Gender: Male

Age: 22

Favorite Manga: Tokyo Ghoul/Tokyo Ghoul :re

Favorite TV Show: House M.D.

Favorite Naruto Character: Jiraiya

Growing up, the first series that introduced me to anime, and then later manga, were DBZ and Naruto. Even though Tokyo Ghoul later claimed the crown for my favorite manga series, Naruto is by far the most nostalgic for me. It's not perfect, but there are so many iconic moments that I can re-watch over and over again.

Writing has never been my strong suit. In fact, far from it. I have always struggled in English classes. Whenever any sort of creative writing prompt was given as an assignment, I would dread it. So, you may be asking yourself, why would someone like that decide to write Fanfiction? To be honest, I don't really know. Years ago, I became obsessed with Naruto and craved more of the world Kishimoto had built. This led me to discover this website and all of the creative stories other fans have crafted using the foundation the Naruto world had laid down for us all. After reading a lot of good Fics, and even more bad ones, in 2014 I too became inspired to write my own story. Though, as I said before, I was always a terrible writer. The first draft of 'A Bet of a Lifetime was ungodly levels of awful and I was too self conscious to publish it. Only after taking English classes in college did I get to a point where I was proficient enough at writing where I wasn't completely embarrassed to publish my ideas. This coincided with the End of the Naruto manga, which happened to reinvigorate my desire to write this fic. Then, in 2017 I finally posted the first chapter. So, while I missed the time frame where the Naruto fandom peaked on this site, I could still share it with Fanfiction.net veterans and new fandom members. I hope you all like it as much as I do.

A Bet of a Lifetime:

Chapter 12 - 100% Written, 50% Edited - Will most likely be uploaded Friday September 20th at around 3 P.M. EST (Updated 9/8/19)

Chapter 13 - 100% Written, 0% Edited

Chapter 14 - 30% Written

Jiraiya being my favorite character, I wanted to create a story that expanded on the father-son relationship between Jiraiya and Naruto. While the story has evolved well beyond what it was when I thought of it almost 5 years ago, that is still something that I have been able to keep. It will still focus mainly on Naruto and his story, but with Jiraiya having more screen time and playing a more active role in the development of our favorite young blond.

IMPORTANT: I will not shy away from killing off characters in this fic. Also, I dislike the ideology that there must be a reason to kill off characters (to develop other more prominent characters or what have you). I want this to be realistic, at least as realistic as something like Naruto can be, which means that sudden, meaningless death is a possibility. No one is safe from that.

Story Pairings: Undecided at the moment. Pairings are kind of a tricky subject. If I were to put up a poll, it would be solely to decided whether or not the story will have pairings at all. If pairings are wanted, I would ultimately decide which ones. The tricky part is that I wouldn't want to spoil who I ended up deciding would be paired with Naruto. Meaning the story would most likely not have the pairing tag. That becomes an issue because many people on this site are incredibly particular about which pairings are acceptable and which aren't. It is to the point that some would ignore a fic entirely, even if it is high-quality, just because it doesn't have their preferred pairing. My fanfiction is gaining some decent traction and I wouldn't want to lose viewers because I chose a pairing they despised. Due to that reality, I may exclude pairings entirely unless my readers prove to me that they are open-minded.