My eyes widened, then hardened considerably, when I saw Sakura laying on the forest floor and weeping. I crouched down to her, immediately realizing that she was under the effects of Genjutsu.
'Release,' I thought as I stared at her. She groaned, putting a hand gently up to her abnormally large forehead and sitting up.
"Ugh, what happened...? SASUKE!" she woke up completely. I gave a deadpanned stare as she got ready to take off to find her 'love.' I grabbed her wrist quickly, pulling her back down to the ground.
"We need to work together. My clone is already tending to Sasuke-"
"NO!" she cried, prying her wrist from my grip. "DON'T YOU GET IT?! I NEED TO SAVE HIM! I NEED TO SAVE MY SASUKE!"
"But- we need to-"
"LEAVE ME ALONE, TSUBAKI!" I blinked before flinching back. She already left.
With a sigh, I disappeared from existence.
My eyes widened, and I flinched back at the sudden memories I just got. 'That's a fail. Maybe when, if, I get Sasuke on my team she'll join.'
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Haruno Sakura:
Age: 12
Trustworthiness: 62%. Slightly trustworthy.
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I closed my eyes again, meditating more chakra into my points.
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I jumped over to Sasuke, who was just a head sticking out of the ground. With a chakra-infused punch, I released him from his rock prison.
"Sasuke, we will have to work together to beat Kakashi-"
"I need to fight him myself," the Uchiha countered, taking a step away from me rudely. "I am an avenger... I need to kill him..."
"We're not talking about 'him'-"
"Hn. Just go away."
I blinked with a sigh, and disappeared.
My eyes opened, and I lowered his trustworthiness too.
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Uchiha Sasuke
Age: 12
Trustworthiness: 2%. Extremely unreliable.
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I cut Naruto down from the trap that kept him suspended in the air, under a tree.
"Naruto, I get that you're going to become the next Hokage and all, but we need to team up," I explained. He shook his head frantically.
"I'm sorry, Tsubaki. Uh, maybe next time?"
Desperation made its way into my voice.
"Please, Naruto, we can't take him on our own-"
"Sorry, bye!" Naruto was already running to the food. I frowned, and disappeared along with the others.
Well, at least I tightened the range of what his trustworthiness could be...
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Uzumaki Naruto
Age: 12
Trustworthiness: 25%-40%. At least he said sorry.
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"Alas, my most mysterious little Genin!" a mockingly high-pitched voice came from under the tree I was in. Kakashi was busy talking to one of my Shadow Clone guards. "Everyone left you to yourself! What are you going to do now?" he asked in fake pity.
My clone blinked before silently pulling out a kunai. And stepping forward to discreetly set off a trap that I had made for Kakashi.
She was buying me time.
I closed my eyes, gathering even more chakra. I was almost done, and just needed a few more minutes... especially since I had created clones after I built up some chakra...
