#sakura centric

[diviii3]

Recent sketches

[reii-ichi]

Sasuke is Izuna and Sakura's son.

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[frostmarris]

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MultiSaku RarePair Survey!

If you could spare a few moments, please help me out and give me your top 5 fave Sakura rarepairs in the survey above! (Disqualified ships listed in the form)

Sharing/reblogging is super appreciated!

[veryblazedreamland]

Fanfics with Sakura in different AUs is my comfort😆💖. It's always Kaguya or Tobi's fault🤣

[akasakurevival]

Hello and welcome to the first cross-media AkaSaku event hosted by the AkaSaku Revival Fan Club discord server, open to all to participate!

🎃 The 12 Days of AkaSaku Halloween 🎃

Starting October 19th and on through October 30th, we'll have a ship and corresponding prompt each day! We're sharing the itinerary a month early in case anyone wants to prepare in advance, but this is also an optional Flash Event!

Prompts and Ships

On the [ ] day of Halloween, Leader-sama gave to me...

1st) ItaSaku under the cherry tree

2nd) SasoSaku in surgical gloves

3rd) PeinSaku and a summoning ritual

4th) TobiSaku (ObiSaku) at a masquerade

5th) DeiSaku committing arson

6th) ZetsuSaku lost in the woods

7th) KakuSaku grave robbing

8th) KisaSaku under a full moon

9th) KonaSaku with a deadly bouquet

10th) HidaSaku and bloody lips

11th) Honorary AkaSaku in a haunted house

12th) AkaSaku carving pumpkins

All media, genre, and rating types are welcome, but we do have a few rules that participants will need to follow.

Rules

Begins Oct. 19th, ends Oct. 30th.

Use #12DaysofAkaSaku tag when posting art/fic to tumblr, A03, etc.

Prompts don't need to be the focus, but should be incorporated in some way.

NSFW/dark content must be tagged, include appropriate content warnings, and (if posted to tumblr), placed under a read more.

Participants don't need to create something for every ship! Create for whichever days you like.

Late submissions will be accepted for a week after.

Only submit your own work.

Optional Flash Event

• Recommended (but not enforced) max word count of 500. This is to help those who wish to create for multiple days, but are working with limited time!

If you have any questions, feel free to message @akasakurevival or the admin @frostmarris! This event is open to everyone, but there will also be an invite to the discord server in a reblog. Come join is if you'd like to see more AkaSaku content, member wips, or sprint along for the Flash Event!

We're looking forward to seeing what everyone's makes!

Happy Halloween and happy creating!

[elouizamariaa]

Fanfic recommendations where the Haruno are a shinobi clan 🌸

Hello everyone! I’d like to know if anyone knows of any Sakura Haruno-Centric/BAMF Sakura Haruno fanfiction where the story features the Haruno as a shinobi clan!

Some time ago, I read "The First Flower of Spring" by Evil Is A Relative Term (same author of "Kill Your Heroes"), and it was so amazing!!! I’m still heartbroken that she decided not to continue TFFOS 😭!

Anyway… I haven’t been able to find another interesting fanfiction with the Haruno as a shinobi clan, Sakura-Centric, and I’d love to know if any of you have any recommendations, please!

Thank you 🌸

[itsravencrone]

'The tree is rotten to the root'

[uchiwife]

pairing : itachi uchiha x sakura haruno

[No Uchiha Massacre]

cw: hospital, arguing, mention of an injury, mention of poison. Some implied feelings(sort of) ANGST.

wc: 1,248

a/n : English is not my mother tongue, so please excuse me for any mistakes I might commit in it. ꒱࿐♡ ˚.*ೃ

Part2 , Part 3

“Where do you think you're going?!”

Sakura's voice snapped, glaring at another of what she called "difficult patients." The man didn't seem fazed by the medic-nin's irritation, instead, he was finishing putting on his second sandal. He had been here far too long for his taste. Four days, sure, but it was already four days too long.

“Home.”

She clenched her jaw. Hell no! He'd just had surgery a few days ago, there's no way he's leaving now.

