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llivla ([personal profile] llivla) wrote2007-07-30 11:52 pm

Strange and Beautiful, a Sai x Sakura FST

Huzzah i have my internets back! *grumbles stupid storms* Anyway...

AS OF 3/7/08: ALL INDIVIDUAL FILE LINKS ARE MP3/REUPLOADED.

I think it's cute, and I think they're compatible...but this is basically a crack pairing. Because Sai is obviously questionable and Sakura just likes to hit people. ::snerk:: Although they do balance each other out--for all her violence, Sakura is more trusting, where Sai is practical, Sakura is the one so far teaching Sai emotions and showing how he didn’t lose them as he thought he did, that sort of thing. I really hope Kishimoto doesn’t kill him off—they could be a good team. Sakura needs someone who isn’t “Sasuke-kun” (immature love) or Naruto (maternal, cute sisterly interactions) (but I’m a hypocrite with a Team Seven OT4 (Kakashi, not Sai)…).  She's just so fucking awesome. Sakura loves Naruto with the same intensity Naruto needs Sasuke, and Sasuke wants to kill Itachi; instead of being jealous or scornful, Sai would be bewildered and then be affectionately amused by her need to save everyone. Maybe this isn't even really SaixSakura, but just the bond I can potentially see growing.


  



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1. My Stupid Mouth by John Mayor (Original Version)
My stupid mouth
Has got me in trouble
I said too much again


Much like my boy friends, Sai opens his mouth and crap comes out. Hitting ensues…and Naruto makes himself scarce to avoid spilling blood.

2. Under My Skin by Rachel Yamagata
As I watch the girl unfold before my eyes,
I discover that I like her

And I don't know what my intentions are
They're speaking in a different tongue
Until it's right, I'm going to stay my distance
And you should go


He lets her fall despite Yamato's orders, he doesn't understand people like her and Naruto, lofty ideas of protecting the people around you if it isn't in your best interests. Sakura looks at Sai and for all his weirdness, builds a bridge past his fake smile via his sketchbook. He clearly doesn’t know what to make of this.

3. I Get A Kick Out Of You by Frank Sinatra 
And I am quite sure you do not adore me

"To think you could teach me such a thing about a smile...I'll have to remember it." 

4. Catch My Disease by Ben Lee
Your body's a dream that turns violent
and that's the way I like it
Yeah, that’s the way I like it


“Ugly.”
“Pretty lady.”
I could NOT resist. :D And clearly neither can Sai. And I can see Sakura sweetly telling Sai she loves him like a 'rogue firework' burning her skin. Ouch. :D

5. Girls by Nizopoli
With their love and fear they go so deep
If you rub yourself alone enough you’ll get down
To their code of emotion
And it you will go straight to your heart


Naruto is someone Sai figured out in seconds. Repeatedly he pushes the same buttons when it fancies his boredom and achieves the desired result (ex: Sasuke’s betrayal, which Naruto is in denial over). Sakura, however, is someone he cannot. Sasuke, who she’s supposedly in love with, is addressed with “-kun” where there are none for Naruto, who she appears to be closer to. And despite the fickleness of women, and Sakura’s breaking heart, where her boys are concerned, she’s a person who’s power Sai acknowledges.

6. Rescued by Jack’s Mannequin
Cause I'm feeling like I might need to be near you
I feel alright, and I’m thinking I’d
Prefer not to be rescued…

Sai hops on Naruto's Bonds R Us bandwagon. Sakura gives him a shiny button. By laws of logic they Must Bond, as Naruto makes himself, his brain, or or both, disappear when Sasuke is brought up.

7. Please Forgive Me by David Gray
If I act a little strange
I know not what I do
Every time you look at me…that way 

"Oh, just a bit of one."

8. Look After You by the Fray
You've begun to feel like home

Someone has to… “You’re very gentle with Naruto…aren’t you?” I like this, because Sai is already facinated with their dedication to Sasuke, from a psychological, I've Forgotten What Emotions Are standpoint, and from a respectful one. He...takes her seriously. (In my head Sai finds her maternal, protective devotion to Naruto cute as he settles in with Team Seven after the failed Sasuke-retrieval.)

