DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

Ryuutaro Koji awoke to a letter addressed to him by Uchiha Madara. He hurriedly read it and smiled widely when he realized that it was about time to start packing. For everybody that didn't know him it may had been silly, but he had always admired Shinobi and to be more specific he was an Uchiha and Senju fan. Those were noble clans that were aroud for centuries, and he remembered his grandfather telling him stories about how those clans were descentants from some kind of deidity. He had always wanted to be a ninja, but in his younger years it was impossible for a civilian. He was so happy for his grandchildren now. For him to live in a ninja village with those two clans that had made a truce and were seeking peace was a dream come true, he would give his people security.

"Sakura-San

I'm sorry I have not written sooner. I was really occupied with the organization and I didn't want to write to you until it was all settled up.

We did it. The Hospital, the Village. In three days you all will be living in Konoha with our Clans in peace.

I hope you're ready because we're aiming to be the best health spot in the Fire Country. You already have people interested in learning from you.

How are you feeling? Takato told me that you and Hikari-san were doing fine, but I preferred to ask you this directly. Do you need to be remembered of our little chat before that fierce battle?

I must leave now because we need to speak with the elders and our clansmen. I'm sorry for the hour and for the length of this letter but I can't help it. I'm happy.

See you in Konoha,

Madara"

Sakura read the letter twice, and her heart pounded strongly in her chest. Konoha… They'll be going home. It didn't matter the time, it still was their home. As she kept reading she realized that that small line at the bottom made her feel warmness in her chest: 'I'm happy'. Uchiha Madara had written to her that he was happy. She could bet that he didn't tell that to everybody, and somehow it made her feel special.

"OH MY GOD, YOU'RE SOOO IN LOVE WITH HIM!" inner said in the back of her mind. "Shut up you baka" she answered "I'm only surprised that he is feeling that way. It seems that this was what he always truly wanted." "CHA! THAT'S TRUE. I TOLD YOU, HE'S NOT A BAD GUY, PLUS HE'S A HOTTIE" Inner knew where to hit Sakura to enrage her. "Ok go back to sleep you horny excuse of consciousness, stop pestering me". With that she got rid of Inner, but she didn't let go of her thoughs. She couldn't deny it anymore. She was indeed developing a crush on Uchiha Madara.

Hikari had received a letter too. She opened it smiling hard. She didn't want to admit it, but she sort of liked Takato. She hadn't spoken much about that with Sakura, because they hadn't had time, and also she was waiting to see how things went once they were in the new Konoha.

"Hikari san,

Good news! The Village is ready. In three days you'll all be moving and we'll stop writing to each other (not that I don't like it, in fact I really do, but we'll be able to speak in person).

My dad was a huge issue, I will tell you more once we're all settled. I won't ask, but I take your promise. I'd like to know your story better, but that's up to you.

I had a special talk with Tobirama-san today, I believe we've bonded a little. Then Hashirama made him feel bad and he stormed off from Konoha to their camp. I hope they are in better terms now.

About that Izuna-Toka thing, maybe you're not wrong. We'll see how it develops. I don't see me having a Senju sister in law yet. The Clan laws are very strict to that, but hopefully Anija will change them. We always thought it was silly to marry inside the Clan, maybe that's why we have our sight problems.

Speaking of eyes, I will surely check with Sakura-san. It would be awesome to use my dojutsu freely.

Kind regards,

Takato."

He wanted to know her story. That was the line that got her, was him trying to get information or something? She couldn't think about him like that, but her instinct told her otherwise. The Uchiha brother was kind of a puzzle. He was kind and seemed sincere, but she had never met a guy like him, so she allowed herself the doubt. In spite of all, she really enjoyed his letters and was eager to answer him, so she put her thoughts aside and wrote another note.

The next two days went by pretty quickly. Between the packing (actually helping villagers because they didn't have much) and the trainings both women were really exhausted and without any time. The night before the moving came and they couldn't believe they were going back home… or so.

"Hamura-nii what must we do?" The Takishima asked the Otsutsuki.

"We wait. Let them do the questions." The proyection said "They surely will ask you what they need to know. If not we'll see"

"You're not being of any help, you know?" Sakura said annoyed.

