#Sannin Kid Fic AU

[burntheupholstery]

bestie tell me about your fave Naruto ships and how they’ve changed over the years!!

emi!!! darling, i thought so long and hard about this, and i am now forced to conclude that my inability to be normal about Naruto ships is terminal, sorry. one day it will kill me.

i am incapable of being normal about these 2d people. nowadays i either put them in QPRs - QPR ftw! - or they're single, bereaved, and grieving.

long and rambly thoughts under the cut, but here's the tl;dr: my shippy focus used to be solely m|m, but then i learned about QPRs and now that's everything and everyone. there usually isn't sex involved (there used to be) because i personally amn't interested, but probably it happens off-screen. i think almost exclusively in KakaObiRin and the Sannin, and apart from those two units i mostly mix up characters with OCs - Konan/F!OC, Terumi/F!OC, etc., or explore grief and living through disaster by writing character studies.

of course, nobody is straight. :)))

i used to ship the cast monogamously! my preferences were KakaYama, JiraOro, and time-travel!NaruKaka. ...that last one still appeals to me. the tragedy of time! the despair of fate! the struggle against predestination! tall, blond, and haunted? hello. and then a while later i was into NaruGaa, NejiHina, and HashiTobi (yeah, as in the senju founders). to some extent i still ship the last one, because the connecting factor of all these ships was unconditional devotion through life's vicissitudes. but you can already see the hints of QPR and the patterns of being left behind.

and then i went to college and got depressed from the pandemic and i read a lot of Big Books about the tragedies and joys of the Human Condition (and i kept reading them, they're good, happy to share recs!) and i stopped being able to isolate these sad little ink figures to just one other point of connection. it's like that adage about leading a healthy life: your romantic partner can't be your everything - it's unfair both parties. friendships outside of romantic monogamy is good and healthy! and i applied that theory to fic and realized one partner cannot possibly soothe and contain all that fictional trauma. so. QPR it is.

i've never felt drawn to the canon version of KakaObi- to me, their magnetism comes from their entanglements with others and the world: Minato, Rin, their clan legacies or lackthereof, and war and love and hate and grief. Yamato was too flat for me to build on, so i kicked him and put Kakashi with Obito and Rin and now the plot bunnies never cease.

Then there's JiraOro, the unpleasant offshoot of my BL-obsessed days. the hurt!! the betrayal!! i realized with glee i can have all that and more if i hooked Tsunade into the mix - after all, Jiraiya isn't the most reliable moral crutch and compass in the world, and his lascivious ego needs to be taken down a peg or five, none of which Orochimaru is inclined to do. we also never got to see Orochi and Tsuna get along on screen, and i just know in my heart of hearts they are the world's most gossipy mad science best friends. together they keep each other grounded. together they can be their best and worse selves. apart, the fallout is spectacular. probably the sex is specular too, but i don't really care about that.

and that's it for the active ships i still rotate in my head, really. hashirama is a can of worms i regretted opening, because that man is stuffed so full of idealism he's gone sour. if anything, it's the people he left behind that i'm interested in now: mito, tobirama, his kids, tsunade. the isolation, the devastation, the rage at being left behind. the crushing weight of expectation, the looming spectre of war. heady stuff!!

finally we come to Obito. ah... Obito. what isn't wrong with you. what hasn't the world done to you. in his canon state he is non-functioning, inoperable. every time i pick him up i give him a good hard shake to get rid of all that canon taint, and then i plop him in interesting AUs where he confronts his problems head on. namely: Rin. i love Rin.

surprising everyone, i actually don't have a lot of complaints about the Ōotsutsuki as characters - i used to hate their existence, but the sci-fi fan in me reared its head insistently so now i have a bunch of plot bunnies about them. i don't ship them, tho. they seem almost too alien for human connections...

you'll notice i've conspicuously left out discussion of the Konoha 11. this is because while i love them with all my heart i've lost touch with their characterization... and Boruto's existence is just so disheartening that I prefer to play in my own sand-box.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ !!!

[majoraflame]

Naruto AU

Aight so I’ve got this idea in my head about a Sannin-centric Naruto AU where all the Sannin still leave the village but like in the same situation of like Jiraiya’s departure. Meaning that they’re still kind of loyal (yes, even Orochimaru) and they still help the village in little ways but they just don’t live there. So anyway, in this AU the shinobi population of Konoha are kind of sick and tired of the third hokage and all his fuckery. Since he’d been reinstated after the Kyuubi attack, he made lots of decisions (Hyuuga affair, segregation of Uchiha clan, etc.) that just really frayed his relationship with the shinobi. Basically, at this point everyone’s like “we need to get that old man out of that fucking chair” and Hiruzen agrees! He thinks he’s way too old to still be doing this shit. He already retired once for a reason. But of course there’s no one in the village who can really replace him. No one really has both the strength as a shinobi and political clout necessary to becoming a Kage and the only people that do are kind of fucked in the head (coughcoughdanzocoughcough). So everyone’s thinking it over and then someone’s like “hey. why don’t we drag the Sannin back to Konoha” and Hiruzen’s like “yes I think we should do that.

Now the Sannin, during this time (I imagine they all left pre Kyuubi attack), have been wandering around the elemental nations collecting kids. Jiraiya went to Ame and fully adopted Konan, Yahiko, and Nagato and now the four of them are a part of Konoha’s spy network (fuck the akatsuki and fuck making ame a better place). The kids gained Konoha jounin status by working with Jiraiya and shit.

Tsunade, of course, is running around with Shizune and Tenzo, still an alcoholic but not as anti-Konoha as she is in canon before Naruto drags her ass back. Shizune is also a Konoha jounin who is a medic-nin and poison specialist. Tenzo, in my head, is the biological child of Dan and Tsunade and was born with Mokuton which isn’t as powerful as his great-grandfather’s but is strong nonetheless. So Tenzo and Shizune are cousins.

Now Orochimaru. I absolutely adore Orochimaru in this AU. Loyal/good Orochimaru is my shit but add motherhen Orochimaru to the mix and I’m properly dead (i mostly thought of this AU by having constant intrusive thoughts of Orochimaru being the best parent/teacher anyone could ever ask for) When Orochimaru left the village, he left with little Anko right on his heels. They traveled and shit doing their mad scientists thing and pick up a couple gremlins along the way. First, they get Kabuto, who is living with Yakushi Nonou. Nonou lets Orochimaru leave with Kabuto with the promise that he’ll make Kabuto a fucking great leaf shinobi (and with the promise to visit lots :) ). Next, they rescue Karin from being a slave for those shinobi (and they help Karin with burning down the village for killing her mother or whatever) Then, with the help of Karin’s sensor abilities, they find Kimimaro locked in the tiny ass dirty ass cage the Kaguya clan locked him in while they weren’t using him as a dog to sic on whoever they’re fighting and Orochimaru’s just like “the Kaguya clan is too distracted getting massacred to notice me taking this malnourished and unloved child to take care of” And then, once again with the help of Karin’s sensor abilities, they find Juugo hiding in a tree near his burning village and its just like “oh no a lonely child who’s entire life was just destroyed time to adopt” Juugo mostly agrees because with the despair of losing everything he’s ever known he loses control of his powers and he just goes all monster when he gets mad like he does in canon and Kimimaro’s kekkei genkai is the only thing that can control him when he gets like that. Finally, they complete their crew with the addition of baby Mitsuki who is not a test tube baby but as an abandoned baby who was weirdly left in a dense chakra zone (think a body of land that seems to be so imbued with chakra that it feels like the land is alive (kind of like how Uzushio is often depicted in fanon)). 

So the Sannin are all walking around with their kids and sometimes they interact with each other occasionally. Like when Kimimaro begins showing signs of sickness Orochi immediately bum-rushes Tsunade and is like “my kid’s dying fic him.” Or like sometimes they all just get together and chill with each other. Sometimes Jiraiya and Orochi meet up so Karin and Nagato can spend some cousin time together. Maybe they even take them to the ruins of Uzushiogakure to find some of their clan’s fuuinjutsu so they can learn it. 

And boy do I have an idea for the Uzumaki Clan archives !! I’ll get into later since I’m getting so far off track.

So anyway the Sannin are training their kids and making super powerful shinobi and all of the kids become leaf shinobi with the permission of Hiruzen because he knows what his students have been getting up to. But like the rest of the Konoha doesn’t know about them. So when the Sannin are called back to Konoha to discuss the future of the village everyone’s kind of like, “why the fuck is there so much people we only asked for like three” Introductions and new friendships ensue.

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I’m totally gonna flesh out this idea later and I might even make a whole AU tag. This will become my magnum opus.

[rayshippouuchiha]

PART TWO FOR THE OLDER MINATO/KUSHINA AU

I was writing out a thought of Naruto training under one of the sannin, when I realized HIS MOM. IS RIGHT THERE. With her Uzumaki heritage AND my personal headcanon of her and Mikoto being teammates, I was like... well. Mikoto and Kushina would never want to pass up the chance to pass along their jutsu to someone (perhaps a co-taught team?). So, he's gone with them pretty often on missions (mostly open battles with Kushina if necessary, and recon/spying with Mikoto or both). He gains a reputation for being incredibly skilled with kage bunshin (or having ears everywhere and no one but the kage and his parents and maybe Kakashi know why) and henge (it's NARUTO).

He gains a name- two, actually. One as the faceless nin, where his specific targets never even realize who they're talking to before they're subdued. One way... or another. (Naruto's ideology of no-killing dies its own death very, very early. War calls for soldiers. It will get them.) Debating on having his name be something like Golden Storm or Gold Fox (maybegiveKakashiamatchingnicknametoo), though the fact that he's a jinchurriki holding even a part of the Kyuubi is kept under lock and key.

Which gives us a reason as to why most of the genin don't know who he is despite graduating (officially and everything!)- he disappears into intense af training pretty quickly. Kakashi already knows (he's Minato's apprentice, Kushina and Naruto's friend, of course he knows), but he's stuck trying to figure out how to deal with this wholeass new team he now has.

They... get off to a very rocky start. Rin does NOT have a crush on Kakashi, but rather she's constantly worried for both of her teammates, and kinda motherhens the younger kid. Obito is... very... spiteful but pushes it down admirably at the fact that a kid who is two years younger than him graduated. kakashi is still stuck in 'mission first' mentality, and the only exception would be naruto- except for the fact that both of them know naruto would never let himself be captured, and if HE was, then OBVIOUSLY something happened to kakashi and probably minato and kushina too so that wouldve been the least of their issues.

ANYWAYS! Onto Kannabi Bridge. Obviously if I wrote this, there would be moments of actual training and specific missions and otherwise (which... would make this a pretty big fic considering I have ideas.). however i wanna get to the MEAT of this.

Kannabi bridge is a make or break. Minato and Kushina are both at the worst points of the war right now, constantly being called out to take care of the worst fights and cleanup battles. NOW MIND YOU, I haven't watched shippuden yet, so forgive me if I get some aspects wrong.

Naruto manages to cajoule his parents into allowing him to join team 7 as insurance- the war is messy, and he sure as hell was not going out into solo-missions anytime soon. But... going to a supposed c-rank with team 7 wasn't necessarily going alone. When they're ambushed by Iwa(?) nin, Naruto isn't particularly surprised- no plan survives contact with the enemy, and not every mission would go right.

He is surprised by the dogfight that happens, and when Rin is taken, he's appalled. He may have given up on his no killing rule, but he had not given up on his people. He's trying to compartmentalize everything that had happened when he hears Obito start yelling at Kakashi- loudly, passionately, ready to throw the fuck down. Naruto is two seconds away from smacking both of them down, when he starts hearing the actual words- and he agrees. Imagine his surprise when kakashi... doesn't.

He does step in, then- quietly, coldly, fists white in tension, and when Obito runs out of breath, he says clearly, "I'm going after her, Kakashi, and you're going. Or you're not." The consequences of not were left unsaid, but judging by the sudden stricken expression that crossed and left the other's face, it was very clear that he understood. Obito looks about ready to cry in relief, and Naruto turns his back to Kakashi then, smiles, and leaves.

