Title: Farrago
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, Sai
Summary: 300 one-sentence prompts about Konoha's infamous Team Seven. No particular order. Manga spoilers up to ch. 459. Some AU-ish.

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Farrago: n. A confused mixture; an assortment; a medley

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Whisk
Naruto's quite sure that the only thing more shocking than the fact that Sai can cook -and cook well- is the fact that the artist also wears a ridiculously pink apron while doing it.

Telephone
Sakura can hear the whispers as she passes but she holds her head high and walks with Naruto on one side and Sasuke on the other, Sai leaning on the Uchiha in the most unobvious way possible.

Joker
Kakashi isn't sure which one of them hid his Icha-Icha this time but he doesn't need to know; punishing all three will only make him feel better anyway.

Sky
They watch the fireworks with wide eyes, blankets drawn around them to ward off the cold, and somehow the world just feels right.

Last
Sakura strips the hi-ate from her head and throws it as far as she can; she's running as fast as her body permits and all anyone sees on the day of the funeral is a vanishing blur of black and pink.

Gentle
Sasuke is bleeding and dirty and has no energy to fight; Naruto kneels and rests his forehead against the other's while Sakura kneads Sasuke's shoulders.

Happiness
Sai finds it curious that the three always are together but when he's with them he feels a warmth in his heart and he thinks he might know why.

Anonymous
Kakashi slouches along behind the bickering kids and is glad that his mask hides his smile; Sakura barely glances over her shoulder at him and beams right back.

Balloon
Naruto still isn't used to having precious people but he looks down at the birthday presents sitting on his bed and is reminded that it really is the thought that counts.

Irony
Sasuke watches them from his sleeping bag and is surprised to think of them as a family; he hopes this time it isn't snatched away.

Temptation
Sakura is dressed to the nines for their undercover mission all satin and bare back and strappy heels; she pretends that her teammates' hungry eyes aren't on her all night.

Breaking
If he loses someone else he thinks he might shatter, but watching Sakura smash through boulders reassures Naruto (if only a little).

Branch
Babysitting seems like a crap-tastic mission but Sasuke watches their pink-haired comrade charm these children into behaving and thinks that maybe in another life, his mother would have loved her too.

Weakness
Sometimes the scar still stings, but Sakura wears the marks from the Kyuubi with pride; Sai can't figure out why but he wonders if he would have done the same for his brother.

Aberration
Sasuke will never admit it, but he looks up to Kakashi; the man with the will of steel and more fallen friends than he cares to admit tries to steer his Uchiha student along the right path but will ultimately fail (the only pull greater than revenge is family and Sasuke knows this all too well).

Torn
They are each other's greatest weakness (just the mention of Sasuke sets Naruto off sometimes); they are each other's greatest strengths (Sakura strives and she trains because she's got to take care of her boys).

Attention
When Sai walks up to her resting place at random and grabs her foot, Sakura almost hits him but she waits and is rewarded with one of the best massages she's ever gotten (I just wanted to do something for you in return, he murmurs.)

Midnight
For once, Kakashi feels safe sleeping and letting someone else watch his back.

Hero
Naruto stands hit after hit and helps them to their feet as well; strength is measured in the heart, he explains, and you guys gave me plenty of that.

Whiskey and rum
It's the first (but most certainly not the last) time Team Seven gets completely plastered in celebration and the night leaves them all with killer headaches and the greatest times they'll never remember.

Crave
There's something thrilling in the feel of ink on skin, of a kunai kissing her neck, of demonic claws tracing her back; Sakura cries and she screams and she threatens but above all she lives for her boys.

Handcuffs
He can see them in front of him but his vengeance holds him back (Naruto and Sakura live and Itachi slowly poisons Sasuke from the inside out).

Blood
She's an expert of scrapes and cuts and broken bones; she can knit skin back together but she has no idea how to mend her team.

