"HE'S DEAD!" was his triumphant cry as he looked at his slain foe, lying back first in the current of water caused by the tremor in the ground
He had won
Madara Uchiha had killed Hashirama Senju
He laughed with delight as he looked at Hashirama's limp body lay there, his face expressionless, trickles of blood still dripping out his mouth
"I DID IT! I DID IT!" Madara roared to the skies as he threw his gunbai and sickle down, he knew Hashirama's wife was nearby and his voice had undoubtibly grabbed her ears "IZUNA, BROTHERS, FATHER, I HAVE AVENGED YOU! I HAVE SLAIN THE HEAD OF THE SENJU CLAN!"
He threw his arms into the air, tilted his head back and laughed
And laughed
And laughed
And laughed
Until he lowered his arms, focused his eyes on the glowing white moon, the laughs came to an end
And he fell to his knees
"It's just...it's empty" He whispered
He didn't understand, he had finally done it, he achieved the first step to his true dream
Why didn't he feel joy? Why did he only feel this blackness stuck up in his chest?
His eyes which where gazing at the moon slowly veered down until they settled looking at Hashirama's body
"Hey..."
Madara reached a hand over and clasped Hashirama's right shoulder
"Hey...get up"
He gripped the Shinobi's upper clothing and began to shake him
"You listen to me Hashirama, get up"
He stood up, attempting to pull the deceased Shinobi up with him
"I demand you get back on your feet so I can kill you again!"
Finding he didn't have the strength, he released his clothing. Letting Hashirama's corpse splash back into the water
"Ha...shirama"
Stumbling back, he lifted his gaze and focused his eyes on the moon once more
"You had to die...I killed you to end your world and begin my own. Your death has laid the road for me to walk to the future
...
hasn't it?"
He moved his eyes, now gazing the stars lighting up the night
"Why is it...that now you are gone"
In his eyes, he could see them
He could see Izuna walk among the stars, he could see his fellow deceased brethren stand beside him and his father, Tajima stand beside them
And to the far left, he could see a vision of Hashirama
Walking away into the pitch black night
"Why is it that now you are gone...my life seems to have lost its meaning?"
It was then had realized what he had done
He had killed Hashirama Senju, the man who considered him a brother
He had killed the one man who showed him kindness
He had killed the man who brought peace to the Senju and Uchiha
He had killed the man who gave him a new world, to form new bonds and make a new family
He had killed his best friend
He had killed his only friend...
So he screamed
He screamed as he grabbed and pulled his hair
He screamed as he fell to his knees and smashed his fists into the ground
Sobbing as he did. Not a controlled sob or a single tear like the ones he shed at the funeral of his brothers and fathers
He screamed and wailed like a child as Hashirama laid dead before him
"Hashirama" He muttered as he looked up the sky once more
The light of the moon and the bright, shining stars were gone
Twisting his head, he gazed at the water that now flowed through the place that would forever be known as The Valley of the End
"Hashirama" He muttered once more as he made it to his feet and began to follow the small lake
"Hashirama...Hashirama...Hashirama...I...I am alone..."