#Shinobi Don't Promise series

[stu-dyingstudent]

Sakura Haruno fic recs: ANBU

AHHHH!!!! I love ANBU fics, especially when they involve Sakura. It was such a cool concept, which was unfortunately never fully expanded upon. However, our lack of knowledge regarding the shadow corps allows for some really cool fic ideas since authors can take creative liberty on the structure and workings of the division.

In my opinion, Sakura had the most potential out of team 7 to join ANBU (at least more than Naruto). It's all about being discreet and efficient and although she wasn't strong during og, she possessed abilities that would be valuable for this. Her clever mind, chakra control, and genjutsu potential would've made her a good fit. Naruto was too flamboyant and Sasuke was too reckless and cocky, but this is just my take. However, with her new skill set from her training with Tsunade, I don't think she would be able to go down that path anymore.

Also, try out my ANBU ROOT list (some overlap).

Started: 2024.08.06

Last Updated: 2024.08.29

note: feel free to check out my master list which has a bunch of Sakura Haruno fic recs (all organized)!

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Masks by mads999 || ao3 || kakasaku || E || canon divergent || complete

1. Sakura's Inner is far more diabolical than anyone ever expected 2. Crows prove to be cruel mentors 3. Sakura comes to learn exactly how much she hates Kakashi (as well as how alike they are, in the most terrible of ways)

Kakashi is a hateful turd and Sakura is spiteful! One of the best character developments I've read for Sakura and she certainly becomes of force to be reconned with. The ANBU lore in Masks is absolutely phenomenal and I love the whole system that is put into place as it adds for some drama (lol). Also, can we talk about how awesome crow summons are????

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Five Kingdoms for the Dead - Evil Is A Relative Term || ffn || M || canon divergence || complete

After the Forest of Death, Sakura comes to realize that being weak is no longer an option. However, she finds that change is sometimes painful and that truth doesn't always come easy. Luckily, she'll have some help along the way.

It's been a while since I've read Five Kingdoms for the Dead, but I just remember it being absolutely great! I'll be honest, I found a lot of the mind stuff pretty confusing at times, but it was still enjoyable. Also, some great characters are utilized in this fic such as Neji, Sai, and Itachi. Makes me really wish that we saw more of Sakura and Neji working together in Naruto since I think they compliment each other quite well.

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Trials of Change - Espoiretreves || ao3 || gen || time travel AU || complete

Haruno Sakura made a promise. Looking in the eyes of her Shisou and the reanimated Hokage, she took on the most important mission of her life. Go back in time and try to prevent the 4th Shinobi War. Now, Sakura is back to her 5-year-old body, with all the knowledge and haunting memories of the future. She vows to keep her precious people safe and stop certain events from happening, without altering the timeline too much. The trials her emotions and logic put her through have her questioning her very existence, but for the sake of peace, she has to push forward. No matter what.

Trials of Change is actually apart of a time travel series and I have to say that it is probably one of the best of the genre! Now, Sakura is not in ANBU here, but she works very closely with team Ro (Kakashi's ANBU team) and it's a huge part of the story, so I'm choosing to count it anyway. I really adore all of the worldbuilding and backstories going on here in addition to the fact that there are breaks. Yes, the story keeps moving, but there are other things going on, like playdates, and not just Sakura trying to save the world. Also, if you love Shisui then definitely check this out since he has a huge role and his and Sakura's friendship is just so precious.

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bite me and see, said the fly to the spider - MirrorImage003 || ao3 || itasaku || T || non-massacre AU || ongoing

In which Sakura is not initially a part of Team 7. In which she wears her failures like armor and brandishes her fears like her most trusted weapons. In which I do what hundreds of other authors have done before me, and rewrite Sakura's story. Non-massacre AU. Canon Divergent. Slow-burn.

After Sakura's first team, consisting of the graduating class's "expendables," dies, she joins team 7 and faces backlash along her shinobi journey. Sakura doesn't join ANBU until the later chapters so fair warning that there isn't too much content in that regards (unless it updates). Nonetheless, Sakura views ANBU as vital to her career as it offers her the highest clearance she can get. Gaining her opportunities for information her civilian-born status didn't allow her privy to.

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The Sixth Shadow - thinknicht || ao3 || kakasaku || M || canon divergent - eventual time travel AU || ongoing

No one seemed to find it odd when little Haruno Sakura threw herself smack dab in front of a Chidori and Rasengan. Not even Kakashi stopped to wonder.(He really should have.)

The story of how Sakura came to be the sixth hogake despite all of the challenges thrown her way. I especially love Sakura's drive in addition to the political aspects. However, be warned that Kakashi is an absolute HATER (in the beginning), but he gets better! The Sixth Shadow is extremely long and I only just recently got to Sakura's introduction to ANBU, so I can't say too much in that regard.

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Daughter of Fire - justjstuff || ao3 || kakasaku || E || canon divergence || incomplete (maybe ongoing)

Sakura got up and didn’t bother brushing the dirt from her dress. She had a feeling she was about to get even dirtier.She looked at the memorial stone one last time, memorizing the characters without even realizing she was doing it. It would serve from that moment on as a reminder of her determination. She wouldn’t let Naruto and Sasuke join the names carved on that stone.That was her nindo.

Sakura's growth throughout Daughter of Fire is great and realistic all while pointing out aspects from the original series which were flawed and dare I say misogynistic. I struggled a bit in the beginning to justify her abilities, but overall the story is really well done and the ANBU aspects are quite intriguing.

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cut the head off the snake - itsthechocopuff || ao3 || T || time travel AU || complete

when eighteen-year-old, post-war Sakura is thrown back into her tiny, pre-Academy body, she makes a decision. she'd had a childhood once already, and this time, she's more interested in Not Dying when the inevitable shit hits the proverbial fan. so she will work harder, care less, kill more, and smile when she's done.and hey, if she ends up reviving an extinct nature transformation to attract the most corrupt, power-hungry man from her timeline, all the better for her, right?

Such a unique take on a time travel AU and Cut the Head Off the Snake executes it perfectly. Sakura decides that her first order of business is to infiltrate ROOT and that's exactly what she does. Sai, Shin, and Shisui are all great characters and team Ro is present as well. Very good!

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Flowers - Idunmy || ao3 || E || kakasaku || canon divergence || ongoing

Flowers only bloom just before they wilt When Sakura loses her fight against Ino in her Chuunin exams, she questions her ability to ever become a kunoichi, too weak to protect herself, let alone her village One wrongful promotion later and Sakura gets a second chance in the shape of a mysterious new teacher who against all odds is willing to put her faith in a young girl with potential and a willingness to fight. Or- a fix-it inspired fic where Sakura grows to be the powerhouse she was destined to become.

Flowers is a newer series (which has recent updates) and I love it! Critiques are made towards the medical ninja training, which I believe needed to be discussed and it's refreshing to see. In most ANBU fics I've read, Sakura is immediately put onto the strongest team, but here it's a bit different. She begins on a demolition squad, which not only suits her skill set quite well, but is a realistic approach to how she would be introduced to the corps. Anyway, it's one of my favorite reads at the moment and I really like where the story is going.

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names. - waterpllar || ao3 || T || gen || canon divergence || complete

There are no names or faces in ANBU. Everything is designed to be strictly formal, efficient and professional. A recently orphaned Sakura, however, learns that some regulations aren't meant to be followed, and finds a place in Team Ro after being shunned from her former teammates. (fic prompt from anon on tumblr: orphaned sakura in anbu with yamato, genma, and team ro.)

AHHHH poor Sakura. After her parents' death Sakura seeks Tsunade's help out of desperation to become useful. Under recommendation, Sakura's new goal is to make it into ANBU.

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Equinox - FM_White || ao3 || itasaku || M || anbu AU || complete

ItaSaku (Post Uchiha Massacre) AU: Climbing through the ranks of Konoha, Sakura finds herself with the invitation to join ANBU and a chance to learn from one of the most renowned and legendary ninja in the world. Despite her efforts to grow stronger however, she finds the world isn't as black and white as it looks and that some truths are easier to hide than others.

I don't remember Equinox very well, but I love most works by this author sooo. Anyway, Itachi stays in Konoha and instead it's Sasuke that goes rougue. Sakura, Naruto, and Shikamaru are newly joined ANBU members and all placed on a team with Itachi and things go from there.