"I'm sorry!" the man said "Maybe you could tell them that I sent you from the future on a mission and I can make an appearance to prove that you're saying the truth?" he added apologetically.

"The Second might think it's a genjutsu…" Hikari said thoughfully. "But it may work. Anyway I believe we should tell them before they make us Shinobi from the Village. That is the right thing to do. They just can't accept us without knowing."

"Perhaps we can tell them that we were sent here by an ancient force to stop an evil that was the cause of all our despair" the Pinkette thought "If they ask for more information we can tell them some, but for the one we think we shouldn't share we'll tell them that it may interfere with their lives and decisions, and we don't want that to happen."

"Good idea Sakura-san!" Hamura said "That might do."

"But then, what not to say?" the Takishima asked. Once they were fully packed, they spent the rest of the night planning the revelation. They wouldn't tell about what happened to any of them, and also they would not mention Zetsu directly. For the Village's story they thought some things might be good to be shared, but they will see how everything developed. The big issue would be Hikari's inheritance of the Sharingan, she would tell them the truth about her Clan, but they had discussed if the truth about the Uchiha Clan should be shared, and sadly they had not reached an agreement. The only thing that they were sure to tell them is about the curse of hatred and the will of fire, the it was up to their free will.

It was the day before the inauguration and both Uchiha and Senju clans were moving to the new Village. Konohagure no sato. Hashirama and Madara stood proudly at the top of the Hokage tower, watching as their clansmen cordially greeted and some of them even helped each other.

"Tomorrow is the big day" Hashirama said pretty moved. Madara eyed him smirking.

"Oh you're an emotional fool you know?" he said and then laughed at His friends pouting. "Actually this is the big day, and tomorrow is the culmination of all our work." He corrected.

"You're right!" the Senju suddenly cheered up. "When will Ryuutaro-San and the girls be coming?"

"He said they'd be here by noon. It's like six hours walking from the Merchant Village to here. They would have to leave at dawn." Madara explained.

"Then today we'll continue helping our clans and tomorrow we'll wake early to prepare the ceremony" Hashirama said.

"Right my friend. See you tomorrow at dawn too." The Uchiha greeted him and jumped in direction to his compound. The Senju smiled happily at the vision of his youth dream coming true, and then jumped to his compound too.

With all the inauguration and moving's work Takato forgot to read the letter that Hikari had sent him two days ago. He felt bad, but he knew he would be seeing her soon and that thought made him smile inwardly.

"Takato-san,

That's great news! We'll start packing right now, though we don't have many things… I feel a bit sad knowing we won't be writing each other anymore, but I'm also kind of relieved because I was starting to feel that our only way to communicate would be by letters. Can you imagine being next to each other but writing notes? That would be silly.

We'll talk about everything, yours and mine stories pretty soon, don't worry.

It's good to know you're bonding with Tobirama-san, that man surely needs a friend besides his brother.

I didn't know your Clan prohibited you to marry outside it. It seems so retrograde, but then again what can I say? It's only retrograde for me (joking).

Can't wait to be in Konoha!

See you soon (not reading you)

Kind Regards,

Hikari."

He laughed hard when he read the 'retrograde' line. Of course it was like that for her, she was from the future for Kami's sake! He imagined that if he found her funny in her writing, it would be more interesting once they could talk without the limitation if the paper.

Madara also took his time to read Sakura's answer. He kept her letter with his belongings and decided to read it once his clan was settled so he would be calm and without any interruptions.

"Madara-san,

You would never understand what this letter means to me… We're going home.

I'm happy for you too, you all have suffered with all this war and Hashirama-san and you were the bravest to pull this peace out. You made me respect Uchiha more.

It will be my pleasure to teach civilians and shinobi medical jutsu, and I will be focused on that goal too, believe me.

You can write to me as much as you want, though it might not be necessary in two days, so see you soon! Congratulations on making your dream come true.

Kind regards,

Sakura."

For some reason, the Uchiha felt uneasy. His dream was coming true, and he had this feeling that still it might not be happening. He wouldn't admit it, but he was scared. It was not that he was having cold feet, but he was so close to his goal that he feared it might go away. He read the letter again and put those thoughts apart instantly. Sakura was the living proof that Konoha will last, and her words were conforting. He couldn't wait to see her the next day. Her presence seemed to calm him down and he didn't know why because he was obviously not having a crush on her or all that stupid things Hashirama used to imply.

