History TheReasonYouSuckSpeech / FanWorksNThroughZ

'''Ash:''' (''he and Squirtle share a glance, and he calls all his Pokémon back'') [[ThrowingTheFight I'm done here]].\\

'''Ash:''' This battle is just one huge ''waste'' of my time.\\

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19045957/chapters/47037355#workskin Final Evalutation]]'' sees Iruka forcefully tearing into Shikamaru about how he should just quit the shinobi program altogether and that he's the worst ninja Iruka has ever taught. Shikamaru might be an absolute genius, but his refusal to put in even the bare minimum effort means he is far below average in every physical category and is currently destined to get one or more of his teammates killed trying to pick up his slack. Unlike the other students, whom Iruka is very gentle in pointing out their faults, he acknowledges that Shikamaru refuses to listen to a gentle reprimand and needs someone to spell out exactly what his slacking will cause.

'''Kakashi:''' ''(eyes narrowing)'' You want to know why Sakura turned down that C-rank the Hokage offered? It's because she doesn't trust you not to leave her for dead if you think she's getting in your way. You've given her no reason to think otherwise. And she's never going to accept a dangerous mission with you until she can trust that you won't stab her in the back if a better opportunity comes up.\\

'''Kakashi:''' So either get your shit together or go become a missing-nin like your brother, because those are the only two ways you're going to get any further than this. ''(turns and leaves him alone on the training ground)''

--->'''Sasuke''': "What a fucking idiot! How could his brother do that? Not even the decision he might have made that Sasuke couldn’t bear to think about, but just the initial betrayal of outing his clan’s rebellion to the village. Did he not get what the consequences would be for their clan? That just facing off against the village alone was hard enough, but losing the element of surprise because, what, Itachi didn’t support it? Didn’t that mean he sort of supported what the village was doing to them? Shoving them in the farthest part of the village, stealing their missions, spying on them in their own home all while suspecting them of a horrific tragedy that had taken so many of their kin- did he think that was acceptable, but a coup not?! That the Uchiha should abide suffering, but suffering done to the village through a coup was unjustifiable? Isn’t the sole idea that the Uchiha should just grin and bear suffering and humiliation and the threat of violent retribution hanging over their heads for a crime they didn’t commit mean he hated them? Didn’t care for his own clan’s suffering? At all? He never even did anything to help, never even tried to reason or talk to anyone just- betrayed them. The village had already moved them into a position where the Uchiha were pinned and the moment they hatch a plot to get out from under such conditions Itachi ran to the goddamn hokage and told them that the people they were only letting live out of their own good graces didn’t deserve that grace anymore. What did he think was going to happen?! That the hokage would suddenly start caring?! That the village would suddenly take the news of a potential coup as a wake-up call and see the error of their ways? No! Itachi was the one to put them in such a circumstance that could have potentially- the whole idea was his fault to begin with! Him and Shisui both! It didn’t matter that it never came to fruition, the fact was that plan was only on the table to begin with was because they’d betrayed their clan. Traitors who scorned their clan for their righteous pain and went to the ones hurting them only to validate all their prejudices and-" But ranting inside his head was driving Sasuke insane, his thoughts such a spiral he couldn’t go a full hour without working himself up, without filling himself up with such rage and hatred that couldn’t go anywhere because…because…the one person they were meant for wasn’t there.

'''Tony:'' Oh, and whatever [=McGee=] or Abby are planning to do to me, or my credit score, or my fake dating profile, or whatever the hell she's decided I deserve as punishment for being my own person... you might want to warn them off. I know someone a hell of a lot better at that game than them, and they won't get away with it. If you could actually get through to them first, Gibbs, they could save themselves the time and hassle of federal charges for their highly illegal vengeance. Just a suggestion.