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As  stated in my previous entry today (found here: http://beboots.livejournal.com/13877.html?view=70965#t70965 ), I've rewritten some fo the ideas that I had typed up before my C drive was deleted. Here is the recontructed version of my Naruto X Harry Potter crossover idea. Remember, it's rough and chaotic and needs a lot of work. It also goes back and forth between point form style, narrative and dialogue. This is mostly for backup purposes. 

Orochimaru is one of Voldemort's horcruxes (or vice-versa), nobody can decide which. The Akatsuki discover this fact through their informant network.

Orochimaru was beginning to become a problem. First of all, he was competition on the "taking over the world" stage. However, the main problem was that he was a former member of the Akatsuki. The Akatsuki didn't have former members. Their agents either died in the field, were killed by each other (usually due to quarrels, but sometimes assassinations), or had tragic "accidents" if they tried to leave the organization. The Akatsuki were very good at arranging "accidents".

But Orochimaru had somehow evaded them all. Not only had he successfully left the Akatsuki, he was even prospering, setting up his own "Hidden Village", or, rather, "secret evil lair for taking over the world".

He just wouldn't die.

Then, one of Sasori's spies in Sound, who most definitely didn't have silver hair, didn't wear glasses, and whose name most certainly did not begin with "K" and end with "abuto", came forth with some very peculiar - and interesting - information. Apparently, during the decades in which Orochimaru had fallen off the radar screen (after he defected from Konoha but before he joined the Akatsuki) he had done extensive travelling. (horcruxes, Voldemort...)

So apparently, unless all of these horcruxes were destroyed first, it was impossible to kill the bastard. Perusing the report, Pein idly thought that perhaps he shouldn't have executed all of those incompetant agents of his so quickly. Oh, well. There was no use crying over spilt milk.

Omake:

Orochimaru" *brutally stabs himself in the stomach while shaving*

That: *has no effect*

Secret Akatsuki member: Damnit!

They also - somehow - learn about the "biggest" (ie, most important) horcrux (his sense of ambition? It had to be split, because Orochimaru and Voldemort are both incredibly ambitious when it comes to power): this Voldemort guy. Pein sends assassins to take him out, but they all have accidents along the way (not that kind of accident; Pein wanted the guy dead, and didn't need anybody sabotaging his people). Many of these errors were due to the ninja's lack of knowledge about magic (as in, breaching magical defenses undetected, deflecting magical attacks, etc.,etc.) On one of these missions, however, the member managed to get back alive (but would never be the same again due to the acquisition of tentacles for legs), and reported that he had heard Voldemort ranting about "Harry Bloody Potter", the "Boy-Who-Lived", who was apparently the only person who could take him down.

Through further inquiries, Pein discovers that there's some sort of prophesy about this kid, and that he's now staying at a place called "Hogwarts". Leader-sama issues a new mission to Sasori and Deidara: infiltrate this "Hogwarts" place.

Mission perogatives are as follows:

1. Learn all you can about magical defenses, magical attacks (to be able to do both, and counter them as well)

2. Learn all you can about this "Boy-Who-Lived"

3. If given the opportunity, take down Voldemort (this may overlap with perogative #2).

So Sasori digs out his most human looking puppet (similar to his "true self"), wraps himself up in wizarding robes, and pays a visit to Dumbledore. He presents himself as a student from Japan who has recently moved to England. He demonstrates his aptitude with a few spells (cast with a stolen wand, and learned through observing people in Hogsmeade over the course of a week or two). Magic is similiar enough to simple chakra manipulation that he has very little trouble. Dumbledore accepts him as a student at Hogwarts. He's in.

Deidara acts as backup (who will probably not be needed). If Sasori's cover is blown, it's because of Deidara, not himself. Sasori is, if nothing else, a good shinobi. He's been on the run for like 40 years, and he knows how to keep a low profile. Deidara, on the other hand... Anyway, Deidara is stationed in the Forbidden Forest, and chillls in Hogsmeade sometimes. He also goes on forays into wizarding London and elsewhere in England, checking out Death Eater activity, foiling the Dark Lord's plans, etc. Perhaps the Order of the Phoenix becomes aware of a mysterious bomber who appears to be on their side...? But they never meet "him/her", only glimpses from afar, if they're lucky.

