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talechaser-ffxiv · 5 years ago

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Okaeri - Welcome Home

Title: Okaeri - Welcome Home Word Count: 2288 (Est. 12 mins) Synopsis: P’shali finds himself taking care of the newest unexpected member of the family This was written as a continuations of @thedarkestdragonknight‘s stories, Blood On The Steppe, Fatherhood, His New Chapter, and At Home And Into Their Arms. As a warning, those chapters have some dark content that isn’t for those of delicate sensibilities, but hopefully I wrote this well enough that you can enjoy it without worrying about not knowing the whole story. That said, I hope you enjoy.

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P’shali didn’t know how long he’d been sitting in the loft, peering past the edge of the couch to watch the boy nestled on the bed nearby. Some part of him was afraid of the child somehow climbing the rail and toppling over the edge—that’s certainly what he would have done at that age. Never mind the fact that the child was small, a tiny Raen boy barely five years old. Not only that, the boy was sleeping. He didn’t seem to be going anywhere for the time being. As the Seeker continued to watch the boy, he found himself racking his brain for an idea—any idea—to help bridge the gap and help the child feel at home. Jacques had filled them in on the boy’s tragic ordeal, and the puffy redness to P’shali’s otherwise sunken eyes betrayed the fact that he had spent much of his usual sleepless night crying. When he had stopped crying, he made sure to see his partners off for the day. Jacques and Swath had their usual day-to-day work to do, after all... and Jacques had likely made plans to visit the market to find things to help them look after the boy. That left him to watch the child in the meanwhile, something that he’d thankfully had experience with as the oldest of his siblings. He’d just never had to handle tending to a child more traumatized than he was.

He found himself thinking and thinking and thinking. What could they do to help him feel at home? They lived in the Mist, so the boy would hopefully enjoy the sea air and find comfort in it... He hadn’t spoken a word since he’d come into their home. Could he even talk? Did he even speak their language? Nonverbal communication seemed essential... he would have to figure something out. Though that would depend on the boy actually feeling comfortable with him, and he didn’t even know if the child had ever seen a Miqo’te before... what if he got scared? He didn’t have Jacques to help him if something went wrong... Now he was the one that was scared. He took a deep breath, settling back on the couch as he tried to relax. He was just thankful he didn’t have any commissions to work on at the moment—the benefits of being a freelancer, apparently. Still, he always felt antsy when he wasn’t making things. Right now, that anxiety was just growing and growing as he struggled internally with his worries over the child. There was a brief pause in his thoughts, and then the light came on inside his head. He had an idea now. Glancing back to the child once more, he crept away slowly, doing his best to avoid creaking the stairs as he slunk off to get to work. ———

It had been another bell or three or more before he finally heard shuffling up in the loft, but he had his back turned the entire time, attention focused on his work while he kept one cautious ear turned back towards the sounds. The room was filled with the scent of food, of salt and fish and seaweed. He was currently cutting the yakizakana into small, manageable pieces, setting it on a plate alongside a small bowl of rice with natto on top, some miso soup, with some umeboshi on the side—pan-seared fish, rice with fermented soy beans, soup, and pickled plum. His guild-sponsored trips across the sea had paid off, thankfully. It was a simple enough meal to make; he just hoped it was familiar. Comforting. If nothing else, he just hoped it made the boy happy. Tiny feet plodded carefully down the stairs, no doubt following the arrow signs he’d made to guide the child to his destination: the kotatsu. He’d made it for himself ages ago, and he usually kept the thing upstairs in his own room. He’d dragged it downstairs as quietly as he could, piece by piece, before reassembling it over some soft carpeting. He didn’t have the material to make tatami yet, and hadn’t thought of a need for it before this. He had to make do where he could, after all. He could hear those quiet footsteps faltering, slowing down as they drew closer, before stopping completely once they reached the table. He was almost certain he could feel a pair of wide eyes staring at him in what he could only assume (and hope) was surprise or confusion. Once the plates were finished, he turned to risk a glance at the boy—sure enough, he was staring. Swallowing hard, P’shali took a deep breath before lifting both plates, setting them down on the kotatsu. Hopefully he wasn’t breaking some unknown cultural rule here—he just wanted the boy to have a good meal with things that were at least vaguely familiar. He laid out two pairs of chopsticks alongside each plate, followed by the bowls of soup and rice. He could see hunger in the boy’s eyes, in his expression... but also fear, shyness, which caused hesitation. P’shali could relate to that, all too easily. “You slept a long time, I hope you’ve got a healthy appetite.” P’shali grinned at the boy, gesturing slightly to his stomach with his hands as he spoke. It was reflexive—he was always one to gesticulate from time to time as he spoke, but it was almost a certainty if he suspected a language barrier. He couldn’t help it. “Are you hungry?” P’shali watched the boy as he fidgeted shyly, waiting as patiently as he could with each passing second dragging on like minutes before the tot finally nodded. P’shali smiled again, more gently this time, gesturing to the side of the table with the smaller portions—he was still a child after all. “Let’s have some breakfast. I hope you like it.”

He gently helped the Raen child to his seat, handing him a pair of chopsticks to eat with. He’d had to make them himself, a proper size for such small hands, but he had more than a few pairs for himself—spend enough time in Kugane, and enough practice could be had learning to use the things. He almost preferred them to other utensils now. Once the child was settled, he took his seat across from him, smiling before picking up his own chopsticks. At least the boy seemed to be a little more at ease, though he was almost painfully shy. Again, something he could relate to, which made it all too easy to exercise patience. As long as he could keep things going like this for just a while longer, Jacques would be home, and things would be easier to handle.

Their meal was eaten in silence for the most part, though he could tell the boy was amused whenever he messed up and fumbled with his chopsticks. The boy held them more naturally than he did, and while he wasn’t exactly clumsy with them, he made mistakes here and there just to make the boy laugh. Sure, it meant he ended up with fish in his soup and plum in his rice, but the boy was relaxing. He even got a particularly hearty laugh when his fur stood on end from getting a particularly sour bit of plum in his mouth at once. All in all, things seemed to be going well with the boy.

The boy… that thought made him sad. He didn’t know his name… and the child didn’t seem inclined to talk anytime soon. What could they even do?

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Cleanup after their meal went by easily—more bonding was had over washing the dishes and getting splashed with water from time to time. Once everything was cleaned up, P’shali took the boy up into the loft, laying out large sheets of paper and wax crayons for them both to use. He didn’t want to risk a mess of paints just yet, but he figured this would be a good way to keep the boy occupied. He took a seat beside him, handing the boy a crayon. The child stared at it in silence. P’shali waited patiently.

Did he not know what to do with it?

After another moment’s wait, P’shali picked up a crayon of his own. He leaned over the paper before drawing a rough sketch—a simple, childish doodle of a certain Xaela. The boy’s eyes seemed to light up in recognition. P’shali smiled to himself, but kept it in check as he drew the next person. He drew Swath next, overemphasizing the leporine ears to make sure the boy would recognize him too. He drew Sebha’to on Jacques’s other side, making sure to draw him with that added Keeper fluff… making a mental note to hide the drawings once they were done here. He wasn’t sure how any of them would take to seeing such childish caricatures of themselves.

A tug on his sleeve distracted him, and he saw the boy pointing to himself. P’shali grinned back at him before drawing him next. He made sure to draw him next to Jacques—he had a feeling the boy would like having his doodle-self next to the one that had saved him. Once the drawing was done, he looked back to the boy. The boy had now occupied himself with his own scribblings, using his own crayon to fill in the empty space beside his own portrait to draw some crude shapes. P’shali’s ears began to droop as he watched—it didn’t take long to piece together that the boy was drawing his own family.

P’shali waited for him to finish. He was surprised the boy wasn’t crying by the time he was finished. The child was young enough, maybe he didn’t fully understand what had happened? He knew enough to know his parents weren’t around. But did he know that they weren’t coming back?

The familiar sting of tears behind his eyes forced him to push those thoughts back.

P’shali picked up a separate sheet of paper before he began drawing again. The images were crude, childish, but recognizeable, and the story they told was one he knew all too well. It was the story of a young boy who was so ill-behaved he got chased away from home, ran away out of spite and hurt before getting himself too lost to find his way back, who was stuck wandering before he eventually found a new family to love him as he was. He chose to leave out the part about the Calamity—the boy was too young to know what it was, and he didn’t want to scare him with it. He could feel the child watching him drawing by this point, and he could only hope that he understood.

While he was drawing the last part, drawing the crude doodle of himself with Jacques, Sebha’to, and Swath, he felt another tug on his sleeve. The boy was pointing to the original drawing before pointing to him, and it took P’shali a moment to understand. He’d forgotten to draw himself. He gave a slight nod before adding his own self-portrait to the drawing, short and fuzzy… not unlike his father. That was a bit of a scary thought. He loved his father, but he didn’t know how to process being so much like him when he was still so young.

He could hear the boy giggling, and he could guess why—he’d drawn himself ridiculously tiny, smaller than he’d drawn the child. P’shali made a face, sticking out his tongue before crudely writing the Doman character for ‘small’ over his own head in the drawing. He was short and he knew it. He knew the boy would be taller than him by the time he was fully grown, too.

As if reading his thoughts, the boy answered him by writing the character for ‘big’ over his own drawing. He watched him closely—it looked like he was trying to write more, but the way his expression screwed up, it was clear to P’shali that he didn’t know how to write, not completely. The boy’s writing was smudged, shaky… he could barely read it. He could vaguely recognize the characters at least… or thought he did. His knowledge of the language was shaky at best, and the boy’s poor writing skills didn’t help. Still, he was fairly certain he could guess what it said.

“…Sui…getsu… right?”

The boy looked up at him. There was confusion at first, so P’shali wrote out the characters more clearly. Those were the ones he recognized. Water, and moon. They stood out to him, so he remembered them for the most part. “Suigetsu.” He looked once more to the boy for confirmation. The way the child smiled was reassuring, but he didn’t know for sure if he was on the right track. If nothing else, it could serve as a temporary name until he recalled his true name. He opened his mouth to speak further, but stopped as he suddenly had the tiny Raen in his lap, hugging onto him. He could feel the tiny horns pressing into his shirt as the boy’s face was buried against his breast, but he didn’t mind. He simply wrapped his arms around the child in kind, smiling warmly.

“…welcome home, Suigetsu…”

He brushed his hand over the boy’s hair, keeping one arm around him to support him. He hadn’t held a child like this since he was still with his tribe, it was a surreal feeling to say the least. Still… it felt right. Suigetsu was their child now, their responsibility… their family. He would do whatever it took to keep him safe… to keep him happy. It would be a long road for him to recover from his trauma, but they were here for him at least.

P’shali held Suigetsu close until the boy was ready to let go. Gently, he sat him down on the floor again, before smiling as he held up the crayon again.

“So… what shall we draw next?”

#ffxiv #ffxiv rp #mateus rp #ch: p'shali #P'shali Talechaser #ch: Suigetsu Cresent #fluff #family #children #parenthood #Shali would be a good dad I think #an awkward dad but a good dad #also Suigetsu is adorable and I will fight for him

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phoenixyfriend · 4 years ago

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More "de-aged Taka and T7 end up in the Warring Clans Era as Founders' wards" AU

“That’s a thing?” you ask. The answer is yes.

Uh. Kind of. Deaging Team Seven for the sake of tossing them back in time for a Founder to adopt is pretty common, but I’m trash for Taka so this AU started with me brainstorming the asshole team.

I am falling more and more in love with the idea of Tobirama ending up with custody of Team Taka somehow. He’s a science dad, but like. Marginally more ethical than Orochimaru.

