The raised swords 1/2
Haru
Hazel Jasmine Potter was dead. Haru Uchiha was born. Reincarnating wasn't that complicated, but her new father was his own version of Vernon Dursley, only he was a trained soldier. He had no time or patience for her, her family's disappointment in being a woman. The only girl in the brood of sons
Haru was pushed away from her father by her mother and her siblings so often that she stopped resisting. She looked for something that would give her value within the clan, in addition to a fertile womb. Using chakra she realized that she could create potions. So she became a doctor/pharmacist for the clan.
The years passed and her brothers and her mother died on the battlefield. Until her father also died and only Madara and her were left when the time came to make peace with the Senju.
The elders were talking about how to avoid betrayal, how to make the treaty stronger, and the eyes turned to Haru. Haru knew that if she hadn't been proposed yet it was because of Madara. Her brother loved her and wouldn't let them use her
So she proposed herself for a marriage with Tobirama Senju. Using her position as the clan leader's sister and her marriage to create an alliance. She was only fifteen years old, Tobirama was almost twenty-five. Madara tried to get Hashirama, but he already had an engagement and was obviously in love with his fiancée.
The Uchiha sent the proposal. Haru knew that most thought the Senju would refuse. But she knew Hashirama Senju, in her past life she had been the Hashirama Senju of the magical world. Hashirama would accept because he would see it as a way to unite the clans, to foster friendship between them. He wouldn't see her as a hostage taken by a married couple.
Three hours after sending the proposal the Senju responded.
They accepted.
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The wedding would have been cold and full of political implications had it not been for a very spirited Hashirama. The man made sure everything had a festive atmosphere and even the most serious of the Uchiha smiled.
Haru looked at her husband. She knew that she was a beautiful woman, the selective breeding of the Uchiha clan ensured that fact. Like a spider's web, their beauty ended up drawing the prey's attention to their faces and then bewitching them with their sharingan. Haru was beautiful, with curves in all the right places from early development and thick, sleek, shiny black hair that was much more manageable than the curls she had last time.
Her husband had red eyes, pale skin, and white hair. He had three red tattoos on his cheeks and chin. And he was a cold and serious man. Haru's head barely reached her husband's shoulders due to her small stature.
What would be remembered most from her wedding in the future would be how Mito and Madara had teamed up to beat up Hashirama when the bride and groom had left to fulfill their nuptial duty. Haru remembered her first wedding night and shivered. Her first husband had been drunk and hadn't been nice.
Tobirama was not like that.
She had expected some brutality. She was the Uchiha-hime and he was known to be the Senju who hated the Uchiha the most. But her husband was kind to her, prepared her properly and Haru hardly felt any pain. He was calm, not seeking his own pleasure in search of his wife's comfort. Haru would remember her wedding night fondly years later.
But the next morning Haru woke up alone.
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Haru and Tobirama's house was created with Mokuton and was Konoha's first house. Mito got angry with her husband for that, saying that she should have provided a roof for his wife first before his brother. The house was empty but comfortable, with five bedrooms, two living rooms, a kitchen, and three bathrooms. An herb garden for Haru and a training ground for Tobirama
Haru remembered enough of her past life to know how to operate a toilet, something that she successfully recreated and for her convenience was implemented throughout Konoha. She also brought back some inventions used by wizards in order to have more comforts. They called her a genius, but she was already considered that way by her clan.
Still Tobirama and Haru barely saw each other. Tobirama spent most of his day in the construction of Konoha, both helping workers and doing paperwork that would normally correspond to his brother. Tobirama was the one to make Hashirama's dreams come true, although Hashirama did his fair share of work as well. At the end of the day Haru only saw her husband at breakfast, at dinner and once every five days when they completed their conjugal duties in search of an heir.
Haru took care of her medicinal plants, collected during years of traveling across the continent. She fixed her house and then went with Mito to help her in whatever was necessary. The kitchen, meeting with other clans, planning for the winter. The Uzumaki woman treated her with the soft courteous kindness that had always preceded her, but she never looked down on her or treated her young bride any differently than any other member of the Senju clan.
Haru usually ate with Mito four days a week, the other three she went to the Uchiha compound and ate with her brother. Speaking each of their day.s Haru was not stupid, she knew that Madara wanted information about the Senju, but she had almost nothing to offer him. Her husband was a safe, Mito considered that she was too young to enter the complicated affairs of the clan and if Hashirama said something to Haru, it was most likely that he would run to tell Madara seconds later.
There was so much to do, the village was attracting more clans they were allied with and expanding almost constantly. During that busy time Haru's stomach began to grow
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Tobirama
Tobirama didn't know how to feel about his wife.
When the marriage had been decided he had felt strange. Especially since Hashirama decided it, without consulting anyone and then ran to tell him. He remembered being training when his brother yelled at him that he had committed him to the Hime of the Uchiha clan to make the treaty more solid. Honestly, he wasn't surprised that he got shot down.
He then searched for information on the Hime in question. Haru Uchiha. Ten years younger than him, a doctor specializing in herbal medicine, apparently her medicines were highly sought after due to their great efficacy. Madara Uchiha's younger sister. A beautiful young woman, from what they had seen. Her sharingan hadn't woken up, apparently it wasn't weird for that to happen, the weird thing was that a woman woke the sharingan.
