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* EarnYourHappyEnding: While the series was discontinued, it ''did'' have an ending in a collection of side-stories. [[spoiler:Akatsuki is disbanded with the revelation of Zetsu's plans and manipulation by Obito. With his mission finally completed, Kiba allows himself to by captured by Shino so he could return to Konoha.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: While the series was discontinued, it ''did'' have an ending in a collection of side-stories. [[spoiler:Akatsuki is disbanded with the revelation of Zetsu's plans and manipulation by Obito. With his mission finally completed, Kiba allows himself to by be captured by Shino so he could return to Konoha.]]
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/722013 in dreams you follow (but I dream in the dark)]]'' is a series of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' fanfics set in an AlternateUniverse wherein Kiba volunteers to infiltrate the Akatsuki as a spy for Konoha. Even if most of the village isn't aware of what he's doing, only knowing that he went missing-nin after killing Danzo. Even if this means leaving Akamaru behind. Even if this means fighting his friends in order to protect him.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/722013 in dreams you follow (but I dream in the dark)]]'' is a series of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' fanfics set in an AlternateUniverse wherein Kiba volunteers to infiltrate the Akatsuki as a spy for Konoha. Even if most of the village isn't aware of what he's doing, only knowing that he went missing-nin after killing Danzo. Even if this means leaving Akamaru behind. Even if this means fighting his friends in order to protect him.
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* ComplimentBackfire: {{Subverted}}. Kiba compliments Konan's leadership skills by calling her the Alpha Bitch, which for him means "woman is charge of everybody." The rest of Akatsuki were terrified that Konan would flip out at the unintended insult. Konan instead accepts the compliment as Kiba intended.
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* ComplimentBackfire: {{Subverted}}. {{Subverted}} and PlayedForLaughs. Kiba compliments Konan's leadership skills by calling her the Alpha Bitch, which for him means "woman is in charge of everybody." The rest of Akatsuki were terrified that Konan would flip out at the unintended insult. Konan instead accepts the compliment as Kiba intended.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite the series being discontinued, it did have an ending. [[spoiler:Akatsuki is disbanded with the revelation of Zetsu's plans and manipulation by Obito. With his mission finally completed, Kiba allows himself to by captured by Shino so he could return to Konoha.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite While the series being was discontinued, it did ''did'' have an ending.ending in a collection of side-stories. [[spoiler:Akatsuki is disbanded with the revelation of Zetsu's plans and manipulation by Obito. With his mission finally completed, Kiba allows himself to by captured by Shino so he could return to Konoha.]]
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* EvilFormerFriend: Kiba is seen as this to rest of the Rookie Nine. Kiba purposely invokes this by mocking their personal issues everytime they cross paths so they won't suspect that he still cares for them.
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* EvilFormerFriend: Kiba is seen as this to the rest of the Rookie Nine. Kiba purposely invokes this by mocking their personal issues everytime they cross paths so they won't suspect that he still cares for them.
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* PaedoHunt: Tsunade deliberately spreads rumors of Danzo being a pedophile who molested Kiba (who's twelve) to give Kiba a believable reason for killing him. However, many people still support Danzo and oppose the murder of war hero with Kiba's supporters being his family, his former friends and Danzo's former victims.
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* PaedoHunt: Tsunade deliberately spreads rumors of Danzo being a pedophile who molested Kiba (who's twelve) to give Kiba a believable reason for killing him. However, many people still support Danzo and oppose the murder of the war hero with Kiba's supporters being his family, his former friends and Danzo's former victims.
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* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: [[spoiler:When Akatsuki is finally disbanded and his mission finally complete, Kiba has no idea how to get back to Konoha to exonerate himself without getting himself executed on sight by the guards. ]]
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* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: [[spoiler:When Akatsuki is finally disbanded and his mission finally complete, Kiba has no idea how to get back to Konoha to exonerate himself without getting himself executed on sight by the guards. ]]
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* {{Determinator}}: Shino is dedicated to making Kiba come back to Konoha alive and pushes himself to get strong enough to capture him. [[spoiler: Eventually, he succeeds.]]