Everyone around them is like "This is a terrible idea and it's all going to end horribly" and he's just like "Ah, these are now my children."

I've read so many "Team Seven time-travels and is de-aged, get adopted by the Founders" or "a Founder time-travels forward and adopts Naruto, subsequently picking up the others" and they're good but I now want the same plot with an even more dysfunctional collection of... eldritch mishaps? The AO3 feel of "I want this fic I just read, again, but a step to the left so it feels fresh and new"

I'm considering the tent of tranquility idea (courtesy of @sloaners) and I've come to the decision that Tobirama's... probably going to end up with Several Holes in it, and burns, and cuts, because Karin and Suigetsu never stop fighting, and if they're fighting, they're not paying attention to how soon Juugo's going to lose his grip on control.

"Hm. Tobirama?" "Anija." "Where did you get children?" "They showed up." "One of them looks like an Uchiha." "He does." "Two of them are trying to kill each other." "That's normal." "Are the Uchiha going to accuse us of stealing a clan child?" "Probably." "...Tobirama, did you steal these children?" "No."

(It's not kidnapping if they show up and break into your house first.)

(Also none of them are particularly pressed to ditch the Senju and find their clans. Maybe eventually. Not now.)

They’re assholes but Karin is, even at Supposedly Age Three, babbling at Tobirama about proper lab protocol and chemical reactions and isn’t that just the most adorable thing?

Very few people find Karin as adorable as Tobirama does, because Karin knows more ways to kill a person than most adult shinobi, because most adult shinobi don’t know about things like flesh-eating diseases and specialty poisons from the other side of the continent that can only be refined via chemical processes that won’t exist for another three decades.

Juugo is a sweetheart. Best child. Then he loses his mind but it’s okay, Sasuke is there. Do the Senju trust the clearly-Uchiha child to control the much larger five-year-old? No. But they don’t have any better ideas right now, so.

Tobirama: Hm, we should do something about that. Karin: Here’s a list of ideas and things that have already been tried. Tobirama: Thank you, small child. Where did you get this? Karin: ... Tobirama: Fair enough, let’s see what we can do.

Suigetsu is a little terror because not only is he a Massive Jerk but he also has better control over water than most adults. Mostly because he is water. It’s very hard to find him when he’s avoiding chores.

Karin clings to Mito sometimes because Family! and then Hashirama tries to tease Tobirama about being upset that one of his students/children has ditched him. Hashirama ends up moping in a corner because Tobirama snaps at him, unsurprisingly.

IDK if we have like any canon for Touka beyond skill with genjutsu, but going off of the fanon that she used a naginata, I’m going to say that Suigetsu keeps trying to challenge her to Blade Fights and she’s just like Neat, A Tiny Murder Machine.

Sasuke is very quiet for the most part and Dramatically Broods On Rooftops And In Trees and Hashirama is just like YES YOU REMIND ME OF MY BROTHER AND ALSO MY BEST FRIEND and Sasuke hides.

Sasuke does not need another Naruto, thank you.

Sasuke ends up hanging out with Mito, I think? Like yeah, sure, she’s an Uzumaki, but she’s chill and refined and calm and she has really good tea in stock. Sure he has to learn fuuinjutsu to have an excuse to hang out with her, but that’s fine. It’s interesting. Karin does it too, sometimes.

tbh that probably leaves Hashirama to hang out with Juugo? Juugo isn’t great at Excite but he is great at nature so I feel like Hashirama would be stars-in-eyes about Juugo talking to birds the way Hashirama talks to trees, and Hashirama just gets him a chicken coop like HERE. FRIENDS.

But back to the suspected child theft.

Hashirama is like “That is... clearly an Uchiha. They are going to find out, Tobirama! Someone is going to figure out we have--” “Sasuke, show him your other eye. Yeah, the one you cover.” “...” “Okay, go back to playing.” “...Tobirama.” “Yeah?” “That was a Rinnegan.” “You know those rumors that the only way to get a Rinnegan is to mix the Uchiha and Senju bloodlines?” “It’s true?” “No idea, Sasuke won’t tell me anything about his parents other than their names, and he’s three, but even the chance of it being true means we have an arguable claim.” “...that’s not going to be enough to convince the Uchiha.” “The theory is but one weapon of many in the upcoming battle of wits.” “Tobirama--” “Now if you’ll excuse me, Anija, I need to go make sure Suigetsu doesn’t flood the training grounds again.”

tbh I can’t remember who made the original comment in canon about the Rinnegan being achieved via Senju/Uchiha babies but it’s funny to use here so I’ll pretend it’s a common rumor that nobody actually believes

MEANWHILE WITH THE UCHIHA Madara found and took custody of Team Seven and company, mostly because they’re like... jounin-level despite being less than three feet tall.

It involves a lot of Madara going "I want My New Children to love me!" and being sorely disappointed by half of them. Poor fucker got stuck with Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Kakashi, Yamato, and Obito.

(KakaYamaObito are deaged by the time-travel to 10-13ish. The kids are deaged to 3-4. Everyone has memories to just after the fourth war or so.)

Karin sensed T7 and tagalong pretty much the second they popped out of Kamui, and told Sasuke, but he correctly guessed that Naruto would hunt him down eventually, and said they should enjoy the peace and quiet while they had it.

Sai pulls emotionless creepy smiles in an attempt to freak out Madara but since Madara's whole thing initially was "less children in war," he's... mostly just sad. Izuna wants to know who made his brother cry.

Madara makes a vaguely misogynistic comment that's typical for the period and Sakura just. Breaks his tibia.

Naruto is genuinely trying to treat Madara with the kind of respect a caretaker that Attempts To Care And Do Good By Them deserves, because Naruto is a good egg, but he's... three again. Which means he's a Hellion.

The literal toddlers (Naruto and Sakura are three-ish, Sai is four-ish) are, in fact, toddlers, so nobody really expects them to be able to do anything. Nobody bothers to test them beyond the basics of like. Can walk? Can talk? Can maybe hold knife? Like don’t get me wrong, they’re very competent toddlers, but their hands can barely wrap around a kunai. Their bodies are tiny. Their bones only just stopped being soft!

That said, the “tweens” (re: adults who got deaged but Less) have to get tested for their skills. Kakashi downplays himself to what he imagines a semi-competent eleven-year-old to be capable of. He thinks of, like, Neji maybe? Good, but not suspiciously good.

Obito enters an intangible state and refuses to participate. He has a Mangekyo. His body is half-Zetsu. Stop bothering him. He doesn’t want to do anything. They assign him babysitting duty for Team Seven since he can obviously defend pretty well, and Kakashi vouches for his abilities as a fighter.

Yamato decides to try to be just a little worse than Kakashi but at one point he panics and does Mokuton on instinct and now the entire Uchiha compound is screeching because did they just steal a Main Family Senju kid by accident?

Yamato: Should I tell them I was a science experiment? Kakashi: No.

Pranks galore! None of the other time-travelers even try to stop Naruto, except maybe Yamato.

Obito at the Uchiha compound is mostly "I don't want to participate" and then just uses Kamui to be intangible until people leave him alone. If it's not another time-traveler or Madara, he's not interested. He doesn't even care that much about Sai or Yamato, actually, so if it's not an original T7 member, he doesn't care, and if it's Madara, he's just here to make things Difficult.

The Kyuubi wanders up to the Uchiha compound one day and everyone's preparing for a battle, even Madara isn't confident that he can-- [BANG] "KURAMA!" [delighted squealing]

Naruto now has a pet. The entire clan is terrified. Kurama pokes his nose at Naruto's stomach and disappears into the memory of a seal.

Madara, frantically writing a letter to Hashirama "What do I do if my toddler is possessed?!?"

Hashirama: You have a toddler?!?!?! OMG you should organize playdates with Tobirama's kids! Madara: I'M GOING TO QUESTION THAT LATER, PLEASE HELP WITH THE POSSESSION THING

Kurama hunts down Naruto, and the Jinchuuriki situation is very much in the realm of "Dis Mine" Also a bit of "If I'm in the brat, there's at least one Mangekyo user in hearing distance who can and will risk his life to prevent brainwashing. (Kakashi. It’s Kakashi.)

Naruto: Kurama's one of my best friends! Every time traveler: Yeah, that tracks. Madara: [teakettle screeching]

Per @firebirdeternal: I'm just loving the visual of Giant Nightmare Terror Kurama kneeling down and pressing his nose to Naruto's Smol Chubby Toddler self and closing his eyes while Naruto pets him and giggles and every single battle-ready Uchiha is just. "wat"

Everybody else: Cool so Madara adopted a witch Uchiha Elders: We need to be careful of this horrible creature The younger generation of Uchiha: Okay that was weirdly serene and adorable and frankly the brat is really likeable when he's not being adhd as hell I think this is actually pretty dope.

Madara really wants to be a Good Dad but he has no idea how he ended up being "a dad" in the first place. He just! He cares a lot about this random assortment of kids! Some of them are from prominent clans and there should be search parties for the Senju kid with the Mokuton, or the Hatake brat, or the Uzumaki that doesn't look Uzumaki but definitely feels Uzumaki.... and SURE the only Uchiha of the bunch is a stranger who hates him for no reason Madara can come up with, but! He wants to be a good authority figure!

At least the Uzumaki appreciates that he's trying.

Seriously, though, there are clan kids and nobody’s looking for them, what’s up with that?

Kakashi still has a prize copy of Icha Icha and nobody in the Uchiha compound does a thorough check of his reading material until like three months in.

He is blamed for Naruto developing the Oiroke, because where ELSE would a toddler get such ideas? (Yamato and Obito both tell him he brought this on himself.)

Naruto waits until a Big Important Meeting lets out, something about tithes or a merchant contract, and just pulls a Harem no Jutsu in front of the entire group of Elders And Main Family. First he does a Mass Shadow Clone, which makes everyone turn on Sharingan because Fancy New Techniques to steal! Sure, they were late on the shadow clones, but the kid is clearly gearing up for something! The something is Oiroke.

Anime Nosebleeds everywhere. Most of the elders were hit. Izuna was hit. Madara is not bleeding from the nose, but he is very upset about having semi-accidentally sharingan-memorized his weird adoptee’s Sexy Older Female Alter Ego. There is yelling.

Naruto’s like “Oh, I missed some!” and decides to try again with Reverse Harem no Jutsu because there are old ladies among the Elders, and maybe some straight women representing a guild, and maybe some gay guys he missed! Madara is still not bleeding. (He’s very demi and tbh Naruto only would have succeeded if he’d tried to use Hashirama’s face. Naruto does not know this. He just figures Madara is ace like Sasuke and that no variant is going to work.)

Izuna gets another nosebleed and is just like “Well, this is not how I planned on coming out as bi, but--” “Izuna, I literally do not care about you being bi as long as one of us has an heir at some point, I’m more upset about the fact that my child has been corrupted!”

Back in the Senju compound, there is... a lot of screaming, honestly, but every time Karin and Suigetsu start trying to kill each other again, Tobirama just shrugs and tells them not to break anything.

Very easy-going caretaker, really. He's got some very deadly toddlers in hand, but they're still just toddlers.

Sasuke: Yeah, I might want to go see my clan at some point. Suigetsu: Yeah, I might want to go see my clan at some point. Karin, clinging to Mito: Yeah, I want to go see my clan at some point. Juugo: Please never, ever take me to my clan. Ever. Please. I'll stay with Sasuke, thank you.

Naruto breaks out of the Uchiha compound the first time he enters Sage Mode, several months in (it took a while to get the privacy) because he feels Sasuke and lbr if Naruto knows where Sasuke is, nothing will stop him.

