History Fanfic / EscapeFromTheHokagesHat

* DistractedByTheSexy: While out shopping for new clothes and supplies (they've been out in the wild for 4 months) Hinata asks for Naruto's opinion on her new outfit. What he sees is her wearing a blue version of Tsunade's top with a spandex one piece that stops at mid-thigh at the bottom and shows off her AbsoluteCleavage up top. He's quiet for a beat before blurting out how hot she looks.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The Sasuke retrieval mission was a success, although Naruto lost his right arm (worry not, for it grew back). Sasuke, however, is charged with treason and locked up in ANBU prison with his ninja status (his chakra network is also shut down) revoked without any chance to regain it or any parole. Made worse due to attacking Naruto, a fellow Leaf nin, and placing the others on the mission in danger. Naruto himself doesn't dispute the punishment.
** 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 [[CoolOldLady 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 as that."
** [[TheSmartGuy Shikamaru]] assumes Naruto and Hinata will become a couple not because [[EveryoneCanSeeIt everyone knows how Hinata feels about Naruto]], but because Tsunade is about to take a self depreciating ShrinkingViolet and an abused AttentionWhore desperate for a real friend into isolation. Naturally both will make the other a LivingEmotionalCrutch and become a couple from there.
** When Tsunade leaves Konoha, it puts every other village on guard and threat watch because an autonomous Kage roaming the world on a mystery errand isn't normal and thus puts everyone on edge.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4991314/1/Escape-from-the-Hokage-s-Hat Escape from the Hokage's Hat]]'' is an AlternateUniverseFic ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' fic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1897487/anothvortex anothvortex]]. According to the summary, the fic happens some time after Naruto recaptures Sasuke after he defects from Konaha but is forced out of the village, taking with him some unexpected allies.

--> '''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?
-->'''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?
--> '''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?

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Naruto's FatalFlaw. He's quick to go for the option that will solve the problem but has serious trouble thinking about the consequences of his actions.
** 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 he, Hinata and Shizune were put in a position where they wouldn't be able to stop the enemy from taking it and stealing Konoha's secrets and it would have been safer if she had it. Tsunade is quick to placate Naruto and Hinata but [[ContinuityNod always has the hat with her at all times after this point]].

* RealityEnsues:
** The Sasuke retrieval mission was a success, although Naruto lost his right arm (worry not, for it grew back). Sasuke, however, is charged with treason and locked up in ANBU prison with his ninja status (his chakra network is also shut down) revoked without any chance to regain it or any parole. Made worse due to attacking Naruto, a fellow Leaf nin, and placing the others on the mission in danger. Naruto himself doesn't dispute the punishment.
** 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 [[CoolOldLady 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 as that."
** [[TheSmartGuy Shikamaru]] assumes Naruto and Hinata will become a couple not because [[EveryoneCanSeeIt everyone knows how Hinata feels about Naruto]], but because Tsunade is about to take a self depreciating ShrinkingViolet and an abused AttentionWhore desperate for a real friend into isolation. Naturally both will make the other a LivingEmotionalCrutch and become a couple from there.
** When Tsunade leaves Konoha, it puts every other village on guard and threat watch because an autonomous Kage roaming the world on a mystery errand isn't normal and thus puts everyone on edge.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Yamato, Mei, Ao, Onoki, A, Samui, Yugito, Omoi, and Karui.

* AntiVillain: Koharu and Homura.

** Naruto is told TheNeedsOfTheMany speech from every leader he talks with. Upon asking to 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]].

* TookALevelInKindness: Played with in that while Sakura wasn't a complete {{Jerkass}}, she still wasn't a nice person either. Suffice to say after a few BreakTheHaughty moments and several reality checks, she reevaluates herself and [[CharacterDevelopment tries to be both a better person and ninja]] even going as far as asking [[AbhorrentAdmirer Lee]] out on a date and having a much needed SorkinRelationshipMoment with Naruto where she practically begs him to find someone who'll reciprocate his feelings rather than be her HopelessSuitor.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Mei chews out Ao 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]].

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

* ItGetsEasier / ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Discussed when Naruto comforts Hinata after her first kill. While they do go back and forth with Hinata worried she'll get a taste for killing and Naruto saying it helps to dull your emotions when you kill, Naruto does tell her killing does come up in their line of work but reminds her she only killed to protect and that the context of a kill is important in learning to deal with it.

* RefugeInAudacity: Tsunade's plan is (even InUniverse) referred 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.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subversion. While Tsunade helps Naruto deal with his issues, she only tries to help when Naruto ''allows'' her to considering how stubborn he is. She does however lament that it would've been nice to have a Yamanaka along to help but since two of them where involved in brainwashing Naruto, the clan is on her shitlist at the moment.

