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* HeroWithBadPublicity: Somewhat inevitable for Naruto, given he's one of the Nine Terrors, and ''they'' don't have a good reputation among the general public because of the devastation that happened during the 365 days. Specific to Naruto, it's played straight within Whirl City, as outside of a ''very tiny'' minority, the population sees him as nothing but trouble and don't want him back on their shores (and [[InspectorJavert Chief Kaiza]] wants nothing more than to see him behind bars). Even in Konoha Town, where's he's come to be somewhat more accepted after freeing the town from Mizuki's iron grip, a good portion of the townspeople (including a number of his schoolmates at Konoha High) aren't exactly thrilled to have a Kyuushingai there and want him cast out.
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* SpiderManSendUp: He has an animal theme (albeit his theme is the fox as opposed to bugs), he's trying to be an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, [[HeroWithBadPublicity he doesn't exactly have a good rep among the general population]], he saves people whenever he can, he got his abilities via a scientific training method (as did the rest of the Kyuushingai), he's a street-level hero who mostly fights street-level enemies, his RoguesGallery includes a corporation CEO, and he has two parental figures and a few other older supporting cast members who give him good advice when needed. Only once does he wear a costume with a mask (and it's for infiltration and stealth purposes).
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* CoolLoser: He's easily recognized in Konoha Town as the guy who beat Mizuki's gang, freeing the residents from Mizuki's tyranny, and defeated Aoi and his thugs, ending their reign of terror at Konoha High...but he's not an overnight celebrity among the other students (save for those who get to know him personally, of course). The reactions of the general Konoha High populace to his presence range from indifference to suspicion, though for the most part they practice "live and let live" with him.
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* HurtingHero: Concerning the 365 days.
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* HeroOnHiatus: During the next three arcs after the Abduction arc, he's out of town to recuperate from sustained injuries during that arc and to get training from his father Minato.
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* SherlockScan: A skill he possesses from his training with the Kyuushingai. It allows him to notice Jiraiya's right hand has wrinkles from using too much lotion for, uh, [[ADateWithRosiePalms personal business]] [[spoiler:and also to notice that Nohara Rin uses makeup to hide her DomesticAbuse scars]].
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* SherlockScan: A skill he possesses from his training with the Kyuushingai. It allows him to notice Jiraiya's right hand has wrinkles from using too much lotion for, uh, [[ADateWithRosiePalms personal business]] business [[spoiler:and also to notice that Nohara Rin uses makeup to hide her DomesticAbuse scars]].
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As depicted in this fanfic, Kushina usually appears as a (mostly) motherly housewife who likes to cook, trades VolleyingInsults with her own son, cosplays as the in-universe female Franchise/{{Batman}} expy, throws around [[DeadpanSnarker some really wicked zingers]] ([[SnarkToSnarkCombat usually in response to Naruto's own zingers]]), plays video games, owns a PornStash, and is heavily implied to [[ADateWithRosiePalms do non-food-related things with cucumbers]]. This same woman is also married to a government agent and is the mother of one of the Kyuushingai, and as such she is perfectly capable of taking care of herself if need be, as Dosu and Zaku find out to their sorrow.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As depicted in this fanfic, Kushina usually appears as a (mostly) motherly housewife who likes to cook, trades VolleyingInsults with her own son, cosplays as the in-universe female Franchise/{{Batman}} expy, throws around [[DeadpanSnarker some really wicked zingers]] ([[SnarkToSnarkCombat usually in response to Naruto's own zingers]]), plays video games, owns a PornStash, and is heavily implied to [[ADateWithRosiePalms do non-food-related things with cucumbers]].cucumbers. This same woman is also married to a government agent and is the mother of one of the Kyuushingai, and as such she is perfectly capable of taking care of herself if need be, as Dosu and Zaku find out to their sorrow.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Naruto implies more than once that she engages in this with cucumbers. Kushina's not amused.
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* BerserkButton: Harming any of his friends, particularly Ino or Hinata, will trigger Kyuushingai-level rage. [[spoiler:He would've killed Aoi over the latter's beat-down of Ino in Chapter 25 if not for Sasuke's intervention; and he gave Zabuza a savage thrashing and near-throat-cutting for injuring Hinata in Chapter 41, but Ino managed to talk him down in that incident]].
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* CoolLoser: He's easily recognized in Konoha Town as the guy who beat Mizuki's gang, freeing the residents from Mizuki's tyranny, and defeated Aoi and his thugs, ending their reign of terror at Konoha High...but he's not an overnight celebrity among the other students (save for those who get to know him personally, of course). The reactions of the general Konoha High populace to his presence range from indifference to suspicion, though for the most part they practice "live and let live" with him.
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* ChildSoldiers: Given that he's 15 at the start of the main story, and the story begins roughly two years after the end of the 365-day period of chaos, this means he was taken into the Kyuushingai training program, which was intended to turn its trainees into [[SuperSoldier super-soldiers]], when he was 12 going on 13.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When he found out about Gaara's plot to murder several government officials, Naruto sought to stop Gaara directly. Unfortunately, the ensuing fight resulted in the first few deaths that would kick off the 365 days, which in turn led to numerous more deaths and a lot of property damage [[spoiler:and indirectly led to the death of one of the Kira brothers]]. In the present day, both Yugao and Judge Utatane [[WhatTheHellHero give him hell over it]] during the Tribunal Arc.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When he found out about Gaara's plot to murder several government officials, Naruto sought to stop Gaara directly. Unfortunately, the ensuing fight resulted in the first few deaths that would kick off the 365 days, which in turn led to numerous more deaths and a lot of property damage [[spoiler:and indirectly led to the death of one of the Kira brothers]].brothers and the creation of Akatsuki]]. In the present day, both Yugao and Judge Utatane [[WhatTheHellHero give him hell over it]] during the Tribunal Arc.
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* MagneticHero: Discussed between Karui and Haruna in the forty-ninth Gaiden, when the latter wonders what it is about Naruto that draws others to him despite none of those persons having anything in common with each other besides. Karui, who Naruto helped to rescue from Yura in the main story, says that one has to get to know Naruto personally to appreciate him as an individual.
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* SecondYearProtagonist: He starts the story as a transfer student in his second year of high school (his first year was spent at Uzushio High School in Whirl City).
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!!Namikaze Minato
Naruto's father and Kushina's husband, he gets mentioned several times throughout the story before being formally introduced in Chapter 57. He's the head of the black-ops investigation team Yuyami.
* ActionDad
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Naruto, in terms of combat skill. He's actually able to put Naruto flat on his back without Naruto being able to land even a single hit.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Implied. We know he's the leader of Yuyami, which includes Yugito, a former Kyuushingai and an ex-cop, and Itachi, a skilled combatant and gunslinger, and also that he's capable of [[TrainingFromHell mopping the floor with Naruto as a means of training the latter]]. He's definitely got what it takes.
* BerserkButton: Threatening harm to his family is basically a good way to sign your own death warrant. As shown in the fifteenth Gaiden, he was willing to [[KillItWithFire set a group of thugs on fire]] because they sought to burn down the Uzumaki home with Naruto and Kushina inside.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: His behavior is quite comical at times. He makes many a ShoutOut to real-life pop culture in the form of quotations, gives joking quips about [[ShipperOnDeck how he expects Itachi and Yugito to hook up]], and casually rebuffs Yugito's attempts at physical assault in response to his ribbing (these in themselves played for laughs) while being the target of both Yugito's (again comical) death threats and Itachi's insults...but then you remember that he's the field leader for a black-ops team, giving orders to said two members (Yugito a former Kyuushingai, Itachi a gun-slinging marksman) [[spoiler:and [[PapaWolf also made a point]] of visiting the home of the man who led Naruto into a trap by Akatsuki, without actually killing said man due to the decision to leave him to [[MamaBear Kushina]]]]. Not to mention, during the second TimeSkip he was in charge of Naruto's training, with Naruto (also a Kyuushingai) being completely unable to land even ''a single hit'' on Minato during the one flashback scene showcasing the TrainingFromHell Minato put him through; and he can and will use the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on anyone he needs information out of without batting an eye, ''and'' Kankuro implies in Chapter 59 that it would be a suicidal move to confront Minato head-on because, if he'd volunteered for the Kyuushingai training program, they wouldn't have needed more people than just him. Digest all that for a minute.
* BigGood: Essentially. While he's taking orders from the Minister of Justice, he's the one directing how the good guys carry out their objectives.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: In sharp contrast to his canon self, Minato is incredibly immature and childish in his behavior, ribbing his own subordinates and family over little things that are bound to annoy them while being absolutely casual about it, and has a hint of perversion to his character (read: disguising a recording device as a tampon for Yugito to wear). This is the same man who's in charge of a highly-effective black-ops investigative team.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He was willing to burn [[spoiler:Temari]] [[GroinAttack on the genitals]] with a blowtorch for the sake of getting information, ''without hesitating about it, at that''. Granted, he ''is'' head of a black-ops team, and the information he was seeking was necessary to save lives, but even still...
* DeathGlare: In the fifteenth Gaiden, he's described as having one that could melt solid steel if it were possible. Granted, the recipient of the glare ''did'' try to murder Naruto and Kushina in their sleep.
* DisappearedDad: Prior to Chapter 57, he was this for Naruto, although not by death, since it was already confirmed that he was still alive. [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou The reason for his absence was because he is in charge of Yuyami, which is investigating the events that led to the 365 days of carnage two years ago]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a good guy who'll willingly set people on fire for pissing him off.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Minato's ''good'' with firearms. In the main story, he doesn't miss a single one of his targets, whether with a handgun or a sniper-rife. In the twenty-ninth Gaiden, he proves capable of shooting several criminals in their extremities from several meters away, as well as [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shooting a gun out of one criminal's hand]], and that's only because he's specifically seeking ''not'' to kill them outright.
* InTheHood: His first appearance in the main story shows him wearing a white pullover jacket with a hood. Chronologically, he's first seen wearing it in the twenty-second Gaiden, set a short while before the start of the main story.
* ManChild: Acts this way at times, especially when teasing Itachi and Yugito about [[ShipperOnDeck the relationship he thinks they should have]].
* OneManArmy: A downplayed example as demonstrated in the fifteenth Gaiden, where he [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly takes out five hoodlums in the space of a few seconds]]. More heavily implied in the main story, where Kankuro indicates that if Minato had volunteered himself for the Kyuushingai training, ''he alone'' would have been all the trainers needed.
* PapaWolf: In the main story, after seeing what's happened to Naruto [[spoiler:as a result of the latter's capture and torture by Mizuki and Akatsuki]], Minato arranges for one perpetrator to get beaten up by Itachi, who already has [[BigBrotherInstinct personal reasons]] to batter the guy. He also pays a personal visit to Mitokado Homura, who was in league with that event, but takes care to hide his true identity and leaves any due violence to [[MamaBear Kushina]]. Then in the twenty-ninth Gaiden, he gets downright ''vicious'' on members of the RoguesGallery [[spoiler:when they plan to shoot up Naruto's wedding]].
* ParentalNeglect: He's been accused five different times of perpetrating this with Naruto. Put it this way: when ''the Prime Minister himself'' calls you out on being a bad parent, you ''know'' you've been a bad parent. Minato, to his credit, doesn't try to deny it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Actively encourages Itachi and Yugito to get together.
* SlasherSmile: Gives '''a positively menacing one''' to members of the RoguesGallery in the twenty-ninth Gaiden [[spoiler:after preventing them from crashing Naruto's wedding]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Han is able to recognize Minato as Naruto's father because of this, the first time they meet.
* TortureTechnician: Want to know how readily he'll do the dirty work in his black-ops job? [[spoiler:He knocks out Temari, then ties her, blindfolded, to her own bed and burns off a part of her hair with a blowtorch, then threatens to [[GroinAttack use said blowtorch on her vagina]] if she doesn't cough up the info he wants]].
Naruto's father and Kushina's husband, he gets mentioned several times throughout the story before being formally introduced in Chapter 57. He's the head of the black-ops investigation team Yuyami.
* ActionDad
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Naruto, in terms of combat skill. He's actually able to put Naruto flat on his back without Naruto being able to land even a single hit.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Implied. We know he's the leader of Yuyami, which includes Yugito, a former Kyuushingai and an ex-cop, and Itachi, a skilled combatant and gunslinger, and also that he's capable of [[TrainingFromHell mopping the floor with Naruto as a means of training the latter]]. He's definitely got what it takes.
* BerserkButton: Threatening harm to his family is basically a good way to sign your own death warrant. As shown in the fifteenth Gaiden, he was willing to [[KillItWithFire set a group of thugs on fire]] because they sought to burn down the Uzumaki home with Naruto and Kushina inside.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: His behavior is quite comical at times. He makes many a ShoutOut to real-life pop culture in the form of quotations, gives joking quips about [[ShipperOnDeck how he expects Itachi and Yugito to hook up]], and casually rebuffs Yugito's attempts at physical assault in response to his ribbing (these in themselves played for laughs) while being the target of both Yugito's (again comical) death threats and Itachi's insults...but then you remember that he's the field leader for a black-ops team, giving orders to said two members (Yugito a former Kyuushingai, Itachi a gun-slinging marksman) [[spoiler:and [[PapaWolf also made a point]] of visiting the home of the man who led Naruto into a trap by Akatsuki, without actually killing said man due to the decision to leave him to [[MamaBear Kushina]]]]. Not to mention, during the second TimeSkip he was in charge of Naruto's training, with Naruto (also a Kyuushingai) being completely unable to land even ''a single hit'' on Minato during the one flashback scene showcasing the TrainingFromHell Minato put him through; and he can and will use the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on anyone he needs information out of without batting an eye, ''and'' Kankuro implies in Chapter 59 that it would be a suicidal move to confront Minato head-on because, if he'd volunteered for the Kyuushingai training program, they wouldn't have needed more people than just him. Digest all that for a minute.
* BigGood: Essentially. While he's taking orders from the Minister of Justice, he's the one directing how the good guys carry out their objectives.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: In sharp contrast to his canon self, Minato is incredibly immature and childish in his behavior, ribbing his own subordinates and family over little things that are bound to annoy them while being absolutely casual about it, and has a hint of perversion to his character (read: disguising a recording device as a tampon for Yugito to wear). This is the same man who's in charge of a highly-effective black-ops investigative team.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He was willing to burn [[spoiler:Temari]] [[GroinAttack on the genitals]] with a blowtorch for the sake of getting information, ''without hesitating about it, at that''. Granted, he ''is'' head of a black-ops team, and the information he was seeking was necessary to save lives, but even still...
* DeathGlare: In the fifteenth Gaiden, he's described as having one that could melt solid steel if it were possible. Granted, the recipient of the glare ''did'' try to murder Naruto and Kushina in their sleep.
* DisappearedDad: Prior to Chapter 57, he was this for Naruto, although not by death, since it was already confirmed that he was still alive. [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou The reason for his absence was because he is in charge of Yuyami, which is investigating the events that led to the 365 days of carnage two years ago]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a good guy who'll willingly set people on fire for pissing him off.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Minato's ''good'' with firearms. In the main story, he doesn't miss a single one of his targets, whether with a handgun or a sniper-rife. In the twenty-ninth Gaiden, he proves capable of shooting several criminals in their extremities from several meters away, as well as [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shooting a gun out of one criminal's hand]], and that's only because he's specifically seeking ''not'' to kill them outright.
* InTheHood: His first appearance in the main story shows him wearing a white pullover jacket with a hood. Chronologically, he's first seen wearing it in the twenty-second Gaiden, set a short while before the start of the main story.
* ManChild: Acts this way at times, especially when teasing Itachi and Yugito about [[ShipperOnDeck the relationship he thinks they should have]].
* OneManArmy: A downplayed example as demonstrated in the fifteenth Gaiden, where he [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly takes out five hoodlums in the space of a few seconds]]. More heavily implied in the main story, where Kankuro indicates that if Minato had volunteered himself for the Kyuushingai training, ''he alone'' would have been all the trainers needed.
* PapaWolf: In the main story, after seeing what's happened to Naruto [[spoiler:as a result of the latter's capture and torture by Mizuki and Akatsuki]], Minato arranges for one perpetrator to get beaten up by Itachi, who already has [[BigBrotherInstinct personal reasons]] to batter the guy. He also pays a personal visit to Mitokado Homura, who was in league with that event, but takes care to hide his true identity and leaves any due violence to [[MamaBear Kushina]]. Then in the twenty-ninth Gaiden, he gets downright ''vicious'' on members of the RoguesGallery [[spoiler:when they plan to shoot up Naruto's wedding]].
* ParentalNeglect: He's been accused five different times of perpetrating this with Naruto. Put it this way: when ''the Prime Minister himself'' calls you out on being a bad parent, you ''know'' you've been a bad parent. Minato, to his credit, doesn't try to deny it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Actively encourages Itachi and Yugito to get together.
* SlasherSmile: Gives '''a positively menacing one''' to members of the RoguesGallery in the twenty-ninth Gaiden [[spoiler:after preventing them from crashing Naruto's wedding]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Han is able to recognize Minato as Naruto's father because of this, the first time they meet.
* TortureTechnician: Want to know how readily he'll do the dirty work in his black-ops job? [[spoiler:He knocks out Temari, then ties her, blindfolded, to her own bed and burns off a part of her hair with a blowtorch, then threatens to [[GroinAttack use said blowtorch on her vagina]] if she doesn't cough up the info he wants]].
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!!Uzumaki Naruto
The main protagonist of the story, he is a former member of the infamous nine-member group known collectively as the "Kyuushingai," or "Nine Terrors;" his code-name during his time with the group was "Kurama the Fox." At the start of the story, he's just moving to Konoha Town to live with his mother, Kushina.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: He's far smarter in this fanfic than he was in canon. The training regimen he underwent while a part of the Kyuushingai explains this [[spoiler:especially with the revelation that much of his intelligence was artificially ingrained]].
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In his back-story at Uzushio High School, following his gang-fight that resulted in mass property damage at the school, Naruto fell victim to this when suspicion was (correctly) cast on him being a Kyuushingai. It didn't help that the city, having been among the hardest hit by the Kyuushingai during the 365 days, was still feeling raw from the incident.
* AnimalMotif: His is the fox. Aside from it being part of his code-name, on his own he's cunning, he's stealthy, and he's pulled out of several close shaves by sheer luck.
* AntiHero: He has shades of this, despite being the main character. While he does regret having to do the things he did just to survive the 365 days, for much of the story he justifies his actions by noting that he only killed people who attacked him or were hurting innocents, and as such he was [[IDidWhatIHadToDo doing what he had to do]]. Much of his CharacterDevelopment has to do with him coming to terms with the reality that not everybody who suffered during the 365 days is going to see it the same way. Then there's his willingness to brutally beat up opponents and torture people (by making them watch ''Film/{{Twilight}}'', mind you, but even still...).
* TheAtoner: He's not proud of his past as a member of the Kyuushingai.
* BadassBoast: Gives a menacing one to Kurotsuchi when he lets her know via phone call that he's coming for her after her goons have attempted to burn down Mabui's spa.
--> Once upon a time I was known as Kurama the Fox of the Kyuushingai, and during the 365 days I killed 427 people with my own two hands. You could have a legion to guard you--it still won’t be enough to save you from me. So clean your neck and wait for me.
* BadassFamily: His father's a black-ops agent, his mother's capable of beating the ever-loving crap out of gangsters half her age, and Naruto himself is a Kyuushingai.
* BadassInDistress: Gets this way during the Abduction Arc [[spoiler:when Akatsuki and Mizuki's gang kidnap Hanabi as bait to draw him in, then torture him almost to death]].
* BashBrothers: With Sasuke, during the Spa Inferno arc.
* BerserkButton: Harming any of his friends, particularly Ino or Hinata, will trigger Kyuushingai-level rage. [[spoiler:He would've killed Aoi over the latter's beat-down of Ino in Chapter 25 if not for Sasuke's intervention; and he gave Zabuza a savage thrashing and near-throat-cutting for injuring Hinata in Chapter 41, but Ino managed to talk him down in that incident]].
* BigEater: By Kushina's testimony.
* BrilliantButLazy: Naruto is quite bored in some of his classes and isn't shown to do the requisite work (though considering his Kyuushingai gifted intelligence boost this is a justified case), but he's skilled enough to completely solve a Rubik's cube in the time it takes Hiashi to say the first few letters of the alphabet. It is also implied that he can solve it even faster but he deliberately solved it at G just for a pun.
--> '''Hiashi:''' ''(Naruto starts on the cube)'' A. B. C. D. E. F.
--> '''Naruto:''' ''(finished)'' [[JustForPun Gee]], that was easy!
--> '''Hiashi:''' Wha--?
* BrokenHero: This version of Naruto isn't as BookDumb as his canon counterpart, and he's a terrifyingly skilled fighter capable of taking down gangs all by himself. Yet he's got some serious loathing for his time as a Kyuushingai, and the trauma of having to partake of city-wide massacres day after day for a whole year has taken a toll on him by the time the story's main plot has begun.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Brooding Boy to Hinata's Gentle Girl.
* BullyHunter: People who abuse others weaker than themselves are ''very'' unfortunate if they get onto Naruto's radar. Two particular examples stand out--he tore Aoi and his Hall Monitors new ones for abusing their authority, and took on Kurotsuchi's mob single-handedly after she attempted to use intimidation tactics on a small-business owner.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: A frequent trait of his, including but not limited to: his rescuing of the Yamanaka family store from Mizuki and his thugs, his beating of Aoi and the Hall Monitors' Guild when they hassle innocent townspeople, his going to rescue Hanabi when she's been kidnapped, his helping Mabui when her spa is threatened by Kurotsuchi...
* CombatPragmatist: This was his specialty as a member of the Kyuushingai, according to him. Among other things, he's proven willing to knock opponents in the crotch, kick out kneecaps, and take advantage of injuries he knows his opponents have.
--> '''Naruto:''' Back during the 365 days, I specialized in practical combat--break limbs here and there, use as few moves as possible to beat the opponent, all that kind of stuff.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: Naruto always believed that, given the skills that the Nine Terrors learned, they should have used such skills for the betterment of mankind. As the 365 days' incident testifies, however, that didn't happen.
* CoveredWithScars: [[spoiler:As a result of his torture at Monjin's hands, Naruto's got numerous scars over his torso; he's also got some on his arms from the same incident, but those aren't quite as noticeable at a casual glance since they were smaller and healed better]].
* CovertPervert: His attempt at distracting himself from thinking sexy thoughts about Mei in class led to him thinking about other girls in the cast in various stages of undress or wearing skimpy clothing.
* CrazyPrepared: Has elements of this, especially made prominent in the Vengeance Arc. On learning that Hana and Hokuto have been kidnapped and he's being required to show up at a certain place alone to get them back, Naruto's response is to dress in full black (along with borrowing his mother's Shadow Fox mask), wearing a metal plate underneath a bandanna covering his hair and forehead, and arrive at the meeting-site an hour ahead of the stipulated time so as to scout the area, in case it proves to be a trap as he suspects it is. [[spoiler:Good thing too, because Temari attempts to snipe him in the head from a hidden spot, but the bullet is deflected by said metal plate and mask]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: While his family life averts this, his life between the 365 days and the start of the main story badly affected him. Naruto's past as a member of the Kyuushingai haunts him to this very day, and his move to Konoha Town was not only an attempt to avoid a criminal record, but also an attempt to start fresh and move on with his life.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's got quite a few zingers for the appropriate targets. Unfortunately for him, [[SnarkToSnarkCombat Kushina can snark right back]].
* DitzyGenius: While he's significantly smarter than his canon counterpart [[spoiler:thanks to artificially-implanted intelligence during his Kyuushingai training]], Naruto still has moments of daffiness, one of the earliest examples being his surprise that anyone would suspect him and Ino of being in a relationship (which earns him a flattening punch from the irritated Ino for voicing it so loudly).
* ExperiencedProtagonist: As a result of the training regimen that all the Kyuushingai had to go through [[spoiler:including artificially-implanted knowledge in various subject areas]], Naruto is extremely skilled at fighting long before the story begins. The 365-day chaotic period itself also played a role in him becoming this.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He loves and cares for his friends and family, and has regrets about his time as a Kyuushingai. That being said, if you press him [[BerserkButton or threaten his loved ones' safety]], expect to get your limbs broken.
* GoodScarsEvilScars / ScarsAreForever: In this universe, those familiar whisker-marks on his face are actually scars, given to him by Gaara right before the 365 days' rampage began. [[spoiler:He gets a lot more all over his body after being tortured by Akatsuki]].
* HeCleansUpNicely: He ''can'' dress up in formal-wear and look good doing so...he just doesn't particularly ''like'' it.
--> '''Naruto:''' I feel like a China doll.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Usually, though he won't shy away from [[CombatPragmatist using whatever's on hand as a weapon]] if the situation warrants it.
* HopelessSuitor: Was this for Sakura. Fortunately, Hinata was there as a different option.
* HurtingHero: Concerning the 365 days.
* IHatePastMe
* ImprovisedWeaponUser: He's used a soda bottle as a club and a rope as a whip and lasso.
* JadeColoredGlasses
* MyGreatestFailure: The 365 days is this for him, specifically because it was a fight between him and Gaara that triggered the event.
* NewTransferStudent: Chapter 2 reveals that Naruto has transferred to Konoha High School from Uzushio High School in Whirl City. It's later revealed that transferring was one of two options he faced after a fight with a gang that caused a great deal of destruction to Uzushio High (the other option was being expelled and arrested by the local police on suspicion of being a Kyuushingai).
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When he found out about Gaara's plot to murder several government officials, Naruto sought to stop Gaara directly. Unfortunately, the ensuing fight resulted in the first few deaths that would kick off the 365 days, which in turn led to numerous more deaths and a lot of property damage [[spoiler:and indirectly led to the death of one of the Kira brothers]]. In the present day, both Yugao and Judge Utatane [[WhatTheHellHero give him hell over it]] during the Tribunal Arc.
* NoBadassToHisValet: There are exactly two people who are not intimidated or impressed by Naruto's experiences as a Kyuushingai--his parents, Minato and Kushina. Both have seen him at his most vulnerable, Kushina has no bones about [[SnarkToSnarkCombat trading insults with him]], and Minato (a black-ops commander) can easily inflict a CurbStompBattle on him ''during training''.
* NomDeMom: Like in the canon series, Naruto takes his surname from Kushina, although it's been confirmed that Minato is alive and works for the military. Turns out it was Minato's idea, to protect his family from any enemies he might make due to his black-ops work.
* NotAMorningPerson: Naruto doesn't do well in the mornings, in one instance grumbling that the morning should go away and come back at 2:00 p.m.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the first chapter, when Naruto is just arriving in Konoha Town, he acts like a very clueless newcomer to avoid being beaten up by Dosu, Zaku and Kin even as they're trashing the Yamanaka greengrocery, and in the second chapter he's acting as though he's terrified of being beaten up by other Konoha High students for mouthing off to them. This is the same guy who was part of a nine-member group that caused panic across an entire continent for a whole year's worth of time, and in the present day is capable of single-handedly beating up a whole gang with nothing but a soda bottle.
* OddFriendship: With Shino and Minister Byakuren. Also Yugao, to a lesser extent, though their association didn't start off exactly friendly.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Tried to pass himself off as this early on, complete with ObfuscatingStupidity; unfortunately, it didn't quite take. It definitely didn't work back when he was at Uzushio High School, given [[OneManArmy what he did to Sumaru's gang]] at that time.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Of course, Naruto's got blond hair. During the Underground Fists arc, he wears a red jacket and jeans and a blue undershirt (see the image on the main page). During the final arc, he wears a red jacket with blue jeans, and later swaps out the jacket for a red T-shirt while wearing a pair of jeans that's an even deeper shade of blue.
* RedIsHeroic: As explained immediately above.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Sasuke's blue.
* SecondYearProtagonist: He starts the story as a transfer student in his second year of high school (his first year was spent at Uzushio High School in Whirl City).
* SherlockScan: A skill he possesses from his training with the Kyuushingai. It allows him to notice Jiraiya's right hand has wrinkles from using too much lotion for, uh, [[ADateWithRosiePalms personal business]] [[spoiler:and also to notice that Nohara Rin uses makeup to hide her DomesticAbuse scars]].
* SleevesAreForWimps: Occasionally wears a sleeveless jacket, most notably during the Underground Fists Arc. Also, at one point during the final fight with Gaara, he rips off one of the sleeves from his jacket (albeit to use as makeshift bandages).
* SurvivorGuilt: Naruto's been suffering this ever since the end of the 365 days, as he admits in Chapter 26.
--> '''Naruto:''' Do you know how many nights I'd go to bed hating that I was still alive while people I'd never met and would never get to know were dead because of what I helped to do?
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Part of his SurvivorGuilt complex.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Wouldn't be Naruto without the ramen, although his love of it is toned down to more realistic levels here.
* WideEyedIdealist: Used to be this, most notably concerning what he could do with the training he would receive as a government. A flashback reveals that he was quite gung-ho about using his training to serve his country, even after Itachi [[spoiler:and Dr. Haruno]] warned him that it would not be all sunshine and roses. Then the 365 days happened and he got his JadeColoredGlasses.
* WillfullyWeak: Not weak, per se, but Naruto intentionally holds back whenever he fights, to the point that it's become subconscious. This is justified, seeing as being a former member of the disbanded Kyuushingai, he's arguably one of the strongest fighters in the country and maybe even the world, and therefore can easily cripple someone, even if he hadn't intended to do so.
* WouldHitAGirl: If that girl is an opponent, then yes. Tenten is the first example.
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[[folder:Naruto's Family Members]]
The members of Naruto's immediate and extended family; the latter group is introduced in the thirty-ninth Gaiden where they come to spend Christmas with Naruto, Kushina and Minato.
!!Uzumaki Kushina
Naruto's mother, and a major source of support for him and good advice for his peers.
* ActionMom: Among other things, she frightens off Kimimaro's gang [[spoiler:despite having just been shot]], fights Mangetsu with relative ease and only gets hit once when she drops her guard, and violently rebuffs a break-in and murder attempt by Dosu and Zaku.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She is this to Naruto, especially when combined with her tendency to snark about his relationships with girls. And there's also her fan-girl attitude toward the popular ''Shadow Fox'' comic, including having a cosplay costume, which causes Naruto to do a double-take the first time he sees her wearing it.
* CombatPragmatist: When forced to defend herself, she proves to be this in spades, including liberal use of the GroinAttack and using anything she can grab as a weapon.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As depicted in this fanfic, Kushina usually appears as a (mostly) motherly housewife who likes to cook, trades VolleyingInsults with her own son, cosplays as the in-universe female Franchise/{{Batman}} expy, throws around [[DeadpanSnarker some really wicked zingers]] ([[SnarkToSnarkCombat usually in response to Naruto's own zingers]]), plays video games, owns a PornStash, and is heavily implied to [[ADateWithRosiePalms do non-food-related things with cucumbers]]. This same woman is also married to a government agent and is the mother of one of the Kyuushingai, and as such she is perfectly capable of taking care of herself if need be, as Dosu and Zaku find out to their sorrow.
* DamselInDistress: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. [[CombatPragmatist Violently]].
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Naruto implies more than once that she engages in this with cucumbers. Kushina's not amused.
* DeadpanSnarker: She engages in frequent SnarkToSnarkCombat with Naruto.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Chapter 56, "Reckless Driver." It was a BigDamnHeroes moment, though, so it's perfectly excusable.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: If Mei's rather flustered response to meeting her for the first time is any indication.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: She got Minato.
* FieryRedhead: Mostly toward Naruto, during comedic situations.
* {{Housewife}}: For the most part, and she clearly enjoys cooking delicious meals for Naruto and his friends.
* HiddenDepths: She's generally quite cheerful, spends most of her time at home cooking and doing typical housewife stuff, and on the more eccentric end she cosplays as the in-universe comic book character Shadow Fox and also owns her very own porn stash. However, under serious circumstance she proves to be a source of good maternal wisdom to whoever needs it. [[spoiler:Going even deeper, she's got some resentment toward her husband Minato for distancing himself from his family, to the point of requesting Kushina to retake her maiden name, for the sake of protecting her and Naruto due to Minato's black-ops work, and subsequently leaving her alone to deal with Naruto's post-365 days trauma. [[StepfordSmiler She hides her bitterness very well up to that point]]]].
* HotBlooded: She has one hell of a temper, not unlike canon. It's usually played for laughs, but the few times it's actually played for drama, it's significant.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Her very own ramen pot, or a hot cup of ramen. [[ImprovisedWeaponUser In her defense, she had to improvise]].
* MamaBear: She loves her son, VolleyingInsults aside. And she's not going to stand for him being hurt, even if he's a Kyuushingai and can well take care of himself. [[spoiler:She even goes as far as to physically threaten the business executive who helped facilitate Naruto's abduction, while wearing a disguise to hide who she really is]].
--> '''Kushina:''' Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go find my son. And if I do not find him in the same condition I last saw him, I guarantee you, '''this whole town will burn!'''
* NotAMorningPerson: And now you know where Naruto gets it from. Witness her response to an early-morning phone call that forces her to get out of bed:
--> '''Kushina:''' You're looking for a quick way to commit suicide, aren't you?
* SparedByTheAdaptation: You know she's dead in canon, right?
* SupremeChef: Naruto's friends have lauded her cooking prowess more than once.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: In contrast to her canon self, the girly aspect of Kushina's character gets more prevalence here, as she's generally seen in her kitchen and doing stuff around the home. That being said, she is just as likely to beat the crap out of you with a pot as she is to cook a delicious meal in it.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ramen, and she's even more obsessive about it than ''Naruto''.
--> '''Kushina:''' In this house, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis you--do not--spill--ramen]]--especially when it's being prepared!
!!Namikaze Minato
Naruto's father and Kushina's husband, he gets mentioned several times throughout the story before being formally introduced in Chapter 57. He's the head of the black-ops investigation team Yuyami.
* ActionDad
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Naruto, in terms of combat skill. He's actually able to put Naruto flat on his back without Naruto being able to land even a single hit.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Implied. We know he's the leader of Yuyami, which includes Yugito, a former Kyuushingai and an ex-cop, and Itachi, a skilled combatant and gunslinger, and also that he's capable of [[TrainingFromHell mopping the floor with Naruto as a means of training the latter]]. He's definitely got what it takes.
* BerserkButton: Threatening harm to his family is basically a good way to sign your own death warrant. As shown in the fifteenth Gaiden, he was willing to [[KillItWithFire set a group of thugs on fire]] because they sought to burn down the Uzumaki home with Naruto and Kushina inside.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: His behavior is quite comical at times. He makes many a ShoutOut to real-life pop culture in the form of quotations, gives joking quips about [[ShipperOnDeck how he expects Itachi and Yugito to hook up]], and casually rebuffs Yugito's attempts at physical assault in response to his ribbing (these in themselves played for laughs) while being the target of both Yugito's (again comical) death threats and Itachi's insults...but then you remember that he's the field leader for a black-ops team, giving orders to said two members (Yugito a former Kyuushingai, Itachi a gun-slinging marksman) [[spoiler:and [[PapaWolf also made a point]] of visiting the home of the man who led Naruto into a trap by Akatsuki, without actually killing said man due to the decision to leave him to [[MamaBear Kushina]]]]. Not to mention, during the second TimeSkip he was in charge of Naruto's training, with Naruto (also a Kyuushingai) being completely unable to land even ''a single hit'' on Minato during the one flashback scene showcasing the TrainingFromHell Minato put him through; and he can and will use the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on anyone he needs information out of without batting an eye, ''and'' Kankuro implies in Chapter 59 that it would be a suicidal move to confront Minato head-on because, if he'd volunteered for the Kyuushingai training program, they wouldn't have needed more people than just him. Digest all that for a minute.
* BigGood: Essentially. While he's taking orders from the Minister of Justice, he's the one directing how the good guys carry out their objectives.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: In sharp contrast to his canon self, Minato is incredibly immature and childish in his behavior, ribbing his own subordinates and family over little things that are bound to annoy them while being absolutely casual about it, and has a hint of perversion to his character (read: disguising a recording device as a tampon for Yugito to wear). This is the same man who's in charge of a highly-effective black-ops investigative team.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He was willing to burn [[spoiler:Temari]] [[GroinAttack on the genitals]] with a blowtorch for the sake of getting information, ''without hesitating about it, at that''. Granted, he ''is'' head of a black-ops team, and the information he was seeking was necessary to save lives, but even still...
* DeathGlare: In the fifteenth Gaiden, he's described as having one that could melt solid steel if it were possible. Granted, the recipient of the glare ''did'' try to murder Naruto and Kushina in their sleep.
* DisappearedDad: Prior to Chapter 57, he was this for Naruto, although not by death, since it was already confirmed that he was still alive. [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou The reason for his absence was because he is in charge of Yuyami, which is investigating the events that led to the 365 days of carnage two years ago]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a good guy who'll willingly set people on fire for pissing him off.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Minato's ''good'' with firearms. In the main story, he doesn't miss a single one of his targets, whether with a handgun or a sniper-rife. In the twenty-ninth Gaiden, he proves capable of shooting several criminals in their extremities from several meters away, as well as [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shooting a gun out of one criminal's hand]], and that's only because he's specifically seeking ''not'' to kill them outright.
* InTheHood: His first appearance in the main story shows him wearing a white pullover jacket with a hood. Chronologically, he's first seen wearing it in the twenty-second Gaiden, set a short while before the start of the main story.
* ManChild: Acts this way at times, especially when teasing Itachi and Yugito about [[ShipperOnDeck the relationship he thinks they should have]].
* OneManArmy: A downplayed example as demonstrated in the fifteenth Gaiden, where he [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly takes out five hoodlums in the space of a few seconds]]. More heavily implied in the main story, where Kankuro indicates that if Minato had volunteered himself for the Kyuushingai training, ''he alone'' would have been all the trainers needed.
* PapaWolf: In the main story, after seeing what's happened to Naruto [[spoiler:as a result of the latter's capture and torture by Mizuki and Akatsuki]], Minato arranges for one perpetrator to get beaten up by Itachi, who already has [[BigBrotherInstinct personal reasons]] to batter the guy. He also pays a personal visit to Mitokado Homura, who was in league with that event, but takes care to hide his true identity and leaves any due violence to [[MamaBear Kushina]]. Then in the twenty-ninth Gaiden, he gets downright ''vicious'' on members of the RoguesGallery [[spoiler:when they plan to shoot up Naruto's wedding]].
* ParentalNeglect: He's been accused five different times of perpetrating this with Naruto. Put it this way: when ''the Prime Minister himself'' calls you out on being a bad parent, you ''know'' you've been a bad parent. Minato, to his credit, doesn't try to deny it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Actively encourages Itachi and Yugito to get together.
* SlasherSmile: Gives '''a positively menacing one''' to members of the RoguesGallery in the twenty-ninth Gaiden [[spoiler:after preventing them from crashing Naruto's wedding]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Han is able to recognize Minato as Naruto's father because of this, the first time they meet.
* TortureTechnician: Want to know how readily he'll do the dirty work in his black-ops job? [[spoiler:He knocks out Temari, then ties her, blindfolded, to her own bed and burns off a part of her hair with a blowtorch, then threatens to [[GroinAttack use said blowtorch on her vagina]] if she doesn't cough up the info he wants]].
!!Uzumaki Karin
Naruto's cousin, and Nagato and Jumira's daughter.
* {{Meganekko}}: Just like in canon, though she doesn't appear (so far) to be a {{Tsundere}} like her canon counterpart.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: She’s Nagato’s daughter, Naruto’s first cousin, and Kushina and Mito’s niece as opposed to being (at best) a distant relative.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Minato notes that she takes after her mother, except Jumira doesn't wear glasses.
!!Uzumaki Nagato
Karin's father, Kushina's older brother and Naruto's maternal uncle.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: While they're all members of the Uzumaki clan, there's otherwise no direct relation between Nagato and Naruto, Kushina, Mito, or Karin and her mother.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Not as bad as Mito, but Nagato is coolly formal toward Minato.
!!Uzumaki Jumira
Karin's mother, Nagato's wife and Naruto's aunt by marriage.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Karin's mother wasn't identified by name in canon.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: While she would technically be related to Kushina, Mito, Naruto and Nagato in canon by virtue of them being members of the same clan, there wasn't any overt family connection there.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: According to Minato, she's basically an older Karin minus the glasses.
!!Uzumaki Mito
Kushina's older sister and Naruto's maternal aunt, and she's the oldest of the senior Uzumaki siblings.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While she's not a lawbreaker, this version of Mito is significantly more acidic than her canon counterpart, who was a mentor to Kushina and was noted for having compassion.
* AgeLift: In canon, at the time she and Kushina interacted, Mito was an old woman. In this fic, her younger incarnation is the version used as Kushina's sister.
* AloofBigSister: Kushina recounts that she and Mito had a rocky relationship growing up, as Mito never approved of anything Kushina ever did.
* CoolCar: She drives a blue Shelby Cobra.
* TheDreaded: Within the Uzumaki/Namikaze family, just the mere mention of the possibility of her coming causes Kushina to [[OhCrap freeze in terror]] and Minato to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere attempt to flee the premises]]. Keep in mind, both of them are parents to a Kyuushingai, plus Minato's a black-ops agent.
--> '''Minato:''' I'd rather swim with sharks than deal with her!
* InSeriesNickname: Naruto and Karin both refer to her as "the blood-haired bitch," due to her acidic personality.
* LethalChef: In [[SupremeChef Kushina's]] words, Mito is her exact opposite when it comes to the kitchen. According to her, Mito can't tell cinnamon from meat seasoning, and during their school days she almost burned down her school's Home Economics room [[EpicFail while trying to boil water]]. Minato recounts how she nearly killed him with a Christmas cake during a previous visit.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: She and Minato are openly hostile to each other.
* PetTheDog: While Mito's portrayed in this fic as snobbish and disagreeable, Karin's ExactEavesdropping on Nagato's telephone conversation with her prior to the Christmas dinner reveals that, like Nagato, Mito doesn't blame Naruto for the events of the 365 days.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Due to the aforementioned AgeLift, as she’s a PosthumousCharacter in the original.
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[[folder:Uzumaki Naruto]]
!!Uzumaki Naruto
The main protagonist of the story, he is a former member of the infamous nine-member group known collectively as the "Kyuushingai," or "Nine Terrors;" his code-name during his time with the group was "Kurama the Fox." At the start of the story, he's just moving to Konoha Town to live with his mother, Kushina.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: He's far smarter in this fanfic than he was in canon. The training regimen he underwent while a part of the Kyuushingai explains this [[spoiler:especially with the revelation that much of his intelligence was artificially ingrained]].
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In his back-story at Uzushio High School, following his gang-fight that resulted in mass property damage at the school, Naruto fell victim to this when suspicion was (correctly) cast on him being a Kyuushingai. It didn't help that the city, having been among the hardest hit by the Kyuushingai during the 365 days, was still feeling raw from the incident.
* AnimalMotif: His is the fox. Aside from it being part of his code-name, on his own he's cunning, he's stealthy, and he's pulled out of several close shaves by sheer luck.
* AntiHero: He has shades of this, despite being the main character. While he does regret having to do the things he did just to survive the 365 days, for much of the story he justifies his actions by noting that he only killed people who attacked him or were hurting innocents, and as such he was [[IDidWhatIHadToDo doing what he had to do]]. Much of his CharacterDevelopment has to do with him coming to terms with the reality that not everybody who suffered during the 365 days is going to see it the same way. Then there's his willingness to brutally beat up opponents and torture people (by making them watch ''Film/{{Twilight}}'', mind you, but even still...).
* TheAtoner: He's not proud of his past as a member of the Kyuushingai.
* BadassBoast: Gives a menacing one to Kurotsuchi when he lets her know via phone call that he's coming for her after her goons have attempted to burn down Mabui's spa.
--> Once upon a time I was known as Kurama the Fox of the Kyuushingai, and during the 365 days I killed 427 people with my own two hands. You could have a legion to guard you--it still won’t be enough to save you from me. So clean your neck and wait for me.
* BadassFamily: His father's a black-ops agent, his mother's capable of beating the ever-loving crap out of gangsters half her age, and Naruto himself is a Kyuushingai.
* BadassInDistress: Gets this way during the Abduction Arc [[spoiler:when Akatsuki and Mizuki's gang kidnap Hanabi as bait to draw him in, then torture him almost to death]].
* BashBrothers: With Sasuke, during the Spa Inferno arc.
* BerserkButton: Harming any of his friends, particularly Ino or Hinata, will trigger Kyuushingai-level rage. [[spoiler:He would've killed Aoi over the latter's beat-down of Ino in Chapter 25 if not for Sasuke's intervention; and he gave Zabuza a savage thrashing and near-throat-cutting for injuring Hinata in Chapter 41, but Ino managed to talk him down in that incident]].
* BigEater: By Kushina's testimony.
* BrilliantButLazy: Naruto is quite bored in some of his classes and isn't shown to do the requisite work (though considering his Kyuushingai gifted intelligence boost this is a justified case), but he's skilled enough to completely solve a Rubik's cube in the time it takes Hiashi to say the first few letters of the alphabet. It is also implied that he can solve it even faster but he deliberately solved it at G just for a pun.
--> '''Hiashi:''' ''(Naruto starts on the cube)'' A. B. C. D. E. F.
--> '''Naruto:''' ''(finished)'' [[JustForPun Gee]], that was easy!
--> '''Hiashi:''' Wha--?
* BrokenHero: This version of Naruto isn't as BookDumb as his canon counterpart, and he's a terrifyingly skilled fighter capable of taking down gangs all by himself. Yet he's got some serious loathing for his time as a Kyuushingai, and the trauma of having to partake of city-wide massacres day after day for a whole year has taken a toll on him by the time the story's main plot has begun.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The Brooding Boy to Hinata's Gentle Girl.
* BullyHunter: People who abuse others weaker than themselves are ''very'' unfortunate if they get onto Naruto's radar. Two particular examples stand out--he tore Aoi and his Hall Monitors new ones for abusing their authority, and took on Kurotsuchi's mob single-handedly after she attempted to use intimidation tactics on a small-business owner.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: A frequent trait of his, including but not limited to: his rescuing of the Yamanaka family store from Mizuki and his thugs, his beating of Aoi and the Hall Monitors' Guild when they hassle innocent townspeople, his going to rescue Hanabi when she's been kidnapped, his helping Mabui when her spa is threatened by Kurotsuchi...
* CombatPragmatist: This was his specialty as a member of the Kyuushingai, according to him. Among other things, he's proven willing to knock opponents in the crotch, kick out kneecaps, and take advantage of injuries he knows his opponents have.
--> '''Naruto:''' Back during the 365 days, I specialized in practical combat--break limbs here and there, use as few moves as possible to beat the opponent, all that kind of stuff.
* ComesGreatResponsibility: Naruto always believed that, given the skills that the Nine Terrors learned, they should have used such skills for the betterment of mankind. As the 365 days' incident testifies, however, that didn't happen.
* CoveredWithScars: [[spoiler:As a result of his torture at Monjin's hands, Naruto's got numerous scars over his torso; he's also got some on his arms from the same incident, but those aren't quite as noticeable at a casual glance since they were smaller and healed better]].
* CovertPervert: His attempt at distracting himself from thinking sexy thoughts about Mei in class led to him thinking about other girls in the cast in various stages of undress or wearing skimpy clothing.
* CrazyPrepared: Has elements of this, especially made prominent in the Vengeance Arc. On learning that Hana and Hokuto have been kidnapped and he's being required to show up at a certain place alone to get them back, Naruto's response is to dress in full black (along with borrowing his mother's Shadow Fox mask), wearing a metal plate underneath a bandanna covering his hair and forehead, and arrive at the meeting-site an hour ahead of the stipulated time so as to scout the area, in case it proves to be a trap as he suspects it is. [[spoiler:Good thing too, because Temari attempts to snipe him in the head from a hidden spot, but the bullet is deflected by said metal plate and mask]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: While his family life averts this, his life between the 365 days and the start of the main story badly affected him. Naruto's past as a member of the Kyuushingai haunts him to this very day, and his move to Konoha Town was not only an attempt to avoid a criminal record, but also an attempt to start fresh and move on with his life.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's got quite a few zingers for the appropriate targets. Unfortunately for him, [[SnarkToSnarkCombat Kushina can snark right back]].
* DitzyGenius: While he's significantly smarter than his canon counterpart [[spoiler:thanks to artificially-implanted intelligence during his Kyuushingai training]], Naruto still has moments of daffiness, one of the earliest examples being his surprise that anyone would suspect him and Ino of being in a relationship (which earns him a flattening punch from the irritated Ino for voicing it so loudly).
* ExperiencedProtagonist: As a result of the training regimen that all the Kyuushingai had to go through [[spoiler:including artificially-implanted knowledge in various subject areas]], Naruto is extremely skilled at fighting long before the story begins. The 365-day chaotic period itself also played a role in him becoming this.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He loves and cares for his friends and family, and has regrets about his time as a Kyuushingai. That being said, if you press him [[BerserkButton or threaten his loved ones' safety]], expect to get your limbs broken.
* GoodScarsEvilScars / ScarsAreForever: In this universe, those familiar whisker-marks on his face are actually scars, given to him by Gaara right before the 365 days' rampage began. [[spoiler:He gets a lot more all over his body after being tortured by Akatsuki]].
* HeCleansUpNicely: He ''can'' dress up in formal-wear and look good doing so...he just doesn't particularly ''like'' it.
--> '''Naruto:''' I feel like a China doll.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: Usually, though he won't shy away from [[CombatPragmatist using whatever's on hand as a weapon]] if the situation warrants it.
* HopelessSuitor: Was this for Sakura. Fortunately, Hinata was there as a different option.
* HurtingHero: Concerning the 365 days.
* IHatePastMe
* ImprovisedWeaponUser: He's used a soda bottle as a club and a rope as a whip and lasso.
* JadeColoredGlasses
* MyGreatestFailure: The 365 days is this for him, specifically because it was a fight between him and Gaara that triggered the event.
* NewTransferStudent: Chapter 2 reveals that Naruto has transferred to Konoha High School from Uzushio High School in Whirl City. It's later revealed that transferring was one of two options he faced after a fight with a gang that caused a great deal of destruction to Uzushio High (the other option was being expelled and arrested by the local police on suspicion of being a Kyuushingai).
