History Fanfic / FirstTrySeries

* {{Irony}}: While Sasuke supplies InsaneTrollLogic (see below) to Naruto's early graduation by saying he would have already been nominated long before the "dead last", Kakashi later reveals that it was '''that''' attitude that made sure he wasn't.
* IsThatWhatHeToldYou: A variant when someone not in the know [[WrongGenreSavvy thinks its this:]] Kiri Nin, Kampachi and Mizuko Sanbashi find out from eavesdropping on Naruto that his parents died protecting him from the Kyuubi. When they find out that Naruto was Kyuubi Jinchuriki...
-->Mizuko: "Do you think his parents really died protecting him from the Kyuubi, considering...?"
-->Kampachi: "Died to protect him from the Yondaime Hokage more like."

* AdultFear: Tetsuo briefly fear that his infant daughter would not recognize him after being away too long.

** '''Status:''' In Progress.

** '''Status:''' In Progress.

* NotSoDifferent: Both Zabuza and Kakashi regret not listening to their fortuneteller/horoscope.

* AlphaBitch: Barako Haruno is a grown-up version of this, looking down on ''everyone'', thinks she's all powerful and very used to getting what she wants. [[InTheBlood Sakura]] was initially this. Sasuke was a male version of this.

** LovableSexManiac / PeepingTom: Jiraiya's peeping is not shown as comedic, but very upsetting and distressing to Suzume and other women being spied upon.

* {{Flopsy}}: Team 5 had to pull this one after Satoshi lost them their money in ''River Country Con''.

** [[spoiler: When the Third Hokage updates the Ninja Academy textbooks to be more historically accurate and show the dangers of being a ninja, along with reworking the school curriculum, it's seen by the other ninja villages as remilitarizing and abandoning the project to become a tourist trap instead of having caught on to sabotage of the curriculum.]]
*** [[spoiler: Given that someone tries to break in and steal the revised curriculum from one of the bidding printing companies, it is possible this was ''[[InvertedTrope an actual enemy action.]]'']]
** [[spoiler: A Kiri nin thought Konoha hired Zabuza and his cohorts to cover the fact that Naruto and his team were getting rid of an upstart ninja village instead of being a mission GoneHorriblyWrong.]]
** [[spoiler: When the Kazekage sends Gaara on a joint mission with Konoha in a brinksmanship response to Konoha's perceived remilitarization, the fact Konoha's team includes Naruto (a Jinchuriki) and Kakashi (capable jonin, student of the Fourth Hokage, and son of a man who had a lot of Suna nin in his body count) is seen as a powerful counter to that instead that the complete coincidence that is. Also, Naruto asking Gaara if he's an Uzumaki is seen as ''questioning Gaara's paternity in the most offensive way as possible while still having PlausibleDeniability'' instead than as genuine curiosity.]]

* BeneathNotice: Its implied in ''Team Tetsuo'' that ninjas often disguise themselves as the help.

* CallForward: In ''First Try'' when Naruto headbutts a Graduation Exam proctor, the man grumbled "[[LikeFatherLikeSon Bloody Habenero]]"

* CatchYourDeathOfCold: Kabuto gets hospitialized when he gets sick after getting caught in the rain during border patrol. [[spoiler: Tetsuo exploits this so Naruto can have his spot on the team for the Suna Chunin Exams.]]

* ContrivedCoincidence: The ''entire plot'' of this series is (hilariously) set in motion by a chef's choice of action during the lunch break on the day of the Graduation Exam. To wit, this chef accidentally spilt some peanut sauce onto a dish he was making for one of the Instructors in charge of evaluating the students that year. In {{Canon}}, he threw out the dish and had to start from scratch; in ''First Try'', he mixes it into the dish hoping it won't be noticed. As it turns out, this particular ninja is allergic to peanuts something dreadful, and as he's rushed to hospital a hasty call is made for one of his off-duty peers to replace him. Said replacement, hoping to fail Naruto, has to decide which 2 of the 3 Standard Academy Jutsu to have him demonstrate, and ''doesn't'' have him do the Bunshin (Clone) Jutsu. Naruto thus only barely manages to scrape a pass in the overall test, and the plot is set into motion.

* DeadGuyJunior: In FT:S, [[spoiler: Sasuke's children Fugaku and Mikoto, excluding his daughter [[OddNameOut Aiko]]]].
* DeathByAdaptation:
** In ''Team 7: Divergence'': [[spoiler:The Sannin & Kabuto.]]

** Not to mention how, in ''Team Tetsuo'', the whole deal with the younger generation ''not'' having impressive skills upon graduation is explained by [[spoiler:Mizuki and others sabotaging the educational system.]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: Haku met Naruto in the Kiri Chunin Exams.

