History Fanfic / EchoesKagaseo

* TooDumbToLive: There seems to be something in the water in Ame, the citizens...aren't that smart, Yahiko tried to appeal to an insane war-mongering cannibal with peace, and [[spoiler: the Madara that lived there]] thought treating the woman in charge with keeping him alive like shit was a good idea.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Hidan and Kakuzu, of course!

** [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Hidan and Kakuzu]] have a really weird mixture of a Type I and IV. They both claim that they're going to kill the other but they never get around to doing it.

** Kazama and Tsukiyomi's relationship has recently begun to resemble [[spoiler:[[StarWars Anakin and Palpatine's]]]].

* LaughablyEvil: Although [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Hidan and Kakuzu]] are extremely dangerous bad guys, they are extremely funny as well. Though this is actually Invoked by [[GeniusBruiser Kakuzu]] in a form of ObfuscatingStupidity to get people to underestimate him... Hidan's just plan nuts.

--> TheLancer: [[MagnificentBastard Sasori]]. Forms an OddFriendship with [[spoiler:Orochimaru.]]
--> TheSmartGuy: [[DeadpanSnarker Chibaku]]. As always he plays this part.

* SiblingYinYang: While they aren't siblings, Naruko and Chibaku fit this trope well. Naruko is an implusive, HotBlooded, GenkiGirl who is UnskilledButStrong due to her constantly using the Kyuubi's powers to smash her opponents, and seems to be working her way up from TheChick to TheBigGirl. Chibaku is a calm, cool, collected DeadpanSnarker and always plans things out, is the CrazyPrepared SmartGuy, and is WeakButSkilled because the Kyuubi's brute strength doesn't mix with his delicate puppetry techniques. [[RunningGag They also argue over everything.]]

* ActionGirl: Haku, Gaara, Yugito, Mei, Naruko, and Izanami.

* FiveManBand: The gang ("Arashi Clan"):

** Naruko's WorldOfCardboardSpeech to Susanoo was a TakeThat at the BrokenAesop Naruto-Neji fight.

** Kazama was nicknamed [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the Shredder]], by Karasu.

** Epithets: Most perspectives are introduced with these, such as 'The Healing Man', or 'Pure Evil', or 'The Sand Witch'.

* NiceGuy=/=NiceGirl: Kuebiko and Haku.

* PassingTheTorch: The Will of Fire has suffered a deconstruction in this story. It is pointed out that the Will of Fire passes ''everything'' down to the next generation, including things like hatred, bigotry, revenge, and racism, which in turn creates people like [[RightWingedMilitaryFanatic Danzo]], [[DarkMessiah Kazama]], [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Kitsune]], and [[OmnicidalManiac Kitsune's Kyuubi]]. Realistically, the Will of Fire actually ''propagates'' the CycleOfHatred, not stops it. Pretty much every Naruto's suffering is ''caused'' by the Will of Fire due to the hatred that is passed down from adults to children. And let's not get started about what it did to the [[CrapsackWorld Dystopia-verse...]]

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: If you kill a Kage expect their rather pissed off Village to start a war. With [[EvilOverlord Yagura]], Kiri will probably send thank-you cards to whoever got rid of him.
** [[spoiler:[[ItsAllAboutMe Alpha]] has recently been revealed to have one of these. Only [[LoveMartyr Five]] and [[SycophanticServant Three]] actually liked her. The rest of the clones were either apathetic to her fate, feared her, outright hated her, or were just psychos in it for their own sick kicks.]]
** Every noble in Ame has this approval rating.

* TraumaCongaLine: The author uses this trope to great effect. He's like Shakespeare with this trope. He always finds a way to ruin his main characters lives, often putting them in positions where they have to make [[ShootTheDog rather questionable decisions]] or make their backstories even more tragic - except Naruko, she's had it ridiculously easy compared to everyone else. But this is a case of TropesAreNotBad. A lot of great CharacterDevelopment comes out of their trauma.

** When Izanami takes off her mask in front of Kazama revealing her beauty, she says [[SpiderMan "Face it, tiger: you've earned the jackpot"]].

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7028564/1/Echoes Echoes]]'', by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2825943/Kagaseo Kagaseo]] is a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfiction where a modification of the seal holding back the Kyuubi has surprising consequences. It's also something of a crossover with Yet again with a little extra help by Third Fang.

* [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack Multiverse]]: With traces of WorldHalfFull, but (in this fic) as Tsukiyomi tells Kazama, [[spoiler:most everyone he's ever known has had an ulterior motive including people he's long-respected, there's a conspiracy in his past made up of his Konoha peers' parents and assorted, and in nearly every world ''someone'' is screwing over his counterpart For The Good Of Konoha.]] Though admittedly part of the reasoning ''is'' warped into looking its absolute worse for Kazama's eyes [[spoiler:because of Mikaboshi.]] The heroes are basically a ray of sunshine amidst this simply because they actually ''give a fuck about each other''.

