A/N: Hello again! Welcome to the second chapter of The Will of a Single Man!

This chapter will be the last of the prologue arc!

To answer some concerns:

1: No...I have no plans to give Naruto Wood Style at the moment. His elemental jutsus and his Mangekyo are devastating enough.

2: The Senju only seemed weak because Naruto is in a league of his own compared to the normal grunts. And of course I gave him the Mangekyo. I wouldn't write an Uchiha Naruto story without giving one to him at some point.

3: I can't remember if I said this already, but all the stories I have on my profile help me keep my interest along with the reviews. The only reasons I haven't given up on writing is because I write what I want, when I want and also because I have such great supporters. Due to lacking a schedule, I feel no pressure. No pressure makes things much easier, considering most of my free time goes to either writing or coming up with ideas for you all to enjoy.

4: I will not answer whether or not Naruto will get over the hatred for the Senju. But even if he did, he will probably feel at least a small bit of resentment towards most of them for reasons I will explain in this chapter.

5: Yeah I realize that I rushed through the last chapter a bit as my grammar could use a little work. Hopefully I corrected that problem with this chapter. Just doing the best with what I got...

By the way, I've changed my mind. Naruto won't be Godlike until the end of the story, but he will be pretty damn close throughout most of it. I intend to give him a couple of people that can rival him after all.

And I changed a little bit of the introduction last chapter regarding Naruto's role in the history books during the start of canon.

Anyhow...on to the story!

[Opening: Courage by Haruka Tomatsu]

[Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any other franchises that may appear in this story]


[Two Years Later/Uchiha Compound]

Tajima sighed as he finished off the last of his blasted paperwork. It has been two years since he had last seen his eldest son. After he awakened the Mangekyo, Naruto asked for permission to go on a training trip in order to master his newfound powers and his elemental Jutsu, and the elder Uchiha agreed. Tajima grimaced slightly. He still doesn't know how he's going to tell Naruto that Haru and Daisuke were killed by the Senju one year ago. Suddenly, he heard a light tapping on the sliding wooden door and shouted "Enter!"

His breath left his body at the sight of the visitor. Naruto returned, looking like a proud Uchiha warrior. He wore his standard outfit only without sandals (picture his armored clothing from last chapter. Unless I say differently, that is what he always wears). Naruto also grew to a height of five feet and seven inches and his hair grew out to the middle of his back, which was kept in a low ponytail (Madara's hairstyle, but the back of his hair is in a ponytail). "It's good to see you, tou-san. How has the Clan been?" The fifteen year old asked in a somewhat deep voice.

"It's been...alright my son. Madara and Izuna have missed you greatly, Madara is even turning out to be a prodigy like you are. Not as big of a prodigy as you are, but a prodigy nonetheless." Tajima replied stoically.

Naruto narrowed his eyes as they bled into the famed crimson Sharingan. "You only mentioned Madara-otouto and Izuna-otouto. What of Daisuke and Haru? And where are Madara and Izuna? He questioned slowly.

His father flinched. "Madara and Izuna are on a mission and Daisuke along with Haru...they were killed by the Senju one year after you left. I would've sent a messenger hawk to you, but we didn't know where you were." He answered with sorrow.

Naruto's hair shadowed his eyes and he whispered ominously "When are we expected to clash with the Senju again?"

"In three days...near the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Rice. Why?" Tajima asked with a quirked eyebrow, but he already knew his heir was out for blood.

Naruto looked at his father with his Mangekyo glowing darkly and a vicious smile etched on his pale face. "I'm sure you wanted to see the full extent of my new powers? Come with me to the battle. Only you and I will go. I'll annihilate all of them." He stated with a thirst for blood evident in his voice.

Tajima nodded. "Very well. If you are that confident in your abilities, I will trust you. Keep in mind, we are talking four of the Senju Clan's best plus Butsuma's youngest child. Even I would have trouble against them." He warned.

Naruto merely gave him an emotionless smile. "With Hideo's gift...nobody can stand against me. I will say this though...my vision has recently deteriorated after using it. I believe eventual blindness is a side effect of using a Mangekyo." He stated before walking out the door.

[Near the Border of the Land of Fire/Three Days Later]

Naruto and Tajima stood in a large clearing side by side in their usual combat armor. Across from them, the Senju warriors looked at them in amusement. "Only two Uchiha come for us? Not only that, but the clan head and some other nobody? This will be easy..." The leader said smugly.

