Tender Breasts Causes More Condition_symptoms Karin cried five times in front of Sasuke (and one time She Did not) [SasuKarin] [Oneshot]

thanks to Maybe Next Time . Truthfully, I'm not particularly proud of my work in this one, but I decided to dare and share it either way~ hopefully you guys enjoy the picturing these scenes as much as I do.
Next should be one in Sasuke's POV following this same formula though with a different theme, hopefully that one will come out better.

Five times Karin cried in front of Sasuke (and one time she didn’t)
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1.

There’s something missing in her chest—a certain beating that didn’t seem to be there anymore, and though she absentmindedly registers its absence she cannot really bXC She had felt their presence even before the snake-like man addressed her with his raspy voice, but in the state of numbness that she was in, she had barely registered the fact that one of the chakras that had arrived was anything but unfamiliar.

Yet when she hears his voice, something clicks in her head. And it’s with slight disbelief that she turns around only to find him there. He out of all people. The boy that had touched her in such an incomprehensible way, the boy whose smile she had spent weeks trying to leave behind, the boy who her mind insisted she would never see again but something— something stubbornly persisted such wouldn’t be the case.

That he wasn’t out of her life. Not yet. Obsidian meets red, and though something inside of her attempts to light up—like a
match
, weakly attempting to light itself only for a rush of wind to deem all its efforts useless, the sensation is gone before she can even attempt to bring herself to care. It leaves a trace however, like an echo of something that couldn’t come to be.

The emotion doesn’t leave him as fast as it leaves her though, and his eyes light up with recognition and surprise—but she watches it all as if it were alien to her. As if she were watching everything from behind a thick, damp glass.

She isn’t exactly sure of how it happens, and it’s only later that the words that were said would reach her—but all of a sudden she finds herself walking behind the boy and the man, Bowed her head and her unseeing eyes open But, barely Noticing the blood staining the ground just like it tainted Had her heart and her life missing. When

give up her knees under the weight of heartache and of disuse due to all the hours she Had Spent crouched and hiding, the solid wave of assaults her Thighs That pain travels Though her body like a shot of awareness and it sets Something Inside of her in motion. She's

Struggling to cope with her senses awakening Suddenly When I Reach Out to her.

"Hold on tight"

A gasp of surprise leaves her lips as she's no Longer Helplessly laying on the ground But Rather Being Carried and historical Against Securely held back. All she can see is black and pale skin, and her brain seems to register it with alarming clarity, her eyes no longer blinded to her surroundings.

Then the warmth of his back caresses her own cold skin through the fabric of his clothes, and she finds herself relaxing, her arms coming to loosely circle his neck and her head lowering to rest against his shoulder.


He is… warm
She doesn’t know what she
means
—his chakra, his back, his eyes. She doesn’t know it, and she doesn’t really mind, either. It was the first sensation she was truly feeling after everything that had happened, and the pieces of her shattered heart were starting to click together again and all the horror and the pain and the despair come to her in unstoppable waves.

The tears start falling then, her sobs being muffled by his shoulder, her hands clutching the neck of his shirt with all the strength she thought had left her. Her body shaking with all the life she thought had abandoned her.

Karin holds onto him as her emotions pour out of her like a storm that had been waiting to rain down. Sasuke remains silent, wordlessly carrying her. But the hold of his hands is firm against the skin of Karin’s exposed thighs, and the warmth that spreads through them to every fiber of her being, fighting off the heartbreak, means more to her than any words ever could.


2.


Some of the numbness remains hours later when she sits on a foreign bed, her back against the wall, her hands limply tied together on her lap, her eyes once again starting to lose trail of the world surrounding her. Her ears replaying angst screams she would rather forget, so that she almost misses the sound of the door opening just as she misses the movements of his chakra approaching her.

“You need to eat”

He tells her, and it takes her an uncannily long moment to notice the plate of soup he was holding on one hand. Its smell reaches her then, causing her stomach to churn instantly, so she feebly shakes her head before averting her eyes back to her entwined fingers.

