History WhatAnIdiot / Naruto

'''Instead:''' Jiraiya and Tsunade don't even associate with Naruto until he's nearly a teenager, Sarutobi hangs in the background without taking necessary measures, and Kakashi says nothing. It is through a series of contrived coincidences occur that reveal the truth to Naruto, when learning beforehand would have been '''very''' helpful.
'''FridgeHorror''': This becomes very jarring in the movie Road To Ninja. When Sakura is praised as hero's daughter.\\

'''FridgeHorror''': This becomes very jarring in the movie Road To Ninja]]

'''Instead:''' [[BlatantLies He says that she is]]. Sakura [[ArmorPiercingSlap hits (or attempts) to hit him]] on both occasions. Even if she wasn't in earshot, lying about your status with someone is not good for your relationship.

'''You'd Expect:''' Those who knew this -- Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi -- to take extra special care in Naruto's upbringing and raise him. That they would at least train him better, ensure that he had better treatment in the village, and that when he was of appropriate age, inform him of his parentage to encourage him.]]\\

'''Instead:''' He uses the uber-move on ONE of the three ninjas, and can't fight effectively afterwards. To make matters worse, the guy he uses it on is unaffected, thanks to his teammate, making Lee's actions pretty much a [[SenselessSacrifice senseless sacrifice]].

* TheDragon, Pain, has attacked Konoha and is destroying everything in sight. He wants to capture Naruto. One problem: Naruto is away training. Tsunade has to decide what to do.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Tsunade to keep Naruto away from this mess. He has not finished his training yet and Pain is the person who killed Naruto's mentor, Jiraiya, who already had finished the same training.\\
'''Instead:''' Tsunade asks a frog messenger to get Naruto back to the village! The village where a death machine wants him and will probably kill him if he engages him.
* As mentioned above, Tsunade calls Naruto back to the village.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The elders and Danzo to let this decision go unopposed. Every moment they spend delaying weakens Konoha and risks the lives of its people, not to mention they have a lot more info on Pain than Jiraiya did. That, and it's not like Naruto will go down easily.\\
'''Instead:''' The elders are reluctant to bring Naruto back, and Danzo kills the messenger. This proves somewhat pointless, since the toads have the means to discover if one of their own gets killed, and they figure out something's wrong. It ultimately means that Naruto gets back a lot later than he could have, by which time Konoha's been reduced to a massive crater, all of its ninja are scattered near the borders, and Tsunade's gone into a coma as a result of trying to keep everyone alive.
* Then, Naruto fights Pain.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Pain to pull the Naraka Path away from battle. The only combat-efficient move that Path could do would result in his opponent's death. And it's an interrogation move. Considering Naruto is a Jinchuriki, that would majorly screw up Akatsuki's plan. Plus, the Naraka Path could revive any of the other paths should they be disabled in battle. So, pull him from battle, and as soon as Naruto kills one of the other paths, have the Naraka Path recover the body behind Naruto's back, go into hiding, and ressurect the body ''there.''\\
'''Instead:''' '''He's out in the open doing fuck-all except for reviving one path!''' And then he gets killed off rather easily.
* Also, pre-timeskip: Naruto is having trouble hitting Kabuto with his new uber-move because Kabuto's too good at dodging and is kicking the snot out of Naruto despite only having one working arm. Employing desperation tactics, Naruto manages to grab Kabuto's good arm.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That Kabuto might remember that he still has legs, and kick Naruto in the face.\\
