#Konan and Kushina best girls

[icequeen4]

My reaction when i see Sakura stans talk about how much better their pink trash can is compared to Tsunade,Karin,Konan,Ino etc.

[team7-headquarter]

Tsunade is the best written female character in Naruto because she had a life outside her team.

Like, if you can erase the main male characters out of the life of a female character and you still have a female character, that's something.

Who is Rin outside Kakashi and Obito? "Oh she almost became a jinchuuriki—" that event was made do that Kakashi and Obito couple awaken their mangekyou sharingan. Besides being their crush or teammate, who was she?

Kushina was more than a mother and a wife, right? But what happened to her dream of being Hokage? Why did Minato get the job instead? She has something going on for herself, but it was erased even before she died.

Yahiko and Nagato were as lonely as Konan was. At least none of them have anything beside each other, which isn't exactly good, but at least they were equals.

Sakura was someone before Naruto and Sasuke. She had Ino, she had a family— and in Shippuden they treat those things like there's nothing more to it. The focus is her role within Team 7, her role as the girl in the love triangle, her role as a healer that she took because of them. You're telling me that Sasuke and Naruto were gone for years and just trained and waited for them? In the Chunning Exams we were shown how much Ino and Sakura meant for each other, so why downplay it? Why minimize it? All the times Konoha was attacked and you never showed Sakura being worried for her parents? No one ever asked?

I'm so glad for Tsunade in that sense.

Erase her team, who is she?

A Senju. She's the granddaughter of two of the most powerful shinobis to ever exist and she does something with it. It isn't just a mention. She was an older sister and we were able to explore that connection with Nawaki. She was a lover to Dan and we saw her love for him multiple times. Do you want to ease all men in her life? She's a medic nin, the best in the world. She changed the way wars were fought. She has a pet and she has an apprentice, Shizune. The bond between Shizune and Tsunade is deep and developed through the story. She was a rival to grandma Chiyo. She was a sensei to Sakura too, taught her all she knew and trained her so no man could ever step over her again as if nothing. She was a killer. She was freaking Hokage.

If it wasn't for Tsunade, Sakura wouldn't have been allowed to be multidimensional like her. In fact, even after Tsunade, the story kept portraying Sakura like just the female crush, the healer for them to survive, blah blah blah.

They made Kurenai only a mom. Wrote Anko off. Treated the kunoichis of the Konoha 12 as an afterthought. Hell, they gave Sasuke another girl love triangle with Karin. A freaking Uzumaki girl and they did that. At least Temari is as chained to her siblings as they are to her.

If you erase Tsunade, tell me how the female characters of Naruto stand? Because every single male character is someone outside their female friends or lovers or whatever.

What about the girls? What about them?

[sakuraharuno156]

wait are u also an ino stan too!?

Obviously! ✨️

1) Ino is amazing! She's an absolute sweetheart!

2) I'm a Sakura stan, to not stan Ino I'd need to be delusional or a hypocrite lol

They have similar personalities (Sakura is just a bit softer spoken, while Ino is a bit softer in behavior), they play very well of each other and I love me some girl power!

Ino is everything I love in a character:

1. She is SO DAMN SMART.

The fact that Shikaramru is a strategist of the group is such a waste.

12 yo Ino pulled one of the biggest Uno reverse cards in manga, and people forget about it because they disregard Sakura vs Ino fight, which is a BIG MISTAKE.

Ino was aware that Sakura knew her technique well, and she still played Sakura like a toy. She pretended to have a full-on mental breakdown to make everyone believe the fight was over and that she had "lost it"

Just to fulfill a genius strategy she made up on the spot???

She was 12, and she fooled EVERYONE (including Shikamaru, who has the highest IQ and should see right through it).

That was and forever will be ✨️ Iconic ✨️.

Even during the written exam, she had one of the best ways of cheating (only Shinos and Sakuras (because she didn't cheat at all lol) were better):

What looks more suspicious:

Mirrors on the f-ing selling,

Random red eyes that just "appeared" on a guy,

Barking dog,

Big white eyes with hundreds of veins that just appeared out of nowhere,

A guy covering his one eye and A FLOATING EYE IN THE AIR,

Or a girl laying on the desk 🤷‍♀️

I know she had a predisposition to it because she's a Yamanaka, but still, what a great way to do it!

2. She is a menace when it comes to her jutsus.

I already touched on her technique during the war arc

BUT SHE TOOK CONTROL OF GOD DAMN OBITO???

And saved the shinobi alliance, like it's not a "big deal"?! A menace.

3. Not to mention her mentality, that makes her the IT GIRL.

- Can you do it?

- Doesn't matter! I'm gonna do it!

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Ino is amazing, and I hate when people disregard her. Is she as strong as Sakura or as smart as Shikamaru? No, but she is still incredible and a force to be reckoned with.

She is definitely one of the most incredible and one of the strongest (in her own right) femal characters.

She wouldn't win with Sakura or Temari in one on one, but she would smash both Hinata or TenTen and be a big trouble for the rest of Kunoichi.

(Also, that girl is so damn pretty, I can't ✨️)

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As another side note, I love most of the kunoichi. Naruto's female cast is very strong!

Sakura, Temari, and Ino are my personal favorites, but:

Tsunade is also absolutely incredible.

Mei is not in my top 10, but I'm all for strong female characters, so I like her too.

Konan is not my favorite - her personality is meh for me, but I can admit she is well written and crazy strong.

TenTen is not in manga enough, for me to have many feelings about her but... TenTen with Bashōsen??? Queen ✨️

Chiyo had a great character arc.

Anko, Hanabi, and Shizune are awesome for me too - their introductions always get me SHOCKED, and I love it for them.

Kushina and Kurenai are a bit reduced to "I love my man/family" so I'm not as interested in them as individual characters, but I like them well enough.

I respect Karin, Tayuya, and Karui for being honest. I hate a hypocrite, so them being so unapologetic in their behavior makes me at least respect them. I like Karin's character development, and I love me a smart and strong woman so 🤷‍♀️

From the new generation:

Sarada is fire. How can you not love her? She's a girl boss (so far) as well, also a child of Sakura and Sasuke??? GIMME MORE.

ChoCho is a fun character with an interesting idea, I hope she gets more development!

I just hate that one boring and rude character. One that makes my blood boil and my feministic heart bleed with RAGE, but that's not the focus of that post, so 🤷‍♀️. Oh, and I dislike Himawari for what she did to Naruto on the day he became Hokage. The most important day in his life and it all went to sh*t because of a brat (and not in the Charlie XCX way, in an annoying and disgusting way).

The end ✨️

[couldtransitionsaveher]

SASUKE UCHIHA from NARUTO

JUSTIFICATIONS:

"Sasuke Uchiha has to deal with some toxic masculinity from her abusive dumbass bootlicking piece of shit brother Itachi who killed his whole family (for simply...wanting more human rights?) and violently abused/tortured her when she was only 7 years old (she wasn't even 10). She suffered an abusive childhood and yet everyone won't stop throwing pity parties for Itachi the man who ruined her life because of some sad flashback between him and this guy named Shisui. Also Konoha sucks ass and the village ain't worth shit - the ANBU black ops can NOT do their fucking job even if their lives depended on it (minato and kushina died because of their incompetency), the village gets attacked 1,000,000,000,000 times, they bullied the MC Naruto for being a Jinchuriki and they are ungrateful bastards to Naruto, they massacred an ostracized clan (the Uchiha), the Hyuga side branch owns slaves, best girl Konan's village got destroyed by the Leaf Village and gave her PTSD. Sasuke made the logical decision to leave this shithole and she got hate for it. Honestly leaving Konoha and transitioning probably would've saved her imo." - Anonymous

"man, idk her brother is a dumbass bootlicker who abused her and tortured her when she was only 7 years old (she wasn't even ten!!!), her entire family was brutally murdered by her psycho brother too for simply wanting more human rights. his sensei kakashi could've been a good supportive person for her because he was friends with an uchiha back in the day and he saw some bits of himself in her - but no instead he just doesn't take her feelings seriously (which is ironic because in part 1 he's like "no sasuke revenge bad never mind the abusive childhood" but then in part 2 he's like "ok shikamaru go get revenge for asuma hypocritical much". honestly what kakashi should have said instead is something like "okay i understand you went through a shitty childhood and i'll help you get strong and kill itachi and bring justice to your parents & your clan. Don't cutoff your bonds". the worst part is fandom's recation to this, "haha kakashi put the emo punk b*itch in her place". she has to deal with toxic masculinity from her abusive brother who choked her. she also made the logical decision to leave konoha because that damn village gets attacked 100000000 times and konoha does some nasty shit (ex. destroying best girl konan's village, the hyuga clan owning slaves and child slaves (Neji's forehead was branded with the curse seal when he was only 4), the fucking hunger games *cough* *cough* I mean Chunin exams) - but she got a lot of hate for it. honestly leaving the pathetic shithole that is konoha and transitioning probably would've saved her." - Anonymous

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[generouskittensong]

Hi guys, I'm ranting a bit. It's sad that the SK fandom can't even be called a fandom anymore. I don't think that there are 20 people left are SK fans. Compared to the other couples there are only two couples that make sense. One is Sasuke and Karin and Tsunade and Dan.

Kishimoto made fun of every other couple especially spit on SS faces with Gaiden because let's face it Kishimoto detests SS and he showed us a lot through the manga, Gaiden and even made fun of SS in interviews, he has even said that he wants to divorce them because they are not compatible with each other.

Do you guys have Twitter?

I also have Twitter. I don't particularly like Twitter because of those nasty, trashy Sakura stans. One of the worst fans in the world are Sakura stans, and don't even get me started. How on earth do men like this garbage? For me it will always be wild. Sakura Stans are always thirsty, self-insert, middle-aged women who aren't good looking but want a hot guy like Sasuke and who have never accomplished anything in their lives. I swear I hate these people so much I want to throw up.

I hate this garbage character so much, I get even more annoyed when I have to read stupid comments about whether I like Sakura or Karin ON MY KARIN INSTAGRAM PAGE. Can you read? The account is called Karin! How the hell are you asking me this question? Or if I post other characters. The account is called KARIN!! I hate Hinata and Sakura. Both pointless, useless characters who accomplished nothing in the entire series. Both deserve to be cannon fodder. I also hate Team 7. A toxic team. Sasuke is not happy with Naruto and Sakura. He should have traveled the world with Taka, unlike T7, Taka is loyal to Sasuke. Taka didn't force Sasuke to do anything, they accepted him as he is while T7 wanted to create their own version of Sasuke for themselves in order to be accepted by him. Sasuke chose Taka for himself while T7 was chosen for him. That alone is the difference. Sasuke, who developed a new power for Karin and later told Tobirama that the Sharingan only reacts when the user develops "deep feelings" for the person, talks a lot about Sasuke's feelings for Karin. Just “biting someone to heal” is so sexual.

