![]() Author has written 2 stories for Naruto, and Ghost in the Shell. My primary interests lie with gaming like SWTOR, Skyrim, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and StarCraft/WarCraft. I also enjoy anime like Naruto, Ghost in the Shell, Inu Yasha, Yugioh, and Bleach. The Battle for Ascendancy is my first foray into writing a story and I hope that some people manage to find it enjoyable. This story is set in an Alternate Universe with several changes that do not match with the anime or manga. While I appreciate all feedback, any feedback that is a simple declaration that something I have changed in the story does not match with the anime or manga will simply be deleted/ignored because that feedback is irrelevant. If you have a question as to why I changed something please feel free to send me a message and I will happily explain it to you if I can avoid spoiling any future events. Jinchūriki in the Shell: Now Live: This is going to be a Naruto/Ghost in the Shell crossover that I was roped into writing because I pulled a Tsunade and lost a bet. This story will follow the format of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex but set in the Naruto world with modifications made to allow the technology and establish some balance. Details can be found at the beginning of the first chapter. The story will start off a bit slow as I establish the background of the world and Naruto's personal history but I won't be spending a great deal of time during the years before the Chunin exam arc. Once the first chapter is done and posted I expect to only be able to post a minimum of once a month. If the story manages to accrue a decent following I will endeavor to increase the publishing rate, but a lack of feedback or reviews will not impact the completion of the story in any way. Only my work schedule or my friend losing interest in the story can cause that to happen and even then I will try to, at least, tie it off neatly if not complete it just on principal. Update 3/12/17 - Sadly, my rate of updating these stories will remain slow for the next few months at least. My job schedule has changed once more and a few people have left the company which means I am needed to work an extra day each week until new people are hired. The process for hiring people is quite slow, however, so I can't give a viable estimate as to when I will be able to put more time into writing. I will do my best to provide an update once a month for both my stories, but it might not be possible for me to update both until my workload lightens up a bit more. I also can not deny the fact that Mass Effect Andromeda's upcoming release will put a major dent into my writing time as well as I have been anticipating that game for quite some time. TBfA: This chapter is almost complete and should be posted before the end of the month. The major fight I had set up in this chapter had been difficult to plan out and required me to start from scratch several times. I am somewhat satisfied with how it is turning out now so it shouldn't be a problem any longer. I have also made significant progress on the next chapter that features Naruto's return to Konoha, but it needs polish and might not be posted until sometime in April. JITS is nearing the end of the prequel arc in a few more chapters (2 or 3 at most) before we witness how and why Naruto's conversion to cyborg takes place. Next chapter is almost done, but with Mass Effect Andromeda coming out soon it might be delayed further. If I manage to complete it before the game goes live, then I will post it right away. Updated 5/14/16 Character Bios and Databook Stats: (Adjusted and Fixed Databook stats) Note: These stats have been updated to reflect Team 7's skill level for when the Fourth Shinobi War begins. These levels won't really change for the rest of the story. About Naruto: Coming out of his training trip with a new focus on his life, Naruto is far more confident and secure about himself than he was before he left the village. Embracing his spirit and bonding with Kurama completely have made significant changes in his personality but these changes are not wholly apparent at first glance due to his stoic facade that he still maintains. The biggest change to his personality is the fact that he is less willing to adhere to his moral compass in the manner that he did as a child. His determination to succeed is now stronger than maintaining his morality, but not even he knows what his true limits are at this point. This newfound determination, however, is tempered by the fact that he embraced his spirit and is willing to fight for his happiness. Before he had faced the Waterfall of Truth, Naruto didn't really care about sacrificing himself to fix the cycle and complete the plan. The number of people he could truly rely on could almost be counted on one hand while the rest of the village wouldn't miss his presence or would even welcome his death. With his first true exposure to the better parts of humanity, Naruto is no longer so openly fatalistic and is more driven to try and achieve something he thought impossible. An ending where all problems are fixed, all enemies are defeated, and he could live happily ever