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stars in our eyes as we dream of the heavens (the gods walk among us, sweet child, do not forget) - snickiebear || ao3 || kakasaku || T || age-swap AU || oneshot complete

“Kakashi-sensei,” Naruto whispered, staring at his teacher, horror plain on his face. “You’re married?” Lazily, Kakashi looked down at his gloveless hand where his ring rested, “It would appear so.”

Sakura is born in the same generation as Kakashi and turns out as a badass ANBU married to him. This is super wholesome as it's a lot of the two of them bonding with Kakashi's genin team (Sai makes three) in an effort to help them out. It's a series so you can read more of the events taking place prior to the fic.

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Anachronistic Drift  - Elesrea  || ffn || gen || T || time travel AU || incomplete

Her plan was flawless. Save Shisui. Save the world. Time-travel, Sakura-centric AU

Sakura spends years training to be sent back in time and save the world from Sasuke. She isn't in ANBU, but rather poses as one in order to keep an anonymous status on her doings both in and out of the village.

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Sakura - lilac haze || ffn/ao3 || M || minasaku || time travel AU || complete

AU. Non-Canon. Time Travel. Please see inside for full warnings. Cross posted on Ao3. On his deathbed he was granted eternal peace and place to rest for all of time. Of course that was not appealing to him. Ever unpredictable to the end he had a counter offer. One that the Sage had to consider. In which Sakura's going to have a rough time. A really rough time.

Sakura is probably one of my all time favorite fics because the emotions are just spectacular. The story is pretty heavy on ANBU and ROOT aspects, which I always enjoy, but I wouldn't say it's a major focus. However, there is an emphasis on the unfair treatment towards kunoichi. Anyway, the characterizations and storytelling are beautifully done. Please share this author some love.

Check TWs before hand!!

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Hope y'all enjoy these recs, and please feel free to send me some if you have any!!!! I really appreciate when you do :)

[al-hekima-madara-blog]

What if we rewrite Madara as a hero?

We know in Naruto, most villains aren't born this way, they are often the product of their environment and also the consequence of solitude when dealing with hardships.

Kakashi was on the verge of falling in the dark side but was saved by Hiruzen. Oroshimaru was an orphan of war that developed a nihilist vision of life and absence of moral in his scientific approach. Pain is the consequence of forever wars in the Rain village, the lost of his family and his friend. Gaara the absence of love, Sasuke also became briefly mean due to his hate for Itachi and later his hate for the village.

Madara shippuden

Alright so how can we rewrite Madara in order that he doesn't fall for the dark path, while keeping most elements of his life :

If you have read my serie Yin/ Yang part 1 and part 2 you know that Naruto as the MC is strongly a Yang shinobi. Naruto's mind never change. he's always the same exuberant, strong-will and stubborn character. His challenge during the whole manga is to become physically stronger. He started as doing poorly in ninjutsu, learnt by himself shadow clone technique, rasengan, to control Kyubi, later to befriend Kurama.

If Madara was the main character in a series centred during the warring state era, he would have Yin-type of challenge to face. His power is through dream, vision, imagination. In other world the main goal of Madara should have been to develop a power capable of changing people's hearts rather than change people into becoming evil cf Obito or forcing people living inside a illusion. It's so real that Madara stated himself when he was young.

In other words what he's saying : how can we trust others? how can we be sincere and be friend with former enemies?

Have you noticed that most Yin shinobi (with Obito being the exception) don't struggle to become powerful physically. Their strength grow steadily with training and discipline. Itachi, Sasuke, or Madara, They excel at school, smart and learn techniques with time and creativity. They're downfall is... their mental instability (*Tobirama entering the chat*). The problem isn't how to get stronger but how to keep a sane mindset in order to use this power for good.

1/ Face your fear

The main obstacle for Madara achieving this is to confront his fears. He is scared of trusting people behind him and this phobia is manifested by his susanoo with two faces and four arms. It can be understand in many way, the back is the most vulnerable part of the body. It would be interesting to know if in his early childhood he has been betrayed in his back which has caused this phobia. He also doesn't trust future generations, he doesn't think they can come with better idea than him. This is a feeling that he shared with Indra : Him, alone can solve the world's problems. Obito for instance was supposed to follow a path already thought through by Madara. He despised so much others than even when he gives his plan to Obito he needs to do it in his name. That's an extreme side of egoism. "Only me can achieve this dream and I'm gonna divide myself in other me (Obito, Black Zetsu) to finish the job."

So obviously to glow up as a hero he needs to confront his fear, having children and students.

2/ Accept failure & learn resilience

One of the hardest part for Madara was accepting death. I personally don't think Izuna was the only people he lost in his life, but Izuna is certainly the straw that broke the camel's back. His brother was special to him, he was the last one and a promise he made to himself to keep him alive. The main reason of Madara's spiralling in despair was the absence of any support (Izuna was mostly holding this role)

To rewrite we might need to invent a new character that can be this new emotional support during this moment. When Naruto is about to fall Hinata is the one bring him back. I'm thinking about a moment in Jujutsu Kaisen, the MC Yuji has lost many people he cared in a short amount of time and he's in the verge to fall apart until Todo gave him the blablajustu of his life and it works!

So this brand new character can be a friend from his clan who still trust him or a girlfriend/spouse even his mother! In my opinion a woman will perfectly do the job. Because women force men to channel their ambition into something realistic : Yes you want to conquer the world but can you pay the bills? Can you feed your child? Can you protect me? Can you built our house? Are you seriously gonna blow up Konoha and abandon your family? Also intimacy with a woman is generally the rare moment where a man fall the mask of the tough guy. It's socially more acceptable for a woman to show vulnerability but generally frown upon for men. So yeah relationship with the opposite gender is important to give them the security to express their vulnerable side. And Madara is known for his GIGANTIC ego, I think he deserves to have in this rewriting a partner that lets him fall the armour and just be himself, just be a man. Who knows, in his private garden maybe Madara is a poet and read romcom?

To illustrate the importance of women and how men only show a private part of themselves to them I remember Mikoto revealing to Sasuke that his father is actually his secret biggest fan.

Anyway it needs to be someone with a strong emotional wisdom able to tell Madara : "yes you lost Izuna and you're experiencing your biggest failure. But you can't give up now because it means all those people you loved has sacrifice their life for nothing. I believe in you, you can surpass this challenge and keep going to honour your people."

3/Don't leave Konoha... or partially but come back stronger

Ok I know weird coming from me who never defend Konoha. But if Madara is written as the hero he can't completely abandon the village.

Also contrary to other character like Sasuke : Madara is one of the founder! He's not a 12 years old and an orphan. At this period he was between 25 to 30 years old (Izuna died at 24 for reference), unpopular sure but still a well-known, experienced shinobi and powerful head of clan. He had way more leverage to influence the village than Sasuke. The village wasn't yet the strong institution and the children killer machine it would become later on. He might leave it for a while in order to improve his skills. but he has to come back to confront...Tobirama. Leaving was literally giving free hands to the Senju to build Konoha with this generational paranoia mindset toward the Uchihas. If someone should have use all his Yin power to change relationship between Senju and Uchiha it should have been Madara but he run away from his duty. Yes Tobirama is Hashirama's brother AND Izuna's murderer. But how many orphans and widows Madara himself did he create? All shinobis including Hashirama has blood on their hands. It's hard, but as a hero he has to find a way to solve this conflict.

The infinite Tsukuyomi is escapism. Reality was too hard for Madara so better live it in a dream. He said during the Valley of the End fight he can see the shadow taking over the village... well that was his role as someone understanding well the Yin side of chakra to prevent it, he has abandoned his role and his people. Hashirama doesn't listen to you? find an other way inside the village! And this moment was illustrated by Onoki's flashback the previous tsuchikage about not giving up his will in front of challenge. It also applied to Madara's mindset toward Hashirama. At some moment Madara became resentful rather than finding a different perspective to change the village's mindset.

Izuna's death is also the opportunity for being accountable of his own failure. Why is he misunderstood by his clansmen? Why is he hated by those in the village that he wanted to protect? If anyone has watched the anime Viking, the second season covered a similar theme. The hero was first introduces in the first season as a fierce warrior motivated by vengeance, in season 2 he lost his goal and became the shadow of who he was but during this introspection he confronts his demons and came back with a new vision of the world. Why not introduce a new villain that can be confronted only by someone with a mastery of Yin release (in order to put Hashirama on the side and brings the spotlight on Madara's power). Like the challenge that Pain was for Naruto. This new villain may force Madara to unlocked his power at a higher level. So this character must be someone mastering also Yin release. Similar to Naruto when he met Killer Bee that controls Hashibi at a higher level than him. The Sharingan is always seen as a power growing in the negative energy of it's owner, what if this time it grows from the most positive energy? Since Madara is a dojutsu expert, I think of a Huyga villain for that role. Byakugan is the other greatest Dojutsu if we put aside Rinnegan. Byakugan vs Sharingan can be an insanely good fight!

