#sasuke takes your staring as a challenge

[hopelessbromantic3652]

sasuke givin you the criminal offensive side eye

snsmonth day 2: possessive

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[crusty-chronicles]

Airheaded S/O Headcannons #5 Kakashi (Naruto)

He had known about you since he was a child.

And at that time he absolutely hated you

How could someone so careless and utterly dimwitted be a shinobi?

You were constantly fumbling missions

You were never on time (actually getting lost on the way there)

And you could never take hints

It was a miracle you never died.

But as he grew older and everything with the 3rd Shinobi War, he sort of forgot about you.

He wouldn't run into you again until after he started teaching Team 7.

Naruto had pointed out a new squad's unusual training methods.

"Look at those weirdos! They're balancing an egg on their finger! And I thought you were weird Kakashi-Sensei. Ha! Their teacher must be insane!"

The boy wasn't wrong, it was odd, but that's more of a thought he should've kept to himself.

Especially since the squad heard him

One of them lost focus and dropped their egg.

The other gave up in favor of chewing Naruto out.

And the last kept their cool.

It was complete chaos.

"How dare you insult our sensei! I'll have you know they're one of the strongest Shinobi the Leaf has!"

"Yeah right! If they're so great why haven't I heard of them!?!"

"I haven't even told you their name yet you loudmouth!"

Kakashi was about the intervene, (trying not to cause a bigger scene) when the boy arguing with Naruto was hoisted up by a familiar figure.

"Ryuuuu~You know better than to pick a fight."

The boy lost all the fight in him and hung his head in shame.

"I know, but he was disrespecting your training."

And then Kakashi saw you in full.

That dimwitted kid he assumed would become nothing, was right in front of him.

You'd become a teacher and a Jonin.

And you still had that overly dopey look.

"Then you'll just have to prove him wrong, won't you?"

And it seems you actually matured.

He decided now would be the best time to re-indroduce himself.

He was curious to know just how the hell you got where you were.

"Y/n, long time no see."

And you gave him the blankest stare he's ever received in his life.

He felt a little self-conscious then because what if you had held a grudge for the way he treated you as a kid.

"I'm sorry??? Who are you???"

You didn't remember him??????

"Kakashi. We were acquaintances when we were kids. You were in Gai's squad right?"

Usually when people heard his name, it was immediate recognition.

But you continued to give him a blank stare for another two minutes before the dots finally connected.

"Oh...Ohhhhhh!"

Thanks goodness

"You're Gai's rival! The one he could never beat! How cool I get to meet you in the flesh!"

Kakashi was distraught because not only did you not remember him, but you only recalled him from Gai's stories.

But maybe it was a good thing you didn't remember him.

He could start fresh

And it would be nice to have someone to talk to that didn't constantly challenge him.

So he keeps finding ways to bump into you, just to take a peak inside that mind of yours

Realizes that no, you haven't outgrown your stupidity.

And it's not an act like his carefree facade

You still trip over nothing

You still have trouble deciphering secret documents

And you still can't find your way to meeting areas.

But unlike Kakashi's 'An old lady needed help' excuse, you just right out and say you got lost

And it catches him off guard everytime.

Your students adore you and after teaming up with your squad, he understands why

Whenever Naruto and Sasuke fight, he let's them sort it out themselves.

When your students fight, you make them perform such an outrageous act, that they forget what they're arguing about.

Instead of trying to one up each other over the smallest of mistakes, they actually work together because 'the faster we finish the mission, the more time we'll have to pick out a place to celebrate.'

But the one thing he still doesn't understand is how you became a Jonin.

Sure you were a great teacher, but you were still incredibly careless.

And then he finally sees your monster strength after the two of you had been ambushed on mission.

He didn't even have time to awaken his sharingan before you launched into action

There was no special jutusu's, no chakra based attacks, and no Kekkei genkai.

Just you downing enemy after enemy with Taijutsu

And he was so surprised, because you, the knuckle head idiot who even Obito could outsmart, had defeated about 30 Shinobi in less than 5 minutes

He understands clearly now how you got as far as you did

And it makes him feel a little guilty inside for the way he judged you

He seeks you out more frequently from then on, wanting to see what else you've been holding back.

But then he starts to notice the little things about you

Like how your socks are always mismatching

How when you can't read an important document, you have a student of yours read it out for you. (Those are secret for a reason dummy)

Or how whenever you see him, your eyes seem to light up a little more.

And goddamnit he's got a crush

He won't tell you for a long time

But there will be hints

He'll hold your hand in crowds because he's worried you'll wander off and get swept away

He'll request more missions with you even if it's a one man job

He'll take off his mask around you, knowing you won't make a big deal.

He'll be even later to meeting spots because he knows you got lost on the way and he wants to be the one to lead you there.

He doesn't tell you about his feelings for the longest time because he doesn't think he could take it if something happened to you.

If he let you into his life just to be taken away like everyone else.

But time and time again you prove your strength to him

And little by little his walls break down.

He's a sucker for romance as proven by his taste in books (not the Icha Icha novels 😭😭😭) so he'll try to confess using the traditional methods.

(we've got another one fellas)

Dinner dates, bringing you flowers, trying to woo you with his strength

But you never get the idea.

Not until he's ranting to Gai, the only other person closest to you, about his failures. Because at this point, he would take any help given.

He was already straining himself by being this forward, not used to being forced to confront his emotions.

"I just don't know what it's gonna take for Y/n to understand I like them."

And Gai sees you peaking over Kakashi's shoulder, with the other male not noticing you. And he gets a brilliant idea

"You like them?"

"You know what I mean."

"I don't believe I do rival. To understand one's own emotions, they must verbalize it to the world."

The copy ninja had never been so flustered.

Verbalize his feelings?

Not a chance

It was just too embarrassing.

But Gai's plan wasn't for Kakashi to take the bait. It was for you. And take the bait you did.

"I love you!" So proud and happy and everything pure.

And Kakashi jumped because he was completely unprepared for it.

He turns to face you red in the face, while you're beaming up at him.

No embarrassment.

No regret

Just you with nothing going on up top

Head empty

And he's so smitten he pulls you into a hug.

Not a kiss, his heart's not strong enough for that yet. It's something he'll need to build up on.

He's a total dork when it comes to romance so all his nicknames for you are the lovey-dovey ones

Calls you love, honey, sweetheart, baby, dear, darling

He introduces you to his ninken and they straight up prefer you over him. You always bring over treats for them and have the energy to play with them.

Kakashi doesn't get jealous, but he gets very insecure

When other women or men flirt with you, you don't realize it. But Kakashi does and he thinks you might prefer the advances of the other party more than him.

But then you're always walking away from the other person because you saw him start to sulk.

You find him and squish his cheeks going-

"Why are you sad. C'mon and smile for me my pretty boy."

And he's so 😍😍😍 because you called him pretty.

And then he's blushing real hard because you also called him yours.

It always gets him to forget about the other person and cement the idea that you chose him

He's also fiercely protective of you.

Yes you're strong and can handle yourself, but there's always a possibility you could be killed.

And that's enough of a reason for him to never let you take on a mission by yourself

If the wrong person were to use your stupidity to their advantage.......

You're never allowed to fight by yourself

Please don't go without supervision

He doesn't want to lose you 🥺🥺🥺

UP NEXT: Sebastian Michaelis

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#kakashi x reader #kakashi x y/n #naruto x reader #naruto x y/n #kakashi hatake #naruto shippuden #x reader #x y/n #airhead s/o #stronk s/o

[jgjmk4-2]

Hello, thank you for tackling the other HC I asked about. I really like the way your write! 💞

So how about a HC of Nobunaga, Mitsuhide, Masamune, Shingen and Sasuke reacting to the MC who's hands shake so badly they can barely write or eat with chopsticks?

It's a very specific idea but I just need some fluff in my life. 🥹

Aw, thank you! Here is your fluff! 🥺 Thanks for being so patient for my reply @lovxhumans!😊

Nobunaga:

Tries to understand it. Cant understand it. It frustrates him to hell and back.

What's wrong with you? Why are you trembling like a scared lamb? The worst feeling is knowing he is the most powerful man in Japan and yet he can't do anything to cure you. He's brought all the doctors from all over the world, fed you all the medicine that might work and yet he still sees those beautiful hands tremble

Will kill anyone who dares to laugh at you, especially anyone who so snickers when you're trying to eat or read your shaky handwriting

Everytime he sees you start shaking he gently tells you to stop, he holds your small hands in his warm ones until it stops, telling you you're perfect the way you are when you try to apologise for being troublesome.

Mitsuhide:

At first he found it funny; why is my little mouse shaking like a little mouse?

When he realises you can't control it, the laughing stops. He observes you carefully, watching out for what your triggers are and what makes your shaking calm down or go away.

Once he's got a pretty good idea of that, it's a simple matter of eliminating your triggers. Does it happen when you're cold? Tight hugs to keep you warm. Does it happen when you're nervous and people are watching? No crowds for you.

When you're shaking horribly at a banquet, he will immediately take you away to another room. You wait together until the shaking stops and only go back in once he's very sure that you're okay with going back in.

Masamune

Challenges anyone to a duel if anyone dares to laugh at your struggles.

Jumps at any opportunity to distract you from your shaking hands. Will act so silly people are staring at him, not you.

Treats your hands shaking like it's a normal thing that everyone has so that you know you're not the werido or a freak those judgemental idiots shout. Your hands shaking is as casual and normal as simply forgetting to wear a thick haori in winter to him.

In front of you, he acts very casual about your hands shaking, "Oh, you're shaking again? C'mere, let me fix that for you!" And it's because it's a part of you he's accepted fully - to him, there is nothing wrong with your hands shaking as long as you're not sick.

Shingen:

When he first sees you shaking, he has a massive frown on his face. He was so worried that you were sick or something. He was so worried maybe you were hiding a big secret about your health from him like he did last time.

One afternoon after you finish having tea with Sasuke, Shingen, drops by and says 'we need to talk tonight'. He didn't mean to make you so nervous, he was just so busy but didn't want you to fall asleep first before he could talk to you tonight. God your hands were shaking.

It was quite a sight when he returned to your shared room and saw your whole body shaking. He actually panicked real bad because he thought something was terribly wrong. When he finds out it's nothing life threatening, he relaxes. After learning about your hands shaking from anxiety he is now always on the look out for your shaking hands. He'll hold them gently in his to give you comfort in crowds where people might judge.

When people ask about it, he always says that his angel is trying to shake him off and return to heaven so he's got to quickly catch your hands so you don't fly away!

Sasuke:

Is she too cold? Is this early signs of Parkinson's? So you have some sort of neurological disorder? Severe anxiety? Sasuke is relieved he known a bit of modern medicine to at least identify some of the causes which might lead to your hand shaking

But he curses himself for not knowing anything more than that. Even in the present there was no cure a disease like Parkinson's. Stressed and upset that you have to deal with a closed minded society that does not understand, Sasuke is forced to go back into the present to find some help for you. He calculates day and night for the next hazy storm that will bring both of you back and promises that he will do the best he can to come back to the Sengoku period once you're cured or have some sort of remedy. (Meanwhile Kenshin is an angry boy that his ninja is leaving).

You find a remedy in the present - some medicine that will ease the shaking and the two of you return to the Sengoku period. But that only lasts for so long, especially when you have to take a pill a day and without modern technology Sasuke cannot make anymore.

Sasuke puts his head down and he's back to calculating day and night. This time, he brings you to the future where he hopes there's a cure. If there is none, then he'll just have to go further into the future. The two of you will become a time travelling duo because there's nothing Sasuke won't do to make sure you don't have to suffer anymore.

...

On a side note, I recently downloaded ikesen again. I tried to do a data transfer but I guess I took too long to do it because my data couldn't be found (I uninstalled the game 1-2 years ago I think?) 😭 I didn't want to start again so I uninstalled again rip lol

But there are so new characters that I don't even know now and the new act 2 and prologue makes my head spin 😵 Kichou was kinda cute though😩 but with all the new stuff I don't think I can keep up 😢

#ikesen #headcannons #ikemen sengoku #Nobunaga Oda #Shingen Takeda #Mitsuhide Akechi #Masamune Date #Sasuke Sarutobi #ikesen headcanons #head canon #anime #otome #jgjmk4-2

[livinglouderx3]

SNStober Day 12 - College AU

Part 1 here:

Part 2:

„No way! “, Naruto leaned over the counter, coming face to face with Sasuke – too close. “We’re going to the same university! How have we never met before? I can’t believe it!”

Sasuke leaned to his side, resting his head in one hand – putting some space between them again - “We’re studying different things, so we probably don’t frequent the same classrooms. Your veterinary medicine courses are on the other side of campus as far as I know.”

“But on campus!”, Naruto raised his voice, his enthusiasm getting the better of him once again. “How have we never met anywhere there-“

Thank god that they were – as usually – the only one’s in the diner this late into the night or any other customer might have gotten annoyed with their round-the-clock conversation.

“I usually don’t spend much time on campus.”, Sasuke answered truthfully. He didn’t. Usually, when his courses were over, he headed straight home.

“Boring.”, Naruto mused playfully.

“I’m coming here to keep you company at four o’clock in the morning.”, Sasuke raised his eyebrows at the blonde. “I can leave if you’re too bored though.”