“I’m not hungry”

“You still have to eat. You won’t achieve anything by starving yourself to death”

He doesn’t sound impatient, or annoyed, He Does not sound worried, either. Rather, it's like He Was Already expecting her disposition. The tone I Used Karin Reminds of the one her mother on her Used to Employ Sometimes painfully and her eyes sting Before drying up again, the arid feeling somehow even more stinging. The sheets crease

as I Sits down by her side, And When He extends a spoonful of hot soup Towards her she not can really Avoid looking at him, Even Though she Desires to.

"Eat"

He prods her on, voicing out What Had Been His eyes silently edging her on to do. Her brows Are Slightly furrowed, her lips curved downwards in a display of stubbornness That She Was barely Noticing, pero she Knew That Already Had she lost the battle, so sheKarin k That if she drank it all, Would she feel so much Better the Following Day, and her Dad and her Dad would- Would -

-Her Dad Had Been lying marred above-the body of her mother when to Karin exited her hideout underneath the stairs, His face unrecognizable under all the blood, cutting a deep gash Almost His body in half so Karin That Almost Could See His INTEST -

Sasuke barely have enough time to move away as Karin Suddenly Desperately sprints up and runs past him and Into the small bathroom of the room she Had Been Assigned To, only just managing to hold back the contents of her stomach for long enough to Reach the sink, and eleven she REACH IT Had the soup she drank all the flows backwards Which way up her throatr Better Judgement, picking up her glasses from the night-table as she swung her legs around the bed, her naked feet meeting the ground and Causing a cold shiver to run down her spine.

However, she still Does not bother to put her sandals on. She Does not Want to Waste Any Time, Does not Want to Risk Amount of losing whatever courage she Had Gatherer.
Located
His room was three doors away from hers, down the corridor, and Only When she's Facing Them Separating the wooden door does she start second guessing herself. Why

Had she come here? Just Because She Could not sleep Did not Give her the right to interrupt Sasuke's rest. I've Had Enough Already her helper Even When No One Had Asked to him, Had Been patient eventsWhen She Did not know how to welcome His aid. She Did not Have the right to ask for anything else out of him, I've Had Enough Already Done. And still

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knocks Are Her soft, barely brushing her knuckles Against the wood-but to Karin, they're loud

, Not As yet deafening as the Beatings of her heart Which WAS Trying to quiet her down and Thoughts Insecurities her, telling her Beatings STI
That She Needed
to do this-if She Did not Reach out to him now

, Then When

Would she learn how to do it? So she knocks

. She knocks on His door opens and I have the Karin Before it enough time to blink. It Was Almost Like I Had Been Expecting her,

waiting for her, because he doesn’t look surprised as his eyes meet hers. He simply wordlessly steps aside and walks back to his bed, graciously laying down with his body almost pressed against the wall, leaving an empty side wide enough for someone else to fit in.

On the days they have spent together and since her technique sharpened, Karin has unexpectedly become able to understand silences even better than she can understand words, and Sasuke’s silences were always particularly strident to her ears. So it’s quietly that she steps in the room and closes the door behind her, her feet soundlessly moving across the cold floor and towards the bed, which creaks slightly as another weight is added onto it.

She spends the night listening to his placid breathing as if itd, he wouldn’t be where he was today—he wouldn’t be alone with that man and there wouldn’t be so many shadows dancing behind his eyes whenever he wasn’t looking at her.

Her sight blurs.

How had he been capable of smiling at her with so much warmth and with such clear eyes just mere months ago? How had he been capable of reaching out to her in such a way when she could barely handle herself and the pain of mourning?

How? “…Does it get easier?” She inquires in a whisper, her voice barely audible even to her, so when her question is met with silence she simply thinks that Sasuke didn’t quite catch it—but still she cannot bring herself to voice it again. He takes her aback when he suddenly speaks over the murmur of the wind against their hair, his eyes still set on the horizon, looking at things she couldn’t see.

“You have to find the answer to that yourself” The ghosts of his past don’t stain his voice, but Karin can feel them with the most clarity in that moment, disguising themselves in his silence and in what remained unsaid.

