During the mission to Wave, Sakura realises that she has to become a better ninja for her teammates' sake and be someone they can depend on. She vows to take her training seriously, and receives help from the most unlikely of sources; Genma Shiranui. The two form an unlikely bond and stick together through thick and thin, while Sakura improves and meets other people along the way.

"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.

In a world where the Avatar wasn't found, the Fire Nation took over two nations and they strive to overcome the last one. Water Tribe warrior Sokka seeks to fight for his people's rights, but he's captured by his enemies. His life is no longer in his hands as he fights as a Gladiator, and his fate will eventually depend on the Fire Nation Princess, who needs him for her own ends...

Time-travel AU. Where Azula finds herself in a child's body once again and knows that she would protect Zuko this time, so that he'd never have to wear that scar ever again.

Sakura awakens in the time of the founding of the Hidden Leaf, unknowing how she got there or how to get home, the only clue she has other than missing memories is visions of the Rabbit Goddess, Kaguya.

Senju Hashirama's dream to unify all of the warring clans of his country under one village remained just that; a dream. Generations later, the ninja world still consists of pure clan affiliation. Enacting peace through understanding has fallen to the side. A catalyst is needed for any kind of change to occur, and it is all found in a little boy... for better or for worse. AU.

Blind loyalty is simple. The problem only begins when the world makes you open your eyes. Sakura-centric, AU, pre-timeskip.

Uzumaki Naruto grew up with lofty goals, guts, and determination. Instincts of a born fighter made him grow; duty to his home drove him. As the battle lines begin to blur, he must find a way to reconcile all he's ever known with the man he hopes to become. Large AU.

Before the massacre, there had been Izumi Uchiha. A girl who loved him. A girl whom he protected. A girl who was betrothed to another. A girl who was the love of his life...and the girl whom he would lose forever. Will she be there when Itachi's suffering ends? Rated M for future lemons

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.

It's time to stop waiting for other people to save you. A story about fear, resilience, and Sakura.

A small twist of fate made him aware of his heritage; unsealing the legacies his parents left behind. Graduating from the academy at age seven, he's well on his way. He found a kindred spirit in Uchiha Itachi, and his cousin Shisui's along for the ride. They're on the path to unsealing the legacy left by their ancestors, both the dark and the light. Next chap teaser in AO3.

To Sakura, the world of Uchihas was filled with dark, stoic, and mysterious men... and then there was Shisui. [Pairing: Shisui x Sakura] [Non-Massacre] [Shisui's character may be OOC]

For 5-year-old Sakura, Suna was no different than Konoha...that is, until she finds a kindred spirit. Sister story to A Continuous Circle/And the Circle Comes Round, but it stands alone. [Part Two contains Time Travel]

/SasuSaku./ And with every moment together, they get just a little closer, a little more comfortable with each other. Fall a little more in love. Post-war. Pre-epilogue.

Zuko is a young Fire Nation prince, being guided by his father Iroh on the path to becoming Fire Lord. But his scheming Uncle Ozai wants the throne for himself. Will Zuko embrace his royal destiny or will evil prevail? Based on the movie/musical. Zutara

Sasuke casts a genjutsu on Sakura, pulling her into a new world. Is he trying to test her to see to what extent her love goes for him? Amidst working out the answer to this question, she finds herself power bound to the Avatar as he emerges; granting her the ability to bend the elements. Zuko x Sakura (Zukura), Sasuke x Sakura (SasuSaku)

Ginny's resentment at her family's poverty explodes while shopping for school supplies. Under the cover of her mother's embarrassment, Lucius Malfoy slips a diary into her cauldron and suggests she'd be welcome in his home. Throw in a sorting into Slytherin and let the dark games begin. Slytherin!Ginny, Dark!Ginny, AU. COMPLETE.

Kimimaro x Sakura. Because some things you feel in your bones.

Somehow sent back into the past, Kakashi is given a second chance to relive his childhood. He is determined to make the most of everyday and to fix the horrors of the future, but sometimes simple determination is not enough to save everyone. Time-travel.

Reborn as Les Misrables' Cosette, she's aware she could live a good, safe life if she follows the plan; only there's so much her future-formed ideas could fix, so much progress can be made. Only Marius seems so very boring, and Enjolras so very… not. (Asexual Enjolras)

Minato, Kakashi, Obito, and Rin end up time-traveling all over the future, meeting, surprisingly, Kakashi almost every time. (Rating for language and violence only)

Tobirama had chosen Sarutobi to rise as the next Hokage before he departed to certain death. He falls in battle at the hands of the Kinkaku Force only for him to wake up in an unknown place. Rated T.

