Naruto Naruto fic idea, sorta...

[Mighty Bob]

Thought of this one off-and-on for awhile now, and it's been nagging me even more since reading Number 21 of the last chapter of TheSh33p's Catch 22. This is just a fragment of an idea for a fic, cause I can't really think of any suitable plots for it.

But I was wondering what would happen if the Academy had decided to take it's three loudest graduates, and shove them together on a team. If only to save the quieter[sic. better] students from failure in the second genin exam. The three, of course, would be Naruto, Kiba, and Ino to complete the loudness. And just to carry out a theme they would be stuck with Anko for a sensei. Who may or may not be thrilled with the idea of teachin brats. Though hopefully she'd use something -besides- the bell test. I'd like to think the jounins have -some- creativity and variety among them. That and I always had the impression that it was somethin only Kakashi/The Fourth/Jiraiya/Sarutobi/Etc. did. Tradition and whatnot. I don't have room to talk since I can't think up plot to save my life, but I'd also hope that the Wave Arc could be evaded as well, cause that not only gets beaten to death by fic after fic; it only took place cause Naruto happened to speak up at the right time, while the Hokage was in the right mood. Which would likely change if on a different team with a different sensei.

Though I suppose I'd just be happy to see the team combination used, cause I don't think it's been done yet. With or without pairings (without would be my preference, but then I'm not writing anything so I'll shut up) Anyways, thats all I had on this idea. At the very least it's not clamouring about my skull, and hey mebbe someone reading here'll make a story outta it.

 

[GenocideHeart]

This would actually be a very powerful team. A bit lacking in ninjutsu, but the brute force coming from Kiba and Naruto would be unmatched, Kiba could double as a tracker with Akamaru, and Ino's skills with genjutsu and the Shintenshin would round the team out quite well.

 

[Hawk]

With the ninjutsuproblem eventually being corrected. With a technique-freak like Orochimaru for a mentor when she was a child, Anko probably has quite a few tricks up her sleeve as well that she could teach her team.

 

[GenocideHeart]

With the ninjutsuproblem eventually being corrected. With a technique-freak like Orochimaru for a mentor when she was a child, Anko probably has quite a few tricks up her sleeve as well that she could teach her team.

Good point.

 

[nuclear death frog]

I agree that a team of Naruto/Kiba/Ino would probably be very powerful. Naruto starts out the series having a crush on Sakura and thinking Ino is an idiot -- without Sakura on his team, he's more focused. He'd also be focused on not being shown up by Kiba, who he thinks is a loudmouth. Kiba wouldn't want to lose to Naruto, who was last in their class, and Ino wouldn't want to be left behind by her teammates; she wouldn't be useless just because she'd be determined *not* to be useless -- especially if Sasuke is on Sakura's team.

And I think Anko could be a very good motivator.


Hmmm...how about these teams?

Inuzuka Kiba
Uzumaki Naruto
Yamanaka Ino
-- taught by Mitarashi Anko

Haruno Sakura
Nara Shikamaru
Uchiha Sasuke
-- "taught by" Hatake Kakashi

Aburame Shino
Akimichi Chouji
Hyuuga Hinata
-- taught by Morino Ibiki (!)


The first team are powerful because they can't stand each other. The second...uhhh...I don't know. And the third team are powerful because Shino and Hinata can find anything between his bugs and her eyes, and they can beat opponents because either Shino or Hinata can disable the enemy so that Chouji can beat them to a pulp. Also, Ibiki would bring the best out of his students because he wouldn't allow them to give up on anything, ever.

 

[GenocideHeart]

I agree that a team of Naruto/Kiba/Ino would probably be very powerful. Naruto starts out the series having a crush on Sakura and thinking Ino is an idiot -- without Sakura on his team, he's more focused. He'd also be focused on not being shown up by Kiba, who he thinks is a loudmouth. Kiba wouldn't want to lose to Naruto, who was last in their class, and Ino wouldn't want to be left behind by her teammates; she wouldn't be useless just because she'd be determined *not* to be useless -- especially if Sasuke is on Sakura's team.

And I think Anko could be a very good motivator.


Hmmm...how about these teams?

Inuzuka Kiba
Uzumaki Naruto
Yamanaka Ino
-- taught by Mitarashi Anko

Haruno Sakura
Nara Shikamaru
Uchiha Sasuke
-- "taught by" Hatake Kakashi

Aburame Shino
Akimichi Chouji
Hyuuga Hinata
-- taught by Morino Ibiki (!)


The first team are powerful because they can't stand each other. The second...uhhh...I don't know. And the third team are powerful because Shino and Hinata can find anything between his bugs and her eyes, and they can beat opponents because either Shino or Hinata can disable the enemy so that Chouji can beat them to a pulp. Also, Ibiki would bring the best out of his students because he wouldn't allow them to give up on anything, ever.

Hmm... actually, I'd recommend not having Kakashi teach at all if such a change happened. He was called in by the Hokage specifically for Naruto. With him under Anko's tutelage, there's no reason to have Kakashi around.

In fact, I'd recommend Kurenai for Sakura's team. Sakura is supposedly a natural at genjutsu, and I doubt Kurenai would be as lax as Kakashi - she'd pound Sakura's head in the floor until she stops being an idiot and starts listening.

For Team 8 I recommend... Genma. He appears to have knowledge of pressure points, and if Hinata learned to affect the Tsubo as well as the Tenketsu, like she's doing in my fic, she'd turn in an absolute monster.

 

[Fatuous One]

Bit late on this, but there IS a fic that has a Naruto/Kiba/Ino Team, although the jounin is Kurenai instead of Anko.

Nine Tailed Serpent by LT2000

Not quite what this idea had in mind, but it's similar enough that I thought I'd link it.

 

[Israfel]

I've seen quite a few fics with this actually, but then I suppose most of it wasn't really quality stuff but just your average cliched 'what if Naruto was on a different team' and are pretty generic, none worth noting.

 

[nuclear death frog]

Was just thinking about alternating the teams a little, and I thought of this...

Team 1
Haruno Sakura
Uchiha Sasuke
Yamanaka Ino
Instructed by: _______

Team 2
Hyuuga Hinata
Inuzuka Kiba
Uzumaki Naruto
Instructed by: _______

Team 3
Aburame Shino
Akimichi Chouji
Nara Shikamaru
Instructed by: _______


I mostly thought of Team 1 out of loathing for the bastard Uchiha. But in thinking about the other two teams, I realized that with the right instructors they could be pretty effective. Naruto wouldn't want to look weaker than Kiba, who Naruto thinks is a loudmouth; Kiba wouldn't want to look weaker than Naruto, who was "worst" in the class; and Hinata wouldn't want to look weak in front of Naruto, on whom she is crushing hard (to say the least).

And on Team 3 you have the genius Shikamaru and the apparently-very-intelligent Shino, who between them should have strategy locked up, in addition to Chouji the heavy artillery.

Back with Team 1, Ino and Sakura would compete to not look useless, and Sasuke would train extra-hard just to not be stuck doing nothing around his "fanclub". Ah, Sasuke, you are such an asshat that reasonable people love torturing you.

 

[GenocideHeart]

Was just thinking about alternating the teams a little, and I thought of this...

Team 1
Haruno Sakura
Uchiha Sasuke
Yamanaka Ino
Instructed by: _______

Team 2
Hyuuga Hinata
Inuzuka Kiba
Uzumaki Naruto
Instructed by: _______

Team 3
Aburame Shino
Akimichi Chouji
Nara Shikamaru
Instructed by: _______


I mostly thought of Team 1 out of loathing for the bastard Uchiha. But in thinking about the other two teams, I realized that with the right instructors they could be pretty effective. Naruto wouldn't want to look weaker than Kiba, who Naruto thinks is a loudmouth; Kiba wouldn't want to look weaker than Naruto, who was "worst" in the class; and Hinata wouldn't want to look weak in front of Naruto, on whom she is crushing hard (to say the least).

And on Team 3 you have the genius Shikamaru and the apparently-very-intelligent Shino, who between them should have strategy locked up, in addition to Chouji the heavy artillery.

Back with Team 1, Ino and Sakura would compete to not look useless, and Sasuke would train extra-hard just to not be stuck doing nothing around his "fanclub". Ah, Sasuke, you are such an asshat that reasonable people love torturing you.

Here's an idea. Instead of the usual suspects (ie Asuma, Kakashi, Kurenai) why not have as Jounin instructors Chouji, Shikamaru and Ino's dads?

For Naruto's team I'd suggest giving them Shikato Nara, since he's the 'strategist' of the original InoShikaChou. And despite being lazy, he takes duty very seriously, as his chewing out of Shikamaru proved.

For Shika and Shino's team, the best instructor is probably Inoshi Yamanaka, since he's a Yamanaka, and thus supposedly very good at 'reading' people's thoughts, Shintenshin or not.

Unfortunately, Chouji's dad is really not very good for Team 7, since Sasuke pretty much needs Kakashi to get anywhere with the Sharingan. However, it's also true that if Kakashi trained this Team 7, they wouldn't even pass the bell test - too much bad blood between Suckura and Ino. ANd at least, an Akimichi wouldn't be biased towards anyone.

 

[nuclear death frog]

Was just thinking about alternating the teams a little, and I thought of this...

Team 1
Haruno Sakura
Uchiha Sasuke
Yamanaka Ino
Instructed by: _______

Team 2
Hyuuga Hinata
Inuzuka Kiba
Uzumaki Naruto
Instructed by: _______

Team 3
Aburame Shino
Akimichi Chouji
Nara Shikamaru
Instructed by: _______


I mostly thought of Team 1 out of loathing for the bastard Uchiha. But in thinking about the other two teams, I realized that with the right instructors they could be pretty effective. Naruto wouldn't want to look weaker than Kiba, who Naruto thinks is a loudmouth; Kiba wouldn't want to look weaker than Naruto, who was "worst" in the class; and Hinata wouldn't want to look weak in front of Naruto, on whom she is crushing hard (to say the least).

And on Team 3 you have the genius Shikamaru and the apparently-very-intelligent Shino, who between them should have strategy locked up, in addition to Chouji the heavy artillery.

Back with Team 1, Ino and Sakura would compete to not look useless, and Sasuke would train extra-hard just to not be stuck doing nothing around his "fanclub". Ah, Sasuke, you are such an asshat that reasonable people love torturing you.

Here's an idea. Instead of the usual suspects (ie Asuma, Kakashi, Kurenai) why not have as Jounin instructors Chouji, Shikamaru and Ino's dads?

For Naruto's team I'd suggest giving them Shikato Nara, since he's the 'strategist' of the original InoShikaChou. And despite being lazy, he takes duty very seriously, as his chewing out of Shikamaru proved.

For Shika and Shino's team, the best instructor is probably Inoshi Yamanaka, since he's a Yamanaka, and thus supposedly very good at 'reading' people's thoughts, Shintenshin or not.

Unfortunately, Chouji's dad is really not very good for Team 7, since Sasuke pretty much needs Kakashi to get anywhere with the Sharingan. However, it's also true that if Kakashi trained this Team 7, they wouldn't even pass the bell test - too much bad blood between Suckura and Ino. ANd at least, an Akimichi wouldn't be biased towards anyone.

Those sound okay to me.

 

[Israfel]

Here's an idea. Instead of the usual suspects (ie Asuma, Kakashi, Kurenai) why not have as Jounin instructors Chouji, Shikamaru and Ino's dads?

For Naruto's team I'd suggest giving them Shikato Nara, since he's the 'strategist' of the original InoShikaChou. And despite being lazy, he takes duty very seriously, as his chewing out of Shikamaru proved.

For Shika and Shino's team, the best instructor is probably Inoshi Yamanaka, since he's a Yamanaka, and thus supposedly very good at 'reading' people's thoughts, Shintenshin or not.

Unfortunately, Chouji's dad is really not very good for Team 7, since Sasuke pretty much needs Kakashi to get anywhere with the Sharingan. However, it's also true that if Kakashi trained this Team 7, they wouldn't even pass the bell test - too much bad blood between Suckura and Ino. ANd at least, an Akimichi wouldn't be biased towards anyone.

Heh, can you just picture Sasuke being taught by Chouji's dad though? That would be hilarious! I can just see it now, Sasuke is brooding and sitting by himself and Choumaru (I think that's Chouji's dad's name) comes up to him and says "Why are you looking so down Sasuke? Here have some potato chips, that always cheers me and Chouji up." *Sasuke sweatdrops*

 

[GenocideHeart]

Here's an idea. Instead of the usual suspects (ie Asuma, Kakashi, Kurenai) why not have as Jounin instructors Chouji, Shikamaru and Ino's dads?

For Naruto's team I'd suggest giving them Shikato Nara, since he's the 'strategist' of the original InoShikaChou. And despite being lazy, he takes duty very seriously, as his chewing out of Shikamaru proved.

For Shika and Shino's team, the best instructor is probably Inoshi Yamanaka, since he's a Yamanaka, and thus supposedly very good at 'reading' people's thoughts, Shintenshin or not.

Unfortunately, Chouji's dad is really not very good for Team 7, since Sasuke pretty much needs Kakashi to get anywhere with the Sharingan. However, it's also true that if Kakashi trained this Team 7, they wouldn't even pass the bell test - too much bad blood between Suckura and Ino. ANd at least, an Akimichi wouldn't be biased towards anyone.

Heh, can you just picture Sasuke being taught by Chouji's dad though? That would be hilarious! I can just see it now, Sasuke is brooding and sitting by himself and Choumaru (I think that's Chouji's dad's name) comes up to him and says "Why are you looking so down Sasuke? Here have some potato chips, that always cheers me and Chouji up." *Sasuke sweatdrops*

Gahahahaha. That's the funniest mental image ever.

Seriously though, one of the biggest downfalls of alt-team fics is that the usual three Jounin are always used as instructors. There's others besides Kakashi, Kurenai and Asuma, folks!

Genma, Raidou, Anko, Ibiki, Hayate, Choumaru, Shikato, Inoshi... if one wants to, Yuugao Uzuki and Kiba's dad are also choices.

...come to think of it, the last choice could be very interesting for an AU fic. What if... Naruto had been adopted by the Inuzuka clan? Kekekekeke...

 

[Israfel]

...come to think of it, the last choice could be very interesting for an AU fic. What if... Naruto had been adopted by the Inuzuka clan? Kekekekeke...

Ugh, Hyne I hate the Inuzuka's, no offense GH, but I'd much rather see 'what if Naruto was adopted by the Aburame's' or something like that, yah, Aburame Naruto would be teh shit. B) h43r:

 

[GenocideHeart]

...come to think of it, the last choice could be very interesting for an AU fic. What if... Naruto had been adopted by the Inuzuka clan? Kekekekeke...

Ugh, Hyne I hate the Inuzuka's, no offense GH, but I'd much rather see 'what if Naruto was adopted by the Aburame's' or something like that, yah, Aburame Naruto would be teh shit. B) h43r:

Eh, Naruto couldn't use the bugs anyway. They're a bloodline. Unless bloodlines can be implanted through genetic engineering. Hmmmmm...

 

[Israfel]

Eh, Naruto couldn't use the bugs anyway. They're a bloodline. Unless bloodlines can be implanted through genetic engineering. Hmmmmm...

Exactly, that's what I was thinking, I'm sure that the author could pull some sort of weird adoption ritual or something to make him blood family as well.

 

[nuclear death frog]

...come to think of it, the last choice could be very interesting for an AU fic. What if... Naruto had been adopted by the Inuzuka clan? Kekekekeke...

Ugh, Hyne I hate the Inuzuka's, no offense GH, but I'd much rather see 'what if Naruto was adopted by the Aburame's' or something like that, yah, Aburame Naruto would be teh shit. B) h43r:

Eh, Naruto couldn't use the bugs anyway. They're a bloodline. Unless bloodlines can be implanted through genetic engineering. Hmmmmm...

Ummm, this is just a personal opinion and I'll freely retract it if Kishimoto's said otherwise in the manga (although considering how much Part 2 sucks I'm not sure why I think that) but the Aburame arrangement seems more like a summoning contract to me.

Think about it. In return for getting the bugs as a weapon/tool, the Aburame clan make their bodies available as a nest and their chakra as bug food.

The bloodlines we see in the manga don't require any sort of payment to any other entity.

 

[GenocideHeart]

True, but most humans need their bodies for, y'know, organs, blood vessels and whatnot.

The Aburame clan needs to at least have unusual bodies to begin with, or using bugs that way woul eventually kill them.

 

[Israfel]

True, but most humans need their bodies for, y'know, organs, blood vessels and whatnot.

The Aburame clan needs to at least have unusual bodies to begin with, or using bugs that way would eventually kill them.

Meh, not necessarily, the bugs could probably perform the functions that those organs were supposed to and could most likely do it much more efficiently than the human body could anyway. I rememeber watching a show once, I forget which one, where the main char wasa fighting a guy who was, essentially, just a massive swarm of something, I forget what, most likely insects of some sort, and the main problem with defeating him was that he didn't actually have a full solid body, it was just a body shaped and colored mass of bugs which he could disperse at will if needed as well. This frankly would be very friggin awesome for Naruto, I think the best use of the Aburame's unique skills I've ever seen was probably in Pride-Fall's fic "Meridian" during the Hinata/Shino fight scene during the jounin exam.

 

[GenocideHeart]

True, but most humans need their bodies for, y'know, organs, blood vessels and whatnot.

The Aburame clan needs to at least have unusual bodies to begin with, or using bugs that way would eventually kill them.

Meh, not necessarily, the bugs could probably perform the functions that those organs were supposed to and could most likely do it much more efficiently than the human body could anyway. I rememeber watching a show once, I forget which one, where the main char wasa fighting a guy who was, essentially, just a massive swarm of something, I forget what, most likely insects of some sort, and the main problem with defeating him was that he didn't actually have a full solid body, it was just a body shaped and colored mass of bugs which he could disperse at will if needed as well. This frankly would be very friggin awesome for Naruto, I think the best use of the Aburame's unique skills I've ever seen was probably in Pride-Fall's fic "Meridian" during the Hinata/Shino fight scene during the jounin exam.

You know what the problem with your logic is? That if it was as you say, disabling an Aburame's bugs even for a short while would KILL the Aburame in question, since most organs tend to be rather vital for the body, and irreparable damage can occur should they stop functioning.

I find it very hard to believe that someone would make themselves so overly vulnerable. Did you know that a simple cloud of smoke from wet wood can knock most bugs unconscious for several hours? Imagine an Aburame accidentally getting caught in such a cloud at a campfire and being super sick, if not near dead, for the next few hours.

Um, no. The Aburame are too smart to make themselves vulnerable like that. It has to be some sort of genetic programming that lets them live in symbiosis with bugs. And if their body has a different genetic coding, then it counts as a bloodline.

That's my $0.02.