Biting is sexual and of all the possible techniques, Kishimoto chose this one for Sasuke and Karin. We've never seen Sasuke as intimate with anyone as he is in this moment and Karin is the only girl who made Sasuke laugh. After the genocide, Sasuke never laughs, only at Karin in the 2nd Chuunin Exam in the forest. really this smile is the biggest proof already. who ever imagine that part I sasuke would have a soft smile like Karin has developed a power for sasuke. Kishimoto knew exactly what he was doing. Same with Sasuke's reaction when he found out that Karin was an Uzumaki or that he only apologized to Karin WHILE a few panels before he told Konoha 11 clearly and clearly that he doesn't apologize to ANYONE. And his apology wasn't just "sorry." He chose a form of apology in Japanese that is used in two variants. Summanakata which is used by Japanese boyfriends to say sorry to their girlfriends. Kishimoto knows exactly why he chose this form for Sasuke. SK is the only couple that has a base in the series. I'm anti T7 but pro Taka/Hebi. I am anti-Itachi, anti Konoha, anti Naruto but pro Sasuke and his revolution. Pro change.

Sasuke is the best character in the entire series. No, I don't like Hinata. I don't like slave owners. Neji was right about everything. Sasuke, Pain/Nagato, Madara, they were all right. I'm also anti-Minato but pro-Kushina because she was the victim but I also don't like Kushina who called her murdered clan members "savages". In my opinion, Kishimoto is the best author who has brought so much politics into a story for teenagers that I find it funny how the majority didn't understand a story for pubescent boys. I like Karin as the only woman besides Konan in the entire story. You can throw the rest of the women in the trash can.

The manga just hints that Sasuke and Karin have already had sex. That's what Suigetsu meant twice and Kishimoto also talked about it in a databook in which he insisted on continuing to read the manga because it clarified what "exactly happened between Karin and Sasuke". There are "hints" here and there that indicate that this couple was already a couple before we saw Karin for the first time in the manga. The side text that talks about Karin how Sasuke was the only one who "recognized her" and in Sasuke's eyes "Karin is the strongest kunochi" says a lot about their relationship, not forgetting that Sasuke has not recognized anyone from Team 7 and Naruto until fights for the final battle for Sasuke's attention while Karin has already officially received it from Sasuke. There's a lot to say but I'll leave it at that. Likewise, I'm on the side of the "antagonists" because they had everything right compared to the fascist system called Konoha and the other 4 nations.

Sasuke at least saved Karin from the bear in the Forest of Death and she had a reason to immediately appreciate him. When Sakura was first interested in him, it was not based on any personal interaction or knowledge -- only that he was the aloof, cool genius who all the other girls fancied. I always felt Karin's flashback (so late in her story) was to reinforce her parallel to Sakura. She's the anti-Sakura. She is not Sakura 2.0. But oh well, now I stop my ranting :) Thanks for reading if you read so far.

[yu-huuuu]

𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥;; 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘩𝘦𝘦

[ 🌸 ] because this blog cannot be complete without our women uwu

characters: sakura haruno; ino yamanaka; hinata hyuga; tsunade senju; kushina uzumaki; konan

genre: fluff

warnings: none, fem!reader, umm mentions of the word v*gina i guess?, also mentions of blood, menstrual pads annnd colics...

part 1;; part 2;;

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sakura haruno

* LOL

* This girl is going to take care of you

* She is Tsunade's assistant and student

* Knows what to do

* Even so, she will do her best to take care of you

* Did you say hugs? On my way

* Oh no, do you feel bad?, she will make you a special tea for that

* "Y/N, I peeled an apple for you to eat"

* Sakura is a good girlfriend, only she is not very patient to say

"Sakuraaa can we hug?"

"Sure, but this is the fifth time today"

"Sakura, just hug me"

Take care of her as she takes care of you ❤️

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ino yamanaka

* oh

* The flower girl

* She is so sweet

* Smug girl with a big heart, she reminds me of mean girls 😂

* In any case!

* She will take care of you, like if she sees you wince while you walk or if she sees you in a little ball in bed

*Ino is not very good at consoling you but she is trying

* "Y/N I brought you flowers to make you feel better!"

* She always brings you yellow flowers

* Because according to ino they are unique and beautiful like you 💛

* (Also because they remind her of her 😂)

* She also brings you scented candles with your favorite scents so you can enjoy them at home while she goes to work.

"Y/N look what she brought!"

“Mm? What is ino?"

"I brought you your scented candles with your favorite scent! Surprise!"

"Oh my-!, thank you love!"

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hinata hyuga

* shy girl

* ummm

* Yes, she won't know what to do

* She is too shy to ask what you need (menstruation in her clan was taboo to talk to someone)

* Even so!

* she will see what to do to help you

* Does she see that you are hungry? she will make you a feast

* Fortunately this shyness only happened the first time you had your period together

* "Y/N-N a-are you alright?"

* she always asks you if you're okay 🥺

* Hinata is a good girlfriend, she really is... she's just shy, even so she'll do everything to take care of you when you need it

“Y-Y/N I brought you c-cookies”

"Thanks love"

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tsunade senju

* ohh, it's a sweetheart (when she's not mad)

* In any case

* will take care of you

*She is the hokage so she is always very busy but she will send Shizune to come see you

* LOL

* I just imagined her coming home and she sees you in a little ball and she's like; “aww my girl is not having a good time🥺”

* Only her giving you hugs to make you feel better 🥹

* Are you hungry? Well stay where you are she'll go get you something quick to eat

* You want a drink? Do you want tea or wine?

* She will stay watching bad shows if it makes you feel better

"But Tsunade, you must be tired-"

"Enough, I won't let you go through this on your own."

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kushina uzumaki

* so

* You're dating the warm-blooded habanero, huh?

* Out of all women, you chose a dangerous woman

* Anyway

* She is an impatient woman but at the same time she is soft with you

* Like: "I know you're having a hard time, so I'm going to be nice to you more than I usually am."

* Also because she already knows that you are having a bad time

* She will take care of you

* Do you want to make a pillow fort and then hug us? Sure just let her bring the blankets you bring the pillows

* Do you want to eat ramen? Sure, she's going to make it and then you two can sit together while you eat.

“Y/NNN!, the ramen is ready!!”

"Kushina! Thank you honey"

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konan

* serious girl serious girl serious girl serious girl serious girl

* she already knows what to do 😂

* She is a busy woman, since being the right hand of the akatsuki leader is not easy

* Still she will make room in her busy schedule just to be with you

* If she is too busy and she can't come to see you, she will send an origami bird to send you a letter asking how you are

* She has a soft voice with which she will sing to you sometimes to make you sleep better

* She will always hold you against her chest at night when the cramps won't leave you alone

* Konan is a sweetheart 🧡 she is a good girlfriend she really is and she will always do whatever it takes to take care of you

"Did you get my letter, honey?"

"Konan! Yes, I received it and I love you too, love"

* Also, have you heard that when a group of women are together their periods can come at the same time? Yes? Now I imagine a sleepover like this with these girls, HAHAHA. And maybe I'll do a part two aaa🥞

[feralcherry]

Naruto takes that might enrage you (girl addition)

Warning, some of these takes might enrage you- that’s fine.

Fillers don’t count as canon, don’t even bring them up if you talk about this post lol. Also it’s been a while since I’ve seen the whole series, so some of these might be disproven as I continue with my rewatch. The excuse that Shounen is for boys is also very weak and holds no weight, as tons of girls (and nonbinary folk) relate to the characters in this show, so that doesn’t excuse Kishimoto for his weak writing of women.

To preface, I love this show. Love it to pieces. It was part of my childhood and holds a very special place in my heart. But there are some things I personally don’t like or wish could have been done better. I love every character and will go blue in the face talking about how much I still love this show. That doesn’t free it from my criticism. I’m also only listing what I don’t like and what I would change, though I’d be more than happy making a post about what I loved.

Let’s start off with my girl Sakura Haruno. She is easily the most hated girl in the series, and all because of how ‘weak’ or ‘annoying’ she is. As if that’s not the fault of Kishimoto himself lol. She was shoved off to the side continuously and never given cool storylines, unlike the other members of her team.

What I took issue with about Sakura:

-What were this girls dreams?? The whole reason she became a ninja was never really talked about nor were they really developed as time went on. She was all about Sasuke, which would be fine if she grew out of it. But no. 

-Her crush on Sasuke was super stale. He was handsome and powerful, but what else was there to him? He was a jerk to her most of the time (there are some instances he’s somewhat kind to her, but if we go off canon, it’s not enough to make her deep love make sense). I think it would have been so much more interesting to see her grow out of her infatuation for him. If they had to have ended up together, watching them relearn each other and fall in love would have made them more compelling. She stayed loving a boy who thought very little of her. 

-She’s pitted against her best friend and doesn’t develop much of a relationship with other girls her age. It’s kind of sad, and I think they should have fought over something other than a boy. 

-We are told repeatedly that she’s super powerful by other characters, but she’s never given time to truly shine. She got like a single battle with Sasori and she deserved more cool moments like that!

-She was a healer, which makes perfect sense. But why is it mostly girls who are the healers? It’s a bit weird, when there’s also Neji with his perfect chakra control. She only has her healing abilities and her super strength; but even then someone like Kabuto has more offensive healing based techniques than her. Like his chakra scalpel. 

What I would fix:

-New dreams. Show her find a dream outside of her team and grow into it. Also give her more of a backstory. Sai has more of a backstory than she does and he’s way newer than she is.

-I would let her fuck up one of the Peins instead of Konohomaru- she’s a main character and passed over for that little brat?? She should have gotten to do more than scream out for Naruto and heal people :/ 

-She her intellect a bit more. She’s so smart, and yet we don’t really see it.

-She’s perfect for genjutsu, Kakashi himself said so. So why not give that to her? Or play more with ninjutsu. She has earth and water on her chart, so why not give her those abilities? Maybe even wood jutsu to even her out with her super OP teammates. Idk how, it could have happened, this is a show full of demons and god like abilities, it could have happened someway.

-She should have grown out of Sasuke and not married a man who doesn’t really appreciate her and isn’t there for her at all.

-I would totally have expanded on Inner Sakura more. Imagine if it made her mind impenetrable? Could have woven that in with her skills for genjutsu and made her unaffected by other’s illusions.

Next, let’s go with a more beloved character of the fandom. Hinata. Now personally I don’t care much for her- she could have been so cool but just like Sakura, they kind of messed her up.

What I didn’t like about Hinata:

-Her entire existence is revolves around Naruto. Naruto this, Naruto that- and yet she simply sat back and watched as his life was shit and did nothing despite her ‘love’ for him. And then fillers/movies are added to show that oh wait! she’s been there this entire time!! no lol. Build her up from the start as his love interest at the very least.

-She stayed super meek the entire time. Shy girls are okay, but I wanted to see her grow into herself more and not need as much reassurance. She’s a ninja and should stand on her own two feet more.

-She’s less skilled then Neji and I would have loved to see her outmatch him at some point, even once. Or gain abilities outside of her clan, or do something that made a name for herself outside of being the heiress of the Hyuga.

-She never fixed her clan which was one of her few spoken goals. That was a huge bummer.