The Shinigami was satisfied by the bloodbath called the Fourth Shinobi World War. He reaped the souls of over 80,000 ninjas and countless civilians... Then why does he send one of them back in time? (Time-travel done RIGHT; read the first chapter to be convinced. Full summary inside. Features Fūinjutsu!Naruto. Will be EPIC in length. NO HAREM.) "Err... why do you smell like fish?"

AU. What if the Fire Nation had won the war? Twenty years after Sozin's Comet, Korra is born and raised as a soldier of the Fire Nation, not knowing the immense power and legacy she inherits. It is up to the old Gaang to show her the way, so that she can defeat the Fire Nation and bring balance back to the world. Featuring Korra and the older Gaang plus LOK characters

You can't stop the flow of time. Its wheel only whirls in one direction. It is impossible for a mere human to change that path. But sometimes the impossible must be done… Naruto time travel fanfiction.

Her plan was flawless. Save Shisui. Save the world. Time-travel, Sakura-centric AU

The lighting bolt killed the Avatar in Ba Sing Se. Roku uses the last of his energy to bend time and destiny, sending his great-grandson into the past to right his wrongs. Unfortunately for Zuko, things don't go the same way the second time around. Between trying to save the Avatar and keep his sister under control, he wonders what exactly he's gotten himself into. Timebent AU.

When Naruto is three, he gets a brother. A brother that previously belonged to someone else.

Due to a certain string of events, the Phantom and the Emperor find themselves placed in the last place one would expect: class 3-E. Needless to say, chaos is ensured. AkaKuro and light KarmaGisa. Rated T for Akashi and Karma.

She died to save her village. She would gladly do it again if she had to, but this time...it would be as Hinata Hyuuga. / / Nohara Rin gets reincarnated as Hyuuga Hinata. / / A series of non-chronological glimpses into the second life of Rin Nohara.

As they are losing the 4th Shinobi World War, Naruto is running out of options and is forced to use a Kinjutsu that will catapult him back in time. However in order for one to change the future, one must be willing to sacrifice something in order to achieve it. Time-Travel. Naruto x Tōka x Mito

Lu Ten survives the Siege of Ba Sing Se, the Raids on the South Pole, and the Fire Lord's wrath when he claims a young waterbender and her mother. Zutara. AU.

WIP An unconscious Iruka forces Naruto to return to the academy for another year. It also marks the beginnings of a prank whose far-reaching consequences will shake Konoha to its foundations.

The Avatar State was not enough to support Aang indefinitely. As the Avatar Spirit moves on, Aang is informed of the state of the world and given a task: teach the newest incarnation airbending in return for a second chance at life. A slightly darker, grittier rewrite of the series as Avatar Katara comes into her own on her quest to defeat the Fire Nation. Eventual canon pairings.

"I've waited for you to come back to me for more than a thousand years," Indra said. In which Sasuke loses Sakura to his ancestor. SasuSakuIndra

A prince struggles to change his destiny. An unforgiving waterbender tries to see past the betrayal. Fate has decreed them to be enemies from the start but the heart cares not for the laws of the universe. AU ZUTARA starting from the Boiling Rock.

Nohara Rin died... For a little while at least. Back from the dead and on the run from friends and enemies alike, the only people that Rin can trust completely are her supposed-to-be-dead teammate Obito and her almost-murderer Kakashi. Following the guide of a dead soul that seems to know the future, team 7 travels across the elemental nations in an attempt to save the world.

Konoha has fallen and as the last survivor Kakashi learns an awful truth about the past. Determined to make things right, he's given an opportunity to do so by the person he wants most to forgive him. Starting over, he hopes that he'll be able to create a better future for everyone. Time travel. Not Yaoi. Fixed chapter 1.

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]

A fluke. What you do in life echoes for eternity. Time Travel. AU.

A broken promise sends Naruto spiralling down into a depression after his greatest victory. He is given a chance to make things right, to make things better. But this time, he won't be alone. This time, he'll do it as a Namikaze. M just in case.

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!]

When Pakku goes south to help his sister tribe rebuild, he thinks that he's getting a second chance. Kanna thinks he's deluding himself.

