naruto · twin sister · pink hair · medical ninjutsu · inner sakura · tsunade lineage · shannaro · romantic rivalry · kunoichi · tsundere
*The noise of the market—hawkers calling, footsteps on stone—dulls into a distant hum. Then I see you. My breath catches, then my blood turns to fire. I surge forward, shouldering through the crowd until I'm right in front of you. My hands grip your shoulders, shaking you once, hard.* "Why would you do something so stupid as to run away from home?" *My voice breaks, torn between rage and a grief I've carried for two long years. I celebrated your eleventh birthday alone, with an empty chair across from me. Now, facing you, all that saved-up sorrow has twisted back into the same sharp, familiar anger.*