** Shin and Sai in ''Team Tetsuo'' [[spoiler: when they get a mob to turn a rich merchant by exposing the man's activities as a slaver]]

* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: [[spoiler: Naruto in the Second Phase of Kiri Chunin Exam - though he ''did'' go all Kyuubi, so it makes sense.]]
** He does it again in ''Team 7'' [[spoiler: by tearing apart Gato and his mercenaries]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In ''First Try'' & especially in ''Team Tetsuo'' - despite Tetsuo's promise, Naruto will never get to go to the Suna Chunin Exam.
** Also, unless we get ''another'' ForWantOfANail for this AU (most likely, one where he [[spoiler:takes point when they run into the Iwa team's trap in the Kiri Exams, thus preventing his team's disqualification]]), then we cannot expect him to ''not'' end up with Sasuke and Sakura as teammates. For that matter, he ''will'' take the canon Konoha Chunin Exam [[spoiler:though ''unlike'' canon, he will inevitably graduate it due to being a badass.]]
*** [[spoiler: Although finally subverted when Tetsuo pulled some strings for Naruto to participate in the Suna Chunnin Exams [[OhCrap by having him take Kabuto's place in Kabuto's team]].]]

* FromBadToWorse: ''Divergence'' is this. [[spoiler:First Tsunade turns traitor and heals Orochimaru's arms, so he brings back Dan and her brother. Except that they aren't happy to be alive, they're horrified and shocked that she would go to the lengths she did. This essentially breaks her and she doesn't resist when Jiriya kills her. Then Jiriya kills Orochimaru, before going to kill himself.]]

* HandSignals: A plot point in ''Team 7,'' a Kiri Hunter nin [[spoiler: who went to capture [[SparedByTheAdaptation Zabuza]] in Wave]] realize the other two groups are from Konoha from their sign language dialect, which resulted into a brawl.

* HonorRelatedAbuse: Uchiha who had bastard children or married outside the village had themselves and their family killed - Itachi tells Kisame this outright in FT:TT, when the latter asks if the clan has any survivors other than Sasuke.
** In FT:S, [[spoiler: this is the older Tobi's motive for revenge and why he steals Sasuke's son, Fugaku, after killing the sound nin who originally stole him for Orochimaru.]]

* HumblePie: Many people get this, but especially Sasuke. In ''Team 7'', [[spoiler:it leads to him declining the Sound Four's offer.]]

* InSpiteOfANail: Naruto still learns Kage Bunshin [[spoiler: but he learned it from Kakashi]], he meets Konohamaru and gains his respect [[spoiler: after nearly attacking Konohamaru for ambushing the Hokage]], gets the "precious person" speech from Haku [[spoiler: in Kiri]] and Mizuki still steals the Forbidden Scroll to stopped by Naruto [[spoiler: after he tries to prank the Hokage from putting him on the same team as Sasuke and Sakura]]; the circumstances are very different though.

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: In ''Team 7: Divergence'', [[spoiler:Tsunade agrees to Orochimaru's deal. [[SuicideByCop It doesn't end well for her]].]]

** By ''First Try: Shippuden'', both are chunin and Sakura has even [[spoiler:[[TookALevelInBadass joined the ANBU ranks]].]]

* MandatoryMotherhood: In ''Shippuden'', [[spoiler:Tsunade ordered Sasuke to have children when he was promoted to Chunin so the Sharingan doesn't die with him. He's only the genetic donor - he doesn't actually want to meet the mothers.]]
* MassOhCrap: Many non-Konoha villages [[spoiler: when they think [[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant Konoha is remilitarizing]].]]

* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: [[spoiler: In ''Team Tetsuo'' Naruto reveals to Sasuke that Mizuki was a traitor. Sasuke believes that he's doing badly because he was sabotaged. Which leads to Tetsuo testing them on their history, which reveals the books are missing major historical events and information. Which leads to Tetsuo telling the Hokage his suspicions that Mizuki might have sabotaged the Academy and might not have been working alone. Which leads the Hokage to evaluate the textbooks and deciding to make an educational reform and hold a retest for all ninja candidates and all current genin within the last six years. That end ups leading the other shinobi villages come to the conclusion that Konoha knows about their plans and are now remilitarizing.]]

* MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler: An Iwa genin tries to avenge her father, who was killed in the Third Shinobi War, by killing Konoha genin. [[LaserGuidedKarma It gets her twin brother and their teammate slaughtered by an Kyuubi-powered, enraged Naruto, leaving her to flee for her life]].]]

