alright, this one is 265 words over the limit, but i couldnt stop myself. sorry. this is an idea thats been plaguing me for some time, kinda like the Iruka thing
“We really need to talk about this Sakura thing.”
Their swords clashed, Naruto drove his blade to the guard, pushing his sensei back.
“We’ve talked it over, we don’t need to any more.”
His sensei took a step to the side, twisted his blade, and removed Naruto’s sense of balance. As Naruto stumbled over his own feet, his sensei delivered a bone-shattering kick to the ribs. Naruto flew five feet before striking the ground, the sound of his bones snapping and healing music to his sensei’s ears.
“No, you think we’ve talked it over, but it’s more like you’ve rambled, and I’ve listened.”
Naruto sprang to his feet, swinging his blade at his sensei’s hamstring, only to be blocked by a single-handed swing. Naruto reversed directions, and bounced back to maintain some distance.
“Teme! Don’t act all smug cause you think your so good!”
Naruto rushed at his sensei, sword brought low for a horizontal slash. At the last second, his grip shifted, and he swung upwards in a blow designed to rip a man’s chest open. There was no ripping to be done, however, as his sensei was no longer there. Naruto found himself on the ground, the back of his head hurting, and wondering if the clouds always looked so nice.
“Well, no need to get all defensive, your emotions for her are just unnecessary. And uncalled for. And foolish. And childish. And… well, I’m gonna call it idiotic if she loves this Sasuke person.”
Naruto rolled to his side, again swinging his sword to ensure safety as he rose to his feet. He shifted his hands yet again, holding his sword in a position ready for a vertical slash, an offensive stance with his weight held forwards, ready to pounce. He ran, switching his blades positioning rapidly, before settling into the same vertical stance as before. He jumped, a flying strike, risky.
“I love Sakura-chan! And that’s all you need to know!”
His sensei’s eyes darkened, taking on a steely glint. His lips moved, and Naruto could barely hear the words coming from them.
“Love, huh?”
Naruto felt the inside of his right arm slice open, as he landed, his sensie had moved inside his guard, and could have easily ended Naruto’s life. Naruto back-pedaled, bringing his blade up to defend himself from the sudden offensive his sensei had launched.
“You feel an urge to defend this girl, correct?”
Naruto nodded the affirmative, as he could barely catch his breath between the hammerfalls that were his opponent’s strikes. His sensei suddenly leaned back, and Naruto over-committed with his block, the expected force simply wasn’t there. For his eagerness, Naruto received a kick to the face, followed by a gash across the stomach. Followed by yet another kick to the chest, sending Naruto ten feet away. His sensei paused.
“Yet you feel that urge for all of your friends. What separates her from them?”
Naruto gasped from where he lay, looking up through his sweat-matted hair to glare at his sensei.
“She’s Sakura-chan”
His sensei smiled that damn smirk, the one that always made Naruto feel stupid, like he was missing the big picture.
“Right. Let me cut to the chase, you look tired.”
Naruto couldn’t find the strength to insult his sensei for calling him tired, so he continued to pant for breath.
“Why do you do it?”
Naruto looked puzzled, before it was wiped off his face by a deep cut along the forehead. the cut was healed before his blood could reach his eyes. Naruto jumped back, to no avail, as his opponent followed him every inch of the way.
“Why do you sacrifice your body,”
Three quick cuts, deep cuts. The kind that could bleed a man dry, all to the chest area.
“Your mind,”
Another cut on Naruto’s forehead, and another, and another
“Your soul,”
Cuts everywhere, his sensei’s blade becoming a steel hurricane, cutting all exposed skin to the point Naruto looked like hamburger meat. Naruto stumbled back with a cry, his eyes had been cut in two. That would take a second to heal, eyes were tricky.
“Why, when she has denied and rejected your love, do you try?”
Naruto called blindly out, his voice laced with desperation and pain, a pain that went deeper than just his skin.
“Because she’s Sakura-chan!! Because I love her! Because no matter how hard I try to forget her, I can’t!! I CANT!!”
Naruto broke down crying, his sadness overwhelming him.
“And that is true love.”
Naruto looked up, before he only saw black.
“You poor, lovestricken fool.”
sorry it was such a beastly beast for a drabble thread, but thats me drabble.