#Mostly Konan and Kakashi just chilling and talking

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Hello, Princess

Au: Royalty Au

Made with help from @whatshernameis

Words: 1534

Rating: General

Characters: Hatake Kakashi and Konan. Hints of Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai and Konan/Nohara Rin

Warnings: None

Summary: Parties have never been Kakashi’s favourite scene, but they’re a necessary part of his job protecting the prince. Thankfully, this time, he finds someone to keep him entertained.

Beautiful music.

Extravagant decorations.

Visitors from all over the world mingling and waiting patiently for the star of tonight's gathering to make her appearance.

It was all in place. All that had to happen was the big reveal.

The lights would dim, all eyes would turn to the stairs, and the steward would announce the arrival of Her royal highness, the princess of Amegakure. After that, the party would really begin.

Except, the princess was nowhere to be seen.

At least, not by anyone who wasn’t already looking in the crowd that had already formed in the large ballroom.

It was actually rather rude. Kakashi had put up with having his arrival announced, why did she get to sneak in through the back and act like she had been there the whole time?

He was going to have to take matters into his own hands, or he’d be stuck here all night waiting for a princess who was already there to arrive.

Making his way through the crowd, he zeroed in on the purple-haired princess dressed up in a beautiful red and black dress with a simple necklace and earrings that blended in perfectly with her outfit.

The best outfit a person could pick out for the purpose of blending into a crowd full of people trying desperately to get noticed, yet still leagues fancier than the simple blue tunic that Kakashi had chosen for himself.

Sliding in beside the undercover princess, Kakashi leaned himself against the wall beside her and looked out into the crowd for whatever it was that had caught her attention.

“You know, the party doesn’t start until the beautiful princess walks down the stairs,” He greets the glare she throws his way with a playful smile. “I’m sure the royal guards have been sent out to track down their lovely princess. They’re probably scouring the hallways of the castle as we speak.”

“Don’t you have a prince to keep your eyes on?” She shot back, clearly unimpressed with his poor attempts at a conversation starter. “Or does Konoha only hire the worst knights to guard their prince?”

“I have him in sight,” to prove a point, Kakashi directed her attention at the bright green outfit making its way through the room as the prince introduced himself to everyone that he could. “He doesn’t need me interrupting his attempts to make friends. I would just make it awkward.”

“Yet, here you are,” waving a hand between the two of them, she huffed when Kakashi responded with a simple shrug of his shoulders. “I don’t suppose there’s any way to convince you not to tell them where I am?”

“And ruin the show?” chuckling, Kakashi watched as his prince moved onto the next person. This time deciding to chat up a woman about their age in a beautiful purple dress. Princess Rin if he remembered correctly. Single and likely here to secure herself a marriage arrangement with one of the people that Princess Konan did not choose for herself. If she even made a choice at all tonight. “It’s actually kind of fun to watch your knights scramble around the place searching for you, not realizing that you’re right where you’re supposed to be.”

He’d call them stupid, but the Prince was always getting on his case about being ‘rude’ to other people.

“In that case, is there an actual reason that you’re here?” She turned her attention away from him, focusing once more on the crowded room. “Or are you just bored and in need of entertainment?”

‘Bored’ was certainly not a word he would usually use to describe his life. Not with someone like Prince Gai around to make sure there was always something interesting going on. Even if that ‘something interesting’ was a five am wake-up call so that he could do laps around the castle garden with his favorite knight at his side.

Though, in this case, it might actually be a fitting descriptor for how he was feeling. His Prince's attentions were focused on other people, and as long as he had him in sight and nothing was going wrong, Kakashi really had nothing much to do.

So ‘bored’ actually might be exactly what he was, but he wasn’t going to admit it.

“Have you chosen someone?” leaning in a bit closer, he tried to follow her line of sight. To see if there was anyone particular that she was watching. She seemed to pick up on this quickly though and instantly shifted her eyes back to him. “Come on now, it’s a simple question. This is supposed to be a night dedicated to you finding someone worthy of ruling a kingdom with. Surely you have someone in mind.”

