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The Monster Trio AU posits that the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi Clans were started by and are predominantly populated with monsters.
The Monsters:
Nara: Shiki - a bastardization of vampires mixing together a bunch of different lores. Consume blood.
Yamanaka: Yurei - The Yamanaka are actually a mix of two different Japanese monsters, the Baku (a chimeralike creature that eats dreams) and the Yurei, a vengeful female spirit- think Sadako from Ringu or Kayoko from Ju-On. For simplicity's sake, they are referred to as Yurei. They consume mental/spiritual energy, and in a pinch and for various cultural reasons, human hair.
Akimichi- Oni - Ogres, which populate a lot of Japanese mythology and have widely differing characteristics depending on the story. The Akimichi are man-eaters. What the Nara and the Yamanaka leave, they clean up.
Are all members of the Clans monsters? No. The Old Blood clan members- direct descendants, the Clan Heads and their immediate families, some cousins- are monsters. The monstrous characteristics thin out the further you get from the main bloodline and all three clans have members who are mostly if not fully human.
Whose idea was it to invite man eaters to Konoha? Hashirama. Madara couldn't talk him out of it and then it turned out the Akimichi weren't bad guys when they weren't trying to bite your throat out and the Nara were super useful when they weren't trying to break into your house and the Yamanaka were great conversationalists when they weren't phasing through walls or crawling on ceilings.
Are there other monsters in this world? Now now, dearie. Spoilers.
Are these shorts all connected? I can't promise that. I have a serious case of writing ADD going on. Ships, history, it's all up in the air. Some events are unchangeable (kicks dust over Asuma's gravestone) but others are fluid.
That seems to be all you need to know for now. If you have questions, concerns, love notes, bribes, or prompts, leave me a comment or come find me on tumblr- greenekangaroo.
Now then. Let's have a monster mash.