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Naruto Uzumaki

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Our hero. His history with Konoha has been fleshed out, and as a result Naruto has surprisingly become a much deeper and more nuanced character. While circumstances haven't forced the rapid power gain seen in the anime, Naruto has picked up several new jutsu and abilities. Saved Hinata's life, became her boyfriend, and later married her.

Achievements in Ignorance:
- Surviving Touji's ANBU training is half not realizing he is deliberately being tested to the point of destruction, half Naruto's documented inability to give up along with his Healing Factor.
- A local lord named Hideki shows the team sent to retrieve Mina and her prisoner the one scroll he was never able to read, the Namikaze scroll, sealed with a blood seal preventing anyone not of the Namikaze clan from opening it. He stated it could contain anything from a forbidden ninja technique to poems to a recipe for ramen - whereupon it takes Naruto about half a second to snatch it up and open it.
Afraid of Needles: Naruto once told to Hinata a story about how afraid he was of a needle as long as his arm.
- At the end of the Chunin Exam, after defeating some bad guy, Naruto is told by Mina that he will have to get a shot to stop any infection from the wounds he had during the fight. This makes him panic upon realizing it will be done with a needle.
- After his fight against Hiashi, Sakura tells Naruto, while healing his arms, that he will have to go to the hospital and get a check-up in case of any infections. Naruto realizes that means he will likely get a shot and frowns while telling Sakura to forget it.
All Men Are Perverts: Hinata is happy to play along, but there are times she has to remind him the fun has to follow responsibility.
Amazon Chaser:
- After Hinata manages to defeat Touji, Naruto praises her by saying "I'm really impressed Hinata. You're really strong."
- When he has a discussion with Kushina for the first time, he takes the time to gush over Hinata, saying among other things "She can be really strong, too. She doesn't think she is, but I KNOW she is."
Badass Longcoat: Hinata buys him one taking inspiration from the coat he earned in Sage training. Hiashi notes how suspiciously similar it is to the Fourth Hokage's coat of office, and also the strength of the family resemblance when he wears it.
Battle Couple: Naruto and Hinata rarely get a chance to team up, being assigned to separate teams. But when they do, much ass-kicking ensues.
Because You Were Nice to Me: In chapter 89, Naruto reveals to Hinata the reasons behind his love/pathological obsession with ramen: he was beaten very badly once as a little child (before entering the Ninja Academy), and he was discovered by Teuchi, who took him to Ichiraku, fed him, and got him cleaned up. He was the first person who was ever nice to Naruto. It's one of the main reasons—alongside Teuchi's Supreme Chef reputation—that Naruto tries to convince Hinata to let him cater their upcoming wedding.
Beneath the Mask: Behind his mask of smiles, determination, and occasional perversity, Naruto has bottled up a vast sea of rage and pain at the mistreatment and neglect of his childhood, and he is terrified of ever letting it out, afraid that doing so would also release the Kyuubi. He also states occasionally how he's afraid he could hurt Hinata in that state as well, despite more than ample proof his love for her has greater priority than his pain.
- Kakashi hints, though, that learning to use that anger rather than simply containing it is what Naruto will have to learn to gain full control over the Fox Chakra.
Blade Below the Shoulder: Naruto gains one made of wind chakra early on, but the Katto-ken does severe damage to his arm when he uses it and he only breaks it out when he's desperate. Using it scares the hell out of both Tsunade and Hinata, and it's implied that use of the Katto-ken would lead to emergency amputation if not for Naruto's immense healing ability.
Flash Step: He learns how to use Minato's Flying Thunder God jutsu and uses it to great effect, even if he still hasn't fully mastered it.
Flashback Nightmare: After the Nation of Steel mission, Naruto suffers nightmares on a regular basis, to the point they leave him feeling not himself, so much so he sometimes thinks he's going insane. He only shares that fact with Hinata under duress, terrified she will see him as "poor crazy Naruto".
Generation Xerox: Naruto has always resembled Kushina in temperament (and love of ramen), but as time passes, Naruto comes to resemble Minato in appearance and skill a little more every day. Especially after mastering the Flying Thunder God technique.
Greater Need Than Mine: Naruto debates whether to be selfish with the favor owed to him by the Hyuga Clan and force them to let him marry Hinata, or to keep his promise to Neji and force the clan to stop using the Caged Bird Seal on branch family members. Eventually, he chooses the latter, and the immediate approval gained from the branch family makes his selfish choice moot.
Happily Adopted: Even if he's eighteen already, Tsunade decides to adopt Naruto.
Healing Factor: Gained from being host to the Nine-Tail Fox, enough so that Hinata freaks out the first time she sees a scar on his body - they usually do not last a few hours, let alone overnight - and is fascinated by later ones, as long as they last.
Hidden Depths: Naruto bottles up a lot of anger at his childhood mistreatment and fear that everything he has earned can be taken away from him at a moments notice, to the point that even Hinata can't completely break through his shell. Hinata and Kakashi both note that Naruto will probably require professional psychological help for this, alongside his lingering PTSD from a botched mission.
- Naruto also wrote an Icha Icha novel as an exercise assigned by Jiraiya. According to the reactions of Hinata and Sakura, it's a well-written and very romantic work outside of the sex scenes. Inverted, however, in that Naruto had no practical experience needed for the naughty bits, but transcribed them verbatim from another person describing her experiences.
I Know What You Fear: In the Lotus-Eater Machine jutsu keeping Naruto, Minato, and Kushina in a dream world coma, Naruto's resistance keeps causing errors in the jutsu. The construct fights back by threatening to turn the dream world into a personalized nightmare for Naruto if he doesn't stop resisting, by playing on Naruto's two greatest fears: of Hinata coming to harm by Naruto's hands or otherwise, and of being alone.
The "I Love You" Stigma: Initially, Naruto had trouble saying "I love you" to Hinata, even after an entire year of dating her. Hinata thought it was because he was alone for so long that it was hard for him to really give his love to anyone. It's only immediately after she says that she can wait forever to hear him say those three words that he's finally able to do so.
Identical Grandson: A flashback in Chapter 127 reveals that Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, gave a mission to find new jutsu to Chihaya Namikaze, who was Minato's great-grandfather (and thus Naruto's great-great-grandfather). Said flashback shows that he looked an awful lot like Minato and Naruto.
Lotus-Eater Machine: Minato's resurrection lengthening jutsu works, but both he and Kushina - and Naruto too, eventually - fall afoul of the lotus-eater portion of Seireiko's multi-layered regenerating control jutsu on the sacrificial clone.
Love Revelation Epiphany: In the first chapter, while removing some blood dripping from Naruto's mouth, Hinata takes this opportunity to do their First Kiss, resulting in the Uzumaki realizing that she's in love with him. Afterwards, he becomes so nervous in her presence that he needs some advice from Iruka. The latter, after suggesting to ask her out, then mentally notes that Naruto must really like Hinata a lot given that he's never been a shy guy before, not even with Sakura.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: At his most pessimistic, Naruto truly believes that anything good in his life will always be balanced by something equally awful. He makes Genin, and gets paired with Sasuke. Makes friends with Sasuke, and Sasuke betrays and abandons Konoha. Creates the Rasenshuriken and Jiraiya dies. And so on an so forth, until by his wedding he feels badly overdue for evil karma to catch up with him for daring to be respected and love Hinata.
Power of Trust: Naruto never had the chance to learn trust from loving parents, so ultimately only trusts himself. Until Hinata, and even with her it comes with great difficulty. But her promise to face whatever comes at his side slowly breaks down Naruto's shell, allowing him to express his hidden negativity to her and address it together in a positive manner.
Rage Breaking Point: When Naruto is finally told who his parents were, the suppressed anger at his childhood mistreatment boils over. It's enough to make him brush off Hinata in favor of lashing out at Kakashi. A round of intense taijutsu training helps him calm down.
Related in the Adaptation:
- Tsunade becomes his adopted mother.
- Given that both Naruto and Tenten are married to someone from the Hyuga Clan, that means they're related to each other as well.
Sarcasm-Blind: In Chapter 128, Naruto doesn't realize that Minato is so obviously lying when the latter claims that Jiraiya never brought him along when doing some peeping.
Secret-Keeper: After learning that Shikamaru and Temari are dating, he promises them to not tell anyone about it. Eventually, everyone else finds out about it (with Gaara figuring it out on his own while Ino and Choji learn about it upon seeing Shikamaru and Temari kiss each other).
Shared Family Quirks: According to Kakashi, Kushina liked ramen and loved to play pranks, just like her son Naruto.
He Cleans Up Nicely: After finally getting his hair cut professionally instead of cutting it himself, all the ladies in town take notice. Hinata claims ownership with a very public kiss, before dragging him off on a walk to show him off.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: Following the assault on Seireiko's base in the Nation of Steel, Naruto shows mild but definite symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, including memory losses, nightmares, occasional flashbacks under stress, and strong elements of disassociation. It is not enough to seriously impair his life or happiness, but Hinata believes it will take professional psychological help to make peace with what happened, and it's implied that Kakashi will not give approval for Naruto to join ANBU until he gets treatment.
Soul Eating: The first time Rokuro gets stuck behind the Kyūbi Seal, Naruto seal him away and refuses to let the Nine-Tail eat his soul; things go poorly. The second time, a slightly more Genre Savvy and much more cynical Naruto feeds Rokuro to the Nine-Tails without the slightest hesitation and only the tiniest tear of remorse.
Strong Family Resemblance: Hinata buys Naruto a cloak resembling the cloak of the Fourth Hokage, and several people notice how much it makes Naruto resembles Minato.
Took a Level in Badass: Played with. While he doesn't rapidly increase in capability like in the canon continuity, thanks to a lack of Pain, Madara, and the Fourth Shinobi War driving his need, he gains a lot more skill. He picks up a sensory jutsu, Katto-ken arm blades, and his father's Flying Thunder God teleportation technique, plus some very intense ANBU training. And as of the latest chapter, Kurama Bijuu mode, finally.
Trauma-Induced Amnesia: A massive bomb detonation leads everyone to believe Naruto is dead. He shows up on Suna's doorstep nine days later with massive holes in his memory - he cannot remember those nine days, plus other little facts like Sai's name or how to get back to Konoha. Some of the details slowly fill in, but a whole and complete picture of what happened in the Nation of Steel raid is yet to be forthcoming.

Hinata Hyuga

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Our heroine. Saved by Naruto from a nasty fall, she wound up blurting out her true feelings to him, and the two promptly began a relationship. Her confidence has grown exponentially after associating with Naruto, and she earned the rank of Jounin early on. Currently wed to Naruto.

