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"Once upon a time, when people used to fight over the land. There were two great main families each having royal ancestral roots. There exists no evidence of them being enemies before allies but none can deny that these two were the ones responsible for founding the very first village in the history of old Japan. A great village on this land named Konohagakure, that would become one of the oldest and greatest cities in Japan under the name Konoha. But then the two families fell into conflict so deep it drove them apart, ending up with one overtaking the Konohagakure's whole reign and the other defeated, its people dispersed not to raise their family name ever again. Till this day nobody can reach the defeated family's name. If not for the record's left of its existence in the first in the foundation of the Village, people would've thought it a legend." Hana-san finished her retelling of Konoha's old legend, then looked at the pretty young lady sitting next to her at Hana's yard, waiting for her response.
"That's quite an interesting iteration of the story, Hana-san. Is the family that took over Konohagakure still around?" The pretty lady said, Hana wasn't offended when she didn't introduce herself at first, Hana didn't have such an old mentality despite what her 55 years of age might entail, she is a dope Grandma.
"hoho of course! They aren't merely 'still exist' but they're one of the strongest families to exist in the whole of Japan! You look quite smart not to have heard of The Uchiha family. Who doesn't know their name when they've so many handsome men in their family."
"I heard that oka-san." said Akamaru-san, Hana's son.
"If I complemented how they dominate most fields from their farms to them making the biggest films and J-dramas, would this have satisfied you? What is an old lady like me gonna do with their big brains? All I will take from this life is having handsome people cleansing my eyes. I heard their dicks are as big as their brains as well." the last part was said in a hushed voice meant solely for the Lady's ears.
Akamaru-san's bone deep sigh was evidence enough that Hana-san was heard regardless. He then looked at their guest and said "Please, Excuse my mother. She is just excited to have a new neighbor, i couldn't hold her from chatting with you. If it's alright with you, May we know our beautiful neighbor's name?"
Red eyes looked up at Akamaru's eager face before lowering her head in a respectful bow, then she spoke
"Tobirama. Senju Tobirama. Please take care of me."
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2 weeks ago
"Officer Senju Tobirama, for your bravery and your honesty in serving the people and keeping our city safer for the masses, the entirety of Kawasaki is grateful for having a diligent Police officer such as yourself. We grant you the 'Police Officer of The Year' award. Congratulations."
Right hand raised in the formal salute sign, left feet tapping the ground once with the perfect force behind it, Tobirama looked ahead of her, proudly marching forward to receive her prized shield, shaking hands with her Chief, then shaking hands with Kawasaki's Mayor Assistant. Sounds of cameras flashing weren't loud enough to drown out Kawa-san very loud cheer from the attendance.
*Back at the Office*
"I can't believe my freedom days came this fast." Kawa-san said in a chirping tone, Tobirama couldn't help but raise an unimpressed eyebrow at the older man's antics before saying "Don't worry you will find another poor soul to torment very soon." Her tone, dry as the desert, didn't faze Kawa from laughing out loud before retorting "referring to yourself with 'poor soul' ha! HAHAHAHA. Tobi, your sense of humor is the thing i will most miss about you."
He took in a deep wistful breath before continuing "I still remember the first day you joined my unit as if it was yesterday. You were too young I thought you were there to report a case, and when i asked 'Do you need something?' you looked at me with a gaze full of judgement before turning around and saying you can't accept me for a senpai and request a change of units. You were so fcking rude but as your elder i needed to stay calm to set a good example of patience, so naturally I didn't comment on such naive behavior."
"Kawa- senpai, you didn't say anything because your jaw was still hanging open with shock." Itadori, unit 2 youngest cop, interrupted before Kawa-san slammed him over the head.
"Ita-kun, why don't you go out and leave the adults to finish their talk?"
Itadori grumbled under his breath something that suspiciously sounded like "grumpy old man", before going out of Tobirama's office shutting the door behind him.
Kawa continued "You were the worst officer i had to train for all my 30 years of work. The amount of stress your judgemental stares, raised eyebrows, utterly disappointed sighs put me through was so astronomical it made me cry. Not to mention your utter lack of self-preservation and safety measures, your first day on ground and you were already chasing a suspect that had a loaded gun IGNORING MY ORDERS OF NO INTERFERENCE."
