[Naruto] Undefeated
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runespoorTitle: Undefeated
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Rating: PG
Summary: Naruto and Sakura lose one battle. Jiraiya and Tsunade believe they're losing a war.
Notes: You may have noticed I suck at titles, if you have a better idea please let me know. Also, it's about Team Seven, it's only as gen as you want it to be.
In another life Sasuke dies with Sakura's hands over his heart and putting every single drop of her chakra into healing him – but it's no use, because the seal on Sasuke's neck is pulsing and leeching away at his life, reimbursement to the umpteenth degree for every time Sasuke was lent power, to Orochimaru who is in not such a great shape – though such a better shape than Sasuke right now – not too far away and who apparently preferred to exchange the Sharingan for the certainty that he will live to regret it.
Naruto is next to her, and he is mute, blank and pale with over-choking sorrow.
Tsunade and Jiraiya are there as well, standing a little to the side. They're tired – it's been hours since the Sannin's summons have disappeared – and they exchange a glance to confirm what each knows about their apprentices; Sakura and Naruto are out of the fight now.
Tsunade can't fight if Dan just died, so Sakura won't be able to either, and as for Naruto, they'll be lucky if they don't need to stop him as well, when he loses control over the Kyuubi. Better to knock him out ahead, and Tsunade makes a step toward the two teens.
But Sakura is not Tsunade, has never been Tsunade, so she stands up and hauls Naruto to his feet – the two Sannin can see the effort in Sakura's muscles as she pulls him up, she's not using chakra there. And Naruto has already lost Sasuke an innumerable amount of times, so the red chakra seeping and surrounding him is tight and controlled.
Orochimaru's soft laughter carries over very well.
Orochimaru is dramatic like that. Jiraiya was the one who gave him the idea, once upon a time. (Can't you ever act like you're feeing something? We just made it alive and you exploded her into tiny sticky bits! You've got to be feeling something, even just disgust for how lame I was to get myself beaten by that woman, so just find your inner sadist and embrace it, or something!)
Orochimaru's cacophonic caress of a laugh is saying that though it's his apprentice that died, he's not the one for whom it counts as a loss.
Suddenly they're running toward him.
Jiraiya or Tsunade shouts.
Orochimaru's smile is widening in a frightening inhuman fashion.
The moment before the first hit lands, his eyes are widening as well. The Sannin see it; it acts as a trigger after freezing them for a moment, but they couldn't tell you if it's because they want to be the one to put that look on their old teammate's face, because there's something vindicative about seeing Orochimaru with this expression, or because they're suddenly afraid of what Naruto and Sakura are planning.
There's a huge, screeching explosion before they're even half-way there. The blast blows the Sannin backward and they think incoherently that the swishing and rushing sounds more like one of Sasuke's techniques than anything Naruto or Sakura would pull off.
After the explosion they pick themselves up again, of course.
Their bodies are broken, bloodied, and burnt, but still recognisable enough, even if Naruto's eyes are red with the Kyuubi and his lips are pulled in a snarl that shows thick sharp fangs. Sakura is sprawled face to the ground, as if she'd been thrown there and was just about to push herself up again; the purse where she keeps her kunai and explosion tags is flat, empty, against her.
Between them, there's just enough space for a body.
What's left of Orochimaru takes much less than that.
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runespoor7Rating: PG
Summary: Naruto and Sakura lose one battle. Jiraiya and Tsunade believe they're losing a war.
Notes: You may have noticed I suck at titles, if you have a better idea please let me know. Also, it's about Team Seven, it's only as gen as you want it to be.
In another life Sasuke dies with Sakura's hands over his heart and putting every single drop of her chakra into healing him – but it's no use, because the seal on Sasuke's neck is pulsing and leeching away at his life, reimbursement to the umpteenth degree for every time Sasuke was lent power, to Orochimaru who is in not such a great shape – though such a better shape than Sasuke right now – not too far away and who apparently preferred to exchange the Sharingan for the certainty that he will live to regret it.
Naruto is next to her, and he is mute, blank and pale with over-choking sorrow.
Tsunade and Jiraiya are there as well, standing a little to the side. They're tired – it's been hours since the Sannin's summons have disappeared – and they exchange a glance to confirm what each knows about their apprentices; Sakura and Naruto are out of the fight now.
Tsunade can't fight if Dan just died, so Sakura won't be able to either, and as for Naruto, they'll be lucky if they don't need to stop him as well, when he loses control over the Kyuubi. Better to knock him out ahead, and Tsunade makes a step toward the two teens.
