#ino and luna are twins

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How are we not talking about the most obvious thing if Shisui is the Hufflepuff champion in the fourth book? The second challenge?? SHISUI HAVING TO GO TO THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE TO RESCUE SOMEONE HE CARES ABOUT??? WATER EVERYWHERE AROUND HIM??? I'm screaming

(And Ino as the one he has to rescue, maybe? 😏)

Omg we're all idiots THE LAKE TASK AHHHHHH

Okay so yes Ino is Shisui's hostage, everyone better hold onto their tits because it's about to get apocalyptic in here.... So how does Shisui do this task?

I wanna say he water walks for a bit, using point-me, and then he has this horrible moment where he's staring into the water beneath his feet and it's dark and murky and Ino is down there, possibly drowning even though logically she can't be, and shisui is freaking the fuck out but he's also frozen in terror and he's getting more and more worked up and he just... Explodes into action, there's water going everything, it's like a god-damned bomb went off, he's struggling to swim as fast as possible and freaking out through the bubble head charm and oh my GOD there's another little girl down here WHAT THE FUCK and Harry is waiting already and he's torn too and then Krum arrives looking like a fucking SHARK and shisui and harry agree to grab all three hostages, they get close to the surface and suddenly harry seems to be choking, Shisui freaks the FUCK out and drags him into his bubblehead charm so they're gasping for air close enough for their mouths to almost touch and it's panicking and hoooooooly shit and-

Joint first place :3

(ino wakes up and starts SCREAMING at the judges, she completely awes Gabrielle, and Fleur takes her under her wing)

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[Long || Pinned]

I typically draw whatever interests me depending on the day, but I probably should've made a list first to make it clear what those interests are.

Note: I'm very fic reliant. I could like a show but what REALLY gets me into them is the fan content bc they tend to flesh things out more, in a way that I can understand, and make me appreciate characters/events that were not properly explored in canon. Idk if that's gonna be an issue but I'm sure there are elitist people out there who only claim canon content while bashing everyone else for enjoying fan theories and aus.

🚫Oh and some proship warning, I guess? (I've seen other artists include it so..) Excluding my notps, I'd read any story with ships I probably didn't know existed so long as: I already like one or two of the characters in the ship, the thought of them together makes me curious instead of repulsed, and if the story itself looked too interesting for me to ignore.🚫

Shows/Series I'd make or already made FA for:

MHA

Haven't caught up to the manga yet but loosely following the anime. Read quite a bit of lengthy Deku centric fics, and that + what I've gotten so far from the show are what fuels my headcanon aus when I draw them.

Naruto

Tbh I only watched the og kids Naruto when I was young and any shippuden knowledge I have is a mix of posts from other fans, Google, and fics. Already said this before in an older post but I read a lot of time travel/fix its so I just assume that when similar events are included in more than 2 timetravel fics (if it's still set in naruto's timeline and not like, minato's or pre konoha), then that's probably what happened in canon. I also just Google any shippuden powers or characters I'm not familiar with, which is quite a lot but it works for me.

ATLA

Finished it years ago. Memories are vague but posts from other fans and canon adjacent fics help me remember.

HP

Finished the books years ago, probably before or around the same time as ATLA. Only properly watched 5/8 of the movies. Heavily read a lot of fics. Memories of the og content is vague and sometimes I'm not sure if what I know is canon or just widely loved fanon (like the Black library).

SVSS

A MESS.....I loved it. I love the fancontent more though ngl.

Mob Psycho

Haven't seen season 3 yet but I highly enjoyed the previous seasons. I actually first watched Mob and MHA around the same time so I have a soft spot for them.

Demon Slayer

Enjoyed it. Gotta finish season 2 first

JJk

Loved season 1. Planning to watch the movie soon.

FMA

Finished it. GOAT anime.

Basically I just want to draw all my fav shonen boys (eventually). My fav action manhwa boys too. Dk when it'll happen so we'll have to see.

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🩷 Ships

Deku ships, though my main ones are:

Bakugo x Deku

Todoroki x Deku

Shinsou x Deku

Shigaraki x Deku

Dabi x Hawks

Todoroki x Bakugo

Kaminari x Jirou

Shinsou x Kaminari

Toga x Ochaco

Unironically, dfo x Inko

Naruto ships

Shikamaru x Naruto

Kakashi x Naruto

Gaara x Naruto

Naruto x Hinata

Sasuke x Naruto

Sakura ships

Sasuke x Sakura

Kakashi x Sakura

....let's just include the important uchiha characters x Sakura

Shikamaru x Sakura

Sasori x Sakura

Ino x Sakura

Kakashi x Obito

Shikamaru x Temari

Sai x Ino

Lee x Gaara

Jiraiya x Oro

Minato x Kushina

Hashirama x Madara

Tobirama x Madara

Zuko x Katara

Sokka x Zuko

Zuko x Mai

Harry Ships

Tom x Harry

Harry x Draco

*insert slytherin here* x Harry

Weasley twins x Harry

Harry x Luna

Harry x Hermione

Hermione Ships

Draco x Hermione

Tom x Hermione

*Insert slytherin here* x Hermione

Weasley twins x Hermione

Harry x Hermione

Unironically, Viktor x Ron, Ron x Pansy, *insert Slytherin here* x Ron

Harry x Pansy

Blaise x Ginny

Ginny x Luna

James x Regulus

James x Snape

Snape x Lily

🚫remember me liking time travel aus? Make of that what you will//Marauders Era🚫

Luo Binghe x Shen Yuan

Luo Bingge x Shen Jiu

Mobei Jun x Shang Qinghua

Teru x Mob

Demon Slayer canon ships

Tanjiro x Inosuke

ot3

Sukuna x Megumi

Maki x Nobara

FMA canon ships

....these are the ones I could think of off the top of my head. Will just make edits in the future if I want to add more.

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requests status: OPEN

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tokyo revengers [mikey, draken, baji, chifuyu, mitsuya, kazutora, inupi, kokonoi, shinichiro, haruchiyo, emma, hinata, senju, kawata twins, izana, kakucho...]

naruto [naruto, sasuke, sakura, hinata, ino, neji, shikamaru, gaara, kankuro, temari, minato, kakashi, obito, itachi, nagato, konan and some aged up next gen kids...]

harry potter [harry, hermione, ginny, theo, blaise, luna, bill weasley, young sirius, remus, james, lily, regulus, (the other kids and adults - only platonic/absolutely no adult death eaters & voldy)...]

fruits basket [the zodiacs only + tohru/no akito, sorry...]

some manhwa [roxana, wmmap, becoming the villains family...]

my masterlist

also, i just recently got into anime and am trying to broaden the list i watch. some recommendations would be really appreciated.

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Ninja Daily: Vapors 57

"You need to pick a penname," Ino said authoritatively, spearing a grape from her fruit bowl onto a senbon and then delicately taking it with her teeth.

Aiko just shrugged. "I dunno. Just pick something."

Ino swallowed quickly and shook her head, waving one hand with fingers splayed out into a 'stop' position. "No, see, you should pick because it should fit the themes in what you write. Either that or be really distinctive. Something made-up or foreign. People lap that stuff up," she added with a shrug, blue eyes darting to Aiko's fruit.