after. His future and ultimate fate, however, are still clouded in shadow. Not only is the Fourth Shinobi War about to break out, there is still the mysterious Akatsuki and both the Light and Dark meddling in his life to drive him down their desired paths. If that wasn't enough in itself, he still needs to create the seal, modify the jutsu, process the materials he has gathered, and execute the plan in the midst of all the chaos without revealing his movements to anyone. A task that is difficult when you are apprenticed to an infamous spymaster. Note: The main stats are basic. For sage mode and chakra cloak modifiers, add the number included in the parenthesis to the base score. Ninjutsu: 5/5 (4) Taijutsu: 3/5 (3) Genjutsu: 1/5 (2) Intelligence: 4/5 Strength: 4/5 (3) Speed: 4/5 (3) Stamina: 5/5 (0) Hand Seals: 4/5 Total: 30 (With SM and cloak: 45) Extra: Fuinjutsu: 4/5 Kenjutsu: 3/5 Add. Note: For Stamina I did not include a modifier as there are too many variables. While Sage Mode would increase his Stamina overall, speeding or slowing his synchronized heart rate with Kurama during their cloak state could reduce his Stamina if he is focusing on power or increase his Stamina when focusing on his regeneration, so I left his Stamina at the basic level since he would need to adjust his heart rate for each individual scenario. About Hinata: Hinata is knee deep into political machinations as the Elders and her father battle to determine a proper suitor for the young heiress. With only three years to find a suitable husband and secure the Main Family's bloodline, the pressure is on as both sides seek to advance their own personal goals for the glory of the Hyūga clan. Not only will Hinata have to deal with the various power plays from outside and inside of her clan, she will have to turn down various suitors with suspicious motives, and navigate the various political pitfalls set up by the Elders to force her to submit to their will. She will have to do all this while preparing for war and worrying about the man that she loves and if she will have what it takes to win his heart when he finally returns to Konoha. To Hinata, Naruto is the lynchpin of accomplishing all her goals. If she can't get Naruto to return her love, then all her plans are for naught and she will never free her clan from their hidebound traditions and move them into a successful future. A small part of her fears just how much Naruto has changed on his journey and what kind of man he has become now that he has been away from the village that has treated him so badly. A bigger part of her fears that Naruto will never love her in the way that she loves him as she can't even picture a future of happiness without him. Ninjutsu: 3/5 Taijutsu: 5/5 Genjutsu: 3/5 Intelligence: 3/5 Strength: 4/5 Speed: 4/5 Stamina: 3/5 Hand Seals: 3/5 Total: 28 Extra: Medical: 4/5 About Sasuke: Sasuke's journey to acquire the Snake Contract and learn Sage Mode has made the young Uchiha much stronger and more confident. Spending that time with Itachi and knowing that his brother would soon be welcomed back into the village has gone a long way into healing the trauma of the past. While Sasuke has no concrete goals for the future, he no longer struggles to find a purpose. For him, a peaceful retirement after a life filled with ending tyrants like Orochimaru and Danzo are more than enough to satisfy him as long as he has his brothers by his side. While Sasuke holds no animosity towards the village anymore, he is not particularly loyal to Konoha in itself. Knowing the truth about the massacre, and learning the truth behind Naruto's situation has only served to turn Sasuke against the villagers even further. His loyalty lies completely with Itachi and Naruto at this point and if they ever decide to leave the village, Sasuke wouldn't even blink before gathering his things. To Sasuke, the only thing that matters to him now is growing strong enough to ensure that no one can take his remaining family away from him ever again. Ninjutsu: 5/5 (2) Taijutsu: 4/5 (2) Genjutsu: 3/5 (2) Intelligence: 3.5/5 Strength: 3/5 (2) Speed: 5/5 (2) Stamina: 3/5 (2) Hand Seals: 5/5 Total: 31.5 ( With SM: 43.5) Extra: Kenjutsu: 4/5 12/20/16 - Future story ideas that I have been considering once I complete TBfA. I plan on fleshing these out more as TBfA nears completion and putting up a poll between the three. 1. Obviated and Forsaken: WoW/Naruto crossover Summary: When Kil'jaeden searched the universe for a war-like race to corrupt and sack Azeroth with the Orcs of Draenor were not the only race of interest. The Shinobi of Gogyō also drew their attention. Now that the Orcs and the Scourge have broken free of their grasp, the Burning legion and all the factions of Azeroth will drag the shinobi into their endless conflict. Details: The biju are corrupted spirits from Azeroth sent to spread demonic taint through chakra but being sealed into jinchuriki has delayed or erased that corruption. Events will focus on Naruto's world up until Shippuden before moving onto Azeroth pre-Wrath of the Lich King after the WotLK events the focus will return to Naruto's world.I have a basic outline of events and a few extra ideas that I didn't mention