I don’t know how much time has passed...

Senju Hashirama sat up, put his hands behind his back, looked sideways at the person next to him, smiled, and repeated what he just said: "Madara, this time, when do you plan to leave?"

After Uchiha Madara was silent for a while, he responded honestly: "After attending the festival."

"Soga," Senju Hashirama nodded in understanding, "After all, Hitomi-chan is looking forward to this festival."

"Um."

"Then this time..." Senju Hashirama's voice paused, as if he was forcing himself? He was suppressing something, and continued to ask softly, "After leaving this time, are you really not planning to come back again? Are you?

?”

"..." After Uchiha Madara was silent again, he still answered honestly, "Yes." He hated lies, and he rarely lied, especially, because he didn't want to lie to the person in front of him.

Even though he knew it was impossible, Senju Hashirama still patiently asked again: "Madara, no matter what, you can't stay?"

"Yes." Uchiha Madara answered patiently, "The current Konoha is not what I want. And I also have things I want to do."

"Those things happen outside the village?"

"right."

"...soga." Senju Hashirama smiled bitterly, then raised his hand and put it on the shoulder of the person next to him, nodding lightly, "Well, I understand, Madara."

Such behavior made Uchiha Madara a little surprised.

"how?"

"Aren't you going to try to convince me again this time?"

"I said, will you listen? If you can, it won't be a problem for three days and three nights."

"Don't listen?" Uchiha Madara expressed his refusal.

"..." Senju Hashirama sighed, "Then what else are you asking?"

"I'm just surprised that you were willing to let me go so easily." Uchiha Madara raised his eyebrows, but he remembered this person clearly? The last time he tried to persuade him, he was like a candy, and he couldn't get rid of him no matter what.

"...Because I was very worried at that time." Senju Hashirama murmured in reply, "Maybe tell me? You won't believe it, but during that time, I actually often dreamed about your back.

?You walked into the darkness step by step, and then sank little by little. No matter how fast I ran, I could never catch your hand. Your figure completely disappeared into the darkness...

"

At that time, he always woke up from his sleep, and immediately wanted to confirm whether Madara was still in the village. Because of this, he provoked

Tobirama was very dissatisfied, and he said bluntly——

"Brother, if you do this again, I will force you to drink medicine before going to bed."

Uchiha Madara moved slightly.

However, it is not surprising, because Hashirama is such a person, too emotional and too easy to worry... and also, he has keen intuition. He recalled his original state, if he had not encountered it?

Kitten, if you continue to have your own way... maybe, maybe, maybe you will really step into the darkness.

But at the same time, he felt that he seemed to be a little deeply affected by the little girl, because when he heard the sentence "sinking in little by little", he became a little distracted and thought -

Hashirama, are you trying to make fun of my weight?

But, well, probably not.

Moreover, he is not heavy either.

"At that time, you came to say goodbye to me. Although I was surprised, really surprised, but actually... maybe I had expected it." Senju Hashirama smiled bitterly again and said, "When you left, I

I didn't chase me out, but Tobirama stopped me, but this was not his problem. If I really wanted to chase him, he couldn't stop me. I didn't go because I knew I couldn't stop you. It's better to say

, if I really do this, at that time you will probably choose to fight with me without any hesitation, and fight to the death."

"You are so strong, and I am definitely not weak. If there is a life-and-death fight, it's really hard to say what the outcome will be."

"Madara, I don't want to hurt you at any time. At the same time, as the shadow who protects the village, I can't be seriously injured so easily. This will make the situation that has finally been stabilized become bad again.

changes.”

"Moreover, if there is really a life-and-death fight, the friendship between us...maybe cut off because of this..."

"So, you left? That day, I didn't stop you."

Senju Hashirama continued to murmur while recalling that he had told no one except the people around him about these things, and he didn't want to tell anyone else...

"After you left, I often had similar dreams."

"The longer it goes, the more uneasy I feel."

"Until...I saw you again in Yunin Village," Senju Hashirama showed a smile when he said this, "I saw you who were completely different from when you left the village. It was probably right.

From that time on, I gradually stopped having those dreams."

"You're back this time?, I'm really happy." He stretched a little and put his hand on the other person's shoulder.

Then, she hugged his shoulders affectionately and put their shoulders together. After thinking about it, they even put their heads together - Senju Hashirama thought, Madara and I,

Maybe they were real brothers in the previous life, because being together like this at this moment, there is indeed a feeling of blood connection. Well, maybe in the previous life, Madara was the elder brother and I was the younger brother. Madara has always been worried about me, so in this life

, I have to worry about him all the time...

"Hashirama," Madara Uchiha, who rarely had such close contact with anyone, moved uncomfortably, "You're disgusting like this."

"But you don't hate Madara, right?" Senju Hashirama smiled, thinking to himself, it's Madara's awkwardness! If he really hated him, he would have been beaten out of the sky.

Uchiha Madara: "..." He said bluntly, "Your intuition is too keen? It's quite annoying."

"Is it because you are more restrained about Madara, who is naturally arrogant and doesn't like to tell the truth?"

"You want to be beaten?"

"Hahaha, I was wrong, I was wrong..." Senju Hashirama laughed. Before he was really beaten, he decisively changed the topic, "Back to the topic, are you coming back this time?

I'm really happy. I can feel that, Madara, you have not only regained your 'peace', but also really found the path you want to take. Although... that obviously has nothing to do with me.

What's going on?"

"Are you dissatisfied with this? Hashirama."

"Of course? Of course." Senju Hashirama hit his friend's head with his head very "childishly", "Hey, hey, I'm almost mad. We obviously built the village together, but we backhanded it.

You left me alone?, just threw away your hands and ran away. For example, Madara, you are simply a cruel wife who abandoned your child and ran away from home?"

"Why not a cruel husband?" Uchiha Madara frowned, "I am a male."

"...The point? Is it here?"

"Isn't it?"

"...Okay? Okay? Okay." Senju Hashirama thought a little speechlessly, Madara, you really deserve to be an Uchiha. The focus of your attention has always been different from that of ordinary people. Forget it, I'm used to it anyway.

~ He continued, very seriously, "Madara, although I will be angry, disappointed, sad, and want to save you, but I want to tell you - the thing I fear most is never that you leave me.

You took a different path, but you walked into the darkness, alone, with no one to rely on. Even if I wanted to hold you, I couldn't find you at all. In the end,

Finally, I will completely lose news about you.”

"I was never afraid that we would part ways, I was only worried that you would be alone."

"..." After Uchiha Madara was silent for a long time, he replied dryly, "Hashirama, you are so disgusting and disgusting."

Senju Hashirama sighed slightly: "Madara, how many times have I told you, just say 'I'm so touched' when you feel moved, just cry when you feel like crying, don't think about it when you feel special?"

When you want to thank me, just give me a brotherly hug." Although he is usually such a straightforward person, why do he still maintain the arrogant character of Uchiha in these aspects?... However,

This is also the cuteness of Madara.

Then Uchiha Madara raised his hand and slapped someone on the back of the head.

Senju Hashirama laughed "hehe", and then felt that the brother's hand also held his shoulder.

So, the two of them finally put their arms around each other's shoulders and sat side by side.

"spot."

"What?"

"Can I make a wish?"

"reason?"

"For the sake of me touching you so much."

"...Tell me, Hashirama, what you want, but don't go too far."

"What does excessive mean?"

"For example, if you want the moon and stars, that would be very troublesome."

"...I'm not a woman who makes trouble unreasonably?"

"Oh, you are more troublesome than women. If I punch them all, they can shut up. Can you?"

"..."

"Um?"
To be continued...