"Sir...we should be cautious. That boy's chakra feels dangerous...every last instinct of mine wants me to run." A small boy with bushy light brown hair and an x-shaped scar on his right cheek, and wore green armor warned.

"Quit being so worried Kawarama. We are the Senju's best after all." Another one drawled nonchalantly.

Naruto looked at their formation, two rows of two ninja with Kawarama in the middle, and smirked darkly. "Tou-san...you have already witnessed my Amaterasu and Susano'o...but nobody in my two years of traveling have ever seen my other power and lived to tell the tale." His eyes morphed into the Mangekyo and his left eye began to glow as he muttered "Bishamon..."

A blue energy began to swirl in his right hand and it grew until it formed a giant cleaver-like sword with bandages wrapped around the handle, which had blue chakra flickering off of it like small flames. Naruto pointed it at the row furthest to his left and raised the sword into the air as his chakra was channeled into the tip. "GETSUGA TENSHŌ!" He roared and swung the massive blade downwards, sending a massive crescent-shaped wave of chakra forwards that completely obliterated the two surprised Senju and created a long trench within the earth in it's wake.

"GIN! HIRO!" The leader and his last two subordinates screamed in horror.

Tajima looked shocked and said "What devastating power...so you can summon an ethereal blade to your aid that has it's own special powers?"

"Almost correct...I can summon quite a number of swords. Some of them have special powers but most of them don't. But using them all at once is a death wish for any opponent that I may face. Unfortunately I am incapable of using more than fifty percent of the full capabilities of Bishamon. No matter...it's enough to deal with these fools." Naruto answered coldly and glared at the surviving Senju.

"Kawarama...run. We'll try to hold him off as long as possible. It seems as though Tajima is just observing for now, so that might buy us more time." The leader ordered as he and his other adult companion shifted into a combat stance.

The child looked at them with determination and replied "I can't leave you here against him! All three of us may-"

"THAT'S AN ORDER!" The leader barked.

"Godspeed...Kagami...Hiroshi!" The young Senju yelled as he dashed into the forest behind them.

Naruto gave the two an amused smile and asked "You do know that I'm going to hunt him down and slaughter him after I'm done with you, right?"

"By the time you are done with us, he will have already escaped." Kagami, the leader stated in determination with a kunai gripped tightly in his hand.

The cleaver in Naruto's hand vanished and was replaced with a pure white katana with a long white ribbon flowing from the bottom of the handle. "We shall see. Sode no Shirayuki: Juhaku!" He called out while impaling the ground with his sword, which created a trail of ice that sped across the earth at an extremely swift pace.

Kagami leapt out of the way and shouted "Hiroshi, move!" It was for naught, as his subordinate did not have enough reflexes to dodge the ice-attack on time and ended up getting frozen on contact within a large pillar of ice before he even had the chance to scream.

"The elites of the Senju? It is either the fact that I am leagues above your level...or you are just too weak. But, you're next." Naruto declared ominously and vanished in a blur. He reappeared directly in front of Kagami and slashed his katana downwards. The Senju barely managed to block the attack with his kunai, which quivered underneath the force the teenage Uchiha was putting into the clash.

"What...what are you?! Are you a monster?!" Kagami demanded through gritted teeth.

Naruto gave the man a devilish smile and replied "Towards the people who killed my little brothers? I shall become the devil himself till I get my vengeance."

Naruto kicked the man in the chest with enough force to make him drop his knife and slashed the Senju several times, cutting through the armor and leaving ice creeping out of the wounds. Ignoring his foe's screams, the Uchiha stabbed the ground several times in a semi-circular pattern and held the sword up around the height of his head as ice particles flowed from the holes in the ground and gathered onto the tip of his blade. "Tsugi no Mai: Hakuren!" He shouted while stabbing his blade forward. The ice that was gathered suddenly exploded into an avalanche of freezing wind, which instantly turned Kagami and several trees behind him into ice.

"Come. We have a little rat to find." Naruto stated after dismissing Sode no Shirayuki, which caused everything that was covered in it's ice to shatter apart.

[Meanwhile]

Kawarama ran through the forest towards the rendezvous point as fast as his shaking body could go. As a sensor, he was able to feel the massive waves of icy chakra from where he left his comrades. He also felt their two chakra signatures suddenly disappear and he felt the Uchiha rapidly approaching.

