Uzumaki Naruto was born to be a shinobi. He was supposed to be a killer; a protector of unparalleled skill. His lineage and the demon in his gut ensured that. In canon, his growth was stunted. In here, he had a reason to be strong. He has to survive. AU.

Character study. An accidental meeting brings Zetsu into Naruto's life as his tutor. With Zetsu trying to sway Naruto to his own philosophy of "the only one you can rely on is yourself", Naruto discovers that the world isn't as black and white as his tutor is, that there are at least two sides to every story, and that he has a lot to learn. Hinted NaruIno and NaruTen; grey!Naruto

AU inspired by an omake in HPMOR. 12 years ago, the Fourth Hokage gave his life to seal Kyubey, the Nine-Brained Demon Fox, into the infant Naruto. Now, the time has come for a smarter, more creative Naruto to take on a world in which quick thinking and a solid grasp of strategy are worth a dozen rare techniques, and a brilliant mind can challenge even the deepest darkness.

Sometimes it's easy to see the familiar in the faces around you. Sometimes it sucks to figure out why.

A chance collision early in Naruto's life will irrevocably change the path he takes; what happens when Naruto's views are shifted before even his dream to become Hokage? Where will his new path take him, and how many strings will he pull or threads will he trip over along the way? Puppeteer!Naruto.

AU in which Orochimaru stays in Konoha and needs some new help around the lab. Eight year old Sakura volunteers. This turns out to be a worse idea than she anticipated. (Mentor fic, but not... healthy mentorship...) Please read warnings.

Naruto, at 26, has lived through 10 years of war. At the end, with nothing left to call home, he sends himself back to the beginning, to the day of his younger self's graduation, in an attempt to change it all. Time travel AU.

When Naruto is given a gift considered legendary even in a world where walking on water is a daily occurrence for some, will it lead him on a path towards peace or will the consequences of said gift leave a hole in his heart too large to fill?

Keep fighting, they say, eventually you will have won. But what is winning? As order in the Element Nations collapses, Team Seven asks just that. The desert cries out and on blood-soaked dunes their sandals leave imprints. Where do you draw the line when war puts morality into question at every turn? [AU]

There's a saying, amongst the men and women of the Land of Fire: You can be a hero, or you can be a Shinobi. There's a response, amongst the men and woman of Team 7: Fuck that. AU.

In unity lies strength; each leaf is important or the beauty of the tree is lost. Some bonds, however, are difficult to forge and even harder to keep. The tide of blood nears, drums thunder, and three Genin stand tall as the world spirals into madness. [AU]

Minato decides to rant about the utterly horrifying, completely improper, and (most likely) emotionally abusive relationship his daughter shares with her teammate, Sasuke Uchiha. Iruka tries to get the Hokage to deal with his paperwork. fem!Naruto SasuNaru Companion piece to Fugaku's Laments (An Ideal World Fic)

It was probably the strangest proposition he'd ever received. "I'm really sorry about this, but I've decided to become your fangirl." "My fangirl?" "Yes, and I think it's only fair to warn you beforehand." fem!Naruto, no Uchiha Massacre, Shisui x Naruko (An Ideal World Fic)

Following the destruction of Arcadia Bay, we find two girls beginning the new journey they have undertaken. For each other, for themselves, and for something more. Life is strange, but perhaps it can be good after all.

Sasuke decides to rant about the totally unromantic, completely platonic, and mutually loathsome non-relationship he shares with his teammate, Naruko Namikaze. Fugaku wonders when he'll be able to get back to his paperwork. fem!Naruto SasuNaru (An Ideal World Fic)

Naruto calls bullshit on this whole reincarnation thing, because Sasuke couldn't possibly be Madara's reincarnation, if he was standing in front of them, and trying to single-handedly take over the world, right? And since the Nidaime's morally ambiguous forbidden jutsu clearly worked… (Warnings: highly suggestive themes)

Our heroes did not come from a future where everything has gone horribly wrong. They did not travel back in time to save the world from a bleak or miserable fate. As a matter of fact, all they want to do is find a way back home as soon as possible. [cracky, epilogue-compliant time travel fic] [Now has a TV Tropes page!]

In another time, another place, the tennis match was a fencing duel: Beautiful, sharp and deadly precise, upon the piste they existed for the perfect moment and made each other real. Occasionally, it might have been fun. En garde. Are you ready? (Death Note Fencing AU one-shot)

Since she left him, frigid as the setting moon, there is nothing she loathes as much as the light of dawn on the clouds. But as in all things, the sun falls with its regrets, and the moon rises again with the light of a new love. (Alternate Universe)

Petunia married a biochemist, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. Then came the Hogwarts letter, and a world of intriguing new possibilities to exploit. And new friends, like Hermione Granger, and Professor McGonagall, and Professor Quirrell... COMPLETE.

Kakashi says goodbye to Obito.

When Konoha ninja return from investigating one of Orochimaru's laboratories, they bring back a devastating strain of chakra bacterium - Kimimaro's sickness developed into a bioweapon. As Naruto and his surviving friends struggle to live in Plague-stricken Konoha, Madara plots, an anti-ninja cult demands repentance, and, in the midst of it all, Sasuke seeks a perfect revenge.

When a young Ino tries to use the Shintenshin for the first time on Naruto, something goes wrong and the two find themselves temporarily stuck in the other's body. A series of moments depicting the evolution of their relationship, from acquaintances to friends to something more, all by crossing that metaphorical line created when a boy and a girl forge a bond. Naruto/Ino

I refuse to believe this saga ended the way Christopher Paolini wrote it. If you were devastated by his ending, join me in truly concluding the journey of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Brightscales!

When Naruto's father met his mother, his only impression was that a village out there must have been missing its idiot. Minato/Kushina.

They've been there. They've done that. And they didn't even get a shirt to prove it. Reload - because sometimes things are just as they seem to be, and at times they are even more.

Over time, Naruto learns what it means to be Jinchuuriki. Final in 'Matters, Secrets, and Times.'

Everyone has secrets. Gai is just good at keeping his. Second in 'Matters, Secrets, and Times.'

All Hyuuga are proud. Neji measures his pride differently. First in 'Matters, Secrets, and Times.'

(PG-15) Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Tsunade as a team. How they began, and why they fell apart.