Things We Do For Love
is a Naruto fanfic by piano2099 on Wattpad.
Naruto, a demon. A monster. A murderer. Or so they said. In reality, he was just a kid with a tailed beast sealed in him. No one cared for him, or so he thought. Follow him as he navigates through the shinobi world, trying to form bonds.
This fanfic displays examples of:
- Actually Pretty Funny: Hiruzen, despite initial misgivings, finds Naruto's Sexy Jutsu quite hilarious.
- Adaptational Badass:
- Naruto, in spades. Not only can he utilize taijutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu, and fuinjutsu with absurd levels of proficiency, he is also capable of summoning foxes via his contract with Kurama along with the Mount Myokubu toads, not to mention that he receives an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan from one of the Uchiha eyes reclaimed from Danzo.
- In addition to learning Chidori from Kakashi and obtaining the Mangekyo Sharingan far earlier than canon, Sasuke can maintain his Mangekyo techniques for longer without wearing out his eyes thanks to the practice he put into doing that and unlocking the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan through implanting Shisui's recovered eye into his own.
- Shikamaru is capable of conjuring the Shadow Garden as his own Domain in combat.
- Adaptational Heroism:
- Zabuza and Haku make a Heel–Face Turn and ally themselves with Mei Terumi's rebel forces in Kirikirigakure after Gato is killed.
- Sasuke never defects from Konoha, instead infiltrating Orochimaru's ranks as a spy for the village while outwardly pretending to be a traitor.
- Team Hebi/Taka are closer to an impromptu black ops group who spy on Orochimaru for Konoha and hunt Akatsuki members on the side rather than the antagonistic group they were in canon thanks to Sasuke having no reason to turn on Konoha in the first place.
- Adaptational Intelligence:
- Having a closer relationship with Konoha's jonin and his teammates has given Naruto access to more information than his canon counterpart had, allowing him to make frighteningly accurate deductions on the situations he's in.
- Sasuke has much greater knowledge on notable missing-nin thanks to him studying the Bingo Book, giving him the ability to recognize notorious rogue shinobi in the field.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Sasuke is much friendlier towards other people thanks to Naruto helping him find something to live for other than avenging the massacre of his clan.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
- Kakashi is practically a surrogate older brother for Naruto rather than just being his mentor.
- Kurama and Naruto have a better relationship with each other since they got to meet each other early on, with Kurama serving as a mentor figure of sorts for Naruto.
- Naruto and Hinata are an Official Couple much earlier than canon since they get to spend time with each other on a more frequent basis.
- Sasuke and Naruto are full-on Bash Brothers rather than rivals/enemies since Sasuke is not obsessed with avenging the death of his clan at Itachi's hands.
- Itachi and Sasuke are on much friendlier terms since Sasuke knows the truth about the Uchiha coup far, far earlier.
- Team Kakashi have a much closer relationship with Teams Kurenai and Asuma compared to canon since Naruto manages to create stronger friendships with the members of those teams.
- Karin and Naruto view each other as family due to both meeting each other much earlier, meaning that Karin is taken into the Uzumaki clan after being rescues from Orochimaru's clutches.
- Sasuke has absolutely zero respect for Orochimaru since he knows how depraved the rogue Sannin is, going on a brief rant over how creepy the snake ninja is after he reunites with Naruto.
- Adaptational Villainy:
- Mizuki here not only attempts to steal the forbidden scroll, but also joins forces with Kumogakure to kidnap Hinata.
- Danzo is allied with Orochimaru in this continuity, something his canon counterpart never was despite his existing villainy as the head of Root and obsession with the greater good.
- Bash Brothers: Naruto and Sasuke are practically brothers in all but blood with how they support each other, always having each other's backs in all circumstances and using each other's strength to further improve themselves.
- Cool Sword: Amaya, Kushina's signature weapon, is a sword capable of fuinjutsu in addition to its inherent kenjutsu and chakra channeling capabilities.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation:
- Gato dies at Naruto's hands instead of Zabuza's via a kunai to the heart.
- Kidomaru gets a kunai to the head from Naruto instead of getting his chakra network shut down by Neji.