The tears that leak from her eyes that afternoon aren’t due to her own pain.

And they’re both aware of that.




5.


She falls loudly on the ground, her limbs a clumsy mess of pained muscles assaulted by cramps. Her hair is sticky due to the sweat, and it glues to herthough he had been the one to work the hardest. The exhaustion is so great that it possesses every cell of her body until there’s no room for anything else, not even for a single remain of heartache, and despite that there’s something else building up inside of her as she watches him—something else that takes the place that heartbreak used to occupy and makes her attempt to prod herself up despite her trembling arms and legs.

At the end, when her knees shake so much that she can barely stand on her feet, Sasuke reaches out one more time and offers her his hand, helping her to rise up again.

0.




She chuckles loudly, the sound resounding in her lungs and reverberating throule, STI edges sharper Than They Needed to be, A Certain historical Possessing eyes glint and Adding Dark Corners That Were not There a moment ago.

"Hn, Is That so?"
Karin Does not Hesitate to nod, and As They Both look away and focus on Once Again The Sky Above Them, the silence befalls upon Them That is as bittersweet as Sasuke's smile Had Been . Karin But Pretends Not to notice it, Because she Understands . Had
She found her reply, But It Was The Opposite of his. Had not gotten
It Easier for him, not for a single moment, and She Could See That Clearly now. Could she see the rancor and the pain I have Carried with him Wherever I went, and she Also Knew That Would Such feelings bring him in the Hardshipsfuture. She Knew That with as much as she Knew Certainty That no matter how much she would like to, She Could Reach out to him in the way I Had Reached out to her, Because He Had Himself closed off a long time ago banging on walls and historical Would weitere only push him away. So she Would Have to wait. Wait Until He Was ready to let her in. And meanwhile, meanwhile she would stay by him-Would help him fight loneliness historical Without A single cry of war That Would announce her intentions. Because her answer -Had she found the answer, it wasn't only for her. It Was for him, as well.

It does get Easier One day
Would she make him see That, too.


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End

Play Pokemon In Your Mac

well as the development of her technique in a (mostly) realistic way. Also, I believe that there might be some OOCness present in Sasuke in this chapter (for which I deeply apologize); alas, in my defense, I've been re-reading old chapters of the manga and well, the differences between the Sasuke from then and the current one are quite staggering. Plus , the Sasuke I'm trying to write here is actually
this one right here (on the right, of course) , so I'm trying to present that particular un-Sasukeish behavior while still keeping him as IC as I possibly can. Hopefully my first try at it isn't so bad!

Maybe next time
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Chapter 1: Heaven&Earth ★ Chapter 2: The contestants ★ Chapter 3: Uchiha Sasuke
★ Chapter 4: Their struggles

Chapter 5:

Karin
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Karin clutched the handrail absentmindedly with one hand, her eyes following the two girls who had just concluded their match and were currently being picked up by their respective teachers. As the arena is left empty her eyes remain focused on it, but she isn’t really seeing anything. Her mind is elsewhere, mulling over all the things that had happened in an unbelievably short amount of time.