Potatoes
They're lost and cold and weary to the bone but it's just the three of them and a pot of soup; Sasuke murmurs that they should tell stories to pass the time (that's how Kakashi finds them the next day, curled up in a circle with a half-eaten chowder on the fire).

Enough
They're a mixture of contradictions and ideals, of skills and talents and strengths, of weaknesses and fear and demons; everything in the world says that they shouldn't work but they're a family and somehow it all fits.

Hell
Sakura's greatest fear is that one day she'll have to choose between Sasuke and Naruto (and she's not so sure what her decision will be).

Jealously
Sai watches Naruto and Sakura chase after their long-lost comrade and it leaves a bitter feeling in his chest to think that they might not feel the same about him.

Junction
Sasuke looks up at the Sound ninja and realizes he's at a crossroads; his choice looks wrong but he's not letting Itachi survive to kill his family again.

Wishes
It takes five demolished training grounds, three hundred kunai/shuriken, and sixteen feet of rope to subdue the two boys, but Sakura makes her point very clear that they are not to fight on her birthday (Sasuke is quite sure that he's never been so happy to see Kakashi step in until now).

Victory
Naruto stands tall with Sakura on his left and Sasuke on his right and finally achieves his dream (the widest grin he's ever had in his life is hidden by the Hokage hat).

Silk
Kakashi relents after months of nagging and hands the book to Sakura; he's amused to see her cheeks steadily turning red over the top of the orange cover.

Quirks
With pink hair, bared midriff, red eyes, and a bright orange jumpsuit, the one thing Team Seven is never asked for is stealth missions.

Ghost
Naruto, to Kakashi, is like two memories in one; he's being haunted by loudmouth determination and the bluest eyes he's ever seen in his life.

Learn
Sai has no clue how to share his feelings with others; he watches Naruto and Kakashi and Sakura interact with determination (he's always been a quick study).

War
It's a small comfort to have a few moments to themselves in the lull of the battle; they take their comforts however they come and just rest together.

Lightning
Chidori enthralls Sasuke and it enraptures Naruto; Sakura fears the jutsu and she doesn't know why (she's so sure that one day, it's going to come back and haunt them all).

Ears
When Sakura (accidentally) discovers Sasuke's sweet spot, the other two are on him like flies on honey; she just sits back and giggles as he tries (and fails) to glare at her.

Merit
Kakashi looks at Naruto with pride in his eye and then bows; "I've come with my mission report, Hokage-sama."

Legal
Some exploits are best left untold, Sakura assures the Hokage with a blush.

Run
It's childish and unnecessary but Sasuke doesn't object when Sakura and Naruto grab his hands and pull him through the field with wide grins.

Death
Kakashi kneels in the mud, rain drenching his uniform (he's not getting up again); the man is tired and weary and sick of outliving his teams.

Wash
Sai is the most domestic out of the four of them, and that's all anyone has to say about that.

Market
It's not a chore any of them like doing but soon Naruto is tugging Sasuke towards Ichiraku while Sakura tries not to drop the tomatoes.

Power
Naruto can't understand why she refuses to forgive Sasuke but Sakura sure as hell won't give him the chance to rip her heart put again.

History
"They were heroes," the old Hokage tell his grandchildren with twinkling blue eyes, "and above everything else, they believed in me."

Solitary
Team Seven has its hands full of babies soon enough; Sakura, the only one of them still not a parent, helps raise their children with a tenderness she'd only had for them.

Humor
The prank war begins with Kakashi waking up to find his own hair dyed a ghastly shade of green and ends with two bald genin boys pouting on the training field; Sakura doesn't correct him in his assumption of the culprits but instead hides the suspicious green box that's in her pack.

Gift
Sai's pleasantly surprised to find a box under the tree with his name on it; he's not surprised to see Sakura's loopy handwriting on the tag.

Question
Ask Naruto who he'd save if he had to choose between Sasuke and Sakura and the answer might surprise you; "Sasuke," he murmurs with a grin, "because Sakura-chan doesn't need saving anymore."

