#rewrite madara

[al-hekima-madara-blog]

What if we rewrite Madara as a hero?

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

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

Madara shippuden

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

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

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

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

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

1/ Face your fear

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

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

2/ Accept failure & learn resilience

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

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

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

To illustrate the importance of women I remember Mikoto revealing to Sasuke that his father is actually his secret biggest fan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

4/ to put it in a nutshell

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

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

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

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

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

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

He could have then become the 2nd Hokage

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

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

⋆꙳•❅‧₊⋆☃︎‧❆₊⋆The End.⋆꙳•❅‧₊⋆☃︎‧❆₊⋆

[randomartwork]

Rewriting Naruto part 1

We take out the whole alien god tree and reincarnation. Instead, the ten tails existed way back in prehistoric time and Obito (and by extension Madara) try to bring it back to destroy the world and peace among the people by any means necessary.

The Uzumaki massacre did happen but instead of killing off all uzumaki it shorten their numbers to like a few hundred, but they’re still around

Intern Kushina becomes Hokage like she dreamed and she took Minato’s last name Namikaze

Danzo set up a itachi before he tries his own coo against the leaf village to make himself look good in hopes of killing Hiruzen

Hiruzen sees through his old friend and call him a traitor

Danzo doesn’t get chance after chance he takes a few members of the anbu and makes his own organization (The Root) that plans on trying to take over the village

Intern orochimaru “works” with him giving us those child experiments 

The uchiha clan massacre didn’t happen. Itachi only killed the members in the coalition against the village and since his dad was one of them he had to kill him and his mom. Leave Sasuke to be cared for by his uncle and aunt.

Naruto doesn’t know he’s the Ninetails. When he was born and Obito attacked his dad used transporting Jitsu and left him in a safe place

the akatsuki believe the nine tails is dead and waiting for it to reform and the leaf village thinks the akatsuki has it

[ludwigplayingthetrombone]

been a bit stumped for personal projects, so poll time. feel free to rank them numerically in the replies if you feel ambitious

[domoz]

I'm really curious about time travel Haku and the canon rewrite!

Haku Time Travels

"If you really are so desperate to find a ninja, you'll have better luck up north. All sorts of clans up there" The woman in green tells him. "Say…" Says one of the other women, "Didn't Himiko go hire one of those dog ninjas when her husband ran off?" Dog ninja probably does not refer to Kakashi, who is famous for a great deal more than his summons, but Haku lingers to listen to the dramatic tale regardless. Himiko's husband was evidently very unfaithful, and the fisherman's wives scoff that she would spend money on finding him at all. The shinobi apparently dragged him all the way back from Tanzaku-gai.

Fun fact I had a sort of crisis when trying to figure out which how you get to fire country from wave, because there are theories that wave IS whirlpool after its collapse and that would be a different fic entirely.

Canon Rewrite

Well, I think it's about time we talked about probably the biggest change from initial canon: the Uchiha Massacare.

Itachi didn't kill the whole clan. Instead, he kills only the "disloyal" Uchiha (though that title isn't strictly limited to people involved in planning the coup). This includes his own parents, which means he's next in line to be the clan head, and he gets away with it because in order to keep control over the situation, Konoha leadership basically starts calling him the "last/most loyal uchiha".

The other Uchiha survivors aren't happy with it. They're also barred from being shinobi. Sasuke is an exception -- as you can imagine, his relationship with his clan and his brother are very complicated.

...Which means him and Naruto both start the story with the goal of being the hokage, and are rivals about it. Naruto for his canon reason of wanting acknowledgement (except he's treated more seriously, being the adopted son of the current hokage and all), and Sasuke because he believes that he'll be able to recuperate the Uchiha's image and restore them to their former glory.

[whoslaurapalmer]

oh fuck (still rereading naruto) you know why kishi brought orochimaru back????? bc since hashirama and tobirama were sealed with orochimaru's arms, of course orochimaru had to be revived to be able to bring the other two back to fight madara!!!!! BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?????? IF WE JUST HADN'T HAD TO DEAL WITH MADARA IN THE FIRST PLACE NONE OF THAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED

[nohara-rin-dot-mp3]

this is so fucking funny. in the end i do think that the argument for kakashi as myrtle is like. really funny so maybe i'll go with that? it opens up a lot of possibilities for cameos re: the party in chapter 2 which could be fun. also if he's myrtle i can make wilson one of his many boyfriends??? which is quite funny to me. PLUS i can continue to push my "kakarin that doesnt really care for each other but they are possibly the only people in the world who understand each other. except They Dont Want To." agenda.