-I think it would have been cool to see her mess up Pein a little more. She only stepped in because it was Naruto, which reinforces that she’s only about him. But at least let her land a hit if she’s as powerful as people say she is. 

-She makes the most sense to be a housewife or a healer with the way her attitude is but in Boruto, she’s kind of rewritten to be a ‘scary’ mother which just doesn’t fit her. Plus, she tells Boruto to go and take care of his dad?? Bro, that’s your child and your husband is the hokage. 

What I’d fix:

-Prove her dad wrong and show him that her compassion isn’t a weakness but a strength. 

-Fix the Hyuga clan bs.

-More character growth and showing more of her life away from Naruto. Her romance with him could also have been better. I hated her always watching him but never standing up for him, it kills me.

-Neij dying for her proved their clans hierarchy bs to be right and it just doesn’t make sense for him to die for her. It showed that he was right to feel caged and that he simply existed for the benefit of the Main family.

Now with the others, there’s much less I have to say about them because they aren’t main characters or the love interests.

Ino-

-Jealous of Sakura, no dreams of her own, stupidly loves Sasuke and for what? WHAT’S SO COOL ABOUT HIM?

-I like her growth for the most part, it was cool watching her fight in the War Arc with her team. 

-Why is she the medical ninja? I never got that.

-She got with Sai but they didn’t really show their development and how they fell in love with each other. It’s like she only likes him because he looks like Sasuke and called her pretty once.

Tenten-

-Should have gotten to train with Tsunade at some point, since she was the one who originally idolized her. 

-We know nothing about this girl at all. She doesn’t even have a last name.

-Her weapon usage was meant to be so cool and yet she missed so often- there’s a disconnect there. Her abilities could have been built up more. Imagine if no matter what she never ever missed. That would have been cool.

-Her weapon shop isn’t doing well. Just because it’s an era of peace doesn’t mean the need for weapons is totally over, not if there are still active ninja??

Karin-

-I actually like her, she’s kind of funny and I like that she’s mean even if she can get annoying.

-Again, another healer, though she’s also sensory which is more interesting. I’d like to see her with some jutsus though. That would have been neat.

-Her love for Sasuke makes sense since he saved her and smiled at her, making her think of him as her hero. And she’s the only one he apologizes to without Naruto strong arming him into it.

Temari-

-She’s pretty solid in my opinion. Though I would have loved to see her more without her brothers.

Konan-

-Her goals in life were to support Yahiko and Nagito’s dreams. It would irritate me so much if other girls in the series were more well rounded and din’t also have some sort of dream involving a boy.

-She was underused. I would have loved to see her fight more.

Tsunade-

-Only becomes hokage to support others dreams...All of them men. And then later passes the title onto Kakashi who doesn’t even want to be Hokage either. 

-No other justus used, she’s on par with Jiraya and Orochimaru and yet she’s only super strong and the best medic. She should theoretically be more well rounded than that, right? She also should be shown fighting more even if she’s a medic, she’s also s legendary sannin 

-Had to be saved by 12 year old Naruto. I know it’s a show about him, but she’s meant to be a literal badass but needs a kid to save her.

Kushina-

-Wanted to become the first woman hokage and then didn’t. Her husband did. and then she became a housewife?? What?? She should have become the first woman hokage with a badass husband or had another prominent role in the village like as a council member or something.

Kurenai-

-Always lost a fight? She’s some genjutsu using badass but always lost fights.

-No real personality, she’s just chilling there. Sexy as hell though. Has a kid and that’s about it.

-What I will give her is that I’m so glad she was allowed to age. So many anime mothers always look the same as their teenage self and she looks like she can be anybody's mama.

Over all, the girls could have been handled much better. I wouldn’t find issues with any of them being housewives or all about boys if that weren’t what seems to be the standard in the anime. I just wanted more of a variety and better character development, especially for Sakura and Hinata who are the mains 😩

Now to what might REALLY piss people off- ships! I’m not trying to start some war here, this is just my opinion and you can take it or leave it.

Sakura- Naruto, since they had the most development and showed more than two seconds of caring for each other. Even Sai in Shippuden has more of a connection to Sakura than Sasuke did.

Ino-Shikamaru, if she had to end up with a guy it makes sense it’d be him since they spend more time together than her and Sai did. (inosaku for the win tho)

Hinata-Shino or Kiba, again, because they spent more time with her. Naruto and her felt very rushed and I don’t quite understand the appeal.

The one that made the most sense and became canon was Shikatem, though their son’s design was lazy :D 

If I do a second part, it’ll be about the boys and the ships with them that made sense to me. For now, this is all I have. If you’ve made it this far, thank you lol

byeee

[ao3feed-izuku-midoriya]

How to Adopt a Pet(Dad)

How to Adopt A Pet(Dad) by lavenderkitten322

All For One had many names over the many centuries his reign of power has been going on. One of the ones that had the most effect, however, is Midoryia Hisashi. If you were to look into the Midoriya household, you would find a single mother with her four kids, one girl, and three boys.

However, three of the children hid a secret from the general populace; they are reincarnated. Aka: Midoryia Inko, formally known as Uchiha Inko, gave her last name to her ex-husband when they got married. After "Hisashi" disappears, claiming that he can't have a quirkless child, she raises her four gremlins to the best of her capabilities while working as an engineer for a company she helped create. Somehow all but one of her children has memories of a past life, and she really should have expected this.

Words: 1288, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, Naruto

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Inko, Uchiha Obito, Yukimi (Naruto), Yamato | Tenzou, Hidan (Naruto), Kakuzu (Naruto), Konan (Naruto), Nagato | Pain, Yahiko, Hoshigaki Kisame, Sasori (Naruto), Deidara (Naruto), Bakugou Katsuki, Shinsou Hitoshi, Hatsume Mei, Toga Himiko, Dabi, Hatake Kakashi, Gran Torino, Nohara Rin, Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kushina, Sasaki Mirai | Sir Nighteye, Maijima Higari | Power Loader, Nedzu

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Yagi Toshinori | All Might & Uchiha Obito, Yagi Toshinori | All Might & Yamato | Tenzo, Yagi Toshinori | All Might & Yukimi(Naruto), Midoriya Inko/Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Hatake Kakashi/Yamato | Tenzou, Nohara Rin/Uchiha Obito, Hatake Kakashi & Namikaze Minato & Nohara Rin & Uchiha Obito, Namikaze Minato/Uzumaki Kushina, Deidara/Sasori (Naruto), Hidan/Kakuzu (Naruto), Konan/Nagato | Pain/Yahiko, Hoshigaki Kisame /Yukimi (Naruto), Akatsuki & Uchiha Obito, Bakugou Katsuki & Deidara, Hatsume Mei & Sasori, Bakugou Katsuki & Hatsume Mei & Midoriya Izuku & Shinsou Hitoshi & Toga Himiko, Toga Himiko & Hidan, Dabi & Uchiha Obito, Shinsou Hitoshi & Konan(Naruto), Kakazu & Shinya Kamihara, All Might & Midoriya Family

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, In which Midoriya Inko is actually an Uchiha, Because somehow Naruto verse merged with BNHA flawlessly, I created another island guy don't @ me, at least it isn't sentient this time, Obito wants to sleep, He gave up a solid year after he created that door, Let Midoriya Izuku Swear, Uchiha Obito is Midoriya Asashi, Yamato | Tenzo is Midoriya Itsuki, Yukimi (Naruto) is Midoriya Kasumi, Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Hisashi, Bakugou Haruma is Deidara, Sasori is Hatsume Matsu, Hoshigaki Kisame is Sakamata Aito, Kakazu is Shinya Souta, Konan (Naruto) is Shinsou Ai, Nagato | Pain is Nao Intelli, Yahiko (naruto) is Awata Yuu, We're getting some support course action here, And while we're at it some department of Management course action too

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30190122

[artemisunicorn]

Naruto Shippuden Openings Ranked

Aight y'all, I said I would do this months ago, so here we are.

Just like my last ranking post, I have no real reasons as to why I like this OP over that one. They're just poor reasons and explanations that I'll probably change my mind about after posting.

But yeah, this is gonna be a long post, so let's get to it.

Also just a disclaimer- I had a very difficult time ranking the openings, especially at the bottom. Just note that I like and enjoy every OP except one.

Actual ranking is below the cut because yay I can use my laptop to make posts now :D

Number 20 - Tsuki no Ookisa - OP 14

I always thought this was called “Size of the Moon” or something like that

This OP

Oh boy

I used to just hate this one with a passion

And I still do!

Okay not literally, but it’s still my least favorite

I see what they were going for

Red, black and white vibes

It’s….okay?

And the song

Yeeesh

It just doesn’t make me feel anything but the huge urge to skip it

I’m so sorry if you really like this OP but goodness I really don’t like it

It’s one of the only ones I don’t like vs don’t mind

I will say

The end though?

Where its showing the freeze frames of everyone

That looks great

Itachi at the beginning looks great

It definitely has its moments, but just not enough to make me really enjoy it

Number 19 - Hotaru no Hikari - OP 5

Or as I like to call it

SHA LA LA-

I already know y'all but to come for me on this one I'm sorry

This opening is,,,okay…

Now that I’ve seen all of them, I kinda have this bias of “I know what the next opening is and that’s a whole BANGER” so I kinda sleep on this one

But its not bad

I always love the Naruto and Sasuke parallel shots

Just not up there for me

Number 18 - Guren - OP 15

Another OP I lowkey just disregard after watching all of them because we all know what follows this one

But it’s not bad at all

I love the split screens

And then it all comes together

Kakashi and Obito’s split screen looks amazing

Actually, all of their shots look amazing

The song goes well with the visuals

I love the colors they used

Seeing Madara is always a treat

The shot of the hokage is good

But uhhh

Yeah that’s about all I got

Number 17 - Newsong - OP 10

Don't kill me plez

A lot of people don’t like this OP

I can see where they’re coming from

But it's goofy and wacky, and honestly not so bad

It ain’t nowhere near top tier, but I can enjoy it more times than not

The part where they’re running and do a lil jump

That took me out when I first saw it

The animation is supposed to accompany the wacky feel, and I feel that the animators had a lot of fun with this one

Overall, I don’t dislike this OP like most

I actually like it

But admittedly, it’s not strong

It’s very cute tho

It makes me smile

That team jutsu though

What the hell

I don’t know how I feel bout that

Also B falling

That was a nice addition

Also also Sasuke refused to be a part of this wacky ass OP which I love

Number 16 - Niwaka Ame ni mo Makezu - OP 13

This OP is fine

It doesn’t really do anything for me until the 5 Kage are shown fighting Madara

Which looks great by the way

But also gives me storm 3 war flashbacks

It’s pretty overall

Like all the parts with Naruto look really good

The individual shots of the 5 Kage and Sasuke are meh

I don’t really care for that part

Overall, ehhh

Number 15 - Moshimo - OP 12

I’m not gonna lie

I totally forgot about this OP

It’s fine

Nothing really excites me

I do like 2 parts though

Where Ay tries to punch Minato and he gets out of the way to fist bump baby B

And when Naruto is in the middle and it zooms out to show Kushina and Minato behind him

The song is good

Overall, okay opening

I was torn over whether to put this one above or below OP 13, but I decided above because I like the ending part more

Number 14 - Toumei Datta Sekai - OP 7

Another OP I really slept on

A lot of people really adore this one but I just don't see it??

