That night, Hashirama Senju's clan told him that they had to keep the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki under their control, and suggested that he marry the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
The clan's leaders made their position perfectly clear.
This was for the sake of the peace they had fought so hard to achieve.
Hashirama Senju opposed it, of course.
After all, he and Madara had made a promise as children.
They would marry once Konoha was established.
With a heavy heart, Hashirama Senju went to the Uchiha Clan Compound to find Madara Uchiha.
He was Konoha's Hokage then, and he was close to Madara Uchiha, the current Uchiha Clan Head.
He reached the Uchiha Clan Hall in Konoha with almost no resistance.
But when he arrived at the hall, he heard Madara Uchiha unilaterally ordering her clansmen to leave Konoha.
Too many people had died during the Warring States Period, and everyone in the clan had suffered far too much.
Under those circumstances, even Madara's high standing among the Uchiha could not keep the clan's leaders from opposing her.
Konoha was the home they had dreamed of.
Back then, Madara was still young and innocent. She was the only person in the entire Uchiha Clan who could read the stone tablet in the secret chamber of the Uchiha Old Residence.
But she could not reveal that secret in public.
She had also heard the rumors spread throughout the village by the Senju and other clans, claiming that the First Hokage would marry into the neighboring Uzumaki Clan.
Her own clansmen distrusted and questioned her, and the man she loved had betrayed her.
On top of that, her younger sister had died a horrific death, and she could not avenge her.
Overwhelmed by all these emotions, Madara believed the world had abandoned her.
Hashirama