#zabuza and haku my BELOVEDS

[camtankerous]

Watching all of naruto is extra hard bc every time you boot it up you just want to watch the wave arc again

[demifiendrsa]

Naruto - 【NARUTOP99】FINAL RESULTS

TOP 20 RANKING TRANSITIONS VIDEO

Top 99 worldwide character popularity poll results:

Minato Namikaze (Fourth Hokage) - 792,257 votes

Itachi Uchiha - 505,014 votes

Sakura Haruno - 489,619 votes

Shisui Uchiha - 279,062 votes

Kakashi Hatake - 212,403 votes

Naruto Uzumaki - 182,911 votes

Sakumo Hatake - 170,940 votes

Sasuke Uchiha - 170,665 votes

Madara Uchiha - 144,947 votes

Hinata Hyūga - 144,484 votes

Obito Uchiha - 132,252 votes

Jiraiya - 117,825 votes

Shikamaru Nara - 87,838 votes

Tobirama Senju (Second Hokage) - 87,442 votes

Gaara (Fifth Kazekage) - 70,557 votes

Hashirama Senju (First Hokage) - 66,519 votes

Deidara - 56,320 votes

Neji Hyūga - 49,526 votes

Sasori - 40,732 votes

Rock Lee - 39,325 votes

Might Guy - 37,391 votes

Kurama (Nine-Tails) - 35,017 votes

Orochimaru - 29,323 votes

Hidan - 28,910 votes

Kushina Uzumaki - 27,334 votes

Iruka Umino - 26,628 votes

Tobi - 22,096 votes

Fugaku Uchiha - 21,541 votes

Tsunade (Fifth Hokage) - 21,362 votes

Ashina Uzumaki - 20,875 votes

Nagato - 19,221 votes

Zabuza Momochi - 18,498 votes

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki - 17,553 votes

Haku - 16,728 votes

Tenten - 16,693 votes

Teuchi - 15,590 votes

Konan - 14,322 votes

Temari - 13,044 votes

Yamato - 10,891 votes

Kisame Hoshigaki - 10,577 votes

Mito Uzumaki - 10,547 votes

Sai - 10,346 votes

Deva Path - 10,287 votes

Ino Yamanaka - 10,276 votes

Hiruzen Sarutobi (Third Hokage) - 9,639 votes

Kakuzu - 9,338 votes

Kimimaro - 8,785 votes

Izuna Uchiha - 8,546 votes

Might Duy - 7,990 votes

Indra Ōtsutsuki - 7,206 votes

Kiba Inuzuka - 7,051 votes

Killer B - 6,499 votes

Rin Nohara - 6,496 votes

Asuma Sarutobi - 6,395 votes

Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki - 6,023 votes

Shino Aburame - 5,959 votes

Genma Shiranui - 5,728 votes

Tayuya - 5,449 votes

Kabuto Yakushi - 5,082 votes

Suigetsu Hōzuki - 5,000 votes

Konohamaru Sarutobi - 4,724 votes

Kankurō - 4,466 votes

Kagami Uchiha - 4,061 votes

Mei Terumī (Fifth Mizukage) - 3,843 votes

Karin - 3,192 votes

Hamura Ōtsutsuki - 3,161 votes

Akamaru - 2,926 votes

Ashura Ōtsutsuki - 2,871 votes

Danzō Shimura - 2,859 votes

Darui - 2,849 votes

Samui - 2,746 votes

Yagura (Fourth Mizukage) - 2,700 votes

Utakata - 2,660 votes

Hayate Gekkō - 2,657 votes

Zetsu - 2,654 votes

Yahiko - 2,556 votes

Shikaku Nara - 2,553 votes

Hikaku Uchiha - 2,545 votes

Anko Mitarashi - 2,477 votes

Mikoto Uchiha - 2,378 votes

Ten-Tails - 2,366 votes

Hanabi Hyūga - 2,153 votes

Shizune - 2,078 votes

Gamabunta - 2,078 votes

Otoha - 2,045 votes

Chōji Akimichi - 2,003 votes

Pakkun - 1,958 votes

Chiyo - 1,872 votes

Hanzō - 1,808 votes

Omoi - 1,780 votes

Tonton - 1,667 votes

Fū - 1,598 votes

Mū (Second Tsuchikage) - 1,523 votes

Gengetsu Hōzuki (Second Mizukage) - 1,488 votes

Yugito Nii - 1,458 votes

Monkey King: Enma - 1,440 votes

Gamatatsu - 1,408 votes

Ninneko - 1,300 votes

Kohada - 1,296 votes

Masashi Kishimoto will draw an original short manga following the winner of the poll, Minato Namikaze (Fourth Hokage).

