This is the coinciding story / sequel to Faded Dreams. If you liked the first, you may like it, you may not. Trying my hand at another different sort of theme and target audience.
Just finished catching up on the gap between anime to manga, so felt I should update the descriptions.
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Inuzuka Kiba: The 'hero' of this story. Kiba is an adolescent dealing with puberty and with the awkward changes in his body causing chronic clumsiness (a very bad trait for a ninja). He rides around on his now monstrous canine companion, Akamaru, to try to conceal this fact as much as he can. Inspired by the events in Faded Dreams, the youth is on a life mission to find true love and avoid a certain psycho in the process.
Akamaru: Kiba's canine companion. Like most animals, Akamaru only has an on/off switch for most things that facilitate his behavior and actions - most noticeably the one that makes him want to ram his giant weiner into flesh repeatedly.
Auburame Shino: Recently decided to change his outlook on life, personality, and hobbies along with his trademark outfit. Find out more in the series.
Hyuuga Hinata: Hooks up with Naruto in Faded Dreams and lives happily ever after. She does make some appearances in this story though - still the same soft spoken and adorable, pretty, young woman she was in the previous story.
Rock Lee: Still idolizes Maitto Gai. Still trains insane physical endurance and strength excersizes. Still babbles about the passion of youth too much. Pretty much an unchanged character.
Hyuuga Neji: Constantly battles with his inner pervert demon after discovering his Byaakugan can see through clothes.
Ten Ten: Loves weapons. Especially metal ones. Excessively.
Akamichi Chouji: Recently went through a very uncharacteristic physical change which will effect all aspects of his life. Find out more in the up coming story.
Nara Shikamaru: Still the young, lazy genius he was before. He's perhaps more wimpy in this story than in the anime/manga of Naruto.
Yamanaka Ino: You caught a glimpse of her in Faded Dreams. She loves gossip and match-making while apparently unable to match-make for herself.
Haruno Sakura: Eventually grows into her forehead and monstrous physical strength. After reading the manga, I have come to the conclusion that through fish healing, Sakura has moved up a notch in my book. That puts her at notch one (not good).
Uchiha Sasuke: While his career as a ninja ended in Faded Dreams, he does make several appearances in this story early on (before his departure in the coinciding story). He's still an asshole I don't like after catching up on the manga, but I get him pretty good in this story so it's a price I'm willing to pay.
Uzumaki Naruto: Hooked up with the lovely miss Hyuuga Hinata in Faded Dreams. He's calmed down and matured quite a bit from the trials and hardships he had to go through in the coinciding story, but still makes some appearances in this story. He still thinks of ramen a tad bit too much.
Gaara: Has a crush on someone he once tried to kill (which could be anyone).
Kankuro: Has become paranoid that the whole puppet and kabuki make up persona is giving off the wrong impression.
Temari: Likes to bully Shikamaru. A lot more flirtatious than in the anime/manga.
Hyuuga Hanabi: Angered at Hinata being reinstated as heiress to the Hyuuga clan, Hanabi has embarked on personal mission to prove her worth and repossess the recently removed title. Has a crush on Konohamaru.
Sarutobi Konohamaru: With Naruto's decline in pranks and hyper activity, Konohamaru has surpassed his rival and become his village's number one hyper-active ninja. He aspires to be Hokage still. He's still at the age where he thinks cooties are gross.
Hatake Kakashi: Perhaps more obsessed with Icha Icha Paradise than in the actual Naruto manga and anime. He has an apparent fetish that you can find out more about in the story I'm going to write.
Mitarashi Anko: More deranged than you knew her as. She has a huge crush on the hero of this story, and lets him know at every opportunity possible. She sees herself as a super heroine in her own whacky mind, and still feels obligated to kill Orochimaru. Her said crush is determined to avoid her for more than one reason.
Shiranui Genma: Constantly mistaken for Gekkou Hayate who passed away during the Chuunin exams. Aspires to step out from the shadow of the apparently famous shinobi who surprisingly no one realizes passed away.
Shizune: Recently has left Tsunade's side to attempt to pay off the Hokage's debts before they become public in an effort to levredge time for Tsunade.
Tsunade: Pretty much the same as you saw in Faded Dreams - short tempered, over worked, beautiful looking and smart. She is the freaking Hokage after all.
Jiraiya: You saw him a lot in Faded Dreams, he's the same as in that story - a bit more mature and sensative to the finer gender, yet an outright pervert.
Unimo Iruka: Constantly hopeful that former students will remember him to only be let down. Has taken to eating to fill the void inside of himself. Eating ramen. He also is constantly trying to solve the mystery of the horrible male to female shinobi ratio.
Kurenai: The beautiful Jounin has recently found herself resorting to violence and genjutsu to deter uncontrollable waves of suitors.
Sarutobi Asuma: Still smokes. Still lazy. Still loves it.
Maitto Gai: Still the same as in the anime - loves making unreasonable wagers with himself to attempt to force himself to not lose, babbling about the fire of youth and trying to come off as cooler than Kakashi to be constantly thwarted by his rival's horrible attention span.
Blunky Von Futch: Made his debut in Faded Dreams. Still the same, gentlemanly character you might've fallen in love with, but has become more 'southernly,' if you can understand that. Has fallen to chronic drinking, smoking and become an addict to poker and quick draw duels. He's well known for being angular and wearing the broad rimmed hat Hanshoumaru was always seen wearing after winning it from the squat man's first and only poker game (Blunky almost met certain death by a stocky fist).
Seiya Jazlyn: A huge pervert and avid fan of Icha Icha Paradise. She was widowed in Faded Dreams but after her initial shock, has returned to her nose bleeding ways. She also has a baby daughter.
Seiya Hanshoumaru: Still the tough little guy who has a soft spot for small, cute animals and kids as he was in Faded Dreams. He recently lost his trademark broad rimmed hat to Blunky. He's currently in the process of finding a new head adornment.
Orochimaru: You'll see..stiffles laughter
Kabuto: Has recently become a real nervous eddy in the presence of Orochimaru, but you'll understand why quick enough.
Uchiha Itachi: Has become excessively jumpy due to a traumatizing event in Faded Dreams.
Hoshigaki Kisame: Is also excessively jumpy due to the same event in the previous coinciding story.
Akatsuki in general: The same. Perhaps the only noteworthy mention of the organization other than the two members listed above is that people are constantly poking at Deidara's sexual ambiguity (in the manga I have seen Deidara referred to as both a man and a woman, I mean if that's not asking for fun poked at..).
Sai: In an attempt to make friends and understand people, he's become a hentai artist. After actually being exposed to him..I rate him down there with Sasuke. I really have no clue why I hate all of Naruto's teammates (I'm don't hate Kakashi but then again I'm particularly fond of him). I'm not sure if its the tube-top jacket thing he has going on..or his obsession with penises (he fucking checked out his brother's wang for crying out loud), or the way he looks...okay I do know, it's oddly enough the fake smile. Anyways, he's not much different than in the manga.
Yamoto: He's got wood. And he's fond of letting people know that off the bat. He also does the scary face a lot while doing so.