The Breaking Point (SasukeXOC)

26

With an uncharacteristic groan, I flopped down on the ground.

"Get up, Miyu. We're not even close to being done yet."

"Shut up, Sasuke." I grumbled. We were currently on another D-rank mission; painting a fence. We had been back from Wave Country for a few days and since then it's been literal nonstop missions, all D-rank of course.

Our team, for lack of a better word, has been majorly sucking lately.

I have no idea what happened between Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura but they've been acting so weird that it's been ruining missions. Sasuke and Naruto were competing at practically everything, from who could harvest the most potatoes, to who could teach a noble child the hardest algebra.

Of course, Sakura didn't help this predicament at all. She would fawn over Sasuke, then be angry at Naruto, and then repeat the process. All the while she would make mistake after mistake in our missions.

That left me, the only sane one on our team to clean up all of their messes. I was basically a one person team at this point.

It had been pissing me off.

As strange as it is for a ninja, I'm pretty non-confrontational. So instead of setting them straight I've been quietly letting it build up. I knew I would explode sooner or later. That's usually how I am about things.

I guess the only bright side is that I've had to be responsible most of the time. I've either had to reign in the crazy-ness my team presented, because lord knows Kakashi-sensei wouldn't do anything, or I've had to give reports to nobles, customers, and the Hokage. Between being a responsible shinobi and all the human interaction I've had my wolf-self had been minimized to battle.

Or at least, I kind of hoped it did.

Well, I guess even if my wolf characteristics hadn't minimized I was too annoyed with my team to worry about them anymore. I guess I've given up on trying to be normal and have accepted my fate of always being the weird wolf-girl.

I was still super awkward and didn't understand a lot about human culture, but I could at least hold a conversation with a normal person without them thinking I was weird. That's a win in my book.

"Hey, Sakura, look at how amazing my section of the fence is! I'm an amazing painter and shinobi, believe it!" Naruto yelled out. I picked my head up slightly to observe his work.

He painted a single stroke.

And even if he had done more and was an amazing painter, what does that have to do with being an amazing shinobi?

"Jeez, Naruto, get to work already! I'm tired of picking up your slack!" Sakura scolded. She turned to Sasuke with wide, sparkling eyes.

"We're all tired of picking up Naruto's slack," Sasuke glanced at Naruto's work before scoffing, "we're supposed to be painting the fence white, where did you even get green paint from? Idiot."

"Agh! Sasuke! You big jerk, it's not like you're any better! I'm way better than you!" my eyebrow twitch angrily.

"Really? I'm not the idiot who painted the fence the wrong color. Are you colorblind or something? Some ninja." Sasuke continued. At this point everyone was totally ignoring the fence that still needed a lot of paint.

"That's it! I'll show you, Sasuke!" Naruto yelled before charging Sasuke.

"Naruto! Don't yell at Sasuke like that!" Sakura yelled whacking the boy on the head and halting him in his tracks. Naruto stumbled, thanks to his forward momentum being suddenly halted, and crashed into the fence we were supposed to be painting.