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[Recompense]

Ah, Crash

you underestimate Takeshi.

and besides, im not working on my angst now. i'm working on character death.

Now. Who's next?

Hinata

Neji

Kiba

Shikamaru

Lee

Shino

Tenten



Live or Die. Make your choice.

[Gnosismaster]

Let Hinata die. I don't like her.

[Jwolf0]

I don't really have a preference, Compy-kun. How many of them are supposed to kick the bucket before Takeshi bites it - again? I'd have the hardest time seeing Lee and Neji get taken down myself.


I've been writing slow lately, still recovering from a flag football tournament.

PROTIP: Don't dive on sand without elbow guards and long pants. It hurts a lot and leaves some conspicuous scrapes. And you walk like an old man for days afterwards.

EDIT: Finally put it up. This may not fill your quota of sugar or heavy fluff, Crash. Maybe it meets the 'cotton' part.

Tranquility. Peace is always better after you've fought for it.

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Many who knew Konoha’s Noisiest Ninja would be surprised to learn Naruto liked tranquility.

“Sakura-chan, let’s date!” *WHAP*

They didn’t understand that he had reasons for being raucous.

“I won’t give up Sakura-chan. Not on Sasuke or you!”

He shouted to get attention. He was hyper because that’s how he tackled problems – head-on at full speed. Naruto was all of that when he pursued something; frenetic, loud, and relentless.

“Fine, Naruto, just one date.”

But once he achieved his goal?

“I love you too, Naruto.”

Naruto knew that rewards were best savored quietly.

They lay hand-in-hand, peacefully watching the stars.

Edited by Jwolf0, 18 December 2007 - 06:09 PM.

[Recompense]

well, i figured i might as well write some fluff before the murdering starts up again.

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He had finally tucked the child back into its bed. With a light kiss upon its brow, and a silent whisper of love, he had flicked the light-switch and left the room. Quietly closing the door, careful not to wake the child that had spent the last forty-five minutes screaming at him, Sakura-chan, and anybody within earshot. He had finally won! He knew that some quiet music would soothe the baby to sleep. He tiptoed his way down the hall, his child had inherited senses that were too damned sharp for his own good. He quietly padded his way into his bedroom, sneakily closing the door behind him. Any noise in the critical minute after the child fell asleep was forbidden. He waited, tense, his ears only to the door and the hallway beyond. He didn’t notice the sound, nor the scent of his wife behind him. Finally, satisfied, Naruto turned, standing happily. To see a sight that would make angels sing. Sakura-chan. Lingerie. Naruto simply stood stock-still. His brain too overloaded with the sight before him to say anything. Sakura decided to help him out. Kind of.

“Merry Christmas, Naruto-kun.”

And the lingerie was gone!

- - - - - -

“Kiba-kun, are you sure we should be out here?”

Snow fell all around her hair, her beautiful, beautiful hair. Her pupil-less eyes looked imploringly at his back, as he dragged her further into the forest.

“Yeah, Yeah! Hinata-Chan! Here, look. No, no, not right there. Right… here!”

He pushed her and jostled her until she stood in just the right spot.

“What is it, Kiba-kun?”

In response, he merely pointed up, a grin splitting his face wide.

She looked, and gasped. The stars were unbelievably clear out here. It was beautiful. A thousand, thousand beautiful diamonds filled the sky.

“It’s… beautiful…”

Kiba grinned, looking at her in her moment of joy. The moment where she forgot about her father, about Neji, about Naruto…

“Yes… yes it is.”

And that was when Inuzuka Kiba finally had the guts to kiss the girl of his dreams.

- - - - -

Meanwhile, in another section of the same forest…

- - - - -

“Neji-kun, we shouldn’t be doing this…”

she really shouldn’t. If the Hyuuga elders found out… if anyone found out…

“Shhhhh, Tenten, for now, just let it happen.”

And she did.

And it was wonderful.

