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Title: requiem for a dream
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: Team 7
Rating: Teen
Summary: Freedom or death, happiness or loneliness. What’s real and what is a dream? SAKURA. SASUKE. NARUTO. Which will you choose?
Spoilers: Spoilers to everything up to 503.
A/N: To Sasuke, happy birthday, moron. To [livejournal.com profile] its_game_time, [livejournal.com profile] lokogato, and [livejournal.com profile] spunbymidnight; you three revolutionized my concept Sasuke, and from time to time, made me actually love the little bitch. Additionally, [livejournal.com profile] spunbymidnight, [livejournal.com profile] meteorfreak, I took one for the team here. Have some team time. AU in parts. Most parts.

when i grow up i'll be unstable )
[identity profile] shortitude.livejournal.com
Title: Rain
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] shortitude]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: Pain/Konan, Yahiko/Nagato/Konan
Rating: Mature
Summary: The rain makes her vulnerable. So does he. PAIN. KONAN. On how giving into one’s desires doesn’t always help.
Spoilers: Everything
A/N: For [livejournal.com profile] cynchick, that one Pain/Konan fic I owed you. Extremely belated, and I apologize for it.

will you bury me, will you carry me to the end )
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Title: Take It From History
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] shortitude]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: none
Rating: Teen+
Summary: It was a decidedly political manoeuvre that started the First Women‘s Revolt in Konoha. A very stupid one. The historians of Konoha speak. How Konoha dealt with it’s first porn-site.
Spoilers: Everything
A/N: So this was a plot bunny that came to me one night at 4am. I should warn that it’s completely meant to entertain and amuse. Therefore: CRACK!FIC alert! Also, trying a new writing style, too. A bit unbetad.

how to bring down a country from within: porn )
[identity profile] shortitude.livejournal.com
title: forever in your arms
fandom: naruto
prompt: LS!Naruto/Sakura, M-rated, older adults/with other lives or spouses
prompter: [livejournal.com profile] rearrangeable
summary: I just can't quit you. Warning: not a gay cowboy movie
A/N: set to the theme of Last Stretch, a most wonderful RP in scribbld. I'm sorry, Ash, in the end I did whatever the hell I wanted with that prompt. Suck it up, you still love me.

they're in the same boat, rowing in circles )
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Title: Devil You Don't Know [part one: Sasuke]
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: maybe-but-not-really!SasuSaku
Rating: Teen+
Summary: The perfect woman is a goddess in the kitchen, an angel in society, and a devil in bed. SAKURA. Drabble collection, multi-pairings.
Spoilers: Up to 445
Dedications: Look, [livejournal.com profile] p1st0l, I used those lyrics!
A/N: So. Here it begins. A collection of oneshots, drabbles, etc., with Sakura as the centerpiece of the pairing. Village bicycle, you ask? Yes, something like that. First stop, Sasuke. Lyrics go to Franz Ferdinand

Story 1: Sasuke )
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Title: The Gloves And Her
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: hinted Naruto/Sakura
Rating: Teen
Summary: When she's 12 years old, she takes pride in having the softest hands. At 15, she puts on black gloves and doesn't take them off. SAKURA. On growth, and beauty, and life.
Spoilers: Up to chapter 445
A/N: I dedicate this to everyone who has appreciated Sakura's growth. I only wish that this'll keep being canon-compliant even years from now. You hear that, Kishimoto? Good, good. Song belongs to The Killers. Pending edits.

And so, she grows. )
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Title: and she wore it like a trainwreck
Pairing: Ishida Uryuu/Haruno Sakura
Summary: It's very depressing, this story that we have. ISHIDA. SAKURA. Wouldn't have been better if it had fallen from the sky.
A/N: All [livejournal.com profile] scuttling's fault. Forever. The x-over fic from hell. Beware of angst.

All I am in this world is a sewer. )
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Title: Girls: Interrupted
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Sakura/Tenten
Rating: Teen (even if there's a small part that hints at Mature)
Summary: She was very sure she liked boys. At least, before kissing her. SAKURA. TENTEN. You're not born knowing these things.
Spoilers: Up-to-date with recent chapters.
A/N: Ingrid, baby, this one's for you ♥. Also yes. Yes, I wrote a very long fic on sapphic romance, gasp all you want, but I had fun. These two deserve a lot of loving, and sometimes I doubt they can get it from their moronic teams. And so.

