Hashirama's
Madara: No! No! It shouldn't be like this! Why is it like this!
Hashirama: Enough, Madara! What do you want to see happen to this world?
Madara: Not enough! Still not enough! I will find perfect peace! I will!
Hashirama: There is no perfect peace... Madara... I realized it after our fight... This world... has no perfect peace...
Madara: ...
Hashirama: Stop, Madara. Continuing won't help. Besides causing more sadness in this world, Mugen Tsukuyomi... has no meaning.
Madara: Why... can't everyone be happy?
Hashirama: Some people have to carry the weight so ordinary people can be happy. Isn't the point of shadow to carry the weight for those behind them?
Madara: Is it wrong to go faster?
Hashirama: Madara, why does it have to be right or wrong? Why do you have to make it so clear? No one is always right. We just pick the least bad choice of all the mistakes...
Hashirama: Madara, life is made up of mistakes. There are no right choices, just people who face their mistakes bravely, and people who only feel sorry afterward.
Hashirama: Face the mistake and keep going, or feel bad and stay put... That is a choice, too.
Hashirama: Madara... there is never a right choice. We just choose how to face the mistake and our attitude after it.
Hashirama: People are great not just because they live, but because after every mistake, they can stand tall and tell those who come later not to make the same mistake.
Hashirama: Work hard to live out your short life and leave the results for your children to inherit. This is how people keep going...
Madara: ...
Madara: I... want to see it again...
...
A world without Ootsuki, technology is growing, thinking becomes free, countries research weapons that can destroy the world, creating a world of scary balance, and countries start to test each others' limits.
A world without Ootsuki, technology is growing, but thinking is not free, some people fight the dictator, technology goes from civilian to military, wars start everywhere, and the world enters an age of war.
A world without Ootsuki, technology is not growing, and thinking is not free, there is not enough production, most humans die, and they start a system of elites, where they only keep those who have special talents when they are born, and kill the rest.
A world without Ootsuki, technology is not growing, but thinking is free, the population grows too fast, resources run out, and those who have the resources control the world.
A world with Ootsuki, Hagoromo and Hamura beat Kaguya, Hagoromo does not spread Chakra, and the world enters a religious age, where they see Hagoromo as a god, then the Ootsuki invade, and the world is destroyed.
A world with Ootsuki, Hagoromo and Hamura beat Kaguya, Hagoromo does not spread Chakra, Asura and Indra fight, and the world enters a religious age, where they see Asura and Indra as gods, then the Ootsuki invade, and the world is destroyed.
A world with Ootsuki, Hagoromo and Hamura fail to beat Kaguya, Kaguya becomes a dictator, and the world is destroyed.
A world with Ootsuki, Hagoromo and Hamura fail to beat Kaguya, Kaguya becomes a dictator, they fight the Ootsuki, and later humans die out.
Ootsuki...
One world after another unfolds before Madara and Hashirama, and one ending after another plays out in their eyes, like a quick flash, but they watch each world appear and disappear.
In the end, Madara is silent, and just starts repeating creation and destruction like a machine.
Hashirama watches beside him, without saying anything, just watching quietly.
When one world is destroyed, Madara uses his Chakra again, trying to copy the next possible thing.
A world with Ootsuki, Hagoromo and Hamura beat Kaguya, Hamura goes to the moon, Hagoromo passes on Chakra, Asura and Indra die together, Chakra keeps tangling in later generations, until... Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara make peace.
Madara leaves Konoha, Madara fakes his death in the battle at the Valley of the End, Hashirama dies a few months later, the First Ninja War starts, then the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, dies, the Second Ninja War starts, the Land of Rain is not happy being weak, and the Third Ninja War starts.
Obito is saved by Madara and goes into darkness, the Nine Tails attack happens, and Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke are born.
Again and again, until the end of the Fourth Ninja War, the battle between Naruto and Sasuke ends, the ninja world settles down, the Five Great Nations make an alliance, the world no longer needs ninjas, Boruto happens, and the world goes back to a short peace...
Watching this, Madara laughs, a bitter laugh: "The only good ending is this one. How interesting, so interesting... Hahahaha!"
Madara laughs, laughing very wildly.
Hashirama watches quietly, until the end, when Naruto and Sasuke are lying in the Valley of the End, laughing together.
Madara laughs for a long time, until finally stopping after a while.
Hashirama then slowly says: "As expected of my great-grandson."
Madara looks at Hashirama: "You should be happy to say that."
"Why?" Hashirama is surprised.
"Because you won again." Madara looks at the last scene, at the smile on Naruto's face, "And I lost fairly. Hashirama, this is the first time I have admitted defeat to you."
"You didn't lose." Hashirama shakes his head, looking at Naruto and Sasuke, full of happiness, "Because this is the peace that happens in only one out of a million endings, and you found it. You won, Madara."
"Ha, I don't need your comfort." Madara folds his arms, speaking calmly.
"You think this is comfort?" Hashirama turns to look at Madara.
Madara also turns to look at him: "Isn't it?"
"No, it's not." Hashirama shakes his head, looking very serious, "You found a way to peace, and you are the one who pushed it forward. You failed, because I proved that Mugen Tsukuyomi cannot bring peace, but you also succeeded, because you did use your own hands to make this ninja world peaceful."
Madara is silent.
Hashirama keeps talking: "If we look at how things developed, what is the start of everything? Is it Black Zetsu? Or Kaguya?"
"No, it's neither." Hashirama shakes his head, "The start is you. Your desire for peace made you go down the path you wanted without looking back. There is no one behind you, but you really... opened up a new future for Naruto and Sasuke."
"You are wrong, you failed, but also, you succeeded."
"Because that world is peaceful because of you."
Hashirama's eyes are very sincere.
Madara looks at him, then shakes his head: "You still say you aren't comforting me, idiot. Are you trying to fool me like that kid Naruto?"
Hashirama's smile freezes, then he rubs the back of his head: "Naruto's trick of changing the subject didn't work at all."
"That's because the person you are trying to fool is me. When have I ever been fooled by you?" Madara hums, his lips curving up slightly.
"That's true." Hashirama laughs.
Then, he looks at the scene in front of them again: "So, Madara, what are you going to do?"
"What am I going to do? What a stupid question." The curve of his lips grows bigger, and Madara's eyes are smiling. "Continue doing what I should be doing, to make the whole world... peaceful."
"Hashirama, it's been a long time since we fought together, hasn't it?"
Hashirama's smile grows: "Yeah, it's been a long time."
Then... let's team up for the first time in a while.
The Uchiha and Senju alliance.
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