The fight against the Marines was short after the pirates arrived to the rescue, but that didn´t placate Butsuma Senju when he saw his eldest fighting along with them to expel their enemies... it was so unnerving. He had hoped so much for the boy to drown somewhere in the ocean with his Uchiha vermin and being thrown into hell for dishonoring the Senju clan. After getting rid of the last soldiers, he walked straight to the brunette, sending a punch to his face, that the younger managed to evade.
"Nice to see you too, father" greeted Hashirama with a little smile on his face. He expected that from his father, even if he had just helped him.
"What are you doing here, you piece of shit?!" answered Butsuma, but his son didn´t made another sound. He knew it has not use to talk to that man, the same one that forced him into battle at such a young age and threw him out of his home just because of traditions. But then again, he brought his new family…
"Hey, don´t talk to him in that way!" yelled Ace, lightning his hand on fire. The other warriors prepared to help their leader against the stranger and Marco restrained his own partner. The second commander growled a little bit before talking again. "He has just helped you, you know"
"I didn´t ask for a filthy traitor´s help" said the clan head, looking down at the pirates. "Who did tell you that we were in war with those invaders anyway?" the stern look landed on Tokka for some minutes, after all he was informed that the kunoichi was extremely friendly with a missing ninja that he now suspected that was his son. "Tokka, was it…?"
"I did" confessed Tobirama, stepping in. He was not going to let another family member being banished just because he was afraid of his father. The albino cowered a bit when his parent´s look landed on him, but didn´t let himself be intimidated. "We needed the help and they have experience against this kind of enemy, so I…"
"You stupid shit" the man raised a fist, ready to strike his second son on the face, but was stopped by a very angry Hashirama, a fist covered in haki.
"Never… and I mean NEVER try to touch Tobirama again" he threatened the clan head before letting him go. "Or I won´t be so nice" the brunette turned his back to them and started walking to the place he knew the compound would be. There was a place near there he needed to visit before leaving after this problem was solved.
"Where are you going?!"
"Wherever I want!"
"Father…" try to talk his parent to reason the albino, that was amazed by the show of strength his brother just did. With that kind of power they would surely defeat the Marines and reclaim the lands they conquered. "we need the help, there have been so many losses that…"
"Keep quiet, boy!" ordered Butsuma. "You are one hair about to be…"
"Then banish me, but after we solve this or the clan will die just because of your arrogance!" screamed Tobirama. It was the first time he ever speak like this to his father, but he needed to expose the facts. They were losing and now Hashirama brought an army that not only have experience with this kind of enemies, but powers that could help them recover. "Do you want that to happ…"
"Let´s talk home" said Butsuma, tired of the family drama. Ace and Marco followed the retreating ninjas. After an hour they were at the entrance of an oriental kind of village, like the ones they have seen in Wanokuni once.
"What are you doing here?" asked Tokka, appearing out of nowhere. Both commanders were scared, it was not usual that someone managed to sneak on them, but then again, they were talking about a kunoichi. She wasn´t by any means normal. "Are you searching for Hashi-niisan?"
"Well… yes, I think we should go to him and return to the…" begin Ace, but was interrupted.
"I know where he is, but you will have to wait. It´s a place he has been waiting to see again since he left…" she started walking towards the outside. The two pirated followed her and soon were in a place with lots of names carved in stones on the floor. Marco realize immediately where they were… a graveyard. "Welcome to the Senju clan memorial stones"
"Memorial stoned? Isn´t this a graveyard?"
"We didn´t really recover all the bodies after a fight, so we just carved the names of the fallen in stones for their families to remember them. It´s what happened to my mother and father" she pointed to a way and there was their little brother, kneeling before a stone. "It´s aunt Namie´s grave, as her body was actually recovered"
"So this is his mother´s resting place?" asked Ace. He knew what it was to be more attached to his mother than his father, even if he never met the two of them.
"Not just her, but his brothers Kawarama and Itama"
"So what he said was true, yoi" Marco looked sad at the figure. "Some of his little brothers were dead by the time he was forced to leave."
"Pity, I would die if something happened to Luffy… or to the blond bastard I still need to put in his place after I find him" commented Ace. Many miles away a blond revolutionary felt a very known chill going down his spine, dark thoughts about his future coming to his mind. Back with his older brother, the second commander was about to call for the male ninja when he finally got up and left, sighing lightly. "Are you okay?"