He hears two pairs of feet follow him.

Obito doesn't come back from that mission, though, and the weight on team seven's back seems much, much heavier then it was before. (next tragedy up; rin's death. I looked at my notes and nearly choked when I realized HOW I sidestepped Kakashi killing her (Naruto would absolutely jump and redirect him) but still having her dying. Kinda gruesome, and all of them are just. So fucking traumatized.)

Oh oh oh nice!!

Seriously this is gonna be so good

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@lotus-baby @depressedhatakekakashi

Today I offer you, the fix-it au of sorts i have regarding shippuden/boruto and that, because i keep forgetting to write it down:

- this is kinda self indulgent and is the general canon(?) of some of my fics so this is for reference, too xd (though i don't focus on more detailed aspects so this is for that). i can't focus on all characters but there's mostly stuff for; naruto, hinata, sakura, team gai and kakashi.

long post ahead:

Naruto

(trans, bi & poly)

he always wanted to be hokage, but it was more about the respect the hokage gets– few people treated him well. but if he became the leader of the village, he would be finally respected by civilians and ninjas alike.

they would stop being so mean with him without apparent reason. and after the pain arc, he becomes a hero and they all finally start treating him with the respect he had wanted for so long. so i think he would be satisfied with that and become a jounin instead. maybe even an anbu.

he still gets married with hinata and the last happens, though neither of them feel like it's... genuine. they're friends and all, they still have himawari and boruto– but they're not really happy?

naruto still likes sasuke, and had been hanging out with gaara since he came back from his trip with jiraiya. hinata realizes that the kind of love he feels with sasuke is stronger than the one they both have.

the next time sasuke comes to the village, naruto and hinata separate– but they're both alright with that. Neither naruto nor sasuke have many ties with the village and naruto started kinda crushing on gaara after a while, so they both move to Suna with him and are very happy together(sasuke sometimes goes nomadic for his missions but always sends letters to his boyfriends).

without the responsibilities of naruto being hokage, he in turn becomes a more present dad with himawari and boruto and they're very happy :) they see each other on weekends and naruto doesn't miss any important dates anymore.

gaara still adopts shinki, who loves his siblings very much and is very protective of them.

Hinata

(non binary, grayro & bi)

They're known for doing very good medicinal balms since the first Chunin exam. i think she could just.. Straight up sell some, if she needs to. i think they like gardening so maybe she grows her own herbs and plants, and starts a mini store of natural remedies that are very good. and shampoos and soaps and they becomes actually popular with their crafts.

this started becoming more occurrent when she and naruto were about to go on their own ways. They move back to the hyuga compound with her kids for a while and works more on that, with boruto helping her on this and him finding out that's actually very relaxing. it becomes their shared hobby and they bond with that, too. himawari just likes drawing but helps from time to time too.

Hinata became friends with tenten because she was interested on the spiritual side of the plants, as she likes fortune-telling. i think tenten does witchcraft too, more as a family tradition thing but still being very passionate about it.

after a while hinata kind of started having a crush on tenten because, well. naruto was someone that always did his best to get what he wanted, and tenten is like that too– with her weapons shop and that.

so they just... told her. but tenten didn't like her that way, or anyone. still holds hinata very closely in her heart, but not in a romantic/sexual way– they move together some months before boruto's seventh birthday, and they may not be dating but they still make it work.

later, when they have been together for years and years and people still wonder the nature of their relationship, they discover the term 'queerplatonic' and they feel like that's the word for what they have.

Tenten

(trans, non sam aro)

she is very happy with her weapons shop. started getting closer to hinata, though it wasn't romantic love what she felt– it was stronger than friendship, but. didn't had a name.

after hinata confesses, tenten is very confused and turns her down. she doesn't feel the same way, but... the thought of living with them was really nice. they end up moving together after a while, and enjoy each other's company a lot.

tenten still does her fortune-telling and ends up teaching hinata, boruto and himawari too. its a thing from her family, so it made sense for her to teach to her partner and kids.

Sakura

(demiromantic)

in part one, she was considered the best one out of her team. even sasuke said she was better than him, on genjutsu. she was smart until misogyny from kishimoto acted up, so we'll use the original concept without the misogyny.

smart, even better than an uchiha who even said to her that she was better... it's no wonder that she ended up being the hokage after kakashi. she was trained by a sannin, who was also hokage before kakashi... it makes sense if you really think of it!

well. she's the hokage and is living with ino, they have two kids- sarada, which sasuke helped conceive, and inojin. inojin was an orphan from the yamanaka clan that ino took in.

(sai is a father figure for him, and inojin even calls him dad– nobody minds, sai even smiles when that happens.)

back with sakura. she is a very strong and lovely woman, and is organized though she gets irritated easily so everyone knows to not mess stuff on purpose.

she has a long time as the leader of konoha, and is very loved and missed on the time of her retirement.

Kakashi

(trans, gay)

He pretty much spends most days with his husband after retirement– always made up excuses to cuddle with him instead of going to work when he was Hokage. Is more clingy than he lets show publicly.

He is very happy now than before. Takes a lot of photos as Suikea, and so far only Gai noticed it was him, but doesn't really mind.

Gai

(genderfluid, demisexual)

He moved in with kakashi after he recovered from the war. they were planning it since pain's invasion but life happens™ and they couldn't, then war started...

after everything is over, he makes sure to stay on contact with his team- they're his kids and he loves them with all his heart. makes sure to send them letters when they can't meet for a while for reasons. sometimes they all have dinner together and are very happy :)

Neji

(non binary, reciproro ace)

Neji almost dies in the war, but sakura managed to save him and that kind of started a friendship between the two. They get chronic pain because of all the injuries he suffered, but it's getting manageable with medicine and physical therapy. though sometimes its too bad to get up, but they go walking with hinata almost daily- she goes to his house and usually realizes something is wrong. either her, metal or lee realize and help him on the really bad days.

neji also has some birds and they all have silly names/names that rhyme– the older ones are called feather and heather, for example. they really love them.

Lee

(bi ace, sometime i write him as trans too)

He's still a jounin here and is very good at it. Sometimes he has to leave the village for entire months, but he always send his family and team stuff so they know he's alright.

Neji and him at first weren't going to have kids at all, but lee just saw metal and grew attached to him. They end up adopting him and the three are really happy, even if at first its complicated to adapt™ the two love their kid with all of their heart.

[phantomchick]

Naruto Fic Rec Masterpost!

The Last To Know by KuriQuinn Oneshot, Gen, Teen and Up, Team Seven, Sakura and Sasuke, Sakura and Team 7, Canon Compliant, Angst with a Happy Ending, trust, broken trust, forgiveness, hurt/comfort, this fic is fantastic and made me have so many feels for the characters as well as the bonds between them, Character Dynamics,

Summary: As usual, telling her the truth happens as though by afterthought. And this time, she's not taking it.

i'll always be there for you by RecklessWriter Oneshot, Gen, Itachi and Sasuke feels, sibling feels, Light Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Hypothermia, Uchiha Sasuke Needs a Hug, Big Brother Uchiha Itachi, a part of me niggles over team 7 failing a mission but I pretend that they ran into the hunter nin afterwards and Kakashi got the scroll back, it do be like that sometimes, Good big brother Itachi, Bad big brother Itachi, it’s complicated, Feels,

Summary:

He’s pressed against something warm. There are fingers carding gently through his hair, scratching lightly at his scalp.

“Nii-san,” Sasuke whispers.

The hand in his hair freezes.

Sasuke gets thrown into a frozen lake. Itachi doesn't know how to stop being a big brother, even when he's supposed to be pretending he doesn't care.

The Beautiful Orange Thing by zafiro Oneshot, Gen, Naruto and Kurama, Naruto is a very lonely kid and the kyubi is a very lonely bijuu, Pre-Naruto Canon Era, chibi-Naruto, Naruto loves Orange, Kurama tolerates Naruto because he is Cute, sweetness and light, angst and fluff, so cute I wanna physically hug this fic to my chest

Summary: Naruto arrives at a weird place and finds something wonderful there.

Maslow by FriendshipCastle Oneshot, Gen, T for cursing, canonical child neglect, Iruka feels, Naruto feels, implied/referenced child abuse, but nothing worse than what’s in canon, angst, hurt/comfort,

Summary: The first four tiers of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs applied to Naruto’s depressing childhood. Alternatively: Iruka slowly becomes the best replacement mother a ninja could have.

take the fight from the kid by theformerone Oneshot, Gen, Team Bonding, Team as Family, Team 7, Canon Compliant, but can be read as divergent, Post Wave arc, Pre-Chuunin Exams,  

Summary: Training with his team is different than it was before the mission to Wave. Sasuke notices how things have changed.

A Clean Break by GwendolynStacy Oneshot, Gen, Teen and Up,  Hatake Kakashi and Team 7, Team as Family, Angst, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Team Fluff, Kakashi feels, Self-Harm via compulsive hand washing, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Happy Ending,

Summary: Every member of Team 7 has their personal set of demons to haunt them. While Kakashi is always prepared to lend his students a listening ear, he still hasn’t quite figured out how to ask for help when he’s the one crumbling.

The Beginning and the End by QuinsValoria Oneshot, short oneshot, gen, THIS HAD ME SOBBING OVER KUSHINA AGAIN EVEN THOUGH IT’S SO SHORT, pre-canon era, angst, Dont worry kushina, Your baby makes it out just fine, cries into laptop screen, Hurt/Comfort,

Summary:

“Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.” —Robert Browning

Uzumaki Kushina is an amazing mother, even in the very short time she has left.

OR

Kushina comforts her baby.

The Prince Of Leaves And Deep Water by RayShippouUchiha Ongoing, 3 chapter fic, do you ever read a fic with language that is so pretty and evocative that you just want to lean into it, like a kid listening to a piece of folklore that’s been passed down, it’s just beautiful to read? And the words slice and cut into your feelings in the best of ways, angst, hurt/comfort, drama, Kushina feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, Uzumaki Lore, well worth the read even as a stand alone should it never update again, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Canonical Child Neglect, Uzushio feels,

Summary: ‘Protect him,’ Kushina prays in the quiet of her own mind as she leaves; pleading silently to the old spirits from her childhood, to the things that the Uzumaki Elders used to whisper about in hushed tones.

‘Love him,’ Kushina begs of the things she only knows from instinct and half remembered stories, those things filled with the power of salt and sun and deep deep waters.  Those things that live and thrive in the heart and soul of every Uzumaki who has ever breathed and battled and bled.  'Guide him, keep him safe for always.  But love him most of all. My little prince of eddies and leaves.’

Left behind, left alone and cold where before there was only a soft sort of warmth and a steady kind of safety, Naruto wails.

