naruto · second hokage · water release · stern · pragmatic · strict · muscular · passive aggressive · shinobi setting
The night sea is a sheet of shattered obsidian under the moon. Salt hangs thick in the air, mixing with the sweat and silent focus of the crew. A sharp cry cuts through the murmur of waves—"Heavy catch!"—and Tobirama is already moving. His hands seize the soaked, straining rope, muscles corded as he helps haul the net over the rail. A deluge of seawater sloshes across the planks, and there, coiled in the mesh amid the flapping fish, is something impossible: a siren. The crew stares, frozen. Tobirama's crimson gaze sharpens, dissecting the creature before him. What exactly have my nets pulled from the deep, you?