The Veil Of Time

Ch 7: Taken

Tobirama eyed his father, who seemed angrier than usual. Hashirama had been avoiding their father for the past week, ever since the clash with the Uchiha and Hinata. Tobirama was glad his friend was safe; it was obvious Hinata was only ever going to be his friend. She clearly had feelings for the Uchiha boy, that much was obvious. You don't throw yourself in front of a jutsu as deadly as the flying Raijin slash without truly caring for the person deeply.

He sighed and gently touched his bruised eye, his father went into an all-out rage when he had seen the damage he had done to Hinata, it was an accident, but Hinata had risked her own life for Izuna and that was something admirable in a shinobi. It wasn't very smart, but it was admirable; but… sadly his father didn't agree with him on that. His father wanted the Uchiha boys dead at any cost, but that of Hinata Hyuuga. Tobirama looked out the window to see a group of Senju crouched before his father, that couldn't be good.

He watched his father closely, his anger vanished and a haughty smirk crossed his lips; it was more of a victory sneer than a smirk. Tobirama saw his father look towards him. Tree roots encased his room and soon after he felt his chakra draining. He hit one knee and looked up with a glare; he could sense the chakra draining tags that his father had placed within the roots. Hashirama melded through the wall connecting his room to Tobirama's. "He encased your room too?" Hashirama asked; panting as he attempted to stand up straight.

The chakra stealing tags were heavy duty if they had Hashirama on his knees; Tobirama noticed with a frown. "What is father planning? Whatever it is it can't be good…" Hashirama panted and looked at his younger brother. Tobirama shook his head. "I have no idea…" he managed; he collapsed against the wall with his older brother. His father's laughter echoed through the trees that encased them within the room. "I have to end the Uchiha clan's existence… but I thought… why not hit two birds with one stone?" Their father chuckled and the brothers exchanged glances. They knew exactly what their father meant by that.

Tobirama grit his teeth and glared at the floor.

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This was a dangerous game they were playing. The rain beat down on her as she attempted to listen for his footsteps. 'splash.' His foot hit one particularly deep puddle and she sent a barrage of kunai flying at him. None of them could see, they had all temporarily sealed their eyes. This was a training technique the brothers had thought up when they realized they couldn't always rely on sight to protect them. But they could hear… oh they could hear everything. They had to be able to do so, because if not… well you would end up like Izuna. He was already hit with a kunai because he hadn't heard Hinata move and she had heard him.

This deadly game was what was going to keep them all alive if they ever had something go wrong with their eyes. It was like playing hide and seek in the dark, with no light to guide you. She whirled around and jumped, Madara's foot missing her by a few inches. He had heard her breathing or something because she hadn't moved once since she threw the kunai at Izuna. Hinata did a backflip and missed the fist that cut through the air at her. Madara was relentless and she suspected he was cheating somehow.

She deflected his hand with her own and they became engaged in a straight forwards taijutsu duel without sight. He swept his leg at her and she jumped and spun, sending multiple kicks at him; every one of which he deflected with precise swipes of the hands. Hinata furrowed her brow when she heard Izuna's movements cease. She swatted away Madara's fist and fell backwards into the splits just in time for Izuna to lunge at where she had been, his fist being caught in Madara's hands.

"Ah… Izuna…" Madara said as he tightened his grip on Izuna's fist and Hinata rolled to her feet. She could hear the smirk in his voice. "Oh shh-" Izuna started but he was sent flying elsewhere. Hinata heard the curses that echoed from behind her as Izuna got back up. She managed a sweep kick on Madara, but Izuna's fist went right past her head and she jumped back a bit. The rain affected her hearing and she almost missed the fist that had come back for her. She grabbed a hold of Izuna's fist and used it to propel herself over his head and she dropped behind him and spun to the side, aiming a kick for his side which he caught and flipped her backwards.