🍃┊┊ MITO / empresssof
The foliage glided through her fingers over and over again as Mito tried accumulating her thoughts. Separating the ones about ‘what comes after war’ from the ‘who buries the children’ and ‘how long will peace really last? And is it worth it.’
Yet the only question she asks after Hashiramas beautiful plight on the brand new world he wanted to create was, “you and Uchiha Madara came up with this?” To take this land and make it a beacon for shinobi everywhere- it had to be, Mito thought. A Senju ultimately had to think from sunup till sundown with an Uchiha in mind perhaps that was just the fate of those two clans after killing each other so often and so much
Yet Mito needed to know not only were the Uchihas in mind but all the other clans that supported the Senju’s as well. Mito’s face began to soften a bit as she looked at Hashirama with the sun dawning behind, him casting a half halo around the sable black of his hair, but his beauty did not stop her words, “you’ll get push back I’m sure you know, not just because of the Uchihas but because shinobi are hard headed even with the wisest advisories at their sides- there is very little profit in total peace.” She leaned back against an elm tree taping the bud of her sword with her fingers as she examined this all in her minds eye- the world Hashirama envisioned was better than all the years she had experienced being in war and famine and misery. Yet…
“I can’t believe you’re distinguishing yourself as leader for a free new world” Mito sighed giving him a weary smile, “ you realize that notches down your lifespan five or ten years, right?”
@forestbuilt
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐖 as he awaits Mito’s thoughts , seconds of silent contemplation feeling glacial in the wake of anxious anticipation. the solemnity leftover from a war only recently vanquished still clouded his mind yet his disquiet transcended that severity to something much more personal. there was simply a vulnerability inherent in every occasion he shared this fondest of dreams with another ──── this dream that had guided him through the mouth of war , an ambition that had fed him when scarcity and death abounded. Hashirama had proudly proclaimed his every action as being in the name of peace yet had never mentioned the entirety of idyllic world until recently. despite his apprehensions , there was a rush of adrenaline that had always come with dealing out hope ; soon enough he will acquire the taste of selling his motives as an alternative to fragmented clans at the eternal brink of war. now that he had his greatest friend once more by his side little would stop them from seeing this through to fruition.
the mention of said union tinged with incredulity from Mito’s astute tongue beckons a warm rumble of laughter from the depth of his chest. up to a day before the draft of their alliance had been approved , despite how fervently he cried otherwise , a part of him buried deep within the confines of his consciousness had never thought it possible. it speaks to her subsequent point on the stubbornness of shinobi. this too makes Hashirama laugh , recalling an recent meeting with Madara where he had wondered the same thing. ‶ i'm sure Madara would answer that with something along the lines of ‘ if they’re not with us , they’re against us ‘ but I think it’s just a matter of leading by example. the success of our village will make naysayers see that peace bears more fruit than conflict. ʺ confidence resounds throughout his impassioned words , electrified with undercurrents of jubilance just barely restrained.
his oaken eyes appraise the compliment of luscious green surrounding the crimson of her hair before returning her weary smile with his own sunny grin and a round of raucous laughter. Mito’s graceful lethality had always enthralled him , but he would never find the proper words to thank her for her small lapses where her ethereality gave way to a sharpened wit that disarmed him just as readily as any physical encounter. ‶ that’s only if they’ll choose me. it could very well be Madara in that position. ʺ though a tug in his heart begged to differ , he believed so fervently that the world would soon wisen to what he had seen in the Uchiha all along. ‶ though ideally we’ll both be on the vanguard of this , each a leader in his own respect. all that responsibility may indeed kill me but i’m counting that i’ll have the right people by my side . . . ʺ gleaming grin dims to something boyish and vaguely bashful. ‶ so i’m hoping for your continued support. ʺ












