Challenges
Summary: The acadamy rankings are public knowledge in konoha, and any enemy ninjas could easily obtain a copy. But the ranks were purposely falsified. Every member of the class wore a mask, Sasuke wasn't the top student, but nor was he antisocial, Sakura has average intelligence, but is great at taijutsu and dispises Sasuke, Naruto isnt dead-last, he's near the middle and his crush is really Ino, but Ino has a thing for Sakura who in turn likes Kiba etc . . . .all the rookie 9 are completely OOC when alone or with only each other, but in public, they have conon personalities as a mask. Enemies of Konoha must look underneath the Underneath. Eventual InoHina, NaruSaku, KibaTen SasuShino ChouTema either set during the academy onwards or graduation onwards.
Categories: General Fiction > Character-Centric, Shonen-ai/Yaoi Romance > Fluff (Shonen-ai/Yaoi), Shojo-ai/Yuri Romance > Fluff (Shojo-ai/Yuri), Alternate Universe & Crossovers > Minor AU, Het Romance > Top Six Pairs > Naruto and Sakura Characters: Iruka Umino, Team Asuma, Team Kakashi, Team Kuranai, Team Rookie Nine, Tenten
Categories: General Fiction > Character-Centric, Shonen-ai/Yaoi Romance > Fluff (Shonen-ai/Yaoi), Shojo-ai/Yuri Romance > Fluff (Shojo-ai/Yuri), Alternate Universe & Crossovers > Minor AU, Het Romance > Top Six Pairs > Naruto and Sakura Characters: Iruka Umino, Team Asuma, Team Kakashi, Team Kuranai, Team Rookie Nine, Tenten
Summary: So as of recently Shikamaru has become my favorite character and there are not nearly as many good stories on him as there should be. I'm not looking for any romance stories but rather "friendship-like" one involving him and any other character. I really would like to see a good teacher-student or father-son one with Asuma or Shikaku. There are a lot of stories involving Asuma's death in the Hidan and Kakuzu arc but I'd like to see an alternate universe where Shikamaru died. This "challenge" is really broad, but as long as it. involves Shikamaru it's good. I like long stories but one-shots are good too.
Categories: Alternate Universe & Crossovers, General Fiction Characters: Asuma Sarutobi, Chouji Akimichi, Clan Nara, Hidden Sand Ninja, Ino Yamanaka, Kiba Inuzuka, Naruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuuga, Pair ShikaTema, Shikamaru Nara, Team Asuma, Temari
Categories: Alternate Universe & Crossovers, General Fiction Characters: Asuma Sarutobi, Chouji Akimichi, Clan Nara, Hidden Sand Ninja, Ino Yamanaka, Kiba Inuzuka, Naruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuuga, Pair ShikaTema, Shikamaru Nara, Team Asuma, Temari