WHO ELSE IS FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I AM

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THAT WAS EPIC

THIS IS EPIC

I LOVE YOU SASUKE YOU ARE NOW AWESOME IN MY BOOK

THANK YOU THANK YOU KAGAMI HAS A SON WHAT IS THIS THANK YOU SASUKE YOU ARE THE BEST YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

HASHIRAMA YOU DIDN'T NOTICE YOUR VILLAGE WAS AN ENTIRE LEVEL BELOW ITSELF WHAT THE-

*needs to calm down*

Last chapter disappointed me, but this one, THIS ONE.

THIS ONEEEEEEEE.

GO, HASHIRAMA, GLUE TSUNADE TOGETHER! NOW!

Wait wait wait what if they visit Homura and Koharu first?!

I like how Karin didn't even notice that there were four Hokages standing right there, looooool.

*still freaking out*

This is probably longer than the story. But the story's cute, soooo...

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, because Sasuke suddenly became awesome! *needs to calm down*

Chapter 41: Tomato

If one thought Team Tobirama was a nuisance, then they had underestimated the capabilities of Team Toka. Despite being made up of three generally quiet, almost docile children, they were nearly as mentally destructive as their counterpart team. Rather than a loud Hiruzen, Team Toka had a crowned Uchiha who walked with a determined swagger and shot a Gai-worthy smile at all the pretty ladies. In place of a quiet Homura was Danzo, forever cold and calculating. His exceptional analytical skills proved to be useful in all sorts of situations – pranks included. And finally, in the stead of a moody, annoyed Koharu, Team Toka had sheepish little Torifu. Unbeknownst to most, the stout little Akimichi would throw a massive tantrum should his last chip disappear before his eyes. You'd best flatten yourself to a wall, pretend you are a cicada stuck to said wall, and hope he doesn't barrel your way.

And thus, Team Toka wreaked havoc on the Senju complex.

To make matters worse, Team Tobirama found it incredibly important to stop by five minutes later.

The end result was a burnt frying pan – the fourth in the last two months – lots of hair-pulling, and a livid white-haired Senju.

"You know, I thought Mito was a tomato, but you are like, an albino tomato." These were words coming from a girl who turned into a tomato quite often, according to bystanders. (An exceptionally rare breed of tomato that harbored long blue vines and leaves.)

Tobirama turned on her and glared.

"You're annoying."

Mariko made a look of utter despair.

Immediately Tobirama grimaced and attempted to fix his situation, but the blunette pitifully sulked and curled into a ball on his bed.

"Hey."

Ignored.

"Hey. Shorty."

Completely ignored again.

He stalked over to her, already annoyed enough with his team and Toka's team throwing toilet paper over trees, and grabbed her shoulder. To his surprise, she was grinning like an idiot into a pillow, shyly glancing at him with mischievous eyes.

"You are so gullible," she giggled.

"I'm gullible? You're the gullible one," he said, playfully pinching her nose. She swatted him away.

A glance out the window showed Toka yelling at her team, and demanding that the mass amounts of toilet paper be taken down from Hashirama's favorite willow tree. A stray cat hissed and clawed at the rolled of bathroom tissue that hung from his favorite napping spot. If this cat had been a ninja, clawing people would have become a new form of taijutsu.

However, the elaborateness of the toilet paper mess could have been admired, should Toka have taken the time. Torifu had expanded the size of his hands to lift his teammates up to the top of the tree, where they had literally danced a complex waltz, dropping another length of toilet paper every three beats. Then, in a brash rock-and-roll style, Hiruzen had leapt into the fray with an armful of paper towels, ripping them to shreds and impaling entire sheets on branches. Koharu, in a fit of anger, had chucked a roll of toilet paper at Hiruzen's head – she missed, and the entire thing unraveled into a beautiful, impossibly perfect spiral around the tree. Homura had wisely backed into a corner, where he remained in hiding with a friendly book.

"Danzo, get that corner!" called Kagami, now undoing their mess. Danzo, surprisingly, had joined the TP-party, hooking ends of the tissue to kunai and shuriken before whipping them up high into the branches like streamers.

"Pull that end," Danzo replied, grabbing an armful of toilet paper.

"Hey, hey, there's a cat up here!" exclaimed Hiruzen, wiggling a strip of toilet paper in the feline's face. Tenzou the stray hissed menacingly.

"Saru, get over here!" The commanding voice of the tall albino made Hiruzen's teeth rattle. Tobirama stalked into the courtyard, eyes burning holes in everything they landed on. Obediently, Hiruzen swung down from the trees as skillfully as a chimp, and trotted over to his sensei with an innocent smile.

"Hey, Tobirama-sensei, what's up?"

Tobirama shoved a scroll into the boy's face, glaring.

"What happened to your mission, Saru?"

He had assigned the three of them an in-Konoha mission, and by the looks of it – the mission description had been left in Mito's kitchen, of all places – they had forgotten completely. That, or Tobirama just couldn't count on Hiruzen to command his team (not that they ever took him seriously).

A look of genuine horror flashed across Hiruzen's features as he snatched the scroll and set off at a sprint, panicking. He was duly clobbered by Koharu when he attempted to explain, and Homura simply read the mission description without much celebration. The three left the unfortunate Team Toka to clean up the rest of the mess in the courtyard, making their last few deposits in the growing trash mountain.

"You still look like a tomato."

Tobirama whipped around, looking more than irritated now. He folded his arms tersely and regarded the blunette cautiously; one never knew what Mariko would do next. For all he knew, she might leap into the pile of discarded, fluffy tissues like a gigantic autumn leaf mountain. That, or she would jump on him instead, and beg for a long-overdue piggyback ride.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Like what."

"Like that."

"Like what." This part was annoying. She insisted on insisting that he explain things that could not be explained.

And then she made a face that was half pout and half despair.

(It was so completely and utterly adorable that he wished she would stop and keep going at the same time. No, he wanted to her stop.)

This inexplicable expression continued to grace her face until he swooped her up into his arms bridal style and carried her over to the toilet paper mountain.

And then he threw her in it.

Her pout turned to an expression of wide-eyed surprise, and the yelp that came from her mouth was again, so adorable, that Tobirama debated his actions. In any case, Mariko was lost in the mountain of toilet paper, reemerging somewhat mummified.

It seemed that no matter what Tobirama did, Mariko would make another face that was so cute that he wanted to pinch her cheeks.

But this was Senju Tobirama. He did not succumb to cute things, not at all.

(Maybe once in a while. NO. NOT AT ALL, he told himself forcefully.)

It's not like he liked her cuddling, or anything silly like that.

"Tobiramaaaa," she wailed. But despite her predicament, Mariko smiled and let herself fall back into the fluffy pile of tissues. Team Toka evidently found this to be a wonderful idea, and following the trend, they vaulted into the massive pile. It was surprisingly fluffy and bouncy, seeing as Torifu was rolling all over the place. "Join us!" Mariko added, to Tobirama's horror. He knew that if he didn't run now, she would pounce on him and drag him back.

The white-haired Senju turned on his heel and began to walk away briskly. His pace increased when a little blunette with a fearsome tabby cat in her arms began pursuing him.

Welcome to the Senju complex.

KAGAMI HAD A SON

NARUTO WILL MEET MINATO

HASHIRAMA WILL GLUE TOGETHER TSUNADE

HASHIRAMA. WILL. GLUE. TOGETHER. TSUNADE.

THEY ARE ON THEIR MOUNTAIN HEADS.

I LOVE YOU KISHI, I LOVE YOU SASUKE.

/well...that was awful, I need to calm down and do homework...

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