Final Evaluation by Do_the_Cool_Whip Completed, 5 Chapter Fic, Gen, Umino Iruka & The Rookie Nine, Iruka-Sensei, Feels, fluffy, I have so many emotions about Iruka being the best teacher in the elemental nations and this fic brought them all out to play, Excellence, Kakashi is a troll, a huge troll, like, he’s such a troll he’s a mountain troll, Asuma is a lesser troll, like he’s mostly decent but still infuriating so he’s a bridge troll, Kurenai is so cool that even when she’s trolling as is her right and duty as the jounin elite she is, the person she’s trolling still respects her for it, a river troll, the kids are so cute and young here, you can really feel Iruka’s affection for them, please revel in the wonderful that is this entire fic, revel I say

Summary: Progress evaluations are one-on-one consultation meetings between academy students and their teacher. Their purpose is to inform academy students of their strengths and weaknesses and guide them down their ideal path to becoming a strong shinobi. Upon graduating the academy and passing their jounin-sensei test, new genin return to the academy for one final consultation. (Or: The story of what happens when Umino Iruka uses his final meetings with his students as way to send them off to become the best shinobi they can possibly be.)

it takes a village by quillofferings Oneshot, Gen, snapshot series, angst, character insight, konoha 12, rookie 9, team Gai, team 10, team 8, team 7, repeating patterns and revelations, kinda gives a sense of the culture of a childhood in Konoha in a way that’s very quietly tragic, this story was written well before shippuden came out but it still reads mostly true to me, A Classic of the Fandom,

Summary: A Naruto snapshot series in the form of a oneshot.

spirals by nescione Gen, Oneshot, Team Seven, Generations, Team 7, Dai Nana Han, Spirals, Repeating Patterns, things happening the same across generations in repeating patterns is a big theme in the canon and lots of fic delve into it and play with the whole idea as a result, but this fic does it especially well, Team as Family, Angst, Fluff, Angst with a Hopeful Ending, A Classic of the Fandom, Summary: From the sannin to the present- a look at how history repeats itself, and how it doesn't.

this, and love too, will ruin us by RecklessWriter Oneshot, Gen, Itachi and Sasuke feels, Naruto Feels, Short and Sweet, Angst, Whump, Brother Feels, Sibling feels, Uchiha Sasuke Needs a Hug, Naruto Uzumaki Needs a Hug,

Summary: Naruto remembers the first time he saw Sasuke and Itachi.

He remembers looking at them and thinking, I wish I had someone who loved me like that.

Ten Facts About Team Yamato by Lisse Oneshot, Gen, short and sweet, Team 7 feels, Team as Family, Dai Nana Han, Team Seven, Team Yamato, characterisation, short but solid, Ficlet,

Summary: On paper, their team doesn't exist.

Troubling New Developments by SicTransitGloria Oneshot, Teen and Up, hilarious, pre-shippuden, Team as Family, Kakashi pov, Team 7, AHAHAHAHA,  Puberty hits the genin,

Summary: Kakashi takes a moment to wrap his mind around equating Ino’s chest with enemy shinobi while Asuma begins beating his head against the table and groaning about how he didn’t sign up for this. Rated for language and the general horror that is puberty

Of Harrowed Hearts by Sable_Scribe Ongoing and possibly (probably) Abandoned, Gen, Long Fic, we’re at 36 chapters in as of the time I’m posting this, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fix It, Families of Choice, Team Seven, Team as Family, Bamf Kakashi, Good Teacher! Kakashi, Angst, Uzushio Lore, Fluff, Uzushio Feels, Uzumaki heritage, Bamf Team 7, BAMF Rookie Nine, Naruto's ability to make friends with giant chakra demons surfaces early, Rookie Nine, Rookie 9, Konoha 12, Naruto and Kurama,

Summary Naruto has been hearing the rumbling growl in the back of his head for as long as he can remember. He’s seven when he tries to talk to it for the first time. He’s the dead last, the failure at everything, so he doesn’t actually expect to succeed. And when he’s suddenly standing, knee deep in murky water and face to face with a demon, he has no idea what to expect. As it turns out, the world could use something unexpected.

Automatic by Dayadhvam Oneshot, Gen, Sand Siblings, Fluff, Team as Family, but also, Family as Family, Short and Sweet, A Classic of The Fandom

Summary: Gaara's shield defense is automatic: he has never had to consciously think about ordering the sand where it is needed. Kankurou and Temari have always known this.

As Is the Sea Marvelous by blackkat Mature, Gen, Eleven Chapter Fic, Warring States Era, Uchiha Madara/Senju Tobirama, Izuna Lives AU, everybody lives nobody dies, Hurt/Comfort, brotherly feels, sibling relationships, Angst With A Happy Ending, Insecurity, Self-Sacrifice, Imprisonment, Fix-It

Summary: Tobirama is willing to give absolutely anything for Hashirama and his dream. Including his life.

A Lesson In Trust by Live Gen, Oneshot, Shikamaru & Naruto friendship, academy days, trust exercise, fluff

Summary: All Iruka wants is for his class to start trusting each other, too bad Shikamaru would rather watch the clouds...

Snow Is Serious Business When Your Business Is Being A Kid by vulcanhighblood Gen, Oneshot, Iruka and Naruto, Umino Iruka is a Good Teacher, Uzumaki Naruto Needs a Hug, Fluff, Snow

Summary: Iruka's trying to teach his class, but the first snowfall of the year makes keeping their attention more difficult than he would have liked.

The Consequences of Winning by tabjoy13 Oneshot, Gen, Team 7, Protective Hatake Kakashi, Hatake Kakashi is a Good Teacher, Team Bonding, Team Dynamics, Team Feels, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt Hatake Kakashi, Hatake Kakashi Is Trying, Wave Mission

Summary: Three days. It had been three days since Zabuza’s attack, since Kakashi passed out, and since Team Seven took refuge in the bridge builder’s home. Three days and Kakashi hadn’t shown a sign of stirring. Three young genin are left with the question: now what? Cross posted on FF.net.

discendo docemus by llamallamaduck Mature, Ongoing, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Trauma/Ptsd, Uchiha Sasuke-centric, Good Orochimaru, A lot of talk about depression and mental instability, Also Sharingan fuckery and assorted eye-trauma, rarepair, Itachi & Sasuke, eventual Sasuke/Ukitake, Itachi & Tsunade, 

Summary: There are some things a seven-year-old psyche is not ready to endure. An S-ranked torture technique preformed by a traumatized thirteen-year-old is one of those things. Sasuke doesn’t enjoy hallucinating memories of his murdered family day in and day out, but he’s learned to be philosophical about such things. It’s everything else that’s the problem, really.

Nidaime Otokage by DuskBeforeDawn Ongoing, inspired by nukenin, Time Travel, Dimension Travel, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Protective Hatake Kakashi, BAMF Hatake Kakashi, BAMF Dai-nana-han,Team 7, Team as Family, Non-Konoha Shinobi Kakashi, Hatake Kakashi is a Troll, Kage level Kakashi, Hatake Kakashi-centric, fluff, adventure, crack, mature, fun read

Summary: No one knew him.His father was still alive.His Sharingan acted like it had always been his.Kakashi was twenty-two years in the past of a different world.

French Kissing, the End of the World, and Other Impossible Ordeals by Tsume_Yuki Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto, Female Uzumaki Naruto, Time Travel, Uchiha Sasuke Being an Asshole, Protective Uchiha Sasuke, BAMF Uzumaki Naruto, Time Travel Fix-It, Smitten Uchiha Sasuke, grumpy asshole/cheerful optimist, this fic is literally just Sasuke being soft for Naruto, Mature but like it’s fiiine the author could’ve left it at teen and up and it would’ve gotten a pass at least from me

Summary: This is it, centuries of excellent genetics, of carefully selected marriages to maximise the potential of future generations and it’s going to be Sasuke who introduces idiocy to the Uchiha bloodline. The ancestors must be rolling in their graves. In which Sasuke is smitten, Naruto is a badass, and time travel happens.

No Tomorrow by Authorship Uchiha Shisui, Uchiha Clan, Shisui Lives, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Longfic, Completed, Found Family, Fix It, Mature, Time Travel, Fuck Danzo

Summary: The water was crushing, pummelling Shisui's broken form, even as it swept him further and further from Konoha. 

And then Shisui woke up.

It's two months until the day he died. Two months to change the current of his life, of his Clan, of his village. And Shisui has no intention of letting history run its course.

¦ part 1 ¦ part 2 ¦ part 3 ¦

[itachi-uchiha-deserved-better]

001 | SasuSaku @haruno-sakura-rp (That picnic thread has me curious on your views of this ship!)

when I started shipping it if I did: I guess you could say I started shipping it when I was watching the show? I mean, they’re cannon, so until I joined some online fandom spaces I really didn’t consider another pairing for Sakura or Sauske, even if their relationship in the show is pretty depressing.

my thoughts: I wasn’t a huge fan of their cannon relationship. It’s not really a healthy dynamic, but I do think it’s grown on me through reading a number of ‘fix it’ fics. Especially in any kind of AU where Itachi doesn’t go through with the massacre and so he and Sauske stay a little closer and Sauske is able to find a more healthy way of dealing with his issues. 

What makes me happy about them: The fact that Sakura realizes that she can’t place all of her own value on Sauske’s opinion of her, but she doesn’t give up hope that they can find something better. Something mutual instead of the sort of idolization she had and Sauske’s pompous attitude. I feel like there are too many times where you see that kind of dynamic and its only used to show how the girl doesn’t need a relationship and thats all well and good but I like that Sakura is allowed to still want something and that when she gets it, she gets it as an equal. 

What makes me sad about them: Boruto. Just. Everything about that. Fuck Sakura giving up on her life as a ninja. Bitch was a fucking next gen Sannin, don’t tell me she’s gonna be content with being a fucking housewife. And Sauske. Dont fucking get me started on him being so absent. As far as I’m concerned, Boruto doesn’t exist. (except for Sadara she can stay) 

things done in fanfic that annoys me: Making Sakura a damsel in distress. Like she’s human, so she shouldn’t be perfect at everything, but damn it that girl EARNED sauske’s respect and I hate when fanfic completely ignores her character development. Also ignoring I feel like its frustrating when people write older Sauske with the same kind of dismissive attitude he had as a kid. He’s not the kind of person who will say I love you a ton but his actions should demonstrate the depth of his feelings towards Sakura. 

things I look for in fanfic: Depends on the fic. Honestly anyone who gives these two the kind of depth of character they deserve and that wasn’t really given to them in the show. 

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Hrmmm....Sauske and Naruto is pretty obvious. For Sakura, I’ve found myself becoming a fan of ShikaSaku, InoSaku, and (in a non massacre AU) ItaSaku is growing on me a little bit. I think ItaSaku is interesting because it would easily start as an extension of her crush on Sauske, that same sort of idolization, but Itachi doesn’t have the arrogance or chip on his shoulder so it would be easier for Sakura to move past that and see him as a person instead of just his abilities.  

My happily ever after for them: Sauske gives up the ninja life. He stays in the village to help make the changes that will prevent anything like Itachi from ever happening again. Sakura keeps working as a ninja, training up a team of medical shinobi and working as a Jonin combat medic and occasionally in the hospital, teaming up with Ino to keep things running smoothly. They spend lots of time together raising their daughter and Sasuke tells her about growing up with Itachi and Sakura helps him process everything that happened to him and they’re both there and supportive of each other. 

who is the big spoon/little spoon: Sauske is big spoon (most of the time) 

what is their favorite non-sexual activity: Reading together. Laying up against one another, each absorbed in their own book but still aware of the other person’s comfortable presence. And then later reading to Sadara as one of them holds her and the other holds the book.

[jacksgreysays]

One of my favorite fandom things is to see the protagonists of other stories as the background characters in fanfic for a completely different story. An example would be, say, the Inuyasha cast as the background ninja manning a border outpost. Not as protagonists in their own rights, but as obviously enough themselves that you can fill out their stories, lol. Do you have any characters you think would be great for that? Even OCs! And how would you need to adapt them to not be protagonists?

I also enjoy that trope! I don’t see it as often as I like? Or, well, I don’t see it often as more than just “I needed five names and I might as well use these names” as opposed to a more integrated “these five characters would work well in this universe, here’s a little easter egg for my readers”

I do something similar in Naruto/DoS fic… maybe not “protagonists” of other stories but definitely would-have-been secondary characters in other stories are still around.

For example, the teammates of my other Naruto fic. In Counterpoise it’s Ringo Nohara and Zakuro Yuuhi who graduated two years before the Rookie Nine and then in Externality it’s Komadori Ouba who graduated the same year as Team Gai. And then, I guess, arguably Kiyoshi Utsugi who is the main character in (In)Difference and possibly Kakashi’s mom?

All three of them are alternate universes but the first two–Counterpoise and Externality, that is–are alternate universes in a different way from (In)Difference. Because Counterpoise and Externality are “what if X character existed and were relevant to Naruto/Naruto’s story” ie Konran, Naruto’s twin sister or Tetsuki who helps Naruto graduate a year early and thus becomes his genin teammate. 