Any good future monarch would have done their research before a big ball like this. Save themselves some trouble having to sit down with every single person and get to know them. Or, if it was the most advantageous alliance that Amegakure was looking for surely she would have studied up on which villages would be of the greatest benefit to her own.

Military strength, economic prosperity, other allegiances to be gained through a union of the two villages. There were a lot of things for a future monarch to examine before choosing the person they would dedicate themselves to for the rest of their lives.

He should know. He had been there by his Princes side when he went through the same endless task that Princess Konan no doubt found herself faced with now.

“What did he do?” Raised an eyebrow, Kakashi waited for the Princess to elaborate on her question. “Your Prince. I heard he didn’t even have a ball to choose his partner.”

“He didn’t,” there was supposed to be one of course. Just as Prince Obito had a ball, and Princess Kurenai, and even Princess Konan here at her own ball. It was expected that there would be a celebration for the Prince or Princess to meet with their possible matches and choose from the people placed in front of them. But his Prince, Gai, had chosen not to have such a celebration. “He couldn’t choose any of the people he was presented with as options, so the ball never happened.”

The Princesses eyes widened.

“That...that’s allowed?”

“It depends on one’s parents,” he admitted, his smile covered by the cloth mask that he kept over the bottom half of his face. “Prince Gai’s father has never been one to force his son into doing something he does not want to. After all, he himself was never married. The Prince was born in an agreement between him and the Princess of Iwagakure and was raised by the King alone.”

It was certainly not a common occurrence, but it was one that had allowed the Prince more freedom than others of his rank.

The Princess made a disapproving sound, her eyes returning to the floor in front of her. Except for this time, Kakashi could see exactly where it was she was looking. It was hard not to after all when her eyes wandered to the same spot as his own. Though, Prince Gai didn’t really seem like her type, meaning…

“You know, she has been having troubles picking someone out herself,” If looks could kill, he would be dead. With angry eyes, the Princess reached out to smack his arm, only to have him step out of the way just in time. “If you want, I could introduce you to her.”

Extracting her hand from his grasp, Konan examined him for a moment. Almost as if she was sizing him up. Trying to figure out if he was trustworthy.

“I’m a knight,” he reminded her softly. “I have no reason to do you any harm.”

“You could simply wish to see me embarrass myself.” She argued.

“Princess, I assure you that is not my goal,” Holding out an arm towards her, Kakashi gave her the best smile that he could come up with. Probably not a very welcoming smile, considering his face was usually hidden behind his armor and he wasn’t actually used to smiling at other people anymore. But it was a genuine smile. “The only person I ever aim to embarrass is Prince Obito.”

Speaking of which, maybe after he had introduced Princess Konan to Rin he would be able to find his old friend. It wasn’t truly a party until he managed to embarrass Obito in front of multiple people.

Processing his words, the Princess finally reached out to grab hold of his arm and allowed him to start leading her through the crowd towards the spot where Gai and Rin were still speaking.

It was kind of funny when he thought about it.

Princess Konan’s knights were running around the castle desperately searching for her so that the ball could officially start, all while Kakashi led her highness towards the one person she hadn’t been able to take her eyes off of when she should have been more focused on keeping out of sight.

Maybe if things went well, there would be another couple for Gai and him to spend time with, outside of peace talks and war rooms.

#Hatake Kakashi #Konan #Konan X Rin #Kakashi X Gai #Mostly Konan and Kakashi just chilling and talking #but hints of their feelings for the other two #Royalty au

[feralcherry]

Naruto takes that might enrage you (girl addition)

Warning, some of these takes might enrage you- that’s fine.

Fillers don’t count as canon, don’t even bring them up if you talk about this post lol. Also it’s been a while since I’ve seen the whole series, so some of these might be disproven as I continue with my rewatch. The excuse that Shounen is for boys is also very weak and holds no weight, as tons of girls (and nonbinary folk) relate to the characters in this show, so that doesn’t excuse Kishimoto for his weak writing of women.

To preface, I love this show. Love it to pieces. It was part of my childhood and holds a very special place in my heart. But there are some things I personally don’t like or wish could have been done better. I love every character and will go blue in the face talking about how much I still love this show. That doesn’t free it from my criticism. I’m also only listing what I don’t like and what I would change, though I’d be more than happy making a post about what I loved.