The Uchiha clansmen cannot catch the errant toddler. They fail to inform Madara until Naruto is already in Senju territory because nobody wanted to admit the toddler outmaneuvered them.

Naruto wasn’t sure how to get into the Senju Compound safely so he just goes full Kyuubi, bounds over the wall screaming SASUKEEEEE at the top of his lungs, and then shrinks back down to Tiny Brat size so he could hug his Bestest Friend Ever and cling like a limpet while Sasuke just sighs and stares at the wall.

Sakura ran after him.

Sai painted a bird and Yamato dragged Kakashi onto it to chase Naruto, because Kakashi is at a point of zen regarding Naruto's bullshit and fully trusts the kid to not die.

Obito refuses to look up from whatever he's doing and asks people why they think he cares.

“We told you to look after the toddlers!” “Why would you do that? Seems like poor planning on your part.”

Disappears when nobody's looking. Waits until the Ruckus at the Senju compound (where T7 has crashed in to tackle-hug Sasuke and Madara followed in and proceeded to get shouty, and nobody's dead or battling because they're too confused and also it's a comedy) has started to calm down, and then teleports in and demonstrates Mokuton just to make Madara's life harder when the Senju Elders start demanding answers.

His energy is very "I am here to make Madara's life harder" and Madara still doesn't know what he did wrong.

Madara: That brat has a Sharingan! Tobirama: Well THAT one has Mokuton! Obito: Yamato has it too. [angry teakettle noises]

Madara's first response to seeing Sasuke is to turn to Izuna and point aggressively at the toddler while making a tea-kettle noise "He looks just like you!" "He's four, he barely looks like anything!"

Naruto, tugging at Madara's hakama: You need to make a village with Hashirama so I can see Sasuke more often, cuz I don't wanna ditch you guys, but I gotta see Sasuke! He's my best friend! Madara, who is aware that he could fight this child but really doesn't want to, and also knows that a tantrum thrown by Naruto or Sasuke is capable of leveling mountains: Right, yes, we'll get right on that.

tbh Madara wants the village anyway but "The bijuu-whisperer said he wants it to happen" is a great way to push things forward.

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inojinbae · 4 years ago

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I always thought that they would be a nice couple.

I'm surprised that almost noone shipped them. I did and I'm still doing that shit.

Suigetsu seems to have soft spot for him now and back then.

He freed him from the prison. Before that he saved the whole team hebi from Tailed Beast Bomb.

In the first picture he looks like he is going to melt just from looking at Jugo, lmao.

Some BDSM (lol)

Well, I find it kinda cute. If Jugo lost control over himself, Suigetsu can easily calm him down (almost killing him with the water prison but heh...). good thing is that his punches won't kill Suigetsu.

They were travelling all the way together.

And that height difference is just adorable!

Also did you notice that Suigetsu kinda looks like Kimimaro?

I'm just happy that despite of their harsh past, they ended up together. (In my eyes they are couple. Fight me.)

I think I have a thing for rare and crap ships like this one...

#boruto #naruto next generation #Suigetsu #hozuki suigetsu #Juusui #Juugo #rare ship

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keepyourpantsongohan · 5 years ago

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Ayesha Liveblogs Naruto Shippuden S21

What a tender intro omg also why is this filler so well animated

The introduction of modern technology will never not be funny to me. Kakashi on a laptop. Gaara sending emails. What has the ninja world come to

I know it’s just superfluous background motion but that angry little cat design was amazing. Takes me tf out

Hello again New English Iruka Voice time to feel slightly uncomfortable

Doesn’t Inuyasha have a monopoly on this baby with a red ball imagery

Why! Is! No one! Making sure! Naruto is fed! He’s a baby!!!!!!

Naruto and Sasuke were such adorable children my heart

SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THE FAMILY WHERE ONE OF THE CHILDREN IS JUST A FROG? WHO IS DOING THESE BACKGROUND ANIMATIONS?????

In case you thought I wasn’t being literal:

[Accompanying dialogue to this image: “Did you hear the rumours that Lord Fourth died because of him?” WHO IS THIS FROG CHILD WITH A VENDETTA AGAINST MINATO]

This ninja cowboy music seems slightly misplaced but okay

Hiruzen. U r the literal ninja president. Naruto is foraging in the forest for food bc no one is taking care of him! How r u like ‘Hahah I’m hungry too :D’

“The things that we inconsequential humans worry about are often very petty indeed” “You’re right” It’s Philosophy Hours ft. Pre-Schoolers

“Are you sure these mushrooms are safe to eat? “Won’t know ‘til we eat ‘em” HIRUZEN PICK UP THE PHONE

SCREAMS FIVE YEAR OLD NARUTO JUST JUMPED OFF THE HOKAGE MONUMENT AHHHHHH

I miss Neji :((((((((((((((((

“Please make sure that you look after Neji” show us Neji’s mum you cowards!!!

“You have to be more positive, and confident!” Nejiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii my boy

“I wish that I could switch places with you, big brother” There’s a lot to unpack here and I’m wildly concerned about all of it. This episode ought to be titled Konoha Desperately Requires Child Welfare Programs

Making an mini-episode which largely depicts Neji’s tragic backstory and centring its ending on Hinata seems like an odd angle to take

“I’m alone. I don’t have anyone, but I never cry” NARUTOOOOO

KJHFKJHG THIS NINJA BASEBALL OUTRO I LOVE IT

SASUKE USING HIS SHARINGAN TO CHEAT AT BASEBALL I WHEEZE

Also not that I don’t like Genma but why is he a central figure in this ending. Has he had more than a single conversation with Naruto in his life

Lmao @ Sasuke and Itachi’s child versions going back to having their adult voices. Pick a lane SP!!!

“Things in season are always cheap and tasty” “Oh, is that so, Sasuke? Hahaha” Sasuke learning about the ninja economy

“We’re going to visit your mother’s family” Two questions: 1) Aren’t your families the same family (eep) and 2) Don’t they all live in the same part of the village

90% of this dialogue is recycled from prior episodes except delivered more slowly and it’s a little confusing

Itachi sure knows a lot about cooking for an eleven-year-old

Sasuke being a clumsy child is such a cute character detail ahhhh I love him so much 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

“[Confused laughter] You want to be like me?” What a Mood Itachi

Sakura’s hideout in the woods is so sweet yes 2 semi-normal childhoods

Poor little Sakura already concerned about her appearance they never let girls live do they

“You’re really cute Sakura, don’t hide it” Ino and Sakura are the most adorable children in the WORLD I love their relationship 4ever

“If she’s cute like you say, then I would love to meet her” who will stop all men

“But Ino, aren’t you good friends with Sakura?” “No, not really” Okay not to project but. I have a lot of thoughts on this narrative

GASP Inner Sakura’s first appearance!!

Tiny Team 7 is all I need in the world honestly I would watch a whole show that was just those three growing up

I have only just now noticed Suigetsu as third baseman. This ninja baseball game and season in general raise so many questions

Noooo Gaara don’t cry you are gonna be so loved in the future

Rasa, can I just say, from the bottom of my heart, I’m going to yeet you into the sun

“When I look up at the sky, the pain inside my heart feels a little bit better” He’s like 4!!!!!!! >:(

“Instead of a mother, you get to have me, Lord Gaara” Yashamaru: Self-Diagnosed Mumncle

Ngl baby Gaara’s recollection of Karura is nothing like she looked like

I really don’t care for this new Iruka voice I just keep listening to him like ‘that’s not the sound of Naruto’s dad!!’

I will admit him spooking the sleeping children was cute I don’t know why I always find that so funny kjhgkjhg

“Let me buy into this fight” who taught seven-year-old Naruto to gamble

Christ alive the implication that Naruto has been doing the sexy jutsu since he was seven who will put this boy in ninja therapy

If Orochimaru had just continued to be Jiraiya’s long-suffering friend he might be half-endearing but alas he is fecal matter personified

“Come on out, I made plenty, so you might as well stay and eat” Hjgjfjgfgffg I’m not sure what’s funnier about this scene the implication that Obito and Rin both independently followed Kakashi home without noticing each other, or that Kakashi did notice and rather than question this turn of events was just like “Guess I should make more fish”

“When you’re older, do you think you’ll become a chef” I would pay to see the AU where Kakashi becomes a professional chef why couldn’t that have been his Road to Ninja persona

Ngl I spent the first half of Kakashi’s minisode wondering if Sakumo was dead or simply too depressed to take care of Kakashi and I think dead is the less upsetting outcome

“It’s no fun when you’re not around, Kakashi” Obitooooooooooooooo

I’m not saying it’s suspicious that Sakumo is given two different depictions of his grave site in the anime but Sakumo fucked an alien and I stand by that statement

All I remember from Sasuke Shinden is that a character called Sasuke “Sassy” as a nickname and if they do that in the Eng dub I won’t survive

“[Deep sigh] Alright Sakura, what is it?” Fhfjhfkjh what’s your damage Kakashi can’t your kids come to visit when people start exploding

God Sakura and Ino’s relationship is the realest.... she went to the Hokage bc her gal was worried abt her family friend and then comforted her from her loss... the looooooooove

Hinata not to devalue your work in any way but why did u collapse after poking one (1) man in the chakra point isn’t gentle fist based in taijutsu

Fhjfhkjhf I’ve seen that gif before of Kakashi knowing that Sakura was thinking about Sasuke but it’s still funny

Sasuke just hanging in the woods with kittycats what kinda redemption journey is this lmao

Ehehehe I’m still not over the fact that Sasuke recognizes Sai’s jutsu and Kakashi uses it to communicate like there are six members of team 7 and this arc PROVES IT HELL YEAH

I can’t believe I forgot the circus ninja oh my god

“There’s good money to be found for performers like us” MOVE OVER EXPLODING HUMANS WHERE’S MY EPISODE ABOUT THE NINJA CIRCUS

Everyone always commenting on the pupils and sclera of the Hyuga and Uchiha but nobody caring about Old Man Demon Eyes from the Bamboo Village:

You’d think at this point no amount of genjutsu could traumatize Sasuke

They’re leaning wholeheartedly into the ninja cowboy music

That is not how I thought they would pronounce “Sassy” this show is full of twists and turns

“What about reviving the Uchiha clan? You’re the lone survivor right?” said Chino, inquiring about when Sasuke was planning to have vaginal sex

“You really think you’re going to find him inside that seriously scary looking cave?” GASP IT’S TENZO TIME

AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE IT’S MY BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

“You’re Sasuke, right?” asked Yamato, as if Sasuke had not provided the memorable introduction of stabbing a seasoned ANBU in the shoulder as a sixteen-year-old during a dramatic reunion with his team

“It would be easier for us to keep things coordinated, if you sent us progress reports as you went...” Okay not to be that gal but I love that Tenzo and Kakashi are an “us” in this mini-lecture about how Sasuke should call his father (Kakashi) more often

P sure that’s Yamato’s last speaking role goodbye sweet man we knew ye well

“So does this mean that you trust me?” GO TO JAIL OROCHIMARU

Every time that Orochimaru touches Sasuke I want to leap through the screen you leave that boy alone!!! Go! To! Jail!

Sasuke having to explain his social life to Taka is a dynamic I never knew I needed. What more do I want from Naruto than frames like this:

"By showing everyone that Sasuke isn’t in the Hidden Leaf Village and that he’s still out journeying around the world, it reduces the possibility that the village will be harmed” “So are you saying that Sasuke has to keep travelling forever” “That might be so” I can’t believe the entirety of Taka came up with a better explanation for Sasuke staying outside Konoha than Kishimoto himself

“Compared to me, the likelihood that Kabuto will return to evil is extremely low”

He still helped kill......... 40,000 people????? Okay dude

I CAN’T BELIEVE OROCHIMARU IS ACKNOWLEDGING HE IS STILL EVIL!!!! GO TO JAIL!!

