Title: There's no 'I' in Teamwork
Author: Mellow Lellow
Theme: #41 Teamwork
Rating: T
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I wouldn't be a starving student, now would I?
Summary: "Sasuke, we're supposed to work as a team. There's no 'I' In team, you know." But, since when had 'Team 7' actually ever been a team to Sakura?
No 'I' in Teamwork
100 Theme Challenge
Mellow Lellow
Sakura really hated whoever it was that came up with the phrase 'No 'I' in teamwork'. Actually, she thought the whole teamwork thing in general, was complete bullshit.
Oh sure Naruto and Sasuke, and even Kakashi-sesei got the whole concept, together. But whenever it came to her? Yea right. Teamwork went out the window.
They never even gave her a chance.
Sure, she used to be weak and pathetic. Sure, she used to need to be protected. She'll admit to all that she used to be. But has anyone even bothered to see how she is now? Hell no. They never bothered to see her new abilities. They still treat her the same damn way. Like she wasn't the Hokage's apprentice. Like she wasn't one of the best medics in the village. Like she couldn't punch a crater into the ground.
It was just like when they were younger.
Today wasn't any different. Team seven was on a mission. Not a very hard one. Just your run-of-the-mill recon mission. No big deal right? Right.
Of course throw in a group of missing-nin who think that they're 'all that' and things can start to get interesting.
But as soon as the attackers had been sensed, the boys went into formation, telling Sakura to find a place to hide. Hide?
Like hell she would. Not this time.
She stared at them all, fuming.
She noted their startled looks melt into irritation.
"Sakura-chan, we don't have time for this. We'll handle this. We need to keep you safe so you can heal us." Kakashi said with a strained eye crinkle.
She hesitated.
"Go" Sasuke growled. Sliding into a fighting stance for the oncoming attack.
She stared them down. It was too late to hide anyway, as she noted the attackers chakra converge to where they were.
She gave one small sad frown to her 'teammates', shaking her head.
Team 7 heard their only female member mumble,"Teamwork my ass," before she whipped around, punching open a chasm right under the missing-nin's feet, swallowing them whole, and successfully ending the fight before it ever began.
Now who wants to tell me there's no 'I' in teamwork?
A/N: This is another side project, since I'm having writers block on 'Fated'. As you may have guessed, it's a 100 theme project with various drabbles and one-shots of various lengths and pairings. This is mainly to get my creative juices going, but I hope you guys enjoy it anyway.
Comments and reviews are always appreciated.
3Mellow