* [[CrapsackWorld Crapsack Multiverse]]: With traces of WorldHalfFull, but (in this fic) as Tsukiyomi tells Kazama, [[spoiler:most everyone he's ever known has had an ulterior motive including people he's long-respected, there's a conspiracy in his past made up hof his Konoha peers' parents and assorted, and in nearly every world ''someone'' is screwing over his counterpart For The Good Of Konoha.]] Though admittedly part of the reasoning ''is'' warped into looking its absolute worse for Kazama's eyes [[spoiler:because of Mikaboshi.]] The heroes are basically a ray of sunshine amidst this simply because they actually ''give a fuck about each other''.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7028564/1/Echoes Echoes]]'', by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2825943/Kagaseo Kagaseo]] is a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfiction where a modification of the seal holding back the Kyuubi has surprising consequences. [[spoiler:It's also something of a crossover with Yet again with a little extra help by Third Fang]].

The story begins with a slightly different version of the canon Naruto's fight with Orochimaru in the Land of Grass. However, [[spoiler:Sai betrays the group early]], leading Naruto, renamed "Kazama" to avoid confusion, into a battle with Orochimaru, during which his seal is twisted. This alters the mechanics of the seal, giving Kazama the ability to travel into other worlds, meeting alternate versions of himself, his friends, families, or even enemies. Most prominently featured are Naruko, a female Naruto, Chibaku, one that was trained by Sasori, and Kitsune, one that had [[DemonicPossession some issues with his Kyuubi]].

[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters And more]]. Problem is, the group ends up followed by Madara and two of his duplicates, who want to control Kazama's power.

The story contains a deal of artistic license, created to fill in plot gaps that existed in the manga, while the driving force behind the fic is being a DeconstructorFleet - not just from the manga, but moreso certain cliches that appear in Naruto fan fiction. However, being written prior to several revelations in the manga, there are discrepancies. For instance, Madara, the entire trio, actually possesses the abilities that ''Tobi'' had, before [[spoiler:it was revealed that Tobi was Obito Uchiha, and that Madara Uchiha had a largely different powerset]]. There is ''another'' Tobi that joins the trio, but that one has [[spoiler:little to nothing to do with Obito]]. Fortunately, given the premise, these changes tend to work out.

[[Characters/{{Echoes}} The Echoes Character Sheets]].

As of January 1, 2017 ''Echoes'' is complete. There might be a sequel, but that is unlikely given the author's shift to original fiction.

!!This fanfic provides examples of:

* CrossOver: The OC's from ''Yet Again'' [[spoiler:actually appear at a convenient moment to save the Arashi clan from a horde of demons.]] This is even discussed in-universe, with the Yet Again cast explaining how Kazama's ability works and that when it malfunctioned, it sent them into an ''alternate multiverse'', the one that Yet Again takes place in. This suffered from InternetBackdraft due to the nature of their cameo.

%%* CompetitiveBalance: Early chapters have categorized Ninjutsu into five different styles.

* ThemeNaming: The FiveBadBand [[spoiler:(except of course Kazama)]] have all picked names from notable Shinto deities - the Madara Trio are Tsukiyomi, Amaterasu and Susanoo; their new ally is named for Izanami (or "Nami"), the goddess of creation and death. [[spoiler: And Izanami's Madara, after Susanoo revives him, takes the name Izanagi.]]

* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Amatsu Mikaboshi and the Shinigami]], both of whom have their hooks in the protagonist. [[spoiler:The Shinigami may qualify as BigGood]].

