#indratobi

Okay so now that I've spent an age explaining the bond concept here's the Tobirama part of the concept.

Tobirama as a child started off with the familial bonds like most children. He has six bonds: Butsuma, his Mom, Hashirama, Kawarama, Itama, and Touka.

He did not have thick bonds from the beginning with his father. It thinned, frayed, and snapped the first time he hit Kawarama or Itama.

He had a thick bond with his mother.

He had thick bonds with Kawarama and Itama. He would never admit to having a favorite but Itama's was slightly thicker.

He used to have a thick bond with Hashirama but since the river it started to fray over time before finally snapping the first time Hashirama told him he was nothing but a tool to end an argument.

Touka's grew thicker over time and by the time the clan war's are ending is his only remaining bond.

Tobirama never gained any platonic or friend based bonds because due to his coloring and attitude was isolated by his clan. Tobirama lost two agemate playmates this way. Parents driving them away from with frowns, grimaces, and whispers of demon. Leaving him with two holes in his soul.

Clansmen made a game of seeing if young Tobi would bond with them to break it on purpose. It started as an order from Butsuma to make him a better weapon then became a game. This occurred three times before he noticed the pattern and closed himself off because he now had another three holes in his soul.

Tobirama had gained five holes in his soul by the time Itama died at the hands of his clansmen and no longer trust them to make bonds. The breaking of his familial bonds except Touka leave him with ten holes in his heart.

For this AU ten is an extreme number and most people would have unraveled at this point, but Tobirama is stubborn and keeps going.

Tobirama gets two more from people he's gotten close to on missions he was unable to protect or save. With twelve holes in his soul Touka is heavily concerned for her 'brother', but he's sent out on another mission where he gets close to a child and develops a bond with them only for them to die, enemy-nin or illness you decide.

Tobirama knows after that last snap at unlucky number thirteen that he's going to unravel. He informs the elder council who give him one last suicide mission for him to die on and benefit the Senju one last time.

On that mission he encounters Kurama and impresses him. Kurama seeing the damage decides that finders keepers and if they can't take care of the pale kit then the kit is his now.

Tobirama gains a bond filling in the place of his father's bond.

Matatabi gets enlisted to go check on Kurama by the other bijuu since he hasn't been seen in ages, and is impressed by the kitten Kurama has adopted and decides to stay and help nurse the kitten back to help, because she doesn't trust Kurama to not kill the human kitten.

Tobirama gains a bond filling in the place of his mother's bond.

Overtime Tobirma befriends each of the bijuu and they fill in his bonds. Then the gods check on their children to see why they've congregated and see the human packed to the brim with thick familial bonds with their children. And decide what can they do but except his as family as well.

Here are the bond relations I imagine.

Grandmentor: Susanoo (Water god)

Grandmother: Ameratsu (Fire goddess)

Grandfather: Tsukuyomi (The *Actual* moon god)

Godfather: The Shinigami

Annoying Aunt/Uncle: Shukaku

Mentor: Isobu

Friend: Son Goku

Brothers x 3 to replace Hashirama, Kawarama, and Itama: Kokuo, Saiken, Gyuki

Excitable cousin: Chomei (wind chakra)

After getting bonds with all of the chakra beasts Tobirama becomes a pseudo Juubi. Closer to the wolf form we all headcannoned before learning about the god tree shenanigans.

While Tobirama is getting a new family, back in Senju and Uchiha land. When Tobirama was sent out on a suicide mission the council sent Touka out on a year long mission because they knew she'd become rabid if she found out what they did. Hashirama unable to run the compound as efficiently without Touka and Tobirama loses ground against the Uchiha. Supplies, contracts, and shinobi start dropping without the two their to manage it. Hashirama asks the council about their whereabouts and is told they are both on long term critical missions.

The good thing about the Senju loosing ground and numbers is the Uchiha gain it. So that the two clans are more on equal terms and relaxes the Uchiha into agreeing to a cease fire. The Uchiha have spies in court that have seen Touka so they know where she's been for a year, but no one has seen Tobirama so they assume he's dead.

Once they start planning the village Madara offers his condolences for the death of Hashirama's last brother, and oblivious sub!optimal Hashirama states Tobi's not dead and goes to grab his soul bond and notices it gone, pats around his chest frantically and doesn't find a snapped soul bond, only for Mito to tell him confused he doesn't know that his bond with Tobirama snapped over a year ago.