She quickly pulled her bowl back, protecting her cherries. It wasn't her fault that Ino hadn't had the sense to get the best berry of all when they'd been at the counter. "Distinctive, huh?"

The whole thing sounded a bit pretentious to her. Aiko would rather pick something plain, or a pun or even something funny.

'Is there any name that really makes me laugh?'

She had to ponder that one. When it came, the answer was so perfect that she hurriedly brought her hand up to her mouth to cover the grin. "How about Luna moon?"

Ino frowned. "Lu-na?" she repeated uncertainly. Then she shook her head. "It's exotic, I'll give you that. Luna Moon it is. How do you write that, phonetically?"

Aiko confirmed that, and then took a moment to giggle hysterically in her head about naming herself Moon Moon. Then she was momentarily sad. No one would ever get the joke. She slumped, inadvertently leaving her fruit unguarded for a crucial moment. Just as Ino leaned forward (more interested in the challenge than the actual fruit) Aiko snapped back up to attention.

Ino yelped like a small dog and jumped back up, eyes wide. "What-" Then she trailed off, wondering why Aiko was getting up.

"I have to go check on something," she said quickly, gathering up her leftovers and busing them to the trash. Confused, Ino hustled to keep up and only pouted a little at having to get rid of her uneaten breakfast.

"Is something wrong?" She was already jogging to keep up as the overhead bell jangled on the door.

Aiko shook her head, easily springing up onto the rooftop and setting off at a fast lope towards the village gate, easily within sight about a block away. Ino pattered up half a breath behind her. "Not wrong, just unusual. I swear I feel Naruto's chakra signature."

"Weird," Ino commented, wrinkling her brow. "I haven't seen him in forever."

She'd lost her companion's attention by that point. Aiko's gaze locked onto two distinctive messy manes in the crowd, and she launched herself directly into her brother with an uncharacteristically playful grin.

He went down into the dirt with an 'Off!", rolling awkwardly and nearly moving to knee her in the gut before he made eye contact. Naruto blinked dumbly for a moment—and then grinned, grabbing his sister to push her up in a classic puppy-wrestle move. She slipped his grip and pinned his shoulder with one hand, so he knocked her supporting arm out from under her with his head and capitulated on her downward momentum to flip her over. Aiko landed on her back, mildly surprised.

"You are so embarrassing sometimes."

Both twins glanced over to see Ino's sandals and slowly looked up to see her mildly disapproving expression.

That is, disapproving until her eyes flickered over to where Naruto's shirt had ridden up to his ribs. She blinked, and then re-focused on his face… and turned a little pink.

'That's right Ino, he's adorable,' Aiko crowed. But she didn't actually want to embarrass her friend, so… "Hai, hai, laugh it up." She brushed dirt of her legs as she got up and turned to lend a hand to Naruto, but he was already back on his feet and bouncing on his heels.

"Why does no one so glad to see me?" Jiraiya pouted. It was bizarre to hear the whiny tone coming from a big bear of a man. Aiko felt a little guilty for completely ignoring him, until he continued, "Lucky Naruto, getting tackled to the ground by a pretty girl. Hey there cutie, how would you like to give me a hug?"

Ino looked like someone had slapped her with a fish.

Naruto was much more prepared to deal with that sort of statement. "Knock it off, you old pervert!" He scrunched his nose up at his mentor. "Ino is way too smart and pretty to fall for an old dude like you!"

Said Yamanaka stood a little taller than she had been a moment before.

"He's just teasing." Aiko leveled Jiraiya with an unimpressed stare. He had to be teasing. Ino was gorgeous and leggy, but she was still fifteen. There was no way even Jiraiya could justify that. How old was he again? No, he was just a troll winding Naruto up. 'And he still falls for it…' She sighed a little.

Ino probably knew Jiraiya was teasing too, but she wasn't the type of girl who let an opportunity slide by. "Still, Naruto is definitely right. Hey, I'll take you out to eat for defending me!" She gave him a pretty wink, holding one shoulder up and clasping her fingers in front of her.

Her adorable little brother blinked, and then grinned at her. "Hell yeah!" He companionably slung an arm over Ino's shoulder, ignoring her surprised 'yeep!'. "You're pretty awesome, Ino-chan! Come on, let's go have some breakfast ramen." Ino looked downright confused at that.

"Ramen… for breakfast?" she asked, sounding uncertain. Aiko suppressed a snicker. Jiraiya didn't bother—he gave a massively rude snort. Ino just shrugged. "Okay, I guess. But we can't take too long, I have to report for the tournament finals in three hours," she warned. Then she turned on the charm. "When I suggested we go eat, I was actually thinking about a victory meal to celebrate my Chuunin promotion."

Naruto just shrugged good-naturedly. "We can go get ramen then too! Are you coming, Aiko?"

She choked down a laugh when her friend shot her a warning look. "Ah, no, I'm good. I'll just—talk to him." She jerked a finger at Jiraiya. She subtly flashed, 'Play nice,' to Ino through handsigns. As Naruto practically dragged her off, Ino stuck her tongue out at Aiko before flouncing away.

"He has no idea what she wants, does he," Jiraiya mused lowly.

Aiko shook her head. "Nope. Not a clue."

"Hmm. I see I missed Naruto," Kakashi commented, walking up with his hands in his pockets.

"You could always catch up to him at Ichiraku," she suggested wryly, angling her body to face the newcomer. If her attention hadn't been entirely on Kakashi, she might have seen Jiraiya raise an eyebrow consideringly.

Kakashi just shrugged. "I'm sure I'll see him soon." Then he nodded at Jiraiya. "Jiraiya-sama."

He put his hands on his hips and laughed theatrically, tossing his head back. "Well, if it isn't my greatest fan!" Kakashi twitched slightly, as if expecting a treat. This might have been a tradition or something, because he actually allowed it when Jiraiya leant over conspiratorially and pulled a sheaf of paper out of his hip pouch. "For you! The draft of my latest masterpiece! I've already sent the final version off to the publisher, but hopefully this will tide you over until you see it in its final glorious form!"

She bit down hard on her lip to keep from grinning at how fucking adorable it was when Kakashi delicately took the proffered papers- and then immediately crushed them to his chest. "Hai. I'm sure it will exceed all expectations."

That was about when Jiraiya seemed to remember she was there. "Ah, nothing to see here," he laughed sheepishly, shooing her away. She rolled her eyes.

"What's that supposed to do," she deadpanned. "I know what you're talking about. I've read all your books."

Jiraiya momentarily startled, and then re-evaluated her with an exaggerated up-and-down motion before giving a thumbs-up. "Oh, I see. I see that you've matured into a fine young woman, unlike that scoundrel of a brother of yours!"

"I have also noticed that Naruto isn't a fine young woman," Kakashi agreed blandly. Then he all but yelped when Jiraiya ripped the manuscript back out of his grip and gave him a scowl.

"Don't get smart with me, kid." He pulled the papers back out of reach for a long second, and then gave them back. "You know what I meant. He still seems like a kid. But you." Jiraiya gave one of his silly grins that she was 100% certain meant he was trying to provoke a reaction. "You're allll grown up." His lecherous giggle was totally wasted on his current audience. Aiko was hard to tease and Kakashi was already staring at his new book.

So she pointed that out.