*** Tenten gets a rapidfire version that lightly crosses with TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:

** While they see nothing wrong with Kakashi taking Sasuke to train for the month before the third part of the Chunin Exam (it's considered personal tutoring.), they do however call him on not fixing Naruto and Sakura's flaws (Tsunade even listing possible ways to do so).

* TakeThat: [[{{Fanon}} The notion that Naruto was physically abused]] gets this, considering it's offhandedly mentioned how the first few who tried were killed by ANBU (on orders by the Third Hokage) and that stopped it before it got traction. Sadly that just made the villagers more passive aggressive about their treatment of Naruto.

* AdaptationExpansion: In The Land of Vegetables Tsunade and Shizune reveal a bit of their past together to Naruto and Hinata.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: While Naruto comforts Hinata, he says something that makes her angrily snap that she cares about him more than he knows. [[NoSocialSkills Being who he is]], [[ObliviousToLove it flies over Naruto's head.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Kakashi was on the receiving end of a couple for teaching Sasuke way more than Naruto and Sakura. To elaborate he only taught Naruto and Sakura ONE skill yet focused more on Sasuke.

** Tenten gets a rapidfire version that lightly crosses with TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:

** Naruto is told TheNeedsOfTheMany speech from every leader he talks with. Upon asking to 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.]]

* BreakingSpeech: Sakura is on the wrong side of two. One from an angry Sasuke and the other [[spoiler: from Yakumo's Ido demon.]]

* BrokenBird: Hinata shows signs of emotional abuse due to the contempt she receives from her own clan. Meanwhile, the knowledge of the other seals placed on him 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.]]

* ChekhovsGun: Kimimaro's body. Mentioned during an impromptu debriefing by Naruto and found and stored for later by Tsunade. It gets forgotten for an entire arc but [[spoiler: Tsunade and Shizune later get to dissect it and learn more about the curse seal. Which then makes what they learned from the autopsy help them find a "cure" for Isaribi.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Naruto spends the first two arcs incapacitated and forced to work on his tactics, diplomacy and control. This pays off immensely [[spoiler: during his fight with the Chameleon summon, during the assault on Amachi's base and in Crater City.]]

* CovertPervert: This was due in part to having had a seal placed on Naruto (multiple actually, but just explaining this one is important for now) that screwed with his libido and hormones but was removed, which forced 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.
** At one point Hinata's thoughts go to how she tends to [[PowerPerversionPotential use her Byakugan to watch Naruto while he's asleep.]]

* CripplingOverspecialization: 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.

** 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 he, Hinata and Shizune were put in a position where they wouldn't be able to stop the enemy from taking it and stealing Konoha's secrets and it would have been safer if she had it. Tsunade is quick to placate Naruto and Hinata but [[ContinuityNod always has the hat with her at all times after this point.]]

* 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 its people and actually would have preferred if Sasuke was either dead or out of their hair.

** The civilian council is actually far smarter than they are given credit for like when [[spoiler: the more influential members don't buy into the Uchiha breeding program considering what Sasuke did.]]

* DidntSeeThatComing: Koharu, Homura and Danzo figured they could manipulate Tsunade into banishing Naruto by making the only other option his death. They never expected her to give them what they wanted but in a way that screwed with their plans.
** Danzo never expected [[spoiler: Jiraiya to outright have a team of ANBU storm his base.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Invoked. The council want to banish Naruto, want Sasuke's prison sentence forgotten and were smart enough to get the Daimyo to agree with any of their decisions. Tsunade's response? Shove Sasuke in one of the darkest ANBU cells being kept barely alive, setting up the collapse of Konoha's economy, taking money from the accounts of every clan that ever wronged Naruto and finally making Jiraiya (temporary) Sixth Hokage while she leaves with Shizune, Hinata and Naruto for a six month training trip. [[RationalizingTheOverkill When she explains why she did it to Naruto]], she has this to say:

* DumbassNoMore: Tsunade's main goal when training Naruto is to remove his tendency to be LeeroyJenkins-incarnate. [[spoiler: She succeeds considering Naruto later beats her in an argument and manages to defend and justify his actions to her on two separate occasions]].

* FriendshipMoment: Naruto and Hinata get a couple. Most notable is when [[spoiler: he comforts her after first kill and when he asks her out on a date.]]
* GambitPileup: We have Tsunade's plan which kicks off the fic in the hopes of of either removing the advisers council from power or to prepare Naruto to take care of himself if he still gets banished. Jiraiya running damage control in Konoha for Tsunade's return. The council trying to turn the Hokage into a puppet ruler. The Daimyo supporting the council thinking it's the right thing to do at the moment. Orochimaru doing his best to ruin Tsunade's plan. [[spoiler: Oh, and a ROOT team sent to kill Naruto. Not to mention what the other villages are up to]].
* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: The council was willing to compromise on Sasuke's imprisonment because [[spoiler: they have the threat of Itachi hanging over their heads should anything bad happen to Sasuke. Never gets used since they ultimately leave Sasuke to his fate.]]

