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Home for the Holidays

This is for the Hidden Shinobi Hideout Holiday exchange! <3 My gift goes to @kankuroplease!! I was soo lucky to draw my dear dear friend. Merry Christmas!

Dearest C. I'm so happy I had you for this end of year exchange so i can give you one last gift before the year ends! I am so very fortunate that you decided to conatct me in March and work with me, when I was until then just a big fan from afar. I used to be so intimidated by you and so scared to even send you messages even after we started collaborating. It is weird that I thought you are too proud to talk to most people and that I would just be abother, when in reality you really just want to be nerdy with other people. I had so much fun with you this year, when we were 3 and now that we are only 2 still. I am so proud to have you as a friend, so thankful to be able to rant to you for whatever I want to rant about, for every little drawing you've made for me during this year, for your company and support. I wish you a great Christmas Day today and hope we continue this friendship into the next year (and beyond!) Cant wait for our art collab and whatever we cook up together next. I love you, sending you many hugs. Thank you for being in my life.

Set in KPZ's Tattoo Shop / Yakuza AU

Aburame Shino X OC

very very brief mention of naru x saku x sasu and kaka x obi x rin

Rated T (alcohol mention)

6246 words

Back from her world travels in Japan Katsura runs into an old friend she hasn't seen in a while.

When Katsura opened the door and the little jingle went off to alert the members inside of another visitor, she couldn’t help but sigh at the wave of nostalgia radiating from the view of what was inside. The tattoo parlour looked exactly the way she had last seen it,  down to the black and red leather interior. This felt more like coming home than stepping foot into Konoha had.

What was different, however, was how empty it was. There was nothing of the usual hustle that came with clients, usually yakuza members, entering and leaving the parlour, demanding this tattoo or that. Katsura hadn’t been here often while she still lived in this part of the city, but often enough to get used to it.

Now there was only Sai sitting at his usual place, deeply focused on cleaning his usual work tools. Katsura didn’t know much about him, not beyond what Sakura had told her. Sai hadn’t gone to school with them and since she had mainly been travelling since graduation, she had never really met him except for in passing.

Most of the year Katsura found herself in the hot and humid climate of the south american rainforest or in the dry, cold and stormy mountains in north america. Sometimes she hiked through thick dark forests in central Europe and then, on occasion, she was also back in Asia like right now. And when she was in Asia, she often took at least one detour to Japan, until it took her to another continent again. Someone had to check up on her sister sometime, especially since she was living in such a dangerous territory.

“Hi,” Katsura said and stepped next to Sai. “Uh- ‘s Sakura around?”

Sai looked up and closed his eyes to a smile. “In the back,” he pointed to the door at the back of the studio. “But I would not go there right now.”

She considered this. On one hand the very limited things she knew about Sai told her that he was not going to lie about stuff like that. Sakura had said several times over the phone that the Sai was almost too brutally honest for his own good. If he wasn’t under Yamato’s and by extension Kakashi’s protection it could have landed him in a hotbed several times before. On the other hand Sakura had asked Katsura to come round at this exact time and might just be in the back getting ready to go out.

It was worth trying it out, she decided and nodded to Sai: “I’ll check anyway.” The other just shrugged his shoulders and went back to cleaning his tools.

The door to the backroom was only leaning and Katsura could easily push it open with a few fingers. She heard things before she saw them. The low hums and moans, the sucking noise that reminded her of a vacuum cleaner, the whispered words. Right then her fight or flight reflex kicked in and her brain violently went forward and back between just turning around or seeing what was going on.

If only the flight reflex had won. If only. Instead, she felt compelled to check. Katsura pushed the door open just a little more, a few more inches so she could look easier through it and then let out a gasp at the image in front of her eyes. Sakura was there indeed, sandwiched in the middle of what seemed to be Sasuke and Naruto. One had his head buried in her neck and one at her throat on the front. 

The gasp had been louder than she had intended to and Sakura’s eyes flew open and to the door, but Katsura had already turned on her heel. “I told you,” Sai said calmly as she ran by, but she didn’t feel it dignified an answer.

She was angry, flying with rage and shame. Sakura had been her friend since childhood, for years! She had told Katsura to come by at this time so they could play catchup, and then decided to engage in such things with those guys. Naruto especially always gave Katsura this ick that she could not explain. He was too excited for his own good, too oblivious at the world around him, naive to a fault. 

Uh, she should have known that these people knew no shame. When she was young, Katsura had stayed away from this parlour which was then owned by Naruto’s parents. They had already been notorious for the shady stuff that was going on there, so of course the new owner just let this business continue. It was also no surprise to her that the employees would be doing such disgusting things at the workplace, since they lacked any structure.

What was it with people and their excessive need to be horny all the time anyway? She had travelled all over the world and never met anyone that she felt incredibly drawn toward. Men could be handsome and women could be beautiful, but nobody was “I wish I could undress this person in a public place”- handsome or beautiful.

She stomped out of the store and back into the snow that lay heavy and thick in front of it. It was cold here in Konoha, way too cold for her that had just returned from South America without an adequate winter jacket. But in her defence, she did think that she was just meeting a friend for a lunch date and that would most likely happen inside. She didn’t think that she would have to spend so much time outside.

Distracted by her own anger she saw the wall only when her head was already crashing into it. A big, grey wall that had appeared right in the middle of the sidewalk. Katsura stumbled backward and then found herself steadied by an arm before her feet could slip on the ice. 

“I’m sorry, you seem to have crashed into me,” a male voice said in a low timber and Katsura looked up to realise the wall was not a wall at all, but just a very tall human man in a grey long coat. She hummed and then went back onto her feet with a mumbled thank you.

It took her a moment to recognise him, or better said, she only recognised him when she followed his chin up to the sunglasses on his nose. There was only one person she’d ever known who wore sunglasses inside the house. Well, two, him and his father. 

“Oh – It is you Shino,” she said and put her head on her neck to look up to him. Had he always been this incredibly tall? He seemed twice her height.

She couldn’t see his eyes moving underneath his shades but she imagined them narrowing as he scanned the length of her. “Katsura.” He said it like he had just decided on that name for her. Then: “Nice to see that you are back.”

Katsura waved with her hand. Shino and her had always had a very peculiar relationship. They had both been obsessed with bugs since they were kids, cataloguing and analysing them and hunting and freeing them and most of all defending them from annoying bug-haters. But he had slighted her as a kid, which she had never really forgiven him, no matter how nice he had turned out to be later.

“I was in Brazil”, she said. “Got myself a tan and a new tropical ladybug species.” She grinned. She couldn’t help but brag. 

He let out a low chuckle, which took her completely by surprise. “I’ve seen your pictures on social media. Congratulations, that was a great find.” 

Despite the cold her cheeks warmed. “T-Thanks.” She didn’t know what else to say.

“I’ve become an Entomologist too, but I specialise in Greater Japan or rather this area. Preservation rather than exploration.” A smile appeared on his face. “Though I can’t help but be a little jealous. That butterfly you found in the Rocky Mountains? Outstanding grey colours.”

Katsura huffed and shook her head. “Oh, I’m sure what you do is great too. Though - that butterfly really was incredibly interesting. Did you know it can survive even at lower altitudes?”

“I do now.” Shino put his hands in his pocket. She watched as she waved her arms to explain to him how this species specifically had adjusted so well to its surroundings and how it was- in fact - masterful in what it did. 

After a while her hands felt so cold that she shuddered, which did not escape his keen eyes, sunglasses or not. “I would love to hear more,” he said softly, “but maybe we should go inside. What do you think about going to a cafe?”

Caught off guard a little she stammered: “Uh- Uh, I had- a thing…” but then she remembered what Sakura was doing right now instead of their meeting and her eyes hardened for a moment. “Sure, I’d love to. I have all the time in the world.”

-

Shino picked a cafe at the very border of Uchiha territory, just a street down the Hyuuga were ruling the underworld. It was run by a local that Katsura did not know and was cosy enough to feel warm and homely even on a snowy, cold day like this. 

“Wow, what a lucky pick!” she said as she sat down in the big red seats. “A place like this is a real find.”

He took his coat off. “Yes, it is beautiful. I thought it would be perfect.”

Well any cafe would have been perfect really, she thought but didn’t say anything. 

Instead, she ordered a triple latte coffee because she really needed it after the day she’d had so far and all the jetlag still kind of pulled her underwater. Then she folded her fingers in front of her face and said: “Now, tell me about your job. What is your education? Did you go to University? What bugs are you raising?”

Shino smiled again at her barrage of questions and then he did something she had almost never seen him do: He took his sunglasses off.

This felt like that one time she had seen Kakashi-san without his surgical mask. This revelation that this part of Shino’s body actually existed and that the shades were not a permanent fixture on his face. Just that this time it felt a hundred times more incredible then when she had seen Kakashi.

His eyes were this deep, chocolate kind of brown, almost too incredible brown to be real. The light of the candle on the table was reflected in them like a mirage of light and Katsura had to immediately think of the million fireflies she had once seen on a tour in China. He was handsome with his hair combed back, the kind smile on his face and the shining eyes. 

“Is everything alright?” he asked and put his head to the side a little.

Katsura realised her mouth was hanging a little open and closed it quickly. “Yes, sorry..” She didn’t know what got into her. It took her more willpower than she wanted to admit to pull away from his face and remember what questions she had asked him. “So…”

“Right, about my education and work.” He smiled a little to himself, tipping lightly against the porcelain cup in front of him. “I am mostly working locally. We are growing some nearly extinct stag beetle species on our family compound, but so far the amount is still too little for them to be released into the wild…”

His low, calm voice and interesting topic of conversation lulled her a little, especially now that she felt warm and safe. While she was still intently listening, she wondered if he had always been this handsome or if he had just grown up to be. Shino had always been a person she had wanted to be close with, because his family was known to be specialists in insects, but for one reason or another it had never worked out. Mostly because he had slighted her as a kid and she could not forgive.

Turns out Shino did go to university and he had come out with a degree. This was not usual, especially not in their little, yakuza infested city. People often took up a trade that needed no education or straight up did crime. Katsura herself, as she told Shino as soon as he had finished telling his story, had left Konoha without any degree and just started travelling the world on her own merits. Working to earn money locally and then moving on. This way she had seen much more than she had ever planned.

