Chapter Summaries

Madara Uchiha misunderstood Hashirama’s worries and talk of family as a Senju plot to seduce him and ruin the Uchiha bloodline. After Madara reported the supposed scheme to Uchiha Tajima, his father questioned whether Madara had revealed a strange fetish.

• Hashirama mourned his missing little brother and described his wish to build a village where he could keep him safe, while Madara wrongly thought he knew about the Senju kidnapping.
• Hashirama asked Madara to bring his sister to meet Hashirama’s little sister, and Madara agreed after Hashirama challenged whether she existed.
• Madara returned home and told Uchiha Tajima that the Senju planned to seduce him and destroy the Uchiha bloodline.
• Uchiha Tajima doubted the report and asked whether Madara had revealed an unusual fetish.

Madara Uchiha told Uchiha Tajima that he had promised the Senju to bring his sister, then asked Indra to dress as a woman for their meeting. Indra punished Madara with an all-night beating, then laid out a kimono and obi for himself.

• Madara Uchiha told Uchiha Tajima that he had claimed the Uchiha had a daughter and agreed to meet the Senju with their sisters.
• Uchiha Tajima told Madara to keep playing along and send him to Indra for help with the promise.
• Madara Uchiha confessed the whole scheme to Indra and asked him to dress as a woman for the meeting at the Naka River.
• Indra seized Madara and beat him through the night, repeatedly healing him and restoring his stamina so they could continue training.
• Indra dragged the exhausted Madara back to their room, covered him with a blanket, and took out a kimono and obi.

Hashirama knocked Tobirama unconscious, dressed him as a girl, and smuggled him out of the Senju compound to meet Invincible and his sister. Meanwhile, Indra dressed as a woman, and Madara helped him with his hair before receiving another beating.

• Hashirama tried to persuade Tobirama to dress as a girl and meet Invincible's sister, but Tobirama refused.
• Hashirama knocked Tobirama out, changed him into a dress and makeup, hid him in a sack, and carried him to the Naka River.
• Tobirama woke up at the river, realized Hashirama had taken his clothes, and demanded them back.
• Madara woke at the Uchiha compound, ate with Indra, and cleaned the dishes afterward.
• Madara let down Indra's hair and tugged it, so Indra threw him onto the tatami and kicked him.

Indra and Madara went to the Naka River, where they encountered Hashirama and Tobirama after Indra had disguised himself in women’s clothing. Indra recognized Tobirama as the man who had killed Izuna, but wondered whether Tobirama was actually a woman.

• Madara put on Indra’s kimono and was transported with him to the woods by the Naka River.
• Madara and Indra found Hashirama arguing with Tobirama, whose face was covered in red-and-white makeup and whose trousers Hashirama was tugging at.
• Tobirama washed off the makeup, while Hashirama mistook Indra for a beautiful woman and confessed his interest in him.
• Indra claimed he already had a child, and Hashirama broke down as Madara escaped his grasp.
• Indra recognized Tobirama as Izuna’s killer and wondered whether Tobirama was a woman.

Indra and Madara met Hashirama and Tobirama, who still believed Indra was a woman. When Black Zetsu sensed the living Indra, he fled into a tree, and Madara led the group toward town with plans to kill the Senju brothers.

• Indra wondered whether Tobirama was male or female, while Madara mistook Tobirama for a rival seeking Indra's attention.
• Hashirama introduced Tobirama as his little sister, Fuko, and proposed that Indra divorce and marry him.
• Tobirama questioned Indra about their familiarity, and Indra said he had only recently arrived among the Uchiha.
• Black Zetsu spotted Indra alive after a thousand years, panicked, and hid inside a tree when Indra sensed him.
• Madara invited Indra to town, Hashirama and Tobirama joined them, and Madara prepared to kill the Senju brothers.

Madara Uchiha and Indra visited a lively town with Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju, where Hashirama spoke of ending war through trust and Madara described his bizarre Genjutsu schemes. The outing ended with Indra planning to examine Madara’s Genjutsu more closely, while Madara wondered whether his older brother planned to kill the Senju brothers and frame another clan.