It takes a second to kick off

It really only gets started for real when we see Pain and the trio’s flashbacks

After that, it’s pretty good

The music picks up, the visuals start getting quite interesting

And that Pain v Naruto moment where they just stare at each other and it shows both faces

Looks amazing

And of course, Kakashi brings some spice into the mix

It’s always a great time when we can see him in action

Makes me wish we got the girls v Konan though

But yeah, the shot with Naruto falling in

From then on, it's incredible

Number 13 - LINE - OP 18

From here on, these OPs are just the ones I love

This OP is a major breather

The song is very slow and nice

Visually, I love the choice in focusing on one thing at a time

Once character at a time

It looks very nice

The little destiny shard flying around

And I love how there’s variants in who interacts with the shard at the very end

My favorite is Itachi because he gives the shard to us and I’m not crying you are

It’s really pretty too

Not much to say here

I just really like it

It’s not top tier, but it’s a great OP nonetheless

Number 12 - Closer - OP 4

THAT SHOT AT THE BEGINNING

Where everyone is looking back

I absolutely love it

I absolutely must know if the budget was actually blown on Hidan spinning his scythe

The shot looks great though

Another vibe kinda opening

The ending is so cute with Naruto jumping in the air

they did that to cover the gaping hole in our hearts

ASUMA WHY

Also I completely forgot there was a second version until I saw it while pulling up the link

First version is better

Number 11 - Lovers - OP 9

That beginning part with the camera cutting and focusing on the three

Yeah that right there is great

And the explosion behind Killer B

Love that shit

They really went all out for the aesthetic kinda look

And it really pays off because the OP looks very very good

The song is pretty good too

But I probably wouldn’t listen to it outside of what’s in the OP

Every shot with Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura on the divide is really good

Number 10 - Blood Circulator - OP 19

Ah the top 10

Another song that is hype asf

I honestly prefer the third version with Naruto and Sasuke

But even still, this OP is pretty great

It’s a lot better visually in the second version because there’s not a lot of lingering shots

I love the shots of Minato, Kushina, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Itachi and Iruka

But I also love that the whole first version is summed up in no time in the second and we move onto better shots

But the third version is the best visually

With the fights and flashbacks

And the ending with Sasuke staring and Naruto crying and then they fight

That rasengan is great

But even still, all versions look pretty good

I really don’t have that much to say about this one

I enjoy it quite a lot

Number 9 - Hero’s Come Back!! - OP 1

Everybody and they mama be dancing to this I swear

It’s a bop and a half

Honestly what a great way to start the series

I’m bopping every time it comes on

And that shot of Gaara holding out his hand before he don’t feel so good

My heart

I mean, what else can I say about this one

It’s just great

3..2..1 MAKE SOME NOISE

Number 8 - Totsugeki Rock - OP 11

First things first

THE SONG????

IT’S A WHOLE BOP

EVERY TIME I HEAR IT

I GET SO HYPE

Naruto’s face at the beginning caught me off guard the first time I saw it

Visually, this OP isn’t bad at all

I actually really enjoy this OP a lot

It makes me dance and headbang lmao

I would say the song carries this one, but nah

The visuals really go well with the song

I really don’t have much to say about this one

It really is just so fun and hype

And I really love it

Number 7 - Kaze - OP 17

This OP is very pretty

It’s another one I slept on

It’s animated so well

All of the freeze frames we see are stunning

And it’s animated very well

Also long Kakashi segments always get extra points from me

And this one is gorgeous so even more points

I love the kinda traditional style they were aiming for with the textures

The cuts to the hand signs are good too

Also in sync with the music which y’all know I love

The aesthetics in general are just so lovely

NIGHT GUY YESSSS

HE LOOK AMAZING IN THIS STYLE

This OP has some of the best visuals in all of the OPs

I can’t even express how beautiful it looks

And seeing Minato and Rin slowly fade by as Obito falls and Kaguya is revealed

So good

The song goes well with the visuals too

The song in general slaps

Overall, very good

Number 6 - Distance - OP 2

YOU ARE MY FRIEND

Okay SUE ME, I’M A BITCH FOR DISTANCE OKAY

I just love this mcfuckin opening so much

It caught my attention when I first started watching Shippuden

And it’s very pleasing to look at

Also that “Thank you my friend”

Hits me every time

And overall it’s a vibe kinda opening

The walking scenes are the best

Not a lot going on on the eyes, but it still looks really good

Honestly, it’s probably my favorite OP, but it’s not the best OP

And I’m a sucker for the emotions

And this OP brings it hard

It’s definitely ranked higher than most would put it, but I can only put it so low

I love this OP so much

Number 5 - Karano Kokoro - OP 20

Holy fuck

This OP

Damn near brings me to tears every time

This OP was,,,,well,,the end

This was the conclusion of the story

And my goodness y’all

It still hits me in the feels

The visuals with this one carry it on home

It hits hard seeing everyone growing up

Let’s talk about the visuals shall we

Starting right from the beginning

Shikamaru just sitting as the music comes in

By the way, the music fits so well with everything

But yeah, seeing him just look up with this soft music just warming your heart

And then it cuts to the shogi board so we know exactly what he’s thinking about

Then to Sasuke

Sasuke

With everything that’s happened with him, just seeing him be able to just breathe

It’s everything y’all

And then we get to see Naruto’s stone face up there with the rest of the hokage and then to this lovely vibe

Naruto and Sasuke doing the hand sign that saved the world

"Tell me the story of your life"

That shit right there

They knew what they were doing when they chose this song y'all

InoShikaCho eating some barbeque

Kiba being loved to death by Akamaru and Hinata smiling

Do y’all see why this just makes me so happy yet?

Free Kakashi points

The shot of Naruto as hokage

That part got me good when I first saw it

And even a little now

Lee, TenTen, and Temari showing that they’ve still got it

The zoom in on InoShikaCho to Ino saving Sai

THE WHOLE EVOLUTION OF NARUTO AND SASUKE

THE HIGH FIVE

THE P I C T U R E

HOW ARE Y’ALL NOT CRYING

The story has finally come full circle

And there's finally peace

It’s just overwhelming happiness

I really love this OP so much

Number 4 - Blue Bird - OP 3

HABATAITARA MODORANAI TO ITTE

Blue Bird slaps

Visually, it’s absolutely incredible

Like that one part

Y’all know that part I’m talking about

Where Sasuke and Naruto do that parallel switch

*chefs kiss*

It’s just so good

AND THAT’S ONLY ONE PART

THE WHOLE THING IS JUST SO PERFECT

AND IT REALLY GOES SO WELL WITH THE SONG

Y’all better know by now how much I love the visuals synced with the music

And this song delivers on that

I know I have so much to say about this one, but I’m not gonna remember to say it until after I post

I prefer the second version (even though it’s just the same animation from Closer)

MEZASHITA NO WA

AOI AOI ANO SORA

Number 3 - Diver - OP 8

Let me get this out of the way

I LOVE Diver

It’s another OP that just always got my attention from the get go

They really calmed down with the visuals on this one

Instead opting to have the very pleasing gentle visuals that match so well with the song

And then he gets blasted out of the water and it gets SO GOOD UGH

All the hidden gems you don’t recognize until you rewatch it after seeing everything come together

I love that

And then Sasuke coming in to get all up in Naruto’s personal space just to fuckin chidori the shit out of him

It’s quite sad

But then his friends just lift him up

My heart

Then he wastes no time just rushing in to save Sasuke in the same 30 seconds as when Sasuke attacked him

It really shows his character

But also it was a whole direct reference to how Sasuke was looking over him back when he first left in the rain

That’s the subtle little hidden gems I love to see

Also the music just slaps so hard???

Like hello??

Who told y’all to make something so good????

And did I mention that I just love the visuals??

Number 2 - Sign - OP 6

EVERYBODY SHUT UP THIS IS MY SHIT

I REALIZE THE SCREAMING PAIN

HEARING LOUD IN MY BRAIN

BUT I’M GOING STRAIGHT AHEAD WITH THE SCAR

*drums going ham and guitar absolute shredding*

CAN YOU HEAR ME

CAN YOU HEAR ME

CAN YOU HEAR ME

SO AM IIIIIIIIIII

Okay now that that’s out of the way,,

THIS SONG FUCKING GOES HARD Y’ALL

IT’S SO HYPE

I am ashamed to admit that I used to sleep on this OP

Wait….

Both Sign and Silhouette have people turning to look at the camera-

And they’re both so good…

Dare I say…

Is this a….SIGN

I’ll leave now..

The opening part with Jiraiya and Naruto and then Sasuke and Itachi

My heart y’all please

AND THEN THE CHORUS

AND THE VISUALS

Y’ALLLL

ALL THE SHIT WAS GOING DOWN IN THIS ARC

AND THE VISUALS STILL GET ME HYPED TO THIS DAY

EVERY MOMENT IS JUST GREAT

There really isn’t a single second where I wanna look away

I can’t gush about this OP enough y’all

It’s so damn good

Also y’all know I gotta mention the hair whip

I’ve never felt pain like I did for Jiraiya and Itachi

It still hurts

But the OP

It’s just amazing

It still gives me goosebumps

UGH OKAY OKAY I’M DONE GUSHING

OR ELSE I’LL GO ON FOREVER

OKAY ONE MORE THING

But as I’m rewatching all of the OPs for this, I just fell all the way in love with the show again because of this OP

Number 1 - Silhouette - OP 16

Speaking of silhouette

We all been knew

From the get go, it’s just a blast

The song and visuals are a match made in heaven

Oh, and don’t think I won’t be gushing about them individually

Firstly

The song

KANA-BOON need to chill bruh

This song is SO GOOD

A BANGER

A BOP

WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT

THEY WENT TOO HARD ON THIS SONG

I DON’T UNDERSTAND

AND THE LOOK OF THE OP???

STARTING WITH EVERYONE TURNING TO THE CAMERA ONLY FOR OBITO TO SHATTER IT WITH HIS LOOK

TO THE WHOLE SERIES RECAP UP TO THAT MOMENT

IT’S AMAZING

I CAN’T EVEN PUT IT INTO WORDS Y’ALL

The colors pop

It’s so pleasing to the eye

All of the transitions and smooth animations

Like Obito and Madara aging up (and down)

The quick flash of baby Kakashi and baby Obito before we even see Madara’s aging transitions

Y’all know I love the camera focus/glitch effect and it’s used a lot here

Naruto’s aging up while running

The switch between the static look to the smooth look

And the pencil drawn kinda look

They really went so hard on this OP

MADARA’S BREAKDANCE MOVES AND FLIPS?!?!??!

