askerian | teamwork whini -- um, pondering. HUGE POST OF DOOM.

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teamwork whini -- um, pondering. HUGE POST OF DOOM.

... I really do have a "everything and the kitchen sink" approach with this fic. XD; And so many plans, and scene ideas, and -- whoa. Suddenly there's zomg!gotta match the tone of the manga a little more closely! add some akatsuki and village stuff! come on, there's six months of preggyness left, surely you can fit in more stuff! wait, now that THIS has evolved then THAT scene you were working toward doesn't really fit anymore -- and what did you plan to do with THOSE again? Damn it, should have taken more notes.

And then I totally forget that it started out as a get-together thing. And now Teamwork 3 really feels like teammates-and-best-friends-who-also-have-sex.

This is all the things i WANT to do, but that were lost in the shuffle.

1) go back to Teamwork 2 and write that goddamn lemon. They're in a relationship, that means they do have sex. I don't have to write it every time they have sex, because writing tab A slot B gets old very fast; but when it also shows a relationship shift, I damn well should, because it's important characterization/development.

2) Write the first one-on-one smex scenes for the same reason. especially how they get there.

=> stop whining about not being able to write lemons properly anymore. Just friggin do it.

3) actually being intimate -- emotionally intimate. Having talks about what they feel and stuff (if sakura can wrangle the boys into it XD at least short little moments of insight/contact, not necessarily sit-down-and-talk-about-feelings-for-three-hours.)

I could take care of those things in the trip to Suna fic I planned between TW2 and TW3... But how, I'm not sure.

Maybe I could lampshade the whole "teammates who happen to have sex" thing by having Sakura complain about it. XD then Sasuke would be all "that's what we are. Just not ALL of what we are -- but still what we are." So they could agree to try to shelve all the "omg we gunna get MARRIED" thing for the duration of the tournament...

I do have one-shot things already written on what happens after TW2/during the interlude one shots, actually, I just... get kinda obsessed about there needing to be something physical happening, but maybe more emotion-centric, character reflection stuff would be fine as well... Blah. I suck at writing emotions recently. It feels a little like I've been losing touch with the characters as living people instead of internally-static plot hooks. if only I didn't take so long to get through the pure action scenes, maybe that wouldn't happen. /[whine whine whine]

ANYWAY. Fics I actually created a .doc file for and what needs to happen in them, in kind of chronological order:

-Post-TW2, post-Tsunade dragging them out of bed to go WTF DID YOU JUST DO; they come home and slump together in bed and cuddle.

It's rambly, lots of telling and no showing, and not a lot happens apart from them lazing about in bed and being "phew, it's over." Maybe it's actually needed, I dunno. I need to decide on a POV because it's all over the place. Needs rewriting. Also need to find an actual conclusion for it, even if it's just an inner realization and not an action.

They'd been dragged out of the house at dawn to be yelled at by Tsunade, lectured by Jiraiya and frowned at by Kakashi, after which Jiraiya had had to unravel and redo part of the seal because they'd missed some problem areas -- and then Team Seven had been treated to a whole afternoon of seeing the same teachers who'd taken them to task just a few hours ago blithely pretend for the Village Council that the whole Kyuubi-chakra-pipeline mess had been planned and kept under perfect control from the very start.

From the smug way Jiraiya and Kakashi talked about every secret scroll Team Seven had read and every classified jutsu they'd incorporated into their seal pattern, it might have been the truth, at that.

The first thing Sasuke did upon coming back to the safety of their home was to close all the blinds and windows. Sakura wanted to make the bed, but Naruto slumped across the mess of sleeping bags and cushions with a little sigh of contentment, kneaded the blankets, and dragged her down to cuddle with.

Sasuke looked like he might leave, but only until he figured out from their gleaming eyes that Naruto and Sakura were waiting for him to try it so they could give chase and drag him back. Being nothing if not contrary, he went to sit on the floor beside the nest. If he didn't run, they couldn't chase him. Of course, a second after that he ended up grabbed and pulled across both their bodies.

"... Clingy."

"Yup." Naruto sighed in contentment, crushed between Sakura's weight on his side and arm and Sasuke's upper body across his chest. Sasuke's lower body was draped awkwardly over Sakura's hip. Grumbling, he shifted more fully over her to make the twist in his spine a little less painful, rested his cheek on Naruto's chest, and allowed Sakura's legs to tangle with his.

There's some more, but it's even more unfit for viewing and pointless than this bit. >_>;;

-Random dialogue about sexing rules. (I was trying to figure out a way to stick it onto the previous fic to make it not so pointless. Still pondering how best to achieve that. Maybe I should just write a "what they did on their first day after the seal" thing. Mostly it would be a lot of ordinary house things, but maybe seeing them being domestic would not be so bad.)

Naru: "Do you guys think we need ground rules?"

Sasu: "About?"

Naru: "Sex, duh. Like, do we do it only when all three of us are there? Or are we allowed two by two, too? And if it's two by two, what are the rules? Can't mack on someone twice in a row, gotta switch? Do we need the third's go ahead first? Any rules for joining in? Voyeurs allowed? Ever gonna want strictly one-on-one time? ...How do we do this?"

Saku: "... Wow. Um. Eheh. You've thought about this a lot."

Sasu: "Hn. It's sex. What else did you expect out of him?"

Naru: "Oi, oi. It's so not my fault you two are prudes. So, what do you guys think?"

Saku: "Well, uh, I never really thought about it --"

Naru: "Oho, of cooourse, honey-dearie-baby-love-pie. Come on, don't liiie..."

Saku: "If you'd let me finish! I never thought about it so -- so clinically. Couldn't we just let it happen whenever it happens?"

Sasu: "Ha. It's going to happen a lot with him."

Naru: "Not my fault you're a dickless wonder who wouldn't make the first move even if he found his lover tied up starkers on his bed with a big fat ribbon!"

Sasu: "You'd tie yourself up for me, maybe?"

Naru: "Hell no."

Sasu: "Too bad."

Saku: "... Um. You... You'd like...?"

Naru: "Seriously?!"

Sasu: "Perfect chance to stuff a sock in your mouth and get a little peace and quiet for a while."