Deidara also acts as Sasori's legal guardian, and so he filled in Sasori's entrance forms. Sasori was given the name "Sasori Akasuna", which he didn't know about until he was called upon during the sorting. His name was like second or third on the list. The puppeteer vows to kill Deidara later and use him as spare parts for his puppets. Anyway, so Sasori doesn't have time to overthink things, or plan for this contingency. He didn't know that part of the opening ceremony was to wear a mind-reading hat. He wasn't about to have his cover blown by a ragetty piece of cloth. However, he can't think of a way to get out of it, so he has to put it on. The hat, of course, immediately sees that Sasori isn't human. However, the hat sympathises with him, assuming that Sasori is also a bit of soul that someone shed and stuck into an "inanimate" object, then discarded. It's less of a "ZOMG you're an inhuman puppet!" thing than a "Rock on, brother! What house do you want to be in?" thing.

Sasori was sorted into Gryffindor, to be closer to the target.

He was still going to kill Deidara later, though.

Sasori was a good shinobi, one of the best.

Oh, and just because he appears human doesn't mean that the puppet body he's using is anything less than uber-deadly. Sasori likes to challenge himself and see just how many weapons he can jam-pack into a puppet body.

Sasori was at first teased about being a long-lost Weasley, but a few well-placed glares nipped that sort of taunts in the bud.

Sasori always keeps his mission in mind. In transfiguration class, he could be like "I've managed to successfully change a wooden matchstick into a needle. Now how do you counter Avada Kedavra?" (McGonnagal thinks he's joking/it's an omake)

Some of the teachers become concerned about Sasori, due to his less-than-expressive countenance. They suspect child abuse (not too far off the mark, but...). Cue a visit from his loving uncle Deidara?)

The two also exchange letters through owl post, but they are in code. They read as perfectly normal letters between family members ("How was your week?" "What are you learning in Herbology？", etc.), but they're actually reports and orders (orders coming from Sasori, not to him... although Deidara is reporting everything to Pein, and so perhaps is reporting back and transferring commands?)

Sasori is fascinated by the concept of the Imperius curse: the ultimate puppetry. But once he sees it in action, he's disgusted by it. "That's not art."

(Deidara got just a little bit too close to a Death Eater camp, and was captured. He's interrogated, of course, but he's an S-class missing nin, and so he's bound to have had torture resistance training. He manages to hold out against Veritaserum (barely), even when encouraged by the cruciatus. He's also force-fed poison, and offered the antidote if he tells them what they want to know (who he's working for, where his partners are, etc.). He refuses (perhaps because he trusts that Sasori could take care of it, if he gets to his danna in time...?) Then, he's imperio'd. He resists for an admirable amount of time, but can't really throw it off because he's feeling weak because of the poison. He leads the Death Eaters to Sasori, at Hogwarts.

The Death Eaters don't know who in the crowd is "Sasori", so Sasori essentially just charges at the wizards unexpectedly. He manages to actually touch Deidara's sleeve before being driven away by spells (which he dodges). The Death Eaters are surprised to see that such a young child is an agent of the enemy, but are all like "Ha! You can do nothing!" Then, Sasori twitches his hand, and chakra strings appear. He attached them to Deidara earlier, and just pulls his partner from their grasp.

(The unconscious blond man hung limply by half a dozen transluscent blue chakra strings. Safe.)

"You wouldn't be able to heal him."

"I don't know about that, young man." Wordlessly, Sasori turned over one of Deidara's unique hands, palm-up. The tongue lolled out of its mouth. "Oh."

"Oh." Sasori confirmed.

"You can't just make him throw it up - if he was made to swallow something caustic, it could cause more damage coming up than -"

"I can heal a burned throat much more easily than I can massive organ failure."

