#mai said dattebayo

[mfelewzi]

By Booter-street, in DeviantArt and Pinterest.

Man, a Mai with a Naruto-face is Just became One of my nightmares. And of Fire lord Burned Steak too.

For @ninolovers and @fruittarts-with-rosepetals , probably you would love it.

And please, be prepared for the terrible Copyright Bending!

[ladykissingfish]

*18-year old Naruto going to Sasuke’s house for dinner*

Sasuke: Such a long walk out here … but I guess it helps us build an appetite for dinner, eh?

Naruto: True.

Sasuke: Mom’s really excited that you’re coming, you haven’t been able to come in so long. Her and Itachi have been in the kitchen all —

*Naruto abruptly lets go of Sasuke’s hand as they come within view of the house*

Sasuke: Hey … why’d you do that?

Naruto: Don’t want him to see …

Sasuke: Him? Oh, you mean Madara?

Naruto: Yeah. I’m pretty sure your grandpa hates me, dattebayo.

Sasuke: He’s not my — he doesn’t —- well okay you’re probably right. But to be fair he hates pretty much everyone.

Naruto: He doesn’t hate you …

Sasuke: No, and I can’t really figure that out. But Itachi thinks that maybe it’s because I remind him of his brother Izuna.

Naruto: Whatever the case, I know he thinks I’m not good enough for you, Sasuke. Last time you left us alone he called me “an inferior carrier of the Uzumaki genes” and insulted Kurama so bad I almost lost control of him!

Sasuke: You think that’s bad? Obito brought Kakashi over two nights ago because Kakashi wanted his permission to “court” Obito, right? He didn’t even get the words out before gramps tried to impale Kakashi with his cane. Took everyone in the house to hold him back from trying to take out Kakashi’s sharingan with his soup spoon.

Naruto: Wait … does he expect that? Like, should I have gone to him for permission to date you??

Sasuke: He expects a lot of things as the clan elder. But we’re already dating. Asking “permission” seems a bit unnecessary.

Naruto: It’s unnecessary but like you said, he’s your clan elder. It’s probably a respect thing to him, dattebayo. Okay! It’s too late for it tonight, but next week I’m going to come at him full-force. I’ll wear a kimono and bring gifts for everyone in your family, the biggest present of all will be his. I’ll kneel in front of him and formally ask his permission to marry you!

Sasuke:

Sasuke: M-marry?!

Naruto: Yeah! If he’s gonna try and kill me anyway, I may as well go all the way with it, right?

Naruto: Oooh I know, I’ll do it on Tuesday, my birthday! That way if he says Yes, it’ll be like I’ve gotten that one dream present I’ve always wanted; my Sasuke! *kisses Sasuke*

Sasuke, blushing: A-and if he says no?

Naruto: Then I can be one of those cool people who can say that their birthday and their death-day is the same day, dattebayo. Man, suddenly I’m super hungry. Let’s go! *runs ahead of him to the house*

Sasuke:

Sasuke: He goes from saying the sweetest thing imaginable to the dumbest shit possible. And the sad thing is I want to marry him more than anything.

[yowyowyaoi]

*during the war*

Obito: And now, pitiful shinobi, bow down to —

Edo-tensei Deidara, popping out of nowhere: Wait a second … THAT’S how you actually sound?? What happened to that deep voice I heard earlier??

Madara: He uses that when he pretends to be me. This is my voice. That is his.

Deidara: Good god … you sound really creepy, Uchiha.

Obito: W-what??

Deidara: You sound like some kind of spider that crawled out from underneath a rock after a thousand years. You sound like —

Edo-tensei Hidan, also popping out of nowhere: Fuck that, he sounds like he caught a cold twenty years ago and never learned to clear his damn throat!

Deidara: Honestly you were better off using that ridiculous Tobi voice, hm. It may have been annoying but at least it wasn’t creepy enough to make me want to rip off my own ears!

Hidan: No wonder Deidara used to have nightmares about Tobi! This motherfucker probably used his real voice on him when he was sleeping and scared his ass half to death!

Obito: Oi, Madara … you’re not going to defend me, here??

Madara: Well, they’re actually making some pretty valid points. I tried to have the Zetsu’s give you voice lessons but they said you always turned them down.

Obito: But …

Kakashi: Not to be rude but I think everyone is right; you could benefit from practicing your natural speaking voice every day. You sound completely unhinged, and not in a sexy kind of way.

Gai: Mm. Complete nut job. If this wasn’t a hostile takeover, I’d have tuned you all the way out by now.

Naruto: Scary as heck, dattebayo.

Sasuke: Like a zombie that just crawled out of the grave with a mouthful of dirt.

The ghost of Itachi: Extremely unbecoming for an Uchiha, cousin.

Obito:

Obito: *throws weapons to the ground and runs off*

Madara: Boy? Boy!! Get back here, brat! *chases after him*

Deidara: Tsk; running away like that sure is unartistic.

Kakashi: Mm.

[luvingshidou]

Girl, watch out!

WATCH OUT!

WATCH OUT!

BEHIND YOU, GIRL!!!!!

I SAID WATCH OUT!!!

GIRL WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?!?

OH MY GOD!?!?

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Sadly, @luvingshidou's cranium got C R O N C H E D too.

@blue-thief, he is coming to you now.

May Buddha protect us all.

Namusan!

NOOOOOOO,

@blue-thief you must run NOW, stay strong 🙏🙏🤕🤕

*cough blood* dattebayo 👊👊👊 I believe in you 🙁🙁🙁

[shukakumoodboard]

a headcanon from each of the levels you just reblogged for gaalee

oh my GOD this is a top quality anonymous question op ur da BEST. yammertime. ofc since these are all for a non-canonical ship they're all deranged sparkle emoji but i digress.

for anyone who is like wtf here's the post i reblogged.

text under the cut!

level one:

one that purveyors of gaalee are very familiar with in fanon lore but i believe this to fit in nicely with canon while filling gaps: gaalee friendship developed predominantly via letter writing. reasons why i think this fits with canon 1) gaara manages to develop solid friendships with a lot of people in konoha with what is visually very little actual in-person interaction time. it stands to reason that there's behind the scenes friendship development. 2) he's the president at fourteen like he does not have time to spend on wandering the local mall like a lot of us oldmanyaois did to build our social circles, plus, he's got access to allllll the military communications options. and hawks are fast 3) we know there are multiple canonical messenger hawks! and their whole purpose is cross village communiques. of course they're all sending notes lets b so fr rn

level two:

height difference: lee is, in my head, taller than the canon suggests, and gaara is shorter. reasoning: ok look you've all seen this panel and you're telling me gaara ends up only like 4cm shorter than lee? Go To Jail

yes yes we can all discuss how they're all mid teens and have growing time but listen. gaara spent his entire childhood being effectively mentally tortured by shukaku and also his village's effective abandonment. do you think he had a well balanced diet? if we want to get scientific there's several studies that discuss how poor nutrition in childhood leads to lifelong consequences, and just because kishimoto didn't address this doesn't mean I Won't thank u. and i haven't even gotten started on the not-sleeping-thing. conversely, lee's probably been on Max Gains Training Diet since he was like. what, 10? tldr, i'm simply massaging their canonical heights in favour of what Actually Makes Sense Fucka You

i have another one for lee i think fits in this level that many of you may know from my magnus opus fight club: lee is--whether certified or not--definitely qualified to be a physiotherapist, and i think he'd volunteer at the hospital helping patients with mobility related injuries. reasoning: PLEASE in order to be a brilliant taijutsu specialist he has to have like the most intimate understanding of how the body works. that's his whole area of expertise. and i think that even post-op as a sand-squished teen he would have needed tons of therapy, and rock "paragon of virtue and chivalry and whatever" lee would absolutely feel like he needed to provide some sort of assistance to the hospo staff and help the other patients. because that's what a good shinobi would do. dattebayo

level 3:

yall know what time it is its LANGUAGE HEADCANON TIME based on, once again, all of @sagemoderocklee's fantastic lore. i think lee speaks 3, which for me are a) some form of shinobi common b) whatever the land of fire's local is, and c) something unique to team gai that's heritage based. in tgod i call it nishitsuchigo. i think gaara speaks [large number] on account of being mr sand president sir and thus becoming to some extent a diplomat, plus all those night awake? polyglot challenge speedrun. and the gaalee aspect of this is that gaara can speak all three that lee knows, so they can use that heritage based one to talk shit about their coworkers what who said that.

