Congratulations, Scorpio Rat, on being the first person today to call me on it. It tried not to make it too obvious, but did intentionally leave inconsistencies (such as Sakura knowing Ino's about to fight Zabuza when Ino never told her). But either my writing normally has such inconsistencies, or everyone is overlooking it, or everyone else is playing an April Fools joke on me by not calling me on it.
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It's because the fic is so chaotic as it is, that its easy to buy that you would have bait and switched us with the green ranger thing.
i just found an other fic based the missing hokage challenge, @IANCE mind if i take a page of your book and be blunt as possible? so far:
Teme, Hinata OOC, Sakura OOC (very probable bashing on it's way), Council, council having powers to outstrip and go over the hokage authority.
edited 1st Apr '14 12:21:18 PM by Duncan0Idaho
@IANCE i can see that, here is the fic https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4614558/1/The-Missing-Hokage
i found looking over some favorite list of the guy who wrote Jiraiya's choice and Uzumaki sunrise, given that we lack a dedicated list of good and bad fics unlike forums.nvsqr/beast lair it's difficult to find something good.
It seems the only person who pulled a decent job with the challenge is the guy of escape from the Hokage's hat.
I reached ch 9 before calling it quits, according to the reviews Tsuande and Shizune got pregnant somehow with Naruto's kid, and i cut it there.
edited 1st Apr '14 2:23:09 PM by Duncan0Idaho
Oh god.
I have to give Echoes credit. No harems (yet) despite having a multiverse to play around in.
Hrh-hrm. Echoes, Chapters 16-18. Naruto (Kazama), Naruto (Chibaku), Naruko, Naruto (Kitsune), Sasori, Zabuza, female Haku, and Kakashi end up in a world where Naruto (N) left to join Kumogakure. He unlocked Kyubi Chakra Mode - didn't expect to see that until I looked at when this story was posted - and became the bane of Konoha's existence. The gang enters Kumogakure after a rather embarrassing run-in with some demons, intending on training each Tailed Beast for each Naruto.
Unfortunately, Kumogakure is serious business. They sneak up on Yugito to get their attention, and the Raikage almost immediately locks them up, and does a pretty good job at it, because Sasori, the Magnificent Bastard of the group, nor his protege Chibaku can figure an easy way out. The gang and their Cloudverse counterparts start getting along.
But then, the Raikage screws them over. N defeats Kazama, Chibaku, Zabuza, and Kitsune, and they get thrown into an even greater, floating prison where Gaara, kidnapped from the Sand Village, is locked up as well. Haku, Kakashi, and -I think- Sasori manage to evade capture.
They break out thanks to Kazama, with the aid of a malevolent multiverse god named Amatsu-Mikaboshi, and Chibaku, who does some espionage by transforming into a tiny puppet. Each Naruto gets freed and then the real hell breaks loose. It turns out that the Orochimaru we saw at the beginning is present in this universe as well, and he summons Edo Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Hiruzen to battle the group. Kitsune fights N, Naruko fights Gaara, Kazama fights Orochimaru, and the rest fight the Raikage and the Edo-Sannin.
If there is one thing I cannot stand about this fic, it's Orochimaru. He talks Naruto (Kazama) into believing his entire education and life up until that moment was a set-up. He survives getting blown apart, but his regeneration's shot, and he's not a rotting corpse. He keeps "screaming" and "roaring" all the time, and he's got some of the worst dialogue written in this fic.
"I AM OROCHIMARU, AND MY WILL BE DONE."
Yeah. That's the gist of what he sounds like whenever he speaks. There's also this one part where he's fighting Kazama and all of his goals are picked apart. All of them, by a sixteen year old kid who barely knows, knew, or ever gave a crap about what they were beyond their relevance to Sasuke.
Sure, Kazama's supposed to be "more" mature than his canon self, but how much so? I don't think Naruto should have absorbed enough philosophy in 15 chapters to verbally smack down Orochimar-
-Talk no Jutsu, yes. Talk no Jutsu in spades. It's just... really awkward reading it in a fan fic for some reason. Especially when the author is so fixed on good guys not defeating bad guys with cliche tactics.
