Ah…well sh*t…

As Shirohi approached the gates his speed slowed, a sense of sadness washing over him as he had yet to spot Shizune. Did he make her wait too long? Or maybe he was early… Yea! He must be early.

Taking a seat near the gate Shirohi decided to wait for Shizune to show up, it had become tradition to meet her at the gates, something he actually looked forward to…

Sitting atop the gates a tall man with a decent build and waist length spiky hair tied back into a ponytail nudged the young girl next to him as he stifled a boisterous laugh, "See what did I tell you Shizune, he's got the hots for you," Shizune grumbled "Let me down…" Shizune lowered her head to hide the shade of red climbing her face, but the man's next words caused her to nearly fall off the gate.

"I'm gonna jump down and give him a fright," the smile adorning his face was anything but nice as he ignored Shizune's 'scream' "Jiraiya don't!"

Hearing an all too familiar voice 'scream' Shirohi instantly became alert not even processing her words, his hand moving towards his back snaking under his shirt. Seeing the large man appear in front of him caused him to bit his lip as he yanked free the kunai he 'happened to find' swinging it in a wide arc towards the man, the man; Jirayia went wide eyed at the sudden attack bending backwards to watch the kunai pass over his face.

Pulling the kunai back, Shirohi thrusted out kicking off the ground to put more force behind the attack. Sparks shot out from the collision of two kunai and Shirohi's arm drew back from the rebound, robbing him of his balance, at this moment Shirohi accepted the death he attempted to circumvent… However he flew through multiple emotions as a head of jet black hair jumped in between them, purely from instinct he reached out yanking on Shizune's kimono wrapping her into a hug with his back facing Jirayia his eyes closed tightly as he waited for the pain which never came…

Shizune's eyes were wide, tears starting to pool in the corners of her eyes as she realized what Shirohi had done… he had just sacrificed himself for her, he had shown his back to his 'enemy' pretty much guaranteeing his death.

"Oh… that might have been a bad idea… or a good one?~" Jirayia didn't seem too sure as he rubbed the back of his head with an awkward smile. With a cough he separated himself from this awkward situation by slowly walking backwards until he was past the gate before darting off towards the Senju Manor.

After hearing the cough Shirohi slowly made distance between himself and Shizune, he averted his eyes as he let out a whisper "Sorry…" Shizune frantically waved her hands "No!—" covering her mouth at her sudden outburst she slowly raised her hands to cover the rising blush… the two silently stood across from each other soaking in the awkward atmosphere unsure of what to do…

The awkward atmosphere was only broken when a guard who had watched the whole thing coughed, Shizune instantly spoke up as she ran past Shirohi grabbing his hand dragging him towards the Senju Manor "Come on, Tsunade's probably waiting for us!"

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[~48 Years AFK (A/N:AFK= After Formation of Konoha]

Hana Tensuki sat in an empty office despite her calm appearance, her mind was running a mile a minute, as she heard a set of footsteps coming down the hall she sharply inhaled… the air around her changed as thin streaks of white lightning danced through her hair before slowly fading as she exhaled.

Kurotsuki Tensuki was currently a livid man, for some reason that must be far beyond his intellect, his wonderfully gifted daughter. Kurotsuki released a blissful sigh at the thought of his daughter's potential… Ohh~ how much he had trained her, but she had tainted herself with that 'Civilian'… Kurotsuki snarled at the thought of the man. As he approached the door with his guard, he gently opened the door softly speaking "My wonderful daughter—" Hana 'rudely' interrupted "Father… I am pregnant."

Kurotsuki froze when did she learn that? He suddenly felt a wave of dizziness wash over him as his knees gave out from under him. His guard just sighed while sending Hana a disapproving look, Hana slowly looked away whilst twirling her fingers grumbling obscenities.

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As Shizune pulled Shirohi into the dining room he was surprised to find two extra faces at the table, sending a side-eye at one, he approached and introduced himself to the other with a curt bow "Evening, I'm Shirohi.'' The red haired women looked shocked for a moment before letting out a short laugh before slightly smiling "I like you dattebane," Sticking out her hand she introduced herself "Kushina Uzumaki'' she was oddly serious as Shirohi's hand began to close her fingers wrapped around his. He instantly clinched his hand into a fist, he nearly realized that she was trying to use his hand to form hand seals too late. He inched back cautiously warily, watching Kushina as her expression turned from confused to apologetic; she went to speak but couldn't find the words.

Shirohi looked at Shizune and Tsunade, seeing both of them looking at him made him realize that this was similar to the man… was this training?! While looking into her lap Kushina let out a sad whisper "Sorry dattebane…"

Shirohi felt like saying 'What?' but decided against it, instead he gave a shallow nod while he slowly took a seat next to Shizune before resting a napkin in his lap and beginning to eat while keeping some focus on Kushina and the spiky haired guy… The meal was slightly awkward with little small talk but Shirohi began to notice Jirayia 'sneakily' glancing at Tsunade. He watched as it slowly became more frequent, Shirohi watched as Jirayia always somehow got the perfect timing everytime… just like the looks 'that man' would give his mother…

The cup in Shirohi's hand exploded, thin arcs of white lightning dancing through his hair. Tsunade gasped, hurrying to his side her hands lighting up with a soft blue light. "Shirohi, are you okay?!" Jirayia watched Shirohi with narrowed eyes, Shizune just sat there frozen at what she had seen, her eyes slowly moving to Shirohi with her mouth slightly agape. Kushina just nodded towards Hitoshi with a smile before turning her attention to the food. Almost everyone in the room was relieved he didn't cut himself… while one was simply swimming through a flood of thoughts…