History Fanfic / EscapeFromTheHokagesHat

** Naruto is told TheNeedsOfTheMany speech from every leader he talks with. Upon asking if himself if he could do the same, he stalls when he [[FridgeHorror realizes he might have to force a childhood like his on someone else.]]

* CripplingOverspecialisation: Shizune is at least a Jonin level ninja. However on multiple occasions, her mid to long range fighting style, centered around senbon and poison, gets neutralized by several people below her skill level with unique abilities making her put in more effort than she should in trying to win.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Naruto's {{Fatal Flaw}}. He's quick to go for the option that will solve the problem but has serious trouble thinking about the consequences of his actions.

* DeadFic: Has not been update since 2012.

* SureWhyNot: While thinking of a way to save Naruto from banishment, Tsunade comes to the conclusion that countering the council will cause more problems than Konoha can deal with at the time. After a brief mental pause she actually goes through with it.

** There is a focus on the political side of things in the story.

** Tenten gets a rapid fire version that lightly crosses with TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:

* BrokenBird: Hinata shows signs of emotional abuse, the knowledge of the other seals placed has (in some way) emotionally crushed Naruto and Isaribi already went through something similar to Naruto [[spoiler: but the "cure" Tsunade gives her makes one wonder if she made the right choice in taking it.]]
* BrokenPedestal: Ino takes the fact that two of her clan members brutalized Naruto, even putting limiting seals ''on his wounds'', very hard, especially since she adored both the men in question and is now questioning if a slight misstep on her part could lead to everything she's worked for being stolen from her in an instant.

* BrutalHonesty: Hanabi loses her position as heir and ends up either bullied or treated with indifference by her clan. She does eventually get to voice her frustration to Neji and asks why they are treating her like that while they only have nice things to say about Hinata. Neji replies by telling her that it's because she isn't a nice person and Hinata is liked because the Branch members don't want to torment the only Main branch Hyuuga who is genuinely nice to them.

** The strength enhancing technique for Hinata.
* CovertPervert: Due in part to having had a seal placed on him (multiple actually but just explaining this one is important for now) that screwed with his libido and hormones but was removed forcing the 13 year old to just deal with the overload. Naruto then travels in a group with Hinata, Shizune and Tsunade. Cue Naruto suddenly thinking about how bad he wants a backrub from Shizune, wants a hug (MarshmallowHell) from Tsunade, comments on how he wants to "hold Hinata and never let her go" and suddenly be turned on by Hinata's laugh.

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Naruto to Hinata yet he's unaware of this. Later during a heart-to-heart, Hinata states her intention to become one for Naruto.

** One can actually leave their clan whenever they want. However the risk is they either get punished by the clan if they have no political allies to protect them or they have to fend for themselves as their assets are tied to the clan. Jiraiya works around this by assigning Ino the long term mission of living in and taking care of Naruto's apartment (to show she supports him over her family) and since it's an official mission they'd have to go through him if they wanted to talk to her. For Neji, he sets up an account for him and puts in the payment for a B rank mission since [[spoiler: Neji helped him find a way to remove the Caged Bird Seal]].

** After years of dealing with Sakura (who'd commit DomesticAbuse on him at any time or call him an idiot or a perv), 13 year old Naruto has the notion that ALL women will beat him for anything even something [[AccidentalPervert out of his control]] leading to a rather OOC (read: quiet) Naruto on a trip with [[BadassGrandma Tsunade]], [[CoolBigSis Shizune]] and [[CuteBruiser Hinata]] and a case of accidental CovertPervert. Tsunade sits him down and tells him "No. Sakura just had issues. We are not going to beat you for something as stupid that."

* WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis: Homura at one point actually asks Koharu if what they're doing is right as Tsunade has seen through their plot and neutralized it and maybe they should try helping her since the village doesn't need to be divided as it is right now.

* NotHelpingYourCase: The Hyuuga are regarded as heroes when Konoha finds out about Shinji sealing Naruto. Until a rumor spreads that Naruto was a prototype for a seal they planned to use to gain more power in the village. The fact that they seal their own clan members

** In the Land of Vegetables arc, Naruto rants to Tsunade, angrily asking why she didn't take the Hokage's Hat (which has special seals on it filled with other scrolls from Konoha) with her when during an enemy attack since neither he, Hinata or Shizune were currently in no position to stop the enemy from taking it and stealing Konoha's secrets. Tsunade is quick to placate Naruto and Hinata but [[ContinuityNod always has the hat with her at all times after this point.]]

** As Tsunade later reveals to Naruto, [[spoiler: his leaving more clones than she told him to in Bear Country gave Aoi and his team a way to track them to Sea Country.]]

* OhCrap: Shikaku has a subdued version of this when his shogi match with Naruto mentioned under {{Foreshadowing}} and TalkingThroughTechnique ends with an arrangement of pieces that say "I stand with my friend not my village."