gaara's hugely into gardening. i think this is a fact in the databooks and we all know the screencap where he's holding the flowerpot but extending on this into truly fan-created lore i think he's definitely overhauling all of suna's food supply chains by going ham on greenhouses and very precise water allocations etc etc

lee grows his hair out after neji's death. this one is, again, well distributed across fandom because everyone, of course, is right relieved emoji. but ignoring bort entirely, lee would definitely do something to honour his friend/teammate, and i think that would be something like growing his hair out, since i don't think he'd change his style of dress and he can't learn neji's jutsu. and he's had long hair before. bring it back kishi u bastard

level 4 delusions:

theyre married. what do you mean im delulu

metal, if i am acknowledging bort which most of the time i am not, is their biological child. no i am not explaining how. my metal origin theory changes based on the fic i'm writing. currently its rock lee's tboy swag porn extension fic. hooHA. but this one only applies to when there's kids present--most of the time there aren't kids in my head

lee and temari swap diplomat roles to be emissaries for each other's villages as part of a Siq Deal to be with their respective husbandos

lee would 100% teach taijutsu to suna's academy students. why? because i said so

basically all my other headcanons tbh

omg i had so much fun with this thank you anon! <3

[limpfisted]

Today's hc is actually:

Its GOOD to do good things and love urself, actually. Maybe wyll NEEDS to be his vampire hunter original oc blade, no relation to marvels blade, but you know what? Wyll HAS done a lot of good things! He's done bad things as well... but...

In the end part of being human is to want to be recognized and seen through the eyes of another as worthy of love. (This theme of eyes and wyll is part of what attracts me to the character.) Does wyll want to recognized as a hero? Yes. Does whll want to be appreciated? Yes. Does he want to be loved? Yes.

But more than that, even? Wyll wants to look at his OWN deeds, like a checklist.

Did I wake up and perform the role of the blade well? Was i heroic? Was i just? Was I lovable and kind? If he was, good. If he wasn't, he'll have to work harder and then earn the trust of the people of the sword coast again

Its okay to want approval and to be loved! A savior complex like wyll has is bad, and wyll HAS done bad things by role-playing the blade

But sometimes you need to be a little mentally ill to be a lot less mentally ill. If naruto helps u brush ur teeth than dattebayo.

Wylls attention seeking behaviors are only bad when they become a detriment to his common sense and dignity, which sometimes they do!

But hes nor wrong for wanting to love or needing a role to perform to feel good about himself. He should have other reasons to feel good about himself and let himself be human and not just the blade or a savior, of course. But like. Hes not wrong for wanting to be the blade, hes not wrong for wanting to be good, hes not wrong for wanting to help people

It has just been warped as a coping mechanism so much that he needs to reevaluate what it means to be the blade so it becomes a tool that helps him grow instead of restricts him in unhealthy mindsets

Like idk if I believe in "good people" bc like. Good isn't a thing you are, it's a thing u wake up and decide to do and ACTUALLY perform instead of inflicting fucked up ideas on the world with good intentions----but like. Wyll is a very decent person, just misguided in a lot of ways. And human and shit!!!!

Ultimately wyll HAD to fight devils and innocents like mizora said or he would risk eternal damnation even worse than he already has. A promise broken, a price paid. How many promises did he break? How often was he punished?

He did so much good DESPITE his contract, not like he thinks,because it granted him that power

Its a very interesting thing, yes he believes he has to do good things to be loved. But also isn't that partially true? A stranger is not obligated to love you. And all the blade knows is strangers now. Yes he may be inherently as worthy of love as the people he saves. That doesn't mean he doesn't have to prove it so he can been seen through anothers eyes and stop feeling so empty and lonely and soulless

And he wants to do good!!!! Genuinely!! It is a performance and a coping mechanism for HIMSELF!!!!

There's an infinite amount of things to say about this tbh, I'll stop here!

Ok i lied one last thing, wylls real fatal flaw is more his black and white thinking and his tendency to dehumanizing people in order to fit his misguided ideas about the world ok rant OVER!!!!

[dizzyaddy]

drowning - naruto x oc part 8

(i do not own any naruto characters, only the original characters)

“so what do you do for fun?” i heard naruto ask from beside me. he had taken a break from slurping down his noodles to clear his throat and turned to meet me. i looked up from my scroll to find him staring at me, the chopsticks still evident in his raised hand.

“fun? well let’s see,” i said, pondering over what i do in my spare time. in between tending to sen and preparing the house and food for her, all my free time goes toward training.

“i guess you could say i don’t do much beside my training and my missions,” i said, picking up my chopsticks and grabbing a lone noodle from my bowel. mine looked barely touched in comparison to narutos’ almost empty one.

“you don’t have any hobbies?” he asked, reaching for his bowl again.

“does training count?” i asked, amusing him.

“no that doesn’t count!” he huffed before taking another bite.

“fine, well what are your hobbies?” i asked, watching him pause and think it over with a squint of his eyes.

“well, i eat ramen a lot. i like training and hanging out with my friends,” he said with a cheeky smile.

“interesting, i thought you said training didn’t count?” i asked amused with a raise of my eyebrow.

“h-hey, that doesn’t count!” he huffed before i chuckled and slightly shook my head.

“hmm, well in that case, i guess you could say i like to garden. i’ve had one since i was a kid, and it’s just a part of life for me now,” i said, resting my chin on my hand and swirling my chopsticks around.

“that’s awesome! what do you grow?” he asked enthusiastically from beside me.

“well, a lot of things. my favorites are shiso, bok choi, nagaimo, and negi,” i said, reminiscing on how sen used to cook my favorite dishes for me.

“you’re a lot stronger than me,” he said with a shiver. i lifted my head and cocked it at him, confused at his sudden statement.

“i can’t eat any of that stuff, no way!” he huffed with a swing of his arm.

“oh yeah? well then what do you eat, dear uzimaki?” i asked, plopping my head back down on my head with a cock of my eyebrow.

“well, i eat ramen sometimes. ooh and then other times, i eat more ramen! then after that maybe some ramen, but i don’t know cause sometimes i’d rather have ramen, you know?” he asked, feigning a contemplative look across his face.

i chuckled and rolled my eyes before averting my attention to the scroll that sat in front of me.

“you know you really are something, kid,” i said before taking a hasty bite of my ramen.

“kid? just how old are you anyway, baka?” he said, eying me suspiciously.

“if you must know, i’m 17. i’ll be 18 next year,” i said with a furrow of my eyebrow, my finger pointing to a line written on the scroll.

“huh, i guess you are older than me. i’m 16, but i’ll be 17 next year!” he said energetically.

“is that so?” i asked, already aware of the fact that i was older than him. my mouth moved slightly as i continued to try to read from my scroll.

“yep, dattebayo!” he cheered on cheekily before returning to demolishing his bowl.

“hey teuchi-san! could i bother you for another bowl?” he called out to the nice man behind the counter.

“of course!” he sang out before preparing another bowl for the insatiable blonde sitting next to me.

“hey, are you okay?” i heard him ask while setting his empty bowl aside. i looked up from my bowel to find him looking towards me, his gaze intently fixated on me.

“hai, may i ask why you think i’m not?” i asked, a small smirk present on my face.

“well uh you just haven’t eaten much and you seem kinda distracted i guess,” he said, turning his gaze to meet another random object around the small shop. i pursed my lips before answering him.

“i’m sorry, i have been really busy. it’s hard to take time for myself, i never really get the opportunity to,” i said while letting out a breath, some of the weight on my chest feeling alleviated.

“well why are you so busy?” he asked, picking at his chopsticks.

“well, i am anbu so i guess that’s essentially my whole life. and i take care of-“ i quickly cut myself off before i could mention sen. “i find it necessary to take care of my training and duties above all else.”

“oh i see, you’re an anbu! wow, kyō, you continue to surprise me, you know?” he said before graciously accepting his new bowl of ramen from the nice man.

“well, i’m glad i can appease you,” i said cheekily before returning my attention to my scroll. this is no good, i though to myself. at this rate, i’ll never get to finish interpreting this scroll. luck happened to be on my side as my migraine had abandoned me once we left the hokages building. it still begs the question, what do i do with this information?

“i’m sorry, naruto, but i need to resume tending to my clan duties. i’ve had a good time,” i said with a smile before rolling up my scroll and putting it in my bag. i took out a few coins before sliding them across the counter to the man who was currently marinating his vegetables. he looked up and gave me a nod of acknowledgment before thanking me for coming.