Sasori's wooden hands looked delicate, but were surprisingly deft and strong.

"Professor Snape, I have every respect for you as a potions master, but I have been mixing poisons since before you were born." Not much before, but he wasn't about to say that. "Back off."

After countering the poison, and getting Deidara's vitals into a "safe zone", Sasori puts the corpse of the Death Eater he managed to kill into a scroll. Later on, he could be seen disembowelling it, preparing it to be transformed into a puppet, like he threatened to do during the fight.

(Deidara's now awake, in the hospital wing - "ennervate"...? or perhaps just waking up on his own, several days later?)

"Oh, come on. You don't seriously still think that he's human, after that display?"

"Shut up, brat."
'Brat...?' Thought Snape with some suspicion.

Sasori's face had the peculiar blankness he adopted whenever he was no longer presenting himself as human. It was a noticible change; he was creepy enough when he wasn't trying to be human.

Comments

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

One thing I'm wondering about: so how exactly did Orochimaru and Voldemort meet? You wrote that Orochimaru had met him in the decades he'd been traveling (between leaving Konoha and joining the Akatsuki), but... this may be my memory failing me, but was it ever said when Orochimaru joined the Akatsuki? I presume that the Yondaime had a rather short tenure, maybe a year or two before Kyuubi came. Orochimaru probably left Konoha after the declaration of Yondaime but before the Kyuubi attack, so we'll say a year before the Kyuubi attack for estimation's purpose. We know he was in Akatsuki when Itachi joined; it seems like Itachi joined very soon after the massacre, when Sasuke was seven (I think? :/), so that's around 8 years total, with Orochimaru leaving Akatsuki sometime after that. So it depends on how long Orochimaru was in Akatsuki before Itachi came.

Also, just wondering--how would you combine the Narutoverse and HPverse? I've seen a lot of stuff where the Hidden Countries are literally "hidden"--Unplottable or something of the sort and isolated from the HPverse world. Is that what you're going to use? :) And hmm, okay, I think it would work out with the HP timeline, if you have Orochimaru meeting Voldemort sometime in that decade where Voldemort's basically a spirit floating around. Although in that case, how would Voldemort make Orochimaru into a Horcrux? *curious*

The Akatsuki didn't have former members. Their agents either died in the field, were killed by each other (usually due to quarrels, but sometimes assassinations), or had tragic "accidents" if they tried to leave the organization. The Akatsuki were very good at arranging "accidents".
XDD That is the win!

It would be highly amusing to have Deidara as the unknown female bomber who's helping the Order. XP I like how Deidara's integrated into the effort to stop Voldemort.

However, the hat sympathises with him, assuming that Sasori is also a bit of soul that someone shed and stuck into an "inanimate" object, then discarded. It's less of a "ZOMG you're an inhuman puppet!" thing than a "Rock on, brother! What house do you want to be in?" thing.
That sounds like a very, very interesting interaction. :DD Also, Sasori's reaction to the Imperius as "that's not art"--priceless, indeed. He has higher standards than that! :P

Transfiguration and Avada Kedavra reference, that would be awesome. XP

Ahhh, so that's how Deidara turns briefly into a puppet! XD I like how Sasori disembowels the Death Eater and turns him/her into a puppet. I'm curious to hear how the Hogwarts faculty would react to Sasori's actions , though...

Sasori's face had the peculiar blankness he adopted whenever he was no longer presenting himself as human. It was a noticible change; he was creepy enough when he wasn't trying to be human.
"noticible" --> "noticeable" but anyway--XDD I like the contrast of trying to be human and not trying, and in both cases still being very creepy. :P

Gosh, this is so promising. :D

[beboots.livejournal.com]

You misunderstood me - Voldemort and Orochimaru didn't meet, they are the same person. When Voldemort was travelling the world, he was creating horcruxes left and right, and Orochimaru would have been one of those horcruxes (or vice-versa ;) ) So they're the same person, really. Each considers himself the "original". They don't really pay attention to each other, though... and I have no idea what to do about their mutual childhoods. D:

I think that I would have to have the Hidden Countries as unplottable ones - it seems the easiest way to meld them.