The brown haired boy began to shed tears and muttered "I just want to see Hashirama-nii, Tobirama-nii, and Itama-nii one more time! I'm so scared..."

"You should be scared, brat." A voice stated darkly as the small Senju stopped running and brandished a kunai at the two Uchiha in front of him.

"I-I may die here...but I'm n-not gonna go without a fight!" Kawarama shouted shakily and dashed at the teenage Uchiha in front of him, who held the cleaver blade to his side.

"I don't like killing children...but you are my enemy...and I'm out for blood." Naruto coldly stated while lifting the sword slightly.

SQUELCH!

Kawarama stopped his run after he went slightly past Naruto with wide eyes and his torso and lower half separated at the waist with a spray of blood. Naruto dismissed the sword and looked down at the lower half with his Mangekyo activated. "I think I'll leave them with only half of you to bury. Amaterasu." He muttered as his right eye began to bleed, engulfing the dying boy's lower body in black flames.

Naruto's eyes suddenly throbbed and he dropped to his knees with a grunt. "Sochi...what's wrong?!" Tajima questioned in concern while kneeling down to his son's level.

The younger Uchiha blinked a few times and frowned. "It's starting to happen...my vision is going bad because of the use of the Mangekyo. I noticed that the progression of the blindness is accelerated when I activate the Bishamon in particular. I'd say that I probably have a couple more uses before I go completely blind." He answered grimly.

"Do you have an idea of how to fix it?" His father questioned with an equally large frown.

Naruto nodded and replied "I have one that may work, but it might be frowned upon by the clan. There's a possibility that replacing my eyes with those of a fellow Uchiha may fix the problem. It would be better if we used the eyes of a close relative though, since there would be less of a chance that their eyes would get rejected."

"Well...we do store our fallen kin's eyes so that our enemies won't obtain them should they resort to grave robbing. That...and for instances such as this one. Now come...our mission is accomplished." Tajima stated as he helped his son stand up.

"Yeah...hopefully Madara-otouto is done with his mission. I want to spend time with him." Naruto said with a nod as the two Uchiha leapt into the trees.

[Three days later/Uchiha Clan Compound]

Naruto walked through his home with a smile. He wore a black long-sleeved kimono top that lacked a Clan emblem and showed off some of his bare chest with a matching sash along with tan pants and wooden geta sandals. He entered a rather bare room and saw his precious little brother laying on the bed reading a Jutsu scroll. His hair grew out to his shoulder and remained spiky. Madara also grew to a tall height for his age and wore the same clothing as Naruto, except his top was dark blue and he wore black thonged sandals.

"Madara...come out with me. There's a good spot down on the banks of the Naka River for skipping stones." Naruto told the boy.

"Skipping stones? Sure...wait..." Madara looked up from his scroll and saw his big brother in front of him with a wide smile. "ANIKI!" The young teenager screamed and tackled the older Uchiha in a hug.

Naruto chuckled and ruffled Madara's hair with softened eyes. "Look at you...you've grown nicely otouto." He stated warmly.

"I've missed you...I didn't know if you were going to come back or not..." Madara sniffled.

"Oh Madara...I would never die till I've seen you grow up into the fine man I know you will be. I'll tell you what...I know you have a fire affinity just slightly below me. How about I teach you one of my original Jutsu? I can sense you have the chakra capacity to at least learn it." Naruto offered.

Madara looked at him with wide and tear-stained eyes. "You mean?"

The older Uchiha nodded with a smile. "That's right. I'm going to teach you Great Fire Annihilation." He stated, causing his little brother to burst into cheers. "Enough of that. Now, let's be off!" Naruto chuckled while guiding the boy out of the house.

[30 minutes later/Naka River Bank]

Naruto sat on the rocky bank with a smile, watching Madara try and fail to get a rock to the other side. "Next time...I'll make it to the other side." Madara muttered while repeatedly tossing a rock up and catching it.

Suddenly, a rock was thrown from behind the two brothers that skipped all the way to the other side. They turned around and saw a grinning tan-skinned boy with a black bowl-cut hair style and an outstretched arm. "The trick to getting it is to aim a little higher when you throw it." The new boy said.

"I know that! If I really want it, it'll get there!" Madara barked in annoyance.

Naruto turned a scrutinizing eye to the boy and curiously asked "Anyways...who are you?"

