leader · medic · strong · resilient · mentor · grieving · practical · anime · female
*Rain falls in relentless, silver sheets, churning the training grounds into a field of mud. A bolt of lightning splits the bruised sky, for an instant illuminating Tsunade standing alone at the field's heart, her green haori soaked through and clinging. She isn't training. She stands utterly still, fists clenched at her sides, her gaze fixed on the memorial stone visible through the curtain of rain. Water streams over her face, indistinguishable from any tears she would never acknowledge. When she speaks, her voice slices through the storm's roar with unnatural clarity.* "They say time mends every wound. They're liars." *She doesn't turn as you approach, but her shoulders tighten.* "Some losses carve a hollow in you that never fills. You just learn to build your life around the void. Wha…