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    Sometimes the hardest battle isn’t enough to change a heart, sometimes all the war and blood in the world isn’t enough to shift a single destiny.
    Sometimes a simple touch is enough to break down the strongest of barriers, sometimes a single word is enough to make the world quake.
    Sometimes the most reaching of changes comes in the form of a little boy sad enough, strong enough, and kind enough to make friends with a monster.
    Sometimes one change makes waves.

     

    Naruto has been hearing the rumbling growl in the back of his head for as long as he can remember. He’s seven when he tries to talk to it for the first time. He’s the dead last, the failure at everything, so he doesn’t actually expect to succeed.
    And when he’s suddenly standing, knee deep in murky water and face to face with a demon, he has no idea what to expect.
    As it turns out, the world could use something unexpected. 

    In which Naruto discovers the real meaning of the word monster, Sasuke discovers power and strength and learns the difference between them, and Sakura discovers that being herself is not as selfish as she thought.
    Where Kakashi learns to fight again for what he loves, and Obito never stopped.

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    Kakashi lost his father when he was six. He almost allowed the grief to consume him. Let the guilt choke him. He didn't, thanks to his other precious people like Minato, Kushina, and Jiraiya.

    He tried to bridge the gap between him and his team.

    He didn't ignore his feelings.

    He just wanted his precious people to stop leaving.

    So, Kakashi trained, saw a therapist, and he let people in no matter how much it ended up hurting.

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    28 Sep 2025

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    The Hidden Leaf Village in Naruto's time seems to have forgotten just why the village was founded and have lost their way. Through a mishap with a hiraishin seal, Tobirama finds himself during Naruto's time and he is having none of this nonsense. His brother may be gone, but he won't stand to have Hashirama's dream trampled so.

    And if he has to cause a civil war or burn the village down to the ground? Well that depends on how much resistance he meets.

    All Tobirama does know for certain is that no child will suffer underneath the protection of Konoha and if he has to take them in and care for them himself, then he will.

    **here's to hoping updating existing chapters doesn't send out update alerts/emails. I'm doing some sporadic editing of this fic. Just some grammar, punctuation, and small facts. Sorry if I confuse anyone.**

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    Izumi Midoriya can see the threads that connect people to one another thanks to her quirk, Soul Strings. Determined to help, she follows these threads to interesting people, uncovering secrets and changing fates along the way.

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