Battle Couple: Naruto and Hinata rarely get a chance to join forces. But when they do, they're a pair to be reckoned with.
Big Damn Heroes: Touji has Naruto on the ropes, trapped in a ninjutsu that would almost certainly have killed him - until Hinata punches Touji into a tree, and then single-handedly keep him occupied in combat while Yamato, Kakashi, and Sasuke work to free Naruto. Everyone acknowledges her skill and courage afterwards, and it's this incident that earns her promotion to jonin.
Clingy Jealous Girl: Nothing brings out Hinata's jealous side like Nanami pouring herself all over Naruto. The first time she witnesses it, Hinata's rage and fury are palpable, both at Nanami and at Naruto for rejecting her with insufficient violence. Hinata is so furious she threatens to "Jyuuken her skinny little a-" before her essential nature reasserts herself. Fortunately, Naruto was the victim of Nanami's unwelcome advance and has made his opinion of her clear.
- The first time she behaved this way was during the Chunin Exam. Naruto tackled Hanajima to the ground (so that neither would get hurt by the enemy's blades) and ended up on top of her. Upon seeing that, Hinata was so angrily jealous that she scared both Konohamaru and Hanabi who were nearby.
The Confidant: Even Hinata has trouble breaking through Naruto's shell. But when he opens up, she is always there with love and understanding.
Conflicting Loyalty: Naruto wound up fed up with the way Hiashi was treating Hinata, and challenged him for the honor of the Hyuga Clan. If Naruto lost, the two would have to give up their relationship forever; if Naruto won, Hinata would have to watch her father get beaten and humiliated before most of Konoha. She admitted quietly to Sakura just before the fight that she could not choose, but she would be miserable until it was all over. Fortunately Naruto uncovered some crucial evidence before the fight that he chose to share afterwards, preserving Hiashi and the Hyuga Clan's honor, and Hiashi could admit he was beaten well before he received any permanent injury.
Cuteness Proximity: Gets a little lovestruck at Naruto occasionally, especially when she gets him to dress up a little.
Dating What Daddy Hates: Zig-Zagged. Hinata initially thought that Hiashi wouldn't approve of her dating Naruto because the latter was not exactly up to Hyuga standards. As it turned out, her father had no problem with that (besides the fact that Naruto wouldn't have been his first choice, but she could have picked worse as he said). Unfortunately, following the Chunin Exams, Hiashi forced her to break up with Naruto because his reckless way of saving everyone that day could have killed everyone instead. Hinata responded by leaving the Hyuga residence and moving in with her boyfriend. Afterwards, Hiashi wanted nothing to do with Naruto, even refusing to visit Hinata's new house just because it was Naruto's as well. However, it turned out he initially was against forcing his daughter to break up with her boyfriend, even going so far as to speak in Naruto's defense, but the rest of the Hyuga Clan forced him to agree to this solution to preserve the clan's reputation. Fortunately, after Naruto won his fight against Hiashi to earn the right to be with Hinata, Hiashi has been giving his full support to the couple, even giving his blessing when Naruto asked for Hinata's hand.
Despair Event Horizon: She reaches hers in the nine days after the raid on Seireiko's base in the Nation of Steel, with Naruto thought dead. She cannot care for herself, or even eat, just lie in bed and cry. Fortunately, Naruto is tougher than a little bomb blast.
Deuteragonist: Given that this doujinshi put a lot of focus on the romance between her and Naruto, she is the second most prominent character in it after the latter.
Expressive Hair: In the Mini-sodes, the shiny part in Hinata's hair takes the shape of words that reflect either her mood or the current situation.
Fanservice: We get a few body shots of her stepping out of the shower wearing nothing but a towel. It is explicitly called out as blatant fanservice on one occasion.
The Glomp: She has this habit of giving big hugs to Naruto. Sometimes, it's to express how relieved she is to see him being safe and sound. Other times, it's to express how happy he makes her.
Green-Eyed Monster: Hinata shows occasional signs of this whenever she catches Nanami on top of Naruto, later threatening to "jyuuken her skinny little a-" before catching herself.
Identical Granddaughter: A flashback in Chapter 127 reveals that Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, gave a mission to find new jutsu to Chihaya Namikaze, who was Minato's great-grandfather (and thus Naruto's great-great-grandfather). Chihaya did that mission alongside a woman named Masuyo Hyuga, who is shown in the flashback to have looked identical to Hinata.
Insatiable Newlyweds: Hinata's appetite comes close to outstripping Naruto's ability.
Interrupted Intimacy: Naruto occasionally laments that the downside of dating polite girls is that they absolutely will interrupt "fun" instead of be rude and ignore someone knocking on the door.
Liquid Courage: Hinata privately requested saki to lower her inhibitions and be the aggressor in bed for once on her and Naruto's wedding night. She just hoped she could make it through before it wore off.
Luminescent Blush: Wears one every time anything the least bit immodest happens.
Nice Girl: Hinata is genuinely polite, kind, sweet, and utterly devoted to Naruto.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: During the timeskip between Naruto's sage mode training in canon and Chapter 1 of this story, Hinata started showing more strength and potential, and eventually regained her birthright as heiress to the Hyuga Clan.
Related in the Adaptation: She becomes Tenten's cousin-in-law after the latter marries Neji.
Shared Family Quirks:
- Similarly to Hinata, her sister Hanabi was initially shy and blushing a lot towards her oblivious crush (Konohamaru in this case).
- One flashback set during Kushina's bachelorette party showed Hinata's mother doing some Shy Finger-Twiddling, just like her eldest daughter.
Shipper on Deck: After Hanabi tells Hinata that she ended up punching Konohamaru earlier that day out of nervousness, Hinata reassures her younger sister by telling her that he will likely forgive her because, much like Naruto, he's "very sweet, very kind and always forgiving." Later, during the Chunin Exam's final phase, Konohamaru ends up sitting next to Hanabi, much to the latter's happiness. When Hinata arrives, the boy assumes that he stole her seat, only for Hinata to tell him he can keep that seat, finding it cute that they made up.
Single-Target Sexuality:
- Hinata is Naru-sexual - she wouldn't look at other girls twice, but is very (if somewhat uncomfortably) attracted to Naruko in the Mini-sodes.
- Also in the Mini-sodes, Hinata admits she doesn't like women. But the moment Naruto transforms into a girl, she could feel her sexual orientation shattering.
Tears of Blood: In the struggle to free Naruto from Seireiko's Lotus-Eater Machine jutsu, Hinata pushes her Byakugan far further than she's ever gone before, until she's bleeding from the eyes. Fortunately, there is no significant long-term consequences.
Took a Level in Badass: And how! Her skill and dedication coupled with her growing confidence resulting from her relationship with Naruto earns her promotion to jounin after the fight with Touji. Her fight scenes are consistently excellent as well.
Violently Protective Girlfriend: Hinata is sweet, kind, and polite, and will end you if you seriously pose a threat to Naruto, as she demonstrated on Touji.

Sasuke Uchiha

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After killing Itachi, Sasuke returned to Konoha to make amends, and wound up reintegrating with the Konoha shinobi forces. Finally earned the rank of Chunin alongside Naruto. Still ashamed of his prior life choices, and has a strong urge to atone for his mistakes. Currently engaged to Sakura.

Adaptational Nice Guy: Sasuke managed to let go of his rage and hate after killing Itachi, and realized that he wanted to return to Konoha, the only place he was ever happy. This was aided by a botched resurrection - he was not quite dead when Seireiko tried to revive him, resulting in his survival while his most negative traits being siphoned off into Evil Sasuke.
Amazon Chaser: Sakura's throat scar is definitely a turn-on for him.
Battle Couple: After coming back to Konoha, not only does he rejoin Team 7, but he reciprocates Sakura's feelings, allowing these two to become this trope.
Dark and Troubled Past: Sasuke's choices earlier in life still haunt him even in the present. He especially sincerely regrets the emotional trauma he caused Sakura.
Henpecked Boyfriend: Yes, seriously. There are times where he's this to Sakura:
- When Sasuke is forced to use the Sexy Jutsu in order to win his fight against Lee as quickly as possible, Sakura sees that and angrily asks him when did he learn that technique, resulting in her boyfriend making an Oh, Crap! face. She then makes an angry rant about it, while Sasuke whines that it's all Naruto's fault.
- Sasuke pantomimes a cracking whip when he watches Hinata sweet-talk Naruto into getting his head injury examined. It takes Sakura one level stare and five words to crack the whip over Sasuke immediately afterwards.
- After Sakura gets angry over Sai making a comment about how small her breasts are and how big Hinata's are, Sasuke tries to calm her down. However, he makes the mistake of saying "So what if Hinata's are bigger than...", causing his girlfriend to say "Excuse me?" while glaring at him. The fact he tries to use Naruto as a Human Shield to protect himself from her says it all.
- During one mission, Sasuke and Naruto are bickering over the former wanting to use the latter's coat to cover the naked Itachi. Eventually, Sakura's patience is wearing thin and she yells at them to quit it because they're embarrassing themselves. Both Sasuke and Naruto says in unison "But, Sakura...", but she interrupts them by yelling "No 'But's!" Upon seeing her reaction, Minato or Kushina (it's not clear who says that) calls her "Mother Hen".
Hidden Heart of Gold: After Naruto was presumed dead during a mission only to be revealed to still be alive several days later, Sasuke says this to Hinata:
Sasuke: Don't tell him I said this, but yeah. I actually missed having the knucklehead around. It's certainly a lot more... interesting with him around.
Hinata: (giggle) Awww. You're just a big softy under all that cool exterior.
Sasuke: Softy?! Whatever! Just don't spread it around 'cause I'll just deny it.
Living Emotional Crutch: It becomes very clear that Sakura is this for Sasuke when her throat is badly damaged in combat. Sasuke's rage at Naruto for failing to protect Sakura completely collapses into pain and fear after Ino calls him out.
Mindlink Mates: He seems to be this with Sakura:
- At the end of Chapter 2, Sakura is shedding tears at her home, thinking about Sasuke who still hasn't returned to Konoha. The next few panels show Sasuke having some "weird feeling", giving the impression that he sensed her reaction.
- In Chapter 75, while fighting the bandaged man, Sasuke can hear Sakura saying his name even though she's too far away for him to hear her.
Misplaced Retribution: Sasuke blames Evil Sasuke for all the hate, pain, and mistakes Sasuke once made, and starts slipping back into his old ways in preparation to face Evil Sasuke. Fortunately, a well-timed slap from Sakura and her insistence that no matter how much she loves him, she could not be with him with revenge in their lives bring him around.
Mistaken Identity: In the vacation arc, Sakura thinks it's Naruto swimming up behind her to dunk her, and responds in her typical manner. But it was Sasuke; he notes in a daze what kind of person Naruto has to be to take a hit like that and keep going.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Sasuke personally burned Nagato and all six Pain bodies to ashes with the Amaterasu, a feat that in the manga left Konoha a wreck and took everything Naruto had and then some to only barely accomplish.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: In Chapter 121, Sasuke tells Naruto "Stay back. I have to finish this." as he wants to defeat Evil Sasuke by himself. In the next chapter, when it looks like Sasuke is having some difficulty against Evil Sasuke, Naruto is about to intervene, only for his friend to once again refuse his help. However, when Evil Sasuke tries to stand up one moment later after it seemed like he was defeated for good, Sasuke does get help from Naruto without protesting this time.
Poor Communication Kills: Sasuke is, unsurprisingly, very bad at open and clear communication with his loved ones. It briefly causes Sakura to fear he's lost interest in her completely, although when Sasuke finds out he makes it clear she is always in his heart, even if other events are occupying his time.
Repressed Memories: Sasuke cannot remember the period of time between killing Itachi and deciding to return to Konoha. Eventually, an interrogation using a dangerous memory-recovery jutsu helps fill in the missing pieces: he was part of an assault on the Akatsuki, personally burned Nagato and all six of his Pain bodies to ashes with the Amaterasu, and the near-fatal injuries he received in that assault led directly to the creation of Evil Sasuke.
Sleeves Are for Wimps: Dons a sleeveless vest for everyday wear. It does a fantastic job of showing off his surprisingly powerful figure.
The Unfettered: Sasuke still retains one evil character flaw, that being a complete solitary focus on achieving the goal at hand, powerful enough to overwhelm all other considerations. Seen twice: first when he was willing to abandon all bonds (again!) in preparing to fight Evil Sasuke, and again when his focus on freeing Itachi from imprisonment and reuniting him with Kiri in order to re-found the Uchiha Clan led to him utterly ignoring Sakura for a time. Fortunately for Sasuke, Sakura directly confronted him both times and reminded him that he had many fetters, and one in particular (Sakura herself) loved him very much but wouldn't take too much of his bullshit.

