A/N: I've been a terrible person leaving everyone in suspense of all my fanfics... I'm so sorry! I lost interest then things happened and I'm growing old and Naruto ended and... and... and... Yeah... Plus side is I have a boyfriend! Not that anyone cares haha. I will try and finish a Flash of Silver Lightning, it's so close to the end but it gets so complicated and need to carry on with Being Sasuke, I must have self control and stop with this new fanfic and finish the old ones.
Thank you to everyone reading and who has left me reviews it warms my soul! I hope you enjoy!
Chapter eleven: Advance!
"I thought you've given up on your stalking?" Sonea asked as she felt the familiar presence as her door opened.
"For now... Otou-sama wants to talk to you." Tobirama said calmly. Sonea opened her eyes calmly from meditating and took a deep breath just to wake her body up fully.
"What about?" She asked, stretching her back and joints.
"About our current enemies. The Uchiha clan have declared something strange." Tobirama said and Sonea scowled slightly.
"Right... I'm ready then." She sighed, getting up and following Tobirama silently. He was in his armour and seemed ready to go out onto the field at any time as his Faulds of armour in front of his groin and butt clanked slightly as he walked.
"Long time no see troublemaker." Kenjin grinned as Sonea entered the room and she grinned back at him before nodding to Butsuma as the two were kneeling side by side with Hashirama and Itama just off to the side as Tobirama joined them and Sonea knelt next to him.
"Good to see you too Kenjin, it's been quite a few months." Sonea greeted him and Butsuma cleared his throat.
"The Hagoromo clan, you said you'd deal with them Sonea?" He began as the three boys' eyes widened.
"I'm guessing they're advancing due to my late night activities?" Sonea asked and Butsuma nodded.
"I'm offering you my clan's services if you want. They have an army heading for the Senju at the moment while the Uchiha are still at a stalemate with the Senju." Kenjin said but Sonea waved it off with a smile.
"I want to see what I'm made of but have the Uzumaki clan on standby in case I've over estimated my abilities and underestimated my enemy." Sonea said.
"That's insane." Itama spoke up.
"He's right, we can't let her take on a whole clan alone, it's impossible." Tobirama spoke but Butsuma raised his hand for silence.
"Sonea is an independent from our clan and has claimed responsibility for taunting the clan into finally attacking. As she said, the Uzumaki clan will be on standby in case she has made a miscalculation. That is final." Butsuma said and the boys nodded with a worried glance in Sonea's direction.
"Tobirama mentioned that the Uchiha clan have declared something strange... Care to elaborate?" Sonea asked.
"The Uchiha have declared war on us over you. Something about family and the sharingan line, the sharingan you contain. Tajima demands that we hand you over to them and that you rightfully belong to the Uchiha clan. We know the truth of course but he's not standing down for any excuse. Do you wish to have any involvement in this war since it is supposedly over you?" Butsuma asked and Sonea could see the clear panic and warning in Kenjin's eyes, this was what he had warned her about when she first arrived, a year and a half ago.
"Whether I join them or not, they'd find another reason to wage war with your clan. I will not be treated like a possession or pet as they have been doing with the bijuu. However, I would like to formally state my 'place' as he calls it and this will wage the fuel for the fires of war once again. I must apologise for putting you into this position Butsuma-san." Sonea bowed slightly.
"You are right. They would find a new reason for waging a war with us but your presence may just throw Tajima off slightly to give us a slight advantage. He may just pull out his last bijuu trump cards that I will leave you to deal with." Butsuma smirked and Sonea smirked too as one of the boys gave a quiet gasp of worry.
"Your goal is the bijuu?" Hashirama asked and Sonea nodded.
"My goal is to protect them, then we'll see who truly is the stronger clan and maybe peace will finally bloom but first, I have a whole other clan to deal with." She sighed, staring up at the ceiling.
'What have I gotten myself into?' She wondered.
