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Teamwork -- chapter 2, end of scene 1

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What I wrote for NaNo:
-Teamwork 3: 1 whole chapter and 1 scene
-Crossed Wires: 1 chapter
-a crack Ofic ficlet (nnnngh Liadan socute)
-an angst/crack Naruto ficlet
-two scenes from the low-priority FF7 multipart
-a brand-new GUNDAM WING crack oneshot
-a freaking brand-new gundam wing MULTIPART fic.
-a few lines here and there on old things, but I don't count them because it's not postable anyway.

... I really am clinically incapable of concentrating on anything. ~__~ Also, LOOOOOSE. *shame* .__. Congrats to everyone i've seen on my F-list going "WHEE IM DONE!!", you're uberawesome. ~~you bastards. T.T~~

It was pointed out that Sakura was feeling really quite emotionally distant in the end of the last part I posted, so I tweaked a little bit. Not sure that's enough...

"Guys -- we're being watched, remember?" Sakura smiled, not in a friendly way. "The first one who throws a punch, I will throw overboard."

Naruto would have been alright with her warning, if she had glanced at Sasuke even for an instant before she stared at him meaningfully. But no, just him, of course. He huffed, cheeks puffed up as he gave her a sulky look. "Why are you two so twitchy? I was just chatting." Now he was starting to feel mildly guilty. "It wasn't -- I mean it was really just chatting."

Sakura scowled a little, looking a lot more displeased suddenly. "I assumed it was just chatting. Are you telling us it really wasn't?"

"What? No! I'm saying the other way around! Why are you hearing wrong?"

"I'm hearing that you're protesting a little too much," she retorted, glaring.

Naruto stopped walking and stared at the deck guiltily. "Okay, so maybe she was flirting a little and I let her. It wasn't so bad, was it? It wasn't anything solid, she didn't say 'let's hook up' or anything."

Sasuke glared at him, too. "She wasn't going to, idiot."

"Hey, don't call me idiot! You didn't even talk with her, anyway."

"Naruto," Sasuke replied with fake patience, "I don't need to. They're a team comprised of a pretty boy from a strictly spying-oriented bloodline, a girl with no calluses and a lot of cleavage, and a weapons specialist flashing too much thigh. It should be obvious."

Naruto growled in frustration and threw up his arms. "What should be obvious?"

"They're an espionage and infiltration team. They're not ninja, they're goddamn kunoichi."

"Uh -- what? What's the difference?"

"The difference is their training isn't geared toward frontal assault, but toward backstabbing, poisoning, and leading people to their doom by the balls." Sasuke gave him an irritated glare. "Looks like she had a good hold on them, too."

Naruto's cheeks burned. What the fuck was his problem, was he jealous or something? But before he could snap back, Sakura winced and stepped in the middle, her hands on their shoulders to keep them apart.

"Guys, please -- guys, Kakashi-sensei told me to thump you if I needed it. Remember? We can't afford it right now. So don't make me -- please -- Sasuke, I swear to god I will."

Sasuke huffed and turned away, arms crossed defensively. Naruto's figurative hackles slowly came down. At least he wasn't the only one being treated like a misbehaving kid now.

Sakura was giving them a little wincing smile, which did a horrible job of hiding the way her eyelid twitched; Naruto scowled at the floor, and tried to make his lower lip stop jutting out. He wasn't going to be pouting over it.

"...Sasuke-kun, Naruto was just making friends, he had no way to just guess."

Sasuke snorted in dismissive contempt; Sakura gave a tired sigh but apparently decided not to push it with him.

"Naruto... It's okay, just remember next time." Sakura gave him a tired smile. "That type of team is at a disadvantage in all-out fighting, so they'll usually try to gain an edge before the fighting starts -- they're gathering intelligence to find eventual weaknesses. It's -- no one's going to fall for a classical 'I'm a poor girl who twisted her ankle, please protect me, you handsome stranger' attempt, right? It might work in a real-life situation, but not in an exam -- we all know everyone we're going to meet is a ninja."

Naruto gave her a sour look. Now he felt positively stupid. They'd been so nice, and they were from Konoha too, and he'd just--

/Eh, who cares what they wanted. Got the bitches fawning over you, who cares if they didn't mean it. You're strong enough to make them put their cunt where their mouth is./

Naruto did a full-body twitch. 'Nrgh -- mental picture -- really, really hate you.'

