#young naruto

[cewwart]

fun and quick happy naruto for the soul ♡

☆ vgen

[thehatakewereop]

Young Naruto uzumaki could paralyze me by knocking me off the Hokage monument while vandalizing it and I would hug him, tell him I love him and then when asked say that I willingly jumped off the stupid rock

[ghostlygarlicpickles]

[sojalecithin]

Here's my medium-tier art for @narutobigreversebang. It's an AU where Kakashi and Naruto are raised as brothers by Minato and Kushina. As you can see, on Kakashi's birthday, little Naruto becomes curious about what his cool brother is reading so attentively.

My writing partner is @alpha-hydra/alpha_hydra, who wrote an amazing fanfiction to accompany this art. Check it out to find out what happens to Kakashi after Naruto starts asking questions! 😊

[quill-q]

Paint - Naruto and Shikamaru

[logibears]

[gaaraislost]

Cutest thing ever<3

[animeomegas]

I just got to the part where baby naruto is crying because he does not have food and…. and…. 🥲

It honestly breaks my heart every time I think about it. 😭😭😭

Let me write this to make all of us feel better:

"Hey, you okay, kid?"

Naruto startled, having been too focused looking in the shop window to notice the person standing behind him. He clutched his coin purse to his chest to protect it from the unknown person.

"Kid?" they asked again when he didn't respond.

Naruto jumped a second time and made eye contact with the mystery person. They didn't look angry or like they would hurt him... but Naruto was hesitant to speak, fearing retribution.

Their eyes softened seeing his fear and they knelt down onto one knee beside him.

"Are you doing some shopping, sweetie?"

Naruto hesitated, before shaking his head.

"Can't 'ford anything," he mumbled shamefully, hiding his face into the collar of his raggedy jumper.

"Oh dear," they hummed. "Why don't you wait here, okay? I'll be back in a minute."

Naruto didn't believe that they'd be back, but he didn't have anything else to do, so he decided to hope that maybe this time someone would actually be nice to him. He waited for ages, but eventually they came back out of the store with four full shopping bags. Oh, they must have been doing their shopping. Maybe one day he could do his shopping like that. That sounded nice.

"Here," they said, coming back over to him. "I've done some shopping for you, but I'll have to help you carry them back, I think there's too much for you to carry."

Naruto blinked at them. What?

"They're... for me?"

"Uh huh," they smiled at him. "All for you! If you need some help with cooking, I can teach you, okay?"

Naruto's bottom lip quivered as the tears from earlier made a reappearance. No one had ever done something for him before.

"Oh sweetie," the kind stranger gently put the bags on the floor before kneeling down and hesitantly opening their arms. Naruto knew he shouldn't, but he couldn't help but throw himself into their arms. He couldn't help himself. He had wanted a proper hug for as long as he could remember.

The kind stranger caught him easily, and wrapped him up in their arms. They were so warm. And despite getting what he wanted, the tears came faster and faster until he was sobbing into their shirt, arms circled around their neck.

"You're okay, sweetie, don't cry," they ran their fingers through his hair gently, and Naruto couldn't quite believe how nice it felt. He relaxed instinctively. "Come on, why don't you help direct me to your house, so I can carry all the bags in?"

Naruto nodded, reluctantly pulling away and wiping at his eyes with a fist. The kind stranger shifted all the shopping bags onto one arm and held out their free hand for Naruto to take.

Naruto reached out to take the offered hand as fast as he could, just in case they decided to revoke it if he was too slow. He held the hand tightly in both of his and used it to gently drag the kind stranger in the right direction.

Naruto tried to walk as slowly as he dared. He didn't want them getting frustrated if he went too slowly, but... he didn't want to get home too fast either because then they would leave and Naruto wasn't ready for that.

The kind stranger squeezed his hand suddenly, pulling Naruto out of his thoughts.

"Would it be okay for me to stay for a little so I can make you some dinner? You might not know how to cook some of the things I picked out."

"Yes!" Naruto blurted before he could stop himself. When he realised what he'd done, he blushed and lowered his eyes back to the floor. "Sorry... I don't want you to go yet."

"Okay," they replied simply, rubbing their thumb over his hand.

Naruto thought they sounded a little sad, but they didn't seem sad because he did anything, so he simply tightened his grip on their hand. He needed to be on his best behaviour so they didn't leave him. Maybe he should help them with all the cooking? Yes! That's it, he'd be the most helpful assistant cookerer, and then they'd definitely stay. Believe it!

(Hope that soothed some of the inner torment 😭)