You guys ever think about how everyone who made it to the preliminaries of the Chunin Exams had their own special ability (Naruto’s shadow clones, Sasuke’s Sharingan, Shikamaru’s shadows, Choji’s expansion jutsu, Ino’s mind transfer, etc) except for Neji and Hinata (who were related and shared the same clan jutsu) and Sakura? Or how about how the closest thing she had to that was when she used Inner Sakura to kick Ino out of her head? Do you guys think there was a chance Inner Sakura was supposed to become an actual ability?
No but "Naruto can be (mention all his flaws) but at least he's not a coward" is a perfect Sasuke-Naruto moment to parallel with Ino hiding in the bushes as Sakura tried to fight those sound ninjas.
Gaara from the Chunnin arc with s/o who finds him beautiful
So, this was another request by anon and here we have our baby Gaara 💜
However he’s that Gaara by the time of the Chunnin Exam arc in this one, who was a completely different person from the sweet and empathetic Gaara we meet in Shippuden. I didn’t want to write something so creepy, so I’m keeping this request short, and besides I couldn’t imagine something different from that scene when team Kurenai met him and his brothers against those boys from the Rain Village 😰 Anyways, the point here is s/o seeing him for the first time and his beauty being the first thing they notice!
Fandom: Naruto | Gaara Sabaku
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In an event like the Chunnin Exams, the young shinobi who stand out thanks to their talent soon gain some fame among the other participants
That was how you’ve heard of him for the first time
His name? Gaara. His village? The Sand – a distant place, both from the Leaf and from your own village, and about which you didn’t know much
You’ve never heard of him or his story before, but once you found out about him, you decided t was better for you and your team not to meet him or his partners if you wanted to stay alive until the end of the Exams
Then it happened when you least expected
You were at the Forest of Death, and for some reason you saw yourself separated from your team mates
Being the Forest exactly the way the proctor described it, you knew you would have to find a place to hide if you want to think of a plan to get back to your team and not be found by your adversaries
After a walk, you found a specially dark spot under dead trees. No one seemed to have reached that point of the forest yet, so it was perfect as a hideout
Among your friends, you were the one with the greatest talent to stay unnoticed when you wanted, so it wasn’t going to be a problem just stay out of sight form whoever appeared there
Your convictions were only shaken when the person you least expected approached and faced the shadows of the forest as if it was nothing
It was a boy, probably about your age, and two other people, a young man and a girl, older than him. However these two were just silhouettes compared to him
He was pale, but the paleness of his skin seemed to scream “cold” as he walked under the shadow of the trees. You felt something cold inside your heart alongside with that perception
His hair was red, a dark shade of red that reminded you of… blood. A vivid, unsettling color that you’ve never seen in anyone’s hair before
But nothing caught your attentions as his eyes: with black, thick lines setting off their sharp shape, they were of a blue that reminded you of the transparency of ice
It was hard to tell what you saw in those eyes: saying you saw nothing would be rude, and as much as saying you saw everything would be too much
Those eyes would seem empty for some, but empty was not the word you’d use for them. They were more like a winter lake, which running waters were hidden under the frozen surface, however you’d never dare walk above it without imagining of kind of water monsters could be there, waiting for the ice to crack and the lake swallow you
You didn’t even notice you were staring at him until his eyes move a little bit and he seemed to look at your direction
You immediately looked away, making all the effort in this world to not make a sound or an imprudent move
You held your breath for what felt like an eternity, until you heard the sound of steps moving away with hesitation
You heard someone’s voice, if it belonged to the other boy or the girl, you couldn’t tell. The words you heard were simple, but all the answers you didn’t know you needed you found in them
“I don’t think there’s anyone, Gaara. Let’s search in another place”
So… that was him. The young ninja everyone was talking about and praying not to find inside that cursed forest – Gaara of the Sand, half human, half monster, an unpredictable hunter that you’d better not face
He didn’t reply to the person talking, but soon you saw the three turning their back to the dark spot you were hiding and disappearing among the trees
When the place turned back to the previous silence, you dared move a muscle
You never knew if he indeed saw you there or not, and you didn’t know if you’d rather believe he did, but one thing you knew for sure
Whether it was fear, thrill, admiration or anything else you haven’t had a name for, you liked what you felt when you looked into those eyes
Life and death seemed to live inside those eyes – and you looked directly at them
And the vision you had was nothing less than beautiful