"Naruto isn't here. Who are you trying to rile up? I don't really believe that you're perving on me." Almost as an afterthought, she added, "And if you were, it would just mean that you had excellent taste."

Jiraiya stared at her silently for a moment. "You're no fun, girlie. Now scram, I need to talk to Hatake-kun here."

Kakashi managed to make a mildly indignant sound from behind his book, but apparently the snub wasn't worth risking access to his materials.

'Gee, thanks for standing up for me,' she thought a bit mutinously, but Kakashi didn't seem to catch onto her dark thoughts as she stomped away. She didn't feel hungry anymore. Maybe she'd go rescue Sasuke from Temari or something.

"That was a little abrupt," Kakashi remarked lightly as soon as Aiko was out of hearing distance.

His companion nodded. "I didn't want to worry her, but I need to talk to you about Naruto."

'Well, that got his attention,' Jiraiya noted wryly. He wasn't sure if he should be impressed by Hatake's poorly hidden concern or irritated that he so easily lost focus on the glorious work of art in his hands.

"Is something wrong?"

'Let's go with impressed,' he decided generously. It was best to reward good behaviors in stunted people like the Hatake kid. 'Even if he hasn't noticed that cute little Aiko-chan only has eyes for him. How long has that been going on?' She hadn't been particularly subtle about directing her attention to Hatake as soon as he showed up, after all. Jiraiya didn't bother to hide the snicker that welled up as they crossed town to a more private location to talk, knowing that his companion would have absolutely no idea why he was amused anyway.

He hadn't been lying when he said that Aiko had grown up, even if she wasn't any taller than she'd been when he'd last seen her. 'That reminds me, Naruto did a damn good job aging that sexy jutsu of his. It's a dead ringer for her face, now that she's lost the baby cheeks.'

Naruto, on the other hand, still had a bit of a baby face, but he probably always would. He'd gotten Kushina's round bone structure, but Aiko's facial structure was a bit more sculpted and sharp like her dad's had been.

'Of course, Minato never had knockers,' he mused with a serious expression, hand on his chin. 'If he had, I might have enjoyed training the brat a bit more!'

That in combination with his earlier musing on Aiko-chan's badly hidden interest in Hatake brought him up short with a strange thought, and he gave the younger man who had taught his adorable goddaughter a suspicious gaze. Kakashi just looked confused.

'I'll have to consider this.'

He tabled the thought for later. "I need to warn you that Naruto still hasn't completely mastered using the Nine-Tails' chakra," he began seriously. "He hits a point where it overwhelms him, and he will indiscriminately attack anyone he sees. He doesn't even remember when it happens," he added, clearly frustrated. "He nearly killed me, so maybe that part is a blessing in disguise. He doesn't know. I didn't think he'd react well. It won't matter, as long as he's careful and doesn't overuse it. You understand?"

Wearily, Kakashi nodded. "I understand." A hand came up to scratch at his hair. "We should be able to control him," he added hopefully. "Between Tenzo's mastery of the Shodaime's bloodline and Aiko's chakra chains, all we'd need to do would be discover that there was fact behind that idiot myth about the Sharingan controlling tailed beasts to be better equipped to deal with him if anything goes wrong."

Obito sneezed.

"Is she really any good with those?" Jiraiya settled down on the ground, skeptically propping his elbows on folded knees. "It took Kushina years to master, and she had training, references, and constant practice on the Nine-Tails itself."

Kakashi shrugged noncommittally. "She's nowhere as good as her mother with them. I doubt she ever will be. Still, she's definitely competent."

Jiraiya nodded sagely. "That's nothing shameful. Kushina was…" he grimaced, lost for words.

"She was," Kakashi agreed solemnly.

Verbal language hadn't quite developed the vocabulary to properly describe that woman. As a combatant, she'd danced wildly along the line between 'pants-wettingly-scary' and 'what the hell just happened, are those really my limbs way over there in the bushes?'.

There was a peaceful silence for a moment, before Jiraiya probed again. "Other than the chakra chains, how is her training going?"

He should be interested in her welfare at least a little. He'd never wanted to take another student, but a twinge of guilt called for his attention whenever he remembered he had spent two years getting to know his godson and barely knew his goddaughter.

"I wouldn't know." Kakashi breathed in deeply, looking up at the sky. Jiraiya wasn't entirely sure if he looked contemplative or peaceful. "We haven't trained together in a while. I'm not her shishou anymore. Just her teamleader when she isn't doing ANBU work."

Jiraiya cringed.

"ANBU?" He shook his head. "Jeeze, whose stupid idea was that?"

"Tsunade's," Kakashi replied dryly. "Feel free to take it up with her."

"Maybe I will," he grumbled, knowing that he probably wouldn't. Tsunade-hime usually had a plan, and there were more time-sensitive issues than chewing her out about something that was already done. She'd probably bite back by telling him he'd lost the right to advocate for Aiko and Naruto when he left them behind all those years ago. After all, Tsunade hadn't shirked her duties when Shizune-chan was left alone in the world, despite having no actual legal or blood ties to the girl.

That train of thought was depressing and self-incriminating, so he left it behind. It wasn't too late to get a little involved to make up for some of his absences anyway. Besides, he was much better with adults than kids. Hence why he didn't write children's stories.

"Go Ino-chan! You're awesome!" Naruto cheered, leaning over the balcony in his enthusiasm. Ino's opponent looked severely put-out.

"You should probably cheer for both of them," Aiko suggested idly while the kunoichi below traded fierce blows.

"Okay," he agreed good-naturedly. "Yay Hinata!"

The underwhelming cheer didn't seem to assuage her mood. Sasuke rolled his eyes, crossing his arms stiffly across his chest. Temari tracked the way the motion pulled his chest tightly across his chest like she was about to pounce.

Karin had been completely right. The tournament had set time limits for matches this time around instead of whittling numbers down. It had probably been so that they could finally promote their back-logged genin. Every single one of the shinobi in their age group put up Chuunin-worthy performances. Naruto seemed completely oblivious of that what meant, but at least someone was kind enough to point it out.

"This makes you the only genin left," Sasuke taunted lowly.

Naruto stiffened, eyes wide. His brow furrowed, he slowly shook his head. "No, that can't be right." He started mumbling to himself and counting on his fingers, gradually looking more and more irritated until he slouched over in ultimate sadness.

Sasuke snickered.

He received a glare that implied Naruto had forgotten about him. "Don't be so smug, I could kick your ass anytime." Naruto viciously poked Sasuke in the chest. The Uchiha batted his hand away impassively.

Aiko knew it was a damn lie. He was enjoying every minute of this.

"I'd prove you wrong, but it'd be bullying for me to fight with a genin." He turned his face away, probably to hide a smirk.

She groaned. It was way too damn easy to rile Naruto up. Whatever Jiraiya had been training him in, it sure hadn't been emotional control. But Sasuke wasn't acting much better either. As much as she knew it was probably more those two in particular than their gender as a whole, sometimes she just felt like she really didn't understand boys.

Naruto glared helplessly at Sasuke's jawline for a moment, clearly struggling for a good rejoinder. He got assistance from the oddest source.

"I don't know," Temari sighed thoughtfully. "Wasn't he much stronger than you as a genin at the last Chuunin exam here, Sasuke-san?"

