(A/N) Why on earth did everyone want to know what fic I was reading? *shakes head* whatever. In all fairness to TTDS, this will similarly be a capped chapter. This decision is not at all because I am still reading that fic and might have fallen down a MHA hole. Not at all. Also cause I forgot to say it in TTDS, these two fics'll be ending fairly soon, so… yeah. Probably in a chapter or two.
Akiko somehow managed to keep her cool through the entire fight, until Sasuke perched on the wall after many, many failed fireball attempts. A final water jutsu had been spat, and now Sasuke was on the wall of the stadium.
"You didn't," Akiko said flatly, too done to even bother with politeness right now.
"He did," Sakura replied helpfully, fidgeting with the ends of her bandages.
"Stop fidgeting with them, they'll come undone," Akiko noted, glaring daggers at Kakashi.
"In my defense I thought it was the only way to get past that shield, and he's got a lightning affinity too."
Akiko sighed. "Kakashi, think about it. What happened when Sasuke threw the water at Gaara?"
"The sand slowed down," Sakura answered smugly, having clearly already figured out where this was going.
"I didn't ask you, but thank you Sakura. Now Kakashi, can you tell me what happens when earth is mixed with water?"
"It becomes mud," Kakashi said, starting to look like a chastised child.
"And how easy is mud to manipulate?"
"Difficult for even an experienced earth user."
"Now, does the child down there look like he is a skilled earth user?"
"No," Kakashi had officially sunk into 'someone's scolding me and I don't like it' mode. He was subconsciously puffing up slightly, which didn't phase Akiko in the slightest, and his hand was drifting towards his kunai pouch. Also he looked a bit like a kicked puppy, so there was that.
"But would Sasuke have enough chakra to get the sand to that point," Sakura pointed out reasonably. "He's fire and lightning natured, not anywhere close to water. It would take a lot more chakra for him to pull that much water out of nowhere. Honestly you're lucky Naruto didn't flood the entire place in his fight. I could see him debating it from here."
Akiko winced at the sudden shrill screech that rang out across the stadium. "His hit connected. It actually connected."
"To be fair, Gaara wasn't expecting Sasuke to break his barrier," Sakura pointed out.
"The shield was always invincible before, but it isn't impenetrable," Kakashi agreed. "I can think of a lot of people just in Konoha that could easily decimate him."
"They're also jounin with decades of experience on him," Akiko said, shaking her head. "Not fair, but what can you do in war. Or in battle sometimes."
"Gai would be one of those that could break the barrier, right?" Sakura asked, flexing her chakra almost absently, as if she barely noticed the fairly powerful genjutsu settling over them like a cloud.
"That's right, as would I, even without my chidori."
"Well, perhaps save your chidori, we may need it," Sakura muttered, kneeling to shake Shikamaru awake. "C'mon idiot, I know you're awake."
(A/N) Yep, absolutely out of respect to TTDS and a desire to keep the two stories at least somewhat in time with each other. Not at all that I'm tired and have a half a dozen at least MHA ideas rattling around in my head annoying me to no end. Have a good night.