"It would be highly amusing to have Deidara as the unknown female bomber who's helping the Order. XP I like how Deidara's integrated into the effort to stop Voldemort." Did I say female somewhere? D: I have so many typos (I wrote this in a hurry, you see). I meant that Deidara was trying to help take down Voldemort, but his identity is unknown to the Order of the Phoenix. They just know that (s)he is blond and seems to be helping them. :3

"That sounds like a very, very interesting interaction. :DD Also, Sasori's reaction to the Imperius as "that's not art"--priceless, indeed. He has higher standards than that! :P" I'm really trying to be original in my thoughts, you see. :3 I mean, seriously, the hat can read minds - of course it's going to notice that Sasori isn't exactly your average eleven year old. I actually thought up the "Iperius as bad art" thing as I was writing this up last night. I was typing frantically and the thought just popped into my head. :) Sweet.

I'm pretty sure that Sasori wouldn't be disembowelling corpses in front of the Hogwarts people; even though his cover has been blown sky-high, he's still trying to present himself as a possible ally... and dismembering corpses to turn into inhuman puppets would be genearlly frowned upon. ;) I think it woudl be cool if he used the puppet later on, though, and it was recognized. XD

Oh, yeah, and spelling errors... I'm writing this stuff on wordpad, which doesn't have spellcheck, yous see, so they're quite common. D: This is in no way my final copy, either, so... ;)

I seriously think that I'll write this, someday... even if just as a series of snippets/drabbles. It would be fun to write out completely... Perhaps when I get back from France, or if/when my interest in Rise of the Jinchuuriki wanes (hopefully not anytime soon).

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

:O Ohhh, I get it now! :DD Oh, that is awesome! Hmm, some issues with the timeline might come up, though... Maybe you could say time passes faster in the Unplottable Narutoverse countries than in the HPverse? Orochimaru could be a physical construct Voldemort made using snakes, which could explain his affinity for snakes and how he turned into that white... snake-thing when Sasuke first tried to kill him. And Voldemort made a couple think he was their child? Although why would Voldemort put his Horcrux in an animate (as opposed to inanimate) thing? Or maybe Orochimaru managed to jumpstart his own "life" in the Narutoverse by taking on human characteristics--I can see Voldemort leaving a Horcrux in a snake form, and that evolving into Orochimaru... now I'm just babbling, so I'll stop. XDD

Oh no, I got what you meant with Deidara--that "female" description was just me poking fun at what the Order would think. :P

Imperius is totally bad art. I mean, it's such a very unsubtle way of persuading people, especially in contrast to Sasori's original mind control over Kabuto, for instance. ;)

XP Now I have this image of Sasori whipping out the DE puppet, while everyone else gawks at him. I imagine this will begin to happen quite frequently later on... :P

>_> Now I feel nitpicky. Sorry about that! :/

Even a series of snippets would be great. :D Although I hope your interest in RotJ doesn't wane soon either, it's getting into a really knotty part (Uchihas have the knack for making everything complicated :P).

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Yep, I'd have some timeline issues to work out. D: Although I like your idea of Voldemort putting his horcrux into a snake, and that snake developing ambitions of its own... Or, you know, I could just fudge canon. ;) Besides, none of the Akatsuki know the whole story either, so perhaps they could speculate on several different (implausible) ideas, but I could never confirm which one it is... Yes, cop-outs for the win! :D

And the funny thing is, I think that Deidara would be fully introduced to them unconscious, so they could still believe that "he" is a "she"... up until he wakes up and starts swearing at them. XD