Naru: "ARGH. Asshole!"

Sasu: "You asked for it."

Saku: "Okay, guys, could we please finish the first topic before we start in on... You know. Things like bondage and... Things?"

Naru: "Ohoho, you're blushing. Wanna try?"

Saku: "No. Can we change the subject now!"

Naru: "Okay, okay. ...Sex toys? What about lingerie -- oww, oww, oww, my sexy mistress of pain~"

Saku: *RARR*

-Fallout for the three interludes, all three called "coming out". It has:

--Naruto and Kiba training, when Hinata drops by to see them, and Naruto "comes out" to Hinata about Kyuubi; she takes a few minutes to digest it and in the end she asks if she can train with them too. (there's some KibaHina interaction too.) ... hey, maybe it would actually be interesting if it was in Hinata POV. She has a lot of unresolved feelings about Naruto that Naruto just wouldn't notice. But the other two aren't from outsider POV, and I like symmetry... Hrrm. Hrrrrm.

--Sakura is training and meets Lee, and "comes out" about being Tsunade's apprentice now and going to marry Sasuke.

Lee finds her panting at the top of the great staircase that runs around the public park. She's leaning against the ramp, and so exhausted she needs a couple of seconds to lift her head when she hears him running up the stairs.

"Sakura-san!"

She forces herself to straighten up, and smiles, wiping sweat off her forehead. "Lee-san! It's been a while."

"Indeed, it has! ... Are you alright?" he asks, concerned, and leans toward her. She waves off his worry and gets up; the muscles of her thighs scream murder.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. My training is proving challenging, is all."

"Ohh. As any good training should be!"

Sakura giggles in her hand at his enthusiastic approval, and props her heel up on the handrail to stretch her muscles, before they start to stiffen. She hoped she'd get to be lazy a few seconds longer, but she doesn't want Lee to see her not giving it her all, even for two seconds. He's good at guilting people into working, and more so because he doesn't even mean to do it.

"Are you going to be done soon?"

Sakura sighs. She wishes. "No, I've got three more laps to go, and after that, pushups."

"What a coincidence! I was thinking I should run a few laps myself." He gives her a kind grin. "That is, if you don't mind the company."

"Oh -- not at all. It's easier to exercise with company." Grinning back, Sakura straightens up, and they start jogging together, Lee easily falling into step with her.

"I would have thought your teammates..."

"Oh, they're busy." She sighs, shoulders drooping. "Naruto is training with Kiba's mother, and Sasuke with Kakashi-sensei -- unless he's doing paperwork again."

"Paperwork?"

"Yes, for -- um."

She realizes, then, that Lee doesn't know anything -- he doesn't know about the brief escape from Konoha two months ago, he doesn't know about the Kyuubi, he doesn't know about the fire at the Uchiha district, he doesn't know about the seal. He doesn't know about her engagement, or her pregnancy. She doesn't have a clue how to tell him.

Well... That's the best opening she'll ever get.

"The Uchiha clan had a place in the Village Council as one of the founding families of Konoha, you know..."

"Ohh, right. This makes sense."

"After everything happened... Its status was ... I don't understand everything, but it was given a temporary, kind of 'on hold,' status as long as Sasuke was the 'last living scion'..." Her voice turns a little quieter; Lee is very direct and strangely innocent, but he's not stupid. "It can't be a clan when there's only one person in it."

Lee nods, commiserating. "That must be so sad. Sasuke-kun... He does seem to be sad often."

Sakura blinks at the young man jogging at her side, and then gives him a smile that trembles just a little. So very few people ever notice that, under Sasuke's permanent twitchy wariness. "You're a great guy, Lee-san, do you know that?"

Lee flails his arms and blushes. "W-what -- I'm not -- Sakura-san! You flatter me--"

She giggles. "You are. I say so. So -- right now, he's doing paperwork to reclaim its full status."

Lee's eyes open wide -- wider -- and he gasps, somewhat theatrically. "Oh -- do you mean...?"

"Yes." She makes herself smile then, trying to hide her nerves. "We're going to have a baby."

She can see Lee is shaken; it takes him at least five ground-eating steps to launch in a congratulatory tirade. She smiles and nods in the blanks, even though he's loud enough she's already counting the hours before her mother will drop by, lured by the latest rumors.

"-- The triumph of true, enduring love!"

I should tone down his OMG!!ness a little bit, I think -- he's rather silly at times but not all the time. Gotta find a balance. And there should be more about his reaction -- while he has long since understood that he and Sakura wasn't going to happen, that's still different from hearing that a girl a year younger than you are is going to have a kid. But he's Lee so it's probably not going to be too painful to go through XD;; (he might get depressed in private tho. I dunno.) In the end he should offer to spar with her/help her train, (but I don't think she actually takes him up on it -- there's just no time. Maybe after the chuunin exam... ehh.)

--Sasuke's is... very short. It's just him walking into the administrative building and asking to reopen his family registry, knowing that it's going to be the talk of all noble families by evening. Maybe it could be from another POV, maybe that cop who worked with Uchihas when Sasuke was still a kid. Will have to ponder more about Konoha village structure and how he'd even hear about it. *ponderponderponder*

-Actual first time twosome sexing
--SasuNaru (also the first time Sasuke tops!) after training, they're exhausted. Onsen!sex FTW.

"Man, I'm bushed. Stupid drills."

Naruto settles down in the hot spring with the grace of a drunk elephant. Sasuke has been expecting it; he only sits once the wave has rolled past. The submerged stone bench is at the perfect height; when he leans back, the hot water laps at the hollow of his collarbone. He lets his eyelids drop lazily, stretches his legs in the deeper part of the pool. "Mmh. Losing so badly demands hard work."

"Hah, right. I whopped your ass and you know it."

Naruto is, like him, going through the motions, but there's no real fire in it. Doesn't mean Sasuke is willing to let the last word go. "I seem to remember Kakashi stopping my fist two inches from your nose."

Naruto grumbles and flips on his front, arms crossed on the tiled floor at the edge of the pool. He rests his head on them, face pointedly turned away from Sasuke. It's a testament to how tired he is that he doesn't bother with a comeback.