[the-real-sasuke-uchiha]

I wonder if all the stories Itachi learned about the Uchiha were like this. Stories of abuse of power and fratricidal fights. I wonder where he learned them, if by any chance he was fed this biased tales from the enemies of the Uchiha, who were the ones in charge of the education system of the village, probably the ones that controlled information and the ones with the power to rewrite history in the way they pleased.

I always thought he was intentionally lying when he claimed Madara murdered Izuna to take his eyes, but after remembering the Izanami/Izanagi tale, I am considering the possibility that maybe he actually believed that. Maybe he really thought he came from a dynasty of power thirsty bastards capable of killing their own flesh and blood for dominance. I wonder if he ever got a chance to get the other version of the story from his own clan, the family he felt so isolated from. Or even, if more people in the clan actually believed the same.

[obitobi-simp]

In a last ditch effort to convince obito kakashi tries to say " Rin wouldn't have wanted this"

But Obito is just deadpan and points to his right "Well actually it was her idea "

Ghost Rin appearing: hi Kakashi no I'm not a hallucination this time either

kakashi: wait what ?

Obito : are you deaf ? I just told you it was her idea

Everyone is silent even madara is confused af

Au in which rin apers as ghost to her teammates kakashi shrigs her iff as one of his hallucinations about her but obito was unhinged enough to actuly talk to the voices in his head

She's the real boss if you are gonna ask white zetzu he's scared of her tho she's dead so madara isn't getting that 2cnd rinnegan

Zetzu is just : sorry but she's the boss and she hates you i think it's personal

Then it's revealed to minato (and everyone else) the kyubi on her grave was her idea "but the bomb on the baby naruto was my idea" obito chims in

And yagura ? Rin possed him obito just put a genjuzu so he and isobu don't fight her

Kakashi in acorner in shambles not knowing what to do or how to react at all to the information that his 2 dead (well 1 not so much dead) teamates are evil dictators and terrorist criminals and also try to burn/rewrite the world he's just done

[introspectivememories]

i know we like to make fun of naruto these days but like. there was a time when it was good. real. full of potential. there was a time when there was genuinely something there. when every character had potential or was interesting. before kishi went off the rails. before madara and kaguya and boruto. the promise of something new. there was something there with wave, with the chunin exam arc, with rock lee vs gaara, with neji and hinata, with the sasuke retrieval arc. there was something there with the worldbuilding and the mystery of tobi. with sakura's character, with tsunade, with kurenai and asuma and gai. like i get making fun of it, i do it all the time. but i long for the times, when everything about naruto was fresh and exciting, when the stakes were real. before he turned into ninja jesus and before the moon goddess got involved. before every character that was a female got shafted. before their fucking eyes could rewrite space-time reality or whatever. like make fun of it all you want but never forget what they took from us. the potential they robbed from us. the worldbuilding and character arcs that got shafted to give us whatever the hell that last part was. there was a time when naruto was good.

[avenger-hawk]

I stumbled upon your ffrecs - thank you. I've read some MadaSasu and TobiSasu and it was refreshing to read something where writers put emphasis on character-accurate depictions. Mainly Sasuke is often written very off-character in fics. I want to ask you two questions: 1. If you were to change one thing in Naruto what would it be? 2. If you would like to rewrite Naruto one day - from what chapter would you proceed onwards?

Hello and thank you. I 'm repeating myself these days cause I don't have anything new in mind I guess, but I became very picky with fanfics, I now don't read anything new cause I'm not motivated and this happened because of all the healthy, unproblematic and woke crap from authors who instead of trying to write in character, they take all the "danger" from them, turning them in some off character idiots from some netflix teen drama. Anyway, I mostly try to understand why narration and plot go towards a certain direction, so mostly I follow the canon plot and fill in the holes. Like, without the Kaguya plot twist, that I found extremely boring, Obito and Madara wouldn't have been redeemed, and I admit that the concept of Madara who had manipulated to much, being manipulated in turn, was interesting. Without Uchiha massacre the Itachi and Sasuke relationship, Sasuke's motivations would be less strong and he might not join Orochimaru, thus he would not meet Team Taka. Without Itachi dying at the end of their fight he wouldn't know the truth from Tobi that way so he wouldn't act like he did later. Fix-it fics are cool and all, but without injustice and suffering characters wouldn't be so interesting.