Obito became the Jūbi Jinchuuriki and consequently got smacked to oblivion and back, with words and Naruto's fists. He died protecting the hailed boy of prophecy and his bonds, a smile on his face as he went to join Rin and Minato in the afterlife. But things didn't go as expected, and it seems that life has more plans for him… Time-travel.

She never looks at anything but Naruto, but when she finally catches someone else's eye, Hinata finds that maybe someone's been watching her too.

ABANDONED What if Zuko had been born with the chance to be the Avatar? What if he made a choice? It's impossible, really... but everyone has to breathe.

A series of ficlets which explores what life might have been had Sandaime come to an obvious solution for the Uchiha problem.

After two years of therapy at the mental institution and unexpected events, Azula is given a second chance to relive her days as the fourteen year old Fire Nation Princess, on the beginning of her journey to capture her uncle, brother and possibly the Avatar. How will she handle it this time around? What will come out of it? Time Travel. Check it out! R&R please!

Naruto has always carried his father's legacy, in more ways than one. When an attempt to replicate the Fourth's greatest technique sends him to times long passed, he must take up that legacy, far more directly than he ever dreamed.

Flashes of an unknown past haunt Naruto, entwining his steps with those of a former life no longer content to stay forgotten. It's time for Uzushio's Storm God to rise once more. (The soul of a city is a hard thing to kill. Uzushio is still aware, still waiting. And now, with the rebirth of her greatest Kage, it's time to call her people home.) SasuNaru

Sabaku no Gaara lands in the past to a time where everyone fears him and his father is still alive. He realises regaining everyone's trust will be difficult, especially when they still think he's a blood-thirsty psychopath. No pairing. Time Travel.

AU season 2. Katara finds that it is difficult to hate someone when you know them, and harder still to hurt them when you are responsible for healing them. Zuko discovers forgiveness and understanding taste sweet, even coming from an enemy. Redemption and friendship. Rated for descriptions of injuries and abuse.

Naruto figures that if she can survive the Fourth Shinobi War, she can obviously survive the Clan Wars. But now, with no allies and Kurama sleeping on the job, she finds herself in a little over her head. Not to mention the whole eleven years old again business. Naruto quickly finds out what it means to be the only Jinchuriki running around in wartime. Female Naruto, Timetravel

Aang almost kills Zuko during their first encounter at the South Pole, and the prince finds himself struggling to come to terms with peculiarities surrounding his unlikely survival. As he learns to accept his circumstances, Zuko is given the chance to see the world from a heartbreaking new perspective that changes everything... Heavy Blue Spirit, but with a twist.

Zuko loses his sight to an attack on his family at seven-years-old. Now blind, he's determined to prove he's just as capable as ever, using firebending to interact with the world around him.

There is something going on with Kakashi, but Minato can't figure out what. All he has are distressing deductions, each one progressively worse than the last. It's no wonder Minato can't help but fear and fear and fear. (To be fair though, it really wasn't his fault he never considered the possibility of time-travel)

The future is not set in stone. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. And every choice made has the potential to drastically alter the fate of the world. This is a lesson he must learn in order to get his revenge. DISCONTINUED

What does it mean to be a ninja? This is the question that guides Uzumaki Naruto through his life as a shinobi of Konoha. Along that path, witness as he meets friends, fights evil, and keeps his eyes fixed on the ultimate dream… [AU beginning at the bell test, where differences in Team 7's choices lead Kakashi to take their training more seriously.]

We were going back to save him from Madara, from the dark and from himself. Because if we saved Sasuke, we saved the world. Time travel.

13 year-old Madara is just having a competition with Hashirama, when he suddenly finds himself in the Uchiha compound in Konoha. Wait. Since when does his clan live in a village? And why do people insist that his name isn't Madara? But at least he has found a new friend who helps him paint the face on the mountain – which reminds him greatly of his eternal rival and friend.

Harry was five when he discovered the picture and his life changed. Before he knows it he's shipped off to a distant relative far away and a village full of adventure, intrigue and shinobi. And Harry finds family. HPxNaruto. Pre-Hogwarts.

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 Naruto is defeated by the Ten-Tails, Kurama is forced to take drastic measures. Time Travel/AU. NaruHina eventually.

ItaSaku Non-Massacre AU. Their story began long before anyone could realize it. The story of a little pink-haired girl child, and a stoic young boy.

AHITS. Another "Hinata In Team Seven." Hyuuga Hinata always had the potential to become a stronger person. Let's see how far she'll go with two equally determined individuals. Very limited romance, strictly about personal growth.

