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Hashirama grabbed the small blonde by her upper arms and made her sit on his office chair, the concern on his face was more than evident. "Tell me, Minami, has your husband placed the mark on you or not?"

Colour rushed to the young girl's face as her brother-in-law didn't really make it quite clear what mark he was talking about. "Mark?" She uttered in a small voice and avoided looking up at any of the two men present.

Uchiha Madara who stood close by, face-palmed at the ridiculous question. He had to intervene before his friend said something that would make the girl not respond at all. "Hashirama, I swear, ask specifically, you big buffoon, or else she might think we're inquiring about her sexual life with your brother, of which I want to know nothing about!" With that said the Uchiha looked as if he was about to puke.

"Oh right!" Hashirama replied sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. The brunette smiled at the girl sweetly and rephrased his question. "I meant, has Tobirama placed the Hiraijin mark on you yet or not, it's actually important, my brother's brilliant jutsu will keep you in his approach if any such situation calls for it."

Some normalcy finally returned to the situation and Minami felt that she could breathe again.

"It's absurd to think that your possessive and psychotic brother hasn't already marked her, he is almost obsessed with her." Madara added his own two cents before Minami could even say anything.

Hashirama furrowed his brows. "I mean, I'm aware that Tobirama is very protective of Minami but he's been very busy, what if he forgot? There's no harm in confirming it."

Madara let out a disapproving grunt which Hashirama completely ignored.

"So, Minami? Do you have the Hiraijin marking?"

The girl looked up at the man whom she considered her own brother now and nodded slowly. "Yes, anija, I have the mark..." And that was pretty much it what she was willing to share.

"That's good, so where is it?" This time it was Madara with the very awkward question which, as it was expected, resulted in an uncomfortable silence.

Minami let out a squeak as her face resembled a beetroot yet again.

"Madara! You really can't ask our little sister THAT question, that is completely inappropriate!" Hashirama was right, the women chose to cover almost all of their bodies, even if Minami's clothing was slightly different due to being a civilian girl, her dresses were completely conservative, at times her sleeves just showed some parts of her arms and that was it.

"That's right..." It seemed like Madara actually realised his mistake until he opened his mouth again. "But why not on her arms, like her wrist, he could have just marked her there and we'd know it. Oh my God, Hashirama, your brother is a pervert, he most definitely placed it somewhere where she can't tell!"

At that point, sweet little Minami just wanted to die because part of what the Uchiha clan head said was true, Tobirama did place the mark somewhere no one else could or should see. She wished the ground would open up and just swallow her.

"Madara! They are married, they can have their ki- I mean, their likings!"

Madara grinned from ear to ear at the slight slip from his oldest friend. "You were going to say 'kinks' weren't you, hah! And I thought you were the innocent one, Hashirama."

It was Hashirama's time to feel embarrassed, so he kept fumbling over his words.

As for the girl she was almost dead in the chair. Kami, help her.

Just then the door to the office opened and a tall, menacing figure filled the threshold. "What is going on in here?" The one and only; Senju Tobirama demanded in his deep voice that normally sent shivers down people's spines.

Minami couldn't help but let out a whimper as she saw her saviour standing so close, yet oh so far.

The temperature of the room dropped as Tobirama prowled in like a predator, his eyes were fixed on his wife, scanning to see if she was alright. He trusted his brother but he couldn't say the same about the other person that was also present.

As Tobirama walked past Madara, the dark haired man let out a snigger, making the white head stop in his tracks to send him a death glare. "What's the matter, Uchiha?"

"Nothing." Madara responded nonchalantly.

Tobirama moved his attention back towards his wife who looked like she was on the brink to faint. "Are you alright?" He asked her intently and covered the rest of the distance between them.

"Yes! I'm alright!" She responded a bit too eagerly and jumped out of the seat to grab on to her husband's arm. "Let's go home, please."

Something was odd here so Tobirama turned to look at his brother for an answer, who in actuality seemed more suspicious than even the situation demanded. "Anija?"

Hashirama was slightly startled as his brother's fierce gaze and attention was now fixed on him. "Nothing happened, Tobirama, we were just asking Minami some questions, checking if she was doing well and all-"

"Yeah and we discovered what a pervert you really are-"

Hashirama closed the spaced between himself and Madara in a moment's span and clapped his hand over the other's mouth to shut him up.

"What did you say, Uchiha?" Tobirama growled dangerously, his distaste for the spiked porcupine was more than apparent as usual. "What crap is he sprouting, anija, let the rat speak."

Enraged at the insult thrown at him, Madara trembled in Hashirama's hold, who kept him in place. "Oh you know how Madara gets with you, it's nothing more, you should go. Everything is okay."

Not completely convinced, Tobirama stared down at the girl who was attached to him. "Are you really okay, you don't seem so well."

Minami nodded frantically and turned to look up at him with her blue eyes, pleading at him silently to take her away.

So with no further delays, Tobirama picked her up in his arms effortlessly and the next moment he Hiraijined her out of there.

Once the couple was out of earshot, Hashirama let go of Madara. "Phew, that was a close one."

Madara straightened his clothes and glared at his friend, "Don't be too sure about it, she's not gonna be able to hide what we were asking and then that brother of yours will be on our necks, possessive bastard."

Hashirama couldn't disagree, they were stupid today and Tobirama had a tendency to be overprotective of his wife. If his brother found out the questions they asked Minami by mistake, then they would most certainly be the test subjects of his next jutsu. Frankly speaking, something about the name '1000 Years Of Death' didn't sit well with The God Of Shinobi.