This said, what I would change is the canon end pairings and the existence of the offspring, cause NH and SS are off character and interesting only for superficial ppl who self insert as those female characters. Imo a sequel would have been better with totally unrelated characters from the academy or smth, but ofc the authors should have invented new characters and powers while creating children of already loved characters with the same power as their parents was easier. This ruined everything for me anyway.

(pls don't send asks related to the ending and canon pairings as I wrote everything abt them already!)

Tbh before the ending happened I wrote In Power We Entrust...because I knew Sasuke wouldn't be given justice, and by justice I mean public recognition of the massacre as a decision from Danzo and the elders, clearing Itachi of all accusations and pardoning of Sasuke's consequent actions, so I wrote my post ending, where Sasuke lives in Konoha and Tsunade gave him justice but outside the village he's not trusted. Then I wrote What He Wanted, In The Dark and Of Feathers And Fangs to give myself explanation of the ending for Sasuke as the result of brainwashing, and I explored possibilities from that start, in a dark way because I can't not see it dark. So I understand my vision is extremely subjective, especially when darkfics are even less tolerated by preachy fans lol.

But I wrote more about my "ideal" ending here, here, here and here. Also kinda here, here and here.

My headcanons tag.

[toshiro-taichou]

The Immortal Shinobi

Konoha has made a magazine interview about the Second Hokage's son: Shinkei Senju.

Page 116:

The interviewer had went to the Senju Prince after a peace treaty between Konohagakure and Uzushiogakure. The interviewer had asked Shinkei some questions.

I = Interviewer. S = Shinkei.

I: "Shinkei-sama, with the recent war and peace treaty, you revealed your parents. While many knew Lord Second was your father, it came to a massive surprise for everyone that the Second Hokage is actually a female and was secretly married to Madara Uchiha. How did it feel to grow up with a unique and fascinating heritage?"

S: "It was interesting. Truth is I haven't been bothered. I was made in Konohagakure but was born in Uzushiogakure when mother went on a business trip with Aunt Mito-sama."

I: "When you defended Lady Uzukage during the Kage summit and Lady Hokage was surprised to see you, she stated surprised that you were alive this entire time and that she revealed your relationship with Lord Fourth as his father. Can you go further into detail?"

S: "Minato huh? I keep forgetting the kid was a Kage, must run in the family." Shinkei had chuckled slightly during the interview. "I wasn't with Minato-chan for very long. I always had a feeling Minato-chan was going to be powerful and well known when he grew up. Minato-chan is a lot like his mother, in looks and personality. I'm just lucky he got my brain."

I: "During the Fourth war, you revealed you were immortal, can you go into further detail? Was it because of Madara Uchiha or did you aquire it through a technique or experiment?"

S: "Nope. Pure luck and stupidity. While on my mission, I was fighting someone far much stronger than me. I used a seal explosion in a last attempt, I had attempted to end myself and my enemy. However I woke up, still breathing. I have no idea how I became immortal but it became very clear to me."

Shinkei had gone on saying that he is not bothered on what people think about him and he'll remain on the world until he finds a way out.

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I made Shinkei around 4 years ago after I left High School. He was created for fun and he just stuck with me. After making some lore for him just to distract myself (I wasn't in a good state during 2021), Shinkei just stuck onto me and is now one of my favourite Naruto/Boruto Ocs.

But I like rewriting lore in animes/games to make it unique to my characters because I don't want to erase the original creator's work and ruin it for myself, so I make a seperate universe and change characters and make them different.

Shinkei Senju belongs to me Naruto Anime belongs to Masashi Kishimoto

[al-hekima-madara-blog]

Hi my friends,

I hope everybody is ready for Madara's birthday, I have at least 3/4 metas posts ready and cooking on the fire :

~ The Menu ~

-Yin/Yang generality part 1 : I will post it this evening since it's not directly talking about Madara but it's really important to understand the part 2

-Yin Yang part 2 (Madara/Hashirama) ~ 24/12/2024

-What's Madara's dream? ~25/12/2024

-What if we rewrite Madara as a hero? ~26/12/2024

-Is Madara a tengu? ~27/12/2024

[victorsandvanquishers]

Red Bangles, Black Anklets - Chapter 25

Fandom: Naruto

Ships: eventual Mito Uzumaki/Madara Uchiha, eventual Hashirama Senju/Kakuzu, one-sided Hashirama Senju/Madara Uchiha

Rating: Mature

Warnings: DEAD DOVE, DO NOT EAT.

Summary: In a world of warring clans and roaming beasts, a small island struggles to survive. Thousands of miles away, the Hokage loves another man so deeply, he almost forgets his duty. Deep within a jungle, a tailed beast rises. In another world, the island would die, its children scattered throughout the elemental nations, a beast shackled to its descendants for the rest of eternity. In this one, Mito Uzumaki decides to fight back.  [Founders Era AU, Alternate History Rewrite, eventual Mito/Madara & Hashirama/Kakuzu, one-sided Hashirama/Madara, ongoing]

Chapter Summary: All it was, was war.

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I said I would update this a while ago, but a while turned into nine months, and no, I didn't get pregante and have a baby, but I did get busy with life and put off wrapping up these last few chapters until a couple of hours ago.

I HOPE the brain machine allows me to finish penning these last few chapters so I can finally close out this novel by the end of the year. Thank you for sticking around all these years, and I hope you enjoyed reading this tale as much as I enjoy writing it. :'>

[domoz]

THE WIP LIST

Non-exhaustive, there are even more ideas that I decided weren't developed enough to make this list. For the curious, usage in ask games, and whatever else.

Naruto

Hand over Hand Over Hand - Ongoing - Madara/Hikaku/Tobirama. Omegaverse arranged marriage slowburn, where high ranking alpha/omega couples sometimes bring betas into their marriage.

Foxfire - Yokai are real and the tailed beasts were given power by the sage rather than created by him. This will have consequences for Naruto (and everyone else)

Canon Rewrite - This is the devil speaking to me and (@firecoloredwater). Naruto was raised by Hiruzen('s hired help), Itachi didn't kill all of the Uchiha and is the clan head. Sakura is an orphaned Senju. And more!

Something like Sort of Like a Disciple - Tenten activates a seal that sees a ghost of Mito stuck with her. Said ghost has opinions on the current state of Konoha.

The Academy Three - Kakashi sends Team Seven back to the academy, and Iruka picks up his slack.

Wood Tar, Charcoal Ginger, And Honey - MadaTobi. After Kawarma died, Tobirama turned his jutsu creation towards healing instead of war.

For in this Garden, We grow the Future - Izutama. Same Universe as above -- Izuna and Itama don't trust each other at all, but are made to work together in Konoha's new ANBU corps.

Heart of Flowers - MadaTobi - Hanahaki. Madara finds out that the Senju can catch a strange disease, and that Tobirama has been suffering from it for years. He decides he'll be able to cure it.

Woodland Succession - MadaTobi - Hashirama has been acting odd -- Odd enough to leave his brother tied up like a gift for the Uchiha to capture. Tobirama is willing to work with even the Uchiha, if it means saving his brother.

Tengu AU - MadaTobi - A comic. Madara is the lord of the mountain and Tobirama is his yearly sacrifice. Neither of them care too much about such things. Tag Here

Trust in Reverse - IzuTobi. The daimyo of fire forces an arranged marriage between Izuna and Tobirama that he clearly expects to fail. They are spiteful enough to make sure it doesn't.

Brothers in Bond - IzuTobi -Tobirama and Izuna are captured and put into captivity together, which leads to, ugh-- mutual understanding.

In the Corner of Another Room - IzuTobi - Izuna falls in love with a mysterious masked shinobi, who he believes Tobirama has killed. Years later, that shinobi appears again.

For this is Just a Body - IzuTobi - Butsuma puts a cursed/obedience seal on Tobirama. Somehow, Izuna is the only one who notices.

A Storm Sweeps Out to Sea/The Wind Brings it Back to Me - IzuTobi - Tobirama fled from the Senju after killing his father years ago. ANBU Commander Izuna has just gotten a new recruit that he recognizes.

The Senju Ghost - IzuTobi - Izuna doesn't believe in spirits until he gets caught by one. He hates it, but what he hates even more is Tobirama showing up an announcing that it's his job to get Izuna free. Some things already written in this AU here and here.

Unnamed #1 (Tobirama Memory Loss) - IzuTobi - Tobirama is captured by the Uchiha. Only, he seems to be suffering from some kind of memory loss. Izuna puts himself in charge of getting information out of him.

