Disclaimer, I don't own Naruto, but this fic is mine.

It was almost dawn and two Uchiha were eating their breakfast, almost ready to go to continue the creation of a dream. Each of them was also reading a letter.

Uchiha-San,

Thank you very much for your gift. It will be a lot of help once we're settled in the new Village.

You don't have to feel in debt with me, I did what was needed to be done. It's my work as a medic and also my ninja way. It's good to see Izuna-san is alive and well.

We're doing fine, maybe you already know about this but we got some jobs here and I'm helping people at the Village's small hospital. We have little room and few resources, but we're working as hard as we can. Please do not hesitate to ask if you need ideas once you're about to build one for your own Village.

Hope you're doing fine too,

Regards,

Haruno Sakura

PS: You don't have to call me Haruno-san, just Sakura is fine.

Madara hid a smile while zipping his tea as he finished the letter. Haruno-san was also allowing him to call her by her name. It was really silly, but that made him feel lighter. Also the way she addressed to her work and ninja way made him feel proud; and he had never felt proud of anybody except for his siblings and maybe Hashirama. He looked at his brother form above his letter curious of his expressions while reading.

Takato-san,

Thanks for your answer, I think you must be really tired with all that work out, that gunbai seems pretty heavy. I'm not a great weapons user for I've only trained with kunai, shurinken, and sometimes with katana (Yours is safe and sound by the way, if you are in need of it just tell me and the next time I see Izuna-san I'll give it to him).

As for your brother's attitude, I must say that just we had a nice day. He sure gets along with Toka-san, they have quite a peculiar sense of humor. They're, as you said, "Silly". Also very imaginative, I can't think of a way that they could come up with such an odd theory. I feel relieved though that you wouldn't have any problems with us being time travelers (It still doesn't explain how we came here though).

The length of the letter was fine, don't worry. But I would have felt outraged if you just wrote to me because of your brother (just kidding).

Good luck with the buildings, I'll recommend you to keep watch today instead of Senju-san, that seems to be fair.

We're doing fine, we just got some disciples, can you believe it?

Regards,

Hikari.

Takato finished his letter and folded it, leaving it on the table.

"How is Takishima-san doing brother?" he heard Madara asking in a mischievous tone.

"Hn" he cleared his voice with a serious look "fine, seems that she got a disciple, both of them really." He added as if he was talking about the weather.

"Disciples?" The patriarch asked a bit surprised.

"Yes, disciples" Takato answered "Didn't Sakura-san tell you in that her letter, brother?" now was his turn to mock him. Unluckily for him, Madara was prepared and didn't allow his words to affect him.

"No, she actually thanked me for the book and told me that I don't need to feel in debt" He said "It doesn't matter though, I still owe her. We all do" he zipped again his tea serious. Takato was taken aback by his brother's calmness. Sometimes he was soo Uchiha that was boring. But he wouldn't get on his nerves today. He was fine, and also in good mood. It was kind of cool having someone different from the family to talk –well write- to.

"By the way, did you tell something about the "future" theory to Takishima san in your letter?" Madara asked again to his brother.

"No, I didn't" he said "I only apologized for Izuna's behavior because of Toka's joke… well I joked too telling her that it would be really incredible if they were not from this time"

"So you did say something" The older scolded him.

"I only said that, I didn't speak about you or Hashirama's theory" Takato defended himself. "Why do you care anyway?" Then Madara explained to his brother what Ozora-sama had said. "So you sent him to check on their chakra and they did have interdimensional one on them? Man, that's…" he paused, he couldn't continue… "is it true then?" was the only thing he could say.

"Maybe… What did she answer about what you wrote?" The Clan leader asked and his brother told him what was on the letter. "Don't worry about that, she seems to be following the Joke. I'll speak with Hashirama before doing anything."

"Do you want me to do anything?" the younger asked.

"Would it be a problem for you if they were not from this time?" Madara answered serious with another question. His brother made a pause to think.

"No" Takato just answered "What I said in my letter was true. I think it would be incredible, and maybe weird, but they seemed good people to me. I stand on what I said the first time: It feels that fate has been twisted by kami. If they come from the future, there has to be a reason."

