[ He shouldn't be arguing with children, really he shouldn't. And yet, here he is, snapping at a girl who may or may not be his daughter. Yelling at someone who is very likely the only family he has left. ]
Don't complain because you don't like hearing the truth. Sakura is damn lucky I couldn't see her clearly or I'd have killed her with the kunai she tried to stick in me. [ Just leaving out the fact that at the time, he'd just admitted to killing Danzo and intended to take out Kakashi after a failed attempt to off her with his chidori. Details, details. ] And it isn't my fault she's wasted her life daydreaming about love, she did that to herself! I'm not her teammate, I'm not her friend, the only reason she's even still alive is because she just happened to be nearby when Kaguya attacked, and I don't love her.
[ In retrospect, he probably shouldn't have said it like that. He probably shouldn't have said any of it and just kept his mouth closed, but her insistence was wearing his patience so paper thin that the words were out before he could catch himself. It's certainly not the first time he's said or done something that might come back to bite him later, and it won't be the last.
If he were outright honest with himself, he really isn't sure how he feels about Sakura. He never actually gave it much thought or care because his mind was always focused elsewhere... and now here's Sarada, living proof (if what she says is true) that there's something there... and he doesn't know how to handle it because he can't see any means of getting from point A where he is now to point C where she is. He can't even fathom where, when, or how B would even happen to make C possible.
And so he'll take it out on the kid instead. Yeah, it's kind of understandable how he never ended up Hokage. He'd have probably been killed right away if he'd won that gamble. ]
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[ He shouldn't be arguing with children, really he shouldn't. And yet, here he is, snapping at a girl who may or may not be his daughter. Yelling at someone who is very likely the only family he has left. ]
Don't complain because you don't like hearing the truth. Sakura is damn lucky I couldn't see her clearly or I'd have killed her with the kunai she tried to stick in me. [ Just leaving out the fact that at the time, he'd just admitted to killing Danzo and intended to take out Kakashi after a failed attempt to off her with his chidori. Details, details. ] And it isn't my fault she's wasted her life daydreaming about love, she did that to herself! I'm not her teammate, I'm not her friend, the only reason she's even still alive is because she just happened to be nearby when Kaguya attacked, and I don't love her.
[ In retrospect, he probably shouldn't have said it like that. He probably shouldn't have said any of it and just kept his mouth closed, but her insistence was wearing his patience so paper thin that the words were out before he could catch himself. It's certainly not the first time he's said or done something that might come back to bite him later, and it won't be the last.
If he were outright honest with himself, he really isn't sure how he feels about Sakura. He never actually gave it much thought or care because his mind was always focused elsewhere... and now here's Sarada, living proof (if what she says is true) that there's something there... and he doesn't know how to handle it because he can't see any means of getting from point A where he is now to point C where she is. He can't even fathom where, when, or how B would even happen to make C possible.
And so he'll take it out on the kid instead. Yeah, it's kind of understandable how he never ended up Hokage. He'd have probably been killed right away if he'd won that gamble. ]