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* {{Determinator}}: Shino is dedicated to making Kiba come back to Konoha alive and pushes himself to get strong enough to capture him. [[spoiler: Eventually, [[spoiler:Eventually, he succeeds.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite the series being discontinued, it did have an ending. [[spoiler: Akatsuki [[spoiler:Akatsuki is disbanded with the revelation of Zetsu's plans and manipulation by Obito. With his mission finally completed, Kiba allows himself to by captured by Shino so he could return to Konoha. ]]
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* FalseFlagOperation: Kiba makes his assassination of Danzo look like a crime of passion. It was actually government sanctioned by Tsunade who gets a spy and gets rid of her political opponent
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* FalseFlagOperation: Kiba makes his assassination of Danzo look like a crime of passion. It was actually government sanctioned by Tsunade who gets a spy and gets rid of her political opponent opponent.
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* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Shino captures Kiba with a custom poison to paralyze him post Akatsuki disbandment. Kiba sincerely compliments his former friend's efforts and allows Shino to drag him to Konoha as his mission is finally over.]]
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* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler: Shino [[spoiler:Shino captures Kiba with a custom poison to paralyze him post Akatsuki disbandment. Kiba sincerely compliments his former friend's efforts and allows Shino to drag him to Konoha as his mission is finally over.]]
* HopeSpot: A critical part of the {{Backstory}}: Shino knew that his cousin Torune had been taken into Root by Danzo. When the organization was seemingly disbanded, he looked forward to seeing him again... only to learn that all of Root's agents had been 'decommissioned'. Years later, Kiba recalls this incident and decides that Danzo is just as disposable as he'd deemed Torune to be.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Kiba decides to kill Danzo in order to get the immediate attention of Akatsuki by killing a high-ranking member of Konoha. Unaware that Danzo had personally screwed over the leaders of Akatsuki, Konan and Pein, who have a deep seated hatred for the council member. What was meant to establish his street-cred gives Kiba a quick ticket into Akatsuki out of sheer gratitute.
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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Kiba decides to kill Danzo in order to get the immediate attention of Akatsuki by killing a high-ranking member of Konoha. Unaware that Danzo had personally screwed over the leaders of Akatsuki, Konan and Pein, who have a deep seated deep-seated hatred for the council member. What was meant to establish his street-cred gives Kiba a quick ticket into Akatsuki out of sheer gratitute.gratitude.
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* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: [[spoiler: When Akatsuki is finally disbanded and his mission finally complete, Kiba has no idea how to get back to Konoha to exonerate himself without getting himself executed on sight by the guards. ]]
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* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When Akatsuki is finally disbanded and his mission finally complete, Kiba has no idea how to get back to Konoha to exonerate himself without getting himself executed on sight by the guards. ]]
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Kiba's increased skill and power post his defection from Konoha depress all his former friends as he used to be on the lower end of average.
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Kiba's increased skill and power post his defection from Konoha depress depresses all his former friends friends, as he used to be on the lower end of average.average.
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** Ninja or not, Kiba is still just a child, and only has a week to prepare himself before putting their plan into action. Rather than trying to teach him powerful ninjutsu or physical techniques in that short time frame, Tsunade has Genma teach him how to use poisons.
** While Shimura's predilections as a child predator are heavily implied to be an OpenSecret, he was shielded from any consequences by his high status. In the wake of his murder, Kiba is blamed for his CrimeOfSelfDefense, with his family also facing censure while Shimura's supporters continue to praise him as a war hero.
** Being part of Akatsuki is really boring since they have a lot of wait time between missions while they find jobs despite being secret terrorist organization with the world's strongest missing-nin. In between missions, members still have to do chores to keep the place running. Another downside of having a secret base is that it takes a full day's trip to get any groceries.
** Being a spy means you have to do a lot of waiting to get the opportunity to return information.
** Keeping somebody LockedOutOfTheLoop means people are naturally left to draw their own conclusions. Naruto discovers another downside when the ''Kyuubi'' is the one to reveal certain secrets to him, deliberately phrasing the reveal in the worst possible way; after all, there's no love lost between the Kyuubi and Konoha.
** Ninja or not, Kiba is still just a child, and only has a week to prepare himself before putting their plan into action. Rather than trying to teach him powerful ninjutsu or physical techniques in that short time frame, Tsunade has Genma teach him how to use poisons.