“No.”

“What do you mean 'no'?”

“You can't leave, Itachi. I didn't give you permission to do so. You're coming out of a pretty heavy operation. You need to rest.”

Itachi narrowed his eyes, a wave of displeasure washing over him.

“I'm fine. And I have some business that can't wait.”

“If you mean missions, I've cancelled them.”

“You what?”

If he was displeased at first, now he was downright annoyed. He didn't understand the point of occupying a bed he no longer needed. He was feeling better, so as far as he's concerned, he could leave.

“You heard me.” She crossed her arms over her chest. “Don't give me that look.”

Itachi closed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath.

“Sakura, you had no right to do that. It's not your decision to make. I appreciate your concern, but it is not necessary. It's up to me to say whether or not I can handle a mission.”

“Like hell I can't! I'm the one who had to fix the damage done to your body, so I assure you that I'm in a very good position to make that kind of decision. Besides, Shishou agrees with me.”

“You have already discussed this with Hokage-sama?”

She shrugged as Itachi took a step forward, heading for the door. Too bad for him, Sakura blocked his way.

“What do you think you're doing!?”

“I'll go talk to the Hokage. Now step aside.”

“She won't agree with you on this, Itachi. She trusts my judgment and if I tell her you need to be taken off the mission roster, you will be.”

“What right do you have—”

She cut him off ;

“In my capacity as a doctor. I outrank you in the chain of command when we are within these walls. Deal with it.”

Sakura probably had a secret death wish, how else could she explain addressing one of the most feared ninjas in the village like that? Fuck, feared even in several nations! But she couldn't let him leave the hospital. He had almost not made it. Of course, she had managed to save him, but, the amount of poison found in his chakra system was nothing to sneeze at. She could see that he was irritated. She knew him well by now and normally she wouldn't have been so insolent with him, but, as she had said, she was the boss in this hospital. En plus, his father would be sure to ostracize her if anything happened to his precious and talented older son.

“This is ridiculous.”

Stubborn as he is, Itachi wasn't going to let it happen. That's why he was determined to go and discuss it with the Hokage. He respected orders, Itachi submitted to Tsunade Senju's authority because it was his duty as a Loyal Shinobi of Konoha, but that wasn't going to stop him from using his persuasive skills on the woman. He had done it before, and he's still alive to talk about it, isn't he? He had dodged the cup of Sake she had once thrown at him, he could very well do the same with her stapler. His decision made, Itachi headed for the door once again.

“Ita—”

“For God's sake, stop it! You are really annoying me.”

The words had come out of his mouth without him realizing it. He was exasperated and the days spent in that hospital bed plus the rest were getting on his nerves.

Sakura gasped, forgetting even what she was going to say, caught off guard by his outburst. A long silence ensued.

Those words again...

Always these words.

It stung.

It hurt. A lot.

She felt the familiar sting of tears at the corners of her eyes. An ironic smile tugged at her lips. Apparently, it ran in the family. She remembered all those times when she was younger, Sasuke had said those same words to her. It had always hurt her a little, but this was worse. Because Itachi was not unaware of how Sakura had been treated by his little brother. He even intervened once. Of course, as Sasuke had grown up, he had eventually apologized, in his own weird way, sure, but he had apologized. She had forgiven him. Because that's what she does : She forgives. She had her heart on her sleeve.

It doesn't mean that she forgets, but she cares about Sasuke and that time was already long gone. She knew why Sasuke had been so hard on her, he had explained the reasons, the pressure he felt to live up to his father's expectations, the pressure he put on himself to be as good as his brother. He had simply vented his frustration where he could. It wasn't fair, but she was the one who took the brunt of it. And she understood, really. But Itachi, what was his excuse? She’d talked to him about it. They had talked about it in private. She had told him about that part of her life, as silly as it might seem to others to feel hurt by mere words, but he had understood. He had even apologized for his brother's attitude and assured her that she was far from annoying or weak.

