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When Hash'rama was 17, things started to get horrible in the Senju compound, especially in the house Buts’ma shared with his two sons. It wasn’t a secret Hash’rama doesn’t agree with his father and wants to gain popularity in the Senju clan to become the next leader.

Buts’ma didn’t want Hash’rama to be the leader, something was telling him that his oldest son will ruin the clan. And Hash’rama’s ideas were for him insane. Years ago, no one took Hash’rama seriously, but as his son grew stronger, he was gaining more and more adherents and more and more people were starting to listen to him. When the Senju board decided Hash’rama’s strategy to claim a coal mines nearby was better than Buts’ma’s, Buts’ma decided it’s time to get rid of his oldest son and write him off from the inheritance of his position as a clan leader.

The tension between the two grew, which Tob’rama’s observant eyes couldn’t miss. And when Buts’ma told him he will make him the leader eventually, Tob’rama started to be really worried about his brother’s potential leadership, but he pretended to be alright with it. He knew that Hash’rama needs to become the leader of the clan to bring peace and he believed that if someone is capable of doing that and stop the killing of children, it’s his brother.

Not long after previous events, Buts’ma decided to sacrifice a few of the Senju children to win a battle with the Uch’ha clan. Hash’rama verbally fought him, but Tob’rama started to weave a plan. Buts’ma was dangerous for the whole clan. He asked his aunt (Toka’s mother) for advice and she implied he knows what he must do.

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Buts’ma requested Hash’rama to go on a mission with him to take down an Uch’ha group that was shielding an old temple with seals and Buts'ma wished to acquire them. Tob’rama decided to join. All Buts’ma needed was do one of his special ninjutsu and the guards would be long gone. But he needed Hash’rama’s mokuton powers to shield him during him the attack.

As the sieging started, Hash’rama was protecting his father, Tob’rama watching the whole scene from behind Hash’rama, the time was perfect.

Just in time, before Buts’ma’s threats to remove Hash’rama from his will becoming tangible, Tob’rama grabbed a kunai and stabbed Hash’rama’s shoulder from behind. As Hash’rama didn’t expect it and the moment of suprise shocked him, Hash’rama lost his focus.

And couldn’t protect the leader of Senju clan.

Without protection, Buts’ma was vulnerable and Uch’has killed him before he could realize Hash’rama wasn’t protecting him.

So it goes..

Hash’rama thanked Tob’rama for the sacrifice that could allow him to become the next leader, eventually.

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The brothers brought their father to the compound, telling everyone that hewas killed by the Uch’has, they pretended to be crestfallen and grief-stricken.

The only person suspicious was one of Buts’ma’s lovers.

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