From a strategical point of view, the missions did not really deserve its B-rank. Tenten noticed that as soon as they reached the bathhouse. It was at this place where the girls for the brothel were supposedly picked up, and in this place where Tenten and Sakura hoped to get picked as part of the future staff. )
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Title: In Thirteen Steps
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Shikamaru/Sakura
Rating: Teen (even if there's a small part that hints at Mature)
Summary: It doesn't always end up as planed. SHIKAMARU. SAKURA. The road is the fun part.
Spoilers: Up-to-date with recent chapters.
A/N: For Soo. I've given a try to a different thought process for this fic. Each part is inspired by one of the songs on the Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge by The Pierces; some fit entirely, some have a line that is just right, and others just set the damn tone. Unbeta'd.

Even if he hates troublesome girls. )
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Title: Canvas
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Sai, Sakura
Rating: Teen
Summary: There was an entry in regards to birthday parties. SAKURA. SAI. It's paved with good samaritans.
Spoilers: Everydamnthing. Set during Naruto's training with the frog – back when things weren't going to hell in handbaskets.
A/N: Writted for Sai's birthday, posted because I am so impatient.

and it's contagious )
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Drabbles dump; One Sentence Challenge recopilation.
fandom: characters: prompt
To request, go here.

après moi, le deluge )
[identity profile] shortitude.livejournal.com
Title: The Key Is To
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Sakura/Naruto/Sasuke
Rating: R/M/adult
Summary: Only she dragged them here and locked the door and hid the key. SAKURA. NARUTO. SASUKE. Sometimes, things have to be talked out.
Spoilers: [livejournal.com profile] last_stretch!verse, so technically AU
A/N: For [livejournal.com profile] rearrangeable. Why the hell is my first Team7 fic a total AU? (for those who're curious, the gist it: college team7!, split when Sasuke's clan was massacred and he pulled a Houdini and disappeared.)

started out as a feeling, and then it turned into a voice )
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Title: Two Things Sakura Did Not Do During The Invasion
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Sakura, Kakashi, Tsunade
Rating: Teen
Summary: She was a child of war; she could take it. SAKURA. On why medic-nins are vital, especially when disobeying.
Spoilers: Heavy on the 424
A/N: I was seriously not happy with the way Iruka shoved Sakura to the hospital—and not being seen fighting AGAIN—so easily after that EPIC kill-giant-centipede-in-one-blow-and-heal-girl scene. Therefore, this fic was born. Your could've-beens.

She was there for a reason. )
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Title: Daughter of the Water
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: genfic, Sakura-centered
Rating: Teen
Summary: ”It's been almost two years now. Still sure you can keep up?” SAKURA. On how the weak can get stronger, if they have ambition.
Spoilers: set pre-shippuuden.
A/N: Introspective Sakura drabble, pre-Shippuuden. Feels like I've only written gibberish, but bear with me as I get back into my fanfic writing phase.


Daughter Of The Water
Ever she flows
Like a veil undeciphered
~Treble Charger




Morning has always been a favourite time of hers. Contrary to popular belief, Rock Lee was not the only insane person in Konoha to wake up inhumanly early and run laps around the secret village. Quite surprisingly, the second one was Haruno Sakura; though her exercise was more precise and thorough than Lee's, thanks, partly, to her chakra control.

Each morning, or if you could call it that, Sakura would rise before the sun did, and make herself a cup of tea. As five in the morning drew close and the sun began to wink over the village of Konoha, she would equip herself fully, and leave her house. The air was always crisp and fresh during summer and spring, and even autumn at times. She'd walk for a few minutes, just until she reached the training grounds. Then her gloves would slip on, and she'd launch herself quickly to the branch of a tree, then another, and another. She'd run from tree to tree until the whole forest was covered, and then she'd take it to the buildings and the rooftops.

At the beginning, civilians kept complaining about waking up to the sound of someone running on the outer walls of their buildings, steps heavy like an elephant. They'd taken the complaint to the Hokage, who had dismissed them with an explanation that it was her apprentice's most vital training, and that, if they ever wanted to be healed by apt medic-nin, they should bear it and buy earplugs. That week the Konoha apothecary registered its highest sale on earplugs since Tsunade herself had been twelve years old.