** While Shimura's predilections as a child predator are heavily implied to be an OpenSecret, he was shielded from any consequences by his high status. In the wake of his murder, Kiba is blamed for his CrimeOfSelfDefense, with his family also facing censure while Shimura's supporters continue to praise him as a war hero.
** Being part of Akatsuki is really boring since they have a lot of wait time between missions while they find jobs despite being secret terrorist organization with the world's strongest missing-nin. In between missions, members still have to do chores to keep the place running. Another downside of having a secret base is that it takes a full day's trip to get any groceries.
** Being a spy means you have to do a lot of waiting to get the opportunity to return information.
** Keeping somebody LockedOutOfTheLoop means people are naturally left to draw their own conclusions. Naruto discovers another downside when the ''Kyuubi'' is the one to reveal certain secrets to him, deliberately phrasing the reveal in the worst possible way; after all, there's no love lost between the Kyuubi and Konoha.
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* {{Determinator}}: Shino is dedicated to making Kiba come back to Konoha alive and pushes himself to get strong enough to capture him. [[spoiler: Eventually, he succeeds.]]
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Deidara was previously the youngest member of Akatsuki, frequently being condescended to due to his youth. He has mixed feelings when he loses this status to Kiba, who joins Akatsuki at the ripe old age of 12. He's relieved that he's no longer the youngest and horrified that an even younger kid became a S-ranked shinobi.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite the series being discontinued, it did have an ending. [[spoiler: Akatsuki is disbanded with the revelation of Zetsu's plans and manipulation by Obito. With his mission finally completed, Kiba allows himself to by captured by Shino so he could return to Konoha. ]]
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* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: [[spoiler: When Akatsuki is finally disbanded and his mission finally complete, Kiba has no idea how to get back to Konoha to exonerate himself without getting himself executed on sight by the guards. ]]
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* BlamingTheVictim: Many of the Danzo's supporters lambast Kiba for killing a war hero, with the implication that if Kiba wasn't weak then he wouldn't have been targeted. Others say that Kiba went too far in killing his attacker, ignoring that Danzo could have had Kiba silenced otherwise or blame Kiba's family and friends for not noticing the grooming.
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* BlamingTheVictim: Many of the Danzo's supporters lambast Kiba for killing a war hero, with the implication that if Kiba wasn't weak weak, then he wouldn't have been targeted. Others say that Kiba went too far in killing his attacker, ignoring that Danzo could have had Kiba silenced otherwise otherwise, or blame Kiba's family and friends for not noticing the grooming.
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* ComplimentBackfire: Subverted. Kiba compliments Konan's leadership skills by calling her the Alpha Bitch, which for him means "woman is charge of everybody." The rest of Akatsuki were terrified that Konan would flip out at the unintended insult. Konan instead accepts the compliment as Kiba intended.
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* ComplimentBackfire: Subverted.{{Subverted}}. Kiba compliments Konan's leadership skills by calling her the Alpha Bitch, which for him means "woman is charge of everybody." The rest of Akatsuki were terrified that Konan would flip out at the unintended insult. Konan instead accepts the compliment as Kiba intended.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Kiba has to commit genuine treason and hurt his former friends to keep his cover in order to spy on Akatsuki. If Kiba is discovered, he will die and Konoha will no information on a dangerous terrorist organization.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Kiba has to commit genuine treason and hurt his former friends to keep his cover in order to spy on Akatsuki. If Kiba is discovered, he will die die, and Konoha will no lose out on a valuable source of information on a about the dangerous terrorist organization.
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** Keeping somebody LockedOutOfTheLoop means people are naturally left to draw their own conclusions. Naruto discovers another downside when the ''Kyuubi'' is the one to reveal certain secrets to him, deliberately phrasing the reveal in the worst possible way; after all, there's no love lost between the Kyuubi and Konoha.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In canon, Danzo dies from attempting to commit a SuicideAttack against Sasuke and Obito. Here, he's killed by Kiba as the latter wants to fact his fake defection and his S-rank Missing-nin status look genuine.
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* KlingonPromotion: To become an S rank missing nin, a ninja has to either kill a lot of people or kill one person that is very powerful and high-ranking politically. Kiba chose the latter.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Danzo's years of scheming, manipulation and abuse come to an abrupt end when Kiba assassinates him in order to sell his cover story.
