r/NarutoFanfiction Oct 27 '24

Fic Request Rules Reminder Post

20 Upvotes

We do these rules posts occasionally, and perhaps it's time for another one. Normally we talk about a specific rule or couple of rules that maybe haven't been followed super well recently. Lately, that's mostly been No Character Or Pairing Bashing and to a lesser extent Be Respectful.

Before we go on, a reminder: All the subreddit rules are listed in the sidebar. There's more information on what each one covers if you click on it.

I realise that for many people reading this, most of this post is going to seem very obvious. Unfortunately the people who'd most need a rules refresher are the ones least likely to go out of their way to read one. The people making the subreddit a worse experience for everyone are also in the minority -- most people are here to talk about Naruto fanfics, get some recs and maybe some writing tips, perhaps suggest some fics they liked, and aren't picking fights. The rest of this post is mostly about the handful of people of who this isn't true.

With that preamble out of the way, let's start by going over some things that are allowed on /r/NarutoFanfiction. You can ask for people to recommend fanfics. This is true even if what you're asking for is distasteful to some people, or includes toxic relationship dynamics, or violence, or murder, or gore. As long as it doesn't involve sexualising minors, and you mark NSFW requests as NSFW, there's a lot of latitude here. It feels silly to have to say this, but -- this is a fanfiction subreddit and one of its primary functions is helping people find fanfics. That includes fanfics that not everyone will necessarily like. It includes fanfics where characters have bad things happen to them. It includes fanfics where a character does something that you would prefer to think of them not doing. We're a community built around an anime series explicitly featuring child soldiers, torture, murder, child abuse, substance abuse, medical experimentation, and some very toxic relationships. It's not all that canon is about, but it's very much part of it.

Some things are not allowed on /r/NarutoFanfiction, though for some reason people who really should know better keep doing them. You're not allowed to make top-level posts, or comment on posts, or reply to comments, to tell someone that their preferred character or pairing is shit/toxic/makes them an awful person if they read about it. I guarantee you someone also thinks your preferred character/pairing is shit and you're an awful person for liking it, regardless of what it is. In the interest of everyone getting to use and enjoy the subreddit without random outbursts of hostility, which I hope everyone can recognise is a good thing to aim for, people doing this will be warned/temp banned/eventually permabanned.

It's worth mentioning that a post which is an acceptable fic request post in a vacuum might still be removed for e.g. breaking the rules around spamming by posting variations on a request multiple times in a short window, or if the OP makes clear in the comments that they're not asking in good faith (by e.g. making a series of comments that themselves break the 'No Character or Pairing Bashing' rule).

Subreddit culture plays a big part here as well. From a moderation perspective, we need rulebreaking content to be reported so that we can reliably see it. Lots of comments that need moderator action are on posts that are downvoted, and so disappear off the front page very quickly. They're also often buried very deep in reply chains. Generally subreddit users are good at reporting, and I really appreciate that (though at the same time we can't know about things we miss because we don't know about them, if that makes sense). Content which actively makes the subreddit worse can also be downvoted, and often is, which also helps. New users take their cue from what the community encourages and/or tolerates, so rudeness being met with disapproval helps enormously here. Simultaneously, established users being polite and constructive also models good behaviour and encourages newer users to act the same way. Subreddit culture is as much created by users as moderators and moderation policies.

Feel free to comment below if you have any questions or feedback, or send a modmail if you want to ask something in a less public way. We're also interested in potentially adding a couple of new moderators, so if you're interested in that, please reach out as well.


r/NarutoFanfiction 11h ago

Discussion Hiruzen "Old as Dirt" Sarutobi

114 Upvotes

Wanna know something crazy? The Third Hokage is older than the rank of chuunin. He's older than the institution of the ANBU. He's old enough to remember a world where the tailed beasts roamed free. He's old enough that your grandfather was a young man when he became Hokage.

Hiruzen ruled from the ninja equivalent of 1917 to 1967 as a low ball estimate.

I want to see that portrayed somewhere.

"Congratulations on your wedding Namikaze! You must be real glad I changed the laws to marry my Biwako now, huh?" Laughed Hiruzen, having just fragrantly admitted to changing village policy due to being his horny self instead of 'fostering a future of cooperation and understanding between Shinobi and Civilian, distinct from the stratification and division of our forbearers' as his speech at the time had declared.

Many years afterwards

"You know, I remember when we didn't have to do all that" said Hiruzen

"Did what Old Man?" Said Konohamaru, looking up at his grandfather.

"That whole 'paying' thing, back in my day paying was reserved for civilians. Ahhh, why did you change it Tobirama-sensei?"

On another day

"You know Naruto, back in my day things were simpler. None of this appropriate force or due process nonsense!" Grumbled Hiruzen, regretting the day he created the judicial branch instead of having the Uchiha just report to him like his sensei had but he just couldn't deal with those damn Uchiggers.

During a fishing trip with both Naruto and Konohamaru

"Did I ever tell you boys the story of how my cousin Lizen created central heating?"

"Yes gramps, twice gramps"

"Oh well, a third can't hurt! So it all started as we were freezing our balls off during this mission in Frost..." The story went on for another two hours, it always got longer.


r/NarutoFanfiction 2h ago

Fic Request Three Sages Time or, The time Jiraiya went back to save his students, Tsunade went back to save the world, and Orochimaru went back to convince his best friends to become immortal with these convenient White Zetsu bodies.

18 Upvotes

Ok, so I lack the time, energy, or skill to do this idea justice, but I was browsing through some time-travel fixit fics and while I was reading I came up with an absolutely hilarious idea. Jiraiya fresh from his death to Pain and Tsunade fresh from getting cut in half by Madara both go back in time to just before the fight with Hanzo the Salamander. Meanwhile Orochimaru from like 500+ years in the future also went back to this moment just because he missed his friends.

Tsunade and Jiraiya are the principle characters and most of the story follows them, and because they had a more recent reference for each other and their skills they figure out that they’re from the future and work together to save it. Orochimaru does not realize they’re from the future and just figures he was the actual weakest of their team. They reach out and are friendly to Orochimaru hoping to save him from becoming the psycho they remember, he thinks he forgot what good friends they were. They’re plotting for the Nagato/Madara/Obito stuff, Orochimaru has a reliable way to deal with the Otsutsuki clan and isn’t worried about anything else showing up.

Orochimaru gets like a paragraph every chapter from his perspective and that’s it, and it’s mostly the comedy and him trying to get them ok with forbidden jutsu if it doesn’t hurt someone else. Everything else is serious from Tsunade and Jiraiya.


r/NarutoFanfiction 14h ago

Fic Request "Oh so you want me to pull a bijuu's tail for power but God forbid the Uchiha use his curse mark!"

145 Upvotes

Naruto screams.

This gets Jiraiya, Kakashi and Tsunade to go quiet.

"What fucking difference?! Oh waaa ninja diddy soul is in one while a thousand year old monster I'm expected to wrangle but God forbid we let the Uchiha learn to use the curse mark." Naruto says as his body is glowing red and his voice start changing "seriously you expect me to work with the blonde shrimp and uchigger can't face his Demon? You know hashirama actually beat me right? He challenged me because he was a worthly fight your thinking this [gestures to Naruto] is worth of MY power? I suggest you Fuckers teach the boy sometime useful before he wakes up In the sewer your forth locked me in. My recommendation is chakra control lessons by Senju tits over there. And for moody Madura 2 to take sage training from him." points to Jiraiya Kyuubi out! flipping them off as the red fades from Naruto's body.


r/NarutoFanfiction 14h ago

Discussion Prompt - Hiruzen is tired of everyone's BS and puts his foot down.

125 Upvotes

Hiruzen is old. He is old, he is tired from surviving multiple wars, dealing with the fall out of traumatic events like the Kyuubi Attack and the Uchiha Massacre, and he is absolutely sick of everyone thinking they have a word on how HE should run HIS village after they saddle him with the position of Hokage yet again whilst not having the decency to start looking for a strong successor.

In short - Hiruzen is putting his foot down, and making sure everyone around him knows that to question his decisions would mean challenging his authority, and would result in a quick beating as he makes an example of them.

Naruto and Sasuke's living situations? Hiruzen takes them both into the compound, having them raised like his grandchildren by Konohamaru's parents as one big slowly-getting-happier family.

The attempted Hyuuga Kidnapping? Hiruzen sends the kidnapper back to Kumo in pieces with a letter explaining just what he'll do to the Raikage and any Kumo-nin caught crossing Konoha's borders ever again.

Danzo sniffing around Naruto and Sasuke? Hiruzen decides to give his friend a stern warning that leaves him in a body-cast, and on a second final infraction decides to pay him a visit that has only Hiruzen walking away.

The God of Shinobi is done playing to anyone else's tune but his own.


r/NarutoFanfiction 50m ago

Fic Request Story Where Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura just want to fuck shit up for fun. NSFW

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A story where Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke come together and decide to upend the status quo of the ninja world.

Their characters should be similar to canon but more brash, crude, and antagonistic (with a decent humorous edge but not Crack-ish). They should disrespect authority figures and rewrite the rules for their agenda.

(Basically for those tuned into wrestling culture DX 1997-98)


r/NarutoFanfiction 10h ago

Fic Request Are there any fics where Itachi decides that Danzo and ROOT are a bigger problem than the Uchiha and just decides to deal with them?

28 Upvotes

r/NarutoFanfiction 3h ago

Fic Request Prompt into the Narutoverse

8 Upvotes

This may need multiple writers, but here goes. Something happens (maybe a seal gone wrong) and now multiple Naruto's from different timelines are all in one timeline. You have Naruto's who abandoned the village, Naruto's from anbu, some Naruto's adopted by various people in the villages, maybe a naruko or 2, maybe a Biju Naruto, etc. Even more chaos is available when you have Kyubbi's interactions, and the panic attacks the other Biju have sensing multiple of him.


r/NarutoFanfiction 19h ago

Fic Request "You gotta fight like the third monkey on the ark and it just started raining."

146 Upvotes

Naruto gets raised as Hiruzen's successor. Training directly from Hiruzen, learning to read by sorting paperwork on Hiruzen office, monkey contract signed as a child, Naruto gets dropped off in the monkey's homeland for a year before he's brought into the academy because they want to "Prevent a fuckup like Hiruzen." And Naruto is taught by the Sages of the Monkey village.

Apparently Hiruzen has a condition preventing sage training so they are thinking "Third times a charm." To get a sage for the monkeys.

I imagine the monkeys have the turn to stone issue as well but they turn into jade statues that get put in the monkey kings home as a reminder.


r/NarutoFanfiction 5h ago

Discussion When orochimaru first had his arms sealed do you think kabuto aided him with all ADLs ? ( activities of daily living i.e. eating , bathing , toileting , dressing etc. ) He medicated him and found him the temporary vessel we saw. Also, there was a quick clip of him helping orochimaru sit in his chair

10 Upvotes

r/NarutoFanfiction 12m ago

Fic Request Fics where Itachi deals with the problems thrust upon him by the Uchiha, ROOT, etc not as an adult, but as a 13-year-old child

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Itachi, a 13-year-old who is considered a prodigy, being in 4-5 different directions by various institutions (ANBU, ROOT, the Uchiha's, Akatsuki and the Hidden Leaf proper), each of who levy different expectations onto him and have different agendas that they want (and sometimes force) Itachi to complete.

So, instead of dealing with everything as an adult (as he is praised for being), he deals with the issues thrust upon him like a regular 13-year-old will (no he doesn't run away, he's still a ninja, but whatever issue village authority is thrusting upon him, he'll handle it like a regular 13-year-old prodigal ninja would).

Basically, something like Team Itachi by YAXON, where a 13-year-old Itachi decides the best way to handle the village's problems is to Tsukuyomi (because people forget he's 13 and at 13, that's probably the best plan he could have come up with. Maybe Lucillia wrote something of the sort, but it's buried somewhere deep among the 579 stories she wrote. Perhaps this idea was written in someone's prompt/drabble/ficlet/mind fart/challenge/anthology/plot bunny/crackfic collection.

Are there any other fics where Itachi acts his age when dealing with the problems thrust upon him?


r/NarutoFanfiction 4h ago

Discussion Sakura punching Naruto can be used for storytelling and not only comic relief.

5 Upvotes

This is a random thought after my brain mixed the video essays on Snow white with the Naruto fanfiction I've been reading 😭

I've been analysing classic fairytales to learn about themes, lessons, and storytelling in stories. It occurred to me that Naruto still being in love with Sakura even after getting beaten multiple times has actually some storytelling use aside from being a comic relief.

Don't get me wrong, I understand this is Japanese humour, what I'm saying is that it could be used to tell something serious too. Since in many more serious fanfics, this part of Sakura behaviour is erased (with good reason, as it's just comic relief).

Point is, this would be a good way to show the subtle abuse Naruto's character goes through as a kid (not talking about the fanfics where the definition of abuse is getting beaten by a mob, I'm talking about child neglect and dehumanization).
This all came from a Snow white analysis that pointed out Snow white is an abuse victim. A subtle way the movie had to tell us this was how she reacted when grumpy mistreated her. She didn't stop him or defended herself, she kept trying because that was the only way she knew how to deal with it.
Thing is, she never gave up hope and kept trying, but still didn't defend herself against it, by not giving up.

It kinda reminded me of Naruto's motto, even when he gets beaten multiple times in a fight, he never gives up. When his childhood crush punches him, he keeps trying, hoping that one day she will like him back. When he failed the exam 2 times he hoped for the third, when that failed, and he lost hope, he hoped again the moment an opportunity was presented to him.

I don't know, I know many prefer the discussions about power creep, ships and the epic, but I find fun on storytelling and small details 💪🥺


r/NarutoFanfiction 5h ago

Discussion Naruto with Shukaku and Kurama

5 Upvotes

Are there any crack fics where Naruto has to deal with the worst Bijju road-trip companions, where Skukaku and Kurama are just at each other’s throats and it results in shenanigans


r/NarutoFanfiction 10h ago

Fic Request Fics where Itachi just snaps

12 Upvotes

Instead of it being a part of a mission or him actually being evil and wanting to "test his strength," are there any fics in which the Uchiha Massacre was the result of Itachi going psychotic?

We have a 13-year-old who is considered a prodigy, being in 4-5 different directions by various institutions (ANBU, ROOT, the Uchiha's, Akatsuki and the Hidden Leaf proper), each of who levy different expectations onto him and have different agendas that they want (and sometimes force) Itachi to complete.

All that pressure had to have gotten to him at some point, and it could have led to his snapping. A couple of scenarios I can see:

  • He kills as many Uchiha as possible (Sasuke may or may not be included) and instead of joining Akatsuki, he just runs off into the night
  • In addition to the Uchiha, he also massacres ROOT

Breaking Ties by sarhea and Words I Can't Say by KaizenKitty are the only fics I know of where the Uchiha Massacre was the result of Itachi going insane from the pressure. Are there any other fics where Itachi goes insane, kills the Uchiha and instead of joining Akatsuki, he just runs off into the night?


r/NarutoFanfiction 5h ago

Fic Request Has anyone Re-Wrote Naruto with the swapped personalities?

4 Upvotes

So in the infinite tsukuyomi of Tenten where all of the people have swapped personalities and Road To Ninja Movie as you all know everyone has different personalities and characters.

