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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 603/?

"'World'? Ambitious," Izuna commented. 

"Anija is, generally. I tried to talk him down but he insisted. I will support your amendment to delete that if you put forth one," Tobirama agreed before reciting more:

"『For the purpose of solidifying and developing the relations of peace and friendship between the two clans;』"

"Is it all fluff like that?" Izuna interrupted. 

"No. That was the preamble. Also included. Regulation of the use of doujutsu stipulating no use of doujutsu outside military force against enemies." 

Izuna snorted, but not taking offence when Tobirama was so out of it. 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 602/?

"You mean Hikaku. How much did you drink?"

"I am not drunk. I merely have been awake for the last 42 hours," Tobirama confessed. 

"Why?"

Not subtle at all, he looked at the draft in Izuna's hand. 

"You stayed awake to write this?"

"Will you read it?" Tobirama asked instead of answering. 

"Now? It's dark." 

Tobirama huffed. 

"When it's light will you read it?" he asked with exaggerated patience. 

"What does it say that's so urgent?" Izuna challenged, irked by the tone. 

Tobirama sat up straighter and began to recite: 

"『Hoping to contribute to peace and stability in the Land of Fire and in the world;』"

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 601/?

"I am not," he argued, though Izuna suspected he wasn't fully aware what about. "I refer to…" 

He reached into the lapel of his kimono, and pulled a scroll from where it sat securely above his obi, against his body over his heart. 

"Here," he said, handing it to Izuna. It was warm with his body heat. 

"What is this? A love letter?" Izuna laughed and Tobirama flushed darker.

"No, it's the draft treaty. For us. For you. Also Madara. And. Ambassador-san."

It took Izuna a second to realise Tobirama wasn't being strange and referring to himself with an honorific. 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 600/?

"I am glad for the opportunity to speak with you alone," he said. "And that you are amenable to it." 

And he said it so sincerely, it was always so sincere with this—his enemy. Fucking weirdo. Izuna could kill him so easily like this, just lean over, raiton him in the heart, break his neck, slit the arteries in his thigh. He wouldn't, but he could, in myriad ways. 

"I'm just covering for Madara because he didn't want to move his lazy ass to escort you to go take a piss. Don't make it weird." 

Tobirama's narrow eyes squinted even narrower in confusion. 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 599/?

"Blatant and bald-faced flattery," Izuna accused, but slightly flattered nonetheless. "Mitsuya-san is famous, you know. Talent like that is bestowed by heaven maybe once in three generations. Even the daimyo has to book her a year in advance." 

"If you say so," Tobirama said amiably, clearly humouring Izuna. It should have been annoying but what it implied about how genuine he'd been in his opinion made Izuna blush. 

Before Izuna could come up with a response to that, Tobirama swung his head round to look at Izuna, though the weight of it still rested against the pillar. 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 598/?

His moon-white skin was flushed dark across his cheeks and ears. It must be the alcohol, but flushed was better than pale. 

"You wanna sit?" Izuna asked. 

"No." Tobirama swayed slightly as he shifted his hold on the pillar. "Maybe."

"Hey, get ahold of yourself. Aren't you an ambassador and everything?"

"I am perfectly cognisant, merely tired. I can make small talk, if you wish." 

Izuna chuckled, taking a seat on the engawa. 

"Alright, small talk then." 

Tobirama looked down and slowly, gingerly slid down the pillar to sit as well. 

"The music," Tobirama said. "Was very good. But I think I preferred your performance." 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 597/?

Just as Izuna had that thought, Tobirama stumbled to his feet and Madara didn't even look at him, too busy leaning back and smoking, eyes heavy-lidded and half asleep. 

"I'll go," Izuna murmured, pushing to his feet and all Madara did was hum. 

Tobirama didn't look like he was going to the outhouse for a piss. Instead, he was clinging to one of the pillars on the engawa, face resting against the wood. 

"You ok?" Izuna asked. 

"Yes," Tobirama answered. "I needed some air. The hall is very warm. And the smoke." 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 596/?

===chapter 21===

Izuna had not expected to have a good time whilst having to babysit Tobirama and artificially shoestring a conversation between him and Madara, but the banquet was great. He'd forgotten how much he loved a good banquet— there had been too many mourning periods and Madara never found these important enough to make exceptions for. 

Things toned down as the night went on, the food slowed and people shifted more to drinks and pipes. Most of the room were in casual conversations or comfortable silence—the late hour and heavy food had mellowed everyone, and the alcohol and smoke were soporific as well. There was music, off and on, but no more real performances. Izuna thought it was that the apprentices had a chance to get experience, and very much appreciated that they got that chance when people were drunk enough to overlook their occasional mistakes and sometimes blatantly under-practised pieces. He sadly couldn't drink anything other than ginger tea and water, but it would be embarrassing if Tobirama was completely sober to witness this. 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 595/?