Everyone getting the cloak

That shot of Rin spinning in time with the music

ALL OF THE FAST CUTS OF WHAT’S TO COME AS THE GUITAR FINISHES UP THE SONG

Everything is always synced perfectly with the music and it really just makes it so much better

Especially because the song is so fast paced

To match up the visuals with individual words and not just full measures or half measures

Like just one example

Obito walking and him aging up

All synced with the music

Y’all

I can go on about this opening FOREVER

It’s a true masterpiece

Right, well that's my ranking. Took many hours but I'm pretty happy with it for now.

My ranking will be completely new by tomorrow morning

But yeah please hit me up if you disagree/agree with the ranking. I love discussing these kinds of things with people!

This is starting to sound like a youtube outro

Also unfortunately no gifs to make the post pretty this time ;-; I'm having technical difficulties.

[shikadainara]

discussing the sad naruto deaths because why not:

zabuza and haku: OF COURSE this still makes me bawl my eyes out, “if possible, i wish... to go to the same place as you” is such an iconic naruto quote for a good reason. 10/10. (and the way haku finds out post-mortem how, really, zabuza didn’t see him as a mere tool all this time after all....!!! i hope they rest easy in the afterlife.)

hayate: does this even count. even on “sad naruto death” collages i don’t think i’ve seen a single person acknowledge that he was killed LOL

hiruzen: i cannot believe i actually cried over this bitch as a kid LOOOOL like??? it does make me the tiny smidgest sad how he was still trying to believe in the good in orochimaru until the very end but that’s all i’ll say. when you find out later how he was complacent in the uchiha clan massacre and also i realize now that i’m older that he could’ve VERY EASILY done something about how naruto was neglected but chose to do jackshit, that and reread the konoha crush it feels like this fight gets dragged on for so long and i’m just waiting for him to die faster bye bitch!!! 👋👋

dan and nawaki: eh i do like tsunade and all but also they’re kinda just. there. dead.

chiyo: NOOO MILF YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TOO SEXY TO DIE!! 😭😭💔 ok but seriously, chiyo’s death it doesn’t have the “nooooo!!!” factor because she did willingly give up her life, not going out torn up and bloody, just peacefully transferring her life force away, but... wow. her death speaks so much about how she was willing to past things onto gaara, and his generation. it’s such a fitting death. and you know what i honestly want to say that chiyo is the best written female character in the whole damn manga...

asuma: HHHHHH???? i mean OF COURSE i love team 10 the most OF COURSE this tears my heart into pieces but!!! i wish it was better written!!! like of course his death cuts into shikamaru deep and by proxy it makes me so emotional because of it but... asuma you do have two other students Hello... the first half what he says to ino about how caring she is great, the second half about not losing to sakura in ninjutsu or in love is... kinda Uh but. the first half of what he says to chouji about how big his heart is is great, the second half about asuma spouting fatphobia is just??? WHAT!?!? THIS IS BOTH A HORRIBLE THING TO SAY, LET ALONE AS YOUR DYING WORDS TO YOUR STUDENT, AND DOESN’T EVEN MAKE SENSE!?!? hhh like i do think that!! asuma loves his students if not he wouldn’t treat them to barbecue all the time but!!! for fuck’s sake i reallllly wish we got to see what he actively did to teach both ino and chouji before he died... at least. at least i think the manga’s self aware because when his edo tensei is brought back, no one brings up the second halves of what he told to both ino and chouji, and his new final words of “your inoshikachou formation is complete.” is WAY better...

itachi: i don’t fucking know. itachi’s character is all over the place what am i Supposed to feel

shisui: ok honestly i remember like nothing about him sorry pass

jiraiya: hhhh?? like his whole death scene was great, it does make me sad with the build up of tsunade betting on his life since she never wins her bets, the way he’s fighting to the bitter end, him putting his pen down with “the tale of naruto uzumaki”, seeing both tsunade and naruto break down over the news of his death... BUT. yeah idk i wish he was a better person while he lived that would’ve been cool.

minato and kushina: well the impact of this one is lessened imo since well they were dead long before the series started their deaths was uhhh kinda what put the whole series in motion. it still is sad tho thinking about the AU where what their family could’ve been if they lived :( 

nagato: i do like the rain kids and all but the rinne rebirth shit was pretty dumb like it felt like kishi just wanted to backtrack on actually killing off some characters lol

konan: uhhhh honestly i don’t remember what happened in her fight against tobi at all sorry. i’m sure her death was sad tho

neji: neji’s not even anywhere near my list of top favorite characters and his death was an absolute shitshow. you know why but the whole angel thing for NH shit is awful, the way tenten isn’t allowed to mourn for him she just says “lee...” ??? (idc about the ship i just mean as being his teammate), the fact that he goes down so easily, THE UH. THE DISTURBING IMPLICATIONS OF HIS CHARACTER ARC AND HOW HE DIED TO PROTECT THE MAIN FAMILY UHHHH. er. now that’s what i call Yikes!!!!

shikaku: NOOO DILF YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TOO SEXY TO DIE!! 😭😭💔 i’ve expressed before but i do think the whole “i grew up watching your back” thing is kinda weird since it makes it feel like shikaku wasn’t that actively in shikamaru’s life but. we know that’s a lie??? we know that he’s konoha’s best father and is also sexy as hell??? the whole “live and guide them yourself, shikamaru.” MAKES ME BAWLLLL AAAAAAAAAAA (i do think that the whole “make sure to hide that from your mother” thing is also kinda weird but whatever i don’t think it detracts from the impact of his death lol)  i hope you keep thotting it up in heaven king

inoichi: NOOO DILF YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TOO SEXY TO DIE!! 😭😭💔 we know less about his relationship with ino but it’s abundantly clear from this scene alone how much ino absolutely loved her father... and again as someone who loves team 10 so SO much!! yeah. i do absolutely fucking hate the “POSITIVE LOVE *PICTURE OF SASUKE*” fuck off with that shit but. the “WHAT I’M MOST PROUD OF AS YOUR FATHER... IS YOUR FEELINGS TOWARDS YOUR FRIENDS” AWWWWWWWW and the way they both die by welcoming oblivion by saying that they’ll always still be in their children’s hearts.... AAAAAA

rin: idk i’ve seen both “you let rin die.” and the whole “haha you sure know how to steal a girl’s heart!!! *picture of chidori going through her chest*” memed on to death it’s so hard to take it seriously anymore i am sorry

obito (not the rock but for realsies): “YOU WERE THE COOLEST GUY!!!!!” that’s all i have to say

[cywscross]

got any f/f fic recs?

Okay so apparently not Final Fantasy but femslash. I’m stupid, sorry. Uhh I don’t read that many femslash compared to slash but I can name some:

NARUTO

Sing as their bones go marching in again by felinedetached  (Sakura/Ino)

Instead, it goes like this: Haruno Sakura is the daughter of two civilians, from civilian families. She is nothing and no one—smart, yes, top kunoichi, yes, but she will never be on par with clan kids. She is teammates to an orphan powerhouse from a dead clan and the last remaining Uchiha.

Haruno Sakura is nothing and nobody, but she breathes and grows and thrives and the forest thrives with her.

(She opens her eyes to wood, grown from nothing, and Hatake Kakashi stares in disbelief at the tree where his student used to be.)

Or, Haruno Sakura should have had the goddamn Mokuton and this author is mad.

No one there to shame me for my youth by felinedetached  (Sakura/Ino)

What she hadn’t expected was to be what is apparently next in line for Kakashi’s position—although, she supposes it was inevitable—or for the nurses at the hospital to look at her with such adoration.

Sakura’s not complaining, she just hadn’t expected it.

(She’s the medic on a team of powerhouses, the backline fighter to Naruto and Sasuke’s brilliance, and she never thought it would be her people looked at like this.)

But it is her; and as she gets glances and propositions from both civilian and ninja, from male and female alike, she wonders.

The Fair Maiden by Tozette  (Sakura/Ino)

Basically: Princess Ino has been kidnapped by the terrible dragon Sakura! Brave knights Chouji and Shikamaru must rescue her from the fearsome beast. It... does not go entirely as expected.

The Shinobi version of Pride by grit (Sakura/Hinata/Karin)

The coffee sways dangerously.

“Why,” Sakura interrupts, before the chaos can get any worse, “are you in my kitchen?”

every fire is a lesson learned by blackkat (Konan/Sakura)

Just when Konan has lost hope, she meets a hero.

three birds watch and the fourth flies by grit  (Minato!Sakura/Kushina)

There's a legend in her hands like clay, so she must work hard to be formidable, to be everything he was and she isn't, because what if she screws up the future, selfish enough to make space for her own?

She pours over heaps of sealing scrolls and tries not to think too hard on what happens if she fails.

Or: Timid Minato but this time around, she's Sakura.

throw it my way (all the love you keep) by amako  (Sakura/Ino)

The crux of the matter is: they don't have a Hokage, the one that could be Hokage is sharing a Moment with his soulmate or whatever, and when asked to take the mantle again, Tsunade had broken a few bones. Not hers, obviously.

will to live by justdoityoufucker  (Sakura/Ino)

Sakura joins the ANBU. The entire world seems a little tilted after that, but they all adapt.

Bumpy Future by Dovey (Sakura/Hinata)

It's her last year at the academy when Sakura hits her head. When she wakes up, she has a little trouble matching memories to the people in them- but she'll have to get it right eventually, yeah?

in which sakura pairs vague associations with the wrong people, and everyone is much happier because of it (Except Iruka-sensei).

the Rebel ‘verse by felinedetached (Sakura/Ino)

(Three things come after that:

The moment of realisation. The moment she realises Sasuke’s left the village, gone off to do who knows what with Orochimaru-

Her memory returns to her - she was useless against her teammate; taken down by a pressure point and unable to do anything to prevent him from getting at it.

Inner rages, throws herself around, cursing and screaming until finally, finally she calms and she says Uchiha Sasuke is a traitor.)

In which Sakura gets the character development she deserved.

shattered dreams into rhapsodies by blackkat (Kushina/Mikoto)

For the prompt "I’m a monster/guardian that the local village give sacrifices too and you’re the new sacrifice but don’t worry I won’t eat you, I’m kinda lonely"

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HARRY POTTER

Four Walls (And the Right People) by blackkat (Lily/Narcissa)

“Is coming in there going to make me lose my will to live?” Lily calls, amused.

“No!” Harry protests, wounded, like she and Narcissa haven’t previously walked in on structural damage, fires, flooding, and mysteriously conjured cat-sized dragons. Sirius has been a terrible influence on them.

the girl who lived (again) by dirgewithoutmusic (trans!Harry/Ginny)

Molly tried her best. When Harry had told them, Arthur had asked excitedly, "is this a Muggle thing?" Hermione had hurried out a "no!" and a frantic history of gender diversity in the wizarding world.

"It's just that I'm a girl," Harry had said, and Arthur had nodded and asked her about how telephone booths worked. He would call her by the right pronouns until the day he died at the respectable old age of one hundred and thirty three, and he would make it seem easy.

But Molly had to try. Hermione explained things faster and higher-pitched every time Molly messed up a pronoun. Molly frowned and muttered and put extra potatoes on Harry's plate at breakfast. Harry slept in Ron's room, which didn't bother either of them but which made Hermione scowl.