Sasuke closes his eyes. The warmth is seeping into his sore muscles. They had a good training session today, very productive, and then a good sparring match afterward. Which he won, he doesn't care what Naruto's delusions say. And now he even gets some peace and quiet.

He'll probably keep on getting his quiet, because they arrived at the public baths just as the attendant was about to rope off the entrance, and they left the showers for the pool a few seconds before the last customer decided to dry off and go home.

He watches the other ninja through his eyelashes. Naruto is still slumped against the edge of the spring, tousled blond hair sticking wetly to tanned arms, marked by a few bruises and cuts that Kyuubi hasn't bothered to heal yet.

He could think "marred," but they don't look bad on Naruto's skin, or even out of place.

"...Ow." Naruto turns his head a little, sneaking a suspicious peak at him over his crossed arms. "Why're you poking my bruises?"

Sasuke meets his eyes, and keeps going, fingers tracing over the edge of a reddened area -- to his shoulder, down a long, shallow cut, and then ribs; a bruise, already more yellow than blue. He isn't gentle -- nor is he especially harsh. He's touching, that's all. He gave Naruto this bruise with his heel; that slice was Sakura's kunai, deflected in flight by Sasuke's; that rash down the left side of his back was from a tackle and hard, packed earth.

"... Ow," Naruto repeats, more irritably.

"Shut up," Sasuke advises, almost friendly. And to make sure of Naruto's silence, he digs the heel of his hand into a tense, knotted muscle, slowly forcing it to loosen. Naruto shudders.

They slant a sideway look at each other. Sasuke can see words rise and die on Naruto's lips; no doubt many variants on "what's wrong with you now." Sasuke can still see where the lower lip was split, remembers it puffed up and bleeding from the judicious application of an elbow.

He digs his fingers in another knot; Naruto grunts, presses his forehead against his arm.

The water barely shivers when Sasuke slides out of his seat, stands behind the blond. Two hands on Naruto's shoulders now, kneading and rubbing, a little too hard to be good, and making absolutely no effort to avoid the marks he left, that still haven't gone.

For a moment, Naruto is tense, head lifted as if ready to turn around and question him on his motives. Or push him away. Or, god forbid, thank Sasuke for "being nice." But then he sighs and closes his eyes. Heh. He must be really, really tired. It's his fault for abusing Kage Bunshin so much. Sasuke's hands slip under the water, make their way down his back.

Naruto doesn't react again until Sasuke's hands reach his hips. "What are you doing?" he asks, like he doesn't know.

Sasuke leans against his back, cheek pressed against wet blond hair. "I'm going to fuck you. You're going to like it. Now shut up."

Of course, Naruto doesn't. He wouldn't be Naruto if he did. He rears back, trying to throw Sasuke off. Water sloshes out of the pool. Sasuke leans on Naruto's back with all his weight, pushing him back down against the edge of the pool. An elbow slams into his ribs; he was braced for it, though, and the water cushions the impact. He bites down on a shoulder, tightens his bone-crushing hold on Naruto's body until Naruto wheezes and his struggles slow down.

"Asshole," Naruto protests tiredly, panting.

Sasuke bites his shoulder again, and his hands rub their way down the planes of his chest and stomach, feeling hard muscles and tendons.

Naruto grunts; his fake annoyance doesn't quite cover how he relaxes. Sasuke's massages are never very gentle, but he knows the human body perfectly -- more than well enough to know exactly where to touch to make the tension in his knotted muscles melt.

He mouths the base of Naruto's skull through wet locks, and Naruto shudders under him, a half-vocalized growl shivering through his body. Naruto growls again when one of Sasuke's fingers pushes past the tight ring of muscles; Sasuke feels it more than he hears, pressed as he is against Naruto's back. Naruto growls and growls again, low and rough, a warning that ends up sounding like a purr.

"Do you ever wonder what would be different if I hadn't gotten pregnant?"

They're on the bridge, waiting for Kakashi. Some things seem eternal; perhaps that's why she chooses that place to question might-have-beens.

Naruto sits down on the edge, legs dangling over the water; Sakura stands at his side, but she's staring at the railing more than she watches the river. For once, Sasuke isn't leaning against the railing of the opposite side, or perched in the support beams, though he does face the other way from them. He's not sure if it's to make sure no one sneaks up on them or because he doesn't want them to look at his face too closely. Perhaps both.

"You mean, if we'd just had the fun sex, without the cockblocking squad in the morning?" Naruto cranes his neck so he can grin up at her, legs swinging. "We'd have gotten some morning-after fun, at least."

Sakura's knuckles predictably make contact with Naruto's skull, though the impact isn't as hard as usual. She looks a little too thoughtful, too worried for her usual level of annoyance. "I swear," she sighs, "It's impossible to have a serious talk with you."

"That's not true."

"Prove it," she grumbles back.

Sasuke gives her a bland, unconvinced glance. "You can't accuse him of not being serious when you bicker with him just as readily as he mouths off."

Sakura looks guilty, and sobers up, her harassed mask melting into a troubled frown. "...That's right. I just -- well."

"We might have taken things a bit slower," Naruto says, leaning back on his hands so he can look up at them both. "I mean, things were kinda weird at the beginning, yeah. Sexing up two people at once is already kinky when they're both the same gender," he adds with a little laugh. Sasuke arches an eyebrow in question, and Naruto elaborates. "You know, if you were both girls, I'd be a lucky bastard, and if you were both guys, well, 'Those fairies are already sexual deviants anyway!' It wouldn't have made it much worse."

Sakura flushes. They're both the same gender to her, and it's still weird. Was weird. ... Is still weird. Except, in a way, it's not, because it's Naruto and Sasuke-kun, but... The 'two boys' side keeps itching at her when she least expects it anyway.

"But once I knew you two were interested? You bet your ass I would have tried my best to make it happen again. And again and again."

Sakura growls half-heartedly, but Sasuke's reminder is still fresh in her mind. If she lets Naruto goad her then she's just as responsible of letting the conversation devolve into stupid-land.

"I would have been too mortified to talk to you two for a while, I think," she mutters dejectedly.

Naruto makes a rude noise. "I wouldn't have let you!"