"Good" The patriarch said and he smirked. "Then don't do anything, just be you." And he got up and motioned to the door leaving a confused Takato behind.

She started training at 6:30 am as her Shishou did with her. Ryuji was waiting at the hospital's door eager to learn.

"So, will I learn to use Medical chakra today?" that was the first thing he asked.

"Good morning to you too" Sakura said with sarcasm "No, you are not learning about that until you've mastered some other stuff. Come with me" and she walked away from the Hospital to the Library.

"Why are we coming here?" the boy said

"Because you know nothing about medicine or biology. Before you heal you need to fill that mind of yours with knowledge" the pinkette said as she greeted the librarian and went to the science isle. The place was small but had a good amount of books, one of the best treats of a merchant village for it had things from everywhere. She picked six thick books and handled them to the boy. "Here, you need to have this read by the end of the week". He almost fell due to the weight and maybe because of the impression too, She couldn't tell.

"All of this?" Ryuji asked whining "But I thought I would help you at the Hospital!"

"You will do that too, silly boy" Sakura said scolding him a little and then hit gently the books "This is just homework, you'll read this on your free time and once you're finished, I'll give you another bunch. Now come on, we're late for our shift." The kunoichi greeted the librarian who was smirking at the boy and left the building followed by a very tired and worried Ryuji.

Once in the hospital she started her rounds followed by her apprentice. "You must open your eyes, ears and mind" she said to him "watch and learn". And she showed him and some nurses how to do more effective first aids: she did bindings, casts, tourniquets, and also cleaned wounds without any chakra. For her this type of medicine was the priority, if they could do it right, they might increase the possibilities of a full efficient recovery, and even save lives that might be in danger as a result of bad hygiene or methods.

The day was really a 'good' one for learning because they didn't have any delicate patients. She preferred that so they could be prepared when emergencies called. When she ended her shift she left with Ryuji to the forest.

"Now you'll start your physical training" Sakura said "You need to know that to become a medic-nin you need to become a shinobi first. You must manipulate chakra". The boy looked at her in awe, he hadn't really thought about that but it made totally sense. "I am a civilian like you and took me a while to manipulate it, but I learned quickly enough and I was about your sister's age. You're older so you'll train harder and hopefully you'll get it faster." Ryuji swallowed heavy at her wicked smile.

"S-so…" He stuttered a bit "How is this training going to be like?"

"Every afternoon after your shift we'll run 4 kilometers through the forest to gain stamina, of course we need to do some lengthen workout first so you don't get hurt. Once that's done, we'll do some tree climbing, alternating with rock climbing, because that's one of the most completes activities to make your muscles work." She smirked as she saw the kid sweat dropping, did she look like that when her Shishou took her under her wing? She shook her head and sighed. "That activity will take you one hour or so, and after some stretching we'll meditate for thirty minutes. That's when the hard part starts"

"WH-WHAT!?" he shouted "wasn't that the hard part!?" his voice became very high toned from the fear.

"Of course! That's only physical training…" Sakura said as if it was nothing "… that will increase when you get used to it" Ryuji's face was priceless "The hardest part for you will be to concentrate and expel chakra from your body. That will take you a while, but if you're strong enough both physically and mentally, you'll be able to do it. Now we'll start with the lengthening workout."

The teenage mimicked her movements and stretched, then he started to follow her running through the forest, which was more difficult than he had imagined because the land wasn't even and there were roots and rocks everywhere. They had to stop a few times because he needed to catch some air, but Sakura-sensei wasn't very patient and only gave him one minute to recover and continue. Tree climbing wasn't easy either, with all that running he didn't have energy on his legs, so he kept failing to attach himself safely to the branches. He fell some times to the grass, and it hurt like hell, but her sensei only looked at him and told him to try again. Kami, she could be mean. Once he was all beaten up it was time to meditate. He doze off a bit after ten minutes, and woke up abruptly because he was hit by a small rock on his head. He looked at his sensei but she was deeply concentrated, so he tried to end the meditation fighting the tiredness.

"Okay Ryuji-kun, now's chakra time!" Sakura cheered up and the boy wanted to throw a rock to her too. "Why that long face?" the kunoichi asked "don't you want to save people? You need to be stronger to do that" she teased him.