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Gai is so horrified at how much Kakashi neglected Naruto and Sakura that he even refused to talk to Kakashi. This effectively tips Kakasi that there's something ''very wrong'' going on.

* RefugeInAudacity: Tsunade's plan is (even InUniverse) refereed to as this trope. She made it that way to prove the point to both the council and the Daimyo about respecting her authority and power.

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Ino's father feels this way [[spoiler: when some of the villagers are proud of what Yamanaka Kenshin and Jinzo did to Naruto.]]

-->'''Sakura''' : ''(After Kakashi said that he wanted all his students, not just Sasuke, to become strong and powerful)'' Then why the hell did you teach Sasuke the Chidori when Naruto and I only got the tree walking exercise?Every single ninja in my generation is treating me like a lazy failure because I don't know more than the Academy ninjutsu and taijutsu. You're Sharingan Kakashi with over a thousand moves! Don't you think that maybe there was a technique or two in that grab bag for your other students?

---> '''Tenten''': Then let me ask you a question Kakashi-san. Is it true that the only true technique that you taught Naruto and Sakura before the Chunin Exams was the ability to walk up trees with chakra? Or how about the rumor that Uchiha Sasuke started suddenly pulling new fire jutsu out of nowhere during that same period? The thing you should be asking yourself is not '''Where did I go wrong with the Uchiha?'''. It's '''What would have happened if I made the others stronger?'''. Would Sakura have been able to stop Sasuke from leaving in the first place? Would Naruto have been nearly killed twice because he couldn't go any farther on his own? It's because you're asking the wrong questions that you're not finding the right answers."

* BookDumb: Despite being a quick learner, quick thinker and resourceful kid, by Naruto's own admittance, he's bad with book knowlegde. Although this is just because he has a short attention span and lack of a proper education but when given a teacher who is patient enough he learns just as well as any other kid.

* CripplingOverspecialisation: Shizune is at least a Jonin level ninja. However on multiple occasions her mid to long range fighting style, centered around senbon and poison, gets neutralized by several people below her skill level with unique abilities making her put in more effort than she should in trying to win.

* DeconstructionFic: The ''[[FanNickname "evil council of doom"]]'' (Homura and Koharu) is shown to just be {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s doing what they think is best for Konoha and it's people and actually would have preferred if Sasuke was either dead or out of their hair.

** Kakashi's chronical tardiness. While is often PlayedForLaughs in canon, here it highlights a nasty side effect of this habit, which does nothing but even worsen his already bad reputation as a teacher: the fact that he's usually 2-3 hours late to team meetings means that Team 7 has to waste those 2-3 hours waiting for him while the rest of the teams spend that time doing missions or training.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Kakashi thinks that the reason he became a pariah among the rest of Konoha Ninja was because he failed to stop Sasuke from trying to defect, while the truth is that they're uterly appaled upon learning how negligent he was with Naruto and Sakura's training, or lack of thereof. It isn't until Tenten points this out to him later in the story (see ArmorPiercingQuestion above) that Kakashi realizes of this and takes a step to rectify this.
* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse The jokes about how much of a dense dork or "dead-last" Naruto is, stop being used by characters as it is insulting to him and also not true.

** '''Downplayed''' - Sakura comes to Hinata, in tears, over Naruto's injuries, and says Sasuke isn't worth Naruto getting hurt so badly. Hinata blames Sakura for what she did to Naruto- begging him to save Sasuke and having "hit him, yelled at him and used him,"- but gives her a hug because "If she cried for Naruto, she couldn't be all bad."
** '''Subverted''' - Naruto looks like he'll do this with Sasuke but comments he still can't forgive Sasuke due in part to Sasuke trying to KILL him while Naruto just wanted to incapacitate Sasuke.

* MortonsFork: Chouji asks his dad to tell him the real reason he told him to avoid Naruto. This puts Chouza in a bad position because A) there isn't a way to justify Naruto's treatment to one of his friends. B) If he attempts to divert, deflect or stay silent, Chouji would call him on it and C) he can't tell Chouji the real reason because it would get them killed due to the Third's law.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As the Daimyo later reveals [[spoiler: The Third Hokage is the reason he had to use the advisers council as his regents. As he puts it, the Third was thought to have been too old and weary for being Hokage and his waiting too long to name the next Hokage is making damage control more difficult. The Daimyo's council then argued that he should be more involved in how Konoha is run to help the current Hokage, at least until they recover from the Sound/Suna invasion. Thus the council who hope to usurp power from Tsunade now have the power of the Daimyo to call on.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The advisers council in Konoha manage to cause more problems. Lampshaded as Tsunade notes that Konoha should be a military dictatorship instead of her having to worry about what the council thinks. It's shown the other villages never have to deal with this trope proving her point.

* OOcIsSeriousBusiness: Gai is so horrified at how much Kakashi neglected Naruto and Sakura that he even refused to talk to Kakashi. This effectively tips Kakasi that there's something ''very wrong'' going on.

