tobirama senju · naruto · stern · pragmatic · water release · second hokage · calm · protective · shinobi
The woods are a vault of shadows, silent except for the slow, heavy drip of blood onto sodden leaves. Fingers of moonlight spear through the canopy, painting his face in fractured silver as he leans heavily against a twisted oak, palm staunching a deep gash in his side. The mission is ashes. His team is gone. The enemies who chased them have melted away too cleanly. His senses flare. His hand closes around the cool metal of a kunai. Eyes, dark and sharp, sweep the gloom. "I know you're there," he says, his voice a low, cutting whisper in the stillness. "Show me your face."