“I’ve always wanted to go.” Shino said with a sigh. “It is incredible to work here where I am from and get to know more and more corners and such. But when I hear your stories it makes me feel like I want to get out more.”

Katsura took a sip of her coffee: “You could always join me on the next expedition.”

He smiled and she almost choked on her coffee accidentally. “I would love to go,” he said calmly. “But I don’t think it's possible.”

-

They had two more cups of coffee, way too much coffee if one was honest, and then Shino paid -for both of them. The weirdly intimate gesture had Katsura blush and when he held the door open so she could leave before him into the dark evening, she suddenly wondered if this entire thing had been something like a date. 

“I can walk you home still, if you want,” Shino offered and closed the zipper of his long coat. The shades were hiding his eyes again.

Katsura had never had a date before. Katsura had not even thought about dating before this But now Shino had invited her for coffee, he had brought her to a cosy place and asked her whereabouts and now he was trying to walk her home? That sure sounded like the end of a date.

She panicked. “Not necessary, I can find my way.” Her eyes avoided his face as much as they could while looking too suspicious. “T-Thanks for the coffee. Maybe I’ll see you around before I leave again.”

“Yes, hopefully,” she heard Shino say from behind as she was already walking away sternly, her heart hamming loud against her chest. 

-

Katsura walked back to her sister's apartment. For a moment she had wondered if she should go back and check the tattoo shop again, to see if Sakura had repented from letting her friend down in such a way as she had, but then Katsura decided against it. 

Aori also lived right at the border between Uchiha and Hyuuga district and worked on both sides of the metaphorical fence. Katsura felt like her hands were falling off from the cold as she entered the hallway and turned the key to get inside. Though she was rarely at home, Aori had obviously provided her with her own key anyway. More symbolic than practical.

There was noise coming from the kitchen. The slightly messy, stumbling steps of her sister were mixed up with the low, but always so incredibly loud voice of her boyfriend Might Gai, who, to Katsura’s endless misery, was around most of the evenings now.

It was not like Katsura hated Gai, he was connected enough to keep her sister safe enough and he was kind, and good to her, but his never relenting energy was a drag that Katsura was glad to flee from 96% of the year.

“Hello, young lady!” he waved at her as if she was a street away and not just standing right in front of him. “How was your meeting with your precious friend?”

Katsura let herself fall onto the tatami floor and put her feet under a blanket to warm them up. “She was busy,” she said shortly. “So I met with another old classmate of mine instead.”

She took a mini muffin from the table in front of her. Other than bugs, Katsura loved baking and since Aori could do a lot, but not that, she had spent the morning making muffins for all of them. Yes, even for Gai.

“Wonderful!” Gai let out. “It is great that you are still connected to all the people here. It is important to never forget your youth!”

Aori must have caught Katsura’s frown, because she interjected: “Which friend?”

“Aburame Shino.” Katsura bit into yet another muffin, most definitely spoiling her stomach for dinner, especially after the cakes she had had at the cafe.

“Oh, he is so nice.” Aori put her fingers together. “In summer he sometimes comes to the kindergarten I work at and instructs the children about fireflies and the like. He is really good at that. Very forthcoming and friendly…”

“And he looks quite good too..” Katsura mumbled.

“What?”

Katsura shook herself. “Nothing.”

Gai unfortunately apparently had ears like a bat and so he said: “I think Katsura just commented on the way young Shino has grown up quite handsome indeed.”

“Ah, really, Katsura?” Her sister couldn’t help but grin.

Katsura wasn’t going to take a lecture from Mrs has-a-crush-on-weird-guys so she shoved a few of her own made muffins into the pockets of her hoodie and got up with a “I’m not hungry right now.”

Aori yelled after her that they’d leave the stuff for her on the stove so she could eat later, but Katsura had already disappeared in the room that was currently her bedroom.

-

At night she dreamed about Shino, which was a bother.

In her dream, Shino took his sunglasses off again to look at her with the chocolate creamy eyes of his to ask her if he could accompany her on her travels. The her that was in the dream had blushed harder than Aori did when Gai gave her a compliment and had accepted with a loud stutter. Both things that were very unlike Katsura in many ways and when she woke up she was annoyed at herself.

Additionally, there were about 40 text messages from Sakura on her phone when she rolled over and picked it up. At least 30 “I’m sorry-s” and then 8 more messages asking Katsura for a new meetup time. The last two contained “I will just come by Aori-nee’s house in the morning before my shift” and then the last “I’ll be there at 10.” 

Katsura looked at the clock on her phone. It was 9.50. 

She peeled herself out of bed and took the quickest shower known to man to be ready on the couch with the tv running when the door opened and Sakura walked in. Her friend looked a little distressed.

“I’m so sorry!” Sakura said before she even said hello and threw herself down next to Katsura. “You know that feeling, when you think you can remember something without writing it down, but then you don’t remember? Well, that is not an excuse, but it is an explanation and I want you to know how deeply sorry I am.”

That had been about the gist of the 30 text messages too. Katsura let out a sigh. “It’s alright, I noticed you were - busy.”

When Sakura was shy she blushed like a school girl in a rom com, but when she was embarrassed her whole face turned red, right under the line of her cherry blossom hair. “The guys..” she mumbled, “... can be pretty distracting if there is nothing else to do. Especially when the adults are gone. I’m sure you get it.”

Katsura did not get it. What was so special about Uchiha Sasuke and especially Uzumaki Naruto that made them so irresistible? She had never understood how people in this town seemingly had such hots for each other all the time. She shook her head and then shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t, but it’s ok,”

Of course it was not ok for Sakure, who still looked very worried. “Sai told me only hours after you left. When I yelled at him and wanted to know why he didn’t tell me earlier, he said it was because I didn’t ask about it.” Sakura’s eyes hardened. “I will have to tell on him to Ino.”

“But in the end you were the one who forgot anyway. It’s not his fault.” Katsura raised a brow.

Sakura’s face fell once more. “You said you accept my apology.” She grabbed Katsura’s hand again and looked a little teary eyed.

Feeling like she had teased her old friend enough, Katsura smiled. “I do. I do. Look, you are here now and I see you are sorry. I mean, I ended up having a nice afternoon anyway.”

“Oh with Aori-nee?” Sakura also was smiling again.

“No, not with her. I ran into Shino.”

Sakura’s eyes widened a little. “Oh”, she said and it sounded like there was more weight behind the sound.

“Oh?” Katsura asked.

Her friend blinked and then found her usual friendly and calm facial expression again. “Oh I’m just surprised that it was him you ran into.” She shrugged her shoulders. “Did you do something nice?”

“He asked if I wanted to go to a cafe and we did. It was a tiny place, but very nice. We just talked and - why are you looking like this?” Sakura*s calm smile had somehow turned into a grin.

“It’s just… you know, Shino - his interests are so similar to yours, we always kind of thought you should be…close.”  Though Sakura had used much more diplomatic words, Katsura knew instantly what she meant with “close.” “But you just didn’t seem interested like that, which is of course alright. I have to admit though, that sometimes I felt like maybe he was.”

Katsura’s lip curled. Shino’s eyes appeared in her mind again, looking at her over the table, the way he had smiled while she talked, taking everything in with a calm she had never seen of anyone else. Had he possibly brought her there for some sort of date after all?

“Impossible,” she said, more to conclude her thoughts than as a reply.

Sakura shrugged her shoulders again. “I just think you guys would match, so maybe it is kind of wishful thinking on my part.”

“Seems like,” Katsura said, trying not to look into her friends’ face while her heartbeat felt so loud in her ears. “I mean its is like you said, I’m just not that kind of person.”

-

Christmas eve Katsura found herself squished between Aori and Sakura in a karaoke room that seemed way too small for the amount of people inside. In true cross generation fashion, Gai had invited all his friends, mostly Kakashi, his partners and Yamato, while Katsura had invited Sakura, who then had brought Sai, Naruto and Sasuke along. There were too many people in this hot room.

Alcohol had been flowing freely and now Gai, who had one arm wrapped around Aori, was singing passionately, his voice only lightly hitting the right notes. Katsura flinched each time his voice raised a little and wished it could just be Yamato signing again. She did not know the man well, but from the way he behaved and sounded he liked karaoke well enough and was good at it at least to some degree.

There was too much going on and it was hot plus the alcohol started to get to Katsura’s head too. When in foreign countries she sometimes drank with the locals, but not quite as much beer as here and not without eating a ton beforehand. She felt dizzy and tapped Sakura on the shoulder as if to say she was going to take a breather outside.

The room they were in was one of the largest of this newly opened karaoke place. It was in the centre of Uchiha district, not two streets from the tattoo shop Sakura worked at and was allegedly directly operated by Uchiha Shisui, who by all means would become Uchiha clan head someday. Katsura had asked Uchiha Obito, one of Kakashi’s partners, why Shisui, who had a reputation to be rather brutal in his underground activity, had decided to buy a karaoke place, but Obito had only shrugged and said: “Because he felt like it.”

Maybe it was a front for money laundering or whatever, Katsura thought and once again reminded herself not to stick her nose into things that weren’t hers to know. She wasn’t like Aori, who’s sense of righteousness made it almost impossible for her to turn a blind eye to injustice. Having Gai, who was strong, as a partner helped her only so much. Her good relations with Naruto and in extension Kakashi (also through Gai) kept her mostly safe.

Upstairs were the smaller rooms and Katsura came to a stop in front of one of them. Inside someone was passionately singing “Who let the dogs out” and howling in tune with the dog barks of the song. It made her laugh and with the alcohol having lowered her limit for embarrassment she stopped for a bit and howled along with the person singing inside.

She didn’t notice that the door had opened until a big figure suddenly threw a shadow on her face: “I didn’t know you were such a passionate singer.” It was Shino.

Katsura almost choked on her own spit trying to close her mouth fast. Of course, there was only one person that would passionately sing a song about dogs and howl along, Kiba, and if Shino was here now then that meant that the other person inside was probably Hinata. A Hyuuga deep in Uchiha territory. Times have really been peaceful lately.

“No, I just… thought it's a fun song,” she replied, feeling very suddenly and very unnecessarily hot. 

He smiled. “I didn’t know you were here either.”

“We are downstairs. I was just on my way to get some air.”

“So was I. Can I join you?” He gestured to the door and though she felt uneasy, Katsura nodded and then went ahead outside into the icy cold.

Shino was wearing his long coat again and though it was night out the sunglasses were right there on his eyes. Katsura caught a glimpse of herself in the reflection of the door and knew she looked a little red, but this could be put down to alcohol and heat, so there was nothing to worry about.

“You smoke?”  He asked and took a lighter out of his pocket. 

Katsura shook her head. “You?”

“No, I just have a lighter, if in case.” He let it sink back into his coat.

Then they both went quiet.

She sucked in the fresh air and tried to clear her mind a little, but despite the cold she could feel her fingers sweating. Shino leaned right next to her against the building wall, shoulder to shoulder, and somehow that made her more nervous than standing up and singing karaoke in front of Aori’s friends had.

“When will you leave again?” Shino asked friendly.

Katsura suddenly remembered the dream she had had, about him asking to come along. She pulled her shoulders up. “Day after tomorrow.” 

“Where to this time?”

Katsura weighed her head: “Australia.” 

Shino huffed in admiration. “Wow, there is so much to see there, I am a little envious of you for that.”

She really wanted to offer him to come along again, like she had that time in the cafe. But she remembered that he had said it was impossible and so why do it again anyway? Just to hear the same reply again? So instead of reaching out to him a second time she just hummed in agreement.

For a moment she could feel his eyes rest on the side of her face as if he was thinking of something intensely. In her mind she hoped that the blush she felt could pass up as her being cold. Then Shino laughed a little quietly: “But, well, the next few days I will spend time with my parents and siblings instead. Also not too bad.” 

Somehow she couldn’t shake the feeling that he was disappointed.

-

Gai was still asleep the next morning when Katsura and Aori sat opposite to each other at the breakfast table. He had a little much to drink the night before and needed a little more rest than the two women, not that Katsura’s head wasn’t also hammering violently.

She had just finished telling Aori of the encounter she had had the night before at the karaoke bar, which she had no time to talk about the night before. She was hesitating to tell her sister about her wish to ask Shino to come along with her on her travels. The sisters shared a lot with each other, but this seemed so weirdly personal.

“Hm, you keep running into Shino. Almost feels like destiny wants to tell you something.” Aori took a sip from her tea.

Katsura could feel the heat in her face again and looked away, hoping her sister hadn’t noticed. But Aori knew her sister too well to miss it. “Oh.” Aori chuckled.

“‘Oh’ again.” Katsura said, a little annoyed. “People keep saying that when I talk about Shino. It’s rude, you know.”

Her sister grinned: “Well, I guess there are other people who realise you have a crush on the guy.” Aori stopped exactly long enough so that Katsura’s cheeks could redden even deeper. “It’s no surprise really. You guys really would match well.” She made a face. “You have similar interests.”

“I don’t have a crush on him. He is just nice to me.”

Aori laughed. “Well if you want to live in denial.”

Katsura put her cup down, a little more aggressive than maybe necessary. “Just because you now have a  - well - “boyfriend”, does not mean you are the expert on love. You can’t even talk to him right when he compliments you.”

Now Aori was red too, but more of anger than embarrassment. She raised a brow in question. “Alright then Katsura.”

“Besides,” Katsura continued. “I’m leaving tomorrow. It is not like I would see him very often. Who knows when I’ll be back. And I can’t just ask him to come along so I can get to know him better.” She was rambling.

“Why not?” Aori asked, trying to hide her grin behind the cup of tea again.

“Because!” she shot back. “He told me he couldn't come with me the first time I asked and so how could I ask again?  He is busy, he has his students and his work and - and I don’t think he would be willing to spend time with me so I can figure my feelings- ” 

She stopped mid sentence, suddenly very aware of what she had just said out loud.

Aori finally set the cup back down. “So you have feelings for him.”

“I don’t know!” Katsura folded her arms in front of her body and pouted.

Her sister sighed. “I think you should ask him if he wants to come along with you. Or at least ask him why he said it’s impossible for him to come. So you understand if your feelings are returned or not.”  She reached out her hand and pressed Katsura’s. “But, of course, I am just your lame older sister that can’t talk to the guy that is her boyfriend.” Katsura laughed.

“Do you really think he might return these feelings?” Katsura pressed Aori’s hand now too.

“No choice but to ask him.

-

“Shino”, Katsura yelled after him, hands pressed into her burning sides. 

The man exchanged a look with his father and mother and then stopped while his parents walked on. It was heavily snowing now, Katsura could barely see him through the thick flakes.

“Did you run here?” He seemed worried.

She forced herself to look up: “It was no big deal.” Shino only raised his eyebrows at that, especially since she still couldn’t catch her breath.

The ice stung in her lungs. “I think I lost my -” she touched her throat and yes, her scarf was gone, but then she shook herself, “- Doesn’t matter, I have more important things to ask about.”

As she stood to regain her breath and her conviction she noticed that Shino had taken a step towards her so that he towered over her. Suddenly she felt something warm on her neck and when she looked up she realised that Shino had tied the ends of his own scarf around her back.

“You should keep warm otherwise you might get sick and miss your flight,” he said kindly.

Katsura felt her heart clench again and shuddered a little. “Th-Thanks.”

She straightened her back out, which didn’t help in any way because she was still much smaller than Shino was. He was so close to her now that she could feel his breathing on her face and it made her so uneasy that she felt like running away from him. But no, she reminded herself, Aori had told her this was all normal.

“Uh- Shino,” Katsura began trying to find the right words to say, “I wanted to ask you something.”

Shino smiled: “Go ahead.”

It wasn’t easy putting into words what she was feeling. To say “I have a crush on you” right now, especially after just having seen him for a few days, seemed so stupid and childish, even if it was true. She couldn’t be sure that he felt similar and that would just break her heart. She thought again how much easier her life had been when romantic feelings were just something that other people engaged in.

“Do- do you…” she stammered. “Do you maybe - uh -” His scarf next to her nose smelled like him and for a moment Katsura got sidetracked from the scent. Then she shook her head to ground herself back in reality: “If you would like to come with me to - to Australia, I would not m-mind working with you.”

That was by far the most diplomatic way she could have asked that without giving away too much of her feelings.

He seemed a little surprised, his mouth opening slightly and then closing just to open to a smile again. “That's a little spontaneous.”

“Yes, I know, I know. I wanted to ask you - before, but I c-couldn’t.” She looked at her feet again. “And last time you said it was impossible for you, so I didn’t want to be a bother…”

When she looked up she saw snow all over his hair, colouring the dark brown with white points like little bugs swarming around his head. He was also looking at her, as far as she could tell from where his shades were aimed at. Her fingers felt cold in the air but also sweaty with nerves. Nothing, he said nothing, as if he was trying to consider as carefully as he could.

But then he lifted his head to push snowflakes out of her hair. The intimate touch made her feel dizzy. “I have always wanted to leave this place,” he said without looking at her. “I always wanted to travel and see the world and research, but - more than that, I’ve for a long time wanted to travel with you.”

“W- -me?!” She wasn’t sure she had heard him right.

Shino chuckled again. That low rumble in his voice that she had heard at night in her dreams. He didn’t repeat what he said, instead he zipped down his coat and then drew Katsura in, pressing her against his own beating heart and wrapping her up in his arms.  

“That is why I at first said it would be impossible for me to go with you,” he explained. “Not when you don’t feel the way I do.”

That was when she realised that no, these feeling weren’t one sided at all

-

The snow had let up outside, but the world was still coated in white. “Here you go,” Shino said and handed Katsura a cup of coffee that she eagerly took into her hands. The airport was heated of course, but just watching the cold world outside made her feel cold too.

He settled in next to her and put his feet up over his on board luggage in front of him, his nose once again deeply in a magazine about newly published academy papers. KAtsura had teased him about it earlier in the day, that he was like a professor and Shino had only shrugged his shoulders and said that he was considering becoming a teacher, yes.

“I can’t believe you actually convinced your family to let you go”; Katsura said, for what felt like the 50th time today. It was true, she could hardly believe it.

Shino hummed. He seemed too tired now to repeat the line he had said all day when she had brought it up. “I’m an adult, they can’t stop me.”

Instead he reached out his hand to Katsura and found hers to wrap his fingers around. Her heart skipped a beat for a second, not yet used to this being a normal occurrence. Dating someone brought many new experiences.

“I’m glad it all worked out though,” he said finally, with his usual quiet smile. “I’m glad I get to go with you.”

Katsura leaned over, against his shoulder: “I’m happy you get to go with me.”

[madamichaicha]

“Falling Through the Holidays”

Have some nice Holiday Fluff™

Chapter 1 - All Hallows Eve

Chapter 2 - Ghoulish Gala

Chapter 3 - A Stranger’s Spell

Chapter 4 - The Weeks That Follow

Chapter 5 - A Pleasant Surprise

Chapter 6 - Christmas

Read on ff.net

Read on AO3

[bougiebutchbitch]

What are your naruto ships btw? I don't want to request something you don't ship! Love your art. x

Awww you're a sweetpea! Thank you for asking.

Just to be clear: I'm absolutely never going to be offended if someone asks for something I don't personally ship. I just won't answer it. (Unless you ask for adult/child stuff, in which case I'll block for my own mental health.)

Also to be clear: all this is ENTIRELY personal opinion. No value judgements here. I am 100% pro ship and frankly do not care what other people ship, even if it's 'problematique' - so long as it's easy for me to avoid things that trigger me or gross me out.

And um. Look.

At the end of the day if Kakashi is Submissive And Breedable I will ship him with almost any other adult lmaoooo, I'm not too fussy. BUT.

I do definitely have preferences, so they're under the cut!

FAVOURITES

Gai/kaka and Obi/kaka.

I like these guys together in romantic relationships, or qprs. I've also somehow gotten into Obigaikaka and I guess I go here now???

OTHER FAVOURITES

Saku/ino and Saku/lee! I just think Sakura deserves better than Sasuke lksjdfhlskdfgkjsdhkfg

Shizune/Kakashi (with a very dommy Shizune obviously),

Shizune/Tsunade (ditto)

Rin/Obito/Kakashi

Anko/Yamato/Iruka

Jira/Kaka (only when KK's an adult - it's still messed up and unhealthy for both of them, and honestly, that's the appeal)

NOTPS

Iru/kaka

There just wasn't enough canon content in the show to get me interested, which I know is ridiculous considering my love for Anko/Yamato/Iruka, but also consider: it's funnier if they're both raising Naruto but they don't like each other skljghjksdfg

Yama/Kaka

I sort of. Platonically ship it??? Or like, I see them very much as family! They're my brotp and I love them so muuuuuuuuch. I wanna do more stuff with them! Their dynamic is adorable. I love the whole 'Kakashi is a fucked up guy who is trying to be weird and unapproachable on purpose' and 'Yamato is a fucked up guy who is desperately trying to be normal' thing slkdfjgsldfk But romantic stuff with them squicks me a little because they're very much Brothers in my head!

ABSOLUTE NOTPS

Anything adult/child.

I'm not intersted in shipping Kk with any of his students, even if they're all adults or in a same-age universe. Ditto for Kk and Minato. I sometimes block folks who produce this content. It's not personal - just that this sorta content hits all my NOPE buttons!

Obviously I love platonic team-as-family stuff though!

OTHER STUFF

I do sometimes enjoy dark fic and dub!con / non!con content BUT please do not send any requests for this to my inbox. It can be a major trigger for me. I can only engage when I’m forewarned and prepared.

[quitequietquitecute]

I wanted to make sure you knew I didn't mean "naruto x Sakura, naruto x hinata, naruto x etc" but any ships with naruto characters

Ah OK 😂 it's fine thanks for the detail.

I mostly like pairing (or even just friendship) involving my favorites characters (Kankuro, Shikamaru, Hinata, Kin) in fact 😂

Shika/Kin, kanku/kin, Shika/hina, kanku/hina, kanku/saku, sasu/kin, kanku/ten, naru/kin, ino/kin, kiba/kin, gaara/kin (I like to make Kin new friends and more Xd)

I'm not especially fond of yaoi but I like sasu/naru because I think they're sooo obviously obsessed by one another in the show I think they should have been canon 😂

I do like few other pairs like : sasu/karin, shino/Ino, naru/ino, sasu/tema, kaka/anko, narusaku(thanks to ladyGT's artworks)..

It's all I can think about actually xD

[sonorous-cicada]

"Missing Shisui Shisui/Itachi" and "July Fic for the Porcelain House Gen/Ino, Kaka/Saku, Hana/Ten," tell me more!! (hana inuzuka x tenten or tenzo???) also am i a bad fruit if i ask for an excerpt of the itakarin fic--

Well, crap now I have to find them all again. 😂

'Missing Shisui' Excerpt:

Itachi turned off the trail as a familiar energy hummed beyond the woodline. It wasn’t possible, yet it remained there. The sharp mint feeling of his late lover’s chakra beckoned as he went deeper into the forest. His cloak billowed behind him in a tail of red and black as he dashed across the treeline.

“Shisui?” he whispered to himself. ‘Madness is one of the symptoms of Mangekyo overuse…’ The cool green washed over him as he came to a small meadow on the outskirts of a village tucked away underneath a cliff. “Shisui,” he called out against the breeze.

A tall man tended a garden outside of one of the identical wooden houses. The back of his shirt was drenched in sweat as his hoe slashed down on the garden row. His muscles rippled as he raised it up again. Suddenly, he stopped and turned around. The very air warmed around them as the man lifted his face to meet Itachi’s.

“I… know you?” he asked. Itachi was by his side in less than a second with his arms wrapped around him.

“Shisui… Shisui,” he couldn’t stop the tears as they ran down his face. “Where have you been for the last eight years?

'ItaKarin for Cherry' Outline Excerpt:

Hiding from a warlord (Orochimaru) in enemy territory

Has valuable intel that he stole.

Karin offers cover because of his family resemblance to Sasuke

Mentions that Sasuke hasn’t been by in a long time.

Itachi asks why she’s so attached to him.

Because he’s the only one that showed her kindness in this crazy world.

Pays her for her troubles and turns her into an asset.

18+, Adult Only Content below:

'July Fic for the Porcelain House' Outline Excerpt:

Right before they’re about to have some nightly fun, Genma gets called away because someone’s sick and they need an extra hokage’s guard. He tells Ino to not touch a thing. Catches her finishing with a sex toy. Tells her to do it again. She asks if he wants to help; he replies not yet. Goes to bed disappointed. Get ready to have Kakashi and Sakura over for a sex party. Set up snacks and genma places toys outside. Ino shocked that they’re doing this outside. As punishment for getting off without permission while he was on bodyguard duty she has to watch as Kakashi gets Sakura off twice. Ino sits on his lap while he strokes the inside of her thighs.

Also, it's Hana/Tenten or was supposed to be. I've long lost interest in completing this one. :)

Thank you for the ask!

[mysocalledarts]

Long rant ahead.

Mention of death threats.

not to be such a whining bitch or something but the problem in inosai fandom is just the lack of content creators (i don't call myself content creator since I only post shit postings). Of course everyone matter, even they don't posts contents, arts, fics, etc. I treasure everyone who's still shipping saiino in this era and time 😭. Them just being here still and appreciating saiino by reblogging, rt-ing, liking, commenting, bookmarking, giving kudos etc are more than enough and I can't thank them enough :"D but I want to rant about the lack of content creators here, okie?

The ship is beautiful itself, we got some beautiful fillers and scenes, the shippers are pretty cool, chill, and minding their own bussinesses too, but inosai still doesn't attract that many content creators.

I honestly don't know why they don't attract many people to ship them? I mean they are aesthetically pleasing eventho the development isn't that great, their scenes in Boruto are cute too, but... ? :((

Inosai fandom is void compared to even crack ships like Sasu/hina, Kaka/saku, etc :"D. Sometime I wonder...

Is saiino not beautiful and interesting enough for most people?

I don't know about any ino x other ships tho (since i filtered their tags and i refuse to see their contents 👁👄👁) but seriously, sometimes the lack of contents are just so sad to see. But I think I'm starting to get used to it.

You know what I want inosai fandom to become? For example like Sasu/hina and Kaka/saku fandom. Eventho I dont ship them, Kakasaku and Sasuhina may be a crack ship, but their shippers are chill and they got a lot of content creators. Like they are so confident to post anything to appreciate their ship. People making fanarts, fics, or even just appreciation posts in their own spaces. They got solid fanbase, has many organized events, and even has this support groups to support their content creators. They got bashed a lot and even got death threats but but they just don't care and just focused on making contents for their ship. I really want what they have.

I think saiino is not popular eventho we got decent beautiful and cute scenes compared to other couples because it has something to do with the fact that inosai is consisted of 2 unpopular characters?

Still wondering...

[kureikakashikaiba]

Naruto fanfic- Kaka x Saku: The ending of 3 weeks later: (apparently Tumblr do not allow more than 10k words for 1 post)

"How do you break this to him?"

"I don't know but this is what I should've done long time ago, even before this. Why did you follow me? I thought you've made up your mind"

"Because I'm weak, I guess. And you always know how to push my button"

"I do no such thing. If I knew how to do that, I wouldn't have to suffer your cold shoulder for the last two years"

"Of course you do, looking at me with these eyes, smiling at me with these lips, hitting me with these tiny but mean fists"

"Hey, I just want to know"

"Ok, because when you run away, I was just standing there without being able to walk away. I just realised that there was no way I could be right when you were that miserable and I was too. It couldn't be for the best. And I was just here before I could put my thoughts together, that was definitely the first for me"

"I know, I'm glad that you don't think for once in your life, if only it could happen sooner"

"What is wrong between you and him?"

"I don't know but after everything happened to him, He seems to be…unable to love. I know he cares about me in his cold way, and he's tried but it just doesn't work. We just fall into patterns and he thinks marriage may bond us better. I don't know if it works but I want to give it a try. But the closer it is to that day, the more wrong I know I am. And you…"

"Me"

"Yes, just five minutes spent with you that night, that kiss made me doubt if I've given up my true happiness for something that will never work out"

"We are very selfish here and he'll hurt"

"It's all my fault"

"He's not the understanding type, you know that right?"

"I won't let him kill you"

"All is good then"

[cityofblurbs]

Favorite Sakura Fics

Gaara x Sakura

Best Present Ever by paws-bells

GaaSaku. The cliched method of locking two quarrelsome lovers together in a room works after all, as Sakura and Gaara are about to discover. How could it not, when one is covered in only a towel and the other is not as apathetic as he appears to be?

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Walking Togetherby Zelha

Following the same themes as the other collections, it’s now up to Gaara to figure out how to handle an arranged marriage with a pink-haired medic that somehow, he doesn’t mind to have around, bad temper and all. His siblings are all too amused by this.

Rated: M - Chapters: 15 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Kakashi x Sakura

25 KakaSaku Moments by hikomokushi

25 drabble prompts, written using the prompts from the kakasakudrabble community on livejournal. Various themes, ratings and situations. KakashixSakura Disclaimer: Written strictly for entertainment. I do not own Naruto, nor the characters.

Rated: M - Chapters: 25 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

A Series of Firsts by leafygirl

A series of moments that happen between Sakura and Kakashi on a rotation at an ANBU camp as they discover their dynamic has changed over the years. One Shot. Mature content.

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Chidori no Jutsu by Lucibell

Kakashi Hatake had never known that coming home could feel so good. KakaSaku. Oneshot.

Rated: K+ - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Closest Thing to Family by Silberias

As Hatake Kakashi, General of the 3rd Division, looks around the battlefield after their victory he only wants to see the faces of his family. Crossposted on Ao3.

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Double Edged by nimblnymph

Seduction is like a double edged sword. You never know when you'll go from being the seducer to being the seduced. KakaSaku.

Rated: M - Chapters: 27 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Even a Blind Pig by rabid behemoth

It can be tough to keep secrets from a village full of ninjas. Particularly when Ino's on the prowl. [Set post-4th Shinobi War] [KakaSaku]

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Fated by leafygirl

Sakura runs from her past as Kakashi wants to run from life. Naruto and Genma witness the painful trials their friends must go through. Kakasaku Sasusaku - Please be aware there are multiple serious main character deaths. You will probably cry. This story has angst/tragedy/romance and maybe not in that order.

Rated: M - Chapters: 23 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Fated – Alternate Ending by leafygirl

This is an alternate ending to the story "Fated". Read the original first. These three chapters are an alternative ending to the last three chapters of the original story.

Rated: T - Chapters: 3 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Feeling Youby cutecrazyice

It started with a kiss...a touch...a stroke. Now the lines are blurred, and the borders are being crossed - and nothing has ever been more delicious. KakaSaku

Rated: M - Chapters: 23 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Flaming Heart by Creidhe

An unexpected incident, sends Sakura into the past. She has a chance at saving everything, but as the wise say 'Playing with the hands of times brings you the most deadly consequences,' However, Sakura was not one to be intimidated ...

Rated: T - Chapters: 26 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Flow of Life by Ebil Chameleon

He didn't love her. He couldn't love her. He couldn't get attached. But his heart was betraying him. Building bonds that were irreversible. It was love. SasuSaku Chapter 46: Our Finale.

Rated: M - Chapters: 46 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

To Grow a Garden by Wolfy Tales

"So what do you think about having a kid with me, Sakura?" - A family focused one-shot [KakaSaku]

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Heart of Patience by alifestylechoice

Kurenai grinned, a small laugh escaping. "Hatake Kakashi, in love. Who'd've thought." Kakasaku, Kakashi x Sakura

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

House Calls by Spoiled Sweet

Always the Team Mom, Sakura opens up her home as a clinic for the hospital-phobic ninja of Konoha. At the same time, her relationship with Kakashi begins to evolve in a way she never expected. M for swearing and later content.

Rated: M - Chapters: 40 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

I Found You Missing by Wolfy Tales

'They're asking us because these soldiers have absolutely no one left to write home to,' Sakura thought with a frown. So she signs up for the Shinobi Letter Exchange, not realizing how large the consequences would be. - AUish one-shot [KakaSaku]

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

In Case of Blue Scroll by Leola Majora

In Case of Blue Scroll the Hokage must lock himself in his office and pull his hair out as what he thought were memories of a long lost love turn out to be the memories of a mission he was about to assign his former student, Sakura Haruno.

Rated: M - Chapters: 12 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Just Try by Erika Hearken

The struggles we all face are sometimes almost too much to bear. In those times, everyone needs someone to lean on. Sakura finds that someone wasn't quite to far away after all. In fact, he's been right there all along. And he's ever ready to be that someone she can lean on. Warning: there is a character death.

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Left Behind by Trinnerti

They first stopped training with her, then slowly she was pushed out of the missions before she vanished from their lives. Now seeing her stronger than ever they couldn't stop but feeling guilty. Will their friendship blow up again or will this be the end?

Rated: T - Chapters: 28 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Life Informs Life by Silberias

When Kakashi was 5 years old his father defended him, and when Kakashi was 20 years old he defended his father. And then a fiery woman named Sakura bashed her way into his life and when Kakashi was 50 years old he was glad of it. Parallel views of a life. Crossposted to Ao3

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Packmate by Aria Illusine

Pakkun finally gets tired of Kakashi doing nothing about his attraction to Sakura, and takes matters into his own hands...er...paws. With the rest of Kakashi's summons pack to help! KakaSaku Complete

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Paths by Spoiled Sweet

No one said it would be easy to be a Hatake. One-shots centering on Sakura, Kakashi, and their offspring.

Rated: T - Chapters: 11 - Complete or Incomplete: Incomplete

Point of Grace by Shadow.of.Illusion

“Why can’t you just leave me be?” A muffled sigh answered her question, and she found her gaze suddenly riveted to Kakashi’s cloth-covered mouth. “That’s a very good question, Sakura.” KakaSaku

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Puppies and Babies by Gentlewatersoul

A holiday one shot. Happy Holidays.

Rated: K - Chapters: 1- Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Respect and Understanding by ronny-of-yore

[Complete] 24yr. old Sakura tries to join Anbu. She must seek the help of two old teammates to do so. Will she find love while in the ranks of the elite? A story on how respect can slowly change to love. Kakasaku

Rated: M - Chapters: 17 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Samadhi by Zelha

As the New Year is around the corner, our favorite kunoichi wonders what to do with a suddenly elusive lover of hers. And, of course, she has all the answers she needs ... in some well-known books. KakaSaku, of course!

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Sequential by Winter Ashby

Sometimes, the only way to understand how everything went wrong is to go back to the beginning. [Kakashi & Sakura]

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Seven Flowers by bluefurcape

Love doesn’t need words.

Rated: K+ - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Sinch in Time by Blade Redwind

Six years pass. Jiraiya & Naruto left Leaf. Sasuke & Kakashi left too. Sakura's been working with Tsunade. Paths cross as the men return. And somehow the three ninja find themselves hurled twenty years in the past. Summary inside.

Rated: M - Chapters: 68 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Some Light Reading by J-Pop Princess

Sakura's curiosity gets the best of her and she finds herself reading one of Kakashi's Icha Icha books. Little does she know that reading it will result in a world of experimentation on both their parts.

Rated: M - Chapters: 6 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Something Worth fighting For by Spindelhona

Homage to Wolfy Tales I found you missing. This is my version of Kakashi Hatakes' side of the story: War's ugly. But so is Life. You have to remind yourself there's still things worth fighting for. Assuming there is. Unless they're all dead and you're practically homeless. And yet, you have to carry on. You're needed. Is that enough?

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Star of Silver, Heart of Tinby J-Pop Princess

Written for the Kaka/Saku Fairytale contest! Kakashi had never seen the pink haired nurse before that day, but the fact that she wore an eye patch just like him gave them something in common. Or at least that's what he thought.

Rated: T - Chapters: 3 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

The Window by SilverShine

Kakasaku Sakura always wanted to see Kakashi unmasked. This was a bit much though...

Rated: M - Chapters: 21 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Three Blossoms by SilverShine

[KakaSaku] Two and a half years is a long time. Time enough for a blossom tree to bloom three times. Time enough for a child to become a girl, but not enough to become an adult. Time for a heart to crack in loneliness, but not enough time for it to heal.

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Torn by Blade Redwind

Kakashi's past comes back to haunt him when he finds himself facing the prospect of sponsoring Sakura for ANBU where seduction missions are not optional, but required. Now... Complete summary inside.

Rated: M - Chapters: 24 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Unbroken by princezsupastr

When Sakura finds herself facing a rogue ninja, she never dreamed that she would end up fourteen years in the past. Trapped in a Konoha where she must hide her true identity, she runs into a familiar face, except he doesn't seem familiar at all.

Rated: M - Chapters: 26 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Welcome Home by Wonderfoal

[KakaSaku] [oneshot] Sakura is having his baby. Too bad he doesn’t know it.

Rated: K+ - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Will of Fireby Cynchick

Forced to flee their village and the new regime, the loyal shinobi of Konoha must find a way to preserve their way of life and take back their home. As they fight for their future, Team Seven struggles to overcome the past. KakaSaku

Rated: M - Chapters: 26 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Winner Takes All by Clearheart

Heartbroken for the last time, Sakura swears off all relationships. But even as she makes this vow her team-mates take notice of her exceptional skill and beauty. It's not long before there's a fierce competition for her heart. Team 7, KakaSaku.

Rated: M - Chapters: 11 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Neji x Sakura

A Last Request by Mikami

NejiSaku. Uchiha Sasuke’s death, though unforeseen, was not in vain after the final mission of his life. His last words were taken in by the most unexpected comrade, Hyuga Neji.“ Don’t let her be unhappy, Hyuga...”

Rated: M - Chapters: 12 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Affaire de Coeur by Lady Silvamord

Affaire de Coeur: affair of the heart. Not here, exactly, nor anywhere too far away, instances in the lives of two very different people. Drabble series. [30: the last chapter.]

Rated: T - Chapters: 30 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Brought Together by purple-peach

At war with Sound, Neji and Sakura unexpectedly begin to discover common ground and comfort within each other. COMPLETE. NejiSaku

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 -��Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Cages by Winter Ashby

Neji examines the new cage he's managed to twist his wounded soul into and the pink and green that haunt him at every turn. He wonders what she would taste like. [Neji & Sakura]

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Midnight Snack by Zelha

In which Sakura has a craving, Neji is pretty much uptight, and the rest of the Hyuuga Clan is holding back their laughter at their resident tensai. AU NejiSaku crackish smut.

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Promises by Winter Ashby

Neji and Sakura return from the resque Gaara arc, but it looks like they've been hiding something. [Neji & Sakura]

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Revelation by paws-bells

NejiSaku Revelations are dangerous things, as Sakura was just starting to find out. They could turn turn your peaceful life upside down and inside out, even if it wasn't your revelation in the first place. Damn Neji.

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Secrets by Winter Ashby

Rough hands and green eyes meet in the dead of night. It was a mistake she never should have let happen, but now she dreams of him and all the dark secrets he holds for her. Someday this will all end, but not tonight… [Neji & Sakura]

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Silver and Emerald Days by Zelha

Silver and Emerald Days is a drabble collection by Celtic Oak and Zelha. Neji now lives with Sakura, as their partnership has escalated to another level. Companionship and brilliant love among the two genii. Various ratings.

Rated: M - Chapters: 15 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Three Days Till Home by Winter Ashby

Three days can be a very long time to get home and out of the sun, especially now that Sakura holds a precious piece of information. But, in the presence of the right person, perhaps three days isn't quite long enough… [Neji & Sakura]

Rated: K+ - Chapters: 3 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Tis the Season by Zelha

Set after Silver and Emerald Days. Neji and Sakura, a bit of Christmas loving and some major fluff for this joyful season. Smut alert.

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Sasuke x Sakura

A Full Circle by Lady Momo

Years after his desertion, Haruno Sakura realizes that she and Uchiha Sasuke never did have an ending. But on a stormy, rainy night, as she hangs on the verge of death, she realizes that they never had a beginning either.

Rated: M - Chapters: 12 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

A Highly Contested Topic by Annie Sparklecakes

SasuSaku. He's not lonely, he says, Because he has her. In which Sakura desperately tries to form a bond, and Sasuke grows more and more attached by the day. He won't admit it, but the truth doesn't lie.

Rated: T - Chapters: 3 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

A Twist in Time by wolf08

With Konoha on the verge of destruction, Sakura is sent on a last-resort mission to save her world by traveling to the past. Join her in coping with her old body's shortcomings, testing the natural laws of time, falling in love all over again, and rediscovering who she is. Time-travel. SasuSaku. REAL publication date: Jan 2015

Rated: M - Chapters: 12 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

An Uchiha Christmas Carol by Blade Redwind

Visited by three Ghosts in a Narutoverse version of Dicken's classic tale, Sasuke must endure a front seat view of his life, past, present and future to ultimately decide if his actions, his goals, are really worth pursuing. 4 part one-shot.

Rated: T - Chapters: 4 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Contradicted by HauntedAngel

I was nineteen. I had just passed my Jonin exam. And then I met him..."You conceited, stuck-up, selfish, pathetic excuse of a man!" Unfortunately it took four years and a war for us to fall in love. SasuSaku. EDIT: First chapter now available in Vietnamese! Check out my profile for the link.

Rated: T - Chapters: 24 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Devotion by Annie Sparklecakes

No one ever expected their story to be perfect, because they were Sasuke and Sakura, and things could never be easy for them. But still Sakura hoped, Naruto lied, and Sasuke was sorry. [SasuSaku]

Rated: T - Chapters: 4 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Flow of Life by Ebil Cahmeleon

He didn't love her. He couldn't love her. He couldn't get attached. But his heart was betraying him. Building bonds that were irreversible. It was love. SasuSaku Chapter 46: Our Finale.

Rated: M - Chapters: 46 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Incomplete by letmeannoyyoutoday

AU. Sasu/Saku. When her father told her she would have to marry a guy she knew nothing about, just because that was the best for their family, she knew she couldn't say no, just like she knew she wouldn't be happy. She just never imagined it to be that bad.

Rated: M - Chapters: 39 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Next Contestant by Annie Sparklecakes

When she was 12, Sakura was always protected by her team. Now she's older and stronger, but they're still protective. [Team Seven oneshot][Implied SasuSaku]

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Shades of Grey by Lady Hanaka

Sakura knew that Sasuke would hate her when she brought him back to Konoha, but she was willing to let him do so, as long as he came back. She hoped she could save him from his darkness...but more than that, she hoped he could save her from her own.

Rated: M - Chapters: 26 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Sleepwalking Past Hope by dezmari

"I came back." He managed to speak. "Years too late. I stopped caring, I stopped trying, and by now I just don't care. You, Sasuke Uchiha, don't mean a thing to me anymore." -R&R-

Rated: T - Chapters: 11 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Stay by SouthSideStory

Sakura begs him not to go, so Sasuke stays. And year by year he falls a little more in love with the girl he couldn't leave behind. (AU in which Sasuke never abandons Konoha.)

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

The Perfect Dream by elle6778

When the dream to reunite Team 7 ends, it is surprisingly easy to bury the pain and carry on. But how long can one pretend? SasuSaku.

Rated: T - Chapters: 4 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Two Seconds Away from Home by rawrchelle

Sasuke/Sakura. Non-massacre. You don't need to be extraordinary to have an extraordinary story.

Rated: T - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Variance by dances.with.sunflowers

Life. Sasuke is back, her team is always gone, and the hospital is a grave. Sakuracentric. Updated weekly. COMPLETE!

Rated: T - Chapters: 25 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Shikamaru x Sakura

Hero by Winter Ashbury

Shikamaru reminds Sakura of someone she's tried to forget, because he's an avenger now. But he's also different, because he turns to Sakura in a moment of weakness and she sees him for the first time for what he really is. A Hero. [Shikamaru & Sakura]

Rated: K - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Shisui x Sakura

Training Grounds ThirtySevenby KatMaxKu

Oneshot. AU. Nonmass. Haruno Sakura would have done anything to get her favorite training spot back, but she didn't realize the gravity of her determination...The outtake "The Black Hawk" is up!

Rated: M - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Itachi x Sakura

Mendoususei by Naz-G

Sakura, an S Class Jounin and medic, one of the most powerful Konoha has ever had. Her legendary Team 7 are all part of ANBU. Life's good. Only 1 problem: she's steadily falling for her stoic, gorgeous sex god of a captain. *Sigh*, mendoukusei, ne?

Rated: M - Chapters: 35 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Mango Sorbet by Itaweasel-hime

She needed someone to lean on, and he really did not know what he wanted. All he knew was that they had been brought together by a carton of mango sorbet. Non-mass AU.

Rated: T  - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

A Continuous Circle by JUCHKO

Sakura accidentally stumbles upon the Akatsuki hideout and is forced to use a scroll that was for 'last resorts only'. The scroll takes her to the past, back before the massacre. Rated T just in case. ItachiXSakura Time travel. Sequel up: And the Circle Comes Round. Sister story to Kindred Spirits.

Rated: T  - Chapters: 41 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

And the Circle Comes Round by JUCHKO

Sakura returns, only to find that the old woman was telling the truth. Now she's been captured by the Akatsuki for reasons unknown. Her heart is torn between love, hate, and the mass confusion that comes of finding out things she never wanted to be true.

Rated: T  - Chapters: 60 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Crimson Genii by Zelha

Crimson Genii is a oneshot collection that follows the same themes as Silver and Emerald Days. This time, Itachi and Sakura show how they try to cope with life, duty... and their hidden relationship. Various ratings, Non-Massacre, AU.

Rated: M  - Chapters:15 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

This is my way as a ninja by paws-bells

ItaSaku Prequel to heart strings. To protect her most precious person, Sakura would��willingly give her life. Itachi wasn't about to let her die, though.

Rated: T  - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Heart Strings by paws-bells

ItaSaku. Follow up to This is my way as a ninja. When all seems lost, hope comes in the most unexpected of ways. She was never going to be free of him, and for that he was never going to let her go.

Rated: T  - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

Curtain call the final act by paws-bells

ItaSaku Sequel to heart strings. They were never meant to be together. Fate was doing everything possible to tear them apart, but one thing binds them closer than never before. As long as hope never dies, life continues to blossom.

Rated: M  - Chapters: 19 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

The Chance by elle6778

Sakura discovers just how different it is to go on a mission led by Uchiha Itachi. Non-massacre AU.

Rated: T  - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

The Course of True Love by Annie Sparklecakes

It never did run smooth, and it holds true for Itachi and Sakura. But maybe they'll get their happily-ever-after... eventually. Non-massacre AU. ItaSaku. Oneshot.

Rated: T  - Chapters: 1 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

The Way of the Wind by just enough

ANBU Captain Uchiha Itachi had things well planned out, until a medic-nin with ridiculous hair went and made herself interesting. Sakura insisted she was just doing her job, but Itachi didn't quite see it that way. Non-massacre. Sakura/Itachi.

Rated: M  - Chapters: 25 - Complete or Incomplete: Complete

[mraihanafif]

The Flores Journal #2 : Shit Happened in The Very First Day

“Langkah pertama menentukan 1000 langkah ke depan”

-Anonymous-

Langit Bandung cerah sekali siang itu, ketika saya menjejakkan kaki di terminal keberangkatan Bandara Husein Sastranegara. Belum genap 24 jam saya menghirup udara Kota Bandung, setelah malam sebelumnya datang dari Padang.

“Awali dengan berdoa. Semoga diberikan keselamatan dan kelancaran selama di jalan. Selalau waspada dan hati-hati” kata orang tua saya lewat telepon.

“Iya ma, pa. ”

Bismillah! Semoga lancar. 

Pesawat Lion Air tercinta dan termurah yang akan membawa saya ke Denpasar datang tepat waktu siang itu. Pertanda baik ini, semoga. Saya naik ke pesawat dengan sumringah dan berdebar-debar, terlalu senang untuk membayangkan untuk segera menjejakkan kaki di Labuan Bajo. Aqua botol serasa menyegarkan seperti air pegunungan betulan, Burung-burung terdengar seperti bernyanyi, semua orang tampak bergembira siang itu. Hari yang sangat indah untuk memulai perjalanan.

Penerbangan dari Bandung ke Labuan Bajo memang tidak ada yang langsung. Harus transit dulu di Denpasar. Untungnya, rentang waktu keberangkatan pesawat transit ke Labuan Bajo tidak membuat saya harus menunggu lama, hanya setengah jam. Syukurlah take-off tepat waktu dan langit cerah.

Awal yang baik ini, pikir saya ketika itu.

Banyak orang bilang bahwa langkah awal amat penting untuk menentukan keseluruhan proses. Di dalam perlombaan lari 100 m misalnya, akselerasi awal pelari amat vital untuk menentukan siapa yang mencapai finish terlebih dahulu. Di dunia penerbangan juga dikenal istilah critical eleven. Yaitu 11 menit paling kritis pesawat: 3 menit setelah lepas landas dan 8 menit sebelum mendarat. Secara statistik, 80% kecelakaan pesawat terjadi dalam rentang waktu tersebut. Makanya mungkin banyak orang-orang bijak mengatakan mulailah hari dengan senyuman. Atau keluar rumah harus baca doa.

Namun ternyata, harapan saya akan hari yang baik itu langsung runtuh seketika dengan kesialan yang menimpa hanya ketika saya baru sampai di BandaraInternasional I Gusti Ngurah Rai Denpasar. Saat itu saya sedang memperlihatkan tiket transit saya kepada petugas untuk di cek ulang, sembari menunggu tas carrier dan tas kecil saya yang sedang melewati mesin x-ray pemeriksaan bandara. Keadaan sedang buru-buru memang karena seluruh penumpang penerbangan Denpasar-Labuan Bajo sudah naik ke kabin. Tinggal menunggu saya yang baru mendarat dari Bandung.

Ketika saya sudah akan bersiap untuk menggendong tas saya di ujung mesin x-ray, seketika petugas yang memeriksa di depan layar komputer berujar “coba buka tas yang kecil mas”. Saya langsung menduga-duga apakah saya lupa kalau menyimpan gunting kah di dalamnya, atau power bank kah, atau gunting kuku, mungkin. Tapi betapa kagetnya saya ketika membuka saku kecil di tas saya dan menemukan benda yang diberikan oleh teman saya Arief alias Cuip beberapa minggu sebelumnya. 

Jantung saya seperti mau copot ketika memegang logam kecil berwarna perunggu tersebut. Benda kecil yang membuat petugas mengernyitkan dahinya tersebut adalah selongsong peluru, atau wadah bekas pembungkus peluru, dimana sebenarnya di dalamnya tidak terdapat amunisi peluru lagi. Saya langsung ingat ketika main ke kosannya, Cuip memberikan satu untuk saya. Kalau tidak salah itu kenang-kenangan dari salah satu pabrik senjata di Bandung, ketika dia kuliah ekskursi disana. “Bisa dijadikan kalung.” Kata cuip ketika itu. Siapa pula selain preman atau anak Punk bercelana sempit yang memakai kalung selongsong peluru. Ah tapi saya simpan saja lah untuk pajangan, pikir saya ketika itu dan langsung memasukkan ke tas tanpa pernah mengeluarkannya lagi hingga sampai di Bandara Ngurah Rai ketika itu. 

Sebutir dari logam ini nyempil di tas saya. Gambar diambil dari tokopedia. Dijual online ternyata.

Muka saya pucat pasi. Bayangan buruk seketika menyergap pikiran saya. Saya mencoba untuk tenang sambil berusaha untuk menceritakan duduk perkaranya ke petugas yang tengah mengecek dan mengambil gambar logam kecil yang ternyata nyempil di tas saya tersebut untuk dikirim melalui whatsapp. Namun seketika wajah petugas tersebut berubah menjadi santai. Ia sedikit tersenyum, demi melihat wajah pucat saya ia langsung berkata “Gapapa mas, ini tidak berbahaya. Tapi benda ini harus kami tahan ya.”

Rasanya seketika rongga dada serasa lapang kembali. Ingin rasanya saya bilang “Alhamdulilaah! Ambil aja mas, silahkan. Kenang-kenangan dari saya. Bisa jadi kalung juga loh itu mas...” Tapi lidah saya kelu dan hanya bisa berucap “Terima kasih mas atas pengertiannya. Beneran gapapa kan?”. “Iya mas, gapapa”. Saya langsung menjabat tangan semua petugas bandara yang ada di dekat situ waktu itu. Rasanya amat lega seperti seorang yang baru memenangkan kasus kriminal tingkat tinggi di pengadilan.

Saya langsung bergegas naik ke pesawat. Penerbangan ke Labuan Bajo sore itu adalah pengalaman pertama saya naik pesawat ATR, pesawat berukuran kecil dengan kapasitas kursi hanya 4 baris. Pesawat lepas landas tepat waktu pada sore hari di cuaca Bali yang amat cerah dan cuaca jantung saya yang pasca badai. Pengalaman naas di bandara Ngurah Rai sedikit membuat was-was. Belum juga sampai di Flores, kejadian buruk sudah datang. Saya berusaha untuk tidur untuk sedikit berusaha memperbaiki suasana hati, namun ternyata kakek bule di belakang saya berceloteh ria dengan suara kencang mengajak ngobrol siapa saja di sekelilingnya. Suara nya riang dan kencang sekali seperti bapak-bapak yang sedang main domino di kedai kopi.

Karna terlanjur tidak bisa tidur sekalian saja saya pindah ke kursi sebelah kakek yang bernama Peter dan berasal dari Australia itu dan mengajaknya ngobrol. Ia bercerita mengenai banyak sekali hal. Mulutnya seperti tidak ada capeknya berceloteh. Betapa ia mengagumi keindahan alam Indonesia dan setiap tahun rutin ke Indonesia untuk berlibur dan menenangkan fikiran. Ia bercerita kalau biasanya ia pergi bersama istri atau anak dan cucunya. Namun tahun ini anaknya akan melahirkan, dan istrinya tidak bisa ikut berlibur karna harus menemani anaknya yang sedang hamil besar. 

“Tolong beri aku rekomendasi sebuah nama untuk cucuku, karna setiap saat aku selalu memikirkannya.” Kata Peter, suatu waktu.

“Cucumu yang akan lahir cewek atau cowok?”

“Dari hasil USG sih cowok.”

Saya berfikir sejenak dan kemudian menatap mata Peter dengan serius. “Hmmm... bagaimana kalau Bambang. Nama itu sangat keren di Indonesia. Cowok banget” kata saya

Demi mendengar nama Bambang, mata Peter langsung berkaca-kaca kemudian berbinar-binar. Ia langsung mengeluarkan handphone nya dan meminta saya mengetik ejaan B-A-M-B-A-N-G di notes. “Thank you very much, Afif!” kata Peter. “My pleasure, Peter!” saya balas.

Swafoto saya dan Peter yang baru mendarat di Bandara Internasional Komodo, Labuan Bajo

Sore itu kami mendarat dengan selamat di Bandara Internasional Komodo, Labuan Bajo. Peter pamit duluan karna ia sudah memesan penginapan serta mendapat fasilitas penjemputan. Saya memilih untuk ke pusat kota terlebih dahulu untuk keliling sembari mencari penginapan yang nyaman dan ekonomis. Labuan Bajo adalah kota kecil yang terletak di pinggir pantai dan memiliki landskap perbukitan. Jarak dari bandara ke kota hanya lima menit naik ojek.

Pusat keramaian labuan bajo terletak di pinggir pantai di sekitar pelabuhan. Disana banyak terdapat rumah makan, cafe, bar, hotel, hostel, spa, penyewaan alat diving, minimarket dan segala atribut tempat wisata lainnya.

Saya kemudian mampir ke supermarket untuk membeli beberapa makanan ringan, sekedar mengganjal perut karena belum makan sejak dari Bandung. Namun ketika membayar belanjaan di kasir, kaka kasirnya bilang bahwa uang saya tidak diterima. 

“Ada uang kertas saja kah?” katanya. 

“Eh, kenapa kak?” kata saya heran. 

“Uang logam tidak diterima sebagai alat transaksi belanja disini. Orang sini tidak mau terima uang logam. Tukarkan saja ke Bank kak, masih berlaku kok” kata si kakak.

Saya baru mengetahui hal tersebut disana ketika itu. Saya luput untuk mengetahui informasi tersebut dari browsing beberapa hari sebelum berangkat. Dan ternyata hal tersebut sudah berlangsung sejak lama disana. Saya kemudian mencoba untuk mencari tahu mengapa hal tersebut terjadi, dan jawaban setiap pedagang tetap sama. Tidak mau terima uang logam. Bahkan tukang parkir pun minta dibayar dengan uang kertas. Belakangan saya ketahui dari artikel di internet ternyata di Kabupaten Gayo Lues, Provinsi Nangro Aceh Darussalam, uang logam juga tidak diterima sebagai alat pembayaran.

“Masyarakat Gayo Lues bisa jadi kurang nyaman memegang uang koin, mungkin alasan ribet. Bisa juga karena pola piker." Kata Kepala Kantor Bank Indonesia setempat. Bisa jadi alasan yang sama juga berlaku di Labuan Bajo ini.

Ternyata kesialan tidak menimpa saya sekali saja hari itu. Karena uang tunai di dompet saya sedikit dan berencana untuk membayar penginapan, maka saya mencoba untuk tarik tunai di atm terdekat. Naasnya, saat sudah berada di dalam kotak atm kartu atm yang biasa saya simpan di dompet sore itu entah kemana perginya. Raib tanpa jejak. Saya heran entah mengapa benda tipis berbentuk persegi panjang yang kata Pak Sandiaga Uno seperti tempe ini senang sekali tiba-tiba hilang. Tas carrier dan tas kecil saya bongkar. Saku celana dan dompet saya geledah. Tapi nihil. Keadaan mulai gawat. Jangankan untuk bayar tiket pulang ke Bandung, uang yang tersedia di dalam dompet saya cuma cukup untuk bertahan hidup sehari. Mana disana ga ada kenalan apalagi saudara. Ga lucu juga nih, kalau menggembel disini.

Di saat matahari perlahan mulai tergelincir di ufuk barat dan langit sudah memerah, dari dalam tas kecil abu-abu yang beberapa jam yang lalu mengerjai saya dengan menyimpan selongsong peluru, saya melihat sebuah buku suci berisi angka-angka saldo yang nominalnya tak seberapa itu. Belum pernah saya sesenang itu melihat buku tabungan seumur hidup saya. Saya segera berlari ke bank bni terdekat. Dan keajaiban kembali menghampiri saya, jam operasional bank yang sudah seharusnya tutup beberapa menit sore itu, membuat seharusnya proses penggantian kartu atm saya baru bisa dilakukan keesokan harinya. Namun ternyata ibu yang bekerja di bagian cs terlambat pulang karena masih mengerjakan beberapa pekerjaan. Sore itu juga akhirnya saya bisa memperoleh penggantian kartu atm baru berkat pertolongan ibu yang baik hati tersebut setelah saya sedikit memohon dengan menceritakan kemalangan saya.

Beberapa kesialan menimpa saya di perjalanan hari pertama. Entah orang menganggap kesialan di awal adalah sebuah pertanda buruk untuk proses selanjutnya, namun bagi saya pengalaman-pengalaman tersebut malah semakin membuat saya makin bersemangat untuk menghadapi hari esok untuk menjelajahi Flores. Perjalanan baru akan dimulai. Flores, saya datang dengan gembira!

Pada akhirnya memang terbukti bahwa, Tuhan selalu punya cara untuk menolong hambanya yang pergi travelling! God save the traveller!

[franruto]

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1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?

generally gross stuff like kaka /// saku, incest pairings, and the ending pairings (nh and ss mainly but. all of them). kakashi ships that arent kakagai. uhhh obito x anybody lmao. im kinda neutral on itachi x anybody too like. i dont get passionate itachi pairings theyre like. whatever 2 me. gaa /// lee……. there are so many bc im a bitch so im stopping here

6. Has fandom ever made you enjoy a pairing you previously hated?

not really! im p opinionated and stubborn, and when i got into the naruto fandom i had already finished watching all of it so like i came here w all my opinions formed

[pure-unicorn-tears]

HELP MEEEEEE FIND THIS!

Guys please help me find this KakaSaku Fic wherein Sai and Sakura (Both ANBU at that time) accidentally time-travelled back to Konoha x young!Kakashi and young!Kakashi is suspicious about the two since they have 2 unknown anbu masks but Minato believed in them and assigned them to young!Kakashi’s Anbu team. Sai and Sakura then thought of ways to save Konoha, defeat Madara, save chibi!sai and prevent Naruto from being an orphan. Then One day, young!kaka asked saku “why do u keep looking at me like I broke ur heart” and saku was like “my kaka wouldn’t do this….” something like that and young!kaka asked her “do u want me to be him” and stuff like that and they kissed and young!kaka was like “I wonder what the other me is missing” yadda yadda and KakaSaku married while NaruSasuKaka were going nuts tryna find them but they only got the trails of the transportation jutsu. Then one day Saku sends present time Kaka a letter abt not going back to the present times since it wud b too dangerous and told him not to worry blah blah and then there attached a frame with a painting of young!KakaxSaku wedding. And present time!Kaka was crying and in deep sorrow. I can’t remember the details but damn it was a great story so PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME!!! I will send u virtual hygs virtual cookies whatever. Please my beloved KakaSaku fandom 😘😘😘

[mininecro]

i was lookin through your bookmarks today for fics to read, and just in case u didnt know wro//th_and_ruin (the person who wrote the k//hr & bn//ha x//over) has some ick bookmarks. like, within the first 3 pages: bn//ha po//rn ft. the students, acrobel//ano27, r//27, what im assuming is in//cest as both people in the ship name have the same last name, and at least 3 kaka//saku fics. i have no idea if all the slashing worked so sorry if it didnt. have a nice day!

you’re on anon you dont need to slash anything lmao. like what are you going to do, remind wroth that some people dont really care for how they’re entitled over abuse as entertainment? 

[madamichaicha]

“A DECADE AWAY”

Chapter 7 now available.

Find it HERE.

[the-blossomed-sakura]

Writing an AU KakaSaku fic in which Sakura is married to Kakashi who is Yakuza... 

[k-a-k-a-s-a-k-u-blog]

For KakaSaku fans and mostly anti-KakaSaku. In english and portuguese.

I'll be blunt: I follow the series, not the manga. But occasionally, when I'm browsing on the ol' Internet, I come across a page of the manga and I can't resist checking it out. And what recent manga-discovery opened my eyes in a purely lovely way?

KAKASHI AND SAKURA FIGHTING ZABUZA AND HAKU (whom Kabuto brought back to life).

WHY does this seem significant, you may ask?  I mean, Kakashi and Sakura have fought lots of people over the course of the series.  That's what being a ninja is about, right?  Well, what sticks out to me is that it's ZABUZA AND HAKU.  For those dedicated KakaSaku fans, you might have already realized the significance of this.  The episodes contained in the Zabuza and Haku arc were, after all, the episodes that provided the first evidence of KakaSaku in the first place.  Who could forget that heroic scene on the bridge, or Kakashi's jealous reaction when Sakura gushes over Sasuke repeating the same thing he just said, or the way Sakura blushes when Kakashi puts his hand on her head, or the way he compliments Sakura while belittling Sasuke, the focus of her affections?  

And the fact that Zabuza and Haku were BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE is another significant thing.  By bringing them back to life, considering what I just pointed out about the first KakaSaku evidence, could the creator be trying to imply that KakaSaku has been "revived"?  You have to admit, there's been a dangerous shortage of KakaSaku evidence in the series lately, even more so than usual.  So this whole Zabuza-and-Haku-revival thing could be just a large bottle of KakaSaku evidence that the creator decided to pour into the mix so us fans wouldn't give up.

Oh yeah, and there's also Zabuza's little quote.....

"Looks like Kakashi's kunoichi has grown up"

Whoa.  What the hell happened to "subtle"?  Now we've gone from subtle to strikingly straightforward!  Two things about this sentence.....

1.  "Grown up" are the keywords, the ones that jumped out at me immediately.  Let's take a moment to remember what Sakura was like when she was a child:  Kind of annoying, but determined, bad temper, but still kind of sweet, in love with Sasuke.....  Now do you get what I'm getting at?  No?  Fine, I'll say it again:  "in love with Sasuke".  Sasuke was the kind of guy that almost every girl gets a crush on at that age.  Now Sakura's older, more mature, and has moved from desperate fantasy into cold reality.  So now that she's "grown up", who's to say she isn't ready to get her feet out of the sandbox and take a step into the area where the big kids play?  Nice metaphor, huh?  

2.  The next part is obvious:  "Kakashi's kunoichi".  Yeah, I know she happens to be on Kakashi's team, but I still think it's interesting how Zabuza says "KAKASHI'S kunoichi".  Remember, this is fiction, and everything that happens in fiction happens for a reason.  Every comment and how it is carried out, from the exclamation points to the question marks to the dots to the very wording, is done that way to mean something (sometimes subtle, sometimes not subtle because it doesn't need to be).

Oh yeah, and a few other things:

Kakashi seems to care a lot about what Sakura thinks of him.  In Shippuden, he sees Sakura eating a soldier pill and warns him that girls her age shouldn't overeat, which irritates her.  Kakashi wonders if she's angry at him.  WHY does he care if she's angry at him?  He couldn't be worried about her beating the living crap out of him, he's a Jounin.  So why else would he care if she's mad at him or not?  Plus, in the manga, Kakashi says (and I quote), when he's about to fight Madara:  "I leave my body to you, Sakura."

WHOA!  "I leave my body to you, Sakura"?  Again, not too subtle....  Plus, when he's about to fight Sasuke, the first thing he does is tell Sakura to leave.  Most likely because, if by some slim chance she has some lingering feelings for Sasuke, it's unlikely that she'll grow any feelings for Kakashi after she witnesses him killing Sasuke.  Sure, she'll still know that he did it, but without the images in her head, she won't be able to sink into a dull hatred for her sensei that will distance herself from him.  

Well, that's about it.

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Em português:

Eu vou ser franca: eu sigo a série, não o mangá. Mas, ocasionalmente, quando estou navegando na internet, me deparo com uma página do mangá e não posso resistir a lê-lo. E o que abriu meus olhos de uma maneira puramente adorável?

O combate de Kakashi e Sakura contra Zabuza e Haku (que Kabuto trouxe de volta à vida).

Por que isso parece significativo, você pode me perguntar? Quer dizer, Kakashi e Sakura lutaram com muitas pessoas ao longo da série. Isso é o que é ser um ninja, certo? Bem, o que se destaca para mim é que é o Zabuza e a Haku. Para os fãs dedicados de KakaSaku: vocês já devem ter percebido a importância destes. Os episódios contendo Zabuza e Haku eram, afinal, os episódios que forneceram a primeira evidência de KakaSaku. Quem poderia esquecer aquela cena heróica na ponte? Ou a reação de um possível ciúmes de Kakashi, quando a Sakura diz ao Sasuke a mesma coisa que ele disse? Ou a maneira que Sakura fica envergonhada quando Kakashi coloca a mão sobre sua cabeça? Ou a maneira como ele elogia Sakura enquanto a mesma é desprezada por Sasuke?

E o fato de que Zabuza e Haku foram trazidos de volta à vida é outra coisa importante. Ao trazê-los de volta à vida, considerando o que eu apontei sobre a primeira evidência KakaSaku, poderia ser o criador tentando mostrar que KakaSaku foi "revivido"? Você tem que admitir, houveram demonstrações significativas sobre KakaSaku na série ultimamente, mais ainda do que de costume. Então, toda essa coisa de Zabuza e Haku "renascerem" pode ser apenas um grande recipiente de evidências KakaSaku que o criador decidiu criar para nós shippers de KakaSaku não desistirmos.

Ah, sim, e também há citações de Zabuza...

"Parece que a kunoichi do Kakashi está crescida."

Wow. Agora passamos de "simples" para impressionantemente simples! Duas coisas sobre esta frase...

1. "Está crescida" são as palavras-chave, os que saltaram para mim imediatamente. Vamos pegar um momento para se lembrar de como Sakura era quando criança: meio chata, mas determinada; temperamento ruim, mas ainda uma menina doce; apaixonada por Sasuke. Agora você vê onde eu quero chegar? Não? Tudo bem, eu vou dizer de novo: "apaixonada por Sasuke". Sasuke era o tipo de cara que quase toda garota ficaria apaixonada nessa idade. Agora Sakura é mais velha, mais madura e transformou sua desesperada fantasia em uma fria realidade. Então, agora que ela "cresceu", quem vai dizer que ela não está pronta para colocar seus pés para fora da caixa de areia e dar um passo para a área onde as crianças grandes jogam? Boa metáfora, hein?

2. A próxima parte é óbvia: "kunoichi do Kakashi". Sim, eu sei que ela é da equipe do Kakashi, mas eu ainda acho que é interessante como Zabuza diz "Kunoichi do KAKASHI". Lembre-se, isso é ficção, e tudo o que acontece na ficção acontece por uma razão. Cada comentário e como ele é realizado, a partir dos pontos de exclamação aos pontos de interrogação, é feito para significar algo (às vezes simples, às vezes nem tão simples, pois ele não precisa ser).

Ah sim, e algumas outras coisas:

Kakashi parece importar-se muito sobre o que Sakura pensa dele. No Shippuden, ele vê Sakura comer uma pílula de soldado (pílulas-soldado são pílulas especiais que reabastecem a sua resistência e chakra, nutrindo o corpo. Ela é composta de estimulantes poderosos e nutrientes, para permitir ao utilizador continuar a lutar por três dias e três noites sem descanso) e avisa que as meninas da sua idade não devem comê-las demais, o que irrita ela. Nisso, Kakashi pergunta se ela está brava com ele. Por que ele se importa se ela está brava com ele? Ele não poderia estar preocupado com o que ela pensa dele, ele é um Jounin. Então, por que ele se importaria se ela está brava com ele ou não? Além disso, no mangá, Kakashi diz quando ele está prestes a lutar contra Madara: "Deixo meu corpo para você, Sakura."

WOW! "Deixo meu corpo para você, Sakura"? Novamente, não muito sutil... Além disso, quando ele está prestes a lutar contra Sasuke, a primeira coisa que ele faz é dizer à Sakura para sair. Muito provavelmente porque, se por alguma pequena chance ela AINDA tiver alguns sentimentos por Sasuke, é improvável que nela cresça QUAISQUER sentimentos por Kakashi, pelo fato dela testemunhar o mesmo matando Sasuke. Claro, ela ainda vai saber que ele fez isso, mas sem as imagens em sua cabeça ela não será capaz de criar um ódio detestável por seu sensei, que irá afastá-la de Sasuke.

Bem, isso é tudo.

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