"I don´t really like that" said Madara, caressing his big belly. He as full term now, just waiting for the birth of his baby… but that doesn´t mean he didn´t have anything to do! There were still a lot of things to prepare for the arrival and that was what he was doing now. "You definitely can´t paint the room pink with picture of unicorns and flowers, I´m sure this one is going to be a boy"

"Okay, if you are so sure then we can make it gender neutral" accepted Hashirama, putting the paint down. He has gone to the market earlier in the day and bought some of the stuff, unfortunately for Madara it was girl´s stuff, as the Senju wanted a girl. But at least he was considerate enough to buy gender neutral crib, decoration and toys. "What color do you like?"

"I don´t know, maybe… light blue? Like the sky, I bet he will like it"

"Light blue? Pretty and adequate for both boys and girls, why didn´t I thought about this before?" asked himself the brunette, taking the can on his hands, looking at it as if her was analyzing the metal container. "If we are going to paint it the color of the sky perhaps I should bring some white paint too to make clouds."

"That´s a great idea… coming from an idiot like you" smiled the former Uchiha, crossing his arms over his belly. He was sitting on the rocking chair in the corner of the room. Since his belly was the size of a full grown baby, his ability to walk suffered a lot. In fact, he was unable to stand for a long time. "Go and take that back to the store"

"You are so mean…" the raven lifted an eyebrow. "Sorry, but you are" stated the Hokage. "And about returning it to the store… I don´t think I will do it until the evening"

"Why until the evening? The salesman is not going to accept it because you took so long!"

"I will not leave you and Tobi alone" Madara rolled his eyes. He has never thought that he would be spending some time with Senju Tobirama, but lately it was happening a lot. The white haired bastard was in his finals too, with a stomach nearly as big as him. Surprisingly, his company was not as terrible as he first thought, specially because his brother in law never took a part in his brothers´ caretaking. And now that his mother was pressing them to go through all that mommy training…

"I don´t know how to do it!" yelled the future Niidaime, finally losing it in the next room. Namie has gone out with Butsuma, leaving them both with Hashirama. For some seconds he thought he was finally free of diapers and bottles, but his mom didn´t left without a gift. His "homework" was to dress, feed and clean a baby doll she especially prepared for him… not that he was good at it. "Okay, I give up, I will leave the caring to Izuna…"

"You can´t do that, Tobi, he has his clan head duties" reminded him his brother.

"Then to Tajima-sama…"

"Other duties…"

"Well, I… I… urgh, am not good at it" Tobirama placed the doll in it´s crib. The older Senju picked it up and showed him the procedure to feed it. "You make it seem so easy…"

"I had practice"

"I still don´t know why you did it three times"

"It was not that bad and kaa-chan needed help" answered the Shodaime, lifting his hands. "When she gave birth to you her chakra went out of control for some time, then when it was Kawarama´s turn… well, you remember the battle injury she got shortly after? She needed time to recover and father wouldn´t be caught dead helping. And in Itama´s birth her hearth almost failed her, so I felt in again."

"You didn´t have any luck, eh?"

"Not really, I have all the luck in the world. I like babies"

"And talking about babies, what were you doing in the other room?" he then noticed the paint can that his brother brought into the room. "The nursery? I was beginning to think you will never do it…"

"Well, we have a certain… problem with colors"

"Yes, Madara told me that he was expecting a boy and you buy pink paint…"

"It´s just that I really want a girl!"

"You can always try again" answered Tobirama, then looked at the can. "Aren´t you returning that to the store? You better hurry before they didn´t want to take it back."

"Sorry, but I´m the only one with you two today and don´t want to leave you alone" said Hashirama, taking the metal thing. "I can always return this later"

"Come on, we are not going to be alone!" the albino answered, putting his hands on his hips. Suddenly the older Senju felt like in the presence of his mother… maybe Tobi-chan had it more in him than he thought. "If you didn´t notice, Kawarama and Itama are on the roof and an army of shinobi around the house. We are definitely not alone."