'Annnnd that's why you're never going to get laid. God, Temari, make up your mind. Do you want to fuck him or taunt him? You can't have both, not with his pride.'

Something twitched in Sasuke's jaw. "No," he forced out stiffly. He was wearing an expression that Aiko recognized as indicating that he was on the verge of snapping with an unusual display of anger after phenomenal provocation.

Naruto snickered, earlier resentment gone. "If you want to prove her wrong, you should come to the training ground with me," he wheedled, leaning obnoxiously into Sasuke's personal space.

At this point, it was obvious Sasuke had lost the battle. He had a knack for riling other people up, until he lost his temper. When he got crabby, he often agreed to things he wouldn't have normally.

"Where are we going?" Ino interjected none-too-subtly, leaning into the conversation with a nod to Aiko and a suspicious look to Temari. The older girl sneered in response.

The byplay was completely lost on both boys.

"To the training grounds," Sasuke bit out stiffly, getting to his feet and walking out. Naruto whooped, jogging to catch up. The three girls stayed sitting for just a moment. The blondes were eyeing each other like alley cats, and Aiko was wondering if it would come to blows.

"I'm going," Temari said challengingly.

Ino scoffed. "I'm not missing it either," she huffed back. She couldn't seem to help the sly little smile that escaped. "It's hot out. One of them might take his shirt off."

"Both of them might take their shirts off," Temari countered gravely. They exchanged a hard look before giving matching (creepy) smiles and taking off after the boys. Suddenly they seemed to be at some bizarre compromise that Aiko didn't understand. She shook her head at their backs for a moment, downright bewildered.

'Girls,' she thought helplessly. 'I don't understand girls either.'

Naruto and Sasuke proceeded to beat the ever-loving crap out of each other for what felt like a million years. Aiko startled at the sight of the Kage Bunshin No Jutsu—had Jiraiya taught him that? Sasuke countered with a bone-crunching punch that sent the real Naruto into the crowd of doubles with enough force to dispel them.

Ino and Temari were watching avidly. If they could, they probably would have started throwing around fire ninjutsu to heat up the clearing.

It wouldn't have worked anyways. Sasuke used fire jutsu all the time, and the heat never seemed to bother him enough to disrobe. Although her companions were bound to be disappointed, Aiko took the opportunity to curl into the grass for a cat nap when it became apparent that this 'I'm happy to see you but too manly to admit it' fight was going to go on for a while.

She awoke to Naruto's whining. "Aikoooo, you're supposed to pay attention. I beat the bastard."

"Like hell you did," Sasuke interjected sharply, despite looking pretty ruffled.

Naruto stuck his tongue out at his friend. "Don't you know it's rude to interrupt? Anyway, I'm hunnnngry."

That sounded suspiciously like her cue to interject. "No ramen." Her otouto looked piteously betrayed. "We can have that again tomorrow, but we should take Ino somewhere nicer for her victory dinner, shouldn't we?" she tried cajolingly.

"Ichiraku is nice," Naruto argued weakly.

Temari looked a bit confused by the vehement discussion of a restaurant. "Er, how about that place by Hokage tower with the really good steamed buns," she offered uncertainly. It was probably one of very few she knew.

"Works for me," Sasuke sighed, shoving his hands in his pockets and walking away as if the conversation was done. Naruto heaved a sigh, but hurried to catch up and punch Sasuke's shoulder. That quickly devolved exactly the way Aiko thought it would.

The other girls looked a bit perplexed by the bickering and how easily they'd been left behind, but Aiko just shrugged and started walking. "I think you're both out of luck," she called lightly behind her. They quick-stepped to catch up, on one either side of her.

"Why's that," Ino asked suspiciously.

"I'm like, half-certain that they're going to end up banging. Look at them, they're totally only interested in each other."

Okay, so it was a dirty lie. She was pretty sure that they were both straight. But it was worth it to see her companions so obviously conflicted.

Of course, it only got better.

'They're not as far ahead as I thought,' she noted when both boys jolted and stepped apart as if burnt. Naruto turned to give her a sorrowful, betrayed expression. Sasuke was bright red and walking at double pace.

Aiko just waved, a dumb smile planted innocently on her features.

Apparently they weren't the only ones who had thought to go out to celebrate the matches. They had to take seats in the waiting room for a while, prompting Naruto to ask, "Hey, Temari. Don't you have to go back?"

She shrugged. "My pass is until the end of the day. I'm sure the Chuunin candidates and their instructors have left, but I don't need to go with the group." She blew air out of her mouth, fluttering her bangs. "I would have had to stop for dinner about now anyway. I'm not losing any more time by eating."

"Sasuke, party of four?"

He stood up quickly and strode off. Aiko and Naruto lingered at the back of the group. Her brother nudged her mischievously. "What do you bet that's the first time the words 'Sasuke' and 'party' have been put that close together before?"

"No bet," she shot back, nudging him back. 'Damn, he's like a furnace just like Kakashi,' she noted idly. 'Is that just a boy thing or something?'

Sasuke apparently hadn't heard them making fun of his 'nonstop party' attitude, because he didn't seem any grumpier when they sat down. There was an awkward silence when the waitress asked how many ways the check would be split—no one wanted to ask her to split it five ways, but most of them didn't make that much money either. Aiko, who had been making significantly more money than any of them for significantly longer (Chuunin pay was nothing to scoff at, most ninja were Chuunin) rolled her eyes. "I'll get it. We'll call it Naruto's welcome home dinner as well as celebration of Ino's promotion." She waved off the polite thanks, wishing they'd just hurry up already. "Order whatever you want."

Didn't matter to her. She'd gotten a massive check in reimbursement for her ANBU training. Sure, some had been gouged out for her gear, but Aiko wasn't exactly hurting for cash.

She did find herself leaning into her brother to leech his body heat. It was hot enough outside that her tiny shorts (teal today) and black tanktop were weather appropriate, but less so inside the air conditioned restaurant. She found Ino giving her a particularly smug, 'I told you so' look from behind Naruto's head when she started bouncing her leg under the table to generate some body heat.

"Why are you sticking your tongue out?" Temari wrinkled her nose. "That's gross."

"Nothing," Aiko muttered, turning her face away sullenly. Because of that, she missed the exact moment that Temari's half full teacup cracked. The other girl cursed under her breath and backed up to avoid getting hot liquid on her lap. She looked unsettled.

Aiko froze, breath still. This… this was familiar. She didn't remember why, but this was familiar. That was probably a bad sign.

"That's bad luck, isn't it," Ino asked, biting her lip.

Temari took a deep breath. "I… Well, supposedly, yes. I mean, I don't really believe in that stuff, but I do have a bad feeling about home." She frowned. "Maybe I should hurry back."

'Either I'm nervous over nothing, or that bad luck omen really does mean something. Either way, there's one fast way to check…'

"Don't bother," she interjected, face smoothed into pleasant detachment. "Why don't you guys wait here? Tsunade-sama has a really fast way to talk to the Kazekage. If something is wrong, I'll tell you when I get back."