* KlingonPromotion: To become an S rankmissing nin, missing-nin, a ninja has to either kill a lot of people or kill one person that is very powerful and high-ranking politically. Kiba chose the latter.
* KlingonPromotion: To become an S rank
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* PaedoHunt: Tsunade deliberately spreads rumors of Danzo being a pedophile who molested Kiba (who's twelve) to give Kiba a believable reason for killing him. However many people still support Danzo and oppose the murder of war hero with Kiba's supporters being his family, his former friends and Danzo's former victims.
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* PaedoHunt: Tsunade deliberately spreads rumors of Danzo being a pedophile who molested Kiba (who's twelve) to give Kiba a believable reason for killing him. However However, many people still support Danzo and oppose the murder of war hero with Kiba's supporters being his family, his former friends and Danzo's former victims.
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* TheScapegoat: Kiba using Shiranui clan techniques as a missing nin unintentionally gets him framed for clan theft along with all his additional crimes as no one knows Genma taught him.
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** Most high-level figures Ninja or not, Kiba is still just a child, and only has a week to prepare himself before putting their plan into action. Rather than trying to teach him powerful ninjutsu or physical techniques in that become short time frame, Tsunade has Genma teach him how to use poisons.
** While Shimura's predilections as a childpredators predator are frequently never punished heavily implied to be an OpenSecret, he was shielded from any consequences by his high status. In the wake of his murder, Kiba is blamed for harming children or outright have their actions excused. With their victims shamed for going public his CrimeOfSelfDefense, with their accusations or outright punished if they managed his family also facing censure while Shimura's supporters continue to retaliate even if in self-defense. praise him as a war hero.
** While Shimura's predilections as a child
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** Being part of Akatsuki is really boring since they have a lot of wait time between missions while they find jobs despite being secret terrorist organization with the world's strongest missing-nin. In between missions, members still have to do chores to keep the place running. Another downside of having a SecretBase secret base is that it takes a full day's trip to get any groceries.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Danzo's actions in running a secret army through brutal personalization and ritual killing along with his vocal opposition to Tsunade directly lead to his death.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Danzo's actions in running a secret army through brutal personalization depersonalization and ritual killing killing, along with his vocal opposition to Tsunade Tsunade, directly lead led to his death.
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** Being part of Akatsuki is really boring since they have a lot of wait time between missions while they find jobs despite being secret terrorist organization with the world's strongest missing nin.missing-nin. In between missions, members still have to do chores to keep the place running. With the Another downside of a SecretBase being is that it takes a full day's trip to get any groceries.
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* EvilFormerFriend: Kiba is seen as this to rest of the Rookie Nine. Kiba purposely invokes this by mocking their personal issues everytime they cross paths so they won't suspect that he still cares for them.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Inuzuka NEVER abandon their ninken as their ninken is essentially half of them. It shows Kiba's true devotion to his mission and illustrates the depth of his "betrayal" to everyone else that he leaves Akamaru behind.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Inuzuka NEVER abandon their ninken as their ninken is essentially half of them. It shows Kiba's true devotion to his mission and illustrates the depth of his "betrayal" to everyone else that he leaves Akamaru behind.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Kiba goes from the bottom-ranking of the Rookie Nine to a feared S-Ranked missing-nin and MasterPoisoner.
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* BeneathTheMask: Kiba is still a loyal shinobi and still deeply loves his friends under his veneer of cocky and bitter missing-nin.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Kiba makes his assassination of Danzo look like a crime of passion. It was actually government sanctioned by Tsunade who gets a spy and gets rid of her political opponent
* FakeDefector: Kiba fakes his defection from Konoha in order to get recruited into Akatsuki. Only two people know Kiba's defection is fake: Tsunade Senju, his commander and head of state; and Genma Shiranui, Kiba's trainer and handler.
* FakeDefector: Kiba fakes his defection from Konoha in order to get recruited into Akatsuki. Only two people know Kiba's defection is fake: Tsunade Senju, his commander and head of state; and Genma Shiranui, Kiba's trainer and handler.
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* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Danzo's actions in running a secret army through brutal personalization and ritual killing along with his vocal opposition to Tsunade directly lead to his death.