For starters, there no longer was anyone by her side and Karin Stood alone, as Ryuu Had Been Called out to fight as well, and consequently Had Been beaten. Had I done What He Could, But He Was utterly outmatched, and as soon as a tempest of bugs flew Towards him I Had His Hand raised and Given Up Without Any hesitation. She Was Remaining now the only one from her team, the only symbol of Kusagakure left standing. And With Each match That Went by, Another part of her body Began to tremble. By now, she has Been Able to see the kind of Abilities That Those Who Had advanced to this round-and she possessed an ounce of Did not Have Them. She Did not Have anything remotely comparable, nothing That Could Possibly help her hold her own Against Any of Them. Heck, She Did not even know how to do a
bunshin , for pity's sake. CHTate future, And Then more than ever her head starts to spin, Being Assaulted by Many Different Thoughts Karin is at once Until Almost dizzy Because of it left.
I Do not have a chance
It Was the Truth. The undeniable truth That She Had Never Attempt to hide Truly, Truly Attempt to never discard-but
Had Attempted to overlook, pero Briefly, and now it WAS coming back to bite her Because she never stopped to think Had What She Would Do eleven She Was Called forth. All Had she done is limit herself to hope, to pray for it to Not Be her turn-but That Had Been only postponing the inevitable, Karin Knew, and now the inevitable Had caught up to her and WAS Above her hanging like a heavy veil of despair. CHTMLX m here? That she Would Have to face an enemy all by herself, Without her team's support, and That She Did not Have the Abilities required for Such a task?
What? What Had she Desire To ACCOMPLISH? Why
she wasn't giving up?
It Would Be So Easy, just to raise her hand and let Them Know That She Would not Be fighting. Would it only take her a word to forfeit, and Would she save herself from all the pain and the undesirable experience, and she Would Also Be Able to stay and watch-through the rest of the fights. She Would not Have to make a fool of herself in front of Anyone Either, or at least she Would not Have to do it for long
Would Be
-it over and done with really Quickly, like�

And as the unspoken words echoed inside of her mind, Karin knew them to be true.
All her life she has been moving according to what other people desired. Her father wanted her to know about the shinobi world, so she had been enlisted in the village’s small academy, had begun to learn things that had never caught her eye. Her mother wanted her to be wise, so Karin had taken up on reading about other countries, places outside of her reach. Her village wanted her to be useful, so Karin helped in the little ways she could, aiding the old woman from the shop at the end of the street or the man who had lost his cat, and working the earth when she was allowed to.
All Karin had for herself was her passion for perfumes, a passion that s to believe that all that had lead up precisely to this moment.

To this match.

And above anything else, with a strength so fierce that she feels adrenaline running through her veins, Karin desires to believe that this can be the start of a different stage of her life. A growing up experience, perhaps. A coming to terms with what she
could be, and what she no longer wanted
to be.
How far am I willing to go, then?
Another voice inquired inside her head, and it sounded calm and resolute—resigned to what was to come. Prepared for it, even. But before Karin could think of a response, a voice interrupts her thoughts.

“You can forfeit, you know. You don’t have to fight her if you do "
A male voice says from behind her, and Karin turns back to find Ryuu, Who Had His Hands on His pockets and A Few bandages Covering the top of His Head. I Looked nonchalant, But Could see Karin slight concern 'in His eyes, and she Finds herself feeling grateful.
If There Was someone worried about her, Perhaps she Would not Have to worry so much about herself. They say


Big Change
start with small steps, Karin muses, and she lets go of the handrail. Ryuu's eyes widen, But He Does not say a word.
Then ... I'm ready to Give That step.

Karin smiles, tightly.
"Wish me luck"
She says with a thread of a voice, And Then begins going down the stairs.

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Sasuke stood bored with his arms crossed over the handrail, trying to ignore the pain that the seal brought him, which sent annoying pulsations from time to time. Truth be told, he was beginning to regret having argued with Kakashi in favor of staying to watch the battles, as there had hardly been anything interesting so far and with each passing battle there were less and less remaining for him.
That weird guy from the Sand had won in less than two minutes, and before that had been Aburame’s victory, which hadn’t been surprising as much as it had been disgusting; Sasuke might not say it aloud, but he was no fan of bugs, either.
Afterward it had been the turn of his
— Wait a minute , whispers a part of his mind, and Sasuke blinks twice before his brow furrows with slight curiosity. Could it be…?

He turns his head just in time to catch a familiar redhead beginning to walk towards the stairs, and as he watches her, he can’t help but to blink with surprise again. So… she’s Karin, huh?

His eyes narrow as he follows her every move, a certain something catching his eye.
Is she shaking?
“Sasuke, what did I miss, what did I miss?! Who’s up against who?” Inquires a voice as Naruto reaches his side, eagerly glancing around the stage, trying to catch sight of the contestants.