I love the way Sasori looks in his "human" self puppet, especially when he's controlling other puppets, some of them larger than he is. XD Have you ever seen ormsqueak's deviantart gallery? She has awesome stuff (hilarious, too). Here's a linkto her gallery: http://ormsqueak.deviantart.com/gallery/#_browse
And a few of my favourite pictures of hers:
http://ormsqueak.deviantart.com/art/NARUTO-Introductions-60559139
http://ormsqueak.deviantart.com/art/NARUTO-trainin-70147507
http://ormsqueak.deviantart.com/art/NARUTO-SasuSaku-63756454
http://ormsqueak.deviantart.com/art/100k-kiriban-for-Swirleh-53730208
http://ormsqueak.deviantart.com/art/Naruto-I-ve-Still-Got-My-Hat-53165993
(be sure to read her summaries. XD )

Her stuff like, inspired me to write this fic. :) Yep, Uchiha always make things complicated. It's in their natures. I'm going to try to write a series of drabbles in this universe, at least. Bite-sized, like. :)

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perhaps they could speculate on several different (implausible) ideas, but I could never confirm which one it is
Haha, that's a good way to go! ;)

Oh, that would be great! There should be more Akatsuki missions where Deidara's assigned to impersonate a girl or something. 8DD

Oh, those pictures are HILARIOUS. I especially love the look on Sasori's face in the last one. :DD

Go for it! :D

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Yep, I'm a master of not saying anything for certain while still seeming to know what I'm talking about. Yay for bullshit! :DD

Hey, once I've written something for this Sasori fic, would you do me the honour of being my beta? You're very good at pointing out inconsistancies in my plotline. :) I'm not going to start it tonight, but I have a day off work tomorrow, and I may just work on it if I get bored enough. :)

You know, never mind Deidara, there should be more missions where NARUTO has to impersonate a girl, for that matter. D: That reminds me - I have a scene written in Rise of the Jinchuuriki, later on, in which Naruto does just such a thing. :) Here's a sneak-preview, just for you! (oh, and *** indicate skips in which I have to add writing)

“All right, then, we’ll need a distraction...” Kakashi said without looking up from his porn. “How about a damsel in distress?” He pointedly didn’t look at Sakura, for fear of retributive yelling.

Which he did indeed get. “Eew, Kaka-sensei! That’s so sexist! Can’t we do something else?”

“I can do it,” Naruto offered, quietly.

Sasuke and Sakura gave him a pair of uncharacteristically stunned looks (this was less obvious on Sasuke’s face, which was more unused to showing extreme displays of emotion).

“No way, Naruto,” Sakura finally managed, almost scoffing. “Look, you’re obviously a guy. Even in a dress, nobody in a million years would mistake you for a woman in trouble. A troubled person, perhaps, but...”

“Naruto, show her your technique,” Kakashi interrupted, still pretending to be engrossed in his book.

Naruto rolled his eyes. “Fine. Pervert.” He muttered under his breath. “For the uninitiated, here’s my famed Sexy no Jutsu... PG version, of course,” He almost smirked at the disappointment in Kakashi’s eye.
***
To successfully use the Sexy no Jutsu, one had to be completely at ease with the feminine side of one’s persona. A hint of shame would ruin the entire look. Of course, having an image of the perfect woman’s body in mind was also key. After years of practice, Naruto had discovered the ideal balance in size between a believable figure (and chest) and the figure (and chest) belonging in male ninja’s wet dreams.

There had been one particularly memorable spy mission, in his early jounin years, but before he had become Hokage, which had required creative use of his Sexy no Jutsu, a bar pole, dancing lessons, extreme audacity, and ridiculous amounts of alcohol. And lingerie. Anyone else would have developed a justifiable aversion to lace after that particular escapade, but it had only reinforced Naruto’s opinion that his one, lone original jutsu was literally on-par with jutsu such as the Rasengan.
***
All that was covering anything obscene were a few strips of cloth pretending to be a bikini as well as some persistent mist.

A dribble of red bloomed underneath the nose portion of Kakashi’s mask.

Naruto, wearing his voluptuous female form, smirked, and blew his/her sensei a kiss with an over the top “chu~!”