"Yes… I think. Let´s return to the ship, okay? I think… the Uchihas could be curious and sent their patrols… I don´t really want Madara fighting with his family just now, they can be more hot headed than us"
"Really? Could a reaction be even worst than the one your father had?" the shinobi nodded. They didn´t knew Tajima Uchiha as he did, the man was a more extreme version of his son.
"Let´s go" Hashirama was right, by the moment they arrived in the Moby Dick there was a huge fight in the deck between Tajima and Madara, with Izuna trying to play peacemaker and Hikaku cowering in a corner. The Senju shook his head and grabbed the younger raven before he can charge against his father. Izuna sent him a thank you look.
"We will talk about you disobedience back at home, Izuna" stated Tajima with a serious look. "I don´t want to be in front of a Senju insect more time"
"Yes, father"
"Are you okay?" whispered the brunette to his boyfriend in the ear, making the older Uchiha twitch. How could he shared blood with someone so low that could made friends or even fell in love with such a distasteful creature? Because by the relaxed position of the young man he was used to have the other so close.
"Yes, I´m not that weak that I can´t take an old man" he answered, getting out of his grasps. He was more than angry. Being openly ridiculed by that man in front of his family… he need to pay! But for Izuna´s sake he will not let the Marines kill the man. "It´s just that… facing the family that abandoned us is hard."
"Well, yes" Hashirama decided to change the theme to cheer his boyfriend up. "I visited my mother´s and brother´s graves, have you done so?"
"No, I didn´t even got close to the Uchiha compound… to about trouble, you know" Madara admitted. "But I would want to, it have been a long time since I talked to mother and my brothers… I used to go everyday before"
"I still go everyday" entered Izuna to the conversation with an apologizing expression. "Sorry about that, he saw the ship when it came back and got interested"
"There is nothing to be sorry for" answered Madara with a smile. "You should go, you could have troubles if you don´t… oh, and take Hikaku with you, he seems to be frozen in that place"
"Sure, nii-san" that made Madara´s face froze, he haven´t been called like that in front of another member of the family in so much time, and it could bring Izuna troubles, but anyway he decided to do it, because he wanted him back. "See you later"
"Wait, Izuna…" but the kid left before he could tell him not to do so.
-Later-
Tobirama returned to the place the Moby Dick was docked with some items in his hands. In front of it he found Izuna, that was doing the same. A wonder, they have to admit, because their fathers haven´t let them out of their sights since the incident with their older brothers. Totally stupid, by the way, because they only wanted to help. Both of them entered the ship and went to the place their brothers were, the deck. They were together looking at the sky. After sitting the four in seiza, they started talking.
"I want to give you something" said Tobirama. Izuna nodded and the two of them placed their charges on the floor, pushing them towards their elder brothers. They open up the packages and found out there…
"Izuna, you can´t just…"
"I want to" answered the boy smiling. "To show everyone that it doesn´t matter what they said, you are still part of us, part of our family… and that they should be proud of that! Yo are not a traitor, you only wanted to bring us peace, something we should have wished for since a lot of time ago"
"But still…" there were clothes, Uchiha like garbs an armor, some weapons and even a battle fan. Hashirama by his side curiously opened his own package and found the same things with the Senju symbol and a katana for a weapon.
"This things… Tobi-chan, I…."
"I know, aniya, but I don´t care" the albino smiled. "I just want to give back to you what it´s truly yours, your name, your last name… everything. And I don´t care what father has to say, I now what I´m doing better than he did"
"Wow, for the first time a Senju is being smart" joked Izuna.
"Shut up, girly boy"
"Who are you calling girly!"
"Who are you calling idiot!"
"Stop, you two" ordered Hashirama, getting up. Madara followed his example and nodded, before smiling a very wicked way, one that made even his own brother´s blood chill, not even talk about the albino. "I think we know the exact way to return you the favor"
"Ahm… giving us dinner again?"
"No" answered the raven. "We will teach how to fight devil fruit users… We will teach you haki!"
"Something about this sounds like pain" whispered Izuna. Tobirama just nodded, whatever it was, this was going to hurt… a lot.