“No!”, the other almost immediately exclaimed, “Joking, I’m joking!”

Sasuke let out a small laugh. “I know. Usuratonkachi.”

Naruto gave him a lopsided grin at the nickname, and Sasuke felt his heart do a little flip, an uncommon reaction he still tried to place as it had never happened with anyone before. But before Naruto, he would have also never thought that he’d go out of his way like this – spending so many of his nights by now at a worn-down diner only because a certain blonde was working the shift and he had wanted to see him again. Sasuke should just ask for his number, so maybe then they could-

They could-

“Maybe I can show you around sometime.” Naruto suddenly spoke, pulling Sasuke out of his thoughts.

“Huh?”, he was confused. Show him around what?

“Around our campus, genius.”, Naruto smiled, leaning forward once again. “You’re definitely not living your university life to the fullest.”

“And you’re going to help me with that?”, Sasuke didn’t back away this time, raising his eyebrows in challenge.

“Obviously.”, Naruto nodded enthusiastically. Then, he seemed to suddenly realize something, “I probably won’t make it tomorrow though since I really have to sleep after this shift, but the day after tomorrow we could totally meet up!”

Sasuke felt his heart pound. That would be the first time they would meet up because Naruto wanted themto, and not because Sasuke was a customer who kept coming back and leaving him with no other choice. He averted his eyes, staring onto the ground for a short moment. “Okay.”, he eventually answered. “The day after tomorrow is fine. We can do that.”

He raised his eyes just in time to see the blonde light up. “Great!”

Naruto then leaned back a little, looking around for something. “Hold on a moment!” He hopped away from the counter, running back into the kitchen.  Sasuke took a deep breath. They would meet up. The day after tomorrow.

He didn’t have time to dwell on it though, since barely seconds later Naruto came back, holding up his phone in triumph. “We should totally exchange numbers so that it’ll be easier to meet up.”

Now, Sasuke just stared at him. Seems that Naruto had beat him to it, asking for his phone number. Wordlessly, he slowly nodded, taking his own phone out of his pants pocket, and opening his contacts. They were really exchanging numbers now. It was finally happening. Sasuke’s heart kept pounding the whole time.

When they were done, Naruto smiled at him. Sasuke smiled back.

#snsmonth23 #sns #snstober #naruto uzumaki #sns fanfic #sns au #sns modern #naruto fic #naruto #naruto x sasuke #sasunaru #sasuke uchiha #narusasu

[thottyimagines]

How would the Konoha 12 ask someone out in a bar? Like who stares until they make the first move, who confidently walks towards them, who needs to gain liquid courage first, need to know your input

Obsessed with your blog btw 💖

Naruto fully shouts his intentions. He'll buy them a drink, sidle up, and scream, "HEY, I THINK YOU'RE HOT."

Sasuke makes bedroom eyes at whomever has caught his attention and hopes it's enough for them to do the work. If it's not and the target is hot enough, Sasuke will suck it up and make some moves.

Sakura would challenge someone to a drinking contest, loser pays. And she'd fully cheat and use medical ninjutsu to cycle her chakra in a way that metabolized the alcohol very quickly.

Kiba would simply introduce himself shamelessly and loudly. He would buy drinks and chat beautifully.

Hinata would absolutely not make a move or ask someone out in a bar. At best, her teammates would make a move. At worst, poor Neji would somehow be ordered into propositioning someone for his Liege Lady.

Shino would be very subtle and shy about it, but fully buy a drink for someone he wants. He'd just desperately hope they'd strike up a conversation with him after.

Shikamaru takes the time to figure out what the person he's into it drinking, then he buys one for them. He is more than willing to strike up casual conversation and see where it goes. He's a man with a plan.

Ino has been flirting with her target for weeks. She bought drinks. They're already giggling at her stories. Ino's good.

Choji has to make a bit of a thing out of making it a formal attempt at romance. He specifies his desires when he buys his person an appetizer at the bar. They are thrilled and buy him one back.

Neji goes full "I saw you from across the bar and loved your vibe" but doesn't have a third at the ready. That's just how he approaches situations.

Tenten is normal and hot and teases and winks free drinks out of many passersby. It would take a total hottie to get her to make the first move, and she'd be normal about it and buy them a drink back before striking up conversation.

Rock Lee would religiously monitor the water intake of the person he wants to get down with. He'd start offering water at the soonest possible opportunity.

#naruto #naruto imagines #naruto headcanons #konoha 12 #naruto uzumaki #sasuke #sakura #kiba #hinata #shino #shikamaru #ino #choji #neji #tenten #rock lee

[thunder-point]

I love this prompt idea! IM NOT CREATIVE AT ALLL but this type of scene has me FOLDING every time it can b either one of dem who says it.

snru going on a mission together / facing the prejudiced villagers and then things start to get physical or sumthin and one of them says "touch him and I'll kill you"

I'm curious to see your take on this

Hello, dear anon. It's a very creative prompt! I love these types of scenes as well, can't deny. The protective trope is golden. I don't know if I will write what you have imagined for this prompt, but I will try my best to write something entertaining, and I hope you like it! ^^

My style of writing is filled with lots of details because that's how I like it, but I will try not to write this one too long or with too many details. It's going to be a challenge for sure.

Here it goes:

Naruto doesn't know how it got to this. Really. If you'd asked him a few days ago if a situation like this was even a possibility, surely he would have laughed straight in your face from the ridiculousness of it all.

It started out as a simple, regular occurrence. He began hearing certain rumors. Because of course, this is how an ordinary person finds out even the smallest hints of information about their so-called best friend. From whispers instead of a normal, easy-to-send letter.

Note the sarcasm. Naruto would like to tear his hair off sometimes. Truly.

But the whispers. They're powerful, and spread at a rapid pace - especially when it concerns a person as influential and well-known as Uchiha Sasuke. Most of the time, Naruto tries to not mind them. As far as you can say they're powerful, you can also add the word 'exaggerated' to them when it comes to talking about a former missing-ninja who challenged a Five Kage conference and joined the war on their side later on.

But the thing about all this is, once a rumor starts it also goes. That is what he uses to distinguish between them. The truly ridiculous ones don't stick too long, so he snorts at them and moves on.

But this one - now, this one seems to be seeping from every goddamn person ready to mutter it. It doesn't want to leave, as absurd as it is, and it was driving him nuts. Gosh, so nuts.

Sasuke had found a traveling partner. And he's very fond of him, they say.

Naruto is losing his mind, for real. He's going off his goddang rocker.

First of all - A traveling partner? The asshole had been very adamant that he needs to travel alone on this repenting journey of his. And very fond of him? Who? Uchiha I Need No Love Sasuke? Having some kind of positive feeling about someone? O possible stranger? Naruto is pretty sure this person is no one he knows. Not Suigetsu, or Karin, or a Konoha Ninja. What. Is. Going. On.

He feels like the chakras of the world are unbalanced somewhere. In his toes, that's where he feels it.

But whatever, he told himself at first. If Sasuke really got close to someone and doesn't want to tell a soul about it, doesn't want to write to Naruto outside of the very few meetings they've had since the war ended, then Naruto will let it be. Everything is peaceful now, and they are on good terms even if he feels like their friendship is there just in name these days. He'll let it be.

That really was the plan: to let it be. He swears.

But then, Kakashi had the audacity to give him his typical smile and say that he needs him on the road, and somehow Naruto finds himself, days later, staring at Sasuke's surprised face and the handsome, purple-haired man lounging next to him curiously over a long bar counter in a dingy tavern.

He doesn't last a second there. You can't ask him why, for he doesn't really have an answer to give. Not one to be into words. Naruto just rushes out of the place after he feels his lungs giving out, and tries to go back to what he has to do. It doesn't matter. It doesn't. Sure, the rumour apparently is true. Sasuke has found someone to travel with. But it doesn't matter-

"Naruto." A rough hand catches his wrist, and he turns around to meet a familiar gaze of darkness that he's met millions of times before without any remorse, with no effort. Naruto swallows, and he meekly thinks to himself:

It does matter, after all.

So this is how he ended up traveling for a bit with one Sasuke Uchiha and his annoying companion who seriously makes Naruto question if going from War Hero to S-rank Criminal is worth it, and that just for the way he gives Naruto side glances and meaningless smiles while he jumps playfully around Sasuke. Curious enough, though, is the way Sasuke keeps himself tense the entire time, like a poisoned arrow ready to bolt at any moment.

They don't end up talking a lot while on the road, not while they're jumping trees to cross distance, and Naruto truly doesn't mind for once, even though for sure, in other circumstances, he would have had so many words to give him oldest friend, so many he wants to hear back from him.

Let's say, it all kind of explodes when they stop for a break under the shade of a big tree.

"So this is the renowned Uzumaki Naruto I've been hearing so much about," the purple-haired man begins, taking a step closer to Naruto.

Leaving his backpack on the ground, Naruto somehow feels the need to take a step back, but refrains from doing so. "Yea? And you are?"

He doesn't expect the sharp grin he receives, or the sudden flare of chakra he man lets out. Animalistic and prepared. "If you want to know my name you'll have to earn it-"

Before Naruto can truly comprehend the words or the urge to punch this asshole back where he came from, Sasuke flickers in front of him with a silver glint of his katana, and suddenly, the only intent of fighting around is coming in slow waves from the blood-red stare Sasuke fixates on the man.

"Isamu," the Uchiha says slowly, like the rumble of a shockwave. "Touch him in any way, and I'll kill you on the spot. Understood?"

The man - Isamu - is looking down at the length of Sasuke's blade with wide, round eyes, not even daring to gulp with its tip pressed against his throat. As if in a trance, he lifts his hands up in surrender, and Sasuke retracts his katana the same way he brought it up - silently, before he steps to the side and goes to continue whatever he was doing.

Naruto, honestly, is left staring at Isamu with as much shock as the man is showing on his petrified face. It's pretty clear not even one of them knows what the fck just happened.

Really, what just happened?

It's not until later, after some awkward hours of silence around a small fire, that Naruto gets to know the answer to that. Isamu offered to go find some more firewood, and Naruto does not waste the chance to turn towards his friend and hiss:

"What the h-"

Sasuke puts a long, pale finger to his lips, and Naruto clasps his mouth shut for a second, before frowning at the little glance Sasuke gives into the far-off forest, where Isamu disappeared.

"You're being weird," Naruto mutters softly, not before removing the cold finger from his mouth. It tingles where the contact has been made. Naruto ignores that, and shuffles closer. "But no, really, what was all that?"

Sasuke's stare is as complicated to understand as is it simple. "Nothing important. What are you doing around these parts, Naruto?"

"Oh, no," Naruto huffs, cheeks out, and pokes Sasuke in the chest. "I'm not saying shit until you explain some things to me."

With a slight heave, Sasuke tongues at his cheek. "These past months I've taken up the job of protecting a royal's son until he gets to a particular village."

Naruto blinks, looks into the forest, and gestures at it like a dumbass. Sasuke doesn't even nod; just an unimpressed look from him is enough confirmation.

"Ah," he slinks back against the tree trunk, shoulders easing from a tension he didn't even know he had. "He doesn't look like royalty."

"No, he doesn't," Sasuke mutters dryly. "And he doesn't act like one. He's like a shark in search of blood."

After a second-lasting contemplation, Naruto shrugs, grin sharp. "You didn't need to stop him. I could've taken him in a little fight."

"No, you won't."

He turns to jab the Uchiha in the ribs playfully, but is met instead with a hand against his jaw and a thumb pressing softly on his lower lip. Naruto stops breathing for a second.

"Promise me you won't," Sasuke says lowly, lifting his heavy gaze to Naruto's round, blue eyes. "Naruto."

"Alright," he whispers, like a heavy breath, and feels that thumb digging deeper into the delicate skin of his lip. "I won't. I promise."

Ooooki, I'm stopping here because I don't even know how many words I've written and it's supposed to be only a drabble. this is a very interesting prompt. I would like to actually write a whole one-shot for it one day. More developed and all. Sorry that it's not a lot of romance in it, uff, but it's late right now. I hope it's a little bit enjoyable to read. ^^ AND SORRY FOR THE MISTAKES JSHDSH it is not proofread.

sending lots of love!

#sasunaru #sasunaru fic #drabble #sns #prompt idea

[thatsneakymedic]

October Writing Challenge

Day 6 Black Cat

It was any other day and Sasuke asked Kabuto a favor to occupy him to go visit the Sky District to go buy some certain weapons and ninja tools for himself. Since Kabuto has never been to the place before, he decided to come along since there might be a chance that he might find something that he would like to take for himself.

He notes to bring a lot of money, but also to not make it obvious that he has money.

Following Sasuke closely, he stops to see a rather unusual black cat that seemingly looked like it was taking a nap and that was selling a grounded up ginseng in a jar on it's small table with the money note sign that said "50000 ryo." on it as well as other medicines that Kabuto notices that are hard to find. While still following Sasuke and not wanting to wait for the owner to greet him, he pays the cat the money with a wad of cash attached to a rubber band and he puts it on the plate before taking the money. He was sure that he paid it but he didn't have the time for it so he had to hurry to follow Sasuke.

The cat opens it's eyes and it takes the money off the plate to avoid any thieves from stealing it from it but then it stared at Kabuto as he watches him leave with it's eyes widening with dismay.