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* TheMole: The very premise as Kiba fakes his defection as a missing-nin to give Konoha valuable information on Akatsuki.
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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Kiba's increased skill and power post his defection from Konoha depress all his former friends as he used to be on the lower end of average.
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* KlingonPromotion: To become an S rank missing nin, a ninja has to either kill a lot of people or kill one person that is very powerful and high-ranking politically. Kiba chose the latter.
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* PaedoHunt: Tsunade deliberately spreads rumors of Danzo being a pedophile who molested Kiba (who's twelve) to give Kiba a believable reason for killing him. However many people still support Danzo and oppose the murder of war hero with Kiba's supporters being his family, his former friends and Danzo's former victims.
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* PaedoHunt: Tsunade deliberately spreads rumors of Danzo being a pedophile who molested Kiba (who's twelve) to give Kiba a believable reason for killing him. However many people still support Danzo and oppose the murder of war hero with Kiba's supporters being his family, his former friends and Danzo's former victims.
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* TeenageSuperSpy: Due to Kiba's age and success in infiltrating Akatsuki, he's Konoha's best spy.
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* BlamingTheVictim: Many of the Danzo's supporters lambast Kiba for killing a war hero, with the implication that if Kiba wasn't weak then he wouldn't have been targeted. Others say that Kiba went too far in killing his attacker, ignoring that Danzo could have had Kiba silenced otherwise or blame Kiba's family and friends for not noticing the grooming.
* ComplimentBackfire: Subverted. Kiba compliments Konan's leadership skills by calling her the Alpha Bitch, which for him means "woman is charge of everybody." The rest of Akatsuki were terrified that Konan would flip out at the unintended insult. Konan instead accepts the compliment as Kiba intended.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Kiba has to commit genuine treason and hurt his former friends to keep his cover in order to spy on Akatsuki. If Kiba is discovered, he will die and Konoha will no information on a dangerous terrorist organization.
* KlingonPromotion: To become an S rank missing nin, a ninja has to either kill a lot of people or kill one person that is very powerful and high-ranking politically. Kiba chose the latter.
* PaedoHunt: Tsunade deliberately spreads rumors of Danzo being a pedophile who molested Kiba (who's twelve) to give Kiba a believable reason for killing him. However many people still support Danzo and oppose the murder of war hero with Kiba's supporters being his family, his former friends and Danzo's former victims.
* TheScapegoat: Kiba using Shiranui clan techniques as a missing nin unintentionally gets him framed for clan theft along with all his additional crimes as no one knows Genma taught him.
* TheScapegoat: Kiba using Shiranui clan techniques as a missing nin unintentionally gets him framed for clan theft along with all his additional crimes as no one knows Genma taught him.
* ShooTheDog: Kiba forces himself put distance between himself and Akamaru because he can't force himself to ask Akamaru to betray his clan and country with him.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Most high-level figures that become child predators are frequently never punished for harming children or outright have their actions excused. With their victims shamed for going public with their accusations or outright punished if they managed to retaliate even if in self-defense.
** Being part of Akatsuki is really boring since they have a lot of wait time between missions while they find jobs despite being secret terrorist organization with the world's strongest missing nin. In between missions, members still have to do chores to keep the place running. With the downside of a SecretBase being that it takes a full day's trip to get any groceries.
** Being a spy means you have to do a lot of waiting to get the opportunity to return information.
** Most high-level figures that become child predators are frequently never punished for harming children or outright have their actions excused. With their victims shamed for going public with their accusations or outright punished if they managed to retaliate even if in self-defense.
** Being part of Akatsuki is really boring since they have a lot of wait time between missions while they find jobs despite being secret terrorist organization with the world's strongest missing nin. In between missions, members still have to do chores to keep the place running. With the downside of a SecretBase being that it takes a full day's trip to get any groceries.
