The raised swords 2/2
Hashirama
Hashirama smiled at his brother as they finished heating the fish they had caught on the fire. Tomorrow afternoon they would be back in Konoha.
He was anxious to see Mito again. Six weeks was a lot of weeks and he missed his wife! He looked at his brother and couldn't see in him the same longing to see his partner. Even when his wife was pregnant and about to give birth
Hashirama was not a fool. He knew that he had pushed his brother into a marriage he didn't want, but he hoped that he would melt soon and see how beautiful and sweet Haru was. His best friend's sister was a sweet and lovely young lady, a charming young lady who lived up to her name and seemed like a breath of spring wind.
But Tobirama seemed to avoid his wife as much as he could and more, to the point that Madara had mentioned it to Hashirama. Madara, the height of discretion who would normally die before asking anything.
-Are you happy to come home?
-Yes, nii-san. --- Tobirama nodded. – I'm tired, going back to my own bed will help me rest.
Hashirama frowned.
-And see your wife again, and your unborn child. I'm sure he will be a boy! – Hashirama did not miss the look of his brother who turned to the flames. – Tobirama, I know you were not very happy with your marriage. But she is your wife and she is expecting your child. be nice to her
-I'm kind.
-Yeah… At least try to get to know her. She's a good girl and it's rare that me and Mito talk to her more and see her more than you. You are going to be a father, you are going to have a family. At least think about your son and how he will see the way you treat his mother.
Tobirama seemed to think about it and Hashirama was pleased. If his brother gave him the opportunity he was sure that he and Haru would be a great couple.
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Arriving at the gates of the town, Hashirama threw himself towards his wife who was right there. He had missed her so much!
But Mito gracefully dodged him and approached Tobirama.
-You should go home. Haru went into labor a few weeks ago, go meet your daughter
Tobirama stood still for a few seconds before disappearing in a swirl of leaves. Hashirama walked over to Mito and he hugged her from behind.
- Won't you welcome me home?
-No, I'll take you to the office to do the paperwork before you run out to meet Chihiro
Hashirama followed his wife like a dog loyal to his master
-That's a good name, Chihiro.
-She is a beautiful girl. --- The women said yes with her head. – I think it's time we think about our own children.
Hashirama smiled happily before seeing the piles of backlog that awaited him.
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Haru
Haru held Chihiro against her chest as the girl finished feeding. Mito had offered a wet nurse, but Haru refused. She had no problem producing food for her daughter, she didn't need another woman to take that moment away from her.
She had still accepted the help of the housekeeper, Suki, who came to cook and clean the house, leaving Haru to take care of herself and Chihiro. The housekeeper was an energetic woman who had raised twelve children in her sixty years of life. She helped Haru with the things she had trouble with, but most of Chihiro's care was done by Haru.
Haru didn't know it, but that had surprised many women of the Senju clan. They thought that someone from the Uchiha clan would die before taking care of their own children, their clan was well known for using nannies from an early age for the girls leaving the mother free to take care of the boys. But Haru had decided to follow a style more in keeping with traditional Senju parenting and take care of her daughter herself, which was seen as a gesture of goodwill by the women and men of the clan. A way of saying that she had fully accepted being a Senju
Her daughter was just playing with her breast, without much interest in finishing her meal when Haru heard Suki take one of the kunai and approach the door where she heard footsteps. There had been two separate incidents that Mito or Madara had had to fix. Not hostile, but some spies who watched her and her daughter
-Tobirama-sama! Welcome home!
Haru heard a growl from her husband before listening to him walk down the hall to the room where she and Chihiro were. Her daughter was now more interested in the stranger than her food, so Haru covered herself in time to see her husband enter her room.
Tobirama and Haru stared at each other for a few seconds.
- Husband, I present you your daughter. Chihiro Senju.
Tobirama stared at the bundle for a few seconds before extending his arms. Haru put the girl in the hands of her husband, instructing him to be careful with her head and she watched as the man examined the girl with the same attention that a jeweler examines a precious stone.
And then he smiled.
Haru's heart skipped a beat and she looked at her husband who seemed delighted with his daughter.
- Thank you for giving me a daughter. - The man said softly.
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Tobirama's return brought something new to life in the house. She and her husband now shared a single bedroom. Haru guessed it was because Tobirama wanted to protect Chihiro if something happened. She was sure that Madara and Mito had informed him of the spies they had discovered watching them.
He also tightened the security around her. At least three trained shinobi and from the Uchiha and Senju clans were constantly around her and her daughter.
