Azami Senju

Chapter II: My Old House is a Museum

~Azami POV~
We walked down the road and people stared as we did, it was probably because they'd never seen me before. I also looked a bit odd, not many people have silver hair and red eyes after all, and all the fur on my outfit might be weird as well. But I already looked like Otou-san, so why not dress in similar things as well, but I'm not wearing armor. It's itchy and restricts my movement.

When I focused back into my surroundings I saw that the path Hiruzen and I were on had museum signs. Apparently my old house became a museum. Huh. Not sure I like that.

"Are people allowed in my room?" I asked suddenly.

"Hm? Oh, right. No, Tobirama forbade anyone from touching your stuff once the war started and we called off searches. He was devastated, and with Hashirama dying that same year he could barely hold himself together as Hokage. I saw him go into your room and just talk to your bed as though it was you, I think that room became a sort of comfort to him. Something to help him cope, and so he didn't want anyone to take anything or mess it up."

"I see." 'I'm so sorry Outo-san...'

We continued walking and I could see the house, nothing had changed, except for some fences cutting certain area's off. The museum seemed to be closed today, as it was just the two of us in the area. I could see my old tree, that was my tree house, boat, enemy, training buddy, best friend, ect. It was anything I wanted it to be, whatever came to mind it became. Now, the tree was even bigger than before. I saw the gardens, still being taken care of by someone, the tomatoes, strawberries, blackberries, peas, carrots, and potatoes were still growing richly.

The front yard was as well taken care of as ever, grass a healthy green and freshly trimmed, the pond in the center was still there. I remember when I was little I wanted to go 'swimming' in it. That was fun.

-Flashback-

~3rd POV~
A young version of Azami, around two or three, ran across the front lawn. Tobirama watched from the porch as she played, he looked down at the book he was reading for just a moment. Next thing he knew there was a big, 'splash', and when he looked up Azami was in the pond.

"Ah! Otou, hwelp!" She called

"I'm coming, don't worry!" He responded and flashed right next her, also in the pond.

He quickly picked the terrified toddler up and stepped out of the pond, he calmed her down and then lectured her on being careful around water.

-Flashback End-

~Azami POV~
We had reached the door and Hiruzen took out a worn key, the same type that I still had, and unlocked the door. We walked in and I observed how pristine everything is, it's even cleaner than when Otou-san and I lived here! Although that could have been my fault, with my organized messes and all.

We finally reached my old bedroom and he opened the door. It was exactly the same as before, just really dusty.

"Sorry it isn't cleaner, we couldn't clean it because of Tobirama's order, and I wanted to respect it." Hiruzen apologized sheepishly.

"It's alright. Besides I can still sense Otou-san's chakra here. It's faint, almost completely gone, but here. If you had cleaned it, other people's chakra would've covered it, so I'm glad." I said.

"Well, I couldn't sense it at all, you really are his daughter, aren't you?" He said, ruffling my hair.

I pouted and he laughed, then I smiled and giggled a bit. He walked into the room and I followed, he grabbed a scroll from the wall and handed it to me. I looked at him and he gestured to open it, so I did.
My sword appeared in the air and the scroll disappeared, I caught it and smiled again. I grabbed the sheath and pulled the sword out, I watched as the sun shone against the blade, it was beautiful. This sword had been a birthday gift from Otou-san on my tenth birthday, it was worn, but still worked well. By now it would be forty-nine years old, and I would need to replace it in a year or two. However, once it got too old to use it'd become a keepsake.

I hurriedly Hiraishined to a nearby clearing, which happened to be a training ground, and started swinging it around. I ended up staying there all day, just training with the sword, completely forgetting about Hiruzen.

Sorry this ones a bit shorter, it just felt like a good place to end it! I wrote a few other endings, but I felt this one worked best, so I went with it. Have a good day!