“aw, you’re leaving already?” he asked, fighting the urge to ask me to stay. he wiped his mouth and set his chopsticks down beside his bowl before turning to me again.

“hai, i sincerely apologize. but this was great, you were great,” i said sheepishly, not knowing how to formally say goodbye. he chuckled as a wave of heat ran across his face, his eyes crinkling as he smiled a genuine smile.

“thanks, kyō, i’ve also had a good time. i guess i’ll see you around, yeah?” he said hopefully. i looked at him for a few seconds longer before a smile broke out onto my face.

“why yes, i’ll be seeing you, uzumaki,” i said with a salute of my forefingers. he gave me a closed eyed smile before i turned around and swiftly walked out of the shop. my stomach felt half empty but i paid no mind to it as my legs kept walking towards the hospital. i’m glad i managed to find a few relevant scrolls back at the office, to which i would further review once i was back in sen’s room.

she had been in the hospital for a few days, the doctors continuously informing me about the tests they were conducting. i had hoped i would be able to quickly solve this predicament, but to no avail, i’ve barely gotten a clue. i felt a frown etch across my face before i leaped up from the dirt street to land on a random rooftop.

i had spent all morning with naruto, and as fun as it was, i deeply regret not taking the time to dedicated it towards sen. here i am, having fun while she’s stuck in a hospital room, unconscious. i furrowed my eyebrows as i felt a wave of anger course through me, guilty for being so selfish during a time like this.

my strides starting slowing down once the hospital came into view and i started to feel a pit of dread form in my stomach. as much as i wanted to see sen, it deeply hurt me to see her in that state. it all felt like a bad omen, something i couldn’t quite stomach.

upon entering the hospital, i nodded in acknowledgment toward the nurse just to be met with a sight of pity. my stomach was increasing in knots the closer i got to sen’s room, perpetually unprepared for moments like these.

the sterile walls of the hospital served as a constant reminder of how bleak and lifeless its contents were, including sen. i grimaced at the thought, though deep down i knew it to be true. my footsteps echoed through the halls, the stillness and silence almost deafening. my pace slowed upon reaching sen’s room, and i took a moment to regain my composure before my hand lied above the door handle. i closed my eyes and took a deep breath before pushing myself through the doors.

“kyō niwa, i presume?” i heard a woman’s voice ask upon entering. my eyes widened as i averted my gaze to lady tsunade, who pristinely occupied a lounge chair in the corner.

“tsunade sama,” i said with an immediate bow, closing my eyes once again. “to what do i owe the pleasure?” i asked.

“now, now,” she said languidly, holding out her hand to me before interlacing her hands across her lap. “how have you been holding up?”

the question took me by surprise, only having met her a few times when she assigned me a mission under the anbu.

“i’m trying,” i said almost defeatedly, to which her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

“sakura has been keeping me up to date on sen’s condition. though we’ve been supplying her with ample nutrients to combat her deficiencies, i’m afraid her condition since then has only deteriorated. i understand she has been ill for quite a while, but it has never reached this point, correct?” she asked with an arched eyebrow. i lowered my gaze toward the floor and nodded.

“i see. i’ve had my advisors conduct some research into your clan and any cases similar. i’m afraid that due to the nature of your clan, they kept themselves fairly secluded. just like the uchiha, our jurisdiction ends when approaching private clan matters such as this. the only useful information we’ve found is a broad location of their original clan grounds, which doesn’t reside in kohonagakure,” she finished.

“clan grounds?” i repeated, curiosity lacing my voice. though i knew our clan had once resided somewhere else, i found it surprising this was known information to her.

“hai, just as the uzumaki, once the clan grounds were deserted, it’s unlikely anyone ever goes searching for anything there. as hokage, it’s within my duty to reside within the village, but with your given talent and skill level, i believe it would be wise for you to take this on,” she said confidently.

“i’d do anything for sen,” i replied wistfully, looking across the room at her sleeping figure.

“well you’re in luck, as this is about the most you could do for her. sakura and i discussed the possibility that this was an almost primal jutsu, as we all know the legends of the niwa. i’m certain you will find your answers awaiting for you there,” she said.

“thank you, lady hokage. i shall do my best,” i said with an edge of confidence in my tone. she nodded in acknowledgment before speaking again.

“you’ve never failed the village, and i’m certain you wouldn’t fail your sister,” she said with a knowing smirk.

“i’ll send a messenger with the details of this mission, and who will be accompanying you. i wish you the best of luck, kyō,” she said before gracefully getting up and walking out into the hallway. i stood there silently for a few moments before making my way over to sen and taking her hand in mine.

“did you hear that, sen?” i said, my words full of hope. hope that she could hear me, hope that everything will be okay, hope that she would be okay. “i’m going to save you, no matter what. just hang in there a little longer, i promise,” i said softly before delivering a kiss to her knuckles. i then brought her hand to my forehead and prayed to the sky.

[petorahs]

NICE i’m glad if you’re having fun then :] 

also it’s no prob i’m still getting used to tumblr too x_x this site is not meant to be a forum i think LMAO 

interesting! i’m just about to get into oct 4 in-game actually and i dont even remember what takaya said from my original playthrough, and it’s only been five months since then. definitely will get back to you on what i think about this then (if i even have a thought. sometimes my synapses refuse to connect when aigis on screen) 

and true! the chairman can be a goofy side-villain i don’t mind him! i, too, could not even take that entire bit seriously with how sudden it was and how little i cared for mitsu’s dad at the time. pretty much another case of sloppy execution, that i can agree. the crucifixion was funny tho

ahh yeah i can understand that! lmao thats a cute quirk if i may say so. even in fiction there’s this trope where the rich families are excessively formal with eachother, yet the love is plain as day. i never denied kirijo’s love towards mitsuru, but simply conflated outwardly-affectionate to loving. kirijo’s design is quite... intense and so is his demeanor lmao, his curtness towards mitsu also did not strike me as ‘loving’ and she seemed sad/scared at the prospect of visiting him. obviously they still loved eachother just expressed it in actions more than traditional methods like yukari and her dad. but i love that story you shared :D  

and now that i see your point in it’s fullness... that’s extremely true. the problem with strega as a whole really is just that they suffer from needing to be seen as the ‘bad guys’ objectively when the topic is so subjective :0 exactly the point you made in the initial ask. there really is no grand ideological clash between SEES and strega like how we see in p5′s antagonists (even p4, if what i’ve gather of it is true) yet i think the writers wrote it that way just so there could be a human-shaped obstacle before the real final battle. fodder, for lack of a better word (and i really do hate to use it), before nyx’s fight. 

the story of persona 3 seems to work best when there is no answer. when the original intent of “not being preachy” and leaving it vague is met, i feel. which is why the manga seems to do it well, yes i can see now :0 i should def give it a read!! (I saw like one panel where ryoji had his bangs down and almost CRIED he looks the same as minato.,.,)<-- is the biggest minato arisato fan on earth

hmmm i dont know about the s.link gameplay-story dissonance but! from here on i will keep it to the main cast’s story depictions for simplicity’s sake.

LMAOO actually i do think power of friendship was in fes too like very briefly but i cant remember it. however, more importantly, i do believe the intent of modern persona is its emphasis on the cumulative nature of the ‘bonds’ you forged rather than each individual? or rather, it’s the effort each MC put into getting to know people or going through it with their fellow teammates instead of doing things solo. it’s why akechi failed while ren succeeded, why adachi failed while yu succeeded. both of them rejected the world and insisted that they were better off without anyone in their lives. (not that i agree with what general modern persona is saying, but that’s the logic behind it). maruki’s just a whole other case i wont get into <3 he had enough goodwill to achieve godhood briefly but ig PT were built diff 

thinking about it more will make my head explode i never minded power of friendship plots myself (i grew up with naruto dattebayo). my heart gets fuzzy whenever the heroes triumph from some cheesy thing like true friendship whatever that means. it truly is. an anime moment. that i will excuse for now 

i didnt know junpei gets developed in the spin-off rhythm game :0 i just knew his dance moves were sick with it. but i see your point there! you’re looking for a slight personality change rather than different actions as development.. if i’m reading this right? then there's nothing i can really say aside from, yeah, junpei doesnt really change from beginning of the game and after much from any obvious aspect (like. i’d definitely have to be thinking hard about it to come up with one which is an indication that it was bunk from the start). 

and so doesn’t yukari. i agree! she does not undergo much of a personality change either, and i never claimed as such. she was a sweet-yet-troubled girl in the beginning and same in the end. which is why it does boggle me that p3 fans cite the “character development regression” argument for anything, without ever taking the time to understand what development it was in the first place. the way i interpreted it and highlighted in the post was her way of dealing with grief over the death of her father. the way she goes from truth-seeking, to jaded, to quietly determined. that’s literally the only crux-resolution of yukari’s character to me. 

i guess by that logic, i’ve found junpei’s ‘development’ to be his aimlessness, to finding something to protect in chidori, to finding someone to live for in their stead also in chidori. from just flying through life to living life decisively. 

to me, these characters aren’t particularly that deep, and i never claimed as such since it’s like persona, the game that juggles so many characters including 22 side ones -- it’s pretty much a given they’ll be tropey. but i can say that if there’s anything p3 did right it’s depicting different levels of grief in all its characters in some capacity, which at least matches its theming. 

and what i can say it does wrong, is not extending that same care and nuance in its villains (Aside from maruki i think), just so they can fill in the shoes of “bad guy”. 