'Narutop 99' top 22 character popularity poll results commemorative illustration by Masashi Kishimoto  

Thank you for the incredible amount of votes! It was fun seeing how results varied from region to region. I was shocked to see Minato at the top for all regions, and the fact that Sakura is so beloved by many people around the world made me proud as a writer. To tell you the truth, I was actually rooting for Kurama. I was planning on drawing only the top 20 characters, but I really wanted to add Kurama, who was close at 22nd... So I ended up including him and Guy, who was in 21st place! Sorry for completely ignoring the original plan to have the top 20 characters for the 20th anniversary because of my personal attachment. Right now I'm working on the short manga for Minato who placed 1st. While trying to make a story that would match the expectations of his fans, I ended up with more pages than I had originally anticipated. Please look forward to the secret story behind Minato's jutsu! I want to thank you all very much again for voting!  

[duesternis]

1, 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13 please!

ED!!! thanks for the many questions, let's get right into it!

1) favorite village - My favourite village aesthetic-wise is Sunagakure! I love those buildings and the desert vibes are fun!

2) favorite kage - THIS IS DIFFICULT AND I WILL MAKE MY ANSWER UNVALID BY SAYING MADARA lol

7) which battle was your favorite - I love the battle on the bridge in the land of waves arc (zabuza and haku my beloveds) and i love the final battle between sasuke and naruto. the drama, the love, the scale of it all.

8) favorite female ninja’s outfit - I love Fuu's outfit! And Temari's are always fun! Karin's too!

11) how would you wear your headband - I would probably wear it on my arm, around my biceps or something! on the forehead looks stupid on me haha

12) what would your ninjutsu be - I would love to be able to do water-based ninjutsu! Those are always so cool haha

13) what ninjas would you want as your teammates - none of them, they're all freaks haha But if I really had to pick i'd like to be the mid-range guy, so for close range I'd pick a powerhouse. Let's go with Juugo, I love that beast. And for long-range I'd pick Temari, I think! Our sensei is Madara haha

[ammaterasu]

8 and 30 for the sasunaru asks !!!

8. Land of Waves or Chunin Exams?

waves arc my beloved... it sets the tone for the rest of the series both in terms of the themes/central questions driving the story and also in establishing Naruto and Sasukes bond as one where their competitive and snarky banter is really just a façade for the friendship they both yearn for with each other (sasuke rushes to check in on naruto after seeing he's late for dinner... they train together and sasuke catches naruto... sasuke DIES for Naruto... and Naruto reciprocates in turn) you learn that sasuke is not indifferent to Naruto!!! and Naruto is bugging sasuke always making jabs at getting his acknowledgement bc he really really just wants to be his friend!! they are emotionally stunted kids starved of love but finding nothing but hatred!!! And all of that is established in waves arc as the backdrop to one of the most tragic arcs in the entire series which is zabuza and hakus story. No other arc hit me like theirs did, succinctly setting the stage of how corrupt and immoral the shinobi system is, in the sense that they are merely tools, pitted against one another bc of political/economic alliances and not morality.

30. Do you like Sasuke’s spiky duck-butt hair or his slick-down hair better? Do you like Naruto’s hair shorter or longer better? 

duck butt!!! longer!!! both alternatives to these are OK if I am comparing it to kishis design sketches for "the last" but I still prefer their Shippuden looks and just bc I want to .. here are some of my fav sasuke and naruto looks

link to sasunaru asks ^^

[beaniebabs]

mewhen i think abt zabuza and haku qnd i start crying and shaking and sobbing and screaming and yelling 😔

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Naruto shippuden things that made me lose my mind (ep 261-281):

There's something very funny to me abt everyone being like: the 3rd was a good man! Meanwhile danzo is in the backyard setting up child death matches

Resurected Zabuza: kakashi! I thought I told u to send me to hell!

I'm gonna be mad if I don't get to see gaara beat the piss out of his undead father

Haishi Huuga: I can differentiate the adept soldiers with the byakugan *cut to a normal looking dude in a sea of white monsters*

Kurama was once attacked by twin ninja, swallowed them, and instead of dying they spent 2 weeks eating his internal organs... thereby acquiring his power...?

Hanzo: when I was a boy, the poison sack of a salamander was implanted into my abdomen. So now I gotta wear this gas mask so I dont go around poisoning everyone including myself (fucking what? Hello?)

Asuma: choij isn't a coward. He's kind. And one day that kindness will be a ninja weapon (ok asuma, it was good to see u again, pls die)

Iruka: time to stop lying, naruto's not stupid. Naruto, I think of u as a little brother. Naruto, don't have to bear a world of suffering on your shoulders. Naruto, if ur reading this: come back alive, no matter what (IRUKAAaaaAaaaAa i lov u so much 😭)

Fuck everyone for trying to make iruka naruto's captor. Like logistically I get it but if iruka hadn't left him that note it would have been one more fucking betrayal to add the the fucking pile

Also why did naruto eat Iruka's note? That was weird.

I am not immune to the crazy eye child sasuke scene

Team 8: how did yamato kno hinata's in love with naruto?! (bc he's not a moron? How tf does anyone not kno that?)

Deidara: this immortal body doesn't match my aesthetic

Kurotsuchi pretending to be sasuke: where's naruto? I'm only interested in naruto *runs away* (wow, dead on lmao)

OK so all the shinobi leave for war and a bunch of sumo guys turn up outside konoha and start punching the children. Fucking what?

