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rayshippouuchiha · 1 year
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Hey I just had a thought, the whole Whirlpool-Konoha relationship seems super sketchy to me ngl. Like, we're told they were super great allies and like sure! Their princess married the founder and there's an uzumaki containing the fox at all times but uhhhhh there's legit only 2 uzumaki in Konoha when whirlpool was attacked.
There's Mito and Kushina and that's it. No civilians, no nin, not even merchants. That's not really great evidence of being super allies. In fact, having the junchuriki be an uzumaki kind of seems like collateral for that to not be used against whirlpool.
Like, konoha is super secure and the only thing that kind of defeated that internal security was when kushina died and kurama was unleashed and there's no way that attack happened to kill every single civilian uzumaki that would have been there if the two allies were, ya know, actual allies. So I'm hella hella sus and kinda want to explore that more
Oh oh I do like that and it could fit in so well. Because you're right. If Konoha and Uzushio were sister villages and tied together as allies, there should have been more crossover. Merchants, civilians, more Uzumaki and other Clans from Uzushio in Konoha and just out and about in the world on the regular.
For all but a small handful of Uzumaki to be wiped out, for there to not really be any word of any other Clans managing to flee? That implies a certain level of purposeful isolation.
Even if the attack that destroyed Uzushio was quick and brutal, a true blitz just decimating them before Konoha could send aid, there should have been people just not on the island.
So yeah you could dig into that in a number of ways that would be fun to explore
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hellcifrogs · 1 year
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I love the idea of the Haruno clan
I couldn't help but think of it more and imagine they were Rivals with the Yamanaka because the Inner was a perfect defense against them
And the Yamanaka allied with the Uzumaki to take them down
Also throwing in my own HC that they were a Samurai clan and sister clans with the Hatake. Both known for being ruthless, their use of Chakra blades, and being sensors (for Haruno because of their chakra control)
so they had fallen together largely around the end of the Warring Clan Era, where the Hatake attempted to continue by joining Konoha but the Harunos mostly became merchants
Sakura as a descendant of the Clan Head, technically passing it on to her
(Because we need some more connection between her and Kakashi-sensei so she doesn't seem like the sidelined member of team 7!)
I love the idea of Team 7 being entirely made up of the Last Members of their Clan (and also Heads of said Clans)
^^^
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justsomeoneunordinary · 5 months
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Concept that I may or may not write someday in the far future:
What if the Senju and the Uzumaki weren’t allies like how Hashirama claimed they were? Sure, he said they were sister clans but therein lies the problem: he said that. We have yet to hear the side of an Uzumaki from the Warring States Period on that matter.
So what if the Senju and the Uzumaki used to be warring clans some generations before Hashirama’s—until the Senju conquered the Uzumaki. And the Uzumaki then had to either submit to the Senju’s demands or accept total erasure of their clan, which obviously wasn’t an option.
Generations later, the Senju only learn about the Uzumaki as their allies and the whole conquering them part is simply left out of their history.
Meanwhile, the Uzumaki grow up with nothing but disdain for their oppressors and actively work against the Senju in secret with the Uchiha intending to defeat the Senju once and for all.
And then the unthinkable happens: the Senju and the Uchiha make peace. This, of course, poses a problem for the Uzumaki, because if the Uchiha tell the Senju about the Uzumaki’s betrayal, they’re done for. They’re a small clan—they can’t fight off both, the Senju and the Uchiha.
So in a desperate attempt to gain the upper hand and save their clan, they send a spy assassin to kill Hashirama and find a way to weaken both clans—or at least the peace between them—under the guise of strengthening their alliance with the Senju and expanding it for an alliance with all of Konoha.
And who else could figure out how the kill the God of Shinobi if not Uzumaki “I’m gonna seal a whole-ass Bijuu inside myself” Mito? She is, after all, very discreet and quite possibly the craftiest Uzumaki of them all.
There’s only one slightly teensy-weensy problem: Hashirama is quite the charmer.
And Mito finds herself very, very smitten with him.
(Needless to say, she fails her mission, despite indeed finding a way how to kill him).
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waffliesinyoface · 4 months
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Oh no, i made choices
(technically this is part of my AU but you can read it as standalone)
The mission was simple, if dangerous. ANBU missions were always risky, but infiltration of another village didn't just risk death, it risked war.
So all Kakashi had to do was not get caught. Simple as.
Nominally, Grass was Konoha's ally. But they were only allies because Grass had survived the Third War by forming non-aggression treaties with *every* major nation, so that allyship was tenuous at best. Intel had suggested that Orochimaru was up to something, and he had been spotted near Kusagakure. Kakashi's team was sent in to verify whether he was working with them, or if he was observing for his own reasons.
They'd been here for three weeks now, and Kakashi hadn't located any signs of his presence. If Orochimaru wasn't as dangerous as he was, it would've been a relief. But instead, it left him with a sense of dread - either Orochimaru *was* here, and he'd gotten even better at hiding his presence, or he *wasn't*, in which case they had lost his trail yet again.
Regardless, the primary objective was a failure. That left the secondary objective - reconnaissance. That was much more successful - while searching for evidence of Orochimaru, they'd gotten better details on Kusa's training regimens, their current level of military strength, mission completion records, details the Land of Fire's daimyo could use when negotiating trade deals.
One report in particular had stuck out: Kusagakure had evidently acquired a new bloodline, and was using it to bolster their failing hospital system, which hadn't yet recovered from their loss of field medics in wartime. That was useful information, but the far more interesting part was the clan name.
Uzumaki.
Uzushio had been destroyed during the war, with the few members of the founding clan who hadn't been slaughtered in the ensuing massacre scattered to the winds. Kakashi had to investigate, to see whether or not Kusagakure was in any danger of acquiring a clan of fuinjutsu experts.
It turned out he needn't have worried. It wasn't a clan. It was a single kunoichi, who had emigrated more than half a decade prior, and judging by the conspicuous lack of blood seals, had evidently not been taught the clan's techniques by the time she had fled.
She had also, according to the records, died two months prior, due to stress from her bloodlimit. The records indicated she had left behind a daughter, who had seemingly inherited that same bloodlimit, though as she was academy age, was limited in how frequently she could train it.
'Strange that she would be trained at all,' Kakashi thought. It wasn't unheard of for prodigies to show talent at that age, but as he understood it, most clan children didn't have the chakra capacity to properly utilize such techniques until they were at least age eight. Even he was mostly limited to his taijutsu and kenjutsu skills when he was that age.
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The first time he laid eyes on Uzumaki Karin, Kakashi's breath caught in his throat. He'd known, logically, that Kushina had been part of the same clan.
He hadn't expected her to be Kushina's spitting image.
He watched as she scratched at her arm absently, and noted a bandage beneath her sleeve. A taijutsu accident, maybe? Kids just starting in the academy were prone to all sorts of scrapes.
So he wasn't just spying on a child who shared Kushina's name. He was possibly spying on her baby cousin. That was-
That was nothing. She wasn't his responsibility. He'd just observe her technique for his mission, and then he would leave.
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Kakashi shadowed the chuunin who lead Karin to the hospital. He hadn't expected them to pull her out of class for training, but it made sense. If she was a prodigy, she might have already learned the material. He'd gotten special permission to leave class early for training after proving his proficiency, after all.
Or maybe it was a medical emergency. Their hospital might be in more dire straights than he thought, if they needed to enlist the help of a medic-nin in training.
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Kakashi had been wrong.
Karin wasn't a prodigy, and she wasn't training as a medic. In fact, her bloodline didn't require anything from her at all.
All she had to do was her best to not scream as a team of wounded shinobi bit her hard enough to draw blood.
The bandage hadn't been covering a taijutsu injury. It had been covering bite marks.
He had seen worse. He had seen battlefields. He'd seen ROOT. He'd seen the results of Orochimaru's handiwork first hand.
But she was only six.
The nurse who treated her afterwards sent her home by herself, without even an escort.
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He made his choice.
Their time was up. There was another ANBU team in the area who would cause a distraction two hours after sunset, allowing his team to slip out during the chaos. Once they crossed the border, they'd be home free.
There was nothing he could do for her. She wasn't his responsibility. His responsibility was the mission.
He shifted his mask to unseal Obito's eye. Using the Sharingan outside of combat was a waste of chakra, but... he wanted to remember this. He didn't want to forget her face.
His pupil whirled, and the world became that much sharper. Colors were more vibrant, detail was more clear. The rapidly darkening sky may as well have been the noon sun.
And as he watched Uzumaki Karin unwrap the bandage to apply more antibacterial ointment, he saw the tear tracks streaming down her face.
He made another choice.
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The distraction was a success. All four members of his squad made it out of the village without any alarms. No one would know that they had ever been there.
"Wolf-taichou. Were there any... complications, that we should know about?"
Well, at the very least, they'd never know that Konoha had been there. They'd realize that someone was.
"Hm? Oh, no, no complications. Everything went fine.'' He shifted his grip on Karin's unconcious form, to prevent her from being jostled too much. Even with the Sharingan, sleeping genjutsu could be broken rather easily. "I might've picked up some souvenirs, though."
"Wolf-taichou."
Even under the mask, he could hear his cute little kouhai's agitation. Cat really was starting to come out of his shell.
"Maa, it's fine. No one was watching her."
"That's not the- you can't just steal a foreign child. You understand that, right?"
"Hmm. Does it really count as stealing? She didn't even have parents. I'm sure no one will notice."
"You know," Owl chimed in, helpfully, "technically our treaty only covers returning captive missing-nin. I'm pretty sure there aren't any regulations against stealing orphans. Seems like an oversight."
"See, Cat? Owl says it's okay. I'm sure the Hokage will understand."
"Wolf-taichou."
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Sarutobi looked at the team impassively, and very pointedly did not mention the small child currently drooling on Kakashi's shoulder. He took a long draw from his pipe before speaking.
"Anbu Wolf, I'll take your report privately. The rest of you, dismissed."
"Sir!"
Sarutobi continued to stare at Kakashi as the rest of the team flash stepped away. It was, in fact, several seconds before he spoke.
"Kakashi. What the fuck were you thinking."
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dark-elf-writes · 1 year
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For the NUPS (Naruto Uzumaki Protection Squad) AU I like to think that it’s either Choji or Shikamaru that find out about Naruto’s massive chakra reserves. I’m more particular to Choji finding out first tho and then bringing it up to Ashoka mainly because I like think that Choji’s clan were allied with Uzumaki’s and while most of the clan doesn’t believe Naruto is truly one Choji still grew up on stories from his Dad and possibly Aunt that Uzumakis have such massive amounts of chakra that control has to start young or from the more chakra intense stages of chakra control. Also would Kakashi or Iruka or maybe Teuchi drop info bout sealing or is that also something Choji brings up and Kakashi/Iruka drop off supplies/scrolls/books about it and occasionally check in on their work? Also I love Naruto being able to recognize who was/is Anbu based off of their chakra and if he’s felt the chakra around him when younger. I also think Genma should drop in on this maybe via extra food or clothing/weapon specifics?
I love the idea of Choji noticing Naruto’s chakra and going to his family. I love the thought of them being like “well I can’t tell you about this one specific kid for Reasons™️ but I did once know someone who had the same name (unrelated I swear)” and giving him the “Caring for an Uzumaki 101” talk passed down through the generations that had be learned through trial, error and a great many explosions. I love the idea of quiet rebellion against a cruel system that allowed a little boy to be forgotten and abused and compliance only as far as what the written word implies and not a single bit more.
Naruto recognizing Kakashi as safe even if he doesn’t fully remember why. Doesn’t remember that he’s always slept better during thunderstorms because they felt like coming home. Doesn’t remember that the howling of wolves was once a lullaby. Doesn’t remember, it trusts all the same. (Then he sees an ANBU walk by that feels incredibly familiar and gets it.)
Genma would love this pack of demons. He could do without them calling him “Oral Fixation-san” but the little shits are hilarious. He comes bearing gifts and really if he befriends the little Nara heir it’s not his fault that the kid is attached at the hip with the very little boy he’s supposed to ignore. It would be rude not to include all of the kids friends after all.
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hiriawrites · 2 years
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Uzushiogakure & it’s Clans
The village was more than just the Uzumaki, they were just the most numerous and the most eye-catching. Uzushio had nine major clans*, each feared for their abilities. There’s a reason it took three hidden villages to destroy Uzushio and wasn’t because Kumo, Kiri, and Iwa were weak. 
UZUMAKI (うずまき) — Native to Uzu no Kuni, the ancestors of the Uzumaki have lived in the area for centuries. They were exceedingly charismatic as a whole, leading large and wildly different groups of people to success. The Uzumaki clan was known for its mastery of fūinjutsu, being adept at pushing the boundaries of widely accepted principles and surviving the outcomes. Physically, the Uzumaki had wide renown for their oversized chakra stores and their ability to mold their chakra into unconventional shapes and uses.
CHIKARA (力) — Native to Uzu no Kuni, the Chikara clan has lived there as long as the Uzumaki clan. They are honorable and ancient allies of the Uzumaki and Hasegawa clans and have often intermarried. The Chikara clan favors front-line tactics and specializes in Taijutsu. The Chikara are hot-blooded, happier to join in a fight than stay out of it. Their summons contract is with the Hippos.
HASEGAWA (長谷川) — Native to Uzu no Kuni, the Hasegawa are traditional and honorable allies of the Uzumaki and Chikara. The Hasegawa are negotiators, carefully cultivated to fill in and smooth over the rough edges of the Uzumaki and Chikara, both clans of impulsive emotions. The Hasegawa clan specialized in Ninjutsu, prioritizing Wind nature as a release that helped in messenger and diplomatic matters. Upon the founding of Uzushio, they were valuable in escorting and protecting merchant vessels to and from the island village.
YAGYŪ (柳生) — The Yagyū are natives of Uzu no Kuni, albeit not as established as the Uzumaki. The Yagyū are a collection of blacksmiths and artisans; able to lay seals into weapons and craft weapons that can channel chakra. They also had large chakra reserves, mainly used to maintain the forges and the extensive processes for burying destructive seals in their weapons. Of renown, The Yagyū created Hatake Sakumo's Hakkō Chakura Tō, as well as the techniques that were used to make Sarutobi Asuma's preferred knives.
KAGAMIYA (鏡谷) — Native to Uzu no Kuni; they were an outlier clan in the country until the Uzumaki clan head did the unthinkable and persuaded them to join the fledgling Hidden Village. The Kagamiya are masters of mind games, specializing in Genjutsu and Iryō Ninjutsu, much to the dismay of many when they joined. Due to the large chakra reserves, children of the Kagamiya clan start training their chakra control as early as walking, pressing the duty of control until it came as naturally as breathing.
KOSHIMIZU (越水) —  Originally from Kaminari no Kuni, the clan settled in Uzushio after prolonged running from the attempts of Kumo shinobi to recruit the clan to their own infant village, regardless of the many denials from the Koshimizu clan head. The Koshimizu are sword masters and adept at channeling the lightning affinity through their weapons to devastating effects. The Uzumaki shared secrets of fūinjutsu with the Koshimizu, and the Koshimizu made their own style, turning their swords and newly acquired skills with seals to protect the boundaries of Uzushio. They work closely with the Tatsuchi on the village defenses.
TATSUCHI (竜地) — Originally from the lands known as Tsuchi no Kuni, the Tatsuchi clan were nomads who stayed in Uzushio when Hidden Villages were founded, and people grew suspicious if no declared allegiance was visible. The Tatsuchi specializes in crafting Summoning contracts, rebuilding old contracts, and fostering new ones. The Tatsuchi mainly contracted with the Crocodilians, and their tactics show an uncanny nature for laying in wait with traps and springing ambushes. The Tatsuchi worked with the Koshimizu frequently to bolster Uzushio's defenses.
HATTORI (服部) — Originally from Hi no Kuni. A large portion of the clan left in protest of policies the then-current Daimyō was pushing for and never returned, finding that Uzu no Kuni suited them better. The Hattori are a clan of sensors, picking through the ebb and pull of chakra. Outsiders look at their placid demeanor and dismiss them as easy to intimidate and forget: still waters run deep. The Hattori make up a large portion of the backbone of Uzushio, preferring to be drawn to positions of Academy teachers and chūnin administrators.
NIWA (庭) — Originally from Tetsu no Kuni, the Niwa left as more of the country turned toward the honor and oaths of samurai, leaving no room for the shinobi traditions and leaving the Niwa pushed to the edges of Tetsu no Kuni and then out and away. At a first glance, people expect the Niwa to share a close ancestry to the Inuzuka clan of Hi no Kuni due to a common canine companion. Truthfully, the Niwa share ancestry with the Hatake, and their companions are sea wolves.
MIZUGUMO (水蜘蛛) — Originally from Mizu no Kuni, the clan was pushed out of ancestral lands and territory by fear surrounding their 'unnatural' appearance and disconcerting chakra feel. The Mizugumo are innovators and inventors, scientists who are constantly curious about the way of the world around them. The Mizugumo hold contracts for snake and spider summons, and a small subsect of the spider contract holders have developed techniques to utilize the spider silk for armor, making them increasingly in demand as armorers.
*(All clans except for the Uzumaki clan are original creations named after some real life Japanese clans.)
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seoafin · 1 year
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I think Akutami is just going for a tragic end. Like, it's obvious he hates Gojo, and ending the series with Gojo being the last standing would add even more to the "Throughout the Heaves and earth, he alone is the strongest."
Which SUCKS bc even gojo wanted the kids to get strong!!! He wanted strong allies so he WONT be alone!!! Akutami could have kept him in there longer, and have the kids actually do something, since they couldn't fall back on gojo anymore. I wish Yuji had that win against Mahito, instead of Kenjaku just absorbing him like a Pokémon. Or better yet, NOBARA. LET HER GET A WIN. SHE COULDVE WON, AND SHE SHOULDVE. Killing off Yuki, for what? Sidelining shoko and miwa and every other female character except Maki?
And what was the point of the culling games? Bringung in military forces? If Gege has a plan and is somehow able to tie this all together I'll be impressed. But only if he finally utilizes his female characters the way they should have always been, like he did for Maki. He did SO good with her, what happened to the rest?
Sorry I'm still ranting, but to add on to Akutami's misuse of his female characters-- Shouldn't women in the jjk universe have an advantage?
Momo was talking about how woman in jjk need to be perfect, just to be accepted. Disobedient woman in the zenin clan can have their mouths sewed shut. Adding in the general woes of being a woman, wouldn't that lend for greater storage or a more unique type of cursed energy?
Add THAT onto what our female characters have faced. Miwa lost Mechamaru, and she even tried to go up against Kenjaku even when he warned against it. And he almost used that Uzumaki cursed thing (i believe) on her. Her brother is in one of the colonies. (Honestly I feel she's one of the most underutilized characters). Nobara isn't from a great clan like Megumi or freakishly fast and strong like Yuji, even if we haven't seen I'm sure she has some problems with feeling left behind, that little girl in her still searching for a grand escape, her Saori. Momo already has spoken of the troubles of women sorcerers, so I'm sure she's been battling this image and ideal for a while. Do I even need to mention Maki and Mai?
NO BUT I DO NEED TO MENTION SHOKO.
"I was there too you bastards." Like??? She was in the generation with the two greatest sorcerers! She bore witness to it all!! What about Riko??? The Star plasma vessel, who im sure wouldve completed the trio of the strongest sorceres had she lived, and then there's Shoko, again.
Why is it that even when Akutami uses his female cast they always end up as some sort of character growth or regression or stepping stool for the male cast? Yuki and choso. Riko and gojo/geto. Kenjaku and Tengen (who I think is female). Angel and Megumi. TSUMIKI and Megumi. Nobara and Yuji. Like????
no i agree it just doesn't make sense. like is the whole point of jjk not gojo ushering a new age with strong allies??? why would akutami bring him back when the students have barely begun to actually do anything without gojo's help. AND NOBARA'S STILL NOT BACK???? ig this is confirmation that she's never coming back ugh. akutami killing off characters when he has no more use for them is so detrimental to the narrative. i truly believe nanami should've survived. but oh well :/
i just feel like his unboxing reiterates how dependent everything is around gojo! it's to the extent that other characters begin to become static because of how much everything revolves around gojo's strength. i was really looking forward to the students getting more of a spotlight.
the thing about akutami is that im pretty sure it's not even as intentional as other mangakas. akutami follows a pretty perfunctory story structure and when it comes to utilizing his characters he seeks to have his characters perform a single purpose and then when he doesn't need them they're gone. instead of dynamic characters we get flat characters or they just die before they ever really get a chance to shine (nanami). it sucks all around tbh but i do think gojo is going to die. akutami's kinda sick like that so. i'd also rather gojo die than any students LOL
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konoha--files · 2 years
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Four Pillars Of New Konohagakure
Shikamaru Nara
Man with 200 IQ aka Smartest person in whole Shinobi world
Advisor of Hokage and chief of staff at Hokage Office
One of only two members Rookie 9 to become Jonin after war.
Crucial part of Allied Shinobi
It's said that the Shinobi Alliance worked due to Shikamaru of Konohagakure (Source: Shikamaru Hiden)
Fun Fact: Before getting married Shikamaru used to send letters to Temari instead of emails as he didn't found the medium trustworthy.(Source:Gaara Hiden)🥰
When Gaara found out about Shikamaru and Temari's relationship he started reading Icha Icha Paradise so he could understand why he didn't saw this coming like Kankuro .(Source:Gaara Hiden)
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Sakura Haruno/Sakura Uchiha
Strongest Kunoichi of her generation and one of the Three Strongest Shinobi alive.
Best Medic Ninja in Five Great Shinobi Nations and Head of Medical Department of Konohagakure.
One of only two members Rookie 9 to become Jonin after war.
Started mental health clinics for war orphaned children in Konoha and Other Shinobi Nations (Inspiration being Mirai, Naruto, Sasuke and Sai so other kids could get the mental and emotional support her friends weren't able to). (Source: Sakura Hiden)
Gaara acknowledges her as a Shinobi of his class in terms of power and has acknowledged her as an example of Shinobi who's very powerful despite not being a part of any ninja clan. (source: Gaara Hiden)
Fun Fact: She not only surpassed tsunade in in fighting and medical skills but also kinda in gambling (i.e. cards) she has a genius level memory that she can memorize all the moments of cards to the point that she knows all of your cards and thus win, lose or draw it's all in her hands, all thanks to her analytical skills that rivals Sharingan - implied by Sasuke in Chunin arc and Boruto-Tip: Never play cards with Sakura cuz it's bound to be an unfair game😅. ( Source: Sasuke Retsuden)
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Sasuke Uchiha
One of the two Strongest Shinobi Alive, The one with the Sharingan and Rinnegan. Only Shinobi equal to Naruto.
Known as Shadow Hokage, one who protects Konoha from outside through the shadows.
Former Avenger.
Sacrificed normal peaceful life i.e. living with his wife Sakura and beloved daughter Sarada to protect Shinobi world from threat that might be greater than Kaguya, as he was only one who could do this mission (due to his visual prowess) which led him to staying away from his family for years. (Source: Naruto Gaiden)
Likes to blend science of nature in his jutsus for example: creating barrier of pure water i.e. pure H2O so it doesn't conduct electricity like normal water and creating ice using water nature and wind nature together. (Source: Sasuke Shinden: the star pupil)
Fun Fact: Sasuke was probably the last person of his generation to read Icha Icha Paradise considering even Gaara was 12 years ahead of him in this case.(Source:Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child day)(On that day Sasuke found out that Karma exists-any smart person can guess what I'm trying to say)😅
Just like Naruto he is still a Genin even though he'smore powerful than any Kage, Except Naruto.
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Naruto Uzumaki
One of the two Strongest Shinobi Alive, the one of the last two jinchuriki and also the strongest one.
The Seventh Hokage aka Nanadaime.
Man because of whom the formation of Shinobi Alliance was possible in first place.
Has to do the mountains of paper work, sometimes he overworks himself leading him not being able to spend much time with his family(Hinata, Boruto and Himawari), all for the well being and development of village that he considers as a family to him.
Most unpredictable Shinobi in history of Shinobi world.
Before becoming a Hokage he used to train next generation ninjas of academy occasionally during his Hokage training.(source:The Last movie and Sakura Hiden)
Fun Fact: He is only Hokage to be directly promoted from Genin to Hokage. (but considering the fact that he is more powerful than any other kage, Jonin and chunin so participating in Chunin exam at that point would be pointless)😀
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Note: 1)Most of the points mentioned above are after war, source being Canon Novels and Manga.
2) Before anyone asks why Kakashi Sensei isn't on list it's because I consider him as very foundation of this four pillars, the work they are doing at this point was possible due to Kakashi aka Rokudaime's support and guidance.
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numbuh-7-knd · 2 months
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Random Naruto AU musings/fanfic ideas incoming:
OK so, I was listening to Naruto theme songs in my room via speaker to drown out the sounds of my mother/housemate having a private appointment downstairs via zoom. (As you do)
And I started to think of how Asuma's death kind of represented a turning point where the konaha 12 are not kids anymore, things are getting serious, main ensemble members are drying, ect.
And I thought, the other thing like that in the original series was the death of the third homage. Exept even that didn't hit as hard because he was old and stuff. Then I realized one big opportunity lost with his death: the person was likely to maybe someday tell Naruto the truth of his parents, especially since he's the one who made it classified in the first place.
Here's where the AU comes in: I was trying to think of scenarios in which the third would have allowed Naruto to know about his parents during the time before the thirds death, and had a thought: there's a bunch of fics out there of Wave having some connection to hidden Whirlpool village, Uzushio, either neighbors or even that they were protected by/allied with Uzushio before the village destruction.
So what if, during the wave arc, Tazuna and the other villagers reacted when they heard Naruto's last name, being overjoyed to hear that at least one Uzumaki survived. Being hush hush about it because they don't want Gato to know because having an Uzumaki present threatens his standing.
Eventually they get Naruto alone with some of the older villagers who express their relief and exitment that there are still surviving Uzumaki after the destruction of Uzushio.
Naruto is so confused, poor kid. These old people are almost acting like he's some long lost relative or something, something about his last name, the destruction of some place called Uzushio? And what's this about asking about his family? Are all these old people senile and mistaking him for someone else?
The villagers confirm his last name is Uzumaki, and that they are talking about his clans home village of Uzushio, which was destroyed during the last war. What do you mean you've never heard of it? Is your ancestral homeland surely your parents would have mentioned it.
And then they learn that he's an orphan left all alone in the world, nothing of his family save his name and the symbol on his back. He tries so suggest that maybe he's not related to those Uzumaki, only to be rebuffed by a team of geriatrics, each pointing out some innocuous feature they swear is an Uzumaki trait, from his speech pattern and large amount of Chakra, to his ears and his chin.
By the end a group of Wave villagers old enough to remember Uzushio in its prime have mentally adopted Naruto and started telling him stories of Uzushio and the Uzumaki Clan, even trying to determine who he might be related to.
Eventually an old woman remembers a friend of hers, who's daughter was sent away to Konoha years before the attack, to be a Konoha ninja. they figure that must have been his mother, and naruto puts together that he was born around the same time as the nine tails attack of the village and they come to the conclusion that his mother probably died in the attack, weakened from childbirth, maybe even dying to protect her baby, and that he must not have had a dad in the picture for him not to be claimed afterwards.
Maybe they even introduce him to a village elder who's actually an Uzumaki and married into Wave decades ago, even long before the attack, and as she took her husband's name and wasn't a ninja, no one caught on. Maybe it Turns out to be his great aunt or something.
I'm imaging the bridge being named something representing the return of the Uzumaki clan.
Also, when the missions over and is time to return to Konoha, the entire village of Wave tries to fight for custody, especially his Great Aunt, who insists on accompanying them back to Konoha to interrogate the Hokage as to her grand nephew's treatment.
Maybe his newly found great aunt or distant cousin decides to move to Konoha, maybe with a bunch of her kids and grandkids giving Naruto a bunch of cousins. Or maybe he just gains a single elderly Uzumaki refugee from Wave.
I feel like Sasuke would be pretty mad/offended on narutos behalf over having the knowledge of his family hidden from him, since at least Sasuke has his memories and his clans belongings.
It'd be pretty funny if however many Uzumakis end up in the village, they all more or less adopt Sasuke as well as Naruto.
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woodblxssomcrowned · 5 months
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Maeko's status within Konoha is...complicated
Any positive significance stems more from her association with other people, rather than any feats or traits of her own.
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Things that boosts her status:
She's a child of the head of the Senju clan
At the time that Maeko grows up, during the last decade of the era of warring states and then throughout the early ears of Konoha, the Senju are one of the most prominent and powerful clans in terms of sheer prowess. While not as wealthy or as specialized as their allies and distant relatives the Uzumaki, they are nonetheless one of the most well-regarded and sough after clans to hire and have been such for ages. Regardless of where you are on the continent, the Senju crest and name are recognizable.
She's a child of the First Hokage
The leader of the first and largest of the shinobi villages.
She's a child of Hashirama fu**ing Senju
The god of shinobi, The Mokuton user, The First Hokage, and so on and so forth. He's a big deal. So are his genes. Maeko and her brothers have lots of those genes.
She's a direct descendant of the current head of the Uzumaki clan (Ashina) and is the granddaughter and niece (respectively) to the 1st and 2nd in line to the title.
The Uzumaki clan is another very prominent and powerful clan, but who prefers to be left to their own devises in the region they've carved out for themselves after years of clever political maneuvering and their sought after skills with sealing techniques. They are wealthy, and infamous for their skills and tenacity.
She's a child of Mito Uzumaki.