Sakura Haruno

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Talented med-nin and team leader of Team 7. Working through a few psychological issues related to an ugly scar. Currently engaged to Sasuke.

A-Cup Angst: Let's just say she does not take it well when Sai says that her chest is small in comparison to Hinata's.
Battle Couple: She and Sasuke become this trope after he rejoins Team 7 and starts dating Sakura.
Cool Big Sis: Mina sees her as such. She even calls her "Nee-chan".
Damsel out of Distress: In Chapter 75, Sakura gets stabbed by Karin, who then leaves her in some place where she'll be bleeding to death. In the next chapter, Karin tells Naruto and Sasuke to let Evil Sasuke go if they want to be able to save Sakura. However, the latter is able to heal her injury thanks to the Souzou Saisei. And before Evil Sasuke and Karin could leave, they're interrupted by the sudden arrival of Sakura, who proceeds to beat the crap out of Karin.
Fighting Your Friend: Naruto is forced to use shadow clones to fight his friends at one point. Eveyone else had a moderately difficult time, but Sakura mops the floor with them. After all, she has had a lot of practice beating Naruto up.
It's All My Fault: As she was the team leader during the mission at the Nation of Steel, Sakura blames herself over Naruto's death during said mission (until Naruto is revealed to still be alive).
The Leader: Unless Kakashi is involved, she serves as the leader of Team 7, presumably because she has more years of experience as a Chunin in comparison to Naruto and Sasuke. This makes her a levelheaded one.
Love Cannot Overcome: She makes it very clear to Sasuke that, no matter how many ways he makes her happy and how much she loves him, she could not and would not be with him if revenge consumed him again.
Mindlink Mates: She seems to be this with Sasuke:
- At the end of Chapter 2, Sakura is shedding tears at her home, thinking about Sasuke who still hasn't returned to Konoha. The next few panels show Sasuke having some "weird feeling", giving the impression that he sensed her reaction.
- In Chapter 75, while fighting the bandaged man, Sasuke can hear Sakura saying his name even though she's too far away for him to hear her.
Physical Scars, Psychological Scars: Every time she catches a glimpse of her throat scar in the mirror, she remembers the sensation of drowning in her own blood. To her, it is a hideously ugly thing to be hidden at all cost - cue lots of high collars and chokers. Sasuke, on the other hand, thinks it's kinda hot, and his obvious arousal when he finally gets a look at it helps Sakura's mental state immeasurably.
Shipper on Deck:
- She expresses some happiness over seeing Naruto asking Hinata to go on a date with him for the first time.
- Two chapters later, she teases Kiba over Mina's feelings for him, telling him to give Mina a chance regardless of how weird she is.
The Speechless: Gets her throat ripped open in battle, costing her voice for a time. Ino and Naruto use her muteness as a good opportunity to get some teasing in.
Survivor Guilt: Lots and lots of this after the Nation of Steel mission, at least until Naruto shows up later hale and whole and with Mina's cure in his pocket.
Vitriolic Best Buds: In one of the Mini-sodes, she and Ino get into a shouting match over how Hinata should attract Naruto's attention.

Sai

Currently in a will-they-won't-they situation with Kei.

Adaptational Romance Downgrade: In canon, Sai ended up getting married to Ino in the epilogue. Here, they went on a date once, but it didn't go well and they never became a couple. Instead, Ino gets a romance with Choji, while Sai gets a romance with Kei.
Captain Obvious: In one chapter, he suddenly makes his presence known to Yuko and a bunch of captives by knocking out from behind a guard who tries to attack them. However, Sai feels the need to tell them "Hello. I got him.", even though they could already tell that with their own eyes.
Has a Type: Naruto comes to the conclusion that Sai has a thing for girls with ponytails, given that all the girls he dated in the past had this kind of hairstyle. In his own quirky way, Sai agrees by saying "Hmm... Come to think of it, you may be correct. They remind me of brushes, and I do like my brushes."

Kiba Inuzuka

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Currently dating Mina Mikon.

Can't Have Sex, Ever: Not that he and Mina haven't tried, but she accidentally nails him right in the dangly bits every time.
Hot-Blooded: He's willing to take on Goro Mikon on the spot to protect Mina, no matter how badly he would lose such a fight.
Perma-Stubble: Several girls comment that it goes well with his style.

Shino Aburame

Covert Pervert: In the Mini-sodes, when Hinata is moving in with Naruto, Shino tells him "You're a brave man, Naruto." before adding "I wouldn't leave my girlfriend alone to clean my room in case she found my Porn Stash. Unless you threw them out?" When Naruto leaves in a hurry immediately after, Kiba expresses how shocked he is to learn that Shino owns porn.
Deadpan Snarker: In the Mini-sodes, after Shino says to Naruto "I wouldn't leave my girlfriend alone to clean my room in case she found my Porn Stash.":
Kiba: [with Blank White Eyes] YOU OWN PORN?!
Shino: Speak up, I don't think they heard you in Suna.
Kavorka Man: Shino is quite popular with the female entomologists in Konoha.
Not So Above It All: In one of the Mini-sodes, Kiba explains to Naruto that quiet girls are into freaky stuff i.e. kinky stuff. He then comments that Hinata will one day make Naruto her toy. This makes Shino comment, while smirking behind his hood, that it explains a lot about the 'accidents' Kiba had with Mina and that the latter won't be the 'bitch' in this relationship, much to Kiba's embarrassment.

Shikamaru Nara

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Assigned to Suna messenger duty for a time, during which he established a relationship with Temari. Wound up stripped of the duty thanks to his own concience, which endangered his relationship with Temari, but the two worked it out with a quick marriage and some political rules lawyering. Still married to Temari.

Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: The first time Temari comes over for a family dinner, all the photo albums come out. Shikaku is understanding of Shikamaru's plight, but knows better than to cross his wife.
Elopement: He and Temari do this. His mom is not happy about it.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: He violates Tsunade's direct gag-order concerning Asuma's comatose body and tells Kurenai anyways. This costs him his job as Suna messenger and nearly his relationship with Temari until the two rules-lawyer their way around it.

Ino Yamanaka

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Hesitantly started a relationship with Choji after he offered emotional support following an ugly incident with some guy just trying to get in her pants. While still in said relationship, it's troubled by her deep attraction to Sakura and her own self-sabotage due to her belief that all her relationships are doomed.

Adaptational Romance Downgrade: In canon, Ino ended up getting married to Sai in the epilogue. Here, they went on a date once, but it didn't go well and they never became a couple. Instead, Ino gets a romance with Choji, while Sai gets a romance with Kei.
Adaptational Sexuality: It's revealed that she's bisexual, as she has a crush on Sakura, which interferes somewhat with her growing romance with Choji.
Beneath the Mask: Underneath, she is lonely and insecure, convinced her relationships are always doomed to fail.
- A scene shows her hiding her real emotions and deliberately slipping on her mask so not to worry her friends, even though Sakura sees straight through her.
Childhood Friend Romance: She's dating Choji, with whom she was friends with since they were kids.
Covert Pervert: Not as covert as she thinks.
Gossipy Hens: Sakura jokingly notes how Ino is when she doesn't get her gossip fix, after Temari glosses over the juicy details of Shikamaru and her relationship.
Insecure Love Interest: Ino comments on her and Choji dining out a lot, because as she puts it Choji "knows food" and she fears her cooking isn't up to Choji's par. The entire discussion is an obvious unspoken metaphor for Ino's lack of confidence and belief she is inadequate as a partner for Choji.
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: Ino's romantic life is filled with a string of single dates and short failed relationships with ugly breakups, until Choji. She initially resists Choji's advances because she fears it will be another short term relationship with an ugly breakup that would cost her their friendship, because that was all she was worth.
Promoted to Love Interest: In canon, Ino and Choji were only platonic friends and teammates. Here, they become a couple.
Related in the Adaptation: Iruka becomes her uncle after marrying her aunt Hotaru.
Relationship Labeling Problems: After she starts dating Choji, Ino is initially hesitant to call him her boyfriend, given that her previous romantic relationships didn't end well and she doesn't want to ruin their friendship. Later on, when being invited to the wedding of her aunt Hotaru and Iruka, Ino nervously and finally refers to Choji as her boyfriend, much to his joy.
Shipper on Deck:
- She says "This is great, you guys." to Naruto and Hinata after the Uzumaki boy asks the Hyuga girl to go on a date with him for the first time. Ino also gives Naruto some advice on where to take Hinata for that date. Granted, she does so while calling him an idiot for not having thought about it in the first place, but she just wants what's best for her friends.
- When Iruka visited Hotaru at the hospital, Ino could tell there was something between them. After they become a couple, Ino becomes quite enthusiastic at the idea of these two getting married, even before either Iruka or Hotaru brings it up.
Vitriolic Best Buds: In one of the Mini-sodes, she and Sakura get into a shouting match over how Hinata should attract Naruto's attention.
What the Hell, Hero?: After Sakura is nearly killed in combat, Sasuke proceeds to beat the crap out of Naruto for failing to protect her, until Ino calls him out on his bad attitude. She reminds Sasuke that Sakura is a shinobi, that injury or death is part of the profession, that blaming Naruto for failing to protect her is the same as saying Sakura was weak and unable to protect herself, and that he has no idea how awesome and badass she had fought and he should shut his mouth.

