#naruto leaves konoha

[randomness-is-my-order]

the last two weeks have been very eventful for my shikanaru fic updates so i’m just compiling them together in this single post!!

first off: the most recent shikanaru fic i wrote was my first ever fic in hindi. :)) i always wanted to give it a try and it took me quite a while to make up the sentences without them sounding funny/awkward but i’m glad i got to complete this small project!

link: मैं और तुम (me and you)

summary:

नारुतो और शिकमारू एक दिन साथ गुज़ारते हैं। बस इतनी सी ही कहानी है।

next: this is a six-parter (5+1) crackish fic about sapiosexual!nara who’s falling head over heels for naruto who is unpredictably intelligent and smart in all sorts of impressive ways! so far, two chapters have been posted!

link: if you shall permit it, i’d like to smooch your brain

summary:

As someone who was sexually attracted to intelligence, Shikamaru never in a million years thought that he would fall for Naruto, of all people.

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Five times Shikamaru found Naruto extremely attractive and the one time he did something about it.

and last but not the least, i updated one of my poly narusasushika fics after over a year! it’s about shikamaru, sasuke and five others from the rookie 12 being sent on a mission to safeguard and offer refuge to naruto, who had left the village the night before graduation very many years ago. the fic’s focus is to develop all these interpersonal relationships and explore the psyche of this different-but-same-at-core naruto, sasuke, shika and how they grow to form a bond between themselves. the platonic relationships are just as significant for me to unpack as the romance here, though! it’s 27k+ words so far, with four chapters up!

link: The Stories We Never Shared

summary:

At the age of twelve, Naruto Uzumaki leaves Konoha, the night before graduation. Years later, the threat of the Akatsuki becomes all too real and keeping Naruto safe becomes Konoha’s topmost priority. A team of seven is sent after Naruto, to protect him no matter what. The thing is: unaffiliated, jaded and thoroughly independent Naruto isn’t the type to appreciate a bunch of ninjas barging into his life one day, demanding that he let them protect him. He’s been fine on his own so far so why are they so adamant to stick by his side? And why is he being chased by a bunch of weirdos wearing freaky capes?

and yuppp, that’s it for all the shikanaru updates!! if something suits your fancy, give it a read! have a wonderful day ahead! 🖤

[kitsune024]

Naruto Fanfiction

Whispers on the Wind by penname_pending

The mantle of hero proved a weight unbearable, not without flaw. His grin told lies, but his heart knew the truth. Hero is a title, a performance, and the act of hero exploited his humanity, leaving an emptiness that could not be denied, not for long.

-or-

Naruto gave enough to the village, now he lives his life for himself. Naruto deserves a little soul-searching, self-discovery journey, too.

Chapters 4/4

[evilkitten3]

one pet peeve of mine in founders-era fanfics is when madara's whole,,,, everything is solved by izuna just being there

like maybe this is just me, but i don't think izuna surviving or even coming around to the idea of a truce with the senju would've been enough to keep madara from the path he ended up on.

izuna wasn't the reason he left - he was definitely part of madara's issues, but he wasn't the why. even if izuna had stuck around, and even if that had been enough to keep the uchiha clan from losing their faith in madara, i think he would've still come to realize konoha wasn't what he'd hoped it would be.

best case scenario, i think izuna's survival might've caused madara to stick around a bit longer, but i don't think it would've lasted. honestly, even then, that might've just made the inevitable break-up between madara and hashirama even more agonizing (particularly for izuna)

it's a fun idea to play around with for sure, but frankly i don't think canon!madara could've ever been 'saved' from that path. certainly not if the hidden village system ended up getting set up in the same way.

[depressedhatakekakashi]

‘Kakashi should have been a parental figure to sasuke’ is a terrible argument for hating Kakashi, cuz no tf he shouldn’t have

Kakashi is in no place to be a parental figure to ANYONE in his state. He’s not ‘parental figure’ capable until post war arc when he finds some damn closure

But also, Sasuke does not NEED a parental fogure and he’d be insulted at anyone trying to fill that role. Where Naruto had no one (and thus a parental figure stepping in for him was good) sasuke has parents he loved

Parents he adored, who’s desd bodies he saw laying on the ground after his big brother murdered them

The last thing he needed was a parental figure. What he needed was a friend and support, and he had people trying to be that

Naruto was and wanted to be his friend

Kakashi wanted to be a support system for him

For many reason’s, of which fall on no specific person as being totally in the wrong, that did not happwn.

Sasuke pushed Naruto, Kakashi and everyone else away to seek his own goals, because he was so consumed by revenge he was willing to do anything. Which is exactly why Kakashi told him to stop seeking revenge

He was fine with Sasuke wanting revenge until he saw just how much Sasuke was willing to sacrifice to get it, and only THEN did he step in and tell Sasuke to stop seeking it

Because he saw how it was destroying Sasuke.

How this desire was eating away at Sasuke so much he was willing to harm his friends, people who cared for him and who he cared for, because he felt they were in the way of him achieving that goal.

Kakashi tried to be what Sasuke actually needed. Not a parental figure, but a support and guide. A role no one could fill cuz most people wanted to use sasuke (orochimaru, obito, even itachi at the start) and the one person who genuinly wanted to help Sasuke (Kakashi) was not the person who could both because their world views were vastly different because of how differently they experienced their trauma’s, and because Sasuke chose to push everyone who cared about him away

People need to stop expecting Kakashi to fill a parental role for Sasuke. That is not his role

It should never be his role

You cannot fill a role where someone already stands, and even dead Fugaku was Sasuke’s father figure. His real, loved, respected father.

[thoughtsareclouded]

Baby ‘bito

[oh-no-its-bird]

I kind of ended up w a small pile of Hatake ocs and lore to fill the early konoha timeline void, and a big thing is like. They all die to preserve the narrative. A lot of them very young bc again, made to fill the time line, so logically, there had to be some Hatake kids/teenagers who met an unfortunate end.

So I'm kinda sitting here considering a 4 part fic where each chapter revolves around a specific Hatake and their inevitable death, w maybe a bonus chapter at the end being about Sakumo

"Death of the Wolves," the unfortunate end of the Hatake's, told in 4 parts

The Hatake's helped set the Konoha standard rule of "a team can only be made up of so many % of one clan" (with special exceptions) after a large chunk of them got sent on a mission together bc of their specializations and all wound up dead, wiping out a solid 90% of the clan in one night.

Actually, expanding on that bc the tragedy is so good -> I already established that in my time line, the Hatake head, Haruka (Sakumo's mother, Tobirama and Hashirama's aunt) died under a week after Tobirama's death, and she would have lead that failed mission. Does that mean one of Hiruzen's first acts as war time Hokage resulted in the accidental slaughter of his beloved dead Sensei's mother's clan? That's amazing actually, so much drama there. I bet him Danzo and Kagami argued like crazy after that monumental fuck up, probably went on to define how he feels ab being Hokage / what that entails. Fun times!

Anyways, I'd also be very interested in exploring early konoha politics n stuff. Especially from the multiple views of not the people in charge of making the village but the ones who are living in it. The view from the ground up, instead of looking down from the tower. The younger generations being brought to this new village, going from their isolated clan lands to suddenly being surrounded by others their age from different clans, possible for the first time ever depending on their age and their clans level of secrecy.

Also, I really wanna poke at the outsider pov of Madara and other founders— but mostly Madara bc I find his downfall very fun to think about, especially from the POV of someone not in his clan.

I'm so in love w the take of the Hatake's being fond of Madara bc "he'd make a very good Hatake." Something about the two tropes of the Uchiha being a clan that loves love and the Hatake being a clan w similar values when it comes to family and loyalty just meshes so well.

Comedy moment where Haruka is weirdly insistent on Madara potentially marrying into the clan, not even for the politics or anything but specifically bc she NEEDS a cute squishy Hatake baby with his massive hair. She NEEDS IT, MADARA.

Anyways also just the early konoha inter clan drama but like. From the eyes of the clan kids. The Uchiha kids seem to be having some sort of terf war with the Senju— but it was interrupted by the Hyuuga, and now the Senju and Uchiha kids are somehow banding together against the Hyuuga? But oh no now the Nara kids are teaming up w the Hyuuga, and the Hatake kid (singular bc there's literally only like 1) seems to have an actual blood feud going on with the Hyuuga clan heir— but the older Hatake teenagers are fond of the Hyuuga's baby clan heir so it's just a mess. All the clan drama but with none of the tragedy bc everyone involved is a child.

Meanwhile the older clan members are somehow bonding over their children's fights bc they're all struggling to pull them away, or going "what the fuck do you mean you teamed up with the SENJU??" Then sharing a disbelieving Look(tm) w the opposing Senju's parents before realizing what they just did and having a crisis of faith ab it

Meanwhile the teenagers are having a wonderful time, especially those from smaller more isolated clans like the Hatake. There's so much romantic drama, there's probably a whole shinobi soap opera happening in that direction. Hormonal shinobi teenagers from opposing clans just got dropped into the same dating pool it's gonna be a MESSSS.

Even funnier if you take crumbs from my senju weed empire au and like. Some of these clans regularly smoke n stuff. Meanwhile other clans have never touched a psychedelic in their life. Some are especially vulnerable to drugs due to heightened senses (Orochi, Inuzuka, Hatake) while others have been smoking since they were younger and have an insane tolerance and very much distorted views of a reasonable amount of weed to smoke (Senju, Nara, Shiranui) There is no way in hell that goes well. Someone is going to get fucked up in a MAJOR way.

Well-intentioned Nara accidentally gets a bunch of dog wired guys and one snake high out of their fucking minds, the high lasts a full week for some of them and one sometimes wonders if they ever really came down from it

Anyways I got a bit off track but yeah! Early Konoha fic that revolves around the daily lives of differently aged Hatake ocs, taking a look from different angles of Konoha and all the silly clan drama and daily lives of an early Konoha shinobi— each chapter being different degrees of generally lighthearted, but ending in the Hatake's death. The fact that each Hatake is in with a different crowd and is a different age would make it even more fun and easier to explore the different layers Konoha has to offer! It's for sure on my list of things I wanna write

(Also I'd really love to have it just so I can point to it as a good introduction for my Hatake ocs. I love tricking people into learning ab my ocs it's great)

[teatitty]

Peep my correct take on Iruka

[snserendipity]

dude bros on yt always mocking the scene where sasuke says he wants to become hokage is my villain origin story because tell me how wanting to change the shinobi system, which forced your older brother to murder his entire family, is funny?? how is it amusing that someone who watched their parents being murdered at 7 years old and was then left all alone by the authorities wants to return to that same place and change the system so that no child has to experience the same pain? i will fight you

[molvilkas]

-naruto and sasukes your ninja association-

[please-read-the-manga]

RIP Madara, you would have loved Cher.

Anyways, this is completely unfounded and purely vibes (I am but a simple cringe gay who likes both Naruto and Cher) but I truly believe Madara would be a Cher fan so I hope someone will enjoy this Cherdara (+Kurama) as the 'Dark Lady' album cover.

Yes, I'm aware this is stupid niche, it came to me as a friend looked through the obscene amount of Cher records I own (early 70's Cher will always be my favorite era) lol.

But tell me these aren't Madara's vibe??

He Ain't Heavy... He's My Brother (G*psys, Tramps, & Thieves)

Let This Be A Lesson To You (Take Me Home)

Outrageous (Prisoner) Picture: Madara prepping for battle/getting his weapons + armor ready.

Heart of Stone (Heart of Stone)

Save Up All Your Tears (Love Hurts) I know this one was on repeat in the cave.

The Power (Believe) This should have been the final Juubidara look/reveal.

Song For the Lonely (Living Proof) Like come ON lol.

Dressed to Kill (Closer to the Truth) Hashirama v. Madara fr...

You Haven't Seen The Last of Me (Closer to the Truth) Madara leaving that homophobic village.

The Winner Takes It All (Dancing Queen) I could do a whole list of Madara and ABBA too lol, maybe this one is cheating.

Also, I am by no means trying to venture into the Naruto 'pairings' discourse/community or anything, but if you subscribe to Madara being gay (and imo I think you can make a case for it and read him that way), I'm just saying there are many fantastic unrequited love/desperate-for-love songs that would work for him lol...