***

“So... that was ‘PG’?” Sakura asked, looking faintly ill as the smoke finally dispersed to reveal a normal –and male – Naruto. “What’s the... non-PG version, then?”

Naruto opened his mouth to answer, but Kakashi beat him to it. “He has no clothes. And there’s less strategic mist.” The jounin sighed, almost wistfully. Naruto snorted. He knew that his sensei wasn’t really that perverted, but only played it up for effect. If he was thought to have an extreme weakness for perversion, well, that was one way he could trick his enemy.

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

Cheers for bs, it's so wonderfully handy! ;)

:D I would be honored to be your beta! I haven't beta-ed before, but I can do my best with plotline consistency and spelling/grammar. :)

This snippet is hilarious. XD

He pointedly didn’t look at Sakura, for fear of retributive yelling.
It's good to see that even Kakashi is well aware of Sakura's temper, and that she's not willing to stand for the stereotype of the damsel. :P And Sakura and Sasuke's FACES when Naruto says he can do it!--and hmm, Kakashi already knows. He's been on the receiving end of the Oiroke already, then? I wonder when... (*thinks of Kakashi doing the Thousand-Years-of-Pain poke and Naruto doing the Oiroke at the same time* XD although that probably wouldn't work b/c Sasuke and Sakura would see that then anyway...) Hmm, I wonder how Sasuke's personality will differ from canon. It depends on whether or not Naruto will be able to prevent the massacre, of course...

but it had only reinforced Naruto’s opinion that his one, lone original jutsu was literally on-par with jutsu such as the Rasengan.
I think I already mentioned this before, but I like how you took a "pointless" jutsu and made it useful for missions. :P

If he was thought to have an extreme weakness for perversion, well, that was one way he could trick his enemy.
Indeed. It's curious to see how the jounin play up their "weaknesses" or eccentric points. Kakashi and Jiraiya are both "perverts," Gai is Loud and Bursting With Youth (and thus doesn't seem like one to catch subtleties), Asuma smokes a lot (so enemy nin might try to guess his location by his smell, but he could get rid of the smoke smell clinging to his clothes and trick them that way), etc. I've always suspected that Jiraiya caught on quicker than we see in canon about the genjutsu on the woman, but stayed out of the way to interfere at the best moment (i.e., when Naruto had recognized that Itachi and Kisame were a threat to him, as opposed to Naruto standing at the door with a huh? expression and not paying too much attention to his reflexes for getting away).

[beboots.livejournal.com]

Yay, thank you for agreeing to be my beta! :DD

Yes, Kakashi will be exposed to Naruto's sexy no jutsu at some point (probably during his time as an ANBU, watching over him). I think that Kakashi would be more aware of Naruto's abilities at this point, because he's watched Naruto "train" as a child. I say "train" in quotation marks, because obviously Naruto was practicing some of his more "badass" techniques without the benefit of an ANBU audience. :3

I seriously think that some of the jounin's eccentricies are, like you said, an act, to some extent at least. Deception is a ninja's greatest ally.

I also really like the concept of the Sexy no Jutsu, and I plan to have Naruto use it several times, very strategically. :) Oh, and I have a thought for later on - on some sort of undercover mission (or at least infiltration - I don't know exactly), Naruto could reveal a new technique that he's invented - the Unsexy no jutsu. XD Essentially, it would make himself look like he did right before he went back in time: old, wrinkled, slightly senile-looking... And his teammates could be surprised at how well he acts the part of the perverted old man (he's inspired partly by Jiraiya, partly by himself).

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

:) ♥

That shall be interesting to see, especially in what situation Naruto uses it. :P

Word to your statement on deception. :)

Aw, Jiraiya! ;_; So did Jiraiya die the same way he did in canon as he did in RotJ!futureverse? That was a dignified way to go, though I wish he hadn't died. D: And an undercover/infiltration mission, hmmm... Perhaps he could be the "old man" who goes around acting vaguely senile and picking up useful information along the way? :P He could be able to employ that in the Wave mission, actually, if Team 7 takes the initiative to get a sense of the village environment and attitude about Gatou (and he could possibly make his way very close to Gatou's hideout?).

