There is no way I can make this sound original, ever. An attempt to write a believable RrB/PpG in high school fic. Rated M because teenagers use terrible language. "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Camus

When first he laid eyes upon her, he thought her the very personification of spring. He watches, from the depths of shadow; waiting to steal her away from the land of the living. Waiting to make her Queen of the Dead. Hades/Persephone retold. SasuSaku.

drabbles. 61 UP. Sasuke, Sakura, and the ways they stay the same."You make me feel twelve again."

Take my hand. — sakura-centric, sasusaku.

— day by day, they explore the strength of the invisible ties that bind them. a compilation of 2014 sasusaku month prompts. canon-verse & au.

Small acts of kindness chip away at the soul - even the soul of an Avenger.

AU set in the Magnolia-version of New York during the 1920s Prohibition. Hired as the personal bodyguard of a deprived heiress with more sass than size, Gajeel Redfox soon finds himself in over his head. And in a world of hostile takeovers, bootleggers and speakeasies, two prejudiced individuals learn that getting along is about as easy as drinking in public. – GaLe, some NaLu.

Sakura's first solo mission places her undercover in the Land of Hot Springs. Unknown to her, Sasuke's been sent by Orochimaru on the same mission and paths that diverged, cross again. Pre-Shippuden...barely.

She didn't belong to him...yet.

Fleeing into space with precious cargo, Sakura finds herself aboard the Byakugan, a passenger ship hiding a few secrets of its own. Space AU, SasuSaku, NejiTen.

Collection of SasuSaku Month stories for 2012. July 18: Sasuke's sleep is disturbed by an unexpected visitor. Post-canon. July 19: A messenger-nin gets a mission that could make or break his career, or so he thinks. Post-canon. DOUBLE UPDATE!

She rejects her past, while he runs from his. They leave nothing behind except everything. College AU. SasuSaku, others.

The members of Team Seven were competitive about everything... EVERYTHING.

Team Seven, back when they were still cute. And sane. And not totally failing. Or fainting. 14. "So should we call you Nasuke or Sasuto?"

Dark. Sasuke/Sakura. AU. In the morning, when all the pretence has dissolved and they have finished the deeds that will become the death of them, he pretends he is asleep when he hears her sob. She breaks too beautifully, he believes.

Setting out on one of the most difficult missions of his life, Sasuke knew he'd need some highly skilled teammates. When the Hokage appointed Sakura and Karin to assist him, he had to wonder what she was thinking. Post-canon SasuSaku. One-sided SasuKarin.

There had been something like an understanding between them once, he thinks; the potential for something more. But with the memory of her shaking kunai and his maniacal laughter between them, neither can help but wonder if it is too late to go back.

Tenten has plans for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, so does everyone else. NejiTen, NaruHina, besotted!Lee, perplexed!Sakura.

When I was a young girl, my mother would read me bedtime stories. You know the ones; filled with princesses and wizards and heroes. I always imagined the hero to be a knight in shining armor. Not wearing a freaking scarf. A collection of NaLu.

In the end, they are all just passing through. NejiTen, Team Gai & Sakura.

It was so ironic how the one person she never wanted to see again more than anyone in the world would end up being the only person she was stuck with for…oh, let's say 365 days. SasuSaku AU

Sakura finds Sasuke again in Wind Country five years after the war, when he is supposed to be dead and she is supposed to be beyond caring. Neither have been very good at meeting expectations. — SasuSaku

A pretty blond summoner and a fire breathing mage, both with a knack for trouble. Nothing out of the ordinary, right? - Glimpses into the lives of Natsu and Lucy...and whoever else gets caught up in their crazy antics - 100 themes with 10 chap story

"I was sent to protect you," he huffed once he found her again. "I'm not going to play hide and seek with you across the country side. Quit being stubborn." Fluff.

Canon. SasuSaku. Red was the color of passion, womanhood. Pink was the shade of little girls and delicate things. Next to Karin, Sakura felt like a washed-out imitation.

