In Another Life

Untitled Part 11

I do not own Naruto.

She watched as Hashirama and Madara sat on the top of the hill and just conversed. She was initially worried that they were going to try and fight once more, but upon seeing them just sitting there she was relieved. Madara had just had his leg fully healed after almost a year of it not healing correctly. She felt horrible, seeing as she had tried her best to heal it little by little but that had only been doing more harm than good seeing as his body was trying to heal it at the same time and it had healed wrong.

Thankfully the Uzumaki clan had someone who deal specifically with bone breaks and had broken his leg and fixed it the right way. Madara hadn't held it against her, but perhaps if she had never intervened in that fight she wouldn't have ended up temporarily dying and he may have been more focused and wouldn't have gotten hurt. If she had been more attentive... she blamed herself for his injuries and everyone elses... Izuna now had a scar that crossed over his right eye because of the hit he had taken from that woman.

She felt so horribly for all of their injuries and yet not one of them blamed her. She sighed as she made her way over to Madara and Hashirama who were discussing the building of the village that was happening down below. Who knew a massive fight like that would have brought all of them together like this. She sat beside them and looked down at all the buildings below. Madara entwined his fingers with hers and smiled at her. The twinge at her heart made her frown. She wondered if it was the bond between them that made him still smile at her.

"Get out of your head, my love. You haven't had this much anxiety about anything in years. I need you to focus here... I'm trying to point out our home to you." He said and she followed the direction in which his finger was pointing. She trailed it all the way down to that same area they had met. A slight blush coated her cheeks and she rolled her eyes. There was a large house being built not too far from their river, but it left the river intact. He proceeded to point up the river a ways and a grin crossed his lips. "And that's Hashirama's house." He said and pointed at the compound being built not too far away from their home was.

She laughed at this and both men eyed her oddly. "Why are you laughing?" Hashirama asked her and she shook her head. "You two... are so adorable. Best buddies living down the river from one another." She mused and they blushed. "I just wanted our kids to play together one day..." Hashirama whispered to Madara who nodded. "Yeah same, bro..." he said and Hinata couldn't help but laugh more as she moved to hug the both of them.

"I love you guys..." she said and both of them blushed. "You're adorable and you've made me feel so much better about all of this." She said and sat back on her feet. "So Madara... you really do want kids one day huh?" she asked and he nodded. "Lots of them!" he exclaimed with a grin and Hinata blushed darkly. She wasn't ready for that response in the slightest. "Guess you guys better get on that then." Hashirama said as he took off. Hinata rolled her eyes as she watched him hop over the ledge and head towards his home.

"I really do want lots of children... I'm sorry if I sprang that on you." Madara said and she smiled at him softly as he stared off to the sky. "Seems Neji has a head start on that..." he sighed and she blinked at him oddly. "You didn't know? Neji's girlfriend told him she was pregnant today and he's been panicking for the last hour." He chuckled and she just gaped at him slightly still. "I haven't even met this girl and she's pregnant... Neji is very good at keeping her a secret I guess." She sighed and he nodded. "I haven't met her either, guess we should go introduce ourselves to this mystery girl." Madara said as he slipped to his feet and offered her a hand.

She took it and allowed him to help her to her feet. They turned and took one last look at their home and smiled at one another. "So... how many children do you want Madara?" she asked and he shrugged. "I honestly don't know... I love children and have always pictured you and I having a few. A whole army of tiny you would be preferable." He mused and she couldn't contain the giggle that escaped her. "Why me? Why not you?" she asked and he gave her an odd look.