Sooo sorry for the long wait! Finals and everything...school... I kind of forgot what I was trying to write so..sorry if it doesn't make any sense. If you find something, if you want to let me know and I'll try to realign the plot..though I don't think I really have much done yet so it's really flexible right now.. Thanks to everyone who has read this story and to those who reviewed as well!
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Marriage certainly calmed down the majority of the Uchiha's; the elders no longer had to pester Madara to find a wife, and after the wedding fiasco no one dared to bother with Fuyumi anymore...
~Flashback- returning to the wedding
Fuyumi dropped the woman she had carried-more like dragged- back to the compound, and then proceeded to grab the woman that Madara had over his shoulder. She threw her on top of the other woman and launched multiple senbon into their bodies, successfully paralyzing them further and scaring all the attendees.
Madara simply smirked and watched as his-their- clansmen got intimidated by the tiny woman who was now his wife. Izuna stood by him attempting to contain his laughter and amusement from the situation, failing as he turned around and snorted repeatedly into his hands.
To their humor, all of the clansmen got unnerved by the sight of THE Uchiha Madara smirking. A few of the younger men and women fainted, many of the middle-aged women squealed like teenage fangirls, and the older population turned away.
Believing the message to be conveyed, Madara and Fuyumi left the hall, leaving Izuna to take care of the mess they had left behind.
~Present Time-
Madara sat at his desk with scrolls splayed over it, planning for the war when he remembered something. Turning to Fuyumi he beckoned her over with his head from her spot in the corner of the room as she read over a scroll.
"I shall get you a gift."
Fuyumi tilted her head, confused, as she wondered what he was talking about.
"A wedding gift."
At this, her mouth turned into an 'o' shape and she pondered over this for a short while, before gesturing with her hands something to write on. After receiving a piece of paper, brush, and ink she began to write turned away from him, hiding what she was writing.
After a minute or two she finally turned back to him and held out the paper for him to take and read.
As Madara read the paper he gradually regretted more and more offering to let her choose what her gift would be. Then again, he should have thought over this bit more carefully as well.
"...you want me to take you to see Hashirama? I am literally at this moment planning strategies to destroy the Senju and you want me to take you to see their leader?!"
After seeing Fuyumi's unwavering nod, he sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Fine. Just this once. Izuna has to go along with us though." She smiled brightly at him and dragged him off to find Izuna to tell him the great news. He decided not to tell his brother that she had also glared at him and started reaching towards her thigh pouch before he had accepted...
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They found Izuna training in the yeard by the main weaponry throwing kunai. He noticed the two as they approached and stopped throwing and begun picking up his kunai he had thrown from the training dummy.
"What's up?"
"Izuna."
"Hn?"
"Sit down."
"Uh..sure. Ok. Great. Now what?"
"...Fuyumi wants to see the Senju's idi-*wince*-Hashirama."
"...what. The Senju?!"
"You have to come with us if she goes. If I am carrying her it is safer to have another person along. And I am not telling the old farts on the council so we will be leaving on a...'vacation'..."
"...you're so whipped."
"Shut up."
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The next morning, the three Uchiha started off to leave to meet Hashirama.
"...nii-san. Do you even know where the Senju are? It's not like we can go over to their compound and waltz in saying "hi, our esteemed leader's stubborn wife wants to meet your leader and by the way please don't kill us because we're Uchiha and you're Senju and technically we're intruding right now-*Smack*- ow! Stop hitting us so hard Fuyumi!"
Fuyumi huffed where she stood inbetween the two siblings and continued looking through her bag.
"I sent one of my hawks to Hashirama before we went to see you yesterday. He knows where to meet."
"Oh? And what exactly did you attach to said hawk?"
"A rock."
"...a rock."
"He'll understand."
"...a rock."
"We're leaving."
"H-hey! Wait for me!"
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Senju Compound
A bird- more specifically a hawk- flew over to where Hashirama was sitting and he stared at it for a moment before calling out to his brother.
"Oi! Tobirama!"
"What?!"
"We're leaving!"
"...where?"
"You'll see!" *insert Hashirama's grinning face somewhere in your mind*
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"Nii-sannnnn, are we there yet?"
"We left only two hours ago. We're almost there. Shut up."
*Flick*
"Ow! Fuyumi don't do that! I'll fall over!"
Fuyumi held small pebbles in her hand that held herself onto Madara while the other hand had been used to fling pebbles into the back of Izuna's head with pinpoint accuracy. Madara smirked while Izuna scowled for the next few minutes before they began to reach a clearing.