Izuna laughed and was forced to open his own fan to hide his snickering when Madara looked over. Tobirama very innocently drank his newly-refilled sake and Izuna actually choked and started coughing. 

"Are you alright?" Madara asked. Izuna waved him off, head lowered from coughing but shoulders still shaking with mirth. 

Encouraged, Tobirama settled in for the rest of the night's mission, perhaps not so poor a choice of diplomat after all. 

===end of chapter 20===

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 594/?

The hall was unbearably warm now with the fire jutsus thrown about and many people were fanning themselves. Tobirama took the fan from his belt and self-consciously opened it for use. 

Izuna's attention went to it immediately, though he pretended otherwise with the direction of his face, Tobirama had caught the too obvious feint in his body. 

Suddenly inspired, Tobirama switched the fan to his other hand and, like a stage play where actors pretend-whisper to share a secret with the entire audience, he hid them from Madara and very obviously dumped the entire plate of meats into the seal in his sleeve. 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 593/?

"And you?" Tobirama felt compelled to ask. 

"I'm alright," Izuna demurred but Madara leaned forward.

"Izuna set an entire field on fire," he said. "Twice." 

"Nii-san," Izuna said, annoyed, "I was five." 

Five was young for katon jutsu, chakra-demanding and dangerous as they were. Tobirama knew Izuna was a capable opponent but once again he was reminded not to underestimate him. 

"I'm pretty sure you were fifteen that time when you came back without eyebrows," Madara teased. 

Izuna looked ready to argue, but applause went through the hall and he stopped to applaud as well. Mitsuya took her bows and more food was served.

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 592/?

"Relax, her control is perfect, she won't hit you. If there's a stray katon, I'll deal with it," Madara said lowly and only then did Tobirama realise he was holding so much tension in his body. He took a deep breath to dissipate some of it, irked and embarrassed to have been caught needing reassurance from Madara of all people. 

"Nii-san is actually better in this style," Izuna commented quietly. 

"Thanks," Madara accepted the praise easily with no attempt at polite modesty. He raised his sakazuki slightly to his brother's words. 

"She's got you beat on everything else though," Izuna pointed out. 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 591/?

She lashed out with ribbons of fire, and Tobirama tensed with the threat but it missed, arcing away and flaring into smoke before it touched anything. She moved sharp and fierce, reminiscent of the Uchiha fighting style with sweeping moves and high jumps. The lines of her were admittedly beautiful though the movement flared her haori and showed far more skin than decent. The smoke seemed to be combined with a genjutsu as well, though Tobirama was not sure when she had activated it—heavenly visions and colours and impossible lights obscured the ceiling, making it appear like there was no roof. She continued to make blasts and arcs of fire as her leaps and spins brought her the entire length of the hall.

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 590/?

It was the same dancer, but now her hair was down, loose about her shoulders. She wore an open haori over a bandaged chest and pants that were tied off with wraps at her shins, similar to standard Uchiha battle wear but her feet were bare. 

Various instruments started playing, the resulting noise held together by a deep and fast war-like drum. Tobirama felt his own heartbeat rise to meet it despite himself. 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 589/?

Still, he had no choice. There was too much at stake, and victory was the only option, in this the same as any battlefield. Nodding to himself, Tobirama downed his sake in one shot, hoping it would help. 

"Drunk already?" 

Tobirama turned to see Izuna had returned in formal blacks like Madara, striking in how the black of his hair matched his haori. He was grinning.

"No," Tobirama replied as Izuna settled back in his seat. 

"I hope you aren't lying, because what's coming up next is really special," Izuna said, gesturing towards the space in the middle of the hall. "I don't remember the last time an outsider got to see something like this." 

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 588/?

He was the choice only because of Izuna, and because Madara could be easily manipulated via Izuna, and because Madara could and obviously did strongarm his own clan into doing as he wished. Without Izuna there, it was glaringly obvious Tobirama was ill-suited for the task at hand. 

No, even with Izuna there, Tobirama felt a bit at a loss. The Izuna he knew from battle and information dossiers wasn't a complete picture and while he knew this, it was another to experience it. This was Izuna at home, a different creature altogether.

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for adoration grow - tobiizu unconventional hanahaki au - 587/?

"He likes the arts," Madara said, like that was any sort of answer. 

"I see," Tobirama replied, feeling rather like he had been caught wrong-footed. Madara seemed content to eat in silence and Tobirama felt inclined to let him. It was easier. 

He looked down and picked at the food set before him, feeling very foolish sitting next to the Uchiha clan leader in the heart of the Uchiha compound in his borrowed clothes. He was a poor choice of diplomat and he knew it. Madara knew it. All the Uchiha probably knew it. 

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