Choji Akimichi

Started a relationship with Ino after he offered emotional support following an ugly incident with some guy just trying to get in her pants. Their relationship is troubled but Choji remains dedicated to Ino and is confident that in time they will work everything out.

Childhood Friend Romance: He's dating Ino, with whom he was friends with since they were kids.
Determinator: At least as far as Ino is concerned, Choji will not let her unconcious efforts to self-sabotage the pair's relationship stop him from loving and caring about her.
Improbable Food Budget: The Akimichi Clan treats family dinner as a serious eating competition.
Parents Walk In at the Worst Time: The morning after Choji and Ino's first night together, Inoichi nearly walks in on Choji naked in Ino's bed. Only some quick thinking and considerable effort to squeeze his bulk behind her bedroom door saves him.
Promoted to Love Interest: In canon, Choji and Ino were only platonic friends and teammates. Here, they become a couple.
Relationship Labeling Problems: After she starts dating Choji, Ino is initially hesitant to call him her boyfriend, given that her previous romantic relationships didn't end well and she doesn't want to ruin their friendship. Later on, when being invited to the wedding of her aunt Hotaru and Iruka, Ino nervously and finally refers to Choji as her boyfriend, much to his joy.
Relationship Upgrade: Choji can't conceal his delight the first time Ino publicly calls him her boyfriend.
Stout Strength: A glimpse of Choji sans shirt demonstrates a considerable amount of his bulk is heavily layered muscle, not fat.

Neji Hyuga

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No longer bound by the birdcage seal thanks to Naruto. Accidentally impregnated Tenten, and then later married her.

Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: The Brooding Boy to Tenten's Gentle Girl.
Childhood Friend Romance: He and Tenten have been friends since they were kids and are now married to each other.
Hidden Heart of Gold: According to Tenten, Neji considers Naruto to be like a brother, but he would never tell that to the latter.
Promoted to Love Interest: In canon, Neji and Tenten were only platonic friends and teammates. Here, they fall in love with each other and get married.

Tenten

A former party girl, impregnated by Neji and then married him. Currently settling into life as a Hyuga wife and soon-to-be mother.

Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: The Gentle Girl to Neji's Brooding Boy.
Childhood Friend Romance: She and Neji have been friends since they were kids and are now married to each other.
Longest Pregnancy Ever: Tenten became pregnant as a result of her and Neji celebrating the latter having his seal removed. It happened in Chapter 42, which was published in December 2008. She would later confirm to Neji that she is pregnant in Chapter 60, which was published in July 2009. As of April 2023, she still hasn't given birth to their child.
Promoted to Love Interest: In canon, Tenten and Neji were only platonic friends and teammates. Here, they fall in love with each other and get married.
Puppy-Dog Eyes: In Chapter 136, Tenten makes this kind of eyes when she tries to make Neji drop the subject of her bachelorette party.
Related in the Adaptation: She's married to Neji. Not only does this mean she's related to everyone from the Hyuga Clan, but this also means she's related to Naruto after the latter marries Hinata.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Tenten falls in love with Neji after the latter defends her against her abusive ex-boyfriend Yori. She then learns this isn't the first time Neji fought Yori, having done so after the latter broke up with her. Neji complimenting her about her face seems to have seal the deal for her.
Surprise Pregnancy: She becomes pregnant as a result of her and Neji celebrating the latter's removal of the seal. Both of them only learn about it at some point after they return from the vacation they spent with their friends.

Rock Lee

Met Arekusu, and upon discovering the squalid hellhole her apartment was, his honor insisted that she move in with him until she found a better place. Everyone can see the pair love each other. Shame they can't see it themselves.

Cannot Spit It Out: He and Arekusu are pathologically incapable of speaking about their deep attraction to one another.
Interrupted Bath: Lee completely forgot Arekusu was living with him and walks in on her only partially covered in a towel.
Like Brother and Sister: Miho tells Arekusu that Lee is kinda like a little brother to her. She says this after realizing that Arekusu mistook her for Lee's girlfriend.
Nice Guy: Lee is genuinely kind, generous, truthful and honorable, especially where the opposite sex is concerned.

Konohamaru Sarutobi

Currently dating Hanabi, although Moegi has caused some strife in their relationship. Plagued with thoughts of how hot a threesome would be.

Amazon Chaser:
- During a dinner at the Hyuga residence, Konohamaru says that Hanabi was awesome when she knocked a guy out.
- During one of their dates, he lists some of the things he likes about Hanabi, including that she has "a kick-ass right hook":
  Konohamaru: That's just awesome when you knock a guy out.
Girl on Girl Is Hot: Fantasizes about Hanabi and Moegi. Subverted, however: it is treated as an entirely rational thought for a young man to have, and he is advised to be open with his thoughts to Hanabi and Moegi, but also make sure all three are trusting and comfortable in their relationships with each other before actually trying, and not to be disappointed if it never comes to pass.
Oblivious to Love: Much like Naruto with Hinata, Konohamaru initially had no idea that Hanabi blushing and sweating was a sign that she was in love with him, and incorrectly thought she was getting sick.
Promoted to Love Interest: He's dating Hanabi. In the Naruto manga, they had no interaction whatsoever given that Hanabi very rarely appeared in it. It's only in the Boruto series that they finally had any interaction together (all while getting some Ship Tease along the way).

Hanabi Hyuga

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Currently dating Konohamaru, although Moegi has caused some strife in their relationship.

Badass Longcoat: She gains one as part of her mission gear. It goes surprisingly well with the crop-top and short shorts that comprises the rest of her mission gear.
Clingy Jealous Girl: Hanabi isn't pleased when she sees Konohamaru lying on the ground while Moegi is sitting on his lap, which happened as a result of a training session. It doesn't help that Konohamaru tries to explain to her it's Not What It Looks Like by saying he and Moegi were just fooling around, only to realize That Came Out Wrong.
Promoted to Love Interest: She's dating Konohamaru. In the Naruto manga, they had no interaction whatsoever given that Hanabi very rarely appeared in it. It's only in the Boruto series that they finally had any interaction together (all while getting some Ship Tease along the way).
Related in the Adaptation: Given that Tenten is married to Neji, that makes her Hanabi's cousin-in-law.
Shared Family Quirks: Similarly to her sister Hinata, Hanabi was initially shy and blushing a lot towards her oblivious crush (Konohamaru in this case).

Moegi

Has a huge crush on Hanabi, and has caused some strife in her relationship with Konohamaru. Slowly working to regain the trust of Hanabi and Team Ebisu.

All Love Is Unrequited: Has a huge crush on Hanabi - alas Hanabi is (mostly) hetero and quite devoted to Konohamaru.
Lipstick Lesbian: She likes other girls, but is also very feminine and girly.

Hiashi Hyuga

Burdened leader of the Hyuga Clan. While known as a difficult man to please, especially concerning his daughters, he mostly approves of Hinata's relationship with Naruto.

The Chains of Commanding: Hiashi actually accepts Naruto as a suitable boyfriend for Hinata, but the rest of the Hyuga Clan does not. Hiashi governs rather than commands his clan, and as such must accept the clan's disapproval and either forbid the relationship or cast Hinata out of the clan - unless Naruto challenges the clan for its honor and wins.
Graceful Loser: Upon realizing that Naruto defeated him, Hiashi's reaction is to smirk and think about how Minato should be proud that the latter's son has become a strong ninja.
Lethal Chef: In the Mini-sodes, Hiashi is the grillmaster at the Hyuga picnic. According to Hinata, they "hadn't lost anyone yet".
Not So Above It All: In the Mini-sodes, Naruto is invited to a Hyuga picnic. He expects it to be so boring given how stoic and serious members of the Hyuga Clan can be. Much to his surprise, said picnic includes a barbecue, bikinis, and fun activities like volleyball. Even Hiashi himself is shown to be not only in charge of the barbecue, but also wearing an apron with "Cook be smokin'" written on it.
Related in the Adaptation: As a result of Tenten marrying Neji, the former becomes Hiashi's niece-in-law.
Tranquil Fury:
- After learning that Naruto and Hinata are engaged, his reaction is to calmly stand up, arrive next to Naruto, and tell him he has one question. He then starts to violently shake the blond ninja, asking the latter if he caused Hinata to be pregnant and if that's the reason why they're engaged.
- When he learns "why" Neji proposed to Tenten, he calmly sips his tea while waiting for a servant to bring his sword.
Twerp Sweating: Wants "no funny business" between Naruto and Hinata, and requires them to sleep in separate rooms as a requirement for approval of their cohabitation. When called on the difference between Naruto's relationship with Hinata and Neji/Tenten or Konohamaru/Hanabi, he simply replies that Naruto is a known pervert and requires more rules. Also, to Hiashi, the Hyuga family sword apparently only exists to hunt down the boyfriends of his daughters... and Neji when he manages to get Tenten pregnant.
- It gets worse for comedy in the Mini-sodes, as this attitude is turned up to eleven, with the knob broken off.

Tsunade

The Fifth Hokage and doctor at the Konoha Hospital. The burdens of being Hokage are starting to wear heavily upon her. Currently in a relationship with a resurrected and newly awakened Jiraiya.