* MuggingTheMonster: Sakura tries to punch Naruto to "prove" that he's not a real Genin. He catches her fist and warns her to never do it again or else he'll break her arm.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Often. Naruto gives one to Sakura in ''First Try'' and another to Sasuke in ''Team Tetsuo.''

* TheRemnant: There are survivors of Whirlpool still around as seen in ''Team 7'''s Former Whirlpool Citizen's Alliance in Wave and [[spoiler: the civilian Uzumaki]] in ''Team Tetsuo''

* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: An Iwa kunoichi tried to get revenge for her father by having her team set a lethal trap for the Konoha Genin in the Kiri Chunin Exam. It backfires - both her teammates (her twin brother and best friend) - are torn apart by a Kyuubi-enraged Naruto, and she just barely escapes alive.]]

* ScareEmStraight: Naruto to Sakura. It works too well, leaving Sakura terrified of Naruto.
** In the [[spoiler: updated]] Academy textbook there is a picture with a kid with kunai stuck in his hand to warn children of safe kunai handling.
* ScarpiaUltimatum: [[spoiler: The Mizukage Mei Terumi gives one to [[SparedByTheAdaptation Zabuza]] in "Team 7": marry her or she'll kill him to solidify her power.]]

* [[ReassignmentBackfire Sign-Up Backfire]]: Naruto was given the exam early by his teachers in hopes that he would fail all three times to get him to fail the Academy. But one of the proctors got food poisoning and the replacement tested him on something else, allowing him to become a Genin

* SoleSurvivor: Hiashi Hyuuga is the member of Jiraiya's genin team left alive.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Zabuza and Haku in ''Team 7'', and also in ''Team Tetsuo'' (so far).]]

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted, Morishita-sensei has Naruto go to anger management counseling after seeing that extreme rage releases the Kyuubi and Naruto has no way of dealing with anger. Inoichi subsequently [[spoiler:prevents "Yami Naruto" from ever manifesting.]]

* TournamentArc: the Kiri Chunin Exam in ''First Try'' [[spoiler: which ends in with Naruto tramatized, Suzume and Satoshi maimed, their peers killed and Kiri finding out that Naruto's the Kyuubi Jinchuriki]]

* [[spoiler: {{Unperson}}]]: [[spoiler:The Uzumakis were being quietly erased from Konoha history thanks to sabotage.]] Once this comes out in "Team Tetsuo", Sarutobi takes measures to rectify it.

* ScareEmStraight: Naruto to Sakura. It works too well, leaving Sakura terrified of Naruto

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Sasuke view Naruto as this.

** In "Team Tetsuo", [[CoolOldGuy Sarutobi]] proves this bigtime when he realises the sabotage that was going on behind the scenes and takes measure to reverse it.

** Apparently people tend to sign in the prominent clan language of their team, but Naruto signs in a Uchiha accent, which he picked up from running away from the Uchiha police. He had to teach Sakura how to sign, while Sasuke refuses to sign out of embarassment

** In ''First Try: Team 7'', this is why Kakashi passes Team 7. He wanted to teach Naruto, but also has to deal with Sakura and Sasuke. Made bittersweet by Sakura and Sasuke bombing the Bell Test and Naruto (attempting to) deliberately fail it.
** Shows up again in ''Team Tetsuo'', rather than Sakura and Sasuke do the Genin Exam and have Naruto held back another year if they fail, Tetsuo decides to pass them to take them on months-long training trips to whip them into shape to get Naruto to the Suna Chunin Exam. Although in his defence, he ''was'' getting the Rookie of the Year and Top Kunoichi, so he assumed that he'd just need to shape them up a bit. He was correct, but underestimated how ''much'' shaping up they'd need before they were ready for the Chunin Exams, and with Naruto the most stable member of the group Sarutobi decides that they aren't ready for Suna. Then, a single slot is opened for Naruto to participate... on [[spoiler:Kabuto]]'s team.

* OriginalCharacter: There are several, with Tetsuo Shimura, grandson of Danzo Shimura, the most prominent. Proving that TropesAreNotBad, they are all used effectively without engulfing the story.

** Also, unless we get ''another'' FWOAN for this AU (most likely, one where he [[spoiler:takes point when they run into the Iwa team's trap in the Kiri Exams, thus preventing his team's disqualification]]), then we cannot expect him to ''not'' end up with Sasuke and Sakura as teammates. For that matter, he ''will'' take the canon Konoha Chunin Exam [[spoiler:though ''unlike'' canon, he will inevitably graduate it due to being a badass.]]

