History Fanfic / DeadGarden

* WhatTheHellHero: Kakashi demands to know what the hell Kushina was thinking when she told Sakura that she killed Sakura's mother- even if Kushina ''does'' feel responsible, it's making his job far more difficult than necessary.

* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Takeru never forgave Kushina for living when Amaya died. However, in a subversion, after it happened he insisted that she ''had'' to live, both to atone and because he didn't want Naruto to grow up without a mother as well.

** Most importantly, Sakura is ''not'' Naruto - she is a ShrinkingViolet with much less self-esteem; she doesn't have the Uzumaki's genetic traits which would give her his ''massive'' chakra reserves and stamina (and her seal isn't custom-made for her; and because of differing circumstances, she doesn't learn the Shadow Clone technique.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Mizuki]] is an AntiVillain in this story, forced into betraying Konoha by [[spoiler:Orochimaru]] threatening one of his loved ones and reaches his limit when [[spoiler:Sakura is put at risk.]]

It retells ''Naruto'' as it might have been if it were called ''Sakura'' instead - in this world, for as-yet-undisclosed reasons, the 4th Hokage sealed the Kyuubi into Haruno Sakura instead of his own son Naruto. Naruto's mother Kushina survived and Sakura's mother, Haruno Amaya, died in her place (although Sakura thankfully grew up with her father, at least). The story extrapolates how these changes would affect the way the cast would have developed - Sakura growing up as the village pariah, Naruto being raised by his loving (but crippled) mother, Sasuke having Naruto as a good friend from childhood - as they are assigned to Team 7 and begin their ninja careers.

* AlmightyJanitor: Takeru is a "Career-Genin", being in his position for something like 30 years. This and his encroaching age leads to some people (such as [[spoiler:Zabuza]]) underestimating him, but he's more experienced and competant than many a Chuunin.

* BestServedCold: [[spoiler:Yugito intends to take her brother's crippling out on Tetsu's hide. And quite possibly Sakura's as well.]]

* BloodyMurder: [[spoiler:Hidan]] has this power as this is before he gained the [[spoiler:immortality powers of Jashin]] he had in canon.
* BrokenBird: Sakura. Kushina as well - while she's still Konoha's prominent sealing master, she's also a crippled single mother.

* Team 7: Same as {{Canon}}.

It retells ''Naruto'' as it might have been if it were called ''Sakura'' instead - in this world, for as-yet-undisclosed reasons, the 4th Hokage sealed the Kyuubi into Haruno Sakura instead of his own son Naruto. Naruto's mother Kushina survived and Sakura's mother, Haruno Amaya, died in her place ([[SarcasmMode don't worry though]] - Sakura still has her father at least). The story extrapolates how these changes would affect the way the cast would have developed - Sakura growing up as the village pariah, Naruto being raised by his loving (but crippled) mother, Sasuke having Naruto as a good friend from childhood - as they are assigned to Team 7 and begin their ninja careers.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Kabuto takes this a step further by being an apparent friend (or at least associate) of Takeru Haruno.

* BrokenBird: Sakura, in proverbial spades.

* DropTheHammer: [[spoiler:Kasumi]]'s weapon of choice.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Takeru's attitude towards Kushina and Minato. Tragically, his grief for Amaya leaks over towards Naruto as well despite the latter having no awareness of all this - most likely because Naruto should've been the jinchuuriki, but for some reason it fell to Sakura instead.
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:When Sakura unleashes her Kyuubi power against the Cloud ninja. Doubly so when Kasumi spitefully injures an already-unconscious Naruto.]]

* StarterVillain: [[spoiler:Hidan]], although he subverts the usually SortingAlgorithmOfEvil.

* CombatMedic: Naruto.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler:Sakura, with the aid of the Kyuubi]] unleashes one of these on [[spoiler:the Cloud team]] when they try to [[spoiler:kidnap Sasuke and Naruto for their bloodlines]].
* OutOfCharacterAlert / SpottingTheThread: [[spoiler:The Kyuubi has ''almost'' managed to convince Sakura that she and it are one and the same being, when it misspeaks, referring to Naruto and Sasuke as "your friends" rather than "our friends".]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Haku]], but contrary to popular presentation, this is decisively ''not'' a good thing.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7173680/1/Dead_Garden Dead Garden]]'' is a ''{{Naruto}}'' ForWantOfANail fic written by [[OneOfUs our own]] [[{{Tropers/Anowack}} Anowack]], who also wrote ''One Hundred Days'' and its sequel ''One Hundred Weeks''. It retells ''Naruto'' as it might have been if it were called ''Sakura'' instead- the 4th Hokage sealed the Kyuubi into Haruno Sakura instead of [[spoiler:his own son]] Naruto. Naruto's mother Kushina survived and Sakura's mother, Haruno Amaya, died in her place. The story extrapolates how these changes would affect the way the cast would have developed - Sakura growing up as the village pariah, Naruto being raised by his loving (but crippled) mother, Sasuke having Naruto as a good friend from childhood - as they are assigned to Team 7 and begin their ninja careers.

* AlphaBitch: Ino and Ami. Naruto points this out when he explains why he doesn't consider the former his friend.

** Mizuki, Takeru's old teammate, also qualifies - years ago, he [[TakingTheBullet took a kunai to the hand]] protecting Sakura, and [[spoiler:killed Tsurugi for threatening her.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Haku.]] Contrary to the usual, this is decisively ''not'' a good thing.

* HeroicSelfDepreciation: Sakura starts off in the story with ''zero'' self-confidence and a crippling lack of self-worth, thanks to not having the HeroicWillpower of Naruto. She's ''slowly'' getting better, though.

** Misumi Tsurugi in Chapter 1 (Type II, if you consider the anime {{Filler}} to be canon). [[spoiler:Hidan]] is also a Type II.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Mizuki]] who is an AntiVillain in this story, forced into betraying Konoha by [[spoiler:Orochimaru]] threatening one of his loved ones and reaches his limit when Sakura is put at risk.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7173680/1/Dead_Garden Dead Garden]]'' is a ''{{Naruto}}'' ForWantOfANail fic written by [[OneOfUs our own]] [[{{Tropers/Anowack}} Anowack]], who also wrote ''One Hundred Days'' and ''One Hundred Weeks''. It retells ''Naruto'' as it might have been if it were called ''Sakura'' instead- the 4th Hokage sealed the Kyuubi into Haruno Sakura instead of [[spoiler:his own son]] Naruto. Naruto's mother Kushina survived and Sakura's mother, Haruno Amaya, died in her place. The story extrapolates how these changes would affect the way the cast would have developed -Sakura growing up as the village pariah, Naruto being raised by his loving (but crippled) mother, Sasuke having Naruto as a good friend from childhood- as they are assigned to Team 7 and begin their ninja careers.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sakura's mother was "Amaya of the Five Elements"

* StarterVillain: [[spoiler:Hidan]], although he subverts the usually SlidingScaleOfVillainy.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Takeru, we ''get'' that you dislike Kushina and [[YouShouldHaveDied have pretty good reason for it]], but telling Sakura not to hang out with Naruto (because he's her son) was probably ''not'' a really good idea - he and Hinata were the ''only'' students who wanted to befriend your daughter, and being cold to Naruto meant that, in turn, Hinata refused to hang out with Sakura unless she made peace with Naruto (which took ''years''). [[SarcasmMode Good job, man]].

** OverprotectiveDad: Unfortunately he tends to be a bit ''too'' protective of her, ordering her to have nothing to do with the one person who actually wanted to be friends with her (Naruto), resulting in her being alone and friendless during her time at the academy.

* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: [[spoiler:Hidan]] taunts [[spoiler:Tora]] like this after [[spoiler:massacring the Hot Spriongs Village]].

Discussion and drafts of upcoming chapters can be found on [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/dead-garden-naruto.196459/ the SpaceBattles forum thread]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7173680/1/Dead_Garden Dead Garden]]'' is a ''{{Naruto}}'' ForWantOfANail fic written by [[OneOfUs our own]] [[{{Tropers/Anowack}} Anowack]], who also wrote ''One Hundred Days'' and ''One Hundred Weeks''. It retells ''Naruto'' as it might have been if it were called ''Sakura'' instead- the 4th Hokage sealed the Kyuubi into Haruno Sakura instead of [[spoiler:his own son]] Naruto. Naruto's mother Kushina survived and Sakura's mother, Haruno Amaya, died in her place. The story extrapolates how these changes would affect the way the cast would have developed -Sakura growing up as the village pariah, Naruto being raised by his loving mother, Sasuke having Naruto as a good friend from childhood- as they are assigned to Team 7 and begin their ninja careers.

* Jerkass: While normally friendly enough, Kasumi is really a bit of a bully and a thug.

* OurOfCharacterAlert / SpottingTheThread: [[spoiler:The Kyuubi has ''almost'' managed to convince Sakura that she and it are one and the same being, when it misspeaks, referring to Naruto and Sasuke as "your friends" rather than "our friends".]]

* SomethingTheyWouldNeverSay / SpottingTheThread: [[spoiler:The Kyuubi has ''almost'' managed to convince Sakura that she and it are one and the same being, when it misspeaks, referring to Naruto and Sasuke as "your friends" rather than "our friends".]]

* VariableLengthChain: Naruto's trademark ability is the chakra chain snare he learned from his mother.

* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Sakura]] is going [[spoiler:Kyuubi-berserk]] and [[spoiler:Kasumi]] breaks [[spoiler:Naruto's]] [[KickTheDog arm while he's already unconscious]] to show they're being serious. [[UnstoppableRage Bad idea.]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7173680/1/Dead_Garden Dead Garden]]'' is a ''{{Naruto}}'' ForWantOfANail fic written by [[OneOfUs our own]] [[Tropers/Anowack Anowack]], who also wrote ''One Hundred Days'' and ''One Hundred Weeks''. It retells ''Naruto'' as it might have been if it were called ''Sakura'' instead- the 4th Hokage sealed the Kyuubi into Haruno Sakura instead of [[spoiler:his own son]] Naruto. Naruto's mother Kushina survived and Sakura's mother, Haruno Amaya, died in her place. The story extrapolates how these changes would affect the way the cast would have developed -Sakura growing up as the village pariah, Naruto being raised by his loving mother, Sasuke having Naruto as a good friend from childhood- as they are assigned to Team 7 and begin their ninja careers.