X OUR TRAGEDY X [Senju Tobirama AU]

Chapter 5

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~Niyo's POV~

"I refuse."

"Niyo!-"

"Bacchan! No!"

I did not want to raise my voice or to lose my temper but it was inevitable when I kept getting pestered about marriage. The whole purpose of Morinome was to raise the abandoned and help them find suitable homes. So, when I relieved myself of the presence of Hokage-sama's brother, bacchan followed me, after their departure I assumed. Oh and not only her, a couple of others as well.

"Tobirama is going to be the Hokage soon. Don't you want the power that comes with being a wife of such a man?" Bacchan bribed, grinning. I rolled my eyes.

"I am powerful enough without a man, thank you very much." I sat down on my bed and rubbed my temples. Oh yes, I was strong; the post of a lookout isn't given to weaklings.

"Niyo, you are the oldest here now after Shiomi was married off. Why do you keep denying and running away from all of this?" I glared at Narumi for uttering such a thing. She was a good ten years younger than me, but then again, I was quite a bit older than the rest.

"Yes whatever. Now get out Narumi. Take bacchan with you. I need to meditate and try to forget the chakra signature of another controlling bastard." I was given a look by the old lady for addressing Tobirama-sama in such a manner but that was what I felt about him when he wanted to overpower my with his chakra earlier today. Maybe he realized I was a sensory type as well, not as strong as him though.

Even after I told them all to leave, when everybody kept arguing over a matter which was about me, I got angry. It took a lot to make me angry but the way everyone wanted a say in my submission to a man for my 'benefit', angered me. Bacchan was more reasonable but some of these girls and women were plain idiots.

"I don't know anymore why she does this." The whole of the forest's population seemed to have gathered to discuss this matter. Oh Lord.

"She was asked for Tobirama-sama. How can she just storm off so rudely?"

"Maybe he won't want her now. So maybe I have a chance." This was how it always was with women. Most of them don't want the other to be better off than them.

"Niyo was 'returned' you know, so maybe nobody wants her to begin with and maybe, you know, it was a mistake what happened today. You know what with Hokage-sama himself coming here and all asking for one of us and Mori-baa recommending Niyo."

That was it.

"Another word out of your mouth, and I am going to cut something off your 'perfect' body." My tone might have been flat but my eyes conveyed all. I had plenty of fights with this particular girl but this was going out of line.

"Niyo! Behave!" Once again, I stepped down only because it hurts bacchan to see us fighting. I loosened my grip on Miyori's collar and turned my back to leave the premises before I did something that would cause bacchan pain.

"The hag has finally cracked."

"Miyori!"

Bacchan's warning was late for her. What wasn't late, was my fist on her face, knocking a few perfect teeth out of their sockets and onto the floor along with the perfect, perfect Miyori-chan.

"Good luck marrying with a 'defect'." I spat with a smirk, knowing that by usage of such a word, that she had used multiple times for me, Miyori would be devastated. Before anybody else could insult me or the sobs of little no-longer-miss perfect could reach my ears, I left. There was a small spring near the boundary of Morinome, I went there, every time something like this happened or whenever I just needed solace. Water and nature always welcomed me, it was always soothing. But today, looking at my moon-shone reflection only made me more agitated, bringing up the events of a time that went by not so long ago.

Three decades I have lived in this placed, breathed its air and trained to become strong enough to protect the forest without any aid from any man. Sure I understood that marriage was important for stability but at what price? The women I had seen getting married before me were not all happy. Some compromised for their partner, some endured and some just plainly submitted. My strong will was a curse that didn't let me submit.

I clearly remembered the day ten years ago when my first proposal arrived. It was some farmer and I would have been happy to agree to that match but he was too controlling for me. Two years after that there was again some man, and again I rejected him on the same basis. Another two years after it, I accepted one, but when only hours after marriage he displayed his desire of controlling me, I caused a riot, breaking his leg in the process and I was 'returned' as Miyori put it. Two more rejections after it, I gave up on the whole marriage thing and decided to live to protect Morinome. My parents' abandonment of me at birth didn't come as a comfort either when I found out about it and now 'Tobirama-sama'. Ugh.

"Let them call me a hag. I am not marrying just because I have to marry."

I threw a stone in the clear water and made myself comfortable under the night sky because I wouldn't be budging from this spot until tomorrow morning when my watch would start. So I laid down on the grass and tried controlling my breathing to facilitate the calmness of my mind.

I was very much successful and in peace for the next few hours, with my eyes closed. I thought the peace would last the night but it didn't. My eyes flew open when I felt a familiar chakra signature, the one I have started to hate the moment I set my senses on it.

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So yes, sorry xD

I got an off from university for Monday and my mind kept believing,wrongly, that Sunday was Saturday xD 

But the chapter is here now :D

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Itachi_Warrior desu~ ^/_\^

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