a girl's one. He knew it was being plain cruel, to embarrass his older brother in front of the Uchiha, but the idiot needed to learn a lesson.
"Yes, or do you want to talk about this with father instead?" said the bicolor haired teen. The other Senju snorted and dressed up, tying the belt around his waist. The younger brother admired his figure, despite his ever present frown the albino looked good. Too good, in fact. Maybe he should try to find a nice man for him too.
"What are you looking at?" asked Tobirama, crossing his arms.
"You look amazing…" then something came to his mind. "With the way you always dressed and talked I never realized that we looked alike in some way"
"Wait, look alike? We two?" the second brother laughed and went to collect his shoes. "Don't joke about that, we can be brothers but we didn't look like each other" Itama frowned and dragged Tobirama towards the mirror and showed him both of them. "Shit, you are right"
"Aja" said the bicolor haired teen, hugging his brother. "And with that kimono the similarities are more noticeable! You look beautiful!" cheered the youngest Senju while his brother put on a expression of misery. He didn't want to look beautiful, he liked his usual self. At least like that he could go on with his life without attracting men like Itama.
"Hey, maybe I'm not the only one father needs to find a husband for"
"I will forget that you said that" growled Tobirama before going out of his room, towards Kawarama's and went back with some cloths on his hands.
"What is that?"
"Kawarama gave me one of his kimonos. A masculine one, thanks God" Itama frowned. Maybe the one who should be looking for a possible suitor for his brother was him. Why not? He asked to himself. He could bring Kawarama and Mito together, and Hashirama and Madara too.
"Well, okay. Let me do all the work. This is going to be fun"
-in the place of the reunion-
"I don't know if I could do this" said Madara, breathing deep in and out. He was so nervous that even his hearth was being affected. When the Senju arrived at the place, Izuna retired to a secluded place. He didn't want to see it, he didn't want to see his brother lowering himself to accept that bastard's proposal and turning into his fiancée. The Uchiha wandered into some woods, getting lost and finally finding…
"Tobirama? What are you doing here?" he asked a little bit surprised. "And what are you wearing?" the Senju blushed. He didn't have time to change and was forced to attend to the meeting in that female kimono. It was no way he showed up in front of his worst enemies dressed like that.
"Ahhh, I didn't want to see my brother doing something like that" he said, looking embarrassing at the ground. "And someone stole all my formal robe and replaced them by this ridiculous thing. I believe it was Itama"
"Well, it's not past him" answered the raven, discreetly taking a look at the other's body. It was lean and scultural, with so white skin. And it looked so silky… how it was that no one ever realized that Tobirama was such a beauty? But maybe it was a good thing. "But I have to say that it suits you great"
"Thank you…" said the still flustered albino. Izuna smiled at him and took his hand with the intension of helping him moving easier (the kimono didn't let the Senju move his feet like he wanted) to go more inside the woods when…
"You make such a wonderful couple, you know" a voice rang from the trees. They lifted their heads and saw a grinning Itama (the kind of grin you would only get from the Cheshire Cat). Both of them blushed and gave a frown to the teen.
"We are not a couple, we are just… acquaintances" said the Uchiha.
"Yes, we… just know each other better since we worked together trying to avoid this awful mistake" added the Senju.
"Well, just acquaintances, you have to come with me. All the people have to be present for the main event" said the still smiling Senju. Looks like he already found his older brother's soon to be husband. With that the peace between the Uchiha and the Senju will be sealed forever! He only needed to work his magic on them. He returned and in the edge of the forest he found Kawarama and Mito kissing like hungry animals. "Oh, my eyes" he covered them.
"Ah… you were here" said the brunette, getting away from his girlfriend with red cheeks while the Uzumaki looked like a demon ready to throw them a curse.
"What the hell were you just doing?" asked an unbelievable Tobirama. The third brother's eyes went down to the floor, but before he achieved that he noticed that his brother was holding hands with the Uchiha.
"Why are you walking hand on hand?" asked the cross scared teen confused. Both shinobi got a dark shade of red and let the other go, walking without saying a word to the place where the ceremony should take place. In many moments Izuna was about to bring out a kunai and stab the idiotic Senju, as well as Tobirama, but all the event was pretty. It ended in the older Uchiha with a flustered face saying yes to the proposal. While the families were celebrating the soon to come union, the two greatest shinobi disappeared. Towardsteh river where they played when children.
"What do you think?" asked Hashirama, smiling and hugging the raven by his shoulders.
"You won, I have no other choice" said the Uchiha with his face down. The other let him go and grabbed his chin to lift his head.
"Madara, this is not about the bet. Really, I would never force you to do this. If I had noticed that you don't want this I would have lost on purpose… but that is not the case. I love you and you love me" said softly the God of Shinobi, making his companion's cheeks blush.
"I don't…"
"Stop lying to yourself, I know you. You were my most important person and my best friend" the brunette let him go, but the other keep looking at his eyes. "I've seen a lot of times just how much you love me… before you realized what was happening and tried to deny it again" the raven wanted to run away, but somehow he was glued to the floor. Something was keeping him by this idiot's side… "I love you and will never get tired of saying this. I want to make you happy" he kneeled on the ground surprisingly.
"Hashirama, what are you…"
"I want an answer that comes from your hearth, my friend, the truth" he took out the ring he haven't used yet. "Madara Uchiha, do you want to marry me?"
"Yes…" the answer escaped from his lips before he could control himself and the ring was slipped on his finger. The two kissed, enjoying their new lives…
Do you liked it, then review! Next chapter is going to be the wedding! And a special surprise!