"Do you require escorts into Uchiha territory?" Butsuma asked but Sonea shook her head.
"That's taunting them right off the bat. My single presence will be enough to make them think there is some sort of trap when there isn't. So taunting first before I deal with the Hagoromo clan correct?" Sonea asked and Butsuma nodded.
"The Uzumaki clan is ready to go at your command Sonea." Kenjin added.
"Great. All I need now is intel and directions to the Uchiha compound." Sonea grinned firmly.
'She's going to get herself killed...' Tobirama thought.
'... then we're going to be the ones having to deal with the Hagoromo clan and Uchiha clan...' Hashirama thought along the same lines.
'... But...' Itama thought.
'How strong can she really be?' They thought together as they watched the three of them exchanging information and suggestions off of each other.
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The day was bright as the birds twittered and flew around happily... It was too nice a day to be starting a war between two clans as Sonea walked calmly but with purpose through the forest. Her hair blew back with the wind that was rushing throughout the day as her dragon skin open front apron blew with the sway of her hips and her two katana clinking on her left hip.
"We can find you some armour to wear." Butsuma had said to her that morning as she laughed almost crudely.
"Believe me, I don't intend on starting a fight with them. I'm not a hands on fighter like you are, I excel in flexibility and stealth, if anything happens I'll escape rather than standing and fighting... Like I said, this isn't my fight."
Sonea sighed as she stopped and her eyes darted around, she was surrounded and close to their compound by what she could see far ahead before her eyes shifted and three tomoes showed up in each of them as she focused on the chakra signatures, left hand twitching for want of holding her katana in her hands but she calmed herself, she wasn't going to get cornered into this war.
"Gotcha..." She whispered with a smile as she turned to her right slightly and stared ahead where the chakra was that she was searching for. "Uchiha Tajima. I wish to speak with you." Sonea said firmly as her eyes narrowed. The Uchiha warrior stepped around the tree, his hand resting on the hilt of his kunai as two kids, around Hashirama and Tobirama's ages stepped forwards with him and stopped just behind him.
"Speak then but I will warn you, you are on Uchiha territory, your presence is an act of war against the clan." Tajima spoke and Sonea nodded to show she understood.
"I come in peace unless the first punch is thrown by you but I doubt you want a war on your doorstep." Sonea warned carefully as Tajima's sharingan eyes narrowed. "Your proposal of war against the Senju is preposterous, you have a problem with me allying myself with someone else, you aim for me and not them, which is a coward's way out as far as I'm considered. I am not one of your women you can just own and I refuse to be. I am a strong and proud kunoichi who isn't afraid of standing for what I believe in and I'll tell you exactly what I'm after with joining the Senju clan." Sonea began firmly with dangerously sweet warnings as his two obvious sons shifted angrily next to Tajima but a slight move from their father had them standing down. "Your prowess over the bijuu ends now, they are not yours to control and never will be... If I see a bijuu like the last time, you will come to know my face and the wrath I can unleash when you piss me off. I have nothing more to say." Sonea said firmly as Tajima was scowling angrily.
"Then we shall meet again upon the battlefield and no mercy will be shown girl." Tajima said and Sonea smirked.
"Exactly what I would want... Until then." Sonea said with a bow, hand sitting on the hilt of her katana as she turned her back and began to walk away. Izuna scowled, what was so special about the girl, she'd allied herself with the enemy when she was shown she had a home with Uchiha clan, he launched forwards.
"Izuna, no!" By the time Madara had finished his sentence, Izuna had stopped with a swallow in a lunge and his hand still on his katana. Sonea had whirled around with such force, a wind rushed past them icily and her katana were unsheathed, one in each hand as the down facing blade sat across her back, covering any blind spot and the tip of her right hand blade sat at his throat, almost touching as the aura had become icy around them. Cool red sharingan eyes trained on the younger's form, daring him to move, before her hand dropped and spun in her hand before she sheathed both of them smoothly, eyes never leaving the young Uchiha.
