The black feathers vanished.
Tsunade stood frozen.
Kato Dan stared back.
Their mouths opened at the exact same time—
"Dan!"
"Tsunade!"
Akira blinked.
…Oh no.
This felt too familiar.
He suddenly remembered it —
those ridiculous romance skits from Shin-chan,
where Yocchi and Michi would shout each other's names
five times in increasing dramatic pitch
before hugging and spinning like melodramatic pigeons.
Akira squinted.
Are we seriously about to get that scene in real life?
They stepped closer—
"Dan!"
"Tsunade!"
Akira internally winced.
Any second now they'd twirl, dip, confess their eternal love,
and possibly summon sparkles and sakura petals.
He braced himself—
"Dan!"
"Tsunade!"
…Okay yes, this is definitely Yocchi–Michi territory.
He was mentally preparing for the dramatic spin-and-hug—
When suddenly—
"AKIRA! OI!"
Naruto's voice smacked his ear like a thrown sandal.
Akira jerked back.
"Huh—?!"
Naruto tilted his head.
"Why are you standing here in a daze?"
Akira blinked, mind rebooting.
"Wait—where are Tsunade-sama and Kato Dan?"
Naruto pointed a thumb at a quiet corner.
There they were —
not reenacting Shin-chan's hyper-romance theatrics,
but talking quietly,
soft smiles,
hands brushing.
Akira exhaled.
…Honestly, the Yocchi–Michi version was way more entertaining.
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Akira watched Tsunade and Dan chatting like long-lost lovers reconnecting through the universe's most stubborn plot device.
He sighed.
"Alright, Naruto," he said, turning to the blond kid,
"take Nawaki with you. Let him stay at your house today."
Naruto blinked. "Me?"
Akira nodded solemnly.
"And I might also send that depressing block with you."
He flicked his chin toward Jiraiya — who was crouched in the emotional fetal position.
"Make sure he doesn't commit suicide or run away."
Naruto paled.
He was actually worried Jiraiya might disappear into some hot spring forever.
Akira continued casually, as if reorganizing missions and emotional crises was normal conversation:
"Absolutely don't let him leave Konoha.
He still needs to watch Tsunade get married."
Tsunade — mid-conversation — somehow sneezed.
Naruto stared at Akira as if looking at a demon wearing human skin.
Akira only smiled.
And then paused as if remembering an item on a grocery list.
"Oh — and shift the Five Kage Summit.
From three days later to ten days later."
Naruto opened his mouth, but Akira raised a finger.
"As for the reason —
you can figure it out."
Naruto managed a weak nod.
"And second — if anyone asks how dead people are being resurrected — just tell them it's my Mangekyō Sharingan ability."
Naruto saluted faster than ANBU.
"Got it! I'll tell them."
Shizune dragged Jiraiya, Naruto dragged Nawaki, and soon the whole dysfunctional group exited.
Silence settled.
Only the Mangekyō users remained.
Akira turned.
"Kakashi — your house is on our route to the clan estates anyway.
Walk with us."
Kakashi nodded — mostly because he didn't know what else to do.
They walked.
Akira stretched his shoulders and spoke like announcing the weather forecast:
"In ten days —
Konoha will witness the grandest gathering in its history."
Kakashi smiled under his mask.
"Well, it is the second Five Kage Summit. Even minor villages are attending."
Akira smirked.
"And not only that —
I'll also be reviving the First and Second Hokage for the summit."
Everyone stopped walking for a second.
Then resumed —
stiffly.
Akira continued as if discussing dinner plans:
"And we must take ancestral revenge against that inherently evil Senju."
Silence.
Confused looks.
Who?
Akira gave the answer casually:
"Tobirama Senju —
the one responsible for 99% of the Uchiha's historical disaster."
Awkwardness broke into full-body paralysis.
Kakashi suddenly wished he could turn invisible — because he was neither Uchiha nor capable of disagreeing with this without dying.
Akira cheerfully continued:
"So here's the plan.
We resurrect them both —
one by one."
"First, the First Hokage — we revive him, send him home politely."
"Then we revive Tobirama —
and the moment he opens his eyes,
I'm staring at him."
"If that inherently evil Senju bastard so much as breathes an insult about the Uchiha clan —
I will submerge him in a latrine pit for a full day."
"If he survives and tries to reverse the ritual —
I'll drown him again."
Everyone stared ahead.
Awkward didn't begin to describe the atmosphere.
Shisui cleared his throat gently.
"Well… Akira seems… displeased with the Second Hokage… because of what happened to our clan?"
They all turned to Akira — curiosity replacing discomfort.
Akira nodded.
"Exactly."
He glanced sideways.
"Do you know who should have been the First Hokage?"
Nobody answered —
but Itachi and Fugaku exchanged knowing looks.
Akira said it:
"Uchiha Madara."
He walked, voice steady.
"Hashirama promised Madara would be Hokage.
The Senju and Uchiha united under that agreement."
"But when Konoha formed —
and time came for the Hokage ceremony —
that inherently evil Senju Tobirama started playing politics."
"He said Madara was unfit — that Hashirama had greater strength and clan backing."
"So Hashirama became First Hokage instead —
but promised Madara would be Second."
Akira's smile was razor thin.
"Then — as the years passed — Madara noticed something."
"The village was discriminating against Uchiha —
and the Senju engined that environment."
"He overheard Hashirama and Tobirama saying no one would ever vote for an Uchiha Hokage —
that the village must 'stabilize' first."
"Madara understood the consequence of Tobirama's ideology —
that as long as Senju existed with power,
the Uchiha could never coexist peacefully."
"So he decided to leave —
with the clan."
"But the Uchiha clan — tired of centuries of war and finally experiencing 'peace' —
refused."
Akira's voice dropped.
"And now you know why."
"Just a few years ago —
Uchiha were still being discriminated against."
"As for the dream of an Uchiha Hokage —
only now is it possible."
"Before, during the reigns of the First, Second, and even their disciples —
it was fantasy."
He stopped.
"And look what they did."
His gaze darkened.
" In the third great ninja war they sent the Uchiha clan, a clan which specialises in Fire release fight with Hidden mist village. '
"Second they pushed Shisui-niisama to suicide."
"Then — they orchestrated the genocide of the entire clan."
The wind shifted.
No one spoke.
The truth hung in the air —
heavy, ugly, undeniable.
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