- - - - -

And as this all happened, a solitary cloaked figure sat in the graveyard, his blade finally returned to him. Takeshi sat, staring at the sky, humming a little ditty to himself. He was lonely. Not lonely enough to go do something about it, but lonely enough to feel bad about it.

A rat came scurrying out of the darkness at him, its eyes gleaming red. Quick as a flash, Takeshi had grabbed it in his hand, bringing the squealing, struggling creature up to his eye-level.

“Would you be my friend?”

the rat bit his thumb, tearing as best it could. He cried out in surprise, grabbing its head with his other hand and squeezing. The rat continued to struggle, but like so many beings, it lost hope. It died.

“Huh, guess not.”

With that, he carelessly tossed the body of the diseased rodent to the side, before returning to his song.

“have a holly jolly Christmas, it’s the best time of the year…”

MERRY X-MAS EVAREH BODEH!!

[Jwolf0]

I liked the Kiba/Hinata part the best, Compy.

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I felt that Neji/Tenten would've worked better if the people speaking were reversed - I imagine that Neji would be the one to worry more about the elders, not Tenten.

And Takeshi shows up. He's surprised it bit him?

And Merry Christmas, Compy.

I'm surprised I managed to get this out.

Jutsu. Some are more useful than others.

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Walking with Sakura, Naruto spotted Shikamaru. “Oi, Shikamaru!”

“Hey,” greeted Shikamaru, “How was your month-long training?”

“Awesome!” exclaimed Naruto, flailing around excitedly. “We learned plenty! I learned to control wind and lightning and even some of Sasuke’s precious fire jutsu that I bet I’m better that him at- *coughgaspwheeze*”

Shikamaru sighed. “What about you, Sakura?”

Naruto interrupted. “Sakura-chan was amazing! She– “

Rolling her eyes, Sakura muttered, “Shut Up no Jutsu.” She then kissed the fox-boy deeply. Released some time later, Naruto was rendered mute, grinning goofily.

