Naruto Different Character Portrayals

[Knyght]

I suppose, in some ways, that this thread is pretty similar to the "Badass Hinata" one but I felt it best to do this rather than necro it.

What happens a lot in Naruto fics is that, whilst Naruto himself becomes powerful and skilled in a variety of different ways, the people around him (the Konoha 12 specifically) all seem to develop the same way. Therefore, this thread is designed to throw in ideas for how the other characters could develop mentally and physically.

Such as:

Titan!Chouji - A Chouji who specialised in the use of weaponry that generally wouldn't be expect by conventional ninja. An axe, zanbatou, tetsubou hammer, mace, ball and chain etc. These would have the side beneit that, when used with his clan's technique, the weapon would increase in size as well.

CherryBlossom!Sakura - A Sakura who basically develops her entire fighting style around her own name. She creates her own version of Byakuya's Senbonzakura, turning her chakra into razor-sharp sakura petals* that are entirely under her control. All her original genjutsu feature cherry blossoms as well, allowing her to combine the two jutsu styles.

*This was based upon the Kage Bunshin, Itachi's crows and Konan's paper technique as we can see that it's completely possible to use chakra to form physical objects/creatures.

MindLinked!Ino & Sakura** - Using Sakura as a test dummy, Ino's attempt at one of her clan higher level technique backfires which creates a permanent link between the pair's minds. They know each other as well as their know themselves and their personalities blend together. They're able to work in perfect co-ordination with each other that even years of teamwork can't beat.

**Recycled from the Badass Hinata thread.

Medic!Hinata - The path that should have always have taken instead of Sakura or Ino. Her gentle disposition, chakra-seeing eyes, ability to make medical balms and inherent chakra control make her perfectly suited for becoming an apprentice of Tsunade. The training and attitude of her mentor would also be able to bring out Hinata's self-confidence.

Genjutsu!Shikamara - With his shadow techniques, genius-level intellect and strategic ability, adding genjutsu to his arsenal would have made him even more dangerous that what we see in canon. It also suit his sloth-like nature and it wouldn't involve much physical effort on his part.

Any other ideas?

 

[raedric]

Character Development

Jiraiya!Chouji: I always saw Chouji being more suited to frogs, and the hair spike jutsu would compliment his skillset nicely.

Huntingdog!Naruto: Rather than frogs, give him kakashi's dog summoning contract. It would help his tracking like crazy, makes setting up the rasengan easier, and is small enough he could use it in the valley of the end to hold Sasuke down for rasengan if need be. Would also make a fun fight with Kiba if he used it then.

Grass!Ino: Have her learn the grass country skillset, as she is already into flowers and plants anyways. Expands on her character as well as making a good backup. Could also make her an illegitimate grandchild of the first and saddle her with Mokuton, but that may be OP.


That's the only new thing that comes to mind, really.

 

[Watashiwa]

Character Development

Hm.

Genjutsu!Sakura. While Sakura remains Tsunade's apprentice, she's approached by Kurenai who offers a trade--genjutsu lessons in exchange for getting Hinata into the Medinin program.

Fuuinjutsu!Shikamaru. His ability to plan ahead and ability to second guess his enemies makes Fuuinjutsu of particular use to Shikamaru. Nothing fancy, just some low level elemental scrolls and maybe a summoning.

Assassin!Shino. Inducted into ANBU after making chunin, Shino ends up learning the art of silent killing, while also learning how to use his bugs to deliver poisons and virulent diseases for "bloodless" assassinations.

Ranged!Hinata. NGD came up with this; turns out that Hinata's Byakugan can see at distances of about a mile. Neji's range is implied to be 50 feet. Conversely, Hinata seems to have tunnel vision (can't see around herself very well). Hinata is unaware of the advantages that her range provides her until she gets the idea of training in non-elemental chakra molding. The result? Ability to throw a knife with pinpoint accuracy from long range!

 

[dancingbears]

Character Development

Seduction!Kiba: I'm blatantly stealing this one from Saving Grace, by Minionette. Kiba's naturally bestial instincts, with an ability to smell hormones and pheremones, lead him to become an almost supernaturally sexy vamp, stealing secrets through sex.

Inner!Ino: With a second personality, like Sakura, Ino can still stay conscious while posessing people. This one's out there, and almost OP, but having your teammate start tag-teaming you with some blonde Konoha nin is worth a thought.

The Pain!Shino: I'M COVERED IN BEEEEEEES

 

[Knyght]

Character Development

Ranged!Hinata.? NGD came up with this; turns out that Hinata's Byakugan can see at distances of about a mile.? Neji's range is implied to be 50 feet.? Conversely, Hinata seems to have tunnel vision (can't see around herself very well).? Hinata is unaware of the advantages that her range provides her until she gets the idea of training in non-elemental chakra molding.? The result?? Ability to throw a knife with pinpoint accuracy from long range!

Her range is apparently 10km, though I'm not sure what you mean by "tunnel vision" unless you're talking about her inability to see tenketsu.

And when you say Range!Hinata, I presume you mean like a sniper. Hinata with a bow/crossbow. Possible even a bow that shapes chakra into the form of arrows, Quincy-style. Hell, she could replicate the Quincy style altogether.

Inner!Ino: With a second personality, like Sakura, Ino can still stay conscious while posessing people. This one's out there, and almost OP, but having your teammate start tag-teaming you with some blonde Konoha nin is worth a thought.

I could totally see Ino performing a technique on herself just for the sake of doing this.

 

[Hashasheen]

Character Development

Ranged!Hinata. NGD came up with this; turns out that Hinata's Byakugan can see at distances of about a mile. Neji's range is implied to be 50 feet. Conversely, Hinata seems to have tunnel vision (can't see around herself very well). Hinata is unaware of the advantages that her range provides her until she gets the idea of training in non-elemental chakra molding. The result? Ability to throw a knife with pinpoint accuracy from long range!

*sigh* Neji's range is from Part 1 as 800 feet, while Hinata's is from Part 2. Neji is bound to have improved his range as Hinata did.

 

[DhampyrX2]

Character Development

A ranged fighter Hinata would still help, especially as Shino is currently the closest thing to one on her team. Jutsu sniping or chakra arrowns would be a good boost to her skill set.

 

[Watashiwa]

Character Development

Her range is apparently 10km, though I'm not sure what you mean by "tunnel vision" unless you're talking about her inability to see tenketsu.

No, I mean she lacks the 360-degree field of vision past a certain point.

And when you say Range!Hinata, I presume you mean like a sniper. Hinata with a bow/crossbow. Possible even a bow that shapes chakra into the form of arrows, Quincy-style. Hell, she could replicate the Quincy style altogether.

Oh God no.

While we have seen people in the Naruto world use bows and arrows, we've never seen a ninja do it. My thought was that Hinata would use chakra imbued knives for long range support.

I refuse to make Bleach references in Naruto. Too many crappy crossovers.

Now back to character development.

White Demon Jiraiya: Something happens that snaps Jiraiya out of his pleasurable middle age debauchery, and makes him revert to his personality during the Secret Ninja Wars, the feared White Demon Jiraiya. Using Underworld Swamps to sink entire villages, breaking and brainwashing foreign ninja, butchering enemy armies with the rasengan capable of blowing up mountains.... yeah.

 

[Knyght]

Character Development

Ranged!Hinata.á NGD came up with this; turns out that Hinata's Byakugan can see at distances of about a mile.á Neji's range is implied to be 50 feet.á Conversely, Hinata seems to have tunnel vision (can't see around herself very well).á Hinata is unaware of the advantages that her range provides her until she gets the idea of training in non-elemental chakra molding.á The result?á Ability to throw a knife with pinpoint accuracy from long range!

*sigh* Neji's range is from Part 1 as 800 feet, while Hinata's is from Part 2. Neji is bound to have improved his range as Hinata did.

Neji's range in Part 1 was 50m, in Part 2 it's 800m (at least).

Hinata beats him on range but Neji beats her on "detail".

EDIT:

No, I mean she lacks the 360-degree field of vision past a certain point.

You've lost me. Is this canon or a part of your idea?

Oh God no.

While we have seen people in the Naruto world use bows and arrows, we've never seen a ninja do it. My thought was that Hinata would use chakra imbued knives for long range support

How would a chakra-imbued knife be any different from a regular knife? And if I wanted long range I'd use a weapon that is designed for it. A knife doesn't really qualify in my book.

 

[Watashiwa]

Character Development

Ranged!Hinata.? NGD came up with this; turns out that Hinata's Byakugan can see at distances of about a mile.? Neji's range is implied to be 50 feet.? Conversely, Hinata seems to have tunnel vision (can't see around herself very well).? Hinata is unaware of the advantages that her range provides her until she gets the idea of training in non-elemental chakra molding.? The result?? Ability to throw a knife with pinpoint accuracy from long range!

*sigh* Neji's range is from Part 1 as 800 feet, while Hinata's is from Part 2. Neji is bound to have improved his range as Hinata did.

INCORRECT!

50.

 

[Knyght]

Character Development

White Demon Jiraiya: Something happens that snaps Jiraiya out of his pleasurable middle age debauchery, and makes him revert to his personality during the Secret Ninja Wars, the feared White Demon Jiraiya. Using Underworld Swamps to sink entire villages, breaking and brainwashing foreign ninja, butchering enemy armies with the rasengan capable of blowing up mountains.... yeah.

Interestingly, Jiraiya does actually have the nickname "Madness of the Village".

 

[Watashiwa]

Character Development

White Demon Jiraiya: Something happens that snaps Jiraiya out of his pleasurable middle age debauchery, and makes him revert to his personality during the Secret Ninja Wars, the feared White Demon Jiraiya. Using Underworld Swamps to sink entire villages, breaking and brainwashing foreign ninja, butchering enemy armies with the rasengan capable of blowing up mountains.... yeah.

Interestingly, Jiraiya does actually have the nickname "Madness of the Village".

That is so awesome. Got a reference?

 

[Wintermute]

Character Development

Her range is apparently 10km, though I'm not sure what you mean by "tunnel vision" unless you're talking about her inability to see tenketsu.

No, I mean she lacks the 360-degree field of vision past a certain point.

And when you say Range!Hinata, I presume you mean like a sniper. Hinata with a bow/crossbow. Possible even a bow that shapes chakra into the form of arrows, Quincy-style. Hell, she could replicate the Quincy style altogether.

Oh God no.

While we have seen people in the Naruto world use bows and arrows, we've never seen a ninja do it[emphasis mine]. My thought was that Hinata would use chakra imbued knives for long range support.

I refuse to make Bleach references in Naruto. Too many crappy crossovers.

Now back to character development.

White Demon Jiraiya: Something happens that snaps Jiraiya out of his pleasurable middle age debauchery, and makes him revert to his personality during the Secret Ninja Wars, the feared White Demon Jiraiya. Using Underworld Swamps to sink entire villages, breaking and brainwashing foreign ninja, butchering enemy armies with the rasengan capable of blowing up mountains.... yeah.

Kidoumaru of the Sound Four uses a bow (admittedly a creepy one made out of solidified chakra ooze that he produces as needed) with a trailing chakra string to provide in-flight guidance, so there is at least one canon ninja that uses a bow and arrow.
That other ninja might use a more conventional bow in lieu of epoxy-saliva is not a huge stretch.

 

[Knyght]

Character Development

White Demon Jiraiya: Something happens that snaps Jiraiya out of his pleasurable middle age debauchery, and makes him revert to his personality during the Secret Ninja Wars, the feared White Demon Jiraiya. Using Underworld Swamps to sink entire villages, breaking and brainwashing foreign ninja, butchering enemy armies with the rasengan capable of blowing up mountains.... yeah.

Interestingly, Jiraiya does actually have the nickname "Madness of the Village".