Whereas (In)Difference is an AU of “what if Kakashi’s mom was an SI!OC/had knowledge of canon” even though, when I was first building her I didn’t make her with being Kakashi’s mom in mind. I made her to be a kunoichi of an age with the Sannin and then had to figure out what would make a good teammate for Dan Katou (aka Tsunade’s boyfriend) and That One Guy who was on the same mission as when Dan died and who ACTUALLY HAD A NAME? aka Kunugi Mokume. So, like… with those two in mind, who would make a good teammate abilities-wise and then… it just kind of… grew into well, I guess she’s Kakashi’s mom.

I’m getting off track. So… even through (In)Difference is an AU, Kakashi obviously still exists so his mom must still exist so I just generally use “Kiyoshi Utsugi” as his mom whether or not it’s the (In)Difference version who has canon knowledge or not. But in Counterpoise and Externality, that’s the only instance in which Konran Uzumaki and Tetsuki Kaiza exist [in the Naruto world]. But their would-have-been-teammates still exist without them, so I use them pretty frequently as like. “Oh, I need a character who’s approximately this age and would be in the RnD department. Let’s use Komadori” Or “Hey, this person is going to the hospital but it’s not a major injury so they’d have a baby medic look at it, here’s Ringo.”

I actually designed Ringo and Zakuro to be the “those two guys” for the Konoha Twelve? Like, not part of the group, obviously, but a background sort of… like Izumo and Kotetsu?

So, I guess, the how do I do it for these characters is more of a… well… I took away their genin teammate so they didn’t pass their assigned jounin-sensei’s test so they went into Genin Corps/Medic Corps/had an apprenticeship or whatever… which I guess is kind of bleak.

Um…

I also had a fairly recent almost-use of this concept. In more of a fleeting daydream-y than a full brainstorm-y way and it had more to do with a reaction to a BnHA fanfic I read that then spun wildly out of control…

I should try to make a proper post out of it since it’s the advent calendar:

Fake Fic Summaries, 25/? the Alternate Lightning edition (2019-12-17)

Strikes But Does Not Roar

Izuku never gets One For All. He doesn’t go to UA. He doesn’t become a Hero.

But heroism isn’t just for the professionals. Neither is happiness or Family.

It’s a vigilante!Izuku, basically. But, specifically, a KHR!vigilante!Izuku.

I’m talking a reverse Tetsuki Kaiza ‘verse!

Just kidding, knowledge of Tetsuki Kaiza is not needed (ALTHOUGH)

The idea actually came to me as a weird knee-jerk response to bakudeku fic Just Like The Comics by brichibi which I do recommend if you A) like bakudeku fic, B) like AUs, and C) like screaming at your screen when fictional characters are having mutual pining romantic drama but also legitimate relationship issues and not just RomCom-esque misunderstandings 

It’s a very complex set of feelings.

And without getting too much into spoiler territory, there was a lot of discussion of Achieving Your Dream versus Being Happy and because I still have conflicting feelings about the bakudeku ship, part of me was like… okay, but what if an AU of this fic in which Izuku decided, well, just because I can’t be a hero doesn’t mean I can’t help people still in the most dangerous way possible.

And then I also thought, a little bit, how… not funny… but a greater slap in the face to Bakugou if Izuku started dating someone who, on the surface, was very much like him but on the surface a worse version. Like, on paper that is. Because Bakugou is probably very handsome, if he weren’t always so >:(, and very smart and successful and devoted to being a hero. Great, fantastic, Bakugou will probably achieve his dream of being the number one hero with or without Izuku.

But will he be happy?

Versus, Izuku in this AU will never achieve his dream. Has, actually, given up on his dream or, at least, the original version of his dream. But he can still help people. And if he happens to find happiness with a loud, pale-haired, bright eyed, muscular vigilante whose punches can kind of explode things then… well… Ryohei Sasagawa is not the smartest of dudes, but he is a good sunshine boy who I and Tetsuki love very much.

So this AU takes the brichibi’s theme of Achieving Your Dream vs Being Happy and twists it into an unhappy ending (for Bakugou, at least) because instead of both of them getting both, each of them only get one.

Well, that’s the origin of the AU, but it kinda took a life of its own when I decided to use KHR characters and this is where this weird fake fic summary finally becomes relevant to your ask, lionheadbookends, because it wasn’t just the idea of Ryohei vaguely looking like Bakugou and rubbing salt in a broken up bakudeku’s wound. It also wasn’t even the fact that IZUKU IS COVERED IN GREEN LIGHTNING WHENEVER HE USES OFA. It also also wasn’t even the whole “Vongola started off as a vigilante group” thing, though all of these did help, of course.

But the cold, brutal thought that in this world of quirks–where Izuku’s misery comes from being quirkless–that another boy who had been so bullied and ridiculed and given a cruel nickname would also be quirkless… and still, eventually, find happiness despite it. That’s right, I’m talking about Dame-Tsuna.

And, okay, I suppose I have to decided whether or not Dying Will Flames exist. I do know they are independent of quirks if they do exist. And while I would love to stick with the theme of “you don’t need powers to be a hero” I have no idea how Tsuna’s Guardians would have formed around him (specifically, Gokudera, Mukuro, and Lambo… although as an Actual Child, he will not be holding the Guardian title… if they even do still structure themselves that way)

Anyway, Tsuna is quirkless as well and all of his “Guardians” have weak quirks or quirks that aren’t applicable to being a hero but they still go out and be vigilantes anyway. Like, for example, Ryohei probably has a minor healing quirk. He did not want to be a doctor. But he likes helping people, even if its not through his quirk, and he wasn’t going to not help people just because his quirk didn’t match up to his methods. (Kyoko also has a minor healing quirk, and while she did go into the medical field she decided to be a NEUROSURGEON where her quirk isn’t exactly useless but doesn’t really apply during the main part of CUTTING PEOPLE’S BRAINS).

And Izuku probably falls into this group because he, I dunno, decides to take some self defense classes finally and Ryohei’s either the teacher or an assistant or something and that’s their meet cute but really it’s the introduction to Izuku being like… the friendly boy who I maybe like has way more bruises on his face than class sparring explains? WTF? He’s going out at night and fighting crime illegally with a bunch of his friends? (With or without Dying Will Flames) and then Izuku is just like… I WANT IN.

Anyway, because this is from Izuku’s POV, it does make the KHR squad into the non-protagonists. Not necessarily “background” characters, but secondary characters for sure. Although if we focus on the unrequited bakudeku aspect of it, then the vigilantism does become the “background” for the “childhood friends and former high school sweethearts dichotomy drama of Achieving Your Dream vs Being Happy…”

Tetsuki might exist here but definitely as a background character. She does a lot of undercover stuff as in canon for Trailblazers

… this probably isn’t what you wanted, lionheadbookends…

[hiroasu-akika]

Yo everybody, here have some VRAINS Fanfic Ideas/Prompts

I'll probably try my hand at these myself at some point, but I'm putting them out for anyone to use because I probably wouldn't write them well. Prompt #1: Yusaku can see and/or summon Duel Spirits. Just a general thing, feel free to do whatever you want with this one. Some of the following prompts are a more fleshed out version of this concept.

One of the thoughts that spawned this idea was what if Yusaku was spirit sensitive during the Lost Incident, and thus was pretty much adopted by Duel Spirits. Fast forward ten years, and he has a Jiraiya of the Sannin-level spy network without anyone being any the wiser. There was also the thought of stern and standoffish Playmaker being Soft(™) with his monsters. Animal-like and The simple machine monsters would be pets. The human-like monsters would range from parental figures, to older or younger siblings to small children. The Code Talkers would absolutely act like how medieval knights would toward their king/liege. His dragons would be the seemingly ferocious guard dogs that growl at anything within 30 feet of Yusaku, but are in reality “the attention span of a sparrow” puppies. (They are adorable and Yusaku loves them, yes he does. Firewall really is a ferocious guard dog with everyone except Yusaku tho)

You could also do a Yusaku slowly awakens to the ability to see/hear Duel Spirits mid-canon (at any point in the plot you want). 

This could be funny: Yusaku being confused(™) until it makes sense, or angsty: Yusaku getting incredibly paranoid/anxious or thinking he's actually going insane while his friends/allies/fans begin to worry as he begins to act strangely.

(I just really want Spirit/Psychic Duelist!Yusaku in any form okay?)

Prompt #2: The one where Yusaku catches the eye of Stardust Dragon, and is subsequently adopted by said dragon without any say in the matter.

(Bonus if Yusei is just there and serenely lets it happen.)

Stardust: this is my son I will vaporize anything that hurts him

Yusei: yea cool guess I've got a little brother now

Yusaku: ...do I get any say in th-

Stardust: shh my sweet child I will protect you

Yusei: no not really

Yusaku:

Random Knight of Hanoi #179: *hurts Yusaku, is realizing his error* OOOOOH SHIIII-!!!!! SOL Tech: *sweats*

Note #1 - Yusaku can see Duel Spirits in this AU. They tend to materialize themselves [read: to defend their precious child] in his general vicinity whenever they feel like it. Den City as a whole is pretty much resigned to and somewhat fond/proud of this fact. (Most of its residents have in fact all adopted Yusaku as well. Tourists are usually hella confused.)

Tourist: hey does that kid have a Kuriboh on his head? Den City Resident: that's just Yusaku, don't mind him

Tourist: is that a goddamn DRAGON??? Den City Resident: *serenely, not even looking* that's normal everything is fine

Tourist: ?!??! Note #2 - Yusei can be along for the ride. If so, he and Stardust are pretty much post-5D's immortal gods that watch over mankind while the Crimson Dragon sleeps.

Note #3 - Can be cracky, serious, angsty, or anything in-between, go wild! Prompt #3: How to Train Your [Cracking/Borrel/Stardust/Sky/Winged] Dragon - The one where Duel Monsters wander freely and peacefully around VRAINS when not in use during duels, and Playmaker stumbles across an injured Cracking Dragon. Chaos ensues as he helps and inadvertently befriends the beast. Note - Could alternatively have the Duel Monster be one of Revolver's "Borrel" Dragons, Stardust Dragon, or- for the lols- Slifer the Sky Dragon or the Winged Dragon of Ra. Prompt #4: The one where Yusaku is thrown headfirst from Link VRAINS into the world of My Hero Academia, with Ai along for the ride. (Can be cracky, serious, angsty, or anything in-between, go wild!) Suggestions that don't have to be used - Yusaku's “Quirk” could be his Link Sense, only amplified to the point where he has the ability to connect to/hack the network and manipulate it however he wishes with any electronic device or his thoughts. He can also summon his Cyberse monsters by forming them from raw data. Yusaku can also turn into Playmaker to hide his identity.

Ai can either remain in Yusaku’s duel disk, or leave it in either his tiny or full sized “human” forms. He can also transform into his six-armed monster form, in which he can consume data to either save or delete it. Kaminari could possibly trigger Yusaku's PTSD with his Quirk on accident. Prompt #5: The one where Yusaku is unknowingly infected with a virus, and all hell breaks loose. Can either be pretty-much-drunk/high!Yusaku, or essentially Berserk Jinchuriki!Yusaku, or just angst. NOTHING sexual, please. Prompt #6: The one where Link VRAINS falls prey to a virus/hacker, leaving everyone currently logged in with no way to log out- including Playmaker. Basically SAO, YGO-style. Go wild with this one. Prompt #7: The one where VRAINS and the real world are merged without any warning, and Yusaku is unfortunately smack in the middle of Algebra when his Link Sense goes crazy...seconds before he forcefully glitches into Playmaker right in front of his entire class. (This one was a random thought, and can be cracky, serious, or angsty.)

Prompt #8: The one where Yusaku’s account is hacked so that his avatar has the features of Firewall Dragon, and he can’t remove them. (...It was Ghost Girl’s fault, he just knew it.) Note - Yusaku has Firewall Dragon's halo, wings, tail, and can have some of its armor. He can also have elongated canines and claws. (And yes, the original thought was Ghost Girl pranking Playmaker.)