Anyway, the action for these last three chapters was alright. Lots of viewpoints, and I got to watch a Four-Tailed Naruto beat the hell out of a Naruto using Chakra Mode. The gang rescues Gaara, who, like Haku, is also a girl. Most of Chapter 18 is one huge fight, until Kazama kills Orochimaru and the floating prison they're fighting in starts to collapse. The Yugito of that world is forced to come along when they escape, and Naruko captures the female Gaara to bring along with them.
edited 1st Apr '14 4:05:53 PM by Soble
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The author didn't consider, or know, how strong Chakra Mode is . The Naruto that fought N (Kumo-Naruto) beat him using the Four-Tailed Form. Heck, the anime even showed Four-Tailed Naruto getting punked by Sage Mode Naruto.
There's a couple of Narutos. One Naruto gave into the Nine-Tails (sort of) and became a werewolf. Basically like Naruto during the Sai and Pain arcs, but younger. His Kyubi went insane and split into three personas, all of which torture him. As a result, when they take control, they apparently have enough power to take down N. That's the Naruto that faces N, I forgot to mention.
It still doesn't make any sense but maybe it'll be addressed later.
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Mmm. Maybe I'll get sick of it too. Currently I'm not thrilled with how Orochimaru, Naruto, or Kakashi are being written - and I'm pretty sure the author's a more familiar with TV Tropes than he/she lets on. But I was really into Sliders back when it was on, so the premise already grabbed me. I don't think it's gotten too dark yet. The worst part was when the Land of Waves got blown to smithereens.
The biggest crux I've seen so far is when these OCs from that Yet Again fic showed up. Big-Lipped Alligator Moment. They showed up, killed an atrociously-written demon that showed up, added some surreal humor to the scene, told the protagonists what's what, and left. Although, they did set up a comical moment later when the three antagonists got teleported into the middle of Hiroshima...
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!I like Echoes, but it has it's flaws. I would say it's definitely decent enough to be worth a read, if you are OK with it being dark, and willing to accept some "red flags".
that Orochimaru dies during the arc you are reading, a good one appears in a future arc, the main Naruto kinda gets worse as a character, I don't like him either most of the time, and Kakashi has a nice character arc.
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Makes sense.
edited 1st Apr '14 4:33:02 PM by IFwanderer
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV@Scorpio Rat
It has to be Naruto, because Kakashi is perfectly aware that Naruto's gonna turn around to feed either Sasuke or Hinata the second he thinks Kakashi's gone. Maybe if it were Sasuke, Naruto would make him sweat, but he'd still give Sasuke the food, guaranteed.
Not because of something silly like Naruto figuring out that this is the secondary test, but rather because he's just too dumb to consider the possibility that Kakashi might still be watching.
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Even without Chakra Mode, Kumo Naruto should be ungodly powerful. Naruto is basically a walking mass of concentrated, pure and distilled talent. This is visible by how little effort he has to put to achieve things that take others their entire lives (See: Rasengan in, what, three weeks at the most while the only instruction he received was comparable to a math teacher putting an equation on the blackboard that requires the usage of a formula that they haven't actually taught the students yet).
Kumo seems to actually be interested in training their Jinchuuriki, which Konoha clearly isn't...
Enough that he really shouldn't have trouble wtfstomping the Werefox Naruto.
I'm not kidding when I say that, had Naruto been raised in Kumo, he would be nigh-invincible.
edited 1st Apr '14 4:48:50 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari@Soble i'll give you a single tip of how it gets worse: Sun-Conqueror and general psycopath He is a version of Naruto that winds up hijacking the plot with his organization, oh and Arashi manages to make his way to his home dimension, discovers that Hiashi, Inoichi and Shikaku conspired to make his life hell, he burned, destroyed and murdered all of Konoha and Jiraiya.