"I will do that" he answered full of determination. He was beaten up but he'll do his best for his father, grandfather and little sister. And also for everybody in the village.

"That's what I wanted to hear" the pinkette smirked proudly "Now sit down again in meditation position." The boy did as said and she sat infront of him a few feet away "you need to concentrate on your body, your energy." She remembered Tsunade-sama's words "Close your eyes and focus feel your chakra flowing in your body, be conscious of it. Chakra is the energy that resides in all living forms in nature, it's the mix of your body and mind energy. When that is balanced you will feel it"

"I don't feel anything" Ryuji said exasperated.

"That's because you're overthinking things. Your mind is not relaxed, nor isn't your body. Feel all the cells in your body, your breathing, your heartbeat, feel that flow and relax. You'll get there" she smiled confidently.

The boy tried for over an hour but couldn't feel anything. He was really upset and Sakura noticed it

"That's all for today" she called of the day "It's getting dark and you need a bath and a meal. Your sister might be home already. Get some rest, tomorrow your father will be released from the Hospital, so once you accompany him home, find me here to resume training." She realized he was still feeling down so she added "Don't feel bad, it's the first day. I bet once you don't feel the strain of the workout you'll get it quick" she winked.

Ryuji sighed "I hope so…" and both went back to the Village. He didn't believe in that yet, but he also wouldn't give up so easily.

"Ohayo Hikari Senseiii!" Megumi greeted her teacher at the village fountain.

"Good morning Megumi chan!" the kunoichi smiled at her. It was eight in the morning, she wasn't going to make this little girl suffer like Sakura did with the poor boy making him wake up probably at 5 am. She almost sweat dropped at the thought.

"What are we going to do? How is my training going to be?" the girl asked curious. It was lovely.

"Very well, the shinobi training is hard. We need to work on your stamina, agility, speed, and strength first, and then we'll start on chakra" Hikari explained "a kunoichi must know how to fight, defend herself and others, and also how to escape if needed, but first I'll teach you some theory" and that's when she realized Megumi had brought a small schoolbag, because she took a small book and a pencil and sat on the floor awaiting. Hikari laughed at that "We'll go to another place, here's not appropriate" and she made her follow her to the riverside. They sat on a huge tree trunk that laid on the grass, and Megumi grabbed again his pencil and book and looked at her expectant.

"The chakra is the energy that resides in all living forms, and most shinobi use it to perform techniques. You get chakra when your mind and body are balanced, but we'll get to that later." She smiled inwardly as she saw the little girl writing down some of the things she was saying. This kid was really clever, she thought. "The basic techniques a shinobi use can be grouped in Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Taijutsu. Ninjutsu are techniques that manipulate chakra to do things that no regular people could do, like this" Hikari paused and when she saw the girl had stopped writing yelled "KATON NO JUTSU" and a regular fireball appeared before them.

"That's what you did yesterday!" the girl exclaimed "Will I learn how to do that?"

"Well, we must know if you have affinity to fire" she explained. The girl looked at her questionly so she elaborated "Shinobi's chakra have something called nature affinity, it can be earth, fire, water, wind or lightning" Megumi wrote it down.

"How do you spell lightning?" the little girl asked. The kunoichi smiled again, she was clever but still a kid. "L-I-G-H-T-N-I-N-G" she answered. "Good, go on please" her student asked.

Amused, Hikari continued "so, that's what Ninjutsu is all about. The next one, Genjutsu, are a group of illusion techniques that also use chakra, like this" the grass next to the trunk started to grow high above them and flower petals appeared from nowhere like rain. Megumi looked at them amazed. "Now we're on a Genjutsu, to release from it we must concentrate and say 'KAI'" and then the illusion was of and the grass was even again.

"That was pretty" the kid said smiling

"Genjutsu don't tend to be pretty though" The brunette became serious "Shinobi use them to stop their enemies, incapacitate, and sometimes kill them" Megumi paled a little "Most times, those techniques show us our worse fears, but sometimes they can be used to do good, but that is not so common" she saw the girl wrote something down. "And last but not least is Taijutsu, techniques used to punch people and stuff" Hikari said trying to lift the mood, and not failing because her apprentice giggled a bit and looked at her. "It's like martial arts, do you know about that?"