Prompt #9: The one where Yusaku is blind or deaf IRL due to permanent damage suffered during the Lost Incident, but he has his sight/hearing while in VRAINS because it isn't his physical body. (Conversely, he still lacks his missing sense(s) even while in VR, and is just really good at hiding being blind/deaf.) Suggestions for this AU that don't have to be used:

Note #1 - Can use one of two types of damage as the cause of Yusaku's disability:

Direct Damage: Yusaku suffered damage directly to his eyes/ears, allowing VRAINS to ignore said damage and for Yusaku to temporarily recover his lost sense while logged in. Brain Damage: The electric shocks caused damage directly to the parts of Yusaku's brain that are responsible for sight/hearing, which causes the damage to carry over even while Yusaku is logged into VRAINS. Note #2 - If blind, Yusaku programs his avatar's eyes to automatically track people's movements and faces so that he can “look" at them, and his cards to either have braille text, or an audio feed that only he can hear that reads his cards off to him. May have Ai and/or Roboppi serve as something similar to a seeing eye dog. Or you could throw Prompt #1 into the mix and also have Duel Spirits help Yusaku out. Yusaku can have a specially programmed set of (Ai-themed) headphones that Ai can inhabit that allow the Ignis to speak with him privately or IRL. They are a headset in VRAINS and earbuds IRL.] Note #3 - If deaf, Yusaku knows sign and is mute as well. He has specially programmed text boxes that allow him to read everything his opponent says during duels, and follow whatever is going on easier. Yusaku can have a specially programmed phone that Ai can inhabit to send him text messages when IRL. Ai can also learn Sign.] Note #4 - In either version, Yusaku knows Morse Code and programs his avatar to have a higher sensitivity to vibrations as well. Ai is also quite a bit more protective of Yusaku.

Prompt #10: Playmaker counts out his convictions in threes for everyone to hear. Fujiki Yusaku hasn't spoken in ten years. (AKA The Selectively Mute Yusaku AU.) Prompt #11: The one where the same virus that killed Dr. Kogami traps and fragments Playmaker's consciousness data (mind) in Link VRAINS, thereby rendering him comatose, and his allies are left with no way to rescue him- save for delving into his fragmented mind to wake him up in person. Basically the Danny Phantom's-class-enters-his-mind fic, VRAINS-style. If you've ever read one of those fics, you'll get the concept, but I'll try to explain it a little anyway. [Note #1 - Suggestions for the people who enter Yusaku's mind are: Ai, Kusanagi, Takeru, Flame, Ryoken, Spectre (follows Ryoken), Akira, Ema, Aoi, Aqua, Go (hacks in), Roboppi (brought by Ai), and Kengo (also hacks in).] [Note #2 - The group has to experience Yusaku's memories as they attempt to save him- including those of the Lost Incident- in visceral detail. (I, personally, would serve still-in-his-asshole-phase-Go a nice heaping helping of #Guilt/Remorse/Horror(™) if you have him witness the memories.)] [Note #3 - The facets of Yusaku's personality are fragmented, with each being represented as their own separate version of Yusaku. Some suggestions are as follows (feel free to use them or do your own thing). Anger: Playmaker, and his eyes as well as the glow lines of his suit are red. Fear: Yusaku in his pajamas, as he was when he was shown suffering night terrors. Happiness: Six year-old Yusaku before he suffered the Lost Incident. Sadness: Base Yusaku, but he barely reacts to anything or anyone. His eyes are blue and he is constantly crying in near silence.

Hate: Think pissed off and severely injured Playmaker, but if he also had Vector(Zexal) or Lightning's twisted personality traits. 

Self Doubt: Yusaku as a nervous wreck and blaming himself for everything that has ever gone wrong. Shyness: Yusaku, but if he acted like Reira(ARC-V) or Hinata from Naruto.

Confidence: Playmaker, but friendly and smiling and enjoying dueling.

Selflessness: Yusaku, but his color scheme is predominantly white. Would sacrifice himself for his allies.

Selfishness: Playmaker, but his color scheme is predominantly black. Would cast his allies aside without a second glance.

The true Yusaku can him as he normally appears, or his beat-up six year-old self just before being rescued, or a beat-up six year-old Playmaker.] Prompt #12: Dark Signer AU. The one where Yusaku didn't survive the Lost Incident, but thanks to being a Dark Signer, nobody realizes this little detail. (I need more Dark Signer!Yusaku m'kay? Nemesis by DarkZorua100 is glorious, bUT i neeD mORe) [Note #1 - Angst obviously, unless you can somehow put a humorous spin on Yusaku trying to hide the fact that he's, y'know, dead from everybody. And semi-failing. Takeru: ooooh my god he's f*cking dead yoU'RE a f*CKinG zomBIE-

Yusaku: wait i can expla-

Takeru: *illegible screeches of terror*

(i'm a terrible person who would make this funny heLP)

Can have the temperament of Yusaku's Immortal vary depending on whether you do angst or humor:

Angst: Either a complete asshole that makes Yusaku's unlife hell, or semi-benevolent. Humor: Excited puppy.]

[Note #2 - Stray thought was that Yusaku's Earthbound Immortal could be Ai's monster form? Or at least based on it. (or even be the reason Ai has it, since none of the other Ignis seemed to have alternate forms.)] [Note #3 - In my version, Yusaku was the only Lost Child to actually die. But you can have some or all of the rest of the children be Dark Signers too.] [Note #4 - Yusaku appears normal to everyone IRL- save for the facts that he-

Has no heartbeat and is strangely pale.

Exudes no body heat.

Never eats/sleeps or seems to react to pain when hurt (he doesn't bleed either).

He's a walking corpse and most people just don't connect the dots. In VRAINS, he's Playmaker as normal, but his sclera can change to, or permanently are, black. He also has a mark on his left cheek under his eye that's vaguely reminiscent of lines of digital coding.] Feel free to use any of these! Please send me a link to any stories you may write!

[lex-nite]

“Find the Word” Tag Game

Rules: Find the assigned words in your current WIP(s), then pick 4 new words and tag others to find them.

Tagged by: @sparkswithyou​ (safe, hunger, game, around) and @hexadecimal00​ (time, sunshine, laughter, pain)

Tagging: @ladyxxdaydream @danflower623 (for fun only, no pressure)

Your words are: night, fear, last, guilt

Since I got tagged twice I’m going to pick two words from each. Excerpts are all from unposted works in progress.

Age of the Akatsuki (safe)

An AU where Kakashi is an Akatsuki member and Danzo runs the village. This scene is Iruka/Kinoe (Yamato):

“I don’t know how much longer I can keep doing this to him, Kinoe.” Iruka pressed his face into his lover’s chest. This was all to keep Naruto safe, but it didn’t make it any easier. “Have you heard from the others yet?”

Kinoe shook his head. “You know they have to be careful. All of them are being watched, especially Might-san.” Gai had not taken Danzo’s leadership laying down. He had been one of the first to challenge the oppressive rule. Rather than quietly have the man executed, and possibly make him a martyr, Danzo had demoted him back down to a genin. He thought he could humiliate the man into backing down. On the surface, it probably looked like he was successful, but Gai was one of the first to join the resistance against the evil man.

“He said he found another former ANBU that might be loyal to Konoha. I just hope he’s being careful. If Danzo finds out about the curse marks…”

“Shh, he won’t. We’ve been careful. No one knows you’re the one who undid them. We made sure of that.” Kinoe pressed a soft kiss to his temple. “I won’t let anything happen to you, Iruka. If it wasn’t for you… I probably would still be Danzo’s weapon. I have a purpose now, protecting you and Naruto.”

Starbound (time)

A space AU, KakaIru:

“Why is a chunin teaching anyways? Isn’t that usually a civilian job?” He wanted to ask more, pry into Naruto’s life, but he was a coward. The more he found out, the more he would hate himself.

Iruka looked confused by the change of topics but didn’t comment on it. “It’s a pilot program they set up. They found that most children weren’t ready for becoming genin at such a young age out of regular schools, so they launched this program to teach them the skills they would need from a very young age. By the time they are fourteen and can take their genin exam, they have the skill set of seasoned genin. They will do much better in the field. I was chosen to teach the class. If it does well, it will be launched in several areas in Konoha and possibly down on Fire.”

Every child of Fire had a mandatory service period. From the ages of fourteen to eighteen, they were conscripts of the government. After that, they had the choice of staying in or going on to college or a trade school. They had set age limits to make sure young children weren’t forced into war zones like Kakashi had been at the tender young age of six. The days of the Third Great War were tough on everyone and child soldiers were common. After the war ended, the five major governments had agreed that no one under the age of fourteen could serve. An entire generation of children has=d been wiped out by the war.

Operation Gay Dads (around)

A Modern KakaIru AU where Naruto and Sasuke set up Kakashi and Iruka. Kakashi is raising Sasuke and Itachi. Iruka has been helping Naruto (who is in foster care):

“Same for Sasuke. I’ve never seen him take a liking to someone this quickly. I was glad when Jiraiya told me they were fostering a kid his age. I can’t force him to social in school, but I sure can here.” He chuckled a bit. “So I hear you’ve known Naruto for a long time. Met through some program?”

Iruka’s face lit up at the mention of work. “Yes. I work for a charity that helps foster children succeed in school. Everything from getting them supplies to tutoring them. I met Naruto when he was in elementary school. He was really struggling, but mostly because he didn’t have anyone to help him. He’s doing much better now. He’s been moved around a lot. He liked to pull pranks when he was younger and it got him kicked out of more than one home.” Iruka sighed, remembering how much he’d had to apologize for and beg for the nicer places to let him stay.

“It sounds like you really care about him. Why didn’t you take him in?” Kakashi looked away suddenly. “Sorry. That’s a really personal question.”

“It’s alright. I care because I was him. I was orphaned young. Pulled the same shit trying to get attention. I ended up in a good home, which is incredibly lucky, and my foster father helped me get my life together. Made sure I graduated. I would have taken Naruto in a heartbeat, but I had a lot of things against me. Age, single, gay, and while I love my job it’s just enough to support me. I would never qualify.” He just shrugged. “So I made sure I was there in other ways.”

Unnamed fic (pain)

Gai/Zabuza (rare pair), AU where Konoha’s greatest shinobi flee the village after Danzo takes control:

“You look like you could use some assistance, my friend!” Another man stepped forward. Judging by his ridiculous looks and outfit, this was Konoha’s Green Beast, Might Gai.

Zabuza’s hand tightened around the hilt of the Executioner’s Blade. He was in no shape to take them on, even if Haku wasn’t slowly bleeding out. He’d used too much chakra in the last fight. That, coupled with the numerous wounds he had, meant things were dire. He had to push aside the pain and deal with this new threat.

Gai flashed him a huge grin. “Thank you for taking care of those Root-nin for us. It is much appreciated!” He jumped down from the branch he was standing on and headed towards the bleeding man.

“Gai…” Kakashi said in warning, as he eyed Zabuza warily.

“It’s fine, my eternal rival. He isn’t going to hurt me.” Gai called over his shoulder.

“Bold words,” Zabuza growled at him. He didn’t want to set Haku down, but there was no way to fight the Leaf-nin while still holding him.

His words seemed to amuse the other man. “No need for threats. We are here to help.” He gestured for someone to join them. Zabuza tensed up as a blonde woman jumped down and headed towards them. “This is Tsunade. She is a healer of great renown and one of the legendary Sannin! She will take care of your friend.”

[galacov6]

18 and 25 for KabuSaya and of you're feeling up to it how about 1 and 4 for OroSaya OvO

KabuSaya

18. How are they like on a road trip together?

Presuming they had to go on a trip together because of a mission or something else of the sort, I think they'd both really enjoy being away from the unsettling vibes of whatever hideout they were holed up in/the chaos that surrounds them there.

Kabuto's gotta keep Sayato's spending habits in check because he's got the worst spending habits of all time. He WILL blow the entire trip's budget on sweets at some tourist trap if you let him.

