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Chapters: 9/? Fandom: Naruto Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Hatake Kakashi/Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura/Yamanaka Ino Characters: Uzumaki Naruto, Hatake Kakashi, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, Umino Iruka, Shiranui Genma, Mitarashi Anko, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Chouji, Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuuga Hinata, Aburame Shino, Rookie Nine (Naruto) Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, What-If, Smart Uzumaki Naruto, BAMF Dai-nana-han | Team 7 (Naruto), Tank Team, Team as Family, Baby Badasses, Shameless clichés, Age Difference, Slow Burn, Kakashi has a PhD in Guilt, Fix-It, Plothole Repair! Available for all of your Plothole Needs!, Team Dynamics, Team Bonding, Badass Haruno Sakura, Badass Umino Iruka, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu | Shadow Clone Technique Summary:
Naruto realizes the ability of the Kage Bunshin the night after being attacked by Mizuki. At first he just wants to use them to help him train; then the true usefulness of the jutsu begins to reveal itself.
Featuring baby badasses, Tank Team Seven, snarky dogs, a special guest appearance by Kakashi’s Guilt Complex, and many, many fix-it cliches.
Another Naruto-uses-kage-bunshin-to-its-advantage fic. The characterizations are on point. Getting all those memories also matures Naruto to a degree and it influences all his interactions with people.
The kids are still kids though. And they act like tiny child soldiers who can kick ass. Also, great interactions with the rest of the Rookie 9 which shows that these kids all grew up together. And there’s clearly history and stuff going on with the adults too. For example, Genma (who was one of Minato’s guards) associates Naruto as the yondaime’s son first and foremost. Little bits of that kind of personality is all over this fic. I love it.