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"Uchiha San:

Thank you for your letter, it's awesome news that Ichigo-Kun is safe and sound. I was worried about him but knew somehow he would overcome this. He is a tough kid.

It is also great news to learn that you have started with the Village. Can't wait to see it.

Don't worry about the messenger, he's doing fine. He pretends to be harsh and proud but he seems a good person.

As we're going to belong to the same Village, please do call me by my given name. And Sakura too (she says Hi). I believe a lot has happened in less than a week so we can speak less formally.

Keep us informed of your progress, and if there's anything you need do not hesitate to write.

Regards,

Hikari"

Takato finished the letter thinking that the Takishima was an odd girl: she was asking to be called by her given name and they barely knew each other. He thought that was a sign of trust that one only showed to people you were familiar with, though it didn't matter if they were friends or foes. He had called Hashirama, Tobirama and Toka by their given names while they were enemies too. 'Maybe I'm overthinking it' he thought.

Suddenly Izuna, whom had been quiet to let him read, continued speaking about his day on the Merchant Village.

"The girls will do fine there, everybody loves them. They were given a room on an Inn for free, and they got some jobs working with the injured and planning defenses for the Village." He said with content.

Takato looked at him and realized his Otouto's demeanor had change a bit. He seemed calmer, and almost happy. He had really had a good day. Madara was thinking the same without even knowing. Izuna was always an open person and cocky because of that, but now he looked more self grounded. 'And if you think that it has only been two days since he had the fight with those two.' the Patriarch though 'I wonder what's going on in his head'. Izuna kept talking about how the Leader Koji-San wanted to join the new Village.

"Also, the funniest thing happened" the younger continued without realizing his siblings' inner thinking "Toka-san told them that maybe they were from the future, she was being so silly that both of them got nervous. Maybe they've realized that that Senju is crazy" he laughed at that part, "Man, Toka might be one of the strongest kunoichi I've met, but she is crazy… and scary" he paled but then he widely smiled.

Both his siblings looked at him, they decided to let go the way he talked and acted about Toka, but Madara's attention also got caught with another thing.

"Why would she say they are from the future?" The patriarch asked serious.

"That's the same thing Sakura-San asked her" the youngest said. Madara dismissed the fact that his Otouto spoke Haruno-san's name so freely. "But going on with Toka's joke, I reasoned the possible arguments about her theory. So I said that they do have a lot of science and medic knowledge that was way too advanced for our time."

"You really think so?" Takato said amused while looking through some Village plans.

"Come on, I was just being silly and following the joke!" Izuna said laughing.

"And then what happened?" Madara intervened. For some reason the silly theory didn't sound so silly to him.

"Well, Sakura-san said that their Village was really advanced. And when Toka asked about it, they told us again that it doesn't exist anymore she continued asking about Hikari-san saying she had spar with a Hyuuga" he answered

"And what did they said about that?" the patriarch continued.

"Hikari-san was about to answer that but was saved by the bell" he said smirking "well, not the bell, the Village leader. He arrived and congratulated them for helping their Village and us for the truce. The rest of day was all shopping and helping them settle there. Then I came back"

There was a pause, and silence filled the room. Madara was in deep thought, Toka's words couldn't be taken as a harmless joke, how could someone think of time travel? It sounded complicated, it sounded like Hashirama, and also Tobirama. After a moment of realization, Takato spoke:

"You're not actually giving this theory a chance, are you?" he said looking at his elder brother seriously.

Madara burst in laughter, and his brother thought it was a bit forced. Izuna laughed with him, so he didn't notice.

"I was just curious about this whole silliness" The eldest said innocently. "Come on, let's keep going through the plans, tomorrow I will need you to chop some trees". Takato sighed and let the whole thing pass.

"Oh… Taka-nii is tired before starting" Izuna mocked his brother.

"Shut up, just because your lazy-ass stays here for duty doesn't hide the fact that you are indeed lazy" the mocked retorted. And they started a playful verbal fight that ended with them sparring outside.

'I'm going to speak to Hashirama tomorrow, I'm sure he's behind Toka's words" Madara though, while he saw his siblings fighting and smiled. It didn't matter where those girls came from, he'll be always grateful to be alive to see Takato and Izuna sparring happily, and to make his dream of peace come true. 'But, what if they hadn't shown up? both might be…" and a black cloud menaced to cover his thoughts. He shook his head and reminded himself that they were there, and that was all that mattered.

"So, they got nervous when you said the theory?" Tobirama asked Toka.

