Inu
They didn't quite make it to the tower before they were stopped. Moreso, Tobirama stopped them when they had begun to cross a park.
"Whoa! Dis park's always so full! Hey! Maybe we can play here then go see the Hokage? Look! The swings is empty too!"
A park that was usually full but was currently empty was a red flag. Add by the sun's position of it just getting to be afternoon, sent even more alarm bells off in Tobirama's head. He stopped walking. This was a silent signal that he was glad to see Madara had caught on, his husband resting a hand on his weapons pouch, eyes focussed in that way he sensed things. Tobirama mimicked the action with his own sensing, and shot a jolt of chakra at the signature hiding in a tree. He'd admit though, this person was very good at masking their chakra. It took him actively focusing on his sensing to notice them and that was saying something when he passively sensed all day and just ignored most of it.
The person seems to have felt the jolt from him and knowing he had been discovered, jumped out of the tree and landed about 15 feet from them. A short but lanky person with white/grey hair and an ANBU mask covering the rest of their face stood before them, hand loosely gripping the tanto strapped to their back.
"Give me the boy." The voice cracked a little. A teenager?! Hiruzen… your sins are adding up.
Tobirama wasn't an idiot.The face on the mountain is unmistakingly his student's but older yet said age seema to not have come with wisdom if the list of wrongs has gotten to this point with only having been here for an hour.
"Stand down ANBU-san. This is a matter far above your station." Hashirama said from behind him, his face more stern than Tobirama has seen in a long time. Even he was having trouble containing his professionalism in this matter.
"Mah, my duty is to protect my village from intruders like yourself. So, give me the b-"
"Inu-san!" Naruto said from his shoulders, jumping excitedly. The teen stiffened a little, hand clenching the tanto now. An anchor of sorts then.
"N-Naruto, stay calm." They call the boy by his name… must be one of the kinder ones at least.
"Inu-san! Is okay! These grown ups are nice! They promised no more orph'nage and trash food! They're family!" The way that these basic things seemed like treats for the boy, had him wondering how much more his heart could take.
"Naruto-chan, you know this ANBU?" He had said some were okay but that others had let him get hurt.
"Inu-san is the best mask person! Dunno why mask people follow me sometimes but when is Inu-san, I have the bestest days with no meanies and sweet apples! Oh, oh! And sometimes he brings me toys! I hided them from the udder kids 'cause they like to take my stuffs. Brown doggie is the bestest one!" ANBU squad? Why does he have an ANBU squad with him? He's 4!... I think.
"Huh, curious as to why he wasn't with you then when you found us in The Dread Forest?" The lone eye he could pick up through the mask, the right one, widened at the admittance but a hint of confusion there. Everyone knew going into Tobirama's forrest mean you forfeited any right to press charges for any harm done to you. Especially after the experiments he did there with a few Aburame ended up with giant bugs crawling around. (That project was shelved immediately and neither talk about it.)
"Well duh! Inu-san is a super awesome ninja who has to do missions and cool stuff like that!"
"Is that so, little storm?"
"Yup!"
"Well, Inu-san, never in my life have I harmed a child, and I am reluctant to hand him over to a member of the village that has clearly detected his existence as a human. He is safer in our hands than anyone else's currently and we will be speaking with your Hokage about it.."
"Request granted then." The teen said, and within the span of a breath Tobirama felt the shift of chakra coming towards them and he quickly handed Naruto off to Izuna, who easily adjusted to having the boy on his shoulders instead. He did one hand sign as a signal the the other three of them formed a protective barrier around Naruto.
Moments later, from the trees came a small squadron of people, led by a Hiruzen- if his chakra signature was to be believed- who now looked like he should be sitting on the elder council, not wearing the damn Hokage robes. Wasn't there a face after his on the mountain? Where is the Yondaime Hokage?
Said soon-to-be-ex Hokage took a step forward to them, face an angry sort of calm that Tobirama himself liked to use on his students. But no one could do it better than he himself. Not even the Daimyo of their time could handle it. Hiruzen had his monkey stick in his hand, acting like a cane of sorts and a mesh armor shirt peeking out of his collar.
At least he isn't arrogant enough to act like nothing can touch him.
"I'd like to congratulate you on at least getting this far, though I'd also have to say it was a poor choice to use 3 of the founders and a random Uchiha as disguises. Though it will be interesting to find out just how you got through our defenses once we get you down to T&I." Izuna snickered at the words the ANBU with an owl mask said.
"You- you think you can bring us down to T&I?! Ha!"
"Izuna, shut it." Madara chided from Tobirama's right, stance still strong.
"Oh relax Aniki. Not like they can actually do us any harm. Just a bunch of kids who are in over their heads." Tobirama glanced around at the ANBU within his sight without turning. The collective ANBU chakra though was full of apprehension and fear, with Inu trying to snake a tiny tendril of their over to their little storm.
"Inu-san, that tendril better be receding before I finish my sentence or that patch of grass will be your grave, understood?" The tendril receded very quickly but stayed back by the ANBU around them.
"Threatening ANBU? You must really be an idiot." The Owl mask said.
"And you must either be the cocky captain or an idiot new recruit." Madara said without turning around.
"Says the person who chose our village's most infamous traitor as a disguise!"
"Fukurō." Hiruzen said as a warning statement.
"Apologies, Hokage-sama." The person bowed their head slightly in his direction, not exposing their neck to anyone but Hiruzen.
"Jiijii! You're the Hokage?!" Jiijii?
"Saru, you had a grandchild and left them to be abused in an orphanage?!" Hashirama stood his full height, shoulders squaring, no trace of his easy going joy found. His anger was leaking into the ground as the roots started to twist, his face that of bewilderment and fury that Tobirama himself was keeping at bay.
"Neko, control yourself!" Inu ordered.
"This isn't my doing taicho! I-I'm not doing anything with the roots!" Another Mokuton user then?
"Enough games, secure the child!" Hiruzen ordered.
"Oh he's secure alright. Away from you." Was whispered by Izuna before all hell broke loose