"If you fight her, you will lose Izuna." Tajima said firmly as the young Uchiha stepped back in slight stumbles.
"If you wish to fight me so badly, bring a bijuu upon the battlefield and I'll be there." Sonea told him before she jumped off with speed and Madara released a silently relieved breath as did Izuna... They both wanted to challenge her one day.
Sonea ran back, she had set the fuel for war, now the Uchiha were going to light the fire since they seemed so eager to attack first. The forest disappeared behind her as she entered the empty battle grounds and saw the Senju flag and the battalion Butsuma had ready and waiting as she came to a stop in front of them.
"And?" Butsuma asked.
"They seem very eager to fight but it seems Tajima has a calm head this time around unfortunately. Is that all?" She asked and Butsuma nodded as Hashirama handed her a scroll.
"Position of the Hagoromo clan at the moment. The Uzumaki clan is ready and waiting." Butsuma said as Sonea took it with a reassuring smile at the kid and with one last look at Butsuma, she ran off, opening the map and changing course accordingly. She figured if she could survive that mess of the Ninshu archives those many years ago, she could handle this because she was better, faster and stronger than back then when she was still unsure and knew a hell of a lot less than she did that day.
"What took you so long?" Kenjin asked when she arrived, all suited up in his fighting kimono and blue armour similar to what the Senju clan wore as she stopped next to him.
"A stare down with an Uchiha. Only fifty guys?" Sonea questioned, her eyes searching through the brush and further than any normal eye could as her eyes stopped on an open area.
"There's only fifty of them... a lot less than we were expecting. But then again, your hunting through the forest at night since that incident has probably put a dent in their troupes, especially the younger ones." Kenjin said with an eyebrow raised and Sonea smirked sheepishly.
"They have good blood okay? Plus the challenge has been keeping me at my peak with my powers and such... Right, I'm ready, no one is to interfere unless I am struck down and not getting up any time soon or if by some random reason, another clan or bijuu show up, touch wood." Sonea said distractedly, taping the tree next to her as Kenjin laughed.
"We'll stop either of those before they reach you, we've got sealers and sensory types with us and spread across the board, we're well thought out when it comes to fighting. Just take care of yourself." Kenjin said, putting a hand on her shoulder as she nodded and blinked firmly, eyes zoning back into her surroundings.
"I know... I'm using my other next mode up, I haven't used it in a long time and stretching it out now while the Senju clan is busy will be good for me..."
"But your seal..."
"Will survive... I did a lot more with it before I came back, it will reaffirm the hold over the seal. I will be careful Kenjin." Sonea said, putting her hand on his shoulder before she nodded and stood from her crouched, heading for the soon to be battlefield of her own.
The members of the clan looked up as soon as they sensed Sonea approaching, obviously trying to locate if she had any back up waiting but the Uzumaki clan were the best sensory type ninja out there and knew they were waiting out of their range. Some of the men began to stand up and looking at each other with laughs and grins, obviously thinking Sonea a fool as she unsheathed her katana as she held her left arm up across her chest with the blade following the length of her arm and the right arm lowering next to her.
Some of the Hagoromo clan members took out weapons as well as they gathered in a line of their own and Sonea stopped too. She took a deep breath as her will searched for the dark and drowning chakra and pulled on it as her eyes became sharper, teeth lengthening slightly, her open front apron forming into ten black chain tails and wings forming from black mist, some of the chakra was used to over produce the blood cells she needed and took the iron from them as the blades formed upon the length of her forearms, curling into claw like points past her fists and past her elbows like the curve of bows. The men across from her were no longer laughing or even smiling as serious looks passed their faces and they reaffirmed their holds upon their weapons, some even looked scared as they looked into her soulless Rinne Sharingan eyes, she had found out no emotion could ever cross those commanding eyes and knew this was what the Jyuubi inside of her was, the power would consume her if it ever got a chance.