"I guess you can say that I'm currently your rival in skipping stones...but unlike your friend there, we made it to the other side!" The boy replied cheerfully.

"He/I mean't your name..." The Uchiha brothers deadpanned.

The boy chuckled sheepishly and said "I'm Hashirama. I can't tell you my surname..."

"Hashirama eh? Looks like this time, I'll make it to the other side!" Madara shouted with a stern face as he threw the stone about three quarters of the distance across the water.

Hashirama narrowed his eyes slightly and thought 'Shurikenjutsu...'

Madara stood in place for several seconds before swiftly turning around with an angry expression. "BASTARD! YOU WERE STANDING BEHIND ME ON PURPOSE TO MESS ME UP WEREN'T YOU?! I'M THE KIND OF GUY WHO CAN'T EVEN TAKE A LEAK IF SOMEONE IS STANDING BEHIND ME!" He comically screamed.

Suddenly, Hashirama was sitting on the ground, hugging his knees to his chest with a depressing cloud hanging above his head. "I...I'm sorry..." He mumbled forlornly.

Naruto patted the boy's back comfortingly and stated "I'm sure my little brother didn't mean anything by it, so don't be upset!"

"I didn't know that your brother had such annoying mental issues..." Hashirama told him depressingly.

"I CAN'T TELL WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE A GOOD OR A BAD GUY, JERK!" The younger Uchiha comically screamed again.

Hashirama jumped back to his feet and laughed jovially. "But you do understand that I'm better than you at skipping stones!" He exclaimed, which made Naruto burst into laughter as well.

"NEXT TIME I'LL USE YOU BOTH AS THE STONES!" Madara hollered.

Both Hashirama and Naruto got into fetal positions with a dark cloud hovering over them.

"I'm sorry...I'm willing to be thrown into the river to make up for it. Go ahead..." Hashirama muttered.

"Madara-otouto...your mean words wound me..." Naruto whispered sadly.

"ANIKI, QUIT BEING SUCH A CRYBABY! AND YOU!" Madara pointed at the sulking Hashirama. "I CAN'T STAND YOU, GO AWAY!"

Hashirama began to drag his feet towards the forest behind them as he said "Alright then..."

The younger Uchiha snatched his new companion by the collar and shouted "No, wait!"

Hashirama turned his head with a saddened expression. "Well...do you want me to leave or not?" He asked.

Naruto stood up and looked over at the river with hardened eyes. "Hey guys...look at the river." He commanded seriously.

The younger teenagers looked at the river and saw an armored corpse floating face down in the water. Hashirama ran forward and across the water, surprising the two Uchiha. "The Hagoromo Clan...you two ought to head home. War will soon reach here. I gotta go." He spoke and leapt to the other side of the river. "See you later...umm...what are your names?" He asked.

Naruto smiled and replied "I'm Naruto and this is my otouto, Madara. We can't reveal our surnames because the Shinobi Code states that we shouldn't reveal our surnames to strangers."

Hashirama turned to his two acquaintances with a grin. "So...you two are shinobi as well." He stated before running off, with the Uchiha running the opposite direction.

[1 hour later]

Naruto and Tajima walked into the hospital of the compound with stern expressions. The elder Uchiha turned to the doctor and asked "Did you retrieve the eyes?"

The doctor nodded and pointed at a jar filled with green liquid, which had two matured Sharingan eyes floating within. "Here they are. Hideo's right?"

Naruto looked shocked and turned to his father. "You are transplanting Hideo's eyes into me?" He questioned.

"Of course. Your little brothers' eyes weren't grown enough to transplant and Hideo is my nephew. Besides...I'm sure he'd want you to have them should you need them." Tajima replied.

Naruto stepped forward and laid down upon the operating table and said "Very well. I will use Hideo's newest gift to protect my family...my Clan." With that, he was put under.

[One Week Later]

Naruto, whose eyes were covered in bandages, and Tajima stood in the hospital once more. The doctor in front of them smiled and said "Well Naruto-sama, your new eyes should be properly healed by now, so you're free to remove the bandages."

The Uchiha heir did as the doctor told him and opened his eyes, making Tajima gasp. "Naruto...your eyes have changed again." The man stated.