[alonelysimp]

do you watch naruto or are you just liking my naru rbs 👁 / gen

.... haven't seen it in years but yes i've watched naruto

[captnjacksparrow]

I woke up in the morning I opened Tumblr I was scrolling my feed and saw that ss support post and I was like wait ss support post!!!! Jesus Christ Did I step into a SS supporter acc?👁️👄👁️ then I noticed your name oh that's captjack and started reading your post and as always you're so honest you don't feel any hesitation bringing those manga panels I was really feeling so happy seeing your honesty😍 my fave blogger isn't like those assholes in this fandom anyways so I tried to see those panels using ss supporter pov(actually I want to know why they ship ss from a ss supporter and I politely asked some SS peeps but they didn't reply my ask🥴) but I got pissed off only seeing that first chunin exam scene where Kishimoto added Naruto in that small panel I mean why he had to put Naruto. WHY!! If I were a SS supporter I would definitely hate Naruto.

But I remember I saw a ss shipper post where they added some panels where Sasuke touched🤦‍♂️ Sakura💩 with caption do they know those panels exists(in one panel it wasn't even touch or anything they were just standing and a ss peep commented omg did they just hold hands🤦‍♂️).

In your "SASUKE - How he treats Sakura Vs How he treats Naruto" post you added one of that panel in number 6. Shoulder Hug - where Sasuke touched Sakura's💩 head and said he's all right. And a ss peep once was telling to me that Sasuke blushed and felt jealous when he saw her near some other dude for Sakura it's because he loves💩 her and if Sasuke loves Naruto why he never blushed of felt jealous like he felt for Sakura.😪🤦‍♂️WTF

😂😂 Support SasuS*k* post was to see what are the positive moments between them to the point of shippers going crazy. And Out of 700 chapters, they just had 5 whole pages... And none of those moments are exclusive for them except for that 'Thank You'... So, I just compiled their ‘So-Called’ Romantic Moments....

SS fandom hates Naruto for a very obvious reason... Because he receives all the attention from Sasuke and comes between their ship. But they won't accept it out loud... Instead, they'd just say Naruto is a Misogynistic Monster who'd never let Sakura grow stronger because he always treated her like a 'Damsel in Distress'... 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️... As if their beloved Sasuke-Kun let her grow into a strong and mature woman!!!

And a ss peep once was telling to me that Sasuke blushed and felt jealous when he saw her near some other dude for Sakura it's because he loves💩 her and if Sasuke loves Naruto why he never blushed of felt jealous like he felt for Sakura.😪🤦‍♂️WTF

I know who was that dude.... He was Obito.... And they are talking about that Catching Sakura scene 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♂️... They truly shit on every other characters to delude about their ship... If Sasuke was getting Jelly on Obito... It signifies that for hitting on Sakura, Sasuke was suspecting Obito to be a pedophile... Which he is fucking not...

Sasuke never felt jealous on anyone... Of Course yes... He was Jealous about Naruto and Itachi, because he of their superior mental strength... Other than that... Why should he be jealous anyway???

And when it comes to blushes, Sasuke also blushed around Naruto thrice.... However, the only Blush that can be considered remotely with Romantic intention was the one given by Haku while admiring Zabuza’s body... [[Not counting Sakura’s & Hinata’s blushes around those boys... because they are girls and it’s obvious]]

But I remember I saw a ss shipper post where they added some panels where Sasuke touched🤦‍♂️ Sakura💩 with caption do they know those panels exists

I’ve seen that post too... “Do they know these panels exists?”.... Man!!! Such a Cringe fellows... While I can’t able to attach all their nonsensical panels.. I am just attaching one...

Here, Sakura’s hand was not even drawn properly.... Mind you, this is something I zoomed in 10 times.... Her fingers weren’t visible and Sasuke’s hands were empty... What kind of delusional shit they are spouting... I wonder they all have some magical eyes where they could see all these illusions...

We also have many panels like these... But we never go onto say ‘Oh!! They are romantic.... (To be honest, Some of them truly looks ambiguous...)’

We have this....

This...

and this...

and this...

I don’t know... When it comes to these two... The Author just do some  ‘elaborated & artistic & suggestive’ drawings...  

[chojuuro]

you can also do the other swordsmen if u feel so inclined

OH BOY ok i only did the ones i have thoughts on but i love the swordsmen muchly (and these are fun DBJHSF)

here's a cut bc. whoops it's long lmao

kushimaru (80s rocker stringbean)

jinpachi (i saw a headcanon once that he and ao had used to work together closely and i cant stop thinking about it)

uhhhhhh i did chojuuro already OH

kisame (boobs in my mouth. please. please.)

zabuza (BOOBS IN M--) (i need the entire haku and zabuza backstory arc i know we caught glimpses of it but. not enough. also show me zabuza during his time with the swordsmen???)

kagura (son. beloved.)

shizuma (knife emoji) (hey look my only bingo LMAO)

hebiichigo my love

kyohou (SON)

i dont have many thoughts on the rest other than "why do u look like that" "package deal do not separate" and "who even are you"

jazz hands

[grimmjowkurosakidrake]

Losing

Summary: Part four of my Time travel fic: The end is were we begin

Relationships: Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Itachi & Uchiha Sasuke

Lenght: 2,118 Words

Warnings: Some angst, mentions of the curse of hatred as well as mentions of Sasuke not feeling good enough for Sakura.

Quick disclaimer: This chapter was commissioned by the always great @birkastan2018​  who actually helped me to fix my grammar and turning points on the fics!! on my commissions blog @witcheswritings​ !

Previous Itachi and Shisui are waiting for them at the gates of Konoha when they come back. Both are genuinely smiling as they prepare to greet Sasuke and his team.

Back in his timeline, Itachi only wore his Anbu uniform or simple training pants coupled with the customary high collared shirt most of their clan wore on a regular basis. Itachi was never carefree about anything and his clothes were no exception.

Sometimes, if he puts his mind to it, Sasuke can remember with vivid clarity how his older brother used to like sweets but didn’t eat them as much as he should; how he liked festivals but rarely attended any; how he enjoyed playing with the cats roaming around the compound but wasn’t able to spend time just wandering around their home.

Now Itachi has his own cat. A fat, old, female cat named Hime that never plays with him but always purrs when he strokes the sides of her face.

Now, Sasuke can always find his brother drinking tea and eating dango at his favorite shop when he’s not at the compound or the police precinct.

Now he wears colorful and comfortable yukatas almost everyday.

Today he’s wearing a silk, bright blue yukata embroidered with beautiful designs of delicately embroidered gold half moons and waves.

By his side, Shisui is wearing his Anbu uniform. But seeing their placid smiles and the way his cousin’s hand rests on Itachi’s shoulders without care, Sasuke can appreciate how happy and free they’ve become ever since they ended the ongoing feud between the Uchiha and the rest of Konoha.

Sasuke smiles at them, but otherwise tries not to overreact at the sight of his beloved brother (he still has his pride after all).  The days of following his brother around like a puppy are supposed to be behind him.

Naruto is not quite as prideful.

“Itachi-nii!” screams the blond, eagerly running in the direction of the older Uchiha.  He looks small next to the two imposing young adults, though not nearly as malnourished as he looked back in the day. His clothes fit him now and his once bony wrists aren’t as delicate. He’s healthy, not as raggedy looking as before.

A good family can do that to you.  And Naruto’s not the only one who is different. Itachi’s eye bags aren’t as prominent even if he still has wrinkles to show for the years of sleep deprivation he suffered in the past. Shisui’s smile is just as cocky as he remembers, even with the black eyepatch he wears now after Danzo stole his eye from him. 

Sometimes, even Sasuke can admit that his own smile is different than before.  His eyes are softer now; they’re not as sharp and full of hatred. The smiles he can offer now are more genuine than the smiles he could offer to his wife back in his timeline.

Thoughts like this never fail to consume him with guilt when he remembers the brother who put his happiness over his own health, the friend who obsessed over having him near even at the cost of the goals that helped him overcome his neglectful upbringing, and the girl that loved him even when he couldn’t love himself.

Even when he couldn’t return her love like she deserved.

This is why he can’t go back.  This is why he can’t ever regret what he did. 

This is for the best. This is how they will be happy.

“Naruto!” Shisui excitedly plants both of his hands firmly on the blond’s shoulder. “First mission, huh? Did you grow taller?” Naruto beams proudly at this, straightening his back to try and show off his full height.

Which is ridiculous, because he’s still shorter than even Sakura. His head still doesn’t reach Shisui’s collarbones, but Sasuke can see what his cousin means.

Waves represents a turning point in the life of the boy who will become Hokage one day. The moment he stopped being just a rambunctious orphan child running amok through the village that despised him and started to become an actual shinobi.

One who’s seen death, mourned the loss of a dear friend, and even if it was for just a moment - one who’s been made aware of his own weaknesses.

One who’s witnessed the horrors of the shinobi world firsthand and still decided to come back stronger and as eager as ever to become the leader of an entire shinobi village. 

The same could not have been said for Sasuke, back then. Waves for Sasuke was nothing but another point of proof that he was weak.  It just gave him another reason to train harder.

The thought of training has him considering their female teammate. Seeing Sakura now, she actually looks smaller. Perhaps she feels shy in the presence of the Uchiha clan heads, maybe uncomfortable at being the only one who doesn’t know Itachi or Shisui. As smart as she always is, he’s sure she’s noticed the familiarity between Naruto, Kakashi and his family.

Or, maybe she’s just ashamed of her lack of growth back in Waves. 

After all, she couldn’t do anything other than watch as her teammates risked their lives fighting an S-class missing-nin, standing in the sidelines with the man they were supposed to protect.

Sasuke then decides he can’t hold back when it comes to her growth. 

He loves her just as he did back in his timeline and he wants her to be happy.  He is planning to become a man worthy of being introduced to her parents as a loving boyfriend, and not the traitor who whisked her away from home one day.

Kizashi didn’t like him, Sakura’s mother didn’t either and Tsunade absolutely loathed him.

According to them, he was cold, cruel and not worth a loving bright girl who would do anything to see him happy. In fact, the only two people who ever supported their blooming relationship were Naruto and Sakura herself.

He’s working on loving her more openly now. But the psychotic, still cursed on love and hatred part of his soul, needs her to become stronger, less vulnerable.

Sasuke is an Uchiha, after all, and a part of his soul still carries the curse of hatred.  He knows he couldn’t take it if he lost her somehow.  

He wants her to reach her full potential. He needs her to become the woman able to break mountains, to receive a katana to the gut and just regenerate around it.  

 Her death would destroy him, just like Rin’s death destroyed Obito. He needs to make sure that doesn’t happen.

“Ah, Itachi-sama, Shisui-san” drawls Kakashi, referring to his former Anbu protégés with the formality their titles deserve.

Even when his voice doesn’t sound as respectful, and his eyes planted on his obvious porn book show everything but interest in the two men.

“Kakashi-senpai,” smiles Itachi pleasantly, “Please, just call me Itachi. I’m not the head of the Uchiha right now, just a brother interested in his younger sibling’s first mission.”

“Yeah!” hollers Shisui with enthusiasm. “But who would have thought that little Sasuke would end up on a genin team with his best friend, our former Anbu senpai and…” He stops, gaze falling right on Sakura.

There’s confusion in his eyes. Sasuke understands, as she doesn’t resemble any clan in their village. She could be a foreigner, but no Hokage would allow an outsider to be on a team with the heir of the Uchiha and the Kyuubi child.

So Sasuke makes the introduction.  “This is Sakura Haruno. The one who always beat me at written exams back at the academy.”

Itachi smirks knowingly at his words. 

Those were some dark days for him. When he thought his experience as a Shinobi back in his own timeline was enough to get him perfect grades and yet he was being bested time and time again by a little civilian girl.

He brooded quite a lot.

Shisui never paid much attention to his childish mood swings though, so he’s not aware of his little cousin’s Academy rival.  “Haruno? I’m not quite sure I recognize that clan…”

“It’s a civilian family,” she answers, her small hands holding onto the edges of her dress. “My parents run a bakery.  They opened it when dad couldn’t advance any further up the shinobi ranks.” 

Sakura blushes from her neck to her ears when the older man’s eyes don’t leave her even after that shameful disclosure. 

“The Haruno bakery? Just a few houses down from the Yamanaka flower shop?”

She silently nods.

“Oh!”  Shisui grins widely in recognition. “They have great curry bread there!” He sighs dreamily as if thinking of those savory buns, which eases Sakura’s nerves.

“You must be very skilled,” adds Itachi, “to be put on a team under Kakashi Hatake.”

“Not really,” sighs the pink haired girl dejectedly. “I’m just lucky.”

Naruto scoffs. “Don’t say that, Sakura-chan!” he cries, forcefully cradling Sakura’s face. His lack of respect for any kind of personal boundaries are well known to everyone. “Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei are lucky to have us! I mean, look at us, we fought one of the seven swordsmen and we won! We should be celebrating! Right?” He looks between the Uchiha men and his teacher.

“Of course!” agrees Shisui, easily excited and always hungry. “How about we go out to eat something? Our treat, to celebrate little Sasuke’s first mission.”

“I shouldn’t.” Sakura hesitates with uncertainty in her green eyes. “I should be training,” she says as an afterthought, as she peeks at Sasuke. “I couldn’t do anything to help on our mission.”

“That isn’t tru-” Naruto tries to object, but he’s swiftly interrupted.

“She’s right.” 

Naruto fumes at their teammate’s sharp response, but Sasuke holds firm with his own cold stare before turning to Sakura. “You need to train more. We may not be there the next time you face enemies as strong as Zabuza and Haku.” 

Sasuke knows he’s not planning to leave her. But what comes after the Uchiha massacre was stopped is uncertain terrain. 

The Akatsuki, Madara, Obito, even Orochimaru are more of a threat than they were before because now they’re unknown elements. Sasuke doesn’t know how his actions thus far have changed this timeline going forward, and he can’t leave Sakura’s life at fate’s hands.

“Foolish little brother,” sighs Itachi. “Training after a mission, tired and disheartened won’t do her any good.”  He moves near the girl to place a gentle hand on her shoulder. “Come on, Haruno-san. Even if you’ve lost, you’re still alive and that’s all that matters. You should eat; you could use the energy.”

“We didn’t lose, though” corrects Naruto, crossing his arms and closing his eyes in confusion.

“Sakura-chan did,” clarifies Shisui, his usually flirtatious expression now serious, “She couldn’t help her teammates, because she wasn’t strong enough,” he states bluntly. “Isn’t that right, Sakura-chan?”

He’s smiling, but it’s not a particularly nice nor friendly smile.

“I did,” she realizes. “I did lose.” But then, with greater resolve, she steels herself and bows to her team. “I’m sorry Naruto, Kakashi-sensei. Sasuke-kun! I won’t fail you next time!”

