Astral Fancy

Title: Itch
Fandom: Akihabara@Deep
Pairing: Box/Akira
Rating: PG/K+
Summary: There was something that scared Box more than germs...

( His hands itched... )

Title: 2 a.m.
Fandom: Liar Game
Pairing: Akiyama/Nao
Rating: G-PG/K-K+
Summary: Akiyama finds himself receiving a disturbing phone call from Nao in the middle of the night...
Note: So I was stumbling through a box of DVDs when I came across the j-dorama Liar Game. I didn't think I would like it, but I really did! I even found and read up on the manga. I love it so much, and wish there had been more Akiyama/Nao because it was implied, of course.

Title: A Hostage to Fortune
Fandom: Naruto Manga
Pairing: Sasuke & Sakura
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: When Tsunade's would-be abductors decide Sakura is a better target, the kunoichi finds herself facing the demands of Karin; to heal an incapacitated Sasuke. Never one to miss an opportunity, Sakura plots her former teammate's own kidnapping... err return.
Note: AU after Manga Chapter 404, but compliant to many events and character developments that will follow. Sorry for the late update. However, I think I improved a bit more in this chapter than in previous ones. I'm still a little iffy on fight scenes though, honestly. I don't like them.
Parts: PI, PII, PIII, PIV, PV, PVI

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Part VII

 

( Read the Part Here! )

So I guess having your own computer makes you some sort of computer wizard in my family. After the family creaking desktop was bombarded with a virus that I'm sure is near impossible to get rid of even for an experienced person, I was called in.

I must've spent the majority of this past week trying to fix that honest piece of crap. In doing so, I found more porn than I am comfortable mentioning IN ALL of my older brother's folders. I'm not surprised to find it, I'm surprised how they managed to look at it without my mother or any of the other girls in my family noticing, you know? It's not like you can get peace and quiet in a house of twelve (and sometimes twenty, I swear to the lords. We shelter more teenagers who are having a fight with their parents/trying to be "independent"/sleeping over than should be legal.)

Scratch that, I'm surprised the poor piece of junk hasn't spontaneously combusted. T_T

So I spent a lot of my free time fixing it, and nearly succeeded until I did something wrong and not it can't even be used.

Safe to say, I told them, "Next time, get a professional."

But I took pity on them and took it to the computer teacher at school. Now it is fixed, but it'll still never be the same.

And now, I swear, I SWEAR, nothing is going to distract me from my hobbies, like fan fiction, skating, pranking, and oh... I don't know. Sleeping. I'm about to actually pay for a babysitter for my little sister Tripetta at this point. She never stops crying. NEVER. And I have homework too!

*bitches some more, and is quite famous for it at her school*

In other news, the next chapter of A Hostage to Fortune SHOULD BE uploaded tonight baring any unforseen circumstances like the End of the World, a devious prank, or babysitting. I just have to finish the last few paragraphs and revise it.

And then I will immediately start on the next chapter.

Soon though, I won't be getting out at 12:45 from school once September hits. I'll have to go straight until 2:45. Joy.

Finally, I finished my choreload and I can finally live like a normal human being again. Unlike most families where you are grounded and prevented from doing things, my family is way different. Grounding in my house entails community service and god-forsaken essays. Now, me being the horrid little child I am I have probably done more community service and essays than I care to count. After about twenty hours of a mixload of service, and four five page essays I managed to free myself from the designated workload.

And let me tell you, writing an essay on how to program the time on VCR is crazy enough. Where my mother gets such ideas is beyond me.

I had sincerely hoped that those jocks would be on vacation till September, as many students usually are. Unfortuantely, they came back to school on time for the first few boring weeks of school. I go to a private school, so the whole entire system is different. For people like me, who failed a class (or three), they have to start school a few weeks early and prepare for the workload of the schoolyear. I had, however, made up all three classes in summer school, but I still had to do Pre-School Prep. A shame.

But I guess they failed a few classes too. Oh voy, aren't they supposed to be on track for college? I'm so ashamed.

