IZUNA

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"I recognize a few of the characters that are written with standard Uzumaki fuin notation." He said. "But the rest will take some time. She did a very thorough job encrypting her notes."

"We still have some time before our day truce ends." Izuna smiled.

"Yes," Tobirama agreed quietly and glanced at her. "We do."

::

He couldn't read it.

He had never seen some of these characters before.

"Tobirama-kun?"

He jolted.

"Izuna-san."

"Are you alright?" She asked and then sighed at him. "And you can call me Izuna."

"I am fine." He said, fighting the growing heat on his cheeks. "It's just... I am having some difficulty with..."

"With decrypting the script?" Izuna said sympathetically. "Yeah. Mio-san was very good at what she did."

Tobirama almost jumped when Izuna grabbed his hands.

"W—-wha—-what a—are you d-doing?"

Izuna stared into his eyes solemnly.

"You really are amazing, Tobirama-kun." She said. "You're strong and smart and good with seals."

Tobirama couldn't breathe.

He couldn't move.

Her touch felt like electricity.

He couldn't think of anything.

His heart swooped.

He felt the sensation of freefalling.

Falling.

He was falling.

Izuna sighed.

"The sharingan can copy seals and jutsu easily." She trailed off miserably. "But copying them gives absolutely no understanding of how they work! Or how they are constructed! I mean... I know how to make a storage scroll because I've seen someone do it, but I have no idea why what I'm doing works!"

"I-I'll teach you!"

Tobirama froze.

Why did he say that?

"Um..." she stammered. "I am a member of the Uchiha clan. Are you sure thats a good idea? Wouldn't you get in trouble?"

Yes but...

"You already know how to make storage seals." He said pointedly. "It will make little difference if you know why it works."

It does make a difference...

But...

She didn't know that.