Naruto grins widely and Kakashi smiles through his mask, awkwardly scratching the back of his neck. Probably mourning the misfortune of being assigned such passionate young children as his first genin team.

They always crash and burn after all. Time and time again, both love and passion had only proven to be followed by tragedy.

Sasuke just hides his face behind his bangs, still not sure how to react when it comes to the brilliant, resilient girl he’s only now getting to know.

“But for now we eat,” interrupts Itachi, guiding Sakura and her teammates towards Konoha’s shopping district. “We eat, and afterwards we will assess our weaknesses and our strengths.” He smiles while walking towards a spot they’re all familiar with. “After that, we’ll sleep, make sure to get a good night’s rest, and then tomorrow we train.”

Naruto hoots enthusiastically when they arrive at Ichiraku and enters immediately with Shisui, followed by Itachi and Sakura.

But Kakashi and Sasuke linger outside the curtains of the ramen shop. “That was some wise advice from a former Anbu captain,” he muses, while placing a gentle but firm hand on his student’s shoulder. “We would be equally wise to take it.”

Sasuke considers this as they enter the now crowded shop.  He sees Naruto grinning happily as he’s served his first bowl of noodles. At his side, Sakura is smiling at his brother like she used to smile at Ino before their falling out.

Maybe, he thinks, sitting by Naruto’s other side and accepting the pair of chopsticks his best friend offers...

Maybe they’re right. 

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I hope you liked the fic and speacilly hope @birkastan2018​ liked it <3 

[woofgang69]

Zabuza, Haku, and Kimimaro for number 4 please!

💚💚💚

ohh this is tough

adopt kimimaro....i have good insurance that'll help him 🤣

be adopted by Zabuza. he knows a thing or two about raising people (not that he's good at it lmao)

marry haku my beloved 💙

[saikens]

talk to me about my kid Haku

HAKU MY OTHER DEARLY BELOVED MY BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL CHILD. when we’re first introduced to haku, haku looks absolutely cool in design. i really loved that about his character and his portrayal. then we dig in a bit deeper and find out his past and how hes introduced and how he met up with zabuza and then i begin to soften even more (i didn’t think that was even possible) i just. i think i cried a massive flood of tears over haku, he was very dear to me and i miss him everyday because he was such a wonderful character and so loyal to his core, never once not smiling. he was just so amazing and im getting teary eyed thinking about him and the land of the waves arc because it really changed me as a person i like to think 

heres some haku for u and some of my favorite caps

[also to note whenever haku asks if naruto has anyone precious in his life that he protects he thinks of iruka!!!!he always thought of iruka when haku told him his story of how he was taken in and given a little piece of hopeand perhaps someone that could be like family to him just like naruto had in irukawhich is so important i think :”)]

[mishamoonberry]

The Numbers of My Sins

Soulmate AU: Red tallies on their arms.

Also available on AO3 and FFN

His arm has always been clean.

Even when he’s reached the age of seventeen, eighteen, nineteen and so on, it’s still clean.

Living in the world of shinobi, where conflicts happen almost daily, where every second can be any person’s last breath, it’s sometimes jarring to see a shinobi’s arm being clean.

His soulmate has never killed anyone, and he wonders if his soulmate is a civilian. That will certainly explain things, though he also thinks that it must be awkward, for his soulmate, because for all he knows he’s killed a whole lot of people, and what he knows of civilians is that they are somehow repulsed at the idea of taking somebody else’s life—they can just use shinobi as tools to do so, after all—therefore he thinks they must be somehow repulsed as well for knowing that their soulmate is a killer.

He kind of feels bad, but then he can’t imagine a life without being a shinobi, and he’s fine in continuing his duties, his soulmate’s opinion be damned.

If they cannot accept his occupation, then they’re not ‘meant to be’ after all anyway.

XX

When Sakura is born, there are tallies on her wrists; tallies that seem to always grow in numbers whenever her parents do so much as to look away. It’s horrifying to see, for both of her parents are mere merchants, to see tallies upon tallies on their beloved daughter’s wrists, expanding ever so slowly to her lower arms.

It’s either her soulmate is a mass murderer or a shinobi.

In the end it doesn’t matter, because shinobi are mass murderers.

It terrifies her mother, certainly, because why must her daughter’s soulmate be a ninja? The woman doesn’t know the average kill count shinobi has, but in this world where the only indicator of one’s soulmate are the tallies in their arms in which it shows how much people their soulmate has murdered, it is very rare for people to find their soulmates.

Even Sakura’s mother, who used to be a genin, has ten tallies on her wrists, and her husband none when she’s killed people in the past beforehand.

It’s rare for soulmates to be able to meet.

All the soulmates ever do is tainting their arms with sins, with blood as red as the tallies on their arms.

And Sakura’s arms are filled with them.

Dozens and dozens of sins, all done by a single person.

XXX

Sakura knows she probably will never meet her soulmate, and the tallies in her arms are not the reason she wants to become a shinobi, really. She wants to be brave, to be courageous and kind like the kunoichi next door.

(And if she ends up killing somebody, it can’t be helped.