"We're here."
Stopping just before entering, Madara put Fuyumi down and they headed off into the clearing.
A river divided two sides of the forest, rocks covering the bank on each side.
Izuna tensed visibly as he saw the two Senju on the other side of the river but Madara waved him off with his hand.
"Yo, Hashirama."
"Madara! Don't "yo, Hashirama", me! Why the sudden invitation? Did you finally decide to stop fighting?"
"Don't be ridiculous. She wanted to talk to you."
"Fuyumiiiiiii!"
Fuyumi smiled and met Hashirama halfway across the river and they shared a brief hug.
"Hashirama! What are you doing? They're Senju! Why are we here?! That's Uchiha Madara!"
"Calm down, Tobirama! We did not come here today to fight."
"Then what did we come here to do?!"
"...what are we here for?"
"My stubborn wife decided she wanted to talk to you for whatever reason she refuses to tell us."
"I see- WIFE?"
Madara had a smug smirk on his face as Hashirama sulked on the river.. "Madara got married before me...and I wasn't invited to the wedding..."
"Whatever. Fuyumi, we're here. Now talk."
Fuyumi beckoned Madara to join them on the river while Tobirama and Izuna stared on blankly.
She took both their hands and held all three of their hands together happily for a bit before letting them go. She reached into her pouch and took out a piece of paper and a brush.
Get along. Work something out. Now.
There was silence from the men in the clearing. Birds chirped in the trees, the water in the river rushed beneath the three, but no one said anything.
Izuna and Tobirama got fed up with the silence eventually and slowly walked over to the three in the middle of the river, cautiously as if they would suddenly..implode or anything of the such.
When the two finally reached the center, they quietly read the paper as well before shocked expressions took place on their faces. Not wanting to say anything while the older three were still silent, they sent weary glances towards them and to each other, wondering what the hell is going on.
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Back at the Uchiha compound.
"Where is Madara-sama?"
"...I am unaware of his whereabouts. He said that he was taking Fuyumi on vacation-"
"Oho! Has he gone off to consummate his marriage? Finally give us an heir?"
"He has taken Izuna with him as well.."
"..I shall take my leave now.."
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Izuna POV~
It had been so long since I have seen nii-san so..relaxed around someone that was not myself or Fuyumi..had Hashirama been that important to him back then when they were younger? To Fuyumi too? Had him following them and telling otou-sama about them meeting up with Senju been so...affecting on the future? Could things really be different..?
I remember seeing nii-san so..so happy that time when I followed him that day. When he and Fuyumi were friends with that Senju..
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Fuyumi had to smile softly at the silence. She allowed herself to drop the paper into the river and watched it as it slowly drifted away, getting soggy and gradually sinking as it flowed with the river.
Slowly she took Madara and Hashirama's hands into her own smaller ones and held them higher up. She smiled brightly at them but the glare her aura exhibited was..intimidating to say the least. Izuna and Tobirama decided to back away slightly in fear and decided to just let this play out.
"...fine. We will call a..cease fire..temporarily before we fully decide what is going to happen."
"Yes, that would be wise. The councils are sure to..need convincing."
"Tch. I don't see why we can't just get rid of them.."
"Madara! They aren't just decorations in your office?"
"Oh? They aren't? I'm surprised."
"Whatever! We'll send word once we are able to get the clan to an understanding level."
"We will do the same. Izuna! Fuyumi! We're leaving!"
Fuyumi smiled and waved goodbye from Madara's back and the two groups left the clearing.
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"Hashirama! Why are we agreeing to this?! How can you trust them?"
"Fuyumi was there. Madara wouldn't dare lie in front of Fuyumi. She'd poison him to the depths of hell."
"What does that woman have to do anything? I bet she's just a-"
"Watch your mouth, Tobirama. If Madara hears you say anything about her, he'll bludgeon you with his gunbai.."
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"Izuna."
"Hn?"
"I'm surprised you haven't objected to this yet."
"...did you want me to?"
"I didn't say that, but I was expecting you to do some yelling with the other Senju."
"Well..I was thinking. You two were friends with him before and you all seemed so..happy. And Fuyumi doesn't go around trusting people as much as she can throw a knife in them. So I decided that I'll follow you two. If you really think this is a good idea...then I'll go with it."
Madara smiled at his brother briefly before staring at the trees in front of him, already thinking of ways to blackmail the council into agreeing.