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After spending the day buying himself some things from the other stalls while Sasuke talked to a mysterious old woman and her granddaughter who were surrounded by cats. They managed to get out of the city safe and sound.

"You sure you got everything you need Sasuke?" Kabuto asked as he keeps the items he bought to himself. And also made sure to not show off his money too much.

"I did. But next time. Don't stall me." Sasuke replied coldly as he looks on ahead, and Kabuto narrows his eyes at him. It wasn't really him but the other way around. Thankfully Kabuto knows the location so that he can always come by since his own shopping was cut short because of Sasuke.

As he puts his hood up, he hears a small meow cry from behind him and he turns around to see the black cat with the bag on it's back following him. Kabuto rolls his eyes, he doesn't have time to deal with this thing. So he tries to shoo it away, but the cat doesn't budge and it still followed him.

"Hey Sasuke, I think we need to hurry back to the hideout. I forgot that I have some things to take care off. And the sooner we head back, the sooner you can take those "naps" of yours." Kabuto is the first to leap, and Sasuke's eyebrows furrowed as he follows.

Even for a normal cat, they can't even follow shinobi leaping on the trees like this....

5 hours later...

They make it back to the hideout and they go their seperate ways. Either to shower, eat some food, or rest. Kabuto planned to do all three. And before he could at least close his door, the black cat that had somehow followed him darts into the room.

"What the hell?!" Kabuto's eyes widen as the cat makes a leap onto his bed and it meows at him again. "It's you again. Are you following me? I don't want to be your owner, so get out of my room and find some old woman to keep company."

The black cat stares at him and it refused to move no matter how often he attempted to shoo it away. He even sent his own summoning snakes after it, but the cat would stealthily always escape the snakes and would disappear for a few moments till returning once again. Staring at him with those green/blue eyes.

Since that day, Kabuto's week has been hell. Thanks to that cat.

Whenever he tried to eat anything, the cat would not only stare at him for the food, but it would also try to steal it too. It was worst at night when he tried to sleep and the cat will not only follow him, but it would invade his room and startle him by staring at him while he slept and would often slap at him to try to get his attention. Worst was when it made a leap and it jumped onto his groin and slammed down on his dick, startling him awake and in pain.

It got to the point that at every corner of the eye, the cat would still be there. Stalking him. Scaring at him by either jumping or hissing at him. And it would always bring dead mutilated rats and snakes to his doorstep, reeking the entire hallway with the stench of death.

Kabuto's appearance was that of a madman, his eyes were tired and annoyed from the lack of sleep, and his hair was unkept and loose. Since the cat kept taking his hair ties to play with and hide. And he hasn't eaten properly since the cat would dart and leap at him that he couldn't enjoy his meals.

The little creature brought so much scorn to Kabuto that he would ask others to get rid of it, only for the cat to outsmart all of them. Including the dogs that they brought to sniff and hunt it down. Shockingly the dogs will end up dead by the morning.

The final straw was when the cat had the audacity to purposely knock over the very jar of ginseng that Kabuto bought from it onto the floor before he could reach it. Scattering and mixing the tiny broken glass along with its contents within the mixture.

Finally he had enough and he turns around as soon as he could sense the cat behind him and he shouts at it, "What?! What the hell do you want?! I had enough of you! I should've never came along with Sasuke if I knew that I had to deal with a pest like you harassing me on a daily basis! Get out. GET THE HELL OUT!"

The black cat blinked as it looks up at him and it sits down to lick it's paw for a moment, as soon as it was done grooming it's paw. It's mouth opened... and it spoke. "Have you ever considered to wonder why I'm following you in the first place? You goddamn cheapskate!" It reaches into it's backpack and he pulls out a receipt bill that Kabuto paid. and it throws it before him on his feet.

"It says that you paid me in full, but when I counted the bills. You owe me 100 ryo and by the time I tried to tell you to pay the rest of it, you ran off like a coward and you attacked me like a brute! I tried to talk to you to pay up, but you kept driving me away! Thief! Snake! You horrible human!" The black cat hissed angrily as it lets out all of the curses at him.

Kabuto's expression was a shocked one. This whole time?! This damn cat could talk and it made his week miserable over a small amount of 100 ryo?! It's no wonder it managed to outsmart all of the dogs and the shinobi and it managed to get away from every attempt to kill it.

It was part of the ninneko cat society that Sasuke mentioned before he was heading inside and told Kabuto that he didn't prepare the catnip to get invited in. Hence why Kabuto had no idea.

This whole time. The cat wasn't just a pet on a shopping stall. It Was the store owner and seller!

He crosses his arms as he tries his hardest to maintain his composure, "You just want me to pay you the rest of the money, Right? And then you would leave me alone?"

"If you don't mind! Pay it in full, I want to go home. I don't want to stay here any longer than I need to!" The cat hissed again in annoyance.

Kabuto then beckons the cat to follow him to his room and the cat follows him while keeping it's distance from him. "Wait here."

"No, you might try to rip me off. I don't trust you human! I'm going inside of your room too!" The cat stubbornly insisted as it follows Kabuto as he gets the money for the thing.

He even counts it and when he counted to 500 ryo, he puts it in front of the cat. "There. 500 ryo. Not a single cent missing. and I'm not giving you a tip for all the shit you put me through."

The cat looks over the money and it quietly counts until it was satisfied enough with the amount. "Keep your tips, human. It's not like you can count properly anyways!"

Kabuto opens the door to let the cat out of his room, the exit fortunately was nearby so he could trust that the cat would know where to go. "It was nice doing business with you."

The black cat then turns around to hiss and make one last offensive gesture at him before it finally leaves and disappears into the halls and out of the base.

@lunyraartistry (thank you again for the challenge!)

#october writing challenge #hopefully much more tamer than the last story #:'D #not gonna lie #I had a really BAD day today #and I wasn't going to post this #but I pushed myself to do it #and I'm happy with the results #this cat is my mood at the people who were making me upset offline

[crystaltrinket]

how i love to see you smile - Naruto - Uchiha Sasuke/Hyuuga Hinata - drabble series for SasuHina Month 2022

Summary: Sasuke likes Hinata and she's oblivious. Modern AU, High school.

[Rating: G | Prompt: Aienkien - a mysterious attraction that unites two people | Word Count: 500 | Warnings: None]

Author's Note: Hi!! Excited for @sasuhinamonth 2022. Hopefully, this will go well. I've got three pieces pre-written and have yet to write everything else. Wish me luck!

All pieces will be inter-related, but they don't directly follow each other. Everything will be 500 words because I like to torture myself challenge myself. Enjoy!

Part 1

Sasuke stood outside of a heavily wooded area facing a modest temple, just outside of the property line. A backpack was slung over one shoulder and a jacket was being held in one hand. A pair of sharp eyes were fixated on him as he patiently waited. He’s learned now there’s no use in staring back at the pale eyes trained on him. If this was any other person, Sasuke would have glared back and intimidated the other away from him. But he wasn’t waiting for just anyone. 

He focused his attention on a hawk resting on a tree branch above them. ‘He’s gonna have to leave soon,’ Sasuke thought to himself as a slight breeze came through. ‘I hope she brought a jacket.’ A gong resounded throughout the air signaling the beginning of the morning ceremony. 

From his view, he could count the monks making their rounds and chanting in prayer around the temple. And then, her. 

'Ah, she woke up late again,' he inwardly smiled to himself, seeing her perform her morning duties in her school uniform. Another monk trailed behind her with enough incense to coat the air around them. The second gong rang, and Sasuke watched as they went around the temple a second time. 

Coming here every morning became tradition for him, watching and waiting. He knows exactly what brought him to the temple, though he wasn't ready to let her know. He doesn't know if she joins him on their walk to school because they've known each other for so long or if she does it because she reciprocates her feelings, but it doesn't matter to him. He resorted to telling himself he's content with the way things are right now. 

It was well after the third temple gong when the scent of incense wafted towards him. Sasuke positioned himself so that he was easily noticeable from his waiting spot. He could see her worried face, with a soft blush forming on her cheeks, come into view.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Sasuke-kun," she panted. "The head monk got on a tangent." 

Sasuke looked down at her with a slight smile on his face. "Hn. Are you ready to go, Hinata?" 

"Yes," Hinata turned to face the man monitoring Sasuke. "Ko-san, you can take your l-leave." 

Ko spared one last glance at Sasuke before bowing towards Hinata. "Have a good day at school, Hinata-sama." 

Sasuke waited until Ko was well out of sight before stepping closer to Hinata. "Are you cold? Do you need my jacket?" 

"Please," Hinata nodded. "I-"

"Woke up late again?" Sasuke smirked, handing her his jacket.

Hinata giggled as she put it on and warmed herself up. "You seem to know me too well, Sasuke-kun." 

They started walking, with Hinata animatedly recounting her late morning while Sasuke nodded as she spoke. Sasuke watched her from the corner of his eyes, memorizing how her eyes lit up as she looked at him.

Sasuke softly smiled at her. He would be content.

#sasuke uchiha/hinata hyuuga #sasuke x hinata #sasuhina #sasuhinamonth2022 #creator: crystaltrinket #series: how i love to see you smile

[prince-everhard]

Weekly Oneshot Challenge - week 9

Title: you will find a way Rating: T (canon-typical violence and blood) Fandom: Naruto Word count: 1277 Summary: When everything goes to hell defending Tazuna, Sakura reaches deeper than she ever has before. [part of the mokuton sakura rewrite]

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Sakura might have been proud of herself with how quickly she realized that something was wrong… if she hadn’t immediately felt a thick, heavy knot of fear settle in her stomach. She drew a kunai and fell back to where Tazuna was standing before the construction workers had even gotten past their bewilderment at the sudden wall of mist before them. “Get off the bridge,” Sakura managed to croak out past the lump in her throat. The workers nearest to her turned to look, bemused at getting ordered around by the little girl with pink hair. “Go!”

“Get off the bridge.” At Kakashi-sensei’s harsh demand, they began dropping their tools and sprinting away. Sakura looked toward her sensei for- she wasn’t sure what she wanted. Comfort? Assurance? She wasn’t going to get it. Kakashi’s attention was completely taken by the massive sword that he just managed to block with his own crossed kunai.

“Sensei!”

“Stay with Tazuna!” Kakashi-sensei sounded strained, like the effort to hold Zabuza back was so immense he could barely speak. “Remember the mission!”

Zabuza laughed, even as Sakura set her stance defensively. “Don’t worry, little girl. I won’t keep your sensei long.”

It took everything Sakura had to stop staring at Zabuza in fear, but she tore her eyes away to look for her teammates. Kakashi-sensei had Zabuza handled (she hoped). Naruto was nowhere to be seen. Sasuke was- 

Sasuke was locked in combat with that strange masked ninja they’d seen earlier, at the first encounter with Zabuza. So they were working together. The masked ninja was incredibly fast, and Sasuke was somehow keeping pace. Sakura noted, even past the sick worried feeling in her stomach, that maybe Sasuke had earned top student spot after all.

Her eyes flicked from fight to fight, trying to keep an eye on the most obvious threats. Tazuna seemed content to stand behind her. Her single little kunai seemed so useless in the face of these enemies. Her hand still stung from her training accident. And her knees felt weak from the weight of the malicious killing intent that seemed to fill the air even worse than the fog.

Kakashi-sensei… Sasuke… somehow, the two of them were evenly matched with someone like the Demon of the Mist and his partner. Sakura even had a little surge of hope when Sasuke sent the masked ninja flying from a vicious kick. But the ninja stood back up, seemingly uncaring about the blood trickling from below their mask, and instead flew through hand signs so fast Sakura couldn’t even see their fingers. And the dome of mirrors that surrounded Sasuke only became more worrying when the masked ninja melted into one and began darting around Sasuke even faster than before.

Sakura was very, very grateful when Naruto showed up. 

Even if he did somehow end up trapped inside the mirrors with Sasuke, he was a welcome helping hand. Sakura watched Sasuke try to melt the mirrors- they were made of ice so it wasn’t a bad thought, but of course a kekkei genkai wouldn’t be so beholden to the rules of physics. And what else could such a powerful jutsu be? Sakura wasn’t totally sure it was a kekkei genkai, but it was likely. That kind of power would certainly suit a Demon’s partner. Sakura tried not to pay too much attention to the fight, though Kakashi-sensei and Zabuza even seemed to be watching it fairly intently, only occasionally taking swipes at each other in their own fight. 

Naruto took his usual course of bombarding the mirrors with tons of clones. After a moment of that technique, two things happened at once. One, Kakashi-sensei reached up to uncover his sharingan. Two, Zabuza flew through some hand signs and summoned even more fog. 

Sakura reflexively drew closer to Tazuna even without Kakashi-sensei’s warning. With such low visibility, a threat could come from anywhere. Sakura really only had enough chakra for two clones (and how exactly did Naruto summon so many? What kind of chakra coils did he have?) so she summoned them both and surrounded Tazuna as best she could by herself. “Don’t worry,” she murmured. “Stay behind me and I’ll protect you.”

It was awful, only being able to hear the battles nearby and not see what was happening. It put Sakura on edge.