Well, I only had a three day suspension. I had managed to get out of an in-school suspension though, but only because my mother marched in there and demanded I pay for my "sins". Well, she didn't say sins, but you get the point. I got off of school only to do community service. Obviously the school was pleased with this and just gave me homework for my missed classes.

On another note; how can I stand to get suspended from a private school? Well, to be fair I've only been suspended a few times. And my family pays for tuition, so they aren't that interested in getting rid of me. I actually like my school, some days.

But not when I have someone out to get me. Those freaks will probably be trying to get us all year, more than usual, but probably be more subtle in their "attacks". Hey, you have to remember... Jocks have to get decent grades, so not all of them are going to be stupid.

Strong and Intelligent enemies are to be feared, my friends. However, I'm not the type of girl to back down from any challenge. Having six brothers and two crazy elder sisters will do that to you.

On the brightside, I was able to get half of the next chapter for A Hostage to Fortune done in my brief moments of freetime. Now to finish it.

If any of you read my earlier journal entry, you know my friends and myself had the pleasure of a run in with a group at school we don't get along with. Now, since they got into some minor trouble because we narked on them (to save our own asses, so honestly, we knew we had it coming), it was no surprise to us when they tried to take us down. We managed to avoid them on registration day, but during break shit went down.

Needless to say, I was suspended for fighting, I think I strained my once twisted ankle, and I have a giant bruise on my face. My parents are not happy. I get suspended all the time, but on the first day of school?

My mother called my grandparents in Taiwan to scold me in Chinese. God, I hate that.

I'm also grounded. Oh joy. I only managed to get online because my parents disappeared for a bit, to pick up my little brother from practice.

Damn it. My teachers are really going to hate me this year. More than usual.
We didn't start it, it was self defense! But, violence is still violence...

T_T

Title: A Hostage to Fortune
Fandom: Naruto Manga
Pairing: Sasuke & Sakura
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: When Tsunade's would-be abductors decide Sakura is a better target, the kunoichi finds herself facing the demands of Karin; to heal an incapacitated Sasuke. Never one to miss an opportunity, Sakura plots her former teammate's own kidnapping... err return.
Note: AU After Manga Chapter 404. Slowly complying to 412... Actually, contrary to this story's attitude, I love Karin. I only wished she wasn't some sort of parody to Sakura. She even has similar hair and powers as she does. Stupid biting.
Parts: PI, PII, PIII, PIV, PV, PVI

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Part VI

The kunoichi couldn‘t blame his confusion, as he probably passed out from the poison in the middle of his journey. He looked around cautiously too, as if expecting the rest of Team 7 to appear.

Sakura could only wonder as to how he could possibly be moving. She knew he was strong, but that poison, while easily treatable, should have weakened him considerably. Unless he did get previous medical attention and Karin just happened to pick up a female mednin and the girl said the wrong thing. But, now was not the time to think such things...

Sasuke's puzzlement didn‘t last long, and the tomoes of his sharingan began to dance around his pupil. The kunoichi could see he had every intention to take her down. And she also noted that it looked, different than how she once remembered.

Title: A Hostage to Fortune
Fandom: Naruto Manga
Pairing: Sasuke & Sakura
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: When Tsunade's would-be abductors decide Sakura is a better target, the kunoichi finds herself facing the demands of Karin; to heal an incapacitated Sasuke. Never one to miss an opportunity, Sakura plots her former teammate's own kidnapping... err return.
Note: AU After Manga Chapter 404. Will somehow be compliant to 412... one day. When I figure out how to do it, and I am having a plot idea as we speak for that...
Parts: PI, PII, PIII, PIV, PV, PVI

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Part V

For a few minutes, Sakura had foolishly believed she had really gotten away. Given, her plan was intelligent and she only had to worry about one, maybe two ninja. The only downfall was that she had to carry Sasuke. Despite her superhuman strength, Sakura still had to carry him in such a way as to not injure him, which was a problem in and of itself.

However, as she crossed in and out of a clearing, it became clear that she was no longer alone. Suigetsu slammed into her, knocking her off balance as she was unable to move correctly to block him without injuring Sasuke.