"That girl Sand Against the last team from the Grass" Sasuke replies blandly, looking at him Briefly Before turning back Towards the sand. "How's Sakura?" "She's fine, But she's still Unconscious" Naruto turns Towards him, Giving him a glare from reproaching That Were entre eyes narrowed to mere slits. "You Should Have Gone to check up on her, afraid!"

"What for? You and Kakashi Went Already, so someone Had to stay put two to fill you in, dobe "Naruto mutters Something under His breath, Sasuke manager to catch '

cold' and ' uncaring' and 'bastard ' , But He Does not bother in replying. Rather, His Eyes Are Once Again Following the redhead, andand positions, Karin Facing Sasuke's side of the upper level, while the Sand The Opposite faced girl.

"Umm ... Now, we'll be Starting the 5th match. Both Are you ready? "At a confirming nod from receiving part of Both girls, Hayate Gives a step back and Announces a Phrase That WAS by now all too familiar for Sasuke. "Then ... please begin" As soon as the referee finishes Announcing the start of the fight, the redhead Takes out a kunai from her kunai-holder, pero Doubling Slightly aside from her knees She Does not really do anything else. Does She slid Into Any stance, Does Adopt Any kind of defensive posture That Would Correctly allow her to deflect her opponent's attacks. And it's Precisely
That
which caught Sasuke's eye and Cause him to frown, His eyes widen Slightly.

She ... -!

"Kakashi?" I Begins, But Before I can say anything else His teacher has cut him short with a nod Meaningful.

"So you've Noticed it too, huh, Sasuke?" Sasuke turns Towards the gray-haired jounin Then, nodding tightly, No Longer His eyes widen narrowed But instead.

It's Rock Lee the one to speak Afterwards, Towards historical turning teacher as well, Reflecting the historical tone I felt curiosity. "What is someone doing Without Proper training shinobi here, sensei?"

The man who knows as Gai Sasuke Takes A Few moments to reply, and when to have it does he's still looking tightly over the two girhandrail as well, But I Also Remains tactfully silent. Kakashi nods Then, turning back Towards the sand, and Sasuke gets the feeling That this isn't the first time They've witness a situation akin to this. Alas, this WAS Sasuke's first time, and I can not help the lips His scowl That turns downwards and you cause fingers to curl Into His loose fists, the unfairness of the situation Causing anger and indignation to boil up inside of His body. "I see. And she's up Against that girl from the Sand, out of all people. Unless She Gives up, this Will not Be Pretty "Kakashi historical comments voice as calm as Every ounce Usually it WAS, and He Does not Even Towards Gai turn as the green-clad jounin grins proudly.

"I 'm impressed, Though, she will have a youthful! I Thought she'd give up as well, But she's there, Facing her head on! The flames of youth will help her THROUGHOUT the fight! "The student joins Then the teacher, and Sasuke turns away from the ruckus, Ignoring them both in order to stare at His teacher instead. "Can you do anything, Kakashi? Can not someone force her to give up? "The jounin

Gives him an unreadable look for a long moment Averting Before His Eyes and turning back Towards the sand. "I'm afraid I can not. I have no right to stop her, if she Wishes to fight "Sasuke historical narrows eyes ALREADY HAVING Such a response Expected But Still Not liking it any more. Neither of the two jounin Had seen the redhead sprawledon the ground, being just moments away from being devoured by a wild bear—but
Sasuke
had. He had witnessed it, and he had been the one to save her, so he knew better than they did just how helpless the girl truly was.

It wasn’t only that she was outmatched, she was
completely
outclassed—like a mouse that is thrown into the cage of a cat and doesn’t even attempt to run.
Why
had she decided to fight? What was she trying to accomplish? Sasuke doesn’t get it, and through his mind flash by images of a forest and an opponent whose killer intent had caused Sasuke to paralyze and be resumed to a shaking mess. But that was different , Sasuke thinks,de it alive out of the whole ordeal. So then, why ? Why the hell was she still standing there, with that harmless kunai meekly held in one hand and without a proper stance?

You’re being reckless.

