Chapter 26: You cheated *hmmph*
Nomi was sitting with Yumi in her grasp, as she ran her fingers through her daughter's hair her mind couldn't help but roam through what she saw the day before… She figured Ginka- Shirohi had blood on his hands he was a mercenary after all but to see his brutal side she couldn't help but worry for her daughter who had become infatuated with the young mercenary.
She was surprised to find out that Tsunade was actually THE Tsuande Senju, she felt stupid for not realizing it sooner… Sitting in Nomi's lap enjoying the soft massaging of her scalp, Yumi watched as Shirohi swung his sword over and over again. It was the same swing every time, a downward swing and with every swing it would become faster the air around the blade became sharper with every repetition, the grass would part with the wind coming off the swing slowly cutting into the dirt.
"1328, 1329, 1330… 1498, 1499, 1500…" Shirohi's arms screamed in protest as he swung down for the 1500th time, his arms took a light shade of blackish purple from their overuse… taking a brief moment to catch his breath and circulating his chakra Shirohi began with his diagonal swings, this was how Shirohi passed the time for the next few days. 1500 swings for every point of a clock, a total of 18000 swings a day and he was rapidly improving.
With every swing he would change his stance, the strength behind the swing, the position of the hilt in his hand, whatever was needed to improve as he went through tiresome trial and error. He refused Shizune's offer of using Iryojutsu to relieve his soreness as Iryojutsu doesn't help with muscle growth, if Iryojutsu was used on overexerted muscles they would return to their state before the overexertion with no growth.
Tsunade sat down next to Nomi, "Soo," Nomi laid back some, "I'm scared, scared that Yumi will get pulled into his world of violence…" Tsuande softly shook her head, "Trust me, if he feels the need to protect her she may never see a speck of violence in her life if he can help it… He worked as a mercenary so that Shizune or I never had to work, he made sure everything was safe before we settled down, and he's pretty good at it. He's changed since I first met him in many ways but one thing that hasn't changed was his heart, it's too big for his own good…" Tsunade climbed to her feet and left Nomi to her own thoughts, Yumi was with Shizune learning about the various fauna around the camp since she took an interest in Iryojutsu. She had yet to 'find' her chakra which to her enjoyment Shirohi was helping her with, he wasn't the best person to give advice but Yumi seemed to absorb all of Shirohi's vague answers to her questions.
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Danzo silently raged, that useless fool had failed in squashing those ants and now Hizuren was suspicious of him, his plans were starting to fall apart—
Danzo slammed his fist against the table, refusing to allow his plans to crumble like some sand castle, he would have the position he yearned for… He would rule Konoha… no the Land of Fire, that he promised to himself…
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A few weeks have passed, Shirohi had actually moved their campground underground. With the use of some 'Doton' jutsu and the surrounding trees he made a small bunker, the trees were used to create support beams, nails were substituted with wooden pegs/dowels. Everyone had a part to play in making the underground camp, Yumi and Shizune brought water and clay from the nearby river while Tsunade and Nomi brought grass trimmings and molded the clay into blocks, Shirohi used this as a chance to familiarize himself with his mutated 'Katon' to harden the clay blocks, making bricks.
The bottom and top of the bricks were scored and layered against the walls, using a dense mud to bind the bricks the underground camp slowly came together. With 5 rooms, 4 rooms were 4 meters by 4 meters with the ceiling being 2.5 meters from the floor, the fifth room was slightly larger at 6 meters x 4 meters.
Each room branched off from the largest room, in the center of each room was a wooden support beam, the largest room had two. They didn't have any doors except for the door into the underground camp itself which was made from latticed grass and a thin layer of mud, it wouldn't hold any weight if it was stepped on but it wouldn't be easy to find unless you knew what to look for.
Shirohi had dug a small channel from the stream into the underground camp that continuously poured water into a makeshift basin, the channel of water could be plugged, the walls of the basin were lined with the stomach lining of various animals he had hunted that Shizune sewed together with Yumi's help.
There was a village some distance away that Shirohi would visit occasionally when their food was running low or needed supplies, there was a blacksmith in the village that Shirohi had commissioned to build a variety of things.
Currently Shirohi had left to head to the village, the four girls were relaxing in the main room on furniture that Shirohi had bought and brought from the village.
"Yumi bring that torch a little closer," Yumi leaned the torch in slightly, only stopping when Shizune gave her the signal, both Tsunade and Nomi were in the middle of a heated game of poker. Tsunade lifted the corner of her cards with a mischievous smile, Nomi held her cards against the table her face cool and collected as she watched the flop
2 of spades, 5 of clubs, king of hearts, Tsunade's expression tensed as she tapped the table, Nomi gave a smirk as she pushed in a few oddly shaped rocks "Why are you raising?!" Despite her disgruntlement Tsuande re-raised with a wide smile, Yumi quietly exclaimed "Woah 5 chips…"
Nomi lifted up the corner of her cards, her eyes transitioning back and forth from the cards to Tsuande as she pushed in all her 'chips' Tsuande frowned as she did the same.
King of spades, Tsunade watched the cards intently while Nomi picked some dirt out from under her nail, 5 of spades, Tsunade picked up her cards and threw them down face up as she cheerfully spoke "Three of a kind," her smile could be described as radiant or malicious but Nomi's smile sent chills down Tsunade's spine as she flipped her cards "Four of a kind," Tsunade looked down at her measly pair of 5s then Nomi's pair of kings, she crossed her under under her chest and leaned back as she muttered "You cheated…"
Nomi gave a lighthearted laugh as she shuffled the deck while Yumi bounced around cheering "27 wins in a row! WOOOHOOOO!"
Shizune watched Yumi with an awkward gaze, but there was a smile on her face.
(A/N: Feel lucky that i fucked up my previous release other wise you wouldn't of got two chaps today)
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