Sakura's hands clench on the railing and she stares hard at the water running underneath. "And then I would have felt like you just wanted another go at an easy lay."

Naruto flinches.

"It's true," she adds, a little desperate to make them both realize it. "If there hadn't been all that scare with the Council and then the baby to think of, things wouldn't have been so easy!"

"They were easy to you?" Sasuke asks, arching a sarcastic eyebrow.

"...I mean between us." She gives him a reproving little frown; she's pretty sure he knew that. "We wouldn't have decided to... to date all together like that. I might have allowed Naruto to take me out a couple of times..."

Naruto's eyes light up, and Sakura makes a face.

Sasuke looks at her. He doesn't say anything.

"...You wouldn't have asked me out, would you, Sasuke-kun?"

Sasuke still stays quiet. Sakura's knuckles are turning white on the railing, where he can't see.

"Are you kidding, he would have taken off running. Too scared we could feel him up again." Naruto grins at Sasuke too, but it's not happy-friendly so, much as fangy and challenging.

Too scared they could make him feel again, Sasuke's mind corrects, but he keeps silent because even admitting it to himself burns. He thinks they can see it in his face anyway, because theirs change to match, a kind of 'oh, Sasuke' that makes him stiffen and turn away so he doesn't have to tolerate it a second longer.

"... You wouldn't have left the village again, would you?" Naruto asks, unnaturally subdued, almost afraid.

Sasuke snorts sharply. "Not for a quick fuck."

"And an all-night-long fuck?"

"... Not for a one-night-stand," he rectifies, and that's all he wants to say on the subject. But even without looking at them, he can tell they know what he's not saying. If they had tried to make it more than a one-night-stand... he might have left. Oh, he probably wouldn't have run -- but he would have pushed them away again. It's okay to have teammates, most ninjas do better with them. He doesn't really need teammates -- crutches; same thing -- but it's tolerable. To have friends... Well. He knows he shouldn't. It's a proof of weakness to allow it anyway, even though by now he has given up regularly berating himself over it.

To have lovers -- no, that would have been too much.

Having lovers now is still too much, but there's the child to protect and inside he goes cold at the thought that even having a whole platoon for support won't be enough. There's a reason bodyguards tend to work in teams and assassins don't. Even at equal level of ability, it's much easier to find a single opening and slide right through than it is to find and protect them all.

"We'd have convinced you anyway," Naruto says with grim determination. "Even if we had to chase you down and tie you up. Right, Sakura-chan?"

Sakura bites her lip, but nods.

Sasuke snorts. "How noble, you'd get me back so you can have a better chance to shack up with her?"

Naruto looks angry now, pulling his legs free from the railing supports and getting up. He leans in Sasuke's face, eyes flashing red. "Listen, I don't care if you're my boyfriend, or my best friend, or my fucktoy, or my fucking soulmate. I'd have taken you back because that's where you should be."

"In your bed?"

"Yes -- wait." Naruto blinks, pauses, then scowls again. "...Yes, that too. But I mean it. I'm not -- I don't get all fluttery and 'Sasuke-kuuun', but -- you know. So I'd have gotten you back and made you deal with that mess. ... Also for Sakura-chan, 'cause she doesn't deserve her heart broken because you get hives around people who love you... But even if she weren't there I'd drag you back."

"Even if I didn't want to?"

"Of course you want to, you're just too chicken to admit it!"

Sasuke's fist lands before he even noticed it was flying. He doesn't regret it. Naruto goes over the edge of the bridge and lands in the water with a loud splash. He's back in a second, dripping wet and ready to throw Sasuke in the water through the planks if need be.

He doesn't get to do it; a second before he throws himself forward, a huge bubble of water breaks open over Sasuke's head, drenching him without warning. Sakura's hands are still locked in a last seal.

Sasuke draws in a hissing breath between his clenched teeth. "Sakura--"

"You're the one who just told me not to bicker right back or it would be just as much my own fault we can't talk without fighting!"

"Maybe I don't mind if we can't talk without fighting!" he yells right back, incensed. His hair sticks to his skin and the puddle under him is twice as wide as the one under Naruto.

Of course, Sakura cheats again, by looking sad instead of angry. "What are you so scared of? Whatever it is you have to say, do you think we don't already know?"

He turns away, stiff as a board, fists clenched. He's not staying a second longer.

"Without the baby, would you have stayed?"

There's silence.

"No."

Problem with this one is that I have no idea where it goes and how it ends. Sasuke just decided to be stubborn and that might actually create a rift that would need more than just a normal talk to close it. That's longer than a one-shot.

"You can go, you know. I can deal without you. I'd rather be a single mother than have you resent me forever because I used the old knocked-up trick to force you to marry me!"

"It's not like that!"

"Then how is it?!"

"It's about blood bonds and priorities! You have no clue -- you and Naruto both, you have no clue what it means."

"I have a family too."

"You still have it. You don't have a clan. You don't have siblings." His voice turns quiet. "Itachi is my brother. He comes first. Whatever I feel for him or for any of you doesn't matter. He comes first. Always will."

His fists shake.

"... but if your child is my son, then -- Itachi comes second."

Actually this might herald another incoming paradigm shift in TW3, but... It's still another fic that's nothing but dialogue so far. I need more than that... oh hey, maybe I can stuff it into the Suna fic. HMMMM. *ponderponderponder*

-Suna fic! Also named Teamwork 2.5. >_>;;; Happens just before Teamwork 3. First scene here.

What I want to happen in this fic:
--incident where some ninjas try to steal Shika's scroll and Sakura actually fights (and breaks her hand). Also add some mess in their team maneuvers because for once she doesn't want to stay back and do long-range attacks and that throws off Naruto and Sasuke's tactics.

--Shikamaru and Temari get closer (that's in the background though.)

--They start working on mixing spatial and elemental jutsu to make signature kickass moves.

--Temari and/or Baki is the one to give Naruto Wind chakra pointers since Asuma is away, and they/Sasuke and Sakura kinda laugh at Naruto for not being able to THROW his windy rasengan. Because Wind can attack from afar and it's stupid to have to touch your enemy for it to actually work. Also, "diversify your arsenal already, you one-trick pony."