Somewhere deep in his mind, Kyuubi smirked at him again.

'Not a rapist, damn it. Also, I'm pretty sure that's not how the saying goes.'

/That's how it goes for me./ And that was all the fox-demon cared about. Kyuubi in a nutshell, really.

Naruto sighed heavily and slumped against the guardrail, staring dispiritedly at the sea below. Being so pitiful that Kyuubi, the ninetailed fox-demon himself, offered what could be construed as support -- in a very twisted, bastardly way, of course -- only made him feel even worse.

"... Naruto?" Sakura sighed, and patted his shoulder. "It's okay, you're not the only one it ever happens to!"

"Yeah?" Naruto muttered, unconvinced. "When's the last time you fell for something like that?"

Sakura twirled a lock of hair around her finger nervously. "Um. Er. I guess... Kabuto?"

Naruto flailed his arms in a brief explosion of frustration. "That doesn't count! Everyone trusted him."

"I didn't."

Naruto glared at Sasuke, who now leaned nonchalantly on his elbows facing the sea. "That's because you're a paranoid bastard! I don't want to always think that everyone who smiles at me is thinking of the best way to stick a knife in my back. It's not a way to live."

"It isn't?" Sasuke countered coldly. "I find it's a great way to not get dead."

Naruto growled at him, an animal threat rolling out from deep in his throat. At his side, Sakura froze.

"Naruto..." she whispered.

Naruto didn't want to be distracted, not when he was still deciding where to bite the asshole. Sasuke was really asking for it -- a good, hard, painful bite that would remind him to watch his mouth for the next days...

"Naruto, your eyes," she mumbled worriedly. "I don't know why it's -- just stop, okay?"

"What? -- Oh, shit." Naruto turned to face the sea again and closed his eyes. Strange -- Kyuubi wasn't even angry alongside him, so why was he so -- he didn't know. Kyuubi didn't even feel all that interested, just... Watchful, sort of, but his attention wandering away from the trio. And if the fox-demon wasn't angry, why did Naruto want, not to punch Sasuke, but to bite him?

/Bitch still needs to be taught his place,/ the fox commented absently.

That cinched it. 'Kyuubi, what's going on?' Naruto still wanted to flatten ears he didn't have and snap his fangs at Sasuke's nose, and while it wasn't strong enough to worry him he'd be taken over, it was still -- it was alien and strange, and he couldn't remember having felt that need independently of Kyuubi -- or never so strongly.

"Naruto--"

"Not now," he grumbled, flashing teeth at Sakura without thinking. 'Kyuubi--'

/I really want to eat that goddamn cat./

'Huh?'

Naruto flipped around. A trio of wide-brimmed-hat-wearing ninjas were walking by -- a sneering swordswoman he'd watched earlier, a dark-skinned guy with short greenish hair, and a huge tank of a man; none of them spared a glance for Team Seven, except from the gray cat draped on the big man's shoulder, which stared at Naruto unblinkingly until the trio was gone from view.

'... That was it? You want to chase a cat? What do you think you are, a poodle?'

There was no answer; Kyuubi sank back from the forefront of his consciousness, only leaving behind that strange watchfulness, that perked-ears feeling. Try as he may, Naruto couldn't get anything else out of him, and then Sakura's fist came down on his head, and Sasuke started wondering insultingly loud what was going on in his stupid head. The rest of the trip went by fast with all the bickering.

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>/That's how it goes for me./

Haha--that is Teamwork!Kyuubi, summed up in one sentence. Epic.

*_* Yay, more Teamwork!

...Now I have poodle!Kyuubi stuck in my head. xD

...poodle!Kyuubi is kind of traumatic. =/

♥

Fox wants to have fun with the kitty. Damn that would be really funny.
KyuNaru takes off after cat, Sakura gets the eye twitch and Sasuke sweat drops. LOL I just can't get that image out of my head. Kyuubi with pink bows and a sparkly collar. LOL

Hee. Poodlyuubi FTW.

Kyoodle?

It's a good way to end up not dead.

Snerk.

