My adult Rock Lee. I adore his relationship with Guy, but I also think he should eventually mature into his own person who follows Guy's teachings rather than a Guy carbon copy.
Unrelated, but for some reason I also headcanon Lee and Tenten being siblings. No logic. I just think it's neat. 🤷🏻♀️
boruto-era rock lee redesign :3 my idea here is to put his personal tastes back into his design without completely erasing gai’s influence. i think it would have been more meaningful to let his look become less reliant on gai as he grows older and becomes more of his own person again
You know how in the war arc Naruto and Sasuke were rocking their signature outfits while Sakura, one of the three main characters of the show, was only given a basic NPC military uniform? That's one way to distinguish a literal main character from background characters...
I've given Sakura justice and redesigned her jonin outfit. I based it off her concept art outfit.
See, I was never a fan of Sakura when I first watched the show. Now that I know how much the author had struggled with writing women, though, I believe they deserve a lot more love.
Sakura is not the only character I want to improve; and I'm not only talking about the outfits. I'm in the middle of making an AU in which the entire storyline is rewritten and improved (incredibly canon complaint).
Kabuto’s Team! But since Kabuto is a little busy during the Chunin exam, Kind Orochimaru will help take care of the kids…
This Sound Team Genin Consists of: Kimimaro, Karin and Haku!
Ideas and headcanons for this au!! ⬇️
P.s: did not proofread and wrote this at 2 am instead of sleeping for school 😭
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General Idea
So this idea kinda came to me when I was rewatching the Kimimaro vs Lee’s fight and realized how it was possible for Haku to have been a part of the sound village.
And since Orochi is a man who is obsessed with power, he defeats (murks) Zabuza and takes Haku under his wing. Kimimaro and Haku are a part of Orochi’s arsenal, but how does Karin join the fray?
I firmly believe since Orochi is all about learning, he would 100% look into Uzushiogakure and any remnants of the Uzumaki and their seals. He hears a little rumor about a woman from the land of grass having striking red hair and immediately investigates.. unfortunately said woman died and instead what was left behind was her kid who hardly knew anything about her lineage and thus Orochimaru takes in Karin early on.
(A headcanon of mine is that he also looked for Tayuya thinking she was an Uzumaki, but she was just a normal redhead.. he still decided to take her in)
With that being the case, Orochimaru entrusts all 3 kids under Kabuto and says that someone as young as him would be able to understand them… this is also how the sound village will have an elite team besides the Sound 4.
Kimimaro health deteriorates like how in the anime, but with Karin being here, it becomes much more manageable and he can continue on with his work.
I truly believe that Orochimaru would not want any room for errors for the upcoming war against the leaf and thus he would employ those 3 under him during the Chunin exam. I also think he would make them do the “test” for Sasuke and his curse mark during the forest of death, but with them holding back (Orochi gave them severe handicaps)
Still, there would be an even bigger power gap, and Sasuke would definitely spiral even more.
Also Karin would still fall in love with Sasuke, but instead for how desperate he was to save his team…
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Personality Ideas
So I kept Kimimaro’s outfit the same and all around the same vibe. But I believe he would be more angry, because he sees firsthand how obsessed Orochimaru is with Sasuke. With Kimimaro’s dying body that can only be managed by biting Karin, Orochimaru still goes with the plan of getting an Uchiha body and that makes Kimimaro more agitated.. causing him to go overboard during the forest of death.
Haku would be more cynical and coy. In OG Naruto, he kept his kind self alive thanks to his love for Zabuza, but with his savior dead and being surrounded by high key the worst of the worst + with being experimented with his kekkei genkai, he would be twisted in a way. But he would also easily change into a kinder version of himself if he meets kind people. (Cough Naruto cough)
He would really see himself through Kimimaro, seeing how much the boy respects Orochimaru and how similar it was to how Zabuza felt. So he would either be close to Kimimaro to remind himself of how used to feel, or be distant from him in order to forget the pain.
Since Orochimaru took in Karin much earlier than in Canon, she shouldn’t have as much trauma, but since Karin is the first Uzumaki that Orochimaru got his hands on, he definitely experimented on her for an egregious amount of time. That led her to still developing the same personality but with less loyalty towards Orochimaru. (She also respects Kabuto more than him). She would also develop the adamantine chains MUCH earlier (maybe she uses it accidentally during her Chunin 1v1 👀).
I also believe that Orochimaru would consider her as a vessel, so he makes her push her limits and try to reach her max potential. That would include her also learning and knowing a lot of sealing and sensory like jutsus.
She has less bite marks, but would be more embarrassed about. In canon, she got desensitized to people looking at her bite marks when she was at the grass village, but since that didn’t happen in this au, she would instead be more embarrassed. She would definitely get over it when she grows older though.
I also based her outfit around the similar to Ibiki’s and Kabuto and her OG Genin outfit. I wanted her to be more to be more of
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Dynamic Ideas:
In battles, Kimimaro is the front liner, brawler and tank, soaking up the damage and making space for the other two. He would be the one with the most kill, not just because of the his strength, but that he values life much less than the other two. For him, only Orochimaru matters.
Unfortunately with his health issues, Haku front lines with him much more often.
Haku would be a ranger and be the one to administer non lethal damage/blow. I also believe he has medical knowledge, so if Karin is downed/low on chakra, he’s the one to help patch up the others.
He would be the one carrying out assassinations the most, as compared to Kimimaro killing with no reservations.
He would have some knowledge about handling weapons since he would 100% take Zabuza’s sword as a memento.
Karin would be the support (healing, sensing) , spy and has sealing knowledge. Thanks to her plethora of abilities, she is vital in maintaining the team if things go south. From providing intel about the nature chakra of her enemies with her mind’s eye of Kagura, to her providing chakra and healing to her ally. Kabuto would definitely teach her more about spying and the sorts thanks to the fact that she could easily hide her chakra.
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Can you tell I drew and wrote this all in under an hour 😭
Alas, brain juice gone… some stuff might seem contradictory or confusing.. I’ll try to explain in another post but for now I think this is A-Ok!
Also I was listening to “she did it again” by Tyla n Zara the whole time I was drawing/writing …listen to it if you haven’t.. it’s so good