But Sakura is not Tsunade, has never been Tsunade, so she stands up and hauls Naruto to his feet – the two Sannin can see the effort in Sakura's muscles as she pulls him up, she's not using chakra there. And Naruto has already lost Sasuke an innumerable amount of times, so the red chakra seeping and surrounding him is tight and controlled.
Orochimaru's soft laughter carries over very well.
Orochimaru is dramatic like that. Jiraiya was the one who gave him the idea, once upon a time. (Can't you ever act like you're feeing something? We just made it alive and you exploded her into tiny sticky bits! You've got to be feeling something, even just disgust for how lame I was to get myself beaten by that woman, so just find your inner sadist and embrace it, or something!)
Orochimaru's cacophonic caress of a laugh is saying that though it's his apprentice that died, he's not the one for whom it counts as a loss.
Suddenly they're running toward him.
Jiraiya or Tsunade shouts.
Orochimaru's smile is widening in a frightening inhuman fashion.
The moment before the first hit lands, his eyes are widening as well. The Sannin see it; it acts as a trigger after freezing them for a moment, but they couldn't tell you if it's because they want to be the one to put that look on their old teammate's face, because there's something vindicative about seeing Orochimaru with this expression, or because they're suddenly afraid of what Naruto and Sakura are planning.
There's a huge, screeching explosion before they're even half-way there. The blast blows the Sannin backward and they think incoherently that the swishing and rushing sounds more like one of Sasuke's techniques than anything Naruto or Sakura would pull off.
After the explosion they pick themselves up again, of course.
Their bodies are broken, bloodied, and burnt, but still recognisable enough, even if Naruto's eyes are red with the Kyuubi and his lips are pulled in a snarl that shows thick sharp fangs. Sakura is sprawled face to the ground, as if she'd been thrown there and was just about to push herself up again; the purse where she keeps her kunai and explosion tags is flat, empty, against her.
Between them, there's just enough space for a body.
What's left of Orochimaru takes much less than that.
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Date: 2007-02-08 04:39 am (UTC)good
but ouch :)
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Date: 2007-02-08 12:01 pm (UTC)I just pretend it's AU. And hey, it's Team Seven - if Sasuke dies, it's the happiest ending they can get, right?
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Date: 2007-02-09 09:31 am (UTC)What's left of Orochimaru takes much less than that.
Oh MY. When you want to make an impact in a fic, you make an IMPACT. And I love the way you continually contrast Team 7 with their older counterparts... all of the Sannin, in one form or another, seem to project themselves just a leeetle too much on Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto. It's nice to see concrete reasons for why they're different after all!
(I admit to being a little lost about one thing though. So are Naruto and Sakura dead by the end of the piece? I mean, I'm assuming it's the other two sannin picking themselves up near the end, not the survivors of Team 7... but it's hard to be sure...)
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Date: 2007-02-09 10:26 am (UTC)all of the Sannin, in one form or another, seem to project themselves just a leeetle too much on Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto.
In a scary way, Orochimaru has the most lucid relationship with Sasuke. He may project himself, but it's for entirely selfish reasons plzkthx. No, his reasons have to do with 'I want me a Sharingan and this one just so happened to throw himself into my lap *pets pets*'. Of course, it's entirely fucked up on every other grounds.
I love you guys, but let's face it. You've only started being right once in your life when Naruto put you back on the right track. (And using your student as a way of making up for the past? Never ends well. Especially when you're convinced that history's repeating itself all over again omg. Ask Kakashi.)
And well, in the end it's still about circles and Orochimaru in Sasuke's place except not, 'cause he got blasted apart by the AWESOMENESS OF NARUTO AND SAKURA ON A SASUQUEST. *oh my fangirl is showing* *studies her nails* *needs a T7 icon dammit*
(^^; hm yeah, that's it. damn, I knew I should have been more careful with all the 'they' going around...)
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Date: 2007-02-10 06:58 am (UTC)And nothing in the Naruto manga (except maybe the Hyuuga oh god help I'm SUCH a fan-girl) matches the awesomeness of Naruto and Sakura's determination to drag Sasuke back home, from the depths of Hades if need be. I doubt the original mangaka will take it to the depths to where you took it, however, so that makes this even more of stunning to me.
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Date: 2007-02-14 11:49 am (UTC)Here's to hope that the original mangaka doesn't need to kill Sasuke. (and I think even the Hyuuga don't reach Naruto and Sakura's level of awesomeness don't kick me plz)
*fails to know how to answer to omg compliments in a coherent manner, thus flails and flushes*