Disclaimer:I hereby disclaim all rights and responsibilities for the characters in this collection. Props to Masashi Kishimoto, indeed.
Just in Case You Missed It: To quote the brilliant forthright, "This is a story in snippets, so if you believe a proper tale cannot be told on a small scale... flee now, before you are taken in!" All of the chapters will be one hundred or two hundred words.
This is an exercise in experimenting with new writing challenges, especially with a format that I've grown very fond of due to a favorite author's work, and it will not change. :) I totally understand if the short chapters are not for you! Just please don't ask me to lengthen them.
The Beginning I: Two Truths
"So this is your room!"
"Don't even think about touching anything," she spat, swiping away a hairbrush from his pesky, prying fingers. "We're not staying long."
"You're still so twitchy, Sakura-chan. Nobody from school is gonna come knocking!" He waggled his eyebrows with all the mischievousness of a fox, and gestured to the nearly-closed door. "Afraid that your parents will get the wrong idea?"
"As if," she huffed, rifling through her drawers. Where on earth where her running shorts?
"So what did you tell them I'm doing here, anyway?" she heard him ask. "Just, you know, so I've got the right alibi."
When she stood, victorious with gym shorts in hand, she was dismayed to find him leaning casually against her bureau and inspecting her childhood pictures with far too much familiarity.
"Well, you'll be happy to know that what I told my parents isn't actually a lie... I really only omitted one truth by telling another."
"Another truth?" he turned toward her, perking up.
"Indeed," she smiled, feeling like a fox herself. "And they accepted it quick enough."
"What is it?"
"That you're failing math."
Original Posting Date: December 6, 2011
Story Prompt: "the flexibility of Haruno Sakura" by cutecrazyice
Word Count: 200 words