I caught up to him almost right in front of the doors into the Hashirama's office. When I finally touched him, I remembered about teleportation magic.... I can be clumsy at times..

"Madara.. I.."

"Shhhh." He closed my mouth with his hand.

"Ghfm" I was about to free them, but he put even more force.

"Listen."

"You want to recommend Madara and Malika for the position of Hokage?" I heard Tobirama's strict voice from the inside. Looks like they reached the office no too long ago an the talk had just started.

"Yes. You've got a problem with this?"

"Well not really. However, Elder brother, do you truly think that either of them will be chosen? The visual power of an Uchiha grows with their hate and it's not a secret to anyone. They are feared and are unpredictable. Even Uchihas say that themselves. What if Madara's candidature will get rejected? Do you think it is guaranteed that they will stay still?"

"I don't think he will get rejected. He is seen as one of the heros in the village..."

"You are too naive, Elder brother. The one, who will most likely get chosen, is you. Not them. Malika is seen as a hero as well. She saved many, but in the eyes of Daimyo, you are the one who deserve this t.i.tle."

I looked at Madara and saw that he was looking at me as well. We nodded to each other. Tobirama's line of thought was really similar to ours.

{We will have to speak to him about our plan. I think he will approve.}

{I know.} Madara nodded.

Suddenly, a presence that I felt a little while ago, vanished without a trace. Not even a little bit of chakra or evidence was left. The only person who could do that besides the Three of the leaders, Izuna and I, was f.u.kushū. During this few years, he learnt everything he could from Madara and other shin.o.bi. Madara once told me that this genius has already caught up with him in terms of strength and tactics, all he needed is a little more experience and he will surpa.s.s his teacher, Madara, completely.

{Why would your student be here?}

{I don't know. I'll confront him about this later.} Madara's face didn't look happy at all. The amount of people who could feerly come her was limited to four of us and a few other clan heads. So it was rather a little bigger of an issue than one might think.

"There was someone here. Tobirama, you would know."

"No, I don't mold any chakra right now." Tobirama said nonchalantly.

Looks like Hashirama felt it as well, although faintly. He couldn't feel our presence, since from the beginning, I was using a spell to suppress our presence to null. Magic sure is convenient...

We left the office side and waited for Tobirama to exit.

{Tobirama, could you please come over to my house? Madara and I have something to discuss with you.}

He stumbled on the empty place and glared in the direction where I supposedly could be. And Gosh.... his senses are sharp.

Madara and I teleported to over to my place and waited for Tobirama to arrive. It was a small building on the edge of the village. It had a small, tidy kitchen, a bedroom with some furniture, a living room/dining room, and a bathroom. The walls were coloured in light, pale pink with white design around the switches, doors and edges of the rooms.

However, don't let the appearance fool you. This place is protected by numerous, strong barriers and has an underground pa.s.sage that leads to a room filled with papers, symbols, runes and researches. Don't think of me as a paranoiac! Tobirama insisted on all of this! When the village started to stabilise, I asked him to teach me more about chakra and jutsu.

When I finally could use chakra to some extent, it was time to test whether chakra can be used for runes and formations from my world. Surprisingly, it can, but it takes twice the amount to get the same effect. That was the time I discovered another side of him. A very curious, diligent and researcher like side.

Since then, Tobirama and I would lock ourselves in this room for hours when ever we could. He learnt runes from my world really quick and then started to try to merge them with symbols from here to recreate the effects of my world's formations, but with lesser chakra consumption.

Once our experimenting almost led to an explosion, so since then many precautions were taken. No one, but those who have a special mark on them, can enter. My house is literally the safest place in the whole village. Actually, the reason Tobirama can't just teleport into my house is because there are barriers preventing that as well.

Ten minutes pa.s.sed and Tobirama finally arrived. With annoyed look on his face, he entered the living room and sat on the sofa, opposite to Madara. I came out of the kitchen and brought some herbal tea. Once that was done I sat on the armchair.

"What did the two of you want? You know that right now we are busy, so make it quick." He commanded. This side of him naver changed. He can be as caring as elder brother. A good leader and a friend, but if he is in a hurry, he won't hesitate to command others.

Madara and I told him about our idea and thoughts about the position of Hokage and as expected, he agreed. Just as he was about to leave, he sat down again. He looked at me and Madara and a smile formed on his face. A rare smile that he almost never shows to others. He smiled a lot during our researches, but when he is outside, he plays the role of the right-hand man of his brother and is always serious.

"You idea is really great." He praised me and Madara.

"Listening to it, I came up with an idea on my own. What if our village will have hidden leaders? They will not be restricted by any kind of duty, but will have some kind of role on their own. For example, Malika could be a Hidden Leader that is in charge of gathering information. This way you can travel wherever you want, do whatever you want and still be a part of the village. While Madara could be the Hidden Leader that is in charge of protecting our allies, so basically he is also the leader of a hidden unit of Konohagakure police. No one can order you around and you can make all of the decisions by yourself, keeping in mind the village and helping my brother if he were to be chosen."

Madara and I stared at him blankly. Why would there be any need for hidden leaders. It sounded super fun and I was actually liking it a lot, but still, why? And it still looked like he wasn't finished yet.

"Moreover, no one but Hokage will know about the existence of the Hidden leaders. They could advice or go against Hokage's judgment and if they deemed a certain person as an unworthy council member, they could easily strip him off of the his/her position. Hokage would never be able to do so, since he will have to deal with many things, but the Hidden leaders could be something like in-force of the office. What do you think?"

Now I got even more excited. No real responsibilities on my part, yet still have the authority. I might sound a little lazy, but this sounds so fun!

I raised both of my hands in the air.

"I'm in!!! I like it a lot!"

"I also like it, but there is one thing that concerns me. How will new Hidden Leaders will be chosen? I fear that if in the future a new Hokage was to make a mistake. the village could collapse." Madara brought up a very important point. How did I over look it?

"There won't be any. It is something like a one generation thing. I just wanted for it to exist until the village won't become completely stable." Tobirama's phoenix eyes closed as he smiled and scratched the back of his head.

I looked at him and found that his aura was kind of shaky as well.

"Then, won't this all end when we die?" Madara asked.

"Yes it will..."

"But I won't die, you know? My body doesn't age, so I'll be a leader for as much time as I'm here..."

"YOU DO NOT AGE???" Tobirama asked with shocked expression. Oops..

"I forgot to tell you. The time for my body is stopped as well. So for the time I'm here, I'll remain a 12 years-old girl." I smiled wryly.

Tobirama closed his eyes, ma.s.saging his temples while letting out a sigh.

"Well it looks like you would be the Hidden Leader for a long time!"

"Hehehe, looks like it!"

We laughed and joked about it. Tobirama then left, because he still needed to prepare for their trip and also discuss this with his brother. Madara also soon left my house. He still needed to talk to f.u.kushū.

I cleaned up after our meeting and decided to take a nap. I had nothing to do anyways.