[Naruto] Sticks and Stones
Title: Sticks and Stones
Author: runespoor7
Character/Pairings: Sakura, Naruto, Karin
Rating: PG-13
Notes: done for the 'unusual weapons' challenge at naruto100 ...might have done a little stretching there. -_-;
"He left a while ago, actually. Wasn't in much of a state, too, but sneaked away all the same."
There's a harsh ugly glint behind the girl's glasses, and if Sakura felt up to dealing with it she'd acknowledge the pain - both the girl's and her own, but she won't.
Instead, her attention is caught by the not-quite-a-snarl out of Naruto's lips, not quite a snarl but close enough to put her on edge. She glances sharply at him, her shoulders tense for a reason she doesn't want to think about either and which has nothing to do with the last time she heard that noise from him and the fourth chakra tail that formed, and everything with how livid she'd be, too, if she allowed herself to be.
But she won't, not this time. This time it's only her and Naruto, and Sasuke, somewhere, and this girl who knows where he has gone and isn't telling them.
Sakura is looking at Naruto and Naruto is glaring red-edged at the girl Sasuke picked up as teammate.
"You'd better fucking start talking," he growls in such a deep, deep voice. It sends fears rumbling down Sakura's back, as well.
But the girl pales a little and she opens her mouth, so Sakura doesn't put a restraining hand on Naruto's arm, and turns her gaze back to the other.
Author: runespoor7
Character/Pairings: Sakura, Naruto, Karin
Rating: PG-13
Notes: done for the 'unusual weapons' challenge at naruto100 ...might have done a little stretching there. -_-;
"He left a while ago, actually. Wasn't in much of a state, too, but sneaked away all the same."
There's a harsh ugly glint behind the girl's glasses, and if Sakura felt up to dealing with it she'd acknowledge the pain - both the girl's and her own, but she won't.
Instead, her attention is caught by the not-quite-a-snarl out of Naruto's lips, not quite a snarl but close enough to put her on edge. She glances sharply at him, her shoulders tense for a reason she doesn't want to think about either and which has nothing to do with the last time she heard that noise from him and the fourth chakra tail that formed, and everything with how livid she'd be, too, if she allowed herself to be.
But she won't, not this time. This time it's only her and Naruto, and Sasuke, somewhere, and this girl who knows where he has gone and isn't telling them.
Sakura is looking at Naruto and Naruto is glaring red-edged at the girl Sasuke picked up as teammate.
"You'd better fucking start talking," he growls in such a deep, deep voice. It sends fears rumbling down Sakura's back, as well.
But the girl pales a little and she opens her mouth, so Sakura doesn't put a restraining hand on Naruto's arm, and turns her gaze back to the other.