Belated Love Epiphany: In Chapter 86, Tsunade reveals to Shizune that, after Jiraiya died, she remembered all the times he had been around her. It was the first time she really understood that he loved her and that she loved him back.
The Chains of Commanding: They bear ever-increasing weight on Tsunade the longer she lasts as Hokage. At one point, after Hotaru and Jun violate their suspended sentences in order to rescue Iruka and Hanako, Tsunade has them arrested on orders of the village council. She later explained to Naruto that, despite the two having excellent reason for their violation, if she spent her influence to let them go free then she wouldn't have that influence to spend if something more important happened. It's not right, it's politics.
Determinator: Tsunade threw months of single-minded dedicated effort into figuring out how to free Jiraiya and Asuma from their coma.
Drill Sergeant Nasty: Tsunade shows no pity when Sakura injures her throat. She trained Sakura better than that, and Sakura's reliance on an auto-trigger for the Hundred-Strength Seal was making her sloppy in combat.
Dude, He's Like, in a Coma!: It takes Jiraiya's resurrected body being present for Tsunade to admit her love for him, which she seals with a kiss. The kiss gets through Jiraiya's coma and inspires a perverted grin on his face.
Easily Forgiven: As opposed to the reveal of his birth parents, Naruto takes things in stride and easily forgives Tsunade, who raised him the first four years of his life, for abandoning him to an orphanage when he demonstrated too many similarites to Dan and Nawaki - she just couldn't take getting he heart broken by one more death.
Love Cannot Overcome: Tsunade's love for Naruto was not enough to eventually overcome her desperate need to leave Konoha.
Missing Mom: She raised Naruto the first four years of his life under the orders of the Third Hokage. Their relationship had a rocky beginning, but grew into deep love; unfortunately, bad memories of Konoha, Tsunade's guilt over Dan and Nawaki, and her terror that Naruto would share their fate drove her to leave, and Danzo stopped her from taking the Konoha jinchuuriki with her.
Promoted to Love Interest: Downplayed example. Jiraiya's canonical one-sided crush on Tsunade is reciprocated here.
Related in the Adaptation: She eventually decides to become Naruto's adopted mother.
Vitriolic Best Buds: Tsunade and Kushina throw a lot of shade at each other when they first meet up, but they are united by shared motherhood of Naruto, and obviously comfortable enough working together that Tsunade has no trouble freely accepting Kushina's assistance and Uzumaki knowledge of seals to figure out how to awaken Jiraiya and Asuma.

Shizune

Kakashi Hatake

Former leader of Team 7 and current interim commander of ANBU. In a relationship with Anko.

Captive Audience: When Rokuro takes over his body to infiltrate Konoha, Kakashi decides it's the ''perfect'' time to recite Icha Icha Paradise. All of it. From memory.
Promoted to Love Interest: He's in a relationship with Anko. In canon, they never had any onscreen interaction.
Resigned to the Call: After Touji is killed, Tsunade asks him to temporarily lead ANBU. Kakashi doesn't want the job, but understands the necessity and reluctantly agrees.
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: The Savvy Guy to Anko's Energetic Girl.

Anko Mitarashi

Snake lady and leader of Anko's Angels. In a relationship with Kakashi.

Clingy Jealous Girl: She does not take it well when two pretty ladies are suddenly interested by Kakashi. The latter had to restrain Anko so that she wouldn't attack them.
The Leader: She leads her own all-female squad, Anko's Angels.
Promoted to Love Interest: She's in a relationship with Kakashi. In canon, they never had any onscreen interaction.
Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: The Energetic Girl to Kakashi's Savvy Guy.
Single Woman Seeks Good Man: When Anko shows some concerns about her protégées, particularly Kei, Kakashi tries to reassure her by saying she looked after those girls just fine and suggesting to lower Kei's mission load. He adds that Anko would do what's best for Kei in the end. After hearing all those words, Anko pulls down his mask to kiss him and says "I knew there was a reason I liked you, Kakashi."

Might Guy

Shipper on Deck: When he and Lee are about to leave a karaoke bar, the former notices Arekusu's disappointment. Quickly realizing she's attracted to Lee, he tells his student to stay and keep her company.
Singing Voice Dissonance: Apparently he has quite a wonderful voice, the one time we see him engage in karaoke.

Iruka Umino

Teacher at the academy. Currently parole officer and husband to Hotaru.

Related in the Adaptation: He's married to Hotaru, making him Ino's uncle.
Second Love: He is this to Hotaru.
Shipper on Deck: When Naruto was too shy to talk to Hinata, Iruka helped him by telling him to go on a date with her and to treat it like an A-Rank mission. He then mentally noted that Naruto must really like Hinata given that he's never been a shy guy before, not even with Sakura.

Temari

Diplomatic liaison between Suna and Konoha. Married to Shikamaru after they eloped.

Ambadassador: Temari is assigned as the diplomatic liaison between Suna and Konoha. Not that one was needed before, nor was Konoha expecting her, but so goes the legal fiction that keeps her and Shikamaru together without having to change her allegiance to Suna.
Elopement: Temari and Shikamaru get married in secret.
Slap-Slap-Kiss: After Shikamaru has his messenger duties stripped from him, Temari goes weeks without a word from him. After she catches up with him, she struggles between ripping him a new one or seducing him on the spot.
Women Are Delicate: Inverted: Temari is anything but weak and delicate, but she still castigates herself for being "such a girl" where Shikamaru is concerned.

Gaara

The fifth Kazekage. Currently dating Matsuri.

Big Damn Heroes: When Kankuro is fighting one of Seireiko's henchmen in Suna, the fight ends with an explosion. Said explosion results in a fire that causes some damage to the village. Fortunately, Gaara arrives alongside Matsuri not too long afterwards and uses his sand to get rid of the fire.
The Comically Serious: Gaara has a pretty serious personality and speaks in a monotone way. This makes him a great candidate to make a situation funnier. Exhibit A: Gaara with a moustache.
Opposites Attract: Gaara has a serious personality and almost always speaks while showing little to no emotion. By contrast, his girlfriend Matsuri is more cheerful and able to show more emotions.
Promoted to Love Interest: Downplayed example. Matsuri's canonical one-sided crush on Gaara is reciprocated here.
Shipper on Deck: He notices how happy Temari is whenever Shikamaru is present. When the latter is leaving Suna alongside Naruto, Gaara encourages his sister to properly say goodbye to Shikamaru, making Temari realize that her feelings must have been quite obvious.

Kankuro

A Day in the Limelight: He's given the spotlight in Chapters 91-94, which focus on him fighting one of Seireiko's henchmen in Suna.

Matsuri

Currently dating Gaara.

Opposites Attract: Matsuri's boyfriend Gaara has a serious personality and almost always speaks while showing little to no emotion. By contrast, she is more cheerful and able to show more emotions.
Promoted to Love Interest: Downplayed example. Matsuri's canonical one-sided crush on Gaara is reciprocated here.

Karin

Blade Below the Shoulder: Karin carries a hidden blade on her wrist. She nearly killed Sakura with it by catching her by surprise.
Green-Eyed Monster: Karin is rather jealous of Sakura's relationship with Sasuke. Though later she decides to move on.
Malicious Misnaming: There are several instances where Karin calls Sakura "Pinky", much to the latter's annoyance.
My God, What Have I Done?: She eventually realizes Evil Sasuke is a monster beyond redemption, and betrays him to the Konoha assault team.
- And later, she realized she still loved him no matter how monstrous he was, and regretted her betrayal.

Suigetsu

Compensating for Something: Not only does Suigetsu loves to brag about how big his Executioner Blade is, but also mocks Kei's tanto calling it a "butter knife".

Itachi Uchiha

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Resurrected multiple times, just to be tortured to death again. The last death didn't stick after Sakura and Karin got involved. Currently imprisoned in Konoha and re-establishing a long-dead relationship with Kiri.

Back from the Dead: Repeatedly thanks to Seireiko reviving him repeatedly for Evil Sasuke to torture to death. It finally sticks when Evil Sasuke isn't thorough enough. Sakura recognizes that he's still breathing and forces Karin to help her heal him.

Tayuya

One of the Sound Four, she survived Temari's assault only to be sold to Seireiko. Seireiko used her as a drug-addicted disposable thief until Mina saved her life and helped cure her addiction. Currently a prisoner of Konoha and (grugingly) probationary member of Anko's Angels.

Amazon Brigade: Probational member of Anko's Angels.
Descent into Addiction: Was purposely addicted to drugs based on soldier pills by Seireiko to control her. When he sent her after the Namikaze scroll, he deliberately gave her a reduced dose as an incentive to succeed. When she fails and is captured, the result is not pretty at all.
Heel–Face Turn: Is pretty much forced to join Anko's Angels, but comes to realize she really does like and respect them anyways.
Madam Swears-A-Lot: Every other word.
Spared by the Adaptation: She died in canon, but she's revealed to have survived Temari's assault in this doujinshi.

Minato Namikaze

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Resurrected by accident, Minato used his brief newfound life to bond with and teach Naruto. His time limit expired during Naruto and Hinata's wedding.

Back from the Dead: A strange interaction between Seireiko's evil shadow clone technique and the chakra Minato and Kushina left behind to guide Naruto in dealing with the Kyuubi results in a temporary resurrection for both of them.
Cast from Hit Points: Minato has a very limited amount of chakra that will never regenerate, and it's what is keeping him alive. Any jutsu would only dramatically shorten his timespan.
Face Death with Dignity: Neither wants to go, but both face it with courage and knowing that Naruto has made a good life for himself.
Identical Grandson: A flashback in Chapter 127 reveals that Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, gave a mission to find new jutsu to Chihaya Namikaze, who was Minato's great-grandfather (and thus Naruto's great-great-grandfather). Said flashback shows that he looked an awful lot like Minato and Naruto.
Lotus-Eater Machine: Minato's resurrection lengthening jutsu works, but both he and Kushina - and Naruto too, eventually - fall afoul of the lotus-eater portion of Seireiko's multi-layered regenerating control jutsu on the sacrificial clone.
Papa Wolf: In Chapter 131, he meets the Konoha elders and angrily demands to have answers over the way his son was treated while he was dead.
Resurrected Romance: Being temporarily resurrected hasn't reduced the love Minato and Kushina feel for each other - indeed it only urges the two to make the most of the time they have.
Your Days Are Numbered: The resurrection left the two with a short lifespan before their chakra was depleted and the resurrection undid itself. Minato increases the timespan using a clone of himself created by Seireiko's more typical resurrection jutsu, but even that proves all too temporary.

Kushina Uzumaki

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Resurrected by accident, Kushina used her brief newfound life to bond with Naruto and Hinata. Her time limit expired during Naruto and Hinata's wedding.