'''Instead:''' He spends almost ''half a minute'' doing nothing but standing there tugging ineffectually at his trapped arm, watching as Naruto charges up his uber-move and smacks him in the chest with it. It having been established that A. Rasengan has a fairly long build up time and B. Even if it didn't it only moves as fast as Naruto can throw a punch... And Kabuto is on the high end of skilled, AGILE, and quick witted ninja.
* Anytime that Naruto leaves the village, ever, and is either alone or with only a few people who aren't expecting immediate danger. Special mention to the battle with Sasuke at the Valley of the End.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Tobi to appear in front of him and use his Time Space attack to capture him instantly. We've seen him sense people and teleport right to them, after all. At the battle with Sasuke, not only was Naruto especially vulnerable, but Zetsu was watching and has been shown to be good at contacting Tobi.\\
'''Instead:''' He doesn't. Honorable mention goes to anyone who thought him leaving the village was a good idea, especially after Itachi's visit confirms that Akatsuki is after him. On multiple occasions, Naruto is with only a few people while actively seeking out Akatsuki members who are after him. Idiots indeed.
* Furthermore, Tobi can teleport wherever he wants on a whim without anyone having any way of actually knowing he's done so until he's there, and them similarly having no actual way of stopping him.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Tobi to show up at any time during Naruto's childhood, capture the defenseless child (remember, Naruto was alone most of his life, Iruka and others acknowledging him is a major part of his story arc), and either extract the Kyuubi to use as a weapon, or hold him until the Kyuubi is necessary.\\
'''Instead:''' Tobi just leaves Naruto alone for 13 years instead of actually trying to capture him. Then sends Itachi and Kisame to try once, then ignores him for 3+ years, particularly while he's out in the world with only Jiraiya to protect him.\\
'''Addendum:''' Obviously this applies to the other 8 Jinchuriki as well, making Akatsuki ultimately totally superfluous in nearly every possible way.
* A related one the Danzo fight: Sasuke is confronting Danzo for ordering Itachi to slay the Uchiha clan. Sasuke, not fully trusting Madara's story, asks Danzo if this is truly the case. Danzo's mind control eye has not fully recharged yet.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Danzo would stall for time until the eye is usable again and use it to bring Sasuke back under control.\\
'''Instead:''' He confirms Madara's story, fueling Sasuke's rage.
* Sasuke has just given Karin the nth degree when Sakura shows up, [[FaceHeelTurn wanting to join him]] in his nefarious plans like she proposed in Part I. Sasuke is still standing over the prone, bleeding, barely conscious Karin and there's a good chance Sakura saw the end of his fight with Danzo. Sasuke demands that Sakura ShootTheMedicFirst before she joins him.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Since one of Sakura's most noted traits, before being TheLoad and then ActionGirl, was being the [[SmartGuy Smart Girl]], that she would think that something's up with Sasuke and at least not show her back to him.\\
'''Instead:''' She does and Sasuke promptly tries to knife her InTheBack, prompting a BigDamnHeroes from Kakashi.\\
'''Worse Still:''' She ''almost'' redeems herself by trying to knife him in the back with a poisoned blade, but chokes at the last second and nearly gets killed. '''Again.''' Oh, and Sasuke ended up taking the blade and hits Naruto with it when he pulls a BigDamnHeroes to save her. She came very close to getting Naruto killed through her own ineptitude.