That is so awesome. Got a reference?

Ugh, I really hate sifting through manga chapters for the right reference. Here.

The translation is "Storm" here but the japanese word is "Kyouki" which means "Madness".

 

[dancingbears]

Character Development

So a couple more minutes after posting the Inner!Ino idea, this stuff starts coming out.

Ino with a second personality has story potential, at least a little. Ino herself is an assertive, domineering sort of person, and there's comedic potental from having a personality that's based off of that. Inner!Ino taking over control of the original body at incovenient points, Ino and Inner!Ino bicker over who is the original/who gets to keep the name Ino, scizophrenic arguements over who friends/family like more, disagreements in fashon, and differing tastes in boys (or gender preferences, if you go there) could all be potentially interesting.

Inner!Ino: Of course I should be the Ino! You're the one who leaves the body, but I'm always here, as Ino! So you should pick a different name!
Ino: No, I'm the Ino! I have the Yamanaka techniques, so you're just a cheap knock-off! I get to stay Ino!
Inner!Ino: Who are you calling cheap, bitch?!

Shikamaru: The irony in getting her to finally acknowledge the fact...and she doesn't even realize it...

ect, ect, ect.

 

[Knyght]

Character Development

Another idea:

Puppeteer!Sakura - Skipping the kunoichi to escape from her bullies, Sakura heads to hide in the Academy Library. Naturally, being surrounding by so many interesting books she can't help but start to read them and, in her search, comes across one with details on Sunagakure's Kugutsu no Jutsu. This would eventually lead to Sakura creating her own dolls and using her near-perfect chakra control and natural intelligence to operate them.

 

[EspyLacopa]

Character Development

Ranged!Hinata.á NGD came up with this; turns out that Hinata's Byakugan can see at distances of about a mile.á Neji's range is implied to be 50 feet.á Conversely, Hinata seems to have tunnel vision (can't see around herself very well).á Hinata is unaware of the advantages that her range provides her until she gets the idea of training in non-elemental chakra molding.á The result?á Ability to throw a knife with pinpoint accuracy from long range!

*sigh* Neji's range is from Part 1 as 800 feet, while Hinata's is from Part 2. Neji is bound to have improved his range as Hinata did.

INCORRECT!

50.

That's still rather impressive.

Negi could stand in the center of a Football field, and be aware of the entire thing at once.

As for bows? I like the idea of a ninja carting around a bow designed for ninja. Folds up, and with seals and chakra enhancements having a draw-strength of 300+ pounds. Slap an explosive tag on some of the arrow shafts, and the Byakugan bonus, that thing could likely hit stuff with pin-point accuracy at distances that might match modern sniper rifles.

 

[Jansviper]

Character Development

These are how I'm going to handle Sakura and Sasuke when I finally get around to writing the fic I've been working on in bits and pieces for a while now.

Genius!Sakura: A Sakura that is consistently a genius, plain and simple. In the manga it shows through occasionally (the first test, medic at 15, synthing the antidote for Kankuro during the retrieval of Gaara) but this would be a bit more constant. Traps, fuuinjutsu, medic, psychology, anything that relies more on her brain rather than trying to compare to the physical or chakra abilities of the rest of her team.

Reverse-Engineer!Sasuke: The Sharingan can copy ninjutsu and pull genjutsu apart, what's to say the reverse isn't true? The opposite of the usual "Instant Satisfaction Uchiha" stance taken in the fandom, when Sasuke copies ninjutsu he spends all of his free time taking them apart and seeing what makes them tick. Less melee and more range/tech focused Sasuke.

As for bows? I like the idea of a ninja carting around a bow designed for ninja. Folds up, and with seals and chakra enhancements having a draw-strength of 300+ pounds. Slap an explosive tag on some of the arrow shafts, and the Byakugan bonus, that thing could likely hit stuff with pin-point accuracy at distances that might match modern sniper rifles.

Hell, just hook the ninja up with a mundane weapon that has a pull far greater than a regular human could deal with. You'd be putting ballista (or scorpion) batteries in the hands of the infantry. Even if high level ninja could dodge something moving that fast with that amount of force behind it, everyone else is fucked.