I’m gonna pretend I don’t see Tenzo following Stranger Danger and he’s on vacation on a beach where he belongs

Fhjkhfkjhfkj what’s the meaning of this Orochimaru you’ve looked the same since you were 25:

Sasuke: No. She’s older than I am

Orochimaru: [Soft gasp] What?

Man I remember vaguely Sasuke being involved in this fight based on the Tenzo novel scene later on but hoo boy I do not like this

SCREAMMMM TENZO TRYING TO PROTECT PPL IN THE AREA HE’S HELPING

“I can’t make direct contact with him, so I better go now” I hope it is because you filed a restraining order, Yamato

“To increase the rarity, what I’ve even done is, had all but one person in a clan killed” at this point En Oyashiro is just trying to bait Sasuke

God I love how righteous Sasuke is being rn like this is the kind of dismantling of oppression I wanted for him instead of sad murder times

This battle is bonkers:

Villain: Looks like you brought a sword to a dodgeball fight

Sasuke: Looks like you brought a dodgeball to a magic eyes fight!!

Well I certainly breezed past this part of Sasuke Shinden hello Fushin

I find it hard to believe that anyone but Naruto could best Sasuke rn

I keep joking that those eyes in the sky look like Tenzo but I’m right and I should say it

What a long, drawn-out and slightly suspicious backstory for Chino (looking at you, Fushin of two personality types)

“But now you’re still able to travel freely... and that is all because you have people who love and protect you” Team 7 cutaway with closeups of Sakura and Naruto, Narusasusaku game strong

“For the Leaf’s nourishment, your entire clan was absorbed by your village’s Roots” wow what a shitty time for such an excellent pun

Unbelievable kkhkjhfk and by this I mean completely believable:

Chino: Please explain your change of heart re: village corruption

Sasuke: I got a boyfriend

Unbelievable x2:

Chino: KILL ME

Sasuke: Consider this.... you have.... boy who is friend. Good enough

Chino: Wow Sasuke, you’re right

Lmao @ Kakashi proudly announcing that Sasuke is about to enter an unsanctioned jutsu fight in a bet to free enslaved people how did this letter go “Dear Hokage-dad-Kakashi, I am writing to inform you...”

Even funnier: If Tenzo wrote the letter bc Sasuke is shite at contacting people: “Dear Kakashi-senpai, Brace yourself to be worried and proud—”

“Are you Sasuke’s...” yes Chino, whatever the end of that sentence is, you’re correct

Huh I could’ve sworn at least a good chunk of these freed people go to the Leaf. I didn’t make that conversation up. I have discussed it many times!!! My poor Tenzo cut out for more logical story lines I guess

Omggggggg the Raikage is telling Sasuke about Naruto’s most vulnerable Sasuke moment..... the love!!! Is this the only reason they invited A lmao

En Oyashiro joining Rasa and Hiashi in the Bad Dad Club

I’ve said this before but Naruto and Sakura going on a date to talk about Sasuke is the most legit representation for their relationship I’ve ever seen that’s it that’s what them dating would be like

“You’re just like a one man police force” lol @ them cutting out the fact that Sakura said this bc Sakura’s not allowed to have individual connections to Sasuke and also just like....... how much Sasuke still wants to be a cop kjhgkjhgk baby stop

I’ve belatedly realized that Kakashi types to the beat of the intro music and it makes me giggle

“The adult world can be complicated” is that ur way of saying ‘nepotism’ Kakashi

“I’m startin’ to get a belly” “I don’t want to hear about all that” PLS

“You two are really the only ones who are special to me” aw Shikamaru

That slap was A Lot, Temari, surely there are better ways to tell Shikamaru you want him to be your boyfriend

“You don’t really think that Sai has—” “Well, he is very innocent.”

Kakashi about Sai: He’s the baby of the family

Sai: I’m the oldest and most experienced of all the youth???

Kakashi: I mark ur ages by when I got you xoxo ur legal age is 3

I’m not sure that that’s the intonation I expected for Hinoko but I guess that’s on me for stereotyping teen girls hahah

“That’s my ninja way” “Our ninja way” I feel like this is shinobi flirtation

The outro with Little Team 7 fading to Big Team 7... I have but one heart

Also the implication that they took a photo immediately post war jhgkjhgkj. Kakashi still has a barely healed stab wound and twenty years of trauma. Sasuke and Naruto both just lost an arm. Also who brought a camera to the battlefield. Who took this picture. (Tenzo waking up from a 224 episode coma: We gotta take a family photo)

“You might consider yourself a member of Team 7, but I wonder if they think the same of you” [Naruto voice] Believe it!!!!!!

“If we just kill the lookouts, it’ll be like easy to get past the checkpoint” okay calm down Soku

Lmao Shikamaru struggling to deal with rebellious teens jhghjkg why are the anime episodes I watch so fitting to my own life

Man not to get 2 real it’s fucked up that Soku fears peace wyd militarism

I don’t really believe that Soku is deserting the village but it’s a good tactic

[Panning to the bird scene at the beginning of this arc] We call that foreshadowing

Komori’s judgement seems to be clouded by his lowkey crush on Soku

“I’ve just been having these really bizarre dreams lately” that’s PTSD Shikamaru

“Feudal lords are always [tyrants] no matter where you go” then why.... do you have.... feudalism.......... [Tobirama screams in the afterlife]

Not to judge these guys so much but like.... ur ANBU and a veteran ninja surely you should have a disguise after faking your death??????? Kakashi, Iruka, what shinobi standards are you teaching exactly?? U didn’t even change ur hairstyles???

“Something similar happened to me as well” what are you... are you talking about when you pretended to be asleep during the Chunin exams because that’s not the same thing as sleeping under a pile of corpses Shikamaru

NOOOOOOOOOO SAI WHY ARE THEY HANGING MY ANGEL FROM A CRUCIFIX

AHHHHHHH I don’t like seeing Sai like this, Kakashi’s right he’s a baby!!

“Let’s just say I’ve found the place where I belong” Fhdjskhfksjhf this is definitely Root Code for something because Kakashi uses this line on Tenzo in his Tsukuyomi dream

“Then why didn’t Naruto come to get me? You and I have never been particularly close, so why were you the one who came here?” LMAO SAI ‘you’re not on my list of eligible rescuers Shikamaru 😒😒😒😒’

“Fret not, to me this is but a trifle” said Ro, lying prostrate on the ground in between groans of pain (same)

I mean... Gengo makes some pretty compelling arguments abt the shinobi system

“The alliance of nations that the Leaf is currently a part of... is only going to maintain a dark, tenuous peace” I mean... Gengo’s right even if he is a dick

“Lord Hokage told me everything... and I had a hell of a time getting it out of him too” “I don’t want to know what you did... I don’t even want to imagine it” JHGKJHGKJHG I WANNA SEE TEMARI INTERROGATING A FORMER ANBU, KAGE-LEVEL NINJA I LOVE IT

Wait are these last twelve outros dedicated to each of the rookie teams + Team Guy bc that would be adorable

JHGJHGGHGJHG DO WE ACTUALLY GET TO SEE TEMARI YELL AT KAKASHI

Update from 3 seconds later: We don’t but Kakashi’s “Euh?” sound as she knocks down his door is still very funny

“Friendship is useless” “If that’s true, then why are you crying right now” he’s been taking Sasuke lessons in his spare time

“Do you know of a man named ‘Zabuza Momochi’” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“These are my only friends” said Sai, about two giant cartoon lions

Sai’s genjutsu scene was actually much sweeter in the book bc Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi and Yamato’s chakra were all protecting him inside his own mind but I don’t mind my boy getting a hug

HAHAHAHAHA WHAT IS THIS CUTAWAY TO NARUTO BATHED IN GOLDEN LIGHT ANNOUNCING “RAMEN” LIKE IT’S A WHOLE SENTENCE OKAY STUDIO PIERROT U NEED A BREAK I GET IT

“What in the hell was that?” that was also my question Shikamaru

Shikamaru with full conviction: To be lazy.... that is my dream

Hahahaha it’s Ninja Teen Romance Hours I guess

“Oh, you don’t want to [go out on a date]?” No that’s not what I’m saying” [walks away] TEMARI PLS

“Going on a date without a strategy, would be like trying to fight a tailed beast unarmed” [Nodding] “You have zero chance of winning, that way” I suddenly understand Kakashi’s dating life a lot more

They really rely on you being aware of Naruto the Last huh gjkhgkjhgk there’s been no mention in any of this filler of Naruto and Hinata even being in a relationship to this point as far as I remember

Fhjkfhkjhfkfh poor Iruka none of the kids know he’s President of the Naruto’s Dad Society

“I know I’m supposed to be striving to get ahead in my career, but there’s also a part of me that really wants to just continue teaching kids, one on one” Irukaaaaa <3333333

Looool even as Hokage, Kakashi just drops out of nowhere to give cryptic life advice and then leaves

Smash the statue, Tsukune, don’t let the establishment tell u what to do!!

“Eating ramen everyday isn’t healthy you know” am I to believe that Kakashi, the man who told Naruto, ‘if you're going to be a ninja, you need to eat your vegetables’ is on a ramen-only diet?? Falsehoods

“And it’s all thanks to you Iruka” khjhgkjhgjhg alright.... you win this round KKIR shippers

WHO IS ANIMATING THIS SCENE IT IS BUCKWILD??? There is no character model to speak of, most of the kids don’t have noses, everyone’s upside down or spinning around, and Iruka is... hiding in a frog sign???

There is no English translation of this caption???? EXPLAIN JAPAN. TELL ME YOUR FROG SECRETS YOU KNOW I LOVE FROGS [INSERT PICTURE OF TENZO HERE]

(Update I looked it up in the sub and the caption offers no more insight. “IRUKA UMINO, AROUND 30 YEARS OLD. STEALTHILY”)

“This is for Hinata, so let’s all try our hardest” Kiba loves Hinata MOST

You know how if you pause in the middle of an animated action, you sometimes linger on an in-between image that looks goofy because it was meant to add to the motion rather than be focused on? This whole episode is animated like one of those images

It’s okay Lee the only dumbbell Naruto is fixated on is Sasuke Uchiha

I know don’t usually post so many images in these liveblogs, but I really need anyone reading this to see the Leaf Village’s semi-canonical Unofficial Mascot Konorin:

He is??? The love of my life???

“I don’t even have a boyfriend and train every day from morning til night” yes you do. His name is Neji Hyuga and he’s very alive and he’s a jonin sensei and he will buy you all the knives you want after he takes all of Hiashi’s money and redistributes it. In this essay I will—

You see what I mean??? Neji wants to be there for Tenten (and Lee)!!!

Tenten: What would Neji do if he were here now

Neji: [starts manifesting]

“It’s you since you’re a taijutsu specialist, but Naruto and Hinata aren’t” yes????? Hinata is???? She doesn’t use weapons but Gentle Fist is entirely taijutsu??? Why does everyone keep forgetting

KHKGJHKJHGKFHKJHFKJ I CAN’T GET OVER NEJI JUST. MANIFESTING ABOVE LEE’S BED TO GIVE HIM SHITTY WEDDING GIFT IDEAS

“And don’t forget: Hyuga” Neji........ what.... does this mean!!!!!!!!