Back from the Dead: A strange interaction between Seireiko's evil shadow clone technique and the chakra Minato and Kushina left behind to guide Naruto in dealing with the Kyuubi results in a temporary resurrection for both of them.
Face Death with Dignity: Neither wants to go, but both face it with courage and knowing that Naruto has made a good life for himself.
I Want Grandkids Upon learning that Naruto and Hinata are sleeping in the same bed without being married first, she criticizes them as it could lead to sex and babies when marriage should happen first in her mind. However, Minato points out while smirking that not only did she wanted to increase the clan back when the two of them were still genin, but that she was also adamant about having many grandchildren.
Lotus-Eater Machine: Minato's resurrection lengthening jutsu works, but both he and Kushina - and Naruto too, eventually - fall afoul of the lotus-eater portion of Seireiko's multi-layered regenerating control jutsu on the sacrificial clone.
Mama Bear: Right after being resurrected, she tells Minato while frowning that someone has hurt their son and must pay for it.
Resurrected Romance: Being temporarily resurrected hasn't reduced the love Minato and Kushina feel for each other - indeed it only urges the two to make the most of the time they have.
Shared Family Quirks: According to Kakashi, Kushina liked ramen and loved to play pranks, just like her son Naruto.
Together in Death: Minato can either extend the time limit on both Kushina's and his resurrection,or permanently restore Kushina to life at the expense of his own. Naruto and Kushina both discuss the matter heavily, but ultimately Kushina decides better for both to go at the same time and be together forever, rather than Kushina stay and be a burden to a grown son starting his own family and be without her husband.
Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Kushina was said to be much more tomboyish before she fell in love with Minato.
Vitriolic Best Buds: Kushina and Tsunade throw a lot of shade at each other when they met, and briefly had a lot of friction over who was Naruto'sactual mother until Naruto forced the issue. Yet at the same time, Tsunade was more than happy to let Kushina useher Uzumaki knowledge of seals to help figure out Jiraiya's coma, when she wouldn't let anyone else help.
Your Days Are Numbered: The resurrection left the two with a short lifespan before their chakra was depleted and the resurrection undid itself.

Jiraiya

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Resurrected and enslaved by Seireiko, Jiraiya was sent to assault the Konoha hospital to gather genetic information. Naruto shattered his mind-controlling face mask, rendering him comatose thanks to Seireiko's multi-layered control seal. Tsunade eventually managed to awaken him using a modified forehead protector. Currently in a very new relationship with Tsunade.

Back from the Dead: He was resurrected thanks to Seireiko's experiment.
Promoted to Love Interest: Downplayed example. Jiraiya's canonical one-sided crush on Tsunade is reciprocated here.

Asuma Sarutobi

Resurrected and enslaved by Seireiko, Asuma was sent to assault the Konoha hospital to gather genetic information. Shikamaru shattered his mind-controlling face mask, rendering him comatose thanks to Seireiko's multi-layered control seal. Tsunade eventually managed to awaken him using a modified forehead protector. Currently reestablishing his former marriage to Kurenai.

Back from the Dead: He was resurrected thanks to Seireiko's experiment.

Tobi/Obito Uchiha

Thought dead in the assault on the Akatsuki base, he's actually very much alive. Currently working through the setback, and still determined to resurrect Madara and bring about the Eye of the Moon plan.

Drill Sergeant Nasty: Choko will train every single waking moment, and actively strive to shed her distaste for killing, or Tobi will slaughter her outright for being weak and useless.
Manipulative Bastard: Tobi wants a perfectly obedient and subservient emotionless torturer and killer at his side, and Choko will either become so at the cost of her soul, or die trying.
Not Distracted by the Sexy: Choko attempts to seduce him, but he humiliates her for the trouble.
Offing the Annoyance: Tobi has had a bad time sine the Akatsuki have been destroyed. So when presented with a team of common bandits using the same name, and two of them prove to be mouthy, he casually butchers all but the one who kept her mouth shut.

Danzo

Not So Stoic: Danzo is known for having a rather humorless personality. However, the flashback from Chapter 133 showed him being chibified and sweat dropping when Tsunade explained that Naruto (back when he was just a baby) could become "a handsome young doctor, or a wise scholar" instead of a ninja.

Original Characters

Protagonists

Mina Mikon

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Med-nin and heir of the Mikon Clan, two things that mix very poorly. Possesses the Nokeru Nen jutsu like the rest of her clan, but unlike the rest she recognizes it's drawbacks and refuses to use it. Adores Sakura, and currently dating Kiba.

Alliterative Name: Mina Mikon.
Bespectacled Cutie: Wears a rather large pair of glasses and is quite cute. She is more conventionally attractive in contacts, but hates to wear them because they make her eyes itch.
Blind Mistake: Cannot tell the difference between Naruto and Kiba at close range without her glasses.
Calling the Old Man Out: She takes a lot of abuse from her father with little complaint, but when Goro starts making trouble with the Inuzuka Clan, she finally stands up to him.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: On the extremely rare occasion Mina uses the Nokeru Nen, she becomes an unstoppable juggernaut, unable (or maybe just unwilling) to cease fighting until her opponent is dead and dismembered.
Cute Clumsy Girl: Mina is a Bespectacled Cutie who can also be quite clumsy. Before he became her boyfriend, Kiba complained that, despite the fact she's a Chunin, he saw her tripping over her own feet.
Determinator: Will not let the fact that Tayuya just assaulted the compound and injured her stop her from saving Tayuya's life, getting her appropriate medical attention, and then participating in a long-term effort to cure Tayuya's drug addiction.
- She has to last five minutes against her father without using the Nokeru Nen if she wants her life with Kiba and med-nin training. Goron goes all-out, severely injuring her, but nothing he does can make her give up or use the jutsu.
Fangirl: A flashback set during the canonical Time Skip showed that she used to behave like a fangirl towards Kiba, similar to how Sakura used to behave this way towards Sasuke.
Groin Attack: Nails Kiba right in the crotch by accident every time they try (and fail) to have sex.
Klingon Scientists Get No Respect: Had the misfortune of being born to the Mikon Clan (famed for their Blood Knight tendencies.) Her father forces her into extreme physical training if she wants to be a med-nin, trying to force her to give it up, embrace the Nokeru Nen, and become a Blood Knight herself.
My God, What Have I Done?: In a flashback set during the canonical Time Skip, Mina fought her teammate Taiki during the Chunin Exams. In order to win, she had to use the Nokeru Nen. However, doing so led to Taiki being severely injured, with her sensei having to stop her from causing any further harm by telling her the fight was over. Once she went back to normal and realized what she did to her teammate, Mina had a shocked expression and asked herself "What... What have I done?!"
My Greatest Failure: The first time Mina used the Nokeru Nen, she beat her own teammate until he was hospitalized for six months. And she swore never to use it again, no matter the demands of her father, unless there was no other choice.
Shipper on Deck: After learning that Kei allowed Sai to touch her breasts, Mina suggests to the former that maybe she should date him.

Miko Mikon

Wife of Goro and mother of Mina, she's a former ANBU who married into the Mikon Clan. Goro made her promise to kill him if he ever becomes a monster to his children like the rest of his clan. After he severely injured Mina and then cast her out of the clan for her "weakness" in not embracing the Nokeru Nen, Miko carried through on her promise.

Alliterative Name: Miko Mikon.

Hotaru Yamanaka

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Originally a missing-nin and traitor to Konoha, Hotaru turned against her team and returned to Konoha. On probation, she retired and became a full-time mom. She slowly fell in love with Iruka after the death of Hanako's father, the two eventually marry.

Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The Chi no Hana is a rare flower with powerful medical uses that requires one drop of blood a day to grow. Hanako weaponizes it with a mummification seal scroll impregnated with thousands of Chi no Hana seeds, with which she kills Arata. Afterwards, she reminds herself to have Inoichi gather the beautiful flowers left behind.
Dark and Troubled Past: Once, she befriended Naruto as a young child, and then betrayed him in a ploy to steal the Nine-Tails chakra. Now, she deeply regrets her actions, and seeks forgiveness from Naruto.
Easily Forgiven: It's obvious Hotaru's youthful betrayal of Naruto still bothers him, but he still forgives her, because he decided to let all his old wounds go after he became a shinobi.
Happy Ending Override: Even if she did it to save her fiance and daughter, she still violated her probation by leaving the village, and is subsequently re-imprisoned.
Heel–Face Turn: Rokuro beating the crap out of Ino was just the trigger for Hotaru to turn face again.
Mama Bear: Threaten Iruka or Hanako, and Hotaru will pull out all the stops to save them, probation be damned.
Replacement Goldfish: Hotaru and Iruka slowly fall in love after the death of Masaru.
Retired Badass: After her capture and probation, Hotaru decides to hang up the headband and be a full-time mom for Hanako. Although that doesn't stop her in the least from kicking ass to protect her family if needs be.
Shipper on Deck: When Ino nervously admits to her aunt Hotaru that Choji is her boyfriend, her aunt tells them that they "are cute as a pair."

Hanako

Daughter of Hotaru and adoptive daughter of Iruka. Has a bit of the Nine-Tails chakra after inheriting it from her birth father.

Jun

Followed Hotaru to Konoha, currently on probation alongside her. Comes from a clan of hereditary servants, and is comfortable (and superb) in that role.

Battle Butler: Besides his faithful service, Jun is also a capable shinobi. When Hotaru broke her probation to rescue Iruka and Hanako, Jun was at her side, battle-ready, no questions asked.
The Jeeves: Jun is a loyal and faithful servant of Hotaru, having followed her as she abandoned Konoha, then as she returned, entering probation alongside of her.
Legacy of Service: Jun comes from a long family line of servants, who treat service to those they deem worthy an honor.

Hideki Nishimura

A wealthy old man, allied with Konoha, who uses his wealth to collect and study the rarest, oldest, and most valuable texts in the entire world. Guards a number of scrolls on behalf of Konoha, most notably the Namikaze scroll (until he returned it to its rightful owner, Naruto)

Cool Old Guy: He is happy to teach from his collection, is grateful to the Konoha ninja for their protection, and happily supports them while at his compound.
Great Big Library of Everything: His private collection includes some of the rarest, oldest, and most valuable texts in the entire world, covering a vast swath of knowledge, with information freely shared with any scholar.

Miho

The heavyweight muscle of Anko's Angels. Former student of Might Guy. She was left in a coma due to massive injury following the assault on Seireiko's main base - although circumstances have recently changed.

Amazon Brigade: The muscle of Anko's Angels.
The Berserker: A family trait that wound up killing most of them.
Blood Knight: She was one as a child, but has pushed beyond it into something called "battle harmony".
Boisterous Bruiser
Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Miho challenged Jugo in the assault on Seireiko's compound, and managed to break his mask and unleash his curse mark. Jugo proceeded to beat her senseless, almost killing her before Kei stepped into the fight.
The Bus Came Back / The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Tetsuya pushing Kei near her bloodline limit is exactly what it takes to get Miho out of her coma and immediately ready to fight.
Challenging the Chief: At the age of thirteen, Miho called out no one less than the Fourth Raikage, A himself, for not giving her a chance to become a shinobi
Eyepatch of Power: Miho lost an eye defending her father's sheep herd from wolves at a very young age.
Fantasy-Forbidding Father: Her father absolutely refused to let her become a ninja. Alas, it seems it was in her blood...
- Later her mother does the same, before the Kumogakure council, because she is afraid that the urge to fight would get Miho killed one day, just like her uncles.
Form-Fitting Wardrobe: Might Guy offered her one of his trademark jumpsuits when she was younger, which wound up a little tight. Guy stoically ignored the inexplicable nosebleed the sight gave him.
Like Brother and Sister: She tells Arekusu that Lee is kinda like a little brother to her. She says this after realizing that Arekusu mistook her for Lee's girlfriend.
Missing Mom: Her mother left her in the care of her father, to give Miho a chance to grow up into something other than a berserker warrior.
Put on a Bus: After the assault on Seireiko's main base, she remains in a coma for the next fifteen volumes.