She thought he, more than anyone else, understood the weight of those particular words. Apparently, they were just empty words. She should have known better. Never trust what a man says when he's lost in pleasure and between your legs. Serves her right.

Foolish little girl.

The silence stretched, but Sakura refused to show even a hint of weakness. She would not cry. She took a breath and grabbed the clipboard on the small table and scribbled down some instructions and a prescription and then signed the discharge form, which stated that he was being discharged against medical advice. She then handed him the paper with a blank look.

“As you wish then, Uchiha-san.”

Itachi's eyes widened slightly, surprised to hear his last name, by the change in her demeanor. And he knew. He just knew. He had fucked up.

"Sakur-" he tried to reach out to her, but she shied away, cutting him off with that cold, professional tone. So impersonal compared to earlier.

“Please, leave. I still have patients to attend to. I wish you a speedy recovery.”

He sighed. He knew better than to insist. This was not the right time. He took his discharge and walked to the door. He paused, his hand on the doorknob.

“I'll see you later.” He said softly and it almost sounded like a question.

The only thing Itachi could see was her back. There was no indication that she had heard him, and if she had, she didn't acknowledge him.

When the door finally shut and she no longer felt the ANBU captain's chakra nearby, she let a choked sob echo through the empty room.

Maybe it was true what they say: words hurt more than blows. And the Uchihas really knew how to hurt her.

[kunoichiiis]

i could stare at your back all day (blossoming alone over you ch.2 a sakuino fic)

It's all teeth and no finesse. Sakura tastes blood, tastes heaven. She deepens the kiss.

Hi! I just posted chapter two of 'blossoming alone over you'! It's short (as most of my chapters are) but it's about their second kiss and a bit of a timeskip from their first one!

I hope you guys enjoy it!

[strengthinbloom]

🔥 Chapter 4 is out 🔥

In the countryside of the Land of Fire, a village plagued by bandits hides a dangerous secret. These young shinobi are about to stumble upon something much bigger than themselves.

Hope you like it! ❤️

[owlsbride]

One shot: Kakashi x Sakura.

Secret trainings lead to secret conversations to secret feelings, Will Sakura win this time?

You can't always win.

"This..." Sakura said, trying to catch her breath, "this has to stop, Sensei."

"What?" Kakashi asked in his dumbfounded bored tone, "What does have to stop, Sa Ku Ra?" he finished rising on his elbows, looking at Sakura from his position under her.

"Sensei, please," she was already sitting next to him, recovering some of her personal space lost moments ago, "you know what I'm talking about, and it has to stop."

"Sakura, let me remind you that you came to me asking for this. I only please your wishes." A close-eyed smile was painted under his mask, and Sakura hated that idiot expression.

"Oh, come on, Kakashi, don't tell me you don't enjoy it too." She was again losing the train of the conversation, and she knew she would lose her point too.

"I've never said I didn't; on the contrary..." Kakashi said, lifting his chin in a very arrogant Hokage way, "but is you the one complaining and asking me to stop what you asked for."

"Because it's unfair!" Sakura pouted, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Ok... Now I'm not following you." Kakashi said, looking straight at her.

"You are impossible, Sensei..." Sakura spoke, looking tenderly at him. "It's unfair that every single night we train you let me win." There, she finally said it.

"Oooh..." Kakashi said, full of surprise, "Wow... Do you...Do you really think I let you win?"

"Yes, I do!" Sakura said, looking at the sky. To look at him at this moment was too hurtful because she was not only feeling frustrated about her skills but because she wasn't capable of making him see her as a woman who was hopelessly in love with her former teacher.

Sakura had to recognise that it was true that she never told him anything nor made any insinuation about her feelings. Even if, with time, they became close friends and shared a special kind of intimate relationship, nothing seemed to evolve into a romantic dynamic between them, and she felt that it was all her fault.

"Maaa~ Sakura, you can't think that I let you win." He seemed confused, caught off guard, like a little boy discovered doing some mischieve, disarming Sakura to her bones.

"Yes!" She began making eye contact for the first time in what seemed a lifetime.

