After some consideration I have decided that Sukuna Senju from Senjumaki! au is not dead because it is impossible that the Nidaime Mizukage and the Nidaime Tsuchikage even working together could kill him.
But Sukuna lost an arm during the fight (even if his brother Yamato helped him regenerate it afterwards), so Tsunade and Nawaki's father is still alive.
Prasidėjo viskas nuo to, kad jau savaitę pabundam 5.45 ir nesimiega. Rašėm į group chatą, gal kas turit karvę parduot – nes keliamasi lyg gyvulius apeit reiktų. Tai ko čia nepamelžus sykiu.
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Rating: Explicit
Fandom: Naruto
Relationship: Mū (Nidaime Tsuchikage) & Hōzuki Gengetsu (Nidaime Mizukage)
Word Count: 5967 (Complete)
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
My thanks to @junsui4089 for the fantastic art!
Mū stares out over the open ocean and misses the feel of solid earth under him.
Oh, the ship is made out of iron, a solid material, but it's floating on the largest body of water that he's ever seen. It feels... treacherous.
He is, quite literally, out of his element here.
It only adds to his discomfort with the entire situation.
Ōnoki did the best that he could, there's no question about that, and it was absolutely necessary for both of them to be here. Without message boxes of their own, Iwa needed to have its Tsuchikage at the centre of the wheel, making sure that their voice is heard when the Kage are making decisions that will impact all of them.
Even now, his successor is high up in the rigging with the other Kage, conferring on their next move now that they have confirmed that the Uzumaki night raid was successful.
There is still work to do.
The Uzumaki confirmed that their original count of seven ships was correct and they managed to disable one completely. They killed several people on another two ships, many of whom they believed to be commanders, but those ships still set sail with the rest of the group the next morning.
So Mū will be facing a group of six ships.
No, he needs to call it by the name the the Russians use for it. It is the Siberian Military Flotilla, and not just a group of ships. He must remember that this 'Flotilla' represents a country far larger than his own, and that he is a small pebble next to a boulder by comparison.
The Russians are vulnerable because they are far away from their home and have no knowledge of what they face.
All shinobi know this tactic. Draw your enemy out, isolate them in terrain that is to your advantage, and then kill them. But, at the same time, he is also isolated and vulnerable, forced to rely on the good will and guidance of a people who he has always considered enemies at worst and rivals at best.
The man beside him is a case in point.
Hōzuki Gengetsu.
Though he is Mizukage no longer, Gengetsu has lost none of his skill, and he was always a formidable opponent. That Mū must rely on him, and potentially even follow his orders...
It's not the most comfortable of situations.
"So, looking forward to killing some Russians?" Gengetsu's voice is jovial.
"No. I'd rather not kill anyone, but I doubt that I will be afforded the luxury of that choice. As such, I will simply do what I must." Now that he is no longer Tsuchikage and no longer represents Iwa, Mū can make bald statements like this about his personal beliefs.
It must come as a surprise, for Gengetsu eyes him curiously. "Of all the people that I thought would show mercy to a bunch of foreigners, I never thought that you'd be one of them."
Mū shakes his head. "Not mercy. Practicality. They are men, sent to do work by another man. Who answers to another man in his turn, and so on. I cannot lay my hands on the decision makers, and so I must take what actions I can. Whether I wish to do them or not makes no difference at all."
"Huh." Gengetsu appears to think on this for a while. "Did you used to think about me this way?"
Mū eyes him with surprise. "Of course not.”
Gengetsu huffs. "And why not?!”
"Because you were not just a man. You were the decision maker." Mū smirks behind his bandages. "And I could lay hands on you."
Gengetsu bursts out laughing but says nothing more, and so neither does he. Silently, they stare into the wind.
It's.... surprisingly comfortable.
Maybe, just maybe, this venture will work after all.
