#kushina being a jinchuriki is a very well kept secret

[mixelation]

WAIT WAIT WAIT someone is like 'pfft marrying their jinchurriki. obviously its political' and minato is like. you accuse me. of NOT LOVING MY WIFE? RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME? ILL HAVE YOU KNOW-

minato rips off his shirt to reveal a full chest tattoo that says I LOVE KUSHINA 5EVER

#i the context of #reborn au #kushina being a jinchuriki is a very well kept secret #but if we keep my headcanon that uzushio was attacked specifically because #people were afraid that minato getting the hat AND being married to kushina would mean uzushio would join the war on konoha's side #then yes i bet lots of people outside of konoha think it was a political marriage #(no one in konoha thinks this because anyone who's talked to minato for five minutes knows he loves his wife) #also yes i think minato could stand there and listen to people say insane and inaccurate and possibly cruel things about HIM all day #but you speak ill of his family?????? RIP u #idk obviously we want to make him 'break character' at ninjacon but i've been debating how #was considering a scenario where someone says something weird af to tori and he's like #'i can't believe he would say that to you IN FRONT OF ME' #like he's very aware weird dudes say inappropriate things to teen girls ok. he signs off on missions involving teenage girls with knives #taking advantage of that #but also he's been hokage for like a decade. usually people behave in front fo him????????

[bluboothalassophile]

LOVE ur illusions of peace fic. What I’m wondering is how you decided to divide all the characters the way you did? It works wonderfully and I love the chemistry all the characters have, but at first glance some of the pairings seem odd! Like Sasuke, Shikamaru, Ini and Choji all being friends? It’s amazing!!

Hello,

I’m so happy to hear you’re enjoying Illusions of Peace because it’s been a while since I wrote for the Naruto fandom other than the Until the Day I... Series I haven’t done much in Naruto lately.

As to your question, that’s a little more complicated, and bear with me while I give you a long winded version of the reasons why the Clans were divided as so.

First, I must inform you, this entire story, is based off the idea of the Senju-Uchiha Alliance never forming Konoha as it would be in the Naruto canon universe. It’s the idea that they betrayed each other under the banners of peace and the resulting fall out of those events which are nearly a century prior to the current events unfolding.

Instead of Madara and Hashirama being adults when they proposed the peace, they would be young teens, about thirteen or fourteen, and the peace was tentative. As shown in canon material, both of them would’ve already been very powerful shinobi and still growing into their power, and in their own rights had had respect of their Clansmen, which would make their attempt to broker peace far different. Especially with them being so young at the first attempt.

Now, if the Senju-Uchiha alliance never forms Konoha (as it did) then where would the Clans be?

The canonally stated powerful Clans; whether for Kekkei Genkei or jutsu, or shonobi ability are usually consistently the Senju, Uchiha, Hyuga, Uzumaki and Sarutobi. So I’ve divided an imaginary geography between them and proceeded based of the ideas of the lands they would live off of and what geographic barriers would be between them, while giving them lands to live off of and protect.

Second, I kept together alliances that simply made sense, things that just go together like peanut butter and oreo’s.

Ino-Shika-Cho always stays together in my stories, canon material says that they’ve been in a stable alliance for sixteen, now seventeen, generations. Obviously their bonds are deep and would transcend normal alliances. They also wouldn’t follow just anyone, not with the secret jutsus in their families, or with an alliance that deep. Which would mean they should be ‘above the politics’ in a sense, and to keep them together and being a secret lead me to putting them in the indomitable mountains.

Hyuga alliances are based off what would be prosperous to themselves; which with rich farming lands, and an impregnable valley for their defensive position, it made sense to alliegn them with the Aburame, Inuzuka, and Lee Clans, if only to present the relationships of Team Guy, and Team 8 in a different way.

Senju and Sarutobi have expressed deep ties between them, the First and Second Hokage having a healthy relationship with the Sarutobi and training them, which led to their friendship in this story. I have a lot of plans of expanding on this point, but it is an important relationship in this world.

Uzumaki were a large Clan, in canon material, which had nations conspire to destroy them, which has had me making their relationships vast and deep, but also protective of the weaker who they pull into their lands. It seems important as that is a prominent trait in Kushina and Naruto, that fiery unyielding desire to help people. This desire, realistically, could lead to many troubles.

As to the Uchiha alliances, those would have to be made with care as I did have the Uchiha Massacre happen, but with only Madara and Izuna as the survivors and they were young when they survived that so whatever alliances they made would have to be made with care.

Third massive factor in this story is the elimination of jinchuriki, which is to be expanded on in the coming chapters, and with no jinchuriki I have begun shaping the world around that.

Fourth, the geography is a heavy factor, as I said, but I also put together groups I like and think could compliment each other.

Obviously I would keep Sai and Sakura together, I just love their entire dynamic in canon material as it has a very good brotherly-sister vibe.

Ino-Shika-Cho, being above the politics of the ‘valley Clans’ made the most sense for the Uchiha alliance because they ewre in hiding and want nothing to do with the valley. Also, I felt the Uchiha and Ino-Shika-Cho could form a very unique relationship, especially with the addition of them fighting an Otsutsuki threat, because the mountains were the only place I could reasonably hide the Ten Tails.

I always liked the relationship of Neji-Tenten-Guy-Lee, and liked the Kiba-Shino-Hinata friendship as well.

As Kushina and Minato died in canon material before having a large family, they struck me as the kind to have a large family, I gave Naruto siblings; Menma and Karin, so he could be less lonely as I haven’t fully expanded on the Uzumaki alliances yet. Obviously Jiraiya is still an alliance of theirs, because they need the pervy sage.

I’ve always liked Kakashi’s bond with Sasuke, and felt Sasuke would need it more; especially in this story, so I had Kakashi become an honorary Uchiha in a sense.

And in general I’ve always liked Kisame and Itachi’s friendship and like bringing it into play in many stories. Mostly because they were such an odd pair that held such great respect for one another and a genuine friendship; though quiet; seemed to have formed between them.

Certain pairings just made sense here: Obito/Rin for one, though it wouldn’t seem important actually is very intragal to the story, especially because of the Obito-Kakashi-Rin dynamic. Itachi/Izumi, though second cousins, is a sweet pairing I felt that the Uchiha family needed in this world, as it’d be one to give new hope for carrying on their next generation.

#bluboothalassophile #hello reader #illusions of peace #feel free to ask me anything #ask me questions #ask me anything