AR, as usual
.
the girl five meters from him was crying. yet he admired her strength not to sniff aloud which would disclose her hiding location. for a nine year old academy student, she masked her chakra so well. she would be a great sensor ninja in the future.
tobirama counted the kids gathering before him. there were seventeen, their cheeks marked with a large red x. none of them were able to reach him without meeting izuna. even after they were declared out from the game, he could see fear in their eyes.
izuna might have overdid it…
a scream tore through the silence, followed by a thud. a minute later, two students lumbered towards him in the clearing. their cheeks were marked red.
"that's nineteen!" izuna shouted, walking through the bushes towards the students. "i wonder where is the last one…"
the girl shifted, trembling, but ready to jump out. izuna was still twenty… twenty two meters away from him. kid stands a chance–
they both jumped towards him.
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"that kid nearly beat me!" izuna slammed her empty cup on the table, drawing attention from other customers at the dango shop. not that she could see them.
tobirama swallowed his dango. "you terrified them."
"that's good isn't it? enemies on the battlefield are less merciful than i did." she grinned widely, her ponytail bobbed as she laughed. "that's as close as real world experience."
he wanted to say something, but his reply disappeared while he watched izuna. the woman looked way happier than the previous occasions they hung out together. asking her to accompany him substituting an academy teacher was a good decision. izuna's laugh was oddly pleasant…
"tobirama, what's wrong?" she suddenly asked, prompting him to look away. "your chakra is… funny."
"…i don't mold mine," he switched off his sensor mode as he spoke. izuna, much to his relief, quickly dropped the topic, asking for another plate of snack to the waiter.
but tobirama couldn't understand why his heart beat faster until they separated home, and why he wished their time together could be extended just a little more.