It was the big opening day, and as Madara had said, the Merchant village people arrived at noon. He was waiting for them at the gates with his friend, wearing a large coat-like shirt over his regular casual outfit, and Hashirama was in formal clothing, with hakama, obi and also a white coak. They had decided not to wear armors to celebrate the halt on the battles.

The crowd of new villagers that was arriving was pretty big, but they were prepared. What they were not prepared to see was Hikari and Sakura walking on each of the flanks of the group wearing shinobi armors. They wore them proudly, and looked kind of fierce. The pinkette had a burgundy one matching her hair, and the brunette had a dark green one. They were so serious and maybe tense that Uchiha had to suppress a snort.

"Good mornig gentlemen" Ryuutaro greeted "Such a beautiful day for a dream to come true!". Madara thought it was indeed a nice day, because the sun was bright in the sky and there were no clouds to be seen around.

"Good morning to you too Ryuutaro-san" Hashirama anwered with joy "And good morning to all your people, please be welcomed to Konoha!" he added cheerfully. The Uchiha greeted everybody with a polite smile and a nod. His friend was the noisy one, perfect for the role of hosting. He saw Sakura from the corner of his eye and greeted her the same way but rolling his eyes a bit while Hashirama continued speaking. The girl shook her head and smiled at him in response. Somehow all of this fell right to him. The peace, the village, her in a shinobi armor. He left that train of thought and concentrated on Hashirama's words just in time.

"Please, join us inside the Village. Our people is waiting for you and ready to show you your district. You will find the Market where you can choose your shops and leave your goods. Then we'll show you your homes. Once you're settled please join us outside that big tower were the ceremony will take place in an hour." The Senju explained "Don't hurry to unpack, just leave your stuff so we can start celebrating" he clapped his hands and with a wave he made everybody follow him. The people was smiling and commenting Hashirama's cheerfulness and Madara sweat dropped. He stayed at the gate to wait to the last person to enter. Actually two people were last, Hikari and Sakura, that stayed on the flanks until everybody was in an safe.

"Hi Madara-san!" The Takishima greeted once the guards closed the doors behind them. "This looks amazing!"

"Hikari-san, Sakura-san" he said "Welcome home" Both girls held her breath at that sentence.

"Thank you Madara-san " the pinkette said bowing down, with her friend beside her doing the same.

"How was the Journey?" He tried to sound casual but he was still nervous for this day even though the Villagers had arrived.

"It was fine, the people was eager to come and nobody complained about the distance or about being tired" Hikari explained going full shinobi mode. "But we had people covering the flanks because we thought Hyuuga may do an ambush. We used the armors to intimidate, it was Ryuutaro-san's request" she smiled at the last line sweat dropping a little.

"We thought it was a little too much" Sakura intervened "But he wouldn't accept a no for an answer" she sweat dropped too.

"You look intimidating, he was right" Madara said smirking

"Shut up, don't mock us!" the pinkette said putting her hands on her hips looking at him playing offended. The Uchiha couldn't stop the snort this time. And suddenly they all were laughing.

"I'm sorry Sakura-san, but you looked so funny in that pose" he apologized once he calmed down. That laugh had made him release most of his stress and now he was feeling better. "Come on we don't want to be late." He added and led the way. Sakura shook her head again and smiled, she felt lighter too, and realized that she didn't feel nervous around him anymore. Her heart had pounded faster when she saw her, but she felt she could speak to him casually.

"Nervous?" she asked to him as they walked. She was at Madara's left, Hikari had put herself suspiciously on her left side, so she was left in-between them. The Uchiha was surprised by her question.

"Why do you think I'm nervous? I'm a grown up man" he asked feigning offense but both girls could see through that façade.

"Come on, this is an important day for everybody, and mostly for you" Sakura simply said "You don't need to pretend with us". He sighed. She was right, and had caught him.

"I was deeply nervous until recently, that is true" Madara said. "But after your reprimand I felt better" the pinkette was surprised about that but didn't show it. "It helped that everybody was safe and sound here but I still was stiff. I released tension with that laughter".

