title: polyrhythm
summary: canon. anthology series. could you believe it? there was the legendary team seven, executing their impressive skills…on weeds.
genre: general. humor.

notes: um, i've been reading doujinshi for the past four hours and am now inspired. some team kakashi fluff and, if you squint, sasusaku for ya'll.

forever d-ranked

"Sasuke-kun, I'm sorry, but you totally suck at pulling weeds."

"Shut up, Sakura."

"Hey teme, don't tell Sakura-chan to shut up!"

"You shut up too, you moron."

Sasuke wiped the sweat off his forehead and scowled at the unearthed soil; could you believe it? The legendary team seven, executing their impressive skills…

…on weeds.

Ugh. The nerve of Tsunade, that old hag. Sasuke began to wonder if this was his punishment for leaving the village and, you know, becoming an international S-ranked criminal, slaughtering hundreds of thousands of shinobi and associating with the Akatsuki.

"It's been a freaking year and a half already, damn it!" Naruto whined, throwing a patch of freshly-pulled grass on the ground, "Can't we do something more kickass?"

Sakura scoffed and lay back, her short pink locks swirling around her head in the grass.

"Um, no. Since you both decided to go on a two year field trip, three for Sasuke-kun, you both are now behind the rest of the rookies," she responded. "Kakashi-sensei's not even near considering you both to take the Chuunin exam again."

Sasuke grimaced. He could imagine taking the exams already: that Nara Shikamaru and Inuzuka Kiba, mocking him as he took a Chuunin exam.

'Hey Uchiha! Make sure you don't cheat, or you'll have to walk Akamaru again! I'm sure since Akamaru's a shinobi hound, it will be a C rank!'

He honestly didn't know which was more degrading: having his own peers and comrades serving as his proctors during a Chuunin exam or having to execute another stupid D-ranked mission in front of the entire village.

He was an Uchiha!

He spits fire and shoots lightening out of his arm; he has a scowl mean enough to curdle milk. His sharingan could tell him that Naruto was going to do something stupid before the jinchuuriki knew it himself!

Speaking of Naruto, that moron, he should also feel the same way! But alas, the Child of Prophecy looked right at home jumping off the branches into his large pile of grass, not weeds.

"And what were you doing?" Sasuke asked Sakura crossly. "Surely, you weren't training since all you've done is scream and cover your face."

Sakura sat up and raised a pink brow at her dark-haired team mate.

That arrogant little…

She contemplated slapping him for good measure.

"I could punch your face, if you'd like," she offered sweetly, "At least I'm a chuunin." Sasuke shot the kunoichi a quizzical look, questioning her cheek.

It was new; well, it was new coming from Sakura.

Naruto's head popped through the top of his pile and he grinned widely, "Yeah, do it, Sakura-chan! I've never seen teme get in trouble before!"

Sakura snorted and smacked Naruto upside the head, "You aren't done pulling."

Naruto frowned, but he dove to the bottom of his pile; he was summoning a few kage bunshin to help with the workload.

The breeze rolled through the forest and silence fell upon Sakura and Sasuke. They both exchanged an acknowledging glance and continued with their mission, working closely with one another.

"Anyway, I'm glad you are okay, Sasuke-kun."

"Hn. Thank you, Sakura."

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.

.

"Well done, Team Kakashi. Your next mission is, uhm, oh I have one right here! Just came in too. Inuzuka Kiba has been busy with Chuunin Exam preparations, so you three have to take Akamaru for a walk."

"I think the universe hate us, teme, Sakura-chan."

"Don't worry, since Akamaru's a shinobi hound, I'll bump the rank up to a C."

つづく

notes: i've never really written real drabbles, so i've decided to take a whack at it. anyway, i came up with this concept when watching the first season of naruto. like, shippuuden naruto and sasuke aren't chuunin, right? so when things stop being a hot mess in the manga and sasuke comes back to the village, the three of them are gonna be stuck doing d-ranks. haha.

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