At any rate, even if they DID have bugs replace some organs' effects, it'd still count as a Bloodline Limit. Why? Simple, it's only in the Aburame clan, and most likely an inherited adaptation. Anybody can try stuff like ripping a Byakugan or Sharingan out, but even though a non-Uchiha can use them, they're a power specifically devised for the Uchiha and passed down by blood, and chances are no one else can properly use them. That, essentially, is what a Bloodline Limit is.

 

[Israfel]

You know what the problem with your logic is? That if it was as you say, disabling an Aburame's bugs even for a short while would KILL the Aburame in question, since most organs tend to be rather vital for the body, and irreparable damage can occur should they stop functioning.

I find it very hard to believe that someone would make themselves so overly vulnerable. Did you know that a simple cloud of smoke from wet wood can knock most bugs unconscious for several hours? Imagine an Aburame accidentally getting caught in such a cloud at a campfire and being super sick, if not near dead, for the next few hours.

Um, no. The Aburame are too smart to make themselves vulnerable like that. It has to be some sort of genetic programming that lets them live in symbiosis with bugs. And if their body has a different genetic coding, then it counts as a bloodline.

That's my $0.02.

At any rate, even if they DID have bugs replace some organs' effects, it'd still count as a Bloodline Limit. Why? Simple, it's only in the Aburame clan, and most likely an inherited adaptation. Anybody can try stuff like ripping a Byakugan or Sharingan out, but even though a non-Uchiha can use them, they're a power specifically devised for the Uchiha and passed down by blood, and chances are no one else can properly use them. That, essentially, is what a Bloodline Limit is.

You know what the problem with your logic is? That you forget that the Aburame don't use normal bugs, these are uber chakra powered bugs and are obviously much tougher than your average bug (helloooo, ever heard of a non-Aburame bug that can leach chakra?!?). The bugs the Aburame's use are obviously heavily modified and, as is shown from a few of the things Shino says, continue to be modified by the Aburame they inhabit over the course of his or her life making them stronger, more powerful, have more abilities, and more resisitant. If an Aburame's bugs can stop them from beign affected by poison then what is some smoke from a wet log going to do? Absolutely nothing, that's what. And just because some technique or skill is 'only within a family line' doesn't make it a bloodline limit. Ino's Shintenshin can be learned by anyone but it has been kept within her family as a family jutsu, does that make it a bloodline limit? No. It needs to be something passed down genetically for it to count as a bloodline limit (such as the Uchiha's Sharingan, the Hyuuga's Byakugan, Kimimaru's bones and increased healing factor, all genetic traits)and an Aburame joins with his bugs after birth thus disqualifying it from being a bloodline limit. A jealously gaurded technique, yes. A bloodline limit, no. So there, that's my two cents.

 

[GenocideHeart]

You know what the problem with your logic is? That you forget that the Aburame don't use normal bugs, these are uber chakra powered bugs and are obviously much tougher than your average bug (helloooo, ever heard of a non-Aburame bug that can leach chakra?!?). The bugs the Aburame's use are obviously heavily modified and, as is shown from a few of the things Shino says, continue to be modified by the Aburame they inhabit over the course of his or her life making them stronger, more powerful, have more abilities, and more resisitant. If an Aburame's bugs can stop them from beign affected by poison then what is some smoke from a wet log going to do? Absolutely nothing, that's what. And just because some technique or skill is 'only within a family line' doesn't make it a bloodline limit. Ino's Shintenshin can be learned by anyone but it has been kept within her family as a family jutsu, does that make it a bloodline limit? No. It needs to be something passed down genetically for it to count as a bloodline limit (such as the Uchiha's Sharingan, the Hyuuga's Byakugan, Kimimaru's bones and increased healing factor, all genetic traits)and an Aburame joins with his bugs after birth thus disqualifying it from being a bloodline limit. A jealously gaurded technique, yes. A bloodline limit, no. So there, that's my two cents.