The glass shattered to the ground as her gaze landed on familiar black hair and pale skin riddled with jagged scars. SasuSaku

When something breaks, there is no guarantee that it will mend again. SasuSaku

Sasuke/Sakura. Non-massacre. You don't need to be extraordinary to have an extraordinary story.

Years after his desertion, Haruno Sakura realizes that she and Uchiha Sasuke never did have an ending. But on a stormy, rainy night, as she hangs on the verge of death, she realizes that they never had a beginning either.

Everything is in the cards. [NejiTen. Collaboration.]

Their eyes met. They had done so many times before. But this time, somehow, they both sensed it was different. One hopes. The other denies. Fate, and a few friends, conspire. SasuSaku.

Sasuke/Sakura. AU. "I don't care what drugs they injected you with. You are Sakura, and you are everything I value, so I'll do everything in my power to save you—whether you want it or not."

Naively manipulated into believing his death may be imminent, Naruto starts to enforce his will while he's still alive… much to Sasuke and Sakura's dismay. Slightly AU since Sasuke has returned. Rated for language and lemon SasuSaku

Life. Sasuke is back, her team is always gone, and the hospital is a grave. Sakuracentric. Updated weekly. COMPLETE!

AU. Tenten stares into the mirror and she doesn't really know what she sees in herself anymore.

Sasuke/Sakura. AU. "What do you think love is, Sasuke-kun?" "How would I know?" "I think love is being with someone when they die." "That's morbid." "I know. Love is hearing that last, shuddering gasp escaping their lips, like a final wisp of smoke."

AU. ONESHOT. SASUSAKU with a side of ITACHI. In which two is company and three is clearly a crowd. Really, it was all Sasuke's fault, anyway.

SasuSaku. He's not lonely, he says, Because he has her. In which Sakura desperately tries to form a bond, and Sasuke grows more and more attached by the day. He won't admit it, but the truth doesn't lie.

Sasuke/Sakura. “I know I said I’d try, Sasuke-kun—but if you continue like this, my heart can only take so much.” “I’ll get you a new heart, then.”

AU. FLUFF. CRACK. SasuSaku. In which—despite being His Own Worst Enemy—Sasuke still manages to get his mack on. “I, uh, really like the way you shuck your corn.”

Interlude 1: How much experience do you have?"...Tenten thought she knew all there was that needed knowing when it came to being a reliable kunoichi...but when she is handed a mission she never thought she'd get, she finds out that she was so wrong.

Complete. AU from 309 onwards. Following a botched mission, Sakura is made a slave by Sound, a position that could very well alter the future…especially concerning a certain familiar missing-nin. SasuSaku.

There is nothing worse than waiting. Unless you fear that you're waiting in vain. SasuSaku.

Sasuke knows that glass is easy to break and very hard to put back together. SasuSaku.

AU. SasuSaku. I want to FLY someday.

The things you've lost will eventually come back to you: past, present, and future. AU NejiTen, SasuSaku

“Hey, Sasuke,” Sakura mused, “you know, your butt is really big. It’s kind of like your ego.” SasuSaku. AU.

She asked if he liked her. He said no. So why was she suddenly skipping happily? And why the heck was he suddenly wishing he should have just kept his mouth shut? SasuSaku

It turns out that romance isn't entirely essential for a relationship to work. On the bright side, Sasuke's never been one for romance, so this comes as something of a relief. SasuSaku.

In Tang Dynasty China, the House of Long fights to protect their way of life from the Uchiha clan. Hyuuga Neji of Japan is sent to assist them and finds a secret war, a deception to the Empress, and a woman unlike any he has known. [AU][NejiTen, SasuSaku]

You can live and die in it, be lost and found, fall or fly. [Team Gai, Hinata]

A mistake by Sakura creates tension between Sasuke and Neji. Tenten comes to an understanding. [NejiTen, SasuSaku]

Balance. Equilibrium. Or the lack thereof. [Team Gai, NejiTen]

On Thursday, Sasuke realized he loved her. [SasuSaku]

There's only one thing to do when you hear a good piece of gossip, spread it. [Team Gai, NejiTen, SasuSaku]

Some rivers are just too wide to cross. Or are they? [NejiTen][Part 1 of 'The River Trilogy']