Event Year: 2007

Madara and Hashirama eventually become the leaders of their respective clans.

Villages did not exist when Hashirama was a child. It was during this strife-filled time that he met Madara Uchiha.

Sasuke returns to the Hidden Leaf Village seeking answers, and standing before him are First Hokage Hashirama, Second Hokage Tobirama, Third Hokage Hiruzen, and Fourth Hokage Minato, all reanimated.

Naruto is overcome with grief over Neji’s death, but Hinata's words restore his fighting spirit.