@FOFD last time i read it wasnt Hiroshima but Naruto ends up in the Road to the ninja universe and well, things are not pretty, he is annoyed and angry towards Minato and Kushina, he misses dearly Izanami oh and Sun is on his way to cause more chaos and mayhem for the lulz
And wow two slider fans, i am still pissed at sci-fi for removing that show, Eureka and Sliders were the only reasons why i saw that channel.
edited 1st Apr '14 5:20:05 PM by Duncan0Idaho
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Erg, I'm tempted to read that spoiler. There was a flash-forward scene that featured a Naruto who conquered Konoha... and wanted to destroy all existence... and another one that defeated Nagato... I wonder...
Actually, I think he's I was referring to the scene where the Yet Again OCs show up and throw the Madaras/Obitos on the wrong path. All three 'Madaras' end up in Hiroshima right before the bomb goes off... and they get saved by Amatsu Mikaboshi. That was, truly, the only redeeming thing about that mini-arc.
High-five for Sliders fans.
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Duncan's read further than I did and I'm 16 chapters in. How far'd you get?
edited 1st Apr '14 5:33:16 PM by Soble
I'M MR. MEESEEKS, LOOK AT ME!So, I wrote this.
It's starting up again.
Each and every time it's the same.
I can't take it anymore.
Somebody... Please... Anybody...
Save me!
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It's always the same thing. I'm usually minding my own business, not doing anything to anyone... usually... when suddenly, the world around me changes. The village that I love, that I've worked so hard to make as glorious and frikkin' awesome as I can, becomes a hellish shithole that no sane person would want to live in, and it breaks my heart to see it perverted like that! Why do they hate Konoha so much!? What has it done to them!?
I'm losing control of my body already. I'm no longer myself. Or rather, I am trapped in my own body. Man, now at least I know what the Kyuubi feels like. This totally sucks, and there's nothing I can do about it but endure.
A quick glance within my mindscape confirms that at least this time the Kyuubi isn't some sort of hot chick. Seriously, it's like a ten story tall fox! Why would I want to sleep with it!?
Oh, goody. Now I'm immortal for some reason. I don't even care anymore. I've lived through this so many times, that I can't even bring myself to give a damn. I'm just going to have to wait, trapped in my own body, until this monster gets bored and releases me so I can go back to the world I love and leave this behind like those nightmares I have, you know the kind, the ones where I eat the last cup of instant ramen in the world and every factory that makes it closes and then Ichiraku Ramen is struck by a meteor and-
Yeah, yeah, that's going nowhere, but YOU aren't the one stuck in some stupid place for, what, how long is it this time? Fifty thousand years? Sheesh, I'm pretty sure my bones would be dust by this time!
You'd think that this would be something that leaves me traumatized, but screw that noise! I'm Uzumaki Naruto, and I don't work that way, and you better believe it!
Urgh, I can't even make a cool boast, this is so boring.
Fortunately for me, the fifty thousand years pass in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately for everyone, this nightmare continues from then on.
I've been in this world so many times... Over a hundred, I think. Maybe two hundred or more. I'm not sure. But I've seen this place before, so many times, that I already feel sorry for all those poor girls.
I can see it in their eyes. With nothing else to do, I've become a pretty good observer over all this time. I can see how much it horrifies them when some sadistic deity starts toying with them for its own amusement. Bet you didn't even know I know what the word 'deity' means, did ya?.. Okay, I didn't before this mess started, but hey, I know it now, and that's got to count for something.
How old are they?
Thirteen? Fourteen?
Even if my body wasn't something like fifty thousand years old, I'm pretty sure that whatever process rendered me immortal this time, honestly, it's usually some sort of fusion with the Kyuubi, should leave me at least beyond the mental age in which being attracted to underage girls is no longer okay.
But of course, the monster that's controlling me doesn't give a damn about what I want, what I like or what I would like. It's not about me at all.
It's never been about me.