Unnamed #2 (Nowhere Else to Go) - IzuTobi - Izuna recognizes and purges Zetsu's influence from himself, but he can't free the rest of his clan. Circumstances lead him lead him to seek help from Tobirama. Not only does he not kill Izuna as he was expecting, he also gets into his own trouble for helping him.

Unnamed #3 (Hanahaki Adjacent) - (Probably) IzuTobi - The Senju clan form chakra bonds with each other, and not doing so leads to adverse health. Tobirama has never been very good at forming connections with people.

Crane's Return of a Favor - HikaTobi - Tobirama has crane summons. Someone else does too. They become pen pals, of a fashion.

East of the Bend - HikaTobi - While his brother is off making friends, Tobirama makes a friend of his own. They're a bit more pragmatic, when it comes to making peace.

Unnamed #4 (Pollitical Hostage Hikaku) - HikaTobi - Hikaku led the Uchiha defectors after Izuna died. Now that Madara has finally made peace, the only way he can think of to save himself from Madara's wrath is to make himself too politically valuable to kill. So he marries into the Senju.

Unnamed #5 (Oops! Arranged Marriage) - HikaTobi - The Uchiha offer Hikaku to marry Tobirama fully expecting the offer to be rejected. It is not.

Unnamed #6 (Concubine Hikaku) - HikaTobi, HashiMada - Madara refuses to accept peace, and so the Uchiha are defeated. Unwilling to kill Madara, Hashirama claims him as a concubine. In order to support his brother, Tobirama picks an Uchiha to become a concubine of his as well.

These three are in the same continuity:

Hands and Tongues - Hashi/Izu/Mito - Izuna is healed by Hashirama, leading to a peace he doesn't agree with at all. He decides the best thing to do to ensure his clan's safety is to get blackmail on the hokage by seducing him and/or his wife

Like Gravity - HikaTobi, Hikaku is the only Uchiha who is willing and able to work with Tobirama. He goes into it with an open mind. Slowburn

A Place to Fall into - MadaHikaTobi. Madara finds himself lonley, in a world at peace. It takes a few realizations before he understands he doesn't have to be.

Desert Spring - Tobirama kills his father on accident. He flees to wind country, where he just so happens to fulfill some folkloric prophecies. He's 14, he doesn't want a harem, and he really doesn't want people calling him a god or organizing a coup around him.

Everything Stays/Everyone Lives - The Everyone Lives AU where nobody knows everyone lives. Some fics in the AU already exist (Here and Here) (And in a different but adjacent AU by Para Here), but there are drafts and ideas for other fics such as: Izuna realizes Tobirama is blessed, Tobirama finds Madara's youngest brother, The Rescue of Madara's older brother, The Return of Madara's Oldest Brother, and: Izuna finds a guy who looks a lot like Tobirama.

The Necromancer's Apprentice - Edo Tensei is a little nicer, and Tobirama makes a name for himself (and a lot of money) allowing the rich to speak to lost loved ones and getting confessions from the dead. When peace happens, the Uchiha elders demand that Tobirama takes on an Uchiha apprentice -- which to the Senju, is functionally the same as having him adopt the child.

Unnamed #7 (Pokemon AU) - The Warring States are still at war, but it's pokemon, so it's a hair nicer. The daimyo is encouraging Dojo/Gym challenges as a way to settle disputes and gain status, as it's cheaper than war. Hashirama decides to go challenge them -- if he succeeds and gains status his father will be forced to accept them. He's left his little siblings behind, and there's a magikarp in the pond that doesn't much like the way Butsuma treats it's favorite trainer.

Unnamed #8 (The Brothers Patricide) - Hashirama knows that he needs to kill Butsuma sooner rather than later. He knows that Tobirama is loyal to him and would never agree. Tobirama knows that Hashirama is too naive to see the ruin Butsuma is leading their clan towards. He needs to kill his father before it's too late.

Unammed #9 (Tobirama buys a courtesan) - Outsider POV. Tobirama goes to a courtesan to keep cover on a mission and enjoys her company so much that he buys her contract so that she can work for him -- as a research assistant.

Unnamed #10 (Haku Timetravels) - Zabuza dies with an Uzushio scroll in his pocket, not that Haku knows anything about that. He just knows that he's woken up in the past, and that he's skilled enough to attract attention there.