A kunoichi of such strength and skill that she was able to seal the Nine-tailed fox inside herself, becoming its first ever host. SHE. SEALED IT. INSIDE. HERSELF. As much as jinchuriki generally ended up becoming outcasts, you can't deny what a fucking unit of a woman she must have been to have the skill and nerve to pull that off.
Things that decreases her status:
Due to being refused a place in the academy, she was never officially a shinobi. She was a civilian. She had no rank, no registration, no identifying hitai-ate. She could not serve the village as a shinobi.
Before the village, if you were born to shinobi parents then you were born a shinobi. You were raised, lived and died a shinobi regardless of your skillset or life-expectancy. Being anything other than that was just not an option, and for the first seven years of her life this was how Maeko thought her life would be, with or without the ability to do ninjutsu. She would serve and fight for her clan best she could, regardless.
The academy set up requirements and exams to determine who would be suitable to join and receive the basic shinobi training to eventually graduate and be officially and publicly considered shinobi, with the hitai-ate and registration being the proof of their rank and competence.
Being a non-shinobi in a clan or community of shinobi, even if you did find a job to make yourself useful, still drastically decreased your status and rank, and this way of thinking lived on through the first couple of decades of Konoha.
Although civilians did obtain important roles to play in keeping the village running on a day-to-day basis, striving towards becoming a shinobi is still the ideal (propaganda who?), especially if you are born into a shinobi clan that took deep pride in that identity.
Maeko was born into one of THE shinobi clans. As a child to THE shinobi.
Being refused a place in the academy and being forced to remain a civilian painted her as weak and incompetent, decreasing her worth and rank in the eyes of many actual shinobi, both young and old. (If a Senju, a child of Hashirama, failed to enter the academy then she'd have to be a real disappointment)
And because of who her father was it wasn't really possible to hide this and for her to just slip quietly into the civilian population either.
Her inability for nature transformation which made it impossible for her to perform Ninjutsu, Genjutsu and many forms of Fuinjutsu.
It wasn't entirely unheard of, but for someone born in a shinobi clan, especially a clan like the Senju or Uzumaki,  this was very, very rare, and abnormal*. Such an individual could be considered anything from unlucky and misfortunate to pitiful and disgraceful, even by their own clansmen.
During the era of warring states, Ninjutsu (i.e. any form of jutsu that transforms the nature of chakra to give it unnatural properties and characteristics) is the defining skill of shinobi and is what sets them apart from other  groups that utilize chakra for combat such as the Samurai**, and common mercenaries without any skill at all in the use of chakra for combat.
So if you didn't, or couldn't, use any form of Ninjutsu, then you would not be considered a shinobi. DUH!
So even though Maeko was still a Senju and Uzumaki, with all the tenacity, endurance, strength and knack for combat that entailed, and had spent most of her childhood training and being far from incompetent in other areas such as Taijutsu and Bukijutsu, and was still more than capable of accessing, channeling and control her chakra, she lacked that one defining ability and that was enough for her to be told that she could never be a shinobi. ***
Notes:
*although all living beings have chakra, the ability to have awareness, access and use it the way shinobi does isn't something everyone can do. If you are born into a well-established shinobi clan you are more likely than not going to have this ability, even if it won't say anything abut how skilled you will be at using it. But if you are born to a civilian family with no real ties to a shinobi clan (or samurai clans) where this awareness is more or less genetically passed down, it's less likely that you will be born with it.
**Samurai saw transforming the nature of chakra as spiritually detrimental, and no self-respecting samurai would ever be seen using ninjutsu, and exclusively used chakra for and mastering difficult techniques of shape transformation and advanced forms of channeling and control (eg. Walking on water, walking on unconventional surfaces, boosting their strength and speed, channeling and condensing chakra around a weapon to alter its shape and range and release this chakra with incredible accuracy and control to create ranged attacks, accessing the lower of eight gates, break free from a genjutsu and more). *** The examinations and requirements that determined which aspiring shinobi would be accepted into the academy would shift and change over the years for various reasons, partially in order to facilitate an increase of shinobi before, during or after times of war and unrest. Requirements would be loosened and the level of potential and extant ability required would be lowered or changed. This was why Rock Lee would be able to enter and graduate the academy some fifty-five years after Maeko was rejected during the entrance examinations. Had he been trying to join in her day, he would have been flat-out rejected and sneered at just like she was.
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Madara more likable then Sasuke well yeah. Madara not connected to Itachi one of worst characters ever written. Who kishimoto screws over the entire uchiha clan backstory to pander too. Well single handling down playing the trauma of Narutos and the uzumaki clans backstory. With stupid shit like the uchiha were oppressed for being cops so there rebellion was justified. Well also wanking Itachi decision to murder them as traitors. Well pretending he supports Sasuke being a traitor when he doesn’t
That one post about how "I did it for the lulz" legit would be a better motivation for Itachi than what actually happened lmao
It's my position that if a plot could be foiled by the person in question describing what's happening out loud it's a bad plot and we don't need to waste time taking it seriously. "I'm gonna go commit citizen mass murder (which is typically not in my jurisdiction) without asking even one person if these orders are right." Come on, man.
Also, am I the only one who's noticed that there are some people that are super ACAB but when they talk about Naruto...? "Oh, the Uchiha were so oppressed by being cops! That's literally a war crime!" like ok bro I know it's a fucking cartoon, fiction doesn't need to meet the standards of reality...but if we're gonna play the war crimes/genocide card we're actively reaching for the standards of reality and we gotta acknowledge that if you control the police force and you can't manage to accrue any political influence...that's on you, man! LE is possibly the most corruptible profession ever. I cannot comprehend how the Uchiha fucked that up.
We have to start acknowledging the Doylist bad writing aspect at that point, because I cannot read "those poor police were so oppressed" with a straight face and I refuse to take it seriously.
Honestly, every character associated with the bullshit fake Konoha drama suffers heavily for it, including Sarutobi and Danzou (who end up either hate sinks who kick puppies or with their onscreen actions not remotely matching what happened because it was a retcon).
It drives me insane because it's not like we have a dearth of real-life references for corrupt governments! It's not that complicated a plot! We really did not need sheer silliness like Danzou kidnapping and brainwashing clan heirs (what??) or "aight I'm gonna go slit some baby throats at home" as if that can ever be explained by anything but "particularly stupid child," which Naruto as a series limbos through lasers to avoid because it would harsh the shonen buzz.