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I swear that I'm going to MAKE UP an excuse to use the unsexy no jutsu. :3
That would actually be a very good idea - hiding in plain sight, pretending to be half deaf and half blind, so people underestimate him... XD I haven't told you of my plans for the Wave arc yet, have I? :3 I'm just going to try to get through this Itachi arc first (I say "arc" when I mean like two chapters), then Naruto's graduation from the academy, THEN the whole wave thing... XD It won't be what you expect!

And I'm afraid that I've gotten no work done today. D: I did dig out my bike from the shed, though, and I biked around for an hour and a half! :D I love that thing... But I swear I'll get some writing done tomorrow! Or tonight! Of the Sasori at Hogwarts fic! ... Believe it!

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

I certainly wouldn't object! ;)

No, not yet for the Wave arc. So the Itachi situation will be covering 2 chapters, and then to Naruto's graduation? Sweet! The unexpected is welcome, originality is always awesome. :D

I like to ride my bicycle too, I go along the nearby bicycle trail sometimes for half an hour or so. ^^ Dattebayo, Beboots! :P

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I'm really having fun with this fic, writing new twists on things. I mean, I love the time-skip genre, but seriously, it gets old after a while, with people writing the same changes over and over again... I want something "fresh", if that's possible while writing with somebody else's characters. ;) I also realize that after these next few chapters, which will be mostly centered on Naruto (or at least as far as I've gotten with the planning in my head), after that there's going to be a much stronger focus on Gaara. Well, I hope that I balance them out in the end...

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

I agree!--time-travel's great, but there are so many instances in which they travel back to the day of the academy exam (and foil Mizuki's plot again), go through the motions as before, etc. and I always feel like they neglect to really focus on the emotional impact of changing times in the first place (esp. if it's unintentional, or they're moving from a dystopic wartime zone to the old semi-peaceful days).

As for your focus on Gaara--it shall be cool to see how he's maneuvering about the Kazekage issue. :)

[beboots.livejournal.com]

So I have every intention of focussing on some of the emotional impact - and making ORIGINAL changes. :3 As you say, the Miziki thing is a classic, plus stopping the Uchiha massacre... etc.,etc. This fic has done a lot to improve my writing, too, and planning skills. :3

[dayadhvam-triad.livejournal.com]

:D I look forward to what happens. Stopping the Uchiha massacre?--hmmm... ;) Man, the Mizuki incident just keeps popping up all the time. XD As for me, I ended up setting the time-travel point in MWtLS at Tsukuyomi-wake-up for Sasuke b/c technically, his mind barriers would be weak, and I thought it was pretty original. Plus, he would be thrown in a very uncertain situation almost immediately... :P

Fanfic really helps us in more ways than one, doesn't it? We improve writing, and planning, and we get a better idea of how to characterize, and sometimes debate over the internet, and etc... :D

[beboots.livejournal.com]

I agree - your opening time is very original, and fresh. :) It also makes more sense that the perpetual "waking up the day before academy graduation" thing. I mean, what's with the fixation on that day? Why not the week before? I mean, I have Naruto not even knowing the exact date, just that he's "about six" at the beginning. ;)

I love debates. XD

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I think it's because people want to start off with Naruto making a different first impression on his teammates and Kakashi. Personally, I think it'd be cool if he time-traveled to say, his fight with Neji in the chuunin exams. Or Sakura time-traveling to the time where she's watching over the other two and defending them by herself from the Oto genin in the Forest of Death. :D Precisely, I like how your Naruto doesn't know the exact date--often times the time-traveler just looks at the calendar and is like, "Oh, it's the day of my graduation, what do you know?" and runs off without getting hit with that emotional impact of oh-my-god-it's-the-past. You don't have to do so much of the emotional impact though, since Naruto and Gaara planned to go back and knew full well that they would be in the past. Plus, it's going from a relatively peaceful time to another peaceful time, so the environment change isn't so drastic. :)

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Yep, they're not all like "ZOMG hot showers <3" because, as you said, they're coming from and going to times of peace.
Yep, my Naruto has very little idea of the exact date... or how he's changing things. This shall count against him later on. ;) I like my "hey what?!Naruto". XD

Oooh... but if how would Naruto change things were he to jump right in during the chuunin exams? Decemate the Sounds forces before the could attack, starting a war anyway...?

