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011: Creation
Requested by: CorruptAngel920
創造
When the sun shone from its highest point, right where it watched those below it from the middle of the sky, the training grounds stood lone and sad without the usual company. It was lunch hour at this time and so, company would betray the formidable obstacle course, instead scattering into the streets of Konohagakure in search of something to quench their well-worked for thirst. All but Naruto and Sakura—but only for today.
Together, the teammates lay sprawled and sweaty on dusty grounds, shadowed in the outlines of the forest. It was comfortable, they had to admit, even if it was particularly disgusting to Sakura when the dirt decided to follow her by sticking onto her skin. Even so, she grew to ignore it since her limbs were sore, and instead she plopped back onto the ground beside Naruto.
"Sakura-chan," he said, eyes closed. "Have you ever wondered what it'd be like to die?" She didn't answer quick enough, and thus he decided to continue. "It's kind of scary, isn't it? You know, death."
Sakura's head turned to her right and she squinted at him when a beam of sunlight gleamed into her eyes.
"What are you going on about?"
He flipped onto his left, now facing her fully.
"Cause hasn't it crossed your mind during any sparring sessions?" He paused. "That's why I don't like to go all out on you, Sakura-chan . . ."
Sakura frowned.
"Don't be stupid," she huffed, glancing at him. "I can take care of myself, Naruto; I'm not some weak little genin anymore. You know that."
Naruto, much to her surprise, didn't grin at her. Instead, he stared at her without ungluing his eyes from her. With a blink, he spoke again.
"That doesn't matter to me."
Sakura looked away, focusing on the breeze as she thought. When she looked back at him, he was still looking at her. She sighed, shifting her arm to hold a palm out at him.
"Give me your hand."
"Huh?"
"Give me your hand."
Clumsily, Naruto lifted his right hand, to which Sakura grabbed onto and pulled on. She brought it close over her chest and placed it just above her breasts, holding it in place with her hand. She glanced back at him, cheeks mildly pink compared to the crimson burning on Naruto. Nevertheless, her expression remained nonchalant and she looked away.
"You can feel it, right? My heart." Knowing that he'd be too stunned to reply, she pressed on. "It means that I'm alive and that I'm breathing. As long as I still have you by my side, I'm sure it'll stay that way."
The hand resting over Naruto's crept away, allowing him to bring his own back into possession.
If his stare hadn't been enough before, it was now with the wide, brimming eyes of azure that refused to leave her.
She smiled, concluding her words.
創造
Author's Note:
What comes after each death? A new breath of life, of course. A new creation.
Haha, I took a bit of a loophole out for this theme, but only because it was the main way I could state my idea in words. CorruptAngel920 has come to be a great friend of mine here on FF, and his kindness/motivation has pushed me past a deep thread of thought I had gone into. I appreciate him so much.
While I like most of the drabbles I write, this one, I must say, really grabbed my interest. Because of that, I hope that you all like it – especially CorruptAngel920 : )
Yvette wants to say:
I'll just put this out there because I feel like I should. I don't consider myself an AU writer, though due to a few posts that I came across a week or two back, I'll claim Solacement as AU because I will make no promises/attempts in making this collection canon. Whether it be drabble wise or characterization wise, I'm just exploring and bringing out ideas and such. Even so, my only goal in this is to make my drabbles believable to a certain extent, and while it may 'not' be to some, for those of you who it 'is' believable for, you have my gratification. It's those who do that I write for, not for those who are searching for spot-on canon because I'm sure that I wouldn't please them anyway. I sound like a sap right now, and I apologize. My absence was due to a deep period of thought on all of this but I've come to grow past it.
All in all, what I'm trying to say is to not expect complete canon material in these drabbles. While I may sneak in some parts here and there form very minor slices of the manga, my drabbles, for the most part, are just forms of enjoyment and exploration. Characterization wise, I won't even go into that. It's up to the readers, you, to decide whether or not you find it possible/believable in whatever way I portray Naruto/Sakura. I know that I'm not capturing them in the way they've been developed up until the current manga chapter, because if that were the case, I'm sure that these drabbles would be more angsty than fluffy. Bah. Whatever, people. Whatever. I won't please everyone and that's okay – just as long as I don't get disrespected for it.
That's all, and for those who enjoy them – more is set to come. Yvette is back ~
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