For all we know, the Aburame may be the only ones whose body will ACCEPT the bugs. Seriously, we're talking a manga with people with six arms, siamese twins that can split, people whose eyes are x-rays, guys who look like venus flytraps and eat corpses, shark men... I find it much more likely that the Aburame are specifically compatible at a genetic level with kikai bugs.

Oh, and about smoke not working... unless the Aburame bugs don't breathe, it WILL work. Smoke simply cuts off oxygen, causing the bugs in question to pass out. It has the same effect on humans, but since bugs are smaller, it affects them faster.

Granted, if the Aburame somehow turn out to breathe something other than oxygen, I'll concede your point. Until then, mutant bugs are still bugs, and like everything else, need to breathe or else.

Oh well, to each his opinion.

 

[Israfel]

For all we know, the Aburame may be the only ones whose body will ACCEPT the bugs.

Exactly, 'for all we know' so really we don't know either way, so it's kinda pointless to be arguing it.

Seriously, we're talking a manga with people with six arms, siamese twins that can split, people whose eyes are x-rays, guys who look like venus flytraps and eat corpses, shark men... I find it much more likely that the Aburame are specifically compatible at a genetic level with kikai bugs.

How does it being a manga with a bunch of freaks running around help your case that the bugs are the Aburame clan's bloodline limit? All that proves to me is there are a bunch of weirdos running around the Narutoverse, it has no bearing on whether or not the Aburame clan are genetically compatible with kikai bugs.

Oh, and about smoke not working... unless the Aburame bugs don't breathe, it WILL work. Smoke simply cuts off oxygen, causing the bugs in question to pass out. It has the same effect on humans, but since bugs are smaller, it affects them faster.

Granted, if the Aburame somehow turn out to breathe something other than oxygen, I'll concede your point. Until then, mutant bugs are still bugs, and like everything else, need to breathe or else.

Then how do you explain the bugs being able to go through a cloud of deadly poison and come out without a scratch, it seems to me that poison would be a bit more deadly then mere smoke. Also the bugs are inside the Aburame's body and thus not exposed to the outside save in battle usually and you have to think of them more like pieces of a whole as opposed to individual entities, think of it this way, when you breathe air goes to your cells, if you hold your breath for a while do all of your cells suddenly run out of oxygen and die simultaneously? No, otherwise not very many kids would make to middle school having died off by holding their breath for too long. So just because they're bereft of air for a little awhile doesn't mean all their bugs are going to begin suffocating and die all at once. And yes bugs are smaller but there are many many more of them so it evens out.

 

[GenocideHeart]

Then how do you explain the bugs being able to go through a cloud of deadly poison and come out without a scratch, it seems to me that poison would be a bit more deadly then mere smoke. Also the bugs are inside the Aburame's body and thus not exposed to the outside save in battle usually and you have to think of them more like pieces of a whole as opposed to individual entities, think of it this way, when you breathe air goes to your cells, if you hold your breath for a while do all of your cells suddenly run out of oxygen and die simultaneously? No, otherwise not very many kids would make to middle school having died off by holding their breath for too long. So just because they're bereft of air for a little awhile doesn't mean all their bugs are going to begin suffocating and die all at once. And yes bugs are smaller but there are many many more of them so it evens out.

Poison immunity can be acquired, but unless you're an anaerobic bacteria, you can't grow immune to lack of oxygen.

And the bugs have to come outside from SOMEWHERE; so there have to be holes through which air (and thus smoke) can pass. Unless you're suggesting they EAT THEIR WAY OUT EVERY TIME and the Aburame auto-regen the lost flesh, in which case the WTF factor in such a thing is more than enough to classify it as a Bloodline Limit, since regeneration is not commonplace in Naruto.

In short, chalk this up to Kishimoto's total ineptitude in explaining things.

 

[Israfel]

In short, chalk this up to Kishimoto's total ineptitude in explaining things.?

Agreed, and so another one of his amazing ideas trips and falls into the monstrous plotholes he's left lying about.