History Fanfic / TruePotential

** Dosu is rather notable, as his canonical history amounts to [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] Lee and then getting one-shotted by Gaara. This time, he's up against Gaara in the preliminaries. Gaara's cocky and doesn't take him seriously. Dosu is quick to show that sand can't block sound, giving Gaara a fairly close fight. [[spoiler:While he loses, he does go on to [[HeelFaceTurn defect]] to Konoha]].
** Hidan may turn into one, as the author has stated his belief that he was easily the weakest member of the Akatsuki. As such, after a humiliating defeat at the hands of Naruto, Sakura, and Kiba (for context, a newly minted chūnin -- albeit, a jinchūriki, for the strongest biju no less -- and two ''genin'', respectively) vows to train harder. And this happens prior to the TimeSkip...
*** And when we see him back after the TimeSkip, he made good on that vow. On top of being generally stronger, he can now turn his body into a [[BloodMagic mass of blood to avoid attacks, use his own blood as a weapon]], and summon a trio of zombies with body modifications to fight for him.
** The circumstances that led Shukaku being removed from Gaara never happens and as such the latter has access to all the abilities the Beast could give him.

** Naruto is much more adapt in using fūinjutsu, which includes using the Adamantine Chains.
** Due to replacing Sakura as Tsunade's apprentice, [[spoiler:Shikamaru]] learns medical ninjutsu during the time-skip.

** The other jinchūriki have their own versions of the biju cloaks in this story.
** After unlocking the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto is showing to use [[PlayingWithFire Scorch Release]].

* FunnyConceptionStory: When [[spoiler:Naruto]] asks his genin students to introduce themselves, Kanji decides to have some fun by telling the story of how he was born. It doesn't take long before his sensei interrupts him, saying
[[ParentalSexualitySquick he doesn't need to know about the sex lives of his students' parents]]. Kanji tries to continue his story, only to be interrupted by [[spoiler:Naruto]] throwing a kunai that barely passes his student's head. Afterwards, the genin no longer attempts to continue telling the story of his conception.

** During his fight against Kabuto, Naruto grits his teeth together and asks "Why won't you die already?"

* StoneWall: The reason why Homura is known as [[RedBaron "Konoha's Guardian Angel"]] is due to his [[BarrierWarrior "Holy Barricade" technique, which according to Shikamaru, is considered to be one of the best barrier ninjutsu]].

* RebuiltPedestal: [[spoiler:Itachi becomes this to Sasuke, and eventually to most of the top-ranking shinobi in Konoha after the truth of the Massacre comes to light]].

* RockPaperScissors: Anko and Kahyō play a game of this (or janken as they call it) to decide who will kill Raiga. Zabuza snorts at this and requests to have the winner mention to Raiga that his executioner was chosen by a game like janken, given that it's "the kind of thing that would piss him off before he dies."

** In Chapter 66, [[spoiler:Dosu]] shares his theory with Hinata and Shikamaru that Anko and Zabuza have a thing for each other. The Hyuga and the Nara both laugh at that. The next paragraph features Anko sneezing, causing Kahyō to ask if she's sick. Zabuza tells the Konoha kunoichi to stay far away from him if that's the case, as [[WouldRatherSuffer he would rather take a kunai to the back then catch a cold]]. Anko replies that she's not getting sick, but she thinks "[[LampshadeHanging some bastard is talking about [her] if [she] had to guess.]]"

* WouldRatherSuffer: After Anko sneezes in Chapter 66, Zabuza tells her to stay far away from him if she's sick, as he hates getting sick. He adds "I'd rather take a kunai to the back then catch a fucking cold."

** In canon, it took several story arcs before the titular character's teammates Sasuke and Sakura learned that he was also [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan the jinchūriki of the Kyūbi]] (something Naruto himself was aware of since the first chapter). In ''True Potential'', both Hinata and Shikamaru ([[TeamMemberInTheAdaptation who replace Sasuke and Sakura as Naruto's teammates]]) become aware of that secret at the same time as Naruto does as a result of them being present when [[StarterVillain Mizuki]] reveals it.

** After meeting Neji (who, at this point, is still a {{Jerkass}}) for the first time during the Konoha Chūnin Exams, Naruto tells Hinata "He better hope we don't have to fight!" Naruto doesn't fight Neji at any point during the exams, but it happened of course in canon, with Neji losing against the Uzumaki boy.

** [[spoiler:Naruto's inner darkness calls itself "Menma Uzumaki", a reference to the World of Ninja version of Naruto from ''Anime/NarutoTheMovieRoadToNinja'']].