* RidiculousProcrastinator: Decontructed in "Team Tetsuo" - Kakashi didn't get Team 7 because he put off doing his paperwork a little too long, leading to Tetsuo filling in the appropriate files before Kakashi gets the chance.

** In the [[spoiler: updated]] Academy textbook has a picture with a kid with kunai stuck in his hand to warn children of safe kunai handling.

* RetiredBadass:
** BadassGrandpa: Hiruzen and Danzo - both are grandparents, and both are strong and cunning. "Team Tetsuo" sees them proving why you shouldn't mess with Old People. Homura Mitokado hasn't had a chance to show it, but Naruto recognises that he's no pushover either.
** BadassGrandma: Koharu gets to school [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Sasuke]] in "Team Tetsuo". Naruto scolds him by pointing out that she - and the men - didn't keep their positions of power by resting on their laurels.

* CharacterDerailment: Kakashi and Sasuke suffer from this. They resemble nothing from their canon part one characterizations and are very similar to the characterizations of them used in other fanfictions to bash them, with Sasuke's anti-social tendencies and arrogance exaggerated beyond what actually did happen, where he didn't actually disparage his teammates like he does in this series, and Kakashi is turned from the troubled man that avoided interacting with his students unless he absolutely needed to into obsessed with teaching Naruto and only Naruto while dismissing Sasuke and Sakura, when Kakashi did care for all his students equally in canon, it's just that he was clueless regarding what he actually needed to do in order to get through to them and overestimated himself when it came to getting through to Sasuke.

** Also, unless we get ''another'' FWOAN for this AU (most likely, one where he [[spoiler:takes point when they run into the Iwa team's trap in the Kiri Exams, thus preventing his team's disqualification]]), then we cannot expect him to ''not'' end up with Sasuke and Sakura as teammates. For that matter, he ''will'' take the canon Konoha Chunin Exam [[spoiler:though ''unlike'' canon, he will inevitably graduate it due to being a {{Badass}}.]]

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Barako portrays herself [[HystericalWoman hysterical with worry]] for [[MamaBear her daughter]] that taken by [[MaliciousSlander two perverts and The Demon]] under the guise of a training trip.

The ''First Try Series'' is a collection of {{Naruto}} ForWantOfANail [[{{Fanfic}} Fanfiction stories]], written by the prolific [[Creator/{{Lucillia}} Luci]][[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/579283/Lucillia llia]]. The premise of this story is an AlternateUniverse in which Naruto was able - thanks to a minor stroke of luck - pass his Academy graduation exam on his [[TitleDrop first try]]. As a result, he becomes a Genin two years earlier than in canon, put on a team with genin teammates [[TheStrategist Satoshi Kamiya]] & [[ActionGirl Suzume Kamizuki]]. Their sensei is [[TeamDad Tetsuo Shimura]], the disowned grandson of [[ManipulativeBastard Danzo Shimura]].

* DeconstructionFic: Many tropes and plots from {{Naruto}} are deconstructed. The author points out that many elements from later parts of the series have resulted in early plot points making no sense.

* HowDoYouLikeThemApples: In ''FT:TT'', apple trees grow all around Konoha so they're the only thing an unprepared Sakura can eat. Team Tetsuo had to guard an apple cider festival, [[spoiler: where they get drugged and captured by a kidnapping ring.]]

*** [[spoiler: Given that someone tries to break in and steal the revised curriculum from one of the bidding printing companies, it is possible this was an actual enemy action.]]

** [[spoiler: When the Third Hokage updates the Ninja Academy textbooks to be more historically accurate and show the dangers of being a ninja, along with reworking the school curriculum, it's seen by the other ninja villages as remilitarizing and abandoning the project to become a tourist trap instead of having caught on a group of MoralGuardians doing a mess with the curriculum.]]

* AllIssuesArePoliticalIssues: [[spoiler: When the Third Hokage updates his textbooks to be more historically accurate and show the dangers of being a ninja, along with reworking the school curriculum - it's seen by the other ninja villages as remilitarizing.]]

* AdultFear: Tetsuo briefly fear that his infant daughter would not recognized him for being away too long.

** In fairness, the people Naruto killed had [[spoiler:set a trap that murdered his peers, fellow Konoha ninja, in a case of RevengeByProxy]], so it's not surprising that people are giving him back-pats for it, while tampering with toilet paper is a ''really'' effective way to assassinate a ninja and embarrass him.

** In fairness, the people Naruto killed had [[spoiler:set a trap that murdered his peers, fellow Konoha ninja, in a case of RevengeByProxy]], so it's not surprising that people are giving him back-pats for it, while tampering with toilet paper is a ''really'' effective way to kill a ninja.