If we're talking an actual road trip road trip with like a car and stuff in a modern AU I think this has the potential for more chaos, given that they'd be stuffed in a small confined space with one another for a super long amount of time. There is no way their music taste won't clash with one another and there will be clowning from both sides. Kabuto would be the driver here. Not that Sayato can't drive but would YOU trust that maniac to drive you? Also he knows Sayato would at some point ask for road head.

If they get lost at some point neither of them are the type who would ask for directions. Socially inept assholes, neither of whom's strengths lie within communication.

I really like the idea of them at some point or another having to pose as newlyweds or something for a mission- or getting stuck at some inn where oh no there's only one bed whatever shall we do fight over it and then end up sleeping together lol. Might write a fic along those lines one of these days.

25. Pick a physical attribute that they love about each other.

Sayato really likes Kabuto's eyes/glasses. He claims that he doesn't tease Kabuto about his glasses or vision because it's too easy of a target to, that definitely isn't the whole truth. He finds Kabuto a lot cuter with glasses on. He's definitely one of those people who thinks that eyes are the window to the soul kind of stuff, really likes eye contact.

Mouth is a very close second just because Sayato is super orally fixated lmfao.

For Kabuto, I think for him it's Sayato's height. Sayato's 5'2 which makes him really short compared to practically everyone else. Fun to tease him about, easy to pick him up and carry him for whatever reason. He can put things up on a high shelf just so Sayato can't reach to them. And with about half a foot's length between them, Kabuto really does like lording that over Sayato.

SayaOro

1. What were their first impressions of one another?

Sayato was a big fan of the sannin as a kid aaaand unfortunately Orochimaru just happened to be his favorite. Which was a bummer when Orochimaru ended up leaving the village and exposed for being as evil as he was.

Orochimaru, I imagine probably had been keeping his eye on Sayato in some capacity (well, moreso having Danzo and whoever else he had in the village working for/with him to feed him into on Sayato) probably around either A. The Shiori/Akio incident or B. Sayato joining ANBU.

That being said, the two didn't meet each other until Sayato (who at this point is an adult- I mean, their relationship is still toxic as shit but it wasn't like on that level of horrid.) left the village and was introduced to Orochimaru by another one of his subordinates, Sayato's rival from childhood, Satoshi. With knowing a lot about Sayato already from intel gathered Orochimaru already had the impression that Sayato was going to be an easily manipulatable mark. For Sayato, he did fall right into Orochimaru's hands, immediately becoming a sucker for plans to wreak havoc on Konoha and such. Orochimaru told him all the right things and he was charmed by him- but also very eager to work alongside him. And maybe, just maybe he was still carrying that little kiddy crush he had on Orochimaru with him that influenced that starstruck view of his ever so slightly.

4. What’s a typical Sunday like for them?

Manipulation, mind games, basically trying to exploit Sayato's want for vengeance and his need for touch/companionship. Not necessarily sexual re: touching- I just made a point to say touch since that and quality time are the two love languages I'm stuck on regarding what he'd want from a partner. But also not ruling it out entirely either.

But yeah since Sundays are kind of more or less lazy days, I expect that unless Sayato was sent off on a mission or something it's definitely a laze around and be victim to more manipulation tactics and trying desperately to use the relationship as some fucked form of escapism from his own mental thoughts!

[majoraflame]

Uzumaki Clan Archives

So in my recently conceived Sannin Kid Fic AU, I wrote like two sentences about my Uzumaki Clan archive headcanon

“Sometimes Jiraiya and Orochi meet up so Karin and Nagato can spend some cousin time together. Maybe they even take them to the ruins of Uzushiogakure to find some of their clan’s fuuinjutsu so they can learn it.

And boy do I have an idea for the Uzumaki Clan archives !! I’ll get into later since I’m getting so far off track.”

This is me getting back to it later.

So I have this headcanon that the Uzumaki Clan knew that they were about to get massacred. Like, they were all smart cookies and they knew the danger they posed to the other nations and they knew that their time was running out. 

So, in preparation for their inevitable demise, they gathered every bit of information about their history, their fuuinjutsu techniques, their research, and uzushiogakure and they stored it in an archive because they knew that even if they all died, they weren’t about to let everything they and their ancestors worked on die with them.

“Where exactly is this archive?” you may ask

Well, remember how in that one Naruto movie Team 7 go through a seal to enter a city. The archive is kinda like that. I imagine it’s sort of like a pocket dimension that can be opened through a blood seal. Also, because of this, the archive is portable. 

So when Orochimaru and Jiraiya and the gang go to the ruins of uzushio, they find their way to the Uzumaki Clan compound and after a bit of exploring and finding nothing, they’re ready to head back with the assumption that the compound was raided until one of them, baby Mitsuki probably, notices this tiny little white Uzumaki spiral symbol crafted in this piece of sandstone. It’s placed in this really weird spot like behind a huge chair or something and its like someone barely tried to hide it. So of course, they pick it up. 

After some close inspection, Jiraiya - the sort-of-sealmaster that he is - notices that there is a seal on the stone just waiting to be activated. They hand it to Karin since she’s so in tune with chakra and after she pours a bit of her chakra into the seal, they notice on the wall across from them, a small divot the size of the stone is suddenly carved into the wall. Everyone’s like “Uzumaki seals are notoriously Scary and complicated so should we be messing with this?” and then they keep on messing with it. 

Karin walks over and puts the stone in the wall then puts her blood on it. When the seal activates I imagine it looks like there’s chakra shooting out in all directions and moving around to carve the shape of a door. When its done and the gang are looking at this door they immediately open in because they are some curious mother fuckers.

Cue ethereal music as they’re faced with the fucking library of alexandria.

Like I just imagine them being so in awe of everything the Uzumaki did in order to preserve their legacy.

Anyway, with little help from Jiraiya, because although he is a sealmaster he is no Uzumaki Sealmaster and he is so fucking lost, Karin and Nagato attempt to navigate the sprawling archives and learn their clan’s history and fuuinjutsu. And they don’t even have to stay on Uzushio to do it!

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I’m totally gonna write a little one shot of the gang finding the archive

[rayshippouuchiha]

Ray’s Super Foxy Naruto AU List

 Team Uzumaki: Naruto discovers and embraces his legacy as an Uzumaki and undergoes massive changes.  He eventually goes on to take a genin team of his own. - Now Live On AO3

Shadows & Strength:  Yandere Shikamaru meets and fixates on a Naruto who stumbled upon the secret to Tsunade’s strength. Includes changed up Genin Teams and either Kakashi or Genma as sensei. - Now Live On AO3

Shadows & Strength: Snake Style:   Yandere Shikamaru meets and fixates on a Naruto who stumbled upon the secret to Tsunade’s strength. Includes changed up Genin Teams and Anko as their sensei with a still loyal Orochimaru as their grand-sensei.

Fox In A Snake’s Nest:  Loyal Orochimaru comes across a young Naruto on the run from angry villagers and takes him in as a student.

HoH Naruto:  Naruto isn’t dumb no matter what anyone says.  Turns out he’s just HoH because the normal every day sounds around him are drowned out by something more.

Loophole:  Comedy.  Sarutobi decrees that none of Minato and Kushina’s friends can have direct contact/interaction with Naruto.  Kakashi finds a loophole.

Trauma Bonded:  A series of unfortunate circumstances end with a bickering Team 7 trapped in a brutal genjutsu.  As it turns out trauma has a way of bonding people.  Sometimes to an unsettling degree.  

Naruto Don’t Gender Good: Comedy. Genderfluid Naruto who is under the impression that gender is decided by hair length. - Now Live On AO3

Team Shisui: Non-Massacre AU where Shisui ends up as sensei to Team 7. And then he promptly makes that everyone else’s problem. Slated as KakashiNaruto fic

Flower Power: Inoichi decides to take Naruto under his wing to a degree.  With a job at the Yamanaka Flower Shop Naruto develops a friendship with Ino, gathers a lot of knowledge and blackmail material, and develops a deadly affinity for plant life.

The Fox and The Weasel: Despite being her godmother Uchiha Mikoto isn’t allowed to raise Uzumaki Naruto, the daughter of her best friend Kushina.  She’s in for a surprise when she finds out that her son Itachi has taken a liking to the girl and is determined to marry her when they’re old enough.  And he’s more than willing to go through anyone who stands in his way. - Now Live On AO3

Chef Naruto:  After going hungry one too many times as a kid Naruto decides to take matters into his own hands.  He discovers that seals aren’t the only thing that come naturally to the Uzumaki.  Food, Naruto decides, is the ultimate expression of love and can, in fact, change the world.

Golden Prince of Uzushio: Naruto and Kurama are thrown back in time.  Faced with Uzumaki Mito realizing Naruto holds the Kyubi and is obviously from the future Naruto and Kurama decide to take a chance and attempt to change everything. Now known as the Golden Prince of Uzushio and splitting his time between both villages, Naruto soon discovers that despite the new peace that’s been established Uchiha Clan Head Madara seems to be around every corner he turns.

A Fox and His Earth: A young Naruto is turned over to Danzo and Root and spends years being forged into the ultimate weapon.  When faced with Danzo’s attempt to massacre the Uchiha Clan, Naruto turns on him and Root both.  In the aftermath Naruto, now a young but legitimate shinobi of Konoha, takes in an abandoned baby.  The first of many.  Years later Itachi comes face to face with the shinobi who, unbeknownst to him, saved his entire world. And falls completely in love. - Now Live On AO3

Whirlpool Calls Him Home: A young Naruto is no longer able to cope with the sharp cruelty of Konoha.  In the distance something calls for him, a voice in the back of his head begging for him to come home. To Uzushio. And so he does. - Now Live On AO3

Altered Beginnings: Things shift and the future members of a young Team 7 ends up emulating different Sannin this time around.  Featuring Medic!Sasuke, Taijutsu!Sakura, and Ninjutsu!Naruto.

Unbroken Legacy: Being the jinchuriki of the strongest biju comes with consequences that go far beyond common knowledge on the subject.  Because when you cradle a biju beside your soul for years on end things have a tendency to … mesh. And there are some connections that not even death can sever.

Shelter: The Forest of Death is much more than most people believe it to be.  Naruto finds shelter in the deep, dark woods that were once nurtured by Hashirama, beloved by Mito, and protected by Tobirama.

Fishcake's Psychic Hotline:  Crackish. Naruto can talk to ghosts and has no qualms about sharing what he learns. Shenanigans ensue.

The Fox Bride: KakaNaru Youkai AU.  Lone wolf youkai Kakashi takes in and befriends a wounded and starving one tailed kitsune months before he’s called off to war.  The last thing he’s expecting when he returns home a year later is to find a nine-tailed kitsune boy living in his house and calling him husband. - Now Live On AO3

Wolf At The Door: KakaNaru Youkai AU. Naruto, a young orphaned kitsune who is, for reasons unknown to him, hated by the village, ends up living a solitary life in the forests that surround Konoha, trapped within the trees thanks to Sarutobi’s machinations.  Until a wounded and surprisingly affectionate wolf youkai crashes into his life. - Now Live On AO3

Uzumaki Househusband: Somewhere along the line Sasuke realizes that he, like many a Uchiha before him, really only wants one thing out of life. To be an Uzumaki Househusband.  Sage help Konoha.  Or not.

Bridge Between: Tired of Tobirama and Madara’s squabbling, a drunk Mito decides that the only thing to do is summon someone to be the ideal bridge between these two idiots.  Naruto happens to end up being that someone. 

Rebel Rebel: Kakashi is a loyal shinobi of Konoha. Naruto is a member of the rebel faction.  When Kakashi unexpectedly finds himself with a member of the opposition firmly in his hands he knows exactly what he has to do.  But Naruto’s no regular rebellion member and sparks are sure to fly.

2 Shinobi And A Baby: 14 year old Kakashi takes an infant Naruto home, determined to give his sensei’s son the best childhood he can. Gai, never one to let his eternal rival go it alone, follows directly behind. The Idiots to Co-Parents to Lovers fic that should have been canon.