Body
Sex and his students is something Kakashi doesn't like to consider in the same context, but when Tsunade warns him that Konoha has had an influx of seduction missions, he prepares himself; Sai will be crude and Naruto will be clueless but Sakura… she'll need the support.

Time
With a bowl of ramen clutched in his hands and his teammates on either side of him, Naruto watches the clouds roll by and decides that maybe Shikamaru was onto something after all.

Promise
Sai decides to paint the team one day and nobody thinks to question him as he places Sasuke in the group.

Detract
Sakura thinks that Sai might know more about people than he lets on when she walks downstairs on Christmas morning and finds an unconscious Sasuke all wrapped up in ribbon with Naruto's name scrawled on the tag; it might not have been so mortifying, Sakura thinks, if he had been wearing more than just the ribbon.

Fortune
Just this once, Kakashi lets them sleep in instead of training at five in the morning (he wouldn't have shown up until nine, anyway).

Fire
Naruto holds Sakura's hand and looks to the heavens with hope; "We'll bring him back", he shouts to Kakashi and Yamato and anyone close enough to hear, "or I'm not fit to be Hokage."

Eclipse
The moon sinks as the sun rises; Sakura watches as Sasuke's and Naruto's blades meet and her cosmos is crumbling.

Tears
The three of them are a tangle of limbs and a mass of joy; none of them will admit they're crying as the Hokage pardons Sasuke just as sure as none of them would have let go if she hadn't.

Goodbye
Naruto and Sakura stand beside their long-lost brother, scratched-out headbands in hand; Sasuke would question the decision, but he doesn't want to chance loosing them again.

Formal
Oddly enough, it's Naruto that teaches his teammates how to dance; "I heard it helped with balance, alright?"

Jester
Sakura isn't sure why Sasuke is wearing her dress but one look at Naruto's and Sai's expressions and she'd pretty sure she doesn't want to know.

Grind
They wear each other down, Sasuke and Naruto, but the whole time they're also pushing each other along.

Island
Sakura sits under the tree as rain pours all around her; she may be the strongest one on her team but even she has to break down sometime.

Belief
Sai takes Kakashi's words to heart; he locks each one away and keep a brotherly eye on Naruto.

Thousand
At fifty the four stand over the grave of Hatake Kakashi and weep, not for their sadness but joy for all the memories he left them with.

Cover
If Itachi is the monster under the bed, then Team Seven is Sasuke's security blanket (maybe one day he'll realize that).

Hunger
There's only so much Tsunade can do as a healer and she's reminded of this as Naruto practically shoves her towards Sasuke's bed; the boy's eyes are filled with something familiar and she's a healer, not a miracle worker.

Vexed
They discard many hearts and crush many dreams before winding back up in each other's arms; they're two pieces of an incomplete puzzle and both long for Sasuke's return.

Defeat
Sakura plants a booted foot firmly onto her former teammate's chest with a smug grin and declares that Sasuke is coming home and she's not taking no for an answer (behind her, he can hear Naruto whooping with joy and somehow everything is okay).

Touch
Naruto laces his fingers with Sakura's and Sasuke's as they walk down the street; on his right Sakura grins and on his left Sasuke faintly blushes.

Forgotten
When they're all gone Naruto joins the ANBU; what good is his dream if he has no friends to share it with?

Mask
Naruto welcomes their dark-haired companion back as if nothing were wrong; Sakura hides her heart away and refuses to let him in again.

Yellow
Sakura, Kakashi, and Sasuke are an unlikely trio to be companions in any way, but they're irrevocably tied together by a golden thread and a noble dream; Naruto had an amazing talent when it came to friends and foes alike (none would admit it, but they'd have it no other way).

Share
Sai isn't sure what his 'heart' is telling him but Sakura is sure that she knows, so she pulls him back to her place to join the rest of the team for Thanksgiving dinner.