Nowadays, no-one complained anymore. Rather, it had started to form part of the Konoha traditions. The bakers opened shops at six in the morning, the smell of coffee invaded the streets at six-thirty, Ichiraku Ramen had its highest clientèle when Naruto was in town; and each morning, sharp and predictable like the sunrise, the sounds of someone running on the rooftops of Konoha would be heard at quarter past six.

To be completely honest, a public survey had shown that more than half the population of Konoha never expected Haruno Sakura to raise above genin rank, and that a startling 25% expected her to stand waiting for the return of a certain Uchiha traitor, and prepare for her inevitable introduction to motherhood that would follow. A select few had hopes that she'd at least take the chuunnin exam once, and only three people believed that she'd make it past it—for the sake of anonymity, their names will remain unknown. Let it never be said that she was predictable.

Every morning as she ran, Sakura thought. It'd been a year and a half since Naruto left, and almost the same time since Kakashi did. It felt like yesterday only, she'd been accepted under Tsunade's tutelage, and it felt like eternity since Kakashi had chosen to take care of the boys' training over hers. She thought about that way too often; at first, her reaction had been to heavily dislike her former sensei for discarding her so easily on principle of being a bloodline-less, average girl. Now, she was grateful. If Kakashi had taught her anything back then, chances were that she'd have never gained that desire to do more. To be greater. Chances were she'd have stopped at chuunin, after years and years of training; chances were she'd have ended up dying in a mission with a rank higher than she could deal with.

But things weren't like that.

She was Tsunade's apprentice. She had the best chakra control between people her age that were not Uchiha. She knew as many ways of healing people as she knew ways of hurting them, all with her own bare hands. She'd done that, alone and unguided. No-one had told her to seek Tsunade. No-one made her talk to Kurenai at least once each week to remind her that as soon as her training under the Hokage terminated, she'd be counting on her to teach her proper genjutsu techniques; and yet she did it all the same. Sakura knew her strength and weaknesses now.

She had grown a lot in the aspect.

She was aware of how her looks could deceive people into thinking she was weak, and knew how to use that to her advantage. So maybe she was not Naruto, or Sasuke; maybe she had no special techniques, or bloodlines; maybe she had no tragic past.

But she had a goal.

The next time, she'd save them. She'd show them that she was as much part of Team 7 as they were; that she needed no protection; that she was no burden. That they should be proud of having her on their team, for she would one day surpass the current Tsunade in skill.

She had ambition. She had drive. She was not average because she'd been born normal; she was unique, because she had surpassed her averageness and climbed towards her mightiness. Like water, she flowed through life, eroding away at the obstacles, one by one. She learned. Slowly, but surely, she learned, and got better. She adapted, and changed. She got angry, and was calm. She gave life, and took it. She would be unstoppable, one day.

Every morning, at eight, Sakura finished her laps on the balcony of the Hokage tower. There, Tsunade would be waiting, a proud glint in her eyes. “It's been almost two years now. Sure you're still able to keep up, kid?” she would ask. And Sakura, daughter of the water, would always answer:

“Yes.”
[identity profile] shortitude.livejournal.com
Title: Fractured
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: Sakura/Sasuke (OMG, NOWAI)
Rating: Teen+ (for now)
Summary: The road to redemption is long and tedious. In company or alone, it seemed he was forced to take it. SAKURA. SASUKE. Or how to make a jerk feel again.
Spoilers: Everything in the manga.
A/N: Dedicated to [livejournal.com profile] its_game_time, the first person in this world capable of making me love SasuSaku. This will never be as good as our rps, honey, but I’ll sure as hell try. || Inspired by [livejournal.com profile] 30_breathtakes. || Additional comments: Sasuke's blooming denial is the funniest thing to write. Hands down.
Theme used: 3. the look in your eyes

There was no justice in the world! )
[identity profile] shortitude.livejournal.com
Title: The Good Listener [chapter 3]
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: Sakura/Kimimaro
Rating: Teen
Summary: ”My kingdom for a breakaway.” Unfortnately, Sakura’s kingdom isn’t that big, and the breakaway isn’t that eager to help. SAKURA. KIMIMARO. On bookstores, low budgets, secret jobs, chance encounters, and an old lady with really long hair. Who is actually a young man.
Spoilers: AU. Heavy on the AU.
A/N: I GOT THE MUSE BACK! And it’s all thanks to DeGlace. Did you people know she updated Marrow again? After so long. I’m deliriously happy. Everyone should go read it. As usual, this is still homage to you, DeGlace. Spreading the KimiSaku love, one AU at a time!

