sleepysatsuma

[sleepysatsuma]

Without a second thought, Sakura opens the tenketsu on her right hand.

A burst of energy reaches into her hand, threatening to flood the pathways in her fingertips with the pulse of the natural world. Abruptly, there is color, all sorts of color. She can feel everything, can see the world cracking open like a pomegranate in front of her face. Somehow, with her hand outstretched in front of her, she can see Chie’s orange and white spots, and Shigeo’s mottled yellow and brown body. She can see the trees around her, the grass underneath her feet. She can see the spirits of the dead whirling around her fingertips.

— a girl in the forest of moss and bone, by theformerone

aaahhhh the worldbuilding in this slug sage fic is so intricately crafted - immediately gave me the itch to start illustrating all the lush forest backgrounds?! unfortunately, however……. i am absurdly terrified of slugs :’( but freal im obsessed w this au, so! compromise: here’s a quick doodle of sakura + curious lil nature chakra spirits instead

[sleepysatsuma]

in which smol baby genius sakura proudly shows off her mad child prodigy skillz to shisui by stealing two of kakashi’s ninken and (literally) benching them

inspired by this adorbs exchange from katlou303′s amazing time travel au “time flies like an arrow”:

Shisui gives a wry grin. “You’re already well on your way there. Just be yourself. Remind him he’s a kid. Break down his walls. But not with your fists, okay? You’re going to have monstrous strength someday.”

“Do you think if I try really hard, I can pick up really big dogs?”

“Sakura, no.”