Kagami Uchiha

He checked the fridge and the freezer, and the freezer seemed stocked enough to whip up a meal with. He still went to the supermarket to buy some fresh vegetables and cucumbers.

At Kagami's, he cooked with all the ingredients except the cucumbers. Should he set a precedent that they should eat together? He didn't want to, but he did want to spend time with him.

Honestly, he treated her like one. Probably the other woman he would ever treat as such.

The set up was perfect on his end, every piece was falling into place and it left him feeling lighter than ever. It was the ultimate step from prying Orochimaru away from Hiruzen and Danzo, the last step of stealing one more thing they were so perversely proud of. Another brick to bring dow-.. yet somehow it also made him feel a tightness in his chest... Guilt? Hah! As if.. no. No that couldn't be possible.

Part one / Part Two

Bonuses:

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"..."

It's a tempting offer.

Danzo began to unhook Kagami from hooks and other entrapments. He left the mittens on. Just to be sure. "Shower then. Let's get up." He brought Kagami through the hallway and to the communal shower. He

The tiles were a mossy green colour. The wetroom had showerheads with warm water at a fixed temperature. They also had hoses on a temperature that the guards controlled. Danzo slowly began to undress himself, ridding himself of his coat and overshirt. He kept his mesh shirt and his trousers.

The satisfaction it caused was twisted, it gave Kagami such a powerful reign over Danzo even though right here, he was hopelessly defensless and dependant on the other man's mercy. Water was already raining down from the showerhead, a fixed temperature that he still remembered even from the ANBU barracks, but here it seemed to be a luxury to be granted the warmth. First he let his head get wet, water thoroughly soaking through tangled curls, through hair that had only soaked up moisture from the silken trheads. next he let his body get covered in the clear liquid, letting the first bits of debris and dirt being washed off his skin. It was liberating as much as it cleaned him off a certain kind of armor.. The enhanced silk that his moths had spun around his body, the silk that had kept him alive and well for many years. And while for a moment his back had been turned towards Danzo, he did have the audacity to simply turn around and face the Shimura. simply for the other to have a good look on his whole body.

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Healing wasn't something Hashirama did often. He was avoiding it when he could. It felt too personal, it felt like his chakra was prying into someone else, while simultaneously healing them. "He's your friend, right? Shimura Danzo. He's a good friend. He will be happy when he sees you. Keep such friends close," he continued talking.

He placed his palms gently on Kagami's abdomen, like he was afraid he would cause more pain, more damage, but his fingers still brushed over the bloody wounds.

The blue glow of his healing chakra pervasively seeped through through the pores and into Kagami's body, spreading with warm insistence. It found Kagami's pulse and diffused into it like a red wine spilling into a river, stimulating cells to divide, repairing the damaged tissue. It wove through the bloodstream, into his chest, his neck, into his fingertips, into every corner of his body, sending ripples around each wound Kagami suffered. The torn flesh began to seal itself, in synchrony with Hashirama's nourishing chakra.

As the chakra permeated the synapses, triggering the body's natural regeneration, he continued speaking.

"You know, Tobirama talks about you a lot, more than he realizes. He says you are a kind person. He doesn't even say that about me. He will get angry if I lose you," he said as the minutes passed by.

Aches slowly faded, making way for the normal sensation of his nerves that then stopped to constantly fire off about discomfort, about the things bruised, aboout infested wounds or bones broken. Even his throat slowly felt like the scratchy dryness disappeared some and it slowly made him feel like he was getting more clear, his mind fully picking up on words spoken. "He does...?", and yes, Kagami truly felt honored by that. Honored and yet a tad bit guilty because right now, it seemed like Tobirama almost had lost him.

The air in his lungs tightened for a moment, the buildup of blood finally easing up, yet having more room for air made them hurt in that odd way how cold air felt like burning. Kagami took a breath and coughed immediately, bringing up some of the coagulated mass that ha dbeen sitting there, a vile stench coming from the infection it had cooked within. "I am sorry," Kagami wheezed out, lips trembling slightly with the strain. ".. I am sorry for-.. almost making him lose me." Not that he could have changed it much, fate was a terrible thing that gave and destroyed things in mere seconds. Yet he felt like he should have fought harder, he should have sensed it sooner. There was this devastating thought that he should have known.

At least... somehow.

"Ah-?" Kagami was a bit taken back from.the question, it made him fidget slightly with a nervous feeling. "... Happiness." He then admitted quietly, his gaze wandering off to look into the distance next to Hashirama. "... Not happiness in the way.. "