X OUR TRAGEDY X [Senju Tobirama AU]

Chapter 30

~Niyo's POV~

"YOSHA! Now you can resume training and any sort of exercise you wish! But take it a little slow, let your muscles get used to the strain. You've been away from physical labour for a long time."

"Thank you." I readjusted my shirt and turned around to sit facing Hashirama-sama. He was here in my cabin once again to examine my wounds and thankfully this time, they had all healed. It had been five days since I was in the Senju compound and found out about my clan and their doings. I avoided all sorts of interactions and stayed mostly in my room. I had more than enough time to think about everything and even now, I tried letting it go but I felt disgusted by myself for being born to the Tanogata.

"You are fine physically but, is there something ailing you psychologically?" I took a deep breath before gathering the necessary courage to lift my head and look at the Senju clan leader.

"Why are you so nice to me?" I asked with a smile though I knew he could tell how pained it was. Hashirama-sama looked thoroughly confused.

"What do you mean, you are a good and important friend-"

"No, not that." I was hesitant in really voicing my question but it had to be done. "Why are you so nice to me, someone from a clan that caused you great suffering?" I avoided eye contact at all costs and looked down when Hashirama-sama sat in front of me and placed a hand on my shoulder.

"You are not defined by the crimes you did not commit."

"But-"

"Only those people who stained their hands are to be held accountable, not you, when you have never done anything to harm the village or an innocent life. So what if you belong to a clan that committed atrocious crimes, you were not there, you did not participate. Especially since the Tanogata shunned you, I don't think we need to let them define you."

"I carry the same blood, I am capable of doing the same things, even then....?" I argued, in hopes of an answer that would validate the fact that even though I was from the Tanogata, I was not one of them. I needed that approval.

I heard Hashirama-sama sigh and he shifted his hand from my shoulder to my head, patting it. "The only influence that makes you capable to doing things is that of your family and let me tell you, family does not start with blood and it does not end there either." I raised my head to look the brown-haired man who was smiling at me. It was so radiant and warm, I felt my eyes tearing up. "You have a nice family here and they are not murderers."

"Arigatou....gozaimasu."

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I wiped my eyes and hung my feet from the tree branch I was resting against. I had just finished some discussion with the Konoha shinobi on the lookout. I actually provided them information on the appearances and chakra of the Tanogata shinobi I knew about and who might attack. They were all very keen to have such information and thanked me since it made their job a little easier.

The sky was dark and the moon was a bright crescent, the whiteness of which reminded me of a certain white-haired man whose elder brother had taught me an important thing just this morning. I thought about what Hashirama-sama said and it instilled some peace in my being and the more I thought about it, I more I realized that I had myself been practicing against what I learned from Hashirama-sama today.

I had been judging Tobirama against all the previous suitors and without realizing, I had been holding him accountable for their crimes as well, thinking all men were the same and one way or the other they just wanted to dominate and conquer. But now that I really thought about it, I knew I had been in the wrong.

Tobirama was indeed different, not only in a personal respect but also different from any man I had been asked to marry. He wasn't forceful in the wrong instances, controlled his temper, heck he even comforted me, someone who had been rude enough to reject a proposal within seconds of meeting him.

I was in the wrong.

When I started thinking about giving Tobirama a chance, I remembered what I told him before the last mission began.

I will marry you if you manage to surprise me.

I only joked it back then since I hadn't expected to be positively surprised by a man but now...

I must make this right.

I jumped off the tree and headed to bacchan's cabin before she retired for the night. It was about time I made a decision.

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