The moment morale and numbers recovered, old hatred would surge again like scabs bursting open. Even if Izuna still thought that generations old grudges couldn't be put aside that easily, he could reluctantly admit that a proper rest from warfare -not just an armistice but the two most powerful clans in Fire Country united for the purpose of protecting their members- had been good for them. Having a ceasefire and letting their people mingle with the Senju wasn't saving the clan if anything, it was putting them in even more danger, even if the immediate consequence was less deaths.īut their people were tired of battles and weary with grief. The instinct to put aside a battle to rescue a child wasn't some signal of the potential for peace and cooperation, it was basic decency. Izuna hadn't agreed with Madara when he first said it. Other times, he saw Kagami, who still lit up whenever he saw Tobirama, who had been so full of pride when told that manipulating the rogue shinobi into going near the battleground had been really clever, had saved himself and their clan.
Other times, he saw children laughing instead of learning to kill.
In the moment Izuna chose to guard that back instead of taking advantage of the opportunity. In the second Tobirama had left his unprotected back to Izuna to save an Uchiha child. In the instant a blade had sunk into a child-stealer's chest instead of Izuna's side. Peace between the Uchiha and the Senju didn't happen overnight, for all that sometimes it felt like it had been imposed all at once. So Izuna smirked his most wicked smile and pretended Tobirama's snort didn't make something small and twisted hurt in his chest. It was one -the hundredth, the thousandth- thing Tobirama and him had in common. He had been doing his best to avoid thinking about the very possibility, in fact, because shinobi were cowardly by nature and clung to what they had. Even more that Izuna was relieved that his outburst was taken that way. It was probably fucked up of them that that was Tobirama's first thought. "To enter a proper relationship or because you want a foothold on the Senju?"
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