"I saved your ass from getting suspended for letting the suspect run off under your nose, didn't I? It seems i didn't teach you how to be thankful yet should i postpone my transfer a little longer OLD. MAN?" Tobirama said in a teasing tone.
"THIS GIRL I SWEAR!!" Kawa-san said in a calm manly way ,totally not screeching like a kettle about to explode, "Let's see if your utterly disasterous attitude will stay like that you would be responsible of a team of your own as well. I hope you get a team full of brats that would make you hypertensive."
"UwU Kawa- senpai you needn't praise me this much. I know how special i am." Tobirama said with a fake flick of hair in the older man's face.
Kawa-san turned serious dropping his overdramatic act before he asked "You are seriously going to Konoha. Why?"
"Why not?" Tobirama said, busing her hands with packing her belongings from her office.
"Maybe it has something to do with you requesting to be transferred to Konoha's Police Department after their last Chief got exposed for bribery. While you could've chosen the MUCH BETTER offer of staying here in Kawasaki's Head Office. Why are you choosing to get a lower ranking department than getting promoted in your current one? So what have caught your eye this much?"
Hagromo Kawa wasn't an idiot, he wouldn't have survived to become one of the best Detectives in Japan if he was. The moment he heard Tobirama requested a transfer to Konoha's Police office, he knew his wild junior was planning something. No sane cop wanted to be placed in Konoha, not when the real rulers of the city were both but well dressed criminals, Tobirama might be a wild lioness chasing criminals like a predator might, some criminals were safer not be messed with. With that in mind, he had to make sure she doesn't end up getting herself killed because she doesn't know when to stop.
"Is it about that case?" He waited for Tobirama to drop the *i am busy* act to answer.
Tobirama looked at him, her gaze steadfast and decided, before opening her mouth to say "On 10 /10 / 2023, we were chasing down a case of drug dealers, you got shot in the shoulder before telling me that you trust me in your life and your death, that no matter what happens i have to survive to make sure your body is buried. I trust you to retrieve my body if I go messing, you know."
Kawa has, regrettably, seen so many fools throw their lives away chasing the justice for their loved ones, to be shaken with such words. That doesn't mean his heart didn't feel heavy each time he witnessed it. He looked at his dear junior's young face, finding her staring back with a slight smirk, it didn't erase his worries not one bit but he didn't have anything else but to support this fool. He moved closer to Tobirama patting her hair and said "My joints are too old to be carrying dead bodies around ya! Make sure you stay alive and arrest whoever was the murder quickly. Stop worrying this old man for you, you ungrateful brat." That made Tobirama laugh amusedly, before she bowed to her Senpai one last time.
She will never forget how Kawa-san was the one who taught her everything she knew. If she was truthful with herself, Kawa-san was the father she would've liked to have growing up. She will miss him but she needed to know the truth, she needed to know who killed him.
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Back to the present
Tobirama now sat at the table in the living room of her new home, a small house 1 and half hours to reach the Police station and away from the noises of the big city's noises, and she has already met her neighbors. An old lady named Park Hana, 55 years old, widow and has three children 1 son and 2 daughters, all married and only staying with her son, his wife and his daughter. Park Akamaru, 30 years old, Hana's eldest son, has a cheerful personality and works as an engineer. The fact that investigations revealed no interesting things about the family, it's still early to exclude them from the suspects circle. Her intention of choosing this exact house, even though it would be a pain in the ass to go to work daily from here, even with her car. Tobirama didn't mind though as long as she would be able to catch any new information other than the blank pages stating "Suicide" as the cause of death. She didn't mind even if it meant staying in the home he stayed in before his death.
Right now though, she needed to get ready and go to her office unless she wanted to be late in her first day. That won't do, Kawa-san told her to set a better example. A smile tugged at her lips upon remembering her old man, she didn't resist it. "Time to be a responsible adult and torture the newbies of Konoha's office" Tobirama said to no one before she cleaned up the table from her breakfast, she put the dishes in the sink not feeling like washing them yet. She went to her room to dress.