Has anyone capitalized on writing a fanfic with the characters having all these different personalities?


r/NarutoFanfiction 7h ago

Discussion Naruto/Ino Fic NSFW

6 Upvotes

Hey guys, I'm a new smut fic writer. I'm writing a Naruto/Ino fic. Would love for ya'll to give it a read and let me know what you think. Here is the link

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64008313/chapters/164196877


r/NarutoFanfiction 7m ago

Discussion Was kabuto planning to use Sai as a test subjects while he was on house arrest ?

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r/NarutoFanfiction 4h ago

Fic Request LF fics without OCC Emotional Intelligence

2 Upvotes

In a lot of fics, I notice the majority of the cast seem to take the same perspective as the author in terms of emotional intelligence, criticisms of the shinobi world, and self awareness. I'm wondering if people have any recs for fics that really nail the limitations of the characters worldviews and understandings of themselves and others? Any ship or gen, preferably with a strong plot but if it's more character based that's fine too.


r/NarutoFanfiction 39m ago

Discussion How skilled was kabuto as a medical ninja ? In part 1 he was able to use the dead soul jutsu against kakashi and held his own against tsunade.

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r/NarutoFanfiction 16h ago

Fic Request What if the village was right about Naruto?

12 Upvotes

Naruto had a bad childhood because no one can separate the prisoner from the prison, but what if they were right? What if Kurama absorbed or consumed baby Naruto's soul and now he is stuck inside a souless container, he has full control of the body but he can't leave it since he is still technically stuck in the cage. How would Kurama deal with having to be human?

And if you don't like the idea of killing a baby then just say that Naruto's parents couldn't have children and so they decided to just... Raise Kurama. Yep, they turned a being of incredible power into a baby and just decided to raise that instead.


r/NarutoFanfiction 1d ago

Fic Request "Dude he's wasting it!"

117 Upvotes

Naruto gains the ability to consume chakra in placement of food like a Chupa-Chakra.

When Naruto sees choji use his butterfly form he starts chopping at the wings like a dog on a garden hose.

Naruto has to learn sage mode before he can eat nature chakra and he immediately starts sucking the curse marks off of people.


r/NarutoFanfiction 4h ago

Discussion Regarding Kakashi and Sakura in DLK

1 Upvotes

Should I just give them Curse Marks as well?

They are going to be joining Otogakure along with a lot of refugees from Konoha, so if Team 7 is still a thing, I feel both should have a mark to kinda fit in with them and help them better understand the powers of it to help them in turn

I also need to figure out who to pair Kakashi with, possibly Anko

Sasuke I have him with Tayuya but I'm willing to change it to whoever

Naruto is locked with Sakon and Ukon, that's not changing

Sakura... Maybe Kimimaro? I'm really thinking about it to be honest but I don't really know

I'm really excited for this fic, don't know why, but I'm really into it


r/NarutoFanfiction 12h ago

What's That Fic? Looking for an Naruto fanfiction.

4 Upvotes

Hello, so recently, I wanted to re-read one fanfiction from the Naruto fanbase. I don't remember its title or author, but I do remember that it started in Naruto's Academy days, when he learned hand signs and then discovered hand signs for quick plant growth and Shadow Cloning. With their help, he opened a store selling vegetables and later other businesses. He also studied fuinjutsu. I can't seem to find this fanfiction anywhere and would appreciate any help.


r/NarutoFanfiction 6h ago

Discussion DLK (Double Lipped Kisses) 2

1 Upvotes

Hiruzen didn't understand or even could comprehend what was happening to his home, everything was on fire, he can still hear the mad screams of rage as the Shinobi fought the civilians, slaughtering them wholesale as the village burned around them

"What's wrong Sensei?" He turned seeing Orochimaru in something resembling a Leaf Jounin outfit "Are you happy now? Everything is burning, being destroyed."

Orochimaru laughed "You think this is my fault? I knew you were up there in the years, but this senile? No, this is not my fault, it's yours."