--Gaara and Naruto are so close~ (gotta explain when the hell they met again in TWverse -- maybe when Naruto was on his trips with Jiraiya) Sasuke is jealousssssss. Sakura might be jealous of Sasuke being jealous of Naruto, actually... hmm. I'm kind of tempted to have Sasuke go "could you sleep with Gaara?" and Naruto being " *ponderponder* ... Oh yeah, I think so." and Sasuke being all HISS and actually telling him he know Naruto has a harem mindset but fuck it, he's not sharing. Well, just with Sakura. Then maybe Naruto could actually ask Sasuke why Sakura gets a pass and no one else does. I bet he wouldn't know how to explain. "She, uh, she just does! Shut up." XD

(At some point I was kind of thinking it might be nice to have Ino along, so she could get jealous of Temari and everything (*waves temaino flag*) but that means Chouji would need to be there too, and that's a big cast to juggle. The InoShikaTema triangle can start during the chuunin exam. >__>)

After TW3!
-Sexy no Jutsu Sasuke. Started out as some random lemon, but actually grew a plot of sorts -- undercover, yay! so for the duration of the mission Sakura is a guy and Sasuke a girl, and I have zero clue if sex even happens. And it might as well not be a teamwork!fic at all because it happens when Sakura isn't pregnant (anymore?), so hey. Who knows. I haven't even started writing for it, it's just a bunch of notes.

-And this... thing... well. XD;

"What happened?"

Naruto grumbled under his breath, petting his abused tail gingerly. "... Stupid fox did something stupid with a Henge and I'm never letting him try ninjutsu or genjutsu ever, ever again."

Sasuke stared in silence, taking in the mass of long, furry tails waving and squirming behind Naruto's back. Naruto sulkily glared up at him. The tail he was holding was curling and wagging in his lap like a cat's tail a few seconds before it whips around and scratches your face off for not letting go faster. It didn't seem to be under Naruto's conscious control.

Sasuke tried counting them, but they were just too fuzzy; he could only tell where one ended and another began when it moved away from the rest, only to lose itself in the mass of moving fur again. Seeing the length and width of these things, though, and -- well, just guessing, really, but he would have bet for nine.

Nine fiery orange tails, of varying lengths -- ranging from an arm's length to as long as Sasuke was tall -- waving and weaving together in a hypnotic dance behind his partner's ass.

And if that wasn't enough, there were also the other furry appendages. Curiously, he watched, wondering how long Naruto was going to need to notice.

"A Henge, you said. You let Kyuubi no Youko attempt a Henge. Why exactly did it even remotely seem like a good idea?"

Naruto fidgeted. "Uh. He was bored. And I was bored. And now we know that even if he can't reach directly, I can let him direct the way I mold and stuff, and I wondered if he could shape hand seals, and here we are."

"What happened?"

"I don't have a clue. I was just... being passive, you know? Letting him drive. And then -- poof! I can't stay on my feet any longer because there's like six tons of fur attached to my backside."

"That might also be because of your feet," Sasuke pointed out, expressionless.

Naruto blinked, then stared at his sandals.

The toes that pointed out of them were too big, too long, and sported fur and sharp, thick claws. Sasuke didn't doubt that they were padded as well. To check, he grabbed Naruto's foot, pulling the sandal off -- pretending not to notice when Naruto lost his balance and fell back with a yelp -- and yes, he'd been right. He couldn't help but chuckle. Naruto's foot looked more like a paw right now, complete with cute, soft pink pads. He poked one, to test, and was rewarded with a yip and a bout of mad squirming.

"And what had he been trying for?"

"Uhh, well, his fox shape, I guess."

Sasuke's eyelid twitched. "The one with four paws and huge jaws that rampaged through the village a few years ago?"

"Erm. Yeah..."

"And then I assume you were going to let him frolic a little?"

Naruto winced. "Uh. Yeah. But it wasn't a Henge, so with the mass conservation thing, he would have been shoulder-high at most... That wasn't dangerous."

"Right. Because a feral, shoulder-high predator isn't a cause for some worry." Sasuke was quite amused. You could always count on Naruto to entertain. "Especially not one that looks like a pocket-sized Kyuubi no Youko."

I started it about two years ago and haven't touched it since. It's furry AND preggy sex. I rule. Except not really. u__u;;;;;;

And then I have other-character-centric sidefics... The InoShikaTema triangle thing, but also a Hanabi and Hinata and the Hyuuga clan thing that I'm not even sure would rest very much on Teamworkverse, and the last two OC chuunins who spy on Naruto POVs -- antisocial guy from Kagami Jin's clan, and old warhorse woman.

I just can't keep this monsterverse contained, it's all over the place. x____x;

Anyway, I fail hard at NaNo this year. Total word count so far: 600~. And not even all of it on the same fic. I lose and fail. -___-;

"If that can make the Council feel better," she'd said back then, when they told her the condition to participate in the tournament. "I don't mind. To be frank, I like it better that way." And she'd smiled at Tsunade-sama, and allowed them to place another flow-restrictive seal on the chakra pipeline between her and Naruto. Because even though she'd only been Tsunade's student for a few weeks, already she felt stronger, and more confident, and she didn't want that crutch to be too easy to lean on. There were too many strings attached.

Chakra to feed the child, that was all she really asked for, and chakra to keep herself alive in case everything else failed, though it might burn her to death before it could do any good.

It burned now, molten metal in her belly, breaking past the seal dam, forcing its way through her system. She fell to her knees with a little gasp. Her first instinct was to resist the flow, but it would just end up bursting through anyway. Convert, she needed to grab hold of it and convert it to something she could use, but there was so much of it.

Sitting duck, she thought, and tried to make herself move because her inner clock told her it had been too long and their enemies wouldn't have the decency to wait until she got a handle on the demon chakra flood. She allowed some of it to pour down her arms, through her skin, making her fingernails ache and her muscles clench, and forced her eyes open.

The world was painfully bright at first, a hundred snapshots too vivid for her brain. The colors seemed slightly off.

But not enough to mix up red and blue.

Naruto's eyes weren't blue.

And to finish, a random drabble!

