Title: Obstruction

Pairings: None

Rated: K+

Prompt: Cy-cle (n): A process that returns to its beginning and repeats itself in the same sequence.


Team seven was stuck in a cycle.

Somehow they were the reincarnated younger versions of the three legendary sannins who used to be a team under the deceased Hokage, Sarutobi.

Naruto could be Jiraiya. The blonde could be annoying and loud and he bragged way too much of his non-existent strength when he was younger just like the white-haired man. He was all talk and no action. He was perverted too and that didn't help when the Frog Sage wrote erotic books. They both had a thing for their only female team mate and it was very obvious.

Sakura could be Tsunade. She wasn't blessed with enormous breasts like the Slug Princess but Sakura turned heads with her pink hair and green eyes. They were alike in many ways: the pink-haired kunoichi would lose a love one, train as a medic-nin and gain such strength to pulverize a boulder. They both act harsh towards the frogs but still care rather deeply for them.

Sasuke could be Orochimaru. He was a prodigy; quiet, observant and he lusts for power. It would never be enough for both the Snake Masters. They were sickly pale and had the same black locks. And although Sasuke rarely smiled like Orochimaru, they both had the malicious glint in their eyes.

But Team seven was different from the three sannins.

Naruto would not be Jiraiya. Jiraiya never tried to bring Orochimaru back and even if he did, he gave up way too early. He wanted to bring him down. Whereas Naruto, he showed no intention of giving Sasuke up. He wanted to bring his friend back from the darkness that had coiled around him. He would go after Sasuke even if it killed him.

Sakura would not be like Tsunade. Although wise and resourceful, Tsunade had forgotten how to love. She felt hopeless and weary and she gave up on herself. However, Sakura was different. She trusted her teammates, had faith in Naruto to bring the Uchiha back, loved and hoped in Sasuke that there was still some good in him and most importantly, she had faith in herself. Where her master lacked in trying, her student made up for it. She trained to become stronger not for her own but to find someone important and bring them back.

Team seven was stuck in a cycle. And they were going to break it. There would no more be broken bonds, unrequited love and most especially, another generation to experience what they had experienced and felt.

This time, the three would find each other, forgive and reconnect, they wouldn't suffer the same consequences their teachers had.

Team seven was going to be different.

They weren't taking the same path.

They were making new ones.


Author's Note:

I was reading the dictionary (don't ask lol) last night and saw the word cycle. KABOOM! Instant prompt.

Just something I made when I was soooooooo close to sleeping last night. I had to keep my eyes open and finish it even though I was tired.

Too lazy to edit it too. Haha. Oh well.

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