"Ok, tell me, how do I do it, how do I let you win?"

"Let's seee..." Sakura started, "First you are the great Copy Ninja..."

"Ex." Sakura was sure he would make this problematic.

"Ok, ex, but you know, like thousands of jutsus, you mastered the Sharingan, and you are not even an Uchiha. You are the Hokage, you have years of training and fights, and were a prodigy. And your name is like a dead sentence to our enemies."

"That's all in the past, Sakura. You are talking about ages ago." Kakashi said with longing in his eyes.

"Ok, but what about now? Ah?" Sakura attacked again, "I do your medical exams, and you are more vital than ever for the results. Without the Sharingan draining your Chakra, you are stronger, faster and more robust than any young shinobi."

"I guess what you mean by robust is fatter, right?" How was he capable of making her blush like when she was thirteen.

"Sensei!"

"Easy... If I din't know you better I could say you are in love." And again, that infamous smile.

"What? No... I mean..." She was in serious trouble now and was giving away too much about her feelings in a conversation that was supposed to have nothing to do with feelings.

"Sakura..." Kakashi began turning serious again, "why can't you praise yourself for once? Suppose everything you said is true, but I'm not in my twenties anymore, and you are not thirteen, either." Was he noticing her? "You are a young woman full of strength with the same training I once had. You are Tsunade's direct disciple. Your chakra control is outstanding. You are a great doctor. I really don't understand how you can doubt so much about yourself." He looked so intensely into her eyes that she felt like flying or dying. What if she kissed him right there?

Would it be that bad if she kissed Kakashi? Of course, it was out of all limits and boundaries. He was not only the Hokage, but for God's sake, he was him, Hatake Kakashi, and she was just she, after all, the always tiny and invisible Sakura. She was abandoning the conversation once more. Daydreaming about the possibilities of one little forbidden kiss, not realising that, in truth, she was bothered about not losing a training fight combat against Kakashi, which was very ridiculous. He was right. Instead of being proud of herself, she felt her victories as undeserved gifts.

"Sakura... Sakura?" Kakashi said, waving his hand in front of her face. "Are you still here?"

"I'm sorry, what...What were you saying?" Sakura returned to reality and had to remind herself that she was not thirteen anymore.

"I was saying that everything you say about me it's true, and even if it hurts, losing the Sharingan maybe it was a kind of a blessing, but you are the new generation now, and you are better than anyone of us, the old ones."

"Do you really think that, Sensei?" Sakura knew her voice was trembling, and she didn't care. "So you don't cheat on me and let me win?"

"Sakura... I thought you know me better by now..." Kakashi said in his beautiful soft tone, and Sakura was melting right there, "I hate losing. I wouldn't even do it on pourpuse."

"Oh... Ok." She didn't manage to say anything else.

"Besides, as Hokage if I have to put my life in somebody's hands, undoubtedly it would be yours," Sakura noted the soft movement but did nothing about it. Kakashi was tugging a revel strand of pink hair behind her ear. "I bet not even Naruto or Sasuke are competition against you."

"Yeah... them..." She let the phrase hang in the air.

"What about them?" His neutral tone suddenly sounded overly uninterested, even for Kakashi.

And Sakura knew that that was the question, 'what about them'. Especially about Sasuke Uchiha. But should she tell Kakashi her feelings? The truth was that she was spending more and more time with Sasuke, but nothing was coming out of it. Once, it used to be her teenage dream, but now it was her adult nightmare, it was obvious that they were not meant to be, but they were forcing this kind of frozen relationship in which they only walked together for hours in silence without even holding hands.

"Well..."Sakura started looking anywhere but in Kakashi's direction, "you know Naruto, he is doing it fine. He is thrilled with Hinata, I think there is a future there..." Sakura spoke with truth and hope in her words. She loved Naruto and his bright, and she knew he deserved his happy ending.

"Yes, I see that too." Kakashi said with what Sakura understood as longing, but he immediately shifted his position, and everything in him changed, "and Sasuke? I heard you two were dating."