** Being a spy means you have to do a lot of waiting to get the opportunity to return information.
* TeenageSuperSpy: Due to Kiba's age and success in infiltrating Akatsuki, he's Konoha's best spy.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Kiba is finally able to make his first dead drop when Konan has make a false trail. This gives Kiba the first tangible hope that his efforts are worth it.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Kiba is finally able to make his first dead drop when Konan has make a false trail. This gives Kiba the first tangible hope that his efforts are worth it.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Kiba could have ignored Tsunade's conversation about Konoha's need for information on Akatsuki. It's a daunting mission for most jounin as its emotionally draining with a small chance for payoff. Instead Kiba volunteers to go on a long-term mission as a DeepCoverAgent with only two people knowing the truth and no guarantee that he could ever come back.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Kurenai and the Inuzukas face heavy judgment from Konoha for not being aware of how Danzo was supposedly abusing Kiba. This ignores how many others were turning a blind eye towards Danzo's rumored inclinations due to his high status.
* MassOhCrap: PlayedForLaughs when Kiba calls Konan an 'alpha bitch', causing the rest of the Akatsuki present to go silent in horror.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten:
** Kakashi thinks to himself that he'd never live it down if Kiba actually manages to beat him in a fight.
** Kiba deliberately invokes this against his friends, claiming that he's ''still'' nursing grudges over old slights, such as the events of the Chuunin Exams.
** Kakashi thinks to himself that he'd never live it down if Kiba actually manages to beat him in a fight.
** Kiba deliberately invokes this against his friends, claiming that he's ''still'' nursing grudges over old slights, such as the events of the Chuunin Exams.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Kakashi runs into this, due to thinking of Kiba as the genin Naruto beat in their match-up during the exams.
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* AdaptationalSexuality:
** Kiba had a crush on Neji, which hasn't ''completely'' faded, though he claims otherwise.
** It's heavily implied that the rumors surrounding Danzo -- namely, that he had a taste for grooming young children as more than just ChildSoldiers -- were entirely true.
** Kiba had a crush on Neji, which hasn't ''completely'' faded, though he claims otherwise.
** It's heavily implied that the rumors surrounding Danzo -- namely, that he had a taste for grooming young children as more than just ChildSoldiers -- were entirely true.
* BerserkButton:
** Kiba knows where all the psychological chinks in his friends' armor are, and makes a habit of targeting those while fighting, taunting them in order to throw them off their game and further sell the idea that he's sincerely defected from Konoha.
** He unknowingly hits one of Konan's when he hesitates upon seeing Akamaru and Hinata for the first time, as hesitation once cost her dearly.
* BigSisterInstinct: Konan shows shades of this towards Kiba, though this doesn't keep her from calling him out and threatening him as she sees fit.
** Kiba knows where all the psychological chinks in his friends' armor are, and makes a habit of targeting those while fighting, taunting them in order to throw them off their game and further sell the idea that he's sincerely defected from Konoha.
** He unknowingly hits one of Konan's when he hesitates upon seeing Akamaru and Hinata for the first time, as hesitation once cost her dearly.
* BigSisterInstinct: Konan shows shades of this towards Kiba, though this doesn't keep her from calling him out and threatening him as she sees fit.
* InsultOfEndearment: Konan quickly gives Kiba the AffectionateNickname of 'Puppy'.
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* MasterPoisoner: In order to compensate for his youth, Kiba gets a crash course in poisoning techniques from Genma over the course of one week, and incorporates this into his repertoire as part of Akatsuki, mostly in the form of bombs.
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* MasterPoisoner: In order to compensate for his youth, Kiba gets a crash course in poisoning techniques from Genma over the course of one week, and incorporates this into his repertoire as part of Akatsuki, mostly in the form of poisoned weaponry and bombs.
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* SkewedPriorities: Kiba accuses Hinata of caring more about her crush than she did her teammates during the Chuunin Exam.
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* EveryScarHasAStory: While he successfully takes down Danzo, Kiba's cheek gets sliced in the process, bisecting one of his clan tattoos.
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* EveryScarHasAStory: While he successfully takes down Danzo, Kiba's cheek gets sliced in the process, bisecting one of his clan tattoos. The [[RuleOfSymbolism potential symbolism]] of this is not lost on him.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Very few people are aware of the true rhyme and reasoning behind Kiba's apparent defection. Kurenai, Hinata, Shino and Akamaru are ''not'' among the {{Secret Keeper}}s.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: LockedOutOfTheLoop:
** Very few people are aware of the true rhyme and reasoning behind Kiba's apparent defection. Kurenai, Hinata, Shino and Akamaru are ''not'' among the {{SecretKeeper}}s.Keeper}}s.
