Mini Ino Ship Fic Rec Post!
this is 100% based off of my own personal preferences, but since Ino ships are the topic today and i dont want to study, i’m making a fic rec post for Ino ship fics that I like! i don’t make these often or ever, so there isn’t any particular order to them, though i’ll group ships together!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25977838 - Puppet Show by Strangebeautiful. InoKarin, blank period with some fun blackmail! it’s a fun way to bring their characters character--Ino with her connections to T&I, and Karin as--well, Karin. I don’t really see a lot of this pairing, but this fic 100% made them work for me. I mean:
Ino doesn’t answer immediately, and Karin can sense the blonde’s chakra simmering under the surface. She can almost taste it on her tongue, sweet like ice wine and dangerous as a poison-tipped senbon. They are both sensors of the highest of caliber, which leaves Karin wondering why she is so aware of the roiling storm brewing in the other woman.
i love it so much. I think about that ice wine description literally all the time.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2887313/ - round and round by queenino. It’s a modern au kibaino based loosely off of Taylor Swift’s “Style.” There’s a lot of push and pull between Ino and Kiba, in a way that feels very authentic to both of their characters--Kiba is reckless and likes to talk, Ino is cruel and a little self-absorbed but in a way that makes their relationship more 🔥
https://archiveofourown.org/works/26668429 - The Kindest Man by saichadelic. Choji/Ino, canon-verse, very domestic and fluffy! There’s also a little shikatema in the background, too!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17322797 Daisy Chain by SpicedGold. Just... in general? just please read anything SpicedGold writes, regardless of pairings. this fic specifically is a multichapter fic that focuses on Ino raising Inojin with a learning disability, but of course Sai plays a huge role in it, and there are a lot of great moments between them in this fic, and Sai really stands out as a parent and partner. It also has a sequel fic titled Paper Flowers!
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13287417/1/ Perfect by milklvr! Mostly Ino-centric, but it gradually becomes InoSai in a very gradual and seamless way. It’s canon compliant, and when InoSai happens, it just feels right.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13046582/1/bloom bloom by xiaoyings! it’s post-war saiino told in short snippets. there’s also very cute background platonic inoshikacho moments!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14675085 Blood Botany by ThisCatastrophe. kankuino hanahaki fic with some saiino. OKAY. THIS FIC IS BEAUTIFUL BUT IT HURTS LIKE HELL. IT WILL MESS YOU UP. you will finish this fic and sit by the window for an hour afterwards staring out longingly at nothing.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/30257559/ Thin Walls by al_holland. Ino/saku AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES modern au oneshot with some wonderful jealousy and pining. it’s hilarious, filthy, and ino is SO in character i wanna choke her. but like, lovingly.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12272925/chapters/27893850
I only have twelve bullets, and you’re all gonna have to share by Frostberry. Hidan/Ino, which is a rarepair that works hilariously well here--lots of great banter, and Ino is just harsh enough to match up with Hidan’s brutality and foul mouth. The AU itself is a little hard to define? It’s Naruto-verse in the sense that there’s still chakra and the village is mostly the same, but there are guns and some other modern things. It’s inspired by Deadpool, but I’m not familiar enough with the comics or movie to elaborate on that further! it’s still in progress, but according to the desc, it only has one chapter left to go!
https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/24717271 Surrogate by Clementive! I LOVE this au! It’s a modern au with SasuIno, where Ino is Sasuke’s surrogate mother. Honestly, I think I would love this premise for any pairing, but it fits them especially well--one thing that I really appreciate is how well Ino’s story holds its own against Sasuke’s. He’s a hard character to match in terms of angst and backstory, but Ino’s own story here is a really good compliment to his without really moving outside of the scope of what the au equivalent of her canon backstory would be.