'And send reinforcements his way a little faster than in the manga,' she noted. Aiko did her best to ignore what had happened the last time she'd intentionally interfered with the timing of a ninja battle. This was different. If she was right, there was no way they could get to Suna in time to stop Gaara from being kidnapped anyways. She'd given up on ways to figure that out, even though the thought was terrible. Deidara was going to do a lot of damage to Suna. Maybe he already had. Still, she couldn't seem to be too genuinely worried about Temari's superstitious bad feeling without looking like she was overreacting. So she did her best to seem as if she was merely being polite and assuaging the older girl's bad feeling.

Sasuke gave her a decidedly confused look at the implication that she knew something about Tsunade that he didn't. Aiko avoided eye contact and stood, automatically brushing a hand over the equipment pouch around her waist and the stocked holster on her thigh. She had one seal with her at the moment, but another at her house that she could easily travel to without alerting anyone. That should be fine.

"It's really not a big deal," Temari protested weakly. "I don't mean to cause trouble."

"Nonsense. It's no big deal." She gave the older girl a pacifying smile. "Here." She handed Naruto her wallet. "Take care of the bill if it gets back before I do. I'll hurry, though."

She left the restaurant at a normal pace so as not to make them think she'd been lying about putting little stock in Temari's suspicions, but then flickered at top speed (sans Hiraishin, anyway) across the city to Hokage tower.

"Is something wrong?" Tsunade gave her an odd look. "I thought you weren't going to be visiting me anymore," she drawled out testily.

Aiko shrugged. "Temari-san had a bad feeling about Suna. I told her you had a way to quickly check."

"I do- oh, I see." Tsunade shrugged when Aiko indicated herself. "Sneaky. You think Gaara hasn't told her about Hiraishin?"

"Probably not," she answered honestly. "And I don't know how she'd know. I asked him to leave it in his office. Unless she normally roots through his drawers, it's probably been all but forgotten."

"Fine, fine. Drop these off while you're going, then? I was going to give them to Temari, but this'll be faster."

"Kay." Aiko folded and tucked the sheaf of papers into her hip pouch. "I'll be right back." Then for the first time, she sought out, gripped, and violently tugged on the seal attached to the kunai she had given to Gaara.

She wound up landing hard on her knees on top of a building she didn't recognize, feeling distinctly dizzy and a bit sick. "Ooh, that's a head trip," she muttered, not quite cognizant to what was wrong with the scenario she found herself in. Namely, that it was not an office of any sort.

"Aiko?"

She looked up, up, and up into Gaara's confused expression. "How-" He closed his eyes. "I see. Did I accidentally set off the seal?", he rumbled quietly, moving his left arm slightly.

"Hey, don't you dare ignore me, scum!" a voice called distantly. Oddly enough, it was coming from above.

If she'd been in a totally rational state of mind, her reaction might have been more dignified. "That is one ugly fucking bird," Aiko marveled under her breath. Gaara wasn't paying attention—he was directing a wave of sand to deflect a falling projectile.

'This is not exactly what I intended,' she decided when the resulting explosion nearly sent her to the ground she had barely struggled up from. 'On the bright side, I made it in one piece. Slightly less good… I don't think I can make the really long trip home, and I may have miscalculated about arriving after the worst of it was over.' Screams floated up from below, and she quirked her head to thoughtfully amend, 'Slightly. I definitely miscalculated slightly.'

At least her head was quickly clearly as she took deep controlled breaths. She was going to be okay. Really, that hadn't been such a bad trip. It would be smart to wait a few hours before making another cross-continental trip (and Minato hadn't mentioned any side effects like that, had he just been better with it than she was, or was something sloppy in her seal work?) but she was easily capable of using Hiraishin short distance.

'Now would be an excellent time for a plan.'

"I could easily defeat him if only he were in reach of my sand," Gaara muttered as if thinking aloud. Aiko blinked.

"Ask and ye shall receive," she mumbled.

"What?"

"Oh nothing," she said mildly. "Just a moment."

"Where did that girl come from?" Deidara squinted, almost entirely certain that a half-naked girl was suddenly standing by the jinchuuriki when an explosion made an opening in the protective sand shield he was currently beginning to fill with his own explosives.

He nearly rolled his eyes when a poorly thrown kunai zipped just past the side of his bird, leaning over slightly to catch it. He gave the weapon a dismissive look—and then felt outright affront at the shitty tag attached to it. "You're seriously trying to use explosives on me?" he called down, sneering even though they couldn't see it. Honestly. Of course he could stop an explosive tag from going off. Not that it mattered. This one didn't seem to be readied at all. The idiot had thrown a dud at him. He raised it over his head, ready to toss it back down at the idiots-

And then blinked, completely stunned.

'There's a girl sitting on my lap,' he registered. 'This is not usual.'

One hand that had been chewing clay fell open in surprise. The explosives laced contents fell onto her bare thigh with a plop, sliding off her leg to land on his knee, where it actually could stick to his clothes.

Deidara vaguely registered vivid artistic colors—orange and teal, set in a pale face—before the girl gave a dizzy smile and reached up to curl her fingers sweetly under the collar of his shirt. He flushed.

All that had taken about a second. Perhaps he could be forgiven for not reacting in time when she tightened her thighs around his hips, pressed her chest to his front (by that point he was crimson), and abruptly leaned the fuck over the side of the bird, unbalancing them both and sending them hurtling through the air.

Suddenly the hormone influenced magic of the previous moment was over, and Deidara was pissed off.

It was the half-naked bitch who'd been by the Kazekage. He ripped her hand off of him in the same movement that he used his other hand to snake down and punch her harshly on the side of her torso where he could reach. With satisfaction, he felt at least one rib collapse inward. In shock, her grip loosened.

That was excellent, because there was a two-ton clay construct losing velocity without him to power it above them and a Kazekage waiting below with a cloud of sand. If either of those two things touched him, he would be dead.

With a little more viciousness than was strictly necessary, he let go of his grip on the bitch's wrist at the same time that he curled both legs up to kick her in the gut with enough force to separate the two, sending her more directly into the path of that sand and him further away. That wouldn't be enough of a distraction, of course.

His whole damn plan was ruined, and Sasori-no-Danna was going to call him an idiot. Deidara scowled, but he didn't deny for even an instant that this was beyond repair. He was no idiot. He knew his explosives and he knew the properties of sand—he hadn't managed to saturate it with nearly enough tiny explosives to use against the jinchuuriki. The bird falling towards him unfortunately didn't have the punch to do it either. However, if he activated every last bit of explosives he'd laced and activated, it might well disrupt the brat's control over his sand for just long enough that he could beat a hasty retreat and fall back to make another go at it.

The entire plan, from 'Oh shit I'm falling' to its conclusion took less than a second. He rather cruelly smirked and made a hand sign. "Katsu!"

The explosion that followed was beautiful. It rippled among the sand, superheating and turning tiny bits to glass that flung upward away from the epicenter hole just as the bird collided with the side of it, sending red flames out that licked at the Kazekage's stupid coat when he leapt up to catch the girl.

He might not have done that if he'd remembered the clay that had fallen onto his knee.

White hot pain burnt through his consciousness, but Deidara only really knew what had gone wrong when instead of landing in a graceful crouch, one leg completely gave out with a horrible crack. Numbly, he looked down, having a hard time understanding that the bits of bone barely holding his shin to his thigh were really what was left of his knee. Then he didn't know anything at all.

