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"That is a great idea. Little apple" he smiled as he patted her back signing that he agreed. "But you are not even live here, how are you going to assist me?"

"One day I'll come back. I can't say exact date but I definitely going to live here me, mom, dad and grandma all four of us." She said confidently. "But I am sure about one thing" she released herself from him and put her hands on her hips. "I'll definitely be stronger than you"

"Haha, I'll be waiting for you then. But who will get stronger than whom be an undecided factor that's for sure." He smirked.

She looked at the boy who was cheered by her and smiled. She genuinely felt happy for him to be like now as that gaze vanished from him and most of his sadness went away from him.

'Boy you are really better than me. I couldn't get away from those things until I was dead. May be in this world there are many people like Naruto. Boy I will definitely remember you' She secretly smiled.

"Haven't you eaten yet?" She ignored what he said and asked.

"I have, I cought some fishes and help myself." He grinned seeing she is concerning about him.

"Then you should go home. Otherwise you will catch a cold. It is not a good thing to stay outside if there is nothing" she said with a disapproving tone.

"I don't want to" he put a hand around her shoulders. "It is really scary to be lonely. Knowing I don't have anyone left still really scares me more. In this way at least I feel little closer to my clansmen it relieves me."

What he said reminded Tsukiho about her great grandfather. When she watched the anime she didn't felt anything particularly but after she started to live here she really felt sympathy for him. Madara lost his whole family because of the war.

She understood when his last brother Izuna died Madara completely broke down. After joining up with Senju and making the village, he didn't saw the peace he wanted. Instead he saw his clan and him slowly drifted apart from the village. And the fights still going on. In the mid of that he found a way to achieve true peace. To him who went through many despairs and conflicts, it became a hope, the ambition for his whole life and he shared it with his best friend and clansmen. But when his clansmen and best friend turned back on him and his hope, he completely lost his sanity. As a result it made the current Madara who is living like a ghost. Though her appearance brought more of his human side, she knew he won't give up on his ambition.

She looked at the boy in front of her as she saw the traces of her great grandfather. She took a deep breath to calm herself down. "May be I have a solution for that" she had a small smile on her face.

"Is it to come with you to the land of Whirlpools?" He chuckled.

"No, you silly" she rolled her eyes.

"But I think this is the best solution at least until I will grow up to the point, I won't feeling scary. After all I don't have any family members left now to think about me like they've done before." the boy looked away but she was able to see the tears that came out from his eyes.

"Is it because you don't have any family member?" She didn't wait for an answer since she felt the despair and depression flowing through his veins. She hugged his large frame tightly as a console and caressed his back with her tiny hands.

"You don't have to be like this ya know? If you really think that you don't have a family anymore so badly, you can think of me as your family. I mean if you don't mind. I know I am a stranger and I won't even live here. But I think if you don't mind about those details, you could be more careless about those things. Ya know" she said after feeling his tremblings.

Then she felt his trembling gradually stopped. A silence appears around them as it want to choke them. "Are...you.....serious about what you have said?" The boy asked with a shaking voice. Almost have no faith at all.

"I am dead serous." She encouraged him. "I mean if you don't mind about it and the fact that I won't even live here. But I can assure no matter where I am or no matter how long until I see you next time, I'll thinking about you and won't forget you. Is it enough?" Her expressions became very serious.

"It is more than enough. Really I don't mind it at all may be it will be the best way too. Though you aren't with me, I know that in somewhere, my family still alive and thinking about me. Thank you, thank you very much" the boy hugged her back tightly.

"You don't have to thank me ya know. After all I am your family now. This is what family suppose to do" she smiled softly.

"I..... alright then" he awkwardly said. She stayed still until she felt his chakra calmed down.

"Well then, now you should go home and sleep. You can't get sick ok?" Tsukiho released him.

"Alright" he said with a slight hesitation. "What about you?"

Seeing he thinking about her, she grinned. "I am going too. Go now."

"....Alright then. See you next time. The little apple of my family" he flickered away.

Hearing the new nickname her eyebrows twitched but then she sighed as she also returned to her room. Unknown to Tsukiho certain someone who had purple hair that mixed with white hair watched what her granddaughter was doing with smiling eyes while standing outside of her sensory range.

Seeing she went back to her room the old lady also vanished from her previous position and appeared inside of her own room.

"Are you really going to buy a hair brush as a gift? A hair pin is still in the acceptable range but a hair brush?" Itachi asked while looking at her weirdly.

"To a certain person, this is the best gift" Tsukiho grinned mischievously.

"Alright then this will be perfect" he showed a black colour hair brush. It had a beautiful red pattern embedded in. "Is there more to buy?"

"Yup, one more." She nodded like a chicken. "I guess flowers like roses might work." She remembered there wasn't any roses in the country of Whirlpools.

"Hmm, it is good that there is a flower shop in the compound. Otherwise we had to go to Yamanaka flower shop." Itachi sighed and showed the direction.

Itachi and Tsukiho walk in to a flower shop in a corner of Uchiha compound.

"Good afternoon" A beautiful black haired girl welcomed them.

"Good afternoon big sister" both of them greeted her back.

Tsukiho carefully observed her then she saw the Uchiha crest on her shirt. "Umm I'm here for some red roses"

"Red roses?" A bright smile appeared on her face. "How much do you want my dear?"

"I guess a bouquet with twenty flowers." She thoughtfully said.

She nodded as she cut red roses and started to make a bouquet. In no time she made a small yet beautiful red rose bouquet then headed to the counter to wrap it up.

"I hope the person you are going to gift will appreciate this"

"She definitely will" she smiled and paid for the bouquet before placing it in a storage scroll.