above in order to prevent spoiling the story if I do decide to write it. I am leaning towards this story more but there are a few more ideas I have thought of writing. This is by far my most fleshed out second story and some of the elements are similar or inspired by TBfA. If I have enough interest in writing this story I will most likely rework most of them. 2. Chains of Darkness, Anchor of Light (Rough Title) Star Wars/Naruto crossover (Old Republic era) Rough Summary: When Minato Namikaze, Knight of the Jedi Order was assigned to assist Kushina Uzumaki, an agent of the SIS in an undercover operation, no one expected the pair to fall in love. Their relationship kept hidden and their family a secret, Kushina gives birth to Naruto and eventually his younger sister Mito. Naruto displays exceptional strength in the Force while Mito appears to take after her mother instead. When the Sith Empire invades, however, the family is torn apart. Will the family ever be reunited or will the war drive them all apart? Details: Naruto and Mito live on a small planet in the Mid Rim sector of space between the Seat of the Empire and the Core Worlds. Kushina and Minato are able to provide a stable family life because of a fake long term mission created by Kushina with the help of her SIS comrades. Naruto (Age 5) is starting to learn the ways of the force from his father. Mito (Age 2) hasn't displayed any talent in the force but is more cunning and quick on her feet than Naruto. The Republic is unaware of the return of the Sith Empire at this time and the Republic is caught off guard when the Sith push into the Deep Core world and launch an attack on Coruscant directly. Minato and Kushina are pulled away during the start of the Empire's attacks, leaving Naruto and Mito in the care of a smuggler friend of Kushina's. The Sith invade the planet to use as a launching point for their assault on Balmorra. The smuggler gets killed and Naruto manages to evade the imperial troopers almost succeeding in facilitating Mito's escape with the help of their loyal astromech droid in commandeering a small fighter. Naruto stays behind to buy Mito and the droid time to take off but their efforts are thwarted by a Sith Lord. Naruto's feeble attempts to defend his sister amuse the Sith Lord who decides to use both Naruto and Mito in force experiments with Sith Artifacts he has found. Needing a willing host to embrace the chains of Kurama, The Sith Lord manipulates Naruto into willingly embracing the spirit of the chains in exchange for Mito being freed and given a safe and stable life. Naruto agrees to embrace the spirit of the ancient Sith Lord completely and fully embrace the ways of the Sith in exchange for Mito's guaranteed safety and the ability to watch over her. In exchange for his complete loyalty, the Sith Lord agrees since a willing test subject is more likely to survive his experiments. The Sith Lord wipes Mito's memories and has her adopted into an Imperial Family where she graduates the Imperial Academy and enters Imperial Intelligence. Unknown to everyone else, Mito has some force sensitivity and remembers her past life. Her focus is on finding a way of freeing her brother and reuniting them with her parents. Naruto embraces the dark side after he merges with the Spirit of Kurama completely gaining his knowledge and power but his drive to protect Mito at all costs remains strong. He is a typical Sith to all but Mito and strives to gain more power in order to protect her from the ruthless nature of the Empire and the Republic threat. He watches Mito from afar plotting to gain strength and advance only to gain the freedom to watch over her directly. Minato and Kushina both struggle with the loss of their children and work to find and free them from the Sith. As time passes, hope begins to fade for them both and their relationship becomes strained. Minato and Kushina have also been separated because of their jobs and circumstances beyond their control driving a bigger wedge between them.I settled on having Mito remain an Imperial Agent who is secretly working to undermine the Sith Empire while trying to free her brother from the grasp of the Sith and prevent him from losing himself completely to the Dark Side of the Force. Naruto has been fully indoctrinated into the Empire and the Sith way of life due to his willing acceptance of the Chains of Kurama and his single-minded focus to advance as far as possible to protect Mito. In his mind, the Republic and the Jedi are a threat to Mito because of her position as a spy in Imperial Intelligence. Naruto will delve as deep into the Dark Side as he can to gain the power to keep Mito safe. 3. NEW: Guileful Defilement - Naruto AU Summary: Menma, lost in his hatred, had chosen to end his world instead of saving it. When he finds himself cast into an alternate world instead of hell, however, he is forced to find a new reason for existing. A fateful meeting with his younger counterpart, Naruto, gives him a new purpose: To reshape his little brother in his image and show him just how much fun it is to be bad. Details: Menma will be a dark individual with a very questionable set of morals. He will be unrepentantly shameless about