"Asshole," Baki grunted, watching the blonde hair flip prettily while the head it was attached to soared through the air in a graceful arc, falling over the side of the building and bouncing against a lower roof as it went. It took a half-second for the body to catch on, falling over gracelessly in a pile of partially scorched meat.

He irritably kicked the corpse. "This shit is going to take weeks to clean up." He looked up, attention drawn by the strange sounds coming from the roof Gaara had leapt to when he'd intercepted the redhead's fall.

"and what the hell is she doing here anyways," he grumbled. "You'd think I'd know about a Konoha nin wandering around Suna."

It really was bizarre. He hadn't seen her arrive at all. She must be stupidly fast.

She didn't look very fast at the moment. In fact, she looked positively ghastly and a bit indecent. But it wasn't really her fault. She was probably more concerned with the burning chunk of flesh missing from her upper thigh and hip than a wardrobe malfunction, and the blood leaking out of her mouth from what was probably a punctured lung. Gaara was quickly pulling the now molten metal that had been inside her holster and hip pouch away from her flesh, using sand to stop the burning. Baki had to wince a little. Sure, that'd put it out, but sand in wounds hurt like a bitch.

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So now Sakura can't be accomplished nor surpass anyone just because she's not from a clan? Y'all don't say that shit about Lee, TenTen, Gai, or Sai because you all seem to like them but when it comes to Sakura everything she has accomplished means zero. it's so funny how yourself and lunaneko seem to think Sarada could be Karin's out of sheer spite it's obvious. It was said all too much that Sarada is Sakura's biological child 😂.Hell I could say that Boruto & Inojin are fraternal twins just bc

See now you done fucked up cuz im answering this while im fucked up on a satday night and REALLY dgaf boutcho bitchass feelins.We ain't the ones sayin Sakura ain't accomplished or successful cuz she ain't surpass Tsunade. To even become as sufficient an apprentice as she's become is monumental considering her rather normal civilian background. Thats one thing you guys gotta realize, though we do prefer Hinata over her as heroine and in regards to a versus situation, this doesn't take away Sakura's accomplishments at all. She's still a remarkable talent and Head Medic of Konoha, yall just need to let go of your rabid hatred of Hinata and accept that she is simply a hard counter to Sakura's abilities bar perhaps summoning Katsuyu from jump. Hinata is a hardgainer yes but she has been training hard body since she could walk. Had a bit of a stretch of self confidence issues holding back her potential that was equal to her genius able to reverse engineer main family jutsu merely by observation cousin, but she surpassed that by the war and continues to treasure his memory always but lemme get my drunk ass off the tangent of flagrant Hyuuga praise.Embrace the fact that Sakura has managed to get as far as she has from relatively humble beginnings. But at the same time humble yourself and remember her genetics do hold her back from truly surpassing her mentor. Something that, well, given Hinata's ancestry, wouldn't have been an issue for her had she been in her place but thats a whole different discussion."Y'all don't say that shit about Lee, TenTen, Gai, or Sai because you all seem to like them but when it comes to Sakura everything she has accomplished means zero."Bruh. Team Gai are all Gods by default. Don't even dare putting ANYONE on their level."it's so funny how yourself and lunaneko seem to think Sarada could be Karin's out of sheer spite it's obvious."Wut. We (well myself at least dunno bout luna) merely theorize Sarada being a genetic clone using Sasuke and Karin's DNA would have made Gaiden less of a waste of time and would explain Sasuke's distance,Karin having the umbilical cord and most importantly Sakura's hesitance to actual answer Sarada's question. It would have made Sakura out to be a fucking SAINT instead of Karin's friendship seeming horrendously one sided. Sure it would take away the one confirmation SS did the do at one point but should that really be what's most important to you?"it was said all too much that Sarada is Sakura's biological child 😂."All that was said was Sakura telling her she's her kid tho, which is the truth, she raised her. And Karin's half assed explanation to Suigetsu who should have been there to see the shit anyway but fuck it."Hell I could say that Boruto & Inojin are fraternal twins just bc"Except we got actual family pics of Hinata holding her baby boy and Inojin having Sai's trait of pale skin while Boruto has Hinata's round face and Naruto's hair eye color and whiskers as Himawari the NOTP slayer has the whiskers too. And yknow, Naruto being head over heels in love with Hinata before he could even identify what it was and Sai and Ino falling in love before Naruto and Hinata got married but I'm just saiyan.How tf i managed to type all this shit with minimal errors idek

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Boom, Boom, Boom, Clap!!!

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by HollySnow

Hadrianna "Harry" Lillian Potter was finally going to say adios to the Wizarding World! The 2nd Wizarding War was done and so was she. She'd been making plans with her chosen family since she was 7 years old, and it was all going to pay off now, thank bloody Merlin. She was leaving, taking those who wanted to come with her, and start a new life in the Elemental Nations before someone proclaimed her the next "Dark Lady", and threw her arse in Azkaban. She was so ready to start that new life in Konoha where she knew her and her chosen family would be safe and where a new adventure awaited them. Harry also couldn't wait to meet her little Cousin Uzumaki Naruto. Family, new friendships, love, adventure, and fun await Harry and her family. Hopefully the Elemental Nations are ready for them and their craziness!

Words: 20501, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Naruto

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, Luna Lovegood, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Hermione Granger, Death (Harry Potter), Ragnok (Harry Potter), Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, Filius Flitwick, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Andromeda Tonks, Nymphadora Tonks, Ted Tonks, Susan Bones, Hannah Abbott, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Fleur Delacour, Uzumaki Naruto, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sarutobi Asuma, Mitarashi Anko, Yuuhi Kurenai, Maito Gai | Might Guy, Hatake Kakashi, Hagane Kotetsu, Kamizuki Izumo, Senju Tsunade, Jiraiya (Naruto), Yamanaka Inoichi, Nara Shikaku, Inuzuka Tsume, Hyuuga Hiashi, Aburame Shibi, Akimichi Chouza, Uchiha Mikoto, Kyuubi | Nine-tails | Kurama, Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Shisui, Nara Shikamaru, Aburame Shino, Akimichi Chouji, Yamanaka Ino, Hyuuga Hinata, Akamaru (Naruto), Inuzuka Kiba, Haruno Sakura, Morino Ibiki, Umino Iruka, Garra, Tenten (Naruto), Hyuuga Neji, Shiranui Genma, Namiashi Raidou, Haku (Naruto), Momochi Zabuza, Hoshigaki Kisame, Orochimaru (Naruto)

Relationships: Harry Potter/Harem, Draco Malfoy/Harem, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin/Senju Tsunade, Umino Iruka/Fred Weasley/George Weasley, Hyuuga Hiashi/Severus Snape, Shiranui Genma/Namiashi Raidou/Hermione Granger, Kamizuki Izumo/Hagane Kotetsu/Luna Lovegood, Haku/Neville Longbottom, Uzumaki Naruto/Nara Shikamaru/Hyuuha Neji, Aburame Shino/Uchiha Sauske, RockLee/Yamanaka Ino/Garra

