After nearly two years of writing Fanfiction, I have become sick and tired of the Lack of Development in Naruto. In terms of skill and Personality, only handful people have grown and even then it is drastically limited. A Handful of characters stand out in this regard...
Sakura Haruno has become my favorite Naruto Character. She is simple the only character to show any major development in terms of Skill and personality. She has problems, yes, her obsession with Sasuke is disgusting and she is abusive towards Naruto... but in the grand scheme of things, she is the best character. I hated that Kishimoto ignored her, and turning her back into a unless Sasuke loving bitch. All she ever did after the Gaara Retrieval arc( where she majorly shined) was being a Sasuke Kiss ass. She had sooo much potential that it was scary, but Kishimoto is a fucking tool and destroyed all of her progress... I would have loved to see her gain maturity, tell Sasuke off and become an amazing Kunocihi, taking advantage of her excellent Chakra control and skills in Genjutsu. Use her intellect for Sealing and maybe giving her swordplay, or poisons to preserve her chakra levels...
Then there is Sasuke, he is an ass but he made sense. He lost everyone at the hands of his brother, then was tortured by his brother by forcing him to see all of these deaths. He worked his ass off to become immensely skilled very quickly, however when he got his Mangeko, he stopped making sense and started to rely on his Sharingan to the exclusion of all of his other skills. He could have been great, seriously amazing but he simply sucked at that point. I would have loved to see him realize that he needed his team, and that he could be more then an avenger.
Hinata was a cute character who would have been amazing to watch grow. Watching her gain confidence, give her more then her clan shit and get her to admit her love for Naruto. Maybe make her a healer ( over used but still), or give her skills with animals due to her kindness. Or maybe she finds another skill that she excels at, like swordplay, sealing or something that fits her personality.
Then there is Neji who hated the slavery of his clan and was amazingly skilled for his age, I would have loved to see him excel in more then his clan bullshit. Take his reasonable rage at his enslavement and have him fight back. Instead he became the bitch of his clan, and knew only his clan shit. He experienced only a little growth overall...
Gaara on the other hand just became his villages bitch, knowing only sand and wind justsu. I would have loved to see more, for him to be more then he was. To leave the abusers whom he ended up saving, and acting as their bitch. I never understood that...
Of course, we can't talk about lack of development without talking about Naruto. Despite working along Kakashi and Jiraiya, having the ability to heal at a ridiculous rate and having Shadowclones, Naruto showed less then no development in the skill department. His taijutsu was sub-par, his weapon skills were average, he had no way of taking advantage of his massive chakra levels other then clones, was slow and was only slightly stronger then average. In terms of maturity, he had small moments but overall he was a tool. They never took advantage of his pranking skills, random burst of intelligence, or any touch of his potential. He allowed the world to abuse him, thanking it for that. Though in truth I would be okay with a story that did not involve Naruto and that even bashed him. I kind o really want that to be honest... All of his power came from somene else, such as Kurama, the Sage or the Toads... or the other Tailed Beasts... if he is used he can't use Kurama's chakra...
Now, because of all of this, I decided to write a story that helped all of these people in an interesting way...But I need your Help, I want you my readers to help me with that. When Should I do this? Before they graduate, after the Chunin Exams, After the Sasuke Retrieval Arc? Do I add an OC, or use a character we already know of? Do they stay in the Leaf, or leave on their Own? What are your thoughts, I really want to know and have this be a Major Story. Like Chameleon level Major for me.
Please, help me with this and I will include everyone who helps in the Announcements.
Love, your Ninja Overlord,
Mika.