That edge, thankfully, saved Tazuna’s life as Zabuza was suddenly there. He swiped down with his almost comically giant sword and Sakura’s kunai-holding arm nearly buckled under the pressure. She could walk up trees and on water, but she still didn’t have as much muscle as a full-grown man. Maybe I don’t need muscle, Sakura thought. She could use chakra to hold herself horizontally. Could she use chakra to hold back a blade? There wasn’t time for doubt. Sakura cycled chakra through the muscles in her arms, her legs- anywhere that would bolster her push back against Zabuza. A clone popped as she used her chakra freely. There was no point in reserving it if she was dead, after all.

“Oh?” Was all she heard from Zabuza before Kakashi-sensei was there to take his attention again.

Sakura was tired, and her legs trembled, and she felt weak from lack of chakra. But she still stood, peeking back at Tazuna to make sure he’d survived the brief onslaught. 

Sakura heard a scream, feral and heartwrenching, and the fog cleared to show her a nightmare.

Sasuke, full of senbon on the ground, bloody and motionless. Naruto, tears streaming freely down his face, chakra pouring from him as he turned on the masked ninja. Kakashi-sensei, frozen and staring at Sasuke even as Zabuza swooped in for the kill.

Something snapped inside her. Sakura moved without thinking, without planning. Her remaining clone exploded in a puff of smoke as she fell to her knees and slapped her hands onto the ground. Wood exploded upwards into a wall between Kakashi-sensei and Zabuza, catching the blade of Zabuza’s sword just in time. A second wooden wall- smaller, curved like a half dome- sprung up to defend Naruto and Sasuke’s unmoving form. Sakura trembled, pushing up until she was kneeling in front of Tazuna, her kunai forgotten in the dirt. I did that.

What happened next was hazy to Sakura, pushed to the limits of her chakra and her nerves. Naruto did… something, hitting the masked ninja so hard that they were blasted out of their mirrors and their mask cracked right off their face. Kakashi-sensei pulled out some kind of scroll and lunged at Zabuza with somehow even more terrifying killer intent. Dogs leapt right out of the ground and pinned Zabuza in place- summons, she thought through her daze; sensei has ninja summons. Lightning crackled around sensei’s hand as he charged Zabuza. And then suddenly the unmasked ninja wasn’t next to Naruto. They were impaled on Kakashi-sensei’s arm, just in front of Zabuza himself.

Zabuza thanked his partner- Haku… their name was Haku- but as a tool. Which Naruto exploded at, shouting about Zabuza being Haku’s dream and how trash Zabuza was and… well, Sakura couldn’t follow. She could feel herself trying to pass out from the chakra exhaustion, but she struggled to stay awake and guard Tazuna. She did see Kakashi-sensei carefully lower Haku’s body, closing their eyes one last time. Like a slideshow in a dark room, Gato showed up. Zabuza turned on him after Naruto’s words. Sakura thought maybe she had already passed out and began dreaming as Zabuza laid down next to Haku, tears rolling down his cheeks as he died.

The last thing she remembered was Kakashi-sensei’s hand ruffling her hair before she succumbed to unconsciousness.

#naruto #fanfic #weekly oneshot challenge #mokuton sakura #prince fic #this has other parts that will be posted in upcoming weeks #it's also one of my backups because i've had a lot going on these past few weeks #and i desperately needed a break #so keep an eye out for sister oneshots

[akamikazae]

Love me Mercilessly Kakashi x Akami Chapter 18: Small word count: 4k warnings: Violence, mentions of gore, trauma/Ptsd previous chapters [x]

Returning home from a brutal mission in Kiri Akami unintentionally lashes out at Shisui. Struggling to keep her deeds in ANBU separate from her life in the village Akami finds solace spending time at the Uchiha Compound; specifically with the company of a 3 year old Sasuke.

Sasuke was getting so big, walking and talking with ease. He still had trouble saying Itachi’s name so he stuck mostly to ‘Nii-san.’ S’s proved just as challenging so Shisui sounded more like ‘hisui.’ But Sasuke had no problem with his A’s, though he almost always called her ‘Kami-chan.’ 

When Akami came around to the backyard Shisui grabbed her and swung her around. He kissed her a dozen times before setting her back on the ground.

Sasuke ran over to them as fast as his little legs would take him. 

“Kami-chan! Kami-chan,” he sang. 

Akami scooped him up the way Shisui had her. She sat beside Itachi on the blanket he dragged out back Sasuke still in her arms. He reached up and smooshed her face between tiny hands and kissed her on the cheek. His mouth was open and he did nothing to move his lips; it was more like he tried to eat her cheek. He’d never done that before.

Shisui grabbed Sasuke out of her arms and pretended he was mad holding him in the air giving him a harmless shake.

“You can’t go around kissing people's girlfriends' little man!” Shisui teased, tickling the kid until he squealed with joy. Once free he crawled back towards Akami and was rewarded with a peck to the top of his head. She’d never done that before either.

“Kamichan what’s that?” Sasuke asked, poking her forearm with pudgy fingers. 

“Sasuke, it's rude to point,” Itachi said calmly. 

Akami unwrapped the bandages from her wrist and Sasuke scooted between her legs for a closer look, turning her hand to watch the crisp black lines curve around her wrist.

“It’s my summoning tattoo. You know how Shisui and your brother have a contract with the crows?” Sasuke nodded. “I have one with snakes.” 

Sasuke cocked his head to the side, he always thought crows were the only option.  

“Can you ummon anything?” 

“I don’t see why not.” She said,

“Does Hisui-san have a tattoo?” He asked, directing all his attention to Akami, not bothering to consult with Shisui at all. Akami always had an answer for his endless reign of questions. 

“No, you don’t have to have one but it makes it easier sometimes. Do you want me to show you how it works?” 

Sasuke nodded furiously. 

Itachi himself had been curious and he watched as she extended her forearm. Gently nipping the skin of her thumb enough to draw a drop of blood. Sasuke gasped, upset but far too curious to avert his eyes. Afraid he’d miss it if he so much as blinked. She swiped her bloodied thumb up the length of her inked forearm. A copper bellied water snake appeared in a cloud of smoke. 

Summoning Ryu was a lot more practical now that he trained to use his chakra to maintain a smaller size, sort of like a henge. He would no longer level a Forest; unless of course Akami wanted him to do just that. 

She held out her palm for Ryu to slither into. The dark snake twisted himself up her arm just as the tattoo had. Balancing himself at the end of her wrist to hold his head up and inspect Sasuke. Sasuke wasn’t frightened in the least as he stared at the snake in amazement.   

“This is Ryu, he is loyal to me and me to him. Ryu, this is Sasuke. I am loyal to him as well.” She said, earning a wide smile from Sasuke. 

“Can I pet him?” Sasuke asked Akami.

“Why don’t you ask him yourself?” She said,

“He can talk?!” 

“I most certainly can, far better than you I imagine.” Ryu spat.

Sasuke frowned and Akami fixed her summons with a venomous glare. Ryu hissed lazily. 

Akami gave Sasuke a firm jiggle, encouraging him to try again. 

“Can I pet you?”

Ryu didn’t answer but lowered his head for Sasuke to gently stroke the black scales behind his chartruese eyes. 

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#shisui #shisui uchiha #shisui fluff #shisui x reader #love me mercilessly #shisui x ofc #ofc #kakashi #kakashi hatake #sasuke #sasuke uchiha #itachi uchiha #tenzo #yamato tenzo #anbu tenzo #anbu kakashi #anbu #danzo #sasuke fluff #itachi fluff #naruto shippuden #naruto #hatake kakashi

[electrasev5nwrites]

Ninja Daily: Clarity 19

"Are you meant to be here?"

Aiko flashed a guileless, pretty smile at the kindly baa-chan manning the desk and lifted her coffeeshop bag to show it off. "Ne, I just wanted to see Sasuke-kun..." She let her voice trail off softly and blinked twice.

That wasn't her primary objective, but it also wasn't a lie. He was highly placed in Konoha, after all. Sasuke would be a good person to worm her way close to. And he'd seemed surprisingly open to her presence last week. She was starting to suspect that he had been serious about his office door being open to her, way back on the day she woke up in Konoha.

She almost regretted pulling the fire alarm when he was the one watching her, in retrospect.

The older lady sighed and rubbed at her jade pendant in what looked suspiciously like a prayer, but didn't stop Aiko from knocking on the door to his little office in the anteroom that led up to Tsunade's. The only response was a grunt. She took it as permission to push the door open and swung the bag of canned chai tea in ahead of her, holding it aloft in offering. Everyone liked chai, right?

Her target was looking down at a frightfully large pile of folders and running his hands through the messy spikes at the back of his neck.

'Aww. Is Sasu-chan having a hard day with sensitive documents I might find interesting?'

"I come bearing refreshments," Aiko announced, and unceremoniously sat on his desk. Sasuke's fingers froze and he looked up at her, dark eyes blearily suspicious. "Not even slightly poisoned refreshments," she wheedled, pulling a drink out of the bag and popping the tab. She took a sip and then held it out to him.

He leveled an unimpressed look at the offering, then up to her face. "Do you have any idea what type of pathogens you could spread to my person like that?"

Wait, what?

"Are you …calling me diseased?" Aiko questioned, tilting her head slightly. She was meant to be charming him, but it was hard to keep the insult off her face. In challenge, she pushed the can slightly further into his personal space and steeled her expression. If he'd turned her down politely she wouldn't have cared. But now? Now he was going to enjoy some delicious tea if she had to shove it down his throat personally.

They exchanged stares for a moment. Sasuke sighed, breaking eye contact. When he did, she took the opportunity to glance at the paper he'd been reading. Oh. Accounts of recidivism rates something-something. Boring, in other words. "No," he admitted testily. "If only because Shizune-senpai would have noticed. That's still a foul habit. Do you share your food with everyone?"

Her lips thinned. "Just you, hime. Does that make you feel special?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes and finally took the can. He paused before taking a sip to furrow his brows and shoot her an uncertain look. "You came directly here, correct? You didn't attempt to reach me at the hospital first?"

Aiko snorted and ignored the grossed-out look that crossed his face at the sound. "Of course I didn't bring try to bring comestibles to your wing of the hospital. I've heard Shizune talk about what goes on there. I'm not going there again without a facemask and gloves."

And a living will. Honestly, some of Shizune's coworkers sounded frightening.

He let both his eyebrows travel up and pinched his mouth into an expression that clearly said, 'not the worst idea I've ever heard'. Then Sasuke finally took a sip. He shrugged and then drained the can, effortlessly crumpling the metal and tossing it across the room into his bin. "Not bad."

Her eyes followed the trajectory of what had been her drink. "You're welcome," Aiko said blandly, stretching her face into what vaguely resembled a smile.

'I love that tea.'

Well, at least she had one more can. She'd intended that one for him, but now-

"Hn." Sasuke looked away. "What are you really doing here?"

She widened her eyes innocently. "Sasuke?"

He raised an eyebrow.

"What, do I have to have an ulterior motive to come visit?" She snaked a little closer on his desk, twisting her body to face him more fully. "I just thought I would spend some time with you."

Wait, was that just a little bit of a blush-

"Oh, shit." Aiko hopped off his desk and to her feet, but didn't manage to escape out the window before Shizune pushed open Sasuke's door and leveled Aiko with a pleasant smile.

"Ready to go, Uzumaki-san?" Shizune asked as though she hadn't found her wayward ward hiding from her psychiatric appointment. She favored Sasuke with a polite nod but didn't take her eyes off of Aiko.

'This should have been the absolute last place she looked for me. How. How did she know?'

Her shoulders slumped. "Yes," Aiko lied glumly, letting go of the windowframe. She gave a transparently miserable sigh and dragged her feet when she crossed the office to follow Shizune out.

Sasuke waved once and opened the other can of tea, because apparently everyone in this town was a monster.

"You're late today," Yamanaka-sensei observed. His voice gave no indication as to how he felt about that.

Aiko averted her eyes to the smooth blue wall behind his head and wished there was more distance between their oversized chairs.

'Of course I'm late. Shizune found me sooner than anticipated.'

It really was an ugly office. It would look so much nicer if she tossed a smoke bomb into it and ran off.

'If I'd had my way, I'd still be hiding in Hokage tower. I can't believe she thought to look for me there.'

Aiko slouched back a little further into the soft cushion of her chair and didn't even care that she was openly pouting.

"No matter." Knuckles cracked ever so slightly as the older man adjusted, a now-familiar sound that brought her back to the pointed banality of the office setting she was currently trapped in. The small amount of poise she had managed to regain trembled tenuously.

'I need to pull myself together. Sure, he's spectacularly creepy. But he's just one old man. He's got to be like thirty. He's probably tired from hobbling to the office. We'll spend the session talking about Akatsuki. And fuck those guys, really, I don't need to protect them. Under the bus they go.'

Bravado aside, she couldn't bring herself to look at his face. Yamanaka-sensei's hands were scarred and wrinkled, prematurely aged by his profession. He wasn't a desk worker, she was certain of it. And thirty wasn't that old. "I thought that we would try my jutsu again today."

She would have winced if her muscles weren't already wound tight, strings ready to snap with tension.

'That was exactly what I didn't want to do.'

Who would want a near-stranger in their head? She'd heard his spiel about his family jutsu, and the thought of it made her queasy. It was unnatural. If she had possessed even the slightest bit of hope that it would work, she would hiss and try to protect her head with her arms.