I feel like the main problem with how Strega (Takaya and Jin, at least) are written is just about the game desperately wanting them to remain excessively unlikable until after they are defeated, which is…bizarre and unnecessary, to say the least. They are never actually doing anything of importance, so the narrative relies on "dehumanizing" them into stock villains, to give the players some reason to dislike or, at least, oppose them on a personal level, hence the lack of meaningful characterization. Jin's November comment about SEES "not having a clue what will happen if the Dark Hour disappears", impliedly being about the memory wipeout, since Takaya told them outright they would lose their powers earlier, is the perfect example of this, imo. He gets cut off mid-sentence, so he doesn't spoil it for later, naturally, but it's never brought up again, after eventually being reveled by Ryoji, because that is actually a pretty solid reason for them to antagonize the protagonists (imagine waking up on the streets, with no personal documents, feeling awfully sick and wondering why no one is looking for you!) but, again, they are yet to be defeated and not meant to come off as even remotely sympathetic until then. It's just very…unskillful writing. Sorry for the long message, btw, I initially just wanted to leave a regular comment, actually, but there's just so many words it apparently wouldn't fit in less than five separate responses 😵‍💫

yoooo thanks for the input. thats also a really good way of looking at it! the game needing to make them unlikeable pretty much explains things. it just ends up being really goofy. which is a shame because they really do have great backstories that remain largely unexplored.

Jin's November comment about SEES "not having a clue what will happen if the Dark Hour disappears", impliedly being about the memory wipeout, since Takaya told them outright they would lose their powers earlier

honestly? i never made this connection myself so thanks for telling me! i could see that being true and i'm about to hit that point in my replay game soon myself so i can look at it with this context. question is how could jin have possibly have known this info... my guess is ikutsuki could have fed them that info since he also supplied them with his suppressant drugs, plus they even knew about the Ruin thing that Nyx could have brought about. honestly, including ikutsuki the "antagonists" of p3 are an interesting bunch with how much potential they have that's not really explored but i guess thats just a hashino persona game thing.

also i just think between them and ikutsuki i def see strega having more sympathetic light being shone on them since they were the direct victims of old kirijo's depravity. out of all the kids, only they survived? your comment about them "not having any personal documents" just strikes me as so fcked up. damn. hope it changes a bit in reload.

[fandomygoodness]

Naruto Shippuden angst scenario of when Sai finds out why you (Naruto's younger twin sister who is the female counterpart of Naruto and a chunin and Bisexual) reader down in the dumps recently..team seven thought if it was because of Sai annoying you, Sakura swore that Sai had another thing coming if that was the reason why you (female reader) were like this recently...Sai found out the reason behind your sad expression despite the forced cheerful persona you had than the natural one that you normally had. It was when you and him went on a walk together for art inspired places..(he said that as an excuse so he could find out what was wrong without forcing you)...he found out when you hesitantly told him after he asked what was wrong and you said that it was because you were informed by one of your dog summonings that your dog elder summoning died around three in the afternoon after a long battle with a serious illness. He said that you can talk about him as much as you want and he'll listen...(You never realised..since when Sai has been this kind to you)..after seeing that you were hesitant to talk about it...you avoided eye contact for a while as you were testing the waters of his words, knowing how blunt he can be but he didn't say anything...taking a deep slow breath that sounded forced...you began to tell him your childhood with your summoning and how you admired him and how you looked up to him no matter what and what accompanied with your support of your words..are the tears. You told him everything...and you said that you were a useless daughter to your summoning and Sai said that you were not useless and almost confessed his feelings for you like an idiot...you were upset and he knew it...Sai stopped himself from confessing to you though...

The reactions from Naruto and Sakura who watched this from afar.

https://youtu.be/MhFpwuGSHO4 (this would definitely set the scene of the pairing between Sai and you)

Oooo! This I can get into. Here's your Sai angst!

TW: Mentions of death

Y/N wasn't in her usual chipper mood and it showed. She stared at the ground more often and was less talkative. Naruto and Sakura both thought it was because Sai was bothering her again. Naruto was comforting his sister, gently rubbing her back.

"If it's Sai bothering you I'llgive him a peice of my mind! Urghh, I swear that guys life mission is to just piss everyone off!" Sakura exclaimed, clenching her hand in a fist and vein popping from her forehead. Sakura never liked Sai in the first place so the thought of him making her friend upset enraged her to no end.

"No, it's nothing like that! Sai didn't do anything at all so please calm down Sakura," Y/N reassured the pink-haired girl. Sakura let out a long sigh and plopped down next to her, "If you say so Y/N. We're both just worried about you"

"Yeah! Sakura's right! We're here for you dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed with his usual wide smile, "But seriously, you can tell us what's bothering you."

"I appreciate it, really I do, but I'm fine," Y/N replied and she got up then walked away, leaving the two behind her without any answers and still concerned

Little did she know, a certain pale faced ninja had been paying close attention to her the past couple of days. Like his teammates he was also worried, but for his own reasons. Yes, she was his teammate but there were other reasons. He also knew that Naruto's and Sakura's methods and loudness wouldn't do much

He slipped right next to her without her noticing, "Hello Y/N, lovely day isn't it?" He asked with his usual closed eye smile

Y/N flinched, slightly startled by his sudden appearance, "Ah, hello Sai. Yeah, it is I guess" He wasn't wrong, the sun was shining brightly and there weren't any clouds in the area

"Did I startle you? That wasn't my intention"

"No no, it's alright. I just wasn't expecting it, that's all"

"I see, that's good. I have a question for you if I may ask"

"Yeah, go ahead"

"Would you like to come with me on a walk around? I've been having a bit of art block so I'm looking for a bit of inspiration," It was a lie. Sai had never had issues with his art. But that was an unnecessary detail

Y/N thought about it for a moment then nodded, "Sure. That sounds nice," She figured that a walk might be able to help clear her thoughts

After a bit Sai had brought her to an opening in the forest and sat down, patting the spot next to him, "Come sit"

"Okay" She gave a small nod and sat down on the spot next to him

"So, what's been troubling you?" He asked. Y/N's eyes widened at the question, she hadn't expected that he would've noticed that she wasn't feeling okay

"I-...it's nothing, don't worry about it"

"I've heard that using phrases such as 'don't worry about it' seem to make them worry more"

"Ah, you're right.."

"I also hear talking about it can help too" He reached over and gave her hand a small squeeze

Why was he being so nice to her? Since when did he start caring? He was being sweet to her, and it confused her to no end but it was also nice in a way

"Are you sure you want to listen?"

He gave her an affirming nod

"Alright then. So you know how I'm a dog summoner?"

"Yes, I'm aware. What about it?"