* FiveBadBand:
** The main one is, debatably...
--> TheLeader - Tsukiyomi
--> TheDragon - Amaterasu
--> TheBrute - Susanoo
--> EvilGenius - Izanami
--> SixthRanger - [[spoiler:Kazama]]
*** [[spoiler:By chapter 36 it has completely fallen apart. Amaterasu is dead. Nobody knows what Tsukiyomi's up to - if he's even planning ''anything'' anymore. Susanoo has teamed up with a new Madara renamed Izanagi and has gone [[TheStarscream Starscream]] to Tsukuyomi. While Izanami has fallen in love with Kazama and is stopping him from falling completely off the deep end into a FaceHeelTurn.]]
** The Kumogakure arc:
--> BigBad[=/=]EvilGenius - Orochimaru [[spoiler: from Kazama's home dimension.]]
--> TheDragon - The Raikage, A
--> [[TheBrute The Brutes]] The Sandaime, Jiraiya, and Tsunade revived with Edo Tensei.
--> TheDarkChick - N
--> SixthRangerTraitor - Yugito
** The Dystopia arc:
--> BiggerBad - [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination The Juubi]]]]
--> BigBad - [[spoiler:[[ItsAllAboutMe Alpha.]]]] She shares the EvilGenius position with [[spoiler:Five]] because while she makes the plans Five is the only one who actually seems to use his brain and ''think''.
--> CoDragons -
---> EvilGenius - [[spoiler:[[TragicVillain Five.]]]] He is easily [[spoiler:Alpha's]] most competent, loyal, and powerful servant almost killing both Chibaku and Kuebiko. He shares EvilGenius status with the BigBad despite being AxCrazy because he is the OnlySaneMan and seems to be the only person in the ANBU to capable of higher brain functions.
---> TheBrute - [[spoiler:[[SycophanticServant Three]]]] - While she is CoDragons with [[spoiler:Five]] her lack of higher brain functions, love of burning things, being a SycophanticServant, and losing her fight ''off-screen'' compared to her hypercompetent counterpart firmly puts her in this position.
--> TheDarkChick - [[PunchClockVillain Ninety and Twenty]] - They were just unlucky enough to be present at the final battle.
** The Past Enemy arc (though they're not all truly working togther - some were just manipulated by Kenta to be at his location so he would have meat shields):
--> BiggerBad - [[spoiler:GodOfEvil Amatsu-Mikaboshi]]]] - Incarnates through Hidan to give the villains orders and later [[MassOhCrap physically backs them]] when Hidan summons it.
--> BigBad - [[TheSociopath Kenta Ayatsuri]] - Kakashi's ArchEnemy and by far the most evil thing in the story.
--> TheDragon - [[HonorBeforeReason Inugami]]. A Boss class dog Summon that is summoned by Kenta and plays the traditional Dragon role of acting as the key physical threat to contrast Kenta's mental one.
--> {{The Brute}}s - [[CanisMajor Hatake and Kakashi]] - Kenta's two AxCrazy Nin-Hounds.
--> TheEvilGenius - [[HeroKiller Kakuzu]] - The only member that is actually [[OnlySaneMan sane]]. On top of that he is a NoNonsenseNemesis CombatPragmatist HeroKiller.
--> TheDarkChick - [[ReligionOfEvil Hidan]] - The weakest member and in the end he is just [[spoiler:Amatsu-Mikaboshi's meat puppet.]]
** Susanoo uses Edo Tensei to form the most powerful Six Paths of Pain ever in the Seperation arc.
*** BigBadDuumvirate: [[TheFatalist Susanoo]] and [[spoiler: [[DomesticAbuser Izanagi]] as the [[GravityMaster Deva Path]].]]
*** TheDragon: [[GreenThumb Hashirama]] as the [[SummonMagic Animal Path]].
*** TheBrute's: [[TheJuggernaut The Third Raikage]] as the [[TruthSerum Naraka Path]] and [[DisintegratorRay Mu]] as the [[EnergyAbsorption Preta Path]].
*** The EvilGenius: [[ExtraOreDinary The Third Kazekage]] as the [[ShapeshifterWeapon Asura Path]].
*** TheDarkChick: [[MasterOfIllusion The Second Mizukage]] as the [[YourSoulIsMine Human Path]].

** Karasu has a genjutsu called [[Franchise/ChildrenOfTheCorn He Who Walks Behind the Rows]].

** During the fight against the [[spoiler:resurrected Third Raikage]], the Dark Wolf begins chanting about [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} "Blood for the Blood God" and "Skulls for the Skull Throne."]]

* YouNeedToGetLaid: This is what the Niibi thinks of Yugito. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny It's hilarious]].

* PassingTheTorch: The Will of Fire has suffered a brutal deconstruction in this story. It is pointed out that the Will of Fire passes ''everything'' down to the next generation, including things like hatred, bigotry, revenge, and racism, which in turn creates people like [[RightWingedMilitaryFanatic Danzo]], [[DarkMessiah Kazama]], [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Kitsune]], and [[OmnicidalManiac Kitsune's Kyuubi]]. Realistically, the Will of Fire actually ''propagates'' the CycleOfHatred, not stops it. Pretty much every Naruto's suffering is ''caused'' by the Will of Fire due to the hatred that is passed down from adults to children. And let's not get started about what it did to the [[CrapsackWorld Dystopia-verse...]]

* FridgeHorror: The Warlord's origins: [[spoiler: He's a Naruto that abused the shadow clones from day one, eventually becoming nothing more then a hive of clones due to memory overload.]] Meaning that [[spoiler: it is possible for any Naruto to become him should they abuse the shadow clone technique, and there might well be countless Naruto's just waiting to become the [[CompleteMonster absolute]] [[OmnicidalManiac monster]] that we saw.]]

* ''The War World Arc'' ('''Ch 50 - present''')

The [[spoiler:"War World Arc" will conclude the story]], and that there may be a sequel in the works.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Uchiha clans dysfunctions are put on full display in ''Echoes'' the most extreme example is when their coup ended with [[Shisui implementing a FinalSolution out of sheer hatred of the clan.]]