"Laughter is one of the best medicines in the world" Sakura said in a teacher way "You should laugh more"

"Noted, I will do that" he answered. The three of them continued walking and talking about the forest, the journey and the armors until they reached the tower. Once they arrived, people started gathering from everywhere and stared at them. Most of the clansmen that were on the last Uchiha-Senju battle recognized them and started to babble about the girls. They seemed happy to see them, Madara thought.

Meanwhile Takato was nearby speaking to Izuna when Ichigo intercepted him.

"Takato niii!" Ichigo run and almost tackled him with a hug

"W'oh Ichigo-kun you're getting stronger!" he managed to say gathering air with his lungs. He had felt the child but wasn't expecting that strength from him.

"I've been training!" the boy said "I want to be a great shinobi like Hashi-nii and you!" Izuna smirked eyeing his brother.

"Oh look how lovely, you have an admirer!" the youngest Uchiha said. His brother glared at him.

"It's good to know you're doing progress" Takato said to the boy while he was releasing him and ruffled his hair "Soon you'll be learning some cool stuff". Ichigo laughed and tried to fix his hair

"Oh don't mess with my hair, grandma will kill me" the boy said looking to the side with his cheek slightly pink. The youngest Uchiha seemed to realize that.

"Don't tell me.." Izuna said "Are you waiting to see someone special, maybe? Because I don't believe you're concerned about your grandma scolding you" The little Senju became red as a tomato.

"Shut up…" he said outraged.

"Is that true then?" Takato asked amused. Ichigo didn't want to look at him in the eye but nodded "Oh, well don't worry you look fine" he said kindly.

"Do you know when she's coming?" The boy asked and the Uchiha looked at him confused, so he added with emotion in his eyes "The frog princess!" Izuna looked from the boy to his brother not understanding.

"You mean Hikari-san?" Takato enquired surprised. That blush and embarrassment made sense now, he was waiting to see her. And it seemed that this little Senju had developed a tiny crush at first sight with the girl. The Uchiha ignored the sudden little void he felt in his stomach, and when he heard his brother snorting he prepared for the worse.

"OH! HAHAHA" Izuna laughed "This youngling has a crush on Hikari-san! Watch out brother he might steal her from you"

"You like her too?" Ichigo screamed surprised at the elder Uchiha

"Wait what!?" Takato exclaimed "SHUT UP Izuna! Ichigo calm down"

"Don't 'shut up' me mister, I'm not the one that exchanges mail with her every day" his sibling said offended. He was about to retort but was cut by Izuna "Oh there they come, wow that's cool!" Takato turned around and was surprised to see Hikari speaking with Sakura and Madara casually dressed in Shinobi armors. She looked so cool, he thought, like she was from his time. He felt the Senju arriving to greet them so he waited to show up and told Ichigo to stay put because he was about to run to her encounter

"Hikari-San, Sakura San!" Hashirama's voice came from behind them. He was escorted by Tobirama and Toka. "Welcome to Konoha"

"Thanks for having us here" Hikari said and they both bowed.

"Welcome" The albino said out of the blue and a bit out of character for him. He still seemed suspicious but he was obviously giving them a chance. Hikari nodded at him and remembered what Takato had said about the Senju. Speaking of the Devil, the latter appeared from the other side walking with Izuna.

"WOW girls you look stunning!" the Youngest Uchiha said. Both kunoichi became red as a tomato. "Oh come on don't be shy, those armors are awesome, don't you agree with me Toka-san?" he winked at her, leaving his siblings and Tobirama surprised by the familiarity.

"I was going to say the same thing but you beat me" The Senju said with a hand on her hip "we should totally go to that old tailor that created these babies. Do you know in what shop will be?" she asked Hikari, who shook her head "I sure want to be his first customer" When they mentioned the tailor Tobirama remembered that first day Toka and Izuna met the girls at the village and that ceased his surprise a little, but he was still suspicious about those two to being too friendly.

"Izuna stop embarrassing them, you're being mean" Takato scolded his brother, he was still mad with him because of his mocking. "Welcome you two, how was the trip?"

"Thank you! It was fine" Hikari answered, she was really happy to finally speak to him in person. She would be lying to herself if she said she was not waiting for him to appear. "I can't believe it's finally the day" she breathed. He smiled at her kindly, because he could feel the hidden feeling those words carried.

