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Bail Out IV: Bad Influence
"A bet, huh?" Naruto grinned mischieviously, elbowing her side. "Old Tsunade is really rubbing off on you, ain't she?"
"Oh, shove it," she grumbled, and then took her own advice by forcing his shoulder into the wall. She only felt a tiny bit guilty as Naruto clutched his limb in pain; repeating the whole deal out loud had suddenly made it all sound much sillier than it had seemed when she'd agreed to it alongside Ino.
And now the rush of pulverizing her rival was quickly dissipating, reshaping, and hardening into a pit of something unpleasant in her gut: dread.
Original Posting Date: November 29, 2011
Story Prompt: "the flexibility of Haruno Sakura" by cutecrazyice
Word Count: 100 words