* [[TheDragon Kabuto]] has now managed to capture both [[TheMessiah Naruto]] and [[CrazyAwesome Killer Bee]] with the rejuvenated Nagato. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Knowing that Itachi is still out there, he'd keep Nagato's Preta Path ability up, as well as create more summons to widen the field of Shared Vision. Thus, when Itachi begins his counter attack he'd be able to easily retort and capture Itachi too.\\
'''Instead:''' Instead, he turns off the Preta Path ability thus enabling him to be blind sighted by Itachi in [[PowerArmor Susanoo]], and Naruto and Bee get freed. Adding insult to injury, he uses Nagato to create the Chibaku Tensei and just ''stands there'' instead of you know, summoning another bird or one of the Rams or Rhinos in his disposal. He doesn't even keep the Preta Path ability up in the little chance that the Chibaku Tensei gets destroyed. Thus, Nagato gets sealed.
* Naruto is facing Tobi's Jinchuriki Six Paths. They have taken their [[SuperPoweredEvilSide V2 forms]], while he and Bee are standing in front of them. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Naruto to tell Bee to quickly launch a [[WaveMotionGun Bijudama]] before they can attack, or at least enter V2 himself to get back his mobility. And if they got close? Start using his fabled speed and reflexes.\\
'''Instead:''' Naruto and Bee stand there, doing nothing as Tobi orders the Six Paths to attack. Bee gets his hand melted slightly, Naruto is hit by three of the Jinchuriki Paths and incapacitated since [[IForgotICouldFly he forgets about his speed]] and needs to be saved by Kakashi and Gai.
* The fillers did this with Neji in the Star saga. BigBad Akahoshi hires the heroes to protect the village's secret weapon, but then takes measures to recover it himself, then declares them enemies of the Hidden Star Village, in front of a large crowd because they know of their motives. In the finale, everybody comes together, Akahoshi's plan to mutate the children of the village with the power of the meteorite into an army that will help him conquer the other nations is exposed, and he decides to use the meteor by himself to slaughter his own people and the Leaf genin present.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Neji to recognize an open declaration of war, and coordinate a joint attack taking out the bastard.\\
'''Instead:''' He forbids his team to interfere in another country's internal affairs - basically condemning an entire village and his own teammates to certain death.
* Filler Neji again. During the penultimate filler arc of the original series, Naruto escorts an amnesiac ninja to the Land of Rice Fields, to help him recover his memory. Neji is ordered to follow them and keep an eye on the latter, due to strong evidence of him being a sound ninja, and his possible connection with the man who attacked the village. They arrive to a village near the Land of Rice Fields that has been burned to the ground by sound ninjas, and there's a good possibility they might return at any moment, killing many innocents. The amnesiac Menma decides to stay and help the people defend themselves.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Neji to agree, seeing how his mission was to keep an eye on Menma, and not much else, also considering the possibility that there might be a connection between the ninjas who attacked the village and the one who was after Menma, not to mention that Menma was found shortly after the attack on the village took place.\\
'''Instead:''' He refuses to stay and urges Menma and Naruto to carry on with the mission, even after Menma tells him that helping the villagers might trigger some of his memories and refuses to even look into any possible connection between Menma, the village, the attackers and the man who attacked the leaf village earlier, effectively defying the Hokage's orders because of a minor technicality.
* [[TheDragon Kabuto]] is now confronting Itachi and Sasuke. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Him to set up a trap to catch Itachi unawares, knowing what Itachi is capable of. Either a new type of clone, summoning a few of his backup Edo Tensei's, or even hiding under ground since the Sharingan can't see through the earth.\\
'''Instead:''' He continues sitting around and lets Itachi break through his barrier. Note, he could have already been in his [[SuperMode Sage Mode]] by then and hit him with his blinding Gatsugei or have the entire earth attack him with Mushi Tensei. No, instead he sits there, bragging on how Edo Tensei can't be stopped and let Sasuke come to back Itachi up.

