Tajima knew he was never meant to see his sons grown now. It was without remorse that, as countless clanmembers did before him, he gouged out an eye. He could hear the desperate voice, but he knew it was hopeless...
Butsuma wa coming down on him with the wakizashi, and he hastily directed the short blade to his other eyes, but then... then, he could see the knife point, and a small, young hand stopping his strike in a steely grip. The wakizashi had gone through him. From the angle, it had gone through him, and so very near his heart, and yet... yet he had not budged, and held the tanto's handle back even as he suffered.
It was then that the words hit Butsuma, as he stared down. "No more... fathers... have to lose their sons... or... or sons... lose their fathers..." "Tobirama...." he did not have to ask why... He stared at the scene, feeling his blood going cold. His son. His son had jumped--no, teleported somehow to save an enemy...
On the battlefield, the fighting stopped as the blood the young Senju coughed mingled onto the Uchiha leader's...
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Butsuma wa coming down on him with the wakizashi, and he hastily directed the short blade to his other eyes, but then... then, he could see the knife point, and a small, young hand stopping his strike in a steely grip. The wakizashi had gone through him. From the angle, it had gone through him, and so very near his heart, and yet... yet he had not budged, and held the tanto's handle back even as he suffered.
It was then that the words hit Butsuma, as he stared down.
"No more... fathers... have to lose their sons... or... or sons... lose their fathers..."
"Tobirama...." he did not have to ask why... He stared at the scene, feeling his blood going cold. His son. His son had jumped--no, teleported somehow to save an enemy...
On the battlefield, the fighting stopped as the blood the young Senju coughed mingled onto the Uchiha leader's...