Chapter 20

AN: Kishimoto owns all except my characters-Kiminari, and Kimiko, and later characters. Also I'm probably not going to follow any of the story line except a few small things. I may take the characters outside their natural personalities, but that's because it's my story, and it'll add to it. Another thing: since I'm not following the story line of the series- All main (good) characters will start out the same age as they should be, but even though the Akatsuki will be around, the war will not happen until later; if it does at all. Again this is because I'm making up my own story line; it gets kinda boring when nothing has changed and, you readers would be able to guess what was going to happen all the time. So, enjoy, and please comment, review, rate, whatever you wanna do. :D

P.S. I don't like to go into detail to tell you things most of you already know, and if you don't already know them, then it's best I don't tell you.

The next day, Kakashi went to see Lady Tsunade, and around noon, the three of us left on our 'field trip'. As we walked, Kakashi and Tsunade took turns talking about my father; general appearance, talents, flaws, and so on, and whenever I had a question about something, they'd answer it as best as they could. They also talked about his friend Hashirama, and their history, and how they formed Konoha. Then they told me how my father and Hashirama had disagreed on some things, and how, they fought.

As they were telling the story of my father's believed defeat, we came upon a huge waterfall with two statues. Lady Tsunade paused in her speech and said, "This is what we brought you to see, Kimiko. This is where Hashirama defeated your father; or so we thought."

I looked up to see that one of the statues was in likeness of my father, Madara, and the other, in likeness of who I presumed to be Hashirama. I noticed that Hashirama's statue was in our territory, while Madara's was in the no-man's-land between the Land of Fire, and the Land of Sound.

We continued, climbing up the side that would lead us to the top of Hashirama's statue. As we went, she continued to tell about the battle, and that it had even caused the very valley we were in. When we reached the top, I looked out to see all the land beneath us, and saw -after a brief moment of height sickness- just how beautiful it all was.

When I noticed the silence, I asked something that had been on my mind for a really long time: "If Hashirama couldn't kill my father, then…?" I faded off, looking confused and a little scared, now that I knew exactly all he had done; even if it had been 'all for the clan', it worried me that we still didn't know what had happened to him.

Lady Tsunade shook her head. "We had assumed he had, until we found out he was your father. Even when I had found that, I still didn't believe it; but now that I know you well, I believe it more, but still less. When you're a normal girl, I see only your mother, aside from your skin and face, but when I watch you fight -although, you still look a great deal like your mother, as strong and stubborn as she was- I see only your father. Occasionally I worry about what would happen if you ever decided to turn against the village, but then I remind myself of the girl I know you really are: an extremely powerful kunoichi with a wonderful knowledge, not of good and bad -that's all based on perspective-, but of right and wrong. Kakashi and I are very proud of that." As she finished, I could tell she meant it. I smiled at them then gave them each a big hug.

"I'm really glad you guys feel that way. When Kakashi told me about how people thought of my clan, I was scared that everyone would shun me, that's why I work so hard at letting people know that, even though my biological family are the Uchiha, the Leaf village itself is my family, and until it's the wrong thing, I'll fight with every ounce of my being for it." I said looking across the valley. "I don't care what my clan has done in the past, that has no control over what I do; I'll do whatever I want with my life; forget the stupid 'family curse'." I said making little quotes and a serious face. "I only wish things had been different, that way, I could have known my mother and father, and lived around people who all loved each other." I said as I looked across the water at the statue of my father. "But that's life, and you can't change it, so I'll just have to make the best out of what I have, and one of those things is Kakashi; as unfit as you are to be a father," I said laughing with him, "you've still done well."

After a few minutes of the three of us laughing and recalling funny moments over the past seven years, I asked if we could go across the lake. "Why?" Tsunade asked.

"I don't really know." But we walked across the water anyway. When we reached my father's statue, I jumped onto the shoulder, but didn't go any further. I simply sat down, legs hanging off the stone armor and called out to them from there -they hadn't seemed to want to even touch his statue. "Now I've can say I've sat on my father's shoulders, just like every other kid!" I laughed a little at the thought, then just sat and admired the view of the valley from this direction too.

After a minute or two in silence, I stood and walked farther up the shoulder to touch Madara's face. "Even though I know you've done really bad things that were also really wrong, I still want you to know I love you Father, and I always will." I leaned forward and placed a small peck on the cheek of the statue, the same as I would have if it would have been my real father. Then I turned around and saw Kakashi watching me with a thoughtful face and a smile, while Tsuande looked at me with a confused yet accepting look.

Once we were on our way back to the village, Kakashi asked, "What was that all about, back there?"

"Well, I doubt I'll ever get to meet him, especially on good terms, so I figured, I'd let the statue know how I really felt; you know, just to get the feeling out; like screaming into a pillow when your upset, except that was a happy/sad feeling, not an angry one." I tried to explain it to him.

"Was that the only reason you wanted to see it?" Lady Tsunade asked.

"Well, to tell the truth, I did have another reason." I said catching their attention. "While I was talking, I passed chakra mixed with my thoughts and feelings into the stone; I don't think it will do anything, but I guess I was hoping that if he ever passed by, he'd get to know how I felt, even though he won't know who the feelings are coming from -I made sure not to allow my personal self to be known."

"That's a fine theory, but a very advanced one. I'd be interested to see if it works." Said Tsunade, with a laugh.

"We'll have to test it sometime." I said laughing with her, while praying that it did work.