Harry got boxes of sweets and warm hugs, as Molly chewed things over. For her fifteenth Christmas, the Weasley sweater she would receive would be a bright, friendly, terrible pink.

The next time Harry visited, Molly put her on Ginny's floor to sleep-- for some definition of sleep that involved Hermione hissing threats at three in the morning if Harry and Ginny didn't "shut up about Wronski feints, do you know what time it is."

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GAME OF THRONES

When Warp Is Fire And Weft Is Ice by afterandalasia  (Dany/Sansa)

People tell many stories about them, the Mother of Dragons and the Queen in the North.

Some of them even have a grain of truth in them.

a strangeness of sunlight by musicforswimming  (Dany/Sansa)

Someone calls Sansa home, and sets her free in doing so.

Ivory and Dragonglass by madeinessos  (Rhaenys/Sansa)

For the valar-morekinks prompt on livejournal: "Rhaeneys follows in her father's footsteps when she and Sansa run away together to the free cities so they can be with each other . Both ladies left a letter to their families so that their absence wouldn't spark the embers of another rebellion."

Sansa in Dorne by sear  (Arianne/Sansa)

Alayne Stone wakes confused, in the body of the young maid she once was. She has returned to Winterfell, before everything went wrong. All she wants now is to be free, to never be hurt again. Dorne will give her that.

Mirror of the sun by myrish_lace (Dany/Sansa)

Daenerys arrives at Winterfell to attempt to treat with Jon Snow. She's immediately side-tracked by her fascination with Sansa Stark, and the two grow closer. Told from Daenerys's point of view.

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And these are genderswap femslash, in case you’re not a fan:

TEEN WOLF

Utterly Appropriate by wynnebat  (Peter/Stiles)

There's only one person whom Stiles would marry, and whoever has asked for her hand isn't on that list.

Spin a Web of Silk by twothumbsandnostakeincanon (somanyofthekids)  (Peter/Stiles)

“Darling, will you marry me?”

Stiles stared into the eyes of the light of her life, the one who held her heart- her love.

And then she looked back at the man who had asked the question.

“Yes.”

Sugar Babies Not Sugar Vaginas by twothumbsandnostakeincanon (somanyofthekids)  (Peter/Stiles)

Stiles is a copywriter working for a service that's been contacted by a company that sells something called Passion Dust. It's so much worse than it sounds.

Free Birth Control by twothumbsandnostakeincanon (somanyofthekids)  (Peter/Stiles)

“I can’t believe they haven’t fixed the footbridge yet,” Peter said, disgruntled as she toweled off her feet, getting all the muck from the creek off of them.

“I can,” Talia said absently as she shelled peas on the front porch. “The only people who use that bridge are you, Stilinski, and Stilinski’s clients. And Stilinski does her best to avoid clients. Did you hear what she did to the woman who took out the bridge?” Talia settled further back into her chair. Peter immediately recognized it as Gossip Position, and leaned in eagerly.

“No, tell me everything.”

Ain't No Stranger (Been This Way Before) by pibroch (littleblackdog)  (Peter/Stiles)

Stiles loved orgasms, and she really loved the shuddery, mind-numbing orgasms Peter had spent months meticulously and enthusiastically learning to coax out of her. She also loved the relief from cramps she’d get from a good climax or four, and Peter had no complaints about blood. Definitely a win-win, all around. - Stiles has a period from hell, and Peter has a surprise.

On The Loose by SmartKIN (Peter/Stiles)

Stiles has a job to do; Hot Lady Sniper almost ruins it for her.

The Same Damn Hunger by Twisted_Mind (Allison/Stiles)

There’s no soft jazz, no flower petals or candles, because that’s not what this is.

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MARVEL

Mightier Than The Sword by aloneintherain (Johnny/Peter)

Janey Storm freezes in the doorway.

Pen is half naked. Her boney, freckled shoulders and the faded sports bra she’s had since high school are on display. Bruises from this morning’s encounter with the Scorpion haven’t had time to heal yet—purples and sickly greens tesselate over her ribs and toned stomach.

Janey can see every unedited part of Pen: her open knuckles, blood a sharp red against her pale skin; her unbrushed hair, grown out past Pen’s jaw like a tangle of weeds; her loose jeans, slung low on her hips, with fraying ends and ripped knees. Janey stands there and sees Pen Parker, a half naked, wide-eyed girl choking on her heart.

“It’s occupied,” Pen manages.

--

Or: a universe where Johnny and Peter were born girls.

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YOWAMUSHI PEDAL

One For The Road by Atropa Belladonna (WorldsJunk) (Onoda/Arakita)

Fuck her entire life on a cactus she’s a fucking loser. Not because Onoda’s boobs are bigger than her’s - ok, they’ve always been. Actually, everyone has bigger tits than she does, she is flat as hell and she likes it. Why the hell would she want a couple of Shinkai-style jugs waving around in the wind when she’s riding for fucks’s sakes, that’s impractical as all fuck. No, Arakita is a loser because now she can’t stop thinking about Onoda-chan’s tits and no way she is perving like this on an innocent girl that is all around too good for the likes of her.

[sugar-petals]

(Only if you’re familiar with them, otherwise you don’t have to answer~) do you think sasuke and Itachi uchiha from Naruto are subs? I like to believe they are as you said that someone with so much power pressure and stress really likes to submit. So it’s kinda sad when there are only dom! Fics about them it’s just ughhhh

am very well familiar. i was riding minato’s dick in my senior years, best choice of my life. major nostalgia 😄 let’s see. i view these characters in the following way. the overall series does have a lot of dom power, though in differentiated ways. and who said the subs aren’t hiding in plain sight beside that 👀

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naruto — surprisingly vanilla i suspect, we’re probably all fools. at least for the sake of the argument: switch. quick to jump into the dom role cuz he’s naruto, but there’s a metric ton of underestimated baby boy potential. best of both worlds alrighty.sasuke — bratty mf 😉 and indeed, there have to be more subby fics. he pulls it off. the passion! way kinkier than naruto. angry sex would be out of this world. requires a dom/me both tough and empathetic. 

kakashi — experiment-prone, switching, dom preferencetsunade — domme right here!! itachi — mmh a delicious masochist. he’s sexy. that hair. gimme gimme.jiraya — daddy dom ino — switchykiba — obv pet play subsai — dom in the making neji — switches sometimes, would make a beautiful suborochimaru — the medical roleplay kind of rigger 💀temari — pretty cool dommetobi — who the hell knows what he is up to 😂konan — switch, more on the sub sidemight guy — fitness roleplay dom lmao?!gaara — another pain play guymadara — the masterhidan — s/m embodied he does it bothsasori — another domkisame — wild card #1zabuza — true thug domsakura — slightly domme-ishiruka — soft dom, often vanillarock lee — something weird and funny idek. but he can sub for sureyamato — another daddy domkushina — switch, but dom preference ya know 😄 hinata — baby girl, sweetestttshikamaru — switchy, toy enthusiastanko — dominantdeidara — total wild card #2last but not least mister minato! my favorite cutie my babe my blushy boy my hot fudge my sunshine my honey pie the loml 😭 — softest dom, hell, softest switch. epitome of vanila, he’s just sweet, tbh who can blame him he’s an aquarius.

[amitds]

In your opinion who are the 5 best written males characters in Naruto? And the best written female characters?

I am only talking about characters up to the war so no new gen here. 

I think Sakura, Tsunade, Chiyo, Konan and Kushina are the best written females.

 People bash Sakura a lot but imo best written i.e. having development different aspects to their characters and having clear issues and goals plaguing them is what it means to be well written and her progress from parts 1 to 2, her issues with sasuke, her relationship with Naruto and her own insecurity about her looks and her place/power on the team are really good aspects for a character and they added value to her even with kishi ignoring her a lot. 

Other girls are bad ass but bad ass/powerful =/= well written. Tsunade’s different sides and her struggles with losing all those dear to her and coping add to her character and Chiyo’s mindset and old fashioned views, her redemption after what she did to Gaara and her dynamic with Sasori made her an amazing character even though she was only there for a few chapters. 

Konan’s relationships with her team and Jiraiya and her motivations throughout, especially the end also made her a well written character imo and her death was interesting and appropriate. I would have liked to see more from her though. 

And honestly I say Kushina because she is well written BUT I feel like there isn’t any other notable female who is well written to be here apart from those I listed before and Kushina. I would say Anko and Kurenai but Kishi dropped the ball with them and ignored them so Kushina beat them out for a place in my top 5. 

Although in an ideal world Mito would have gotten attention and made a deadlock with madara and hashirama and we would have gotten the best female ever but I digress. 

Um best written males would be (not in any particular order): Gaara, Sasuke, Madara, Itachi, Lee.

 Neji got sidelined after the exams, Jiraiya is a perv and a sob story fuckboys identify with and Minato is perfect and Obito is yuck so is Kabuto and Oro and the rest of boys/men just obviously do not stand out as top 5 best written IMO.

This is just off the top of my head and due to me having to pick only 5 though.  

[shinobisage09]

Rules: Choose any three fandoms (in random order) and answer the questions. (taken from Pyropsychiccollector)

My Three Fandoms: Fairy Tail ~ Naruto ~ Danganronpa

The first character you loved:

Fairy Tail: Natsu Dragneel

Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha

Danganronpa: Chiaki Nanami/Junko Enoshima

The character you never expected to love so much:

Fairy Tail: Brandish Mu ~ :3 Solely became the best ever.

Naruto: Tayuya~ / Kakashi Hatake/ Kurotsuchi~/ Madara Uchiha.../ Minato Namikaze / Kushina Uzumaki / Konan / Obito Uchiha / Shisui Uchiha

Danganronpa: Kyouko Kirigiri (Literally 5 minutes into playing the first game I loved her lol) / Kokichi Ouma

The character you relate to the most:

Fairy tail: Cana Alberona

Naruto: Naruto Uzumaki. This was a picky one because it was a tie between him and Sasuke. And I have reasons for it, but I ultimately went with Naruto.

Danganronpa:  Hajime Hinata

The character you’d slap:

Fairy Tail: Lucy Heartfillia,... Anna Heartfilia..... (Earthland) Jellal Fernandes…. They need slaps with the infinity Gauntlet. at the least.

Naruto: Danzou Shimura. ...*sighs*. Danzou...is literally the bane of everyone’s existence. OR most. Even if you hate Sasuke... Danzou is the man who was like “Hey Shisui... I see you’re gonna use Kotoamatsukami to change Fugaku’s mind... err... I don’t trust you not using it on me... you’re an Uchiha... soo.. I’m gonna rip it out...and make Itachi murder everyone”. Oh and not only THAT but he was ALSO a major contributor to Nagato and Konan’s suffering since he convinced Hanzou that their Akatsuki was a threat and was why Yahiko die. @___@. And. Sakura Haruno. Like. Every little thing about her annoyed me. I mean don’t get me wrong, she was pretty cool after the timeskip, but she also annoyed me even more. Like. It was amazing. I mean I never understood the constant pining for a guy who repeatedly made note he had not an inch of care for her. at the least... and she screws Naruto around too, and like. C’mon.