He reprimands wordlessly, his eyes finally turning to look over the arena once again. It’s precisely then that the blonde speaks, changing the weight of her body to her right foot, her closed fan swaying slightly on her hold. “So you won’t come at me, huh? That’s fine, I felt like giving you that chance at least, but I’m tired of standing so… I guess this is the end for you”

Her back is turned to him, but he can still hear the smirk on her voice—can imagine it, cocky and menacistart to ache, and the boy Quickly clutches the skin marred with one hand, biting back a grunt of pain. By His Side, Kakashi turns Towards him, pero Sasuke His eye meets head on with a glare. "I'm fine

" Through gritted teeth I spats Before turning back Towards the fight, willing the pain to go away and Kakashi to mind His own business.

"It's like she's enjoying it ..." Lee murmurs softly, and none of them to be Doubts That Was Indeed the case. Regardless, when to Sasuke watches the way in Which Karin
Begins to stand up again-how she
Attempts to prod herself up on her quivering Elbows, Then onto her trembling hands, Then finally onto her feet, and this time her knees shaking so Were That much That It Was A Miraclen her voice, clear for all to see, is the annoyance she had been showing through her attacks, causing her lips to curve downwards into an ugly scowl. If Karin hears her though, she shows no indication of it. Her knees have finally stopped shaking and absentmindedly, Sasuke notices that the kunai she had been holding before was no longer on her hand. That little fact completely slips through his mind though, as his attention is fully caught by something else entirely—and is that the redhead had just reached out to take off her broken glasses, holding onto them for a moment before discarding them aside, the thick frame falling apart as soon as it makes contact with the ground.

Sasuke doesn’t quite hear the sound they make as they break though, his mind is too busy replaying a scene—replaying the way the redhead had reached out and blindly groped for her glasses on the grass, as he stared down at her from the head of the defeated bear.
Can she even see without them?
He wonders, curiously, but he receives no reply in one way or another, and his curiosity morphs into surprise as Karin simply straightens and closes her eyes.

Sasuke blinks and then turns towards Kakashi, who meets his eyes and gives him a shrug of his shoulders as response to his unasked question. A quick look around him reveals that everyone seemed to be just as confused as they were by Karin’s actions, including the blonde who was fighting against her.

After a moment of silence, the look of bewildermErases Itself ent from the blonde's face and is Replaced by a smirk, Which Is Followed by a curt chuckle. "So you'll accept your defeat honorably, huh? If You Had not annoyed me so much, I could've Spared events you the full strength of my fan. Too bad, though " It all Happens in Less Than the blink of an eye. The blonde picks up her fan and with one swift Movement, Stronger Than Any of the ones she Had made Before, she waves it-and it's like a hurricane is Suddenly Being Thrown at full speed Towards Karin, Who Remained motionless, her eyes closed and straightened her shoulders, and Sasuke's eyes widen as she

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-It Had Been slight at first. That fickle. So subtle thand her back collided Against The Wall Had the sensation Completely erased from her mind, so she HAD to get to know it Once Again.

But, She Believes She Can Clearly Recognize it, now. Regardless of how subtle it Were, Karin if she Thinks That Reaches out with her senses and focuser hard enough, She'll Be Able to pick up on it and act accordingly "Try a Little Something That Would Assure She Could not work, pero That she supposed WAS worth the try, sincere Had she nothing to lose. So she

Takes off her glasses and an ache Feels That It's Almost physical as she Discards them-Discards What Had Become Slowly but Surely a piece of her Through the years, the only thing she Truly depends on. And Then She Closes her eyes, and focuser. CHTMLXAbove her rupta everywhere.

I ... I did it ...! Exclaims a voice in her head, trembling and meek, But Before It Can Get Another Word out another one Makes Itself Be Heard-a louder, calme,

Stronger voice, and with a start, Karin Realized That It sounder her more alike own.


That's one step. Now what's next?


'

How far am I willing to go, Then?

'That very Questioned Before Had Same voice, and Karin Had not Been Able of Giving it an answer. Had she

But the reply, now.


All the Way. So
Karin braced herself for What Was to eat.

