(Hashimada) The Adventures of a Hedgehog and Some Idiots

38: Tobirevenge

The next morning, Hashirama and Madara got up early and immediately headed to the Hokage's residence. Well, Madara practically dragged him there - Hashirama insisted that they go to a hot spring first, but the Uchiha knew that they had wasted far too much time as it was.

"Please, Mada? It'll be quick!" Hashirama insisted.

Madara scolded, "No. I know how that goes. You will waste the entire day if you start slacking off this early! Wait until the end of the day for that!"

"Aww. . . Fine. . ."

Madara tried to avert his gaze - he knew that Hashirama's false depression was just an attempt to make him give in.

"No! Do not look at me like that! We are going to the Hokage's Residence right now!"

He ran towards the village, dragging Hashirama with him. He almost dislocated the Senju's arm in the process.

"OW! Not so forceful, Madara. . ."

Once they made it to the Hokage's office, Madara went to take a seat. Just as he sat down, Hashirama remembered something from the day before. . .

Tobirama was sitting behind the desk, in Hashirama's usual seat.

"Oh, brother. I was wondering how long you were going to sit outside the door," Tobirama rolled his eyes. "Your clones are annoying as hell. . . Why do they act like they're real people?"

Madara and Hashirama stood in front of the desk. The former said, "Hah! That is what I tried to tell him." He glanced at Hashirama and said, "See, that is why you should not name them."

"You named them, brother?! Pfft, of course you did. . . That explains it."

Hashirama said defensively, "Hey, it makes them feel appreciated! Anyway. . . That's not why we came here. Thanks for keeping an eye on things, brother. I'm sorry we took so long. . ."

Tobirama said, "Whatever, I already got my revenge."

(A/N: read chapter 31 again if you need a refresher of this)

Those words echoed in Hashirama's mind. He thought to himself, Oh no. . . I wonder what he did. . .

A loud crash interrupted his thoughts. When Hashirama looked over to see what caused such a loud noise, he saw Madara's chair in pieces on the ground, with a very angry looking Uchiha sitting among the ruins.

Hashirama panicked slightly. This must be what Tobirama meant by revenge. . . If Madara found out that this was Tobirama's doing, though, he would destroy him! He already hated the Senju so much - this would just give him a reason to attack him.

The Hokage sighed heavily and thought to himself, I have to take one for the team. . . I have to make Madara believe this was my doing. . .

Hashirama laughed nervously and said, "Haha. . . Just a. . . Harmless. . . Prank-"

"Enough games, Senju." Madara quickly stood and brushed himself off. He kicked at the chair pieces angrily, then grabbed a file off of the desk and walked to the door. "You just earned yourself a week without my help."

Hashirama's heart fell into his stomach. No, this was turning out much worse than he expected! He needed Madara's help - how could he ever do his job as Hokage without him? For a whole week, at that!

"Wait!" Hashirama yelled desperately.

Madara turned around and glared at him with red eyes.

"Figure it out yourself. I am done with your games."

"Please, Mada, listen!!"

"Forget it." He left the office, slamming the door behind him.

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For the rest of the day, Hashirama struggled through his work by himself until he managed to find where Madara had run off to. After an hour of arguing and some sparring (if you could call it that - Madara was practically fighting with the intent to kill), Hashirama finally convinced the Uchiha to take back his words. . . But in the process, he slipped up and told him that Tobirama was likely the one who had sabotaged his chair. It then took another hour to restrain the Uchiha (so that he wouldn't find and murder Tobirama). After that long struggle, Hashirama completely forgot about the hot springs and turned in for the night.

(A/N

Short chapter this time, because next chapter's gonna be long 👀

Art credit: overh0l on tumblr

Word count: 687     so short!)