“Where did that energy come from?” He asked, exasperated, watching as Sakura just barely caught herself and Sasuke as she landed on the ground. The leaf ninja realized that Sasuke didn’t warrant any special concern to him, other than being a teammate. Sakura reasoned that he was in on this partnership for something meant to benefit himself. To Sakura, this could both benefit her and cause herself concern. Karin would’ve done anything to keep Sasuke, however… Suigetsu might be a little more willing to risk Sasuke’s life.

As usual in my strange and somewhat entertaining life I managed to get kidnapped by a few of my friends. Think I'm kidding? Hardly. Given, they intended no harm, but I was a little surprised when I was dragged out of my house at four in the morning for some bizarre camping trip. Since I am such a heavy sleeper I only vaguely remember flipping off my friends as they drove me away, all the while forsaking the comforts of civilization as they had forgotten to pack me a bag. Bastards.

A few hours later I woke up in a tent, screamed, and finally realized that yes... I was taken by my three friends to an expedition in the woods to promote "our undying friendship that is currently withering away". Not so bad. Only, I soon found out that I had no bag, and they refused to drive back to the city to get me stuff. They told me, a girl, who has certain needs, to rough house it for a few days. I flipped. Thankfully, I was not on my period.

Don't get me wrong, the trip was fun. The smores and hiking was really cool. Everything was great... until two days into the trip and it turned into hell. (Frankly, whenever we four kids are involved in something, it spells catalyst for uh-oh!)
Basically, we were hiking up a pass and climbing over rocks when I accidentally slipped and twisted my ankle. Instead of carrying me back to the camp they left me there, and finished their hike. (They do this because they are natural jerks, not because they hate me).

Well, that was all fine and good, until they got lost and it was nearing night time. By that point, I was like "Fuck it, I'll limp back to camp.", so I did. My sprain wasn't that bad, and I could run with minor difficulty.

The idiots didn't get back until halfway through the night, claiming they saw Big Foot, or some similar shit. Of course they dragged me, an invalid to chase down some greasy apeman which is probably either a prankster or an animal that doesn't want to be bothered.

We didn't find big foot, but we found trouble.

Oh did we ever.

Ironically, one of the groups at school that we never got along with were having a drinking party near our campsite. My friends, being the jackasses they are, baited them. So the chase began, and it was pretty damn clear that we were doomed. So we used our brains instead of our bodies to elude them since they are athletes who run much faster than we do. (Not to say they are stupid, but we are exceptional at the following stunts.)

We set up a mouse trap, using the basic woodsy crap around us, logs, limbs, branches, and bugs. We tripped them, sent them tumbling into a pit, and made our escape.

Well, we thought we did.

And that is when we saw Big Foot.

My friends had been the panicking puffs they always were, thinking that one of the drunks had been Big Foot. We laughed at it at first, but then we realized that they were all pretty angry at us, so we, again, tried to escape.

But the jerks called the rangers on us for interrupting their peace, and injuring them. Mind you, it was a mutual war.

We of course told the ranger they were minors who were drinking.

Luckily, we got away, and they got punished.

But we are so dead meat come September.

On the brightside; back to fan fiction! For as long as I live! O_o

Title: Planets and Platonics
Fandom: Naruto Manga
Pairing: Sasuke & Sakura
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: When Pluto's planet status is questioned, Sasuke cannot agree with man's new decision, much to the dismay of Sakura, who finds herself intent on changing his mind... by any means necessary. But is all the fuss really over Pluto?
Note: AU, Modern Earth, with a bit of science and understanding thrown in the mix. A oneshot belonging to an anthology of stories around similar themes. I felt like shaking up AU Modern world settings a bit. Somehow, I don’t think Pluto is canon in the Naruto universe anyhow. For the record, Pluto is so a planet, stupid council-thingy. And if it’s not, it’s okay Pluto, I’m not a planet either.

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“Not a planet?” Sasuke mumbled, not really in the tone of a question. He quietly spun a noodle around his chopstick, having no real interest in the topic his female comrade was trying to put across, or in the unappealing meal they so often found themselves subjected to by his male comrade, Naruto.  “Ridiculous.”

