[Fic] "Anatomy of a Fight" -- Naruto

[edenfalling]

200 words on Sakura, because damn it, medic-nin should be fucking scary to fight.

(Do not try to place this in canon, as I haven't read anything for the last, oh, hundred chapters at least. *is sheepish* But it was inspired by the past few months of plot, at least as I understand the storyline from reading askerian's chapter commentaries.)

[ETA: The AO3 crosspost is now up!]

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Anatomy of a Fight
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If she wants to kill Sasuke, Sakura knows exactly where to cut. She knows the major arteries and veins, where blood circulates in its fragile coils. She knows the joints between the bones, where tendons tie the limbs together and make motion possible. She knows the gaps between the vertebrae, where the spinal cord connects the brain to the body. She knows the gaps between the ribs, where the lungs can be torn and punctured. She knows the undefended gut, where a twist and tug of a knife can shred the intestines and set infection raging like a wildfire.

She could concentrate her anger and fear and pain and betrayal into a knife, a single strike. Naruto and Sasuke forget, in their shows of power, that one cut is all it takes to end a life. She can't overwhelm them, but she can be precise. She can make death swift. She can make death painless. She can simplify this war.

She doesn't.

She wants this to hurt. She wants Sasuke to remember. She wants him to live.

Sakura gathers chakra, lets it flow from her belly through her arm to her hand, and makes a fist instead of a blade.

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Inspired by the 4/25/10 15_minute_ficlets word #30: sharp

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You probably haven't noticed, but I have two 15-minute fic communities now! One is on Dreamwidth and the other's on LJ. So even if one misses a week, I have the other to supply me with words for my little finger-exercises.

*ponders energy level vs. desire to write to the other community's prompt tonight*

Comments

[leahnari.livejournal.com]

That was exactly the scene I was thinking of. Medic nin would be really tough to kill. Why does Kishi not do more with this? actually, nevermind. we know

(O_O PLEASE DO. THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW KISHIMOTO'S NOT GONNA DO IT, SO IT HAS TO SHOW UP IN FANDOM. IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA, PLEASE DO IT!)

[edenfalling]

I have no context for it... no, wait, I do have context. It's just that the context is a fic I have no intention of writing -- the actual sequel to "Tides," wherein Team 7, who are now officially missing-nin, go on an epic quest to take down Akatsuki and incidentally kill Orochimaru. *sigh* I dunno, maybe I'll write it as a random standalone scene someday.