'''You'd Expect:''' Naruto, who's aiming for the head, to knock Sasuke's ass unconscious. Naruto knows he going down, too, but at least Sasuke wouldn't be going anywhere.\\

* The selection process used to make Genin teams balanced. Apparently the students who performed first and last at the Academy are put on the same team to keep things balanced. At the beginning of the series, the first is Sasuke and the last is Naruto. Naruto, however, was passed on the basis of being able to perform a forbidden ninjutsu, due to having an ancient, powerful beast sealed inside him.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Since Naruto is clearly not the weakest in the year group, due to learning this jutsu, and is in fact likely to gain power very quickly and ''surpass'' Sasuke, to put these two in different teams. It's just a display of common sense. The fact that Sasuke has serious [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy problems]] is another good reason.\\
'''Instead:''' They're put on the same team, and if the Chunin exams hadn't contained the best candidates in years (including [[TheDragon the number two to the main antagonist]] of the entire first half of the series and ''another'' vessel of one of these beasts), Team 7 would have [[CurbStompBattle swept]] the Chunin exams. And if Sasuke hadn't turned evil, the team would probably be the best in the ninja world right now. Sure, these aren't ''huge'' problems, but way to keep things "balanced".
* Again the selection process deserves mention when it comes to Team 7.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' For Iruka (a man who has taught these kids for years) to point out that putting a IneffectualLoner with {{revenge}} on the brain, a (physically and emotionally) abused AttentionWhore who always picks a fight with said loner and a fangirl of the loner who keeps beating the AttentionWhore on the same team is a bad idea.\\
'''Instead:''' The team is put together and it's a train wreck at first. It gets better... only to devolve when the Sasuke gets jealous of Naruto.
* Naruto is the son of the 4th Hokage and the Kyuubi's previous jinchuuriki.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Those who knew this -- Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Kakashi -- to take extra special care in Naruto's upbringing and raise him. That they would at least train him better, ensure that he had better treatment in the village, and that when he was of appropriate age, inform him of his parentage to encourage him.]]\\
'''Instead:''' Jiraiya and Tsunade don't even associate with Naruto until he's nearly a teenager, Sarutobi hangs in the background without taking necessary measures, and Kakashi says nothing. It is through a series of contrived coincidences occur that reveal the truth to Naruto, when learning beforehand would have been '''very''' helpful.
* The Kyuubi attacked Konoha and killed many people. The fourth hokage heroically sacrificed himself to seal it into a newborn baby. However, the child now has no family to speak of, and should he let it, [[SuperPoweredEvilSide the beast will take over.]]\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The people of the village to raise the child positively, and keep loving people around him, if only to monitor him. Because the last thing you need is someone with a SuperPoweredEvilSide with mental issues.\\
'''Instead:''' They are outright hostile towards him for something he ''didn't do'', leave him on his own with no real adult supervision in his life, and encourage their children to do the same. All without ever telling him why.
* Way back during the Chunin Exams, Sasuke gets the Cursed Seal from Orochimaru. Kakashi finds out, and decides to deal with it.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Kakashi would immediately find the best sealing expert in Konoha to keep that thing in check. Hell, Jiraiya's in town, and he's extremely good at that sort of thing.\\
'''Instead:''' He does the sealing himself, using a seal that is dependent on Sasuke's willpower to maintain. The same Sasuke who is desperate for power to defeat his brother and will jump at any opportunity to get it. That's like giving a kid free access to a box of cookies and expecting him not to eat them. It goes without saying that this seal ''never'' worked.\\
'''Worse Still:''' While checking on Sasuke, no one makes an attempt to check on Naruto. You know, the kid WITH THE STRONGEST BIJUU SEALED IN HIM! Jiraiya only checks when he trains Naruto. [[HeadDesk A few days later]].
* Sarutobi has to break the news of what happened to the Kyuubi and the Yondaime to the village.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' He (lies and) tells them that the Kyuubi died with the Yondaime and Naruto is the Yondaime's son asking the village to help raise their hero's son.\\
'''Instead:''' He tells the them the truth (except the Yondaime's son part), forbids people to talk about it and then does nothing as Naruto experiences the worst childhood ever. Even worse he does nothing to help make Naruto's life better yet has the gall to feel guilty about it.
* Sasuke has stabbed Karin through the chest and left her for dead, even ordering someone to kill her.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Karin is justifiably pissed at him and the next time they meet she tries to get revenge.\\
'''Instead:''' She throws a tantrum, beats up Suigetsu for a bit, then immediately falls back in love with Sasuke without anyone telling her to.
* Sakura still has feelings for Sasuke, even after he abandoned his village to go and avenge his clan, backstabbed one of his team mates and was nearly about to kill said team mate right in front of her, asked her to kill said team mate to prove her worth, and tried to kill her immediately afterward. \\
'''You'd Expect:''' Sakura would eventually realize that Sasuke is way too dangerous to be reasoned with. \\
'''Instead''': She tries to kill him with a poisoned blade and hesitates, after he tries to kill her himself. Afterward, she dumps the responsibility of saving or eliminating Sasuke to Naruto.
* During the Chunin Exams, Sound Ninja Dosu Kinuta has realized that he and his teammates have been setup and used as fodder against Sasuke by Orochimaru and vows to himself to not let this treatment of them go unavenged.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Him to try and somehow get information to Sarutobi about what his former student is doing and so Konoha can make preparations to stop Orochimaru's planned attack and foil it.\\
'''Instead:''' For reasons unknown to man he decides to go challenge Gaara, a guy he's seen personally crush and cripple Rock Lee and gets killed in ten seconds, not only making his realization pointless but also wasting a character who could've been a wildcard for people to not know whose side is he on.

* [[spoiler: Nagato]]/Pain has a pretty big one when he attacked Konoha. It's plainly evident for all to see that he could have succeeded in kidnapping Naruto, and indeed that was the entire goal of him going to Konoha in the first place.\\