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At Konoha's Police Department
"yo Are you sure it's safe to relax like this?"
*his senpai made some nonsensical sounds with all the food in his mouth*
Renma said once more "you know they say the new Chief officer will be coming this week. Is it really safe to be lounging around instead of working? They say he is a grumpy old man with white hair, and he is so easy to get offended. We don't know what he would make us do! What if he is too strict that he punishes us? Or worse transfers us to the countryside Police where we will face a dangerous serial killer that kills his victims in cold blood in the worst ways unimaginable and when we fail to arrest him the nation will hold us accountable and we lose our jobs just to discover that the serial killer was the nice traffic officer ALL ALONG"
his rant was cut off with a hand slapped on his mouth
"Breath."
"Yes, amazing now calm your horses and continue breathing. Ay, all that over some sandwiches. You ruined my appetite so bad i don't want to continue to eat." Ramo, 40 yo police officer on desk duty, said
a look at the empty plates earned Renma a single eyebrow raised in challenge to voice his thoughts, bad for his Senpai that he cared too much for his life not to risk getting strangled over some burgers, he only averted his eyes mumbling an apology to Ramo Senpai.
"Anyway, you are worrying yourself too much. 'serial killers in the countryside' my ass. Are we in one of your K-dramas? This is real life ya! We don't have to worry about serial killers when we already know how all the big cases get handled here."
"W..what do you mean?" Renma asked wryly.
"I am not saying this to discourage you Renma-kun, but you're still new and young. It'd be better for you if you learned how to look the other way if you really want to keep your job."
*wide eyes stared back at Ramo, while he leaned down to continue in a much lower voice*
"In this city, we ,the police, aren't the ones who are truly keeping the crime rate reasonable. It's the big boss of the criminals that's keeping a tight leash on everyone else. The Police Department here, even in the big department knows of his existence and influence and that's why they can't touch him. I have been working here for 18 years and every officer who tried to dig into The Big Boss's business always got fired or ,if they got lucky, were transferred to another Department away from here. So instead of worrying about imaginary scenarios, you should be worried you don't dig your leg in the mud. You didn't need to worry about the new Chief either, he's sure to already have had his cash under the table. These people don't want to bring someone who may cause them problems."
Suddenly Renma found his whole world falling on his person. All the years he spent in university dreaming of the day he would help arrest all the criminals, okay maybe not ALL he was a realistic person after all, but THIS....this felt like he is nothing but a useless cheater in a job that's supposed to help keep society safe. How is he supposed to go home knowing he can't make the world a little bit safer for his family when the police he is now part of can't even arrest criminals.
"Aw don't sulk like that Renma-kun. You can still arrest criminals and help society and achieve all the fresh-off-university dreams you have! Just not the cases that concern the Big Boss."
"Who exactly am I supposed not to mess with? Who is this 'Big Boss'? At this point it feels like you're saying all this as some sadistic prank, Ramo- senpai."
a light slap on the back of his head and then "That's for raising your
Suddenly Remo looked the younger man dead in the eyes and stated; "Uchihas. The Big Boss is an Uchiha so you don't mess with ANY Uchiha. Most of all the Uchihas Madman. Nobody plays with Uchiha Madara."
The sound of a car's loud motor parking followed shortly by loud gasping and panicking of familiar voices, those of their friends near the Police station's gate, pulling Ranmo and Ramo out of their gossip, heads turned in search for the cause of such chaos then.....
The world came to an utter halt, everything and everyone holding their breaths for the scene happening before them.
Outside the station stood two figures one ,a woman, white short hair with red eyes, white shirt, black jeans with the very much familiar Police belt around her waist, gun dangled in one hand while the other clasped around the very expensive looking suit's collar the other figure was wearing. A man with long dark hair pulled in a tasteful low ponytail, adorning a black suit with black undershirt that likely would cost Ranmo his kidneys.
Before the whole Konoha Police Station stood a crazy woman with a gun dragging none other than Uchiha Madara. How did this even happen?
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"I am so going to get transferred to the countryside office." Renma mumbled under his breath.