Oh, god, just the image of all their faces if Naruto were to take off after a cat... *uncontrollable snickering*

Huh... looks like Kyuubi's doing something weird. Or else Naruto's combining with Kyuubi faster than he expected? *ponder ponder*

Also: Sasuke being sulky and smug simultaneously? So much win...

Adi

Or something weird is being done to Naruto. I don't put it past these Mist-nin to start the test a little early.

Yeah, but do you really think that they'd be stupid enough to start fucking with the Kyuubi? I don't think they want havoc wrought in their home, so I doubt it. Plus, the Mist don't know how stable the sealing was--nor the container himself. Ticking time-bomb, much? Or, at least for them.

*grinnnn*

I'm tempted to make him chase it just for the lol. XD

*looks innocent*

:3 Sasuke is secretly jealous. See, he doesn't have huge boobs to keep Naruto's attention on him. A tragedy.

lolol I loved it!

I love stuck up Sasuke. This line was just perfect!

"It isn't?" Sasuke countered coldly. "I find it's a great way to not get dead."

And Kyuubi wanting to eat the cat and the poodle comment. Lolol. That's right up there with ramen on a string. XD

huhuhu. Thank you~

awwwww

I love teh new Kyuubism. I'm more curious than a cat--or a fox, hee--about the instincts. But then again, they are merging, so it's to be expected. I guess I'm more curious about the reactions to the new development. *sit in a corner, waiting for KyuuNaru to start chasing the cat. Or his tail, whatever* Wonder what the cat is. Hmmm....

i love your icon. everytime i see it, i stop to read it. :D

Hah, so do I. Sad, ain't it? xD

*looks innocent* The cat is... A cat. u___u

... >:D

Pfft. Sure, I believe you. Right. >D!

Congrats to everyone i've seen on my F-list going "WHEE IM DONE!!", you're uberawesome. ~~you bastards. T.TM~~

No "WHEE I'M DONE" in my journal yet, but I've gone from a bit over 23k to a whisker over 40k since Monday so I'm not quitting yet!

Watch, I'll hit 50k but won't get it to verify before midnight Friday. I know I'm going to have to get closer to 52k to get it to verify. :P

*hates on you* T_T

I wrote 28,252 words this week (Monday-Friday week), of which the verifier ate about 1400. But I made it with two hours to spare.

I go die now. *thud*

"i really want to eat the cat" OMG *laughing* - great, really great!

aw poor sakura - it's not always easy to deal with two so stubborn man! (ok, i admit it, i'd LOVE to deal with them every day ^^)

i loved the way you made naruo all kitten - but himself not realising it. great written. wonder what will happen next

hehe, thank you ^___^

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'... That was it? You want to chase a cat? What do you think you are, a poodle?' <- *still laughing*

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Very cool! I love the snark and the banter, I like how Sakura is standing up to the boys even though she's unsure and kind of stuttering through her warning, and I am very curious to see what form the hints of trouble will take when that trouble arrives. :-)

Thanks! :D (though she still has some work to do before she's able to stand up to Sasuke properly. XD But she's getting there! Go Sakura, go.)

Hints of trouble? I don't see what you're talking about. 9__9

Excellent, I love the dialogues with Naruto and Kyuubi, they're always chock full of crack.

Also, since you're kind of responsible for it, ...

http://kyutaru.livejournal.com/3597.html

This is so completely full of love, words just cannot describe. ♥

The watchfullness, Naruto's animalistic instincts coming all on their own. That could help them during the exam (No one touches his pack and gets away with it), but it'll cause a looooot of problems between him and Sasuke XD;; Alpha male role.

*rolls around in Teamwork goodness*

*snerk* Well, foxes aren't as pack and chain-of-command oriented as wolves are, but Naruto's always been a possessive bastard and Sasuke and Naruto butted heads way before that, they'll keep doing it long after. XD But mmmh instincts.

♥♥♥

Eeeheheeheeheheheheheheh

Plot is a-brewing.

I've been away for a bit and hopping back into the story is good fun. I do like the small changes with Sakura... And I'm definitely interested in what's going on with Kyuubi. I liked Sasuke's comment about not trusting anyone... He's so -rational- here, it's a refreshing change from the current canon... *sighs*

~Sara

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