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   Scarlet tides by Cloud_Gazer

   Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Uchiha Sasuke/Original Male Character(s)
   • Hyuuga Hinata/Uzumaki Naruto
   • Uzumaki Naruto & Original Male Character(s)
   • Rock Lee & Original Character(s)
   • Yamato | Tenzou & Original Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Uchiha Sasuke
   • Uzumaki Naruto
   • Hatake Kakashi
   • Haruno Sakura
   • Hyuuga Hinata
   • Jiraiya (Naruto)
   • Original Characters
   • Maito Gai | Might Guy
   • Senju Tobirama
   • Yamato | Tenzou
   • Original Male Character - Freeform
   • Original Character(s)
   • Angst
   • very slow burn
   • Because Sasuke is Sasuke
   • No Haruno Sakura Bashing
   • Shinobi Politics (Naruto)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto Friendship
   • Uzumaki Naruto Needs a Hug
   • Child Neglect
   • Child Abuse
   • Child Soldiers
   • Found Family
   • Uchiha Sasuke is Bad at Feelings
   • Hatake Kakashi is Trying
   • Character Death
   • Blood and Violence
   • Humor
   • They all need therapy
   • BAMF Haruno Sakura
   • SI-OC
   • Reincarnation
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Depression
   • Eventual Smut
   • Konohagakure | Hidden Leaf Village Has Issues
   • One-Sided Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Dubious Morality
   • Senju/Uchiha Dynamics
   • Fix-It of Sorts
   • Medical Ninjutsu (Naruto)
   • Uchiha Massacre (Naruto)
   • Human Experimentation
   • Orochimaru is His Own Warning (Naruto)
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Self-Insert

   Summary

   Born as an orphan in a village who treated a child like a murderer, Mako grows jaded. Burdened with the knowledge of his past life he raises Uzumaki Naruto, while keeping a sharp eye on the people around them. Children are raised to be soldiers, family members are slaughtered in the name of loyalty, and a war starts rumbling along the horizon.

   In the end Uchiha Sasuke gains a companion, Naruto chases after two friends turned traitor and Kakashi wonders where it all went wrong.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Red threads

   Language:

   English

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   Bookmarked by Turtleduck2023

   30 May 2026