9. My Stupid Mouth (Inside Wants Out Acoustic Version)
One more thing--why's it my fault?
So what if I try to hard, I just want to like
Just want to be funny, looks like the joke's on me
Just call me 'Captain Backfire.' 

…And who else would take care of such an ugly hag anyway? (facepalm)

0. All Four Seasons by Sting 
She's my gift from the lord and my firend from hell
That’s my baby, she can be all four seasons
in one day.


(Sai…just keep your mouth shut and try not to look, act…be... too gay. And yet, you would be Sakura’s most normal potential boyfriend yet despite all of this…)



Credit To:

SEE THE FULL IMAGE IT'S HILARIOUS/GORGEOUS/STRANGE/BEAUTIFUL/ADJECTIVE.


(BONUS TRACKS)

Strange and Beautiful (I’ll Put a Spell On You) by Aqualung
I’ve been watching your world from afar
I’ve been trying to be where you are
To me you're strange and you're beautiful

Sometimes the first thing you want never comes

PLEASE GIVE ME ONE LINE THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THEM?! I AM SO OBSESSED!!11CAPLOCK.

Beautiful Love by The Afters
What a beautiful smile
Can I stay for a while on this beautiful night?

(And yet…you’re there.)
(She’ll teach you everything, she’s very good at that.)





AS OF 3/7/08:
want the whole shebang? zip it up right here.


[identity profile] clannoire.livejournal.com 2007-08-03 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
WOW! SaiSaku, what a great pairing. =D The tracks intrigue me, and I love your justification for the couple, so I'm definitely downloading. ^.^ Thanks for sharing!

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-04 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
^_^ thank's for commenting! (sharing illegally brings young people together *shifty eyes* god bless america)

[identity profile] monique-27.livejournal.com 2007-08-03 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah...I ship SaiSaku on the low. *>.<*

I don't know what it is about them that appeals to me. I love Sakura (she's my Naroto Fandom Bicycle *lol*) and Sai's some strange, sarcastic, mix of emotion and no-emotion and skill and art and stupid...plus he's pretty...

Well done! :)

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-04 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
i don't know what it is either, i'm a pretty intrigued kakashixsakura shipper myself (and somewhat intrigued also by the idea of gaaraxsakura, if only for their mutual love for naruto and how they love the people they protect. sai is wierd, and that's why i can't really stop staring at him wtih morbid curiosity. *points to icon* ...i guess he IS kind of like my manga jack sparrow anyway...

OMG YOU HAVE A TEAM SEVEN OT4 ICON! I AM SOOO A TOTAL TEAM SEVEN FANGIRL but everyone only likes Team Seven OT3!! Did you make that or did someone else? Because that's my next fanmix project. <3

[identity profile] monique-27.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'm an Equal Opportunity Shipper, and it doesn't take much of anything for me to ship characters together. Sakura gives me a lot to work with, so I pimp her like whoa. *lol*

YAYZ!!! U LOVE MY TEAM 7 OT4 ICON TOOO!!! *cuddles it* I made it, actually. I'm a T7 FanGirl, and I have this thing for the many dynamics within the team, including Kakashi, so I just had to make the icon. *^______^*

Oh! Fanmix Yayz! *waits eagerly*

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
PLEASE TELL ME its available in a pic size? is it a cover scan? that would be so close to ideal for me because i can't find all four of them in a time skip pic!

[identity profile] monique-27.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
It's none, actually - I made this icon. From the borders, to the words, to the resizing, to the adding of Sasuke into the picture that had Kakashi, Sakura, and Naruto in it. As far as I know there are no pictures of Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto all together in one shot after the time-skip.