** Jiraiya later mentally suggets that they could tell Naruto of his parentage, so he could use the leverage to appeal to the Daimyo of Fire Country to retract his decision to allow his banishment.

--> '''Sakura''' : (Kakashi indirectly calls her weak in front of Jiraiya and Team 8 while she points out he abandoned training her) "What part of '''Those who abandon their allies are worse than trash''' do you believe?"
--> '''Jiraiya''' (On why he didn't teach Naruto ANYTHING) : "You didn't want to teach him (Naruto) anything that would've pissed off the Uchiha right?"

---> "Then let me ask you a question Kakashi-san. Is it true that the only true technique that you taught Naruto and Sakura before the Chunin Exams was the ability to walk up trees with chakra? Or how about the rumor that Uchiha Sasuke started suddenly pulling new fire jutsu out of nowhere during that same period? The thing you should be asking yourself is not '''Where did I go wrong with the Uchiha?'''. It's '''What would have happened if I made the others stronger?'''. Would Sakura have been able to stop Sasuke from leaving in the first place? Would Naruto have been nearly killed twice because he couldn't go any farther on his own? It's because you're asking the wrong questions that you're not finding the right answers."

** When Tsunade leaves Konoha, it puts every other village on guard and threat watch because a autonomous Kage roaming the world on a mystery errand isn't normal and thus puts everyone on edge.

* MortonsFork: Chouji asks his dad to tell him the real reason he told him to avoid Naruto. This puts Chouza in a bad position because A) there isn't a way to justify Naruto's treatment to one of his friends. B) Attempting to divert, deflect or stay silent since Chouji would call him on it and C) he can't tell Chouji the real reason because it would get them killed due to the Third's law.

** The Daimyo of Fire Country. He means well but clearly doesn't understand how valuable Naruto is to Konoha most likely due to the fact he doesn't live in a ninja village.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Defied by Tsunade. Since she's pulling triple duty as TeamMom, ParentalSubstitute and WarriorTherapist for Hinata and Naruto, Tsunade is always honest with them and chooses her words carefully lest she break Hinata's confidence or undo her work fixing Naruto's mental satbility.

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Deconstructed. While logical arguments are made for this stance, it's shown that the ones who make the choice CAN regret the decision and in some cases it isn't always the right choice and can cause more harm than good. Helped by how the person being sacrificed for the many is affected by it.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The advisers council in Konoha manage to cause more problems. Lampshaded as Tsunade notes that Konoha should be a military dictatorship instead of her having to worry about what the council thinks. It's shown the other villages never have to deal with this trope proving her point.
* OnlySaneMan: Onoki for Iwa. The rest of Iwa is still bitter and resentful of Konoha after the war. He's just trying to keep the place running and rebuilding his forces as he fully admits [[GracefulLoser they lost to a better opponent]] and he can't blame the Fourth for protecting his home.

** In the Land of Vegetables arc, Naruto rants to Tsunade, angrily asking why she didn't take the Hokage's Hat (which has special seals on it filled with other scrolls from Konoha) with her when during an enemy attack neither he, Hinata or Shizune were currently in no position to stop the enemy from taking it. Tsunade is quick to placate Naruto and Hinata but [[ContinuityNod always has the hat with her at all times after this point.]]

* UnderestimattingBadassery: Mei chews out Aoi for not using his squad to try and take Tsunade's team hostage. WordOfGod points out she's using outdated knowledge that stated that until recently, Tsunade was a semi-retired drunk and Naruto was a lackluster ninja. Aoi keeps this silent [[BadMoodAsAnExcuse not wanting Mei to vent her frustration on him at being told this.]]

** One can actually leave their clan whenever they want. However the risk is they either get punished by the clan if they have no political allies to protect them or they have to fend for themselves as their assets are tied to the clan. Jiraiya works around this by assigning Ino the long term mission of living in and taking care of Naruto's apartment (to show she supports him over her family) and since it's an official mission they'd have to go through Ino if they wanted to talk to her. For Neji, he sets up an account for him and puts in the payment for a B rank mission since [[spoiler: Neji helped him find a way to remove the Caged Bird Seal]].

* LoopholeAbuse: Where to begin
** The council use the daimyo to go over Tsunade's authority.
** Tsunade, in turn, uses her authority to turn Naruto's banishment into a way to screw the council, train and rehabilitate Naruto.
** Jiraiya uses an existing practice that Konoha uses to deal with lack of manpower (reactivating retired and other ninja in civilian jobs) and the two's jonin rank to make the advisers council do D rank missions with the excuse that they are to evaluate whether or not they can keep their ranks.

* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: Hinata's first use of [[spoiler: Protection of the 8 Trigrams: 64 palms at first stops a large chink of steel thrown at her before she sends it right back at the enemy.]]

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Deconstructed. While logical arguments are made for this stance, it's shown that the ones who make the choice CAN regret the decision and in some cases it isn't always the right choice and can cause more harm than good.