History FanFic / TheTruthDecays

* TheIllegal: [[{{Applicability}} Ed's undocumented status is fequently used as a justification for giving him the T&I treatment. ]]

* ProducePelting:[[spoiler: Tayuya’s auditory genjutsu gets her into an angry shouting match and covered in tomato.]]

** [[HotBlooded Might Gai]] takes a personal interest in Edward, without any sort of selfish motive. However, (due in part both to circumstances, clashing personalities, and lack of trust on the part of Edward), they seem to struggle in figuring out how to interact with one another in a productive manner. [[spoiler: They also butt heads over Ed's attempts to remove the caged bird seal--Because even though Gai also wants the seal gone, he perceives Edward's (repeatedly failed) attempts to remove it as dangerous and self-harming behavior. ]]

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: Pride's language fluency in the Elemental Nations, while Roy Mustang [[DemonicPossession (who Pride is possessing)]], can barely string a sentence together due to the language barriar. This, and Pride's lack of accent, imply that Pride did not learn the language organically; but rather, absorbed that knowlage by eating the locals. Kiba and Akamaru's reaction to Pride's scent and chakra certainly imply that Pride has killed a lot of people. Or at the very least, Pride is working with a full and functional philosopher stone. ]]

** [[spoiler: There is an entire network of tunnels beneath Konaha that are used by the ANBU, and especally by ROOT. Pride seems to be using this same tunnel system to move around the village. In chapter 19, Tsunade sends Hiashi Hyūga down into the tunnels to do some recon to determine the accuracy of their current maps of the tunnel system; And rescue his daughter, if they can find her.]]

* EyeScream: Ed's use of flame alchemy not only charbroiled Sasuke,[[note]] [[DownplayedTrope i.e. left him with an embarrassing case of artificial sunburn,]][[/note]] the explosion also left him temporarily blind.

* EyeScream: Ed's use of flame alchemy not only charbroiled Sasuke,[[note]] [[DownplayedTrope i.e. left him with an embarrassing case of artificial sunburn,]][[/note]] but the explosion also left him temporarily blind.

** Akamaru definitely feels a sort of way about the sents [[spoiler: Pride leaves behind in Hinata's hospital room. ]]
* EyeScream: Ed's use of flame alchemy not only left Sasuke with an embarrassing case of artificial sunburn, the explosion also left him [[DownplayedTrope temporarily blind.]]

* ArtisticLicense: The effects of laughing gas are heavily exaggerated in the name of RuleOfFunny. Ending with an author's note which appeals to your WillingSuspensionofDisbelief.

* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler: Anko's strategy to bait Kimimaro out of his bone forest so that Might Gai can land a hit. She questions Kimimaro's reasons for following Orochimaru and participating in what is clearly a suicide mission, And she viciously mocks him for his continued loyalty to a master who's lost interest in him. Perhaps she is drawing on her own experience as Orochimaru's former student because her words clearly hit close to home. Kimimaro is driven into a suicidal bout of rage, and Might Gai delivers the killing blow. ]]

* TheIllegal: Ed's undocumented status is fequently used as a justification for giving him the T&I treatment.

** ROOT agents are no slouches either; too bad for them, Ed is a very tough nut to crack.

* CreepyChild: Gaara. Despite him no longer being the AxCrazy SerialKiller he was during the Chunnin Exams. With his HeelFaceTurn being as recent as it is, his siblings are still noticeably wary of him. Something like cannibalism is seen a welcome subject change ''out'' of awkward conversational territory to him, and he doesn't seem to realize that others might feel otherwise.

* TheInspectorIsComing: The Daimyo's envoy had been invited to the village to assure the Daimyo that Konaha is secure and can still fulfill Fire nation's military duties after Orochimaru's invasion. During the envoy's stay, Edward breaks out of the interrogation department and sinks the building. Instead of admitting that they have a prisoner with unknown destructive potential on the lose, they say that [[IMeantToDoThat the T&I department was intentionally moved underground for "security reasons"]] and quietly issue a notice for "a short, one-armed shoplifter who [is] wanted for questioning." The envoy doesn't entirely buy it.

* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler: Anko's strategy to bait Kimimaro out of his bone forest so that Might Gai can land a hit. She questions Kimimaro's reasons for following Orochimaru and participating in what is clearly a suicide mission; And she viciously mocks him for his continuous loyalty to a master who's lost interest in him. Perhaps she is drawing on her own experience as Orochimaru's former student, because her words clearly hit close to home. Kimimaro is driven into a suicidal bout of rage, and Might Gai delivers the killing blow. ]]

* TheIllegal: Inital justification for giving Ed the T&I treatment.

* OrganTheft: A female sound ninja tells her comrades not to damage Hinata's eyes, they're worth quite a lot of money. Later a ROOT operative hesitates to kill Hinata when presented with an opportunity to take her byakugan.

* GoodCopBadCop: During T&I's initial interrogations Ibiki plays Bad Cop and Anko plays Good Cop.

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: Pride's language fluency in the Elemental Nations, while Roy Mustang [[DemonicPossession (who Pride is possessing)]], can barely string a sentence together due to the language barriar. This, and Pride's lack of accent, imply that Pride did not learn the language organiclly; but rather, absorbed that knowlage by eating the locals. Kiba and Akamaru's reaction to Pride's scent and chakra certainly imply that Pride has killed a lot of people. Or at the very least, Pride is working with a full and functional philosopher stone. ]]

* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler: Anko's strategy to bait Kimimaro out of his bone forest so that Might Gai can land a hit. She questions Kimimaro's reasons for following Orochimaru and participating in what is clearly a suicide mission; And she viciously mocks him for his continuous loyalty to a master who's lost interest in him--Perhaps drawing on her own experience as Orochimaru's former student. ]]

* ArtisticLicense: The effects of laughing gas are heavily exaggerated in the name of RuleOfFunny. With an author's note at the end of the chapter appealing to WillingSuspensionofDisbelief.

* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler: Anko's strategy to bait Kimimaro out of his bone forest [[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dance_of_the_Seedling_Fern]] so that Might Gai can land a hit]]

* ArtisticLicense: The effects of laughing gas are exaggerated for RuleOfFunny, and the chapter is all the more entertaining for it.

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: Pride's language fluency in the Elemental Nations, while Roy Mustang [[DemonicPossession (who Pride is possessing)]], can barely string a sentence together due to the language barriar. This, and Pride's lack of accent, imply that Pride did not learn the language organiclly, but rather, absorbed that knowlage by eating the locals. Kiba and Akamaru's reaction to Pride's scent and chakra certainly imply that Pride has killed a lot of people. Or at the veryy least, is working with a full and functional philosopher stone. ]]

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: Pride's language fluency in the Elemental Nations, while Roy Mustang (who pride is possessing) can barely string a sentence together due to the language barriar. Add to that--the fact that Mustang has a very heavy accent but Pride seemingly does not. Both of these things imply that Pride did not learn the language organiclly, but rather, absorbed that knowlage by eating the locals. Kiba and Akamaru's reaction to Pride's scent and chakra certainly imply that Pride has killed a lot of people. Or at least, is working with a full and functional philosopher stone. ]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The fic contains examples, both in and out of universe.

* ClosedCircle: [[spoiler:Ed can't just walk away from Konoha and get the hell away from the ninja madness because, to show Tsunade how much Danzo cares about her decision to give Ed DiplomaticImpunity (read: jack shit), ROOT places a Caged Bird Seal on Ed that will give him borderline-fatal levels of pain if he so much as gets close to the town's limits, let alone tries to cross them. When Tsunade confronts Danzo about it, he just (rather smugly) tells her that he was able to convince everybody else that Ed was a WildCard too dangerous to allow to leave for the good of Konoha.]]

** [[spoiler: Edward and Tayuya are seemingly on their way to becoming this. Or at the very least, FriendlyEnemies. The two of them end up in adjoining cells of ROOT's stronghold--presumably to intimidate them with the sound of the other screaming. Instead, [[BirdsOfAFeather Tayuya and Ed discover a kindred spirit in their former enemy.]] In the midst of being tortured [[VolleyingInsults (and trash talking each other)]], they find themselves forging a FriendlyRivalry and [[VitriolicBestBuds sense of camaraderie.]] Due to their budding... [[OddFriendship unconventional]] friendship, Ed and Tayuya's proximity to each other ends up ''bolstering'' their resistance, rather than tearing it down. ]]
* ForWantOfANail. Ed's presence in the ''Naruto'' world prevents Sasuke from being MindRaped by Itachi and from choosing to join Orochimaru. This will ''drastically'' change the course of his life and the lives of many others by extension.

* SymbolicMutilation: True to form, Truth still inflicts its ironic punishments on those who stumble into its domain. [[spoiler: Between Hinata's family situation and her inferiority complex, Hinata is often too shy and wracked by social anxiety to make herself heard in the way that she would like. When Pride forces her through the gate Hinata loses her ability to vocalize almost entirely with the removal of her tongue. This implies that what Hinata wanted most in the world was to speak up and to finally be heard by those around her.]]
** [[spoiler: Pride finds this whole business very inconvenient--the purpose of waking Hinata from her coma was to question her as to Edward's whereabouts. Pride remarks that he'd been expecting Truth to take Hinata's eyes, in line with the Hyuga's pride in their kekkei genkai.]]

** [[spoiler: There is an entire network of tunnels beneath Konaha that are used by ROOT, (and later, Pride).]]

** Edward Elric is not only rude but seemingly is also entirely unaware of how he comes off to other people. As far as he is concerned, it's everyone ''else'' who has the problem. Take Ed's time as a fugitive for example: He brings a nin bird to the vet, seemingly oblivious that he can't just drop it on the counter and wander off. When the receptionist calls him out on it Ed responds by calling her unintelligent--which in his mind, was the ''"polite and inconspicuous"'' way to react in this scenario.

* TheIllegal: Inital justification for giving Ed the T&I treatment.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Hinata is underestimated by nearly everyone she meets, but especailly herself.

