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Ghosts

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SasuSaku Month 2018 – Day 6: Ghosts
Rating: T
Context: A little non-canon compliant.
A/N: Continuation of Day 5. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy it! 

His thoughts turned back to the kiss. Again. It was all he could think about. The way her lips felt incredibly soft and plump against his, and the way her petite body felt against his. He hadn’t meant to kiss her so suddenly but his body moved on it’s own. They’d left the Uchiha compound shortly after in silence. A permanent blush seemed to be etched on Sakura’s cheeks as he made sure she made it home safely. He had laid awake in his own bed at Naruto’s apartment for the better part of the night. Despite the fact that he had to leave for the mission in less than three hours, sleep eluded him like the plague until he had no choice but to get up and get ready.

The mission had been simple. Escort a well-known diplomat through the border of Fire and Wind country. It had only taken three days to complete and now his team, consisting of Kiba and Akamaru, Sai and Yamato, were headed back to Konoha. At least, that had been the plan until his instincts began going haywire and alerted him of foreign chakra around them. He barely had a chance to open his mouth to warn the group when a series of explosions rocked through the forest around them.

They barely managed to escape the debris caused by the explosions when a heavy mist descended on the group. It was enough to put him on edge because even his sharingan had trouble seeing through it, meaning they were sitting ducks if they didn’t move.

“12 enemy shinobi,” Yamato informed them. His hands were touching the ground and feeling the chakra vibrations through the earth. “They have us surrounded.”

“Surrender Sasuke Uchiha and we’ll let you live,” a man’s voice broke through the thick mist. “We have old unfinished business with him.”

They frowned in confusion and glanced at Sasuke. He certainly didn’t recognize them so they must mercenaries looking for a bounty. He did rack up quite a sum in the Bingo Book. That, or he’d somehow encountered them during his time with Orochimaru. After all, he hadn’t been the most honest of shinobi for a time in his younger years.

“I’m afraid we can’t do that,” Yamato called out. “He’s a Konoha shinobi and we don’t turn over our comrades.”

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SSM 2018 Day 5: Height Difference

Tall Sakura AU

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Sasuke didn’t notice it at first. When his
foolish teammates barged into the Sound hideout in their misguided attempt to
heroically rescue him from the old snake, he only saw them next to each other
from a distance. Looking from above, the difference between Naruto and Sakura
wasn’t apparent, so he didn’t think much about it. On the bridge in the Land of
Iron his vision was almost gone, just like his mind, consumed by the burning
hatred, so even if the blurry pink head was a little higher than it should be,
he didn’t care.

During the final battle with Kaguya, Sasuke
managed to get through the dimensional portal just in time, swapping himself
with a discarded vest. His arm shot out to catch Sakura as she swayed on her
feet from tiredness. He was holding her up, their eyes met on an even level and
Sasuke noticed it.

Sakura was tall.

He didn’t pay it much mind though. In their
genin age the height difference between them was almost non-existent, so he was
used to it. Then he grew up and Sakura did too, it was nothing important
really. He’d rather enjoy their moment of closeness for as long as it lasted.

The next time he noticed it, he was actually
leaving the village for his journey. He was going to poke Sakura’s forehead
when he realized that he was very slightly looking up at her, his eyes on level
with her nose. Was Sakura that tall before? Sasuke glanced down in
consternation, expecting to see impractically high heels, but Sakura was
wearing flat boots. She really was taller than him. How did this happen? When?

Sakura must have read his curiosity from his
face, because she rushed with explanation. “Oh yeah, you were away for so long,
so you didn’t know about it. Naruto really freaked out when he returned from
his training with Jiraiya. I mean, I’m now the tallest girl in Konoha! Strange,
huh? I probably got the height from my dad, just like the hair. It’s a little
embarrassing. I’m taller than most guys I know,” Sakura babbled, twirling a
pink lock around her finger. A new thought dawned on her and she gave him a
slightly panicked look. “It’s-it’s not a problem to you, Sasuke-kun? We’re
almost the same height, but some guys don’t like taller girls, so-”

“It’s fine.” Sasuke reached up and tapped
her forehead, effectively stopping the waterfall of words spilling out of her
mouth. Sakura looked at him with wide eyes and he smirked. She was still so
annoying. As if something as trivial as her height could ever bother him.

“See you next time.”

Sakura blushed, then a playful grin entered
her expression. Before he could react, she leaned in and kissed his forehead in
retaliation.

“For luck,” she told him, stifling a giggle
at his momentarily dazed look. “Stay safe on your journey.”

“A-Aa,” he replied with a waver, the
tale-telling heat travelling up to his cheeks, then he swiftly turned around
and started walking. He didn’t anticipate she’d turn tables on him so easily.
The forehead poke was his very special sign of affection, but Sakura also gave
him quite a memory to remember her by. He was going to dream about those
impossibly soft lips brushing against his skin for many nights to come.

Sasuke touched his tingling forehead with a
small smile. He’d underestimated the importance of height in a relationship.
Sakura now had an obvious advantage over him and she wasn’t afraid to use it.
But Sasuke didn’t really mind. He’d just have to find some way to get back at
her when he returns.

No one said Uchiha Sasuke ever backed down
from a challenge.

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ssm day 7: tanabata

SasuSaku Month Day 07
Title: Teru-Teru Bōzu, Teru Bōzu
Prompt: Tanabata
Rating: K+
Disclaimer
Day’s Fics
Day’s Notes: a look across the years.

Turning her head side to side, it still felt awkward to feel the ends of her hair skimming against her neck.

Passing all of the stalls, the noise of the busy festival sounded far away, as if she dunked her head under water.

The feeling was constant. Having Sasuke out of sight made it feel like her chest was collapsing in on itself and the air was thinning.

She was scared.

She couldn’t shake the feeling that if she took her eyes off of him for a moment that he would disappear.

“━kura-chan!”

Sakura paused in the middle of the street and turned. Naruto slowed down as he took his last steps to stand right next to her.

“I’ve been calling after you for a while now!”

Naruto’s face twisted into an ugly pout and Sakura sighed. She had told him she wasn’t going to attend the festival when he had tried to ask her on a date. She hoped he wouldn’t ask her about why she was out.

“I thought you were staying home tonight?”

There was a brief pause where Sakura didn’t know how to respond. If they still had the same relationship they did when they were Academy students she would have told him off and stormed away with a toss of her hair. But he was her teammate now and could be considered a friend despite his bratty attitude.

“Well now that you’re out we can at least watch the fireworks!”

Sakura smiled softly. Leave it to Naruto to stay upbeat.

But she didn’t want to see the fireworks with Naruto. She originally planned for Team Seven to go to the festival together so that even if it wasn’t a date, she could still be with Sasuke on a day that celebrated lovers.

Sasuke was in the hospital so there was no chance of a pseudo-romantic evening. She went to hang up her wish for his good health and was going to head home.

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