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1	"Ten-year-old Hinata works up the courage to talk to Naruto, and ends up teaching him the Clone Jutsu. He passes the Genin Exam properly and never learns the Shadow Clone Jutsu. From there, their entire lives change forever. Naru/Hina. Rinnegan!Naruto."
2	-Fanfiction.net summary
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4	[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9598944/1/A-Different-Scroll A Different Scroll]] is a Manga/{{Naruto}} {{For Want of a Nail}} fic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3830006/BlueWolf1923 BlueWolf1923]]. According to {{Word of God}}, the author has wanted a page here for a while now.
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6	As the summary says, the "nail" of the story is Naruto and Hinata befriending each other two years before the proper start of the series, which leads to them being placed together on a team with [[AscendedExtra Kiba.]] The Wave Arc goes very differently because of this, and eventually leads to Naruto awakening his Rinnegan to save Hinata's life. Cue the Chuunin Exams, and Orochimaru comes after Naruto's eyes as well as Sasuke's...
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8	From there, we start getting new plotlines woven into the ones adapted from canon.
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10	The story is ongoing with frequent updates, varying from two days to two weeks apart. The story began on August 15, 2013, and the pre-timeskip events ended 280,000 words later, on February 26, 2014. The series is divided into arcs as follows:
11	* Introduction-Wave Arc: Chapters 1-7
12	* Chuunin Exam Arc 1 - Initiation: Chapters 8-17
13	* Chuunin Exam Arc 2 - Interim: Chapters 18-21
14	* Chuunin Exam Arc 3 - Invasion: Chapters 22-27
15	* Post-Invasion and Tsunade Arcs: Chapters 28-35
16	* Sasuke Retrieval Arc: Chapters 36-40
17	* Hyuuga Coup Arc: Chapters 41-47
18	* Sasuke Gaiden Arc: Chapters 48-52
19	* Three-Tails Arc: Chapters 53-63
20	* Five Kage Summit Arc: Chapters 64-72
21	* Invasion of Pain Arc: Chapters 73-79
22	* Fourth Shinobi World War Arc: Chapters 80-Current
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24	!! ''A Different Scroll'' provides examples of:
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26	* ActionGirl: Hinata, Tenten, [[spoiler: Sakura, Karin.]]
27	* AllThereInTheManual: The author's profile is dedicated to listing every original jutsu and ninja tool in the story, among other things. Normally most of this has already been made clear in the story proper, but one example stands out. The ANBU kunai Gaara gives to Tenten in Chapter 15 is stated in the 'Additional Content' to have originally belonged to the first ANBU that Gaara ever killed. The first ANBU Gaara ever killed was Yashamaru.
28	* AloofBigBrother: In Chapter 49, invoked and lampshaded by [[spoiler: Itachi.]]
29	* AlternateUniverse: Although the premise makes the story seem more like ForWantOfANail, it's actually more of this due to multiple changes in the backstory, all of which have NOTHING to do the "Nail".
30	** The earliest chronological difference between ADS and Canon is the Sage of the Six Paths. [[spoiler: Just like Canon, Hagoromo is still a messianic Badass who fights and seals away his mother-turned-evil along with the Ten Tails; however, WordOfGod for ADS has stated that his brother, Hamura(who was also born with Chakra, and helped Hagoromo defeat their mother), was never born alongside him, making Hagoromo an only child.]]
31	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Chronologically, Madara, Nawaki, Dan.]]
32	* BadassBoast: Frequently. As an example, here's Tenten's greeting to Kisame:
33	--> Hi. My name is Tenten. If you survive long enough to fall asleep ever again, you'll have nightmares about me.
34	* BattleCouple: Naruto and Hinata, Gaara and Tenten.
35	* BeehiveBarrier: The form taken by Tenten's second and Hinata's only barrier ninjutsu armor.
36	* BerserkButton: Gaara loses his shit on anyone who lands a hit on Tenten in battle. Funnily enough, this is actually her BerserkButton, as she can't stand how overprotective he is and wants to win her own battles without him stepping in.