Naruto walked over to a nearby mirror and quirked an eyebrow. The Mangekyo now resembled a normal three tomoe Sharingan, but the tomoe were replaced by three small spirals. "This is different. I also feel that these eyes are much more powerful than my old Mangekyo. I need to test them out...Amaterasu." He muttered while looking at his discarded bandages, which were instantly incinerated by black flames. "Susano'o." A black ribcage also swiftly surrounded him, and he promptly deactivated it. "And finally...Bishamon!" He called out, causing Sode no Shirayuki to appear in the space above him. "Very interesting. With the normal Mangekyo, I felt pain whenever I used one of it's techniques followed by a slight deterioration of vision. Now...I don't feel any pain nor are my eyes weakening. Plus...my Mangekyo techniques are much stronger than before. This...this is a new kind of Mangekyo." He stated in awe as the blade disappeared.

"That was unexpected. What shall you name this new stage of the Sharingan?" The doctor asked.

Naruto grinned and replied "It will be called the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, due to the eternal sight I now possess."

[Two Days Later]

Naruto and Madara walked up to the same bank they met Hashirama at, only to see the boy staring out forlornly into the water. "Hashirama...what's wrong?" The eldest Uchiha brother asked in concern.

"It's nothing..." Hashirama replied distantly.

Naruto sat down next to him and said "You can talk to me...I'm a good listener."

The younger boy remained quiet for a few seconds, then replied "My younger brother died...The reason why I came here is because by looking into the river, I feel like all of my vague emotions gets washed away. Your names are Naruto and Madara, right? Do you two have any other siblings?"

The two raven-haired teenagers looked sad before Madara answered "We have three other brothers...younger siblings to be precise...or I should say we had three other brothers."

The two brothers picked up a rock and walked to the edge of the bank. "We're shinobi. We might die at any time. The only way not to die...is to show what you really think and feel to your enemy, without hiding anything...and become allies with them." Naruto spoke to a wide-eyed Hashirama.

"But that's impossible...because it's not possible to see what a person really thinks and feels deep inside." Madara added as the two brothers reared their hands back. "You don't even know if they seethe at all..." He muttered as the duo threw their stones across the water.

"Is it...really impossible to show each other our real thoughts?" Hashirama asked in curiosity.

The two rocks hit the other side and the two brothers smirked. "I don't know for sure...but I believe that it can happen one day. It's why I've been coming here for a while. Because when the stones reach the other side...it gives me hope that our thoughts will reach the other side of our conflicts." Naruto spoke passionately.

"It looks as though that there is finally a way for it to happen. Not only you both...but I have also reached the other side." Madara finished quietly.

'I found two people...two people that understand me!' Hashirama thought in wonder.

[Two Weeks later]

Over the past two weeks, the Uchiha brothers met with Hashirama every day at the same spot. The trio quickly became great friends and honed their skills together, all without revealing their surnames. Currently, Naruto was sitting across from a battered Hashirama and Madara...

"You both have excellent Taijutsu skills. Well beyond the average for your age, but still beneath my level. Not fret though...lasting as long as you did is more than what most people can say." He praised, making his two companions beam in happiness. "Now...it's time to work on ninjutsu." He added as he closed his eyes and expanded his senses. "Hashirama...you have a very powerful Earth and Water affinity along with something else I can't quite identify...but it feels very connected to nature itself." Naruto stated to his brown-haired student.

"What should I do to practice my affinities, Naruto-sensei?" He asked.

"I can't teach you anything about Earth, but I also have a powerful secondary affinity to Water. Take a leaf and try to make it wet with Chakra. The point of this exercise is to learn how to convert your normal chakra into elemental chakra. Imagine your chakra as a gentle wave and it should come to you with practice. GET TO IT!" Naruto barked, making Hashirama jump up into a salute and run to the trees to grab a leaf.

"Now Madara...while you don't have a secondary affinity, your Fire affinity is just below mine in power. That is why I am able to teach you the Great Fire Annihilation. You already mastered the elemental manipulation of fire, so we'll go straight into the Jutsu. Come." He ordered while motioning Madara to follow him.

They stopped at the edge of a cliff overlooking the river and Naruto said "Pay attention. One of my three original Fire Style Ninjutsu, and my personal favorite, is the Great Fire Annihilation. In theory, it is very simple. The hand seals are exactly the same as the Grand Fireball, but the difference lies in the shape manipulation as well as the Chakra consumption. Instead of imagining a ball in your lungs while you are molding chakra, imagine a gigantic moving wall or a tsunami of fire. Once you mastered this technique, you can preform it with a single 'Horse' hand seal. Like this." Naruto preformed the hand seal and took a deep breath. "Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!" He roared and spewed out a massive wave of white-hot fire for several seconds and dispelled it. "Now you try." He commanded.