Birds tweeted in the sky and flew over them as they waited for the first move. She could smell their fear from across the fear as her throat burned in agreement, it had been quite a long time since she thirsted for battle and had her fill to her darkness' desire, animal blood quelled it but human blood filled the addiction's hole in her heart, the darkness. They were her enemy, this was a fill she didn't have to cry over like the animals she killed or the people she nearly did lose control to... Her tongue slipped out to moisten her lips as her teeth glinted in the light as some of the men began to yell, waving katana and weapons in the air as they advanced. The ground rumbled and cracked underneath her and her wings picked her up smoothly and she tilted her body forwards and to advance into battle.
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The sun was rising once again and Kenjin had watched the entire battle... no... Massacre. He lost count at how many times Sonea got injured, bones cracked, blood splashed and spread across the ground for her to come back with ten times the ferocity. She had singled out the particularly nasty ones and left them for last, killing them through loss of blood as she drank from them, sleeve blade holding them up by either their shoulder or their stomachs, it was the most emotion she showed through the entire time.
She now stood among the bodies, head tilted down with almost hazed eyes as the last body fell off of her blade and her tails lowered, two of them holding her two katana, her wings also drooped as her hazed gaze looked around her slowly from body to body and it occurred to Kenjin as he told his clan to wait there and he began to run out towards her. He got to her just as her wings and tails dropped to her open front apron and the blades disappeared, he hugged her just as her body began to shake uncontrollably and her legs gave out as her gasping for air began.
She was in shock...
"Sonea, was this your first kill?" He asked and she shook her head as her shaking hands bunched his sleeve into them in vain to try and keep herself up. 'Dumb, why would this be her first kill? But why the freak out?' Kenjin thought to himself as he pushed back her sweat and blood slicked hair from falling into her face.
"I... It was just so..." Her voice shook out before a sob caught in her throat.
"Barbaric and animalistic?" Kenjin offered gently as she shivered particularly hard and he lowered her to the ground.
"It was so satisfying." She said in utter disgust, looking at her bloody hands and gasped out shakily. "Kami, I'm such a despicable person." She whispered, tongue tasting the blood still clinging to her lips and she closed her eyes and shivered in remembrance of the current moment.
"It is better you bring this side out upon the enemy than the ones you love. Sonea, killing is killing, there's no good or humane way to what we were born and trained to do, it's how we use this power and deal with what we do. We do this to keep our family safe, our clan safe, think of the civilians, some of these men you took your time on could have raped so many with their baggage of killing and being cold hearted like them. Your breakdown right here, right now, the regret you feel is what makes you different to them, you don't kill for the sake of killing and take your frustration out on other people, you take it upon yourself and look around you..." Kenjin paused, turning her head as the Uzumaki clan was now surrounding them, Sonea wanted to crawl into a deep dark hole under a land slide and piles and piles of rocks, away from the looks... They were smiling at her and grinning, good, happy emotions for killing? "If you didn't do what you did today, these men would have been fighting and it's no doubt some of them would have lost their lives, families loosing fathers, sons, uncles, relatives."
"But they had families too." Sonea whispered, now being cuddled against Kenjin's chest as he stroked her hair gently.
"Yes but they threatened yours first for little to no reason." Kenjin said.
"But they were just following orders." Sonea said again.
"That they knew the full circumstances about and still followed them through, knowing full well they could lose their lives for this, just like you Sonea. If you didn't fight back, you could have died and a few others which would have been unnecessary and you would be feeling even worse over." Kenjin said and it was after a while that she nodded ever so slightly. "Let's get you back to the Senju compound, my boys will take care of the disposing of bodies." He said, helping her up by her shoulders as he helped her sheath her forgotten katana and supported her back most of the way.
"Kenjin-san, Sonea-san." Tobirama called as they entered, Sonea was looking a little more alive and aware as she looked up at Tobirama, he looked exhausted and dirty with a few cuts and bruises but he was fine but he did grimace at her when he saw the blood slicked across her body and the fading bruises and scars.