** In ''I remember the looks on their faces (through the sycamore trees)'', the Kyuubi realizes that Naruto has not been told anything about his heritage, and [[spoiler:reveals that he was previously sealed inside Naruto's mother]].
** Very few people are aware of the true rhyme and reasoning behind Kiba's apparent defection. Kurenai, Hinata, Shino and Akamaru are ''not'' among the {{Secret
** In ''I remember the looks on their faces (through the sycamore trees)'', the Kyuubi realizes that Naruto has not been told anything about his heritage, and [[spoiler:reveals that he was previously sealed inside Naruto's mother]].
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* NotAMorningPerson: Shikamaru isn't fond of gate duty. Especially when he's stuck with a partner who ''is'' a morning person.
* SecretKeeper: Tsunade and Genma are both aware that Kiba is actually TheMole.
* SecretKeeper: Tsunade and Genma are both aware that Kiba is actually TheMole.
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* ForWantOfANail: Kiba overhears Jiraiya complaining about not having any spies in Akatsuki, with Tsunade sardonically offering to make her fellow sannin a missing-nin. This leads Kiba to offer ''himself'' up as a potential spy instead.
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* ForWantOfANail: EveryScarHasAStory: While he successfully takes down Danzo, Kiba's cheek gets sliced in the process, bisecting one of his clan tattoos.
* ForWantOfANail:
** Kiba overhears Jiraiya complaining about not having any spies in Akatsuki, with Tsunade sardonically offering to make her fellow sannin a missing-nin. This leads Kiba to offer ''himself'' up as a potential spyinstead.instead.
** Kiba's defection, along with the apparent reasoning behind it, makes Kakashi more keenly aware of his own team's issues and motivates him to try and nip those problems in the bud before they boil over.
* GenerationXerox: PlayedWith; while his students remind Kakashi of his own team, he realizes that the parallels aren't quite what he expected. Namely, he sees more of his younger self in ''Sakura'', with her canny mind and how she's still struggling to learn when it's best to throw out the rulebook. Sasuke's determination and drive reminds him of Obito, while Naruto serves as TheHeart of their team much like Rin did.
* ForWantOfANail:
** Kiba overhears Jiraiya complaining about not having any spies in Akatsuki, with Tsunade sardonically offering to make her fellow sannin a missing-nin. This leads Kiba to offer ''himself'' up as a potential spy
** Kiba's defection, along with the apparent reasoning behind it, makes Kakashi more keenly aware of his own team's issues and motivates him to try and nip those problems in the bud before they boil over.
* GenerationXerox: PlayedWith; while his students remind Kakashi of his own team, he realizes that the parallels aren't quite what he expected. Namely, he sees more of his younger self in ''Sakura'', with her canny mind and how she's still struggling to learn when it's best to throw out the rulebook. Sasuke's determination and drive reminds him of Obito, while Naruto serves as TheHeart of their team much like Rin did.
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* MasterPoisoner: In order to compensate for his youth, Kiba gets a crash course in poisoning techniques from Genma over the course of one week, and incorporates this into his repertoire as part of Akatsuki.Akatsuki, mostly in the form of bombs.
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Nobody would expect this from him.
It's simple, really. Or so he keeps telling himself. Konoha needs some way of keeping tabs on the Akatsuki, gathering information about what they're doing and what they're planning. It's got to be somebody they'd never expect, too -- somebody they'd underestimate. Somebody they wouldn't think was ''capable'' of that level of deception.
And who would ever think that ''[[HotBlooded Inuzuka Kiba]]'' could pull that off?
''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/722013 in dreams you follow (but I dream in the dark)]]'' is a series of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' fanfics set in an AlternateUniverse wherein Kiba volunteers to infiltrate the Akatsuki as a spy for Konoha. Even if most of the village isn't aware of what he's doing, only knowing that he went missing-nin after killing Danzo. Even if this means leaving Akamaru behind. Even if this means fighting his friends in order to protect him.
Because somebody has to be willing to make those sort of sacrifices for the greater good. Right...?
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!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* ArcWords: ''Somebody has to.''
