Title: Useless in Battle
Author: Anorexia
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Uchiha Sasuke x Haruno Sakura
Theme: #3 - Jolt!
Disclaimer - I do not own Naruto.
Sakura was useless in battle.
She portrayed the role of the 'damsel in distress' better then she played her true role as a Kunoichi. While her teammates fought vigorous battles and risked their lives for even the simplest missions, Sakura was always found leaning up against a tree or wall or to the side with a worried facial expression. On rare occasions she would do something in battle, whether it was throwing a simple Kunai or taking the turn of rescuing someone much weaker then her, Sakura gave her teammates one simple time where she became useful.
Team seven was in yet another battle. They had been ambushed by their enemies and once more, Sakura watched from the sidelines with the same worried expression on her face as she watched Sasuke fight off his enemies one at a time.
Though she was backed up against the air to avoid any fighting, Sakura had pulled out a Kunai and had her body stance in a fighters, almost as if she knew she'd be forced to fight in this battle.
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"Naruto, on your left!" She cried out, pointing to an enemy to Naruto's left side.
He turned around and gave the enemy a back-fist on his neck, knocking him down to the ground. When the enemy was out, he gave Sakura a smile before moving on to the next Shinobi.
Sakura smiled back and kept her eyes on the Shinobi that were attacking. I supposed that she, like I, was wondering why no one bothered to fight her. She showed no sign of disappointment or relief. She kept the same determined look on her face and her heels up off the ground in case she had to make an attack from behind or move to save herself or someone.
I had taken the number of enemies down to a small size and remained calm as I fought each one. They were weak and had very little Shinobi skills. We were now down to our final three, and Sakura had yet to touch one of them. I grew frustrated as I watched her standing there with that same look and pose.
"Sasuke!" I hear her cry as she springs up from her feet and running across the forest.
The next few seconds where a blur.
I quickly turned my head and one of the Shinobi rushing to me with a powerful attack. A flicker of pink hair went in front of my face, followed by a large blue flash. A scream soon followed, and the spurt of blood which splattered the ground and my entire body. Sakura was in front of me. Her arms spread like a bird, her face cringing with pain and blood pouring from her stomach. She coughed and red blood fell out of her mouth.
"Wh-what?" I said stunned.
Sakura's face formed into a weak smile. "You're always saving me...I thought I'd do the same."
I felt of jolt of uneasy feelings course through my body. So many emotions raced through each other as she fell into my arms. Was it love that I was feeling? Hatred? Confusion? As I looked down at her dying body I was still unable to capture what emotions were running through me. Even as she took all of her remaining strength to bring her body up and kiss my lips, I couldn't understand what all the jolt of emotions where. Kissing her lips back, I was able to come across the strongest emotion that jolted my body; compassion.
It made me realize, for once, Sakura wasn't useless in battle.
Author's notes - Another thing that angers me...people always saying how useless Sakura is in battle. It's not her fault! Kishimoto hardly ever gives her limelight and the boys always take away her spot when it comes up. Anyway -- I really hate this one...and to make matters worse, it's the first part two two kissess...at least in the second part you'll find out what happens to Sakura.
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