4/ to put it in a nutshell

Madara has to stop being pee-shy for character's improvement

Find him a partner so he won't feel alone and go crazy even in his darkest moments

having children and students could have been a good way to trust the new generation. I'm sure he would hate at first having students like Kakashi in the beginning but later being the best teacher ( just look how he was the only one to see Obito's potential and made him someone even stronger than Itachi in short among of time. Being able to control Kyubi at 16 years old is incredible)

He should learn patience : yes it may take time to be valued in Konoha and as a Yin Shinobi it's his role to confront Tobirama and his bullshits.

Unlocked insane Yin release, become konoha's hero like Naruto after Pain.

Clarify the rumour that he stole his brother's eyes, just tell the truth: he gave it to you. Period. If someone ~Tobirama to not name him, disagrees he has to come fight him in the battlefield.

He could have then become the 2nd Hokage

If truly relationship has been pacify between Senju and Uchiha after a generation Konoha would have been so powerful that probably the shinobi world would have been unified with Konoha has the main power.

The World is now safer under Madara's hegemony. Black zetsu can't have any influence because he has no more weakness to exploit, Kaguya won't be awaken and the Otsutsuki won't look for her she's still sealed inside the moon and no need for Boruto to exist.

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[yesulart]

Naruto did everything wrong. He changed nothing about an evil system that has destroyed thousands of lives. He told many characters he'd change everything, but that was a lie. He's happy to be upholding evil traditions and the use of child soldiers. Naruto is revolting and the worst part about his own manga. All he is doing is creating more Nagatos, Obitos, and Sasuke's.

Hiruzen would be proud of him.

i fully agree with everything you are saying anon!! except the very first sentence because I don't think the character of Naruto is at fault for the awful ending of the series.

His character from the very beginning is all about changing and challenging the shinobi system, and that doesn't change until the end of shippuden where the author decided to ignore all the characters motivations, flaws and plans for their futures just to have a pretty, fluffy, digestible ending. That is what frustrates me the most 😭

I will forever question why the aftermath of the war isn't focused on solving the problems that where brought up in previous arch's, why is Naruto no longer interested in changing the system?? I can understand why he doesn't acknowledge konoha's part on everything, ever since the chunning exams Konoha has been cuddled and justified to the viewers and to Naruto himself. (But that only makes sense in a meta level, not in the story itself witch is even more frustrating argh)

But not doing anything to change the rest? How does that make sense to his character? How is him breaking every promise he made acceptable and not character assassination? I blame the autor rather than the character of Naruto for all of that, for not wanting to go trough an actual change of the system he created, for not wanting to challenge the flaws of his "good" characters and his "good" village, and for not wanting his "villains" characters to have been right the whole time.

[bogbees]

so ok the following blurbs were tacked onto the end of the kkir omegaverse fic, as the intention was to like, post these as a part of a series, bc they're not what the omegaverse fic was about. these are post fic events, which, chapter one still needs like, 500 words to end it, but with my luck, it'll end up being 1000... and that's just suggesting the fic will be stupid long somehow and it'll take forever to do— but i want ppl to see these lil snippets now!!!! so im posting them now.

maybe it'll spurn me on to write those 500-1000 words lol

first snippet: a thing ab collars

second snippet: a thing ab nests

“I, ah, know you technically don't need this, because the seal’s been patched and no one knows, but, um,”

Iruka tilts his head in curiosity, a stupidly fond smile on his lips. He knows he's teasing Kakashi by exposing his neck like this, but, well, the way Kakashi’s eye zeros in on his expanse of skin. How it goes dark with utter and complete want…

It's quite an invigorating response.

“That is exactly why,” Kakashi groans, thrusting his small paper bag towards Iruka, “I want you to accept this.”

Now that piques Iruka's curiosity properly, he takes the paper package and opens it up, peeking in. He furrows his brows, not knowing what sort of object he's looking at, and pulls it out, still not having much of a clue. It's a thin cut of dark, shimmery hunter green silk with attached clasps. If he moves the fabric, he finds a diamond shape cut into nine sections, hidden unless brought to light. A clan crest he thinks. Turning it over, he finds a seal painted onto the fabric, one that protects small spaces from unfamiliar chakra, functionally a ward, and one not as complicated as he'd rather prefer.

“It's a collar, sensei,” Kakashi starts, immediately cut off by Iruka's hot glare.

“I don't need this indeed,” he seethes.

“Ah, no, no, Iruka it's not like that.”

“Then what is it like? How can it be taken any other way—”

“I just thought, since you're still unmated, and we can't do it because we don't know how that'll affect the seal, it'd be a relief to have this. All omegas wear them, with or without that seal, it’s essentially a ward, repels chakra signatures not keyed into.”

“Oh.”

“Yeah.”

“Have you already keyed your chakra into it?”

Kakashi's face immediately goes red, eye wide, sweat beading on his visible skin, “I— what— no, no, that's not the purpose—”

“But you should.”

Kakashi doesn't respond, far too flustered to do much else but gape and stand there.

Iruka thumbs the fabric, the smooth silk hitches a little under his calluses and paper cuts. He imagines it'd be rather pleasant against his neck, barely noticeable once he got used to it. And the neck of his combat uniform would hide it nicely, especially with how unlikely it would be for anyone to reach for his throat… it'd be a secret just between the two of them. Him and his true mate.

“I've seen alphas wear collars too, now that I think about it,” he muses aloud. He's seen many couples walk around Konoha, with strips of fabric wrapped around their necks. Civilians mostly, if any shinobi above genin had been doing it, it'd be a well kept secret.

“Would you want me to?” Kakashi speaks quickly.

Iruka gauges the look in Kakashi's eye. Desperate, eager, one word away from doing anything Iruka asks of him.

It's fascinating. It's too much.

He looks away and studies the collar in his hand. It wouldn't take much to rip it to shreds, or cast a katon and watch it turn to ash. He looks at the way the clan symbol is nearly hidden, only seen with a certain hit of light that makes the surrounding silk shimmer. Hatake… a claim. A proposal. A promise.

Not taking his eyes off the Hatake clan crest, toying with how it hides and reappears, “if I did, would you wear my family's crest.”

The Umino, once as prominent as the Uzumaki, had dwindled down to simply him and him alone. They had a colourful history, Uzushio born and raised, few immigrating to Konoha alongside the Uzumaki and marrying into various clans here and there. All that remains is their symbol hung up in the Hokage Tower to honour the groups that make the village whole, and a few scrolls tucked away in the archives. He thinks the Hatake clan may have come to a similar fate, with only Kakashi left.

It's not like he thinks he'll be able to restore the clan. Not if he's with Hatake Kakashi. But. If only to honour his parents…

“Yes,” Kakashi answers. Iruka knows he's standing at attention, his lone eye serious as if giving a report directly to the Hokage.

He looks up, not at Kakashi, it's still too soon, he's too tender yet to acknowledge him, and wonders how Kakashi might look wearing the ocean blues of the Umino weave, the circular crest emblazed in gold. A stark contrast to how the Hatake design hides itself in the fabric.

He walks over to the man, lifts up his hand and places the collar into his palm.

Kakashi jolts a fraction, his voice void of feeling, “I see, sorry to—”

“I don't like the seal.” Iruka stares into his eye, challenging.

Kakashi's eye goes wide, staring back at him, some tension giving way as he slumps his posture, “you… don't like the seal?”

“It's not something I would make, and I'd be more comfortable with my own design wrapped around my neck,” he waves to the room. They both know his wards weren't standard issue for the chunin barracks, but more on par with those found on the ANBU offices, hell even the Hokage's residence.

“Alright—”

“So clean that off for me, I'll get one for you, and I'll write the seals myself. Sound like a plan?”

Kakashi's eye goes bright, twinkling with something Iruka can't, won't name, and he nods, “yes sensei.”

“I'm glad.”

“You're experiencing a false heat,” Kakashi thinks aloud.

Iruka turns on him, eyes blazing, “you don't think I know that,”

“Sorry, sorry —”

Iruka loudly sighs and falls back onto the couch with as much ceremony as a rogue wave, “no, no, I'm sorry. The seal's already weaker than it had been last year this time, so everything's out of whack. Hormones,” he waves his hand in the air dismissively.