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Hot showers <3 XD

Oh, so his lack of specific knowledge on the date might go against him later? Intriguing. :)

I wasn't sure about that. He'd be very suddenly disoriented, then maybe suddenly win against Neji with crazy moves--use the Rasengan? That would cause a stir. XD As for the Sakura situation, I'd thought about her deliberately doing the same knocking-each-other-out during the prelims and using the month off for "training purposes" (going off to look for Tsunade) and bring Tsunade back for the final part of the chuunin exams to help fight against Orochimaru, while she maneuvered things somehow so that the Oto and Suna nin would be easily detected (also, that Orochimaru would be revealed as the Kazekage so the Suna nin would turn against Oto). These were all ideas I'd been tossing around for time-travel along with the plot for MWtLS, because I'd wanted to write one, but ultimately I decided to do Sasuke because I thought that unlike Naruto and Sakura, he'd have that emotional, very visceral internal conflict the entire time, which would be interesting to explore. :)

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SAKURA bringing back Tsunade? Intriguing! :DD (But I'm glad that you picked Sasuke, because it's turning out lovely)

...And have you read chapter 399 of Naruto? :D I actually quite like the young Madara, and how loyal he is to his clan... I loved that line about "what man would willingly hurt his younger brother?" or something like that. :3

... I have to say, though, that I have a sinking suspicion... Remember a-barrell-full-of-Sasuke, from when Sasuke was escaping with the Sound people before the Valley of the End arc? Well, I spotted a suspiciously similar one in the room in which Madara and Sasuke are talking (check out the bottom of page three http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/399/03/ ) I'm almost beginning to suspect that Itachi (or his corpse) is in that bucket. D:

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I just read it! That line was pretty touching, yes. But I'm still suspicious of what he says, because it seems like he's deliberately playing upon the Uchihas as the ones who were victimized and thus trying to use Sasuke's emotional openness for his purposes. The thing is, he says Kyuubi was simply a natural disaster, but the coincidence of Kyuubi and his ability to control it, on the other hand... I'm currently taking what he says with a huge spoonful of salt. :P

Itachi in that bucket? o__O Wow, I didn't notice that--but man, that would be pretty crazy, if Itachi's in there... *imagines Itachi suddenly popping out like a jack-in-the-box* ... XP If he were, how would that affect the current scene, I wonder...

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Yes, we really do have to be conscious of the fact that he is a VERY biased narrator - "I'm the victim here!"
Yes, a spoonful of salt helps the truth go down. ;)
I'm probably wrong about the Itachi in a bucket thing, but man, if I'm right... that certainly would be intriguing.

...and here I was, thinking that my Uchiha conspiracy theory was all unique. I planned to imply that the Uchiha were trying to take over Konoha, and Itachi stopped them the first time around... and now I find that it's canon!

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I don't think Sasuke would be all that happy at seeing Itachi in the bucket. Itachi's definitely bigger than pre-timeskip!Sasuke in the barrel, so for him to fit in there... ugh, I just got this mental image of him being dismembered. *scrubs brain*

Haha, now there's no need to worry about it being canon or not! :) Perhaps you are clairvoyant. :P

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Ack, now I have to scrub my brain out with bleach too. D: Thank you for that image.

... but seriously, now my insightful take on the Uchiha massacre is now canon! It's creepy! ... I really should have been faster getting this chapter out. Oh, well, too late now...

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...I'm like, the thousanth monkey on a typewriter, just happening to hit the right random keys. D: