Sasuke best friend (continue)

Part 239

"I don't know how Madara returned to life now. I definitely killed my friend... for the sake of the village. Thats right... The village... that Madara and I first envisioned is something that joined one clan to another. It was an invaluable cornerstone that created order out of chaos, then maintained it. It protected the children and averted pointless conflict. It made peace a reality. However... it gave rise to despair, the kind that your brother Itachi was forced to bear. Perhaps what Madara said was correct, after all. Perhaps he foresaw this state of affairs. I am the shinobi who created these circumstances. Furthermore, I am also the one who considered them acceptable. I believe that shinobi are those who endure for a purpose. But depending on what that purpose is a shinobi can change. Just as Madara... and I did," Hashirama said

"Shinobi," I mumbled

"Shinobi are those who endure... in order to achieve their goals," Sasuke said

"For me, it was building a village. But it seems Madara found something else. This plan of Madara's that Orochimaru mentioned earlier... to erase all the shinobi in this world... I don't know what that means in literal terms, but..." Hashirama said

"its the infinite Tsukuyomi where village, shinobi, and citizen are all irrelevant. He intends to put everyone under genjutsu and manipulate them as he sees fit," I said with my arms crossed Sasuke frowned

"To negate everything that my older brother, Madara's younger brother... and all of you have tried to protect. My older brother inherited your will without even talking to you. My older brother... Even as he shouldered that heavy responsibility for the clan... He stood between the village and the clan in their strife... He even killed his own parents... He was forced to kill his own clan and endure the brand as a Rogue Ninja... Yet he continued to keep an eye on the organization that wanted to harm the village. And even in death... My older brother endured longer and harder than you and died stating he was proud to be Leaf Shinobi," Sasuke said I grabbed his hand giving it a squeezed as we both had a small smile

"Isn't it ironic that the shinobi who understood you more than anyone else... was from the Uchiha Clan?" I said

"Your brother wasn't the only one. I had a subordinate named Kagami Uchiha who was much like your brother," Tobirama said

"Second Hokage... I thought you despised the Uchiha," Sasuke said

"That's not entirely true. I treated anyone who posed a danger to the village, no matter what clan they belonged to, with extreme caution. No matter what clan they belonged to, with extreme caution. And there's no doubt that the Uchiha Clan warranted my suspicions... The Uchiha just happened to be a clan particularly disposed to be considered as such. But, it is also because they could feel such deep love that there were quite a few Uchiha over the years like your brother and Kagami... who could transcend the boundaries of the clan and devote themselves to the village. My elder brother believed the village was something that could eliminate the framework of clans. Well, the reality is... This wasn't so simple. The idealism of my elder brother Hashirama... And the danger that Madara posed... Mediating between these two things and protecting and strengthening the village were my duties as the Second Hokage," Tobirama said

"Shisui Uchiha was a descendant of Kagami Uchiha," Third Hokage  said

"Shisui!" I said putting my hands to my eye.

"He was a friend of your older brother Itachi. Many, including myself, embraced the First Hokage's Will of Fire. But perhaps, I was more naive than any other shinobi. I wasn't able to continue the SecondHokage's task of village-building skillfully enough. Which is how I ended up burdening Danzo with the village's darkness," Third Hokage said

"I killed Danzo in vengeance with the help of y/n, Until the end, he spoke that he would protect the village, no matter how dirty the means," Sasuke said

"It seems I've failed miserably time after time as the Hokage.  I guess I'm responsible for creating the situation that exists now," Third Hokage said

"No... You're not to blame, Lord Third. You did everything you could for the sake of the village respectably. I'm the one who died during the Nine-Tails' attack on the village! You had such high hopes for me as the Hokage... And I couldn't live up to them," Minato said

"I'll say... After he passed over me and picked you. Everyone was so disappointed," Orochimaru said

"Lord Orochimaru... You sound like you're pouting," Suigetsu said

"A little... since the Third Hokage is right here," Orochimaru said

"Had I lived perhaps I could have helped to foil the Uchiha's plans for a coup d'etat much sooner," Minato said

"Now then... Sasuke, Y/n... What will you do? WIll you both destroy the village? Or," Orochimaru said

"It's your call Sasuke I will always be by your side," I said put my hand to his face. He closed his eyes. While the Third Hokage had a small smile. While Sasuke had his flashback of him and Itachi.

"We are going to the battlefield! I won't let the village and Itachi become nothing!" Sasuke said I smirked

"Time to fight," I said

"It's been decided then! Tobirama! Prepare to fly us outside!" Hashirama said

"Even if I wanted to use Flying Raijin, I'm bound right now," Tobirama said

"Orochimaru was it? What will you do?" Hashirama said

"You said earlier that you'd follow Sasuke & Y/n," Third said

"Of course... We will accompany him," Orochimaru said

"What?! J-Jugo, what about you?" Suigetsu said

"I'm going too. It's my job to protect y/n & Sasuke," Jugo said

"Let him go Orochimaru Im itching for a fight," I said cracking my knuckles. As we went outside looking over the village.