"Is something wrong?" Sonea asked, getting onto her haunches with a slight flinch in her facial features.
"Otou-sama wishes to see Kenjin-san but Hashirama requires extraction, he apparently won't leave and there's no one strong enough to force him to move but you and Otou-sama and maybe Kenjin-san but well..." Tobirama said, seeming to be a little scatter brained by Sonea's standards.
"I'll go. Direction?" Sonea asked and Tobirama nodded.
"South, down by the river down from the Uchiha clan's land." Tobirama said and Sonea nodded when a hand landed on her shoulder, turning to look at Kenjin's worried features.
"I'll be fine, you heard what Tobirama said... Maybe a quick fly will ease my mind." Sonea said and Kenjin sighed and nodded as she formed her wings and tail transformed before she flapped and took off smoothly, closing her eyes to the morning wind, searching for Hashirama's chakra as she got closer to her destination.
His chakra was fluctuating and unsteady as she hovered just above the trees and flipped down to land on the ground, looking ahead at the scene before her as Hashirama's comrades stood behind her now and her hand curled into the dirt in the ground and she pushed herself up from her one knee position and walked towards the broken cries of the kid, holding onto his younger brother's corpse like a life line. Itama was strong and brave but by the looks of his lone corpse, he got cornered and getting cornered by anyone, especially Uchiha is a sure way to die.
"Hashirama." Sonea began softly, crouching in front of him as his face was still scrunched up in heart aching pain and tears still washed down his face in rivers. "It's time to bring him home." She said a little more firmly as she reached forwards and gently touched his cheek to wipe away the tears as broken black eyes opened and cracked his soul further and Sonea felt a twinge in her heart as her eyes began to involuntary water slightly as she continued to wipe at his reddened eyes and she smiled at him gently. "Come." She gestured, opening her arm for him as he took her hand and she shifted to pick up Itama's corpse onto her shoulder with her right hand and stood up. Sonea turned to look at Hashirama's comrades and nodded before they started a steady pace back towards the Senju compound, Hashirama didn't let the comforting hand wander far away from him.
'I'm so weak.' Sonea thought to herself. 'Emotionally weak.' She corrected with a scowl as she meditated up in the tallest tree she could find and her fingertips sat together and pointing downwards quietly as birds landed around her. The birds suddenly flew off as the energy around her shifted slightly before she smiled, keeping her eyes closed. "You're good at sensory skills Tobirama." Sonea said as the branch she was perched on shifted slightly under the added weight.
"How did you know?" He asked as she opened her eyes to see him crouched and facing her.
"The birds first of all, plus I know your scent even if I can barely sense your chakra. Is there something you need?" She asked, shifting her body to stretch slightly out of her meditation.
"I wanted to thank you, things have been hard and rough recently. There are not many people around here patient enough with emotions and such, especially ani-chan." He said, a little embarrassed as he looked away and his cheeks matched the same colour as his eyes and Sonea chuckled.
"I'm trying to take that little bit of baggage off of your shoulders a little. Baggage means mistakes and mistakes cost people their lives when out on missions..."
"Shinobi rule number twenty-five: 'A shinobi must never show their tears'." Tobirama recited after cutting her off and he saw Sonea's eyes rage like a fire, he thought maybe it was from cutting her words off.
"Rules?" She asked, her voice sounded strangled and retrained before she took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "It's one of my current weaknesses at the moment but I figured something out about these 'rules', would you like to listen?" Sonea asked as Tobirama shifted to sit with his legs on either side of the tree branch and he nodded. "Those rules are correct for the battlefield but you should be able to healthily let out all of that emotion and frustration, your pillow will always be there for you to cry into and to punch it, bottled emotions is what screwed up this world in the first place and now it's stuck in a rut."