** Naruto and Hinata, much like in so many other [=NaruHina=] fanfics. At one point, Mei finds out through some investigation that the Hyuga has romantic feelings for the Uzumaki. Much to Anko's amusement, Mei knows about that before even meeting Naruto and seeing him interact with Hinata. [[spoiler:After their RelationshipUpgrade, characters such as Shikamaru, Sakura, and Anko point out to Naruto and/or Hinata how obvious the latter's feelings towards the former were.]]
** There's also Shikamaru and [[spoiler:Kurotsuchi]]. The former's teammates and parents could tell there was something between these two before Shikamaru and [[spoiler:Kurotsuchi]] acknowledged it.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Naruto and Hinata, much like in so many other [=NaruHina=] fanfics. [[spoiler:After their RelationshipUpgrade, characters such as Shikamaru, Sakura, and Anko point out to Naruto and/or Hinata how obvious the latter's feelings towards the former were.]]

* EroticDream: While in Shimo, [[LoveableSexManiac Jiraiya]] has this kind of dream before being awakened by a furious Raikage.

** Shikamaru comments on how often C-Rank missions end up becoming more dangerous than they should be due to somehow ending up involving fighting against a high-level missinh-nin (as it happened to Team 3, Team 7, and Team 10), to the point that he thinks that the "C" of the C-Rank stands for "Curse".

** Shikamaru comments how often C-Rank missions end up becoming more dangerous than they should be due to somehow ending up involving fighting against a high-level missin-nin (as it happened to Team 3, Team 7, and Team 10), to the point that he thinks that the "C" of the C-Rank stands for "Curse".

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Kisame has shown to dislike the deception Danzō has done for the "greater good of Konoha".

* DoNotCallMePaul: [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics Honorific example]], as Kabuto dislike [[spoiler:Edo Tensei!Orochimaru]] calling him "Kabuto-sama".

* SympathyForTheDevil: Inverted. Deidara is a little sad upon learning about [[spoiler:Onoki's]] death.

* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Kabuto]] claims to [[spoiler:the reanimated Danzō]] he is this.
-->'''Kabuto''' I am the most loyal shinobi you have ever seen. I always give everything to my master, no matter what. No matter what the ethics of the decision are, I do everything to make sure there will is accomplished".

* OhCrap: Danzō's reaction when he learns that [[spoiler:his former subordinates Tanuki Shigaraki and Kido Tsumiki joined the Akatsuki with the intent of getting revenge on Konoha for his death]].

* OhCrap: Danzō's reaction when he learns that [[spoiler:his former subordinates Shigaraki Tanuki and Tsumiki Kido joined the Akatsuki with the intent of getting revenge on Konoha for his death]].

* {{Irony}}: For all his talk of doing everything for the sake of Konoha's safety, Danzō's actions ended up bringing more harm than good in the long run: in addition to being responsible for Kabuto's StartOfDarkness, which is something Kabuto himself acknowledges, and an implication that he is responsible for the creation of the current Akatsuki, [[spoiler:Tanuki Shigaraki and Kido Tsumiki managed to join the Akatsuki so that they can get revenge on Konoha for Danzō's death]]. Kabuto [[spoiler:briefly reanimates Danzo]] just so he can gleefully rub in how badly Danzo's efforts backfired in the end.

* {{Irony}}: For all his talk of doing everything for the sake of Konoha's saftey, Danzō's actions ended up bringing more harm than good in the long run, as in addition to being responsible for Kabuto's StartOfDarkness, which is something Kabuto himself acknowledges, and an implication that he is responsible for the creation of the current Akatsuki, [[spoiler:Shigaraki Tanuki and Tsumiki Kido managed to join the Akatsuki so that they can get revenge on Konoha for Danzō's death]]. Kabuto [[spoiler:briefly reanimates Danzo]] just so he can gleefully rub in how badly Danzo's efforts backfired in the end.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: At several times in the story, important events such as Naruto learning the Rasengan or [[spoiler:Neji learning the truth about his father]] are skipped over or only alluded to. [[WordOfGod According to the author]], these moments occur more or less identically to canon, and he felt he couldn't add anything meaningful to those scenes.

** It's subtle, but chapter 95 gives one to the [[{{Fanon}} idea of Naruto actively being physically abused by Konoha's citizens during his academy days]], with the ROOT agent Kido saying that only a fool would willingly assault Konoha's only jinchūriki.

** When Lee and Gai are doing one of their trademark over-the-top emotional moment, a little girl sees them and feels like she's seeing not only [[AgainstTheSettingSun a sunset despite the fact it's currently the afternoon]], but also a cliff and waves. She concludes that she's hallucinating and decides to head towards her home as fast as she can.