X OUR TRAGEDY X [Senju Tobirama AU]

Chapter 4

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~Tobirama's POV~

"Please don't point your sword at me. I might....react..." The woman at the tip of my blade spoke flatly, with one of her hands raised in surrender but the other behind her back, probably to a weapon, but this was a woman....

What was going on?

"Tobirama!" I placed my sword away at my brother's command. The woman took notice of this and bowed to anija.

"Hokage-sama."

"There is no need for such formalities when I am here, ha ha."

She raised her head and faced me properly. Her brown hair were held back in a bun but the left side of her face was framed by long hair whose one lock was streaked with red. Her eyes were as orange as the sky when fire lit the lands and her chakra was even more hostile than it had been when she had appeared here.

"Ara, its finally the little brother-sama. What brings you here, Tobira-chan?" I was asked by this woman who was not only so composed when she was threatened by me but was now exceedingly playful of sorts. Not to mention, I had a hard time absorbing the fact that this was the person whom I had encountered earlier today. So did that mean there were only women here and trained women on top of that?

"So you did recognize me." I wondered out loud.

"Well it took some time of course. Seeing as you always hesitate stepping over the nonexistent boundaries, the you that I saw in the forest came as a surprise."

Had I always been watched?

"Niyo! Show some respect!" Morino-baa scolded and immediately the woman sobered up. They both shared a brief look after which the woman, the old lady called her Niyo, glared at Morino-baa.

"Oooh no, no, no. Nope. Not happening. No-" She started, offended. Perhaps she realized why she was called here. Her reaction reminded me of that as well.

Niyo was ordered to "sit down" by the older lady to which she obliged instantly. Some reluctance was visible however. She sat down in the raised platform, beside Morino-baa and I and anija also sat down. Immediately both the elders in the room started discussing something incoherently and as much as I wanted to participate in that conversation, my attention was taken to the other woman who was sitting in front of me, with her arms crossed, chin raised and eyes hard, fixed on me.

Who did she think she was?

Who did she think I was?

This was utter disrespect and a rude behavior that I was most willing to reciprocate. Even if my attention was on this woman, I could still sense the changes in chakra around me, which currently was my brother's and the old lady's, telling me of their confusion at the behavior of us other two.

Niyo continuously leaked her chakra enough to perhaps let me know of her perceptions of me. I knew that she knew of me being a sensory shinobi. However, the anger in her eyes told me that her chakra going mad was not a deliberate act. Nonetheless, the shift in its intensity was letting me know what this woman might be thinking. I wondered if she could sense chakra as well, so to test this theory, I started exuding mine, trying to bring it into her notice only. I was confident in my analysis that she did not like me one bit as both our chakras competed, trying to overpower the other. Then suddenly I felt the energy around her shift and soften before finally disappearing from my notice the same time Niyo sighed and closed her eyes.

She stood up and looked at the older woman. "I can't believe you brought another of the same."

Another?

Of the same?

"What?" I asked.

"Well since I won't be gracing you with my presence ever again, I don't feel the need to answer you." And she was gone. Sad. Her eyes were sad.

While this came as a shock to me and while I felt it disrespectful of her to leave so suddenly and without proper manners, I could not help but notice the underlying anger and sadness in her parting words.

Anija and Morino-baa were apologizing to each other for the misbehavior shown by both the young ones-I had no recollection of me misbehaving-after which both us brothers also departed. Anija seemed perplexed but I still had questions for that woman even if she felt no need to answer them.

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