"FROG PRINCESS!" Ichigo appeared and hugged her almost tackling her too.

"Whoa kid!" she took him by his shoulders and moved him away a little to catch a breath and look him closely. "You are the picture of health!" she smiled "But please, call me Hikari, Frog princess seems weird"

"It's still better than Slug Princess" Sakura said bored.

"Don't blame me if your Shishou and you summon slugs" the Takishima mocked.

"You summon Slugs!?" the boy told the pinkette with a look of disgust in his face. "Gross"

"Be more respectfull brat, I saved your life" she crossed her arms and looked at him rising an eyebrow.

"Oh, you're my doctor! Aren't you?" Ichigo asked surprised. The pinkette noded feigning offense and he left Hikari's side to greet her. Standing in front of her he bowed and said politely "Thank you very much for saving me Slug Princess". Everybody laughed at Sakura's about-to-pop vein.

"No Slug Princess, just Sakura Boy!" she corrected him annoyed. The laughter increased and suddenly a shy voice came from behind them.

"Hikari-sensei?" Megumi had appeared looking for her sensei, she had lost her once they entered the Village. Hikari greeted her.

"Megumi-Chan, come here, don't be shy!" she said. Ichigo turned around and looked at the little girl astonished. She was very pretty, but he couldn't help to realize how she had called his Frog Princess.

"SENSEI?" he said "You're training her? I want you to train me too!" and he grabbed The Takishima's left hand. The girl looked at him angrily.

"Hey who are you and why do you want to steal my sensei from me?" Megumi shouted grabbing Hikari's other hand.

"I'm not stealing her, I saw her first" he said pulling her arm.

"How do you know? I come from the same Village as her" she retorted pulling her other arm. Hikaris pantience was wearing off so she sent a bit of electric chakra to her wrists and made the release her.

"Would you two stop!?" she reprimanded them. "You're going to pull my arms off" she calmed down and added "This is a very important day and you both should behave properly. You" she said pointing at Ichigo "as a part of the Senju Clan, and you" pointing at Megumi "as the Merchant Village Leader's granddaughter, and also my apprentice." Both kids lowered their heads ashamed. "Now apologize to me and to everybody here for the scene you just have made". The children apologized almost in unison, and all the grown-ups –well Sakura was not included because he knew her friend- were pretty impressed by her way to handle them.

"Ichigo Senju, this is Megumi Koji" Hikari introduced the kids and then spoke solely to the boy "Megumi is a civilian and she's just starting to acknowledge chakra so she needs time and dedication, therefore I can not train you, I'm sorry" the Takishima had crouched to the boys level and now was smiling to him "Do you understand?" she asked all anger gone from her voice.

"Yes, I do" he said still a bit ashamed. He looked to the little girl and said to her "I'm sorry I was so rude, you can spar with me whenever you want if Hikari-chan is busy" he extended his fist to her smiling shyly. Megumi didn't understand the gesture so she looked at her sensei.

"That is a shinobi greeting, he's acknowledging you" Hikari whispered. "If you're ok with that you bump fists with him". The girl nodded and then bumped her fist in his smiling shyly too.

"Thank you Ichigo-kun" Megumi said "I'm sorry too". The boy grinned. Hashirama, who was absorted in this tiny people's quarrel suddenly realized that the elders were waiting for them.

"Oh, my! It's time" He hurriedly said "We must start, everyone is gathered. Madara please come with me"

"I know what I have to do, don't boss me around" the Uchiha patriarch complained.

"I'm not…" Hashirama started but was interrupted by Tobirama

"Brother, he's messing with you." The albino said "You're too tense". The Senju leader sighed and looked both his brother and his friend.

"Okay, let's go. Shall we?" he tried to cheer up. The girls excused themselves because they had to be with Ryuutaro-san so they left with Megumi. Ichigo left to find his grandma and the Uchiha siblings went to stand by their brother's side.

"I, Senju Hashirama, Leader of the Senju Clan, am here to represent my people in this truce with the Uchiha Clan, formerly our enemies and now our friends. For my people I do speak because I have their consent, we surrender to a peace that will lead to a bright future." The Senju's words resounded all over the place. People held their breath because they were waiting for the other side's statement.