- Jirobo is instantly crushed to death by Gaara's Sand Coffin right after he unleashes his Cursed Mark form's third stage.
- Sakon, Ukon, and Tayuya are blown up by Shikamaru instead of respectively dying to Kankuro and Temari.
- Door Stopper: Clocks in at 94 chapters total as of this writing.
- The Gadfly: Sai develops into one after spending time with Naruto.
- The Mole: Sasuke infiltrates Otogakure as Konoha's spy among Orochimaru's ranks under the guise of seeking more power in order to exact vengeance on Itachi.
- Named In The Adaptation: Hinata's mother is named Hitomi in this continuity.
- Point of Divergence: A lot of changes happen to the story, with a good amount from Naruto being a lot stronger than he is in canon and having better relationships with other people. To boot:
- Naruto learns the truth about what happened on the day he was born far earlier than canon after he ends up in Kurama's seal from taking a shuriken Mizuki aimed at Iruka, enabling him to establish a stronger rapport with Kurama and meet his father Minato much earlier.
- Sasuke does not fall to the depths his canon counterpart sank to because Naruto helps steer him away from focusing on vengeance, giving him something to live for other than killing Itachi.
- Hinata and Naruto are the story's Official Couple far earlier than canon through a combination of getting to be around each other more often and Naruto having better interpersonal skills.
- Team 8 are deployed to help Team 7 after Naruto informs Hiruzen of the circumstances surrounding Wave Country, giving them a major boost in firepower against Zabuza and Gato's thugs.
- Danzo and Root are eliminated far earlier thanks to Naruto exposing their corruption before they could do any damage to Konoha.
- Hiruzen never dies since Naruto's the one who depowers Orochimaru by destroying his chakra coils with pure Tailed Beast chakra
- Rank Up: Naruto and Shikamaru are promoted to special jonin after the Sand-Sound Invasion while Sasuke and Shino are made chunin. The former two are later promoted to full jonin after the timeskip.
- Shipper on Deck:
- Hitomi picks up on Hinata's feelings for Naruto and encourages their relationship.
- Likewise, Naruto encourages Kakashi and Anko to get together.
- Shout-Out:
- Naruto and Kakashi's spar is directly based on the Gojo vs. Sukuna fight, complete with Domain Expansion.
- Much of Naruto's new techniques in the Shippuden portion of the story are drawn from Satoru Gojo's Cursed Techniques, with Rasenbreakthrough being very similar to Cursed Technique: Reversal Red.
- Naruto mutters "Ah shit, here we go again" after Kushina (who's an Edo Tensei zombie called in by Orochimaru) manages to conceal her chakra chains in her previous attack while he was distracted.
- Sneeze Cut:
- Deidara sneezes after Naruto calls the explosion Shikamaru created to destroy the Sound base that held Karin captive "a piece of art".
- Nagato does the same after Naruto states that he will make Orochimaru know pain.
- Spared by the Adaptation
- Zabuza and Haku get to leave Wave Country with their lives since Naruto managed to kill Gato and stop them from fighting any further.
- Hayate Gekko is still alive since Konoha already knows that Orochimaru is planning to lead the Sand-Sound Invasion during the Chunin Exams, meaning that he doesn't have to risk his life as a spy.
- Hiruzen lives past the Sand-Sound Invasion because Naruto and Sasuke step in to handle Orochimaru and the undead versions of Hashirama, Tobirama, and Minato he summoned with Edo Tensei.
- Gaara and Yugito are spared from death since the Akatsuki only extract a third of the Tailed Beast chakra within their bodies from them rather than ripping out their Tailed Beasts wholesale.
- The Tease: Yugito, as it turns out, is quite the massive flirter, managing to fluster the normally stoic Itachi while he's carrying her to the Akatsuki base for Tailed Beast extraction.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Sasuke takes the time to chew out Itachi for his Zero-Approval Gambit, pointing out how his attempt to make Sasuke get stronger through The Power of Hate would have inadvertently driven him into Orochimaru's arms in his pursuit of vengeance had Naruto not snapped him out of that in time, not to mention that he really didn't account for the fact that the best way for Sasuke to get stronger was actually The Power of Love.