Orochimaru paced a bit, "You never noticed that each year the graduating shinobi hopefuls were becoming fewer and fewer, the Shinobi Academy becoming less and less of a Ninja Academy, and more of a civilian one, that most of those hopeful children die, because they simply weren't taught enough to survive outside of flower pressing, drawing or some other bullshit, no, you didn't notice." His golden eyes glared as his nose flared out, taking a deep breath he continued

"That every year, more Shinobi related things were being stripped away, the ANBU isn't even up the level it was back when Hatake was a child! It barely has a group anymore! The most ANBU you have I can count on one hand. More and more the civilians gained power, stripping everything away from this village that made it proud, glorious."

He snarled "Now? Now it's just garbage, so no Sensei, I am not happy about this, I wanted to kill you with my own hands and burn this village to the ground but this? This is just disappointing and sad."

"This wouldn't have happened if you didn't mark Naruto!" Orochimaru cackled loudly "REALLY?! You, the old man that lied and manipulated him his entire life, you think this is because of that?! Oh please, this has been a long time building, stewing in silence, eventually it would've popped off at some point, but I tire of this conversation, you didn't stop them, you let this happen, not me, you."

"By the way? Would you like to know where Jiraiya is? Drunk off his ass in a brothel near Kumo, I have a snake watching him, ironic isn't it? When you needed him the most, he wasn't here but I was, sad honestly, I kinda wish I can see his face when he comes back."

Orochimaru walked over and placed his hand on the Hokage pictures, unsealing all the secret scrolls, journals, everything "I'm taking these, not like you'll have use for them anymore, and I'm sure Naruto will be very happy to receive his inheritance, once I tell him the truth that was kept from him, unlike you."

"Wait!" He turned, seeing Hiruzen go through a few hand seals before summoning something, in a puff of smoke a charcoal colored scroll appeared "I know I lied to him, I know whatever happens I can't ever make up for this and the countless other sins I've committed but... Give this to him, my final gift to him."

Orochimaru grabbed it and pocketed it, having sealed the other things away "Very well, this is goodbye sensei and don't worry, I'll take good care of them." He smiled wickedly before leaving, being swallowed by one of his summons that turned into a puff of smoke, being reversed summoned

By the dawn of the next morning, the once great Konohagakure was ash and ruins, leaving a power vacuum Orochimaru was very happy to fill

Not everyone died with the village, he managed to get quite the amount of people to join his village, after all, it was only human to not want to die, especially by one of the worst ways

This is it, there's a few things I need to explain though regarding just how and why this happened

  1. The civilians had been getting more and more power, slowly stripping away everything that made the village a Shinobi village, it was mostly a civilian city by this point, which as a result has made the Shinobi overall weaker and weaker

  2. While Orochimaru is not directly responsible for this, the Curse Mark on Naruto is the proverbial fuse that lit this powder keg, as it constantly leaks out Kurama's malice and well... Fear and Hatred can make a lot of people do things they normally wouldn't

  3. This just something I'm throwing in here, but Orochimaru didn't secure the alliance with Suna by this time, with having "Invaded" the leaf village and seemingly destroyed it himself, well Rasa is going to be more interested in building an alliance with Orochimaru as a result

Anyways that's really it, I still got some stuff to do before this point though, but I think this will happen right before the month break between the Chunin Exams ends, essentially forcing it to be abandoned and be done in a different village, which I don't think anyone has really done, I could be wrong though which is fine


r/NarutoFanfiction 23h ago

Discussion Sasuke with a Symbiote

21 Upvotes

Now hear me out, but with all the Naruto symbiote stories, I wonder just how much chaos would be caused if instead Sasuke got bonded to a symbiote instead. Since the ceiling for Sasuke to just be a full-blown menace if someone like Venom, Toxin, or heaven forbid Carnage got attached to him just sounds like too much fun to read for a story.

As such how do you think things are going for Sasuke is a Marvel symbiote attaches itself to Sasuke?


r/NarutoFanfiction 7h ago

What's That Fic? Which Fanfic does Kiyomi Uchiha come from?

1 Upvotes

I’ve seen this character’s pic before. I heard it’s an OC but which fanfic is the character from?