You've been working as Tobirama's assistant for a long time now. As you improved, he trusted you to accomplish more complex tasks, and despite the possibility of never seeing you become a shinobi, he started to teach you basic self-defense techniques. However, the more you found out about your body and your limits, more you wanted to know. And it gave room to strange and inevitable things to happen.

You were just assigned to your new job, but you already have your opinions on what you saw there: the amount of paper with which you had to deal, the rules, the minor tasks - and the Hokage's personality. You think it's too soon to share what you thought, so you planned to wait and see more. But, well, your parents wouldn't let you. And when you finally sat with them and said something about your day, their reaction was not exactly what you expected.

It was night and your village was just attacked by enemies. It was dangerous to leave or to stay, especially for someone in your conditions - you were pregnant, about to deliver. Still you had no choice: you went to the wild and found a cave where you could hide and have your child. What you weren't expecting was to be found by someone who could either help you or eliminate you.

Your clan kept some business with the Senju since the Warring Period, but now the Hokage of Konoha and head of the powerful clan, Hashirama, wants to strengthen their alliances with your family through marriage. You, the eldest daughter of your clan's head, are the chosen woman to represent your side of the treaty, while the other part will be performed by Tobirama, Hashirama's younger brother and a man you've never met in your life.

You were not from the same village, but Kakashi and you were the same age and were known to each other for years. He had his fame outside Konoha, a genius just like his father and one of the few people who were capable of maintaining a Sharingan despite not being an Uchiha. You, a survivor from the Uzumaki, had your story too, and part of it was a secret you intended to take with you to the grave. You weren't just Uzumaki; you also had Uchiha blood. But not any Uchiha blood. The man who you were going to face, Madara, was your father's father.

At that river's shore, exhausted and defeated, you had no strength to use your hands and bring water to your mouth. You were alone, with no home, money or protection. After all you had to endure, you thought this time you were not going to last long. It was when you saw a man coming at you. The only thing he said about himself was his name, Izuna. He stated that his brother was looking for someone to replace his betrothed and that you looked like her. Was that your chance to survive? THIS STORY IS BEING REVISED AND RE-WRITTEN IN SOME POINTS

Life seemed to have no value during the Warring States Period, whether it was an adult's or a child's one. You, a respected doctor among the Uchiha clan, had your principles constantly challenged by the violent politics maintained by the elders with the consent of the current head, Tajima, a man who represented the exact opposite of what you defended - and the shadow of someone you once knew and loved.

A remnant of my draft for The Leaves of Her Garden. This story is actually a draft, a remnant of my fic The Leaves of Her Garden. It was a part that I first planned to include after the wedding night chapter, but I ended up leaving it out of the final text because my vision on their relationship and what I wanted for them changed as the story was written. But I kept this text in my drafts anyway and as I was cleaning my files I re-read it and decided to use it as something new. It's not my favorite thing ever, but I thought it would be a waste to just delete it, so here it is 🥰