Let’s start off with my girl Sakura Haruno. She is easily the most hated girl in the series, and all because of how ‘weak’ or ‘annoying’ she is. As if that’s not the fault of Kishimoto himself lol. She was shoved off to the side continuously and never given cool storylines, unlike the other members of her team.

What I took issue with about Sakura:

-What were this girls dreams?? The whole reason she became a ninja was never really talked about nor were they really developed as time went on. She was all about Sasuke, which would be fine if she grew out of it. But no. 

-Her crush on Sasuke was super stale. He was handsome and powerful, but what else was there to him? He was a jerk to her most of the time (there are some instances he’s somewhat kind to her, but if we go off canon, it’s not enough to make her deep love make sense). I think it would have been so much more interesting to see her grow out of her infatuation for him. If they had to have ended up together, watching them relearn each other and fall in love would have made them more compelling. She stayed loving a boy who thought very little of her. 

-She’s pitted against her best friend and doesn’t develop much of a relationship with other girls her age. It’s kind of sad, and I think they should have fought over something other than a boy. 

-We are told repeatedly that she’s super powerful by other characters, but she’s never given time to truly shine. She got like a single battle with Sasori and she deserved more cool moments like that!

-She was a healer, which makes perfect sense. But why is it mostly girls who are the healers? It’s a bit weird, when there’s also Neji with his perfect chakra control. She only has her healing abilities and her super strength; but even then someone like Kabuto has more offensive healing based techniques than her. Like his chakra scalpel. 

What I would fix:

-New dreams. Show her find a dream outside of her team and grow into it. Also give her more of a backstory. Sai has more of a backstory than she does and he’s way newer than she is.

-I would let her fuck up one of the Peins instead of Konohomaru- she’s a main character and passed over for that little brat?? She should have gotten to do more than scream out for Naruto and heal people :/ 

-She her intellect a bit more. She’s so smart, and yet we don’t really see it.

-She’s perfect for genjutsu, Kakashi himself said so. So why not give that to her? Or play more with ninjutsu. She has earth and water on her chart, so why not give her those abilities? Maybe even wood jutsu to even her out with her super OP teammates. Idk how, it could have happened, this is a show full of demons and god like abilities, it could have happened someway.

-She should have grown out of Sasuke and not married a man who doesn’t really appreciate her and isn’t there for her at all.

-I would totally have expanded on Inner Sakura more. Imagine if it made her mind impenetrable? Could have woven that in with her skills for genjutsu and made her unaffected by other’s illusions.

Next, let’s go with a more beloved character of the fandom. Hinata. Now personally I don’t care much for her- she could have been so cool but just like Sakura, they kind of messed her up.

What I didn’t like about Hinata:

-Her entire existence is revolves around Naruto. Naruto this, Naruto that- and yet she simply sat back and watched as his life was shit and did nothing despite her ‘love’ for him. And then fillers/movies are added to show that oh wait! she’s been there this entire time!! no lol. Build her up from the start as his love interest at the very least.

-She stayed super meek the entire time. Shy girls are okay, but I wanted to see her grow into herself more and not need as much reassurance. She’s a ninja and should stand on her own two feet more.

-She’s less skilled then Neji and I would have loved to see her outmatch him at some point, even once. Or gain abilities outside of her clan, or do something that made a name for herself outside of being the heiress of the Hyuga.

-She never fixed her clan which was one of her few spoken goals. That was a huge bummer.

-I think it would have been cool to see her mess up Pein a little more. She only stepped in because it was Naruto, which reinforces that she’s only about him. But at least let her land a hit if she’s as powerful as people say she is. 

-She makes the most sense to be a housewife or a healer with the way her attitude is but in Boruto, she’s kind of rewritten to be a ‘scary’ mother which just doesn’t fit her. Plus, she tells Boruto to go and take care of his dad?? Bro, that’s your child and your husband is the hokage. 

What I’d fix:

-Prove her dad wrong and show him that her compassion isn’t a weakness but a strength. 

-Fix the Hyuga clan bs.