I pity these girls. Forced to endure some sort of self-entitled, self-important jackass that thinks he's way more charming than he is. I feel sorry for them when the monster controlling me reduces them to mindless puppets for his avatar, my body, to fornicate with. Just as a quick aside, fornicate is what you use when you want to say 'fuck' in a classy way, right? Sakura-chan probably likes a more... eloquent... I think it was, vocabulary.
From the few glimpses I can see of what they truly are like, they seem like fun people I'd like to get to know, really.
Damn, I really hate this.
I can see them changing by the minute. Losing their personalities, losing their individuality and independence. I've tried screaming, but I just can't make a noise. I can't have the slightest effect. I can't warn them to go away before this goes to shit.
And seriously, this is one of the more fucked up versions of this. Seriously, that blond girl looks like she's ten! And she's also a total bitch! Also, I can't even pronounce her name.
I'm a teacher, this time, too. And I'm just laughing, because I don't know anything of what this thing controlling me is saying. I disagree with him on everything, just to spite the bastard.
And why am I acting like Sasuke? Why would I want to act like him? He's a jerk!
Dammit.
Why's whoever doing this not just use their own body? I'm pretty sure I'm not seven feet tall, I don't have an eight pack... I don't wear my hair like my dad used to, and I don't have no stupid funky eye technique. Uzumaki Naruto doesn't need any of that crap! So, basically, it's not even my body, either. Just a grotesque mockery of it! (thank you, Sakura-chan! I love that insult! It makes me sound so smart and crap!)
So, if it's not my body, and not me controlling it, why the hell am I involved in this?
Seriously, it's like these people just use my name and then forget everything that makes me, well, me!
Then again, given the fact that what little I've seen of these girls, they're acting nothing like they would really act, either, so I'm wondering just what sort of sick game someone's playing.
Well, at least I can look at it on the brightside. At least this time around, they don't have cartoonishly humongous breasts. I've seen F cups on a seven year old girl, and that's what made me sympathize with Gaara on the whole insomniac thing. Crap, now I won't be able to sleep tonight.
Why can't any of those deities ever consider what any of us would actually want? Or even love us the way we are?
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In my infinite wisdom brought upon by my countless millenia of existence, I have come to one simple conclusion.
They're all assholes. Now, I'm just going to close my eyes and plug my ears, so that maybe, just maybe, I can get through this without being horribly traumatized by the unsatisfying, awkward and moronic sex with girls barely past puberty that awaits me.
Dammit, I really, really hate this.
If you've also read Negima, you'll recognize the crossover.
Point is, this is basically a spoof of the usual crossover that you see in the Naruto section, in which we see Naruto's own perspective on it.
TL;DR: He is, of course, horrified.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari

The lack of 'Surviving members of team Jiraiya and whateversenseikushinahad care for Naruto' AU stories on ff is disheartening. I get most people wanting to stick to the most possible/most likely canon facts as much as possible Like Minato's teammates being war/mission casualties which explains their lack of presence in the series except for that one picture shot in the anime as well as the popular fanon idea of Kushina,Mikoto and Hinata 's mom being on the same genin team but dang! ....... I can only recall like three or so stories where Naruto meets/knows at least one of his parents old teammates.
One had Naruto and Jiraiya going to a Restaurant which if memory serves right didn't want to serve Naruto...until the restaurant owner/manager came over to see what was going on and discovered the pair. Manager winds up being a Akimichi who was one of Jiraiya's students. What followed was a connect the dots moment regarding Naruto for said Akimichi(freaking cliche if you ask me)
Then there's a story(ies) where it's revealed that Tenten's dad was Kushina's teammate and (in one)that Kushina was Tenten's god mom
Another one is an Extreme AU where Minato's teammates pull a Tobi move and wind up going after Naruto for revenge or whatever.
Hold up I just got a scene in my head of Genin!Kushina going Kyuubi(version one demon fox cloak)on a group of enemy nin thus saving the lives of a platoon of her old classmates... ... .. . Gah I hate plot bunnies!
P.s. Would Nawaki being possibly close in age to Kushina and Minato(probably one or two years older)make any sense?
~insert witty comment here~