• The four walked through town and heard civilians fear that clan wars would reach their homes, prompting Hashirama to wish that people could become brothers and end war.
• Indra bought many sweet dumplings and fed Madara, while Hashirama and Tobirama watched them eat.
• When Hashirama repeated his hope for peace through trust, Madara recalled his Genjutsu and explained how he had tried making Hashirama marry into other clans, only for conflict to continue.
• Tobirama questioned the marriage plan, and Indra decided to check Madara’s progress in the Genjutsu that night.
• Indra rejected trust as a path to peace, and Madara speculated that his older brother might kill Hashirama and Tobirama and frame another clan.

Hashirama’s blunt question and Indra’s suspicion led Madara to check Tobirama’s sex in a changing room, exposing that Tobirama was a man. The confrontation ended with Indra holding a fan to Tobirama’s neck while Hashirama defended his younger brother.

• Hashirama asked Indra whether a man had hurt him, and Tobirama apologized for his elder brother’s awkward remark.
• Indra urged Tobirama to buy proper clothes, then secretly asked Madara to find out whether Tobirama was a man or a woman.
• Hashirama and Tobirama argued over clothes before Tobirama chose a dark red kimono.
• Madara entered Tobirama’s changing room and discovered that he was a man, prompting Tobirama to attack him.
• Hashirama stopped Tobirama, while Indra stood in front of Madara and pressed his fan to Tobirama’s neck.

Indra and Madara spent the evening with Hashirama and Tobirama before secretly buying grain, and Madara discovered Indra could make valuable Sealing Scrolls. As Indra and Madara decided to stay out overnight, several figures surrounded them, and Madara realized he had left his weapons behind.

• Indra led Madara away after Tobirama caught him peeking while he changed, and the Senju brothers later caught up with them over sweets.
• Tobirama refused Hashirama's invitation to stay out and followed Indra and Madara to a grain shop, where Indra bought all the rice and stored it in a Sealing Scroll.
• Madara learned that Indra's quickly made storage Sealing Scrolls were valuable and suggested they sell them to the Senju for grain.
• Indra agreed to teach Madara how to make Sealing Scrolls and promised nothing would happen to him when they chose to stay out overnight.
• Several figures appeared and surrounded Indra and Madara, while Madara stepped in front of Indra and realized he had left his Ninja Tool Pouch and Ninja Sword behind.

Hashirama and Tobirama confronted Madara Uchiha and Indra with a group of Senju ninja, turning the encounter into a fight. Izuna joined Madara, while Hashirama and Madara remained locked in battle as the Senju side began to lose ground.

• Hashirama stopped the Senju ninja from attacking Madara Uchiha and Indra, but several Senju ninja threw kunai at them.
• Indra and Madara Uchiha dodged the kunai, used genjutsu to kill two Senju ninja, and fought back as Hashirama and Tobirama joined the battle.
• Madara Uchiha redirected Tobirama Senju's Water Release attack, then engulfed Hashirama and Tobirama with his Majestic Destroyer Flame.
• Hashirama and Tobirama recovered behind their defenses and faced Madara Uchiha as both sides ran low on chakra.
• Izuna attacked Tobirama Senju with an Explosive Tag, then joined Madara Uchiha and gave him a Ninja Tool Pouch.
• Hashirama began overpowering the Senju ninja on his side while Madara Uchiha watched the fight and protected Izuna.

Hashirama and Tobirama fought Madara, Izuna, and Indra, but Indra nearly killed Tobirama before the Senju and Uchiha leaders arrived. The clans faced off, and Butsuma challenged Tajima about Indra’s appearance.

• Madara and Hashirama fought while Izuna stalled Tobirama with taunts and swordplay.
• Indra finished killing the adult Senju ninjas, then joined the fight and forced Hashirama to defend Tobirama.
• Indra charged Tobirama, but weapons thrown by Butsuma, Tajima, and Hashirama deflected his blade, leaving Tobirama gravely wounded instead of dead.
• Butsuma and Tajima arrived with their clansmen after learning the boys had left their clan grounds.
• Butsuma looked at Indra and asked Tajima why his other son was so effeminate.