Elusive
The four of them are laughing in the shallow waves while Kakashi watches them splash around with a hidden smile; Naruto isn't quite sure what Heaven must be like, but he's pretty sure this is as close as he'll ever get.

God
Sasuke is a devoted follower of revenge and Naruto blindly chases after him; Sakura kneels in front of a tea candle and murmurs her wishes for their safety.

Bother
There's nothing normal about Team Seven, but its members rather like it that way.

Casualty
It's strange that despite everything they've been through, the only thing they ever lost was their innocence.

Need
Naruto's always liked being the center of attention but this takes it to a whole new level; really, since when were any of his teammates so… affectionate?

Journey
Sometimes, Sakura looks from her ninja tools to her sleeping teammates, and it's hard to remember that they're still kids.

Epiphany
Naruto grips their hands out of the blue, and Sasuke doesn't question it; Sakura almost does, but the only answer she needs is shining in his eyes.

Natural
Sai's never known his birth family, but he doesn't need them; the team is good enough for him and that's the way it should be.

Sun
The Uchiha's hand is outstretched towards her but Sakura glances back at Naruto's unconscious form and hesitates; suddenly she's faced with her worst nightmare and it hurts so much because she knows what she'll choose.

Smile
Sai could probably learn what people act like better if he was assigned to 'team dysfunctional', but he almost thinks that they might like him, so he stays.

Quiet
The two boys grow and gain power in leaps and bounds but nobody is surprised; Sakura inches along behind them and shocks the world with one leather-covered fist.

Thunder
Ominous booms overhead that would frighten most children have nothing on Sakura when she's pissed, Naruto decides.

Tame
With Sakura, it's her fingertips and with Naruto, it's his teeth; Sasuke learns quite quickly just how much he was missed.

Overwhelmed
The four of them are found curled in the snow, fingers interlocked over crimson snow; Sai frowns and wonders what they felt as they died (he hopes, in a secret place in his heart, that they were happy).

Hurricane
The three of them together are an unstoppable force of nature; Kakashi doesn't try fighting anymore when they drag him to Ichiraku for a weekly lunch or two.

Callous
Sakura bemoans the idiocy of her two teammates as she heals the unconscious shinobi; Shizune doesn't miss the way her eyes soften as she watches them.

Fallacy
Naruto and Sakura pretend, just for once, that Sasuke is safely back home; the illusion is so tempting to keep going that it takes two hours to pull them back out.

Taste
Naruto claims that he taught his team the true meaning of life; "Dobe, every flavor of ramen known to man isn't that important."

Silence
Sasuke would never admit it if you asked him, but he's pretty sure that those two might have become his family (he won't admit it, after all, his family is cursed).

Sacred
Weekly lunch at Ichiraku is their thing, their tradition; Ayame knows more about their personal lives than they do, it seems.

Obsidian
Their team is held in awe by genin of the Leaf because of all the things they've done; Sakura finds it funny that the newest gaggle of fan girls are more persistent than ever (even if Sasuke doesn't).

Safe
Naruto carries the body back home with Sakura crying at his side; Sasuke limps behind them with a wound that would have been fatal if their sensei hadn't been there.

Highway
Sakura runs her fingers through her hair, glances at her boys on either side of herself, and murmurs "we were damn lucky to make it, huh?"

Horizon
There are some times the three are content to lay back in the grass and watch the sun rise (never set, because ending are messy and complicated).

Wings
Sai somehow fits into the group; not a perfect fit, but someday they'll grow into it and then it'll be beautiful.

Supernova
The four together on the battlefield are like a star exploding: chaotically amazing to watch, and twice as deadly.

Ring
Somehow, Naruto finds it in himself to laugh when Sakura ever-so-sweetly asks Kakashi to give her away at her wedding (Sasuke might've chuckled a bit, but they don't know for sure and he's not telling).