History Fanfic / TruePotential

** Risho, from Iwa curb-stomped Kiba and almost killed him in the preliminary exams. Why? Risho is from the Kurogane clan. During the Third Great Ninja War, over a third of Iwa's casualties came from said clan alone. Sasuke and Sakura aren't sympathetic and the former clearly hopes to avenge Kiba. Naruto, while slightly sympathetic and pointing out that Kiba was also a jerk, also adds that Kiba had nothing to do with the Kurogane clan's casualties.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: In Chapter 17, when Hinata asks Naruto and Shikamaru not to hate Neji for his [[{{Jerkass}} behavior]], adding that Neji has his reasons, Naruto replies that no matter what Neji went through, it doesn't excuse him being rude to her.

** [[spoiler: Orchimaru, Baki]].

* NiceJobBreakingItVillain: Suzumebachi manages to galvanize plenty of support in Iwa towards challenging Onoki to a formal duel for the position of Tsuchikage; traditionally, when the duel is won, the loser and all of Iwa will follow the winner's lead without question. [[spoiler:But after her victory, Suzumebachi then coldly executes the unconscious and helpless Onoki. This blatant breaking of tradition and cold-blooded act of murder ''immediately'' turns the entire crowd against her, guaranteeing they'd never follow her as Tsuchikage]].

* NiceJotBreakingItVillain: Suzumebachi manages to galvanize plenty of support in Iwa towards challenging Onoki to a formal duel for the position of Tsuchikage; traditionally, when the duel is won, the loser and all of Iwa will follow the winner's lead without question. [[spoiler:But after her victory, Suzumebachi then coldly executes the unconscious and helpless Onoki. This blatant breaking of tradition and cold-blooded act of murder ''immediately'' turns the entire crowd against her, guaranteeing they'd never follow her as Tsuchikage]].

** [[Spoiler: Onoki]] made all the way to the end of the manga. Not here, where he dies in a duel against Suzumebachi Kamizuru.

** Fu also has one after she fails to control her Tailed Beast power in a spar against Killer B and Yugito.

* OneSteveLimit: Chapter 77 lampshades that there are two characters named Fu.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Like in canon, Kabuto gratfed onto himself the DNA of many ninja to acquire their abilities. Unlike canon, though, he extends this to far more people than just Orochimaru, the Sound Five and Taka. He has revealed to possess so far Kimimaro's Dead Bone Pulse, Guren's Crystal Release and Pakura's Scorch Release. And he plans to raid more cemeteries in order to acquire even more Bloodline Limits.

* HighHeelFaceTurn: When the Sound Four fight against Hiruzen, he easily kills all the male members, but spares Tayuya on the grounds that she might be an Uzumaki. She later forsakes her alliegance to Orochimaru and becomes a Konoha ninja.

* OutOfFocus: Shikamaru, Anko, and to a much lesser extent Hinata once the story enters the Shippden timeframe, due [[spoiler: Naruto's Genin team]] being introduced and hogging quite a lot of spotlight.
* PoorCommunicationKills: PlayedForLaughs: Anko first meets her students by bursting into the Academy room with her trademark banner... and then Iruka sheepishly tells her she wasn't supposed to do that for another hour. Later on in an omake, Anko rushes in late to a meeting about the Chunnin Exams, only to be told that she isn't a proctor due to having participating students.

** Ibiki as well becomes this for [[spoiler: Naruto's Genin]] when he becomes their temporary sensei, putting on a terrifying display and scaring them to death. However, he himself admit he did it just for his own amusement, and in practice he actually averts this trope.

* HeroicBSOD: Shikamaru has one after the above HannibalLecture. It takes several chapters and a pep talk with his team and family for Shikamaru to get over it.

* PungeonMaster: [[spoiler: Naruto]]'s student Kanji is one, much to his teammates' dismay.

* LamePunReaction: How Katsumi reacts towards Kanji's puns. Much to her chagrin, most people find them genuinely funny.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Like in canon, Kabuto gratfed onto himself the DNA of many ninja to acquire their abilities. Unlike canon, though, he extends this to far more people than just Orochimaru, the Sound Five and Taka. He has revealed to possess so far Kimimaro's Dead Bone Pulse, Guren's Crystal Release and Pakura's Scorch Release. And he plans to raid more cementeries in order to acquire even more Bloodline Limits.

* ArcNumber: Three. Naruto, Hinata and Shikamaru form Team 3, there's a lot of emphasis on legendary trios such as Sarutobi, Homura, and Koharu and the Legendary Sannin (with Team 3 becoming the next legends of their generation), and [[spoiler: Naruto]]'s Genin Team is Team 9, which is 3 squared.

