Hashirama hurriedly put down his headphones and went outside to see what was happening...
"What's going on? Is someone fighting over at the Valley of the End?" Hashirama murmured in confusion as he listened to the commotion coming from that direction.
"Izanagi!"
Hashirama faintly heard a voice drifting over... Ah... so it was that kid Danzo... Who was he fighting?
Hashirama reached out with his chakra to sense them. It was Dave. Had those two gotten into a fight? Never mind, he would go back to his match. They were probably just messing around.
That night...
Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, Izuna, Dave, Kagami, Hiruzen, and Danzo... The eight of them went out drinking. Hashirama had invited them, wanting to ask what exactly had happened that day. The fighting at the Valley of the End had lasted all day, and Konoha had been shaking nonstop. He wanted to know what was going on.
Of course, part of the reason was that Hashirama had lost his match against Madara that day. He naturally assumed that Dave and Danzo's fighting had thrown him off his game and caused his defeat. So he had invited Madara along too, to get in a few fighting words...
"Danzo, why were you and Dave fighting at the Valley of the End all day?" Hashirama asked, looking at Danzo in confusion.
"It was nothing, Teacher. Dave and I were just messing around. Right, Dave?" Danzo shook his head, then turned a piercing gaze on Dave beside him.
"Right, right, right... Just messing around..." Dave nodded, his face bruised and swollen.
Danzo was a shameless bastard... No matter what move Dave used, that guy had just one response: Izanagi... In the end, Dave had given up resisting... He had let Danzo beat him up to vent his anger...
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