potage d'alphabet

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A- Approve

When she was younger, he barely registered her existence. He knew minor details such as: she was his younger brother's teammate, she had unusual pink hair, and she was book-smart, but otherwise, useless as a shinobi. He gathered from his brother that she was an annoyance, a hindrance, and altogether weak. None of these qualities did he find approving for a kunoichi.

It wasn't until years later that he began hearing people singing a different tune on their assessments of the small pinkette. He was curious when he heard that she was apprenticing under Lady Tsunade. No weakling could possibly achieve such a feat. Was it the same girl? Or had he misheard when only negative connotations came with her name? Because now, all he heard were praises.

So he became curious.

He would remain a skeptic until he saw likewise for himself, but his interest certainly was piqued.

His chance to see for himself came in the form of assisting Team Seven train for their entrance into ANBU. He had heard she was an excellent medic, so he assumed she would guard her teammates' backs, only joining the fight if absolutely necessary. What he didn't expect was for her to be there one minute, and gone the next, only to have her reappearing right before him with a smirk, and decimating the ground beneath his feet.

As rubble fell all around him, approval welled up in his chest. This certainly wasn't the same little girl he had swept aside in his mind. He was going to make certain he never made that mistake again.


A/N: As you may have noticed, I'm doing an alphabet series of one-shots. So there'll be 26 of these bad boys, various lengths, various story-lines blah blah blah you get the picture ;) So give me your thoughts and reviews!