- Sasu To Say That? Suddenly Kakashi murmurs by His Side, His eye wide open with surprise, and Sasuke would've What I meant to inquire But The Truth Is That He Was too taken aback to speak events. And it's with surprise That Same That He watches as the Sand Attacks the redhead girl again only to Receive the Same result, the stems of air flying by Karin's side and her Avoiding remove cleanly.

And as I watch it, Sasuke Can not really help it. I Can not really help the rush of Excitement That Runs Through veins historical historical Against Better Judgement, Causing His lips to curl upwards Without His Consent. "That's it ...! Keep doing it! "I edges on in a whisper, Not Even Realizing I Had Said it aloud, His Voice Almost drown out by Naruto's loud cheering. CHT moving around, loser! I’m sick of giving you chase when you have nothing to entertain me! Give up already!”
It’s then that for the first time during the match, Karin allows them to hear her voice.

“If… you want this to be over, then… you’ll have to come and get me” She retaliates, her voice low and strained with exhaustion due to the effort, but her words were steady none the less, and Sasuke could hear her resolve clearly expressed through each of them—and as he watched her, her breath coming in uneven puffs through her parted lips and her brows slightly frowned, her eyes still closed, Sasuke wonders where that helpless redhead from just minutes ago had gone off to.
The Sand girl scowls momentarily, but then her featureNgue Was Just as network. She Does not Need to go to the paramedics to know That she has got a FEW broken bones, and That she'll Need to rest for a while-she knows it all. None of That Had come as a surprise.
The beating, the pain, the helplessness, she Had Been Expecting them all. Being Overwhelmed and Completely outclassed, as if she Were Treated scum "She Had Known That Would Happen. As Such, She Had Been Prepared to deal with all of it and focus on her mind Could Other matters Altogether Without getting Sidetracked By Any of it.

And that's why She Was Standing There now, Completely still, Knowing full well That Temari WAS charging at full speed at her But Still Not bothering to open her eyes. Ever Since she CAN remember, the part of her That Karin has felt the proudest of is her mind—her brain. And it was precisely that organ which was telling her what to do, that which was telling her to
wait —
—
Just a little longer, and then…


And then she would make it work. Because that was part of surprising herself. And in order to do that, she had to surprise Temari as well.

It would all be useless otherwise.

Karin doesn’t know
how she knows it, but she just does —and when the time comes, she sprints into action without a second of hesitation, as if she had been made for it. Now
!

Her eyes snap open and the first thing that greets her is a blur of lilacs and flesh—a thick frame of a closed fan that Karin just barely manages to avoid by crouching down, Temari’s hammering hit ending up breaking through mere air instead of Karin’s head, causing the blonde’s eyes to widen with angered surprise—but before she could have the chance to regain her equilibrium, Karin is moving again.
Using the chakra gathered in her feet as momentum, Karin pushes herself upwards just as she pulls her kunai from underneath her left sleeve, where she had stored it during one of her previous falls.
Temari’s reflexes are fast—faster than Karin’s by a mile, but the blonde had made a critical mistake: she had not only completely underestimated Karin’s resourcefulness, she had completely
discarded CHT also leaking through Temari’s hand, which was clutching her wounded cheek and hiding her face from Karin’s view.

All of a sudden someone standing on the balcony gasps, and it’s like the world starts moving again. Karin’s hand slowly begins to lower itself of its own accord, and Karin begins to breathe again, not having even realized when she had started to hold her breath—but now it comes ragged, and she tries to make up for the lost oxygen by breathing through her mouth, her heart hammering loudly and quickly against her ribcage.
I did it


The thought was so overwhelming that Karin’s legs almost give up on her.


I did it…!
She had done more than anyone would Have Thought She Could, Had she forgotten all about her fear and her hesitation and taken a chance Had Presented Itself When It Before Her. She Had not Had Seized it and let go of it Despit how low the probabilities of succeeding Were, and thanks to her stubbornness Had she made it worth

Be Something. Had she made it work. Had she surprised Those around her. Had She surprised herself. Higher Than She Had she supposedly gone Could Go.