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Hinata has self worth issues what with being looked down on by her family.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Third Hokage's law about not telling anyone Naruto has the Kyuubi sealed in him. The parents of Konoha used it to turn him into a pariah. When Ino and Choji actually call their parents out on it and ask '''WHY''' they did it, the law prevents them from telling them the real reason and they end up looking like hateful pricks to an orphan.
** As Tsunade later reveals to Naruto, [[spoiler: his leaving more clones than she told him to in Neck Country gave Aoi and his team a way to track them to Sea Country.]]
* IAmNotLeftHanded: An enemy ninja mocks Hinata when he [[AwesomeByAnalysis picks apart her fighting styles weakness]]. Hinata responds with [[spoiler: by using Tsunade's strength technique, along with her speed, to quickly and utterly decimate him.]]

** The Hyuuga responsible for applying the Caged Bird Seal to the Hyuuga clan is caught as one of the people who put a seal on Naruto. Tsunade uses this to arrest him and [[spoiler: officially sanction that a method to remove the Caged Bird Seal be made to prevent copycats or abuse of the seal.]]

* MyDefenseNeedNotProtectMeForever: Hinata's first use of [[spoiler: Protection of the 8 Trigrams: 64 palms at first stops a large chunk of steel thrown at her before she sends it right back at the enemy.]]
* 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.
** 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 that [[{{Muggle}} 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 stability.
** Ao ends up [[spoiler: nearly starting a fight with Tsunade's team in Sea Country by antagonizing Naruto. Something he was told to avoid.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Tsunade, Jiraiya and the Daimyo. Although in the Daimyo's case he ends up unfortunately helping the council while genuinely believing he's doing the right thing but he does [[spoiler: end up calling Danzo and the council out on trying to abuse his power and sends them an ultimatum to keep Jiraiya in check or else he'll stop offering them his support]].

* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Sasuke goes through this early what with being in prison.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: How the council gets away with threatening Tsunade with Naruto's banishment. [[spoiler: Tsunade however later notes during their travels, that Naruto is slowly shaping up to do this since he's known and trusted by various Daimyo around the Elemental Countries.]]

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: '''Danzo''', of all people, suggests that Naruto get a more personal teacher to help polish his skills. Homura agrees saying that Naruto's victory against Sasuke proves he's got more potential than they gave him credit for. Koharu shoots this down with the flimsy excuse of how it would take time and Naruto isn't worth the effort.
** How Naruto solves the problem with [[spoiler: the rouge Lizard summon. He argues he could sign his contract and order him to disperse while allowing him to keep his honor.]]

* TakeThat: The notion that Naruto was physically abused gets this, considering it's offhandedly mentioned how the first few who tried were killed by ANBU (on orders by the Third Hokage) and that stopped it before it got traction. Sadly that just made the villagers more passive aggressive about their treatment of Naruto.

* TeamMom: Tsunade. While she gripes about it, she does take to and love the job and is [[SoProudOfYou proud of her apprentices.]]

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Mei chews out Ao 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.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: While the ANBU serve Tsunade and Jiraiya because it's their job, they only display this trope after [[spoiler: they shut down ROOT and kill Danzo while witnessing the horrific acts and methods ROOT uses.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The Daimyo. Tsunade and Jiraiya really wish he'd stay away from how Konoha is run, since the adviser's council are clearly working their own agenda and using his power to do so and it is upsetting the balance of 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.]]

** 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 [[CoolOldLady 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."

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Mei, Ao, Onoki, A, Samui, Yugito, Omoi, and Karui.

* ItIsDehumanizing: Naruto is referred to as "The Container", due to having a nine-tailed kyuubei sealed in him.

** During his return trip to Konoha, Kakashi considers teaching Naruto some Water Release jutsus. It turns out that he has a minor affinity for the element when tested by Tsunade.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The shogi match Shikamaru has with his father.

** Konoha’s sealers agree that even if they dislike Naruto, messing with the seal that holds the Kyūbi intentionally is plain unprofessional.

** Konoha’s sealers agree that even if they dislike Naruto, messing with the seal that holds the Kyūbi is plain unprofessional.

** Aoi ends up [[spoiler: nearly starting a fight with Tsunade's team in Sea Country by antagonizing Naruto. Something he was told to avoid.]]

** Sakura notes that even though most kids are willing to pick on Naruto, they’re not willing to call him a traitor, even if it’s meant as a joke, due to they were taught about them.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Konoha’s sealers agree that even if they dislike Naruto, messing with the seal that holds the Kyūbi is plain unprofessional.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: 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.]]

* MistakenForProfound: Aoi and Mei come to the conclusion that Tsunade is pulling off a massive KansasCityShuffle on the Elemental Countries.