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Blondes United is a Naruto Fanfic by Jaehaerys-Joestar.

Before joining the Ninja Academy, Ino Yamanaka is taught the Mind Transfer Jutsu by her father, only to end up using it on Naruto when her Father is distracted. This results in both children becoming aware of the Nine Tails sealed inside Naruto, and upon learning how most of the village looks down on him, Ino forcefully inserts herself into his life.

Now, as they become Genin, the two blonde haired shinobi view each other as siblings, ready to take on the world.Also available on AO3 here.


''Blondes United" contains examples of:

  • Adaptational Early Appearance:
    • Onoki appears in the second chapter, having to defend his seat as Tsuchikage from the Earth Daimyo trying to convince him to retire.
    • Instead of being introduced after the Time Skip, Sai is one of Naruto and Ino's classmates. He is still working for Danzo though.
  • Adaptational Intelligence: Downplayed. Thanks to Ino's help, Naruto does better in the academy, but his class ranking is smack in the middle.
  • Adaptational Explanation: In canon, Danzo is not introduced until after the Time Skip, and thus is not an option for becoming the Fifth Hokage after the Konoha Crush Arc, even though he sets his eyes on being the Sixth Hokage. In this story, he explains to his subordinates that he was a big supporter of Orochimaru when trying to name the Fourth Hokage, and he believes putting himself forward right after Orochimaru attacks the village would remind people of that previous support, costing him his chance. Instead, he will wait for a future crisis to assert himself as the best option to lead Konoha.
  • Adaptational Relationship Overhaul:
    • The entire premise of the story is that Ino learns Naruto is a Jinchuriki and forcefully adopts him as her brother, resulting in Naruto having not just a sister figure, but also stable parental figures.
    • In canon, Ino had a huge crush on Sasuke. Here, she and Naruto befriended Sasuke before the Uchiha Clan Massacre, and while she did develop a crush on him at first, seeing his personality shift after the massacre makes her drop her crush and just wish her friend went back to how he was before.
    • Iruka is not necessarily as close to Naruto as he became in canon, due to Naruto already having support, but they do maintain a positive relationship of teacher and student, with Iruka still apologizing to Naruto for letting his personal feeling get in the way of teaching when Naruto first joined the Academy.
    • In Canon, Rock Lee was not met until the Chunin Exams began. Here, he befriended Naruto and Ino when they came across him training at the academy. They remain friends to the present day, though the two blondes note they have not seen him since he graduated last year.
  • Curb-Stomp Cushion: Mizuki is taken down by Naruto's Shadow Clone army like in canon, but this time he is shown putting up a fight, dispelling over twenty clones before his injuries accumulate and he is overwhelmed.
  • O.C. Stand-in:
    • Ino's mother only appears in a filler episode during the Fourth Great Shinobi war, and later in one of the novels, with not much known about her. Here, her maiden name is Kaiyo Terumi, and she was an academy student in Kiri who escaped before the Final Exam that would have the students forced to fight each other.
    • Zo, the ANBU member who watched Hiruzen fight Orochimaru, is mentioned to be Sandayu Sarutobi, Hiruzen's second son and father of Konohamaru.
  • Related in the Adaptation: Ino is distantly related to Mei Terumi through her mother being from Kiri.
  • Wham Episode:
    • Chapter four ends with the reveal that Kugihara is in fact a disguised Kabuto, who took pictures of the Scroll of Sealing before sending them to Orochimaru.
    • Chapter seven is when teams are announced, with everyone being shocked to learn that Shikamaru failed the graduation exam, causing Ino-Shika-Cho to not be formed, resulting in Ino joining Naruto and Shino on a team led by Anko while Choji is on Team 8 with Kiba and Hinata.

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