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‘Where am I? Where’s Izuna?... My head really hurts.' Were the thoughts running through Madara’s head at the moment.
“Izuna? IZUNA?!”
“Ahh, brother? Why are you shouting?”
Madara looked over to where he could spot the figure of his brother, who looked to be waking up from a long nap, and felt a tik beginning to form on his forehead.
“What do you mean, why am I shouting? I wake up in a strange place, and you’re nowhere to be seen. OF COURSE I’D BE SHOUTING!!!!”
"Okay, okay, okay, I get it, geez, but,. like, what are we going to do about the brood of Senju over there?”
Madara looked to where his brother was pointing and saw that there was indeed a brood of Senju hovering in a corner, looking quite put out, which would have amused him if he knew where he was at the moment. He took the time to look around and really observe his environment.
He saw that the place looked to be some form of building that had rows upon rows of some form of seating that stretched far. He also really took in the people that seemed to be present, like his own dad, Tajima Uchiha, who looked very disgruntled, and a few of his cousins and fellow clansmen, all looking wearily at the Senju brood.
With this, Madara looked over for the first time properly and saw a boy with a bowl cut standing with the Senju brood, specifically near a man he knew to be Butsuma Senju, along with some other boys.
‘Isn’t that... Hashirama? Is he a Senju? Holy fuck, he is a Senju. Way to go, Madara. You make a friend outside of the clan, and it’s a Senju brood. Father will kill me if he finds out’.
Unknown to Madara, a similar thought was rushing through the bowl-cut-haired boy on the other side. In the meantime, though, Hashirama turned to his brothers to check in on them.
“Itama, Tobirama, are you guys okay? None of you are hurt?”
Tobirama had to hold back his slight annoyance, but he couldn’t say he wasn’t happy at the care his brother was obnoxiously showing, causing him to share a glance with Itama.
“Of course, brother, but... I don’t understand why there’s so many clans gathered in one place; it’s like someone wanted to initiate a blood bath or something.”.
Taking a look around, he realized that what Tobirama said was true. He could see the Sarutobi and Shimura clans huddled together, looking weary. On the other side, he saw white-eyed, pupilless people who could only be the famous Hyuga clan he’d heard so much about. In fact, right beside his clan, he spotted a group of red-haired people who he knew as the Uzumaki, longtime allies of the Senju. He spotted other clans as well, like the Yamanaka, Akimichi, and Nara, along with the Aburame and Inuzuka, and it looks like he wasn’t the only one who was beginning to realize this.
“Huhh!!!! what’s happening right now? Uchiha, did you do this? Release whatever demonic jutsu you have us under right now!!” The anger in Butsuma Senju’s voice could be heard as clearly as day, especially as he realized that he was weaponless. Something that many Shinobi were realizing as well.
“You damn Senju. Why would I do this and trap myself in here as well? But, of course, that’s all your clan knows how to do. Lie and cast blame; I can’t expect any better.” The annoyance and hate in Tajima’s voice were even more potent than the anger in the Senju clan head. Both settled on glaring at each other for now, while their eldest sons grimaced at the verbal argument.
Someone who sounded suspiciously like a Nara muttered how much of a drag this situation was. And it continued like that for some time until the clan leader for the Hyuga pointed something out.
“Hey, guys, I think there's something over there.”.
They all looked where he was pointing, and they did see something. Something akin to a screen but way larger. It spanned meters across the wall it was attached to, and on the screen, there were words of some sort. The closest Hyuga to the board activated his byakugan and started to read.
‘HELLO NOBLE AND PRESTIGIOUS CLANS. I KNOW YOU MAY BE WORRIED RIGHT NOW, BUT DO NOT FRET. I HAMURA OOTSUTSUKI BROUGHT YOU HERE AS A LAST BIF EFFORT TO TRY AND SAVE THE SHINOBI WORLD FROM DESTRUCTION. PLEASE BELIEVE AND KEEP IN MIND THAT YES, I AM THAT HAMURA OOTSUTSUKI AND THE MYTHS ARE REAL, BUT I HAVE SEEN WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF NEEDLESS WAR, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS CAN STOP IT FROM NOW TO SHAPE THE FUTURE INTO A BETTER VERSION OF WHAT IT COULD BE. I PICKED YOU ALL BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT SOLVING THE PROBLEM FROM THE ROOT SOUR E WOULD BE BEST, SO PLEASE DON'T LET ME DOWN. I'VE GATHERED YOU ALL HERE TO SEE THE FUTURE OF WHATS TO COME SO THAT YOU CAN LEARN AND BECOME BETTER, AND THAT WAY YOU CAN LEAD THE FUTURE OF SHINOBI INTO WHAT I KNOW IT COULD BE.’
A long stretch of silence followed before the chaos ensued.
“WHAT?!”
“WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY HE’S THAT HAMURA OOTSUTSUKI AND THAT THE MYTHS ARE REAL?!”
“Man, this is a real drag. Does that mean we’re stuck here until we’ve fulfilled his wish?”
Throughout all of this, Madara and Hashirama were looking at each other in fear. What did he mean when he said the future wasn’t good? Was their dream of peace useless? If so, then what was the point?
Taking a look at the situation, all the clan heads seemed to come to a conclusion, as they all looked at each other and nodded simultaneously, except Tajima Uchiha, who was very clearly trying to distance his clan from the rest.
“Alright everyone," The calm but stern voice of the Nara clan head seemed to get everyone to calm down. “Taking into consideration everything we’ve gathered so far; I don’t think we’re going anywhere anytime soon. Let’s go ahead and regroup, sit with our respective clans, and get this over with. I’m not going to lie, I’m kind of intrigued by this whole seeing the future business, so I might as well give it a shot.”
With that, everyone went ahead and gathered the available clan members into their respective groups. If it meant a chance of escaping this, then they may as well go along. While walking along, they also saw a table that seemed to be filled with food. 'Phew, at least we won’t starve’ was the thought running through the Akimichi clan members heads.
As everyone got into their accommodations, they saw that the screen began to light up, and thus they braced themselves to face whatever the future had in store, with some having scrolls on standby in case they needed to note down anything.