'''Instead:''' He decides he wants Naruto to be juiced up by the Kyuubi chakra when he defeats Naruto (even though he already had Naruto NAILED TO THE GROUND with his chakra disrupting black spikes), so he stabs Hinata in the chest, pretending to kill her, just to piss Naruto off. End result six-tails and an ass-whoopin' courtesy of Naruto.
* Twenty years ago Rin is kidnapped by the Mist and the three tails is implanted into her, and she's "chased" back to Konoha in the hopes that the three tails would bust out and wreck up the joint when she arrived.\\
'''You'd think''': That she'd turn on her "pursuers", stop moving, run in the opposite direction. Anything to stall for time for Minato to arrive and try to properly seal the three tails so it couldn't escape. Even if Minato hadn't been able to do anything, it was still a better option than what she did.\\
'''Instead''': She makes Kakashi kill her, kicking off the entire series.
* A few years before the start of the story, Itachi Uchiha was given a mission to wipe out the whole of the Uchiha Clan, to prevent them starting a civil war. Itachi agrees, but is unwilling to kill his beloved little brother, Sasuke. He also wants to ensure Sasuke's survival and dispel the Uchiha's negative reputation it gained following the Nine-Tails attack.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That Itachi would use either genjutsu or transformed shadow clones to make it look to Sasuke like a load of foreign ninja carried out the attack, and that Itachi killed them all. That way, Sasuke, while still having lost much of his family, wouldn't have anyone he could take revenge on, and he'd have a loving brother who could help ease his pain, therefore giving him a lot less reason for his FaceHeelTurn. As for the rep problem, he can then encourage Sasuke to work on proving it wrong, similar to what Naruto does for most of the series.\\
'''Instead:''' He tells Sasuke that he was responsible for the attack, and makes hmself out to be a CompleteMonster, before running. He does this in order to give Sasuke motivation to hunt him down, kill him, and therefore redeem the Uchiha.\\
'''Result:''' This scheme ends up working [[GoneHorriblyRight a little too well]], before [[GoneHorriblyWrong failing completely]]: Sasuke ends up defecting from Konoha to Orochimaru, a guy who wants to possess him for his eyes, in order to become strong enough to kill Itachi. And Sasuke happily embraces the possibility of this happening if it would help him get his revenge. When Sasuke does kill Itachi, he's taken into the custody of the BigBad, who explains the truth of what Itachi was up to, causing Sasuke to want to [[DisproportionateRetribution destroy]] [[MisplacedRetribution the whole of Konoha]].
* Naruto is asked twice in the series whether Sakura is his girlfriend.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Him to answer truthfully; she isn't (at this point).\\
'''Instead:''' [[BlatantLies He says that she is]]. Sakura [[ArmorPiercingSlap hits (or attempts) to hit him]] on both occasions. Even if she wasn't in earshot, lying about your status with someone is not good for your relationship.
* Also relating to Naruto and Sakura, Naruto frequently asks Sakura out on dates. And Sakura says no to him time and time again.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Naruto to get the message that Sakura isn't interested in him that way, and move on. Or, try and find out WHY she won't go out with him.\\
'''Instead:''' He continues to ask her, and she continues to turn him down.

'''Instead:''' [[KickTheDog They start talking about Sakura's lack of tidyness, and her poor temper, and say that because of this, she'll just cause trouble for the higher-ups if she's promoted, within earshot of several of her comrades, even when it's clear that Sakura's]] [[DudeNotFunny not amused]]. And they act bewildered when Sakura tells them to shut up, and storms out of the house in a rage.

* Also relating to NaruSaku, Naruto frequently asks Sakura out on dates. And Sakura says no to him time and time again.\\

'''Instead:''' [[KickTheDog They start talking about Sakura's lack of tidyness, and her poor temper, and say that because of this, she'll just cause trouble for the higher-ups if she's promoted, within earshot of several of her comrades, even when it's clear that Sakura's]] [[DudeNotFunny not amused]]. And they act bewildered when Sakura tells them to shut up.

'''Instead:''' [[BlatantLies He says that she is]]. Sakura [[ArmorPiercingSlap hits (or attempts) to hit him]] on both occasions. Even if she wasn't in earshot, lying about your status with someone is not good for your relationship.

* A few years before the start of the story, Itachi Uchiha was given a mission to wipe out the whole of the Uchiha Clan, to prevent them starting a civil war. Itachi agrees, but is unwilling to kill his beloved little brother, Sasuke.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That Itachi would use either genjutsu or transformed shadow clones to make it look to Saskue like a load of foreign ninja carried out the attack, and that Itachi killed them all. That way, Sasuke, while still having lost much of his family, wouldn't have anyone he could take revenge on, and he'd have a loving brother who could help ease his pain, therefore giving him a lot less reason for his FaceHeelTurn.\\
'''Instead:''' He tells Sasuke that he was responsible for the attack, and makes hmself out to be a CompleteMonster, before running. He does this in order to give Sasuke motivation to hunt him down, kill him, and therefore end the negative reputation of the Uchiha.\\
'''Result:''' This scheme ends up working [[GoneHorriblyRight a little too well]], before [[GoneHorriblyWrong failing completely]]: Sasuke ends up defecting from Konoha to Orochimaru, a guy who wants to possess him for his eyes, in order to become strong enough to kill Itachi, who now has to force him out of Sasuke's body. When Sasuke does kill Itachi, he's taken into the custody of the BigBad, who explains the truth of what Itachi was up to, causing Sasuke to want to [[DisproportionateRetribution destroy]] [[MisplacedRetribution the whole of Konoha]].

