The first move is always a feint. It's the most basic thing, to land a hit with the second move – or in his case, a second life. Nara Shikamaru is reborn in a completely wrong time and wrong gender, where troubles manage to ensue and give him a monumental headache. Troublesome.

"They say the only thing to fear is fear itself. That, and a motivated Nara." Shikamaru is born with his father's intelligence and his mother's work ethic. The world is turned sideways.

All things in the past, present and future exist, have existed and will exist due to an initial conceptualization of a thought – an idea, an insight. For me it all started with fear: pure, unbridled fear. In which a child is born with imagination so strong it leaks into reality. Eldritch

"I never asked for this. For any of this! All I ever wanted was to sit and play music. So, why? Why is this little blonde boy suddenly so attached to me? Why is my teammate so broody all the time? ...why is our Sensei reading that perverted book? Why are there NINJAS—OH MY GOD! LOOK OUT FOR THAT SNAKE!" A story of a girl who knows too much. SI-OC

Kakashi dies to Pain's attack and wakes up in another world. It's a world where Kakashi hadn't failed Obito's final wish and sacrificed himself for Rin's sake instead. It's a Konoha too similar, yet so different that Kakashi can't bear to impose. So he doesn't – not as 'Kakashi', at least. Dimension Travel.

When Kyuubi was extracted from Uzumaki Naruto, it was the Nidaime Hokage that came up with an unconventional solution. An experimental reincarnation jutsu on Namikaze Minato and a one-way trip, with his Kurama, to the past. (Minato-centric)

Don't you hate it when you wake up and you don't know where you are? Me too, except I woke up in another universe. A semi SI OC story.

Uchiha Masaru is a normal boy who wanted to become a ninja with his twin sister Akari. He didn't know he'd witness a bloody massacre and become one of the last Uchiha. He didn't know his first friend would have the power to change the world. He has no idea there's a world where he and Akari don't exist. But in this one they do, and their existence creates unimaginable ripples.

Whoever said death is nothing to be afraid of have likely lived a full life. Though, I suppose the same could be said for the reverse. Those who fear death have never truly lived, but I'm getting a little ahead of myself. My name is Kasa, the idiot who doesn't know how to die properly. And let me tell you, dying hurts. OC Self-insert COMPLETE

Hayakawa Mori is ANBU cannon fodder. So when the Kyuubi breaks free and takes control of Uzumaki Naruto, he's not surprised that he ends up dead. What he is surprised about is that somehow, he accidentally kills the Uzumaki brat in the process - and the Kyuubi is not happy about it. (Time travel and OC-centric, but canon characters will be playing major roles!)

She couldn't remember if she was a little girl, a grown woman, or some kind of wild beast. All she wants is what everyone wants- a purpose, a reason to be. The day she meets the man who embodies the ocean, is the day she chooses the path she will take in this life. Because it wasn't about her. Maybe it never was. Gen. SI/OC

In the sealed scroll he finds a Bingo Book – his own page marking him as an S-class nukenin with flee-on-sight orders. "Ok. That is definitely different." Dimensional/Time Travel.

It wasn't supposed to be like this. She was only supposed to go back five minutes in time. Instead, Sakura wakes up in a dark room surrounded by people wearing black cloaks with red clouds on them. The worst part? She doesn't have a clue who she is.

"At least the other clan kids of the series had something to protect themselves with practically from birth. Sakura was blessed with the oh so helpful gift of a larger than average forehead." The remedy is often worse than the disease it cures. I refused to be that remedy. OC-insert as Sakura Semi-AU

After Naruto dies, he changes into a Hollow. This single death will change the lives and afterlives of many. And it's not exactly for the better.

Sometimes, when one insists on not wanting to become a Shinobi, it is best to listen to them.