Hinata Hyuuga was always a shy and quiet ninja. Sure, her crush on Naruto went unrequited, but she at least got to admire him from afar. That is, until she happened to overhear part of a conversation Naruto is having where he is seemingly mocking her. As she has a tendency to do in times of stress, Hinata becomes suddenly aggressive, confronting Naruto and berating him for abusing her feelings for a cruel story. He explains the misunderstanding, and the two resolve to get to know one another better.That is the start of their story.This fanfic is exceptionally long, consisting of 170 chapters and over 700,000 words. However, the length gives it enough room to set up a complex story that is hard to predict what will happen next. It also manages to wrap up several glaring loose ends that exist in the manga.This story can be found here.
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0% Approval Rating: The only thing keeping Madara's allies from attacking and killing him is the fact that he is necessary to their plans. Otherwise, he'd be running from the ENTIRE NINJA WORLD and possibly the civilians too. That's how much he's hated. Even Orochimaru has genuinely loyal followers.
Action Mom: Yukihana saves five people despite only giving birth two days previous.
Yugao, Shizune and Hana.
Action Pet: Akamaru, Iruka's hawk, Harrier and Anko's cobras.
Ni-ne aka the sealed Two Tails.
A Day in the Limelight: the last major arc of book one has a lot of these, focusing on various Leaf ninja teams as they participate in a massive battle.
Chapter 54 is about the first official mission of Team Yugao Kiba, Shino, Sasame Fuma, and Yugao Uzuki.
Chapter 61 sends Sakura and Rock Lee to rescue a weaponsmith from bandits who intend to sell him the the Akatsuki, and gives Lee a chance to show off his skills as a more traditional ninja.
Adrenaline Makeover: Hinata finally gets rid of her big jacket and cuts her hair.
Affably Evil: The Blood-taster. The Kyubi while inhabiting Naruto's clone.
A Friend in Need: Naruto's Nakama doesn't hesitate to go AWOL to rescue him after he is captured by the Akatsuki. Even after Hinata tells them about the Fox Demon, all but one of them are still on board after only a few minutes of discussion.
Karin gets just enough time to ask Sasuke for a fake show of affection. Sasuke gives her a real kiss, and she dies in the middle of claiming that he really did love her.
After Gouki commits Suicide by Cop, his last words are to hope that his wife will be able to find happiness in the new world. Word Of God says he died without knowing she was pregnant.
Almost Dead Guy: Hinata in chapter 11 and 12. They're saved thanks to lots of chakra, blood and a big chunk of hair.
Almost Kiss: Hinata tries to lay one on an injured (but also not resisting) Naruto, until Sakura interrupts.
After their first date, Hiashi interrupts Naruto and Hinata as they draw closer. Naruto plants one on her cheek instead.
Aloof Big Brother: Itachi. And Gouki. Both genuinely care about their younger brothers and both have the worst timing telling them so; Sasuke learns about his brother's intentions ten minutes before he dies and Gouki ignores Minato up until he receives news of the Hokage's death.
Always Save the Girl: Played straight in an early chapter, and then subverted near the end.
Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Hiashi embarrasses Hinata badly enough that she wants to move out in chapter 7. Turn about being fair play, he is equally chagrined by Hyouta's action in the Fiance arc.
Amusement Park: Naruto, Hinata, Neji, Tenten, Ino, and Choji go to one to try to prove that they are on vacation, not a covert mission.
Anger Born of Worry: After being pleased as punched he's okay, Tsunade tells Naruto she's ordered any medic available to let him die if he attempts the stunt he pulled in chapter 12 again.
Animal Motifs: Naruto and foxes, Orochimaru and serpents (there's scarcely a moment in the narrative when he is not referred to as a "snake"), Kisame and sharks, Kohaku and other lizards, the Inuzuka and canines, the Aburame and insects and pretty much all the summoners. The Asura Path of Pein describes Gaara as a badger/tanuki and Neji as a small falcon or a crow.
Anime Hair: Saburo of the Grass has "light green hair" in "three, foot-long spikes" that are frequently described as looking like the trident.
Anti-Villain: Gouki Namikaze wants to rule the world, and is willing to enslave (preferably) or kill all ninjas to do it. But he genuinely believes that will make the world a better place. He treats his followers with kindness and respect. He loves his wife. And though he will kill if absolutely necessary, he prefers not to, unlike many of the 'good guys'.
Artificial Limbs: Shino loses a leg fighting the Three-Tails Turtle, and has it replaced by a colony of insects that mimic a human leg. Until he teaches them how to do a few othertricks.
Not quite artificial, but Kabuto grafting Kimimaro's arm onto his body probably counts.
Backstory: Kohaku, Gouki, and Team Hizashi get extensive flashbacks. Also many characters' backstories are different than canon. Hinata, and Madara, get especially important revisions.
Badass Boast: When prompted, Tsunade casually claims that she can clear all of the Daimyo's bodyguards from the room in a matter of seconds, without doing any permanent damage to them.
Bait-and-Switch Comparison: Done in conjunction with the Animal Motifs example, some times after Orichimaru has summoned Manda (or one of his other snakes), the text will refer to 'the snake', and then in the next line reference Manda doing something else.
Batman Gambit: Can't appeal to your opponent's better nature to break them out of mind control? Appeal to their pride instead! Making fun of your enemy, a proud heroic tradition!
Sakura throws Jirobo at Ukon who is one the other side the Shishienjin (fire barrier) and maintaining it. If Ukon opens a hole the barrier, Jirobo hits him, and the whole thing goes down. If he doesn't, Jirobo burns. Ukon chooses the latter.
Battle Couple: All of them. But especially Naruto and Hinata.
Battle in the Center of the Mind: Naruto vs the Kyuubi in Naruko form. She wants to take over his body to escape from the Akatsuki.
Because You Were Nice to Me: Itachi is good friends with Kisame in spite of the latter's appearance, personality and burden. Enough that Kisame was a witness at Itachi's wedding and he chooses to fulfill Itachi's last request to bring Rei (Itachi's daughter) to the Leaf village despite not being a huge fan of the Leaf village.
Being Watched: Hinata experiences this in the Raikage's castle: Madara is shadowing her.
Berserk Button: Hurting Hinata to fight Naruto alone is probably a worse idea than just fighting the two of them together.
Sol has two, insulting Hinata and insulting the squirrel ninja clan. A certain foul-mouthed kunoichi manages to press both in as many breaths. Everyone except her brother is shocked by the result.
Better Than New: Shino, Naruto, and Gai all have examples, which are spoiled other places.
Gouki chooses Suicide by Cop rather than being tried and executed.
Kidomaru, after seeing Sakura kill both Tayuya and Jirobo with Sol and Luné's help, steps into the fiery barrier surrounding the both of them rather than fight a losing battle with her.
The Blacksmith: Naruto learns the Weapons Forge jutsu from Jiraiya. He uses it to create his, Hinata's, and Sakura's signature weapons and repair them. Neji decides to ask Naruto to make something he can give to Tenten for their wedding.
Blessed with Suck: Kohaku's appearance is so bland that people constantly overlook and forget about her, whether she wants it or not. Very useful as a ninja, but made it very difficult for her to get promoted and she was chosen for a suicide mission because she wouldn't be missed. The men of the Namikaze family are apparently unaffected.
As it turns out, Naruto does have living relatives. Too bad they're trying enslave everyone he knows.
Blood Knight: The Kyubi and Hagane Senshi, Pein's Asura Path.
Blood Magic: The Blood-taster's specialty: drink some of your victim's blood, gain their jutsu and natural and bloodline abilities.
Breaking the Fellowship: Yugao, Anko and Iruka after their sensei's death. Anko does not take it well. Also with the death of Sasuke and Sai returning to ROOT, the teams are all reformatted.
Cannibalism Super Power: The Blood Drinker Demon Clan can store a human's blood in their body, gaining the person's chakra, jutsu, and Kekkei Genkai. This also turns the person into a mindless slave.
Cannot Spit It Out, Twice Shy: Nagato and Konan when they were younger. Yahiko tries to fix it to no avail. They finally get over it as adults but the what ifs from when Yahiko was alive still linger.
Canon Immigrant: Various characters from the Naruto movies, filler arcs, and video games are part of this story.
Capture the Flag: Kakashi has Naruto and Hanabi play Capture the Flag against Hinata, Sakura, and Kiba to determine if the former pair are ready to compete in the Chunin Exams.
Cerebus Rollercoaster: Book one starts off with Naruto and Hinata getting to know each other better, with a few darker hints. Then it ends with a major, if short war, and some life changing events therein. Book two returns to the light and fluffy, focusing at first on Naruto and Hinata's relationship now that they are officially a couple, and their growth as ninjas. Then in the second half Naruto gets kidnapped, and his friends go AWOL to rescue him. Several major characters die, and other are irrevocably changed. Then the first novella of book three goes back to Naruto and Hinata's relationship, having them deal with some interference from her grandfather. The rest of the novellas in book three are much darker, killing more major characters and pushing others to their breaking point. Then book four is about the Fourth Ninja War. Again there are a few lighter moments early on, but in general the tone is the most serious, even if it is not quite as dark as the last two parts of book three. And then it has a happy, fluffy ending.
Chainmail Bikini: Though not visible in most cases, kunoichi in this fic all wear armored undergarments. At least on missions.
Chastity Couple: Naruto and Hinata, at least until they get engaged. Tenten gives her some grief about it.
Children Are Innocent: The Fourth Hokage was banking on this when he sealed the Kyubi in Naruto. It worked, the Fox didn't influence him for a while.
Chekhovs Classroom: Tsunade's exposition about how 99% of all promotions to Chuunin come through the Exams, in order to uphold the prestige and honor therein, and that committee- or battle-granted promotions are exceedingly rare. The latter is how Naruto eventually makes it to Chuunin.
Classical Mythology: The Two Tails Cat is given the origin story similar to the neko-mata from Japanese Mythology. And the Argus (from Greek Mythology) and a Roc appear as other (non-Bijuu) demons.
Clothing Switch: In chapter 39, after Naruto accidentally messes up Hinata's uniform, he lends her some of his cloths to wear while he washes hers. He then suggests they go out for lunch, but Hinata is embarrassed by the inherent, if incorrect, implication.
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Target 4 of the Otogakure Invasion (chapter 31), the Kouin twins. Not only the target is more than one person, they differ only in eye and hair color and use primarily different combat methods. Kakashi catches on to this quick and explains the color/combat to his teammates. As well as the fact the Kouin twins are actually triplets.
A Shozoku's uniform color indicates their rank and approximate skill level:
Tan: rank - private, skill level - academy student or recently graduated Genin
Green: rank - PFC, skill level - Genin
Blue: rank - sergeant, skill level - Chunin
Red: rank - lieutenant, skill level - Tokujo
Grey: rank - captain, skill level - Jonin
Black: rank - special forces, skill level - ANBU
Combat Medic: Sakura, Tsunade, Shizune and Ino, of course and Shino as well. Many Jonin and Tokujo, such as Naruto, Hinata and Natsuki, know first aid jutsu to help out in a pinch.
Completed Fic: after four years of mostly consistent updates.
The main portion of Hinata's gown was a shimmering, medium-weight, pure white silk mikado. The edges of the fabric were all stitched with a golden filigree of small, overlapping triangles. The bride's dress was strapless like those of her attendants. But the pale beauty's bodice was so perfectly fitted it almost appeared to be paint instead of fabric. It clung tightly to every curve of her exquisite breasts, dipping slightly between her cleavage. The gown wrapped around her toned stomach, revealing the slight indent of her navel. The upper portion of the dress also had short sleeves connected under her arms, covering from the middle of her biceps to just above Hinata's elbows. Unlike her friends, the young woman wore no gloves, and her engagement ring shone brightly on her finger. The ivory material split just below the waist, creating a wide slit in front while the rest of the dress flared out dramatically, flowing around her in vertical pleats. A cape-like extension off the back of the bodice and sleeves added an additional layer to the back of the gown. The silk ended a full six-inches above the floor. Underneath there was an underskirt of pale lavender, but unlike the white silk this part of the dress had a matte finish. The second layer went all the way to the floor, and as was also visible through the gap in the front. The bride wore a simple silver circlet on her head, with a veil of lace hanging out of the headpiece down to just below her chin.
Could Have Avoided This Plot: Naruto invokes this in his Warrior Therapist discussion that induces Nagato's Heel Face Turn. He tells Nagato that Gouki could have tried to convince the rest of the world to take up his cause. Nagato counters that they never would have agreed. Naruto agrees with him, but says that if Gouki was really a good guy, he would have at least attempted it.
Covert Pervert: Hinata only used used her Byakugan to look at Naruto naked twice before they started training together, and once was on accident and the other was in revenge.
Creepy Twins: Aika and Aimi Kouin. Actually, they're creepy triplets.
Heroic example: Kei and Keiko Takamichi use these to their advantage, though they are cousins not twins.
Crippling Overspecialization: Practicing your family's special art is one thing but you should always be aware of its shortcomings, Suzuhira.
Crowning Moment of Awesome: Invoked; this is how the Eighth Inner Gate works, all the potential luck/success/greatness of the user's life is focused into 42 seconds of unparalleled awesome. After which the user dies.
Curb-Stomp Battle: A technical Jonin is someone who on paper has all the skills and knowledge to be a Jonin but no real experience. Not someone to send after Naruto, king of the Indy Ploy.
Dance of Romance: It's an uptempo dance, not a slow dance, but it is Naruto and Hinata's first date.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Tsunade tells Naruto she is making his Blood Clone Jutsu a Kinjutsu because the blood it takes to make more than one clone would make it this for anyone but him.
Breaking the Souhi instantly freezes everything (-100 degrees, F or C is not mentioned) in a multi-kilometer radius, including the user.
Dark Is Not Evil: The Hunt Spirit is a benign demon she-wolf. The Two Tails is the most passive of the tailed beasts.
Dead Person Conversation: Thanks to his jutsu, in each Path of Pein, a tiny part of the original body's soul resides in the animated corpse. After some urging from Naruto, Nagato finally clears the air with Yahiko.
Deadpan Snarker: Luné, Tsunade, Kakashi, Anko, Sakura and Shikamaru.
Decapitated Army: This happens with one of the three enemy armies. The evil side of the Hidden Sound survives Kabuto's defeat. The Akatsuki starts to fall apart after the near death of Madara, but is absorbed by Gouki first. Gouki's army does surrender when he dies.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Hiashi, in a non-female, non-romantic example. Hanabi takes a bit longer to defrost.
Didn't See That Coming: Naruto's fighting style tends to do this a lot. Jinji, Deva Pein, and Kakashi all experience this fighting with/against Uzumaki.
Deity of Human Origin: Madara believes he can achieve this by becoming host of all nine Tailed Beasts at once. His plan falls through, so we can't be sure if it would have worked.
Don't Say Such Stupid Things: No physical violence is involved, but Hinata gives one of these to Naruto when he suggests everyone would be better off if he had just run off to live in the mountains years ago.
Dragon with an Agenda: Madara. He wants the statue with the 3-5 tails back, which Pein turned over to Gouki. He also is interested in killing Gouki and Pein and making the Shozokus his own.
The Kyubi, Jiraiya and Sasuke. See "Heroic Sacrifice."
Danzo gets one.
Dynamic Entry: Naruto in chapter 101, by name. Kakashi complains that he has asked Naruto not to do that.
Enemy Mine: Sasuke decided to stick around and help Naruto against Doraku. The Nine Tails later agrees to let Naruto have full acess to his chakra so that they could deal with the mutually dispised Blood Taster.
Even Evil Has Standards: Kohaku seems genuinely fond of Hinata and when it becomes clear that she's in danger, pauses her fight with Hinata's allies so that one of them may rescue her.
The Kyubi tells Naruto that she may be unrepentantly evil, but unlike certain Humans (Madara), she has standards.
Every Scar Has A Story: Due to his Healing Factor, Naruto only has one scar on him. That is where he nearly stabbed himself through the heart to save Hinata from the Kyuubi.
Keiko Takamichi has some "cool battle scars" on her back, from where Pein's Animal path hit her after she and her cousin finished off the Naraka path.
Everyone Can See It: Everyone knew Naruto was in love with Hinata before he did. Same for Sakura's feelings for Naruto.
Exact Words: Tsunade swears a Blood Oath to the Fire Daimyo "I swear I will not dispatch any Leaf shinobi either by order or by request, myself included, to find or rescue princess Nyoko Honokata, on pain of death!". Instead she hires the Sand ninjas to do the finding, and tells Naruto and company they are not allowed to go AWOL to do the rescuing.
Fatal Flaw: The Blood-taster gains abilities and jutsu through blood, therefore he can't digest it because if he does, he loses the powers it gave. Destroy wherever he's storing it in his body and he's a sitting duck.
The Ringing Palms technique is aces against Gentle Fist, Hard Fist and hard materials. Soft, pliant things? Not so much.
A Father to His Men: Tsunade, most Jonins in charge of Genin teams, Gaara, Nagato, Konan and Gouki.
Fictional Document: The works of Soun Uzumaki (Naruto's maternal grandfather). Hinata is a fan of his fantasy trilogy The Kunoichi and the Priest.
First Kiss: Naruto's trial has ended with his promotion to Chuunin, but he's much more interested in conveying his Love Epiphany to Hinata in this way. In front of most of the Leaf and Sand ninjas. She doesn't mind too much.
First Name Ultimatum: Sakura and Tsunade are both very good at making Naruto's name sound like a swear word.
Flechette Storm: Naruto's Cyclone Spikes Barrage, and various kunai, shuriken and needle attacks.
Forceful Kiss: Sakura when she makes her move on Naruto. Iruka, after his proposal is mockingly refused.
Four is Death: A strange version. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Hokages all take on Orochimaru to hold him long enough for Death to come and claim his delinquent soul.
Four Temperament Ensemble: Naruto is Sanguine, Sakura is Choleric, Hinata is Melancholic, and Kakashi is Phlegmatic.
Chapter 116 starts with the female characters preparing en masse for New Year's Eve, but the guys eventually show up. Still, the girls are definitely the focus.
Godzilla Threshold: Even with the Kyubi subsumed into his Kekkei Genkai, Naruto still has a large amount of her chakra sealed in him. When Gouki drains him of nearly all his chakra, Naruto removes it and gains the Shin Tensei Kitsune jutsu.
Hero Antagonist: Kaede initially. Once it's clear she and the good guys are after the same thing, she becomes a type III Anti-Hero.
Hero Killer: Orochimaru, the Ninja Reaper, Shiki and Kisame.
Heroic Sacrifice: The Kyubi killing herself by bonding with Naruto and becoming the basis for his kekkei genkai.
Jiraiya using Odama Rasengan to destroy Orochimaru's original body despite the seals and jutsu protecting it and his own injuries catching up with him.
Sasuke briefly regains control of his body long enough to hold it still so Naruto can kill him.
Gai opens the Gate Of Death to kill Kisame and predictably dies shortly afterwards.
Danzo shields Tsunade from a fire jutsu that was too fast for her to dodge and for him to deflect with a jutsu.
High Heel Face Turn: Konan. Unlike most examples of this trope, she switches sides for the love of another Anti-Villain rather than a hero, specifically so Tsunade will help save the ailing Nagato.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Death is not involved, but it still fits: Hyouta Hyuuga (Hinata's grandfather) attempts to use the Hyuuga Clan laws to break up Naruto and Hinata. But when he says the wrong thing in the wrong place and time, those same rules are used against him, and he loses his position and authority.
Holding Hands: At the end of the Yuletide Arc, Naruto and Hinata fall asleep holding hands, in separate sleeping bags. Hinata reflects on this trope as she drifts off.
Honor Before Reason: Part of Gouki's downfall; his original plan called for the complete conversion of the Cloud ninjas as well as all non-ninja volunteers, then a quiet takeover of the Rain by Pein. After that they would have secured the distant Snow. Only then would they have attacked the Grass and Waterfall. Instead, the Grass usurper decided he would not wait any longer, and since Gouki had promised to help him, he both moved up his plans and changed them.
Hooked Up Afterwards: Gaara and Matsuri are married in the Distant Finale with very little build up. At least Sakura and Lee had one date in the story, and Hanabi was obviously after an oblivious Kiba.
Hopeless Suitor: Hinata forcibly stops being one, and it shifts to Sakura.
Hot Dad: Minato of course.Itachi of all people is one, and he makes Kakashi the hot adopted dad.
Hot Mom: Yukihana. Yugao, when Kakashi asks her to help him raise Rei Uchiha and later proposes.
Humanity Ensues: The Kyubi possesses one of Naruto's clones.
Humans Are The Real Monsters: Borderline: the Nine-tails tells Naruto that no matter how bad demons are, they pale in comparison to the worst of Humanity. Not that all Humans are bad, just that the evil ones are worse than anyone/thing else.
Madara Uchiha captured and tortured three demons until they submitted to joining with him. That is the source of the Sharingan and his immortality.
I Am Not Left-Handed: Arguably many times, but the best example is in Gai's fight with Kisame.
"I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Naruto inadvertently saves Hinata from a vampire demon in this manner. The discovery also assists in the freeing of Neji, Sakura, and Sasuke.
Intertwined Fingers: Naruto does this with Hinata at the end of chapter 17 as a sign of his evolving feelings for her.
Body Surf: Orochimaru, like in the original manga.
The Ageless / From a Single Cell: Madara falls somewhere between them. Though when Naruto hurts him badly enough, he temporarily uses Body Surf until he gets a suitable new body.
Demons cannot be killed by humans, but can be killed by other demons. And most do not age either.
Important Haircut: Hinata gets one, though it is not entirely intentional. Part of her hair is damaged, and she cuts the rest to match. Nevertheless, it does indicate an important point in her growth.
Improbable Aiming Skills: Sakura with her bow. Hinata using the Suigin Byakugan and Uchiha Deflection Technique.
Improbable Weapon User: The staff-blades used by Naruto, Anko, Iruka, and Hizashi Hyuga are pretty unusual. But Hinata's preferred weapon is her bracers. And one of Tenten's weapons is a stretchy scarf with heavy sand weights at either end.
Indy Ploy: Often but deliberately invoked in the Rain Village by Gaara when Neji is understandably unsure of their course of action.
Infinity–1 Sword: Kitsune. Naruto forged it 'quickly' to fight Ninja!Reaper, but it lasts most of the story, going toe-to-toe with the legendary Kusanagi, before ultimately falling to the chakra stealing powers of Syphon.
Innocent Innuendo: "Oh," Hinata squealed in surprise as a drop of the sticky, white liquid flew up and hit her right cheek. It's icing for cinnamon rolls they are making, and Hinata accidentally turned the mixer up too high.
Also chapter 125 has one.
Instant Expert: Gouki has Madara use Susano-o to download the skills of a Chunin level ninja into regular people.
Intimate Psychotherapy: Not presented as a cure-all, but as a way break certain characters out of wallowing in their sorrows.
Iron Lady: Tsunade, the Tsuchikage Mitsuru, the female Daimyos and Jonin.
It's Not You, It's My Enemies: Naruto considers applying this trope in the first chapter, but Hinata is eavesdropping again, and tells him she won't buy it.
Jerkass Realization: Sakura in chapter 61. Though she's known all along that she's treated Hinata rather shitty, that was the first time she admitted it both to herself and another person.
Jossed: One week after this story gave Naruto a mother character (Yukihana Uzumaki), Kushina was introduced in the manga. Moderately subverted in that both characters are similar to their son in personality and in combat style (or at least the manga claims Naruto and Kushina use the same types of jutsu).
Just for Pun: Luné follows his sister to attack unobserved. He calls it the "Ninja Art: Shadow Squirrel-kin Jutsu".
Just in Time: All the Big Damn Heroes moments, naturally. But a non combat version is when Naruto comes home just in time to see Hinata's failed attempt to make him ramen.
Kick the Dog: The drunk at the bar begins mouthing off at Naruto about the Kyubi.
Laser-Guided Karma: Naruto spent most of Part I watching Sakura fawn all over Sasuke, Sakura spends most of the fanfic watching Naruto and Hinata fawn all over each other.
Last Kiss: Karin and Sasuke. Also their first real (lip to lip) kiss.
Least Is First: After Hinata draws her figurative Line In The Sand, Sasame, the self-admitted newcomer, is the first to officially volunteer.
Lethal Chef: Hinata's attempt to make ramen for Naruto left him weak in the knees, and not in a good way.
However she is capable of frying bacon successfully.
Living Emotional Crutch: Naruto to Hinata and deconstructed after the Jonin trials: when he's around, she's a badass Lady of War; when he's not, she starts slipping back into being a Shrinking Violet. Hinata admits that she doesn't even try to stick up for herself but as soon as someone berates him, she jumps to his aid. She decides to start working on being just as strong and plucky when he isn't around as she is when he is there.
Loads and Loads of Characters: In addition to the included members of the regular cast, the fic promotes many secondary and filler characters, and adds a number of OCs.
Lock and Load Montage: Hinata gets one after Naruto is kidnapped by he Akatsuki while they are swimming. It ends with her consciously using her Hidden Leaf headband as a headband instead of a necklace.
Loophole Abuse: Hyouta asked Naruto to fight without weapons. He never said anything about himself.
Tsunade promised not to send any Leaf Shinobi to rescue Nyoko. Which does not cover telling a group of ninjas who are Nyoko's friends and have a history of going AWOL exactly where she is being held.
Lovable Sex Maniac: Ino doesn't make a pass at Sakura because it wouldn't be fair to her boyfriend Choji. Word Of God says Ino would have been fine with a threesome, but knows Sakura and Choji wouldn't. After Jiraiya's death, Hinata calls Ino the biggest pervert in the village, and Tenten readily agrees.
Love Epiphany: Naruto and Sakura each have one of these.
Loving a Shadow: Hinata admits in chapter twelve that she didn't know Naruto as well as she should, but that she loves him even more now that they are friends. Naruto accuses Sakura of this after she comes on to him
Love Redeems: Erica was an assassin from the Cloud sent to the Akatsuki to entice and kill Itachi. Obviously she fails and they fall in love, eventually getting married and having a daughter. Unfortunately, it's not enough to save her from the fridge. Played straight with Konan, whose love for Nagato convinces her to change sides for his safety.
Lovely Angels: Hinata and Sakura against the zombies, and often after that.
Magic Knight: Naruto is wont to clobber people with his staff-blade (or cut them with its sword mode), and then jump back and unleash a long-range jutsu.
Magitek: Ninja's phones have jutsu built into them so they can't be hacked.
Mama Bear/Papa Wolf: Parents and mentors alike drop the shenanigans when their charges are threatened.
The Man Behind the Man: Gouki has Pein and Konan work for Madara to help keep him from going off the rails and to co-opt Madara's plans once they reach fruition.
