#taesui

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crybaby/sweetheart 🍡🪶

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rekilaw will always be my main but i do have a few others very close to my heart <3 @madetobezine

art credits for: yohawk - @ferumeruderu ikkaco - molossiedae kakagenhyou - h3nloart

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shisui's tanto was the only thing they managed to salvage from the naka river; his mother wanted tae to have it

he never used it to kill directly because he didn't want to sully shisui's blade with something that bloodthirsty, though tae still fought with the tanto

after the fourth war, tae buries it next to shisui's grave to finally put the blade to rest

as a bit of self indulgence, i also like to think that the blade itself is a family heirloom in shisui's family passed down from kagami uchiha

tobirama had it personally made for his trusted battle partner and even though he never married, he used his position as hokage to make sure kagami's wife and children were well taken care of after the uchiha's death and even after his own

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early on in their relationship, shisui used to get really jumpy whenever they changed together or otherwise had to be topless around other people - tae notice his aversion quickly and began to accommodate, but he was obviously a little bothered about it since they were all guys anyway, right?

after hijinks and other shenanigans that lead to more miscommunication and avoidance that past week, rio is finally the one to be straight with shisui and point out maybe the reason why tae's been distancing himself was because he was being considerate or maybe there was a bigger, more important reason for his upset

shisui made a b-line for his team mate's house to apologize and the reason why he was being an idiot all week wasn't because he didn't see tae as a man; it was because he got shy from seeing so much skin from the guy he liked

with stupid teenagers clearing up stupid teenage misunderstandings, they cuddle until tae hears genma's footsteps and shisui has to scramble out of the window he came through

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worshipped you like you were the sun ; missed you like you were the moon

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in death (eternally bound)

oc x canon | AU word count: 0.8k

In a different, perhaps crueler, timeline - Shisui's unable to erase his existence completely and Kabuto successfully revives him during the war.

The results are catastrophic.

Even the strongest present members of the Allied Shinobi Forces are pushed onto their back foot, and, with the five Kage busy putting their efforts elsewhere, numbers of ninja dwindle greatly at the edge of his blade.

Merciful as he was in life, Shisui's autonomy was stripped of him upon reincarnation and now has to watch in horror as he cuts down friend and foe alike.

Shinobi old enough to remember the fear his name struck into their hearts on the field, shinobi young enough to only barely have heard of the Uchiha clan and what befell them, former peers from his own village, enemy shinobi that still felt the pangs of previous wars - the movements Shisui's body was commanded to perform held no prejudice.

Just as he's about to cut down just another terrified shinobi, frozen in place after witnessing the carnage Shisui had inflicted on the ninja around them, Shisui's tanto is blocked by kunai held in familiar hands and he's sent back a few paces.

Shisui looks upon the face he fell in love with all those years ago; the light in his eyes have dulled over the years, though they're sharp with experience, he's trying to stifle the pain meeting again here like this means. He recognizes that the man who stands before him on this battlefield, primed to attack, has seen far too much in his life, yet none of that makes Shisui love every part of him any less.

Even now, he wants to run into his arms and kiss the pain from Taeru's vacant expression, even knowing how his partner dulls his emotions for battle and how much more difficult that'd make it for Tae.

But he can't.

Damn that Yakushi. Damn him and Orochimaru's twisted jutsu to hell.

Once this was all over, and everyone was rotting in the ground where they should be, Shisui would drag them both there if it was the last thing his fractured, beat up soul allowed him to do.

The battle is tense, filled with so many words held back by wavering restraint and grief; Tae's able to keep up with him but just barely, only with the help of his fellow shinobi and years of being at Shisui's side, memories that gnaw painfully at the edges of his heart with every blow.

Somehow, they manage to force him back between his monstrous attacks and fending off other poor, reanimated souls in the periphery. But Shisui was doing much more damage than everyone could tank, and even Tae's stamina was starting to wane.

In a last ditch effort, a plan was proposed.

While others kept Shisui busy, barely being able to withstand the sheer power of Shisui's Susanoo, Tae erased his presence - remaining hidden to prepare his final attack; a fuinjutsu that would bind them both and give everyone enough time to seal Shisui away.

The orders in control of his limbs made Shisui drive the tanto into his assailant's side before either realized, but that didn't matter - the plan was fully in motion now. Quickly, Tae formed one-handed signs as he trapped Shisui's arms and seals began to inch over both of their bodies.

Shisui was partially grateful that the Edo Tensei did not grant him many senses - just the bare minimum required to fight - the grief he'd have to die with for the second time, knowing the warmth of his lover's blood draining out onto the ground below them while Tae desperately tried to stop him.

The pain would surely turn him into a wraith.

This technique doomed them both; ironic how they were together so briefly in life but would be bound forever in death as the jutsu would slowly eat away at their bodies and souls, leaving nothing left.

The fact that Shisui wanted to cry so badly but was incapable, his body struggling against the one person he wanted to be held by after so long of wandering aimlessly after the Naka River, now that he was back in his arms but only in this twisted perversion of life and death - made him crave it more than ever.

As the seal overtook more and more of their forms, restraining movement and binding both men for the beginning of their eternity, Shisui used the last of his time to confess everything; his fears and hopes for a proper reincarnation, for a full life lived together, just how much he loved Tae and wished he was able to be at his side like he promised all those years ago.

Tae's only response, feeling his mind start to ebb away, was that there was no way he was going to let Shisui go somewhere he couldn't follow anymore, and wherever they were headed now, damnation or not, would be together.

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A little later on, once the Allied Forces developed a way to neutralize reanimated shinobi; Hyou wanted the earth to swallow him whole when he heard the details of his brother's sacrifice.

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Something a little self indulgent-

We all know Shisui's reknown and his "body flicker" moniker but I like to think that alongside that, Tae was one of the only people who could keep up with him as his partner Shisui complained that Tae never got the recognition he deserved partially from misogyny partially out of intention that used people's prejudices to his advantage

But Tae would just tell him that this works out in his favor because with Shisui in the spotlight no one expects his "shadow" to strike back, playing into Shisui's views on how shinobi should only move through darkness and never be lauded with high praise for protecting what they hold dear from the shadows

They were also close with Minato since Minato would've known Tae from birth through Jiraiya and once Tae started getting close with his team Minato got to know Shisui and Inaba as well, he'd come over occasionally to play the "cool mentor" role but the boys got to see his goofy side more often than not, especially when Kushina was around

Minato pops in on them when Tae and Shisui are sparring once and practicing the body flicker technique, Tae calls him Minato-san at first but corrects himself when Shisui immediately refers to him as Yondaime-sama a bit sheepishly because he caught them off guard From then on he'd give them pointers especially given that speed was his specialty and took pride in watching Tae and Shisui grow with what little time he had with these kids unbeknownst to any of them

Once they're a little older and fully fledged jonin Shisui tells Tae a little about the new technique he's trying to master with his sharingan, Tae sighs, tells Shisui not to go to far because no matter how high he climbs Tae's going to have to be the one to keep up with him, Shisui blushes a little bit then gives him a smile when he says that he's counting on his shadow to have his back In current day though I don't want to say he's on the same power level as A because that's too OP for my taste I think Tae could possibly match his speed briefly or at the very least dodge his attacks for a while

Ironic that once the whole massacre fiasco happens and Tae's brought in for unauthorized questioning Danzo orders Shikaku to employ Nara clan techniques on Tae that eventually break him and trigger his fight or flight to this day