He stares up at the ceiling, eyes wide in a subtle sense of shock and despair, “it's so much worse than last year.”

“You should take Golden Week off,” Kakashi suggests.

Iruka waves him off, “it's fine, it's fine. This time I can't even smell anything. Just irritable, but I'm always irritable, so it's no difference.”

“You're not always irritable.”

Iruka laughs softly, “yeah, just around you and Naruto mostly.”

Kakashi doesn't say anything to that, and he's not sure he wants to hear him voice his opinion. It might lead to more feelings. Cracking open his chest and taking a deep look at his heart, simmering with love and adoration. Picking it out and finding out all his secrets laid bare; how he feels his very being burn up in a pyre anytime he aches from loneliness, desire for family, for pack, for people to call his own. That his reactions to Naruto and Kakashi, the way he's easy to ignite, it's just how he's desperate to prove he gives a damn, how he's desperate to keep them away in case they too burn up and are extinguished from his life.

“Naruto and Sandaime are gone, you considered them…”

“Family. Pack. Mine.”

“Right. Yeah.”

It's no secret Hatake Kakashi has experienced loss himself. From his father's famous suicide, to his own failed missions on a genin team, losing both his teammates consecutively, then to losing his own sensei. But, it's not known how deep his bonds had been, if he had considered them to be family, pack. But with how clearly it seems he'd rather not packbond outside his ninken, perhaps… he's just like Iruka, trying to push people away so he doesn't have to experience that sort of pain.

He wonders if it's only them being true mates that has Kakashi here in his life.

Iruka sighs loudly again. Tired. Pats the cushion next to him. Kakashi doesn't dare to do so much else but breathe. Iruka slaps at the cushion again, insistent, impatient frown on his face. Kakashi is across the room in what feels like one step. Iruka blinks, he could have leaped.

The man tentatively steps around the couch, keeping eye contact with Iruka as he motions to sit. Iruka yanks him the rest of the way down, with as much grace as a pre-genin. Immediately, disregarding Kakashi's panicked expression, he unzips the man's flak jacket and carelessly, hastily pulls it off him.

He holds it up, motioning to toss it aside before pausing, thinking better of it, brings it to his nose and inhales.

Kakashi watches, his embarrassment obvious, “there's no scent, I use blockers, it just smells like—”

“Your body odour, yeah. I still can't really catch any scents, which is weird, the seal used to weaken enough for it. But I guess the patch fixed that issue.”

“It's still just my sweat—”

“Still uniquely you, belongs to you,” Iruka hums, settling it behind him, tucking it next to some of Naruto's old clothes. It settles some of his unease at the back of his mind.

“Um, sensei, I've never been in a nest before, I don't know if there's anything I should be doing or—”

Iruka laughs, “that makes the two of us then,” he grins at his stupid true mate, “you have to just do as I say, I think.”

“I can do that,” Kakashi nods. Confident yet terribly awkward. Iruka wouldn't have it any other way.

He pushes himself forward, toppling Kakashi onto his back and lies atop the man's chest. “Is this comfortable for you?”

With how stiff Kakashi’s body is, the man's strangled “y-yeah,” makes Iruka laugh.

“I'm not sure, I believe you,” he says, amused, “but it's fine, I'm not very comfortable at all. Help me remake this, will you.”

He pushes himself off Kakashi and stares back down at the man. His lone eye is wide, his cheek red and glistening with beading sweat from a sudden intense embarrassment. “I'm not sure I'd be any help for—”

“You'll be plenty,” Iruka nods, “now c’mon, up, we have to fix this if you're going to be here.”

Kakashi rises to his feet, still absolutely nervous.

Iruka picks up a pillow and fluffs it, eyeing Kakashi's stance, “... you do understand what I'm trying to ask you to do, don't you?”

“Yes! I—”

[dayseternal-blog]

Heeeey I love your naruhina fic recommendations! <3 do you know some fic where it is one sided for Naruto because of bad timing, Hinata stopped loving him at some point thinking it was all a silly childhood crush but now Naruto has just realized he is madly in love with her and daydreams of her attention? Extra points if Hinata gets to REJECT him 🤌🤌🤌

omg caricloudi there is unfortunately the exact fic for you, I don't know why I didn't answer this sooner:

"April - Too late/Missed opportunities" from "Still Falling for You" by @chloelapomme - Rated T, Modern AU, One-shot. If they had said to each other what they felt for each other three years ago, everything would've been completely different today.

Also!

"Lovelorn" by @char-lotteral - Rated E, Canon-Divergent AU, Multi-chapter, Incomplete. After 3 long years of travelling the world, Naruto comes back to Konoha only to find out that Hinata Hyuga has been engaged to another.

and then in these, Hinata gives the "good friend" card to Naruto, so not an outright confession & rejection, but Naruto feels rejected all the same.

“21 Days” by @bunny-hoodlum - Rated E, Modern AU, Multi-chapter, Incomplete. Anonymous internet buddies decide to meet up IRL and give each other their first times.

“The Ramen Booth” by chloelapomme - Rated E, College AU, Multi-chapter, Ongoing. Years have passed since her unanswered confession in intermediate school, since his humiliating hazing incident in high school, since blossoming popularity drew their attentions away from each other. Yet time has only sharpened friendship into painful longing, even as their time runs out with the approach of the university fundraiser. Can 7 Minutes in Heaven at a crazy flat party be enough time to clear the air between old best friends?

Other Hinata "Moving On" Fics

“The Loving Type” by @peppercornpresses - Rated M, Canon-Divergent, Multi-chapter, Ongoing. A few years have passed since the Fourth Shinobi War, in which…Neji Survives. Naruto and Sasuke are crowned heroes. Rookie Nine steadily advances in rank. And Naruto and Hinata aren’t even remotely together…YET!

“My Favorite Night” by peppercornpress - Rated M, Canon-Divergent AU, Multi-chapter, Complete. Hinata harbors deeper feelings for Naruto after three years of being his roommate. Facing hostile relations from her old clan, another odd phenomenon with the moon, and Naruto still hopelessly pining after Sakura; Hinata makes the painful choice to end their sham of a relationship and try her luck in another hidden village. Unbeknownst to her, this move kickstarts a series of events that forces her and Naruto to confront their past, present, and future.

“In Another Life” by theGeneralissimo - Rated T, Canon-Divergent, Multi-chapter, Complete. In which Naruto listens to his mother’s advice and marries a girl like her. And lives to regret it.

“Common Side Effects” by katarinahime & “Medicated” by szajnie - Rated E for a lot of things, Crime/Modern AU, Multi-chapter, Incomplete. Naruto and Hinata, in a struggling relationship, must confront the pain inside before they can love each other.

“Why would innocent little Hinata be out dressed like that?” (One-shot) and its follow-up “On Any Given Day” (Long One-Shot) by @utsus - Rated T, Canon-Divergent. Hinata tries to move on from Naruto, right when he realizes he wants to keep her.

“A Cliche Not So Cliche Story” by @journalsofagoddess - Rated T, Modern AU, One-shot. Everyone has heard about the typical love story where the boy gets the girl and they live happily ever after. But what people tend to forget is that life isn’t always like that. Naruto and Hinata came to realize how cruel the world can be but also something akin to forgiving too. A love story that’s typical yet not so typical at all.

“Because I Love You” aka “Arranged Marriage AU Take 2″ (Same fic) by @magmawrites - Rated T, Canon-Divergent, One-shot. A canon divergent fic in which The Last never happened and Hinata Hyuga was promised to another.

“You’re the One” by AnimeloverNUMBA100 - Rated T, Canon-Divergent, Multi-chapter, Complete. After 4 desperate years, Hinata finally asked Naruto out. He decides to give her a chance, but his feelings for Sakura has never faded. Hinata is slowly losing hope as time goes on…and she soon chooses to leave him.

“Road to Redemption” by averagejane497 - Rated M for implied rape, implied smut, and character death, Canon-Divergent, Multi-chapter, Complete. Naruto’s made a lot of mistakes in his life, especially concerning the women he loves. Maybe this time he can get it right.

and I almost forgot the one I wrote:

"White Lilies" - Rated E, Canon-Divergent AU, Multi-chapter, Complete. A Hanahaki AU - She knit a red scarf for him. She never gave it to him. Days turned into months, months turned into too late. Naruto starts dating. Hinata decides to move on. A sickness takes root in the heart.

Happy angsty reading!!!

[shysublimecoffee]

Don't take it so personally; it's just someone's opinion. Remember, this is a fictional story, so there's no need to get upset. I don't wanna starts fights.