They were clearly sending a spy into the clan. They were sacrificing a fifteen year old girl to have eyes and ears for the Senju clan. Tobirama knew that he had to cool his heart towards his wife even before she arrived at the wedding. Tobirama would prevent her from knowing the secrets of the Senju.
He would even keep his own children from knowing the secrets if he thought they would tell their mother.
The day of the wedding he saw her for the first time. She looked young, so young. And small. And beautiful. She looked at her older brother, Madara, as if he was her whole world before sitting down next to him.
A puppet that came from Madara
Even though she was his wife, Tobirama couldn't let his guard down around her. So he got up as soon as he noticed that she was asleep and he went to another bedroom. He might not have intended to have a nice relationship with her, but he wouldn't be cruel either. This girl was a girl who had never set foot on the battlefield.
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His wife was pregnant. Tobirama looked at the sleeping figure with a hand on her belly. Tobirama could feel another flare of chakra inside his wife.
His son, their son, his son
It wasn't one of the nights they slept together, but he had felt two chakras in his wife's bedroom and he hadn't been able to resist going to investigate.
This was a problema
He was happy about the pregnancy, but Mito and Hashirama had not conceived yet. That meant that the position of the heir to the clan was in danger because of that life that was growing inside the womb of his wife.
A wise man would do what was best for his clan.
Tobirama knew that the best thing for his clan was to kill his unborn child. Eliminate the threat until Hashirama had a son.
Tobirama gathered his chakra in his hand. It wouldn't be difficult. Just a slight pulse. It would be merciful. It would be fast. But his hand stopped inches from his wife's body. She was smiling and she looked younger than ever
- What is the most interesting thing that happened to you today? – She asked him that at dinner with a smile. - Did you have a nice dream? – Sweet words spoken at the breakfast table. - Is there something you want for dinner or do you leave it to my judgment? – Her words before saying goodbye to him in the morning. If the child was lost he knew that part of his wife's light would disappear as well.
The chakra scattered and Tobirama rested his hand on his wife's belly.
-Be a girl, you will make my life easier if you are a girl
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Madara
Madara was sitting at the door behind which his sister was giving birth, in the place that the husband of the laboring mother should normally occupy. In recent months Madara had been an almost constant presence in the Senju compound. Even the complexes were next to each other. The one of the Uchiha closest to the center of the town but with the great door facing the door of the Senju complex. Although there was also another one that gave onto one of the central streets of Konoha.
-Only she would go into labor just when Hashirama and Tobirama aren't near here. This is Hashirama's luck kicking in, again. – Mito sat next to Madara.
-Hashirama is the Hokage, he has a political duty to do. But Tobirama is a husband, he should have stayed with Haru. This is his first child, after all. – Madara clenched his fists in his clothes as he said this. He had seen the coldness with which Tobirama treated Haru.
He knew that this was normal, most political marriages were like that. But Haru was his sweet little sister and he wanted to give her the whole world if that was possible. If Haru hadn't proposed for that marriage Madara would have married her to one of the many available Uchiha men. He would have looked for a good shinobi, from a wealthy family and good character for his sister
One of the maids came out of the room and screeched at the sight of Madara.
-Mrs. Mito, Mrs. Haru is using her sharingan
Madara got up. His little sister had awakened her sharingan
-To my knowledge, Haru didn't have a sharingan. – Mito looked suspiciously at Madara, as if he had hidden a very valuable information
-It's the first time she activates it, as far as I know. It is not uncommon for women to activate it for the first time during childbirth. – Madara stirred restlessly. – If you do not feel comfortable I can always bring midwives from the Uchiha clan to replace you
-That would be a good idea. – Mito spoke looking at the maid. – Go find them
The girl screeched and ran off. The midwives arrived and Madara sighed quietly as he heard how, instead of fighting, they worked together to help his sister. Madara remembered the day Haru was born. The father had thought that he would get another soldier and was very upset to learn that Haru was a girl. Madara had been the one to name his sister because the mother was unconscious from labor and the father refused to look at his daughter.
He named her Haru because she was born in the spring, for a twelve year old that seemed like a good name.
The cry of a baby filled the night air after more than fifteen hours of labor. Madara and Mito looked at each other and smiled.
-Mrs. Mito, she was born. – One of the Senju midwives came out. – She is a beautiful girl and she is healthy.
Mito smiled at this and Madara sighed in relief seeing that the woman was clearly happy. Madara and Mito kept waiting until they were let into the bedroom. Haru was lying on the mattress and all of her attention was on the bulge next to her. Her eyes were still red from the sharingan but Madara also had those active eyes, looking at his niece for the first time.
A red, wrinkled face. The little hair she could see was snow white and her eyes were closed. She was small, but that was normal, she was born almost a month early.
– She looks like Tobirama. – Haru said those words as she looked at her daughter and Madara had to nod. She looked like her father, but she carried her mother's blood, the Uchiha blood. She is the new Hime of the Uchiha clan
-Did you think of a name? – Mito also looked spellbound at the newborn girl
-No… We didn't get to talk about names, I always thought that Tobirama would be here for this moment. – Haru smiled tiredly.- But I like Chihiro. A thousand questions. It looks a bit like father's name.
Mito approved of her and the girl was included in the Senju family registry as Chihiro Senju. It would still be three weeks before her father came home.