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Hashirama Senju was the first person to hold the title of
Hokage. He and his clan, the Senju, were both respected and
fear by all other clans as being the best. The Uchiha clan
was the only one capable of standing up to the Senju. So if
one country hired the Senju, the other would have to hire the Uchiha if
they hoped to stand a chance.
Madara admits that through his constant battles against
Hashirama, he became more famous himself. Sasuke asks whether
Madara stole his brother’s eyes just to become
famous. Madara admits that he did take his
brother’s eyes, but only to gain the power needed to protect
his clan. He explains that although their reputation
grew, their enemies also
increased. Madara says his brother’s eyes were
sacrificed in order to protect everyone in the clan from these outside
threats. He adds that it was never about fame and that his
brother willingly gave his eyes to him because he accepted his
role. Madara clenches his arm tightly as he says this.One day, however, the Senju proposed a truce. The Uchihas accepted because both sides were tired of the never ending fighting and 
bloodshed. But Madara was the only person against the idea
because he refused to let his brother’s sacrifice go to
waste. Madara believed that the Senju and Uchiha would never
get along. He was convinced that their enemy would eventually
destroy them, but no one in the clan shared his view. In the
end, Madara had to follow the will of his people and agree to the truce.The newly formed Uchiha-Senju alliance was soon hired by the Fire Country to secure its borders, this is how the system of one Hidden Village per country began. The Fire Country had obtained its Hidden Leaf and soon other countries saw the prosperity in the idea and emulated that system.  Things
began to stabilize and a real peace was obtained throughout the
continent.However, the newly founded Leaf village soon found itself in internal turmoil after one event - the selection of the First Hokage. Hashirama Senju was chosen and he had the support of almost everyone in Fire Country. But Madara knew it was the beginning of the Uchiha clan’s decline as Hashirama would surely use his power as leader to strip away their rights and power. As the leader of the Uchiha 
clan, Madara knew it was his duty to stand up against Hashirama and
protect his people. But everyone in the clan claimed Madara
was trying to incite war again because of his appetite for
battles and his lust for power. They started saying he only
took his brother’s eyes to save his own life, but Madara
states that only a monster would hurt his own brother. All he
ever wanted was to protect the clan.
Betrayed and alone, Madara abandoned the village and took on
the role of an avenger. He challenged the Leaf village
single-handedly and fought an epic battle versus Hashirama at the place
now known as the Valley of the End. Madara lost, and everyone
including Hashirama had believed he had perished. His name
soon faded from history.To appease the Uchiha clan, the Second Hokage, Hashirama’s younger brother, assigned the Uchiha to new roles in Konoha’s 
military police. But Madara believes this was simply a way to
keep the Uchihas together so they would be easy to monitor, and kept
out of government affairs. Some in the clan began to notice,
but it was too late to anything about it. Within generations,
the Senju would come to control everything, leaving the powerless
Uchiha as nothing more than pawns. And sixteen years  ago,
the appearance of the Kyuubi was the final event which sealed the
Uchiha clan’s fate.Because the Uchihas were known to be the only ones with an eye technique capable of controlling the Nine-Tails Demon Fox, Konoha’s leaders suspected them as being behind the attack. Madara says 
that the clan was blameless because it was only a freak occurrence, but
the Konoha’s leaders were convinced the Uchihas were planning
to take control of the village. To better keep watch over the
Uchihas, their land was moved
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