I don't think sasusaku relationship means much tbh and arguing over who the superior ship whether it be between hina or sakura is like weak you know because they both equally suck why fight over what's the better plain bread. You'd be better off reading proper romance manga because Sasusaku and Naruhina ain't it.

This manga messaging at the end is kinda fucked when you think about it how many people who read the story might interpret it and take it afterwards having the MC condone genocide and just backtrack his promise to Nagato who must be spitting and rolling in his grave and having our deuteragonist be a shell of his former self and come home to a place that eviscerated and massacred and erased his own people. Many fans are just so infatuated with Itachi that his brother is held as a martyr, stating that he was just a kid with no choice, and that he sacrificed when in reality, he sacrificed others' lives and was willing to force Sasuke autonomy into submission for the village's . It's disturbing that some view this as admirable, considering it involved betraying his own blood.

Why is Sasuke labeled as the abuser, the terrorist, the madman? Consider this for a moment. Throughout the Naruto series, Sasuke's refusal to accept the fate of his people is incredibly known. He's portrayed as if he's lost his mind, yet nobody seems to care about the circumstances that led him to this point. The people who claim to care for Sasuke don't question why his people are gone; they simply continue to act as the "good shinobi" they are. It's disturbingly makes sense logically that only someone as "crazy" as Sasuke would seek justice against Danzo, as no one else would hold him accountable for the crimes against the Uchiha clan. They don't give a single flippity-fuck?

As an reader, I do admire Kishimoto for his handling of Sasuke's character and his insightful portrayal of how real-life genocides. However, I find it disappointing that despite the careful way Sasuke was connected to his people, this story took a disturbing turn in that it just ended in a sick note.

Kishimoto wrote himself into a corner with this one. If Konoha is depicted as a place built on warmongering and exploitation, then what does that say about Naruto, who has aspired to be the face of the village as Hokage from the start? If we acknowledge that the Uchiha Massacre was unjust and undeserved, then wouldn't Sasuke be justified, putting him in the moral high ground that he's the hero? In that case, wouldn't everyone supporting Konoha and the shinobi system, including our protagonist Naruto, be morally and ethically in the wrong? This would flip our perception of the cast. We've seen stories where the protagonist is the villain, but the narrative is aware of their wrongdoing. Kishimoto would have had to completely overhaul the manga to make the story work otherwise.The Curse of Hatred to me comes off an an excuse to me as a reader nothing more which is made-up bull that is propaganda to demonize the Uchiha.

I'm so surprised that like he's the one hated how many of us read revenge stories what makes Sasuke different is it because he doesn't succumb to Naruto that easily? He's so hated vocally by the fanbase as if he was the one who killed their loved ones is it a case of jealousy and resentment towards him or is it that they disagree with his views because if so that says a lot?

[luv-kakashi]

One of us is dead

chapter six - brotherhood

chapter five | chapter seven

Hues of red and gold danced over each other, as the evening sky dusked Konoha. A young boy ran through the streets, his hair glowing a golden wheat tone as he sought to find his best friend.

"Shisui! Wait up, Kami. You know me and my asthma can't keep up." Akira yelled, leaning on his knees to catch his breath after catching up with Shisui.

"What do you want?" Shisui snapped, his jaded eyes staring straight at Akira.

"Fight me and don't hold back this time." Akira pleaded as he dragged Shisui to the nearest training ground.

Both boys readied themselves: one eager to knock some sense into his disillusioned friend.

They started off sending and returning simple punches which soon unravelled into a series of kicks.

But by this point, it was obvious that Shisui had no intention of taking Akira seriously by receiving all the incoming blows, his face bruised and bloody. Akira was given no choice but to use the last weapon stored in his arsenal- The talk no jutsu.

"Why are you doing nothing, you coward?" Akira howled, becoming increasingly impatient with the deadened fight, "Cowards don't deserve to be called shinobi."

"You're right, I don't deserve to be called a shinobi." Shisui stated as he backed up onto a tree, falling to the floor. He untied his headband and held it in his hands for a brief second, before throwing it to the floor as if it were defiled, dirty and degraded. For a split second, you could see his eyes falter. They held regret, disappointment and shame. But the more he continued to open up, the harder the walls he so forcefully held up began to crumble.

"I'm a selfish coward who's cursed with this stupid Uchiha name!" Shisui screamed, "You don't understand what happened out there during the war. I killed. I killed the very comrades I swore to protect when I received that headband."

"What do you mean Shisui?"

Shisui raised his head to meet the gaze of his friend when he heard a small gasp escape his mouth.

A deep red shade danced over his pupils. But instead of the normal 3 tomoe pattern Akira was expecting, a new pattern branded his pupils: a pinwheel of 4 spiralling curves.

"Do you know why Itsuki never came back? During the war we were ambushed by kumo nin and cornered us. We were just chunin, and we didn't know how we were going to get out of there," Shisui screamed, pulling at his hair as tears streamed down his face, "Itsuki never made it. And it was all my fault! If I had only offered my hand, he didn't have to die. I could have saved him and I didn't!"

"Shisui, that wasn't your fault. You were left in an impossible position to get out of. Thank Kami someone found you, it isn't your fault."

"But it is! Our best friend is dead because of me! We promised we'd protect Konoha together, get put on the same team and now that will never happen."

"I still can't see how any of this is your fault."

"It is! He was blessed with everything, extraordinary skill far greater than the both of ours combined. He was always miles ahead of us, running in front of danger, never thinking twice to protect us. I couldn't get to him in time... I killed him. I killed our brother!" Shisui vented, "The overwhelming emotion caused my eyes to evolve into the Mangekyou Sharingan. It awakened from the regret of not being able to save Itsuki that day. Don't you see? I'm just a coward, a murderer! I don't deserve to be called a shinobi...

And look! Everyone praises me for this stupid eye! Shisui of the Sharingan! The boy who unlocked his mangekyo so soon! This cursed Uchiha name worships me for killing Itsuki!"

The red and gold hues darkened into a midnight blue as the night sky covered the corners of Konoha. The silence that followed Shisui's confession was thick enough to stifle any creature of the night.

Yet despite this suffocating feeling, it was nimbly sliced by the sound of a slap that hammered Shisui's cheek.

"You idiot! Don't you understand? There was nothing you could have done; you did everything that you could have" Akira yelled. "Are you really going to beat yourself up for what happened? We're shinobi Shisui. Do you remember what Itsuki told us when you two graduated?

'The life of a shinobi is only going to get harder from here on out. There may be a time where we are forced to make sacrifices for the greater good of the village so don't let those sacrifices be in vain. Honor the fallen shinobi!'. Don't forget the lessons he taught us Shisui!

He sacrificed himself for you to come back to the leaf, our home, and to protect it with the new visual powers you have been blessed with. You aren't a coward; you are a shinobi of the hidden leaf village." Akira said as he picked up Shisui's headband off the ground and passed it to him. He took a seat next to Shisui and stared up at the night sky adorned with glistening stars.

"It's our responsibility to protect the people and to bring peace to this world." Akira said, "The most honorable act you could do is to make sure Itsuki's name is not lost in vain. Honour him, remember him and continue to protect the Leaf."

"Thank you, Akira" Shisui muttered, tears streaming down his face.

"Well, we're brothers Shisui, never forget that." Akira said, "I don't like serious, bitch-face Shisui. I prefer the goofy version better."

"Heh, you're right. Being a bitch doesn't suit me at all." Shisui chuckled, wiping his tears.

"You managed to scare away the new girl Y/N. I think that's a first, no girl has ever been scared off by THE Shisui Uchiha."

"I was a bit rude to her. I'll apologise tomorrow." Shisui said, reaching his arm out to the night sky, "Thank you Akira. You're really smart when you actually use your head."

"Pfft, I'm always smart you cry-baby."

.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.

The Itachi Shinden novel states that Shisui unlocked his Mangekyo Sharingan after witnessing a close friend die on a mission and subsequently felt responsible for his death. I wanted to explore Shisui's feelings and how he processed his friends death, which is why he seems very out of character.

But fear not! I have been writing away and goofy, humble, cute, sexy Shisui Uchiha will return soon. (And turns out his flirt game is pretty strong too)

Loving you always,

Suri 🎀

[concernedbrownbread]

When the devil herself walked in, Hiruzen felt strangely at peace. It had been a battle well-fought, he thought, against a worthy opponent. “I believe congratulations are in order,” Hiruzen said softly, “Hokage-sama.” Her red-stained lips curved up. There had never been a grim reaper that smiled so politely. And as the shadows lengthen and the light of the dying sun cast on Uchiha Himiko, Hiruzen saw her for what she was.

Introducing my OC: Uchiha Himiko

Series: The Promise of Dawn

Okay I have no idea how to do this because this is my first OC ever, and of course it's for Naruto. Here goes nothing:

A would-be Governor is born into a world of autocracies, child soldiers and militaristic ideologies. What is a girl to do but take over? Himiko is here to burn the shinobi system to the ground, but first she needs to deal with her sexist Clan (that she loves), the discrimination against Uchiha and her existential twin brother (oh, Itachi). And of course -- Konoha itself, a place where information barely circulates and lies have been repeated to the point where they become truths.

Good thing Himiko's a pretty good liar too.

And a bit of a manipulative hypocrite.

Himiko wants to make a world where the dreams of her family and friends can come true, where children aren't forced to be weapons and her brothers can exist without having to fit a mold. She will make everyone happy -- at the cost of herself, if need be.

I mean, what else do you lose except yourself, when you become a Kage at sixteen and a Goddess as twenty? How much of you is unmade as you unmake the world itself? Who are you anyway?

This is a story of how power corrupts even those who don't chase it, how much propaganda really matters, and how peace isn't held by love alone. It's a story about how someone can navigate a fundamentally fucked up system while clinging to basic morals (spoiler: it's nearly impossible). It's the story of how violence trickles down in a society. It about losing yourself in the service of others (not in a good way).

And I guess it's about people doing their damn best in a world that wants them dead.

Featuring: your favourite Naruto characters not always being perfect, your least favourite Naruto characters sometimes having a point, Various OCs, CIVILIANS, politics (the fun kind!), politics (the traumatizing kind!) and more politics (the worldbuilding kind!), and lots of ninshu (though Himiko doesn't know it's ninshu).

No seriously, I have so many notes on Konoha's system of governance. And the Uchiha. And the Hyuuga. Oh my god the Hyuuga -- like, obviously Himiko isn't letting a slave-system slide. Also the Uzumaki. Oh and Jinchuurki politics, and border politics, and revolutions in Kiri, and poverty in Suna, and competing with Kuo, and the Daimyo being actually involved. There is so much going on!

Further featuring: Symbolisms! Themes! Motifs! Siblings! Friends! Fluffy found family feels! Angsty family feels! Author projecting so hard!

If you're interested, Chapter 1 is up!

I'll try to make a post about Himiko herself, the world and other OCs down the line, but feel free to shoot me a ask!!!

Also if you care about such things, the main pairing is Himiko x being a girlboss. Characters are all very queer (including genderqueer). There's lots of romantic relationship love in the background but focus is on the platonic <3

[maguro13-2]

Asuka : Cool stash. Pg-13. You got a nice box full of stuff when it comes to this. Jet Puri hehe, what a weird name for that.

Shinji : That's not anyone's doujins. Those are doujins depicting us in human traffic.

Rei : But ask your mother about it.

*SA1 Knuckles screaming*

Asuka : *realizing* Is this your old man's...DOUJIN STASH?! WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH YOU!?

Shinji : I told anyone about it and they wouldn't listen.

Asuka : *shivering with fear* Human traffic. The horror.

Rei : Yep. I've seen enough.

(next)

Zenitsu : If you want to know about Nezuko being falsely a victim to humanity's dirty arrogance, then I have no choice...BUT TO BURN THEM TO ASH!!!

Shinobi : Calm down. Calm down. There are a lot of bad people that are way worse than demons, but demons are way more trafficking than humans their selves.

Zenitsu : Yes. Demons are way more meaner than humans, bad men gets what they deserves, and that is why that I am going to CUT OFF THEIR NECKS THOSE HERO-ASSAULTING PSYCHOS!

*Dash Panel+smashing sounds*

Zenitsu : (with Ren's laughter)

Shinobu : Is there a reason why humanity does stupid stuff like this?

Mitsuri : It's because of our country is know to have adultery in the planet.

Shinobi : Well that's dumb. No wonder why men are to stupid to ruin innocent heroes.

Mitsuri : I know, men have the desire to take others' dignities away from us.

(Next)

Stark : I'm telling you man, there is no way that human trafficking is bad.

Himmel : If I was this wouldn't happened if humanity was that dumb! Every men in a fantasy world is a criminal scum, like guys with mohawks, desires to take people's dignities away from others, and even corruption that is human trafficking.

Stark : And that's why everything is in Law. So we promise the girls to tell everyone that human trafficking is bad...?

*Sees a Massacre left by Frieren*

[BGM : Lunchroom Rumble - What a Mess]

Himmel : Oh...How long did she killed them all.

Fern : *shivering with fear* She killed them. She killed them all.

Land : We have no idea she would do something like this.

Fern : Is it because of humanity?

Land : No, but yes... humanity is just foolish when it comes to human trafficking, but human trafficking would never victimized an elf who literally brutalized all those men in a blood bath.

Fern : Then how am I supposed to know.

Medieval Thug : Give me that sweet thine juicy--

Frieren : STOP BREAKING THE LAW, ASSHOLE!!!

*Sound : Crushes Head*

Stark : Oh my God...

Frieren : *breathing angrily* Oh...

Himmel : Did you did all of this?

Frieren : *normally* I sure did.

Himmel : *about throw up+grunt*

*puking sound*

Stark : And now this is why humanity can't have nice things when it comes to arrogance. I wonder what others are doing

(pans)

Serie : This is the last straw I ever seen a human's face! Taking on a virgin elf...is seriously not a good example and I don't even like trafficking. That is too foolish, how foolish of them. Except the part where someone just left a major blood bath.

*Shows a Blood Bath surrounding Serie*

Serie : Ah yes. I did that in check when it comes to rip and tear. Also, the Doomguy was here.

Frieren : What the hell did you just do?

Serie : He helped me on killing all of those men, including thugs. Humanity might have been arrogance race, but their stupidity against pointy-eared beings is not our cup of tea. It's a xenophobic disgrace.

Frieren : Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

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[semi-imaginary-place]

naruto comments from reddit

Naruto's visual character design peaked when he learned to use eye shadow. Gaara's chunin exam design was so cool, you have the gourd strap and white fabric forming an X on top of the black clothes and red hair. Nothing else comes close to this design. I really like Neji's part 2 design, its like a more modern functional take on traditional clothing. It also symbolized how he had reconciled with his uncle, so its significant character arc wise (a character arc that Kishimoto instantly forgot about, but eh what's new). it really is crazy how Naras pop into the world as fully formed miniature adults and propagate clonally.

Neji's if definitely the most infuriating death. Kishimoto forgets about him for 500 chapters and then brings him back in one chapter just to die.

I didn't think Konan would win against Obito but I still wanted her to. She was the last one of her friend group and was just starting to lead Ame to a brighter future. She never got to see the dream she and her friends fought for.

See here's the thing: Kishimoto doesn't think things through, he just gets carried away on whatever new idea he thinks is cool.

The more you think about the Naruto series the less sense things make.The real reason theUzumaki swirl is everywhere in Konoha is likely that Kishimoto made a cool character design for Konoha shinobi and put a symbol there because it looked cool, then only later did he decide that the red swirl was the Uzumaki clan symbol.

Boruto made Naruto into a real politician. campaign promises aren't real and you don't have to keep them

shhhh Boruto isn't real. Boruto can't hurt you.

The entirety of the 700 chapters of the manga Sasuke barely noticed Sakura existed and when he did it was because he thought she was annoying and in the way. Bad writing kept Sakura from ever having a character arc and thus moving beyond her cringe middle school crush. They have 0 chemistry and no real interactions.

Sasuke thought he could gain so much power from he bond with Naruto specifically because he felt so strongly about Naruto, because that bond was so precious to him (Sasuke logic). Sasuke sees Naruto as the only one for him, the only one he considers a friend and thus the only bond worth breaking.

maybe a divorce arc would have fixed boruto

[yesulart]

I HAVE BEEN THINKING

Soo a month or two ago I watched the opening and endings of Boruto for the first time, and while I think they are nice and don't hate the characters or anything like that i couldn't stop thinking of how good it could be if the Naruto ending was just a little bit different and more satisfying for all the characters and overall plot.

I would love Boruto an Himawari and that other child they have if the NaruHina ship had ANYTHING in the canon, I would accept Sarada existing if she was Sakura child exclusively or they managed to make SasuSaku non toxic. I would love Orochimaru's child if the show actually made Orochimaru pay for anything that he has done instead of making him a comedic character.

I would adore the Boruto series if it showed how Naruto changed the Shinobi world like he promised to. If the hyugas changed to never allow something like the side family seal to be used again(and if Neji was still alive instead of following the hyugas destiny/curse) . If Konoha made anything to compensate Sasuke for the Uchihas massacre. If the Konoha people ever apologized for the treatment they gave to Naruto and so many more small things like that. But I know for a fact that none of that happens, so even though the colors and songs of the boruto series are nice I can't enjoy them because I know the story never progressed. And I wanted to enjoy them.

I can't fix the series nor I have the intention to do that, I just wish it was different because I like what Kisimoto was doing until the last bit of the war arc.

Idk I just needed to ramble a bit about this, because I do plan to make a next gen au with my headcanons of the story, picking and choosing from canon and filler. But I'm making it with the bitter taste of knowing that the next gen already exists and could have been perfect if it had just little adjustments.

[eiennoseizon]

The picture added to the newest chapter of my story A Rapture of Affliction, set in my Shinobi Don’t Promise series.

Very heavy on the fluff this chapter.

AO3 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20840309/chapters/50413421

[serotonins-stuff]

Longing hearts | K.Bakugo

♡︎ Sypnosis: Bakugo was supposed to come over for movie night but instead got caught up in a dangerous villain attack. Never did you think it would be the same day as your first kiss

♡︎ Genre: fluff and angst

♡︎ Warnings: Mentions of wounds

Your blood ran cold and goosebumps littered you body, the voice of the reporter chiming in the atmosphere.

Your feet were bare, striking against the cold ground while you ran as fast as your legs would let you. Not even bothering to change out of your baggy pajamas when you heard the recent news.

"Many heroes dead in the recent villain attack, at Shinobi station" the reporters voice rang from the various billboards around the city.

Bakugo was supposed to meet with you at your house two hours ago. You knew he'd be late because he messaged you before letting you know that there was a small villain attack at Shinobi station that wouldn't take long.

Katsuki would never break the promise he made to you. He promised he'd make it back in time- vowed to binge-watch your foolish romance series while eating your favorite ice cream.

"Please be alive" you panted as the crime scene came to view. The streets were crammed with rubble from a collapsed building, and police and ambulance crowded the area. There were many civilians and news reporters also witnessing the scene before them. You weren't interested in looking that way though but decided to stand a bit far from them as you scoped the area. The person you were looking for was nowhere to be found. The ambulances and firefighters would occasionally pull someone out from the building, but it still wasn't who you were looking for.

Your heart was battering widely in your chest. Tears from your eyes blotted the road you stood on. Your hands clutched your pajamas tightly for some sense of comfort. Body bags were being drawn to the building and you just couldn't put up with the sight anymore. You just wanted to see him again and make sure he was alright, but the scene was not making your concerns any better.

You rang his phone for the 100th time that night. Cursing when it instantly went to voicemail.

You had just gotten together recently with the boy you've always wanted. Things were now official between you two so why was everything turning sour?

A small glimpse of the isolated ambulance in the corner is all it took. A glimpse of the blond hair your heart has been yearning for. Your entire body felt relieved at the sight, the weight that was gripping your heart earlier now subdued.

He was ok.

A few cuts littered his face here and there, his right arm looked broken and he had a slight limp in his step. They were escorting him to the back of an ambulance so they could take care of the small wounds in the meantime.

Relief was an understatement to what you felt right now.

You just wanted to touch him again-to feel his warm hand run down your back and his soft lips against your forehead.

Once again you were dashing towards his direction, stopping in front of the open ambulance doors, and the light lit your face generously. There he was, seated on a small stretcher outside while someone tended to his arm. Away from all the noise of the media, in his peaceful little world. He carried the typical frown on his face, although this time he looked distant.

It was almost as if he could feel your presence when he looked up immediately, his eyes making contact with your reddened ones for the first time that day. He softened at the sight of you, his shoulders suddenly relaxing and mouth slightly agape. He stood up slowly and you ran towards him. Swiftly colliding into his outstretched arms. His hands clutched your waist tightly and yours held his neck. Your foreheads were against one another and not a single word was shared as you were soaking in each other's presence.

"I-I saw the news and I thought-" you whimpered, your shoulders shuddering violently just from the thought of him getting hurt.

"Shhhh, c'mon don't cry" he clutched you into a bear hug, resting his chin on top of your head. "I wasn't gonna let some stupid villain kill me when I've got you to come back to"

"I know I was just scared" you sobbed into his chest. "And your phone wasn't -"

You felt him shift as he held your face with his palms "I'm right here now alright? " he placed your hand on his chest, to feel the soothing drum of his heart.

He missed you too. For the whole length of that battle, the only thing he was thinking about was seeing you again so he could cuddle you on the couch. Never did he think he'd be the reason for your tears.

You felt him lift your chin to face him, and before you could say anything, he connected his lips with your trembling ones. Initiating a long passionate kiss which you happily returned. Everything about this felt right, the way his hand caressed your face. The way you hugged him even tighter, pulling your bodies closer together. Not paying detail to his hero costume covered in dust or the building that was brought to the ground.

It was just you and him right now, nobody else.

Slowly you pulled away, breathless as you you couldn't keep your eyes off of his.

"Never thought I'd say this but hell-I missed you"

"You did?" you asked, a grin making it's way onto your face.

"Couldn't stop thinkin about you the whole damn day" he confessed, his words not faltering one bit, yet you knew he was blushing from the way he looked away.

"That makes both of us" you leaned to him once more. Placing one final peck on his lips before helping him back to the ambulance.

You never thought your first kiss would Katsuki would play out like this, but you aren't complaining one single bit. You couldn't ask for anything more than what you have now.

It was perfect.

The end

A/n

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[lavendermage]

Characters: thoma

Genre: sagau, no gendered pronouns 

TW: fear

1.6k words

AN: The Thoma centered fic I promised! (Ignore the fact that it's in the wrong series)

AN: I hate posting on mobile

    Thoma watched you with your head down, clutching your little bag. When reached out his hand to help you, you practically jumped away from him. You held yourself like a kicked puppy, unlike how confident you were with the Arataki Gang. You wore a mask, just like Shinobu.

    “So, you go by Goldie?"

    You nodded. “Itto started, now everyone calls me that.”

"My name's Thoma. I work for the Kamisato clan, I'll help show you around. I see you've got a mask, where'd you get it?"

"Shinobi gave it to me." Your eyes crinkled as you traced the grooves of the design.

    “It's beautiful." It was, the pattern swirling around your cheeks. "Do you always wear it?”

    “Yes, unless I’m with the gang.” Several emotions swept over your face, not giving him time to decode any of them. 

    “May I ask why?”

    You laughed bitterly. “Same reason anyone wears a mask. So others can’t recognize me.”

    He backtracked quickly. “Sorry, didn’t mean to intrude.”

    “No, it’s alright. I’m just … nervous.” You tugged the edge of your kimono.

    “Is there any particular reason?”

    “I try my best to stay away from large groups of people, for safety reasons." 

    “And now you’ll be staying at the Kamisato estate.” Thoma said, thinking. “I’ll see what I can do.”

    “Thank you. You seem trustworthy.”

    Warmth flooded his body as he processed your words. Why was such a simple phrase making him feel like this? He gathered himself quickly. "I'm glad you think so."

"So, when will I start work?"

"Tomorrow. Today's for getting used to the place."

"Ok." 

There was silence for a moment before Thoma spoke. "Do you like animals?" You looked at him and he quickly clarified. "Dogs and cats, I mean."

You nodded. "Yeah, why?"

He scratched his neck nervously. "Well if you want, tomorrow we could head to town. There's a place with tons of furry animals, we could feed them."

"Do you have time?"

"No need to worry about that, I'll figure it out."

"Alright, I'll take you up on your offer." You relaxed and smiled.

You saw the Kamisato Estate up ahead. The guards caught your attention.

"Halt. Thoma, who are you with." The guard towered above you and Thoma.

"A new servant. They've been cleared by Ayato, so there's no need to worry."

"Ayato doesn't do the clearances" He glared at you and you subconsciously shuffled closer to Thoma. 

He noticed and placed himself between you and the other man. "They're a special case. If you like, you could always bring it up with Lord Ayato." You marveled at his ability to stay calm.

"Alright, alright. You're free to go." He stepped aside. You could feel his stare boring into you back as you and Thoma passed. You sighed. This felt like the sort of thing that would be a problem in the future. 

"Mora for your thoughts?"

"Just don't like soldiers. They make me nervous." You hugged your bag closer to your chest.

Thoma made a mental note to tell the butler to assign a shift away from the guards. Plus your mask…based on what you've told him you probably wouldn't have a chance to take it off if you had a roommate. Maybe he could get you a separate room, though the only free rooms in the estate were tiny-

"So where will I be staying?"

"I'm working on it right now. What's the most important to you?"

"A separate place to sleep."

"Alright. Does it matter how big it is?"

"No, I really don't care."

"Ok. There's a free room here." He led you to the servants quarters and showed you the room.

It was bare and dusty and barely had enough space to lay a futon, but it was a room all to yourself. "This'll work, thank you!"

He looked at you in surprise. "Is this really enough?" You nodded. "Alright then, I'll start cleaning then."

You shook your head. "No, you have enough work already. I'll do it. Just show me where the cleaning supplies are."

He did and you started cleaning. He came by half an hour later.

"Are you sure you don't need any help, I'm taking a break right now."

You wiped the sweat off your face with your free hand as you stopped scrubbing the floor. "Exactly, a break! Go eat, get tea, or something." You scolded. "You don't need to work all the time, you know? You do so much already."

"You think so?" He tried to keep his voice calm despite his flustered state, and it worked enough, you didn't notice.

"Of course! Everyone knows how hard working you are. Or they're stupid." This was common knowledge, right? You looked up to see Thoma blushing bright red. "Are you ok?"

He turned away and scratched the back of his neck. "Yeah, I just… don't get this much praise often."

You bit back a grin. "People don't tell you that you're a miracle worker? That you hold this whole place together? That you have a cute smile?"

"Wait, what was the last one?" He turned even redder. "You're just messing with me!"

You laughed. "A little, but it's all true."

He sighed. "Are you always like this?"

"No, You're just easy to tease. Plus, you deserve to have your ego fed a little." 

You politely ignored his lack of a reply, instead continuing to clean. "Where are the extra futons?"

"Just down to the hall." He left. He probably had work to do, or maybe he had taken your advice and gotten some food. 

You wiped the floor dry and stood back to check your handiwork. The room was sparkling clean now, you noted with pride. 

"Excuse me." You moved out of the way to see someone with their arms wrapped around the futon in front of them. Thoma's head peeked out from behind the futon. "Where do you want me to put this?"

"I asked you where it was, not to bring it here!"

"Oh, sorry. Do you want me to bring it back?"

"No, you just didn't need to do it for me."

"I wanted to." He smiled boyishly.

"Thank you. Just drop it where ever"

He placed it gently and pushed it against the back wall. "Is here good?"

You nodded. "Thanks a lot."

"No problem." He pulls out a timepiece. "Break's over, see you later."

You waved. "Sorry for wasting your break."

"You didn't. I like talking with you." 

The knock at the door woke you the next morning. You stretched, feeling well rested. The futons in the Kamisato Estate were much softer than the Arataki Gang's. You pulled on your mask and opened the door to see Thoma standing outside holding a parcel.

"Here's your uniform. Did you sleep well?"

"Yep!" You smiled, your eyes crinkling above your mask. "So what will I be doing?"

"Breakfast is in thirty minutes, and you'll be shadowing me today. Then, we can see where you'd fit in best."

"Ok, I'll get dressed. Could you stay for a bit? I'm still not used to Inazuman clothing."

"Of course! Just call me in when you need help."

You closed the door and unfolded the garment. It was much more complicated than the simple outfit the gang had given you. You succeeded in pulling it on, but couldn't figure out how to tie it. "Thoma…"

"Need help? I'm coming in." He closed the door behind him before standing in front of you. "So, what can I help with?"

You showed him the issue and he started adjusting it. He circled around you, straightening the neck, crossing the collar, reaching into the fabric to tie the knots, clearly used to this sort of thing. His gaze was respectfully focused only on his work, ignoring your body. He stepped back to take a look at his work.

"You look great!" He smiled. 

"Thanks." 

"Now let's head down before we miss breakfast." He led you through a maze of halls to the kitchen. Servants who were already eating looked up from the food when you arrived. "This is the new hire, Goldie."

You waved nervously. 

"Izumi, Chiyo, can we sit here?" He gestured at the chairs next to the two girls and they nodded. 

You sat, taking a protein of fish, soup, and rice.

"You're cute!" One of the girls said. "Are you shy?" She tapped your mask.

"Maybe he's on the run, using his mask to hide from the Tenryo commission." The other giggles.

Your eyes widened in surprise.

"Chiyo stop, you're scaring him!" The first girl- Izumi- chided, swatting Chiyo's arm.

You buried your head in your bowl to hide your face. You ate quickly, trying to ignore their joking comments. The end of breakfast was called and you followed Thoma out.

"How do you like being teased?" He asked jokingly.

You just groaned in reply.

As you followed him around it quickly became clear that you were a jack of all trades. You learned everything easily, the tools always cooperative. You even learned to dress Ayaka, with her beautifully complicated kimono.

"We can put you anywhere, really." Thoma said, his hand to his chin. He suddenly grabbed his head.

"What's wrong?"

"Headache." He groaned.

"You had it this whole day, didn't you?" His little sighs throughout the day showed his pain.

"Yes." He didn't even argue. Good.

"I'll make tea." You walked off, not even giving him the opportunity to talk back. You returned moments later with a steaming cup of tea. "Drink up."

He took it, expecting something bitter, but the tea was mellow and sweet. His headache melted away, and he felt more relaxed than he had in weeks. He hummed his approval. "Where did you get the herbs for this?" 

You gestured vaguely towards the courtyard. "They're just lying around."

"If it's not too much trouble, could you make this for me tomorrow?"

"Of course! You've helped me so much, it's the least I could do to pay you back." The sun caught your hair as you smiled and you looked angelic, at least to Thoma.

[captnjacksparrow]

Do you know whether casual fans are aware of how bad chapter 700, Gaiden and Boruto is? Sometimes I feel like it's just this sns bubble that I've found myself in that's complaining because my brother told me his friends say that Boruto has gotten good. When I think of everything past 699 my heart hurts so much. I honestly want to know what Kishi was thinking. Unfortunate pairings aside, why did he make Naruto seem so miserable on the day he became Hokage? Why didn't he keep his promises? Do you think Kishi knows how bad it is? What do you think made him decide to write for Boruto?

Most of the people in the current fandom are just newbies & shippers.. They only care about Boruto without mulling over the contents in Naruto as to how it ended... Because they don't care about the Pairings in the first place... Plus, their entire focus has shifted from Naruto to Boruto which is natural. There was this dudebro argued with me about how Boruto was an Excellent character... LMAO, I trolled him relentlessly and he left the chat.

It's not even inside the Top 10 popular Anime in Japan (viewership wise) and definitely not very popular in Manga sales as well. It's only these international peeps are watching that crap and wanking for it.

Why did he make Naruto seem so miserable on the day he became Hokage?

Narrative wise, Sasuke wasn't there in the picture... He asked Sasuke to help him out with his dreams to unite all the Shinobis in Chapter 698... So, basically he wants to achieve his dream with Sasuke by his side... Just like how Hashirama wanted Madara next to him & Obito wanted Rin next to him... And yet Sasuke wasn't there on that important day. All he has was Hinata and So, the Writer cleverly made Naruto to miss the ceremony...

Why didn't he keep his promises?

Hmmm... I agree the ending left everything as open. I even criticized Naruto & Kishimoto for that. My whole gripe was that nothing was shown explicitly.... Everything was left up in the air. I am covering this topic in my other post where you might get the answer.

Do you think Kishi knows how bad it is? What do you think made him decide to write for Boruto?

Well, I guess he knows it is very bad. How could he not? He could able to magnetize the readers continuously for 15 years and even during this Pandemic many people started watching it and got brainrotten about this series... All because of the strong writing behind it. But Boruto has none of that sincerity. So, Of course he knows that very well.

I guess He is writing this series to make sure that this Boruto Saga will die out naturally without leaving an impression in people's mind. LOL. It reminds me of my friend's Elder Brother who screwed up his Manager by deliberately overlooking the error made by the People who works under him... And then all of a sudden he wrote a Resignation Letter when he realized that things were about to get worse... LOL, they ended up losing shit tonnes of Money... All because that Manager was not giving him promotion & hikes even though he worked overtime.

Proably Kishi is doing the same thing with Boruto team.