Sakura hid the trigger spring of her trap under a couple of leaves and crept a little farther through the bushes. The place was lousy with rabbits; hopefully they would have something to eat tonight. On her right, Sasuke kept watch against the predators who no doubt knew about all that delicious bouncing meat. On her left...

"Sakura-chan! Look, look, I made a spiral on that tree!"

Sakura knew better. She really did.

She looked anyway.

On the bark, there was a wet spiral, a little wobbly but otherwise very... spirally. Naruto was still standing there, his penis in hand.

She gaped.

He grinned.

"Naruto!"

Of all the instincts Naruto had started to exhibit, she dearly wished marking his territory hadn't been one of them.

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I've got about 1200... It's my first time and I'm failing hardcore. >__<
Going to renfest this weekend where there's no electricity so cut out another 3 days from the rest of November that I'm not going to be doing any writing for. Augh. ;___;

*fails with* T^T We can be team failure! blargh and woe and whine.

But renfest = yay. I hope you have fun. Are you going to dress up? ^__^

Yeah, I would hope to write some today but I need to get stuff ready to leave tomorrow right when class ends so... Maybe make that 4 days. xD;; *utter phailure liek whoa* Augh, and I was so excited to actually try it too. .___.

Omg it's total yay. One of the things that I look forward to the following year the second I step off the grounds haha. I'm going to be a pirate again, this year my hair's longer and I have some new bitch-boots.. :D

*faaaangirls*

I love your Teamwork verse~

♥ thanks hon. X3

A potential problem here is that Naruto decided to go "oh well I'm too tired to fight so I'll allow you to top, but it's just to be nice" and that gives the impression that Sasuke can only be seme when Naruto lets him. And while I like NaruSasu better than SasuNaru, and in my mind Sasuke actually likes being dominated sometimes .... but to give a more balanced overall view I'd have to write other sasunaru scenes where Sasuke actually tops because he's more seme at the time, and Naruto can't sneak by on a technicality. u.u; (but that's kind of like work. Ick. D: )

here's something to keep in mind... Seme and uke can have a prety broad definition... It can be refering to attitude OR sexual position... I've seen some people be the 'aggressor' while being screwed, and such, easily. Not that Naruto or Sasuke come even close to the idea of a Pushy uke, or a wimpy Seme... just something to keep in mind.

To actually fix the issue though, maybe it'd be better to write a few non lemon scenes that illustrate this sort of thing.. Maybe have sasuke try to start something like this again (with his "i'm going to fuck you" sort of attitude) and have naruto basicaly go "nu-uh!" and have the scene 'fade out' while they're wrestling over it, or something. Explain sometihng Sakura is doing or something... then cme back to them after, and go right to the laying around, naked, sexed and sated stae without actually saying who "won"... or, leave it ambigurous for half the scene, then reveal who was on the bottom, and have them surge up for "revenge" :3 and disolve off into another battle or something maybe. Maybe cut back to sakura.... have her come home or whathaveyou, and come in on themm showing whoever was on the bottom gettign to top now... and perhaps her joining in or something. But only when they're so totally in to what they're doing that her presence obviously isn't going to change that fact that whoever toped whoever.

That way, it shoes that ther's sometimes a bit of comflict about who's 'seme', also shows that that conflict is resolved with only a few bruises... and you'll end up showing later I'm sure that the conflict isn't always there by having someone just easily accept that, yep, I'm going to be fucked now. or something. :)

I dunno. ^^;

Yeah, but when I forget to think about it I tend to make Naruto seme in attitude as well. x__x;

leave it ambigurous for half the scene, then reveal who was on the bottom, and have them surge up for "revenge" :3 and disolve off into another battle

Hee! I like that. X33

Thanks hon ^^ Though I think the problem at the moment is that there's very little space for romantic interaction, and the last two times I managed to slip something in (the shower scene and the river scene), both times it was naruto going HUR HUR HUR SEXXXX and Sasuke going "no! ... mmh. ... we shouldn't. ... maybe -- iyaan -- no wait~" XD;;; Granted in the shower scene Sasuke had in-control moments but Naruto's POV showed he allowed it, he wasn't swept away.

But then again that was only the latest two scenes. Argh, why so much plot and action and so little time for relationship stuff. XDD;;

..I had something constructive to say, but i forgot it after reading that last drabble. *giggling*

Woe! my constructive feedback. XD

*lovelovelove* ahh, the peeing drabble was supposed to be part of the actual fic at first. hahaha XD;;;;

When working out your SasuNaru scenes you might want to consider showing Naruto enjoying being on the bottom as apposed to or in addition to trying to show that Sasuke can top too. If you want to show that Sasuke can top without Naruto's permission than you could also show Naruto wanting to bottom (at least occasionally even if he won't admit it) even when Sasuke's not pushing for it. They don't have to fight to be on the bottom or anything, but it's another aspect for you to work with.

On a related but slightly different note, I really like the bit's you've posted so far today and I can't wait to read them if and when they're posted.

heh, yeah. The issue now is HOW. T____T *fret fret fret* like I don't have enough stuff to write yet... XD Ahh.

Thank you. ♥

I’ll tell you this, dear: Don’t be shy about making the fic 80+ chapters long. I love super-long fics when I’m enjoying the story, and I’m definitely enjoying the Teamwork universe. =)

I support goal #1 a lot. AND goal #2 (I wonder which of them is going to be involved. ~~(I hope it’s Naruto and Sasuke. ♥)~~
And yes, #3 is seriously needed. ~~(Get the crowbars and pliers, people; Sasuke’s a tough one!)~~

(*shades eyes*) Ohhh boy . . . here they come . . .

(I review as I read.)