Sakura choked on her words.

"You don't need to answer me, Sa Ku Ra. I just want to be prepared if a Chidori comes flying straight to me if he discovered our little secret." Kakashi joked, and she blushed as if secret training was the equal of a sin.

"I don't think the Chidori is his worst attack right now." She smugly answered.

"Yeah... I thought so." And he didn't say anything else.

The soft summer breeze was hypnotic during the summers in Konoha. Even if it was hot enough, like to swear once or twice, the weather was enjoyable, even more if Sakura was seated by night side by side with his secret love, Hatake Kakashi. Even now, that losing a battle was not the worst thing, but speaking about Sasuke was.

"We..." she started, "We are not dating dating, Sensei."

"What do you mean with dating dating? I'm older than you but not that much, Sakura... I don't think things had changed so much since..." But She interrupted him.

"Don't play smart with me, Sensei," Sakura said exasperated, "I mean that we are not... together, like, you know...like..." she was biting her lower lip to the point of almost bleeding. "We are only knowing each other."

"Don't you already know each other a lot?" Kakashi was doing this so on purpose that it almost felt innocent, but she knew better: pestering her was one of his favourite things.

"Of course we know each other a lot..." It was becoming impossible for her to speak. Where were all her eloquent words when she needed them the most?

"We know as comarades, as friends, as team mates, even as enemies, but..."

"But love and romance are something completely different, right?" And for the first time in a while, she observed his face trying to avoid thinking in the moon reflected in his eyes. "I mean..." He continued, "relationships are something else."

Sakura didn't answer. She only sighed in frustration, wrinkling her nose and forehead like she did when trying to solve something. Sasuke was a puzzle, she was a puzzle, for the love of God, they were a puzzle, and she wasn't even trying half her best to do something about it.

"Sakura?" Kakashi asked in a whisper. "Do you love him?"

"Of course I care for him, Sensei! Why? Why are you laughing at me?" Sakura was already towering over Kakashi, still sitting easily on the fresh green grass. Arms crossed over her chest, angry red face and her foot tapping the floor beneath her.

"Did you hear my question, Sakura? Smile in his voice.

"Yes, and I answered you." Sakura replied stubbornly.

"Yeah... I think you need another round."

And in just one soft movement, Sakura was pinned to the grass below Kakashi's body. Arms over her head entangled painfully delighted with his. Too close to avoid his eyes and cologne but too far and questionable to madly kiss him there. Kakashi got closer to her. His mouth to her ear and the soft fabric of his mask over her neck drove her crazy.

"Care is not love, Sa Ku Ra." He began teasingly, "I didn't think I have to teach you that." And he went back to look into her eyes. "And you were right... You can't always win."

"What?" She retorted, to what statement she didn't know.

"Ma~ Sa Ku Ra! You were right... Maybe sometimes I just let you win."

And in a puff of air, he disappeared, letting Sakura lying down on the grass with her heart beating uncontrollably out of her chest. She was mad. Mad about being cheated, mad about her and Sasuke, mad about her lack of answers and most of all, she was profoundly and crazy mad about Kakashi.

[diviii3]

Drawing my comfort girl 💖

[reii-ichi]

NejiSaku

MultiSaku Month 2023 Day 18: Neji x Sakura

《do not repost without my permission!》

[veryblazedreamland]

🍥❤️‍🔥🌸

[frostmarris]

red dawn daffodils

mermaid au | AkaSaku

[Chapter 2] Captivity - Part 1: Glass Coffin

"Never speak in front of a human. The moment one realizes it is not the only intelligent creature, it becomes infinitely more dangerous.

So hide your fangs, bite your tongue, and swallow your pride. Give nothing away."

There's something tickling her face.

Sakura groans, her head aching and her joints stiff, and groggily opens her eyes, blinking slowly at the sight of a clownfish floating just above her nose. It's inspecting her curiously, blowing bubbles at her, and she takes a moment to gather herself before letting out a slow sigh of relief.

Just a bad dream.

