Homecoming
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It starts with a bottle of umeshu, freely given. Tobirama sets it down slowly, condensation beading on rounded glass, dripping lazily onto her desk. Her face is haggard and she looks more ghost than human but her eyes are sharp and clear, defiance streaked in red.
“An apology,” she says, words neatly clipped.
Madara is not sure what has changed between them.
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- Part 1 of Homecoming
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“Izuna.” There is little chance of her name being recognized this far from home. Her ponytail has long since drifted down the Naka. Her clothes are in the style of those worn by those who reside in Mizu-no-Kuni. She has nothing to tie her to the home she had left. Her accent means little. There’s been enough unrest to cause mass displacement. A foreigner is hardly treated with any suspicion. "My name is Izuna"
Her name is foreign on her tongue. It’s been months since anyone addressed her as such. There is no one to address her as such. No one knows her. Not here.
Bittersweet in a comforting way. At first, at least. Her home is long gone. She left nothing of significance behind.
She’s alone now. Just as she had expected.
Perhaps what she deserved.
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- Part 2 of Homecoming