Hashirama is horrified, and finds out about the suicide mention and Tobirama's unraveling from the elders, and frantically goes searching for him.

Only to find a healthy, happy, choke full of soul bonds Tobirama surrounded by gods and monsters that are pissed about his prior treatment.

Their marriage had been a quiet affair consisting of only their brothers and the Uchiha elder Indra had selected to marry them. Hashirama had wanted to make it a big affair, claiming a marriage between the founding clans was a huge deal and needed to be treated as such. Several glares from Tobirama and Indra, plus a rather graphic threat about his future sex life from Madara had quickly quieted Hashirama down. In the end, Tobirama and Indra had gotten their way, and none of the village even knew about it. The Senju clan weren’t even sure what had happened to Tobirama, all they knew was one day he’d left the compound and hadn’t returned, but Hashirama wasn’t worried.

Hashirama had noticed a very pleasant change in his brother since Tobirama had gone to live with the Uchiha. Sure it had hurt to let his last brother leave the house, but the lack of tension constantly set in Tobirama’s shoulders was worth it to Hashirama. He knew the majority of his clan thought he was just a bumbling buffoon, but they seemed to forget Hashirama was hailed as the God of Shinobi and they never saw through his act. He wasn’t blind to the way his clansmen had treated his otouto, but there was little he could do as clan leader since no one ever physically hurt Tobirama. Hashirama had been worried when Indra started spending more time with his otouto, but Madara had explained that Indra truly had feelings for the albino and he’d be sleeping on the couch for a month if he dared interfere with Indra’s courting. In the end, Hashirama was glad he’d listened to his lover and let Indra marry his otouto.

“Looks like the freak finally came out of hiding,” one of the Senju that’s always hated Tobirama mutters to his group when he sees Tobirama waiting outside the Academy one day, knowing that the albino can hear him.

“His keeper properly got tired of him,” one of the women sneers.

“With his looks I’m surprised anyone wanted him.”

“Maybe they were blind.”

As the Senju laugh among themselves, Tobirama tunes out the cruel comments, too used to hearing them already. Instead of paying his former clanmates any attention, he focuses on how he should broach the topic that’s been on his mind lately to Indra.

“Tobira-sensei!” The familiar voice breaks Tobirama out of his thoughts just as a small body slams into his legs.

“Kagami,” Tobirama chuckles, picking the child up in one swift movement, making the boy giggle, “I didn’t think your last class got done so early.”

“It usually doesn’t,” Kagami grins, “but Shishou let us leave early!”

“Shishou?” Tobirama repeats, because he knew Indra didn’t teach a class at the Academy.

“Hikaku got called away on a last second mission,” Indra says, walking over to Tobirama and Kagami, feeling the annoying Senju’s giddy eyes on his back; clearly they were expecting him to lash out at Tobirama for daring to touch an Uchiha child.

“Shishou’s gonna be our sensei all week!” Kagami exclaims, his whole body vibrating with excitement, “and he told me a secret!”

“He did?” Tobirama asks with a raised eyebrow, looking from Kagami’s joyous expression to the devious smirk on Indra’s face. “What did he say?”

“You’re my Tou-chan now!”

Tobirama’s eyes widen in surprise as he stares at Indra, who just smiles as he pulls Tobirama close. “Surprise koibito,” Indra chuckles, kissing Tobirama’s temple.

“Thank you,” Tobirama mutters, his smile nearly splitting his face in half as he hugs Kagami and Indra close.

Indra hugs Tobirama back, before he steers his husband away from the Senju openly gaping at them. “Let’s go home,” he suggests, leading his family back to the Uchiha compound.

“Did you hear that Madara!?” Hashirama exclaims behind the group of Senju, startling them. “We’re uncles!”

“Half of the village heard you,” Madara mutters, rolling his eyes at his lover. Instead he focuses on the 4 Senju that had been making fun of Tobirama. “Tobirama is an Uchiha now,” he states, “and we Uchiha protect our own.”

“Isn’t that wonderful news?” Hashirama asks, clapping his clanmates on their shoulders just a little too hard.

“Of course Hashirama-sama,” one of the Senju mutters as the four quickly make themselves scarce.

“Cowards,” Madara huffs as he lets Hashirama pull him close.

“We should adopt too!” Hashirama declares and Madara just shoves the giant lump into the nearest wall.

“We’re not even married,” Madara points out, walking away from the mess he’d just made.