That hadn't helped last time. Only the secret ninja art of 'stress vomiting' had saved her when he had first attempted his jutsu to roll around inside the open wounds of her mind.

'I might be able to put him off and distract him if I tell him about the recent dreams, if only because he could consider them worth investigating when he eventually goes into my head.'

Admittedly, the dreams she had been having lately were less tantalizing hints of lost memory than they were increasingly brutal scenarios of how Obito was going to try to kill her for quitting his boyband. No, that wasn't worth it long term. She needed to get it over with and not delay the inevitable. It was just like snipping sutures. She could do this.

The pep talk fell flat.

As much as she didn't want to risk eye contact, she was too high-strung to keep from watching when movement caught her eye across the coffee table.

"Try to relax, Uzumaki-san." He shifted forward, ageless blue eyes contrasting with weather-worn wrinkles on tanned skin.

It was unfair that he was so blasé about this.

She was probably just going to be ill again and all her worrying would have been for nothing.

'I'm aiming for his fancy hair this time,' Aiko thought with dark purpose. She made eye contact before he could order her to, holding onto pathetic shreds of pretense that she was a willing participant.

And then the office slipped away into darkness. Yamanaka-sensei wavered in front of her, a white chalk outline sketched into the unending confines of her mind.

That was about as far as he'd gotten last time, politely expelled by the shock of being dragged into her own consciousness disturbing her stomach. Unfortunately, the jolt was less jarring this time. She still hated the loss of physicality. It was uncannily similar to the confining quietness that Obito's kamui enforced.

Aiko looked down, raising her hands. They were just white lines as well. Feeling ill, she clenched one and slowly turned it, examining the changing visibility in what really appeared to be a two-dimensional version of herself. Her head swam, pinpricks of pain bursting behind her eyes. Everything was so wrong. She couldn't feel the weight of her body moving- there was no gravity.

"Do you need a moment to acclimate?"

The polite tones of Yamanaka-sensei's educated diction were somehow lower here, stretched out to vibrate slowly across what certainly wasn't air. There was no air here. She wasn't breathing. The realization made her inhale hastily, stubbornly reaching for oxygen where she knew there was none. Her lungs should be aching for it, but they were fine. She couldn't reply. She was too busy trying to breathe with no air.

"Please do not be troubled. Your disorientation is normal." There was no sound whatsoever when Yamanaka-sensei took a few steps away to give her space, giving an interested examination of the bleak void that surrounded them. It really didn't merit that. One patch of darkness looked like any other patch.

'Maybe he can see more than I can. This is his jutsu.'

She latched onto the thought, because if he got what he wanted maybe they could just go back to talking about the Akatsuki and the political situation in Fire Country and whatever stupidly banal shit he wanted to ask-

His hands were moving, but she couldn't tell what he was doing. It didn't seem like hand signs. It was difficult to concentrate, troubled as she was by the void pressing in on her.

And then she gasped, bending over to press her face into shaking thighs. Aiko dug her hands into the sides of her chair, relishing the sensation of fabric under the pads of her fingers. There was soft light again, and the poorly muffled conversation of someone out in the hallway.

"I think that's enough for today." His voice was back to normal, an unimpressive, perfectly standard arrangement of auditory stimulation.

What-

The clock on the wall claimed that twenty minutes had passed. Impossible.

That didn't reduce her need to get somewhere far, far away from that man and his awful ninjutsu. Aiko straightened and stood, noting that her feet were numb. Her stomach twisted, as did the room. The ugly tiled floor was moving towards her- only a calloused hand around her arm stopped her from ending up on her knees. Liquid splattered.

Ah. There was the vomit she had been waiting for. Glamorous.

"I'm sorry about that," Yamanaka-sensei said sincerely, pulling her back and settling into her chair again. He gifted a gentle pat to her left hand. Something fouly sour bubbled up in her throat again, but she had the presence of mind to swallow it this time. Her expression must have tipped him off, because he really did look sympathetic. "That jutsu was developed in usage against enemy nin. It isn't as gentle as one would hope. In addition, you appear to have a stronger reaction than most." He backed away, passing the nearby chair he had been in earlier now that there was no need for physical proximity.

That was the one thing she liked about him. He was good at giving her space. That didn't make him any less abhorrent. Aiko drew her knees up to her chest, not even realizing that she was dragging her dirty feet up onto the chair.

"I hope you will be reassured to know that we made significant progress today." She heard air move as the chair on the other side of the office compressed under his weight. "Your memories appear intact. I have attempted to reconnect the links between your conscious and subconscious, but only time will tell how effective this session was. There is a possibility that you will begin noticing the resurgence of information or outright memories connected to certain stimuli. On our next sessions…" he trailed off in thought. He was probably planning to do something like this to her again.

'Sadist. I hope he knows he's lost all chance at my friendship.' The scowl that twisted her face was downright ugly. But he couldn't see it when her nose was pressed between her knees. 'If I could get away with it…'

Aiko drifted off into violent fantasies for a moment, but pulled herself out with a shake. She would never get away with revenging herself on her doctor. Shizune was the most intuitive person she'd ever known. Aiko pictured that quietly disappointed expression with big dark eyes watering in sorrow, and lost her resolve to murder. For the moment.

Pen scratched against paper. The door opened off to her right. Yamanaka-sensei's civil timbre rang out again.

"Ah, Hagomono-san. Would you grant me the kindness of fetching something to clean up that mess?"

There was a murmur, and then retreating footsteps.

There was no chance in hell that Aiko was going to politely offer assistance. She levered her legs over the side of her chair to avoid stepping in still-warm vomit, awkwardly sliding off the chair. Her stomach jolted again, but her teeth remained firmly pressed together and nothing slid up her throat. Aiko pushed out her right hand to rest against the wall and used it as support. She took a step- yes, she was recovered enough to walk.

Her spine prickled. She didn't have to turn to know that Yamanaka-sensei was watching her ungraceful retreat. It was unforgivably impolite to depart without at least bidding him goodbye. No matter how she felt about him, he was her elder and a scholar. She opened her mouth to give him his due and breathed out a stink that could be classified as a gaseous weapon.

Nope. Aiko didn't give him a backwards look, much less verbal regard. By the time she had stumbled out of his office and onto the street, her balance had mostly returned. The morning market was still going strong- it wasn't even nine am yet.

'If I asked, Yamato would probably agree to cancel training today. He is an excruciatingly reasonable person.'

She gave it very serious consideration, pinching her nose closed with her fingers as she walked to avoid sensory overstimulation from hundreds of samples of body odor, mixes of soaps and perfumes, and fresh foods. The seafood's persistent notes turned her stomach regardless.

No. Asking for a day off felt too much like displaying weakness. She couldn't afford that. Even Obito hadn't given her slack in training, and he'd- Aiko shook her head, brushing off that infantile, lingering delusion that he had wanted to coddle her. She didn't want to think about him now.

'At least the jackass let me off early. I have an hour to rest. I should be in fighting condition by the time Yamato shows up.'

It didn't take long for her to regret that decision.

"Again."

Aiko clenched her teeth and exhaled slowly, testing her muscles for a moment by opening and closing her hand. She'd jarred it when flipping over unexpectedly lumpy mokuton in their first spar of the day, scraping her knuckles and breaking a nail down to a painful, ugly little stub. She glanced down- still bleeding a bit. Luckily, there shouldn't be any more acrobatic failures for the day. She wasn't supposed to move her body in their current exercise- just the chain. That was a pity and a blessing.

'These stupid chakra chains… I need to master them. They're the only thing I have a chance of using against Obito.'

He'd taught her everything else she knew, after all. Chakra chains were her only chance of surprising him. Obito would come for her eventually. When he did- well. He would probably kill her for betraying him, moment of weakness aside. But if she had any say about it, she'd take him down with her, or at least give him an ass-kicking to remember her by.

Their next jutsu clash was a moderate success on Aiko's part, but-

"What was that?" Yamato shook his head. "This time, I want you to stop it much earlier."

Luckily, chakra chains were all Yamato ever seemed to want to work with her on, for whatever reason.

She couldn't help but snort at that thought. Whatever reason indeed. 'It's certainly not that I'm pretending not to know any other ninjutsu.'

Feeling decidedly lackluster, she tried to ignore the knotting pain and stiffness in her back and shoulders. Her right shoulder twitched forward when she directed a chain into movement, slicing through Yamato's jutsu and looping to block the wood chip shrapnel that flew her way.

And- missed? She blinked dumbly, lowering the arm that had shot up to protect her face. Most of the shrapnel bounced off to the grass. But there was a small cluster of splinters sticking out of the meaty part of her forearm, bits of wood clinging gently to her shirt and settling disagreeably into her bra.

'I suck so hard.'

She blinked back tears- not from emotion, but from the pressure behind her eyes. Fucking Rinnegan. Even when they weren't activated, they were bothering her. She hadn't used them since she woke up in Konoha. Was that good for her health? Or worse?

'It's so painfully stupid to sit around in the medical capital of the world and not even try to investigate what damage my implants could do to me. If I told them what Obito did to me, they would look into it. Sexy kage does seem to want me to trust her.'

Because that wasn't fucking suspicious at all. Yeah, she was apparently of some small amount of political importance, having been produced with authentic Hokage genetics. That didn't merit this kind of leniency. Unless Konoha really was managed by optimistic, forgiving loons…?

An unnatural light bled through the clearing, illuminating Yamato's strong features in that stupid way she hated. "Pay attention!" He clapped his hands, summoning a little green wisp that turned into a twisting vine within the space of a heartbeat. "You did much better yesterday. Are you sure you don't want to call it a day?" Her training partner frowned, the lines of his face etched into disapproval. "Blah blah blah blah blah. Blah blah."

His mouth just kept moving. Aiko tuned out the last part, caught up in guilt for being unable to work past the effects of Yamanaka-baka's jutsu. No matter. It had probably just been more boring scolding.

"Blah blah blah!" Yamato put a hand on his hip, waving the other. "Blah blah, blah blah…"

The only thing was… hell. He was right- she hadn't been focusing, and the world was still lilting disobediently in the way it had been since she'd left Yamanaka-baka.

Wood loomed, growing like a virulent fungus out of a seed she hadn't noticed in the grass. It snapped up, remaining lightweight and flexible in similar dimensions as her chakra chains.

It didn't take long to survey her options. She wasn't ready to block the incoming attack and she wasn't allowed to dodge for the purposes of this exercise. Aiko winced but remained obediently planted, lashing out her single chakra chain. She fully expected it to deflect only the worst of the incoming attack. It wouldn't be the first time that Yamato had whapped her solidly with mokuton. She went home black and blue most days.

But Yamato took pity on her at the last millisecond, slowing his attack trajectory. Her chain managed to turn the vine away, twisting with it into what almost appeared to be a homely plait. He cut his connection to the mokuton and dropped the vine while she was still struggling to unwind her chain and shook his head. "Let's take a break for a few minutes."

Aiko flushed, humiliated that she must seem so pathetic today that he felt like pulling his punches. She didn't like losing.

'I could take him, if I abandoned the pretense of lacking jutsu. He's skilled, but he's a one-trick wonder. Fire, I think, would do well against the Mokuton.'

Of course, that might also have the bummer side effect of burning him alive. Obito had been fond of Katon, but they were the most dangerous jutsu to experiment with in terms of friendly fire. She was almost too petty to care about the very real possibility of what would happen if he failed to dodge.

'On the other hand, he's pretty cute. And he usually pays for lunch.'

Yamato seemed like a genuinely good person when he wasn't mercilessly running her into the ground. It wouldn't be very nice to murder him because she was a sore loser. She assumed. Aiko didn't claim to be a philosopher.

"Ready to go again?" He gave her one of those dopily bland smiles, exposing precisely the right amount of white teeth to thaw her temper.

'Fuck it all. He's adorable. I hate him and he's adorable.'

Aiko heaved a sigh and let him block and deflect her chakra chains with practiced skill. There was no doubt left in her mind that he had trained against her chakra chains before and was familiar with their weaknesses and strengths as weapons. He was an excellent sparring partner for her aim of hasty improvement. No matter her speed, he always seemed to know how to turn and twist at the last instant to dominate their spars.

'Not that he would stand a chance if I used the ninjutsu Obito taught me,' she thought sullenly. But she couldn't. It was too risky. She was in a far too tenuous situation to play up to her inexplicable need to impress him.

Well. Perhaps it wasn't completely inexplicable. He was the only person she'd had an outright flashback of while with Obito. She could still remember the shocking whisper of familiarity when Obito had first used Mokuton on her. That was familiarity that she had probably acquired in spars much like this one. They must have been companions of some sort to spend that much time training together. Maybe even more. Teammates? Lovers?

Clearly, she'd seen something in him at some point.

"Aiko! Pay attention!"

Whatever that mysterious appeal was, it wasn't his bossy-ass nature when working out. She scowled. He was skilled, attractive, and intelligent. But at the moment everything in her being was screaming at her to go kick him in the shins. Fuck the chains for today, she didn't have the focus anyway. She screwed up her muscles and bolted across the clearing, ditching her bloodline ability altogether for pure speed.

Aiko didn't bother to tell him that their match had suddenly become taijutsu. He'd figure it out.

On reflex, Yamato side-stepped when she was only four steps into her ten step sprint and brought his arms up defensively to block the high kick or punch he was expecting her to aim. She didn't. She didn't even slow.