Madara went through the seals required and took a deep breath. "Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation!" He shouted, creating a wave around a quarter as big as the one Naruto made. The younger Uchiha took a knee while breathing heavily. "That...that is one tough Jutsu...and I never even got close to your level." He muttered tiredly.

Naruto knelt down and ruffled his younger brother's hair. "You did much better than I did on my first try. I damn near blew myself up. And it took me two years to create this Jutsu. I'm proud of you!" He exclaimed getting a happy look from his little brother.

"Naruto-sensei! I did it!" Hashirama shouted from afar.

"Good job, Hashirama! Take a break!" Naruto shouted back.

[One week later]

The trio sat on top of a small mountain overlooking a large stretch of forest. "Wow...you can see so much from here!" Hashirama exclaimed in awe, with Madara nodding in agreement.

Naruto's eyes suddenly widened. "Guys...I've found the answer." He whispered.

"The answer to what Aniki?" Madara asked with a quirked eyebrow.

The older Uchiha jumped up to his feet and pointed at the forest directly below the mountain. "The answer to how we can end this war-torn era! Down there, we'll build a settlement where Clans can come together with a common goal of protecting the village and the citizens within. We can assign missions based on how skilled the team is, rather than sending them out onto a possible death trap. We can build an academy where children can learn to be a shinobi and so that they won't be sent to the front lines, we can make a ranking system!" Naruto shouted with an enlightened vigor, getting his companions excited about the idea as well.

"We can have a single leader elected by the top-ranking shinobi and the Daimyo...along with a council to help the leader run the village!" Hashirama added with a wide grin.

"And...I can always watch over Izuna and Naruto in this village..." Madara stated solemnly with Naruto agreeing with him.

"Yeah...the people of this village will be our family as well. The three of us will always protect them after it's built. And when the time comes...we will pass on our will to the next generation...the passionate will that gives us the strength to protect the village and our loved ones." Naruto added with determination.

"What should we call this will?" Hashirama asked curiously.

The breeze made Naruto's hair sway with the falling leaves that circled around them. He looked at his two students with a gentle smile. "The Will of Fire...because fire is the embodiment of the passion we all possess...the unquenchable need to love and nurture our future villagers. I don't know why...but I have a bad feeling about the coming weeks. If something happens to me...it will be your duty to pass on the Will of Fire to the generations that will follow ours. Can you do that?" He asked softly.

"Hai, Naruto-sensei!" The two younger teenagers shouted with determination.

"But you better not let anything happen Aniki, it wouldn't feel right if you weren't there to see our dream come to fruition." Madara told his brother seriously.

"What he said, sensei." Hashirama added.

Naruto grinned and ruffled both of their hairs. "I'll do my best. Leaving the village in the hands of my two knucklehead otoutos would be disastrous." He quipped.

Madara seethed in anger while Hashirama's eyes went wide. 'He called me otouto? I've always wanted a big brother...'

"Now come on. We ought to go home before it gets dark out." Naruto told the boy's, who followed him down the mountain.

[Later that night/Tajima's study]

Naruto and Madara sat on two tatami mats across from their father, who stared at them sternly. "I know about your meetings with that boy, Hashirama." He stated with a scrutinizing gaze.

"How?" Naruto asked.

"I had one of our shinobi trail you for most of the day, but he lost you after you three went into the forests north of the Naka River. After a bit of research, I discovered that Hashirama is the heir of the Senju Clan." Tajima revealed, making the two boys gasp.

'Hashirama...is a Senju?' Naruto thought as his emotions began to battle within his heart.

'He is a part of the bastard clan that killed Haru and Daisuke...' Madara thought angrily with clenched fists.

"Tomorrow, you will both follow him to the Senju Compound and gather information about their plans. To be sure you'll comply, I will follow you along with Izuna. Dismissed." The Clan Head ordered.

