Naruto What You Want To Read In Naruto

Dash_One

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da_fox2279 said:
I've always wanted to see a fic along the lines of this, where Naruto had to take up the role of Konoha's spymaster in Jiraiya's place / ends up becoming more like Jiraiya, where he feels/realizes that he could do more good for Konoha by remaining outside the village, stomping out the small brush fires before they turn into infernos.

I would love to see a viginette-type fic series, showing snapshots of his life, taking on jobs, talking to contacts, occasionally running into his old friends...
I like this idea too. I also had an idea of Jiraiya running his spy network like a crime syndicate. All of his spies are part of the organization because who better to gain intel from than the criminal underworld. He could raise Naruto to be his successor, being his "Godfather"
 

goldenarms

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knight504 said:
I guess I'm another person who'd like to see a quality fic with Naruto as Orochimaru's apprentice.
Eh... it'd probably develop more into Anko 2.0 than Orochimaru 1.5. Seriously, I don't get why people try to make Naruto a mad scientist when that's not really his gig. Sakura, on the other hand...

And yeah, dressing down anyone in front of others is a huge faux pas and makes you look like a dick instead of a leader. Especially if the matter is kind of sensitive.
 

Knyght

The Collector
#28
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I'd probably go down the "mad jutsu technician" route more than the "mad scientist" route. No shits given about biology, chemistry and physics when it's not directly applicable, instead it's a Naruto who's all about experimenting with chakra and jutsu as much as humanly possible.

It was a rather hamfisted method of making the Oto guys feel accepted since the Hokage was defending them from the "mistreatment" of his shinobi. Done for the benefit of the Oto guys whilst ignoring the problem it might cause with their own guys.

Hmm, maybe it could have been written as a charade. The whole thing was just a scenario devised to lower the foreigners' guard and give them some respect for the Hokage.
 

NamelessOne

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#29
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I want to read fics where Naruto is using his cleverness (prankster's skills) to defeat enemies the same way he did it in canon to release Kakashi from Water prison.
 

nixofcyzerra

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Today I was thinking about the concept of "Kayfabe," and how a similar sort of thing could apply to Naruto Shinobi.

The idea of a public persona, or a persona that they assume in fights, appeals to me, as I've always thought that Shinobi should be like Swans when they fight: on the surface appear to be gliding/moving serenely, but when you look underneath (or under the underneath,) you find that they're "peddling furiously."

I want to see more fics with stuff like that, where Naruto/Kakashi/Jiraiya/Itachi (especially Itachi) go through a fight appearing all effortless and oh-so-cool, only for them to later reveal that they were fighting "almost all-out" and working their tails off.
 

Matdeception

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nixofcyzerra said:
Today I was thinking about the concept of "Kayfabe," and how a similar sort of thing could apply to Naruto Shinobi.

The idea of a public persona, or a persona that they assume in fights, appeals to me, as I've always thought that Shinobi should be like Swans when they fight: on the surface appear to be gliding/moving serenely, but when you look underneath (or under the underneath,) you find that they're "peddling furiously."

I want to see more fics with stuff like that, where Naruto/Kakashi/Jiraiya/Itachi (especially Itachi) go through a fight appearing all effortless and oh-so-cool, only for them to later reveal that they were fighting "almost all-out" and working their tails off.
For some reason I'm reminded of this whacky notion I had for an interesting spin on the match up genre.

Naruto is Naruto as far as everyone is concerned; But there's an underside. I say underside, cause he isn't dark or shit. See, he has to survive, and he long since came to the conclusion he wasn't going to get a hand out, or a fair deal, so he does what he has to do to survive and turns to a life of crime on the sly.

The whole concept was Naruto, or his alias the 'Cat Burglar (Insert snazzy title here)' being chased by a purple headed ANBU for *years*. It all started when Naruto decided to leave a calling card in his robberies (Something that links to said snazzy title) and said ANBU being assigned to investigate. It's just a job at first to the ANBU, but as more time goes on it starts to become a bit of a challenging obsession.

Slow build up, as you run through investigations but they never catch the criminal. Naruto finds out later(After years of being a burglar) that a particular ANBU has been tracking him from the beginning, so he turns it around and begins to 'enjoy' the ANBU who apparently recognizes him enough that they just won't let him go. A game of cat and mouse ensues, back and forths as Naruto tempts and taunts her with the truth of who he is, but the ANBU never really put the picture together.

Naruto (His true self, the lovable idiot) meanwhile makes 'friends' with this ANBU and her sick boyfriend, or as close as he can considering he's just a kid, but it let's him get close and observe the woman. Develops a halfway sisterly/half way annoying boy-next-door relationship. While the relationship between Yuugao and his criminal alter-ego develops a short of half hate/love/challenging relationship. Thinking a very nior type feel for some reason.

So a good bit is a build up of a normal relationship and such. Only for the Chuunin exams to roll around, and then Hayate bites the dust. And Suddenly Yuugao finds the criminal she's been chasing has sworn to find her lovers killer. See, Naruto himself recognizes Yuugao and Hayate as precious/people who acknowledge him (Either his true self, or his alter ego) and he'll be damned to see them get away with hurting em.

Years roll by, Yuugao discovers the criminal alter-ego has expanded beyond Konoha (Naruto *is* traveling with Jiraiya at this point) and is, of course, determined to find the guy. Since Hayates death she threw herself into her work, and her obsession to solve this case just gets pumped to the 23rd power.

Eventually it all boils down to Naruto (His Alter Ego) giving Yuugao a choice. She can take what's in the file to the left, within is the information on Hayate's killer, their where abouts, information and such, allowing her to get the revenge she always craved. Or she can take the information in the right folder, which will lead her to the true identity of the criminal she's been chasing for years.

I'm probably not explaining it right or anything. As far as the world goes, it's all canon crap, but you never touch on it very much. The idea itself required the story to be primarily about the game of cat and mouse between Yuugao and Naruto's criminal alter ego. Bah, think I need to just stop and go find some coffee
 

nixofcyzerra

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That's an interesting idea. Maybe expand on it in the Miscellaneous ideas topic?

Something else I'd like to see: Naruto no-selling Izanami.

Uchiha: Give up on this world!

Naruto: No, you!

And repeat 1,000 times.
 

seitora

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#33
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Speaking of Anko, how about a fic where she's actually ruthless and possibly playing the psycho instead of actually being one, instead of flanderising her to 'tits, dango and an emotional wreck from Oro's defection who just needs some lovin'.
 

nixofcyzerra

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#34
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You mean a fic that actually uses her private/Databook personality of:

Mitarashi Anko
Personality: Very serious, with a strong sense of responsibility, and never slacks off.
Love: Serious about love and would never cheat.
Work: If she takes a job, she finishes it. Quite capable. Could crumble under pressure. Occasionally needs to explode.
And doesn't use her fanon personality of nymphomaniac who's in to blood-play? (Seriously, she was just trying to freak out the Genin. It was a job.)

Because I'd read the hell out of that.
 

jakkuzarippa

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#35
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seitora said:
Speaking of Anko, how about a fic where she's actually ruthless and possibly playing the psycho instead of actually being one, instead of flanderising her to 'tits, dango and an emotional wreck from Oro's defection who just needs some lovin'.
I think that was lightly touched on in "What's a Fetish?", which parodied fannon's interpretation of her as a dango-obsessed, psycho nymphomaniac and bloodthirsty dominatrix.
 

seitora

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#36
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nixofcyzerra said:
You mean a fic that actually uses her private/Databook personality of:

Mitarashi Anko
Personality: Very serious, with a strong sense of responsibility, and never slacks off.
Love: Serious about love and would never cheat.
Work: If she takes a job, she finishes it. Quite capable. Could crumble under pressure. Occasionally needs to explode.
And doesn't use her fanon personality of nymphomaniac who's in to blood-play? (Seriously, she was just trying to freak out the Genin. It was a job.)

Because I'd read the hell out of that.
Yes, exactly that.
 

Knyght

The Collector
#37
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I want a story where Naruto doesn't leave the village for years.

And I want a story that starts with Sasuke losing at the Valley of the End. I don't think I've ever seen that done well.

Edit: So I was just reading the Ricochet update and it suddenly made me think I want more stories where Naruto and Gaara get to be bros (before he's too busy being Kazekage). That random three months post-Sasuke Retrieval could be three months of Naruto and Gaara getting up to some wild shit.
 

thecuiy

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#38
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I was actually thinking of a Naruto fic where Naruto becomes Indra's transmigrate. It basically starts with Naruto beating Sasuke, Sasuke getting pissed at Naruto for taking away his dream/ambition and deciding to take away Naruto's dream(becoming Hokage) in return.

Hmm, lets see. Over the course of a year, Sasuke slowly turns Konoha against Naruto, culminating in Naruto leaving the village to learn to control the Kyubi after he accidentally hurts one of his teammates when he loses control.

As he travels, he meets each of the Jinchuriki from the other villages, slowly becoming more and more cynical. Learning that he is only able to depend on himself as a Jinchuriki and on the Kyubi. And thats about all I got so far.
 

KurokamiDG

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#39
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thecuiy said:
I was actually thinking of a Naruto fic where Naruto becomes Indra's transmigrate. It basically starts with Naruto beating Sasuke, Sasuke getting pissed at Naruto for taking away his dream/ambition and deciding to take away Naruto's dream(becoming Hokage) in return.

Hmm, lets see. Over the course of a year, Sasuke slowly turns Konoha against Naruto, culminating in Naruto leaving the village to learn to control the Kyubi after he accidentally hurts one of his teammates when he loses control.

As he travels, he meets each of the Jinchuriki from the other villages, slowly becoming more and more cynical. Learning that he is only able to depend on himself as a Jinchuriki and on the Kyubi. And thats about all I got so far.
My God that would be depressing.

And how would anyone really trust Sasuke after running away from the village to join Orochimaru of all people? Unless he can easily get away with using genjutsu on everyone I think that Naruto has enough goodwill among the shinobi forces to avoid that situation from ever happening.

I don't know. It just seems like you would have to resort to bashing to actually make this work.

On the other hand, if it was like that from the Beginning of canon then having Naruto get into that mindset wouldn't be as odd.
 

thecuiy

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#40
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Eh, I feel like Sasuke could regain his credibility by Naruto sticking his neck out for him. That being said if I wrote it, I would try to avoid bashing at all costs and have it be a slow, painful and incredibly heartbreaking process.
 

seitora

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What I really want to read is a fic that dumps out Akatsuki and brings in a new cast of villains.

Or at least gets rid of Madara, Obito and the Ame group.

Too many fics nowadays seem trapped by canon. Before chapter 600, thousands of fanfics blindly assumed Tobi = Madara and ran with it, then that got dropped completely once the reveal came out.
 

Altered Nova

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#42
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Forget new villains, I'd just like to see a fic that gives the spotlight to the shamefully underutilized villains.

For example, how about a Kakuzu who is as powerful as an eighty year old immortal master of every element should be, and has the ambition to match? Instead of dying like a chump, he takes control of half of Akatsuki after Nagato dies and starts a power struggle for control of the bijuu On one side Kakuzu, Deidara, Sasori, Hidan and possibly the re-recruited Orochimaru form Team Rule the World. Obito, Zetsu, Kisame, Itachi (and later Team Hawk) make up Team Moon's Eye Plan. And Naruto leads Team Save the World, which consists of all the Kage and villages, plus Konan and Amegakure, against both groups of feuding monsters.
 

Matdeception

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#43
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Altered Nova said:
Forget new villains, I'd just like to see a fic that gives the spotlight to the shamefully underutilized villains.