A really bad dream.

Only, when she tries to stretch out her tail and her arms with a tired yawn, she can feel something cold and perfectly smooth rub against her scales and skin. She pauses, a sinking feeling growing in her belly, and looks up at the clownfish once more, the little fish hurrying away as it is startled by her movement. Sakura's gaze travels higher still, finally focusing after a moment.

She's staring up, not at open ocean above her, or swaying kelp, or even stone and rock. Instead, her gaze is pinned to wooden planks, something she'd only ever seen while scavenging the sunken ships.

[amnevitahwritesstuff]

Sakura’s past is just as dark as the rest of Team 7’s. They just don’t know it yet.

Fandom: Naruto

Pairing: N/A

Rating: Teen

Triggers: Implied Sexual Abuse

Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 5 (WIP)

[I posted this on AO3 years ago but am just now getting around to posting it here.]

AO3 Link

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Chapter Four: Truth and Confrontation

“Okay,” Kakashi said as the door to the office he had commandeered clicked closed. “Tell me what happened. Sasuke first.”

Sasuke’s eyes were stormy as he recounted what had happened only an hour before. “We were getting breakfast and then that man came up and...he was touching Sakura! He grabbed her arm and she just... let him !”

The girl in question looked like she wanted nothing more than to melt into the carpet.

“And what happened then?”

“I told him to stop. And when he didn’t, I shoved him away.”

“And broke his arm apparently,” Kakashi added wryly.

Sasuke just stared at him, silent and unrepentant.

Kakashi sighed and turned to the other boy in the room. “Alright, Naruto, anything to add?”

“He did something to her,” He spat, voice escalating until he was nearly shouting. “I know he did! I could see it! Sakura was afraid of him! And Sakura isn’t afraid of anyone!”

“Alright,” Kakashi said, voice deceptively light. “I believe you.”

Naruto and Sasuke glanced at each other, surprise evident in their faces.

“Wait...you do?” The blonde asked, confused.

“Yep,” Their sensei remarked cheerfully, before opening the door once more and gesturing towards the hallway. “Now wait outside. I need to speak to Sakura.”

Sasuke’s eyes flicked to his silent, terrified teammate and then back to Kakashi and narrowed suspiciously. “Why?”

“Because I said so,” Kakashi replied, still overly calm and cheery. “Now out.”

And though the boys looked ready to protest, they weren’t given much choice as their sensei all but shoved them out with a blithe ‘she’ll be fine’ and then locked the door for good measure. Not that a simple lock could actually keep them out, but it was the principle of the thing. He sat down in one of the empty chairs with a weary sound and scrubbed at his eye with his palm.

Sakura just stared at him as if he was going to bite her.

Kakashi sighed. “I realize this is the last thing you want to do, but you’re going to have to tell me what happened.”

Sakura blanched and then mumbled quickly, “Sasuke and Naruto already told you what happened-”

He gave her a look . “You and I both know that isn’t what I meant.”

If anything, Sakura looked even more uncomfortable than before.

Well , Kakashi thought, this is going well . He’d never felt more like a scumbag than in this moment. Years of torturing enemies for information and listening to the begging of assassination targets and he’d never once balked, but forcing a 12 year old girl to confess her abuse? He was more than ready to just let her sit in silence for the rest of the night. But at the same time though...

“I get it. Really, I do ,” Kakashi began tiredly. If anyone understood the desire to never, ever talk about their trauma, it was him. “But if you don’t tell me what happened I’m going to have to go out there and let that man go free. I can’t keep him here without a reason.”

“I…” Her voice trailed off, barely more than a whisper. He could see the gears turning in her head, weighing her choices, fear warring with shame.

“Give me a reason Sakura.” He looked her in the eye, trying to convey everything he would do for her if she just said the words he needed her to say. “And you’ll never have to see him again.”

“I…I can’t ,” She choked, swallowing a sob. “You’ll hate me.”

Kakashi suddenly had to force down the need to smash something. “ No ,” He replied coldly. “It’s not you I’ll hate.”

