What Do You Mean, Arch-Enemies? We're Clearly Relatives

[Promoting my upcoming novel, "After Maxing Out Our Bonds, We Reach a Happy Ending in the Ninja World." The blurb is at the very bottom, OvO]

Bad news: Longyue and her older brother were reincarnated in the ninja world. One became an Uchiha, the other a Senju, and they were destined to be bitter enemies.

Worse news: Because she regained her memories so late, during her amnesia her brother from her past life ended up on the Uchiha blacklist.

Uchiha Longyue: Uh...

Can I still fix this by saying that Senju Liangjian, the guy from the rival clan, is my brother by another mother and father?

Dad, you won't mind if your sworn enemy Fujima's son calls you Dad too, right?

The tangled, melodramatic family relations are enough to make anyone's stomach hurt, but the other person involved, Senju Liangjian, is brimming with confidence. "Don't worry, sis. Our clans are definitely going to get along this time. We all reincarnated together, and our old classmates are here too. Both clans are full of familiar faces."

Uchiha Longyue: ?!

In the distance, the Senju and Uchiha who had found their people early and already started getting close: Hehe.

There's no way we could hate each other. That Uchiha or Senju over there used to be my neighbor, partner, or classmate!

The Uchiha and Senju are sworn enemies? What enemies? We should clearly be relatives!

The heads of the Uchiha and Senju clans noticed that the atmosphere on the battlefield had been a little strange lately.

The battle Tajima and Fujima imagined: swords clashing back and forth, evenly matched, blades drawing blood as each side fought to the death.

The reality: One Uchiha and one Senju were holding hands and gazing at each other through tears, looking like star-crossed lovers reunited after a long separation. Nearby, three or four Uchiha and Senju had their arms around each other, loudly complaining that their employers were awful. And a whole crowd of clan members were gathered around a pot, boiling water and cooking dinner?

The two clan heads drew their swords and looked around in utter confusion. Had they not slept enough, or had the world gone mad?

When they saw Madara, Izuna, Hashirama, and Tobirama fighting for their lives, Tajima and Fujima had no time to feel relieved before they spotted Longyue and Liangjian leaning close and whispering.

"A-Yue, are you tired?"

"A little."

"Then let's lie down and pretend we're sick later, so we can go next door and get some soup."

"...Sure."

Tajima, Madara, and Izuna, who felt their breath catch as if they'd just been emotionally wounded: ?

Fujima and Tobirama, whose vision went dark as they felt the sky was about to fall: ?

Only Hashirama perked right up. If younger siblings can do it, then so can older brothers! Madara, let's stop fighting and go get some food too!

#Everyone, join the peaceful coexistence movement and build a glorious future of slacking off together!#

1. A group transmigration story, with reincarnated classmates everywhere in the ninja world. The first few chapters are told from the Senju older brother's perspective, then the viewpoint switches. The chapter titles will say whether it's the Senju or Uchiha perspective.

2. The younger sister has a Mangekyo Sharingan, and the older brother has Wood Release. Their sibling bond is so clingy and sweet it's almost twisted. During the younger sister's amnesia, there's a lot of sibling-related romantic rivalry. This storyline is old-school melodrama, tangled and painful, but I'm a sucker for this stuff (gently kneels).

3. The characters may be out of character, the plot is slow to heat up, the logic isn't airtight, and there are lots of original interpretations. The timeline has been chewed up and swallowed. I started this because I wanted a story where everyone in the ninja world gets along and makes dumplings together. The goal is a happy ending.

4. That's all for now. I'll add more if I think of anything else, OvO.

[Upcoming Novel Blurb]

Transmigrate to another world and experience a new life.

Sounds great, if only she didn't live in Konoha, have the surname Uchiha, have a clan head who left the village, and face the future fact that one day the whole clan would be wiped out.

Fortunately, Uchiha Kotori got her golden finger.

It was incredibly powerful. Ninjutsu, skills, and Sharingan upgrades were all within reach, and even Wood Release was possible. The catch was that she had to clear stages in a series of playthroughs, max out her bonds, and achieve a perfect happy ending before she could claim the rewards.

But was that really the golden finger's fault? Clearly, she wasn't trying hard enough!

So Uchiha Kotori charged in with confidence, only to be hit so hard that her vision went black.

Her first-playthrough companion was gentle, reliable, beautiful, and good-tempered. But his name was Izuna, and according to the history of her world, he would die after giving up his eyes.

Her second-playthrough companion was warm, outgoing, clingy, and adorable. But his name was Hashirama, and according to the history of her world, he would suffer a falling-out with his closest friend.

Her third-playthrough companion was cheerful, always smiling, and had a little tuft of curly hair. She really didn't know who he was, only that he was descended from her cousin Kyodo in a parallel world, so Kotori relaxed.

That is, until he awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan. The words "Kotoamatsukami" jolted her upright from her deathbed: this kid was that unlucky Uchiha who gouged out his own eye and jumped into the Naka River!

And then there were the fourth, fifth, and who-knew-how-many more difficult companions.

Uchiha Kotori put on a pained expression. After finally clearing every stage, she looked at her status screen and wept with emotion.

It's finally over. Can I have my happy ending in this world now?

Just then, her golden finger unlocked a new feature called the "Vault of Destiny."

The hidden vaults from each completed playthrough appeared before her, and at the bottom, the bond meter was filled to overflowing.

The box opened. Space and time shattered. Obsessions crossed the sea of stars, and friends from other worlds appeared before her, smiling as they called her name.

It might have been a happy thing.

If only people from this world hadn't been standing beside her, pointing at the counterparts who had just arrived and asking what on earth was going on.

Uchiha Kotori: ...

#Great, great, the world gets a happy ending, but I'm the one who might get a bad ending, right?#

#Father, I'm going to say sayonara to you tonight.#

Theme: A family that loves one another