using nefarious means to ensure that his goals and desires are met. Menma believes that humanity is the cause of all the corruption and suffering in the world and believes that chakra is the source of said corruption. His goal had been to allow Kaguya to reform and take back all the chakra before sealing her in the Shinju and destroying it permanently. Menma's trap for Kaguya backfired and ended all life on his world. As a result of this trap, Menma had inadvertently absorbed some of the Shinju's chakra and Kaguya's chakra as well. Menma will have a single RinneSharingan (same eye as the Road to Ninja movie) but not the full abilities since he only absorbed a small portion of chakra. Menma will be practically immortal and invulnerable, but his overall power level, in terms of chakra reserves and jutsu, will only get a moderate boost. (Won't be OP) Menma gains a watered down version of Kaguya's abilities which makes the Kami consider him a danger. Hagoromo intervenes and gives Menma a chance at redeeming himself by sending him to an earlier timeline in Naruto's world. Menma will arrive as a young adult (16 - 18ish) while Naruto is 6 years old and will guide Naruto's growth into adulthood. The differences between the two worlds will ensure that Menma does not have the typical advantage of knowing how events will play out in Naruto's timeline. Naruto's innocence and pure hearted character will try to "redeem" Menma, while Menma actively tries to "awaken" Naruto to the reality of his corrupted world. Menma will have no qualms about exposing Naruto to the darker elements of humanity and will actively manipulate him into accepting his point of view through any means necessary.This story will contain a great deal of mature and offensive content due to Menma's nature. There will be plenty of cursing, inflammatory/offensive themes, assaults of all types, and tons of child manipulation and exploitation. There will also be a great deal of quite graphic violent and explicit content as a result of Menma's character. Menma will also be a bisexual who is almost sociopathic when it comes to sex as he is more interested in the domination aspect of the act. Gender is secondary to him. Misc: Bound to Chaos - Sonic the Hedgehog (Tails centric) AU blend of Archie Comic World and Sonic X Summary: As Tails began to grow older, he found his old dreams of heroism and adventure fading in favor of a simple life of engineering and inventing. Fate, however, has other plans for the young fox as he is granted the power of a hero at a very steep cost. As his world falls to pieces around him someone unexpected will free him from the darkness and give him hope for a new life. Tails will end up fused with a Chaos Emerald and partially Roboticized by Eggman. Tails will become loyal to Eggman and will learn to harness his new control over Chaos Energy by Shadow who is currently working with Eggman. Shadow and Tails will form a close bond in the same vein that Sonic and Tails had previously. Sonic and the rest of the FF will try their hardest to free Tails from Eggman's control unaware that Tails isn't being forcefully controlled by Eggman. Shadow and Tails work to bring order from chaos and end the various conflicts in the world through any means necessary. Tails envisions a utopia of nature mixed with technology and believes that all things should become cybernetic to some extent. Tails uses his intellect and skills to begin changing Eggman's mind about Roboticizing all living things and polluting the world so that living creatures can't survive.Instead of Sonic Team being good and Eggman being bad by default, my idea with this story was to move them into neutral territory. Instead of the typical good vs bad scenario between Sonic and Eggman, Shadow and Tails will eventually form their own faction with their own agenda. Sonic and co will try to convince Tails to return to their side but their distrust of Shadow and technology makes Tails wary of rejoining them. Eggman will try to coerce them into rejoining his side but his megalomania and bias against organic beings serve as a point of contention for Shadow and Tails. Unknown to them all, the Chaos Emeralds have their own agenda and are using Shadow and Tails as their champions to effect change on Mobius. Untitled - Starcraft/Naruto Crossover Rough Synopsis A: Konoha under siege by the Zerg. (Post Fourth Shinobi War) Before the planet is overrun a Protoss fleet arrives and evacuates the shinobi before annihilating the planet from orbit. The Protoss train Naruto and the others into Templar or Dark Templar in order to hunt down and cleanse the Zerg from the Galaxy. Rough Synopsis B: Same as above except half of the Konoha 12 side with the Protoss while Naruto and the rest are integrated into the Swarm by Kerrigan. The Zerg shinobi only seek to help Kerrigan with their quest while the Protoss half seek to free their infested comrades. Quite frankly, I really am 50/50 on this idea. Both a Dark Templar Naruto and an Infested Kerrigan type Naruto have a big appeal to me. (Like VFSnake's Naruto of the Shadowed Blade having elements of both.) If I did decide to follow through on this idea, Naruto would only be one or the other. |