Additional Tags: Female Harry Potter, Crack, Fluff, SO MUCH FLUFF, Harry is a Little Shit, Action/Adventure, OOC, Master of Death Harry Potter, Family Fluff, Families of Choice, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Follows canon to a point then goes off on its merry way, Smart Harry Potter, Smart Uzumaki Naruto, Harems, Yaoi, Don't Like Don't Read, Cute, multi Animagus forms, Magic, BAMF Harry Potter, BAMF Draco Malfoy, BAMF Luna Lovegood, Fred Weasley Lives, BAMF George Weasley, BAMF Fred Weasley, Sirius Black Lives, Severus Snape Lives, Remus Lupin Lives, BAMF Sirius Black, BAMF Severus Snape, BAMF Remus Lupin, Harry Potter is Sage Supreme, Harry Potter is a Princess, Draco Malfoy is a Prince, BAMF Hermione Granger, BAMF Neville Longbottom, Harry and Naruto are related, Lily Potter was Uzumaki Kushina's twin, yes - Freeform, i went there, SO MANY TAGS!!, Tags Are Hard, Harry Potter is a Good Friend, Harry has a harem of males, Draco has a harem of males, Fun, I'm not writing a whole wall of TAGS, There's too many TAGS to put up so just read the story

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I bring to you: Shisui and Harry being nervous wrecks when it comes to the Yule Ball because they want to ask each other to go together but they're both kinda afraid of the other already having someone else to go and they also don't know how everyone would react to seeing the two Hogwarts champions dancing together

😫 those two idiots

(mutual pining is my actual romance crack cocaine)

Shisui takes Ino because of course he wants her to go to the Yule Ball and she's obviously gonna need to be in the spotlight as a champion's date

Here's the issue; it didn't even cross Shisui's mind that he could take anyone else. It was just a straight mental path, A to B, to go with Ino.

Here's also the issue; Ino is a drama queen. She also likes to assert dominance. Just because they're platonic doesn't mean she can't milk this for all it's worth, get some social clout, and protect shisui from the unworthy fans (yes she knows harry is interested, she's just not convinced by him yet)

This is what happens: the Yule Ball is announced at breakfast and the school goes into melt down. Harry is burning a hole in the back of Shisui's head with his face on fire and a quarter of the school is doing the same to him. It's impossible, right? But fuck every other alternative sounds like a nightmare (actually asking shisui is a different kind of nightmare and most likely social suicide)

At dinner, when the ball is still driving the whole student body half mad, Ino stands up on the Slytherin table and makes the most fucking ridiculous gesture, there are fireworks that look like shisui on a broomstick and drifting rose petals for fucks sake, before loudly asking shisui to be her date to the ball. Shisui, mortified but knowing this was coming, says yes.

Harry is like OH GOD

Mayday mayday harry is unrequited and it sucks balls!

He then freaks out and ends up taking Luna when ginny suggests it and it's awful because Luna is weird but nice and shisui smiled at him so proudly and he feels awful because he kinda wants to jinx his date's twin sister, which is pretty uncool. Then Luna wants to dance and it's very much a strange twirling in a circle thing and Harry's already awkward lol and then Ino actually snags her sister and they somehow dance together and suddenly it looks graceful and cool... But there's shisui, handsome and tugging harry a little further away on the floor. shisui grins at harry and asks for a dance at it's awful because

Ino is only one year younger than them. she's really popular and really smart and really pretty and they seem to make a painfully good match (like cho and Cedric all over again, harry is too bisexual for this) and Ino and Shisui aren't related at all, and they don't call each other sis/bro in English because it's just not a vibe so it's always bff but that leaves room for FEELS AND-

It's not until the second task, when Harry feels sick that Ino really is Shisui's most special person, that Ino is sobbing and clutching to shisui on the deck next to Harry and Harry hears Shisui hush and call her 'little sister' that he actually has some hope again 😫😫😫😫😫

Shisui, when he actually realises what he's feeling, kicks himself because by then it's fifth year and he can't exactly ask harry to hogsmead can he 🥹 he should've enjoyed life's little pleasures before shit hit the fan and now it's all too late 🥹

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Ok but also because Draco is not a complete asshole thanks to Shisui in the seventh year he actually decides to be on Harry's side

Draco is the one to free Luna etc from the dungeons of Malfoy manor this time round, he's "home for the holidays" but that's actually code for "you were caught helping the resistance and we don't want you to die so stfu and stay locked in your room until the war is won"

(also Shisui's mum was a flint so Marcus flint is also a good guy and he is actually enemies-to-loving-rivals dating Oliver Wood in the bg, I've just decided this now)

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if animigus shisui is a dragon, ino a basillisk, then what if harry was a phoenix? it fits with the magical creature theme AND harry's whole... thing. with death and stuff

Ding ding ding we have a winner, damn you are so right Anon like 👏👏👏

Also 🥹 this means Harry and shisui can go flying together and play with flames without worrying about the other

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*clear throat*

What about ✨ Shisui & thestral ✨

He sees them immediately!

Does he likes them ??

Does Ino love to ride one ??

Does he flies one and goes emotional, like, same sensation that flying with his big summon Kana ??

(Also I didn't remember the grammar for thestral and I had to type "harry potter death pony" in Google and now my web history is blessed with this search)

Oh 150% they should all go flying, you cannot tell me that (tangent, I want all four houses to share classes together just for the plot, shisui would've absolutely dragged draco away from buckbeak and gone for a flight, beaming adrenaline-junkie to adrenaline-junkie at harry 🤭) shisui and Luna and ino aren't in the woods training (shisui and ino because Shinobi, Luna for 'adventures') and feeding the herds raw meat

(also Harry should've seen them from the start, he was young enough to have nightmares from the dementors of the whole thing, he should've AT LEAST been exposed by quirrell literally disintegrating on him 🙃)

Lmao i don't even wanna tell you guys some of the stuff I've had to Google for writing lol

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Ino gets Shisui in her arms after the lake task and refuses to let him go for as long as she can because even if her stupid brother doesn't say it or show it she knows he's probably been freaking out all by himself

🥹 #feelingfragile

Can you imagine the lot of them, shivering on the decking? Harry is insisting to Hermione that he thought she and Ron and the others would never come back, Hermione is like "ridiculous! Of course we would have!" But Harry isn't looking at her, he's staring straight into Shisui's eyes, fleur and her sister are bawling on each other, ino is whispering to her twin with a white-knuckled death grip on her 'brother' and Shisui looks like he's barely awake, his expression pinched with underlying terror the whole time he was under the water and there was talk about Gabrielle's fire-veela heritage nearly getting her killed underwater like that and, and Harry, harry-

Harry's still looking at Shisui and he swallows hard. There is such a wealth of fear and exhaustion and experience in those eyes, eyes so young but old that harry has only ever seen in the mirror, and-

Shisui stretches out his foot, their legs all sprawled across the pier, and hooks his ankle around Harry's.

These two boys... They get it.

(Ino files an endangerment lawsuit against the department of sports and games and wins, taking Ludo Bagman for all he's worth (not much). She also makes lifelong friends with the goblin bookies because she catches him and doesn't let him run out on those depts either)

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Ino Lovegood and Hermione Granger’s dynamic is so interesting. If anyone who would clock Hermione’s tendencies it would be her. Hermione does not believe something unless she saw it but Ino will be like: Hermione I will say this to you because you are my friend and I consider you as one. You entered here in the wizarding world when your on first year, You are new here in this world. So why the hell would you think you have better knowledge than Luna who grew up in this world ever since she was a child okay? For a muggle-born witch you are as closed-minded as those bigots who hated you because of your blood status.

