The Rinnegan Was a Gift from My Best Friend. How Is It Yours?

"Uh..."

Hinata Hyuga looked at Madara Uchiha and nodded. "He really is pretty well-behaved."

Madara Uchiha's temper flared at once.

It was bad enough hearing that from Kanami. Now some young girl was saying it too?

He was Madara Uchiha!

The man who had once been second only to one in the Ninja World!

"Kanami, you two have gone too far! I'm Madara Uchiha!"

He was about to lose his temper.

Then he sensed a powerful surge from Hinata Hyuga.

It jolted him to a halt.

It felt a little like the power of the Rinnegan, but she didn't have a Rinnegan.

As he stood there, stunned, trying to make sense of her aura, Kanami gave him a tap. "What are you staring at? She's my wife. Don't tell me you don't have one."

"I... I really don't."

Madara Uchiha deflated, but then another thought struck him. How could he not have one?

Wasn't there Hashirama Senju?

Mito Uzumaki had just stolen him away!

But Hashirama would be his, without a doubt!

"Kanami, does she have a Rinnegan too?"

Madara Uchiha thought for a moment before asking.

Kanami raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected Madara Uchiha to be so perceptive, noticing Hinata Hyuga's Tenseigan so quickly and easily.

Then again, Madara had awakened the Rinnegan himself. Given that the Tenseigan held power on the same level as the Six Paths, it was only natural that he could sense it.

"It's a related power, but it isn't the Rinnegan."

Kanami kept his answer brief.

Hinata Hyuga blinked her lovely eyes, understanding what they were discussing.

"That's right. My eyes are the Tenseigan, the final evolution of the Byakugan."

Madara Uchiha's eyes widened.

"The Byakugan can evolve? The Tenseigan? Its aura is so similar to the Rinnegan's..."

He cast Hinata Hyuga a