After the sludge incident, Izuku Midoriya's dream was officially crushed. However, a later experience takes the boy in a new direction. Izuku had never really contemplated being a detective, but his whole life he'd only ever wanted to help people with a smile on his face. Thanks to some luck and an entire police station, Izuku's dream is reborn.

[AU] The Hidden Leaf had a long and sordid history of producing some of the most dangerous rogue ninja to walk the Earth; Orochimaru, Itachi, Kabuto, Sasuke. It was only a matter of time until they produced another one. But no one, especially Naruto, expected their next rogue ninja to be Bolt Uzumaki. Disgraced after the exams, Bolt sets out to make his mark on the ninja world.

Returning to the past means a chance to re-shape the future. Having experienced what's to come, