Kakashi's eye twitched, as he recalled the events of the last few seconds.

The so-called Demon Brothers appeared out of the puddle on the road. They had targeted him, and had their chain wrapped around him, until one of them just happened to look in Madara's direction.

"HOLY FU-" The one started to shout. Madara was up in his face a second later, smirk in place. The Uchiha's hand clamped around the man's throat.

"Now, now, there is no need for such vulgar language in front of children." The man whimpered and struggled.

"WAIT, WAIT! What does vulgar mean?!" Naruto shouted, confused. Madara turned to the blond, and sighed.

"...sometimes I forget that you're that stupid." He shook his head. "You see Naruto-kun, vulgar is another word for bad. That is simple enough words for you to understand, right?" Naruto glared at the comment lodged at his intelligence, before nodding. The man in Madara's hold whimpered once again, and Madara returned his attention to him. "Oh, I forgot about you for a second." Madara smirked sadistically. "You want to experience something trippy?" Kakashi snorted at Madara. What kind of self-respecting shinobi said 'trippy'?

"Can you hurry up Madara-ojii? I'm getting BORED!" Naruto shouted again, before taking out a deck of cards and inviting Sasuke and Sakura to a poker game. Madara rolled his eyes.

"Fine. Mangekyou Sharingan!"

And that's what happened. Currently, Madara still had one of the Demon Brother's in his hold and locked in his Genjutsu. Kakashi had honestly not given a single damn about the other brother, so when said brother ran off, he didn't give chase. Two sets of thuds came from behind him. He turned to see the one person he had begged to come on this mission, and his annoying brother.

"OI! We're not late for the party, right?" Hashirama asked, taking a few steps towards Madara. Tobirama sighed, and walked up to Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, who were still playing their game of poker.

"You three are not injured, right?" Tobirama asked them. The three of them looked up from their cards, and shook their heads.

"Hey, Tobirama-sama, wanna join?" Sakura asked, holding up two cards to him. The previous Hokage seemed to contemplate the offer, before accepting. It was the exact moment he sat down that Madara released his Genjutsu and hold upon the Demon Brother. The old Uchiha blinked, and looked around.

"Ah, when did you two get here?" He asked, looking pointedly at Hashirama.

"They just arrived." Kakashi said. Madara nodded.

"I see. You are here to join the mission, yes?" Tobirama smiled and laid down his cards in front of the Genin.

"Royal Flush, amateurs." The three Genin groaned and forked over all the ryo in their pockets. Tobirama smirked, and looked up at Madara. "Actually, Madara, we were sent to see if you and-slash-or Sasuke had brutally murdered Kakashi yet. However, we were also told to join the mission if any of the Genin involved were compromi-"

"Oh stop with your large words!" Hashirama shouted, interrupting his brother. "We are joining this mission no matter what that old monkey has to say!" Kakashi smiled. Maybe he wouldn't be brutally murdered on this mission. "...and I would like to see exactly how you'll manage to off Kakashi!" Kakashi wilted.

On second thought, he might want to see if he can simply survive until they reached the village once again. In four weeks. Kakashi groaned. 'The Hokage better allow me to transfer back into ANBU or for the love of any gods watching I can't guarantee the safety of the two old coots or the blasted "last" Uchiha!'