It certainly can be a nice revenge against her soulmate, whose little red tallies has reached her elbow by now.)

She’s not as unlucky—or lucky, depends on how people see it—as Uchiha Sasuke, whose hands had been filled with dozens of tallies only to fill up with almost a hundred of new tallies the very moment the Uchiha Massacre occurred.

(All the while, the traitor’s arms must have been empty.)

She never bothers to cover her tallies like Sasuke does, as if it’s something to be ashamed of. Because she doesn’t know her soulmate and nobody can know either, it doesn’t matter for her if people sees her arms and think mass murderer.

Her soulmate must be a ninja, a damn good one, considering how much people they are able to kill and still be alive even until now, considering how there’s another small tally showing up last week.

It doesn’t matter.

If anything, she hopes she can be as strong as her soulmate.

(Though perhaps she’ll tune down the mass murdering a little bit.

Can’t have her mother throwing up at the thought of her daughter becoming like that, after all.)

XXX

The very first time he sees his new genin team, Kakashi almost balks at the sight of red on the little kunoichi.

Not only she has pink hair and red qipao, but her arms are literally filled with red. So many red tallies, the soulmark already reaching toward her upper arms.

(Is her soulmate an ANBU?)

He’s expected Uchiha Sasuke’s arms, although bandaged; he knows to expect hundreds of tallies over there. He doesn’t know about Naruto’s, considering from the time he’s guarded him as his ANBU guard, his arms have always been empty of tallies.

The girl—Haruno Sakura—takes in his gaze over her arms and scowls, as if daring him to comment about it.

And, well, he’s a shinobi, so he simply hums, and orders them to go to the rooftop.

XXX

The mission to Wave has been a disaster.

Haku, the one Naruto called as ‘pretty big sister but actually not a girl’, died because of him, from protecting Momochi Zabuza. Zabuza himself died soon after, right after he killed Gatou and the assassins the fat idiot hired.

Sasuke has almost died, if not for the precision and mercy Haku seemed to have.

Naruto unleashed a small tendril of the Kyuubi’s chakra, all because of the fury over Sasuke’s “death”.

And Sakura—

Sakura just killed a person.

A foolish samurai that tried to attack the bridge builder instead of the Demon of the Mist, and Sakura did what she had to do: fighting back.

Still, first kill is bound to be hard on anybody, no matter if it’s a shinobi or not.

It takes quite awhile for him to have Sakura’s tally-littered arms to stop shaking, but it gets resolved soon enough and the kids are sleeping after they got themselves cleaned up.

(He’ll have to take them to Psych Eval, especially Sakura, but—

But he believes they can manage. That they can endure.

He believes in them.)

Sighing, the Copy Nin takes off his vest and shirt, right after tugging his headband off. He’s covered in sweat and grime, as well as blood, which is normal considering his days in ANBU, but he’s been given fresh, cold and clean water for him to shower in and like hell he’s going to pass it up.

Reaching over to take off his right glove, Kakashi pauses at the red line on his wrist.

That’s…. not a scar.

He rubs at it, eyebrows furrowed.

It doesn’t fade, and it doesn’t smell like ink. It’s as if—

It’s a tally.

A tally that didn’t exist this morning.

A tally that means his soulmate has recently killed a person.

After all these times, and his soulmate just killed a person? When he’s twenty-six?

Kakashi stops short.

…Recently killed—

(“Sakura,” gloved hands grabbing onto shaking ones, giving her reassuring squeezes while his lone eye scrutinizes the girl’s wavering green hues, “Sakura, calm down.”

Sakura takes in a shuddering breath, nodding through her haze.

Beside her feet, the body of a samurai stays still.)

[taleoftheuchihas]

30 Day Naruto Challenge - Day 8

Scene That Made You Cry

When I think about it most of the time when there was some sad scene I was only watering...like it was terrible and I wanted to shed a tear but in the end I couldn’t. I was really moved and close to tears when Haku and Zabuza died, when Obito sacrificed himself to save Kakashi or when Kushina and Minato died protecting Naruto. I know about one time when I was crying b out of laughter in episode 101 when Team 7 was trying to found out what is underneath Kakashi’s mask :D. But the ONE scene that made my cry everytime is:

Itachi slaughtering Uchiha clan and torturing Sasuke

Like that scene...that scene is so helpless, so devastating, so full of darkness. When you imagine that they were killed in their sleep, unable to protect themselves and when you think about there were not just men but also women, elder people, children, babies, pregnant women.... HELL NO. I just can’t. Maybe I overthink it too much but he killed all without exception not to mention he was part of them all. How sick is it? And to top it all, if I was unable to cry to that point, then there was this scene with torturing little Sasuke and that was just the final drop. HOW COULD HE?! Because when you see all of your family dead, your parent’s slaughter right in front of you (and by hands of your beloved brother) is just not enough. Let’s make him see it again and again and again – what about thousand times more? Yeah, sounds legit. Oh and don’t forget Sasuke, I love you - Itachi’s logic.