BNHA

Strangers Met on Summer Jobs - Ongoing. Shinkami. Modern Fantasy, Siren/Human. Denki is a college dropout who meets a siren working his summer job as a tour guide.

Late Night Comedy Hour - Ongoing. Aizawa adopts Shinsou, Ms. Joke helps.

ATLA

Dragon Eats It's Tail - Ongoing -Canon-rewrite with a focus on worldbuildling+folklore. Zuko is blessed by Agni -- which means he's got a horns and a tail.

The Everyday Work of Ordinary People- Zukki. AU where Aang was never freed from the iceberg and the fire nation more-or-less won the war. The spirits aren't happy about it.

Orchid Blooms on Tree Bark - Jetko - Zuko joins the freedom fighters post exile.

Sokka, Alone - (possibly) Zukka - Hakoda takes Katara with him when she leaves, but not Sokka. Elsewhere in the world, Zuko becomes a pirate.

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Crossovers

Code Geass

Drop of Blood by TenchiSaWaDa I Chapters: 8/? I Naruto & Lelouch

Teen Titans

Slade's True power by GamesRMine I Chapters: 6/? I Slade is Naruto in this fic

Lest you fade here all alone by @syluk-sky | Chapters: 16/? | Time Travel Fix-It, AU- Canon Divergence, Uchiha Shisui Lives, BAMF Naruto, Rebuilt Uzushiogakure, future naruto adopts lil naruto & gaara Twisted Morality by AllyMander | Chapters: 50/51 | Time Travel Fix-It, Madara wins, Naruto leaves the village, Smart Naruto, Akatsuki Naruto, BAMF Naruto The wayward fox by HiHopeYouAreWell I Chapters 39/43 I Naruto Leaves Konoha, Orochimaru & Naruto, Orochimaru is still Orochimaru, Sensei Orochimaru, Bamf Naruto, Slow Burn Naruto/Hinata, Fuuinjutsu Master Naruto Whispers on the Wind by penname_pending I Chapters 3/? I Sasuke/Naruto, Depressed Naruto, rebuilding Uzushio, BAMF Naruto, Naruto Leaves Konoha, Soul-Searching

Bookmark Series

Sunshine by @redninjalass19 I Part 1-2 I Naruto has a Brother, Naruto doesn't have kyuubi, naruto's brother Norio is a jinchuriki, Older Naruto, Naruto is a Chakra Sensor. Sick Naruto.

Naruto Fics with Fanart

All To Save Them by CaffeineAddicted | Chapters: 8/? |Time Travel Fix-It, Naruto is Ashura, Alternate Universe, Kakashi/future! Naruto, Hinata/Naruto, past trauma, future naruto & naruto Problematic Soldier by @maelstrom-prince | Chapters: 21/? | Sasuke/Naruto, AU- Canon Divergence, Fox Demon Naruto, Animalistic Naruto, BAMF Naruto, Team as Family Medicinal Lullaby by @avannak | Chapters: 32/? | FFN Naruto gives up on Sasuke, single dad naruto, bamf naruto, later naruto/sakura, maturing naruto backslide by @blackkatmagic I Chapters 32/32 I Completed Kakashi/future!Naruto, Sasuke/Naruto, AU - Canon Divergence, Time Travel, kurama is future naruto, Team as family, sasuke&naruto&sakura The Color of Summer by @spideywhites I Chapters 51/? I Self-Insert, SI-OC, Uzumaki Twins, things get far worse before they get better

Bookmark Series

Flip the Coin by @inraindrawz | Part 1 - 2 | Sasuke/Naruto, Role Reversal, Canon Rewrite Windmill by @blaizekit | Part 1 - 3 | Timeline Shenanigans, Dimension Travel, Time Travel

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There are way more ways to end the Naruto series (obviously) but these are the most common alternatives that I’ve seen. For example, I’ve also seen the idea of making a sequel series that follows the Naruto cast that simply works to fix/elaborate the ending. Or the idea that the Akatsuki are the final villains and Obito/Madara/Kaguya just aren’t in the story (or they’d at least play a very different role). Or the idea that the “sequel” is to treat the story Marvel style where it gets passed on to someone else to rewrite their way until we have enough universes to make Across the Narutoverse (haha get it). Or the sequel is of the next gen jumping between alternate universes. You get my point. But there’s twelve spaces and I wanted the “other” option to be available for anyone with ideas of their own.