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When he found out about Gaara's plot to murder several government officials, Naruto sought to stop Gaara directly. Unfortunately, the ensuing fight resulted in the first few deaths that would kick off the 365 days, which in turn led to numerous more deaths and a lot of property damage [[spoiler:and indirectly led to the death of one of the Kira brothers]]. In the present day, both Yugao and Judge Utatane [[WhatTheHellHero give him hell over it]] during the Tribunal Arc.
* NoBadassToHisValet: There are exactly two people who are not intimidated or impressed by Naruto's experiences as a Kyuushingai--his parents, Minato and Kushina. Both have seen him at his most vulnerable, Kushina has no bones about [[SnarkToSnarkCombat trading insults with him]], and Minato (a black-ops commander) can easily inflict a CurbStompBattle on him ''during training''.
* NomDeMom: Like in the canon series, Naruto takes his surname from Kushina, although it's been confirmed that Minato is alive and works for the military. Turns out it was Minato's idea, to protect his family from any enemies he might make due to his black-ops work.
* NotAMorningPerson: Naruto doesn't do well in the mornings, in one instance grumbling that the morning should go away and come back at 2:00 p.m.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: In the first chapter, when Naruto is just arriving in Konoha Town, he acts like a very clueless newcomer to avoid being beaten up by Dosu, Zaku and Kin even as they're trashing the Yamanaka greengrocery, and in the second chapter he's acting as though he's terrified of being beaten up by other Konoha High students for mouthing off to them. This is the same guy who was part of a nine-member group that caused panic across an entire continent for a whole year's worth of time, and in the present day is capable of single-handedly beating up a whole gang with nothing but a soda bottle.
* OddFriendship: With Shino and Minister Byakuren. Also Yugao, to a lesser extent, though their association didn't start off exactly friendly.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Tried to pass himself off as this early on, complete with ObfuscatingStupidity; unfortunately, it didn't quite take. It definitely didn't work back when he was at Uzushio High School, given [[OneManArmy what he did to Sumaru's gang]] at that time.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Of course, Naruto's got blond hair. During the Underground Fists arc, he wears a red jacket and jeans and a blue undershirt (see the image on the main page). During the final arc, he wears a red jacket with blue jeans, and later swaps out the jacket for a red T-shirt while wearing a pair of jeans that's an even deeper shade of blue.
* RedIsHeroic: As explained immediately above.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Sasuke's blue.
* SecondYearProtagonist: He starts the story as a transfer student in his second year of high school (his first year was spent at Uzushio High School in Whirl City).
* SherlockScan: A skill he possesses from his training with the Kyuushingai. It allows him to notice Jiraiya's right hand has wrinkles from using too much lotion for, uh, [[ADateWithRosiePalms personal business]] [[spoiler:and also to notice that Nohara Rin uses makeup to hide her DomesticAbuse scars]].
* SleevesAreForWimps: Occasionally wears a sleeveless jacket, most notably during the Underground Fists Arc. Also, at one point during the final fight with Gaara, he rips off one of the sleeves from his jacket (albeit to use as makeshift bandages).
* SurvivorGuilt: Naruto's been suffering this ever since the end of the 365 days, as he admits in Chapter 26.
--> '''Naruto:''' Do you know how many nights I'd go to bed hating that I was still alive while people I'd never met and would never get to know were dead because of what I helped to do?
* TheseHandsHaveKilled: Part of his SurvivorGuilt complex.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Wouldn't be Naruto without the ramen, although his love of it is toned down to more realistic levels here.
* WideEyedIdealist: Used to be this, most notably concerning what he could do with the training he would receive as a government. A flashback reveals that he was quite gung-ho about using his training to serve his country, even after Itachi [[spoiler:and Dr. Haruno]] warned him that it would not be all sunshine and roses. Then the 365 days happened and he got his JadeColoredGlasses.
* WillfullyWeak: Not weak, per se, but Naruto intentionally holds back whenever he fights, to the point that it's become subconscious. This is justified, seeing as being a former member of the disbanded Kyuushingai, he's arguably one of the strongest fighters in the country and maybe even the world, and therefore can easily cripple someone, even if he hadn't intended to do so.
* WouldHitAGirl: If that girl is an opponent, then yes. Tenten is the first example.
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[[folder:Naruto's Family Members]]
The members of Naruto's immediate and extended family; the latter group is introduced in the thirty-ninth Gaiden where they come to spend Christmas with Naruto, Kushina and Minato.
!!Uzumaki Kushina
Naruto's mother, and a major source of support for him and good advice for his peers.
* ActionMom: Among other things, she frightens off Kimimaro's gang [[spoiler:despite having just been shot]], fights Mangetsu with relative ease and only gets hit once when she drops her guard, and violently rebuffs a break-in and murder attempt by Dosu and Zaku.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She is this to Naruto, especially when combined with her tendency to snark about his relationships with girls. And there's also her fan-girl attitude toward the popular ''Shadow Fox'' comic, including having a cosplay costume, which causes Naruto to do a double-take the first time he sees her wearing it.
* CombatPragmatist: When forced to defend herself, she proves to be this in spades, including liberal use of the GroinAttack and using anything she can grab as a weapon.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: As depicted in this fanfic, Kushina usually appears as a (mostly) motherly housewife who likes to cook, trades VolleyingInsults with her own son, cosplays as the in-universe female Franchise/{{Batman}} expy, throws around [[DeadpanSnarker some really wicked zingers]] ([[SnarkToSnarkCombat usually in response to Naruto's own zingers]]), plays video games, owns a PornStash, and is heavily implied to [[ADateWithRosiePalms do non-food-related things with cucumbers]]. This same woman is also married to a government agent and is the mother of one of the Kyuushingai, and as such she is perfectly capable of taking care of herself if need be, as Dosu and Zaku find out to their sorrow.
* DamselInDistress: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. [[CombatPragmatist Violently]].
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Naruto implies more than once that she engages in this with cucumbers. Kushina's not amused.
* DeadpanSnarker: She engages in frequent SnarkToSnarkCombat with Naruto.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Chapter 56, "Reckless Driver." It was a BigDamnHeroes moment, though, so it's perfectly excusable.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: If Mei's rather flustered response to meeting her for the first time is any indication.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: She got Minato.
* FieryRedhead: Mostly toward Naruto, during comedic situations.
* {{Housewife}}: For the most part, and she clearly enjoys cooking delicious meals for Naruto and his friends.
* HiddenDepths: She's generally quite cheerful, spends most of her time at home cooking and doing typical housewife stuff, and on the more eccentric end she cosplays as the in-universe comic book character Shadow Fox and also owns her very own porn stash. However, under serious circumstance she proves to be a source of good maternal wisdom to whoever needs it. [[spoiler:Going even deeper, she's got some resentment toward her husband Minato for distancing himself from his family, to the point of requesting Kushina to retake her maiden name, for the sake of protecting her and Naruto due to Minato's black-ops work, and subsequently leaving her alone to deal with Naruto's post-365 days trauma. [[StepfordSmiler She hides her bitterness very well up to that point]]]].
* HotBlooded: She has one hell of a temper, not unlike canon. It's usually played for laughs, but the few times it's actually played for drama, it's significant.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Her very own ramen pot, or a hot cup of ramen. [[ImprovisedWeaponUser In her defense, she had to improvise]].
* MamaBear: She loves her son, VolleyingInsults aside. And she's not going to stand for him being hurt, even if he's a Kyuushingai and can well take care of himself. [[spoiler:She even goes as far as to physically threaten the business executive who helped facilitate Naruto's abduction, while wearing a disguise to hide who she really is]].
--> '''Kushina:''' Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go find my son. And if I do not find him in the same condition I last saw him, I guarantee you, '''this whole town will burn!'''
* NotAMorningPerson: And now you know where Naruto gets it from. Witness her response to an early-morning phone call that forces her to get out of bed:
--> '''Kushina:''' You're looking for a quick way to commit suicide, aren't you?
* SparedByTheAdaptation: You know she's dead in canon, right?
* SupremeChef: Naruto's friends have lauded her cooking prowess more than once.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: In contrast to her canon self, the girly aspect of Kushina's character gets more prevalence here, as she's generally seen in her kitchen and doing stuff around the home. That being said, she is just as likely to beat the crap out of you with a pot as she is to cook a delicious meal in it.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ramen, and she's even more obsessive about it than ''Naruto''.
--> '''Kushina:''' In this house, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis you--do not--spill--ramen]]--especially when it's being prepared!
!!Namikaze Minato
Naruto's father and Kushina's husband, he gets mentioned several times throughout the story before being formally introduced in Chapter 57. He's the head of the black-ops investigation team Yuyami.
