Chapter 7 is up, readers! I haven't been seeing reviews lately. PLEASE leave me some reviews to feed on. Otherwise, I get too lazy to even upload finished chapters onto the Doc Manager. This chapter contains some brother interaction between Tobirama and Hashirama and some sister interaction between Madara and Izuna. I hope you guys like it!
After school, the Senju brothers walked home side by side, chatting away about today's activities. Hashirama was ecstatic over meeting Madara again in such a long time, so he blabbered about everything, from how Madara's hair elongated to the middle of her back and how her curves had grown even more attractive. Actually, Tobirama really wanted to tell him to shut up, but he had learned long ago that his brother really wouldn't listen to him anyway.
"Madara is such a -"
"Please, onii sama. I've heard enough about Uchiha senpai."
"But –"
"Can we at least talk about something ELSE?!"
"Oh, okay. How about we talk about Izuna, Madara's cute, lively sister?"
"Very well." Tobirama internally sighed in relief. At least his brother couldn't talk much about Izuna.
"Apparently she transferred to your class. What is she like? Is she lovely like Madara? Is she as insulting as –"
"Please, onii sama. One at a time. She is quite attractive overall, with huge, black doe eyes and pale skin, and yes she is quite nice, although she seemed to be quite serious about the Uchiha-Senju rivalry. I don't know her long enough to know if she is insulting or not."
"She's wonderful, I suppose. No sister of Madara's will be as insulting as she is!"
"Please, onii sama. Enough with Madara san."
Izuna skipped happily beside her sister, the sunset glowing behind her like an orange balloon.
"Isn't it wonderful that you're reunited with Hahirama san again, neesan?"
"Don't say it like we're in a movie, imouto."
"But you're happy, right?" Izuna persisted, staring into her sister's eyes. Madara smiled halfheartedly at her.
"Sure I am, Izuna. Sure I am. It's just… It's been so long since I last saw him that he changed completely."
"Isn't he more handsome now with that smooth, long hair, neesan?" Izuna asked slyly, observing the prominent blush that spread like wild fire on her sister's face.
"I…Izuna!"
"Okay, okay!" Izuna laughed, satisfied. "But he's still as friendly a hell, isn't he?"
"That's never going to change. Hashirama will be friendly no matter what. It's embedded in his genes." Madara muttered, trying to ease the hotness on her face. She decided to revenge a little on her imouto. "How about that white-haired brother of Hashirama's? Hot, isn't he?"
"He's quite attractive…" Her sister said softly, before looking up at Madara with a slight cherry blossom blush on her cheeks. "But he's a Senju! Father told us to never associate with those people!"
"I don't really care what the heck that old geezer says, actually." Madara announced, folding her arms in front of her bosom. "Associate with the people you want, imouto. Just don't tell Father. It's not like him to hire an inspector who reports everything we do at school."
"I'll do that, neesan. Definitely."
"Good."
The next day, Tobirama prepared himself for school before going to his brother's room to wake his stupid brother. Hashirama seemed completely incapable of waking up himself, so each day Tobirama had to yell at the top of his lungs to get that lazy moron out of the bed. Great practice for the lungs, actually.
"ONII SAMA! WAKE THE HELL UP OR YOU'LL BE LATE!"
"Uh… five for minutes… "
"ONII SAMA! IT'S SIX FORTY! SCHOOL STARTS IN TWENTY FUCKING MINUTES AND YOU'RE STILL AN UNWASHED IDIOT WHO HASN'T EATEN BREAKFAST YET!"
"What?! SIX FORTY? Kami!" His brother screamed as he leapt out of bed. Tobirama watched in complete annoyance as his brother practically threw on his uniform, splashed his face with water, grabbed a pair of socks, ran a comb through his hair, and dashed down the stairs in two minutes straight. Sometimes he could hardly believe the whole school elected his brother the Student Kaichou.
"Onii sama, your breakfast is on the counter."
"Thanks, Tobi!" His brother's muffled voice rang from the bottom of the stairs. Tobirama sighed exasperatedly, before going down himself. He was greeted by the sight of his brother devouring his breakfast in seconds.
"Don't choke on your toast, onii sama."
"Don't worry, Tobi! Not the first time I did this!"
*Sigh*
In five minutes, they were both walking to school, greeting fellow students along the way.
"Morning Mito!"
"Hi Hashirama!" Mito basically squealed. Tobirama resisted the urge to rub his temples. This Uzumaki Mito liked his brother since Junior High, but his ignorant brother never, not even once, noticed. They were still in the same class now.
"Morning Mito senpai."