~ Lol, I like the differences in what each sensei does to them: yelled at, lectured, and frowned at. Cool. And (!)missed some problem areas(!) yikes! ____ D’aww, cuddle time. ^_^ ____ Hee hee, can’t get away so easily, Sasuke. ^_^ ____ I have got to see a picture of this tangled-limb scene. It’s cute! =D
~ Sex rules: Why not stick this among the Teamwork drabbles if you’re not sure? ____ (*to all three*) TWO BY TWO!! . . . “Mack on someone,” what? What’s that mean? ____ Heehee, love Sakura’s reaction to all of Naruto’s angles. ^^ ____ That’s the hugest compound-petname I’ve seen. (*amused*) ____ (*snort*) And Sasuke takes the “dickless wonder” comment so blasé-ly. My mouth dropped open! XD ____ “Sexy mistress of pain~” Good one. God, I hope there’s more to this piece later! I VOTE FOR TWO-ON-TWO!
~ Naruto Coming Out: I like the idea of the section being in Hinata’s POV. I don’t hear enough of that. ~~(Then again, I never exactly look for it either to begin with. ^^;)~~
~ Sakura Coming Out: ~~Say, Lee knows she’s pregnant, right?~~ ____ Lee’s enthusiasm . . . so charming. . . . ♥ Love his firm and resolute line, “Ohh. As any good training should be!” ____ Nice touch: “He’s good at guilting people into working, and more so because he doesn’t even mean to do it.” I can see that. ____ I wonder if Lee’s itching to go faster. ^^;; Naahhh, he might think the moment to talk and do something with Sakura would be worth it. =) ____ Question answered: He doesn’t know. Man, I hope he’s not too heartbroken. =( ____ (*snort*) Well, that came out suddenly. Lee’s theatrical, “do you mean…?” I wonder if he was going to come to a different conclusion than what Sakura just admitted. ____ My goodness, he’s loud! (I hope he’ll be alright. *worried*) ____ Oh! Okay, so he already moved on a bit from the idea of her being with him. Well, that’s better. Still, you’re right about it being startling when his younger friend is pregnant. I mean, wow. ____ I like your goal for their interaction. Yeah, Lee would probably feel down for a while, but I can see him holding his head up after a bit and telling himself, “Okay . . . move on,” or something.
~ Sasuke Coming Out: Good luck with Sasuke; he’s the most emotionally complex character of the three, in my opinion. Especially when anything uplifting comes into play.
~ SasuNaru: YAAY, twosome!! And Sasuke tops?! ♥ ♥ ♥ ____ Lol, “drunk elephant.” Look out! ^^ ____ First two inches of WHAT, I wonder? (*nudge*nudge*) ____ Heh. For some reason, I love the first “…Ow” part. ____ Interesting—he remembers what caused each wound. ____ Ahhhh—t! First subtle move: He’s behind Naruto now! ^^ (Sorry, I’m being silly.) ____ (*GLEAM!*) Go for it, Sasuke! =DDD _____ Niiiiiiiice. Love all the growling that turns into near-purring. I really want to read the rest of this when it’s done. =D ♥ ____ Well, how ‘bout writing porn FOR FUN instead of WORK? I like where this scene is going, and I also see your issue about Naruto having to let him top or not. I’m no expert at writing, but maybe Naruto wouldn’t mind it going the other way once in a while.

zrina did a good job covering that in her fics. If you ask me, the fact that they’re having intercourse at all means that someone’s been “letting the other top him.” I know Sasuke fights a bit but slowly relaxes; so why couldn’t Naruto do something like that, too?
~ NaruSaku: I hope she’s the one giving the oral. In The Night, we saw it vice-versa.

(to be continued . . .)

~What-if? talk: Surely Sasuke isn’t always that self-conscious. ____ Heh—he’s got a point, Sakura; you do retaliate a lot. ^^ ____ Hehehe, love the “weird” feelings. And I notice that Naruto didn’t include himself as a girl. ____ And the mood just drops. ¬_¬ ____ Love the tense moment about whether Sasuke would’ve asked Sakura out, and then how Naruto dispels it a bit by that image of Sasuke being scared and running. XD I also like how Sasuke admits a bit to himself that he’s got problems. Just a bit. ____ Love his mental grumbling. ____ Verrrry cool part about bodyguards and assassins. =D ____ And now it’s heated! What volatile emotions! ____ Lol, “Yes -- wait.” XDD This is such a rollercoaster, it’s fun. ^^ ____ (*snort*) Nice one, Sakura. ____ You’re doing an excellent job of portraying Sasuke here, I swear! =D ____ I like that abrupt ending, but you’re right about “what then?” And they’ve got enough of a rift already; I sometimes think it’ll finally close over (enough to count) sometime in the next evolution or something. Still, did it have to be a yes or no answer? Couldn’t he have said something like “Maybe . . . but probably not,” or something? Okay, next part. ____ I wonder if he’ll regret those words later. It’s probably true, what he said, but it still felt like he was lashing out a bit. And the way that part ended . . . I feel like Sasuke still felt defeated. Almost like he wants Itachi to come first. It makes me wonder if Naruto and Sakura challenged him now (and themselves) and just told him to go and do what he has to do . . . to move on, or whatever. Then he’ll have to face more directly, “Do I really want to leave? Do I really want to miss this opportunity to keep this going?” Early on in the TW universe, he seemed okay with having a family, albeit wary. Now we get this question of whether he’d stay or not, and the scene ends with the feeling that he’s not happy to be here. It sort of turned around and twisted inside-out on me, I think. =/

(*phew*) Okay. Keep going, Garmiet, keep going. . . .
~ TW 2.5: I really want to see the signature kickass moves. ____ MEAN, belittling Naruto’s techniques like that. D< ____
~ After TW3: There’s gonna be an AFTER?? =DDD ____ Ooh yeah, I gotta see Sexy no Jutsu Sasuke. ♥ ____ That’d be cool if it was the start of a sequel epic to the Teamwork epic.
~ Thing: . . . Tails? =D ____ That many tails must make it hard to sit down. Or would it be easy-ish due to cushioning? ____ And the moral is: DO NOT let Naruto OR Kyuubi get bored; especially at the same time. Lol, “and here we are.” XDDD So dry. ____ (*snicker*) And Naruto didn’t even notice his feet. XD This is great. ____ Naruto’s even yipping, too! You know, I’d really like to see a mini-doujin thing of this scene, it’s so silly. ____ Cool, Sasuke’s amused. If Sakura had been there, it’d be, AGH!NO!BAD!STUPID!DANGEROUS!ETC!worryworryworry! ____ I liked this! ♥

~ I wanna see more of Hanabi! ^_^

Good lord, missy, you’re gonna be BUSY!! ^_^

(*PHEW*) Almost there, almost there . . . (*pant*pant*)

TW3 Preview: Oh, AWESOME! Loved the mini-flashback there, and how it melted into the present scene! (*excited*) ____ Looooove the effects the chakra’s having on her. Very vivid and cool. ____ Neat little cliffy, too!

