Disclaimer: I would love to own Naruto, but my dreams of owning DBZ come first. And they're not coming true soon, so… Oh, straight to the poverty.

Uchiha Camp

The Uchiha camp was actually not a real camp; it was full of petite houses and some small buildings. When Madara inherited the title of Clan Leader he had built them with the Mokuton, because the tents didn't work well. His father had been against him using that Jutsu because he discovered Madara had secretly learnt it from Hashirama Senju. The eldest son was always looking for what was best for the Clan.

As he entered in the main compound where they lived, Izuna woke up on Takato's back.

"Aniki?" he asked eyeing Madara "Taka-nii?" realizing he was resting on top of his brother. "What happened? Did I pass out?"

"Otouto, how do you feel?" Takato answered with a question, while he was helping him to climb off from his back to stand up. Both he and Madara looked at Izuna as if he was going to break like crystal.

"I'm fine! What's wrong with you guys? Did we lose?" he was starting to lose his temper.

"Well, actually…" the Middle brother said looking at the eldest Uchiha who had an odd expression, he appeared to be happy, ashamed, relieved, and tired and at the same time had this façade he used with everybody except them. He had not relaxed yet to lose it.

"Oh come on Aniki, don't make me pull a Katon on you!" the youngest looked at Madara annoyed.

"You were badly injured during the fight, Takato was going to help you but Tobirama was fastest and almost kill you both with his katana" the clan leader stated bluntly.

"And?" he interrupted seeing as his brother wasn't speaking fluidly

"Two kunoichi appeared in the middle of the fight causing Tobirama to stop his attack. They were being chased by the Hyuuga, and were bloody and beaten. They fought 20 of them and left them unconscious in front of both Senju and ours armies" He continued. It was like hearing a council report.

"WHAT?" how could I miss that?" he said displeased "wait a minute, how did they look?"

"One looked like an Uchiha but wasn't. She even had the Sharingan" Takato intervened. He knew his brother was going to make another question, so he continued "the other one had healing powers like Hashirama Senju but wasn't from his clan. She had pink hair".

"She was the one to help me, right?" Izuna asked eager for more information.

"You remember her?" this time Madara spoke and looked surprised, his façade lost "You passed out of the pain and almost contracted septicemia. You also had internal damage. She saved you" and now his voice was full of emotion, he was relieved his younger brothers were safe and sound.

"I remember feeling a foreign chakra soothing my pain because my head felt like it was about to blow up and it suddenly stopped. I tried to open my eyes but all I saw was pink hair" he shared with his siblings. "Please tell me what happened. It seems like we didn't lose, but we didn't win" he was becoming suspicious.

They told him everything, what happened between the clans, the help, the surgery Sakura had to perform in the middle of the battlefield, Hikari calling them monsters, Tobirama being Tobirama. And the peace settled with Hashirama that may live to a truce and a future village.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute" Izuna said rising his hands in front of him when they finished the tale "So we're going to a truce with the Senju because some random girl calls us monsters? That's what it took to finish this feud?" he couldn't believe what was going on "Come on, you now I want peace too aniki, but this seems suspicious. What was her name again?" he asked.

"Hikari Takishima" Takato answered "But Izuna..."

"Wasn't Takishima the name of that mad pseudo scientist father killed years ago? What if she's related to him? Takishima is mostly a name not a last name, and it's not even a clan, and she does have the sharingan. This guy wanted to mess with our eyes, I remember father telling me that story" Madara looked at him and started to evaluate that possibility, but it didn't feel right. That girl seemed truthful, and so did Sakura.

"I understand your reasoning, but I don't feel they're enemies. Call it a gut instinct, but they seemed true. They could have left you for dead, and they didn't. I think it would be better for you to come with us to know them, so you can make your own conclusions" the Patriarch told him.

"Very well then, when shall I meet them?" he mockingly asked annoyed again

"The day after tomorrow we'll be heading to their shelter to speak with the Senju. You'll meet them there. Now Anija has to speak with the council and you must rest" Takato stated, ending the conversation. "No buts, just take a bath and go to sleep. You smell" he added smirking. Izuna was about to protest, but his brother just pushed him to the small onsen behind the house and closed the door behind him.