Sorry. *>.<*

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
could have fooled me, it's an amazing job well done. V

[identity profile] monique-27.livejournal.com 2007-08-06 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
*blushes* Thanks. :)

I don't know about any images that already exist in Canon...and I'm sure you're already skilled in photoshop and making icons and such...but I could always help you make some "looks like it's the manga!" pics for the fanmix, if you want. *^_____^* Tell me what images you want, and I'm on it! *is an editing geek*

No pressure. :)

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-08 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
oh my god omigodomigodomigod--go CRAZY if you want! i really want the front cover to be pre-TS (i have several of those), and the back, or at least the final song to be TS.

here's the covers i was thinking, but again, depending on what convincing job you come up with (eyes icon again) i'm liking the manga-like stuff i've been using for my last three naruto fanmixes more maybe.

Image (http://photobucket.com)

[identity profile] korinacaffeine.livejournal.com 2007-08-03 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
You did a great job. :D It looks nice, and I'm definitely downloading.

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-04 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
yay! thanks! i'm so glad you liked it!

[identity profile] coconut-fruit.livejournal.com 2007-08-04 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Wooooooooo, snagging the whole thing, once the stupid sendspace server is not longer at 'full capacity'. *grumbles*

Lovely song choices - I can't wait to listen to them!

[identity profile] coconut-fruit.livejournal.com 2007-08-04 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Damn, some of them are .m4a

Never mind... I can listen to some! And they're very good. I like how they relate to the pairing. I can't wait for Sai's appearance in the anime!

Nice work ;-)

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-04 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
What? which ones can't you listen to? I got them all from my Mac's iTunes library, so I didn't even think about formats of the songs! *feels bad* tell me which ones they are and I'll see if I can fix them for you and others.

[identity profile] coconut-fruit.livejournal.com 2007-08-05 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
Wow. Thanks!

The only one's that are in mp3 format are:

Nizopoli - Girls
David Grey - Please Forgive Me
The Fray - Look After You
The Afters - Beautiful Love


So they're the only one's I can listen to. All the rest are in .m4a format, so far as I can remember.

Thanks again!

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-05 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm out of town until tuesday, but i'll get on it on my pc as soon as i get back if you still want the music (of course you do xp)

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-04 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
happens to us all. i regularly get too download happy and sendspace smacks me upside the head...

[identity profile] infi-inficio.livejournal.com 2007-08-04 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, a SaiSaku fanmix! Lovely, and I'm quite happy to see a John Mayer song in it...

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-04 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah john mayer's awesome. i got his new CD and someone bought me a rufus wainwright one, and i've been MEANING to listen to it...really. but john mayer just keeps playing over and over again... xD and 'my stupid mouth' is the story of sai's life.

[identity profile] imarobotica.livejournal.com 2007-08-18 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
SaiSaku! I pretty much like any pairing with Sakura in it :P

but yeah, SaiSaku is cute!

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-08-19 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
SPOILER: sakura be a pimp. she pwns akatsuki too. xD i can see her with anyone, with a few exceptions. she's friggin awesome that way.

[identity profile] stereotype-vamp.livejournal.com 2007-08-31 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
This is the best BEST fanmix I've seen so far. The amount of detail you've put into every song, the why, the how, and especially the pretty links with the pretty manga pages? Wonderful. Simply wonderful. *DOWNLOADING, WHEEE!*

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-09-01 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
oh man--thank you soooo much!!!! <3333 i hope you liked it, and if any links are dead tell me!

[identity profile] stereotype-vamp.livejournal.com 2007-09-01 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
I LOVE IT! (I can't help but notice that you've got a KakaSaku icon, and I'd love nothing more than to see a fanmix from you, for those two, also. 8D I bet it'd be awesome.) I like your taste in music. I'll be using this fanmix for every SaiSaku fic I write...

that's really creepy. xDD

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-09-01 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG YOU ARE PSYCHIC. i'm just doing the covers and then i'm posting it, two days until the covers are done...i need to find a good cover.

It's my middle name.

[identity profile] stereotype-vamp.livejournal.com 2007-09-01 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
MY SECRET IS OUT! Fweeeeeee! I'm really glad you're doing a fanmix for them, too! Then maybe my KakaSaku muse will be moved more. >D You inspire!

Re: It's my middle name.

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-09-01 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
must...friend...you....

Re: It's my middle name.

[identity profile] stereotype-vamp.livejournal.com 2007-09-01 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
You read my mind! I'll friend you back. Can I?