Just, like...hearing about this shit...
"'The darkness in Konoha'! Oh, this must be about how shinobi villages can never truly ally with one another because it would defeat the point of shinobi, so even as characters desire peace in a general sense they must continue to commit war because that's what their world is built to accommodate and it's one of those tragic paradox things"
"No it's about how one single dude publicly kidnapped and brainwashed and probably molested 4975259 famous kids because he's racist"
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i'd love if you write an in depth clan alliance!
It is not too terribly in-depth.
Here's like the most precise way I can list it without droning on for 500000+ paragraphs:
Senju
Uzumaki - Relative clan via marriage.
Sarutobi - First Ally
Shimura - First Ally
Uchiha
Hyuuga; Kept - First Ally
Fuma; Kept - First Ally
Hagoromo; Given up
Hozuki; Given Up
Taketori; partially given up (does not exist within Konoha borders) but exist through extension of the Hyuuga clan.
Those are all the named clans that persisted from the Warring State Periods into Founders Era. I can argue that since the Uchiha never took control of the country/it is """""""""technically"""""""" democratic (hard quotations as it seems to be rather nepotism-coded despite Tobirama's literal one command for popular sovereignty— to fault of the writer), all later allied clans are under Senju allegiance. It sort of hard stops here because everything after Hashirama's incumbency is at namesake of Konoha; not to any one clan.
The later noble clans (Aburame, Akimichi) and whoever else (Hatake, Yamanaka, etc) joined under Konoha, not the Senju specifically. Even if the existing Senju members, at the time, still want to claim ownership over their allegiance due to dominant control of the land.
I've had some unnamed/made-up clans as place holders for either clan during WSP, but presumably were retired/disbanded/did not pledge to Konoha.
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i have an intresting headcannon and i would like to ask your opinion on it.
my head cannon is that the political marriage wasn't a way fr the Senju to secure the Uzumaki to their cause, but a way for the Uzumaki to gain power and possible another overpowered kekkei genkai.
like, my headcannon is that, despite the Senju being rich and shit, they still need money to kickstart Konoha, so they took a loan with their sister clan, the Uzumaki, to seal the deal, the Uzumaki proposed a political marriage between Mito and Hashirama as a coveted plan to introduce the extraordinary (Hashirama) Senju genes to their genepool and maybe with luck, kickstart a new generation of Uzumaki with the wood release, but their plans never came to fruition because life got in the way (i.e. Madara's temper tantrum and Hashirama death) and becasue they got whiped out.
oh, if you want to discuss hashimito arranged marriage, then i am probably not the best person for this because i'm just not a fan of the fanon that they must have had an arranged marriage. there's a post about it somewhere that i made a while ago, you may find it if you look through the hashimito tag idk, you know how tumblr's search function is 😅 the idea of hashimito not being madly in love with each other only results in error 404, brain does not compute for me, i'm sorry
BUT! i'm always a fan of trope subversion/inversion, that stuff is always fun to explore. and honestly, i find your headcanon makes far more sense than the one i see the most, in which the uzumaki and senju propose a marriage between their clans to strengthen their allyship. if they've already been allies before, they don't need a marriage now? your version actually makes sense. i only have a hard time imagining the uzumaki wanting the mokuton for themselves because, for one, hashirama's children would be senju heirs anyway, and for another, does the mokuton appear so rarely - only once in like a century or so - that the uzumaki must've known that the chances a child of hashirama's to get the kekkei genkei were slim to none
if anything, i imagine the uzumaki would want konoha's protection since they're on a small island surrounded by big countries/later big shinobi villages, and that's a thing konoha could actually promise, unlike the mokuton. this way both profit from this marriage - konoha from the financial aid and the uzumaki from konoha's protection. but far be it from me to tell you what you should think of your own headcanon! if it works for you then you should go with it and have fun with it ofc 😌
in the end, i personally am just not a fan of arranged marriage at all, especially not for hashimito. to me they're a love match and nothing will change my mind on that ♥️
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The Weight of the World
The Uzumaki join the peace talks fairly early on, to adjust their own treaties now that the Uchiha and Senju have brokered a tentative alliance. Mito, who had been visiting family when this political mess started, returns. She is accompanied by three red headed Uzumaki and a boy that looks to have Kumo descent. The boy is introduced as Uzumaki Naruto, meaning he is one of the few Uzumaki born that inherit the colouring of their non-Uzumaki parent. It’s a surprisingly rare occurrence.
Tobirama is reminded, strangely, of Uchiha Sasuke.
The blonde is kind and easy to relax around, making friends easily with everyone who he talks with. It’s a useful skill for the treaties and more than once he ends up shattering rising tension, keeping the peace talks peaceful. He acts like an idiot most of the time, not in quite the same way as Hashirama, but there’s a sharp intelligence lurking in those blue eyes. He and Hashirama hit it off immediately and he even got Madara to open up to him enough for them to be considered friends. Tobirama knows the boy is chipping away steadily at his own defenses but... he can’t bring himself to care. The Uzumaki are allies and have been for a long time- that’s not going to change, no matter the result of this attempt at an alliance. At something more.
(Peace, Hashirama calls it, Naruto and Madara just as insistent at his brother’s side. Tobirama is more hesitant, less accepting of the ones that killed his younger brothers in cold blood, but he’s willing to try.
Has been trying, if the village plans he has stuffed away in his room, in his lab, in his office, are any indication. He doesn’t mention these to Hashirama or Madara. Not yet. Not until he knows it’ll be a success because if he endorses too much, gives Hashirama too much hope and it doesn’t work out, he’ll-
It’ll destroy Hashirama.)
"A marriage alliance," Rei, Tobirama’s favorite elder, offers, bringing his attention resolutely back to the current peace talk. The Uchiha bristle like offended cats and Tobirama’s brow furrows in confusion. There was no way they could have insulted the black-haired menaces just by mentioning it. Before it can escalate, before Tobirama himself gives in to his curiosity, the sun-kissed blond speaks up, surprisingly somber and serious.
"That’s impossible," he says, and his voice cuts through any rising tension like a hot knife through butter. He’s not at all accusatory or derisive but he stated the words like they’re irrefutable facts. Tobirama tilts his head and his gaze meets Hashirama’s equally confused eyes.
"Why?" Surprisingly, it’s Mito that asks. Naruto shrugs but not in a manner that says he doesn’t know but rather that he doesn’t really understand why he has to explain.
"The Uchiha only marry for love," he says matter-of-factly. "They don’t do arranged marriages or anything cuz the freedom to love is a big thing for them.” His nose wrinkles, the more serious air dispersing in a moment. "I mean, I don’t really understand arranged marriages either. They’re stupid."
"Really? Why do you say so?" Rei inquires, honestly curious. Another elder may have been insulted at such a swift refusal, particularly made by someone outside of the clan they were proposing the idea to; she’s his favorite for a reason.
"Well, they won’t really like each other and they might never like each other so their marriage might fall apart and since the alliance or peace was built on their marriage," Naruto shrugs, letting his words hang in the air. "Seems smarter to just work together on something." He shrugs again but there’s an almost mischievous spark in his eyes. "Like, say, a village." Hashirama freezes, jaw slack. Madara splutters, ear tips turning red. Tobirama grows suspicious. First Sasuke with his saving of Izuna and his lie, now Naruto with more information than he should rightly have. Something else is going on here; something bigger that they know.
Later, he hears Izuna ask Naruto, voice sharp, "where did you learn that?" The blond grinned, bright like the sun, and had leaned forward like he was sharing a secret. Perhaps he was.
"A man lost on the road of life, two of them, really, and an utter bastard of a teammate," he says, grin turning impish. It’s just loud enough for Tobirama and Izuna to hear but no one else. When those blue eyes flick to him, he knows it’s on purpose. Then he skips away, calling loudly for Mito. Tobirama takes the few steps to stand by his former rival’s side, both of their eyes still on Naruto as he bugs the Uzumaki delegation about something.
"Whatever happened to Uchiha Sasuke?" He asks.
"Sasuke?" Izuna inquires, tilting his head slightly towards him.
"The one that saved you," Tobirama clarifies after a moment, eyes narrowing in thought. He has a bad feeling about this.
"...I don’t know," Izuna says quietly, startling honest. "I never could find him again." They don’t speak again to each other but they have an understanding. Sasuke and Naruto are suspicious, no matter how helpful. Any animosity between themselves will be put on hold until they can figure out the truth behind these two strange shinobi. Shinobi that seem to have been trained together, despite how impossible that had been between an Uzumaki and Uchiha. The way they said it implied at least one more teammate, as well. A mystery that demands solving.
The Uzumaki delegation stays with the Senju, as expected, but Naruto disappears, only returning when he wanders into the peace talks. When asks, Mito had only offered a secretive smile and a vague, "oh, he explores, visits friends, you know how it is". Tobirama does not know how it is, something Mito knows, but he’s confident not even a boy like Naruto could have friends scattered around in Fire Country when he’s never been here before the peace talks. The Uzumaki stay on their island and the ones surrounding unless they’re merchants, after all, and Naruto is most certainly not a merchant. He gets nothing else out of the delegation, however, and Naruto seems to have an uncanny ability for timing his conversations with Izuna and Tobirama- now practically on a shared war path -with arguments between the stubborn elders of the three clans.
Then, two days before the Uzumaki leave (Mito staying, of course, to spend more time with her betrothed. Hashirama is elated), he disappears entirely (Tobirama caught the faintest traces of Sasuke’s chakra, half-forgotten in the political mire, but both Uzumaki and Uchiha signatures were gone before he could investigate).
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I read through the calling through rain verse and when I saw the bit about the Uzumaki clan, I suddenly remembered some fanon, it was that Konoha deliberately made sure not to talk about Uzushio because it was their greatest shame, to not be able to help their oldest ally in their time of need. If the Galahdians found out about how Konoha systematically made sure that the younger generation did not know about Uzushio, made sure they did not know where the swirl came from what would they do?
That fanon does make sense tbh. More so than scrubbing out mention of them because of Naruto. Hmmm the Galadhians would be Very Angry honestly. Erasing history is such a stupid move and in this case very disrespectful. I can see- a lot of yelling happening? And then a lot of research out of spite to recover what was lost, even to the point of crafting oral stories in the style of Galahdian tales to help remember it.
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How do you feel about kakashi finding/meeting other uzumaki refugees after kushina’s death? Would he want to help them?
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She looks scared. Then of course, why wouldn’t she? He can tell from the swirl on the top right of her t-shirt that she’s not just anyone.
She’s an Uzumaki. Someone who has lost their entire clan. Her home.
“Here,” he holds out a soldier pill in offering. It’s not much, but it might help her get back onto her feet. “Take this.”
“Why?” She stares up at him with brilliant brown eyes, searching his face for something. “Why are you helping me?”
It’s the right thing to do.
You beed help.
“I’m a Konoha shinobi,” he answers, pushing the other responses back into his mind. They’re too personal. Tell too much about him and his beliefs. “We’re allies.”
She huffs.
“Allies,” the word flys from her mouth with anger. “Where were my allies when Uzushiogakure was attacked? When my clan was massacred!?”
Her words scream at him to step back, but he ignores them. He won’t be detoured from helping someone because of their hurt.
If there’s anyone in the world who understands how much help a person needs when they’re at their lowest, it’s him.
“Leave me alone,” turning her back to him, she sits herself down and crosses her arms over her chest. “Leave me to die here, just like Konoha left my clan to die.”
He could leave.
There’s still a scroll to get back to his village and a mission report to fill out. He could run off without a concern and spend his evening hanging out with Gai or Yamato.
He could do anything else.
But he doesn’t.
Sitting down in front of her, he stares at her back and waits.
It doesn’t matter how ling it takes, he has enough patience to last him a lifetime. When she’s ready to accept his help, that’s when he’ll leave.
With her by his side.
Until then, he’ll wait.
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