For example, how about a Kakuzu who is as powerful as an eighty year old immortal master of every element should be, and has the ambition to match? Instead of dying like a chump, he takes control of half of Akatsuki after Nagato dies and starts a power struggle for control of the bijuu On one side Kakuzu, Deidara, Sasori, Hidan and possibly the re-recruited Orochimaru form Team Rule the World. Obito, Zetsu, Kisame, Itachi (and later Team Hawk) make up Team Moon's Eye Plan. And Naruto leads Team Save the World, which consists of all the Kage and villages, plus Konan and Amegakure, against both groups of feuding monsters.
Aside from the one I've been writing and not posting; I wanna see something like the above, but I also want to see a Bitch!Kushina instead of the Evil!Minato we constantly see. And not even a repentant Bitch, just a cold hard bitch who doesn't care who she has to step on to get her way (For simplicity sake, let's say she's decided to blame the whole world for Uzu's destruction, and happily decides to spread her misery EVERYWHERE)
 

nixofcyzerra

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#44
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Altered Nova said:
Forget new villains, I'd just like to see a fic that gives the spotlight to the shamefully underutilized villains.

For example, how about a Kakuzu who is as powerful as an eighty year old immortal master of every element should be, and has the ambition to match? Instead of dying like a chump, he takes control of half of Akatsuki after Nagato dies and starts a power struggle for control of the bijuu On one side Kakuzu, Deidara, Sasori, Hidan and possibly the re-recruited Orochimaru form Team Rule the World. Obito, Zetsu, Kisame, Itachi (and later Team Hawk) make up Team Moon's Eye Plan. And Naruto leads Team Save the World, which consists of all the Kage and villages, plus Konan and Amegakure, against both groups of feuding monsters.
Interesting. What with Kakuzu:

A: having fought the 1st Hokage, and

B: probably being able to survive a Rasenshuriken if his Earth Heart isn't taken out by a Lightning Cutter first. But what's his plan? Is it:

1: Control all the Tailed Beasts.

2: ???

3: PROFIT!
 

atlas_hugged

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#45
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nixofcyzerra said:
1: Control all the Tailed Beasts.

2: ???

3: PROFIT!
Probably that, considering that was the whole "monopolize war with your bijuu plan that I think Pain fed to Hidan first.
 

Knyght

The Collector
#46
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seitora said:
What I really want to read is a fic that dumps out Akatsuki and brings in a new cast of villains.
I'd prefer a middle ground. Such as in Great Clan Days where the old system of clans forces everyone into different circumstances to canon like Konan chilling with Nagato and the Uzumaki Clan. Most of the same antagonists but painted with a different brush.

What I'd like to see is a world without Akatsuki. The individuals that made it up are still around for the most part but they're no longer confined to hunting down tailed beasts. They're just doing their own thing. Maybe they never left their home villages, maybe they're still missing-nin but causing trouble in entirely different ways or it could be a mix.

Someone once mentioned the idea of Akatsuki being the equivalent of Worm's Slaughterhouse Nine. A band of killers who work together for no other purpose than to bring as much chaos to the ninja world as possible. They'd be the monsters all men fear that come and go as they please.
 

Matdeception

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#47
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knight504 said:
seitora said:
What I really want to read is a fic that dumps out Akatsuki and brings in a new cast of villains.
I'd prefer a middle ground. Such as in Great Clan Days where the old system of clans forces everyone into different circumstances to canon like Konan chilling with Nagato and the Uzumaki Clan. Most of the same antagonists but painted with a different brush.

What I'd like to see is a world without Akatsuki. The individuals that made it up are still around for the most part but they're no longer confined to hunting down tailed beasts. They're just doing their own thing. Maybe they never left their home villages, maybe they're still missing-nin but causing trouble in entirely different ways or it could be a mix.