The shadow-user raised an eyebrow. “Impressive. Does it work on other noisy blondes?”
~~~~~
I really wanted Naruto to ramble on a lot more, but I only have 100 words to work with. :/

[SakuDotz]

Great work, Recompense and Wolfy! I really liked your second one, Wolf.

[Recompense]

Eh, Wolfy, i thought so too, about the Neji/Tenten, and then i thought about a certain piece of Neji's anatomy, which has the unfortunate side effect on anybody's crucial-decision making. now, who dies gets attacked?

KibaXHina

NejiXtenten

NarutoXSakura

[SakuNaruLover]

Nice drabbles rec and wolfy

And well...let Neji and Tenten get attacked

[Gnosismaster]

NejixTen

[Wilson]

Good fluff Recomp!

[CrashLanded]

So the killings begin again...

[Jwolf0]

Not sure what Takeshi's motivation would be now (besides being a loon), but I would imagine Naruto and Sakura would be last.

So I'm a bit late for Christmas... this didn't hit me until I woke up this morning, sorry.

Eggnog. Sometimes, being a Good Samaritan is torture.

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For Naruto, nothing else existed after Sakura arrived in that skimpy red outfit.

She wasn’t the only sexily dressed girl at the holiday party; Temari’s cleavage-baring half-jacket and Tenten’s form-fitting dress drew many appreciative glances. But Sakura… Naruto didn’t realize just how long and shapely her legs were!

And then someone spiked the eggnog. Sakura REALLY liked eggnog.

Naruto carried her to her apartment. He tried to keep calm despite holding her close… and whimpered as her nuzzling discovered a really sensitive spot on his neck.

Screw cold showers, he was gonna dive naked into a snow bank after this!

[Recompense]

Well, ok

Neji and tenten.... >:3

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It was a beautiful night.

She lay there, resting on his chest, his breath warm on her head. They had finally gathered the courage to take the final step. out here, where no-one could find them, where the Hyuuga clan politics, where clan loyalty and honor meant nothing. The only place where they could find sanctuary from the pressures of the outside. They lay there, naked as the day they were born. Unaware of the Creature that had found them.

A snap of the twigs, She heard it. It wasn’t the natural kind of snap, it was a foot, someone was there. She sat up, the movement waking her lover. He stirred slowly with a sleepy smile, until he saw her worry, the anxiety on her face. She was staring in the trees, something was there. He tore his eyes from her, and there, in all his mad glory, stood Takeshi, leaning casually against the tree. His sword slung from his hip.

“Hello.”

And in that instant, blood flew.

- - - - -

“Hokage-Sama! Hokage-Sama!”

a groan, a sleepy stirring after a tiring Christmas night, a husband dashing out of bed before the child could wake again. He slammed into one or two doors, a mistake unbefitting the most powerful Ninja in the entire country, But Naruto never was a morning person.

he had to jump down the stairs, it saved time, and gravity was faster than morning-legs. after a forward-roll, some hissing in pain, and finding the doorknob, he had opened the door.

There, before him stood Ino’s kid, what was his name? Chouju? Chouzi? ah, who cares. He’d wing it.

“Uh, ‘mornin”

He could’ve been elegant, he could’ve been upset, but Naruto had to act friendly. He was a kage, after all. and it was at this point that he noticed the child was crying. Not tiny little tears, the kid was practically bawling his eyes out, snot ran down his face, and the poor brat’s shirt was smeared and dirtied the entire way down the front.

“What’s wrong, where’s your mom?”

he had knelt down, it was easier to talk to kids that way.

“She’s… she’s… she’s…”

the kid broke into tears once again, the brat was a water fountain in human form. The six-year-old’s screams were loud enough to wake the two angels upstairs, and at this point the Kage flinched. Wakking his daughter before she woke up on her own was a bad, bad, BAD idea.

He held his hand over Chouzu’s mouth, cutting the screams short.

“What happened to Ino?”

he was dead serious, there was no trace of his regular laughter on his face. He was worried. IKno wouldn’t let Chouzu out of her sight. She was far too maternal.

“Momma… momma’s dead.”

Naruto’s eyes were cold as ice now, as he led the child in by the arm.

“Tell me everything.”

ok, next up is Naruto and Sakura

[Jwolf0]

Naruto remembered the kid's name when it got serious, didn't he? I was pulling for Tenten myself, but I guess that works.

I thought I was done doing this, but here we go again with another multi-parter. This time they're all based around the same keyword.

Greatness: Uchiha Sasuke (Part 1 of 4)

"Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them."
-Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

Spoiler! --Click here to view--

Greatness was born and bred into Uchiha Sasuke. His clan was among the noblest in Konoha, his brother a prodigy like none had seen before. Sasuke took pride in the first, and idolized the second.

Then one destroyed the other and his world crumbled. Bereft of everything he held dear Sasuke made himself into an Avenger, hoping to redeem the Uchiha name by destroying Itachi and finally silencing the demons that tortured him since he first looked upon the Mangekyou.

To restore the fallen greatness of the Uchiha, Sasuke sacrificed everything. Everything.

His home. His chances at happiness.

His soul.

Our favorite blond and pinkette will show up soon. I hope.

[Sakura~Kitsune]

Nice drabbles, Compy-kun and Wolfy~ Can't wait to see the continuation for both of them

And now... here's something I thought up after reading the last volume of Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon today. ((Don't ask me why... but the sudden urge to read an old classic washed over me, and I was hoping to reread the last book of the 18 volume series~ XD))


Soft Spots. Or in other words, Two Truths and a Lie...

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"I didn't mean to! I guess it's because I have a soft spot for Sakura."

Over and over again he would hear the same story... he couldn't believe how good his fiancee was at tricking people into spilling secrets, even if they were surely important.

But that couldn't be the case with her friends--- those girls shared a bond stronger than the guys suspected, so it wouldn't be surprising that they would tell her the things she was not to know of yet.

But to spill out this secret...?

...this was just too much...

"Naruto, I'm home." Ah, he could remember this day like it was yesterday--- and still, Naruto couldn't believe that the saying in which Tsunade had told him of many years ago... was coming back to haunt him.

"So how was that 'meeting'?" Cerulean eyes watching her every move as she seated herself next to him upon the couch. Her face somewhat flushed due to the long run from the Yamanaka Flowershop all the way back to Naruto's place... she needed to relax right about now. "It was fine."

"So~ what did you guys talk about?" He couldn't help but be curious... after the incident with both Hinata and Tenten accidentally telling Sakura about his proposal--- Naruto couldn't take anymore chances of such events taking place once again...

"Our wedding, Ino's going to be my maid-of-honor. We also talked about our honeymoon. We can't guess where you're taking me." Her eyes were now fixed to the newly polished floors. "Ino also said that she knew, but she didn't tell me."

At the corner of his eye, Naruto was sure he saw her mouth trying not to form a smile.

He frowned. He knew she smiled every time she lied, no matter how hard she tried not to smile. "Sakura-chan, tell me the truth."

Sakura sighed as she rolled her eyes. She did tell him the truth, just not all of it. "I met with the girls, Ino said that she knew where you were taking me for our honeymoon and wouldn't tell me, and I tried to guess, but she told me that every single one of my guesses were wrong."

Naruto couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. One of the things that she had told him had been a lie. He knew what one. "You guessed and she told you, right?"

Sakura looked at him with shock. How did he figure that out? Slinging her arms around him, she snuggled closer to her husband to be. Though her voice was being smothered by his shirt... he could understand every word she had to say.

"Yes, she did tell me that I guessed right."

He couldn't believe it! And his talk with a certain blonde kunoichi went exactly how he knew it would... Oh yes, Sakura-chan was very good at guessing.

...Too Good...

"Ino, We need to talk."

Pausing from sweeping the flowershop, Ino's sky-blue eyes looked at Naruto. "Naruto, what do you need to talk about?" She asked looking at him with concern. Was everything all right?

He sighed. "Did you tell Sakura-chan where I was taking her on our honeymoon?" He asked. The blonde gulped slightly before looking down and began sweeping once more. So this is what he wanted to talk with her about.

"I didn't tell her." She told him. "She guessed and she happened to be right."

He couldn't help but frown once again. "Why did you let her know that she was right?" He asked.

Ino sighed as she sat down on the porch of her abode. "I didn't mean to!" She told him as he sat next to her, brushing a few blonde strands behind her ears she locked her eyes to his for the moment "I guess it's because I have a soft spot for Sakura."

Naruto shook his head. Looking towards the passage of stars stitched against the night sky, he sighed once again before pulling his now sleeping pinkhaired love closer to him... a small smile was still featured on her face.

It seemed like everyone she knew had a soft spot for her... It couldn't be helped.

Edited by Sakura~Kitsune, 26 February 2008 - 10:43 PM.

[Gnosismaster]

Great drabble. I love it.

[blindeye]

That was a great drabble!

[Jwolf0]

I like that one a lot, Kitsu-chan! "There's Something About Sakura," eh? I could see that easily too....

I'm not sure I'm totally satisfied with this one. It might be because I had to force myself to sit and write this, or it might be because the next one is the one I really felt like writing. Eh.

Greatness: Uzumaki Naruto (Part 2 of 4)

"Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them."
-Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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Uzumaki Naruto always sought greatness; he just didn’t realize it. After all, he originally sought the Hokage position merely for acknowledgement. But beating Momochi Zabuza; defeating, then befriending Sabaku no Gaara; restoring the lost princess of Snow Country; with each incredible deed Naruto earned an impressive reputation, achieving his goal to not be ignored.

One can’t disregard greatness.

Even the village that once hated him recognized his worth. Naruto became Rokudaime, surrounded by almost all his precious people.

Unfortunately, he was destined to meet his missing precious person.

“Hokage-sama, Otogakure is marching on Konoha. Nukenin Uchiha Sasuke is leading them.”

This came out sooner than I thought, maybe the next one will too?

[Jwolf0]

Agh, the dreaded double-post! Sorry guys. I guess this one really wanted to come out. I do wish I could've fit more in here though....

Greatness: Haruno Sakura (Part 3 of 4)

"Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them."
-Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

Spoiler! --Click here to view--

From their first mission until this moment, Haruno Sakura considered herself the weakest member of Team Seven. Even after studying under Tsunade-hime, becoming a respected ninja in her own right, she still felt overshadowed by her old teammates.

But Sakura had no time for insecurities when she saved a horribly injured Rokudaime from Sasuke’s attacks.

Defending the man she loved from the boy she used to love Sakura banished her doubts, leaving only resolve. Chakra-enhanced fists blazing, the future Slug Mistress seized her chance at greatness.

Team Seven... Naruto, Sasuke… I’ve finally caught up. Let me prove it to you!
~~~~~
Even has some NaruSaku stuff, ZOMG! ;P