Why say “Neji” like that Orochimaru and in fact why say anything at all [Konan voice] I’m the Hokage now, the entire criminal justice system is on its way you are going to jail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really can’t believe that the Naruto writers looked at Tenzo’s role in Naruto SD and decided “let’s do that.... but worse”

They animated?????????? A smaller Lee??????????? Into Lee’s mouth???????????? As if the animation style wasn’t enough. I need a minute

They are really going full Naruto SD huh??? Cut away skit like a ‘genjutsu’ scne. Lee and Guy playing a married couple and Tenten a baby. Neji in drag. This is a choice

“How can you misunderstand Neji so much” “Even if it’s only as a ghost, I’m sure that Neji would appear” I need. Several minutes

Fhjkhfkjfh Shikamaru’s vision of Gaara, Bee, Kakashi and Tsunade hanging out at this fancy restaurant. Is this who he thinks Kakashi’s social circle is these days (he might be right)

“Okay, I’ll hear you out!” Is this implication of this scene that Temari thinks Shikamaru’s idea of a first date is marriage... and she’s WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. TEMARI PLS

“Hey Ino, why would you go out of your way to make something I love? Bc she looooves you Sakura

“Sakura, I thought the same thing” GOD JUST GET MARRIED

“It’ll be too late once we go in, I could get all caught up in the mood or something like that” wait........ does Temari think Shikamaru wants to get married or fuck???? Or both??? OH MY GOD

Gaara: Naruto’s getting married.... without meeeeeeeeeee

God I love Gaara’s Blank Period hair it is truly careless and happy hair

“His ramen’s extravagent?” JKGHKHKJH everyone in the Leaf Village trying to convince Gaara that Naruto’s taste is incredibly obnoxious which is true but not in the way being described

Kankuro what’s your damage let Gaara buy a nice and personal present for the love of his life

Every time I think this arc can’t get more ridiculous it exceeds my expectations:

[Vaguely horrified accompanying dialogue: “The Raikage—” “—Will do the Hidden Cloud Dance?”]

“Well then, Gaara is just going to have to do the Hidden Sand Samba” Ah. Of course. The Hidden Sand Samba. Why didn’t anyone think of this plan before

Gaara is blushing because his new dream is just to samba dance with Naruto into the night

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Teuchi giving Naruto an “all you can eat forever” coupon that’s cute our sweet boy is so loved

Gaara: My wedding gift to you, Naruto... is me :)

“I’m just disappointed that we aren’t going to get to see you dance, Gaara” you know what that’s fair Kankuro me too

Hahahaha Shino dissing Kiba’s plight for becoming Hokage to these random kids

I can’t pay attention to anything this ninja cat is saying because they’ve got Naruto’s voice and it is very distracting

There’s something to be curious about how it would be if Kiba married into a family that has a contract with the Uchiha lmao

Literally the girl who Kiba is supposed to be in love with is given Hinata’s voice #kibahinarights

“Oh, just take it. Money means nothing to me” the Beekeeper is truly one of the strangest characters in the Naruto universe just conceptually. Why are they wearing a giant bee stinger on their butt?

LMAO @ Kiba having absolutely no self-doubt whatsoever. Goals!!

Shino becoming a teacher after the war is actually one of the post-699 futures I like, good for him!

Iruka sweet man Naruto has compared you to a father like 1500 times have you not overheard him one (1) time

Kakashi is such a dumb stubborn bitch trying to find a way for Naruto to have a happy wedding... I love him

“This is my fault, I never taught him how to treat women! Not that I even really know about that kind of thing of course” Iruka Umino confirmed canonically gay

“I just have to bow my head a little” KKIR: 2; Me: 0

I love this tradition of Hokage boys bowing their heads for cooperation between villages yesssssssssssss

Outro for the whole OG Team 7.... I’m fine everything’s fine I’m good cool cool cool cool cool

The implication that they just sell Kakashi wigs in the village... amazing

I know this is about to be an emotionally poignant moment but what Naruto’s presence is reminding is that the only word he has said in the past 6 episodes is “ramen” LMAO

“I’m going to have to apologize to her for raising you as a such a thoughtless, inconsiderate man” raising you... RAISING YOU..................... TRULY PRESIDENT OF THE NARUTO’S DAD SOCIETY GOD BLESS IRUKA UMINO

LOOK AT THIS CRYBABY NINJA THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PARTS OF KONOHA HIDEN WAS HOW IRUKA KEPT BURSTING INTO TEARS OVER NARUTO EVERY OTHER MINUTE THIS IS WHAT BONDS LOOK LIKE

God..................... the Team 7 lover in me just despairs of this final episode bc they’re all separated and also Tenzo needs justice 4 being Kakashi’s co-wedding planner it’s in the book I read it!!!!

I will set aside my feelings to recognize that Kakashi looks very handsome

Goodbye Naruto you were certainly an experience and I mean that in every possible intonation

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historicfailure · 6 years ago

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I feel like team Taka was just forgotten about. They were awesome

They are not the only forgotten and forsaken ones, unfortunately :/

Team Taka, of course! Suigetsu, Juugo and Karin are such intriguing characters!

I love Juugo for what he is. His schizophrenia and the resulting battle between his greatly differing personalities alone make him so damn intersting, but he can also talk to animals? How cute is that? His nice personality is basically the definition of “soft bean”, while his murderous intent is the crazed killer no one wants to encounter at any time of the day.

Suigetsu? Sassy, sharp-teethed, sword-swinging… (I need a nother word starting with ‘s’) Sastard? (Close enough.) Alone the fact he doesn’t take any shit from Sasuke is enough for me to be his fan, but unfortunately, in the series we don’t see him much in fights. I would’ve loved to see more of him, not only the introduction with the invasion of the castle when Sasuke starts finding his Team Taka and the fight with Killer Bee, where he gets flagged out as he turns his whole body into a damn wave to capture the Hachibi and gets fried by Sasuke’s lightning. Even though he gets called a genius with swords, except for these fights, there’s never anything going on for him :/

Look at him. Stupid water-boy. He’s the jokes and fun Team Taka needed to loose all the tense and serious people in that group up.

But my secret favorite will always be Karin. Another girl who gets terribly overlooked. Maybe because of her personality? But when you take everything into consideration, her past and the way she was treated, then her hostile behavior is understandable. Her background story is only further described in the anime, but it explains a lot, so I totally take that as the canon and don’t care that it was only a filler episode.

It’s 100% canon she is an Uzumaki, and I still think we were cheated out of adorable bonding moments with Naruto (”You’re an Uzumaki? My cousin?? COOL I HAVE A COUSIN BELIEVE IT!”). Can you imagine that meeting? How Naruto would totally fawn all over her, while Karin tries to push him away to no avail? Until she just has to crack down and lets him in, with his emotional-speech-no-jutsu and smiles and ramen. But how come? According to the anime, Karin and her mother had to flee from Uzushiogakure as it was destroyed in the war and were granted refugee in Kusagakure, but her mother had to allow the injured ones to bite her in order to let them heal. This resulted in her dying one day by chakra exhaustion (and probably some gross infection, biting other people can go horribly wrong!), so some really nice and gentle person thought to himself: “Mhm, this little girl of maybe around 10 to 12 years just lost his mother and is still traumatized by war. Better make her a stand-in for her mom and let strangers bite her until she bleeds! :))))”

When Orochimaru finds her and takes her in, of course she jumps at the chance to not be bitten anymore by strangers. Unfortunately, it’s Orochimaru we’re talking about, so she still has to allow his injured experiments to bite her in order to allow them to live longer through his… totally legal and selfless scientific research. But after a few years, she’s ordered to go and watch over a prison of Orochimaru for discarded people he doesn’t need anymore and basically keeps them as back-up and Karin gladly takes that too, because this time, she really doesn’t need to be bitten any longer.

Of course, Karin is extremely distrusting. To adapt to that environment, she had to adopt a icy, bitchy front, to keep strangers away from discovering her abilities and using her again for their own needs. She wants to decide over her own body, thus, willingly lets Team Taka aka Sasuke bite her to heal himself. She’s intelligent, is a reat sensor and is also pretty strong, not as strong as Sakura, mind her. But still, even when she’s not fighting, her personality is maybe pretty bad, but becuase of her circumstances relatable and understandable. She’s isn’t bitchy for the sake being a bitch, she’s bitchy to protect herself.

Every male character would’ve been given a great story arc because of the tragic backstory. But meeeeeh… She’s a girl, who cares, right? Right?

Sigh. So many great characters were dropped and forsaken. It’s pretty sad.

#ask #ask answered #anon #anon love #team taka #taka #juugo #suigetsu #karin #karin uzumaki #forgotten characters

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chidoroki · 6 years ago

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Boruto EP103

aka: rain dance is super effective! wait..?

Okay, someone has really got to save Jugo now.

Creepy dude has an impressive transformation.. of course it has a freakishly long tongue too.

Curse mark vs curse mark.

Pfft Orochimaru certainly knows best when it comes to these.. that fight ended so quick.

Cmon Suigetsu, pull yourself together.

Now we got Nue in on the fighting as well.

Karin really just wants to blow up these birds.

Boruto Stream x2! One right after another.

Did that white bird really just save him somehow?

Mitsuki and Konohamaru finally arrive.

Oooh, that’s a nice way to heal all the cursed birds. Way to go Suigetsu.

Sumire made a decision to..? Oh! The scientific ninja tool department! That’s right, she does end up there in the manga.

So what will happen with Team 15 now then?

Ohh a scary Konohamaru.

Team Taka is all together again!

Karin is precious. I hope she gets to see Sarada again.

I’m feeling a bit underwhelmed.. when Mitsuki came in I was hoping for him to fight Jugo with his sage transformation.. oh well, a nice end to this arc anyway.

Preview thoughts:

Oh my, that kitten is adorable!

“The little roommate” aah.

We get to see Mitsuki be all cute with a cat? I’m up for it.

Also totally love that Sarada was the one who found the cat. The Uchiha have a knack for finding those don’t they.

#boruto #episode reaction

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thatsneakymedic · 6 years ago

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✵ ( that meme thing with all the questions \o/ )

Send ✵ and my muse will answer the following.

(since we haven’t rped like in a AU naruto verse where Shisui lives, we’ll go with the chatzy verse! :D )

Their first impression of your muse: “Oh, another Shisui has arrived. I’m happy, least Itachi and Sasuke have a relative that can visit them. Despite that he’s dead in their timelines. Though I know that it might be hard on Itachi to see his dead friend again.”

Current impression: “He’s surprisingly a real good friend to the others and I’m happy that he’s willing to protect everyone and keep the peace when things get chaotic or dangerous. It’s a shame that we’re not technically friends since he’s dating Suigetsu who could barely tolerate me in the same room as him. Despite that he says otherwise, I still believe that because of that, he has formed some kind of bias against me. But isn’t it natural for couples to hate or even dislike a person because their SO hates or is uncomfortable with them as well? Despite that, he’s a good person and I often come to ask him for advice.”

Are they attracted to your muse?: “He’s good looking and he has good qualities I’ll admit but no. I’m no homewrecker. And I was never interested in dating him in the first place since he didn’t show interest in me at all. And I’m still questioning my sexuality since I don’t know where I stand so far.”

Something they find frightening about your muse: His strength, the infamous sharingan, his unnatural speed, his taijutsu, his frightening abilities, and how he can easily get others to back him up when something happens in the house. I should know by experience that I unfortunately had a few verbal fights with him in the past. But that’s mostly due to my own foolishness.”

Something they find adorable about your muse: “He likes to eat a lot. His love of food is endearing and you can guarantee that any food you bring, he’ll be the first to eat it or finish it. Let’s pray that he doesn’t gain any weight in the future.”