There was the briefest moment in which Yamato's professionalism shuttered over into 'what the actual fuck'. He must have expected her to stop playing around; take a taijutsu stance. She instead dropped a shoulder at the last millisecond and body-slammed him, using momentum and enthusiasm to make up for the body mass she did not have.

Yamato had been in a perfectly stable athletic stance, after all. Kicking him in the shins wouldn't have done much.

Her shoulder dug into Yamato's diaphragm, winding him even as he wheeled backwards for the inevitable crash. Aiko was still registering the mild pain from her intentional collision when surprisingly bony hands gripped her waist and adjusted her momentum so that she was flung over his head instead of landing on him. His ass hit the forest floor- but his arms had flashed through the counter-move without his apparent consent, if his mildly surprised expression was any indication.

She did not have the ANBU-trained reflexes to recover from being thrown head-first parallel to the ground in any graceful way.

'Wow, the ground is close.'

She flung her palms out and attempted to recover with a flip, but couldn't shift the momentum Yamato had so kindly leant her in time. Instead she plowed into the dirt, somewhat protected by her elbows and knees. She rolled immediately and popped to her feet, because Yamato was already right there, ready to sweep her legs out from under her with a low kick. Aiko barely side-stepped it.

In the back of her mind, the thought tried to dawn that perhaps Yamato had been attempting to encourage this kind of aggression from her. He didn't seem like a naturally infuriating person. Aiko pushed it down in favor of grunting with effort to throw the hardest punch she could at the doubtlessly now-sore part of his torso she had already targeted.

Yamato caught the fist instead of deflecting it, which was really just needless showing off his strength. But he did use two hands to do it which left him open, so-

He let her hand go a moment later when she attempted to take advantage of his preoccupation to get in a good groin kick, big brown eyes widening in alarm. He moved enough that she only ended up kneeing his upper thigh and then had to hop back on one leg to avoid the next blow.

She grinned up at him.

'He probably did not expect me to fight like a barroom brawler'.

To be fair, it wasn't her strength or even a good idea against a serious opponent. It was just enjoyable.

That unorthodox tactic had somewhat worked, but lost novelty. Her mind whirred- she needed a new strategy now to counter his advantages and experience. He had superior reach- that could be ameliorated with a weapon, but they were fighting bare hand. He had superior strength- if she had any sense, she would use that against him and not let him get a good grip on her. She was slippery when she put her mind to it. Slippery, what would help with-

Ah. The lake.

She took off instead of moving in to attack again, knowing that her sparring partner would be hot on her heels.

Aiko slunk back to the apartment three hours later, sore and filthy from the taijutsu spar that she may or may not have turned into mud wrestling and then lost at.

"What was I thinking?" She groaned. When she rolled it, her neck crack-crack-cracked, but brought little relief. She padded into the room that had become hers and gingerly tugged down her green houserobe. For just a moment, she stood indecisive. Was it worth the ten seconds that it would take to find a bra, panties, and socks?

No, she decided, and sequestered herself in the bathroom to scrub away the pain. It didn't work, but it didn't not work either.

At least she was clean and nice-smelling when the hot water ran out. Aiko dragged her limp body reluctantly out of the steamy bathroom in search of a way to kill time before dinner. It was only about fifteen minutes after she had gotten settled on the balcony that she heard the front door open and close, indicating that Shizune was home.

"Hard day?"

Shizune settled into seiza on her balcony, cupping hot tea in her palms. She wavered slightly out of visibility behind the steam slowly drifting up into her face. It made her look made her look ethereal and wise when by rights she really should have just looked sweaty and a little sticky.

Aiko felt tension rising in her shoulders, stiffening beyond her control and trying not to breathe in the fragrance of shiroi tea.

Shizune knew damn well that Aiko had had a hard day. She'd probably known that Yamanaka-baka was going to try that jutsu today.

She looked away and pretended to be completely immersed in the very complicated task of shaping her nails. They were almost finished, trimmed and filed short with blunted edges that hopefully didn't look too ridiculous next to the broken nail on her right index finger. Having nice nails wouldn't do anything for her pounding headache or muscle soreness, but it wasn't like she had much else to do.

Wordlessly, Shizune leaned over and nudged the small bucket of her own accessories that Aiko had pilfered from the bathroom. She tapped the top of a light blue polish. Aiko glanced over, noting the slightest bit of glitter twinkling in its depths.

It was rather nice, if more subtle than she tended to aim for.

She took the recommendation, extracting the paint and setting it by her ankles. For the next few moments she waited for a reaction or comment, but Shizune seemed disinclined to comment on her reasoning. After about a minute, the older woman let out a soft sigh that tickled at Aiko's ears.

'I could ask her for help figuring out what's wrong with me. If I actually told a medical professional about my symptoms, I could get better. Shizune is slightly terrifying, but she gets shit done. And she does seem-'

She cut herself off there, before she could sink back into the comforting stupidity of trusting kind words and shows of concern. Obito had seemed just as concerned for Aiko's welfare once.

'And I still don't have any evidence to convince them that Obito is who we're dealing with instead of Madara. The library didn't pan out, but there has to be another source of information that could help. Some resource- just something. Anything.'

"Michiru is coming along nicely." Shizune's voice was mild and inoffensive. "I predict that she'll complete her masterwork project within the year."

"Oh?" Aiko unscrewed the base coat bottle and pulled the cold brush over her nails, not really seeing the glint of fading sunlight on the gloss. She couldn't tune out the sharp smell of the polish, giving three sneezes in quick succession. It burned, re-starting the watering of her tear ducts. Ugh. How was it that even when she was leaking water, her eyes felt dry and hot?

Shizune gave her a sideways glance that betrayed sudden comprehension about Aiko's decision to take her nail care session to the open air. Aiko sneezed again, eyes watering.

"Would you like me to-" The older woman gestured politely at the bottle.

She was tempted to say no. But the watering of her eyes was making it difficult to neatly apply the clear paint, so she handed over the polish. Aiko probably looked feline when she stretched, pushing her palms over the balcony's floor to Shizune, but the slight scrape of soft wood felt interesting on her skin. She would much rather focus on that than the cramps in her shins, because ow.

A tenseness that she hadn't registered in Shizune relaxed at the admittedly small concession. The older woman smiled, bright and sunny. "So, as I was saying. I fully anticipate that our toxicology department will be expanded in the coming years. Goodness, we have some talent in the hospital. Karin-san, for example, has been working on a charming project with neurotoxic venom that consumes living tissue…"

Aiko closed her eyes, letting familiar workplace babble wash over her while Shizune painted her nails with quick, sure swipes. As the base coat dried, Shizune gave a slight tug on Aiko's left ankle. A pedicure? That hadn't been in the plan… But. She let the medic take her foot and shape the nails while her hands dried.

"Aiko-san, I don't believe you've heard a word I just said." Amusement lilted Shizune's voice a pitch higher than usual.

Her lips curled up lazily. "Necrosis," Aiko parroted without opening her eyes to see the exasperation that her technically correct answer should prompt.

Shizune hummed, low and noncommittal. "That was literally the last word I said, yes. Did you hear any of the ones that came before?" She heaved a sigh and poked at Aiko's foot with a finger. "You're exactly as bad as Tsunade-sama. Everything goes in one ear and out the other if you don't want to hear it."

Cheeky, Aiko half-sung, "Aa." She rolled out of the way and popped up to her feet before Shizune could bop her nose in retaliation, leaving the older woman blinking at the air and holding two fingers aloft.

"E-eh?" She scrunched up her nose and blew air out the side of her mouth, sending her silky bangs fluttering. "Aiko-san…"

'Agh, she's adorable.' Aiko interlaced her fingers and stretched her arms out in front of her body, twisting to open her torso towards Shizune cutely. "Ye-es?" She tilted her head to the side, lips slightly parted.

"You can paint your own nails," Shizune said sharply, brushing off the front of her kimono with her free hand. The nail polish bottle hit wood with a clatter, rolling to clink gently against the railing. She gave an imperious head toss, lifting her chin up high as if to show off her elegant neck. Then Shizune sailed into the apartment, away from the heathen who didn't properly appreciate scintillating accounts of biological weapons research.

'Being cute had worked much better against Obito.'

Aiko grinned openly, now that there was no one to see. "Don't you love me?" Aiko called, raising her voice to be heard through the door. She heard the faintest, 'hmmph!' in response, and then the sound of the tea kettle being set on.

Still, there was something she should do. She padded into the apartment, pulling the door shut behind her. "Shizune?"

"Hmm?" The medic didn't look up, absorbed in measuring out some kind of spice.

Aiko leaned her back against the table and pressed her lips together to wait for Shizune's attention. She'd noted before that Shizune wasn't entirely capable of holding conversation when her mind was somewhere else. She'd hear things, but not respond until she'd finished her current task.

After a few moments, Shizune's eyebrows creased slightly. "Oh, I'm sorry Aiko-san. What were you saying?"

"I was wondering when Sexy-Kage wanted me to work on that Konan thing." Aiko shrugged, despite the fact that no one was looking at her. "She mentioned it was important that I be able to give the testimony Konoha needs to get Konan off the charges. Should I be reading the report I originally wrote about my time with the Akatsuki, or…?" She trailed off, not certain about what else she could possibly do to prepare for this trial. How could she possibly fool anyone who had known her before?

She was starting to feel niggling worry that Konoha had decided she wasn't worth the investment after all. That was ridiculous. They wouldn't be training her if they were about to discard her. Would they?

Shizune smiled up at her. The table digging into her back felt just that little bit colder.

"That's a good idea, Aiko-san. Tell you what, I'll see what Tsunade-sama would like for you to start with tomorrow."

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SasuSaku Month ‘22 Day 8

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Day 8 Prompt: Treat

Modern AU

"Okay then, here you go. Small sips, okay?"

"Thank you, Doctor Haruno ma’am!"

Sasuke's ears perked up as he heard his daughter's happy voice, and as he walked back into the room his eyes widened slightly as he saw an unfamiliar pink-haired woman in a knee-length white coat hold out to her what he swore was the largest plastic cup he'd ever seen and a straw poking out the top of the lid.

"What is that?" He questioned, pointing at the drink.

Sarada's sweet little face beamed up at him, and she proudly grinned as she stated, "Strawberry milkshake!"

"You can't have that, you remember, right?" His voice turned stern as he took several steps towards the bed. Almost immediately her shoulders drooped and she looked sadly at the cup. "You're--"

"Lactose intolerant, I'm aware," the doctor's cool voice interrupted him, and as he looked up at her, her own face was set in a disapproving frown. "I read her charts several times, sir. I made sure it was made without dairy."

"Doctor Haruno says that I can have some because I've been a good girl," Sarada chimed in, looking up at the woman as if she was a superhero in the flesh. "Right?"

"Of course, sweetheart." Her face immediately softened and she reached out to pet his daughter's straight black hair. "You've been a very good girl, letting my staff run more tests on you."

Sasuke watched the interaction, his heart painfully squeezing in his chest as he noted how tenderly the woman treated the little girl. Sarada's fragile frame was puffed up in pride as she patted her head, adjusting her glasses and helping her hold the cold cup.

Had it only been two years since his wife had died, leaving him with his then three-year-old daughter? It still didn't seem real; every day he went back home, expecting to see her standing at the door with a bright smile and a hug.

Sarada had seemed to bounce back from the loss well enough - though he knew he shouldn't expect a child that young to feel such a loss as keenly as he had. Even now, as she grew sicker, she seemed her usual cheerful self.

She certainly didn't get that from me, he noted as she slurped the drink with delight in her eyes.

The doctor flipped through the clipboard she held, scanning the pages before looking back up at him with a faint smile. "I apologize for my rudeness. I'm Doctor Haruno, overseeing your daughter's treatment."

"Ah." He nodded slowly, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "I'm Sasuke. Her father."

"Uchiha Sasuke, pleasure to meet you." Her voice was warm, much more so than it had been only a minute ago. As she stuck out a hand, he was struck with how calloused and rough it looked.

He stared at it for a second before taking out his left hand and grasping it in his bigger hand. Her skin felt as rough as it looked - and he mentally winced at the feeling.

What, does she not moisturize? He thought snidely for a fleeting moment. But as he observed her more, he tucked that thought away as  he noticed the bags under her eyes and the pale, almost sickly quality to her skin.

"I trust my daughter isn't too ill?" He said instead, choosing instead to try and not think about the pretty woman standing before him, just barely level to his chin.

The polite smile wavered for a moment, but she reinforced it as she shook her head, going back through the papers on the clipboard. "Not that we know of so far. We seem to be observing a bit of a disturbance around her occipital lobe; we'll need to do some more scans to figure out just what it is."

"What do you think it is?" He challenged quietly, dark eyes flickering between the little girl and the doctor.

Doctor Haruno paused, eyes widening a fraction in what seemed like surprise. It almost seemed like nobody had asked her that question before.

Her vivid green eyes looked back down at the paper for a moment, before she straightened and turned to Sarada, giving her a sweet smile.

"Sweetie, your dad and I are going to talk by the door." Her voice grew softer, more gentle as she spoke to the little girl. "We aren't going anywhere, okay?"

"Okay!" Her impossibly-bright face made the woman chuckle, fondly patting her head again.

