Date Created: September 1, 2014
Date Published: June 21, 2015
Summary: In which, the younger brother of the First Hokage thinks of his relationship with the cousin of the Ghost of the Uchiha.
Disclaimer: Naruto and characters (c) Masashi Kishimoto
The One Who Was Loved | Chapter oo2
Every single villager in Konohagakure no Sato, had no idea why the Uchiha woman had had a divorce with her husband. They were the happiest couple, living in a safe haven of cooperating clans. They were, as the women in the village hidden in the leaves said, the perfect fit. They were supposedly connected by the red string of fate that tied around their shortest finger.
In the end, Tobirama did not believe any of the nonsense of perfection and fate. He, however, did think they were the most kind and cheerful husband and wife in the nation, in which irritated him to a point because there was another similar couple in the Senju home.
At the moment, Tobirama stared at the woman who was once the second happiest person in his life (his elder brother was ranked first after the engagement with his sister-in-law), pondering the events that led to such a tragedy for the woman.
Tobirama, is there of a matter that you keep looking this direction? Nyorai asked.
No. Instead of looking away, his gaze followed her. She walked to the window in the Hokage's office and watched the happenings below. She grimly leaned further, hoping to see a silhouette that resembled her runaway cousin. She saw the candle lights in homes and lanterns in stores blow out one by one.
It is this late of night, and Madara-nii has not returned...
If it is that late of a night, you should be in the comfort of your home, resting.
She smiled bitterly.
Tobirama went back to work as the substitute Hokage. His older brother has left seventeen hours, thirty-seven minutes, and three seconds ago, and also left Tobirama two high stacks of paperwork that was supposed to be finished by early yesterday morning.
The sunlight had disappeared long ago, making the room dark and seemingly endless. The only light in the room was provided by the silver of a moon and the one large lantern Toka had left on the corner of the Hokage's desk.
Nyorai walked over to a drawer and managed to carry as many candles her thin fingers allowed her. She set each on the Hokage's desk, where Tobirama busied himself with leaflets and scrolls, and lit the different size and color candles with a simple fire jutsu.
Half of the room illuminated.
Tobirama continued, not bothered by her actions.
A silence lingered in the room.
Were you the one who requested for a divorce?
Nyorai sat on a chair opposite of him, staring at him. No, it was the choice of Madara-nii and the clan elders.
Before Tobirama was able to direct all his attention back to the scroll in front of him, a messenger bird pecked on the glass window. Tobirama stood up and made an entryway for the bird to enter. He slipped the rolled sheet of paper out of the carrier.
'Uchiha Madara, from today forth, is and will be recognized as a rogue ninja.
-Senju Hashirama'