Summary: What set of circumstances would cause Umino Iruka to finally teach Naruto the shinobi arts, from the very beginning? Warnings: Rated M for language, violence, and sexual situations. No pairings.
Rating: 15
Category: Alternate Universe & Crossovers > Minor AU, General Fiction > Pre-Series, General Fiction > Character-Centric
Characters: Iruka Umino, Naruto Uzumaki, OC
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Dark, Drama, General, Tragedy
Warnings: AU, Death, Sexual Themes
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapter: 5 Completed: No
Words: 35777 Read: 3795
Published: 24/02/13 Updated: 24/02/13
Story notes: Also posted at Archive of Our Own under the pen-name Archer, as well as at FanFiction.net under the pen-name of Nee339. 1. Chapter 1: The Question by Nee [Reviews - 0] (6361 words)
2. Chapter 2: The Decision by Nee [Reviews - 0] (8203 words)
Author's Note: In this chapter, I refer to a type of radio that I noticed was used in the manga; especially, when Naruto's Genin team is trying to catch Tora, the cat. Anyway, the manga never specified the name of their radio so I looked for a similar one in real life. If you are interested in having a picture of the field radio, please Google SWAT LASH Headsets for Two-Way Radios or check out the following website at www. /tactical/Lash/web_lash. html. You will need to remove all the spaces in the website address, obviously, but you'll see what I am writing about then.
3. Chapter 3: Orientation Day by Nee [Reviews - 0] (9170 words)
Author's Note: First off, I want to take time to thank the people who bothered to review my story. It is nice to read what everyone has to say. Anyway, some of those reviews had mentioned that there are not many action scenes in my story. What I have to say about that is simple this: Everyone has read the stories about how much training a person does to get stronger or the stories with the blow-by-blow fight scenes. This story isn't necessarily about those aspects of shinobi life. It deals with the unmentioned aspects that are mostly glossed over because people consider them boring or too hard to write about. So, yes, that means cussing, sex, rape, and just general brutality, when required.
Anyway, please let me know what you think of chapter three. Thanks.
4. Chapter 4: The Three Month Review by Nee [Reviews - 0] (7841 words)
5. Chapter 5: Understanding Nothing by Nee [Reviews - 1]
(4202 words)