Manly Tears: Lee and Naruto shed them when Gai dies and Jiraiya, Sasuke and Gouki die.
Ino and Choji attempt to sneak in while disguised, Choji blows it
Naruto and Hinata jump in to help, drawing out most of the guards, but ultimately slowly lose due to being outnumbered and under-equipped
After the fight starts, Neji and Tenten use plan C, sneaking in the back, however they are overwhelmed by the final guard, the Reaper of Shinobi
Neji orders a retreat
It was all a big distraction, so the real Naruto and Hinata (the ones fighting were clones) can sneak in and replace the hostages with Naruto's transformed clones. All so they would not be pursued (since they appeared to have failed), and Naruto could get a face to face with Gouki.
Master of Illusion: Kaede Mizuno. Her ultimate technique lays two different genjutsu on the target in one jutsu. One is obvious and the other is subtle.
Meaningful Name: Bunjiro Akaikazunoko is not who the heroes thought he was, nor is he especially dangerous or important.
Gamazashi is a member of the Toad Ninja clan who fights with Japanese curved short swords.
Not particularly creative, but the Shozokus wear a traditional ninja uniform (a shozoku).
Shin Busata (True Silence) opposes the Hidden Sound (or at least Orochimaru/Kabuto's version of it).
Mega Neko: The Two-Tails gets to throw down at full size on two different occasions.
Mercy Kill: Nagato ending the Paths of Pein and arguably Naruto killing Gouki.
In-universe, this was the actual result of the Uchiha massacre: Madara was displeased with his clan so he decided to kill most all of them with Susano-o, leaving Itachi (who he spared by dent of being exceedingly badass) to either watch them die slowly and painfully or to put them out of their misery. Itachi chooses the latter.
Mind Rape: Genjutsu usually. Madara uses this to make his possible living hosts easier to steal as Hanabi found out.
Monster Sob Story: The Two Tails was originally just a normal housecat. The Nine Tails when talking about Madara.
Mood Whiplash: Chapter 25 (The Brother's War II) ends with Sasuke thoroughly beaten by Itachi, and his lover Karin (and ally Suigetsu) dead at the hands of Kisame. He even gets to witness Karin's final moments. He burns their bodies and walks away suicidally depressed. Chapter 26 has Naruto take Hinata out dancing for their unofficial first date.
Morality Chip: Gouki's plan for all the ninjas of the world.
Never Mess With Granny Tsunade: The elderly True Sound Kunoichi and Hiroko "The Cursebreaker" Hyuga don't mess around either.
The Avalanche of the Hidden Stone, Mitsuru Jishin.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Orochimaru's use of an incorrectly translated jutsu allows Naruto to have a certain Dead Person Conversation. Sixty some chapters later, recalling that conversation helps Naruto make the choice to continue his mission instead of saving the girl. Which ultimately ends up being pivotal in the ending.
Not A Date: Hinata wonders if Naruto taking her dancing in Chapter 26 is meant to be a date or not. She decides to stop worrying and just enjoy herself. Word Of God says Naruto did not even realize it might be considered a date until almost the end.
Not So Stoic: After learning of Itachi's death and Sasuke's absorption by Orochimaru, Kakashi keeps it together just long enough to make it to Yugao's apartment.
Noodle Incident: The last chapter makes mention of the Summoning Wars. This incident doesn't occur in the story and isn't elaborated upon beyond the very basic one-sentence summary.
Sometime during book one, Kakashi was seriously poisoned on a mission, and was hospitalized for two weeks. He has a nasty scar on the back of his left hand because of it. And that's all we know about that.
The Nine-Tails was forced to attack and destroy the Village Hidden in the Lakes, and is unhappy about that. And that's all we know about that.
Number One Dime: Naruto's two lucky kunai, his treasures. They're birthday presents from Sakura and Hinata, respectively and reminders that he does have friends and people that care about him.
They prove lucky indeed because they help him defeat the Blood-taster, he can summon them to protect Nyoko when he has no other weapons, they save his life from the Ninja!Reaper, and become the basis for Kitsune..
Obfuscating Stupidity: Kaede Mizuno would prefer that everyone think she gets by on her looks and family connections, rather than being a fully qualified Jonin.
Official Couple: Naruto and Hinata, Kakashi and Yugao, Iruka and Anko, Ino and Choji, Tenten and Neji, Shikamaru and Temari, Minato and Yukihana, Shin and Chiasa and many more...
Offscreen Afterlife: Goddess!Reaper says that she guides souls to (and in some cases back from) the afterlifes, but does not control them. Minato is unable to describe his time in her belly. And though gates to one afterlife are described, what is on the other side is not illuminated.
Oh Crap: Chapter 17, when a bunch of second-rate criminals realize their 'hostages' are undercover ninjas.
One-Man Army: Naruto acts as the Leaf's primary assault force in the liberation of the Hidden Grass. The Sand forces participating make an effort not to let him show them up.
One-Winged Angel: Orchimaru, but in this story his 'Soul Shell' looks more like an albino version of King Hiss. Also, when taunted, the spirits of the first four Hokages show that they can do the same thing.
On The Next: Starting in Book four, every chapter ends in one of these (until the last two chapters)
Oo C Is Serious Business/When He Smiles: Gaara smiles broadly when Shikamaru tells him that he has the amulet Shima (who killed Kankuro) was using to control the One-Tail which will make sealing the demon even easier.
Our Vampires Are Different: They are demons and cannot change humans into vampires. When they drink a human's blood they gain that person's chakra, jutsu (including Kekkei Genkai), and can control the person, even after death.
Doraku actually takes offense at being called a vampire, though suspects his kind was the source of the legend.
Parody Religion: Despite being definitively polytheistic, there is a Christmas parody celebration, and Naruto and Hinata's wedding is Christian flavored.
Passing the Torch: Tsunade and Jiraiya discuss the possibility of Naruto, Hinata and Sakura taking up the Sannin title.
Gouki decides to trust in Naruto and company's idea of a better world, and structures his death to try to help them.
Pet the Dog: Gouki treats all of his subordinates with respect, even the ones who don't deserve it. He even lets Konan and later, Nagato and his acolytes leave in peace, because they are his friends, not prisoners.
Averted when it's pointed out that Kabuto healed Hinata; he did it for his pride, not for her sake.
The Kyubi is gleefully evil but she generally avoids kids and sick people (too easy to kill) and will let a man live if he's good in bed. And more importantly, she did not CHOOSE to attack the Lake or Leaf villages.
She eventually chooses to die and thus fuels Naruto's kekkei genkai.
Pimped-Out Dress: See Costume Porn above. Also, some of the dresses the ladies wear for the New Year's party qualify.
The Plot Reaper: Yori of the Naka clan exists so her death will lead Ino and Chouji to accept Naruto's Jinchuriki status.
Plucky Girl: Hinata, Sakura, Ino, Nyoko and Keiko.
Poor Communication Kills: Hinata almost accidentally breaks up with Naruto due to a poor choice of words.
Despite being a Warrior Therapist, Naruto sometimes has a little trouble explaining why his opponent is wrong.
Post-Kiss Catatonia: Hinata and Naruto after their first kiss both freeze up for a few seconds. And on their first date, after Naruto drive-by kisses her on the cheek, Hinata falls to her knees and doesn't move for a while.
Pride: Given by Kabuto as the reason he saved Hinata during the Chunin exams (in canon). He just wanted to prove he was better than the entire Konoha medical corps (because he diagnosed and healed Hinata in minutes, something they couldn't do in a month).
Prison Riot: The Human Path Pein causes one in the Leaf Village to aid his and the Ninja Reaper's escape.
Punch Clock Villain: The Acolytes of Pein don't particularly like what they are doing, or what it does to Nagato, but they are unflinchingly loyal to him.
Rags to Riches: When Naruto becomes a full, legal adult he is given access to his mother's savings and his grandfather's royalty checks. Combined with his own royalty checks, and his frugal nature, he ends up with a "personal net worth exceeds that of some of the smaller clans in this village" according to Hiashi.
Random Power Ranking: In addition to the normal E-S rank of missions and Bingo Book entries, the story adds X-Rank, indicating the threat requires the tactical intercession of two or more of the big five villages.
Real Men Cook: Naruto is a very good cook, but initially refuses to do so, because he hates cleaning up, and Jiraiya (who forced him to learn how to cook in the first place) was very picky about Naruto's efforts. That changes as Hinata (and others) compliment his skills, and Hinata is more than willing to do the dishes.
Red Herring: Chapter 117 spends a good deal of time on Hinata's Suigin Rasengan, which is never shown again and only mentioned in passing. The point of the chapter is sowing the seeds of Hinata mastering the Five-Points Rasengan, and Naruto inspiring her Singularity Rasengan.
Redemption Equals Death: A few characters qualify for this, but the most obvious textbook example is Sasuke
Relationship Upgrade: Naruto and Hinata get four. Most of the other couples get one on-screen.
Retired Badass: Kakashi, to raise Rei. He gets out of retirement occasionally, though.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After the Blood Drinker Doraku appears to kill Hinata in chapter 11, Naruto unleashes two previously unseen jutsu, and shreds large chunks of the demon's body with Rasengans. When the demon taunts him with the fact that Naruto can't kill him, Naruto blows a hole through Doruka's chest, drives a stalagmite through the hole, pinning Doraku to a cave wall and then has his Blood Clones collapse the cave on top of the vampire.
Sanity Has Advantages: The Reaper of Shinobi claims this is the reason she can take on Neji and Tenten alone, while in the past she was unable to beat Naruto or Hinata alone. The truth is that while she is better now that she has been forced into sanity, Neji and Tenten were also holding back somewhat.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right: Happens a few times. Tsunade weaponizes this, giving Naruto and company a certain order she knows they will break and wants them to break.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Orochimaru does this a couple of times; when Naruto shows up during his fight against Madara, after Manda dies, in his final fight with Naruto.
The five Kages and the leaders of three Kekkei Genkai clans hold the secret origins of bloodline traits.
Tsunade and Jiraiya, with Kakashi and Shizune as backup, keep the secret of Naruto's father's identity.
Sempai Kohai: The honorific senpai is used frequently (particularly Yugao to Kakashi). The Kouin sisters refer to Sasuke as 'kohai' and Kabuto as 'senpai'.
Shipper on Deck: Tsunade, Hanabi, Luné, and Sol for NaruHina.
Shock and Awe: Kakashi as usual. Uzuki too. Naruto and Hinata have lightning as a secondary element which they play up after Tsunade teaches them the Rashinsho.
For the first one third of book 4, Naruto ends each preview with a different famous(?) quote.
In one chapter while undercover Ino gives Kikoku Inoue as a pseudonym. When the guard she is attempting to fool recognizes the name, Ino claims she couldn't be the famous voice actress, because that Kikoku Inoue has been acting for twenty years, while Ino is only seventeen years old.