EDIT: Changed it... hopefully a little better now. :/

Edited by Jwolf0, 02 January 2008 - 03:57 PM.

[Recompense]

Well, it's definitely the longest Drabble so far.

im cutting this one in half so its not obnoxiusly large. like, Krisk-Font size obnoxious.
also, this was written in one single sitting. However, this does not include the two hours i spent trying to come up with a cinematic way to explain takeshi. Still think it's crap, but of the presentable variety

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Flashes of red, blood. Black, darkness. An infinite spiral of destructive impulses. Colliding, conflicting, exploding further into a thousand separate possibilities. Countless fragmentations of a stationary image swirled, distorted, and shimmered before him. He was bearing witness to an abyss, a deep and terrible rend in all sanity that stretched beyond infinity, and then it came. Laughter. Deep, infernal laughter. It stretched beyond him. Beyond his surroundings, beyond the grasp of his mind. So many lives were cast in there. Locked behind the weakening bars of his mind. He couldn’t handle this. He wasn’t meant to contain this evil. It was all a horrible mistake. Just a mistake.

It was custom for Naruto to enter a situation loudly. It was his style to enter with a battle cry and explosions and knives. He had what Takeshi had called a ‘Flair for the dramatic’. When he was a runty little Genin, it had almost cost him his life. Repeatedly. But now, with the might of a Kage behind him, the sheer focused hatred of the Kyuubi under his control, he had become a veritable force of nature over the years. And it was with this force, this crushing, horrifyingly powerful Shinobi smashed into the ground in front of Takeshi. The force of impact alone sent clods of earth flying, as the earth seemed to shatter beneath his boots. The wind came after the explosion of earth, as the air reciprocated to his sudden and violent entry. There, before him, sat his prey. His foe. The traitorous murderer.

Takeshi opened his eyes. It was a brief respite from the abyss. He had spent more and more time there, sorely tempted to finally submit, to dive in. he had stayed himself. To submit would mean death on a scale rarely seen. It would unleash a monster far worse than any demon. He opened his eyes, it was the first time he had seen his student in years. Naruto had grown. He had even less of that childish look about him. No longer did he seem to be a child in an adults body. Takeshi smiled. He was proud.

The wind blew between them, playing with Naruto’s hair, leaves twisted and turned, dancing with the wind. Naruto’s eyes a blazing red, hatred, anger, confusion were all present. He had been reduced to a state of fury. Takeshi watched him, almost tiredly, like a big brother who’s little brother keeps tackling him, no matter how many times the little one is beaten down. He sighed, raising his hand, and beckoning Naruto closer.

“Walk with me, we need to talk.”

Any other time, Naruto would have listened. Any other day, he would have paused, and asked why. Hell, if it had been yesterday, he’d be willing to talk. But no. Takeshi had just murdered two of his friends. It was time for violence.