There was a loud slurping sound coming from the blonde in-between the two teammates, who didn’t seem to mind when a saucy noodle dropped from his gaping mouth and onto his pristine military uniform. Their squadron leader, Hatake Kakashi, was not going to be pleased should a higher up happen by…

“Not a planet? Sakura-chan, are you serious?” Naruto asked, looking at her with awe, and then darting his gaze up at the daylight sky. “But, it’s always been a planet. Why the sudden change? Was it blown it up?”

Having nine siblings is bad enough...

Having one as a little baby screaming at the top of their lungs is even worse.

But not nearly as bad as having to baby sit the monster.

The only thing that lets me remain content and not freak out is that my parents had to deal with me as a child, which was down right impossible. In fact, dealing with me NOW is impossible. But I digress. Tripetta isn't that bad when she's asleep. She's even cute.

But the fact that both my parents decide to go on their billionth honeymoon or date, or whatever and my remaining siblings have disappeared...

Leads me to think they are plotting against me.

Which leads me to really consider something...

I've never been alone in the house unless one of my siblings... or all of them are plotting against me.

I suppose I shouldn't have dug that hole beneath my sister Berenice's beach towel. It WAS hilarious when she fell though. But perhaps doing that on her birthday was a bad idea.

I just hope they don't do something as cruel as dragging me off when I am dead asleep and dropping me off in a park like they did when I was ten. It took me three days to get home because I had no idea how to get home, and I was too proud to ask for directions. And because my parents were in Taiwan, they never even knew what my siblings did.

But it is really too quiet.

Still, I am in the midst of writing fan fiction and cannot be drawn away.

I'll just stay alert...

They totally won't prank me.

Totally...

Title: A Hostage to Fortune
Fandom: Naruto Manga
Pairing: Sasuke & Sakura
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: When Tsunade's would-be abductors decide Sakura is a better target, the kunoichi finds herself facing the demands of Karin; to heal an incapacitated Sasuke. Never one to miss an opportunity, Sakura plots her former teammate's own kidnapping... err return.
Note: AU After Manga Chapter 404.
Parts: PI, PII, PIII, PIV, PV, PVI

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Part IV

Haruno Sakura had many pet peeves, namely perverted men who wrote equally perverted books spying on women in the bathhouse, Ino’s nagging voice, and… as Sakura just recently learned… when people stared at her.

Particularly… a very angry kunoichi who was quite possibly had homicidal intentions for Sakura‘s being. It made healing her former teammate very difficult.

But, Sakura also knew she could not retaliate, for it could risk her plan. She was, however, very close to it’s completion. Though in most cases it would not be considered wise to enact an escape plan while this Team Hawk was suspicious of her, but Sakura had no intentions of ever trusting them. She knew as soon as her skills were no longer of any use, they would kill her. Furthermore, they seemed to be allied with Akatsuki.

Or, it at least appears to be so. Sakura mused. The more quiet male shinobi had briefly mentioned that they were not Akatsuki, despite their apparel. They may have a temporary alliance.

However, it did not bode well for Sakura in any fashion. She was leaving tonight.

Title: A Hostage to Fortune
Fandom: Naruto Manga
Pairing: Sasuke & Sakura
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: When Tsunade's would-be abductors decide Sakura is a better target, the kunoichi finds herself facing the demands of Karin; to heal an incapacitated Sasuke. Never one to miss an opportunity, Sakura plots her former teammate's own kidnapping... err return.
Note: AU After Manga Chapter 404.
Parts: PI, PII, PIII, PIV, PV, PVI

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Part III

“So who are you, anyway?” Karin asked as the three made their way through the brush. She didn’t keep too far away from Sakura, and the Konoha ninja suspected that they believed they could take her on. Sakura was too curious to run now, and she did hold the fear that she couldn’t possibly be a match for the both of them. Luckily, they had at least untied her.