-More character growth and showing more of her life away from Naruto. Her romance with him could also have been better. I hated her always watching him but never standing up for him, it kills me.

-Neij dying for her proved their clans hierarchy bs to be right and it just doesn’t make sense for him to die for her. It showed that he was right to feel caged and that he simply existed for the benefit of the Main family.

Now with the others, there’s much less I have to say about them because they aren’t main characters or the love interests.

Ino-

-Jealous of Sakura, no dreams of her own, stupidly loves Sasuke and for what? WHAT’S SO COOL ABOUT HIM?

-I like her growth for the most part, it was cool watching her fight in the War Arc with her team. 

-Why is she the medical ninja? I never got that.

-She got with Sai but they didn’t really show their development and how they fell in love with each other. It’s like she only likes him because he looks like Sasuke and called her pretty once.

Tenten-

-Should have gotten to train with Tsunade at some point, since she was the one who originally idolized her. 

-We know nothing about this girl at all. She doesn’t even have a last name.

-Her weapon usage was meant to be so cool and yet she missed so often- there’s a disconnect there. Her abilities could have been built up more. Imagine if no matter what she never ever missed. That would have been cool.

-Her weapon shop isn’t doing well. Just because it’s an era of peace doesn’t mean the need for weapons is totally over, not if there are still active ninja??

Karin-

-I actually like her, she’s kind of funny and I like that she’s mean even if she can get annoying.

-Again, another healer, though she’s also sensory which is more interesting. I’d like to see her with some jutsus though. That would have been neat.

-Her love for Sasuke makes sense since he saved her and smiled at her, making her think of him as her hero. And she’s the only one he apologizes to without Naruto strong arming him into it.

Temari-

-She’s pretty solid in my opinion. Though I would have loved to see her more without her brothers.

Konan-

-Her goals in life were to support Yahiko and Nagito’s dreams. It would irritate me so much if other girls in the series were more well rounded and din’t also have some sort of dream involving a boy.

-She was underused. I would have loved to see her fight more.

Tsunade-

-Only becomes hokage to support others dreams...All of them men. And then later passes the title onto Kakashi who doesn’t even want to be Hokage either. 

-No other justus used, she’s on par with Jiraya and Orochimaru and yet she’s only super strong and the best medic. She should theoretically be more well rounded than that, right? She also should be shown fighting more even if she’s a medic, she’s also s legendary sannin 

-Had to be saved by 12 year old Naruto. I know it’s a show about him, but she’s meant to be a literal badass but needs a kid to save her.

Kushina-

-Wanted to become the first woman hokage and then didn’t. Her husband did. and then she became a housewife?? What?? She should have become the first woman hokage with a badass husband or had another prominent role in the village like as a council member or something.

Kurenai-

-Always lost a fight? She’s some genjutsu using badass but always lost fights.

-No real personality, she’s just chilling there. Sexy as hell though. Has a kid and that’s about it.

-What I will give her is that I’m so glad she was allowed to age. So many anime mothers always look the same as their teenage self and she looks like she can be anybody's mama.

Over all, the girls could have been handled much better. I wouldn’t find issues with any of them being housewives or all about boys if that weren’t what seems to be the standard in the anime. I just wanted more of a variety and better character development, especially for Sakura and Hinata who are the mains 😩

Now to what might REALLY piss people off- ships! I’m not trying to start some war here, this is just my opinion and you can take it or leave it.

Sakura- Naruto, since they had the most development and showed more than two seconds of caring for each other. Even Sai in Shippuden has more of a connection to Sakura than Sasuke did.

Ino-Shikamaru, if she had to end up with a guy it makes sense it’d be him since they spend more time together than her and Sai did. (inosaku for the win tho)

Hinata-Shino or Kiba, again, because they spent more time with her. Naruto and her felt very rushed and I don’t quite understand the appeal.

The one that made the most sense and became canon was Shikatem, though their son’s design was lazy :D 

If I do a second part, it’ll be about the boys and the ships with them that made sense to me. For now, this is all I have. If you’ve made it this far, thank you lol

byeee

#naruto #naruto meta #naruto girls #sakura haruno #hinata hyuga #tenten #temari #tsunade #ino yamanaka #konan