Yuko

The scout and infiltration specialist of Anko's Angels. Outwardly very chipper (and openly perverted), it's all a mask over troubled history. She's actually one of the Eight Ninja Yokai, who turned on the rest, and defected to Konoha. Waiting for her betrayal to catch up with her.

Amazon Brigade: The scout (and heart) of Anko's Angels.
Depraved Homosexual: She plays it for laughs and to tease her teammates.
Cycle of Revenge: Yuko is just waiting for her betrayal of the other Ninja Yokai to come back upon her.
Excuse Me While I Multitask: In the flashback from Chapter 130, Yuko fought a trio of two-bit rogue ninjas claiming to be the Akatsuki. At one point, she kicked one of them in the face while reading scientific reports she just found in the base where the fight occurred:
Yuko: Do you mind? I am trying to read, here.
Family of Choice: Anko's Angels are her family. Even Tayuya.
Genki Girl: As she sees it, why spend too much time worrying about the dark possibilities of the future when you could be living and having fun in the now?
Lipstick Lesbian: She is a very feminine and girly girl, who also likes other girls.
The Lost Lenore: She turned on the Eight Ninja Yokai after her master killed her first girlfriend.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The fact that she's not wasting time playing up her Depraved Homosexual act tells Tayuya there is a serious, dangerous situation going down in Konoha.
Puppy-Dog Eyes:
- She uses these, along with some guilt tripping, to convince Sakura to become friends with her. This causes Miho to comment "I can't believe she suckered her with the look.", which is then followed by Kei saying that's how Yuko convinced Miho to let the Genki Girl feel her up.
- She makes this kind of eyes when Tayuya calls her a whore, all while saying "I'm not a whore, I just have a playful demeanour."
Psychotic Smirk: She had one of these as a child telling Tetsuya how she could hurt him if he raised a hand to her.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Unnerved at Tetsuya's presence, Yuko finally calls Tayuya out on her bad attitude, leading Tayuya to finally start on the path towards her Heel–Face Turn.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: She can take the form of a cat. As you would expect for the Cat Ninja Yokai.

Kei Mayuki

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The swordswoman (and trainee leader) of Anko's Angels. Stoic to a fault. User of the Ryuchi powers and sword. Currently in a will-they-won't-they situation with Sai. Stoic and reserved for good reason. When her facade breaks and her emotions run unchecked, her Ryuchi powers turn her into a real and immensely destructive dragon. Created by fellow DeviantArt artist DemonKaizoku

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Amazon Brigade: The swordswoman (and trainee leader) of Anko's Angels.
The Big Damn Kiss: She finally kisses Sai after releasing her dragon form.
Can't Hold Her Liquor: It takes about one drink before she starts waving her sword around and accusing everyone of being perverted.
Cool Sword: The Ryuchi sword.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Kei is a Dragon Sage, but imperfectly trained. If she loses control while using her Sage powers, she will transform into a very real dragon.
Defrosting Ice Queen: The pain of Miho's coma coupled with Sai's awkward courting leads Kei to start defrosting, although it also makes her more susceptible to losing control.
Delicious Distraction: She absolutely adores ice cream.
Disproportionate Retribution: Kei was taken in by her aunt's family as a young girl. The family turned out to be abusive, until the day Kei's Ryuchi powers awakened in the middle of a beating. She quickly wound up killing her aunt and uncle in a blood rage.
Distaff Counterpart: Kei is pretty much a female Sai, including the exposed midriff. However, while Sai doesn't understand emotions and has No Social Skills, Kei does understand emotions and is The Stoic by her own volition, to keep her Bloodline Limit from going out of control. It's no surprise when they start to fall for each other.
Emotionless Girl: Kei almost never shows any emotions, and it's cold and logical to keep her Bloodline Limit under control.
Journey to the Center of the Mind: Naruto's reassurance that she was not alone and she had friends and allies to help her face her challenges, delivered through mental contact, was enough to convince her to release her Ryuchi powers and become human again.
Lady of War
Master Swordswoman
No Social Skills: Kei's stoic composure leads her to treat social skills as useless and irrelevant.
Not So Above It All: Kei is a rather serious and stoic character. However, when Yuko offers her an apology ice cream, Kei has this comedic expression where she looks like she's trying to resist the urge of taking the dessert. It doesn't take long before she gives up resisting and grabs the ice cream.
Not So Stoic: As stoic as she is, Kei has shown emotions from time to time, such as showing concerns over the well-being of her teammates.
Power Incontinence: Volume 29 shows what happens when Kei stops being The Stoic: her Bloodline Limit turns her into a dragon, and goes crazy.
The Stoic: By deliberate choice, she is very reserved, bordering on emotionless - and as it turns out, for damn good reason.
Superpowered Evil Side: If she gets too emotional, she risks losing control of her Ryuchi powers and transforming into a dragon.
What Did I Do Last Night?: As it turns out, let Sai draw a very revealing set of sketches...

Arekusu

Met Rock Lee while doing kareoke and was instantly attracted to him. When Lee discovered the squalid hellhole her apartment was, his honor insisted that she move in with him until she found a better place. Currently training in taijutsu with Lee and Might Guy. Everyone can see Lee and Arekusu love each other. Shame they can't see it themselves. Created by fellow DeviantArt artist shock777

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A-Cup Angst: When she sees Lee interacting with Miho for the first time, Arekusu concludes that Miho is Lee's "big-breasted girlfriend". This makes her sad as she thinks she can't compete with that. However, Miho makes it clear to Arekusu that Lee is more like a little brother to her.

Kiri

Itachi's former girlfriend and mother of Bae. When Sasuke informed her about the resurrection of Itachi, she initially rejected a reunion out of hand, before deciding the opposite and following Sasuke to Konoha. Currently tentatively reestablishing her former relationship with Itachi.

Fantasy Forbidding Mother: Is determined that her son will not grow up to be a shinobi. However, given that his father is Itachi Uchiha, can you blame her?
Slap-Slap-Kiss: Sasuke believes she absolutely hates Itachi, but Sakura points out her behavior demonstrates she still loves Itachi deeply, even if she's currently furious with him.

Bae

Son of Kiri and Itachi. Looks just like (and has the stubborn nature of) his father.

Determinator: When his mom won't take him to see his dad, he decides to sneak out and go himself.
Strong Family Resemblance: Bae looks identical to his father Itachi.
When You Coming Home, Dad?: He knows Itachi did something very bad, but he just wants to be with his dad.

Ichiro

Sand shinobi, participant in the special Chunin exam. Member of Temari's team and dating Tanaka.

Green-Eyed Epiphany: After seeing Tanaka interacting with Naruto and being under the impression they are flirting, Ichiro becomes jealous and realizes he has feelings for Tanaka.

Tanaka

Sand shinobi, participant in the special Chunin exam. Member of Temari's team and dating Tanaka.

Kosuke

A little fox rescued by Naruto and kept as a family pet. Has a strange connection to Kurama.

Antagonists

Seireiko Hyuga

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Traitor to Konoha, student of Orochimaru, exiled from the Hyuga Clan. His unique Byakugan, the seishin-me, allows him to see and interact with the dead. His signature jutsu resurrects the dead at the cost of several other lives. His goal isn't perfectly clear, but it involves raiding villages for genetic data and the Namikaze scroll. Serves as the Big Bad for Naru-Hina Chronicles.

Back from the Dead: Seemingly his whole purpose for being is to perfect his resurrection jutsu, and use the results to destroy Konoha.
Bad Boss: Casually murders his subordinates when they learn too much of his plans.
Black Magic: Seireiko's brand of ninjutsu, which allows him, among other things, to bring people back from the dead at the cost of several human sacrifices.
Chekhov's Gun: The Namikaze scroll is chock-full of blood magic, jutsu involving human sacrifice, and other unsavory stuff. Naturally Seireiko is willing to go to some pretty deep extremes to lay his hands on it.
Dissonant Serenity: He is very calm and collected, even as he's crushing you in battle.
Fallen Hero: Seireiko was once a respected and capable member of the Hyuga Clan, but his obsession with resurrection using human sacrifice and his hubris concerning the ''seishin-me'' caused the Hyuga Clan to turn on him, leading to his defection. Considering Orochimaru was his sensei, none of this is surprising.
Human Sacrifice: a key ingredient in his resurrection jutsu.
I See Dead People: The seishin-me is his unique doujutsu based on the Byakugan. It partially inherits the spirit medium abilities of his mother, allowing Seireiko to see dead souls, along with its other more typical Byakugan capabilities.
Life Drinker
The Man Behind the Man: It is implied that he is behind all the assaults on Konoha (and other villages) in order to acquire both genetic data for his resurrection jutsu, and also the only copy of the Namikaze scroll.
Necromancer: Like his sensei Orochimaru, Seireiko can revive the dead. Unlike Orochimaru, he can revive them for real, instead of just as zombies.
Orcus on His Throne: He prefers to keep his hands clean and leave his minions to do the fighting. But he is still a Hyuga, and can throw down with the best of them when he must, and summon an army of your own personal evil shadow clones to kick ass on top of that.

Takekatta

A... partner? Superior? Something else? to Seireiko. Very little is known about him as of Volume 31.

Chekhov's Gun: Not only does Takekatta appear to be one himself, but he also informs Seireiko that Hinata posesses the tenshi-me, a doujutsu similar to Seireiko' own seishin-me that could rival the Tenseigan for power if ever combined with Otsusuki chakra.
The Man Behind the Man: Even Seireiko comes when Takekatta bids, and does as he is told.

Rokuro

Missing-nin and member of Masaru's team of rogue ninja, alongside Hotaru and Jun. His skill is taking over the bodies of other people. Currently deceased, his soul having been fed to the Nine-Tails.

Grand Theft Me: His standard "modus operandi". Backfires horribly when he is caught twice in Naruto's Kyūbi seal, and also when he takes over Kakashi, whereupon the real Kakashi takes the time to recite Icha Icha Paradise to him from memory just to wear his willpower down.

Yori

Traitor to Konoha, who worked for Mori-sama and later Seireiko as a hired thug. He's definitely regretting his life choices, although he's too much of a jerk to find a path to redemption. Currently in a, er, "it's complicated" with Sadako.