Sakura groaned. “Shouldn’t you offer yours first? You did have me captured, after all.” She couldn’t help it, Sakura was curious. Who was this Team Hawk anyway? “And, what is your group’s purpose?”

“Like we would tell you anything.” Karin responded. “My name is Karin, and that tower over there is Juugo. We have two other comrades as well.”

Just two? Sakura smiled. Well, she could easily escape now. If she powered enough chakra into her feet she could make like Lee and run. But it would be wise to see who the other two were first. Maybe she could even threaten the comrade they have down, or both if it were, against them.

Title: A Hostage to Fortune
Fandom: Naruto Manga
Pairing: Sasuke & Sakura
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: When Tsunade's would-be abductors decide Sakura is a better target, the kunoichi finds herself facing the demands of Karin; to heal an incapacitated Sasuke. Never one to miss an opportunity, Sakura plots her former teammate's own kidnapping... err return.
Note: AU After Manga Chapter 404.
Parts: PI, PII, PIII, PIV, PV, PVI

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Part II

When she awoke, Sakura expected to find herself bound in a dark cell with menacing lowlifes peering over her. But instead, she found herself staring at a beautiful sunrise that took her breath away when she slowly woke up from her slumber. At first, she thought that what had just happened was just a dream. That she must have fallen asleep at a park, or that she somehow got away in a unconscious daze.

But she was still bound, and Sakura was sure that if she had been rescued she wouldn’t have been tied up in a clearing far away from Konoha. The entire clearing looked like a woodland foreign to her. Sakura probably wasn’t in Fire anymore, but she was probably close enough to make it back.

The kunoichi began fumbling around with her ropes and found that they weren’t the average braids. They were infused with chakra meant to prevent her from escaping, the kind that would send shockwaves of pain if she attempted any escape jutsus. But, Sakura could handle a shock or two…

Title: A Hostage to Fortune
Fandom: Naruto Manga
Pairing: Sasuke & Sakura
Rating: T/PG-13
Summary: When Tsunade's would-be abductors decide Sakura is a better target, the kunoichi finds herself facing the demands of Karin; to heal an incapacitated Sasuke. Never one to miss an opportunity, Sakura plots her former teammate's own kidnapping... err return.
Note: AU After Manga Chapter 404.
Parts: PI, PII, PIII, PIV, PV, PVI

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Part I

Haruno Sakura was exhausted, plopping down on a plastic chair outside a kitsch little cafe. She had spent the last fourteen hours at the hospital helping to heal a Genin squad that had been ambushed and severely hurt. The kunoichi had been shocked at their injuries, but even more surprised that they had survived in the end. Had the Jonin squad not found them when they did, they would have been killed.

Sakura tiredly rubbed her eyes, taking note that she was still halfway from home. She had exhausted almost all her chakra, and knew that she shouldn’t have insisted on healing one of the Genin’s battered arms. That particular wound hadn’t been so horrible or life threatening as the kid had thought, but the fear in his eyes had prompted Sakura into action. Besides, all of the life threatening wounds had already been attended to.

The kunoichi was so out of it that she didn’t even take notice that someone had approached.

“Sakura?”

It was a slurred voice, one that Sakura knew very well...

Woah, how freaking cool! After months of hard work at my job (and getting a job was hard enough with my record), I’ve finally earned enough money to buy a computer and internet service! I have been in so much awe this past week, that I could hardly contain my glee. I’ll admit that I was a bit antisocial though, and some of my friends haven’t been too happy. But I’ve never had a computer before… much less INTERNET. Nine brothers and sisters… you don’t have much money lying around, you know?

Anyway, I guess you could say it’s kind of difficult trying to understand the internet. Already I’ve managed to fall vicitm to such things as tub girl and Goaste. Or whatever. Needless to say, I’m too far gone thanks to my friends, but seeing such things is a shocker, nonetheless.

I guess I’m going to be writing a lot of fan fiction, though. I’ve always enjoyed reading it, despite my friend’s obvious teasings. And hey, who knows… maybe I’ll get a bit personal on this blog as well. I have plenty of jokes and adventures to share, anyway.