'''Result:''' This scheme ends up working [[{{Understatement}} a little]] [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]], before [[GoneHorriblyWrong failing completely]]: Sasuke ends up defecting from Konoha to Orochimaru, a guy who wants to possess him for his eyes, in order to become strong enough to kill Itachi, who now has to force him out of Sasuke's body. When Sasuke does kill Itachi, he's taken into the custody of the BigBad, who explains the truth of what Itachi was up to, causing Sasuke to want to [[DisproportionateRetribution destroy]] [[MisplacedRetribution the whole of Konoha]].

'''Result:''' This scheme ends up working [[{{Understatement}} a little]] [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]], before [[GoneHorriblyWrong failing completely]]: Sasuke ends up defecting from Konoha to Orochimaru, a guy who wants to possess him for his eyes, in order to become strong enough to kill Itachi, who now has to force him out of Sasuke's body. When Sasuke does kill Itachi, he's taken into the custody of the BigBad, who explains the truth of what Itachi was up to, causing Sasuke to want to [[DisproportunateRetribution destroy]] [[MisplacedRetribution the whole of Konoha]].

A few years before the start of the story, Itachi Uchiha was given a mission to wipe out the whole of the Uchiha Clan, to prevent them starting a civil war. Itachi agrees, but is unwilling to kill his beloved little brother, Sasuke.\\

'''Result:''' This scheme ends up working [[{{Understatement}}a little]] [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]], before [[GoneHorriblyWrong failing completely]]: Sasuke ends up defecting from Konoha to Orochimaru, a guy who wants to possess him for his eyes, in order to become strong enough to kill Itachi, who now has to force him out of Sasuke's body. When Sasuke does kill Itachi, he's taken into the custody of the BigBad, who explains the truth of what Itachi was up to, causing Sasuke to want to [[[[DisproportunateRetribution destroy]] [[MisplacedRetribution the whole of]] [[DisproportunateRetribution Konoha]].

'''Instead:''' He uses the uber-move on ONE of the three ninjas, and can't fight effectively afterwards. To make matters worse, the guy he uses it on is unaffected, thanks to his teammate, making Lee's actions pretty much a [[senseless sacrifice]].

* Before THAT bit of stupidity occurs, Lee intervenes to save Sakura from the three ninja. He has the choice of either taking off his ridiculously heavy leg weights, greatly increasing his speed to FlashStep levels, or using an uber-move that will only work on one person, and will render him unable to fight after performing it.//
'''You'd Expect:''' Lee to take off the weights, and use his speed to get within range of the Sound Nin and punch them out.//

'''Instead:''' [[BlatantLies He says that she is]]. Sakura [[ArmorPiercingSlap hits (or attempts) to hit him]] on both occasions. Even if she wasn't in earshot, lying about your relationships with people won't make them like you.

'''Instead:''' [[BlatantLies He says that she is]]. Sakura hits (or attempts) to hit him on both occasions. Even if she wasn't in earshot, lying about your relationships with people won't make them like you.

'''Instead:''' [[BlatantLies He says that she is]]. Sakura hits (or attempts) to hit him on both occasions.

'''Instead''': She makes Kakashi kill her, kicking off the entire series.

'''Instead:''' He decides he wants Naruto to be juiced up by the Kyuubi chakra when he defeats Naruto (even though he already had Naruto NAILED TO THE GROUND with his chakra disrupting black spikes), so he stabs Hinata in the chest. pretending to kill her, just to piss Naruto off. End result six-tails and an ass-whoopin' courtesy of Naruto.

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'''Instead:''' Kakashi [[MercyKill kills him]]. What makes this moment worse is that in the next arc, Konoha is hoping to get information about the Akatsuki.
* As for his partner, Hidan, he was blown to bits and [[BuriedAlive buried alive]]. Doing this was necessary because of his immortality. As stated above, Konoha wants info on the Akatsuki.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Tsunade to have Hidan dug up, then have what's left of him questioned.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Him to, you know, do so.

'''Instead:''' She doesn't, and decides to order three squads worth of ninja to try and capture Itachi. Admittedly, this does have the additional purpose of providing Konoha with bait for Sasuke, should it succeed, but as for finding out about the Akatsuki, there was no excuse for her not having Hidan questioned.