Asshole Victim: Yori is so much of a jerk you can't help but cheer a little every time he gets his ass kicked.
Character Catchphrase: Likes to call people monkeys, especially those beholden to the status quo. In one case, with two summoned bodyguards, they turned out to be Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
Death Seeker: Yori vs. Naruto progresses through various fights from active malice, to simply unfinished business, and finally to what appears to be attempts at suicide-by-Naruto.
Freudian Excuse: Mori manipulates Yori by caring for his injured little sister - which is actually just a doll and some genjutsu simulating a very dead little sister.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: The right side of his body is covered with ugly disfiguring burn scars, acquired from trying (and failing) to save his little sister.
Heel–Face Revolving Door: Seriously cannot make up his mind if he's actively malicious towards Konoha and its shinobi, or just passively indifferent to any negative outcomes they suffer.
Jerkass: Whether actively assisting Konoha's enemies, or desperately trying to escape the hell he's made of his life, either way Yori is a complete jerk.
Left for Dead: By his own choice after his and Naruto's latest fight. Not that it takes, of course.
Mad Bomber: Yori is a capable and well-rounded shinobi, but he specializes in (and enjoys) high explosives.
My Greatest Failure: His sister died in a fire caused by Yori's own bombs.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Yori considers his fight with Naruto during the Nation of Steel fight very much unfinished, and semi-regularly shows up to finish the fight - although every time something interrupts the fight again, and on at least one occasion leads to Yori and Naruto fighting on the same side against the interrupters. He even goes so far as to take a kunai meant for Naruto for just this reason.
Slap-Slap-Kiss: Very heavy on the slap, but Yori's relationship with Sadako in a nutshell.
Would Hit a Girl: Demonstrated multiple times, first and most prominently with Tenten.

Sadako

Raised by Mori-sama to be an assassin, she helped manipulate Yori with genjutsu of his dead little sister. Currently in a "it's complicated" situation with Yori, although it's clear she loves him deeply.

Slap-Slap-Kiss: Very heavy on the slap, but Sadako's relationship with Yori in a nutshell.

Mori-sama

Konoha elder working with Seireiko, he was captured after the Chunin exam bombing, and then later killed by Sadako to silence him.

Takeo

Leader of a group of mercenaries hired by Seireiko to assault Konoha. The assault failed in part due to Takeo's incompetence as an effective leader, and he was killed in the process.

General Ripper: Takeo remains dedicated to his assault on Konoha, in spite of the fact that the whole plan was falling apart and the best choice was to withdraw and re-plan.
Lightning Bruiser: In comparison to his highly questionable command capabilities, Takeo's taijutsu is on par with Might Guy or Rock Lee.

Nanami

Heir of the Kyouko Clan, which values power and fighting ability above all. Her clan joined Konoha after being betrayed by Takeo. Nanami is currently lusting after Naruto and in competition with Hinata for his affections (or, at least, so she thinks).

Abhorrent Admirer: Wants Naruto so she can have strong kids with a powerful father and please her clan, and she will NOT take "No, I'm in a relationship with someone I deeply love" as an answer.
All Amazons Want Hercules: The reason behind Nanami's lust for Naruto is her clan's value of strength over everything else, and thus women are taught to find a strong man in order to produce powerful offspring.
Depraved Bisexual: Nanami, according to mattwilson83. She's been in a relationship with at least one woman before. And since she's also a Stalker with a Crush, that makes her depraved.
Flanderization: Sadly, Nanami decayed rapidly from competent executive officer of a mercenary army into a Stalker with a Crush chasing Naruto.
Number Two: Before her Flanderization, Nanami showed a real flair for organizing an army, motivating reluctant mercenaries, and devising battle strategy, so much so one wonders why Takeo was the one in charge of Mori's mercenary army.

Touji

Leader of ANBU and younger brother of Mizuki, he seeks to destroy Naruto for defeating his brother - although his basic honor insists on doing so by training Naruto properly if intensely, and then giving Naruto a fair chance to win and Tsunade and Kakashi a chance to catch him in the act. He put up one hell of a fight, but Hinata proved his match, kicking his ass and capturing him.

Avenging the Villain: Mizuki died due to the after-effects of Orochimaru's failed experiment. Touji heard his dying wish, which was to get revenge on Naruto, and decided to fulfill that wish given that he's Mizuki's only living relative.
Baddie Flattery: Touji can't help approving of Naruto's ANBU training-enhanced skill, even as he's trying to kill Naruto.
Conflicting Loyalty: His loyalty to Konoha and ANBU versus his loyalty to Mizuki leads him to attempt revenge on Naruto, but doing so at first by proper training, if excessively intense and damaging to break Naruto's spirit, and when that fails then more directly, but leaving a confession behind for Kakashi to find.
Dishing Out Dirt: Touji almost exclusively uses a variety of Earth release jutsu.
Drill Sergeant Nasty: Naruto's training began as soon as he accepted, and the very first brief spar left Naruto with broken ribs. Naruto later admitted to Touji that, if not for his healing factor, the severe injuries Touji inflicted during training would have washed him out of ANBU.
Quicksand Sucks: Touji uses an all-consuming mud earth-style jutsu as his finishing blow against Naruto. It would have worked, too, if Hinata had not smashed Touji into a tree, then kept him occupied in combat while Sasuke, Kakashi, and Yamato could free Naruto from the mud trap.
Unpleasant Parent Reveal: Touji reveals Naruto's true parents during their fight to get under his skin, after Naruto demonstrates his first use of the Flying Raijin jutsu. However, Naruto takes it as a lie, at least until Tsunade later confirms it.

Ushio

Arata

Ruka

Choko

A member of the Neo-Akatsuki, she was the only survivor after Tobi butchered the rest for their insolence. Currently training to be Tobi's emotionless assassin, although she is struggling to retain her humanity.

Ambiguously Brown: Choko is always drawn with heavily shaded skin.

Goro Mikon

Leader of the Mikon Clan, abusive father to Mina, and complete contemptible asshole. Poisoned to death by his wife, Miko, after he severely injured Mina in combat, to fulfill her youthful promise not to let him become a monster like the rest of his clan.

Abusive Parents: He despises the weakness of his daughter choosing medical-nin training over the Nokeru Nen Blood Knight training, and openly emotionally abuses Mina to force her to change her mind. When she finally gets fed up and challenges Goro, he's only too happy to switch to his fists and beat her until she can't walk, see, or cry. He then casts her out of the clan permanently, alongside her mother, who put a stop to the fight. When they were much younger, Mina's father made her mother promise to kill him if he ever became as abusive as his own parents. After the fight, Mina's mother takes a few days to ensure the well-being of her daughter, before returning to her husband to keep her promise.
Blood Knight: The Nokeru Nen ostensibly just suppresses pain, but also suppresses emotion, permanently if the jutsu is overused, turning the user into another one of these.
Dying Declaration of Love: While dying from being poisoned by his wife, he quietly confesses that he wished he had enough emotion to feel love for Miko one last time.
Tin Man: Overuse of the Nokeru Nen has left him with few emotions beyond anger and contempt for the weak - including his own daughter.
Used To Be A Nice Guy: Was one genuinely nice and even heroic - but he knew where his path led, and made Miko promise to kill him if he became a monster like his own parents. He did, so she eventually did.

Hanshiro Yamauchi

Heir to a merchant clan with Hyuga business dealings, he falls in lust at first sight of Hinata.

Abhorrent Admirer: Falls in lust with Hinata at first sight, and when his mercantile connections with the Hyuga Clan fail to convince Hiashi to call off her wedding to Naruto, he decides to have her kidnapped instead.

Kyou

Arrogant leader of a mercenary team, hired by Hanshiro Yamauchi to kidnap Hinata and kill Naruto.

Who Are You?: It's not until Naruto and Hinata prove to be extremely resourceful in battle that he finally asks the name of his target. Naruto quietly recites his name and lineage in response.
Naruto: My name is Naruto Uzumaki, son of Kushina Uzumaki, son of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, adopted son of the Fifth, Tsunade. Student of Kakashi Hatake and the Toad Sage Jiraiya. Jinchuuriki of the Nine-Tailed fox, Kurama. And you just tried to take my wife.

Evil Sasuke

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Exactly What It Says on the Tin.

Clone Degeneration: He is Sasuke's equal in skill, but has much lower chakra reserves.
Dead Guy on Display: He keeps the rotting corpses of Itachi around as grisly trophies.
Evil Counterpart: For all that the real Sasuke let go of anger and hate, his clone has embraced both further, with absolutely no redeeming characteristics to restrain him.
Evil Twin: Turns out Sasuke has one, created accidentally when Seireiko tried to resurrect him without realizing he wasn't actually dead.
Fantastic Drug: Drinks multiple test tubes of Super Serum as a last-ditch attempt to kill Sasuke. The drugs do make him more poweful a la Mr. Hyde, but also turn him into a ticking chakra bomb.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: His Level 1 Curse Mark is permanently activated, giving him the appearance of horrible disfiguring facial and body scars.
Hostage Situation: Takes Sakura hostage in order to lure the real Sasuke into his torture chamber, hoping that Sasuke would be broken by the revelation - or maybe even approve of Evil Sasuke's methods.
Killed Off for Real: Dies thanks to being turned into a walking chakra bomb.
Torture Technician: He has Seireiko resurrect Itachi on a regular basis so he can torture his brother to death the thousand ways Sasuke dreamed of. His current count is 187.

Characters / Naru-Hina Chronicles

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Naruto Uzumaki

Hinata Hyuga

Sasuke Uchiha

Sakura Haruno

Sai

Kiba Inuzuka

Shino Aburame

Shikamaru Nara

Ino Yamanaka

Choji Akimichi

Neji Hyuga

Tenten

Rock Lee

Konohamaru Sarutobi

Hanabi Hyuga

Moegi

Hiashi Hyuga

Tsunade

Shizune

Kakashi Hatake

Anko Mitarashi

Might Guy

Iruka Umino

Temari

Gaara

Kankuro

Matsuri

Karin

Suigetsu

Itachi Uchiha

Tayuya

Minato Namikaze

Kushina Uzumaki

Jiraiya

Asuma Sarutobi

Tobi/Obito Uchiha

Danzo

Protagonists

Mina Mikon

Miko Mikon

Hotaru Yamanaka

Hanako

Jun

Hideki Nishimura

Miho

Yuko

Kei Mayuki

Arekusu

Kiri

Bae

Ichiro

Tanaka

Kosuke

Antagonists

Seireiko Hyuga

Takekatta

Rokuro

Yori

Sadako

Mori-sama

Takeo

Nanami

Touji

Ushio

Arata

Ruka

Choko

Goro Mikon

Hanshiro Yamauchi

Kyou

Evil Sasuke

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