"Yes, I heard my papa talking about that with grandpa" she answered "once a monk appeared in the Village and he did something like that".

"Well, that type of jutsu doesn't necessarily use chakra, so I think we'll start with that, what do you think kid?" the kunoichi asked.

"That would be awesome!" Megumi exclaimed again "But I want to use chakra and everything you did before" she pouted.

"We'll start with something, but that doesn't mean we won't be training other stuff." Hikari retorted. "Chakra requires stamina too, so as we strengthen yourself, you can learn Taijutsu and will be closer to mold chakra". The little girl looked at her for a while deep in thought.

"So, I train to be stronger and do Taijutsu, but you'll also teach me how to use chakra?" she asked

"That's right" The Takishima answered "The training is going to be hard, we'll work out every day, we'll run, escalate, swim, lift rocks and other stuff that will make you stronger and once that work is done, by the end of the day you'll meditate to reckon the chakra inside you. When you accomplish that, we'll work on the molding, but first things first. Streching time!" and she started to stretch her limbs so Megumi left her stuff on her bag pack and copied her sensei. They run one kilometer to check the little girl endurance and like every little child she had a lot, so Hikari made her run another one. They climbed some trees and then the Kunoichi made her do push-ups and work her abs.

"Are you tired?" She asked Megumi

"No sensei, I can continue" the girl said but one could see she was trying hard not to fall on her knees.

"Ok" Hikari recognized her effort "we'll start with some punches, come on hit my hand with all your strength", and she did. Megumi didn't have any strength right now, so she dedicated to show her how to do the moves right. They worked that for over an hour. It was noon so, Hikari made a stop and took from her own bag pack some onigiri that she had taken from the Inn. "Here, eat something and we'll continue later" she didn't have to say that twice because the girl almost devoured her hand too.

Once they finished their meal, she taught Megumi how to meditate, but because it was the first time she did it different. They went to the river and stepped into the water until it reached the kid's knees.

"You need to open your legs a bit like this" Hikari said "Put them at the same level of your shoulders… that's right" she complimented " and then turn your hands into fist and put them upside down next to your hips like this" the kunoichi showed how to do it. "and now you close your eyes and breath deeply. You need to concentrate on your surroundings, and yourself. The mind must be calm and you'll become aware of your body."

"Right!" Megumi said determined, and did everything her sensei told her. Hikari just smiled. They spent the rest of the afternoon meditating on the river and later seated on the grass.

"That's everything for today. Tomorrow we'll see each other again at 8 at the same place, and we'll run to the forest" The Takishima said "You work on your meditation at home, and practice without using any strength your punch moves."

"Hai sensei!" the little girl bowed.

"Let's go" the kunoichi said and they went back to the Village.

The Uchiha and Senju met again at the Valley and as the day before Madara and Hashirama continued building the wall and then moved to build some houses, so the night squads would have some shelter. Izuna's and Tokas' team had worked together pretty well, and they didn't tear their heads up either, the Uchiha Patriarch found that amusing.

This time Takato kept watch as Tobirama used his water jutsu to control the river flow so it could move across the land so all people could have a better access. When they were building the tenth house, Madara spoke to Hashirama.

"I've did my research too you know" the Uchiha said

"About what my friend" the Senju asked oblivious.

"About this Kunoichi and the time travelling theory of yours" he answered. Hashirama stopped his jutsu and looked at him.

"What did you find? I assume you found something, you seem eager to tell me" he mocked.

"I sent Ozora-sama to analyze their chakras and…" he started

"Wait a minute! You send a sage to spy on them!?" the Senju interrupted surprised

"Shut up and let me finish" Madara could kill Hashirama with his look. "I send him because Takato answered a letter to Takishima-san" He saw Hashirama frowning dubious. He didn't feel like sharing his interaction with Sakura, even if he was talking to his best friend. "Anyway, he felt interdimensional chakra on them" the Senju's eyes widened.

"So it's true?" He asked confused

"I don't know… maybe" The Uchiha said. "The thing is that they have it, and that fits with your theory. Also, Takishima san seemed to realize that Ozora was a Sage"

"How come?" Hashirama asked surprised again

"I was hoping you could tell me something about that, you're the senjutsu user" Madara looked bored to the Senju.