That’s one time when Ino have to protect Luna from Hermione’s dismissive words. Ino would Fight for her twin. Mannnn I don’t know how Hermione will react to that 🫢

Absolutely no one is allowed to have a rude word on their tongue about Luna and the fact that Hermione, who's barely scratched the surface of magical society, thinks she can dictate what's real and not to the daughter of a conspiracy theorist/investigative journalist and an Unspeakable... Nah, Hermione you picked the wrong shovel...

In true Ino fashion, however, she'd do it in such a brutal way that also left her looking like the good person defending the injured party WHILST leaving an avenue to work with Hermione in the future...

Also Stereden suggested that all of the Lovegoods are naturally talented at Legilimency, and I know some writers do suggest that Luna speaks in metaphors, but combining this idea that Luna sees waaaaay more that the average person... Well, if she's able to see other people's thoughts, magic, intent - she's a very visual person, and an artist - then... Well, wouldn't they look like odd magical creatures?

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Ino tells the Lovegoods about how her and Shisui were siblings in everything but blood their past life and they accept him in their family so readily, the first time Shisui meets them Pandora calls him son and he almost cries

🥹🥹🥹

Shisui has always felt so adrift, like he's constantly in mission-mode, and now Ino is once more protecting him from the harsh world... 😫

Also I HC Pandora as a Malfoy so shisui is Draco's cousin on both sides (🤭🙃) so shisui really CAN spend all his holidays with the lovegoods (despite his maternal grandparents complaining)... Ah, Christmas and birthdays are so big and hectic

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Shisui + Ino + Golden Trio (maybe Luna and Draco as well?? Draco and Shisui dragon cousins... 🤩) should all be Animagi in my opinion 😌 although I have no idea what each of them could be (except Shisui since we already talked about his Animagus form)

I have no clue what everyone should be either 😅 it's a bit of a let down to make EVERYONE a dragon tho right?

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Same year, I think, just because then he can be there for ALL of the adventures 😏 and he can share classes etc (omg can you fucking imagine Remus seeing shisui in class and he looks just like Sirius and what's Shisui's boggart? Himself, eyeless and dead? The past? Oooooh-)

Your mind, Stereden 🙌✨

Omg so she and Shisui don't meet until she arrives at Hogwarts and they look and they REALISE AND- 👏👏👏👏 Shisui is known as friendly so befriending a tiny girl in Slytherin would be weird but okay.... so Ino is reborn as a lovegood (omg twinning with Luna 😏👏 Ino saves their mum ofc), so she's considered a light witch and automatically good (🤭) if a little.... Odd... And she would 100% be pulling the strings on the Quibblers low-key political source-finding etc, and she does the most Slytherin thing ever where she plays at being a frivolous gossip (Slytherin don't like her because she's a 'loony' but they also can't do shit because she is a pureblood (bonus points if her mum is a Malfoy) so...!) whilst actually gathering blackmail on the entire school, she's herbology friends with Neville (even though they're in different years) ("your grandmother is on the Board of Governors? How interesting..." "Lovegood? A strange family but never one overly involved with politics, even though Xenophilius is a so-called journalist") and then she would absolutely date the FUCK out of Ginny

Also now I'm imagining Hermione making polyjuice in myrtle's toilet and suddenly Ino's voice is making commentary and Hermione jumps out of her skin to find this tiny first year Slytherin peeking over the cubicle divider and chatting with Myrtle (because OBVIOUSLY Ino befriended all the ghosts and all the portraits, hello) and it's the start of a very annoying, snarky, unlikely dynamic (Hermione is suspicious and defensive and aggravated, Ino is enjoying this a bit too much and holy Hokage can you stop hissing about pureblood snakes Ino is TRYING to be nice ffs)

Shisui as Regulus' son sounds amazing and all the angst that would come from that is top tier, just thinking of Sirius somehow finding out during Harry's third year of Hogwarts when he escapes from Azkaban and realizing that he's an uncle and this boy is Regulus' son but he can't take care of him because he's a wanted man and akshdkskajkssj it makes me unwell in the best ways possible

Also shisui could 100% still look like himself through his mum so, besides some nearly shoulder-length curls and some ILLEGALLY beautiful grey eyes, we're talking Konoha's Hottie hits Hogwarts and something extremely LGBTQA+ is happening 🤣✨✨✨step aside Cedric.... Wait, wait wait wait SHISUI SEEKER, SHISUI SEEKER

also Pfffft imagine kreacher finding out when Sirius goes to Grimmauld and mentions it (shisui might know he's a black, he might go by the name and know his father, but that's all through Gringotts and he's never been able to go to Grimmauld because Walburga was alive) and kreacher is like

MASTER REGULUS HAD A WHAT?!

So we have shisui (a hot, badass, Hufflepuff quidditch seeker) who would probably not know harry very well (just because 1) harry is surprisingly introverted and Shisui's dad is a known death eater and 2) house divide bullshit 3) shisui is probably manipulating the fuck out of DE kids as well as his own house which either looks dodgy or flighty to the outside) suddenly having a common cause together. Oooooh wait no this is even better because the whole scandal with black would cause massive attention for shisui and the whole thing with Hufflepuff in that year would mean there's problems with shisui being thought of as a traitor or the one letting Sirius into the school, there might be issues with shisui catching the snitch (Cedric can be a chaser idgaf) whilst harry falls before Shisui catches him too... Shisui would 100% get dragged into the mess at the shrieking shack and yes he would run off into the dark to re-catch peter and be put at risk by wolf!remus AS WELL as actually meeting both normal and TT!harry&Hermione... Ohhhhhh, yes yes yes

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Shisui would absolutely lowkey adopt Luna once he finds out that Ino was reborn as her sister/twin, it's a 2 for 1 package 😌 their parents meet him the first time and are delighted, I feel like Shisui and the Lovegoods would be able to go together like a house on fire!

Okay so imagine Shisui is, like, raised by his mother's parents, and they're like old fashioned purebloods or whatever... Maybe flints? Idk , and he doesn't know exactly who his father was because it was a one night stand that his mum doesn't talk about before she died... So he finally gets to Gringotts and decides to look it up (his grandparents dont want to confirm if she slept with an enemy or confirm if he has 'tainted' blood so never checked) and... Boom! SHISUI IS HEIR FUCKING BLACK LMAO

It's chaos, regulus was considered MIA (no body) because the blacks never made an official announcement of death but now shisui CAN so he's the last male heir (draco would be taking the title sideways) and he's suddenly this Hot Shot in the society circles and holy shit he DOES look just like Sirius and Regulus did and-

It's so scandalous and shisui has to be so careful because he's under even more scrutiny than before and he trusts absolutely no one

And then Ino is out there being born with a twin sister who is the coolest, chilliest badass around, her parents are extremely independent, intelligent and creative, and she can just... Tell them. It WORKS. and then Omfg Shisui is here and he's alive and they're together again and shisui meet my sister, Luna, you'll love her so much and can you help me protect her from her House and please please please come home to ours for Christmas and-

Xenophilius and Pandora love him. They love him.

Shisui might grow up to be Lord Black in the Wizengamot but that doesn't mean he doesn't also work for Gringotts as a Search and Raider and write regular articles for the Quibbler 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