The Way of Love (G*psys, Tramps, & Thieves)

Don't Hide Your Love (Foxy Lady)

I Saw A Man And He Danced With His Wife (Dark Lady)

If I Could Turn Back Time (Heart of Stone)

Strong Enough (Believe) Honestly the whole Believe album lbr.

Not sure if I should admit this so I'm 'hiding' it... but my Madara-Cher agenda is also a minor detail in a dumb 'Alternate Universe' I've been brewing in my head - I haven't been here long, but I've definitely been inspired by all the other ideas people on here come up with for their alternative stories lol.

Brief Synopsis:

I'm thinking it takes place in the late 70s/early 80s. Basically, Izuna drops out of high school because he accidentally knocked up his girlfriend and is now trying to figure out how to raise his daughter (Mikoto) at 17. The birth mom's family doesn't want anything to do with this so he's on his own and lost. He goes to his eldest brother's apartment for help because he's not quite ready to admit to their father/other brothers that he fucked up this bad and I kind of picture the two of them having a special bond as oldest/youngest.

From then on, Izuna raises little Mikoto with the help of his gay (on the dl) older brother which gives a lot of room to explore some interesting dynamics/historical perspectives. Personality-wise for this, I kind of picture that Izuna fancies himself a progressive activist for his time (but cannot hold down a job to save his life/the struggle is real) while Madara is barely afloat himself, trying to make do in a shitty apartment and figure out his own life while also (now) taking care of his brother and niece. The major overarching theme would be that the Uchiha are a family that have their issues, but at the end of the day they are always there for one another no matter what (which is how I've always read them in canon).

Idk, it combines many of my interests/favorite themes with some of my favorite characters lol... and, most importantly, I can make Madara a Cher fan LOL. Never worked on something like that before, but it's a nice distraction to consider, especially during these trying times.

This is the album btw:

[anubisthe1]

I put "hating on sasuke uchiha"on the same category as "hating cats" . Both are major red flags to me.

[bh-52]

Kurenai Yuhi, Yugao Uzuki, Anko Mitarashi & Hana Inuzuka are almost always depicted as best friends in fanfics.

But do they have any screen time together?

I'm pretty sure Yugao & Anko have been onscreen together at least once, in an Infinite Tsukuyomi world as members of Root, and Anko & Kurenai would've been during the Chunin exams pre-timeskip.

[chasing-posts]

Sometimes you make headcanons based on canon evidence. Sometimes you make them based on how funny/ dramatic they would be.

The second is how I came up with my current headcanon, where I thought it would be hilarious, if Ino and Gai shared the same mother.

Will explain later when I'm not sleep deprived.

[decaffeinatedcupcakekid]

I feel like a lot of people criticise Sasuke not being around the village as much when he’s older way more than they should. And I understand it’s because Naruto spent the majority of his teenage years chasing him but Naruto didn’t do that simply because he wanted Sasuke in the village for the villages sake.

No, he wanted Sasuke in the village for Sasuke’s sake.

Naruto has been an outsider in his own village since the day of his birth. He understands why Sasuke would want to leave. What he can’t understand is why he’d want to leave for Orochimaru of all people.

Orochimaru has nothing to offer Sasuke as far as Naruto’s concerned. He can’t offer love, friendship and mutual respect that Naruto looks for in his own village. Power, maybe, but Naruto had Jiraiya, another Sannin to look to in that respect. Power from a Sannin is probably the occasional jutsu every five years.

All Naruto sees when he looks at Sasuke leaving is self-destruction. The blinded cravings of a boy who desperately wants one thing.

The village, on the other hand, could offer him sanctuary. It can offer him a home, like Naruto has discovered, and strength too. He just needs Sasuke himself to see that so that he doesn’t have to destroy himself by going to a man that will never have his best interests at heart.

Which is why, after the war, Naruto isn’t upset to see Sasuke go. Because the village will only harm him if he stays. He wanted to save his friend from a hostile environment and Konoha is hostile.

If Sasuke was going to go to any village that could do right by him, Naruto wouldn’t have chased after him like he had when he went to Orochimaru.

[axel-tiredstudent]

Naruto hyperfixation save me save meeeee

[thoughtsareclouded]

Look at him 🥰