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The boy with the horrible bowl cut smiled big, and continued on with eagerness. "And she's taller than me, too!"

His friend raised his eyebrows high. "Really?" He made a face. "But isn't everyone taller than you?" A rock was thrown at his head.

"But seriously!" He set his arms two feet apart. "They were like this big!"

"...Hashirama, don't you have other things to be thinking about?"

He let his arms fall beside him. "Like what? You didn't even see—"

The young Uchiha looked unfazed. "I bet she has an older sister." He sat on a big rock a few meters away from where his friend was standing.

He looked confused. "How do you know?"

Madara closed his eyes. "I just know."

"But how do you know?"

He glared at him. "I know everything."

"Pfft. You can't scare me with that pathetic glare." He busted out laughing. "You should see my serious face! Gets my brother all flustered every time," he boasted, pointing to his cheeks.

"Not with that haircut." He received a stuck-out tongue. "Which...brother?" he asked carefully.

"...Oh." He looked away. "My little brother...Itama..."

"Oh." Madara visibly regretted asking.

Hashirama was quick to take advantage of that. He turned away from him and squatted down, hugging his knees to chest.

"E-eh?!" Great. Now he'd made him upset. "You've got to control your moods, man!"

Hashirama felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Sorry."

"No, it's nothing compared to you...you lost four of your brothers," he mumbled.

"It's not comparable..." Madara said. "Loss is...loss."

"But you lost even more than me..." He looked up at Madara. "Don't you feel sad?"

"Not much anymore," he lied. "You just move on."

"Yeah, right." Hashirama scoffed. "That's horrible logic."

"What?"

Hashirama gave him a look. "If you lose four brothers, that should mean four times the sadness."

"..."

Madara rose his eyebrows somewhat in amusement. "...And my logic is horrible?"

"Shut up." A pebble was abruptly thrown at his face.

"Again! What the hell, Hashirama!" He scowled madly.

"Bwahaha!" His friend ran away alongside the river's edge, effectively avoiding the oncoming heavier rocks he received in return.

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A/N: Turned this into a series after receiving some nice feedback. As I usually write, this series is mostly to fill in gaps and make use of my headcanons for the founders.

Also going to use this a/n to do some shameless promoting: Go check out these two's unofficial theme song! I made it myself, yep...
The video is on YouTube and the soundtrack download is available for free in the description; both links are on my FF page!

Edit: I've posted a story called "Zephyr", which is more or less set in this story's same universe, and also takes place while they're adults. It will borrow heavily from these drabbles, as I find these to be a good background for me to work with.