Young Azula stays behind the curtain a little longer and overhears something extra. After the meeting, Fire Lord Azulon declares Ozai too bold and orders the ambitious snake's line ended. Grandfather means to kill them all! What should she do? The story of the royal family in exile. A/N inside. Beta'd partly by the lovely Pink Bead Girl

Sakura would show them she wasn't pathetic. One harsh word from Sasuke makes Sakura realize that he will never see her unless she is strong enough to stand at his side and not in his shadow.

After the Forest of Death, Sakura comes to realize that being weak is no longer an option. However, she finds that change is sometimes painful and that truth doesn't always come easy. Luckily, she'll have some help along the way.

Rin Nohara wasn't as perfect as everyone thought. A five part story and epilogue. [ObiRin] [Tiny hints of future ObiRinKaka OT3] [AU as of Chapter 629]

Sakura isn’t weak because she lacks strength. She is weak because they protect her. Sakura-centric

Danzo asks to be Team 7's Jounin. Follows Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke as they grow into their positions. Kakashi is still in the fic. A more military take on the Narutoverse, will try to focus on ninja using tricks instead of brute force. strong!team.

The Fourth Great Shinobi War is all but lost. A tip from the Tsuchikage causes a team to travel to Uzushiogakure to find out more. Not knowing what to expect, they come across a seal, but it's one that requires a bijuu to power it. Naruto gets an opportunity to go back and re-write the past in hopes of giving everyone a different future. -COMPLETE-

"In fifty days, Uchiha Sasuke will be executed." For fifty days, she will visit him. For fifty days, he will fall steadily in love. —Sasuke/Hinata

In a strange twist of fate, Naruto is sent back in time six months before the Kyuubi's attack. But why? Was it to change the past? To find out the truth about himself? To gain a family? He wasn't sure. He didn't think too deep into it, though. After all, Naruto is only six years old. Time Travel fic, gen.

Prequel to the series. A disillusioned Kuroko has quit Teikou's basketball team. A disillusioned Aomine wants to quit basketball altogether. Momoi feels powerless to change their minds, but can she make a difference? Complete.

Broken and lost after the massacre, little Sasuke struggles to stay alive. Danzo intends to eliminate the remaining Uchihas and Itachi and Sasuke have to flee and leave their past behind. Brotherly love, platonic.

To have her wish successfully granted, Sakura have a mission to do. Sending herself back in time seems horrific enough, but it couldn't be any worse when she's stuck in the desert, along with a redhead who should have been dead.

What might have been different if Itachi had followed through with his promise to take Kakashi away after he released him from his Tsukuyomi? This is my twisted version of what might have been.

Team 7 and the rest of the world for that matter have to go on without Naruto when he falls in battle on the bridge in Wave.

"You may find yourself capturing hearts that you are forbidden to keep." She is a servant. He is a Prince. Together they are about to go against everything that keeps the world at peace. Zutara

Naruto was no friend of fate, but right here and now he had to admit, ending up in the past probably had happened with a bit of help.

Sasori Akasuna, a former delinquent, is forced to live with his grandmother, Chiyo. With his new life he was expecting a boring existence with rules and regulations but what he hadn't anticipated was meeting the feisty, pink-haired Sakura Haruno

Naruto makes a good shinobi, but a lousy weapon. Danzo has finally managed to connive Naruto into Root, or so he believes. Naruto, who will now be within reach of his emotionally inept, traumatized, fanatical devotees. What on earth was he thinking?

Eventually Sokka realizes that Aang does not embody 'balance' the way an Avatar supposedly should. No, weirdly enough it's Zuko who does that instead.

Sasori has been revived, along with the other members. But how? Sakura is being sent on a mission to infiltrate the Akatsuki by convincing them to let her join, so that she can find out who did this. But soon, things seem to take a different turn...

Being stripped from his post as an ANBU and reduced to a genin, Naruto became a mere confused teenager. With time, he will realise life is worth living after all. Naruto/Ino. Beta-ed by Erugenel. Discontinued.

AU. Drabble/short!fic series. After the massacre, Sasuke devotes himself to the path of the healer seeking to save lives rather than destroy them. Medic-nin!Sasuke. PTSD!Sasuke.

The Avatar is the master of all four elements. What happens when Zuko, grandson to Avatar Roku, stumbles upon Roku's companion Fang and discovers he is more than just a Firebender?