37	* {{BFS}}: Tenten's latest weapon Umiyou is a six-foot-long falchion. Naruto lampshades it, but Tenten justifies it with special fuinjutsu that make it as light as a normal sword.
38	* BlowYouAway: Naruto uses wind jutsu over the other four elements the Rinnegan gives him access to.
39	* ChekhovsSkill: Hinata's [[spoiler: Drunken Fist]]. She mentions it in Chapter 3, then finally uses it against [[spoiler: Naruto]] in the Chuunin Exams.
40	* DemotedToExtra: Sasuke and Sakura don't get nearly as much screentime here, since Naruto never ended up on Team Seven.
41	* EyeScream: as befits the source material; eye transplants rarely have willing donors. [[spoiler:Nagato]] is particularly unlucky. In his first on-screen appearance, he has an eye torn out for [[spoiler:Madara]] (although he does get a replacement). Later, he has his other eye stolen by [[spoiler:Zetsu]]; and then he goes blind in his remaining eye.
42	* FanGirl: Tenten, for [[spoiler: Jiraiya and the Icha Icha series.]]
43	* FlashStep: The trend started with Mizuki, but Naruto himself later developed a jutsu to do this, and more recently [[spoiler: the Sound Four and Kimimaro]] have learned to use Mizuki's version.
44	* FormFittingWardrobe: Tenten modifies the design of Gai's outfit into a black suit that she wears, combining it with a seal that lets her protect her entire body with a barrier. [[spoiler: Hinata]] eventually ends up with one of her own, in a brown camo pattern. The catch in the design is that it has to be skintight, otherwise the barrier ninjutsu destabilizes when it tries to keep changing shape with the wrinkles in looser clothing.
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46	* ForWantOfANail: The Uzumaki Clan. They still have gigantic Chakra Reserves like in Canon, but as stated under Retcon, the Rinnegan exists as a Kekkei Genkai for them. They also have a SECOND Kekkei Genkai, although it's something that was already witnessed being used by an Uzumaki in Canon(the Chakra Chains). [[spoiler: To be fair, Word of God stated that an Uzumaki can only have one Kekkei Genkai or the other, not both(which is witnessed with Naruto and his ancestor Mito, who both have the Rinnegan, while Kushina had Chakra Chains, and by all rights should've awakened the Rinnegan under the circumstances prior to her death, but she never did); further, the canon's idea of Sharingan+Senju DNA=Rinnegan instead creates a stronger/better Rinnegan in ADS, as Madara states upon his resurrection(as Nagato's Rinnegan are not natural; just like with Canon, they're Madara's implanted eyes).]]
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48	* KatanasAreJustBetter: Averted. Several characters have taken up swords or similar weapons, but [[spoiler: Gaara]] is the only one who actually ends up using a katana.
49	* KnightInShiningArmor: Of all people, [[spoiler: Kimimaro]] has this motif, wielding a shield and JoustingLance along with heavy plate armor [[spoiler: made of his bones]]. Really, the only thing he's missing is a LadyAndKnight dynamic with [[spoiler: Karin]].
50	* LockedIntoStrangeness: When Naruto unlocks his Rinnegan, he [[spoiler: uses Rinne Tensei on Hinata, who had been killed moments before by Haku. While it would outright kill most people,]] this only turns a spike of Naruto's hair white. It's been like that ever since.
51	* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: When Orochimaru is branded with a Cursed Seal that forces him to follow Kabuto's orders, he notes that it will kill him if he acts directly against Kabuto. So of course, this being Orochimaru, he decides to act indirectly against him.]]
52	* MakingASplash: Hinata, big time. Most of her fighting style has developed around it as well as being AnIcePerson.
53	* MundaneUtility: Less Mundane and more Brilliant, though; [[spoiler: At least twice so far, [[YearInsideHourOutside Tsukuyomi]] was used by Sasuke and Itachi ON THEIR OWN ALLY, but they did so to formulate Battle Strategies with said ally. In the span of an instant.]]
