[Fic] It’s Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You – Chapter Ten

[branchandroot]

Cross-post from my archive.

Fandom/Arc: Avalanche, Naruto
Characters/Pairings: Chiyo, Haruno Sakura, Hatake Kakashi, Hyuuga Neji, Kankurou, Maito Gai, Rock Lee, Temari, Tenten, Tsunade, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto
Summary: In which Gaara is taken by Akatsuki and Kakashi's and Gai's teams are sent to aid Hidden Sand to get him back.
Meta: Drama, Action, Fluff, I-4
Wordcount: 6494

Sasuke gave up on logic, as he so often had to around Naruto and just shook him. "Shut up and listen to me," he said, low and deadly. "I am not letting you run yourself right into ambush. Understand? Not by those bastards and not because you were too unbelievably bullheaded to Stay. With. Your team!" Three more hard shakes punctuated that, and Naruto finally blinked at Sasuke like he knew who was in front of him.

Read: It's Just That Any One of Us Is Half Without Another One Is You - Chapter Ten

Comments

[branchandroot]

*thoughtful* That's a really good question. I mean, even in the original form, if a tanuki is disguised as a tea-kettle, what happens if someone tries to brew hot water with him?

[edenfalling]

Perhaps that's a way to make a tanuki reveal himself? Of course, then you have an angry, scorched tanuki in your kitchen...

[jennaria]

I think I remember reading a Japanese folktale once, wherein a monk came across what he thought was just a tea-kettle - and when he put it on the fire, it promptly jumped off and hopped around, screaming, "Ow, hot!" I don't remember the tanuki doing anything bad to the monk, though, just mutual surprise.

(And one more vote for you being a cruel fic-tease, in case you wondered.)

[branchandroot]

*laughs* I'm evil, I admit it; I've kind of been looking forward to this chapter.