"But I…"

"You are just going to take a few minutes. No one could pass those security measures in a few minutes"

"Really, I…"

"It´s not going to be so bad, believe me!"

"Well, I guess I could do it… but don´t dare to move from here!"

"Okay, okay, mom" when Hashirama left the white haired man sat down in front of his doll, trying now to find an excuse for why was the baby wearing the diaper in such an strange way before his mother arrived. Then he heard an strange sound from the other room… "Madara? Are you alright?"

"You were right, it was easy to pass the security measure with your help" said a strange voice and Tobirama suddenly felt something wrapping around his body. They were strings. The things were all around his body, immobilizing him but not pressing on his belly. Kakuzu and Zetsu were there, standing, one of the dark skinned man´s hearths holding an unconscious Madara. "This is so easy when they are like this"

"Knock him out before he alerts the guards" hissed the creature.

"He can´t, my strings are taking care of that, but if you insist…" were the last words the white haired former Senju heard.

-An hour later-

Konoha was on high alert after the kidnapping. Namie was very angry with her children and Hashirama was even angrier with his men and brothers. Kawarama and Itama were feeling guilty, their brother told them before leaving that one of them has to get inside and be with the pregnant men, but they argued about who should get inside, giving the enemy time to attack.

"How could this happen? Not even a time space travelling specialist could get through it!" yelled the Hokage´s mother, trying to use her sensor abilities to find her child. Unfortunately she wasn´t able to make any progress and it was driving her mad.

"Not a time space traveling specialist, but what about the earth?" asked her oldest son, touching the ground. He wasn´t able to sense anything, but he knew it. The only one capable of such a thing was that damn goo… "I need you to contact Tokka´s team immediately"

"Hashirama, what are you going to do?"

"Talk to my contacts" he went to his room and tried to contact the other world. He was no medium, so it was not easy. Fortunately there were other people that wanted to talk to him…

"Hello!" talked Asura through the mirror. "We saw everything and have a certain idea of where Zetsu is. Your cousin made a pretty great job in finding Kakuzu´s secret place, she is very close, but the exact location is still a mystery to…"

"That´s all I need to…"

"Hey! What are you going to do to rescue my descendant?!" yelled a new voice. Hashirama peered through the glass at the newcomer. There was Hagoromo trying to keep him in his place and the stranger looked like Madara. So this was Indra.

"I´m still making plans for that" admitted Asura´s descendant.

"That´s not enough!"

"Why are you yelling at me?" said the Senju, teary eyed.

"The thing my nii-san was trying to tell you is that you don´t have time" explained his ancestor "is that you don´t have any time. Madara will give birth soon"

"How soon?"

"Today"

-In a cave-

Tobirama opened his eyes and ran a hand through his belly, trying to see if everything was okay with his child. The kid moved and he sighed, it was alright. He saw Madara on the corner, taking deep breaths. He got closer to his brother in law, trying to find the source of his discomfort, but nothing came to his view. Maybe the former Uchiha could shed some light to him.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"I think so" he growled in pain. "I´ve been having back pains since the morning and I think they have just gotten worse" he grunted again. "God, this hurts!"

"Hurts?" then someone was showed into the room. It was a medic ninja, Kakuzu kidnapped him from a nearby village to supervise the births. He got closer and placed a glowing green hand on the raven´s lower part, making him feel threatened but not making a move. He then retired and looked at the door.

"He is in labor" was the verdict. Kakuzu and Zetsu retired, one to start the selling and the other to find the money to pay the miser. The healer stayed in the room, kneeling near the former Uchiha. The former Senju sighed and grabbed his brother in law´s hand, telling him everything was going to be alright. Madara gritted his teeth, inhaling deeply in each contraction. Out of all the times this could happen, the baby chose to come in the worst. He was tempted to scream, but kept his mouth shut.

"Calm down, this will get over soon"

"I don´t want this to get over…" answered Madara "It´s better to suffer this forever than to see my baby being sold… how long will this take?"