* AssholeVictim: When told that he needs to kill somebody important in order to be declared an S-rank missing-nin, Kiba picks Danzo, figuring that he more than qualifies. One of the methods he develops to deal with killing others is to picture Danzo's face in their stead.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Kiba repeatedly does this to his former friends, allies and teammates, as none of them are aware that he's actually TheMole and he has to keep up the act.
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Kiba's murder of Danzo is largely suspected to be one, as there were rumors that Danzo [[PaedoHunt took an interest]] in him.
* DramaticIrony: The reason why Kiba suggests that he take out Danzo as part of their plan to make him a missing-nin is because of how Danzo took several clan children into Root, then had them ''decommissioned'' when Root was disbanded, with one of the victims being Shino's cousin Torune. [[spoiler:Turns out Torune was still alive, and Kiba unknowingly ''saved'' rather than ''avenged'' him.]]
* ForWantOfANail: Kiba overhears Jiraiya complaining about not having any spies in Akatsuki, with Tsunade sardonically offering to make her fellow sannin a missing-nin. This leads Kiba to offer ''himself'' up as a potential spy instead.
* ItGetsEasier: Konan reassures Kiba of this during his first assassination mission.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Very few people are aware of the true rhyme and reasoning behind Kiba's apparent defection. Kurenai, Hinata, Shino and Akamaru are ''not'' among the {{Secret Keeper}}s.
* MasterPoisoner: In order to compensate for his youth, Kiba gets a crash course in poisoning techniques from Genma over the course of one week, and incorporates this into his repertoire as part of Akatsuki.
* SurvivalMantra: The notion that "[[ArcWords Somebody has to]]" take the actions he has keeps Kiba going, and he frequently repeats those three words to himself.
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It's simple, really. Or so he keeps telling himself. Konoha needs some way of keeping tabs on the Akatsuki, gathering information about what they're doing and what they're planning. It's got to be somebody they'd never expect, too -- somebody they'd underestimate. Somebody they wouldn't think was ''capable'' of that level of deception.
And who would ever think that ''[[HotBlooded Inuzuka Kiba]]'' could pull that off?
''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/722013 in dreams you follow (but I dream in the dark)]]'' is a series of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' fanfics set in an AlternateUniverse wherein Kiba volunteers to infiltrate the Akatsuki as a spy for Konoha. Even if most of the village isn't aware of what he's doing, only knowing that he went missing-nin after killing Danzo. Even if this means leaving Akamaru behind. Even if this means fighting his friends in order to protect him.
Because somebody has to be willing to make those sort of sacrifices for the greater good. Right...?
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!!This fanfic contains examples of:
* ArcWords: ''Somebody has to.''
* AssholeVictim: When told that he needs to kill somebody important in order to be declared an S-rank missing-nin, Kiba picks Danzo, figuring that he more than qualifies. One of the methods he develops to deal with killing others is to picture Danzo's face in their stead.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Kiba repeatedly does this to his former friends, allies and teammates, as none of them are aware that he's actually TheMole and he has to keep up the act.
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Kiba's murder of Danzo is largely suspected to be one, as there were rumors that Danzo [[PaedoHunt took an interest]] in him.
* DramaticIrony: The reason why Kiba suggests that he take out Danzo as part of their plan to make him a missing-nin is because of how Danzo took several clan children into Root, then had them ''decommissioned'' when Root was disbanded, with one of the victims being Shino's cousin Torune. [[spoiler:Turns out Torune was still alive, and Kiba unknowingly ''saved'' rather than ''avenged'' him.]]
* ForWantOfANail: Kiba overhears Jiraiya complaining about not having any spies in Akatsuki, with Tsunade sardonically offering to make her fellow sannin a missing-nin. This leads Kiba to offer ''himself'' up as a potential spy instead.
* ItGetsEasier: Konan reassures Kiba of this during his first assassination mission.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Very few people are aware of the true rhyme and reasoning behind Kiba's apparent defection. Kurenai, Hinata, Shino and Akamaru are ''not'' among the {{Secret Keeper}}s.
* MasterPoisoner: In order to compensate for his youth, Kiba gets a crash course in poisoning techniques from Genma over the course of one week, and incorporates this into his repertoire as part of Akatsuki.
* SurvivalMantra: The notion that "[[ArcWords Somebody has to]]" take the actions he has keeps Kiba going, and he frequently repeats those three words to himself.
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