Someone once mentioned the idea of Akatsuki being the equivalent of Worm's Slaughterhouse Nine. A band of killers who work together for no other purpose than to bring as much chaos to the ninja world as possible. They'd be the monsters all men fear that come and go as they please.
The mental block with getting rid of Akatsuki is how it is so deeply ingrained into the canon history of the world. It's beginning dates back to the Clan Wars (Madara losing Izuna is a really big step), or even further back when Zetsu vandalized the Rikudo Sennin's tablet. We're talking a thousand years of subtle and not so subtle manipulation of the Shinobi world here - Zetsu was a busy little bee (Whole Indra vs Asura debacle)

Of course you can easily keep the history, but remove the Akatsuki in a number of ways. One? Madara never awoke the Rinnegan, which would just change a number of things, such as Obito truly eating shit in that cave, Rin not dying, Nagato probably either ate shit or the Konoha-nin that killed his parents took pity on him or something, Minato and Kushina would still be alive, Naruto would be radically different from Canon, Kakashi wouldn't be a complete wreck, ect. ect. ect.

Akatsuki itself would probably be killed off entirely - Yahiko and Konan either dead or whatever. There would be no hunt for Bijuu's since Madara never summoned the Gedo Mazo, Zetsu would still be attempting to manipulate the Uchiha into awakening a rinnegan, ect. ect. It changes the entire game in all honesty.
 

Altered Nova

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#48
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atlas_hugged said:
nixofcyzerra said:
1: Control all the Tailed Beasts.

2: ???

3: PROFIT!
Probably that, considering that was the whole "monopolize war with your bijuu plan that I think Pain fed to Hidan first.
Yep. Kakuzu is obsessed with money and also loves fighting (or else he'd be a banker or something instead of a bounty hunter) so "monopolize war with the power of the bijuu" would be right up his alley.

Rough plot outline: Kakuzu recruits Deidara and Sasori (they aren't killed in this AU) by offering them unlimited freedom and resources to perfect their arts, Hidan with promises to let him kill whoever he wants whenever he wants, and Orochimaru with offers to share his immortality jutsu. Together they steal some of the bijuu from the Gedo Mazou before being driven off by Obito's supporters.

Konoha and Kumo suffer devastating attacks as S-rank monsters fight over their remaining bijuu (and maybe a couple of the other jinchuuriki are still alive in this AU), so the Kage convene a summit to figure out how to deal with them. Both factions crash the party.

Maybe Kakuzu eventually turns himself and some of his allies into jinchuuriki, a convenient way to power them up to be able to keep up with Sage Mode Naruto and Rinnegan Obito. The World War is a clusterfuck instead of an epic battle of good vs. evil.

Or something along those lines.
 

Yorae Rasante

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#49
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After the Falls of Truth, I started checking the Persona crossovers. I wanted a crossover that wasn't either Naruto goes to P4's world (always P4, because the others are depressing I guess), Naruto is Yu (and no change but cosmetics to P4) or OP Endgame Persona character goes to other world and is unstopably OP (not exclusive to Naruto).

So I started a story of my own. But I know I'm not a good enough writer to satisfy myself much less others. Not even sure if I'll use Wave, it would be a good emotional growth for Naruto and Sasuke, what with Sasuke becoming sort of a friend with Naruto and thus a friend of Naruto almost dying and another actually doing so, but... Wave again, man...
 

goldenarms

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#50
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Loki Fenrisulf IV said:
After the Falls of Truth, I started checking the Persona crossovers. I wanted a crossover that wasn't either Naruto goes to P4's world (always P4, because the others are depressing I guess), Naruto is Yu (and no change but cosmetics to P4) or OP Endgame Persona character goes to other world and is unstopably OP (not exclusive to Naruto).

So I started a story of my own. But I know I'm not a good enough writer to satisfy myself much less others. Not even sure if I'll use Wave, it would be a good emotional growth for Naruto and Sasuke, what with Sasuke becoming sort of a friend with Naruto and thus a friend of Naruto almost dying and another actually doing so, but... Wave again, man...
I don't know why people would feel compelled to do crossovers with the Persona series in and of itself when I think the Personas themselves would be more interesting fused into the Narutoverse (well, that and the rumor system from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment).
 
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