Naruto 108-109

[cerusee]

Well, that was absolutely in no way a surprise.

And it probably still wouldn't have been a surprise if I hadn't been spoiled out the wazoo for it. Sasuke, you pissy little drama whore, you.


Sakura: Naruto, let's go for a walk--in fact, let's make it a date. A date in which I constantly ignore you and only want to talk about the guy I'm in love with. Who is not you, in case you weren't sure.
Audience: Gee, I've had that date.

Comments

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

No, Sasuke wouldn't have believed nor stayed for any "Konoha needs you" altruistic type reason. Right now he's so firmly thinking of revenge that he can't pull his head out of his ass. And Sakura doesn't know any of the deeper things that are going on with Sasuke (like Itachi) because, well, no one ever told her.

What tears me is that I think that if the Sound Four hadn't attacked when they did, Sasuke wouldn't have left. I mean, Kakashi gave Sasuke a pretty clear verbal thrashing that made him THINK. If the Sound Four hadn't immediately beaten Sasuke up -- easily -- and made him rethink all those fears of being weak, I really do believe Sasuke would have just stayed in Konoha.

Is there any hope at all that Sakura will dedicate braincells to anything or anybody besides Sasuke in this arc?

... well, I'm certainly not going to make you hold your breath for it. Though, at the end of everything, she does sorta make a statement that sorta shows she's giving up on Sasuke, but not really. And once again, Naruto proves that he is love. :3

[cerusee.livejournal.com]

What tears me is that I think that if the Sound Four hadn't attacked when they did, Sasuke wouldn't have left. I mean, Kakashi gave Sasuke a pretty clear verbal thrashing that made him THINK. If the Sound Four hadn't immediately beaten Sasuke up -- easily -- and made him rethink all those fears of being weak, I really do believe Sasuke would have just stayed in Konoha.

Agreed. In fact, his reaction to Kakashi's lecture is the only thing that give this sequence any dramatic tension at all, because otherwise, it's patently obvious that Sasuke wants revenge more than anything else--more than happiness, more than friends, more than Konoha's safety--and that eventually, he's going to take Orochimaru up on his offer of power. It was obvious when he couldn't beat Gaara that Sasuke would eventually do something stupid. Everything that happened after that was just establishing the exact means by which it would happen (Itachi's attack being the most important catalyst). Kakashi telling him that yes, Kakashi did understand, and that he found that revenge wasn't worth it was probably the only thing to come close to derailing Sasuke's revenge trip since he "died" protecting Naruto from Haku way back in the bridge arc.

Poor, stupid Sasuke.