im sure there's a really reasaonable and obvious answer to this question that i'm just overlooking or don't remember but why the hell didn't they send ANBU after akatsuki members??? why were they sending what was essentially a team of chunin and a couple jonin, including a genin who also happens to be a jinchuriki and therefor TARGETED BY THE AKATSUKI on missions against the akatsuki when their "special ops" and "most powerful steal ninjas" were RIGHT THERE. is it that htey didn't wnat any ANBU teams out of the village for a prolonged period of time??? if not, then what????
Desperatley trying to remember which fic I saw an ANBU Naruto take I really liked but it refuses to come to me
Here's my take tho: ANBU Naruto would fucking SUCK at his job actually. He's too close to Kakashi as the Hokage, and Tenzo is probably his team leader. He's super comfortable with breaking the rules and probably accidentally blurts out that he made ANBU within 5 minutes of seeing Sasuke and Sakura. Or like. Literally any of his friends. Big no-no.
He's great at like, the actual stuff they do, he's strong, he's fast, he can be sneaky if he really really tries— but he's just not built for it. He's loud and constantly breaking the ANBU rules bc "ehhhh it's fine, Sensei will take it easy on me, right Sensei? <3"
And Kakashi has to put his face in his hands and remind himself that the only reason he made Naruto was to keep him on a slightly tighter leash (the leash will never be tight enough he WILL find ways to cause problems no matter how hard Kakashi tries to physically prevent him from doing so)
He's teeechnically ANBU but like. Half of its for show. Everyone in the inner circle of Konoha politics knows who he is, the secret got out in like the first week. Never stood a chance.
He's probably on Kakashi's Hokage guard, maybe Sasuke can join him for attonment or whatever.
Kakashi putting Naruto into ANBU and making him his guard just to keep a closer watch on him, just like his Sensei did for him once.
Added irony because part of why Kakashi was so good at the job starting out was because he watched his sensei do the job up close from his post as guard. (And later Tsunade depending on your headcanons)
And now here he is doing the same thing but teaching Naruto to be Homage on purpose
Kakashi had woken up this morning to feel someone beside him on his bed. When he saw a head of blond hair, his breath hitched. He knew only one person with that exact same shade of blond hair.
Naruto…
His blond student was on his bed, shirtless.
An ANBU mark on his shoulder stood out in the open.
…
Wait, what?!
Kakashi could only stare at Naruto’s shoulder, unable to get a grip on himself.
Naruto was feeling very comfortable while cuddling the human-shaped pillow beside him; it was warm and nice. The blonde wanted to stay there forever but knew he needed to get up.
The young man opened his eyes to stare at a maskless Kakashi beside him.
Damn, what a sight to see!
A delicious eye-candy.
Then Naruto noticed what his sensei was staring at—his ANBU mark.
“Um… oops?” Naruto says it awkwardly.
“So... since when?” Kakashi asked after a few moments of uncomfortable silence.
“Huh?” Naruto blinks in confusion. “Oh, since I was five, I think...”
“Don’t know if I feel proud of your ninja’s skill or feel miserable for not notice it sooner.”
“Better proud, less troublesome.”
“True…”
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I am thinking if I should make a whole fic of this, if you have ideas or questions, send a ask! :D
here are my naruto fic updates for the last month and a half (i’m using the shikanaru banner because it’s very cute; some of these fics don’t have the ship unfortunately)!!
1) first off: if you shall permit it, i’d like to smooch your brain got another two updates so that’s 4/6 all done. summary:
As someone who was sexually attracted to intelligence, Shikamaru never in a million years thought that he would fall for Naruto, of all people.
Five times Shikamaru found Naruto extremely attractive and the one time he did something about it.
2. started yet another shikanarusasu poly fic, only this one’s a crackish epistolary fic about them being anbu agents and causing general romcom-typical chaos. :P it’s called Anbu’s (In)Famous Throuple because ofc, what else could i ever call it? and here’s the summary:
ANBU Agents Hawk (read: Sasuke Uchiha), Fox (read: Naruto Uzumaki) and Sloth (read: Shikamaru Nara) somehow get sucked into a threeway relationship while everyone in the highly selective, infinitely dangerous Black Ops’ organisation freaks the fuck out.
Consider it a love story or an extremely detailed and intricate practical joke, it doesn’t matter. The results are the very same.
3. a fuuinjutsu master!naruto fic started on another crack-treated-seriously whimsy featuring a non-ninja naruto just trying to make an earnest living. titled Seals & Sales and the summary goes like this:
Naruto fails out of the Academy for the third and last time, discovers his unnatural and somewhat puzzling talent at seal-making and decides to sell everything he owns to invest into a business. Namely, a shop that sells his handmade seals. If he can’t be a ninja, maybe fuuinjutsu can make him the most prosperous, most acknowledged man in Konoha anyway.
Or Naruto, at the ripe age of twelve, becomes a fruitful entrepreneur while everyone watches (with awe or with envy) because who the hell is ballsy enough to try and stop him?
4. last but not the least, i wrote a time travel oneshot, going back to my roots and possibly my favourite trope to play with, ever. it goes back to minato’s time (+something more) and is called the event horizon. its summary is here:
The thing nobody told you about activating a completely original and multilayered sealing matrix functioned to transport people through space instantaneously was that time inevitably became a variable in the equation, deadset on messing with your carefully rendered plans and turning them into incomprehensible mush.
Well, nobody told Naruto, at the very least.
2025 has been a good year for my naruto fics—though it’s probably gonna lead to an inevitable block. gonna enjoy the muses till they last, though. if any of this suits your fancy, happy reading!! 🖤
the difference between the careers between the uchiha brothers is very clear actually because while itachi at age 12-13 was in ANBU, sasuke at age 12-13 was at ninja academy kissing naruto and THAT’S OK
Naruto and Sakura are positive, very emotional people who get angry easily. Can you introduce them to the ANBU? Surprisingly, I am. Perhaps infiltration missions are not their profile, but stalking and killing? Give me two!
Besides, it takes a lot of money for the amount of ramen that Naruto consumes. Please, Sakuraaaa~~~
