Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Summary: It is Tsunade they worship. It is Mikoto they love. It is Itachi they worship. It is Sakura they love. And it is Fugaku they worship, but it is Sasuke they love. Drabble-esque.

Worship

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It is Tsunade they worship, Tsunade-hime who is granddaughter of a Hokage, survivor of a Great Ninja War. Tsunade, who is Godaime Hokage, the first woman ever to become a Kage. Tsunade, who is Sannin and who has a contrast with Slugs, who heals and kills and protects. Tsunade-sama, who saved Konoha (just a little bit), who died for Konoha (just a little bit), who loves Konoha (with everything).

It is Sakura they love. Sakura-chan, with her wistful smiles and intense passion. Sakura who they grew up with, who they watched grow up. Sakura who heals and wounds and smiles, and Sakura who they can touch. Sakura who is not a dream. Sakura, who is real.

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It is Fugaku they worship, as children and Uchiha and sons, because Fugaku is strong and stoic and deadly. Fugaku is silent and fast, and the flames of the Katon bursting from his mouth are bright and dark. Fugaku can kill a thousand different people in a thousand different ways and come how clean and spotless. Fugaku is everything an Uchiha should be, and the people worship him.

It is Mikoto, though, that they love. Mikoto who is just as perfect as Fugaku, only in a completely different way. She is the perfect hostess, white hands sure and steady, black eyes never reddening in anger. MIkoto is real, because it is Mikoto’s hands that smooth back their hair and kiss their foreheads and sing them to sleep.

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It is Itachi they worship, as proud parents who want only to see their firstborn succeed and grow strong and dominate. And he does. Itachi is everything an Uchiha could ask for in a son, and he is strong and fast and intelligent. He does everything perfectly, and a parent could not ask for more from one such as him.

It is Sasuke, though, that they love. Sasuke, who is real and who is there. Sasuke who, as a child, held up his chubby arms and demanded that they pick him up. Sasuke who falls down and lets them pick him back up, and smiles at then and says I love you and worships them and loves them with every breath in his body.

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