Drabble: Lol. “Sakura knew better. She really did. / She looked anyway.” XD ____ Ahahaha, somehow I knew that was the case! XDDDD

wow, pretty much stuff to think about...

i think on one point sakura will need sasukes assurance that he stays with her (i write her on purpose - and not them - because i think that she knows that his relationship with her is different than that to naruto) - NOT just because of the baby. she needs to know that he cares about her as a person and not just as the mother of his child.
i really liked the part when sasuke was talking about itachi as his no. one priority and blood being thicker than water. i know he's angry, and scared and everything comes so sudden for him - but sakura's the one with the hormones going crazy, the doubts about love, the uncertainty if this is about her or the child...
i thinks it's easier with naruto and her, because he openly tells her, how much she (and sasuke) matter to him

narusasu: i've to agree with uneko - it's not allways the one on top the one in charge =) i could imagine sasuke being an ass about "ok your're on top but I have the last word if and when you come" ^^

gaara/naruto: *gg* i'd love to see a jealous sasuke and sakura - both going like: he's mine/ours not yours =)

J'imagine que tu as déjà retourné tout ça dans ta tête des dizaines de fois, mais bon XD

Par rapport au fait que tu as l'impression que Sasuke ne pourra prendre Naruto que lorsque Naruto le laisse faire, bien on peut retourne ça dans l'autre sens et dire que Sasuke ne laisse Naruto le prendre que quand il le laisse faire aussi...

Si un moment, Naruto est plus agressif et que Sasuke, en ronchonnant bien sur, décide de le laisser faire, la situation peut très bien être retournée et dire qu'une journée c'est Sasuke qui est plus agressif et Naruto le laisse faire pour éviter une bataille qui lui tente pas. De même parfois, il y a bataille pour avant de décider parce que les deux sont plus agressifs.. Serait drôle de voir une journée où les deux sont plus relaxe : c'est toi. non c'est toi XD Me semble oui XD

It's smart of you to have gotten this all down, so that you can come back and make sure the pieces fall into place...

I look forward to reading the first twosomes, I think the NaruxSaku one is already written? I'll find out when I get there. Same with the sex scene from the end of TW2, I read it but didn't comment yet, I want to reread and savor it n.n

I like Sakura's coming out... "-- The triumph of true, enduring love!" Poor Lee. And Hinata, of course...

I like the beginning of the onsen sex... yay demanding Sasuke!

That's a wonderful "what if" conversation. I see that as one of the intimate moments that you said you wanted to have. It really is interesting to ponder, and I found their discussion engaging. I like your description of Sasuke getting hives around people who love him. It's true, he really does chafe easily under affection. I also liked the section where he said that Itachi comes first. You're right, that would make things a lot more complicated.

I'm interested to see Teamwork 2.5 whenever you write it (if you haven't by now, again, I'll find out)

I always enjoy sexy no jutsu Sasuke, so if that comes to fruition, it'll be cool.

Whether or not the kyuubi-attempted henge grows as a story, I don't care, that was just awesome.

I really like your InoTemaShika dynamics that I've read so far in your sidefics, so it'd be nice to see them in Teamwork. Same with the Hyuuga stuff. I guess the problem is that Teamwork is so Team 7 centered, and it's from the perspective of the three of them... I personally don't mind everything else being sidefics. I mean, you could always have stories run in parallel if you want to deal with other relationships, you know? It doesn't all have to fit together.

And finally... Naruto's tree marking is entertaining, it reminds me of when Kiba trained Akamaru to do something similar.

~Sara

Gah, I've had your awesome comments in my inbox for a week, telling myself "okay, today I answer!" and then I didn't. *is a bad asuka* .___. I'm sorry, hon.

The naruSaku is indeed already up! I think you found that out already. XD The sasunaru needs finished, but I need a more interesting angle for the sasusaku. It's just kinda boring and very undeveloped as it is.

The "what if" convo I definitely need to stick SOMEWHERE, it can *not* not happen. But, where... argh. *whinewhine*

Teamwork 2.5 still stalled... *sighflop* I think i'll get myself a progress bar like the ones used for nano and make it my big project the second i'm done with teamwork 3's chapter 7. >__> *DETERMINED*

The InoShikaTema triangle -- i started writing an interlude that is actually important to the plot of teamwork 3, and it's Ino POV! And I managed to slip hints about the triangle, i'm so happy. I can't wait to be able to post that interlude, my god, i'm in love with the POV. X3 As for the hyuuga stuff, I still like the notion, I just don't know how to use it or when it'll ever come up. maybe in teamwork 4 or 5... so, somewhere in the next century. So far it just doesn't affect the plot at all, so I didn't bother. XDD;;;

On to the next comment! ♥

Hon, I've taken FOUR MONTHS to reply to emails from some of my closest friends. Don't worry about it. The fact that you're replying is what matters <3

Yah, I read it, I just didn't comment. It was quite sexy though.

I know what you mean, it has to be hard to have a MOUND of story and then all these little snippets that don't fit anywhere perfectly... I hope it does work out though, you will be able to do it, I know it! *cheers for you*

The progress bar idea sounds good!

Sweet! I liked the Ino POV with her and Naruto that you wrote ages ago, I look forward to reading that interlude.

Oooh, I'm so glad you're already looking ahead to 4 and 5... It will go on forever, I becha :) As long as you don't leave the world with a cliffhanger when you're 100 and die of natural causes at your computer writing XD

I hope that wasn't too morbid... it's more of a statement of "I hope you have a long, happy life and never stop enjoying writing".

I'm not weird at all, I swear *shifty eyes*

~Sara

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teamwork whini -- um, pondering. HUGE POST OF DOOM.

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Part 1 of my review (sorry, it's huge)

Part 2 of my huge-ass "review"

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