Danganronpa: Byakuya Togami... Nagito Komaeda... Ruruka Andoh....Izayoi Sohnosuke...Juzo Sakakura...

A character you liked at first but don’t anymore:

Fairy Tail: Gray Fullbuster. See, at first I thought he was pretty cool ice mage... looked awesome, nice rivalry with Natsu. But as soon as Juvia perked around his character started...to drop. Now it isn’t so bad, but Gray... has the same problem as Jellal (i’ll get to him in a second), he’s not upfront...like at all. And because of this he just lets Juvia waste her time around him... and then he abandons her for six months... like, regardless of the reason, she almost died. And THENNN, just because Natsu gets involved with the Book of E.N.D. Gray goes sudden Sasuke all of a sudden and is like “screw you Natsu, I don’t care if I have to kill you for it. My dad said ---” and THEN it got worse in the Alvarez arc. That after ALL the years he was with Natsu was just like “Natsu is my enemy! He’s an evil demon who killed Juvia!” and then tries to kill him... when Natsu only went to kill Zeref.... . Jellal Fernandez (Earthland).  *sighs in agony*  I’ll...keep this short. See. Jellal was introduced as this badass mage who infiltrated the Magic Council. He had cool magic, was a fantastic antagonist... and then... he’s this soulless... lifeless... shell. All he ever did after that was brood and mope to Erza, and keeps telling her how much he hates everything in life. Doesn’t ever smile when one of the hottest girls is next to him. And it only got worse when he acted so sorry for himself that Erza has to be the one to defend him because he doesn’t have his own spine. For a guy who constantly says “I need to atone” he always acts like he wants people to pity him because he can’t man the f--- up and take responsibility. It’s often common that he’s compared to Sasuke, but Sasuke doesn’t make people pity him, and he takes responsibility. People like to say he lies to Erza to save her, but that’s WORSE. Because he can’t flat out say “No Erza, we can’t be together, move on”. Why is it worse? Because lying to her and being ambiguous makes it so she doesn’t want to move on “just incase” he change his mind. So not only has he destroyed his own badass character by having not a bone in his body, but he also destroys one of Fairy Tail’s best developed character because he refuses to let go of his hold on her. I say “earthland” because Edolas Jellal/Mystogan, is leagues better... who actually HAS a conscious, personality and accepts responsibility.

Naruto: Kankuro. See.... I don’t hate Kankuro... but, in Part 1 he was shown to be a bad ass with his Puppets... you know. And in part 2... Ughh.. Ever since Sasori kicked him around with no problem... Kankuro just... fell... I mean he hasn’t done else much since he’s Gaara’s aide, and still... Temari was still cool. 

Danganronpa: Nagito Komaeda (it’s not too weird, but at least I was open to his character before he went crazy…. Or showed his crazy. And then he went and acted like a dick to Hajime because he was Reserve Course, and then he got Nanami to throw that poisoned fire grenade…. >.>) <----------- Pretty much the same reason. 

Three otps:

Fairy Tail: Natsu x Erza.

Naruto: (My OTP isn’t accepted by virtually 98% of the world so I’m not going to bother post it)

Danganronpa: Makoto x Kyouko/Tanaka x Sonia~

[vesperlionheart]

The Barn 5

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Sakura remembered the words she learned from before she left the shadow of the coven.

‘The difference between a blood witch and a bone witch is all in their names. There’s not much more to it than that.’

Sakura had believed the lie for years. In hindsight, she was embarrassed at how naive she could be. She had listened when they told her that all witches were primarily the same, that there wasn’t anything more to the labels they picked up after become dames and dons.

The more they clashed, the more Sakura saw it; the lie of uniqueness’ death.

Blood favor made Karin fast with her magic humming so close to the surface, but her blows didn’t stick and sink as well. Sakura’s magic was heavier and slower, but carried far more heart when it struck true. Bone favor made her stronger than stone.

The game between then was speed and strength; winning hinged on who balanced their strengths with their weaknesses better. Karin had the advantage of tailored practice keeping her spell casting fit, but Sakura was far more rested and ready to unload spell after spell.

Between the two of them, the game of stamina would always favor Sakura, but especially after Karin was weak from a blood letting. The difference was like a lake verses a sidewalk puddle.

It didn’t last long, but seconds were hours when magic was hot in the air. It felt like forever to Sakura who made her body a conduit.

“Repel.”

“Force.”

“Break.”

“Unbalance.”

“Strike.”

The commands came out so loose and easy. Sakura would shout them while Karin seemed to kiss the air with her words before flickering out of focus. Unlike Sakura, she didn’t waste as much time on hand signs or gestures to guide the flow of her magic.

Sakura crossed her hands in an X formation over her chest and shouted ‘shield’ before uncrossing her arms and shouting, ‘shatter!’ with her fingers spread wide.

Karin reached up to try and shield, but the magic was thin. That was the difference between a blood witch and a bone witch. Sakura might not have been able to catch Karin, but that mattered less and less when the fight was head on.

The bones in Sakura’s hands had been broken and fractures so many times, making the calcium buildup thinker in the healed places. She had forgotten what that felt like until her magic was rushing over it. As the seconds stretched forever, more details glared at Sakura, bright and unyielding.

Karin slouched against the couch, blood trickling from her nostrils. The red color made a pretty contrast on her paper white skin. Sakura thought Karin looked like the marble from the receiving hall, with her veins standing out darker and closer to the surface; some still pulsed with magic.

“No fair,” Karin croaked, sounding even more out of it than before. “You’re supposed to be out of practice. You reek of inexperience. What was it they said about old dogs? You’re too old to be learning new tricks without a teacher. You’re not a little girl anymore.”

Sakura folded her left arm across her chest, resting her hand above her heart and holding it there. It shook worse than the rest of her and she knew it was because of the accident years ago. Magic made the nerve damage harder to ignore. 

Bone witch didn’t mean flesh witch.

“You went easy on me,” Sakura said.

She approached her cousin and stopped at arm’s length to crouch down. They were at eye level when Karin finally looked up and grinned. Blood dripped out of the corner of her mouth.

Somehow, she still looked pretty. Sakura could believe there were still dozens of boys and even girls who would be willing to kiss Karin, bloodstains and all. Karin had always been the ‘pretty one’ of all the cousins. Labels like ‘pretty’ got you to all sorts of horrible places though, and Sakura didn’t envy Karin for that, not one bit.

“Are you going to be okay?” Sakura whispered.

“You’re cute, cous. You should know better than to worry about the witch that’ll stab you in the back the second you turn around.” Karin did her best to hike her eyebrows, but even that effort seemed to exhaust her.

“You shouldn’t have fought me if you were feeling so bad,” Sakura hissed. “You were practically dead on your feet. Why did you have to go and be a hard ass about letting Madara go? You should have known you wouldn’t win in that condition.”

The golden chains had all but faded. Madara rose to circle around the chair and join Gaara who flanked Sakura from behind. He didn’t seem any worse for wear and there were no outwardly signs of distress or abuse as he rubbed his pale wrists.

Sakura noticed that his black slacks and white button front long sleeve were not the ones he had left Sakura’s house in. They were nicer, newer, and didn’t stand out as much.  He had rolled up his sleeves a quarter of the way and didn’t bother to fix them as he crossed his arms and watched the scene unfold. Beside him, Gaara was just as silent.

“You think Auntie dearest would have liked to hear from me, how I let the outsider waltz in and take something else from the family? She’s pissed you have the house right now. She’s pissed you showed up her sons. She’s pissed you were able to do something the boys and I couldn’t do. Man, it would have been nice to see her face if I was the one that broke the curse. What a sight that would have been. Now all I’ll see is that...that look, the one she makes when she sees a water stain on the coffee table, or dirt on her hardwood floor. I couldn’t even keep the familiar she gave me.”

“Kushina? What right would she have to do such a thing? Kakuzu was the one who-”

Karin reached up and bopped Sakura on the nose. “Silly rabbit, who do you think he works for? She told him he could be your familiar if we took the others from you. There aren't a lot of years left for him now that Mito has died.”

Sakura curled her lip before she could stop herself. “I’m not taking a familiar. It’s barbaric.”

“That’s cause you don’t understand anything about how any of this works. You turn your nose up at the rest of us and tromp off to get a fancy education and a perky little job perfect for all your tidy vests and penny loafers.”

Karin’s words were acid, but Sakura didn’t flinch.

“You think you’re better than the rest of us because you don’t use your magic, but all that makes you is stupid. You’re sitting on a goldmine of power. All those Shinobi are one step from zombie food. They’re ‘vessel empty’ as the old farts would say. Once their magic runs out, so do their bodies. They’re not going to feel whole unless they’re tethered back to this world.” Karin swallowed  and blinked back a headache before saying more. “If they don’t get witches they go back to being screaming ghosts on the moorish highlands.”

Sakura flinched at the truth of it. There had been no equivalent exchange made when Sakura gave form to the ghosts haunting her house. It didn’t make sense to make something out of nothing, even when there was magic involved. Something had to be exchanged to make the transfer work.

When witches pulled creatures from the other worlds to form familiar contracts, there had always been something offered up in addition to the rites of wedding or the rites of binding or even the more rare rites of scholarship. Sakura hadn’t done any of that for her ghosts. She hadn’t thought she needed to. How was she supposed to know they were shinobi and not spirits trapped in limbo?

“There are other ways to avoid such a fate. I’ll find a different way.”

Sakura didn’t meet Karin’s eyes, but instead watched the trail off red glisten as it trailed down Karin’s smooth face. Blood leaked from her left eye now.  

“Maybe, but you don’t have years to explore that possibility. Mito killed a man for Kakuzu’s original bonding rite, and with her gone he’s got maybe one or two more years before he loses it and the decomposition catches up with him. Too bad no one here wants him. Your friendly barn ghosts on the other hand...I doubt you harmed a fly to manifest their bodies. You think you can get away with four-five, no six,” Karin hesitated before finishing, seemingly caught on a wave of dizziness that forced her eyes to close and her head to sway. Karin reached with her hands to steady herself on the floor. “Those six freeloading magic users who have no claim on this plane of reality. Kushina said you have weeks before the first one snaps back.”

Sakura wanted to bite out that she hadn’t know that when she pulled the ghosts out of the madness they were once trapped in. It wasn’t her fault she forgot the step in the process that tethered them to this world.

Sakura heard Gaara and Madara shuffle behind her, and remembered Konan was a flower pinned into her hair. Now wasn’t the time to snap out excuses.

“I’ll figure something out,” Sakura said before whispering. “And I only pulled out five.”

“Yeah…” Karin closed her eyes, slouching even more. “Maybe, but in time? Naruto and Menma have the blue brothers...you know. I’m a slush but those two...huh...heh. Yeah, those two will give you a run for your money. You’re not up to...snuff.”

Karin sighed and it was a sound that rattled her from the inside out. Her eyes went slack as her efforts to try and kept them open ceased. She slouched the rest of the way and would have fallen if Sakura hadn’t reached out to catch her.