"Otou-sama doesn't believe in that, says it makes you stronger." Tobirama said carefully and Sonea surprisingly laughed out loud.
"Please, I bet there have been a few times where even he has cried into his pillow late at night, everyone needs that little bit of release, even me and your Otou-sama... You have a really soft heart don't you?" Sonea questioned him with a cheeky gaze as she smirked and Tobirama blushed again and almost fell backwards.
"Don't be ridiculous!" He protested but Sonea was just too damn quick as she crouched on the tree branch and smooshed him into and escapable hug as she laughed.
"Give your ani-chan my love. Later." She chuckled as she flipped off of the tree and ran off as Tobirama growled after her, getting some air back into his lungs and found himself blushing even more.
"Damn insane loveable kunoichi." He growled, jumping out of the tree and leaving to go and do something productive.
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"Come on, I think this is a great idea!" Hashirama expressed to Tobirama who had his shoulders hunched and glaring at his older brother.
"Who says it's even going to fit?" Tobirama said and Hashirama grinned victoriously.
"See, you do care." He said and Tobirama rolled his eyes.
"Yup, he has a soft gooey centre in there somewhere." Sonea agreed as she appeared in their path, hanging upside down from a tree branch over the pathway.
"Oh come on, not you too." Tobirama whined as Sonea and Hashirama grinned at each other.
"So... I hear something interesting going on, are you two up to something I can help with? Mischief, revenge upon someone, plan out prancking?"
"We don't have time to do those childish things." Tobirama said and Sonea pouted.
"But we can use some advice." Hashirama said quickly as Sonea's eyebrow raised.
"Oh? Wait... Is this for some girl? Aw that's so cute!" She said, hugging her arms close to her chest.
"Well kind of." Tobirama sighed, going along with his brother and regretted it when she squealed, making both of them cover their ears.
"Well, we have this friend, she's been nice and understanding towards us since we met but at the same time we seem to know absolutely nothing about her, age, birthday, all we know is about some tragic things that have happened in her past and we wanted to get her a present... We came up with an idea but we have no idea what if it would work." Hashirama said as Sonea brought her hand to her chin and cupped it in thought.
"Aren't you getting a head rush yet?" Tobirama asked with annoyance.
"A little bit of extra blood to the brain for thinking is good!" She winked with a grin and he rolled his eyes as Hashirama chuckled. "So what did you want to get her?"
"A dress." Hashirama said and Sonea's face blanked.
"Well I suppose girls like dresses but the only tricky thing would be colour. Do you know her favourite colour?" Sonea asked and Hashirama shrugged.
"She wears a lot of dark colours and some red now and again." Tobirama answered and Sonea nodded.
"So go for the colour she wears most. It's obvious she likes it if she wears it a lot... Was I at least a little bit helpful?" She asked and the boys nodded. "Amazeballs!" she said, dropping onto her hands as she smoothly transitioned onto her feet and turned to face them.
"Amazeballs?" The both questioned and Sonea nodded.
"Yeah... I'm trying out new words because 'amazing' is just boring but balls are fun so... I'm just going to... leave quietly like nothing ever happened." She said, walking off like nothing happened and Hashirama laughed.
"I swear our lives would be boring without her, see this gift is a great idea Tobirama." Hashirama said and Tobirama sighed.
"I hope so."
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The day was quiet... The wind had blown heavy darkening clouds over the compound and Sonea shivered as she watched the younger children training with her arms crossed and eyes sharp yet bored at the same time. It had been three years since she arrived to the Senju clan, nearly six months since her destruction over the Hagoromo clan which fell back very quickly and at the heat of the Uchiha and Senju battle, she had a feeling that they'd be using a bijuu soon and she actually wanted the distraction.