Uchiha Itachi hadn't planned for this possibility, but then, if he'd had his way, he would be dead. How this had happened was a useless question. What mattered was, what would he do now? To be or not to be... It all hinged on his choices. Time travel.

“There is a scroll. It has a jutsu that can stop this from happening. You can go back in time. You can change all this.” The remnants of Konoha strive to change not only their history, but many other tragedies as well. MinaKushi but otherwise Genfic

Two teens confide in the best listener of the Gaang. But what if the confessions weren't as private as the confessor believes? Set just after the Southern Raiders. Zutara Oneshot.

Hufflepuff is the house of the leftovers, the losers, the forgotten. Well, Tom Riddle thinks, it's time to change that.

Two enemies strike a bargain to save what they both hold dear. He will reveal a truth that shakes her beliefs, drawing her into a web of lies and betrayal. She will offer the redemption for which he never hoped and show him how to be human again. ItaSaku.

A time travel story based on the theory of what the tailed beasts are and where they get their chakra from.That and the question: if one person was exchanged with another, would history still play out the same? Naruto's soul is sent back in time.

That lightning bolt really had killed Aang. The dying spirit of Avatar Roku approaches Zuko with a proposal of redemption. Time Travel.

The first intervillage chuunin exam is being held. For six year old Kakashi, it's an opportunity for him to prove himself. For the future Yondaime, it's a chance to prevent a war.

Hyuuga Neji goes missing nin, which is more complicated than it sounds. Luckily the Uchiha brothers are experts in professional treachery and more than willing to give him tips...whether he wants them or not. /post timeskip/ Sound Village mind f***ery/

Let it not be said that being Uzumaki Naruto is anything approaching easy; he has an obligation to the future but a duty to the past, and a time-traveling jutsu that lets him travel between both. OR: Naruto travels between the past and the present, and somehow loses himself in the process.

Takes place during Sozin's Comet, where Zuko is struck down like we know, but what happens when Katara can't heal him? and she watches him die? Both admit to the other their true feelings. T for blood, agony, and death.

She was a doll passed from one master to another, will she find love in the arms of a red haired youth? SakuraSasori

When an injury leaves Neji without his sight, the Hyuuga prodigy must decide for himself what fate he really bears. COMPLETE

On the eve of Sokka and Suki's wedding, the gang learns Toph has a crush on the Dragon of the West. Hilarity ensues. Kataang/Maiko/Sukka

The heartbreaking saga of Konoha's darkest clan from its beginning to destruction. [NejiTen, NaruHina] [Adult themes, canon until Fourth Shinobi World War] [Hiatus; undergoing revisions]

To save Uzumaki Naruto's life from the village council, the Sandaime declared him as Konoha's secret weapon and assigned the responsibility of his training to recently named ANBU captain Uchiha Itachi. Mildly AU. Probably going to be NaruKin

In a fit of hubris, Hiashi forced Hinata to attend the same Academy class as Neji. Having never been in the same class as Naruto, who shall serve as her inspiration to grow stronger? AU Team Gai: Lee, Tenten, Hinata. Gen for now. Surprisingly not crack.

Thrown into the past by a dying Avatar Spirit, Zuko is suddenly faced with the chance to do things the right way. Determined to end the war without killing Aang, he has a difficult path ahead, but must also fight his own demons. ON HAITUS.

She made the mistake of becoming his obsession. With eyes lit with fire she soon became his dark desire. Sakura Sasori one month word challenge

Sokka comes up with the perfect pick-up line for Toph.

Post war. Mainly Zutara. When the royal matchmaker invites five girls to the Fire Nation palace for Zuko to choose one as his bride, the young Fire Lord is less than pleased. What's a waterbender lost in politics and her own feelings to do?

The death of Obito changes Kakashi's perspective on life. He pledges to fulfill Obito's dying wish to take care of Rin, and the two in turn become inseparable. Will they be able to keep their promises to Obito and...to each other?

[AU] Inheriting Yondaime's genius and under the tutelage of Jiraiya and Kakashi. Naruto joins the ranks of Konoha's shinobi at a young age to gain the village's acknowledgement and prove he is Yondaime's Legacy. [I dont own Naruto]

[ZK] The Prince of the Fire Nation will do anything to find the legendary Avatar, but what if the bait he captures to lure the Avatar decides to fight back and gains his attention in more ways than one? My take on an overused plotline. [COMPLETED]