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first meeting prompts // closed

@leafbelief​ asked:  BREAK  IN . to Sasuke [pre-shipudden era. C rank mission]

A village where the ill disappeared and no one knew why. Team 7 were given the mission to simply infiltrate the village and gather as much information as they could and then report back and the current hokage will weigh the risk of promoting the mission from its rank C to a rank A. However, the group had met one sick girl and her mother that were worried sick for her. Tey’ve heard her story, the girl had to witness both her older brother and father murdered before her eyes, had leaf jonin not been around to protect her, her life owuld have been lost as well.

Her story of course resonated with Sasuke, after that fight with Gaara..to realize that there were other threats in the world other than his own brother shook him to his core and what shook him even more is that he’s come to know that he simply did not want to live in a world where those precious to him were taken once again. Whilst he’d never openly admit it now that things were calm, Sasuke would sooner die than to let anything happen to his comrades, Sakura was annoying but she also possessed a skill to analyze a situation and devise a sound strategy. Kakashi was his mentor and the person that slowly began to fill the void that Itachi had left behind, he once again relived the joys of having an elder brother and then there was Naruto, noisy, obnoxious, and somehow always slipping further and further ahead of him. It infuriated him and yet excited him as well as he wanted to test the blond’s resolve.

The team enjoyed another uneventful day that changed once the moon had made its appearance into the sky. Within the guest room the team were fast asleep upon individual futons lined next to one another. Something scurried into the house, it was small, dark and moved rather swiftly. However, once it stopped at the little girl’s bed it began to squeak. It was a rodent, a rat and its eyes glowed an eerie azure once the girl woke up and looked into them. Overcome by a hypnotic jutsu as it began to lead her out of the house. It seemed both Sasuke and Naruto felt something..odd as they both were roused awake. Sasuke silently  signaled him to stay quiet as he swiftly left his futon and began following the girl outside. What they said within the town was..odd. There were others just like the girl, being led out of their homes by a rodent and were made to stroll towards the open field. They continue to follow and follow until they vanish in thin air right before them. “What?!” 

@leafbelief​ said: ‘ why do you act so weirdly? ’

‘   i can see that ...    ’

there’s something akin to a laughter,   iruka thinks,   that almost slips up   -   watching naruto trying to hold on tighter to the obviously irate cat.    tora,  the daimyō’s wife cat,   is   ...    certainly a notorious tale.   second only to naruto’s fame for outrageous pranks,   iruka bets,   but he doesn’t voice the comparison aloud.   instead,   he stands,   eyes already going over any scratches or bumps naruto might’ve sustained.    in his head,   iruka’s already counting the amount of bandages and oilments he may need.

‘    good job,  naruto.   but   -    you do know the job doesn’t require you to actually capture the cat by hand,   right ?    ’     he tries explaining properly,   but feels endeared all the same.    it’s amazing to see how much naruto grows,   how hard he works.   he’d   ...    he’d only needed someone,   anyone,   to believe in him,   huh ?   (   guilt,  for a moment,  strikes iruka;   for failing the boy,   for not doing anything else sooner.   )   but he shakes the thought off,   plays at a sigh,  and crosses his arms :   ‘    i’m pretty sure i’ve covered seals and barriers technique plenty of times in the academy,   if only someone didn’t try to skip class half the time   ...    ’

a beat,  then two.   before iruka smiles again,   good-naturedly.   he ruffles naruto’s hair,    proud.   ‘    i’m off the mission desk right now.   if you’re done with submitting the report along with the rest of your team,   i have the time to teach you some barrier ninjutsu if you want ?   we can grab ramen later,  too,   if you’re hungry.    ’

❛               hey    ,    naruto    -    kun    .               ❜                           .    .    .    kurama    -    san    .                                  only  thoughts  reach  out  to  the  kitsune  ,  not  that  lee  expects  him  to  answer  .               (               still    gai    -    sensei    raised    him    to    be    polite               )                the  lack  of  youthful  vigor  in  his  voice  ought  to  tell  of  bad  news  before  any  words  left  him  .           it  was  always    HIM    ,  the  picture  book  jinchuriki  ;  the  leaf’s  ambassador  .     but  lee  was  always  more  connected  to  his  fellow  jinchuriki  than  the  village  he  was  supposed  to  die  protecting  .                       and    he    wasn’t    ridiculed    the    bijuu    friend    for    nothing    .                                       ❛               akatsuki    got    their    hands    on    son    goku    -    san    a    few    hours    ago    .              we    lost    contact    .               ❜

‘    hey,  no   -    don’t sit up too soon.    you’re in the hospital,  naruto.   don’t strain yourself.    ’