In late February of Year 20 of Konoha, members of the Uzumaki Clan arrived in Konoha. That same month, Senju Tobirama received a message from Yuya ordering the main force to withdraw from the Land of Iron. He went ahead with his personal guard and returned to the village.
Yuya wanted to complain about it. Could you stop taking your damn personal guard everywhere?
They were useless. If a real fight broke out, they'd only be a burden. With the Flying Thunder God at his disposal, Tobirama could go wherever he wanted on his own, so why bring along a bunch of dead weight? And why bring so damn many of them?
Of course, Yuya only dared to think that.
Besides, Yuya knew what Senju Tobirama was planning. He couldn't possibly allow the next generation of leaders from Konoha's major ninja clans to come to harm.
But to Yuya, Senju Tobirama alone mattered more than all of them put together. After all, Tobirama was Yuya's shelter from the storm. Plenty of things were entirely different with Tobirama around than without him.
Take the Hyuga Clan's agreement to give up a third of their land, for example. If Senju Tobirama had already kicked the bucket, the Hyuga Clan wouldn't even let Yuya through their gates, let alone agree to work with him.
Still, at least Senju Tobirama had returned safely.
Well... that might have had something to do with Kumogakure being in the middle of an internal conflict and Iwagakure pulling each other's hair with the Land of Waterfalls. As for the Land of Grass...
How could that bunch of useless fools in the Land of Grass possibly stand up to Iwagakure?
The Land of Grass had practically surrendered the day after Iwagakure declared war, then got on its knees and