She took a deep breath in, holding it for a minute then exhaling, "I was told that the elder died..He got really sick but he couldn't fight it anymore" She pulled her knees close to her and she could feel tears filling up in her eyes, a few falling from her face

Sai had never seen her so upset before. He had never seen anyone so hurt as she was over this. He was glad that she was willing to open up to him but it hurt him just as much to see her in pain

"Keep going, I'll listen to all of it"

She turned her head over to look at him, "Thank you, Sai"

He gave her a smile, an actual smile instead of the one he showed to other people

And so with that she started talking, "He helped me train everyday and was amazing in what he did. I looked up to him a lot and he gave a lot of support in my own summonings...but I could never be as great as he was. I can't even catch up with Naruto and his own summoning. He can already summon one on his own but I'm only an amateur. I'm completely useless to him and everyone else! I'll never make it as a ninja or a beast summoner" After all the ranting all she could do was cry. In between sobs she would try and catch her breath but only to return to tears

"You aren't useless y/n" Sai stated as if it was fact. Y/N's head immediately rose up at his words, surprised by them

"What?.." She asked, her tears slowing down but not completely stopping. She wasn't expecting that reaction. Part of her was expecting his blunt answers, telling her that she was overreacting and that everyone dies eventually. That's what he would usually say. But he was showing a sweet side to her again, a side that only he allowed her to see

Sai reached over and wiped away her tears, "I said that you aren't useless. You're not just an amateur. You're a great ninja and a great summoner too"

"Sai...thank you" She wiped away the rest of her tears and was able to smile, "Thank you for everything. You sat and here and you just let me talk. It means a lot to me"

"Of course I did, because I- ah, nevermind. Maybe a different time. For now, how do you feel?"

Y/N allowed her body to relax and her legs dropped, "Better. A lot better. I guess talking really did help, just like you said"

The two sat there, both smiling at each other. What they didn't know is that up in the trees Naruto and Sakura were watching them, listening to the conversation.

They knew it was wrong of them to eavesdrop but they were worried for Y/N. Naruto felt horrible that his family was hurting and he couldn't do anything. Sakura felt bad for pushing her so much. But they were both happy that she could talk to someone, even if that someone was Sai

This is my first time writing for Sai so I hope you like it! I also hope it's as much angst you wanted! And thanks for being my first ask! 😊

[yeagervhsh]

|How you meet;

{Naruto Boyfriend Scenario's}

Genre: Fluff

Warnings: None

I did some brief edit on this, just in case y’all were wondering. Probably not, but still. I noticed that this was crappy so thats why I edited this a whole lot. Just for you my lovely readers <33.

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Naruto:

Where you guys would meet is probably in Ichiraku Ramen shop

If you enjoy ramen and love it then most definitely YES! 100%!

If you're a type of person who doesn’t like ramen or a type of person who generally won’t eat ramen as often then that's a no no for you honey.

If you would follow the type of person above then you guys would meet at the academy, it depends what village your in, of course.

But if you're not in Konoha then you guys would meet in a middle of a mission or like a small village where both of your missions are, or just...lost.

Considering the type of person Naruto is, he would generally get lost a lot of times during a mission and if he does then you would help him get back where he used to be and along the way you guys would chit-chat about your goals and dreams.

Though when he does meet you, in either of the scenerios, he would say:

“I’m Uzumaki Naruto!..”

With so much pride he would say that and to finish of his sentence he would say,

“Nice to meet you! Dattebayo!”

Nothing too special, just his catchphrase.

Sasuke:

I know for sure that where you guys are going to meet.

That's definitely at a small town or a small village.

Why you may ask?..

In Shippuden then yeah, but in Naruto would definitely be in academy, but were talking about when he’s in his teen’s.

Sasuke and his little group of "friends" are traveling searching for this dude named Itachi and their staying in a motel or spring to rest (?). But you’re probably are in that motel or spring and you guys come across each other.

You would greet him with a normal.

“Hi!”

Or

“Hello!”

Though, I don’t think you’re gonna use hello, a normal “Hi!” or “Hey!” has a nice spot to it. ✨

He would responed with a,

“Hn.”

And that would be the end of the conversation.

Then, magically you guys would come across each other.

And you would start a conversation with him and he would just listen and bond with you.

He’ll grow a soft spot for you in his heart.

He would ask you to join him in his travels and you would agree. Karin wasn’t to happy about that when he said you would join them in their travels.

And to that day he would swore to protect you onwards.

[ladykissingfish]

*Kakashi walks up on Sasuke and Naruto sitting on a bench, Sasuke patting a crying Naruto’s back*

Kakashi: What happened to you, kid?

Naruto: We - w-we — *covers his eyes with his hands*

Sasuke, sighing: The dobe thought it would be fun to play with an ouija board, and ask it questions about the future.

Kakashi: Ah, haven’t I warned you boys about that?? Fooling around with things like that can be dangerous, and —

Naruto: B-Bolt!!

Kakashi: … what?

Sasuke: The board told him that he’s going to marry some girl from the village, and his first child will be a boy named Bolt. And not only that, but he’ll start balding at 30 years old!

Kakashi: Balding? Surely that’s a mistake; look at the full head of hair you have now! And Naruto, what’s wrong with being married and having a son? I mean I suppose the name itself isn’t very clever but look at the bigger picture; you’re going to have a family! After being alone so many years, isn’t that a good —

Naruto: *crying harder* SASUKE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY HUSBAND, dattebayo! Kids or not HE is supposed to be my family! But the board said he’s marrying Sakura and they’re having a daughter they name Salad!

Kakashi: Again, that doesn’t sound so horrible. These may not be the futures you envisioned for yourself, but you’ll be loved and cared for, and have families. Sometimes you’ve just got to accept what is, kids. That’s life.

Sasuke: I’m glad you think that, Kakashi, because we asked the board about YOU and all it showed us was a vision of you sitting at a desk for hours and hours, wearing the Hokage hat, doing paperwork and never having time to read your Icha Icha books. Ever.

Kakashi:

Kakashi: Bring me that board. We’re burning it. Now.

[mysterious-crimson-lotus]

Note #Lost-Count

Just a thing from my fanfiction A Trail of Notes. Well, it’s related. Consider it my fanfiction for my fanfiction. The next chapters to my fics are gonna come out soon, just have had stuff going on that I needed to deal with. But hey, take this, and while you’re at it, have a look at this other mini writing that I did recently. 

This is a small thing. Just had some spare time and decided to abuse metaphors. 

A hypothetical note from adult Naruto, if adult Naruto enjoyed overdoing literary devices. And had a vocabulary that included words aside from “dattebayo,” “ramen,” “Hokage,” and “Sasuke.”

Dear Guardian Angel, 

People desperately kissing the Earth after leaving a ship is a common thought. I see it in the stories I read to the children, in the play Boruto said he didn’t want to act in, and saw it in the missions that I used to take back when I was on the field. It usually happens when one has been at sea, unsure of their survival, or else when they hate the water. The act is symbolic of our desire for stability, for peace and calm. The sea is dangerous; the constant motion of the waves pulling and pushing, the winds and the uncertain weather all amount to instability, chaos and uncertainty. The ground is firm, unmoving. It is stable, and, in its reliability, comforting. The steadiness births security, and spawns the potential to build foundations to greater and brighter things. It is not only in the dangers of the waters that spawns adventure and excitement; a strong foundation can give endless possibilities. The turbulent seas may be more enticing, more alluring, but in the end, a plant with no roots is destined to wilt and fade. When connected to the Earth, the plant can flourish. Reach new heights. Grow. A strong foundation gives the strength and confidence to begin one's journey, to explore and grow, for adventure without direction and a strong base is nothing but self destruction.

So of course we would embrace the earth when we see it. We love it.

Do you know that? Do you know that's what you mean? How steadying your comfort is? How you root me to the spot with your gaze? How the sight of you in the distance in the midst of a destructive and voracious storm gives me hope? How, in my moments of weakness, you have been the lighthouse shining a beacon of light through the vein of darkness and uncertainty?

Do you know that you are the shore, firm, unyielding, strong? You can be shaken, be struck by disaster after disaster, face constant adversity, but you remain resolute? Uncompromising?

So do you understand that when I see you, I, like a sailor lost at sea, see you as my salvation? As the one constant that is always there?

The way you always scrunch your face when I tap your nose. The way you lace your fingers through mine when I sneakily place them on the back of your hand. The way you pout up at me when you want me to kiss you more, or tickle me when I least expect it. When you sigh when I kiss your neck. They're features more beautiful than the most magnificent lakes or forests.

I've always been obsessed with material possessions. Friends and people were never really something I could count on. The only constant was always me, and ramen. So I tried to tether myself. My foundation was shaky, so I've attempted to anchor myself with them. If only I had more people, I would say. Now, I realise that you cannot, should not rely on others to anchor you in place. I need to be my own person. Find stability in myself. Yet you have been so wonderful at helping me build my anchor. You have shown me comfort and love that has shaken my flimsy concepts of stability. We may all have to find our foundations ourselves, but you have always let me lean on you when my base was shaky.