With her shoulder she motioned to head away from the bed, and Sasuke gave her one last smile before following Doctor Haruno until the privacy curtain shielded them from the girl's view.

The pinkette's smile dropped almost immediately and her eyes shone with a seriousness that made the man's pulse stutter.

"You want to know what I think?" She asked rhetorically. "Well... based on the symptoms described upon admission - visual disturbances, irritability, headache, nausea, gradual loss of sight," she paused and grimaced, "seizures - I believe we may be dealing with a tumor.”

The news struck the father like a stone. His heart seemed to freeze in his chest as he fought the urge to peek around the curtain back at Sarada - and only the doctor's hand on his shoulder kept him rooted to the spot.

"We deal with brain tumors in children more than you'd expect, Mr. Uchiha," she explained with a sympathetic quirk of her lips. "My staff is the best trained in the country to deal with this. I believe-- no, I know your little girl with be walking out of this hospital tumor-free."

Her hand was warm, though all he felt was cold. "How could this have happened?" He asked before he could register the words tumbling from his lips. "I thought... we were... she's healthy. Sarada is healthy."

"You don't have to be diseased or already injured to figure out you've got a tumor on your brain," the woman answered quietly, tapping her temple. "You did nothing wrong. Sarada is just as healthy as she was before she began manifesting symptoms."

"Healthy with a brain tumor," he spat, and the words felt like acid on his tongue.

"Mr. Uchiha," she started, and the stern look on her face made his heart squeeze again. "What Sarada needs right now is for her father to be strong. She's just five; she has no idea about what this means nor what's happening to her as a result. For all she knows, she's very hurt, she doesn’t understand why or how, and her father is scared of something he knows that she doesn’t. That’s terrifying for someone so young."

He tried to speak. His lips felt glued shut as he stared into her face.

"I've had plenty of children with brain tumors - hell, I had one little girl with brain cancer that ended up dying as a result of it. Nothing we could do could save her; she was too far gone by the time we were able to begin treatment." Angry tears pricked the corners of her eyes, and she didn't even skip a beat as she wiped them with her sleeve and poked him in the chest. "If you can't even show her that she's gonna be okay, you're only going to make it worse in the long run. You can be upset - I've had parents who have had full breakdowns when I gave them the diagnosis. But don't let it consume you. Don't let her see you break."

She poked him again for good measure, and after a moment her eyes softened and she patted the spot.

Sasuke could only close his eyes, head tilting downwards.

"I really am sorry for what she has to go through, Mr. Uchiha," Doctor Haruno murmured. "There's a much higher chance for the mass to be benign rather than malignant. Luckily it's still small enough that she will suffer minimal consequences. Don't think of it as a death knell. Think of it as another challenge to hurdle."

His former wife's face flashed through his mind's eye at her words, and he took a shaky breath. He could feel the emotion rising in his throat and the last thing he needed was to break down in front of someone he had only met several minutes prior.

"Sarada... you told me she was a fighter, right?"

He nodded, not trusting his own voice to remain steady.

When he opened his eyes, Doctor Haruno's face was set with a determined smile.

"Then mark my words: I don't see her losing this one."

His heart flipped again, and as he parted his lips to speak but was interrupted by Sarada's call, "Doctor Haruno! I finished my milkshake and boy my head hurts!"'

The comment was so out of the blue that it cut through the tension like a knife. After a second of surprise, the woman held a fist up to her mouth as her shoulders began to shake with silent laughter.

The peals of laughter began to grow louder as she staggered her way back into the room, and at the sight of his little girl giggling back, he began to relax.

Maybe things would turn out alright.

#sasusaku month 2022 #sasusaku #modern au #pre relationship #attraction at first sight #single father sasuke #doctor sakura haruno

[b4nka1]

hokage reader and kakaobi as their guards

headcannons/au where reader is the 5th hokage and obito, rin, sakumo, minato and kushina survive , gai isn't on a wheelchair, enjoy ♡

gn!reader

this might be a little long and is not proofread, so excuse me if i accidentally used male or female pronouns for the reader anywhere ♡

life with kakashi and obito as your guards would be very fun but stressing

they'd go with you no matter where, if you wanna use the restroom, they'll stand outside and guard you, if you're going home (when you get free time), then they're excorting you back home. going out for ramen? treat them ramen too they deserve it

they're the ones helping you with paperwork as well, checking everything and stamping on them, seeking approval of you

when you take a break and go to a park for fresh air, gai is somehow always strangely present there, challenging kakashi to different stuff, and you agree on being the referee for their rivalry.

when you have a meeting with the other kages, they know that you won't need much protection because all of them are allies.

obito usually falls asleep with his head on the heaps of paperwork, drool threatening to spill on them anytime and kakashi has to smack him awake

you take walks around the village everyday and everyone loves you. the kids around always come to hug you and when they do, your heart melts and you can help but give them all a forehead kiss

you visit the academy randomly at times, but you do not interrupt the classes

you feel kind of proud looking at your stone face in the hokage monument

whenever you leave the village for any work, obito and kakashi always come along, getting rid of all the nukenin who dared to attack you

every morning, obito has your morning coffee ready and kakashi has your breakfast ready

ofc he doesn't prepare lunch by himself, papa hatake helps him in the kitchen as well. he usually makes lunch for you, obito and himself, and sometimes papa hatake, when he's not on a mission (yes he doesn't want to retire yet)

kushina ABSOLUTELYYY loves you because you used to be in her team when you were a genin. she is the one bringing you dinner at times, or naruto, or they both come and you five, including kakashi and obito, have dinner together in the hokage office.

kakashi absolutely finds you super duper mega attractive in the hokage hat, it's something that he can't take his eyes off when you're wearing it

and oh, obito dies a little inside whenever you wear your hokage cloak. he always "dusts" it off for you (it's just an excuse to touch you because he might have a little crush on you)

rin and tsunade are the medical head in the konoha hospital. rin too, your bestfriend from academy, tags along with you during your trips at time because you, kakashi and obito SUCKKK at medical ninjutsu (lmaoo losers)

but oh, if you ever get into a situation when you're hurt badly during a trip, obito and kakashi will SLIT everyone's throats who come 10 feet near you, and i mean it

sometimes you get drunk together, but kakashi doesn't drink much to keep you and obito under his eye

you're that one hot ass mf hokage who turns heads. heck, even iruka and genma might have a teeny tiny crush on you

yamato always has to make tables for the office when you break one out of rage /hj

when sasuke went rogue, you were frustrated that he left the village to suck an immortal's snake dick

so when susgay returned to the village

you gave him a bigass lecture of abt 5 hours and he swore he fell asleep for an hour right then and there

but when everyone pleaded that he should he free, you kind of felt bad for him

ANYWHO BACK TO THE STORYLINE kakashi and obito love you as their friend, and their comrade and as the *cough* hokage *cough*

obito will never admit to this but he has secret pics of you in the hokage cloak in his room and he stares at it for 5 mins a day, believing that you're his goodluck

and kakashi, he still has that stupid love note you gave to him when you were 5, he has kept it safe in one of his icha icha books so there's no chance you'd ever find it because he's a PROOO at hiding those books from everyone (kushina once beat him up for reading that in front of 5 year old naruto)

sakumo very well knows his son, and very well knows abt his crush on you because he caught his son creepily smiling at you (that smile type when obito was kissing that pic of rin) from far away when you were talking to iruka regarding the academy progress

in short you're the best hokage, everyone loves you and you love everyone. minato knew he did right leaving konoha in your hands, and you very well knew who was going to be the sixth hokage

17 years later, obito sat in the hokage's office with his 'rokudaime hokage' cloak on while crying while doing his paperwork

#kakashi #obito #hatake kakashi #uchiha obito #hatake sakumo #kakashi hatake #sakumo hatake #maito gai #gai #might guy #rin nohara #nohara rin #namikaze minato #minato namikaze #uzumaki kushina #kushina uzumaki #uzumaki naruto #naruto uzumaki #uchiha sasuke #sasuke uchiha #reader x kakaobi #reader x obikaka #naruto #naruto shippuden

[sugar-stories]

Strange Bedfellows Chapter 4 Preview: It’s gonna be another loooong chapter that takes me a month and a half to write, I can feel it in my bones

Anyway, here’s Kuno losing a battle with a seven year old girl 🥳

Tatewaki Kuno stared down his opponent with an icy glare that would unnerve even the most seasoned warriors. His hands gripped the hilt of his bokken as steadily and lightly as his lungs breathed air, ready to throw himself into a fight at any moment. He stood with his back to the front door, balancing on the balls of his feet.

“You shall not pass!” he said.

His opponent matched his intense gaze with a steely resolve of her own.

“Father. I do not wish to harm you, but if you refuse to step aside, then I will be forced to strike you down where you stand,” she said.

Kuno’s opponent—his seven-year-old daughter—stepped back into a fighting stance, holding her toy sword. She was the spitting image of Sasaki Kojiro if he’d been a three-foot-tall girl with a cute purple blouse and a backpack full of chocolate cookies.

“It is a thousand years too early for you to challenge me!” Kuno replied. “Now go to your room!”

Each combatant waited for the other to move. Sasuke stood with his hands clasped together, not sure who to help. Next to him, Nabiki Tendo looked at her watch.

“One of you needs to get out of the way. I’m late for work,” she said.

Kuno looked at her. His eyes were wild and desperate. His mouth trembled for a moment before words exploded out of it.

“Tell her to turn around and stop this nonsense, then! No child of mine is going to… to—”

Kuno breathed in so hard, the edges of his two nostrils rippled around like a pair of swimming sea slugs. He spoke his next words as though he were uttering a curse.

“—to public school!” he said.

He pointed at Tomiji. Tomiji pointed back at him, swiveling her head towards Nabiki.

“He is wrong. I am going to public school, for I wish to join my good friends and be educated amongst the peasant folk,” Tomiji said.

Kuno twisted his gaze towards the seven-year-old samurai and thundered back at her. “That is preposterous ! There is no teacher on Earth who could educate you better than I have!”

Nabiki pondered his words for a moment. There was a brief pause.

“Tomiji, what’s seven plus four…?” Nabiki asked.

“Seventy-four,” said Tomiji.

“And the capital of Japan is…?”

“Edo.”

“And this animal is called…?”

Nabiki held up a postcard with a photo of a rhinoceros on it.

“A puppy,” Tomiji said.

Nabiki set aside the postcard and folded her arms deliberately across the front of her maroon blazer. She looked levelly at her husband without saying anything. She didn’t need to.

“What?!” Kuno said to her, suddenly defensive. “We’re getting to animals—right after she finishes memorizing the Heike Monogatari!”

“Mmm. I’m sure you are. But let’s just handle this democratically, shall we?” Nabiki said. “All in favor of Tomiji going to public school from now on, raise your hand.”

Tomiji raised her hand. Nabiki did, too. So did Sasuke.

“You don’t get to vote!” Kuno said to Sasuke, scandalized.

Sasuke slowly put his hand down.

“…And all in favor of Tomiji staying in homeschool?” Nabiki said.

Kuno was the only one who raised his hand. He picked up Sasuke and shook him.

“Why aren’t you voting, man?!” he asked him.

It didn’t matter whether Sasuke voted or not, because while Kuno was busy reprimanding him, Tomiji opened the front door and started skipping down the street towards Furinkan Elementary School.

#my fics #ranma 1/2 #ranma ½ #strange bedfellows #tatewaki kuno #nabiki tendo #sasuke sarugakure #i enjoy their family dynamic but I try not to go overboard #each of the three kids in Strange Bedfellows is specifically designed to be a challenge for their parents or guardians to deal with #tomiji is a challenge for Nabiki because now she has to deal with Kuno in stereo #but mostly Tomiji is a challenge for Kuno because he is a helicopter parent and tomiji is getting to be ridiculously independent

[bleachanimefan1]

Desert Flower Part 6

The Chunin Exams Part 2,

"A fight, right now?" Sasuke asked him.

"Don't you think you should save your energy when it comes a time to fight?" Yuri spoke, trying to talk them both out of it.

"Yes, I am sure." Lee hopped down from the railing, landing front of the group, facing Sasuke. "My name is Rock Lee. When you want to know a person's name you should introduce yourself, right?"

Sasuke smirked. "Sasuke Uchiha."

"I want to fight you. I have to test my techniques against the offspring of the genius ninja clan. And also..." Lee glanced over a Yuri, who blinked at him confused. Then her eyes widen, and she made a disgusted face.

"I don't like Sasuke. He's alright, but no."

"What do you mean, he's just alright? He's amazing!" Sakura exclaimed.

"For you, maybe." Yuri murmured, sarcastically. Sakura glared at her.

"Challenging me, already knowing that I'm an Uchiha. You're a fool. You're going to find out what the name means, bushy brows." Sasuke told Lee. Lee smirked back, getting into a fighting stance.

"Please."

"Wait!" Naruto shouted.

"Naruto?" Yuri questioned. Naruto frowned with a serious look in his eyes.

"I'll take care of bushy brows. It'll only take five minutes." He spoke.

"It is not you who I wish to fight. It's Uchiha." Lee spoke.