[identity profile] missberlitz.livejournal.com 2007-12-21 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
aw, how cute. I like these songs. ^_^
in my opinion, I actually think that Sai does have a bit of a crush on sakura :P remember where he said that with girls you should always say the reverse of what they actually look? and he called sakura a hag... but he was blushing when he was saying that ^.^

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2007-12-21 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
Heheh...*rubs head* except I sincerely doubt it's up anymore. ><

Do you want me to reup it for you? Seriously this mix ranks as one of my best so it wouldn't be a problem.

You're right, I think he does have a crush on her because he's never met anyone so emotional/passionate...and scarily strong. xD Except it's unconscious IMO, Sai's so weird I would be rofl if he actually tried to TELL Sakura he liked her. He'd probably get beat up worse than Naruto. ^^;

[identity profile] foxkaiya.livejournal.com 2008-02-19 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's not too much of a pain in the ass, would you mind uploading the full zip again? -hides-

You freaking rock for this.

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
LOL Are you the one from the FST comm? :)P Sure sure, just need to reup it/get some back off my iPod and stuff. I totally can't wait for more Sai episodes so I can finally do an AMV to some of these songs. :3

Yay for Sai/Sakura fans!

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
ofmg i just check out your profile and CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVEN'T MET YOU BEFORE. :O Friend?!

[identity profile] foxkaiya.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
SURE. I was just reading YOUR profile and ships actually, and was like, "!!!!!" about it. XD You ship Marlin/Dory and Miguel/Tulio. You're kind of my hero. XD

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MIND I CAN BE AN EMO BUCKET. XD

Did you actually READ my bio? XD

AND I JUST REALIZED YOU LIKE LABRYINTH 490W36H35YM980GH

I am the one from FST. XD;;

Oh, and do you write fic? I really feel like I've seen your name around before.

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
LOLZ, well, JUST THE PRETTY PICTURES AND COMM LIST. XD

Yes I write, but since uni's making me decide between fandom and um, edumakasion, I've stopped. D; It was mostly SaiSaku, KakaSaku, NaruSaku, or Sasu/Naru...man I whore Sakura around LOLZ. And I spam with fsts alot.

LABYRINTH LABYRINTH LABYRINTH LABYRINTH!!! I JUST GOT THE MUSIC AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO IT LYKE CRAZY. *hits frienz button repeatedly*

[identity profile] foxkaiya.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
BUT I MUST APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING A LARGE PENIS. I'M SORRY. XD

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
*looks at it keenly with a steely eye* Eh, it's bigger than mine. xDD

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
all indiv links and a new zip is up. ENJOYYYY.

[identity profile] jekawu.livejournal.com 2008-04-05 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks a lot!

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2008-04-06 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Your weloome! Thank you so much for dropping a comment!

[identity profile] taekwonangel.livejournal.com 2008-05-30 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
Snagged the new zip-link - thank you for reuploading! This looks like a wonderful mix; all the songs I know I love, and the lyrics (and fun, thoughtful writeup) sold me on the rest.

Thanks again. ♥

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2008-05-30 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
&hearts

enjoy, and thank you for the compliments!

[identity profile] 0800-claire.livejournal.com 2008-07-29 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
too good to be true. I mean, THANKS! really, its a wonderful fanmix. GIRLS (LL) I love that song,

x3

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2008-07-29 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
GIRLS is such a true song. ;)

IS THAT SAKURA/SASORI? I LOVE YOU. *STEALS ICON (:'D)*

[identity profile] 0800-claire.livejournal.com 2008-08-02 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
haha thanks ^^ you made me feel proud of my "art"
:D

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-09-16 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, thanks for the music. And I really love how you took the time to add in the manga scans.

[identity profile] llivla.livejournal.com 2008-09-24 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, thank you! I'm glad people are still downloading and enjoying this as much as I do! :D

I have too much time on my hands

[identity profile] plushiesexual.livejournal.com 2009-01-12 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Never looked too much into this pairing, but your FST makes them make sense. ^^ Snagging it~thanks hun! <3