A therapist? Toka, when I was seven, I was already killing men twice my size and sleeping fine AFTERWARDS. I don't need help. I handled it beautifully. Don't need anyone to hold my hand.
Don't waste your breath diagnosing me. You wouldn't survive an hour of what I called childhood.
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"You act as if your generation had bettered something. But as far as I remember, the war had still been raging on while I was growing up as well, children were still sent to the battlefield. Besides, what makes you so sure that I haven't already killed men thrice my size at the age of seven? Far as I remember... You took the corners with the weaker enemy."
Toka huffed a laugh, her sharp eyes closing as she tried to surprws the amusement. Haahirama had asked her to train with Kaname, to show her some weaponry and how to handle it. Knowing full well that his cousin is a stern woman who isn't beyond yelling at a disciple until they are sobbing on the ground.
Kaname was an exemption. She adored her and Toka also couldn't deny, how much she wanted to laugh at the puns but she shouldn't. She hadn't been seen laughing that hard in public and she tried to keep that facade up.
"Oh, absolutely. Peak comedy. I’m practically photosynthesizing from sheer joy over here."
"And here I was, thinking you were a pervert for wanting to smash me..."
(referring to this answer xD https://www.tumblr.com/senjuhashirama/818376127593725952/liliummadara-asks-hm-hashirama-nows-my-turn?source=share and hi!! Ama here!!)
"Tōka, I'm not actually trying to smash you. I'm just trying to hype you up. And I will continue hyping you up, even if it ruins my reputation. Even if the clan exiles me on sight."
"I am sometimes so caught in between two emotions with you, Hashi-chan." Yes, she liked to give him a cute abbreviation of his name. She wasn't much older than him, maybe by a few months, but she absolutely loved to bank on this. Pull rank by age. "Either I really want to scoop you up, so I can baby you. And sometimes I do wonder if I should sit you down and have a serious talk about how to hype me up..."
He hated it when she called him Hashi-chan. First, his name was Hashirama. Second, he always felt too young and infantile.
"You deserve to be hyped up, Toka. Everytime I see you, or everytime you enter the room, I feel like I can hear a Coldplay song playing..." he said as he tried to hype her up again.
Toka squinted her eyes at her cousin. She even made a show of leaning in closer, it almost made her look like she was straining to hear him but then she whispered. "I do hope it is one of the good songs at least. Though I think you need something a little more.. girly pop for me. I am trying to pick up a pretty woman after all."
Has an absolute authority. His word overrides the council. It's an inherited position - the first child inherits the position.
Senjus' Council
A group of shinobi who advise the leader.
They have more soft power - influence, traditions, not a final say.
They are usually conservative, war-focused, traditionalistic, rigid.
If one dies, they are replaced by someone else who is voted in or selected by the Clan Leader.
2. Economy & Poverty
The Senju are mercenaries, not nobility.
They don't own land, they don't collect taxes, they don't have a stable income.
Their money comes from:
paid missions
escort jobs
bounty hunting
protection contracts
occasional alliances with daimyō
This income is:
unstable
seasonal
dependent on war
dependent on reputation
easily sabotaged by rival clans
this is why they send children to wars with other clans, because more fighters = more money = less starvation
Mission Payment structure
Senju shinobi keep most of their mission earnings, but are required to give approximately 25% to the clan treasury as tax.
This system exists because:
the clan needs communcal funds for food, medicine, weapons, and repairs
individual shinobi still need personal money for clothing, tools, repairs, and small comforts
it prevents total poverty while still supporting the clan as a whole
it encourages shinobi to take missions without feeling exploited
it's a balanced survival system, not a feudal one.
it reinforces communal responsibility, clan loyalty, shared survival, but it can also create tension
3. Senju Clan Household Structure
The Senju don't live in one house
They live in one compound, which is essentially a mini-village, enclosed by wooden and brick walls, and guarded gates.
Inside it contains:
Training yards
Dojos
Storage buildings
Weapon storages
Medical tents
The famous Senju diner
Family houses:
Each family has a house of their own in the compound. Those are usually Japanese traditional houses. They have a kitchen, fireplace
The Senju Diner/Eatery:
The Senju have a communal diner run by older clan members and aunties who no longer fight. It serves food for lunch and dinner. At night, it becomes a drinking place.
It serves:
rice
broth
pickled vegetables (tsukemono)
fish when available
ume
cheap, filling food
People eat there because:
food is sometimes rationed
not every shinobi has time to cook
it reinforces clan unity
it keeps children fed when their parents are on missions
It's also a place where:
gossip spreads
alliances form
people drink
elders argue
there's no privacy
4. Senju Clan & Spirituality
The Senju are not a religious clan. Mainly because their worldview mirrors the cultural reality of Japan.
People don't follow strict doctrine or belong to exclusive religious institutions.
Instead they practice:
seasonal rituals
ancestor offerings
purification customs
shrine visits
festivals
but they do not:
worship a single god
pray to deities
believe in divine punishment
follow a goly book
have clergy dictating morality
belong to a church-like structure.
It's a culture of ritual and tradition without dogma and theology. Their worldview is shaped by survival, community, nature, the cycle of seasons, the memory of the death. They believe in omens as every culture does.
●●●●● | ATTRACTION
This man is a *hunk* of a man. Not only that, he even wields swords that are bigger and probably almost as heavy as himself. Toka isn't really interested in most men, unless they offer something very special: brute power. Barrel does have that. Even when he appears to play dumb.
●●○○○ | AFFECTION
No affection. At least none that go beyond sex. Her attraction and affection towards him a purely out of sexual nature.
●●●○○ | INTEREST
Of course ther ei sinterest, she wants to know more about that man. She wants to know who he truly is. Who is hiding behind that mask of a himbo, who claims to only be able to swing a sword and be able to eat her out for sports. She wants to unravel him while he's deep within her.. Wanting to know which name she has to moan
○○○○○ | LOYALTY
She feels no loyalty towards him. He is a slave of the Senju after all.
●○○○○ | TRUST
Trust is minimal. As she doesn't truly know him, his origin, where he came from or whom he worked for prior to being bought by general Ku, she can only trust that his chains will be strong enough to hold him back.
"And here I was, thinking you were a pervert for wanting to smash me..."
(referring to this answer xD https://www.tumblr.com/senjuhashirama/818376127593725952/liliummadara-asks-hm-hashirama-nows-my-turn?source=share and hi!! Ama here!!)
"Tōka, I'm not actually trying to smash you. I'm just trying to hype you up. And I will continue hyping you up, even if it ruins my reputation. Even if the clan exiles me on sight."
"I am sometimes so caught in between two emotions with you, Hashi-chan." Yes, she liked to give him a cute abbreviation of his name. She wasn't much older than him, maybe by a few months, but she absolutely loved to bank on this. Pull rank by age. "Either I really want to scoop you up, so I can baby you. And sometimes I do wonder if I should sit you down and have a serious talk about how to hype me up..."
Gently she cards the hair together, keeping it up and out of Kaname's face before tying them up into a knot. Removing her own hair hair stick, she uses it to keep Kaname's bun in place. "This should keep it off your neck and back." Toka usually has a rather gruff appearance, a woman that is prideful and strong.. But she often becomes soft around those she cares for.