"I, Uchiha Madara, Leader of the Uchiha Clan, am here to represent my people in this truce with the Senju Clan, formerly our enemies and now our friends. I also speak for my people, we accept peace and we surrend to it too, with the compromise to defend it and become an example to our future generations" The Uchiha said deadly serious. He shook hands with his long time friend and everybody started to cheer and clap their hands.

The first part was done, the two leaders had sealed the deal with their people backing them up, each other standing in front of a pennant with their Clan's crest. All the Senju wore white overcoats and the Uchiha wore their casual outfit. They started to chat to eachother until the ceremony moved on. A new pennant was put in-between the Senju and Uchiha's that had a new symbol: a leave with a whirl inside.

"Now it's time for the official Inauguration of this New Village that will be your home from now on" Hashirama said smiling proudly "We invite Koji Ryuutaro, former leader of the Merchant Village, to Join us in this ceremony". Ryuutaro stood up and walked to them. They had a Scroll in which the Peace between clans, the merging with the Merchant Village and Konohagakure establishment was written.

"We hereby sing this treaty, to finely settle peace and shape the new Village, Konoha, our home." This time Madara spoke. The three leaders signed and now the whole audience applauded and acclaimed them. It was already afternoon.

"Konohagakure no sato is Officially established. Now it's time to celebrate!" Hashirama sad "Enjoy yourselves, socialize and settle down." Everybody was talking and moving through the square, sharing feelings and thoughts. It was still early to speak about the leadership but both the Senju and the Uchiha patriarchs were perfect for the role.

Sakura and Hikari couldn't believe it: they had been witnesses of their Village's creation. Once everybody was disseminated they moved through the crowd and finally the Takishima appeared next to Takato who was surprised to see her. Madara, Izuna, Toka, Hashirama and Tobirama were there too. The girls thought that this was the perfect moment to tell them something but couldn't say anything because the Leaders took them to their new home. It was a lovely two store house with two master bedrooms, a dining room with a small living room merged together, a kitchen and a bathroom. At the back of the house there was a small engawa and a beautiful garden with an orchard.

"We thought you may want to grow your own herbs" Madara said simply to Sakura who was astonished.

"That was very thoughtful, thank you!" She smiled so brightly that Uchiha couldn't say more.

"Hn.." Hikari said a bit anxious "we need to speak to you guys before you accept us in your home"

"Whatever you want to say to us can wait until tomorrow" Hashirama dismissed. "You must be tired and you need to eat, bath and rest."

"But this is important it's about what we've talked the other day" the Takishima kept speaking.

"We would like to tell you our story before you make us official as Shinobi from Konoha." The pinkette explained "We know you have already accepted us, but we need you to know more so we can share trust."

"Then tomorrow at 10 we'll meet at the Hokage tower, so you can share what we need to know and you want to say" Hashirama made a halt on the conversation. "Now we leave you to rest. You'll find supplies on the kitchen if you're hungry. It's already evening so you can eat and then get some sleep." He added cheerfully. Everybody left the house and while leaving Takato felt that Hikari's chakra was not at ease. It was obvious they needed to talk, but they would have to wait a few hours more. Once they left, the girls prepared something to eat and put the protection all over the house so nobody would feel Hamura. The Otsutsuki appeared for a little while and they filled him in with the events of the day because he may be inside the Takishima's body but he wasn't always pain attention.

That night Sakura slept like a baby, but her friend couldn't. She tossed and turned in her bed, and finally, she got up and left the house for a while.

The first night for Konoha was a chilly one. The winter was long gone, but it was a bit cold spring night. An Uchiha got up from his bed, because he wasn't able to sleep. Too much had happened during the last two weeks. He changed in some light clothing and wondered around the Uchiha compound. His footsteps somehow led him to the lake, and there he saw a figure of a woman looking at the surface almost captivated. It was Hikari.

"Can't sleep?" Takato's voice sounded softly in the silence. He walked to her and step at her side, but giving her space. The girl looked at him and nodded smiling faintly, she then returned her sight to the peaceful lake.

"Me neither" the Uchiha said. "It's been a long day full of hopes and emotions". Hikari turned to him and eyed him curiously when she heard him sigh loudly, but she still didn't say a word.

"I Wanted to thank you properly" the young man said again.