"That doesn't matter though. I can't realize that by only seeing the Sage." The Senju explained "To detect a Sage I have to be on Sage-mode and even with that it's difficult. Even Tobi, being the sensor he is, can't detect that. He can differ regular animal from ninja ones, but he can't truly identify a Sage."

"So that is another enigma" Madara thought out loud

"Indeed my friend" Hashirama said "Maybe in the future they develop new techniques" he said cheering up.

Madara was about to say something and again Tobirama interrupted them.

"You two gossip ladies" the Albino said as he motioned to them "If you truly want for this Village to be done by the end of this year, you should get to work now and stop chatting".

Both men were ashamed to be caught another time. That man did have nerve and good hearing.

"Oh Tobi, we were having a small break" Hashirama replied "it's pretty exhausting to build houses, you know?"

"Whatever…" His brother said and went back to the riverside.

They moved to build the Village's leader headquarters and they continued speaking about something else.

"What do you think about the title of the Village Leader?" Hashirama asked his friend. Madara was taken aback with that question.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"I don't know, I think that the leader should be elected by the people, don't you think?" the Senju continued

"Hn. Yes, that's probably the right thing to do" The Uchiha said absentmindly. He had not really thought about that, He only thought on the peace, the Village and helping his Clan.

"You'd be a great leader" Hashirama stated.

"What!?" Madara spat "I-I don't intend to be leader of anything instead of my clan"

"But you're going to be one of the Village founders, and your capabilities as a strategist and in security are the best, even better than Tobirama" his friend complimented him. Madara blushed a little.

"You're right about that" he tried to sound cocky "but that doesn't mean I'll be a good leader. You're more open to people, you should be the chosen one. I'll keep that security and strategy you want, but you do the public relationships" he sweat dropped. It was strange though. He used to want power, but to help his people. And now, his friend was offering it to him so simply… He knew he would be a great leader, but he suddenly thought that he would be better as a backup and the Village's protector. "We'll see what happens once the village is done and open" He finally said dropping the subject.

"Okay…" Hashirama said pouting "Oh, that's right! I thought of a name for the position" he added excited.

"And what would that be?" Madara asked not really amused

"HOKAGE!" the Senju said moving his hands as he was drawing a rainbow with his palms open. Madara snorted, and he looked at him concerned.

"That's so corny!" the Uchiha mocked "the Fire Shadow"

"Hey! But that's cool though" he defended his idea. They started arguing again and stopped when they heard Tobirama coughing on purpose, and they resumed to work. The day was spent in building the soon to be Hokage's tower, and some other buildings. It was late at night when they spoke to each other again.

"I was thinking…" Hashirama started

"That's a Miracle" Madara scoffed

"Oh, grow up!" the Senju complained, and before his friend could even retort he added "We should pay Takishima and Haruno-san a visit"

"What?" the Uchiha asked surprised.

"Well, we need to speak with the Village's leader so we can settle the alliance. We could confront them about that and finish the issue" he said "What do you think?"

Madara contemplated for a while before answering. "Maybe that's the best, going straight to the point, I mean"

"Then it's settled!" the Senju exclaimed "We'll go to the Merchant Village next week, once we're more advanced with this, speak to the leader and confront them!"

"And maybe we could ask Sakura-san about some tips to build the Hospital" The Uchiha thought out loud.

"OOOOHHHHH" Hashirama sneered "Since when you're in first name basis?" Madara's face became deeply red, his friend could be so stupid when he wanted.

"Shut the fuck up" he muttered. "You're being childish as always. I withdraw what I said, you're not suitable to become a 'Hokage'"

"Hey! Don't get mad" The Senju cried

"And once again the grown-ups acting like five year olds" Izuna's voice came from behind them. He motioned to Tobirama and added "I bet they got on your nerves today too, am I right?"

"Hn, sadly you are right" the albino said. "This two should be brothers between them so they won't be related to us"

"Oh kami, Have you just made another Joke?" Izuna said eyes widening.