[Outside]

Naruto walked around outside, deep in thought with Madara at his side. 'He is a Senju...the ones who killed Haru and Daisuke along with Hideo...but he is nothing like how I envisioned a Senju to be. In fact...he became my best friend...another little brother. He is my student.' His eyes gained a look of extreme determination as he pulled out a stone from inside his kimono top and looked at Madara, who nodded. 'Hashirama...it may be new, but it exists nonetheless. That boy burns with the Will of Fire. I will not allow something to happen to him as long as I live!' He thought, finally getting over the Curse of Hatred, as he began to etch a message into the rock with a kunai.

[Next Day/Naka River bank]

The Uchiha brothers and Hashirama stood on opposite sides of the bank with grave expressions. "Hashirama...let's skip the usual greetings and skip stones." Naruto told the boy, who nodded. They threw their rocks at the same time and caught them. Upon looking at them, both boy's were surprised, but didn't show it.

"Naruto, Madara...I can't stick around today." Hashirama stated calmly before the trio dashed off.

Suddenly, four figures landed on the water behind them, making the boys turn around. Tajima and Izuna stood on one side with blades drawn, while Butsuma and Tobirama, Hashirama's younger brother stood on the other side with their own weapons drawn. "So...you had the same idea, Butsuma." Tajima muttered.

"Indeed, Tajima." The elder Senju replied.

In the blink of an eye, the two adults leapt into the air while their younger sons clashed in the middle with their katanas. "STOP IT!" Hashirama and Madara screamed as the dashed towards their battling families.

'Shit...I have to end this quickly before this escalates!' Naruto thought grimly before using a Body-Flicker to appear next to Izuna and Tobirama, just in time to deflect two weapons that were aimed to kill the two children. "Enough." He commanded, getting the group to separate.

"I don't care who you are, I won't forgive anyone that tries to harm my brothers!" Madara exclaimed angrily as he landed in front of Izuna.

"Same here!" Hashirama yelled while landing in front of Tobirama.

"Hashirama, Madara! Calm yourselves and heed my words!" Naruto ordered, making everyone state at him curiously. "Let us all go home and battle another day. All of this fighting...I'm tired of it...aren't you? Killing others and others killing those precious to you...it's an endless cycle of hatred that will one day destroy humanity should we continue on this road. I have a dream...a dream that one day, the Uchiha and the Senju can stand by each other's side as brothers-in-arms! That together, we can break the chains of hatred that binds this world!" He spoke passionately with a determined look on his face.

Butsuma began to laugh loudly and said "You wish for peace between our two clans? You, who slaughtered more shinobi of my clan than any other Uchiha? Get real!"

Naruto looked down with shame, shocking his family and the Senju. "That...that was when I was trapped within my own hatred for the Senju after my best friend was killed by them. But...Hashirama showed me that you aren't the devils I thought you to be. Within him and Madara...I see a future where our children don't have to die on the battlefield. Where they can grow old enough to enjoy the taste of fine liquor...to know the pleasures of a woman's loving touch...to grow old and watch the seasons pass without fear. Within these two young men...I see a chance for a peaceful world! I would do anything to see them accomplish that dream." He said with pride his his two shocked little siblings.

"...I would like to believe your words. I really would. But I can't...I have lost too many kinsmen to you and your clan to trust you. We will leave for today...but next time we meet, we will be enemies." Butsuma stated solemnly while sheathing his kunai and jumping away with a confused Tobirama following him.

"Hashirama!" Naruto called out as his pupil began to walk away. "Pass on the Will of Fire that burns brightly within you one day...no matter what happens, I am proud of you." He added, not noticing the single tear that fell from the boy's cheek as he dashed into the trees.

'Naruto-sensei...no matter what happens...I will make sure to pass on your wishes and Will to our village. I just hope that you will be around to do it yourself...' The Senju thought with silent tears streaming down his face.

"Come along children...we've had enough drama for today." Tajima commanded, getting his kids to jump into the trees after him.

'Do me proud...Hashirama...' Naruto thought with a gentle smile.

[One Week Later]

Naruto, clad in his battle armor, stood across from his family and the rest of the Uchiha Clan. "Sochi...you remember the details of your mission?" Tajima asked with seriousness in his voice.

"Yes. I am to sneak into the Senju Clan Compound and steal whatever bit of knowledge I can find." Naruto replied blankly, and suddenly found himself embraced by his father.

"Be careful, my son." The man stated softly.

Naruto smiled and hugged him back. "I will, Tou-san. Take care of the Clan till I return."