So, I want to kiss you. Hug you. Hold you. Have you hold me. I want to brush your hair away from your face and trace your beauty with my fingertips. I want to feel your breath and body heat on me as we embrace. Want to walk with you, talk with you, until I physically can't, then keep going. Run my thumb down your face and see the way you smile when you're happy.

If I could preserve that smile and that happiness, that would be enough. More than enough. That smile, that look that shines through the shadows like the sparkling of the Northern Star, guiding the lost.

Or, perhaps, I can lose myself in it's light. Lost, wrapped in your security and comfort. Lost in your smile.

Lost at sea. 

But it’s okay now. I know what land is now. 

I have my anchor. 

With love, 

Naruto

PS: Where is all my cup ramen? Boruto keeps saying that Hima ate it all while “training to beat your Queen of Gluttony record.” That can’t be true, right?

[kakashiswilloffire]

Hm, the Tsunade singing 'Who lives, who dies, who tells your story' seems interesting, may I request that please?

absolutely!! i love your writing and i'm so glad you wanted to request something of mine!!

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who tells your story

ao3

words: 1.6k

angst, mention of canon death, war era

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Despite the intense battles surrounding her, she was unable to move. It really did seem like he was there, right in front of her. Was she dying? Was this heaven? If it was, she had no complaints. No one could ever accuse her of not doing her part on behalf of the village. She deserved to rest after the hells she had seen and been through, and if this was it, she would welcome it.

And then his touch was so real, and it was him, and she could feel the pain in her body that told her she was awake and alive but god if he wasn’t, too.

***

“Who’s that, dattebayo?” Naruto asked, nudging Chouza and gesturing toward the pair.

He allowed a grim smile, fond memories overpowering the knowledge that this reunion would be temporary.

“Lady Tsunade’s fiancé. That’s Dan Kato. One of the finest shinobi the Leaf ever had, and one of the biggest pains in the administration’s ass I had the honor of knowing.”

Before Naruto could interject with any other questions, Kakashi stepped forward and held him back with a hand on his shoulder.

“Listen. Let me tell you what we all wished we had known when we were your age, fighting in our first war.” The serious tone he maintained was enough to keep the antsy shinobi at attention. “You want to be in all these cool fights, and everyone wants to die a hero, but at the end of the day, what makes you a hero in history is who tells your story.”

He swallowed hard, surprising himself with the emotion that had suddenly forced itself to the surface. “Remember when we talked about the White Fang on the way back from Suna last year?”

Naruto nodded, uncertain where the conversation was going.

“He did great things for the village, and he died, and to some people, he’s a hero. To some people, he isn’t. The difference is in who’s talking about him. What happened is fact, and that can’t be changed. But his story can only be told by whoever lives.”

“Yeah, and you told us that he was a hero, and you took us to his grave that one time, remember?” Naruto thought back to that first day on the training grounds where his sensei had brought them to the memorial stone and explained the significance of the names engraved in its marble surface. “What’s that got to do with him?” he asked, pointing firmly at the man in front of the Hokage.

Kakashi took a beat before responding. “He died, Naruto. And for a long time, we didn’t get to know his story because there wasn’t someone who could tell it.” He focused in on Tsunade’s face, seeing the shock, confusion, and love displayed like a bakery shelf. “It’s only been in the last few years that his story has been explored.”

***

Tsunade shook, her mouth slightly agape. “It’s really… Dan?”

He smiled, rushing forward to hold her. They embraced, her covered in dirt, sweat, and blood, and him bathed in a warm glow. She continued to shake, her body wracked with emotion.

“Were you—did Kabuto—”

“Don’t worry, love,” he reassured her, brushing her hair behind her ear over and over. “Just focus on the moment, okay? I don’t know how much longer I can maintain the jutsu.”

She agreed, letting herself sink into his body. It had been so long, and yet he still felt like a home she had always been trying to find since she had had to move away.

After a few beats, Dan pulled himself back slightly to ask the question that refused to leave his head.

“Chouza—he said you became Hokage? Is that true? I was able to watch over you for the first few years after I—you know. I thought you left the village with Shizune. Traveled, healed others, caused lots of trouble. Tsuna, you came back to the Leaf?”

She took a couple of steps back, wiped the tears off her face, and stood tall.

“I put myself back in the narrative, Dan. I got a reminder of what you, what we were fighting for, and I stopped wasting time and got my ass in gear.” She flipped her ponytail off her shoulder, feeling it settle in the middle of her back. Her confidence returned to her along with her smile as she explained.

“I led some late-stage recovery efforts to find bodies lost in the war that still hadn’t come back to us. They’re almost all back now, we’re missing less than a dozen fallen shinobi. And the work you did on getting one medic on every team of four—we’re almost there. My four youngest teams on the battlefield today, two of them have medics that trained directly with me. You’d be proud of Sakura, Dan.

You really wrote so many grant applications and proposals to change our shinobi education system. It took me a while to get through them, but I’m putting everything in place now. You really did write like you knew you wouldn’t have long to get it all on paper,” she finished, feeling the bittersweet sting set in.

She cleared her throat and continued. “I rely so much on Shizune. She’s led efforts in telling the stories of shinobi who fell in the Third Great War so that no one will be forgotten. She visits your grave almost as often as Kakashi visits his old teammates. She actually just got done fighting with the caretaker to make sure she has the burial plot next to yours. I don’t have any idea what I would do without her, honestly. When I needed her most, she was right on time.”

“There’s more,�� Tsunade brushed another stray tear away. “I ask myself all the time what you would do if you had lived, if you had had more time. Thinking about that is how I get my best ideas. Like fundraising for the memorial stone—the Leaf had just been mourning all these fallen comrades, and building the tribute to them gave more hope in the shinobi population that they would be remembered and respected, no matter what. That someone would tell their story.”

“Tsunade—that’s incredible,” Dan began, crossing over to wrap her in a hug again. “I can’t believe you’re making all these changes we wanted to see in the village! The next generation will benefit so much—”

“I know, I know, but have I done enough? Can I ever do enough? There are so many tragedies in the Leaf, and I’m only one person, Dan. I don’t have you.” She leaned in to his embrace, feeling the tears begin to choke her throat again. He again tucked her hair away, pressing a gentle kiss to the top of her head.

After a moment, she pulled back. “Can I tell you what I’m proudest of, out of all that?”

He nodded immediately. “You can tell me anything, Tsuna.”

Her face softened in a way he had never quite seen it before. She seemed to be drinking in his expression, trying to save his coming reaction in her memory forever.

“I established the first orphanage in Konohagakure.”

Dan’s jaw audibly popped as it fell open.

“It’s only a couple of years old, and Shizune and I researched the staff there so thoroughly it’s a wonder they accepted the position, but it’s a real orphanage. I visit as often as I can. I’m helping to raise all these children, and they’re growing up, and I can see Nawaki in them, and you, Dan, I see you every time I see the will of fire in their eyes, there’s this little one who talks about being Hokage—”

She was cut off by Dan crushing her into a hug. “Thank you, Tsuna,” he whispered into her shoulder. “Thank you.”

His presence flickered, and she grabbed on to him tighter, trying to anchor him. Tears began to roll down his lean face as he gave her a squeeze and leaned back, not letting go.

“I can’t hold the jutsu much longer, love. But you need to stay here—you’ve got so many amazing and beautiful things to do here, for the village, for us.”

She worked her fingers into his hair, croaking through a choked voice “It’s only a matter of time before I’ll see you again, right?”

Dan brought her back into the hug, pressing the side of his face against hers. “I can’t wait to see you again, Tsuna. It’s only a matter of time.”

He seemed to fade and flicker again, and they wasted no time in speaking, opting instead to cling to each other and look into the eyes they had missed for so long. When Dan knew his hold on the jutsu had only another moment, he brought himself closer and pulled his fiancée into a last kiss, for now.

Then he was fading, and floating, and Tsunade could at last feel the warmth of him watching over her.

“For you, my love,” she whispered, reaching for the necklace she had given away. Then she caught sight of its recipient, standing on a small hill nearby, and for a moment, she saw Nawaki in his place. He grinned and she felt her heart catch, then she brought her hand back to her side.

“Let’s go, Naruto,” she called out. “We’ve got stories to tell.”

[secrettastemakerland]

Omg that post about characters being exes and NaruHina dealing with being exes and trying to deal and also secretly checking if the other would like to get back together WE NEED that fic so badly please let's make it a writing challenge where you all write about that

Wellll... there may or may not be a naruhina parent trap au in the works (where they're divorced because of reasons I don't exactly know yet but divorced naruhina is the plan), but hey you didn't hear this from me. 