"Damn it! I'm sick hearing about Sasuke!" Naruto shouted and he charged at Lee. Lee still didn't move from his spot. Just as Naruto was about to punch him, Lee quickly stepped to the side. Naruto was knocked off balance, stumbling on his feet a little. Then Naruto tried to throw a kick at Lee, but Lee grabbed Naruto's leg.

"Leaf Hurricane!" Lee threw Naruto, sending him rolling hard on the floor, crashing into the wall. 

"Naruto!" Yuri shouted. On the floor, Naruto stared at Lee in disbelief. Lee turned back towards Sasuke, getting into a fight stance again.

"I'll say it again. You guys can't defeat me. Because, right now, I'm the Leaf's strongest Genin."

"Sounds fun. I'll do it." Sasuke started to walk towards Lee. Sakura saw the clock on the wall.

"Sasuke, don't! We only have 30 minutes to get to the exam room!" She shouted. Sasuke ignored her.

"I'll be done in five minutes." And he charged at Lee. Lee braced himself, getting ready. 

"Spinning Leaf Whirlwind!" He quickly dodged Sasuke's punch, jumping into the air, then landed a kick. Sasuke moved his arms to block Lee's kick. Then Lee delivered another kick, hitting Sasuke in the face, knocking him back.

"Sasuke!" Sakura shouted in worry. Sasuke got on to his feet again, wiping his lip. Lee smirked. Sakura's eyes widen and so did Yuri's when they saw Sasuke's eyes had changed. They had turned red with a ring, a circle and three swirls.

"Sharingan." Yuri murmured. Sasuke charged at Lee again, fast. But Lee was quicker and delivered another kick, kicking Sasuke straight into the air. Strange. Yuri noticed that Lee hadn't been using Ninjutsu or genjutsu this entire time, only Taijutsu.

"My techniques are neither ninjutsu nor genjutsu." He quickly jumped into the air, getting behind Sasuke.

"Shadow Leaf Dance!" He grabbed Sasuke. "They say that the Sharingan has the ability to reveal all types of Ninjutsu, Genjutsu and Taijutsu. It is true that by reading Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, chakra is needed to be raised and seals to be performed. You get an advantage through Sharingan but Taijutsu is a little different. Even if you can read my movements, your body does not have the speed to react to my Taijutsu. Basically, even if you can see it, if your body can't move, then it's useless." Lee started to undo his bandages from his arms, about to wrap Sasuke with them. But a pinwheel shot out, impaling the bandages to the floor, stopping him.

"That's enough, Lee!" A voice shouted. Suddenly, a turtle appeared on the floor as it poofed in front of everyone. Yuri's eyes widen in surprise. A talking turtle?

"A turtle?" Sakura questioned. Yuri walked over to it and started to pet it.

"Aw, what a cute, turtle." She smiled as she continued to pet it, rubbing underneath its chin. The turtle's eyes widened, slightly confused. Sasuke began to fall, and Sakura quickly rushed over to him, catching him.

"Have you no respect?!" Lee shouted at Yuri then he quickly knelt down in front of the turtle, bowing.

"Lee, you know that technique is forbidden!" The turtle spoke.

"I'm sorry. I just-I wasn't planning on using the other one!" Lee stammered.

"Can a turtle be a ninja sensei?" Naruto asked Sakura.

"How would I know!?" Sakura shouted at him.

"You fool!" The turtle snapped at Lee, harshly. Lee flinched. "You think you can get away with an excuse like that? You already know what it means for a shinobi to reveal his special techniques! Are you prepared to pay?"

"Yes." Lee replied.

"Then here comes, Gai Sensei!"

Then Yuri saw a man, wearing the same green jumpsuit and orange weighted leggings, like Lee's. His hair cut was cut in the same fashion poof right on top of the turtle, striking a pose. She fell back in surprise.

"What the-" Yuri sputtered in shock.

"Geez, you guys are the epitome of adolescence!" Gai smirked. Yuri blinked, confused. She got up and turn to Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke seeing their mouths dropped in shock, seeing Lee's sensei looked exactly like him, with bushier eyebrows.

"He's got thicker eyebrows!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Stop insulting Gai Sensei!" Lee shouted at them, angrily.

"Shut up! All these freaks keep appearing! How the hell are we supposed to react!?!?" Naruto shouted back at him.

"Lee..." Gai Sensei spoke. Lee turned to him, and Gai Sensei punched Lee in the face. "You fool!" Lee fell on the floor. Gai sensei knelt down to Lee. "You are...You are..." Lee looked up at him, crying a little.

"Sensei...I..I-"

"That's enough, Lee. You don't need to say it." Gai Sensei gave Lee a big hug and Lee hugged him back.

"Sensei!" Lee cried with him. Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke and Yuri watched them, completely in disbelief.

"Maybe, we should go while they're distracted." Yuri whispered. Gai and Lee pulled away, getting up.

"It's alright, Lee. Youth and mistakes go together." He told Lee.

"You're too nice, sensei." Lee smiled, still crying a little.

"But you did start a fight and almost broke my rules. Your punishment will take place after the Chunin exams."

"Yes!" Lee nodded and saluted him.

"500 laps around the practice range!" Gai shouted.

"Yes!" Lee shouted. Then Gai glanced over at Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke and Yuri, narrowing his eyes.

"Oh no, he's looking over here!" Sakura whispered.

"Hey, you guys, how's Kakashi sensei doing?" Gai asked them.

"You know Kakashi?" Sasuke asked him.

"Know him?" Gai sensei chuckled, smirking a little.

"Wait a minute, are you rivals with Kakashi?" Yuri asked him. Suddenly, Gai vanished in front of their eyes and quickly reappeared right behind them. Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura and Yuri quickly looked behind them, shocked to see how fast he moved.

"That is correct! I can see why you're on Kakashi's team!" Gai sensei smiled, looking down at Yuri. "I can see why the other Jonins are calling you he's little protege! I might have to watch myself with you." Yuri blushed. He seems pretty cool, even though he's weird.

"50 wins and 49 losses. I'm stronger than Kakashi!" Gai winked then he looked at Sasuke. "I'm sorry about Lee. I swear to this beautiful face that it won't happen again." Sasuke stared at him, silently, not answering him.

"You guys and Lee should head over to the classroom." Gai told them. Lee pulled the pinwheel off his bandages and started, wrapping them back onto his hands. Naruto, Sasuke and Yuri eyes widen a little, seeing how badly scarred and bruised Lee's hands were. Yuri frowned.

"He must have gone through some intense training every single day."

"Good luck, Lee!" Gai told him and Lee saluted him and his sensei, vanished in smoke.

"Sasuke, I'll say one more thing. It is true I came here to test my abilities. But I lied before. Most likely the strongest Leaf Genin is on my team. I've entered this to defeat him and you're also one of my targets." Lee told Sasuke and jumped onto the railing, leaving. "Be prepared during the exam!"

Sasuke clenched his fist. Sakura stepped over to him, concerned.

"Sasuke?"

"Don't listen to him. He's just trying to scare you. But there is always going to be someone better than you." Yuri told him. Sasuke smirked.

"The Uchiha clans aren't worth much these days." Naruto murmured. Sakura turned to Naruto, glaring at him.

"Naruto!!!" She screamed, furiously.

"Next time, I'll beat him." Sasuke spoke.

"Sure...you just got your ass kicked." Naruto reminded him.

"Naruto, don't!" Sakura shouted.

"Hey, we're going to be late. Can we go, already?" Yuri spoke, getting impatient.

"Hell yeah!" Naruto shouted.

The team started to head to the exam room when they saw Kakashi, waiting for them, just outside the room.

"So, you guys actually decided to come after all. I was starting to think you chickened out. I'm also surprised to see you here, Sakura." Kakashi said. Sakura's eyes widen. "Now we can properly take the exam."

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked him.

"Well, normally, the test is to be taken in teams of three." Kakashi spoke, looking at Yuri.

"But you said that taking the test was our choice. You lied to us?" Naruto asked, confused.

"If I told you the truth, Naruto or Sasuke or Yuri would have pressured you into taken the exams. You wouldn't be able to perform well if your heart wasn't into it. Also, if just only one of them showed up then the test is over. They'll get disqualified, immediately." All four eyes widen in shock. "But you all came here on your free will. I am proud to have you as my team!" Kakashi smiled at them.

Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke and Yuri smiled back.

"Let's do this!" Yuri told them.

"Yeah! Let's go!" Naruto shouted as well and the four of them walked into the exam room.

#fanfiction #read more #naruto #naruto fanfiction #naruto oc #sasuke #sakura #chunin exams

[animeomegas]

N-SFW - Random writing practice - NARUTO

I randomly generated two sets of two names and a kink to give to each pair. It was to practice some poly sex scenes, but thought some of you might enjoy!

 1.      Sasuke x Shino x Reader = Masturbation

There’s nothing as beautiful as this, you’re sure of it. Your mates are both laying side by side on your bed, completely naked and nervously fidgeting under your stare. Sasuke looks defiant, like he’s daring you to give him an order and make him follow it. Shino looks like it’s taking everything he has to stop himself from covering up his body, but he’s a good boy, and he knows you don’t like when he does that, so he doesn’t.

“Masturbate for me,” you order, staring them both down. “I want to see.”

Sasuke scoffs indignantly but you can see his cock give a little interested twitch. Shino flinches and refuses to make eye contact.

“Why?” Shino asks quietly.

“Because they don’t think they can please us properly,” Sasuke boldly challenges, his rather obvious plan being to provoke a reaction. You merely shake your head with a laugh.

“Now, now Sasuke, claws away. To answer you, my love,” you turn to Shino. “It’s because I want you to. Don’t you like pleasing me?”

Shino blushes and nods, slowly inching his hand downwards like he’s unsure what exactly you want him to do.

“Whatever you like the most, baby,” you encourage. “Go on.”

And Shino does.

His hand hesitates over his cock but eventually, he settles on slipping it between his legs, slowly slipping a finger inside himself with a whine. Shino buries his head into the pillow as he does it. You’d prefer to see his face, but you know when to push him and when to not.

“Add another finger, baby, that’s it,” you croon at him, eyes hungrily taking in the beautiful sight in front on you. Even Sasuke has also gone quiet at the spectacle.

Shino does as you ask and slips another finger in. You can hear the little wet sounds his fingers are making now. He’s doing so beautifully.

“You’re doing so well, Shino,” you praise, perching down next to him to stroke his hair. “Such a good boy, doing what alpha asked you to do.”

You make a rather unsubtle glance towards Sasuke, who is still rather pointedly not touching himself.

“Good boys get rewards, and bad boys gets punished.”

Both Shino and Sasuke shiver at your words. Shino loves nothing more than to be rewarded and Sasuke loves to be punished.

“What do you want as your reward?”

“I-“ Shino hesitates, fingers still buried in himself, and then nuzzles his face against your leg in embarrassment.

“No need to be embarrassed, Shino, I promise,” you soothe. “You’ve been so good, I want to reward you.”

“Can you… fuck me?” Shino whispers, pushing his face further into the fabric of your shorts.

You laugh and agree.

“Of course, and Sasuke,” you turn to face your other omega who is currently valiantly ignoring his own arousal. “If you don’t make yourself cum before I make Shino cum, you’ll regret it.”

Sasuke swallows heavily but shivers and nods nonetheless.

You know he won’t be able to. What can you say? It’s simply far too much fun to punish him.

 2.      Neji x Naruto x Reader = Rimming

(could be read as dub con, but was intended as fully consensual)

Neji’s heat is in full force, still irregular enough to not have synced with you and Naruto yet. He’s bundled up in his nest with you both, clinging to you, torn between chasing the pleasure and shying away from the pain.

You’re so glad Naruto is there with you, so you can focus on taking the edge off.

“You’re okay, Neji, I got you,” Naruto soothes, holding Neji securely against his chest as Neji thrashes in his grasp, begging and whining and babbling.

“It’s too much!” he babbles, shaking hands latching around Naruto’s neck.

“One more, just one more, right?” you can just about see Naruto looking at you for clarification from your position with your head buried in between Neji’s legs. You nod as best as you can.

“See?” Naruto says. You don’t think Neji’s in much of a position to see anything, but you don’t comment. “Only one more and then you can rest, only one more.”

Naruto’s words are meant for Neji, but they motivate you to pick up the pace also, licking and sucking at twice the speed you were before.

Neji lets out a broken moan at your ministrations. He’s close.

“I can’t!” he sobs. “It hurts.”

Naruto hushes him and then reaches down to give his neglected cock a few strokes. Neji’s thrashing increases, but his stomach clenches in anticipation of his coming orgasm.

All at once, Neji’s entire body seizes, and you can feel a rush of liquid against your tongue. You lap it up greedily. Delicious.

“Um,” Naruto interrupts your thoughts. “I think he fainted…”

You look up in surprise and you can see Naruto cradling Neji’s limp body.

“Oh dear, let’s get him cleaned up and settled, then.”

Naruto nods and reaches for a cool cloth to wipe Neji down with, inadvertently revealing a wet patch that couldn’t possibly have been caused by Neji. Good to know that Neji’s pheromones aren’t only affecting you.

#neji #naruto #sasuke #shino #a/b/o #reader #omegaverse #reader insert #alpha!reader #alpha reader #omega!neji #omega neji #omega!sasuke #omega sasuke #omega!naruto #omega naruto #omega!shino #omega shino #practice #n-sfw