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Pairings: Established YonKaka, NaruSasu (plus other Rookie 9, Jiraiya, Tsunade throughout series, order of names irrelevant)
Rating: PG for language (probably R overall)
Squick: None in this chapter.
Timeline: AU timeline, Yondaime survived Kyuubi sealing, Sasuke never left. Team 7 are roughly nineteen years old.
Summary: Naruto has always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become Hokage, but this wasn't exactly how it was supposed to happen. Now, the only thing he wants is to have his father back...and his own body.

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 (edited), part 5, part 6

( You're smiling too widely, stand up straight, fold your hands behind your back when you're standing still like that—you're making your father look like an idiot. )

Pairings: YonKaka, NaruSasu (plus other Rookie 9, Jiraiya, Tsunade throughout series)
Rating: PG for language (probably R overall)
Squick: None in this chapter.
Timeline: AU timeline, Yondaime survived Kyuubi sealing, Sasuke never left. Team 7 are roughly nineteen years old.
Summary: Naruto has always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become Hokage, but this wasn't exactly how it was supposed to happen. Now, the only thing he wants is to have his father back...and his own body.

part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 (edited)

( Tsunade didn't want to think about what success entailed just yet. 'One problem at a time.' )

Pairings: NaruSasu, YonKaka (plus other Rookie 9, Jiraiya, Tsunade throughout series; also, name order is irrelevant)
Rating: PG for language (probably R eventually)
Squick: None in this chapter.
Timeline: Canonverse - AU timeline, Yondaime survived Kyuubi sealing, Sasuke never left. Team 7 are roughly nineteen years old.
Summary: Naruto has always wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become Hokage, but this wasn't exactly how it was supposed to happen. Now, the only thing he wants is to have his father back...and his own body.

part 1, part 2

( The Yamanaka blood limit may be the only thing standing between the Hidden Leaf and war. )

Characters: NaruSasu, Team 7, Tsunade
Rating: PG/Teen
Squick: None
Timeline: Sasuke returns to the village (post-Shippuuden, Team 7 is age 18)

( Sasuke wondered what exactly Naruto thought would happen if he returned to the village. )

Title: Nothing Stops It Happening [one-shot]
Pairing: Established adult YonKaka + Genin!Team 7
Rating: R for graphic imagery
Squick: Angst, character death, wounds, suicide, blood (I swear I'm not a violent person...).
Notes: Canon AU, Minato survived the Kyuubi, Kakashi is genin Team 7's sensei, the Uchiha are still a living clan. Title is a line from "Northern Star" by Hole. Took 3 months for this? (Please leave feedback? Starting to feel like I'm in a rut.)

Team 7 has gone missing in action.

( ...i wait for you, and nothing stops it happening... )

Title: Stupid Girl
Rating: T
Pairing: NaruSasu
Spoilers: quite possibly the manga if you search for it
Setting: Post-timeskip, Shippuuden

I accidentally associate Sakura with Nova because her Sakura's the only one I can stand (dying, broken, heh). So I probably stole some of her writing style for this without realizing. My apologies because it can never live up to her writing, and because it was unintentional. And if you don't see it...eh...never mind? But I do, grr. Maybe think of it as homage? <3

( It's not normal IT'S NOT but maybe, perhaps, it's to be expected? )

Title: The Heart's Remains: Prologue and Chapter 1
Series Rating: Expected eventual Hard R/NC-17
Chapter Rating: Both: G
Pairing: YonKaka
Spoilers: Gaiden, Naruto's parents' names, first half of the series (pre-Ship)
Setting: Post Timeskip and between first and second arcs of Shippuuden (though events of neither mentioned), Team 7 are 15 years old.
Squick: None

I wasn't going to post this one 'til I finished the series, but I seem to have stalled on Chapter 7, so getting some feedback might be just what I need. :) Pre-beta by moiyahatake; beta read by Steph who also beta'd "Iruka ni hanataba o" and is an excellent writer, herself (just breaking into Naruto fandom, has a wonderful Tsunade/Jiraiya introspective on her deviantART site).

Chapter 'titles' are taken from the Cruxshadows song "Winterborn," chosen after each chapter was written. This isn't a songfic written to match them; it was just eerie how well they fit (and it's the song I usually like to play while writing Minato). May abandon the titles later. Meh. Who knows? >_<

Oh, and sorry, it's got some short chapters. Stopped them when it felt right to do so. Expect updates every 3-4 days.

( Prologue )

( Chapter 1 )