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Madara and Hashi sit in front of their daughter at the table.
"Honey," Hashi hesitates. "Daddy cast a jutsu on you. How are you awake?"
Their daughter recites as if by rote: "My Daddy says if your chakra's disordered just make it burst, and then the genjutsu will break." She says the words by memory, combing the doll's hair.
They glance at each other. "How did you break through Daddy's mokuton?" Hashi says.
"I used my Suzy-Noo," their daughter says.
"And how did you break through Daddy's Susanoo?"
"I used a sword and arrow," their daughter says. She looks up and there is blood smeared around her eyes. Madara's eyes widen.
"I told you not to overuse your powers!" Madara says. He pushes in front of Hashi, clasping the child by the shoulders. "Let me see your eyes. Is your vision blurred? Do you have headaches?"
"No, Daddy." Their daughter wriggles in his grasp. Madara frowns.
"Listen here. As soon as you feel pinpricks at the backs of your eyes, you need to stop. Do you understand?"
"But Mommy's room was locked and I wanted to open the door."
"You will go blind if you overuse your eyes. Do you understand?"
"But Uncle Izuna was blind, and they grew him new eyes," their daughter says.
"Dammit." Madara stands, frustrated. Hashi knits her fingers together, then turns back to their daughter.
"Okay, honey. We're sorry we locked the door. But from now on, you need to knock, okay?" Hashi says.
Their daughter chirps, "Okay, Mommy!"
"Good." Hashi kisses the top of her head. "Now drink your milk and go to bed."
"Okay!" she takes her cup and runs back down the hallway.
Hashi falls back into the chair. "What are we going to do with her?" she says. Madara sits next to her.
"She needs to train, or else she might accidentally blind herself playing. She does not yet recognize her limits," Madara says. He pauses a moment, as if contemplating. And then, "I could always give her my eyes, so that she'd have the Eternal Mangekyou-"
"Do we have to resort to that? They regrew Izuna's eyes, right? Couldn't we treat her the same way?"
"Izuna's powers have been dampened, he can do the jutsus but he can't sustain them. They are a poor substitute for the real thing."
"But you're not saying to do that now, right? As long as she learns when to stop using them-"
"My fear is she will be in the midst of battle when her sight ends. Giving her my eyes would prevent that."
Hashi's jaw tightens. "But what if the same thing happens to the other two?" she says. Madara sighs and rubs his head.
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At school, their daughter plays hopscotch with her friends. "How come you're not using your Sharingan?" they ask.
Their daughter chirps, "My Daddy says I'm not allowed to use my eyes unless it's a life or death situation!"
Her classmates' eyes widen.
"Ooooh."