Pleading Eyes

Unexpected Uchiha

"I'm sorry, a what now?", Percy asked the supposed father of Tobirama, Hashirama, and maybe the other kid hiding behind the man?

Percy was super confused, he literally went from fighting Gaea, to dying slowly, to being saved, to being "killed" by Tartarus, to running from the Olympians, to actually dying this time, to getting revived and gaining immortality, to suddenly being in another dimension and being tasked to save entire worlds!

And now he was being asked if he was a Shinobi?! I mean what even is that!?

He was sure he heard it multiple times in those weird memories he saw, but he couldn't remember what it was! He was sure that they were important though, these....Shinobi people.

Before the man could respond however, Hashirama seemed to sense Percy's agitation and tightened his grip on his hand, which he hadn't let go of since he grabbed it, because Percy was so warm and comforting even though they had just met minutes ago.

Percy was nice. He looked really pretty for a guy too, even more so than any of the other girls and guys back home. He smelled like the sea as well as something else that just seemed to relax Hashirama further, he had seen his brother react to the man in just about the same manner as he did himself.

So since the man had let them both feel peace since the death of their brother, Kawarama Senju, Hashirama decided to take it upon himself to make this man feel as relaxed and safe in their presence as they were in his.

And so he smiled up brightly at him and said, "What Otou-san meant was, are you a ninja? You seem to move and look like one, so are you?"

Hashirama could barely keep his concern from showing onto his face when Percy's face went blank, complete emotionless, nothing except for the tiny twitches his eyes and hands were doing.

And with that same emotionless face, Percy replied saying, "Yes. I am, why wouldn't I be?"

Hashirama shared a looked with Tobirama, because surely something was wrong, they both glanced towards their father to see him frowning deeply, eyes narrowed dangerously.

Percy on the other hand, was this close to snapping. Ninjas, he was in a world full of ninjas, shinobi they said.

The Fates better hope he's calmed down by the time he finished dealing with the Furies, because he was done playing these games.

Calm down Percy, kids are watching.

Yeah...okay.

Snapping out of it, Percy refocused his attention back to the man that Tobirama and Hashirama has led him to.

Forcing a smile, Percy's own eyes narrowed which caused the man in front of him to flinch back, something that neither of his children missed, why was their father scared? Percy would never hurt them, they had seen for themselves that he wasn't dangerous at all, at least not to them.

"I'm afraid I didn't get your name, you are...?"

The dark haired man seemed to snap out of whatever trance he was in and coughed into his fist as he apologized, "Excuse my insolence, I am the father of the two children beside you, as well as the one behind me, Butsuma Senju at your service. And you are..?"

It was Percy's turn to blush as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously, reflexively tightening his grip on Hashirama's hand as he genuinely smiled this time, that mischievous crooked smile of his that made people relax naturally at the sight of it.

It's seemed to do the trick as everyone in the clearing suddenly relaxed and released the tension in their shoulders, the two newcomers intently listening to the mysterious man introduce himself.