Bijū And A Baby - In a desperate gamble to stop the worst from happening, Kurama performs the ultimate sacrifice in order to safe guard the one soul he truly cares for.  As a result Naruto, regressed back to a baby, ends up in the warring clans era.  Thankfully Naruto’s found by the current timeline’s Kurama who, after absorbing the memories embedded in his alternate self’s chakra, decides that the only thing to do is raise Naruto himself.

Still Is Sitting - When the mission to Wave goes horribly wrong and Sasuke lay dying in Naruto’s arms, he gifts the closest thing he’s ever had to a friend with all that he has left.  The weight of vengeance that’s weighed Sasuke down for years now and a newly awakened Sharingan eye.  And so the future of Team 7, and the Elemental Nations as a whole, shifts.

CREAM - Growing up on a orphan’s stipend that never seems to cover everything, Naruto learns a very important lesson from a very young age: Cash Rules Everything Around Me.  Which, of course, leads to him being very good at one skill very quickly: budgeting.  Team 7 eventually learns just how far that expertise goes.  Who’d have guessed that Naruto’s skills with money would ripple out this far?

Mess Is Mine - A Naruto who never developed a soul deep loyalty to Konoha and instead longs to travel makes a different choice at the VotE.  Now traveling together with Konoha left far behind them, Sasuke and Naruto both learn that sometimes home can be a person.

Combustion - When a young, fire obsessed Sasuke finally takes the time to pay real attention to a young and shunned Naruto whose wind nature shows itself early, all of Konoha might just go up in flames. But they’re too wrapped up in each other and what they want together to really care either way.

Of Fang And Scale - A bitter Orochimaru falls further and further from the light before his downward spiral is stopped by the most unlikely of sources.  Hatake Sakumo and his young son Kakashi.

Tsunami - The Uzumaki were well known for more than their long lives and their skills with Seals.  They were also known for their connection with the sea.  When a natural disaster strikes during the Wave Mission, Naruto and the rest of Team 7 will be put to the test as they learn just how deep that connection goes.

Slippery Slope - Naruto and Sasuke end up in possession of a young child that they find themselves rapidly attached to.  Deciding to raise the kid together is easy.  Dealing with the feelings they have for each other?  Not so much.  It’s a slippery slope right into domesticity where they one thing they forget to do is tell everyone else in the village that they’re parents now.

Strawberry Fields - Bleach Crossover. Ichigo, long used to the twists and turns his life throws at him, finds himself stranded in another world.  After some extended time spent on a ruined island populated only by ghosts with no signs of any way home, he sets out to see if he can find a new place to call home.  Neither Konoha, nor Kakashi, are ready for the chaos having a full fledged universally displaced hybrid of Ichigo’s caliber in their midst is sure to bring.

Uchiha Nip - Modern AU. Naruto, the blacksheep of the Namikaze-Uzumaki family, agrees to attend a celebratory dinner between his “family” and the main line of the Uchiha Clan.  Only Naruto’s in for a surprise when he realizes he’s slept with roughly 75% of the dinner guests and all of them seem more than willing to revisit the various occasions too.

Pawpads And Parenting Advice - When Kakashi is faced with the reality of being assigned a genin team he panics.  And then he goes to the one person he knows he can trust to give him good parenting advice. Pakkun.

Raising Uzumaki Naruto - When Jiraiya returns to the village for the first time since Minato’s death he just so happens to run into a clearly half starved and neglected Naruto.  The same Naruto who Jiraiya was told had died shortly after his parents.  So the obvious choice is to scoop his raggedy godson up and hightail it out of Konoha.  The second obvious choice is to find Tsunade.  Orochimaru joining up just kind of happens.  Either way a Sannin raised Uzumaki Naruto is sure to be something.

What We Make It - Naruto has always loved babies.  A lot. So when Sakura gets pregnant with her and Sasuke’s first child it’s understandable that he goes a little bit insane.  Unfortunately circumstances surrounding the new baby end up not being as happy as Naruto thinks they should be.  But, luckily for Naruto, neither Kakashi nor Kurama intend to let him raise young Sarada alone.  Family is, after all, what we make it. - Now Live On AO3

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[awintersrose]

oh oh for the fandom ask thing you just rebloged: fandom: Naruto, pairing: Sannin OT3 :P and character: Orochimaru

Fandom: Naruto

Favorite character: Orochimaru

Least Favorite character: Iruka. Sorry guys, he just has such a blank personality that I can’t.

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): All the Sannin possibilities, KakaYama, KisaMei, Ame OT3, ItaShi

Character I find most attractive: As if this is not a surprise…Orochimaru. Kakashi, Tobirama, Mei and Tsunade are right up there too.

Character I would marry: To be truthful, if you mix Hashirama and Minato, then add a dash of Jiraiya, that would be the closest in personality to the person I am currently married to.

Character I would be best friends with: Tenten

a random thought: Tenten deserved better. All the ladies did.

An unpopular opinion: Tsunade was the best Hokage.

My Canon OTP: Orochimaru and Science. They totally had kids together.

My Non-canon OTP: Sannin OT3

Most Badass Character: Gai, lets be real. Physically the most badass and the one who truly had to work hard for it.

Most Epic Villain: Madara/Obito

Pairing I am not a fan of: Canon SasuSaku. Note I said canon.

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Too many to even name

Favourite Friendship: Sakura and Ino

Character I most identify with: Shino. I am often forgotten about.

Character I wish I could be: None of them…I’m not really an SI kind of girl.

Pairing: Sannin OT3

When I started shipping them: About 12 years ago upon reading a threesome fic I have never been able to find again.

My thoughts: They are each incomplete people who each make up for what the other two lack. They are a thousand times better together than they are apart, and they have a sort of underlying bond that ensures they can never truly escape one another, even if they want to do so.

What makes me happy about them: They are an incredible team bar none, and there were clear bonds between them that extended beyond their dissolution.

What makes me sad about them: Everything canon about their lives.

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: Focusing on the most insipid aspects of their personalities and flaws, and making them each a caricature of what they are supposed to be instead of letting them be three-dimensional characters with true depth.

Things I look for in fanfic: It EXISTING. Seriously. There is so little that I could cry.

My wishlist: Not sure what this means, but any content other than mine, be it fic or fanart, would be an absolute delight to find

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: Tsunade with Dan or Mei Terumi. Jiraiya I think would never be able to settle down otherwise. Orochimaru…with Sakumo or science.

My happily ever after for them: That they never fell apart, and end up all still loyal, living together and doing amazing things, with a family of their own and children both adopted and biological. One of them ends up Sarutobi’s successor before he is completely burned out, and as a result a lot of bad choices are never made…

Character: Orochimaru

How I feel about this character: I…freaking love him. 

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: Jiraiya, Tsunade, Dan Kato (ask me why), Sakumo Hatake, and thanks to a strange turning of events and AUs galore on Discord… Danzo and Kakuzu (under very specific circumstances)

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: Kimimaro or Anko. Would have liked to see a bit more pertaining to his mentoring each of them.

My unpopular opinion about this character: He is an incredibly polarizing character within the fandom, so anything I say will be unpopular on one side or another. I think he could have done amazing things had his team not dissolved and had he otherwise not lost everything he ever could have loved. They were a key link to his humanity. A loyal Orochimaru could have been a powerful asset. 

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Either a true redemption arc, or letting him remain the BIG BAD he was meant to be.

Favorite friendship for this character: Jiraiya and Tsunade, naturally.

My crossover ship: After reading a Sesshoumaru/Orochimaru drabble, I deeply desire to see this. More of it. Like now.

Thanks for the ask, dearie! Tagging @thatshipcat as well - she asked for Orochimaru too

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Naruto Fanfiction Archive

A list of all my Naruto fics and their locations. Updated November 10, 2017

Multi-Chapters and Oneshots

Something to Prove (ShikaTema)  Summary: As Suna prepares for its first independently-held chunin exam since Gaara became kazekage, the sand siblings must make sure that everything goes off without a hitch. AO3     FF.Net   Tumblr

Something to Gain (ShikaTema)  Sequel to Something to Prove Summary:Shikamaru and Temari navigate their relationship now that it’s in the public eye.

AO3    FF.net     Tumblr

An ANBU Tradition (KakaYama | KakaTenzo) Summry: Itachi Uchiha joins the ANBU under Kakashi Hatake’s command. There’s a certain tradition the ANBU has for new recruits, and Itachi is no exception.

AO3    FF.Net    Tumblr

Short Attention Span (NaruHina | ShikaTema | SaiIno) Summary: A fun little drabble in which, at a bar, Hinata takes the advice of her friends and tries to get Naruto’s attention.

AO3   FF.Net    Tumblr

Operation: Horror Movie (NaruHina | ShikaTema | SaiIno) Sequel to Short Attention Span Summary: After Hinata successfully spends time with Naruto, the kunoichi are determined to make it happen again.

AO3  FF.Net    Tumblr

Ghosts of War Summary: In the wake of Nawaki’s death, the sannin struggle with their grief.

AO3   FF.Net   Tumblr

Taijutsu Training (GaaLee) Summary:Lee takes on the responsibility of teaching the kazekage taijutsu, but Gaara is a stubborn pupil.

AO3     FF.Net     Tumblr

Happy Birthday, Jiraiya! (One-sided JiraiyaxTsunade)  Summary: It’s Jiraiya’s 23rd birthday, and the sannin have a bigger adventure than they had planned.

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Unofficial Rulebook for Reckless Ninja (KakaYama | KakaTenzo) SERIES summary: Kakashi and Tenzo’s adventures as young adults, both romantically and platonicly. Features appearances by other young jonin. Stories centered around the rules put in place for themselves after various mishaps.                - Terrible First Impressions

Tenzo needs to make some new friends outside the Foundation. Kakashi makes the mistake of bringing him along to one of Anko’s parties. Kakashi ANBU era. KakaYama.

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               - Masquerade

Another incredibly self-indulgent fic with Halloween themes, just to cover all the cliche fanfiction bases. The gang puts on a Halloween bonfire on top of Hokage mountain. Tenzo is disappointed when Kakashi doesn’t attend. Kakashi ANBU era. KakaYama.

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               - Mixed Signals

Kakashi is seriously injured while on a mission. He and Tenzo are forced to take a short rest near the Village Hidden in the Grass until Kakashi can travel without re-opening his wound. Kakashi ANBU era. KakaYama.

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              - Poker Face

It’s Kakashi’s turn to host poker night, and Genma wonderes if Kakashi is really as lucky as he seems. Kakashi ANBU era. KakaYama. Slight AsuKure and others.

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              - Fatalistic Outlook

After a misunderstanding between Tenzo and Iruka, Kakashi and Tenzo have an argument about commitment. Kakashi ANBU era. KakaYama.

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              - Those Damned Books

Kakashi realizes that his apartment isn’t big enough. Tenzo does his best to remain the responsible one. Kakashi ANBU era. KakaYama.

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              - Movies at Genma’s

Kakashi is still jealous that Iruka kissed Tenzo, and Tenzo asks him to behave himself at Genma’s for their horror movie night. Kakashi is able to work out his jealousy once they get home.

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                - Anko is the Best Terrible Influence

After a few hard days, Tenzo invites Anko over for company when she returns from a mission. As his best friend, Anko makes it her mission to cheer him up. The pair end up learning a rather unique skillset that Tenzo doesn’t want to share with Kakashi.

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Roommates From Hell (Deidara & Hidan| Sasodei) (College AU) SERIES summary: College AU where Deidara and Hidan are roommates.

                 - Sabotage

Deidara is in an intense rivalry with another art student. Hidan suggests a less-than-legal way to get even. College AU.

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                 - I Don’t Know Him, I Swear

Hidan single-handedly provides a colorful anti-Christianity protest when religious zealots preach on front campus. Kisame stops him, afraid that he might violate his parole. It takes Kisame, Itachi, Sasori, and Deidara to get a hand on the situation. College AU.