 

[Prince Charon]

Character Development

Another idea:

Puppeteer!Sakura - Skipping the kunoichi to escape from her bullies, Sakura heads to hide in the Academy Library. Naturally, being surrounding by so many interesting books she can't help but start to read them and, in her search, comes across one with details on Sunagakure's Kugutsu no Jutsu. This would eventually lead to Sakura creating her own dolls and using her near-perfect chakra control and natural intelligence to operate them.

There's a fic similar to that, somewhere in the Previews forum. Sakura was raised by Kakashi, and is a bit... eccentric. Sasuke and Naruto are different, as well. Can't recall the author or title, though.

 

[zeebee1]

Character Development

Who's Negi?

 

[DhampyrX2]

Character Development

Hell, just hook the ninja up with a mundane weapon that has a pull far greater than a regular human could deal with. You'd be putting ballista (or scorpion) batteries in the hands of the infantry. Even if high level ninja could dodge something moving that fast with that amount of force behind it, everyone else is fucked.

With storage seals that's plausible but still unweildy as hell. A properly enhanced bow could be used from anywhere, like in a tree for example, as opposed to the stable patch of open ground like you would need for a ballista. All things being equal, always go for greater mobility with your infantry.

 

[Watashiwa]

Character Development

What infantry? Since the coming of the Yellow Flash, you'd damn well better hope that your ninjas have better sense than to group up. Siege weapons like catapults and ballistae are worse than useless in the shinobi world, except as targets.

Sneaking a poison specialist into a city's water district is much more their style.

 

[DhampyrX2]

Character Development

What infantry? Since the coming of the Yellow Flash, you'd damn well better hope that your ninjas have better sense than to group up. Siege weapons like catapults and ballistae are worse than useless in the shinobi world, except as targets.

Sneaking a poison specialist into a city's water district is much more their style.

Every shinobi is arguably infantry since they're not really armor, calvalry, etc. Well really they're all special forces cells of varying degrees, but as they make up the whole of every nations' forces 'infantry' still works as a general description.

 

[Watashiwa]

Character Development

What infantry?? Since the coming of the Yellow Flash, you'd damn well better hope that your ninjas have better sense than to group up.? Siege weapons like catapults and ballistae are worse than useless in the shinobi world, except as targets.

Sneaking a poison specialist into a city's water district is much more their style.

Every shinobi is arguably infantry since they're not really armor, calvalry, etc. Well really they're all special forces cells of varying degrees, but as they make up the whole of every nations' forces 'infantry' still works as a general description.

Eh. Doesn't fit. Personally I'd avoid trying to apply Western military terminology to a Japanese fantasy culture the creator of which likely has little to no interest in researching military tactics.

 

[Jansviper]

Character Development

What infantry?á Since the coming of the Yellow Flash, you'd damn well better hope that your ninjas have better sense than to group up.á Siege weapons like catapults and ballistae are worse than useless in the shinobi world, except as targets.

Sneaking a poison specialist into a city's water district is much more their style.

Every shinobi is arguably infantry since they're not really armor, calvalry, etc. Well really they're all special forces cells of varying degrees, but as they make up the whole of every nations' forces 'infantry' still works as a general description.

Eh. Doesn't fit. Personally I'd avoid trying to apply Western military terminology to a Japanese fantasy culture the creator of which likely has little to no interest in researching military tactics.

By infantry I meant ninja, hence the word ninja in the line before.

I.E. Stick it in the hands of a genin who can use chakra enhancement and suddenly a bow that would take mechanical assistance to pull is a personal weapon. A 56 lb longbow firing a wooden arrow averages between 150-200 feet per second. Even on the low end that's an impact at more than 100 mph. And that's an average, low tech bow firing low tech arrows. Something with a heavier draw, made of stronger materials, and in the hands of someone trained for its use as Murdertech makes the numbers reach the "outright silly" levels.

Its a force multiplier.