"I see you aren't holding back," Tsunade said to Hana as she walked up to her

"No, they need to learn fast," Hana said to Tsunade as Hinata excused herself and left the two alone

"Here," Hana said to Tsunade as she took out a small stack of papers

'Mark is good, but unfortunately, he isn't as good as he thinks he is" Hana said to Tsunade as Tsunade began to read the papers Hana gave her

She immediately felt her anger grow as she read, the village was expecting the heir to the Senju clan to have an older woman than himself just as David had when he married Tsunade.

It wasn't just that, the other clans already had several of their daughters ready to present them to Tsunade so she could find the one that would serve as Mark's wife.

"Mark isn't a member of my clan, "Tsunade said as she looked at Anas name

"Does it matter, Mark has knows the secrets of your clan and he's served David faithfully, to the council and the village he's already been adopted by your clan" Hana answered her

"So why are you giving all of this to me," Tsunade said to Hana, as she handed the stack of papers to Shizune

'And how was I supposed to give this to David?"

'We both know he was being watched by everyone, and if I was to give him all of the evidence those that were spying on him would do everything in their power to hinder him in everything he did even further" Hana answered Tsunade

Hana watched as a guard brought some wine to Tsunade before Shizune took it and began to serve the two of them

Hana watched as Tsunade drank one glass after another and she quickly realized that Tsunade still had the habits she had developed during her time away from the village.

"You know I had to stop drinking because of them," Tsunade said to Hana as she placed a hand on the sleeping girls, Haa watched as she patted each one of them before she took another drink.

'I have to do it when they're asleep" Tsunade said to Hana, as Hana listened to Tsunade as she drunkenly spoke her words, Hana soon found herself focusing on the wide smile Tsunade had on her.

Normally Hana would have commented that a proper lady shouldn't get drunk in front of others, and she would have as she knew Tsunade long enough to be able to speak freely to her.

"Hana I'm married," Tsunade said to Hana as she looked at the glass in her hands before giving her a wide grin

"Me, I'm married to a boy that could easily be my son, and that same boy did everything I couldn't," Tsunade said to her as her smile became one filled with grief.

'i have no right to stop him if, no when he finds someone he likes" Tsunade said to her

'And yet you know that you have to" Hana said to Tsunade as she remembered her relatives when they had married men\ women that were older than themselves.

"You know you could always separate," Hana said to Tsunade and she watched as Tsunade lost her smile

"We both know we cant' Tsunade said to Hana, there wasn't any need for her to do so, as Hana understood full well the implication of David leaving the Senju clan.

"Why don't you try and make a life with him?" Hana asked said to Tsunade, she didn't expect Tsunade to answer her he simply wanted to point out the obvious

"Because he will die" Tsunade answered Hana, his words were quick and left no room for arguments

Hana briefly remembered Tsunades family, then her dead husband she wanted to give her friend some words of comfort anything that might help Tsunade let go of some of the pain she carried.

'David isn't so easily killed, I mean look" Hana said to Tsunade and they both watched the elementals keeping guard over the Whitejaws.

"We don't even have anything in common, I mean we're worlds apart," Tsunade said to Hana as she looked at her empty glass and as Shizune was about to pour more sake for Tsunade, Hana watched as Tsunade rejected the sake for the first time since they started drinking.

Both women stopped talking when they noticed that Fugaku and Mikoto arrived.

"Good they're asleep," Fugaku said to them as he looked at the sleeping forms of Mark and David

"Tsunade please make sure they don't get involved," Fugaku said to Tsunade, he ignored Tsunades drunken state and he watched as Tonton spoke to the elementals who reluctantly allowed Fugaku to do what he wanted.

Fugaku concentrated he was going to put the boys in a deep dream one that would force them to reveal their truest thoughts and personalities, while at the same time he created a small projection that would allow everyone present to see what was going on and interfere if the situation became too dangerous for both boys.

He made sure that both David and Mark had everything they usually had with them on them and as both boys went deeper into their memories they would be able to find and use the skills and weapons that they knew.

Tsunade watched as the dream began and she used her chakra to burn through the alcohol she had drunk, she had to be sober for this.

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