*** Han is met by Naruto on the latter's first C-Rank mission, as a jonin-sensei. The Iwa shinobi is very bitter towards humanity in general, and he advises Naruto to give up on ever making friends. The younger jinchurriki eventually manages to get him to loosen up.

*** Fu is locked inside Taki after one her teammates tried to kill her, and is barred from leaving the village for her own protection. Hidan and Kakuzu gather a small army in order to crush Takigakure and capture her. [[spoiler: After surviving the invasion, she's forced to move to Konoha while Taki undergoes reconstruction]].

* DemotedToExtra: The rest of Team 7 (Sasuke, Sakura, Kakashi) recieve much less focus, due to the protagonist being on a different team. However, Sasuke does recieve significant development during the Chunin Exams, even being convinced to not pull a FaceHeelTurn. Sakura is later developed during a return mission to Kuni, dealing with her feeling of CantCatchUp. Both also become close friends of Naruto regardless.

* LamePunReaction: How Kasumi reacts towards Kanji's puns. Much to her chagrin, most people find them genuinely funny.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: An invoked trope. [[spoiler: After the Kiri invasion, Yagura's survival is kept as an S-class secret. However, gossip is already spreading that Naruto helped to kill him, and Hiruzen is well aware that Naruto won't be able to entirely keep in his discomfort at maintaining the lie. Instead, he suggests that Naruto admit discomfort due to "killing" a fellow jinchuuriki. This seems to work so far]].

*** Yagura functions as the BigBad of the Kiri Invasion arc (albeit with Tobi as the ManBehindTheMan). He shows exactly why he's the [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Mizukage]], taking on Naruto, Mei and Utakata at the same time. [[spoiler: After being freed from the mind-control, he accepts being declared dead so that Kiri can heal]].

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Orchimaru, Baki]].

* NotSoSimilar: When Anko calls our Suien for killing one of his own henchmen, Suien points out that Anko was also trying to kill him and that like him, he didn't care about the henchman's life. Anko 's rebuttal is that he was her enemy and his goals opposed hers, but he was Suien's subordinate who shared the same goals, and Suien only killed him out of pure sadism.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: On top of the canonical Edo Tensei reanimations, there are also the Revenants, zombies made out of Hidan's sacrificed to Jashin, modified for combat purposes. Hidan summons three of them in his fight against Fu.

* SinisterScythe: Misora carries two of them.

* HiddenDepths: Yoshikane is such a stickler for tradition [[spoiler:because it justifies the death of his youngest son. The real reason he opposes the abolishing of the Caged Bird Seal is because he's jealous that his eldest son won't have to mark one of his children like he did, especially since the seal is ultimately what led to Hizashi's death]].

** Anko has this reaction upon seeing the bill after treating Naruto to ramen. Teuchi mentioned that Iruka and the third Hokage had similar reactions.
*** Later, when Anko is confronting Naruto about having to blow a week worth of pay on ramen, Naruto said that he tried to eat less than usual, since he didn't want Anko to spend too much money on him. A rather shocked Anko tries to ponder how Naruto 1. Can eat so much ramen, and 2.Pay for it with his Genin earning.

Description off Fanfiction.net: "One discussion in the academy introduces Naruto to his first real friends and changes his life forever. Together, they will work hard, push each other, and unlock their true potential. NaruHina"

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8396246/1/True-Potential True Potential]] is a Manga/{{Naruto}} FanFic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1335522/DryBonesKing DryBonesKing]]. It's a ForWantOfANail fic, with the divergence point being that Naruto becomes friends with Hinata and Shikamaru during the Academy. The Sandaime Hokage notices this, and subsequently places the three together as a genin team. Their sensei is the rather unusual choice of Anko. The story slowly spirals outward from there, with many marked changes from the original canon.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[Spoiler: Dosu and Tayuya]] end up working for Konoha, and all the happier for it.

* NamedInTheAdaptation: Hiashi's father had no name in neither the manga nor the anime. This fic gives him the name "Yoshikane".

* AllYourPowersCombined: Like in canon, Kabuto gratfed onto himself the DNA of many ninja to acquire their abilities. Unlike canon, though, he extends this to far more people than just Orochimaru, the Sound Five and Taka. He has revealed to possess so far Guren's Crystal Release and Pakura's Scorch Release. And he plans to raid more cementeries in order to acquire even more Bloodline Limits.

** Somewhat Justified post-TimeSkip: Kabuto [[spoiler:gives Kimimaro's body to Sasori for use as a puppet and as a peace offering]].

* NoodleIncident: Kanji Yamanaka, one of [[spoiler: Naruto's]] genins hates Ino. Nobody, not even Ino herself, knows why.