WLP No. 10: Bloom
I won't lie about why I put up this super late updation of Wicked Little Pieces.
I wanted to show off this new icon.
I admit it, are you happy now?! I ADMIT IT!!!
Title: Bloom
Pairing(s): SasuSaku
Genre(s): General
Rating: K+
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Facing the sky.
Immortality was impossible, and after years and years, Orochimaru could finally realize it. The man’s eyes were wild, panic straining against the bare expression of hate.
He hurt all over, especially where the Curse Seal burned deep into his skin, activated by touch of the original giver. The gashes on his arm ran thick and deep, and he guessed two or three ribs broken, a few more fractured.
If he could only bring himself to one more attack, it would all be over. But, unfortunately but, he had no more chakra left. Kakashi had once warned him on overtaxing his body by using the Chidori more than twice-he didn’t dare do it more than the four times* he already had.
Instead, he stared hatefully at the snake man, the Legendary Sannin that he once had a role in his ambition.
Orochimaru appeared before him, his movements still agile, though considerably slower than before. He caught a glance of the kunai in his mentor’s mouth before it created another cut on his chest.
The pain made him stumble back-he crumbled to his knees as his hands pressed against the wound to stop the bleeding. He was just so damn tired, in so much pain.
Then, just before he thought his life was over, he saw a flash of pink.
It was a moment of deja vu as his gaze sharped and unsharpened, loss of blood making him weak. Then Sharingan focused on a young woman-no longer a girl-with short hair, her eyes determined and her gaze as hard as the kunai in her hand, just like when she was twelve and unworthy of his attentions.
He didn’t hear the words that came out of her mouth, didn’t care to try to comprehend them. All he could see was her, because now she had changed, had grown, had become... a goddess.
Sakura in full bloom.
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*Just a note on why Sasuke can only use the chidori four times, which is miniscule compared to what other writers allow him to use. Kakashi, at his prime, could only use the Chidori four times, and he's the true prodigy here. I mean, Kakashi is the one who graduated from the academy when he was 5, became a chuunin at 6, and a jounin at 13. Sasuke is good, but I highly doubt he's as good as Kakashi.
I wanted to show off this new icon.
I admit it, are you happy now?! I ADMIT IT!!!
Title: Bloom
Pairing(s): SasuSaku
Genre(s): General
Rating: K+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Facing the sky.
Immortality was impossible, and after years and years, Orochimaru could finally realize it. The man’s eyes were wild, panic straining against the bare expression of hate.
He hurt all over, especially where the Curse Seal burned deep into his skin, activated by touch of the original giver. The gashes on his arm ran thick and deep, and he guessed two or three ribs broken, a few more fractured.
If he could only bring himself to one more attack, it would all be over. But, unfortunately but, he had no more chakra left. Kakashi had once warned him on overtaxing his body by using the Chidori more than twice-he didn’t dare do it more than the four times* he already had.
Instead, he stared hatefully at the snake man, the Legendary Sannin that he once had a role in his ambition.
Orochimaru appeared before him, his movements still agile, though considerably slower than before. He caught a glance of the kunai in his mentor’s mouth before it created another cut on his chest.
The pain made him stumble back-he crumbled to his knees as his hands pressed against the wound to stop the bleeding. He was just so damn tired, in so much pain.
Then, just before he thought his life was over, he saw a flash of pink.
It was a moment of deja vu as his gaze sharped and unsharpened, loss of blood making him weak. Then Sharingan focused on a young woman-no longer a girl-with short hair, her eyes determined and her gaze as hard as the kunai in her hand, just like when she was twelve and unworthy of his attentions.
He didn’t hear the words that came out of her mouth, didn’t care to try to comprehend them. All he could see was her, because now she had changed, had grown, had become... a goddess.
Sakura in full bloom.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Just a note on why Sasuke can only use the chidori four times, which is miniscule compared to what other writers allow him to use. Kakashi, at his prime, could only use the Chidori four times, and he's the true prodigy here. I mean, Kakashi is the one who graduated from the academy when he was 5, became a chuunin at 6, and a jounin at 13. Sasuke is good, but I highly doubt he's as good as Kakashi.