Madara headed to the council room with Takato on his side. The latter was his official advisor given that Izuna was the younger brother. As they entered the place they heard some murmur coming from the counselors, they already knew what had happened.

"Ah, Madara-Sama" an old grey haired Uchiha called "we're glad to see you safe and sound, we believe it was an odd battle" he added with a glint of sarcasm on his voice as he narrowed his very wrinkled eyes.

"Majime-san, it was odd indeed, but I believe you don't need to be told about it. You already know everything about what happened, am I right?" Madara said gracefully, and getting straight to the point he added "My brother and I are here to discuss a truce with the Senju and the possibility to create a Village together, so we can settle down and stop being nomads, not that I mind building houses every time we move."

The murmur became louder and it morphed into a discussion. It looked that they were discussing this before they came to the building. Some of them where shouting things like 'Senju Scum' and 'those bastards', but others tried to reason and said things like 'It's about time to stop this' or 'it will be a great opportunity'.

Madara Cleared his throat loudly and spoke: "I know most of you are against that, but you're not the ones that go to war every day. I see our people pain daily. Some of you claim to do everything for the sake of our clan, but then again forget that families are being teared apart because of this feud. You still send children to war. With my brothers we do what we can to protect them from your orders, from the harm, but we can't save everybody. YOU CAN."

During his speech he became more passionate and remembered Takato's words after that Takishima girl spoke and added: "You are the ones to choose if you want to be monsters or heroes. I know what I want to be and my brother here too. And if you are against this, I will speak to our people personally and make them vote for what they want. You'll be surprised of the results" Now Madara had his sharingan activated without realizing. Boy he hated the council; they were the ones that influenced his father to behave the way he had. They were the reason of all his lose.

"You conceited brat have the guts to come here and say we don't go to war. We fought with your grandparent for Kami's sake! You..." Majime san started with his sharingan activated menacely but was suddenly cut off by Takato who had his dojutsu spinning fast.

"I'd recommend you not to speak to your Clan Leader that way my lord, and don't threat him with your sharingan. It could be considered as treason" He said calming the ruckus almost immediately. When his eyes stopped spinning, the three tomoe spent in place and he continued calmly "We know our respected lords that you fought for our Clan. But as you said, you fought with our grandfather, and that was almost 50 years ago. Time has changed, and the people don't want nor need war no more. War may only be needed to protect, not to attack without even really understanding why".

"Takato-sama you've grown to be a very reasonable young man" another voice said kindly. This time it was another elder, grey haired too but less wrinkled. His face emanated calmness.

"Kido-San, it's good to see you in good health" the younger Uchiha said. "Please tell us what you think about this" he trusted this man judgement. He was one of the few Uchiha men that wasn't so stiff and proud, and also the council leader.

"Is it true that there is a girl with the sharingan that is not form our Clan?" the man asked. Takato nodded so he continued "do you think her dojutsu was real and not implanted?" the young man nodded again and then Kido-San addressed everybody. "Dear Lords, I Believe there are two issues in this story, the first one is to decide if we're going to a truce with the Senju and maybe create a village, and the other thing it's what worries you most, this girl with the Sharingan that is not from our clan. We must set priorities. The girl seems to be of no harm to our clan, am I right?" he asked the last thing looking to Madara.

"She doesn't seem a threat, I sensed no evil on her chakra" Madara answered serious, his sharingan never fading.

"Then it's settled, we'll get to that issue later. First things first: Do we need to keep fighting with the Senju?" he looked at everybody in the room waiting for their reactions. Each member answered to that question with a bit of discomfort, but mostly of them said that they didn't need the fight; it was actually leaving them without earnings and people.

"Shall we go to a truce? Of course we must determinate our demands, but shall we?" again everybody looked discomforted, but it wasn't because they didn't want to, it was because sometimes it was difficult to speak your mind at the council with some big bullies that tend to fix all interns with threat. The same people that didn't want to fight anymore voted yes for the truce.