I'm doomed to celibacy. Forever! )
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Title: Fractured
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: Sakura/Sasuke (OMG, NOWAI)
Rating: Teen+ (for now)
Summary: The road to redemption is long and tedious. In company or alone, it seemed he was forced to take it. SAKURA. SASUKE. Or how to make a jerk feel again.
Spoilers: Everything in the manga.
A/N: Dedicated to [livejournal.com profile] its_game_time, the first person in this world capable of making me love SasuSaku. This will never be as good as our rps, honey, but I’ll sure as hell try. || Inspired by [livejournal.com profile] 30_breathtakes. || Additional comments: the most un-dramatic, un-angsty, un-depressing Sasuke trial ever written, I think. I swear I laughed myself silly writing it. I still hope it retains a bit of seriousness, though. Explanations on Sakura’s harsh attitude will arrive soon, don’t worry!
Theme used: 2. sun on your face

Here come the tears, the hug and the smiling. )
[identity profile] shortitude.livejournal.com
Title: Fractured
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: Sakura/Sasuke (OMG, NOWAI)
Rating: Teen+ (for now)
Summary: The road to redemption is long and tedious. In company or alone, it seemed he was forced to take it. SAKURA. SASUKE. Or how to make a jerk feel again.
Spoilers: Everything in the manga.
A/N: Dedicated to [livejournal.com profile] its_game_time, the first person in this world capable of making me love SasuSaku. This will never be as good as our rps, honey, but I’ll sure as hell try. || Inspired by [livejournal.com profile] 30_breathtakes. || Additional comments: if you’re looking for love in the first chapters, look somewhere else. If you’re looking for a Sakura that will whimper and promise to never ever leave his side, look somewhere else. If you’re looking for angst, drama and the slow process of two people realising things about each other, and the other, this is where to look.
Theme used: 1. wind in your hair

It was preposterous. Unthinkable. Shameless. The last Uchiha, chained like a dog. By her. )
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Title: Grandeur
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: Deidara/Sakura
Rating: Mature (like totally)
Summary: When she started to heal the burned body in the forest, she’d thought he was Sasuke. Her mistake spun her world upside down. SAKURA. DEIDARA. When the world you know is not enough, where do you do to?
Spoilers: Starts being AU after the Sasukevs.Deidara battle in that he lives, and shit like that.
A/N: OR, How To Write An Epic Fic In A Oneshot. (22 pages of Word. Whoa.) [livejournal.com profile] korinacaffeine is at fault for the initial idea, and the times she pulled me out of a tight spot with this fic. [livejournal.com profile] alory_shannon also gets a dedication, because she’d the best fucking Deidara I’ve had the pleasure of rping with, so there. I have so many things I’d like to say about this fic. But I won’t. I’ll let the fic speak for itself. Read on. (Please mind the rating, though. Seriously.)P.S. Unbeta-ed. Seriously? If you see a mistake, something that's spelled wrong, I don't give a damn, man. I just spent two days writing 22 pages, okay? I'll proof-read it tomorrow or something.

To be completely honest, Sakura had always found explosions to be something beautiful to watch from a safe distance. )
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Title: Hazardous Missions 101 [chapter nine]
Author: Cella [[livejournal.com profile] stereotype_vamp]
Fandom:Naruto
Ship: Genfic
Rating: Teen+
Summary: “I’m going to hell.” “Now, Sakura, becoming a teacher won’t get you in hell.” SAKURA. CHILDREN. On teaching, slices of life, children, learning, bitch-fights, useless missions, more children, clones, campfires, girl troubles, even more children, and lots of ninjas.
Spoilers: None.
Dedications: To Rose, Jen and Sorah. They all know who they are, and why they’re so utterly important to me. Thanks for the boost. If this doesn’t work, IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT.
A/N: College has started, but I’m back with a new chapter at last! I haven’t lost my inspiration for this fic, which is a good things. To the five or six people still reading this, thanks. I’m hoping the updates will be more frequent from now on. If not, feel free to kick my ass in reviews. Please mind the notes at the end of the chapter.

They're my children, of course. )

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