Her ever aware senses buzzed as she saw the kunai sailing through the air at one of the younger children as she flicked her hand out from under her sleeve and a strike of lightning knocked it off balance as she stood with her head tilted down angrily as the kids stood stunned and slightly frightened at their teacher's sudden movement. She moved her still out stretched hand to wave the children over as they got behind her and Sonea breathed a deep breath in, mixing chakra with it before she blew it out like a fire jutsu, making the trees bend over dramatically like in a storm as dust flew everywhere.
"You'd attack one of your kin... Tobirama?" Sonea questioned as he fell out of the tree, armour clanking as he landed hard and glared up at her, rubbing his head.
"I wanted to make sure you were still aware of what you were doing, don't want a death on our hands if you weren't paying attention Sonea-sensei." Tobirama said, his voice almost sounding bratty as Sonea scowled in disappointment, there was something wrong.
"I want all of your katas done a hundred times before you go home and I'll know whether you did them or not." Sonea warned the children as she focused on Tobirama and walked over to him as the kids groaned behind her. She grabbed his sheathed katana so fast, it threw him off balance and she dragged him on his butt through the small forest before she threw him back first into a tree, her outfit as a cream coloured kimono even more intimidating than her usual fighting attire. "You ever dare to touch an unprepared and unarmed child like that on purpose again and I will personally kill you." Her red eyes bore into his red eyes so harshly but he couldn't stop glaring up at her. "This bratty and moody little pre teen routine doesn't work on me Tobirama now..." Tobirama flinched as she stepped closer and crouched down and surprisingly, her eyes softened as did the features on her delicate face. "What is wrong Tobirama?" She asked gently as he stared at her dumbfounded before guilt suddenly came over him and he looked down guiltily.
"I was ordered to spy on ani-chan... He was conversing with an Uchiha and so Otou-sama and I prepared to go with him this morning in hiding. Uchiha Tajima and Izuna had the same idea and so we faced off before Hashirama and Madara stepped in, saving myself and Izuna respectively... They broke off their friendship and some dream they had together and I can't help but feel this is my fault." Tobirama admitted as Sonea breathed out heavily and sat back on the ground in front of Tobirama.
"An Uchiha and Senju huh?" She said quietly to herself, brushing her fingers back through her hair before looking back at Tobirama who was obviously feeling distraught, upset and guilty about everything that had happened. Sonea thought this through slowly before shifting to sit next to Tobirama with her back against the tree trunk and put her hand on his soft white hair. "It's not your fault and it was an unfair position your Otou-sama had put you into, defy your Otou-sama and clan leader or betray your ani-chan and sneak behind his back. You took the actions and consequences into rational thought and figured out that Uchiha was dangerous and this was in some way to protect Hashirama. Once again, circumstances out of your control and its okay to feel a bit guilty about this, it's natural and shows you feel some regret that your ani-chan was forced to lose another precious person to him. Let him cool off then apologise if you feel so guilty about this." Sonea said, slowly musing the white locks of hair as he relaxed under her hand slightly but there was still regret in his eyes. "Or send him my way and I can try to beat some sense into him huh?" She said with a smile but he just nodded.
Sonea left Tobirama to think things over as she returned to the main compound and straight up to Butsuma's door as she banged on it harshly before he opened it to a fuming woman... The last time was his deceased wife.
"They are just kids, how could you make Tobirama do something so despicable? He feels like dirt and trash now." Sonea said angrily as Butsuma's face hardened and he crossed his arms.
"No Sonea, they are both shinobi and he an Uchiha especially. And talking with the enemy is treason and punishable by death in this clan." He said firmly and Sonea shook her head with a bitter smile.
"Would you really want the death of another of your children because of your clans' hatred?" Sonea asked harshly as she saw the stubbornness in his eyes, he didn't even flinch.
"Know your place girl." He warned.