"Why is that?" she finally broke her silence.

"Because I do think that this could have not happened without you" he paused and then added "Sakura-san too, but mostly this is thanks to you" The girl was looking at him like he had grown a second head, so he continued "You stood against us, and told us in our faces the truth we've known for so long and ashamed us. And we couldn't stand to be accomplices anymore"

"I spoke without knowledge, and I judged you based only in what I saw" Hikari said lowering her head. "You created this peace, I did nothing but being rude".

"Yet, I feel that if you hadn't said that, this peace would have occurred later and would have had cost more lives" Takato retorted. She looked at him again, eyes wide open. "I know you don't feel like telling us your whole story, but trust us. We are not monsters" The heir smiled softly.

Hikari held The Uchiha's gaze for a bit and then turned to the lake again, with tears in her eyes and smiling sad.

"I used to train by this lake when I was little" she started "I came here to escape from all those Uchiha that hated me" Takato couldn't determine about what was she talking about, but didn't want to interrupt her. "They hated me because I was the representation of their biggest mistake, the face of their dishonor. I was supposed to be dead with all my clan, and I think that's what they thought every time when they saw me." She continued "Then I befriended the Heir, he protected me and taught me the Katon he was the first one that shared something with me. His best friend also protected me and became like a brother to me. But now they're all gone." She lowered her head "Everything is gone"

The Uchiha was still taking what she had said. Was she actually opening about the future? The lake, the Uchiha, the Heir. All of that obviously wasn't from this time. But she said they were gone, and that puzzled him.

Strangely, the silence that came between the two wasn't uncomfortable. In his mind, Takato decided to not to ask questions, maybe he'll scare her away. That could be done tomorrow, tonight he preferred to share something with her too.

"We used to be five brothers, you know?" the young man told her she eyed him "The youngest died because of an illness and the second to him was killed by Tobirama when I was twelve." He sighed and fixed his eyes on the lake. "He was ten… Suzumi. When he died I saw Tobirama's face, and he was scared. He was doing what he was being told. I hated that. I hated Uchiha even more than Senju. I hated Clans. That day my father brought Suzumi home with me, and we had a fight. That was the moment he broke my arm. I had said that Uchiha and Senju were the same crap. He lost it and snapped. Madara came and almost kills him, and I awoke my sharingan. Not for the loss of my brother, but because of the hatred I felt to my Clan." Hikari had moved and faced him surprised and was listening with attention. "I don't know what Uchiha have done to you in your time, but I can tell you that we're not like that. My father was, and so were some elders, but our people is kind and want peace, luckily I've realized that thanks to Aniki. We won't harm you. And I surely won't." with those last words he turned his head and looked at her with eyes full of emotion. She unintentionally blushed, his words were so passionate but yet they didn't feel like he was hitting on her or anything with double sense. He was being genuine, and that made her heart skip a beat.

"I-I know…" she whispered never leaving his eyes.

"Then change that look on your face" Takato said "You're home!" he grinned. Hikari turn around looking at the lake again so she could hide the tear that was rolling on her right cheek.

"We are." She answered "We truly are" after wiping the tear subtly she looked back at him and smiled broadly.

The Uchiha thought she had one of the cutest smiles he had ever seen, but he shook his head and said "Now we must get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a long day. Go to your home and get some sleep".

"Hai sir" the Takishima said saluting with her right hand. They both laughed at that silliness. "Okay, I'll see you tomorrow then" she turned to leave but suddenly stood in place "And Takato-san…"

"Yes?" he asked curious.

"Thank you!" she looked back at him and beamed so much that this time he was taken aback.

"A-Any time!" he replied a bit shy. With that both left to their respective homes and fell in a deep and peaceful slumber.

*** AUTHORS NOTE***

I'm back! This was the heaviest month for me, so thanks' for the patience and sorry for the wait. It also didn't help that I had a lot of commitments to comply and that every time I had time to write I kept writing future chapters scenes. I have not checked this text, will do that tomorrow or I'm going to bang my head with my keyboard.

Konoha is here! Now the other good stuff starts. This was more like a Hikari-Takato chapter but don't worry, I have a lot of good stuff for MadaSaku (not lemon nor smut, sorry).

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Bella Hikari