"Morning Tobirama kun." Mito replied in a perfunctory voice. She immediately turned towards Hashirama and turned on her fangirl mode. "Can I walk with you?"
*Sigh* again.
They walked in silence, with occasional greeting from other students. Most people greet them due to Hashirama being the Kaichou and Mito being his assistant, and Tobirama being hot. (He overheard one of the girls saying that. Needless to say, it didn't flatter him much, knowing he had fangirls who resembled banshees in his opinion.) They were near the school gate when his brother's eyes lit up happily. Tobirama glanced at him in confusion, until he looked towards the subject of his brother's excitement.
"Hi, Madara!"
"Not so loud, idiot!" Madara yelled back, glaring at his brother. Izuna appeared behind her and smiled at him.
"Morning, Tobirama."
"Morning, Izuna." Tobirama greeted. When he turned towards his brother, he realized his brother had disappeared and rematerialized beside Madara. He was yapping away and Madara was listening with a slightly annoyed yet accepting look on her face. Mito was standing behind them, her eyes filled with irritation.
"Who is the senpai with red hair arranged into buns, Tobirama?"
"Oh, you mean Mito senpai? She is in 11th grade, a year above us. Same year with your sister. She's my brother's secretary. Her family name is Uzumaki. She's Naruto's cousin." Tobirama said, running through all the information in his head about the redhead. "As far as I know, she had a major crush on my brother and it's still going on now."
"Really?!" Izuna asked, her eyes wide and her expression full of surprise. Somehow, she really resembled a curious kitten. A cute, lively kitten.
Wait a sec.
Cute?
Since when did he started calling girls cute? A rival of his clan, no less? Kitten? As if he ever liked those furry creatures that would turn into moody felines that stretched on window sills in the afternoon. Something must have gone wrong in his head…
"Tobirama, your brother is leaving us behind, you know." Izuna's voice snapped him back. He looked around, trying to locate his brother, only realizing that the trio had vanished.
"Um… they went away a few seconds ago. I decided to wait for you to come back to earth. That's why I'm still standing here." Izuna said awkwardly. Tobirama stared at her, before apologizing for his daydreaming.
"Then sorry for daydreaming, Izuna."
"We all daydream once in a while."
"Well, then. That's go." That's when the bell rang, and they realized two things: a) school started, and b) they're still standing near the school gate, like a pair of idiots.
"Crap." They said simultaneously. Tobirama immediately grabbed Izuna's hand without thinking and dashed towards the classroom, ignoring the startled yelp from Izuna.
"S…slow down! You're legs are way longer than mine!" Izuna panted, her legs stumbling over each other as she tried to keep up with the pace.
"No we can't! First period is taught by Iruka, and he doesn't tolerate tardiness!" Tobirama yelled, quickening the pace even more. They ran past classrooms still in chaos due to the absence of teachers, and several flights of stairs because their classroom was on the third floor. He half dragged Izuna into the classroom just as Iruka was rounding the corner of the corridor. There they stood in front of the classroom, panting as everyone stared at them in a weird stupor. At first, Tobirama didn't get why his classmates' eyes were trying to bore holes into him, but then he felt the warmth on one of his palms, which belonged to…
"Oh Kami, no…" He muttered as he stared at Izuna's delicate hand still being gripped tightly in his own, as Naruto called out,
"Hey, Tobirama! You finally got a girlfriend, didn't you?"
"NO!" He yelled, releasing Izuna's hand immediately. He knew his face was burning, and so was Izuna's. Her face was redder than cooked lobsters, and her eyes were averted to the floor. "Sorry about that…"
"Tobirama kun? Can you kindly explain to me why you and Izuna chan are still standing up after class time, panting like you just ran a marathon?" Iruka sensei asked from behind him. Tobirama turned slowly around and stared at the man who had a frown on his face.
"Sorry, Iruka sensei. We just dashed here."
"Oh? So you were late?"
"Um, no. We were in the school gates before the bell rang." Izuna cut in. "Tobirama had to tie his shoelaces, so we were only a few steps in the school when the bell actually rang."
"Alright, I'll let you guys go this time. Next time, be on time. We don't need another Kakashi sensei in the school!" A few people snickered at his words, earning themselves a glare from the man. "Okay, class! Open up your grammar books to page 145! Tobirama kun and Izuna chan, you may return to your seats now."
"Okay, that was close." Tobirama whispered as he and Izuna trudged back to their seats. "You had a quick wit."
"I'll take that as a compliment." Izuna whispered back as she sat down. The class continued on without any interruption, but something in Tobirama's mind had changed forever: his general dislike of girls.