From the Ashes

by raspbewwies

Canon, Post-war. Drabbles on Konoha's rebirth from the ashes. Multiple characters. Possible warning for spoilers from the manga. #20: "Through it all, hope will follow, in traces and faint whispers. For it is hope that remains as they journey through the infinite, hope that will resurrect. Hope that will birth them from the ashes."

7. 7: Forest

Prompt #7: Forest

As the Edo Tensei was released, Hashirama Senju's last thought was that of a forest. He thought of the forest that now covered the barren space he and his friend (moremoremoresomuchmorethanafriend) spun their dreams for the future, drunk on possibility.

As Uzumaki Naruto watched his two best friends promise to love and to hold, he thought they were like trees in a forest, twining together, depending on each other.

When Uchiha Sasuke clasps hands with his deadlast something-of-a-friend, he thinks they are branches of the same tree, growing in separate directions as they reach for the skies.

The forest had been razed to the ground in the war. As Konoha plants the seeds of trees that would grow to replace them, their thoughts are of their children who sow hope in their hearts. For whom they fought and won, and will fight again.