“What are you doing?” Gaara asked. “She tried to hurt you. Why are you helping her? I thought she was our enemy.”

“Maybe that’s how it is, but even if she is my enemy, Karin is still my cousin and she is still a girl that’s been chewed on by far nastier jaws for far longer than she deserves. I can’t leave her like this.”

“Will she come after us?” Gaara asked.

“If they tell her to, Karin will obey, but that doesn’t mean I have to be cruel.” Sakura felt an emotional weight make her weary. “I think there is enough cruelty in this world as it is without me having to add to it. Let me be kind even if it’s foolish.”

The last of her words came out as a whisper and Sakura wasn’t sure Gaara or Madara heard, but that was okay. Her words didn’t need to be for them as much as they were for herself. It was easy to be angry and hate. Karin and her were on opposite ends of the chessboard, dressed in different colors, but that didn’t mean Sakura had to play the game.

Karin was light as paper when Sakura moved to lift her cousin and set her down on the daybed not far from the fireplace. There was a throw blanket draped over the side Sakura yanked down to unfurl and drape across Karin’s form. Her dress was lovely in sinful ways, but Sakura doubted it would do much to keep her warm in the library.

Sakura turned when she heard Madara draw up behind her. He was all smiles and rakish black eyes that promised something more. He reached for Sakura’s hand just like he had when they first met. When he spoke his words were just as warm and sugar coated.

“I was afraid you wouldn’t come, but I think I knew better, somewhere in my heart. I had faith you wouldn’t leave me to her clutches.” His smile stretched and his eyes danced. “You were lovely in all your magic.”

Sakura chose not to react to the touch, fearing he just did it to get a reaction out of her. Behind him, Gaara was glaring at Madara’s back, though he said nothing.

“I’m sorry I realized my mistake so late. I shouldn’t have trusted Kakuzu or risked the three of you like that. I should have known better.”

“You couldn’t have. Until the matriarch witch showed up, it really was how Kakuzu said it would be. He went through the process of getting us new names and identities in this world when she interrupted and had us...reassigned. Naturally the woman wanted me, I’m gorgeous, how could she have resisted me?”

Sakura snorted before she could help herself, and dropped his hand. “That and I think you look like a boy she used to have the most massive crush on, way back in the day. It explains why she was so excessive with the chains.” Sakura glanced back over her shoulder at her sleeping cousin. “The last one ran away.”

“He must have been handsome,” Madara muttered, mode souring. He took a half step closer to Sakura and put on a new smile for her. “Don’t worry about what she said regarding a body. I’m sure I’d be able to find one for use if I actually tried to look. You can have me bonded to you before the end of the week.”

“You don’t need to think like that, I’ll find some other way around this situation. I might have been a paper witch for how much I studied. Mito’s barn has a lot of books, I’m sure one of them will have some insight.”

Marina raised his chin and Sakura saw his lips part ever so slightly as he watched her from a new angle. His tone changed when he spoke next. “If you say so, but...I don’t mind being bonded if it was with you.”

“Karin and the rest of the family might treat it lightly, but committing yourself to another person in a bond, even the most basic level of one, is something that should be entered into with fear and trembling. I’m not ready to be responsible for another soul, so I shouldn’t.

His voice was still soft when he spoke to her. “It’s not so much your responsibility as it is a...partnership. It might be nice to have a partner in this strange new world.”

Sakura looked behind Madara to see Gaara, who was watching the exchange with silence and keen attention. Sakura didn’t know how she felt about that.

“We can talk more about this later, but right now I’m tired and Karin was right when she said the walls here have eyes. It’s only a matter of time before more show up and I’m not in any condition to exert myself.” Sakura winced at the feel of her next few words before letting them loose. “I’ll have to come back for Kisame and Zabuza another day.”

“Agreed,” Madara quickly voiced, turning around to stand at Sakura’s immediate side. “Those two can handle themselves until you are in a better condition to be taking on twin brats in bad clothes.”

“You’ve seen the twins?” Sakura asked, heading with Gaara towards the door. As they walked the redhead reached out and grabbed onto the sleeve of her dress, silently latching onto her.

“Worse, I heard the pair of them. The blond one never shuts up. Zabuza might kill him. I would if I had to be stuck with a brat that happy. It’s bad enough to have to endure the stink of someone who’s chakra was implanted.”

Sakura stopped walking, catching Madara by his shirt sleeve. “What did you just say about Naruto?”

“He’s a brat. I’m sorry if he’s your cousin but-”

“No, about his chakra-magic, being implanted. That’s not his magic?”

Madara scoffed. “Maybe some of it is, but there is a foreign agent in the child’s chakra, along with his twin. They share a power source that is additional in nature. No, I doubt those boys were worth much when they were born, but I’ve seen it done before. Clan heirs have to be strong and perfect. If they’re anything less, clan heads fix it.”

Beside her, Gaara flinched. Sakura might not have noticed if she didn’t feel it from where he hung onto her. She reached back for his hand and entwined her fingers with his, not caring that those were her damaged fingers, the ones that shook outside of her control. He didn’t seem to mind.

“How could you tell something like this?” Sakura asked.

Madara shrugged, eyeing the way Gaara held onto Sakura with a critical expression that turned colder as the seconds went by.

“I’ve seen it done before, so I was sensitive to it when we were first introduced. The blond wanted the ‘grumpy one,’ and his brother wanted the chakra powerhouse, but even though I was passed over-tasteless shit heads- I was in the room when they both tried to force the others into bonds. Zabuza and Kisame resisted. They felt it too, the other chakra.”

Sakura glanced downwards, trying to remember the last time she was around either cousin while they used their magic. She had heard more than mere stories about how powerful both boys were, and how gifted the coven would become. Sakura always assumed that was because her cousins were born that strong. Madara’s revelation changed things.

What had Kushina done to ensure her boys were in positions of power? What had Kushina done to ensure her boys inherited the clan? What had Kushina done?

“That doesn’t matter now. We need to leave,” said Gaara.

Sakura nodded in agreement before tugging both boys along. Madara grinned at the contact, but Sakura didn’t pay it any mind as she navigated the hallways that were starting to seep illusions like slime between the seams. She cut through and dispelled what she could before finding the main hall that led them out. It was empty without a soul in sight.

Someone was in the hallway behind them, but Sakura didn’t slow and instead urged both males into a faster walk straight out the front door and down the stairs at the front.

She meant to lead them back to the marble receiving house and magic them all back, but her plan dried up when she saw at the base of the main exterior stars was a car already waiting. Leaning against the hood was Kakuzu, missing the sunglasses and grace mask. When he looked up Sakura could see the gray lacerations still healing across his face.

Fresh wounds.

‘Those weren't there yesterday, were they?’

“Get in. Your magic won’t work in that place anymore. They’ve cut off your means of escape since you stepped foot on the property.”

Madara growled at the sight of the shinobi but Sakura tugged him along and guided both boys into the back seats before whirling on Kakuzu with magic as thin as a knife’s edge along her fingertips. It was a warning when she pressed it to his jugular.

“Don’t betray me again or I will show you how much of a witch I can be,” Sakura warned, eyes narrowed and deadly.

Maybe she hadn’t been much of a witch when he first looked her over, but he would regret dismissing her if he didn’t recognize the storm she could be now that she was pissed.

Kakuzu didn’t seem bothered by the knife, but was oddly fixated on her hand flaring with magic. He looked up and their eyes met. She could see the color of her green magic burning in his oddly colored eyes.

“I won’t,” he promised.

Sakura stepped back with her magic and he rounded the car, opening the door to the driver’s side while she slid into the passenger’s side.

The radio was off but Sakura jammed her thumb against the button until it clicked on. She punched in a number and turned the dial up until music was all she could hear.

[blackkatmagic]

Submission

Hey Kat, what do you think of a Reverse x One Piece crossover? Like during the battle where the Akatsuki ambushed the Jinchūriki fam while they were on the way to Konoha something wonky happened, (like kamui reacting odd with seals or something) and everyone there is hurled randomly into the One Piece world, with the last thing Kurama sees being the foxes latching onto Naruto and Gaara (because I think he would literally destroy the planet if he thought they didn’t have protection of some sort).

Then Kurama wakes up and he’s alone again but he contacts his siblings and they’re ok but nowhere nearby, so they make tentative plans to lay low and figure out what happened and how to get back to each other. Only, that doesn’t quite work out for Kurama, as he’s landed in the middle of Sabaody and one of the first things he witnesses is a Tenryūbito harshly beating a group of child slaves, and well, there’s only one way Kurama would respond to that (The bastard’s lucky, had he known the kids were slaves he would have made the asshole’s death so much slower). Now he’s got new kids in the form of Koala and the Boa sisters, an absurdly large bounty, and he can positively feel everyone he knows rolling their eyes from half a world away. So now he’s on a mission to reunite his family, punch every Tenryūbito in the face with a bijūdama, probably punch a good number of marines too, and collect all the abused children he can find.

Meanwhile, Naruto and Fuji make friends with a trio of brothers, Gaara and Momiji meet a desert princess, Kushina meets a man with hair as red as hers, Fū ends up on an island floating in the clouds, Roshi runs into a ship load of fishmen about to execute a woman protecting her daughters (the villagers aren’t sure if all the lava is an improvement), Bee finds a dojo with a pair of kids who are positively brimming with potential, Yagura is used to feeling short compared to others but the man with the white mustache is more than slightly absurd, Tsunade encounters a young boy with an ‘incurable’ disease and decides to help him and his walking hazard of a father, Yugito runs into some cat themed pirates and is amused deeply offended (okay, okay, I’m suitably offended, you can stop yelling Matatabi), Shizune meets a young boy who tells tall tales and does her best to save his mother, Tenzō accidentally gets hired by a ship builder to provide the wood for a train that crosses the water, Mei encounters another lava user (he’s not nearly as charming as Roshi), Zabuza and Haku have a run in with a man with hawk like eyes (like hell was he losing Haku, he grabbed him as soon as the seal imploded), Shisui winds up on an island full of dinosaurs and two very large people (why does everything always want to eat me, at least the giants were kind enough to help me salvage a boat and weird compass thing), Itachi winds up on a ship and helps a young blond in the kitchen, Sakumo and Orochimaru encounter a talking reindeer that helps them get medical aid, Jiraiya lands on an island filled with hot springs and is deeply conflicted (on the one hand research, all the research, on the other Naruto, decisions decisions), Kakashi encounters a clown themed pirate and wonders why is this even his life, Han meets a young girl on the run for a crime she didn’t commit, Utakata meets a white haired marine private made of smoke and wonders if he’s somehow related to the Hōzuki clan, Kisame is surrounded by people that look vaguely like him but are clearly not of the Hoshigaki clan and he is confused, Sasori is deeply offended by the walking flamingo that dares to make light of his art, Kakuzu doesn’t care where he is (he’s too busy staring at the number of zeros on the wanted posters he found), Konan and Nagato find themselves in the middle of a Revolution and it brings back memories (now if only the paths hadn’t been thrown out of range), Obito winds up in a gilded palace filled with slaves and is abruptly reminded of why he’s doing what he’s doing.