54	* NotTheIntendedUse: Sort of example; the Rasengan in Canon has only ever been used as a Melee attack by EVERYONE who knew it, and Naruto only ever used it as a ranged attack once he developed and mastered the Rasenshuriken. In ADS, Hinata(who learns it before Naruto, since he was trying to learn/master his Rinnegan at the time) inadvertently performs a successful Rasengan toss while training with Jiraiya, which [[EurekaMoment completely blows his mind]]. Following that, thrown Rasengans became much more common among everyone who learned it.
55	* PowerPerversionPotential: Although never actually shown to be used in this manner, the Byakugan's ability to see through clothes is mentioned twice.
56	* RedBaron: Each of the main cast gets one. Naruto is the Grinning Fox or [[spoiler: Half-Demon]], Hinata is the Water Goddess and Light of the Sage, Gaara is the Black Death, and Tenten, after previously grumbling about her lack of such a name, gets one at the end of the Hyuuga Coup Arc: [[spoiler: Fractured Flame.]]
57	* RetCon: The Rinnegan is the Uzumaki Clan's kekkei genkai here, and [[spoiler: Mito Uzumaki]] had it. Kurama's backstory was also changed, expanded on, [[spoiler: and shown;]] one example of these changes is [[spoiler: how he ended up sealed inside Mito.]]
58	* SherlockScan: Shikamaru has done this at least once in all of his appearances thus far in the story.
59	* ShipTease: Shikamaru and Temari, occasionally.
60	* ShoutOut: Numerous real-world manga exist in this version of the Narutoverse, for instance Naruto and Tenten are ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' fans, and it even shows in their fighting styles. Since Tenten is also {{The Blacksmith}}, we also get this little gem:
61	-->[[spoiler: Gaara: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Bankai. Kuroshi Tanuki.]]]]
62	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Zabuza and Haku, [[spoiler: Kimimaro.]]
63	* SwordBeam: One of Naruto's wind jutsu lets him throw blades of wind with his sword. [[spoiler: When this along with his other wind attacks prove useless against Kisame, he creates a new jutsu that lets him create and throw giant blades of metal the same way.]]
64	* TeleportSpam: FlashStep-style jutsu are much more common in this story than canon, and one in particular, the Empty Wind, is Naruto's SignatureMove.
65	* TheBlacksmith: Tenten has created most of the characters' weapons, and in the case of herself and Hinata, their armor as well. Naruto has also made weapons for the protagonists, most notably Hinata's spear.
66	* TookALevelInBadass: [[WordOfGod The author claims]] [[WorldOfBadass he's intentionally giving everyone this treatment]], including villains. An early notable example is Mizuki, who actually got his hands on the Scroll of Seals without Naruto's help and became a secondary antagonist under Orochimaru.
67	* {{Troll}}: Kiba's main strategy seems to be switching between trolling his opponents and scaring the ever-loving shit out of them. Orochimaru has also been trolling the entire cast since his debut, including the protagonists, his own subordinates, and even [[spoiler: Kabuto after the latter subjugates him with a Cursed Seal.]]
68	* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Lampshaded and comically deconstructed by Haku himself.
69	* WeaponSpecialization: Each of the heroes wield a unique weapon. Naruto uses a saber/cutlass, Hinata wields a short staff with a long double-edged blade that extends out of each end, Tenten has [[EnergyWeapon Soujihonou]] and [[spoiler: Umiyou,]] Gaara has a katana named Kuroshi, Sasuke gets a shashka, [[spoiler: Kimimaro]] has his JoustingLance.
70	* WhamLine: When Team 8 and the Sand Siblings get through the Forest of Death, they're greeted by two Konoha Chuunin. One, of course, is Iruka. The other...
71	--> Naruto: [[NotSoHarmlessVillain Mizuki-sensei!]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Up until this point, the readers had been led to believe that Mizuki was captured or killed when he tried to steal the Scroll of Seals instead of Naruto doing it for him. Instead, he actually managed to get the scroll and has had access to it since the start of the story. [[/labelnote]]
72	* WorldOfHam

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