"Don't mock Tobirama brother" Takato said appearing from the woods. "They really are insufferable" and with that, they all started to laugh. Even Tobirama snorted. The Clan Leaders sweat dropped, 'how ungratefull brothers we have' they thought in unison.

Days went by and the Village building advance quickly, In the Merchant Village the two kunoichi and their apprentices trained hard. A week had passed since their first 'classes', and they were getting better pretty quick, those siblings were very determined.

It was noon when suddenly Toka and Izuna appear from the woods and met the four of them. It was Sakura and Ryuji's day off so they had joined Hikari and Megumi on their training.

"What a lovely group we have here!" The Uchiha exclaimed smiling. "Don't you thinks so, Toka-san?"

"You're right, and also very interesting." The Senju added.

"Good afternoon to you too" Sakura greeted "This is a nice surprise". Hikari greeted them too and Megumi immediately hid behind her. His brother laughed at her but then bowed politely and welcomed the pair and introduced himseld.

"It's nice to meet you too, Ryuji-san" Izuna said "and may I ask who this beautiful lady is?" he asked gallantly as the little girl's cheek became red as a tomato.

"You really are a player" Toka said to him with a plain expression "you're scaring her"

"Oh , come on" he whined "I'm just being charming"

"M-Megumi" the girl answered in a shy voice, still behind of her sensei. "I'm Hikari-sensei's apprentice"

Both shinobi where surprised at the statement but the Senju spoke this time "That's a really pretty Name Megumi-chan" and then she motioned to Hikari "you have apprentices already! You sure don't waste your time, good for you!"

"And I'm Haruno-sensei's apprentice" this time it was Ryuji who talked. "I'm going to be a medic" he said proudly. Izuna eyed the boy and decided he kind of liked that determination, so he chose no to mock him, he just said "That's good to know, our Village is going to need good ones" and the teenager smiled and nodded.

"What brings you here?" the Takishima asked

"We just wanted to visit you, we miss you!" Toka said. "We've been keeping guard every night on the new Village and it was making us crazy. We wanted to hag out with you gals". She was sincere, this time she wasn't there with any other agenda.

"That's true" the Uchiha confirmed "and don't expect me to bring you a letter from my brother, because I know that he is using real falcons now" he smirked as he eyed the kunoichi amused. He was pleased to see that her cheeks turn a light shade of pink. He knew that Takato and her had been writing to each other.

"What would you say that!?" Hikari retorted "Oh, I see… You said you weren't a messenger, but maybe you just prefer that work over the night watch with Toka-san?" The grown-ups started to laugh, the brunette had efficiently dodge the Izuna's intentions. She was indeed writing with Takato almost every day but they spoke mostly about the Village and her training and apprentice. The last letter was the first one that contained some personal stuff, the middle Uchiha sibling wrote her about his favorite Katana and he also said that it was a gift from their late mother. She wasn't going to admit to anybody but she had started to expect the falcons.

Sakura, on the other hand, had only received only one extra letter from Madara telling her about the Village and then it was only regards through his brother's mail. Of course he was busy, but the lack of exchange made her feel a bit jelous of her friend.

The afternoon passed pretty quick because the Uchiha and Senju joined the practices and sparred a little with the Kunoichi so Ryuji and Megumi could see.

"We must go now, tonight's watch is going to be hell" Izuna said "Man, I'm so tired".

"Shut up, I'll let you sleep and I'll take first watch you sissy" Toka mocked. They both got in a small fight that amused everybody.

"Please take care of yourselves, take this if you need them" Sakura handled them a small pouch. The Uchiha grabbed and opened it. He found some small chocolate-like balls. "They are soldier pills" the medic explained "I make them from diferent herbs and have all the nutrients to regenerate chakra quickly enough. Just try to eat them with something sweet" she sweat dropped at the end of that. She needed to improve the taste.

"Thank you very much" he said after he almost puked because of their smell. The shinobi bid their goodbyes and the quartet left for the Village again to get proper rest.

*** Author's note ***

Training time! Also a bit of time skip. There is one chapter left and then Konoha's big opening scene comes to life.

I just love to write Madara and Hashirama. Also Izuna and Toka. Hope you like them. *whispers*The time of the truth is coming *whispers*.

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