Sakura only looked more skittish, eyeing his clenched fists with disbelief, so he stood, stepping towards her to crouch in front of her instead. He didn’t touch her, but she leaned away anyway.

“You don’t have to tell me,” He tried again, an idea forming in his mind. “So what if you show me instead?”

“Show…?”

He tapped the hitai-ate slumped over his left eye and her own eyes widened in realization. She was silent for a terribly long time and he didn’t dare break it, watching the idea turn over in that deceptively quick mind of hers.

“Will it hurt?”

He fought the urge to laugh, tension leaching from his shoulders. Of all the things for her to ask…

“No,” Kakashi assured her gently as he pulled up his hitai-ate and Obito’s sharingan began to spin. “You won’t feel a thing.”

And then he saw the scene in her mind. The towering form of the man from before, whispering to her soothingly to stay quiet and that she was ‘such a good girl’. The large hands that wandered into places they shouldn’t. He could feel the embarrassment as her nightdress was lifted, the crushing press of a man far heavier than her bearing her down. But most of all he felt the shame . The fear . The utter confusion . The feeling that she must’ve done something to deserve this somehow...

The sharingan snapped shut and Kakashi pulled away, deathly silent.

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The man (what had his name been? Kazuki?) almost didn’t notice Kakashi entering the office 15 minutes later. After he’d finished with Sakura he’d left her in the care of her teammates with instructions to take her elsewhere. Then he’d made two clones. One to inform Sakura’s parents of what was going on.

And the second to inform the hokage of what he was going to do.

Kazuki watched the jōnin curiously as the door snapped closed behind him. “So did you punish those boys yet?”

“No.”

He frowned, annoyed. He opened his mouth to say something but Kakashi cut him off as he sat across from him.

“Here’s what’s going to happen,” He began with false cheer. “I’m going to give you a choice Haruno-san.”

The man stared at him uncomprehendingly. “A choice…?”

“That’s right,” Kakashi continued. “You see I can’t just kill you outright. Too much paperwork.”

Kazuki paled, horror dawning across his face. “K-kill me?!” He sputtered. “What the hell are you talking about?!!”

“Oh well, you see there would just be so many questions and the hokage looks down on just killing people in the village without his say-so. You understand.”

The man gave him a look that said he very much did not understand. “But you can’t-”

“I don’t know if you noticed Haruno-san but this is a military dictatorship. I can do whatever the fuck I want.”

The sound that came out of Kazuki very much sounded like that of a man being hanged. Kakashi would know.

“You haven’t asked me why I want to kill you yet.” The jōnin prompted, clearly enjoying watching the man squirm. He stared at him expectantly until he realized that Kakashi expected him to say something.

“...Why do you want to kill me?” He sounded like it was just now dawning on him that this entire situation wasn’t just some bizarre fever dream.

“Well, it’s funny you ask that,” Kakashi said happily. “Because as it turns out, I just learned that you’ve hurt one of my students.” The atmosphere grew suddenly cold and claustrophobic and he continued, “And if there’s one thing I can’t abide, it’s when someone fucks with my students .”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about-”

“Don’t bother lying to me. I do it for a living.”

“Those boys attacked me! I didn’t do anything to them!”

Kakashi’s smile grew positively feral. “Who said I was talking about the boys?”

Kazuki grew even paler, but then suddenly became angry. Like a cornered animal that knew its options were few. “You have no proof!” He spat accusingly.

“Ah, well there’s where you’re wrong Haruno-san,” Kakashi said, lifting up his hitai-ate and snapping open his sharingan. “You see, I have all the proof I need.”

And then he caught the man in a genjutsu, forced him to see what he’d done to Sakura from her perspective. And when he was done Kazuki was silent and still and terrified and all he could do was whisper, like a lifeline, “You said you wouldn’t kill me...”

“I did,” Kakashi agreed. “And I said you have a choice.”

The man looked as if he were afraid to ask, but he did anyway. “What...what choice?”

“Which do you prefer? Your hands?...Or your balls?”