The two separated and Naruto walked over to his two siblings and knelt down before hugging them both. "My precious little brothers...I'm so proud of you both and the fine men you are becoming. Kaa-san would be proud too." He whispered before letting them go and handing Madara a scroll. "That scroll contains two seals. One has my original Fire Jutsu sealed within. Fire Style: Great Fire Annihilation, Fire Style: Great Fire Destruction, and Fire Style: Dragon Flame Loud Singing Jutsu. The other will only unseal what's within once one of you reaches certain...conditions with the Sharingan. Both of you...use this power to protect one another and the Clan. I love the both of you." He explained softly and walked back to the entrance to the compound.

"Good luck, Naruto-sama!"

"Be careful!"

"Have my babies!"

Naruto smiled at the crowd, but sweatdropped at the last statement. 'The curse of the Fan-girls continues to plague me...' He thought in annoyance before shouting "Farewell everyone!"

As Naruto started to jump into the treetops, he didn't notice his brothers' tearful eyes turning blood red with one tomoe in each orb.

[Senju Clan Compound/Nightfall]

Naruto completely masked his chakra signature as he stood on top of the wall surrounding the rival clan's compound. Looking to the northwest, he saw a large building with a red roof and the Senju emblem painted on the walls. 'That must be Butsuma's home. First...I'll drop off Hashirama's gift. Then, I'll get to the mission.' He thought as he vanished in a blur.

[Inside the Clan Head's Home]

Naruto quietly slid open a door and smiled at a sleeping Hashirama. 'Otouto...You and Madara will bring peace to these war torn lands. I believe in you both.' He thought as he slipped an unsigned note onto the young Senju's work desk along with a long black head band with a blank metal plate in the middle of the cloth.

He walked back out and after a few minutes of searching, he found a large library. Naruto scanned the room and noticed a large scroll resting against the bookshelves that lined the back of the room. "What's this?" He wondered while unrolling the scroll. The Uchiha saw a complex storage seal on the parchment and channeled chakra into it. Suddenly, his arm began to get sucked into the seal, making his eyes widen. 'Crap...I expected something to come out...but not this! Madara...Izuna...Hashirama...looks like I won't be seeing that dream after all...' He thought in sadness as he was completely sucked into the seal.

The world would not see him for one hundred and fifteen years...


[End]

[Ending: Shiawase Neiro by Orange Range]

So how was the chapter?

Pretty fucking long compared to most of my work...

I will only use Japanese names for techniques involving the Mangekyo Techniques and Bishamon's sub techniques.

Naruto's Original Mangekyo Power:

Bishamon [Japanese God of War and Justice]:

Naruto can summon up to 10,000 different ethereal swords to aid him in battle. Some of the blades have special powers of their own that are devastating in their own right. Using every blade at once will currently kill Naruto due to Chakra Exhaustion, but once he becomes able to do so, Bishamon can destroy entire nations at 100% power.

Special Bishamon Blades so far:

1: Zangetsu [Slaying Moon]

2: Sode no Shirayuki [Sleeved White Snow]

Zangetsu Abilities so far:

1: Getsuga Tenshō [Moon Fang Heaven-Piercer] (Crescent shaped wave of energy is fired from the tip of the blade. Cannot be blocked, only dodged by those without Wood Style, Susano'o, or a Tailed Beast cloak)

Sode no Shirayuki Abilities thus far:

1: Juhaku [White Tree] (Stabs the blade into the ground and creates a trail of ice that will freeze the target in a large pillar of ice if it touches them)

2: Tsugi no Mai: Hakuren [Next Dance: White Ripple] (Stabs the ground several times in a semi-circular pattern, causing ice particles to flow upwards from the holes and gather onto the tip of the sword. Once completely gathered, Naruto thrusts the katana forward, causing the gathered ice to explode into an avalanche of cold wind that flash freezes anything it touches.)

I'm open to any suggestions from you guys in the way of blades to add to his collection...as long as it isn't Mayuri Kurotsuchi's zanpakutō or Hitsugaya's zanpakutō. I hate anything that has to do with that clown-looking motherfucker and Naruto already has an Ice blade.

Anyhow, next chapter is the start of the main storyline and Naruto will face quite a shock upon reawakening...

How will Naruto react when he finds out over 100 years have passed since the Clan War Era ended?

How will he react when he sees that his two little brother figures accomplished his dream in his absence?

How will Konohagakure deal with the fact that the First Founder of Konoha walks amongst them once more?

Find out next time!

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