"Oh so you think you own me now do you? Well maybe I'll just go and tell Tajima that I will happily take up his offer after what, three years? You know what? Whatever, I'm done here." Sonea said firmly, shaking her head as she walked away angrily back to her guest house and slammed the door and began pacing before she started to train and was in a full out work out by the time the moon hit its highest peak in the sky and wasn't stopping anytime soon... A knock at her door made her take her earphones out and look at the door questioningly. "I'm busy." She growled, not bothering to check who was at the door and was about to throw a lightning jutsu when her door opened but her anger and heart melted when Hashirama peeked his head in... Like a shell of himself. "Hashirama..." She said with surprise and heading over to him, ushering him inside and sat him down on a tatami mat as she sat in front of him.
"I guess you've heard?" He asked, eyes still down and Sonea nodded.
"To see you this low..." She began softly as he flinched. "And how smoothly things went apart from your broken friendship... I don't believe you did anything wrong Hashirama." Sonea said and he looked up with a quiet and questioning gasp, rings still clear under his eyes.
"You'd be the first." Hashirama sighed and looked away. "I just gave another Uchiha their sharingan." He added bitterly and Sonea's eyes widened slightly.
"Because of your friendship and dream being broken?" She asked and he was surprised again.
"How did you know about..."
"... About the dream? I spoke with Tobirama, I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive him, he didn't have any choice." Sonea asked and Hashirama nodded.
"I protected him this morning so of course I forgive him, he's my only otouto left and I can't lose him." Hashirama said and Sonea nodded.
"And your dream?" She asked and Hashirama sighed, looking away again.
"I don't know... I can't exactly do it on my own without Madara." He said and Sonea nodded.
"There's one thing I know about the sharingan... I think breaking your friendship and dream really hurt Madara as well but in that situation, someone had to give unless you all wanted to die right there." Sonea spoke as she saw anger simmer in his black eyes.
"You don't even know what the dream is!" He yelled and stood up but Sonea shrugged as she leaned back against her hands.
"I don't have to but it is important to the both of you otherwise his sharingan wouldn't have activated and for the first time by the sounds of it. His flame was extinguished for the good of that situation and the situation he's placed in now at home and yours is nearly there but just a small wind can light a weak fire once again... I thought you never give up Hashirama?" Sonea spoke firmly but she wanted this to get through his head, she didn't want to see such a kid's dream, something to live for, die out like all of hers did. "Like I said once before, you have no limitations, don't let the clan's problems become your own and drag you down too, you have to be a fighter for what you want but you need to be rational at the same time so you don't drag others you care about down with you." Sonea said as Hashirama's anger wilted and he dropped to sit on the mat once again, seemingly defeated but there was a spark in his eyes, barely.
"But Madara has already given up..." He sighed, drawing a pattern on the floor with a finger.
"But you haven't... If it was both of your dreams then the dream isn't dead as long as you still believe in it. Light Madara's fire again if you want this dream of yours so badly... Unless it has something to do with wanting to take over the world then don't chase that dream." Sonea added and it at least got his lips to twitch slightly and a small piece of the dark cloud hanging over the boy seemed to have disappeared slightly.
"At least someone tries to understand it wasn't all just to gain information out of me against the clan..." Hashirama sighed with slight relief and looked up tiredly at Sonea as she nodded, closing her eyes a little to show she tried to understand him.
"I wish this didn't have to happen to you. I'm so sorry Hashirama." Sonea said, reaching forwards and musing his brown hair, as soft as his brother's had been and he smiled slightly with a shrug.
"Thanks." He sighed.
"Let's get your mind off of this... My senpais use to play this game with me and always complained I won, I'll teach it to you." Sonea said as she pulled out a deck of cards from a draw and began to deal them out.
"You're going to teach me how to gamble?" Hashirama asked almost with panic and Sonea grinned.
"It's just a game like any other, it's only gambling if you throw money into the mix. I know it took my mind off of things when I was feeling a little down. It'll be fun." Sonea said, wiggling her eyebrows as Hashirama sighed with a smile and nodded.
"Fine but if anyone finds out, it's your fault." He said before Sonea began to explain the game and how it worked as they played all night.