I haven't written much BUT I do have the pool scene! 😉 which was the scene I really wanted to write as naruhina in the first place. 😅

"Hey, Hina."

"Naruto-kun."

Hot. One word rang in Naruto's mind like an echo as he was met with the prettiest pair of lavender eyes and he was reminded why he had fallen in love with her in the first place. Hinata's eyes (and Hinata in general) had always made him feel like he was home.

And here he was trying to prove that he was over her to only fall back to old habits (which was pining helplessly) at the very sight of her. Her outfit wasn't exactly helping either. She was wearing a light blue sundress (a sundress he had bought for her) which complemented her dark hair perfectly and flats. If he was being honest, the outfit was completely simple but she looked like an absolute goddess in anything she wore.

Hinata flushed a slight red and her eyes widened. "W-what?" Did he just-? No, he couldn't have possibly meant to call her hot. Could he?

Shit. He had said that first part out loud. Naruto waved his hands in front of him and tried to remove his foot from his mouth. "I! I mean, that - that I was hot so I went in on purpose! To-to, ya know, cool off. Yup. Totally on purpose, dattebayo." he mumbled nervously .

And... that's all I got! 😁 Hoped you liked it lol.

[zombiebaratiddies]

Post for my tags!

Heya! Here's a post for my tagging system. Some things may have confused u for what a tag means, so here!!

Oh i should note that most of my tags are commentary? Tho i'm... very confused as to why u followed me if u don't read my tags ^^;

Anywho!

For general posting!

"Reblog" - ok this one's p self-explanatory but it's what i tag the posts i reblog with! It's... a tad useless bc 95% of my blog is reblogging but! I've done it for so long it doesn't feel right to just stop dattebayo

"Reblog to spread the word" - these are mainly used on informative posts? But can also be used on posts that are like "hey i hope u have a good day today and u deserve good things" bc i feel that way abt nyall :> oh and it can also b used as a tag for things that are too light-hearted to put in save a life!

"Reblog to save a life" - thsse are posts w p heavy topics! Donation posts also fall into this category bc i kno they can make some feel guilty as they can't donate, n i wanted to put that stuff into a neat lil tag.

"Spread them commissions like butter on bread" - my commissions tag! I rb a lot of commission posts, so if u ever feel generous n donate some muns, then hop into that tag or save a life to find some peeps to throw ur money at!!

"Long Post" - i don't use this one often but i use it for posts that require me to lazily scroll 2+ times to get to the bottom of it! For conveniency, if peeps don't wanna open that can of worms. Oh, and this one can be requested to add to a post! Not sure if i ever said that ('v')b

"The Habby Place" - this used to be called "Happy Vibes", but I changed it to the habby place! There are still some posts tagged as the latter so im sure if u searched that u could find some more, but this is my positivity tag! Posts to look at when ur feelin down abt smth n just wanna look at cute animals or validating posts :D

For friends!

"Okaeri!" - this is my tag for my very poggers friend, franiel!! It's the romanized version of the japanese phrase, "Welcome back!" as their url used to be maidsonas (n maids normally say "welcome back!" to regulars, from what im gatherin)

"Extra! Extra!" - the tag I use for my very good best friend johnny! I kno xem for being into newsies, so i thought abt that n the song Hush Hush Magazine - Tape Five popped up. it's heard in the background of the pre-chorus!

"Zeus' Horny Mistake" - the tag i use for my very good older bro lyle!! U probs won't see this tag much bc i normally use the people tags for like. Posts he made, BUT. i wanted to include it anyways >:)

"J'adore les étoiles" - the tag I use for my very good best friend Air! J'adore les étoiles translate to "I love the stars", which is a song by The Orion Experience (where the line comes from). They also go by Star, which is why I thought of it! Normally used when they send me posts

"Jus a swarm of bees :>" - the tag I use for my very good best friend Bee!! Tbh i was tryin to think of smth more witty when coming up for a tag but that.. was what stuck? So i stuck w it!!

For personal posts!

"Zombie Murmurs" - speaking of posts made by OP, this is my tag for posts i made! You know, like this one ajfjsjf to me it makes sense both as a brian monster prom kinnie (where i get my name from) n also w my url so >:3

"Ask me Anything!" - a tag i use for ask games and when i receive asks! (Very rare lmao)

"Tag You're It" - the tag i use for posts that are like "put your experiences w this thing in the tags" n stuff. If u kno the reference to the tag no u don't ♡ /j

For fandoms!

If i recall, most of them just have the name of the fandom but i kno there are exceptions!! Ill update this as i remember them (like w the other tags too)

Tho i will say that i do put "[series] spoilers" at the end of things often if it's specific so keep that in mind ('v')b

"Leg" - The Legend of Zelda series! Referencing a tumblr post where peeps were editing the cover of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to say things like "Legend of Zegend: Breath of the Weath" to which it got to just "Leg".

"Ryu ga Gotoku" - would u believe me if i said that i made this entire post just to use this point sjfjskf but yaya!! I'm gonna b using this title for the Yakuza game series as i feel it's gonna become a Big interest of mine as time goes on skfjsjf

(Note: I moved most of my ykz content over to my hyperfix sideblog, majimasteeth!)

"Phoenix Wright" - the tag I use for the Ace Attorney series! ... even though ace attorney works just as well - i think phoenix wright: ace attorney first so it's been that tag 😔 thoughhh i have a bad memory so i may switch between that one and "Ace Attorney". I'm sure u can find some content in both tags

A rulla thumb i go by is that I put game content on this blog n anime content on gayhatokareshi! Hyperfixes go on majimasteeth, and the url/theme will prolly change dependin on the hyperfix(es). Currently, my hyperfixes are: Genshin Impact, Ryu ga Gotoku, and The Magnus Archives. I'll prolly post stuff there when someone sends posts to me, but!! Yaya

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Pairing: YamatoNaruto Word count: 2487 Soulmate au: The one where you can hear what they're thinking whenever you consciously try to listen

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Chapter 220

Tenzo knew his soulmate within moments of meeting them. He really hadn’t expected that. After the life he’d led and a continuing lack of proper social understanding he’d expected it to take a very long time for him to figure it out if and when they finally met. There had been times he’d bemoaned the fact that their mental connection didn’t extend towards an ability to have actual conversations, limited only to allowing them an ear in to each other’s thoughts at will, but after so many years of worry it seemed there had been nothing to fear on that front. Unfortunately in all the time he’d spent wondering what they would look like or how their voice would sound out loud Tenzo had forgotten to wonder about one thing. Only one detail, yet such an important one. He’d forgotten to wonder at their age. 

Looking at the still growing bundle of energy in the clearing ahead of him, Tenzo did his best to identify each of the emotions coalescing in the hot tangled ball around his heart. Shock, clearly, was the foremost emotion, that fate had chosen to bond him with someone so much his junior without even allowing them the mercy of meeting after Naruto had fully grown. Confusion was also a large part of it, although he couldn’t pinpoint exactly what he was confused about or if he was simply feeling generally off-kilter. Years of rigorous training had the back of his mind reminding him that such emotions would make for poor concentration on the mission awaiting them. But there were still so many other feelings woven throughout the stranglehold suffocating his heart that he just knew he would never be able to untangle them all for a proper look. 

Was he disappointed? Tenzo couldn’t say. He could admit in the privacy of his mind that Naruto’s features were already handsome but at the same time he felt almost dirty for even noticing. The boy was only seventeen. 

The best thing he could think to do at the time was to hold his silence. Whatever his feelings about this situation, it would surely be for the best if he figured them out for himself before admitting to this child that they were matched. Before that first day was over it was obvious that Naruto was not the sort to take big news quietly or keep it to himself either. Tenzou felt certain the boy would understand if he simply put off such an awkward conversation until he was sure they could both be ready for it. 

Unfortunately the longer he held his tongue the less sure he became, a year or two quickly turning in to half a decade almost before he realized, and Tenzou suddenly found himself adrift in a post-war utopia with everyone around them finding the places they were always meant to be, leaving him far behind. He wondered sometimes if Naruto even really noticed that he’d never found his bond. In the wake of the Fourth Shinobi War the boy - more of a man now than a boy - found himself awash in suitors of all genders, handing out dates left and right like he had a well of infinite love for anyone who wanted a taste. And Tenzou, well. He wanted a taste. It may have taken just over five years for him to finally admit it to himself but the rare glimpses he allowed himself in to Naruto’s thoughts showed him to be as genuine as the face he showed to the rest of the world. It would have been very difficult indeed to find a heart as true as Naruto’s.