* ActionDad
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Naruto, in terms of combat skill. He's actually able to put Naruto flat on his back without Naruto being able to land even a single hit.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Implied. We know he's the leader of Yuyami, which includes Yugito, a former Kyuushingai and an ex-cop, and Itachi, a skilled combatant and gunslinger, and also that he's capable of [[TrainingFromHell mopping the floor with Naruto as a means of training the latter]]. He's definitely got what it takes.
* BerserkButton: Threatening harm to his family is basically a good way to sign your own death warrant. As shown in the fifteenth Gaiden, he was willing to [[KillItWithFire set a group of thugs on fire]] because they sought to burn down the Uzumaki home with Naruto and Kushina inside.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: His behavior is quite comical at times. He makes many a ShoutOut to real-life pop culture in the form of quotations, gives joking quips about [[ShipperOnDeck how he expects Itachi and Yugito to hook up]], and casually rebuffs Yugito's attempts at physical assault in response to his ribbing (these in themselves played for laughs) while being the target of both Yugito's (again comical) death threats and Itachi's insults...but then you remember that he's the field leader for a black-ops team, giving orders to said two members (Yugito a former Kyuushingai, Itachi a gun-slinging marksman) [[spoiler:and [[PapaWolf also made a point]] of visiting the home of the man who led Naruto into a trap by Akatsuki, without actually killing said man due to the decision to leave him to [[MamaBear Kushina]]]]. Not to mention, during the second TimeSkip he was in charge of Naruto's training, with Naruto (also a Kyuushingai) being completely unable to land even ''a single hit'' on Minato during the one flashback scene showcasing the TrainingFromHell Minato put him through; and he can and will use the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on anyone he needs information out of without batting an eye, ''and'' Kankuro implies in Chapter 59 that it would be a suicidal move to confront Minato head-on because, if he'd volunteered for the Kyuushingai training program, they wouldn't have needed more people than just him. Digest all that for a minute.
* BigGood: Essentially. While he's taking orders from the Minister of Justice, he's the one directing how the good guys carry out their objectives.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: In sharp contrast to his canon self, Minato is incredibly immature and childish in his behavior, ribbing his own subordinates and family over little things that are bound to annoy them while being absolutely casual about it, and has a hint of perversion to his character (read: disguising a recording device as a tampon for Yugito to wear). This is the same man who's in charge of a highly-effective black-ops investigative team.
* ColdBloodedTorture: He was willing to burn [[spoiler:Temari]] [[GroinAttack on the genitals]] with a blowtorch for the sake of getting information, ''without hesitating about it, at that''. Granted, he ''is'' head of a black-ops team, and the information he was seeking was necessary to save lives, but even still...
* DeathGlare: In the fifteenth Gaiden, he's described as having one that could melt solid steel if it were possible. Granted, the recipient of the glare ''did'' try to murder Naruto and Kushina in their sleep.
* DisappearedDad: Prior to Chapter 57, he was this for Naruto, although not by death, since it was already confirmed that he was still alive. [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou The reason for his absence was because he is in charge of Yuyami, which is investigating the events that led to the 365 days of carnage two years ago]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a good guy who'll willingly set people on fire for pissing him off.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Minato's ''good'' with firearms. In the main story, he doesn't miss a single one of his targets, whether with a handgun or a sniper-rife. In the twenty-ninth Gaiden, he proves capable of shooting several criminals in their extremities from several meters away, as well as [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shooting a gun out of one criminal's hand]], and that's only because he's specifically seeking ''not'' to kill them outright.
* InTheHood: His first appearance in the main story shows him wearing a white pullover jacket with a hood. Chronologically, he's first seen wearing it in the twenty-second Gaiden, set a short while before the start of the main story.
* ManChild: Acts this way at times, especially when teasing Itachi and Yugito about [[ShipperOnDeck the relationship he thinks they should have]].
* OneManArmy: A downplayed example as demonstrated in the fifteenth Gaiden, where he [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly takes out five hoodlums in the space of a few seconds]]. More heavily implied in the main story, where Kankuro indicates that if Minato had volunteered himself for the Kyuushingai training, ''he alone'' would have been all the trainers needed.
* PapaWolf: In the main story, after seeing what's happened to Naruto [[spoiler:as a result of the latter's capture and torture by Mizuki and Akatsuki]], Minato arranges for one perpetrator to get beaten up by Itachi, who already has [[BigBrotherInstinct personal reasons]] to batter the guy. He also pays a personal visit to Mitokado Homura, who was in league with that event, but takes care to hide his true identity and leaves any due violence to [[MamaBear Kushina]]. Then in the twenty-ninth Gaiden, he gets downright ''vicious'' on members of the RoguesGallery [[spoiler:when they plan to shoot up Naruto's wedding]].
* ParentalNeglect: He's been accused five different times of perpetrating this with Naruto. Put it this way: when ''the Prime Minister himself'' calls you out on being a bad parent, you ''know'' you've been a bad parent. Minato, to his credit, doesn't try to deny it.
* ShipperOnDeck: Actively encourages Itachi and Yugito to get together.
* SlasherSmile: Gives '''a positively menacing one''' to members of the RoguesGallery in the twenty-ninth Gaiden [[spoiler:after preventing them from crashing Naruto's wedding]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Han is able to recognize Minato as Naruto's father because of this, the first time they meet.
* TortureTechnician: Want to know how readily he'll do the dirty work in his black-ops job? [[spoiler:He knocks out Temari, then ties her, blindfolded, to her own bed and burns off a part of her hair with a blowtorch, then threatens to [[GroinAttack use said blowtorch on her vagina]] if she doesn't cough up the info he wants]].
!!Uzumaki Karin
Naruto's cousin, and Nagato and Jumira's daughter.
* {{Meganekko}}: Just like in canon, though she doesn't appear (so far) to be a {{Tsundere}} like her canon counterpart.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: She’s Nagato’s daughter, Naruto’s first cousin, and Kushina and Mito’s niece as opposed to being (at best) a distant relative.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Minato notes that she takes after her mother, except Jumira doesn't wear glasses.
!!Uzumaki Nagato
Karin's father, Kushina's older brother and Naruto's maternal uncle.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: While they're all members of the Uzumaki clan, there's otherwise no direct relation between Nagato and Naruto, Kushina, Mito, or Karin and her mother.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Not as bad as Mito, but Nagato is coolly formal toward Minato.
!!Uzumaki Jumira
Karin's mother, Nagato's wife and Naruto's aunt by marriage.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Karin's mother wasn't identified by name in canon.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: While she would technically be related to Kushina, Mito, Naruto and Nagato in canon by virtue of them being members of the same clan, there wasn't any overt family connection there.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: According to Minato, she's basically an older Karin minus the glasses.
!!Uzumaki Mito
Kushina's older sister and Naruto's maternal aunt, and she's the oldest of the senior Uzumaki siblings.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While she's not a lawbreaker, this version of Mito is significantly more acidic than her canon counterpart, who was a mentor to Kushina and was noted for having compassion.
* AgeLift: In canon, at the time she and Kushina interacted, Mito was an old woman. In this fic, her younger incarnation is the version used as Kushina's sister.
* AloofBigSister: Kushina recounts that she and Mito had a rocky relationship growing up, as Mito never approved of anything Kushina ever did.
* CoolCar: She drives a blue Shelby Cobra.
* TheDreaded: Within the Uzumaki/Namikaze family, just the mere mention of the possibility of her coming causes Kushina to [[OhCrap freeze in terror]] and Minato to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere attempt to flee the premises]]. Keep in mind, both of them are parents to a Kyuushingai, plus Minato's a black-ops agent.
--> '''Minato:''' I'd rather swim with sharks than deal with her!
* InSeriesNickname: Naruto and Karin both refer to her as "the blood-haired bitch," due to her acidic personality.
* LethalChef: In [[SupremeChef Kushina's]] words, Mito is her exact opposite when it comes to the kitchen. According to her, Mito can't tell cinnamon from meat seasoning, and during their school days she almost burned down her school's Home Economics room [[EpicFail while trying to boil water]]. Minato recounts how she nearly killed him with a Christmas cake during a previous visit.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: She and Minato are openly hostile to each other.
* PetTheDog: While Mito's portrayed in this fic as snobbish and disagreeable, Karin's ExactEavesdropping on Nagato's telephone conversation with her prior to the Christmas dinner reveals that, like Nagato, Mito doesn't blame Naruto for the events of the 365 days.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Due to the aforementioned AgeLift, as she’s a PosthumousCharacter in the original.
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