* WeakButSkilled: While Ed's agility and strength are impressive for someone of his stature, his inability use chakra makes him hard-pressed to keep up with his chakra-enhanced shinobi opponents. On the other hand, his alchemy is more versatile and environmentally adaptable than jutsu which, combined with Ed's resourcefulness, allows him to create improvised weapons and equipment from seemingly harmless everyday items (see [[PlayingWithFire]] above) and control his environment to gain the upper hand (such as creating a vacuum to stop sonic-based weapons or transmuting the air into nitric oxide to anesthetize building occupants).

* WouldHurtAChild: Danzo has absolutely no problem ordering the execution of a boy who befriended Ed in order to get the secrets of alchemy from him. [[spoiler: The threat of this is what finally causes Ed to give in.]]

* [[spoiler: CollidingCriminalConspiracies: Recent chapters have seen Orochimaru's, Danzo's, and Pride's evil plots all bumping up against each other and derailing in a spectacular 3-way collision. Arguably a 4-way collision, if you include the non-ROOT elements iin Konohagakure.]]

* CollidingCriminalConspiracies

** [[spoiler: Hinata wakes up from a coma, paralyzed and choking on her own blood. She quickly realizes that [[TongueTrauma her tongue has been ripped out]] (courtesy of Truth). ]]

** [[spoiler: The note on Hinata's medical chart. The detail that the the charts and papers are kept on a clipboard hooked to the end of a patient's hospital bed is noted as far back as chapter 13. In chapter 18 such a clipboard is used by Hinata and Pride to communicate in writing after she has lost her tongue encountering Truth. Rather than confirm Konoha and Pride's assumption that Ed has been taken to the Village Hidden in the Sound, she sends Pride after Danzo. The message that Hinata writes resurfaces again when the Leaf Village investigates Hinata's disappearance; Tipping off Tsunade about Danzo's involvement and giving her the evidence she needs to begin mobilizing against him more actively. ]]

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Noticeably averted in [[spoiler: the sound four's]] battle in Konoha. Powerful they might be, but you can only be swarmed by so many ninja before things start spinning out of control...

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu [[spoiler:The shinigami pays Edward a visit in the hospital after Ed sets off his seal by getting too close to the village wall.]]

* EvilDetectingDog: The dog at the vet's is "[[LivingLieDetector very good at sniffing out lies,]]" and interrogates Ed when he brings in an injured Nin-bird. Fortunately for Ed, it's less good at sniffing out which true admissions have been misconstrued.

* NoSell: With the exception of Itachi's Tsukuyomi, Ed is completely immune to genjutsu. [[spoiler: And even that can only hold him for a little bit before he figures out how to escape it.]]
** When he gets captured by ROOT, Ed is subjected to a near-continuous session of physical torture, since they can't use genjutsu on him. While it hurts him, Ed's tolerance for pain is so great that he just shrugs off everything they dish out. Eventually, Danzo gets frustrated by the lack of progress and decides to get creative.
** [[PokeInTheThirdEye From what we've seen, attempting to access someone's memories of the Gate renders the would-be mindreader comatose. ]]

* ThereIsAnother: [[spoiler:The "Al Doll" would indicate such. However, exactly who sent it is a mystery, and while Ed initially takes this as a sign that his brother is alive and searching for him, his conversation with the shinigami has led him to believe otherwise. The question of whether it is intended as a [[TheLastManHeardAKnock message]] or as a trap has yet to be answered.]]

** Edward Elric is not only rude but seemingly is also entirely unaware of he comes off to other people. As far as he is concerned, it's everyone ''else'' who has the problem. Take Ed's time as a fugitive for example: He brings a nin bird to the vet, seemingly oblivious that he can't just drop it on the counter and wander off. When the receptionist calls him out on it Ed responds by calling her unintelligent--which in his mind, was the ''"polite and inconspicuous"'' way to react in this scenario.

** Might Gai got rid of his TV and radio [[NoIndoorVoice after getting noise complaints.]] "Strangely" the neighbors still complain. Must be that they have mistaken him with another, less responsible, tenant in their apartment complex!
** Edward Elric is not only rude but seemingly is also entirely unaware of he comes off to other people. As far as he is concerned, it's everyone ''else'' who has the problem.
Take Ed's time as a fugitive for example: He brings a nin bird to the vet, seemingly oblivious that he can't just drop it on the counter and wander off. When the receptionist calls him out on it Ed responds by calling her unintelligent--which in his mind, was the ''"polite and inconspicuous"'' way to react in this scenario.

* CultureClash: A theme throughout the story, [[SignatureStyle (and present in the author's other crossover works as well for that matter).]] It generates drama and humor, and a lot of thought is given to exploring how two high-fantasy magic systems would function within the same universe, and how the practitioners of said magic systems might react to each other.

** To hear Ino tell it, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mi0m9meErg{{ her inability to seduce Neji during the Chunin Exams]] came of no fault of her own--''Clearly,'' [[MistakenForGay he just isn't interested in women.]]

** Might Gai got rid of his TV and radio [[NoIndoorVoice after getting noise complaints.]] "Strangely" the neighbors still complain. Must be that they have mistaken him with another, less responsible, tenant in their apartment complex!