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                  - Half-assed Hatred

Deidara and Sasori are stuck late at the studio to try to finish their projects before the deadline. Fatigue and stress push them both a little too far. SasoDei, Hidan & Deidara, College AU.

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Math Is Hard (KakaYama) Summary: Takeshi (Kakashi and Yamato’s son) gets a bad grade on his math test. Kakashi gets up in arms about Naruto’s new curriculum. Tenzo manages to keep things settled. Kakayama, Kakayama parents.

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Managing Anger: A Beginner’s Guide (SuiKarin) Summary: Suigetsu is livid that Karin keeps volunteering him for menial tasks, such as taking Sarada’s new glasses to her. Karin tries to use the lessons from her self-help book to manage her anger. Suigetsu continues to push until he gets the reaction he wants. Started off as a cute fic about Sarada having an eye exam which quickly escalated after she left.

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Ghost Stories Summary: (Some Halloween-y fun) On the way back from their most recent mission, Team Kakashi tells ghost stories to pass the time. Tenzo pulls out an old Japanese tale in an attempt to scare the kids.

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Where We Go (JiraTsu, Past DanTsu) Summary: A few years after Dan’s death, Tsunade is still coming to terms with the loss. Jiraiya’s unexpected return from the Rain is more beneficial than he could have expected.

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Writer’s Block (JiraTsu, Past DanTsu) Summary: Jiraiya has recently returned from Ame, and he’s scheduled a book deal with his publisher for his newly-titled Icha Icha series. A bout of writer’s block has him stuck before a deadline, and he hopes that spending a night on the town will bring his creativity back. Tsunade does her best to help him write a better story, giving him a little more inspiration than she had planned.

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Don’t Tell Them That! (Implied KakaYama) Summary: Team Kakashi notices Anko and Tenzo/Captain Yamato sitting together at a dango stand and wonder how they know each other. Anko is more than happy to tell them, and she shamelessly tells them about the antics the jounin got into in their younger days. Tenzo is morbidly embarrassed, and the kids have no idea how to handle this information. References the Unofficial Rulebook for Reckless Ninja series.

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Requests

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Prompt/Request: Kakashi’s Troubles

Anonymous said:

After the 3rd time Kakashi has to fire team 7 from Anbu, he drags himself through the door with his sleepy eyes drooping longer than usual. Manako greets him with a quirked eyebrow and he sighs, "extra paperwork. Long story." Manako snorts, "What did your old team do this time? Those three are about as subtle as the last Icha Icha movie when they get toget her. Serriously, how did they even get into Anbu?" Kakashi's cheeks redden over his mask, "well..." 

Masterlist & Disclaimer

Summary: Behind every great Kage is a partner that doesn’t bother with the bull$#!%.

Rating: T

Warning: Mild OOC? They’re characters that grew up differently than the canon, so a little bit of change in personality. There is are OCs in this fic (Manako Inuzuka and Kakashi’s children). Don’t like it, don’t read (but I’ve had pretty positive feedback about them, so your loss).

Canon/Fanon Compliance: AU ‘verse. Sasuke left Konoha, but he came back right away or right after training or something. Team 7 went on to become ANBU

Kakashi arrives home three hours later than he usually does, retinas bloodshot and eyelids drooping. His jaw feels numb from the amount of times he had to clench his teeth today, and his arms might as well be lead weights for all the use they provide.

He doesn’t bother using the door—the window’s always open anyway—and when he gets inside, he barely gets a chance to note the room is empty of either expected occupant before he topples face first onto the futon. It’s his default position these days, but it doesn’t even matter because being horizontal feels so good…

Until something nudges him in the back.

He groans, either a complaint or a request to stop, but it doesn’t help. Again, he is poked, this time near his ribs, and he sighs, forcing himself to turn over on his back and glower (well, he tries to, anyway, his facial muscles aren’t exactly cooperating) at the offending toe, and the woman it is attached to.

His partner stares down at him, one eyebrow quirked in either amusement or concern. She is unselfconsciously nude but for a pair of boxers—his, he’s pretty sure—and her dark hair haphazardly tied out of the reach of grabby fingers. The tiny pink lump of their youngest son is nestled into the crook of her neck.

“Are you alive?” she asks him, voice low so as not to wake Obito.

“No,” he mumbles.

“Great, I get all your worldly possessions then,” she says, nimbly climbing over him.

“You’re heartless.”

“No, I’m practical. I have four mouths to feed.”

“Gai doesn’t live here.”

“Three mouths to feed,” she corrects, leaning over using one hand to help him remove his thick vest. Then, she arranges the baby on Kakashi’s chest. In spite of his heavy arms, he reaches up to keep the infant steady.

“Any trouble getting him to go down?” he asks, wishing he could have been home in time to put his children to bed.

“With this one?” she snorts. “I think he’d sleep all day if it weren’t for the other two poking and prodding him at all waking hours. I had to bring them to one of the training grounds and let them run back and forth after each other until they passed out.”

“Trade you…”

“For what, extra paperwork?”

“Yes.”

“Not a chance in hell,” she tells him unabashedly.

“Heh. That’s what I figured.”

She slowly peels his mask from his face, and the cool night hair hits his skin. “Isn’t Shizune supposed to have all that organized for you?”

“She did. But there were…complications.”

Manako snorts knowingly. “What did your three brats do this time?”

She likes to joke that his former genin team are his “other” family and she’s their wicked stepmother. Which usually has him making some cheese remark about how ‘wicked’ she can be, and her to complain that his attempts at innuendo are horrible, before going on to prove his exact point.

At least, that’s how it used to go. There’s been a lot less of that since he became Hokage.

Naruto needs to hurry up and take over this stupid job.

“It’s a long story,” he says eventually, deciding his brain can’t take thinking of his former genins’ antics anymore today.

“Those three are about as subtle as a sock and a brick,” Manako informs him with a shake of the head. “How the hell did they ever qualify for ANBU?” Kakashi’s cheeks flood with colour and he busies himself with admiring his son’s downy hair; Obito is the only one of their kids that takes after Manako’s looks. His partner makes a tch noise. “Let me rephrase my question: how did someone with such horrible judgement as you have ever become Hokage?”

“How did a miserable shrew like you become a Hokage’s wife?” he counters.

“Fake wife. I’m pretty sure there was alcohol involved,” she tells him seriously. “And maybe a trip to Tanzaku Town. I don’t really remember.”

“You and me both…”

“Either way, it’s not legally binding. I can leave you anytime.”

“Really.”

“Yes. I just happen to like living in sin,” she teases. “It gives the old gossips something to talk about, and pisses off all the traditionalists because their revered Hokage has a dirty mistress.”

“Whatever would I do without you to keep me grounded,” Kakashi deadpans.

“Exactly. “So. Should I be preparing the village’s explosive stocks for impending war with Kiri?”

“No. They fixed it in the end, but…” He trails off and sighs. “I had to fire them.”

“Again!?”

Her exclamation makes Obito stir, grumbling in his sleep and pressing his cheek more closely into his father’s chest. Kakashi takes a moment to observe him, a smile playing at his lips, and doesn’t answer. Manako allows him this, and for a spell they just sit in silence.

She breaks it, however, with another snort. “Well, maybe this time you’ll learn your lesson.”

“Learn my—” Kakashi cuts himself off and shoots her a sharp look. “What’s that supposed to mean? They’re the ones that have to get it together.”

“No, Scarecrow, that’d be you,”

He’s too tired to follow his partner’s usual complex thought processes. “Explain.”

“You basically have a group of teenagers that have already surpassed the Konoha’s Legendary Sannin—teenagers whose judgement is worse than yours and affected by stuff like hormones,” she reminds him. “And, on top of that, unlike their predecessors, your brats really took that bell-test thing to heart. They really do believe that the three of them are one. And while that makes them strong, it also makes them dangerous and irrational in the lengths they’ll go to keep each other safe. Not exactly best suited for wimpy ANBU missions.”

“ANBU is wimpy now?” he prompts, amused and grateful for her candour.

“You know what I mean. Stealth isn’t something they do well, unless you split them up; otherwise, they just feed off each other. Sasuke and Naruto still compete as much as they ever did when they were kids, only now they can level an entire mountain fighting it out and Sakura can do that by herself. And other than that, she’s the boss—the guys will never do anything against her wishes. Sasuke would burn down the world if something happened to the other two, and Naruto would probably let himself be flayed alive to ensure nothing did. And you’re too damn blinded by how much you love them that you’re trying to keep them close,” she concludes, and her expression softens a bit. “They’re adults now, babe. They can function outside of their little three-man squad. It doesn’t mean they’re going to get too old for you.”

And, as usual, somehow his partner has hit the heart of the matter. He doesn’t feel like admitting it, though.

“Alright then, Oh Wise One,” he drawls, “what would you suggest?”

“Leave stealth to Sasuke, diplomacy to Sakura and have Naruto keep the home front safe. He’s got to get used to staying behind anyway once he takes over from you.”

“Assuming he doesn’t get himself killed before then,” Kakashi sighs. “Are you sure you don’t want to be Hokage? You’d be better at it.”

“Are you kidding? And give up my carefree life of spit-up and runny diapers?” Manako gasps in mock horror. “I couldn’t possibly trade that in for hours of paper work and sitting in a chair…” She adopts a smug smile. “At least I still get to blow things up occasionally.”

Kakashi scowls. “You know, for a fake wife, you’re not great at offering comfort. I should just drown my cares in alcohol.”

“Careful. That kind of thinking is what landed you with a fake wife in the first place.”

“Don’t remind me,” he says lightly. “Times like this, I think I ended up with the wrong Inuzuka.”

“Well, Kiba doesn’t swing that way, and honestly, you never had a chance with Hana. She’d insist on you put a ring on it,” Manako says easily. “Besides, she has something I don’t.”

“What’s that?”

“Standards,” she replies, leaning over him and kissing him lightly.

She begins to pull away, but Kakashi wrangles his free hand upward, tangling it in her hair and keeping her close. She makes a surprised noise, which turns into amused approval as he deepens the kiss, tugging at her bottom lip until she allows his tongue entrance.

Despite his exhaustion, he thinks he might actually be able to summon some energy for this, but then Manako pulls away.

“I’ve got to put him in his bassinet,” she reminds Kakashi when he makes a noise of protest, and then lifts the tiny body off his chest. There’s logic in this, he knows, but he wishes she’d hurry up about it.

It appears his mental demands are to go unanswered, when she straightens up and pauses.

“Hold that thought,” she groans. “I think one of our monsters climbed out of his crib.”

He doesn’t question her; her hearing is better than any baby monitor.

“I thought you said you tired them out,” Kakashi grumbles.

“Demons don’t tire out, they just bide their time,” Manako says seriously, climbing off the bed and heading out of the room.

Kakashi sighs at his ceiling, wondering when this became his life.

And thanking whatever gods exist that it did.

終わり

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The Death of Danzo!

After some careful consideration, I have decided to off Shimura Danzo in my Sannin Kid Fic AU.

I feel that Danzo's death goes pretty quick. Some of the elite shinobi of Konoha get put off by Danzo trying to keep the jinchuuriki for himself so they begin conducting and secret investigation of Danzo. I'm imagining Shikaku, Fugaku, Kakashi, and a few more. Its pretty hard since Danzo is one sly bastard, but ultimately he's too distracted trying to assert his power in the now vulnerable village after the Kyuubi attack to notice slow unweaving of his spiderweb right behind him. So while Danzo is out and about spreading propaganda, vilifying clans, and being an overall dick, this secretly assembled team is discovering his Root organization, his experiments (because I think he would still try experimenting with mokuton even without Orochimaru in this AU), his long, long list of contacts and allies, and all the doomed-to-fail missions he had sent Konoha shinobi on. The evidence is pretty damning and I think they'd quietly present the evidence to Hiruzen then wait until Danzo's out of the village for whatever reason to attack Root and then kill him when he gets back. :).