"Very well then, you have your first answer Madara Sama" Kido San bowed to the Clan leader. "We voted yes for peace. Now please do tell us about this idea of a Village of yours".

Boy this was going to be a long night, Madara thought.

Senju camp

Like the Uchiha Camp the Senju was full of houses too, but they were better built because Hashirama excelled in Mokuton. It was like somehow his cheerfulness did everything better for him. Madara thought he was actually an optimistic lucky bastard.

Hashirama exited the house of Senju Keito, Ichigo Kun's grandmother. He was awake now, and had started to eat some onigiri to regain strength. He didn't speak a lot, but when he saw his Clan Leader in his house he started to say that Uchiha were good people, and that the Frog Princess was like a fairy. The elder Senju laughed about this, and told Keito-san that he was going to be ok.

Tobirama was waiting for him outside with his arms crossed in front of his chest, with a serious expression.

"I told you not to worry, the youngling is doing great. He has become an Uchiha Fan" Hashirama said and then burst into laughter "Oh my, have you heard what I've said? Uchiha FAN, oh boy am I eloquent or what"

"Yes, and you're also full of yourself anija" the younger Senju said with disdain. "We must go and speak with the council if you still want that peace of yours, we don't have all day"

Later in the Senju council room, the picture was similar to the Uchiha. All the elders were discussing everything that happened. As Hashirama entered the room he was bombarded with questions and complains, but mostly he was being accused of preferring his forbidden friendship with the Uchiha scum, instead of his clan. The Clan Leader felt overwhelmed about this and couldn't speak because of his nervousness. That's when Tobirama came to the rescue.

"Everybody please shut yourselves up, and let your Clan Leader speak" he stated in an authoritarian tone, he was obviously more capable to manage this jerks than his brother, who was too kind for his sake. "I'll pretend to have not heard you calling my Brother traitor as you implied by saying he preferred his friendship than his people. I'll pretend that you are polite people instead of a bunch of old hags that don't go to war anymore and became bourgeoisies. So I expect that you'll keep quiet and listen to what my Anija has to say to you". Tobirama was expelling a killing aura, and everybody became silent.

Hashirama sweat dropped but smiled to his little brother. He loved how Tobi could be so protective of him. The mentioned one blushed faintly in awkwardness when he looked at how his brother beamed looking at him, kami; he really was too kind for his own good. The albino cleared his throat and stared at his anija to bring him back to reality.

"Oh Yes" the elder said "As you already know, we fought a battle with the Uchiha which ended in truce. The Uchiha second-in-line heir helped save five of our children, and I helped an Uchiha pregnant kunoichi in exchange. Everybody started to help everybody, not minding his clan or rank" he said the last one eyeing Tobirama, who rolled his eyes annoyed "The thing is that we've learnt that war is not the answer. We knew it for a long time; but that time wasn't right to set things straight, know it is. So that's why I motion to go to a complete truce with the Uchiha clan, and also create a Village where both Clans can cohabitate and may be invite other clans to join us" Hashirama ended.

The counselors started to discuss what his leader had just said and they were divided. While they thought of their eternal rivalry with the Sharingan users, they couldn't deny that they had saved their people. And from what they learnt, it wasn't with any hidden agenda.

Tobirama cleared his throat again and the chattering ended. One of the elders, a petit fat woman with still brown hair raised up and spoke: "We believe it's time to end this feud and go to a truce, but we must have warranties that this is not a trap or anything that can harm us" she looked at the eldest brother thoughtfully.

"Wata-San arigato for your answer, we are going to see the Uchiha again the day after tomorrow and we'll speak about the warranties" Hashirama alleged "And how about the Village?"

"Hashirama-Sama, we would like you to be accompanied to that meeting not only by your brother, but also by Toka-San. She was in that battle and was the one to report us. She told that the Uchiha behave honorably, especially Uchiha Takato. As for the Village do tell us about your idea"

Thanks Kami this was going to be a good night, Hashirama thought.

In the forest

The girls were releasing the things Madara had given to them, they took two cots out and some clothes that were near their size - they must have been Izuna's or Takato's – and then they looked over the food and amenities that were also stored. Fortunately there was some soap, so the first thing they planned to do was to take a bath in the river before the sunset. They stored the clean clothes on one empty scroll and took it with them, grabbed the soap and jumped off the nest. Hikari with her Mangekyo sharingan on did the stronger genjutsu she could manage to hide their refuge, and then both left to bathe.

It took less than 30 minutes to find the river because they run and jumped as if they were on a battlefield, eager to clean themselves. Though the water was really cold, it felt great to get rid of the mud and blood. Twenty minutes later they were dressed on Uchiha fresh clothes that consisted in a pair of black pants, a long sleeved black shirt, and a kimono over shirt. Sakura's was dark blue while Hikari's was dark Grey. The Takishima used some wind jutsu mixed with fire jutsu to dry off their hair and they left the river with their now washed old clothes on the scroll to get some rest.

"It was a good idea to have another bunch of our clothes stored with our weapons, I couldn't be wearing these clothes without my undergarments" Sakura said blushing hard when they arrived on the refuge after checking that there were no threats. They didn't want to say to the Uchiha patriarch that they already had clean clothes stored because they didn't want to be disrespectful, and on a second thought they preferred to wear the gifted ones to not attract attention.

"You're right" said Hikari after finishing to set the genjutsu traps. Sakura put other traps, and then started to sort out the food to eat "Now tell me: why are you blushing so hard? It's not that those clothes are from Sasuke-kun" she asked amused

If Sakura could become even redder, she would have. She started to sweat from the heat, and she wasn't even sure why.

"I-I… wh-what are you saying Hikari Chan?" she asked putting her hand behind her head and laughing nervously

"I'm only asking why you are so red, they're not even Madara's clothes" she mocked straight to the point.

Sakura was having a hard time "I don't know why you said that" she managed not to stutter and focused on the food on her hands.

"Oh come on, I've noticed how you got nervous when he handed those scrolls" the Takishima said grabbing some onigiri that was still fresh to eat. "I believe he felt something too, you really are fond of the Uchiha"

When Sakura was about to protest, they both became alert because they felt another chakra signature next to them. Suddenly a man appeared from nowhere in their refuge.

"YOU" Hikari hissed looking straight to that pair of white eyes with her Sharingan spinning.

"What are you doing here?" Sakura asked her guard up.

The owner of the eyes raised his hands and apologetically muttered "I can explain"

"YOU BETTER DO THAT… HAMURA-NII!" The brunette raised her voice to the Ōtsutsuki in front to her.

In the Juubi's name this was going to be an annoying night.

***AUTOR'S NOTES***

The Uchiha are a pain in the back! But we do love them =)

*Majime means Seriousness and Kido means brightness (this is an obvious name choice)

*Keito means wool and Wata means cotton

*Uchiha Fan joke, for those who doesn't know yet, Uchiha (Actually uchiwa) means Fan in English, that's why their clan symbol is a fan, to increase the strength of their fire. And Fan as in Fanatic and as in blower are homonyms. Hashirama is just being Hashirama.

*Ages: I've settled these ages because the only real age we know was that Izuna was 24 when he died, but as this is an AU I've put Madara younger to only have 5 years of age difference with Sakura. We actually don't know for sure if the age gap between him and Izuna was one or two years, I went for two and put Takato in the middle. Also, Takato perfectly fits in Madara's life, because he said once he used to be 1 of 5 brothers.

Madara & Hashirama: 24

Takato: 23

Izuna, Tobirama & Hikari: 22

Sakura: 19

* Don't kill me; I changed the canon way Madara gained the Mokuton. If he already had Water and Earth he was clever enough to obtain that chakra nature, this way he is still able to use it thanks to Hashirama, but not gaining his cells (I don't intend to make him bite his friend)