So yeah....that would forever be something that devastating my soul even more when you realize it could be prevent. If it weren’t for fucking Danzo and crippling Shisui maybe Shisui would be able to save the day. Maybe Fugaku will change his opinion and maybe Uchihas never wanted spill the blood but to have more political power or something. Who knows....we will never know and maybe Kishimoto himself do not know how bad the overturn really was. But wiping entire clan out of map is just NO. NO NO AND NO. 

[ao3feed-kakairu]

Not Even Free

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/35OBNDs

by IonFusion

Umino Iruka has lived her whole life dressing as and pretending to be one of the "guys". At the age of seven, her family moved to Konohagakure - but they were not just allowed entrance. No, there was a price to be paid, and Iruka was the one forced to pay it. Follow the beloved chunin as she simultaneously fights against and submits to the system, revealing secrets and gaining friends along the way. Just remember: not all is as it seems.

Words: 358, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Naruto

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, Gen, Other

Characters: Umino Iruka, Uzumaki Naruto, Hagane Kotetsu, Kamizuki Izumo, Hatake Kakashi, Shiranui Genma, Namiashi Raidou, Yamato | Tenzou, Hiruzen, Uchiha Sasuke, Konoha 12, Uchiha Itachi, Mizuki (Naruto), Momochi Zabuza, Haku (Naruto), Tsunade (Naruto), Suna no Sankyoudai | Sand Siblings, Baki (Naruto), So Many People that Iruka Influences Oh My Kami, Morino Ibiki, Yamashiro Aoba

Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka, Umino Iruka & Uzumaki Naruto, Hagane Kotetsu & Kamizuki Izumo & Umino Iruka

Additional Tags: Iruka is a girl, Iruka is a freaking BAMF, so much angst i swear, dealing with the dark side of an actual shinobi dictatorship, Torture, Implied/Referenced Torture, Psychological Torture, Aftermath of Torture, Past Torture, awful fight sequences, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Past Rape/Non-con, Rape as Torture, I won't get too graphic if I can help it, Iruka is the best parent ever, Iruka needs a hug, Hatake Kakashi Is A Brat, Anbu Umino Iruka, Anbu Hatake Kakashi, Anbu Yamato | Tenzou, Anbu Shiranui Genma, I'll add more tags as I think of them, Iruka is a foreigner, Angst, BAMF Umino Iruka, Umino Iruka-centric, Slow Build, like so slow, Iruka has a kekkei genkai, she hides it though, why can't I stop tagging, gratuitous use of Japanese words and phrases that I actually do a ton of research to get accurate, have I already said Kakashi is a jerk? yeah he's a jerk, Hiruzen is also kind of a jerk

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/35OBNDs

[woofgang69]

do the rest of the naruto asks bingus

Thank you chingus....also it was so many questions 😂 sorry everyone idk how to add a read more on mobile. So suffer I guess 💕

1) favorite village

☔Kiri my beloved☔

2) favorite kage

Gaara!!! I love him and loved him reading the other Kages for filth during the kage summit

4) favorite chunin exam fight

I'm a simple man.....Rock Lee and Gaara.  Love the weight drop.

5) how would you have cheated during the chunin exams

Hmmm I don't think I would have?  Would've just studied hard and then been mad it didn't matter

6) byakugan, sharingan, or rinnegan

You know me you know I love a sharingan and screenshot jutsu.  BUT I'm gonna say rinnegan. Almighty push and pull AND a million summons

7) which battle was your favorite

Obito and Kakashi maybe? Or Kakashi and Zabuza

8) favorite female ninja’s outfit

Blank period Tenten and everything Temari's ever worn.

10) favorite ninja’s hair

Ino and Deidara💕 honorable mention to Madara

11) how would you wear your headband

Around my neck like a loser

12) what would your ninjutsu be

Water based for sure!!! Probably some water and lighting stuff

14) which opening is your favorite

Tied between these two:

15) which closing is your favorite

16) how long have you been into naruto

Only like 3 years 😂 feels like forever

17) do you mostly watch or read naruto

Watch!!

18) favorite character

Is it Kisame??? I have such a hard time choosing but it's probably Kisame

19) least favorite character

DANZO 😡😡😡😡

20) do you own any naruto merch

Lmao of course.  Akatsuki joggers, Kisame my beloved bag, nart shirt, rock lee shirt, Itachi shirt, and of course my perfect Itachi hoodie you have the matching Sasuke for.

21) in the akatsuki what color would you paint your nails

Black!! It's the only color I really like on my nails

22) who would you want your partner to be in the akatsuki

💙💙kisame💙💙 and 💕💕💕Itachi💕💕💕 two partners??

23) have you ever played any of the naruto video games

Yes a million years ago so I absolutely have no memory of which one.

25) favorite clan

Inuzuka!!!!!!!!!!!!

26) favorite uchiha

✨✨✨✨Itachi✨✨✨✨

30) otp

lmao gonna surprise everyone with this but it's Zabuza and Haku. Sorry the 'do you think I can go to the same place as him' line fucking destroys me evrytime

31) brotp

Kakashi and Gai!!!! (Even though I think they're married)

32) favorite non-human character

Gamakichi and Gamatatsu