Tides

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Series Begun:
2005-03-27
Series Updated:
2015-10-03
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"Tides" is a Naruto AU series, which currently contains one multi-part fic, one long one-shot, and a few supplemental ficlets. It goes AU from the manga shortly after the timeskip. The basic idea is that Gaara was rescued before his tailed beast was removed, Kakashi wasn't wiped out by the mission, Sakura didn't learn about Sasori's spy, and Team 7 promptly kidnapped Sasuke from Hidden Sound before Orochimaru's plans matured, with no involvement from either Sai or Yamato.

Then things get complicated. *grin*

(Historical note: I wrote the first story on the assumption that Itachi was a villain, though my outlines for the unwritten sequels have been adjusted in an attempt to at least pay lip service to the idea that he's a double agent for Konoha. I still think he is incredibly fucked in the head though, and nobody is ever going to convince me otherwise.)

Notes:

PART ONE: TIDES 
--Three years have changed them and their world, and it takes time to put friendships back together. Team 7, AU after the timeskip.

INTERLUDE: UNDERTOW
--Chouryuukei Tsukimaru thinks he is playing a game with a helpless girl as his toy. He is very, very wrong. AU Team 7 fic, semi-sequel to "Tides."

PART TWO: LEAVES 
--AKA, the story that doesn't exist. Alas!

If it existed, this fic would take Team 7 back to Wave Country for a brief and inconclusive confrontation with Itachi and Kisame, after which they would return to Konoha to verify some vague and confusing things Itachi says about the Uchiha massacre. Sasuke would be trapped under house arrest while Sakura and Naruto tried to get access to classified documents; possibly there would be some kind of subplot involving Danzo and Root. Eventually they would learn at least some of the truth about Madara, be unable to get the council to let them do anything useful, and escape to become missing-nin again.

PART THREE: SPARKS 
--AKA, the story that I wrote one fragment of because Sakura's awesomeness compelled me.

This fic would pick up with Team 7 going to kill Orochimaru and Kabuto (partly for their own satisfaction, partly so Tsunade will have an excuse to order off any pursuit), continue through some stuff with Akatsuki, and probably deal with their efforts to make the rest of the ninja world get serious about confronting Akatsuki.

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I am not entirely sure whether "Under Pressure" would take placing during or after "Sparks," but "Mischief Night" is an epilogue to the entire AU, because Team 7 are my One True Team and I want them to get a happy ending.

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And then I wrote an AU of the AU just for fun, with special bonus crossover action! *grin*

An Alternate Solution to the Problem of Madara: The wilds of Sound Country are the next best thing to the middle of nowhere. Travelers are few and far between. Unexpected meetings are thus narratively inevitable. (A Naruto/Chronicles of Narnia crossover.)

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28,259
Works:
6
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