Before Naruto and Hinata's up tempo dance in Chapter 26, the bandleader asks if the crowd is In The Mood. Word Of God says that they were dancing to Glenn Miller's famous song.
Slave Mooks: The Shozokus qualify, even though roughly half of them volunteered.
Slice of Life: Not the primary focus, but some chapters feature the characters in their days off, or on missions not directly related to the main plot.
So Was X: Gamatatsu tries to justify his being more concerned with food than survival during the Naruto vs Gaara fight by claiming he was only six months old. Gamakichi immediately counters with "So was I."
Suicide by Cop: Gouki chooses to force Hinata and Sakura to lethally injure him, rather than being captured, tried, and executed. He then asks Naruto to finish him instead of letting him bleed out.
Super Mode: Naruto's Ascendent Fox Mode/Jutsu and Shin Tensei Kitsune Mode.
Surprise Party: Naruto gets two for his 16th birthday, after a fashion. Though he knows Hinata intends to celebrate with him, he doesn't know what she has in mind, so the events of the day are a surprise. Meanwhile Tsunade throws a normal (if huge) surprise party for him, which almost gets ruined because she left Hinata out of the loop.
Swiss Army Weapon: Naruto's Kitsune: staff-blade, broadsword, two-handed sword, Rasenblade (chainsaw sword), and shield. Also useful for blocking fire and lightning jutsu.
Taking You with Me: How the battle between Might Gai and Kisame ends. Surprisingly, it's the former that invokes it against the latter. Also counts as a Heroic Sacrifice.
Take That: A few chapters take a stab at the original manga.
This Is Reality: Naruto mentions the unlikely but still theoretically possible scenario that he and Hinata both fall in love with a second woman. And then admits that that really only happens in bad romance novels.
Throwing The Distraction: Naruto arranges a very elaborate one while training with Hinata (she isn't allowed to use her Byakugan). He ties his jacket to a kunai and throwing it through tall grass, so she will not only hear the sound, but will see a flash of orange, too.
Twin Switch: The Kouin sisters are identical twins except that their hair and eye colors are reversed. But in reality that's a low level transformation so they can switch back and forth, making their opponents think they are more skilled than they actually are (each having heavily studied one type of ninja combat). Even better, they are triplets who pretend to be twins, letting the one who is not fighting rest and provide tactical support.
Ultimate Blacksmith: Naruto if Kitsune, Ginmaki, and Sakura's unnamed bow are any indication.
Uncanny Family Resemblance: The Takamichi 'twins' are cousins, not twins and are not even the same gender. But as long as they account for their Secondary Sexual Characteristics, only an advanced Dojutsu can detect the differences in their appearance.
Unrealistic Black Hole: Hinata's Singularity Rasengan doesn't effect her, anything charged with her chakra, or anyone/thing hiding behind her. Of course, it's not really a black hole, just a chakra ball so dense it acts like one...
Villainous Rescue: Kabuto saving Hinata's life is made many references to in the story. There's also the Kyubi keeping Madara and later Orochimaru from braining Naruto with Tsukuyomi when she merges with him.
Villain Exit Stage Left: Itachi fighting Sasuke at the old Uchiha estate, Kabuto escaping the Sound village after Naruto amputates his arm with Rasenshuriken, Orochimaru when fighting Madara at the Akatsuki hideout and the Kyubi extraction fails and Naruto escapes.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Thanks to the Six-Tailed Chameleon, Kohaku is an expert spy and shapeshifter.
Wacky Marriage Proposal: Naruto had just finished beating up Hianta's grandfather for the right to date her. She jumped into the middle of the arena, and after a stellar kiss, he starts to berate himself for forgetting his planned speech. So he gives a simpler one, and then pops the question. In front of the entire Leaf village.
Anko had previously refused Iruka's proposal because of her curse mark. After that issue is resolved (in the middle of the night) she shyly asks to see the ring again. Iruka dives for it, scrambles back, and asks her to marry him. She snarkily refuses, saying she just got out of one bad situation, and isn't going to jump into another one. So he gently tackles her, and tells her he's going to ravish her until she forgets herself and says yes. She says she'd like to see him try.
In Chapter 26 the bandleader asks if the dancers are "in the mood" also serves as a Title Drop.
Chapter 40 lamshades the trope as it is used.
"That's the kinda sugar papa likes," he(Naruto) told her slyly. She(Hinata) knew he was just quoting a song title, but she couldn't help but grin and blush.
Wham Line: Last line of chapter 89, and in chapter 90 when Naruto proposes.
What Does She See in Him?: Sakura to Hinata during the slumber party, both why Hinata wants Naruto and why he wants her. It's really just her depression over Sasuke's surrender to Orochimaru talking.
Would Hurt a Child: Yori being possessed doesn't stop anyone from killing her though they do immediately regret it.
Xenafication: Hinata, in story. She starts training with Naruto, and then Tsunade. By the middle of the third book, Kakashi rates her as one of the ten strongest Leaf ninjas. She kills Madara towards the end of the last book. With a little help from Sakura.
Averted with Gouki. He is extremely displeased when he learns Madara has been doing this to his men.
You Kill It, You Bought It: Killing the Raikage or Mizukage lets the killer take over the position. The Cloud village does stipulate that the new Raikage must be a Cloud ninja or have a Cloud ninja sponsor.
You Said You Couldn't Dance: Naruto skipped out on dance classes at the Academy, so Hinata is surprised when he asks her to go dancing. He explains that Jiraiya forced him to learn, and that he found out that he likes it.
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