By the time when to Temari Takes her hand away from her cheek and Allows Karin to see her Wounded face, Karin is too Drowned in her pride and satisfaction to events feel remotely Concerned about the sea of pain That the blonde's infuriated Eyes Were Promising to bring upon her. It didn

the redhead Still Does not Make Any resistance whatsoever as the blonde wipes the floor with her. There Are no traces left of That enthralling smirk on Karin's features, just like There Are no traces of it on Sasuke's lips, either.

The redhead's name STI Makes way up Sasuke's throat and dies on His tongue, gritted teeth clashing historical Against and Leaving a sour taste Afterwards, to remove taste I wasn't used to. But right in That very moment someone else does the yelling for him, and Though Sasuke Does not turn to see him, I knows the voice That Belongs To The Guy Who Had Fought It Was Aburame-Karin's Other teammate.

"KARIN!" Another abrupt throb

you cause the clutch to Sasuke Cursed Seal and to grimace as I have watches the waand the blonde girl sends flying upwards Karin A Few meters with a rush of wind, as the shop girl and her fan Shuts close with a click and leaves it dry upright Karin Directly underneath, a shocked Sasuke Planned Understands What the girl to do.

She Was going to Karin's fall break with the hard edge of the fan. At the height That Had Been Thrown Karin, She Would Be falling at a considerable speed-she Would Be lucky if all she got Was a broken back.

More Than That, She Could

die. Sasuke isn't

events Completely conscious of What Happens then. Is That All I knows the pain of the Cursed Seal WAS Starting to sharpen and Become unbearable, and all of a sudden That His teeth unclasp and a rush of air Entered His mouth, anJust take that loser out of my sight "She demands, And Then turns around, Beginning to exit the arena events Hayate Before His throat has cleared in order to Officially announce her victory.

"The winner of the fight, Temari, you Passed the prelims!" Kakashi Holds back a sigh as I Makes His Way to the side of the arena, where, Medics Were Already Beginning to gather, Preparing a stretcher for the limp redhead on That He Was Carrying His arms. I Briefly Stares down at her with a Somewhat curious look, and not for the first time wonders Could Be if correct historical impressions.

However, Before I Could think any more about the subject, a blur of blues and whites abruptly lands a step behind him, clutching His shoulder still. "... How is she?" Inquire Sasuke, and Kakashi absentmindedly historical notices how student's usual nonchalant tone wasn't doing remove as much of as good job as usual at hiding That He Was not as unfeeling as I have tried to be.

"I'm no medic, But I think she May Have two or three ribs broken, so she'll Be sore for a while" The jounin Begins I have to say as Sasuke turns around so That Could get a good look at the Without redhead HAVING to peer around Kakashi's form. The state of the girl truthfully, she wasn't too encouraging Had a split lip, and her pretty face all swollen WAS, big chunks of blood Covering it in Uneven ways. And notice the dog Kakashi Sasuke's eyebrows curving Uncertainty and Darkening His eyes, so I adds Another phrase is in What He HopesC
“She’ll be fine, don’t worry, Sasuke” Sasuke’s expression reveals the boy’s intentions of arguing against Kakashi’s claim, so Kakashi interrupts him before he can get the chance to do it. “Now, you have a promise to fulfill. The four fights are up, it’s time to leave. You have managed to hold it back this long, but we have got no more time to waste”

Sasuke simply limits to give him a look from underneath slightly frowned eyebrows, probably still desiring to refute the fact that he had been worried. But finally he decides to let it go, closing his eyes instead.

“…Fine”

Kakashi wastes no time in approaching him, and the two poof away together, abandoning the arena just as Ryuu hurriedly made his way through it, eager to reach the place where the medics were tending to his fallen teammate.
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End of the 5th Chapter

Oh boy, that was harder than I thought it'd be. I really am horrible when it comes to action scenes. Also, for those wondering what Kakashi noticed about Karin - no worries, it'll be adressed later!

Next chapter: More SasuKarin, of course.

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