"Yes Tobi, I've already told you!" the kunoichi said "But it was a really silly thing, I think they might be thinking that I'm a loony because of that, I still don't understand why you made me said it".

"They didn't need to hear that to think otherwise" the albino raised an eyebrow in her direction.

"You know I can kick your ass if I want to, right?" The woman said outraged.

"Now, now, you two" Hashirama said placating things. "We'll see how this develops from here. What did Izuna-san think?"

Toka paused to remember, "He reasoned what I said, but I think he was just picking up on them".

'So, Madara surely might know by now… I wonder what would think about this" the Clan Leader thought. "Well, there's nothing much we can do. You are free to visit them whenever you want, and you must report to us if you see or feel something strange." He told Toka. "You can go now and rest, we'll be up for a little while, checking stuff for tomorrow".

The kunoichi greeted both her friends and leaders, and left their home.

"Are you positive with this theory, Anija?" Tobirama said frowning to his brother.

"I don't know how, but it can be possible" the always cheerful Senju was serious now. "I spoke with Osuushi-sama, and he asked the Toads. There's no Toad Senjutsu user taught by them alive in our time, and you know how that works."

"That's really suspicious" the younger Senju said. "However, if you could learn senjutsu by yourself maybe she could too. We'll keep an eye on her"

Hashirama sweat dropped "Tobi, if they are from the future, they might not even be a threat. If they affect something in this time, hers will be affected as well. Also, it's different with Toad style it seems. They're the only ones that can teach it"

"You're so simple sometimes" the albino retorted "don't try to be naïve because you are fond of them"

"Of course I'm fond of them, they're fine kunoichi and good people" he said regaining his cheerfulness.

"So dense…" Tobirama said "You like everybody".

The next day Hikari and Sakura started their jobs at the Village.

"Good morning" the pinkette greeted everyone at the small Hospital, which was really a small clinic. The people there looked at her with admiration. She felt a bit self-conscious. "Is there anything urgent to attend?" she asked.

"Everything is fine, Haruno-sama" a woman said. Sakura knew that it was common knowledge to not to say 'everything is fine' in a Hospital because I won't be. Suddenly a boy of about 14 years old entered shouting with a very ill man on his back.

"PLEASE HELP ME" He shouted "IT'S MY DAD!" The pinkette run to him and grabbed effortlessly the non-breathing man from his back.

"Where is the operation room?" She asked going on full professional mode. The staff there took her to a small room with a stretcher. She laid the man there and started to scan him from head to toe with chakra. The boy had entered behind her, and was looking at his father and then at her bewildered.

"What are you doing?" he asked voice full of anguish.

"Shut up, I'm concentrating" she spat. He fell silent immediately. "THERE!" she exclaimed. She formed a Chakra scalpel and opened a hole in the man's thorax, where his right lung was. "Bring me a syringe or a tube, something, NOW!" she exclaimed as she saw everybody looking at her without moving. Somebody handled her a small glass test tube. She put the mouth of the tube on the hole she had done and then looked at the boy "Hold this still" she ordered. The boy's eyes were fixed on hers and without even knowing his hand moved by itself and grabbed the tube as ordered. Then the kunoichi broke the bottom of the tube, and a sound of air escaping from it surprised everybody. The commotion grew when the man suddenly started to breathe again.

"He had a pneumothorax" Sakura explained. "His lung had collapsed because there was air between it and the thoracic wall". She spoke to everybody in the room, while the boy was still holding the tube inserted in his father's chest. "I've released the pressure. He'll be fine, but I still need to work on him." She looked at the nurses and said "Please prepare a room so he can be taken care of later." And then dismissed them. She turned back to the man and his son.

"What's your name?" she asked serious.

"It's Ryuji" he said without moving.

"You're brave kid, I need you to keep holding that tube until I tell you, can you?" the pinkette enquired smiling softly. The boy nodded, so she got to work. It took her less than 20 minutes to heal the worse damage. She would let the man complete his healing by himself resting in bed.

Once the man was already set in his room, she went to the hallway were Ryuji was waiting. When he saw her, he run to her and grabbed her hands.

"How did you do that?" he was overwhelmed "How could you save him? I will always be in debt; I thought we would lose him too… I-I…" he couldn't continue because he had started to cry. Sakura's eyes fought back tears too because she could read between the lines. This boy had already lost someone important. She released one of her hands and softly stroked his head.

"Calm down" she said "He's doing fine because you brought him in time" she tried to reassured the boy.

"B-but if you weren't here h-he might have…" he didn't want to end the sentence.

"But I was here. Stop thinking about that" she reprimanded kindly. "Your father is alive and well. He'll wake up soon, so you better pull yourself together". Suddenly the sound of footsteps and agitated breath filled the corridor.

"How's he?" Ryuutaro Koji was running towards them "How is my son?"

Ryuji run to hug the Village leader. "He's fine grandpa" he cried, this time with joy and relieve. "She saved him". Ryuutaro who was hugging his grandson looked at Sakura with a clear look of gratitude.

"You can see him in a moment; the nurses are still cleaning him." She said "I had to put him on some sedatives after the surgery before he regained consciousness because it would be painful to him. But he might be all right by now" She added.

"Thank you Haruno-sensei" Ryuutaro said.

"Please, it's Sakura" the pinkette said smiling.

"Sakura-san" this time Ryuji, who had let go of his grandfather's embrace, spoke. "Please, take me as your apprentice" he asked

"What!?" she asked surprised. She was still an apprentice, how could she have one?

"Please" the boy repeated, walking in front of her and kneeling down in seiza position. "I need to be able to help the ones I love, Onegaishimasu" he bowed in the floor.

Ryuutaro was looking at his grandson sternly. He was such a good boy, just like his father. The Pinkette didn't know what to do, she thought about it and the need of trained people was a fact. And this boy seemed really passionate about that.

"Alright" Sakura finally spoke. "I'll teach you" Ryuji looked up at her in disbelief. "But don't expect me to go easy on you, because I won't" she added serious. "Just get up"

"I'll work hard! I promise!" He said as he got up "Thank you Haruno-Shishou" Sakura felt a pang of pain in her chest, as she remembered Tsunade Shishou.

"It's Sakura" she said "Please call me Sakura" she didn't want to think about their home.

"Then Arigato, Sakura-sensei" the boy offered his hand and she shook it.

Hikari was speaking with Ryuutaro Koji in the outskirts of the Village to check the security, when they suddenly heard a little girl shouting

"GRAND PA, ONEGAI GRAND PA!" she shouted while running "COME QUICKLY! DADDY IS ILL!" She stopped just a feet away from them.

"Megumi, what happened?" the man said anxious "Where is Ryuji? Where is your brother?"

"He took daddy to the Hospital and he sent me to look out for you!" the little girl said "Please hurry!" she grabbed his grandpa from his arm.

The man took her petit hand on his and said "Don't worry, daddy will be fine. I'll go right away" and then he looked at Hikari. "Takishima-san could you please watch Megumi for a while?"

"It's Hikari, and you don't need to ask" she said reassuringly. "Now go!" and the leader started to run towards the Village. The little girl stared at her grandpa running, and her eyes watered.

"Hey there!" the Takishima said "My name is Hikari, what's yours kid?" she tried to make conversation.

"Hn… Megumi" she said now finding the grass very interesting so she would not raise her head to look at her.

"I'm sure your father will be fine. My friend just started to work at the hospital today and she can cure almost everything!" she said a little bit cheerfully so she can make the kid feel a bit better. She secretly prayed that Sakura could see the man in time.

The little girl decided to look at her with her big teary eyes. "You think so?" she said.

"Of course I do, my friend is a fine medic kunoichi" she smiled.

"Whats a kunno-Kunoichi?" the girl asked.

"A kunoichi is a female ninja" Hikari explained "girls that trained to be shinobi". Now the girl was looking at her in awe. Thanks kami the divertion worked.

"Are you one? A k-kunoichi, I mean." Megumi enquired.

"Yes, I am" the brunette said. "But I'm not a medic, although I know a few medic ninjutsu"

"What's a ninjutsu" the little girl was full of questions, as it should be. She was the first kunoichi she had ever seen.

"It's also called ninja art, you use chakra to perform some techniques that can be used for healing or fighting" Hikari explained, and then she saw the confused look on her face so she elaborated "Chakra is energy. Everybody has it, all the living beings. A ninja can manipulate it for healing, fighting or defense. Here," she moved the girl a bit behind her "Let me show you"

'KATON NO JUTSU' she shouted and a small fireball emanated from her breath. Megumi's face was priceless.

"WHOAA" she said delighted "That was awesome!" she cheered and then added as an afterthought "Can you teach me how to do that?"

Hikari was taken aback with this question. "It takes a lot of time and practice, some people are not even able to mold chakra" she tried to reason, but it was hard to do that with a girl of no more than six years old.

"I will try hard, and I'll do it!" Megumi said firmly "Pleeeease!"

"Why do you want that so hard? You just learned what that was" Hikari asked.

"I want to become a kunno-kunoichi to help Papa and Nii san to defend the Village. I want to protect them, as they protect me" she stated simply. Kid's logic was so easy, and it always made sense.

"I-I don't know" the Takishima said dubious. "We should probably ask that to your grandpa"

"Then we'll go to see Papa at the Hospital and we'll ask Grandpa!" Megumi grabbed Hikari's right hand and pulled her back to the Village. After 5 minutes of running, the brunette took the little girl on her back and started to jumps from trees to trees to get to the hospital. The girl was having the best time, and Hikari silently prayed that Sakura had already saved that man.

"Ryujii Nii san!" Megumi shouted from Hikari´s back as they arrived at the Hospital. Hikari left the girl on the floor who run to hug her brother. "How's dad?" she asked "Did Hikari's neechan friend help him?"

The boy looked at Hikari and then returned his sister's hug.

"Yes, Sakura-Sensei saved him" He whispered smiling to his precious sister.

"Really!?" the little girl beamed "Wait, you said Sensei?"

"Hn, I will start learning medic ninjutsu" He said proudly.

"Cool!" Megumi worshipped his brother. "I'm gonna learn ninjutsu too, Hikari neechan will teach me" she said smiling "We'll ask grandpa for permission"

Ryuji was surprised by his little sister's statement and looked over the Takishima, who didn't want to get in any trouble.

"I told her no at first" she defended herself "But she can be very persistent"

The boy sighed, "I know" he said. "But I understand why she wants to do that. Father was injured in the last Hyuuga attack. He was healed by our medics, but then collapsed with a pneumothorax. She just wants to save her precious people, just like me."

Hikari knew that feeling very well, she had felt it, and she had witnessed it on Itachi-kun and also on Naruto. Remembering his cousin hurt a lot, Kami, she missed him!. Suddenly his face appeared in her mind, as if he was telling her what to do.

"Megumi," the Takishima called and the mentioned turned back to see her. "If your Grandpa and your brother are ok with it, I will teach you how to become a kunoichi".

Meanwhile in the future Konoha Madara, Takato, Hashirama and Tobirama were analyzing what was needed to be done.

"Takato," Madara Said "I need you to chop those trees over there, use my gunbai" he handled his large weapon while still looking at the plans both Leaders had done. The mentioned grabbed the huge war fan and left to get to work.

"I'll take watch for now" Tobirama said, and jumped to the cliff to have a better view. He sat down and started to infuse chakra to sense any possible threat.

Hashirama was moving the plans to get the view angle right, and kept talking about how they could start with a wall of wood, and once the Village was settled, they could add rocks and concrete. The Uchiha Patriarch though that it was the perfect time to ask his friend about that thing that pestered his mind since yesterday.

"Why did you make Toka ask the kunoichi if they were from the future?" he said. The Senju looked at him clueless, and then it hit him.

"Oh" he said "you got me" he added playing the fool "and as always, you go straight to the issue"

"You're a predictable Idiot" the Uchiha said "It was obvious that Toka wouldn't think of that out of the blue"

"So mean…" Hashirama answered gloomy. "Ok, I'll tell you" he said and inhaled profoundly to continue.

"You know I've mastered senjutsu by myself…" Madara rolled his eyes, his friend sometimes could be an arrogant bastard, even without meaning it. Hashirama looked at him and was about to say something, but instead he continued "Anyway, a year ago I learnt that because of my earth and wood Style the Sage mode I achieved is similar to The Bull Sage's, so I researched about him and found that he lived in the Land of the Grass" seeing his friend bored expression he made a pause and looked at him crossing his arms on his chest.

"Continue" the Uchiha said, boy, hearing Hashirama tell a story was tedious for him.

"In one mission I could get in touch with him. He didn't like the fact that I'd learnt by myself, but still was curious so even though we didn't make a summoning contract, he let me contact him whenever I want." He finished.

"And this is important because..." Madara said not understanding where his speech was going.

"I told Osuushi-sama about Takishima-san's senjutsu and he was utterly surprised. He told me that he had never heard of a woman that had mastered the Toad sage mode. He contacted Gamamaru the Lord of the Toads, and he confirmed that. But in return he also said that some days ago he felt some disruption on Chakra. And something about 'interdimensional chakra'" Hashirama explained

"What about that?" a vein was starting to pop out from the Uchiha's forehead. Damn Senju giving the information in parts.

"I can't remember, sorry!" Hashirama smiled cheerfully. Madara almost fell backwards. "Wait! Yes, he said something like the disruption was because of a massive interdimensional chakra flow. And that chakra is the one that they manipulate to come from their dimensions to ours."

"So because of this chat with an ancient Sage you concluded that the girls are from the future?" The Uchiha asked still in disbelief. Something inside him told him that it made sense, but he unconsciously refused to think it possible.

"Well, I spoke to Tobirama. I told him that maybe this disruption was caused by someone moving between dimensions. And given the girls advanced knowledge they may be form far ahead in time" Hashirama said proudly of his theory. He thought it was the only possibility, and was sure of that but he knew he couldn't ask them directly because it would be rude, and they might not want to answer.

"Right…" The Uchiha said looking at his friend debating himself on giving a chance to the theory or declare Hashirama mental.

"The thing is that Tobi said it was a stupid theory and that I was crazy" the Senju dropped his posture with that, all cheerfulness gone.

"For Kami's sake, this is the first time I agree with Tobirama" Madara said feigning displeasure.

"You're so childish sometimes" Hashirama said looking at him with a plain expression.

"Says the Daimyo of childish land" Madara mocked smirking widely

"You bastard!" Hashirama almost lost it

"ENOUGH YOU TWO" Tobirama's voice sounded almighty from a cliff above the Valley. "Weren't you supposed to build things? Stop chatting like two old ladies"

Both shinobi's face reddened a bit as they were ashamed of being caught fighting like teenagers. They quickly went to the perimeter of the Village and started to create the gates and wall that will surround the area. That took them the whole day. None of them spoke about the theory during that time.

It was late at night when two small patrols of Senju and Uchiha clansmen arrived to keep watch until the next morning. They were led by Izuna and Toka Senju.

"So this is all you could do in a day?" Izuna asked in disbelief "Just a Wall and a door?"

"They could have done better if they hadn't kept on talking all the time" Tobirama said in reprovement. The youngest Uchiha opened his eyes widely and started to laugh.

"Please tell me you didn't reprimand them like if they were children" he said. Tobirama's face reddened a bit and he turned around with a loud 'hmph'. "Oh Kami!" he added "How could I miss that?"

"Hey! I did work hard!" Takato said "Anija had me chopping trees with his gunbai all day" and he looked at his brother with feigned hatred. He was extremely tired, like he had fought with alone with an entire army. He wasn't used to his aniki's fan; he was more a katana man.

"Come on, look at it as training!" Madara said as motioned to grab him by his neck to ruffle his hair. His brother knew what he wanted to do and he just jumped to the nearest tree.

"Can we go now? I need to take a bath, I feel filthy" the middle brother pleaded.

"Yes, we must get going" Hashirama said. "Tomorrow we'll meet again at dawn. Bye Toka!" he added to the Kunoichi "Izuna-san" he bowed slightly, and then both Senju brothers left the place.

"See you Toka-San" Takato Said still from the tree "Izuna please don't do anything reckless and behave" he mocked his Otouto, and had to dodge a rock the youngest threw to him.

"Good Evening you both" Madara bowed. "Izuna, if you need anything summon us"

"Yeah, Yeah, don't worry" the mentioned said waving his hands in front of him. "Just go, trust me"

"I'll keep him safe Madara-san" Toka smirked. Madara almost laughed at Izuna's face. 'Maybe, that was…' he thought but then he shook his head smirking too and left with Takato.

***AUTHOR'S NOTES***

Thanks to Carmen765 for her PM, You made me rethink some stuff, and a lot of new ideas came! Hope you like this chapter.

Sakura and Hikari will have their own apprentices, and we'll get to see the Senju-Uchiha development too. Please be patient, I believe in two or three chapters Konoha will be finished and some important things will happen.

Hamura will be coming back soon too. I love to write the Brotherly relationship with Hikari. It's odd but feels natural. Sakura will regain her security and strength in this next chapters. She will still feel a bit aware around Madara, but she is a grown kunoichi fist.

I plan to keep Madara on character, but the show didn't let us see a side of him that knew what romantic love was. Hashirama had Mito, Madara had no one. But I believe, seeing him as a child and a man with honor (until Zetsu blew up his mind, and Izuna died) that he might be a gentleman, a caring person, and a bit shy. Come on, he's the perfect Tsunedere type, just see him in ep 368-369 (If I remember correctly).

Now the big question here is… Does Tobirama have a soft side? MUAHAHA I think he is in denial.