It was a flash of crimson and golden energy, a swirling orb of chakra formed. Naruto lunged, it was almost impossibly fast, a streak of lethal intent. Against almost any other ninja, it would have worked. Naruto looked over his shoulder, Takeshi stood there. There had been no sign of his movement. Barely even an an afterimage. Naruto spun, crouching like a wild animal. Takeshi showed no emotion, his hands folded across his chest.

“Naruto, calm down. I need to explain before my chance is gone.”

Once more, the terrible fury of the last Namikaze lashed out. Once more, takeshi stood in another place. Showing no sign of retaliating, but a frown was worn on his features.

“We need to talk, attack and I will kill you.”

Even Takeshi knew that the threat would have no effect, but the habit of warning his student was there. And for once in a long time, Naruto listened. The chakra receded, the killing intent lowered, And the half-formed rasengan faded. Naruto stood, his hands resting at his side, as he inhaled deeply. Breathing out, his eyes flickered between red and blue, before resting once more in their cerulean position.

“Go on.”

Takeshi smiled, it was a wane smile. The smile of a man who had finally achieved a small victory on the slippery slope to ruin.

“I cannot repent for my actions, no matter how hard I try, Naruto. You have no idea what its like to murder someone for reasons that are almost beyond your own comprehension.”

Naruto relaxed, fighting the urge to murder the deceiver before him. There might be information that could be used here.

“I can explain, Naruto. The explanation in and of itself will not forgive me my past misdeeds. But… maybe it will help you.”

Naruto spotted the tell. Takeshi always reverted to his ‘Fancy Language’ when he was pressured, or emotional.

“I… I am the sufferer of a curse much like yours, Naruto. Mine is the curse not of a demon, but… I suffer from THEM. The damned, the dying… Naruto… they’re there. They’re talking, Naruto. They’re screaming… Screaming, Naruto!!”

Takeshi’s voice raised, his hands began twitching, his face contorted as he yelled. His fingers began nervously playing with his katana. His eyes blinked rapidly, like there was something he was trying to remove. Then the seizure came. Takeshi collapsed, twitching, shivering, and muttering. Naruto stood, warily watching as the man suddenly forze up, before Takeshi forced himself to his feet.

“I… Sorry, Naruto. Give me a moment.”

Takeshi breathed in, and out, calmly. Naruto waited, his patience steadily slipping. It was right before Naruto completely forewent the explanation and attacked that Takeshi straightened. Face completely emotionless, eyes without expression.

“I… have a bloodline Limit. In short, I can… absorb my enemies, Naruto. I can take their mind and add it to my own. I learn what they knew, I become privy to their memory. I learn their hopes, their fears, their dreams.”

Naruto stared in horror, and shock. Things began clicking into place…

“I… oh gods…. Naruto, do you have any idea how many people I’ve killed? Naruto… they… they’re there. They’re still… alive. Naruto, they want out. They want me to die. They want me to…”

Naruto understood. It was clear. After every battle in their time as student and teacher, Takeshi had treated murder alternatively as the greatest sin of all… but sometimes… in the fight, Takeshi would go mad. Naruto had seen it. Takeshi had murdered men as they tried to surrender. He had killed Women and men equally, with nothing but a grin. It made sense… and it terrified him.

“Naruto… I can’t stand it. I can’t. there are so many voices….”

Takeshi’s previous composure, his titanium control was gone. He had been reduced to a shadow of the man he was before. Naruto had to do something, action was needed. The husk before him had once been his sensei. His instructor. His friend. And like he had with Sasuke, Naruto felt compelled to help him.

“Takeshi! Stop it. Snap out of it!”

He smacked Takeshi across the face. The force of the blow spun Takeshi around, blood flew from his gums as he staggered backwards. Now, at first, slapping someone ‘Out of it’ is usually a commonly acceptable approach. However, when the smackee is a deranged killer with the memories of hundreds of slightly less deranged professional killers, it could be seen by some professionals as the dumbest thing possible.

Said Professionals would be quite correct.

Have you read it yet?


really?

good.

now, fight scene should be next. It's planned to be just as long as this. If not longer.

god, can't wait to get to fluff after this fight scene