Would my muse sacrifice themselves for yours?: “I would probably guess that the others would expect me to do so, especially Suigetsu but sadly no. I was once in the past needed his help with dealing with Danzo in my time but he didn’t lend a hand because he didn’t want to risk his life to help me when he was starting a new life with Suigetsu. If he’s in trouble, I would definitely help him out with the best of my abilities, but to die for him? Sorry but I’m also trying to live a new life on my own. It’s going to take a lot of persuasion to make me think otherwise despite that he’s a real good person that everyone loves.”

Would my muse go on a date with yours? platonic/romantic: “Sure, but it won’t be romantic, lunch would be nice. If Suigetsu comes along as a group date, it might get awkward on my part and I’ll politely refuse.”

One word my muse would use to describe yours: “Charismatic.”

Would my muse slap yours if they could?: “That’s if I could even catch or touch him! There’s a reason why they say that you have to fight a sharingan user with a group of people. But would I? No. Because he’s been nice to me, and because if I do for any reason, I’ll get in a lot of trouble with the others. Not to mention that he can kick my ass easily.”

Would my muse hug/kiss yours?: “Hug, depends. Kiss, definitely no.”

#eyecanfixthat #snagglefangswordsman #here you go!#yeah #he has a complex relationship with Shisui so far #adding Suigetsu mun since most of Kabuto's feelings towards Shisui involve him at times

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guccitama69 · 7 years ago

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Who are you top 5 favorite Bleach characters? And why?

i mean, if you follow my blog it’s pretty easy to discern who at least my 3 favorite characters are.

in no particular order, because i love these 5 equally:

- jushiro! sweet, soft loyal fish dad who would do anything for his friends. including, but not limited to: treason, general rule breaking, spying, giving gifts, and literally giving his life for his friends. old as fuck, strong, genuinely kind, handsome. imo kubo did a major disservice to him. jushiro died for our sins.

- shunsui. handsome strong man. probably the only character i relate to: a) doesn’t ever feel like working, b) would rather be napping c) or drinking, d) flamboyant, e) ladies’ man (or so he thinks. let’s be honest, he could get this), f) f l i r t y, g) stylish (i’m totally calling myself stylish, fuck you), h) but will totally get down to business when necessary. like jushiro, he’s loyal to his friends also for the aforementioned reasons (treason, rule breaking, etc). shunsui has more going for him than meets the eye. i’ve always secretly hc’d that he suffers with depression despite what his cool demeanor and smooth exterior give off. (i might be projecting myself here)

- aizen. ooh wee ooh. where do i begin? y’all know i have a serious kink for aizen. for so many reasons. and like, tbh i would hate someone like this irl. i mean, pre-defection josh groban aizen i would be thirsting for hardcore, but post-defection noodle head ass aizen i would highkey make vagueposts about on facebook. but since aizen doesn’t exist irl, i can thirst for him Guilt Free™. i guess i need to break this section down into 2 parts? one for josh groban aizen (JGA) and the other for noodle head aizen?the reasons why i love JGA:

A Certified Cutie

polite af

he had that disheveled but kindly professor look about him

lovable

seemingly would do anything for his subordinates

glasses

sociable

theory: probably based his Captain JGA persona on ukitake

tea

haha now that i’m listing out the reasons why i love JGA, i’m realizing that i like noodle head aizen better.

the reasons why i like noodle head ass aizen:

A Certified Cutie

still polite af, but now with Menace™

a e s t h e t i c s - the hueco mundo clothes, las noches, the eternal night. Good Shit.

aizen is the revolutionary we all know and love. want to take down the current system because the status quo is garbage and corrupt? hell yeah.

kyoka suigetsu. that’s some raw power right there, my dude. has aizen achieved bankai? has he not achieved bankai? can he perform bankai but just doesn’t need to show it because his shikai is powerful as hell? can he not perform bankai and did he trick everyone into thinking he achieved bankai by means of his shikai? who knows!

wants to spank raw the ass of god

entertaining af

snark master supreme

he’s op and 100% nonchalant about it

literally can’t die

the short exchange he had with urahara about “that thing” sealed my love for him even more tbh. aizen is straight up living the See Something, Say Something life. he saw the bigger picture and did something about it, even if that meant he had to take down people in the process. (please don’t send me anon hate for this haha)

that’s about it for aizen. short and sweet, right?

- gin. sarcastic, devoted, mysterious, calculating, sadist, antagonizing, adorable, snake, persimmons, silver. the range of emotions and the thoughts i had with gin went from rage and ‘i hate this fucking guy’ (when we first meet him), to ‘ok he’s alright he’s got ulterior motives’ when he was with aizen post-defection, to finally ‘i love him with all my heart and i would die for this character he is so much more than i thought he was’. because he is! don’t fight me on this. he is a lovely character and has the mark of being well-written based on the emotional changes you go through with him.

- yachiru. lil pink haired spider monkey. small and fierce. goofy as all get out. gives 0 fucks. Roast Master Supreme. Nicknaming Champion. the relationship she shares with kenpachi is so dynamic and wonderful. candy. heads up an association of grown ass women and bosses them around. frivolously spends the association money on food. which, #goals. ain’t scared of nothing. her story is nothing short of amazing.

i wasn’t expecting this to be as long as it did. no thanks to the aizen section.

#oops #ukitake jushiro #kyoraku shunsui #aizen sousuke #ichimaru gin #kusajishi yachiru

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kankuroplease · 3 years ago

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AGHHHH I JUST REALIZED!! okay so I genuinely love suikarin, so what’s your take on that and ALSO!!! THEY ARE THE DEFINITION OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL. I AM IN LOVE… with the ship, your art, and you! ;)), kidding kidding but you seem like a fantastic person! -fellow Virgo

My general feelings are answered here

And Lemony made this mini fic I’m still screaming over.

As far as how I think they’d be in a relationship? Under the cut to save space

Probably ended up making out after an intense argument and both of them tried to act like it didn’t happen for the longest time.

A lot of insecurity in the beginning on his part. He may not say it to her word for word, but he definitely jealous of her feelings toward Sasuke and will do things for praise and attention (both positive and negative).

Karin on her end is confused at first. He’s not what she thought she wanted and they’re almost something like friends at this point, right? That wasn’t a lovelorn look/this is just two lonely people keeping each other company.

I they’d be that couple that’s arguing one moment and all over each the next.

Also that couple with nothing so nice pet names for each other. Like “you call your bf/gf WHAT??!”

Suigetsu is petty and will hide or wear something she needs if she tries to ignore him. She already knows what he’s doing and will fight him (somewhat playfully)

Karin has tried his own teasing methods on him but isn’t ever fully prepared when he comes back with a dead serious response. Don’t ask this man what he’s looking at or thinking. He has no filter

She finds his stupid grin he gets when they lock eyes adorable. Will she tell him this? absolutely not.

He will go out of his way to get her perfumes but lie and say he just saw it somewhere while he was out.

They’re business is their business, no one will ever know unless they want you to know. That won’t stop Suigetsu from trying to steal a kiss when the room is barely cleared every now and then.

This ship lives rent free in my mind, my fellow virgo anon! also thank you! You seem like kind person yourself 🥺🖤🖤

#ask #suika #suikarin

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isolavirtuosa · 7 years ago

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Post Traumatic Drabbles: Breaking the Habit

[fanfiction] NaruSasu

Some drabbles following Post Traumatic and Post-Post Traumatic, ranging from fluffy nonsense to horror and despair.

1-4

Track 5: Breaking the Habit, in which relationshipping is hard and making good life choices is harder.

Track 5

Breaking the Habit

I could not stop laughing.

“What is so funny?” Temari asked, coming into the room.

“We don’t remember!” Gaara and I chorused, both going back into hysterics.

She rolled her eyes and sat down, cracking open a beer. “It’s getting late, Naruto, shouldn’t you be home taking care of your brood?”

“Nah, Juugo’s home,” I said, taking another sip. Thinking about home had a sobering effect.

“Boy, that better not be alcohol that you’re drinking,” she said, suddenly going hardass mom on her son.

“Dad said I could,” Shikanori protested.

Temari glanced at Shikamaru.

He shrugged.

“Fine, but don’t come crying to me if you end up puking,” she said, downing the rest of her drink. “I’ll leave you boys to your little party,” she concluded, snagging another can of beer and making her exit.

“It is getting kind of late,” Sora hedged. He was the responsible one in our teacher-student relationship.

It was funny how that always seemed to end up being the way.

“One more for the road?” Kankurou suggested.

“One more for the road,” I agreed, clinking bottles with him.

Sora seemed appeased, going back to his own beer. He’d been hyper focused on his training lately, but even he could kick back and relax on occasion. Now that Gaara was training Shika Jr., we spent a lot of time in Suna training with them. It was good for Sora to have a younger training partner who looked up to him. It gave him a boost of confidence, which was why he’d come back to train with me in the first place.

Also because he missed me and thought I was the coolest and best teacher ever, probably.

“Hey, Sora, that rotten Uchiha still with your woman?” Kankurou asked.

Well, there was that, too.

“I don’t have a woman,” Sora muttered, drowning his sorrows.

“You could kick his ass,” Shikanori encouraged him.

“Of course I could,” Sora said, crushing his can in his hand. “But I don’t care.”

Shikamaru gave me a look.

I shrugged.

He shrugged, too, turning his attention back to our shogi match. The only reason he wasn’t completely crushing me was because Gaara, Sora, and I were playing as a team. “When is Izu coming back to train with Sasuke?”

“Hopefully never,” I said cheerfully.

Sora sniffed his disdain.

There was no love lost in this room for Uchiha Izu.

“You look like you could use something a little stronger,” Kankurou said, offering Sora an apology in the form of hard liquor.

The party was really getting started now.

I somehow managed to keep a tiny piece of me sober so I could Advanced Flying Thunder God our asses home.

“Night,” I said, waving Sora off to the guest house. I’d finished building it last summer for when Sakura and Ino and the girls came to stay, but Sora and Izu were getting the most use out of it.

“Night,” he echoed, smiling peacefully. Sometimes getting trashed was good for the soul.

I crept up the stairs, quietly easing the bedroom door open.

Sasuke’s back was to me, the curve of his shoulder illuminated in the moonlight streaming through the window.

My heart tightened.

His shoulder moved rhythmically in time with his breathing.

All I wanted was to wrap him in my arms and squeeze him until we were one being. That was probably a perfect normal urge. I just missed him. He’d done a month at the clinic, then he’d done a month with Karin and Suigetsu, which was apparently something he’d needed. Now even though he was home, it felt like he was a million miles away.

I needed to feel our bond.

I tossed off my shirt, ignoring the chill of the winter air, and slid into bed behind him, hesitating only for a moment before putting my arm around his waist and pulling him closer.

His whole body stiffened. “Don’t.”

Sasuke had two ‘don’t’s. The first went along the lines of, ‘I am a fiercely proud Uchiha who is also vulnerable and shy, so I say ‘don’t’ in order to make it reasonably seem like I am protesting your love and affections which I in reality so deeply desire.’

The other ‘don’t’ just simply meant ‘don’t’, with the added parenthetical that, ‘if you continue, I will annihilate you and everything you hold dear.’

This was clearly the latter, so I pulled away.

He didn’t turn around.

“Sasuke.”

He still didn’t turn around.

I felt annoyed at being ignored. “What’s your problem?”

He turned slowly, eyes fixed in a glare. “You are a fucking moron.”

“Excuse me?” I growled, on my way to full-on anger.

“I can smell it on your breath!” he snapped.

“What, this is about me having a couple of drinks?!” I asked incredulously.

“Oh my god, how are you so fucking clueless?” he muttered, turning away from me.

I caught his shoulder, forcing him to look at me again. “I can drink as much as I damn well want. I’m not you.”

Something shattered behind his eyes, but he was already pulling himself back together before I could figure out what was happening. “Get away from me,” he snarled, shoving me.

“It’s my damn house.”

“That I pay for.”

“After you made me quit my job.”

“That you ha- no, you know what, no. I’m tired. Just get away from me, Naruto, for fuck’s sake.”

“Why should I?” I demanded.

“Because when I smell it, I want a fucking drink you moron!”

It felt like a punch to the gut.

“Fine,” I said, feeling startled and confused. I grabbed my pillow and stumbled out of the room. I found my way to the couch and pulled the afghan off of the back, wrapping myself up and passing out.

I woke up to sunlight, a headache, and slobber on my cheek. I groaned, scrubbing at it. “Makkun, please.”

“Why are you sleeping out here?” the pug asked, waving his tail.

In the continued contentious relationship of Sasuke and Kakashi, our former teacher had somehow thought that a talking dog would be an appropriate olive branch.

And yes, of course I loved our new pet, but he chewed all our furniture and licked all our faces and basically drove Sasuke crazy.

“Coffee,” I said.

“You’re sleeping out here because of… coffee?” Makkun asked, tilting his adorable pug head to the side.

“I’m brewing some now,” Mari said from the kitchen.

“You’re a goddess,” I marveled. I scrubbed at the crust in my eyes and made a few attempts to get off of the couch before finally succeeding.

“Rough night?” Mari asked, pulling some mugs down from the cupboard. One for me, one for her, and one for… Sora?

She caught me eyeing the third cup and hastily shoved it back in the cupboard.

“It’s too early for the nonsense,” I groaned, flopping onto my chair.

“I just miscounted,” she muttered.

“Really? Miss I Can Do Quantum Physics can’t count to two?” I grumbled.

“Is this ever not going to be awkward?” she complained.

“You dumped my disciple! For Sasuke’s disciple! And we all live together!” I cried. “You’re the one who made things awkward!”

“You kind of have me there,” she said, tossing her hair over her shoulder before pouring the coffee.

“God, please tell me Izu isn’t coming back while Sora’s here,” I prayed to my coffee.

“How long is Sora staying?” she asked, trying to sound nonchalant.

“Probably until the awkwardness wins over his desire to get stronger.”

Mari did that same frown that Sasuke did when he was worried.

Then Sora came in, pausing when he saw Mari. “Good morning,” he said, giving her the worst imitation of a smile that I’d ever seen. “Is there coffee?”

Mari nodded her head to the pot.

Sora reached up to take the coffee mug from the cupboard that Mari had previously taken out and put back, poured his coffee, and downed the entire mug in one go.

“Go a little too hard last night?” I teased.

“I don’t look as rough as you,” he replied.

Mari snickered.

They smiled at each other briefly.

Sora filled another cup and made an abrupt exit.

Mari turned her frown on me. “You’re the worst, you know that?”

“What the hell?!” I protested. “Where is this coming from?!”

“It’s bad enough that you drink all the time, but why do you have to drag Sora into it?”

I stared at her. Then I rubbed my eyes before staring at her some more. “I’m too hungover for this.”

She made a disgusted face at me.

“You’re acting like I’m doing something wrong, and I’m not!” I snapped defensively. “And the main reason Sora was drinking so much was because of you, so….”

“Because nothing is ever your fault,” Mari said, rolling her eyes.

“According to you and Sasuke, everything is my goddamn fault.”

“Pretty much.”

“Mari, can we please not fight?” I groaned.

“Whatever.”

“Thank you.”

We finished our coffee in silence.

“You’re not being fair to him,” Mari finally said, putting her mug in the sink.

“To who?”

She sighed loudly. “Sometimes I understand why everyone thinks you’re dumb.” Then she smacked me in the side of my head.

I gaped at her.

“Sasuke literally just admitted that he’s an alcoholic, and you think it’s fine for you to go out drinking all the time?!” she cried, using excessive hand gestures.

“What does that have to do with my drinking?!” I protested.

“Ugh,” she said, stomping out of the room.

I was feeling offended on top of the horrible headache I had. I went outside and shuffled my hand around the gutter until I found the pack of smokes I’d hidden away. Makkun came and rested his head on my knee while I sat and smoked. I patted him absently, trying to find my center.

Sasuke came outside, squinting into the light and looking like death warmed over. He sat down on the ground next to me, reaching for the cigarette dangling from my mouth.

“Babe, come on, you quit,” I said, holding the cigarette away from him.

“So did you,” he graveled at me, still half-asleep. He took the cigarette and took a drag.

I watched him smoke the cigarette that I had bought, and the gears in my head started sluggishly moving.

“I’m going back to bed,” he said abruptly, handing me the remaining stub that barely had a drag left in it.

I watched him go back into the house.

“Want to go for a run?” Sora asked, coming over to me.

“God, no,” I groaned.

“Come on,” he said.

I dragged myself to my feet. I was actually starting to feel better, the good old kyuubi healing kicking in, but I was still sluggish.

Running on sand was the worst.

We ran, and my head started to clear.

“Sora, am I complete asshole?” I asked as we ran.

He half-smiled. “Sometimes.”

“No, really. Am I insensitive?”

He looked at me, not breaking his stride, studying my face carefully. “I’d say more obtuse than purposefully insensitive.”

“Is that better?” I asked.

He shrugged, directing his sight forward again.

We kept running.

“Thanks for last night,” he said, suddenly breaking the silence. “It’s what I needed. I’m too in my head sometimes, you know?”

“I do know,” I agreed. “It’s okay to relax sometimes, kid.”

“Yeah.”

We ran out to the training area and started sparring. Our stomachs rumbling told us when to take a break and go back to the house.

I washed up quickly before heading to the kitchen, happy to see that Mari had made lunch.

Sasuke hadn’t come back down.

I shoveled some food into my mouth before going upstairs. I knocked on the door and received a grunt of acquiescence, so I opened it and stepped inside.

He was still in bed, wrapped up in blankets.

“Mari made lunch,” I said.

He sat up, rubbing his eyes. “I’m not really hungry.”

“I could just bring you some rice, you know, so you have something on your stomach,” I offered, eyeing the rows of pills lining our nightstand that remained unopened and untaken.

“Okay,” he agreed.

I smiled at him, and he half-smiled back. I brightened even more, going back downstairs to get the rice. I paused in my task and opened one of the cupboards, grabbing a couple of other things.

“Here,” I said, dumping the other stuff on the bed before handing him the rice and chopsticks.

He frowned at the smoking patches. “Trying to tell me something?” I shook my head. “They’re for me,” I said, opening the box and sticking one on my arm.

“So the cigarettes are for me?” he asked, his mouth twisting in amusement.

“They’re for the trash,” I said, throwing them in the wastebasket next to the bed.

“Don’t waste them,” he said with a frown.

“I shouldn’t have bought them in the first place.”

“No, you shouldn’t have, but you’re just going to buy more, so don’t throw money away when things are tight.”

I blinked. “Money’s tight?”

He sighed, looking away.

“You didn’t tell me…” I said. “I’ll pick up some ninja jobs.”

“It’ll be fine,” he said, waving it off.

“I’m happy to help,” I insisted.

“Well I need you here,” he answered sharply.

I looked at him.

He wouldn’t look me in the eye.

I waited.

“Juugo’s going to Orochimaru’s,” he said suddenly.

“WHAT?!”

“Don’t react like that, you know that Orochimaru knows more about his abilities than anyone else.”

“Which he used and manipulated to make the freaking curse seals!”

“Naruto.”

I took a breath. “Yeah, okay. I know Juugo’s been… losing it more often lately, but I dunno. He belongs with us, not creepy ass Orochimaru.”

“Orochimaru will help him, and then he will come back where he belongs.” There was a little spark in his eyes as he spoke.

“Do you really think he can help?” I asked, sitting next to him. I thought about letting our shoulders brush, then thought better of it.

“He’ll try,” Sasuke said. He handed me the half-empty rice bowl.

I put it on the nightstand.

Sasuke wrinkled his nose.

“So you need me here to take care of the kids or what?” I asked, ignoring his expression. I could take the bowl with me when I went back downstairs, no reason to make two trips.

Sasuke was quiet, still frowning at the rice bowl. “I need you,” he finally said.

“It doesn’t feel like you need me,” I said, trying to keep the hurt out of my voice and failing. “It feels like quite the opposite.”

“Naruto,” he said, voice strained.

“It’s like there’s a hole inside of me, and I keep trying to find ways to fill it, but nothing helps,” I told him, clenching my fists to try and stay calm. “So, yeah, I’ve been drinking a lot lately, and I’m starting to see why that’s not really fair to you, but I need something, some kind of escape. I can’t do this day in and day out, have you stay up in your room all the time and barely talk to me, barely touch me, barely even look at me. This is the most you’ve talked to me all month, Sasuke, and I just… Sas’, baby, love, please, I need something.”

“…I don’t have anything to give to you.”

I started to cry out of frustration and quickly composed myself. “Is this how you feel every day?” I whispered. “Like something’s missing?”

“You could say that.”

I looked at his stoic face. “I can’t imagine what you go through, you know? I really can’t. I wish I was more understanding. I wish I didn’t do stupid things like come home drunk. I’m trying to be better, but it hurts and-fuck I want a cigarette,” I growled, scratching at the patch on my arm. I tried to think about things that weren’t painful and hopeless so I didn’t become an emotional mess again.

“You don’t need to try, Naruto.”

I looked at him with thankfully dry eyes. “Why, you already gave up on me?”

He smacked me in the arm, and it actually filled me with joy. “No, dumbass.”

“Then what?” I asked, trying not to get my hopes up. No matter how much I wanted Sasuke to just shake off his depression, he had to work through it in his own way and in his own time.

“You give me what I need,” he said. “I don’t always want what you have to give, but you always give me what I need.”

“I don’t really think I get it.”

“That’s fine. But if you come into my bed reeking of alcohol one more time I will decapitate you.”

“Okay,” I agreed, because he wasn’t really going to decapitate me. Probably.

“Just stay at Gaara’s,” he said.

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

“Even though all you want is an escape, and I’m off selfishly having one?”

“Wow, moron, you actually understood the situation for once.”

“I understand things.”

“You’re an understander?”

“How did you know I was going to say that?”

“Because I love your dumb ass.”

“I love your dumb ass, too.”

“That wasn’t as cute as you think it was,” Sasuke muttered, looking a little happier.

“I’m very cute,” I said, grinning at him.

“You’re fucking old is what you are,” he said, but there was actually humor in his voice so I didn’t get mad.

We sat quietly for a while.

“We’re not good for each other right now,” Sasuke finally said.

“You said you needed me.”

“And that was shitty of me,” he said, shaking his head. “I really just want you to sit at my beck and call while I continue to ignore you.”

“So you admit it,” I said, but there was no ‘ah-ha’ to it. We’d played this game long enough to know all of each other’s moves.

“Go somewhere with Sora. Go travel.”

“I’m not going to just take off on you when Juugo’s gone, too.”

“I don’t need a babysitter.”

“The kids do.”

Sasuke looked down at his lap. “Mari will be here.”

“Well, let’s talk to her,” I said. “I’m not going to just assume that she’s willing to take on all that responsibility, and I don’t want her to feel obligated, either.”

“…can you do it?” The light was already starting to drain from his eyes.

I swallowed. “Yeah. I’ll go talk to her now.” I stood up to leave.

Sasuke caught my wrist.

I swallowed again, willing myself to be the strong, manly man that I always claimed to be.

“I’m going to be better when you come back,” he said. He pushed some chakra into me before letting go.

“When I come back from talking with Mari?” I teased. That little bit of chakra was sending tingles up and down my spine.

“Dummy,” he said, rolling away from me and pulling the covers up.

“That would make me really happy,” I said, watching as Sasuke and the bed slowly became the same inanimate object.

He didn’t answer.

I picked up the bowl from the nightstand and headed down the stairs.

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avenger-hawk · 7 years ago

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I read some of your previous answers regard fanfic and shipping and I don't get it, is Sasuita really more popular than Itasasu? Itachi is dom, always. Why this important concept hard for some to grasp? I dislike Sasuita dynamics tho, it feel so unrealistic.

YES. I could have posted this without adding anything because I totally agree with it.

(long anti-sas*ita post under the cut. It’s my own opinion about my own experience with this ship, it’s on my own blog, and it’s tagged. the ship name is written entirely so it might show up in the tags. not my fault so deal with it)

I mean, to each their own, but I feel you on this so much (x, x)

Especially because I’ve been a SI shipper myself too, so I know the arguments firsthand, and I now find them inconsistent and hypocritical, not to mention totally off, more like an OOC crackship, a self-indulgent headcanon. One of those purely fanon things that somehow get hyped and accepted by most as fact. Sasuke and Itachi’s personalities aren’t the way they’re portrayed in SI, simply put, and if their personalities are not like that, their relationship can’t develop that way either. I’m not attacking anyone who ships it in particular, I’m sort of attacking the old me who did.

Like, “Itachi is a submissive person”. Hell no, what are they even reading? The fact that he was treated like a tool since his childhood didn’t mean he wanted it, only that he was loyal to the clan, that he was young and knew no other way, or he wouldn’t have lashed out at the Uchiha Police when accused of having killed Shisui. The fact that he respected Hiruzen and was loyal to Konoha was because he believed in the idea of the village as a place to live in peace, like Hashirama and Madara wanted. Even moreso, when he was forced to accept the massacre, he was forced, blackmailed, with Sasuke used as leverage. He’s described in the Shinden book as someone who hates to lose, he admitted to have become arrogant because he was a genius, and despite the moments he was forced to do something he always did what he wanted. He even chose how and when to die, he didn’t even submit to death…

…So no, he’s not submissive, he’s a dominant person, a very controlling person. He said it himself, as Edo Tensei, that he controlled Sasuke more than anyone. A genius who knows (or thinks he knows) better than others and who wants to do things his own way. Especially with Sasuke, who’s his younger brother so he’s wired to act like the older brother, which means being in charge too. The way he talks to Sasuke shows this very well. Like it’s customary in Japanese, he kinda talks “down” to him, like a superior in rank. It’s not demeaning, it’s just the way it’s done in Japanese. Speaking of which, I once discussed with someone who said they didn’t get why Itachi used “ore” instead of some less dominant pronoun. Ore is used to almost everyone in Naruto, like in most shounen manga, only a few males use boku and it’s not always connected to how submissive they really are (see Suigetsu who’s the opposite of that), but although it would have been cool in my opinion to see Itachi using a different pronoun (like jibun, that has a militaresque feel, for example) imagining Itachi using boku would be completely OOC.

This argument’s counterpart is “Sasuke is dominant”. Nope, he’s not. It doesn’t mean he’s weak ofc. But he is passive especially with people, he never pushes them, pretty much the opposite. When he seeks people it’s because of practical reasons and he always offers something in return, he never just imposes himself on them. Think about Team Taka. I mean, Sasuke is yin, which means darkness, feminine principle, passive, which means receptive, flexible and not fixed. Many don’t get these concepts and associate passive/submissive with weak, which is not. Sasuke is a good leader and he takes matters in his own hands quickly, abut that’s when no one does the thing he needs, otherwise he’s completely ok not leading, following instructions if they come from someone he respects. In fact when he and Itachi fight Kabuto he doesn’t order Itachi around, he obeys whetever Itachi tells him, even though he was suspicious at first. Because he trusts Itachi and because he’s comfortable with him leading. He’s his younger brother, that’s was how their life would have been. If SI made sense their roles would have been different during that fight.

Another SI argument is “Sasuke is sooo possessive and jealous over Itachi”…when he isn’t possessive at all, neither with Itachi nor with anyone else. But especially not with Itachi. What shippers use as proof of that is Sasuke getting angry when Konoha shinobi talk ill about Itachi, and when Danzo does the same. But that’s not being jealous! He’s not angry because they mentioned Itachi, he is angry because they talked shit about him. He’s defending his name, he’s protecting him, it’s the opposite of being jealous. In fact when he talks to Edo Tensei Hiruzen he asks about Itachi, he even asked Danzo about him. In fact he is visibly glad when Hashirama praises Itachi. He likes people to talk about how awesome Itachi is.

And “Sasuke is arrogant, Itachi is humble”…actually it’s the opposite. Sasuke has a low self esteem because he has always been compared to a genius like Itachi, he also showed it when Naruto got stronger quickly. He makes up for it with constant training, and sometimes with an arrogant attitude, but that’s attitude, not his inner opinion of himself. Itachi knows he’s a genius, he considered his clansmen narrow-minded and attached to an old mentality, and he admitted that he had become arrogant. Needless to say, I’m not bashing him, how could I? just stating facts. I find this side of him the most interesting. He has proper manners, he respects his superiors and elders because of these manners, but because of which he also refers to subordinates in a “talk down” sort of way. For example no matter how strong Kisame is, he sort of refers to him as if he were inferior in rank, in a classy way. Sasuke instead is democratically rude to everyone. And he does recognize when he needs help. He knew his limits, despite he was constantly training, learning and getting better. He formed Team Taka because he knew he couldn’t make it alone. He joined Akatsuki becaue he needed their support back during that arc. He asked all the strong people to teach him. And he admitted that he defeated Orochimaru only because he was weakened by illness.

Also the dynamics they ship are off in my opinion. Like “Itachi would never touch or initiate anything with Sasuke while Sasuke would do whatever he wants with Itachi”. Actually in canon Itachi invades Sasuke’s personal space all the time, while Sasuke never does that. Sasuke uses weapons, from his sword to his chidori, o even Kirin, a really long range attack, to “touch” Itachi, Itachi uses his bare hands and feet to hit him, he grabs him from behind, he pins him against the wall…there’s not just the inn scene. Also his final goodbye, where he closes the distance between them. If you look at their fight, Sasuke always looks at him, he’s always close to him, but he also keeps a certain distance. That’s because he respects him, as the elder brother. Also Sasuke is very oblivious about sex. Itachi doesn’t act in a “sexual” way either, but his scenes with Sasuke are certainly very sensual. So, Sasuke initiating something isn’t exactly fitting, unless there are particular circumstances. I agree that Itachi wouldn’t exactly initiate something with Sasuke because he’s good at controlling his impulses and he knows how dangerous it would be to cross that boundary, but in canon he touched him a lot so. uhm.

Or “Itachi feels guilty for what he did to Sasuke so he’d let him do what he wants” that is the #1 cliché in fics. But. Edo Tensei Itachi admitting he controlled Sasuke more than anyone doesn’t automatically mean that in a scenario where he’s revived he would stop doing it. He would stop doing it to the extreme level he did in the past (maybe) but he’s still his older brother and he would always feel compelled to to what’s best for him, no matter what. When they met in the woods he quickly pointed out that Sasuke had become a criminal, which shows a certain disapproval. He entrusted Sasuke to Naruto…it’s a plot device, but it also shows how controlling he is, even if it’s for Sasuke’s own good. Also, let’s not forget that Sasuke admires and respects strength. He doesn’t respect weak people. He loves, admires, adores Itachi because he’s his big brother, but also because he’s strong. He aknowledged Itachi’s sacrifices and suffering, he constantly thought about them but he never thought of him as the submissive weakling the fandom makes him. He thought of him as a hero, not as a martyr. If Itachi acted like a weak submissive person, I’m not sure if Sasuke would admire him in the same way.

I’m also adding “but Sasuke chased Itachi after the whole time while Itachi escaped from him so it means Sasuke is the pursuer, the assertive one”. This applies to other pairings, but Itachi and Sasuke are brothers so they’ve always been closer than any other relationship. Sasuke always did what little brothers do: follow their big brother, run after him when he goes away and so on. Most of it all Itachi set Sasuke’s path in a way that he would chase after him to obtain his revenge. Not that Sasuke wouldn’t have been obsessed by him anyway, but the fact that Sasuke openly chased after Itachi while Itachi apparently escaped from him doesn’t apply, since he extended his control over Sasuke even if he was far away.

I have no problem if others like it as long as they don’t push it as the one true portrayal, like I’ve seen too often. Before someone goes into a “they switch” mode, first of all, keep it to yourself, I don’t care about it. Second, and most important, I don’t just mean sex. I never do. I always mean something bigger, their entire relationship dynamic, where sex is one of the aspects of their personality and their way of expressing it.

I said this already, when I got into Itasasu the most I could find were Mutsumix doujins, which I hate, and terrible generic yaoi-ish where Itachi was an arrogant, horny seme and Sasuke a shy and/or slutty uke. Good stuff was rare. So when I stumbled on the “part2 Sasuke obtains his revenge on Itachi in a different way” cliché I kinda liked it. Now I find it gross and OOC because Sasuke worships Itachi so he would never do such thing, but at first it seemed fresh and interesting, but when I read more SI fics, especially the most popular ones, I was disappointed at the characterization, that sadistic Sasuke and that weak Itachi were annoying and OOC. After the reveal the martyr Itachi trope became popular, as well as psycho Sasuke. Then I discovered tumblr, where there was a sort of IS vs SI war. I kinda miss that before the ending people cared about something other than the big ships.

If something is well written it gets more attention, look at commercials where animals are happy to become food while no one sees the inconsistency because there’s a catchy slogan. On a small scale this happens in the fandom as well. a well written essay, or the author notes in a fic, or a fic itself, that describes SI as the “right” dynamic, no matter how wrong its arguments are, sounds apparently better than a defense of IS with right arguments but written in a poor, fangirl-ish way. I saw SI shippers accusing IS ones to be thirsty fetishists yaoi fangirls, to which IS ones didn’t counter with logic, like saying that the same could be applied to SI ones, or to neither. They replied in the dumbest, most childish way still pushing those ridiculous IS clichés, so I found SI shippers’ arguments more convincing at first, even if I didn’t agree with everything. Guess I was dumb too.

I only changed my mind when I wrote my own SI fic, that made me delve into their bond and their personality much deeper than before, because of this better understanding the fic felt off, but I wasn’t sure because there was still this bias that IS was a fetishist/superficial dynamic while SI was the right one, so I felt like I was the one with a problem of understanding, which was unsettling. As the writing continued I opted for a “they switch” dynamic, I made sure that my Itachi wasn’t meek and powerless and that my Sasuke wasn’t sadistic, but every time I received a nice review pointing out how they liked the SI dynamic characteristics I felt like a fake and got angry at myself. So first I deleted certain parts, in a way that there was SI only in the beginning, like a phase because Sasuke was mentally ill and Itachi was plagued by guilt, but it still felt wrong, because Sasuke worships Itachi, he put him on a pedestal and he wouldn’t take him down from there. So I rewrote it after 2 years, now it’s completely SI free and I’m proud of it.

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