"A few hours at maximum, depending on how long you have been having contractions"

"Not much time"

"Then we have to act quickly" said Tobirama, getting up and scanning the place. He knew that after Madara finished they will kill him and he will be next. He was a month or less apart from the raven, so he would not have that long. He felt a movement inside of him. for the sake of his baby he needed to find a way out.

-In the outside-

Tokka has just received the visit of her aunt Namie. The time space traveling kunoichi arrived at a good time to help them complete the mission. And in a few hours it was a fact, they found the exact location of the Takigakure´s shinobi´s lair. The older woman banished to bring the Hokage and his assigned men to the place. Hashirama was enraged, he was going to obliterate Kakuzu into nothing. And let´s not talk about what he would do to Zetsu…

"Let´s find them!"

"Hai!"

-On the inside again-

Madara was panting harsh, a huge feat now that he was struggling to stay awake after hours of labor and a rough birth. The medic gave him the child, still bloody and screaming, a boy. The mother haven´t even take a good look at him when the door was opened and the tall stitched up ninja entered. He noticed the little being in his hands and walked to grab it and begin the selling.

"Give me the brat!" he ordered.

"NO!" answered the former Uchiha leader, making a fuss and fighting with the man. Tobirama tried to help, but he was restrained by one of the hearths. "This is MY baby! I won´t let you have him, over my dead body!"

"And it will be, I promise. Once I finish selling this the next thing I will do is rip off your eyes and then selling your dead body. I bet the Kages will pay equally good for your brat than for this" he said calmly, then turned to the albino. "And you, try not to struggle much, what you are carrying now costs money and it will do no good if you have an early birth."

"Stay away from me…"

"I will do… for now" he turned around to leave, but…

"Mokuton: Wood Dragon no jutsu!" screamed Hashirama, irrupting in the place as Madara lost the struggle. Kakazu took the crying infant and tried to run, but he couldn´t get out because of the wooden creature. "This is the end of the way, Kakuzu! Give me back my child!"

"Hashirama… don´t let him get away!"

"You can´t escape here…"

"In that you are mistaken, Shodaime Hokage" clarified the missing nin, then opened the scroll he stole from Ryuusei. "If you want this one back you will have to pay. Goodbye…"

"NO!"

-In another part-

"For being my first time with this special ninjutsu I didn´t do it bad" said the dark skinned shinobi, standing on the middle of a deserted place. He looked at the creature in his arms, that was whining and hiccupping. "You probably miss your mommy, but don´t worry, whoever that buys you will take care of you… or at least feed you, I don´t really care"

"FREEZE!" screamed a voice, surprising the ma. He was so centered in himself after the jutsu that managed to do something no shinobi should do, let someone sneak up on him. And now he was surrounded by men, pointing some kind of metal things towards him. "Don´t move or we will shoot!"

"Shoot? Shoot what?" he asked in confusion. "If you are planning to retrieve the brat, you can forget it. I will not lose my golden egg."

"I said freeze!" Kakuzu let his hearths out and ordered them to attack. The men around him got startled and started firing, yelling something about mutant. But then some kind of trap was activated and he found himself on the floor, the baby crying in front of him. Damn, that really hurt, what was that?

"Director! It was you who activated the trap?"

"Yes, I saw you were having difficulties with this mutant´s powers" suddenly a man with an eye patch, clearly the leader, walked in front of the dark skinned missing nin. He heard the baby and picked it up, making eye contact with the fallen warrior. "You know why you are here? We picked up an energy rise in this sector and came to investigate. Care to explain how do you caused it?" he only received a glare. "Well then, take this one to prison, I will take care of this."

"Yes, sir!" they executed his orders. The man looked at the kid for a bit, he was revolving in his arms. "Who are you, little thing? Well, it doesn´t matter, welcome to the INDEX…"

Where do you think they landed? Will Madara and Hashirama be able to recover their baby? How much time will they search? Stay tuned to find out! And watch out for the next history of the bet!