Haru knew they thought she didn't have full combat training. Her father had called her a disappointment and had refused to train her when she proved not to be a great talent like Madara. But she knew how to fight and she could still use her spells from her past life.
She had been making suggestions for the buildings under construction for the civilians. She had also been helping Mito, who was now pregnant. Tobirama also seemed to be interested in Haru's herbs.
- They are medicinal plants.
-Some are poisonous.
-Some medicines come from poison. --- Haru shrugged. – All my medicines I have tried first on myself so they will be fine.
Tobirama also seemed to take an interest in her lab. Asking her about her medicines and trying to do them on his own and failing, like many others. Haru taught her husband to control the chakra that she added to potions to make them functional.
The man seemed intrigued and tried several times until he successfully created a potion. Haru congratulated him on that and Tobirama smiled at her again. Haru felt that at least they were establishing a good relationship
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Tobirama
Tobirama reviewed the blueprints for his wife's various inventions. Most were simple things, but very useful and practical. Like the toilets. Tobirama was very grateful for the invention of toilets and pens
A genius
There was no other word to describe his wife. Especially because of her medicine, which was why they were at a clan council meeting.
-As I said, we are producing as fast as we can. – Madara frowned at the members of other clans
-Is not sufficient! Before you produced three or four times the current amount!
-Yes, but that was because my sister was the one who did most of the work. It is very difficult to adjust the chakra to make it liquid and mix it with the medicine. – Madara frowned at the others. – My sister is the only one who can do that safely. Most members of my clan take more time to do it
-Well, let Haru produce again!
Hashirama's chakra stopped all the voices and made them look at the man, trembling.
-Haru just gave birth. You know that it is not recommended for a woman to use her chakra again until three months after giving birth. And she is already doing her part, she keeps supplying medicinal herbs to the doctors and the hospital. – Hashirama looked at Tobirama with a frown. - How is Haru's condition, brother?
-She still gets very tired, obviously she hasn't recovered from childbirth. I heard it was complicated. She is beginning to return to her normal tasks, but it will take a few more months for her to be her old self again.
Madara looked at Tobirama strangely. When the clan leaders left Madara stayed in the room with the Senju brothers.
-Is something wrong Madara?
-Nothing, just that I'm surprised you haven't thrown my sister to the wolves.
-- She is my wife, it is my duty to protect her. – Madara stared at the man for a few seconds and Tobirama wished that Hashirama would let him go to these meetings armed.
-In agreement. Good work
Tobirama didn't know how to feel about being congratulated by an Uchiha.
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Haru
Haru hummed as she looked at the corpse of the Shinobi in front of her. She normally wouldn't kill, but that man had been in Chihiro's room with the intention of kidnapping the girl. They weren't supposed to be home until night today, so Chihiro would leave her school things at home and then go with Mito. But they had come back to pick up something that Haru had forgotten and they had found six enemy shinobi.
Tobirama was checking the corpse while Haru looked at him.
-Chihiro will be back from school soon. We have to get this out of the house before she comes.
-She must get used to blood.
-But not in her room, Tobirama. This is a safe haven for her. At least we'll get him out in the hallway. – Tobirama and Haru had a duel of looks before the man grabbed the corpse's ankle and dragged it to the entrance of the house.
Haru got out the cleaning supplies and forced her husband to help her clean up before Chihiro arrived.
-Mother father! You are at home!
-Yes, Chihiro. We've had a few intruders on the property. So tonight we'll stay with your uncle while they search the house. -Haru could swear she saw Tobirama wince at Haru's words
-With Uncle Madara?
-Why is Madara the favorite? My brother is certainly better. – Haru felt like throwing something at her husband's head
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The moon let in light through a window as Haru held her husband's body over hers, recovering with soft tremors from the bliss of her marital bed. Tobirama was also shuddering recovering from the same bliss as Haru.
-My seed will make you a son tonight. – Her husband gasped against her face
Tobirama had given Haru the herbs to prevent pregnancy from the time she stopped breastfeeding Chihiro. He explained that he wanted to keep the clan's line of succession in Hashirama's sons and Haru understood and took the herbs every day until Hashirama had a son a month ago.
Haru moaned as her husband began to move inside her insistently again. Apparently, Tobirama really wanted to get her pregnant that night. Haru took her husband's face in her hands.
-Please, my husband, give me a son tonight. – The mouths were sought and found. Haru loved him, she loved him. There was no need for romantic words. There was no need for grand gestures, the quiet normality they had together was enough for her.
There was a time in her other life when she would have wanted grand gestures of love. In this life, it was enough for her to know that her husband was by her side.