𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐤𝐢 | ɴᴀʀᴜᴛᴏ

A Thin Thread

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A strong breeze from the hospital's rooftop blew throughout Kazumi's short blonde hair. Sakura stood close by, her arms up at to her chin as she tried to analyse the thick tension. Naruto and Sasuke stood many feet ahead, idly facing each other with mutual glares.

"...I've changed!" Naruto's voice said.

"You dimwit idiot, what are you so full of yourself for, huh?!" Sasuke insulted.

Kazumi felt herself being absorbed back into the bickering, her gaze falling from the clouds to the two males. Sakura let out small sounds, highly on edge.

Naruto smirked the insult off, "Eh, what are you losing your cool for? That's so unlike you. What?! ... Are you afraid now that you challenged me to a fight, huh? Sasuke?"

"Shut up and fight!" A bead of tired sweat appeared on his head.

The young Kumo's gaze narrowed.

"Before we start, you better put on this Leaf headband."

"I don't need something like that..." Sasuke scoffed.

"Just do it!!"

Sasuke's eyes widened as he frowned, and Kazumi could see his sharingan clearly, "You won't even lay a finger on me, let alone my forehead." His thumb pressed to the nonexistent headband on his forehead.

"No!!" Naruto shouted back, gripping onto his own shinobi headband, "I'm saying this is a symbol, that we fight as equal Leaf ninjas!!!"

"Kazumi... Why won't they listen to us?" Sakura whispered, tugging at her long sleeve. 

Kazumi pursed her lips, lowering her face as she kept her eyes trained at their behaviour. For a first, she couldn't find an answer.

"That's why I say you're full of yourself!! You think you're on par with me!?"

"Of course I do! In fact, I've never thought of myself as inferior to you... not even once!" Naruto truth-bombed.

"You're pissing me off!" Sasuke screamed, a rasp forming in his throat.

Sakura's beating heart could be heard by Kazumi, the anxious drum stronger than her own. The pink-haired kunoichi turned her head to her with permanent wide eyes.

"You must stop them!—"

"Sakura," Kazumi softly cut her off, placing a comforting hand on her own to push her grip off of her sleeve, "If I intervene now, you'll see three fools fighting one another." She then swallowed thickly, inwardly trying to find a way to peacefully end this. 

Discouraged, Sakura dropped her arm back to her side, feeling useless.

"That's because you're still weak, Sasuke-CHAN!" Naruto remarked.

Sakura's head whipped back to the two, gasping harder.

"NARUTO!!!" Sasuke raved, running towards him.

"SASUKE!" Naruto bellowed back, running as well.

Kazumi's eyes faded to grey, activating her fantomugan. As their fists collided, and Sasuke's foot smacked against him, she kept track of the amounts of chakra they were using. In any case their fight progressed to a serious one, she would intervene. 

"Why are they doing this?!" Sakura cried out, watching their taijutsu.

"They're blowing off steam, specifically Sasuke." Kazumi muttered, following their movements.