Asuka and I had a discussion on some strange new pairing thing in the Bleach fandom, where the romanization of a character's last name determined who they would end up with. Now if you apply that to Naruto, clearly the series will end in NaruSasu and SakuHina. So: she wrote crack, I wrote emo. No one is surprised.


Hinata and Sakura, it's a little awkward when your crushes hook up with each other.


( Hinata met her in the hallway on her way back from visiting Kiba. )

Team seven, eventually some village is going to think of going after that necklace of Naruto's.
I need to stop abusing the themes from 30_kisses, but if someone can think of a way to fit SasuSaku into the calcium pill prompt, they are trying harder than me.


( If she could feel the saliva dripping irritatingly down her cheek, it meant that the pain in her torso had receded, which was also very bad. )

Little Naruto post-309 ficlet. Which dragged me out of bed when I was nearly asleep. Not cool, ficlet, not cool.


( The first night on the way back to Konoha, Yamato splits the watch between himself and Sai. )

Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke, life is nothing but a series of calms and crises.
Unofficially for 30_kisses.


( I'll be the smallest piece in everything )

Sakura and Sasuke, creating a relationship after the wreckage of choices has settled.
Unofficially for 30_kisses, the first of several snapshots.


( I'll be your gracious angel )

naruto100 introduced "mothers" as the theme for the week, and . . . well, the idea sort of breeded. Beware of tense changes.
Mothers, as played an influence on Kakashi, the Hyuuga sisters, and team seven.


( Kakashi )

( Sakura )

( Hanabi )

( Hinata )

( Sasuke )

( Naruto )

Little Sakura drabble because I just read chapter 286.

( And /yay/. )

Shizune, on loyalty and the story of replacement.
I have such high hopes for where this Shizune-Tsunade-Sakura tangle subplot is going. I really do.
The bottom quote is from Sharon Olds's poem "35/10." Warning for references to chapter 282 and abuse of semi-colons.


( Taking care of Tsunade was a life-consuming task, but Shizune had known what she was choosing. )

Ino and Sakura, no person is a legend to their friends.
Warning for references to the latest chapters.


( Sakura and Naruto's return to Konoha was dramatic. )

Sakura and Naruto, the improper way to return a prodigal teammate to your side.
This was originally written for 30_kisses, but then I realized it didn't fit the theme I was using very well, but it fit one of the 30_evil_deeds themes nicely. Plus, it's more SakuNaru than SasuSaku, but this is legitimately because Sasuke spends the majority of the story being a cat.
Warnings: character deaths, Sakura channeling Kabuto like whoa.


( 21. control )

Sakura and Sasuke, an excessive amount of imagery. It's all about Naruto, even the parts that look like they aren't.
Most of Ripple Effect is dialogue or action, not character-introspective stuff, so this scene will be much shorter and undescriptive within it. But I wanted to flesh out Sakura and Sasuke's thoughts somewhere, and when I realized that they fit one of 30_kisses's themes really well, I figured I might as well kill two birds with one fic. So.


( 27. overflow )

( previous 30 Kisses entries )


Sakura, it isn't easy to be the one left behind.
(Unofficially) for 30_kisses. Sakura was supposed to be wistful and lonely here, but she comes off as going a little crazy.


( 25. fence )