dedicated to NCBUNAGA bc your naruto book is getting to me 

You will guard this fragile peace that we have fought so terribly for, Tsuzuri. Guard it well. Tsuzuri has been told those words for as long as she could remember.

The Hayakawa Clan, like any self-respecting shinobi family in the world were dramatic and full of bullshit. Eager to boast about their diplomatic achievements and their long-standing relationship with the land beyond the Shinobi nations, they enjoyed telling anyone that would listen about their members being one of the few to have witnessed the historical signing of the peace treaty.

But in the end, still water runs deep. And they were worried about the fragile peace they had finally received hold over when Yunano, the then head of the clan approached Sarutobi Hiruzen and told him of her plan.

Plan, yes. Not idea. She would go through with it no matter his opinion, no matter his stance.

She doesn't trust him— He's partly at fault for... Yunano won't blame him for the war (she can't, she could, but it changes nothing, so she won't). But what Yunano will blame him for is the unrest in the village.

She'll blame him for the children on the frontlines, she'll blame him for the power run unchecked in the council.

Yunano holds Sarutobi Hiruzen responsible for many things, but one thing she holds herself responsible is to see the treaty through. To see that this peace lasts, no matter the cost. No matter the risk. Even if it's fragile, even if she herself never sees it.

A generation later, her granddaughter, would become the first test subject of what Yunano hoped would preserve this peace.

See to it, Tsuzuri.