Some days it was harder than others to understand why or how he had worked himself in to this stupid corner, unable to speak and yet unwilling to hold his tongue. On those days when the loneliness he’d built for himself became too much he found himself often drifting to the roof of the administration tower. It was always peaceful up here. Most people in the common forces assumed that the Hokage’s ANBU would be camped out here on lookout at all hours of the day and yet such assumptions only meant it would be too easy a spot to be ambushed. Generally they avoided it, letting the rumors fly free to encourage any possible attacks away from their true hiding places, and that left the roof free for a despondent ex-ANBU to sit with his back to one of the massive pillars while he looked for answers in the stars above. 

The last thing he expected was for anyone to join him there. Or rather, the last thing he expected was for Naruto to be the one who finally interrupted his mournful solitude. 

“You don’t mind?” Naruto pointed at the spot beside him but didn’t bother to wait for a reply before flopping down to the ground so close their shoulders brushed together. Tenzou peeked at the younger man from the corner or one eye.

“I thought you had a date tonight?” he murmured. 

“Eh, he was boring. Kept going on and on about how I saved the village and he’s so grateful I would even give him the time of day and blah blah blah.” 

Tenzou smiled against his will. “After all those years you put in to making the village recognize you, you don’t like it when they do?”

“Oh for sure!” Naruto puffed up his chest. “I like being someone that others can look up to! It’s just kind of annoying when they treat me like I’m better than them somehow, you know? Just ‘cause I got real strong doesn’t mean I don’t want to have normal conversations and stuff. I’m still just me.” 

More than anyone else Tenzou knew that, it was one of the reasons he had slowly fallen in love, and so he nodded without trusting himself to speak. His silence must have been noteworthy somehow because when he didn’t get a verbal response Naruto turned to lock their eyes together with an unreadable expression. Tenzou knew he could have simply dipped in to the other’s thoughts. He could know everything he wanted to know in just a few moments. Instead, like the coward he was, he merely blinked and waited for Naruto to speak first. 

He didn’t have long to wait. 

“You know...sometimes we build things up in our heads and it gets bigger and bigger until one day you realize it’s just never gonna be the same in reality as it is in your head.” 

“I’m sure if you told him he was making you uncomfortable that he would have backed off a little,” Tenzou said. Naruto gave him another look he didn’t understand. 

“No, I wasn’t talking about that guy.”

“Oh.” At a loss, he turned his face away and looked back up at the stars. “What were you talking about then?” 

For a long minute Naruto said nothing and the feeling of expectancy that hung in the air between them was honestly baffling. It was hard to imagine what the other might be waiting for without reaching across the connection between them to listen firsthand. Forcing himself to have patience, to his shame, required falling back on some of the old repression techniques he had learned under Danzo’s rule.

“I was talking about you.” 

Only five words, a simple message delivered in quiet tones, but they stole the breath from Tenzou’s chest as he whipped his head back down again to stare at the man beside him. 

“W-what do you mean?” he asked breathlessly. Naruto was grinning openly in amusement. 

“You know that this connection thing works both ways, right? I know I’m kind of a knucklehead but I’m not really stupid, dattebayo!”

“I...I never…”

Waving a hand to cut him off, Naruto chuckled a bit. “You didn’t know I knew. I know. We can both hear each other’s thoughts and stuff so, I mean, it wasn’t all that hard to figure it out. You were really uncomfortable with it for a long time so I figured you’d be even more uncomfortable if I made you talk about it. Just being friends is still great!” 

“You...but...I…” Now more than ever before it seemed that words were beyond him. 

Because Naruto was right, this connection between them was a two way street. Just as it was for every other pair of soulmates in the world. How that detail could have escaped him for so many years was a mystery - although Tenzou distantly suspected it probably had something to do with willful ignorance. He was grateful for the uncharacteristic patience as he struggled his way through the revelation that he had apparently worried himself in to knots over nothing. For multiple years. Evidently Naruto had figured it out quite early on. Still, once his brain could finally process anything beyond the wild siren noises of panic he couldn’t help but get stuck on something quite specific. 

“Just...being friends?” he managed to get out. To his utter bafflement Naruto flushed, reaching up to scratch at the back of his neck.

“Should have known you’d catch that, dattebayo. You’re a really great guy! And you’re my soulmate! It’s okay if I like you, right?” The nervous chuckle he made sounded so out of place from someone usually so brash and confident. “But, uh, hey! It’s okay if you’re still not comfortable. Just because we like each other doesn’t mean we have to do anything with that if you don’t want or if it still bothers you that I’m younger or something. Just, maybe you could think about it?” 

Tenzou swallowed past the sudden lump in his throat to croak out, “You think of me like that?” A moment later he breathily added, “You know I think of you like that?” 

His answer was a helpless laugh as Naruto shrugged. Either he’d run out of words or he was listening through their link and realized that all these massive bombs he was dropping were just a little too much for an aging and poorly socialized ex-ANBU to handle. Ask him to assassinate the head of another village and Tenzou would approach his given task with a cool head. Ask him to face his own emotions and the only thing he was likely to accomplish was a few weeks of serious but confusing thoughts, no actions. 

Several minutes passed before it was obvious that neither one of them knew what to say next. Naruto had laid all of his cards on the table, he was clearly waiting for some kind of sign for where to go from here, and it took a while before Tenzou realized he would have to provide that sign. Leaving it up to him to drive whatever was happening here was clearly a bad decision.

As he proved when the only thing he could think to do was to lean over and crash his mouth against the younger man’s with all the pent up emotion of someone who had been keeping a secret for more years than he wanted to count. Despite the fact that Naruto had only just confessed to sharing his feelings it was somehow still a jolt to feel him respond in kind with a low groan. With no clue what he was doing Tenzou did something for the very first time in his life; he threw logic out the window and let his emotions rule him. It was something he had always admired about his soulmate, something he’d always wished he could bring himself to do, and later it would occur to him how fitting it was that it was this leap of faith that brought them together at last. 

When the kiss ended Tenzou discovered he was panting with the exertion of his own heartbeat, not embarrassed only because his partner was breathing just as heavily. 

“Yeah?” Naruto mumbled. 

“Yeah,” Tenzou whispered back. Neither of them needed to elaborate. The connection between them had never been so open. All of Naruto’s thoughts streamed in to his mind almost as though the man were projecting them as hard as he could and the sheer happiness they both felt in this moment was enough to quell every fear that might have arisen. 

“For real? We can-?”

Since he really didn’t have any better of a handle on his words yet Tenzou chose actions instead. This time when he moved Naruto met him halfway and both of them had to chuckle at their own awkwardness as their teeth clacked together. It was, somehow, a perfect moment. Just the right way to remind them both that they were human and messy and that it was okay to be those things. Tenzou closed his eyes for a moment just to breath. When he’d come to sit up here on the roof tonight he’d expected nothing more than to spend another few hours pitying himself for the seemingly impossible situation that he’d put them both in. Now…

“All those dates with all those different people,” he ventured slowly. “They weren’t real dates, were they?” 

“Kind of. Lots of people want my attention and it doesn’t really hurt anyone to give them the time of day - so long as I don’t let things go too far. Mostly they just want to say they went out with the hero of the village, not many of them were really interested in me as a person. As long as you were still worried about being together I figured...why not just make all those people happy without actually having to break any hearts?” Naruto looked a little nervous like he wasn’t sure that was alright but Tenzou found himself slumping with relief. 

It really was just like Naruto to give so much of himself like that. And as much as Tenzou had always been fine with Naruto finding companionship in others when he himself had refused to step forward, it was still an odd sort of relief to know the other had actually been waiting for him all along. 

“Don’t break my heart, okay?” he said. 

Naruto didn’t say anything, only pulled him in for a kiss that didn’t miss this time, but he didn’t have to use words. Everything he was feeling was right there in his thoughts. Tenzou reached out to cup the back of his soulmate’s head even as he let his mind sink in to Naruto’s where everything he had ever wanted was right there waiting for him. It was amazing how avoiding these little glimpses as much as possible had denied him what he most desired for so long but what was done was done. There was no point crying over past mistakes. 

Feeling more carefree than he ever had before, Tenzou let the world drift away and filled his mind with the one man he now looked forward to filling his future with.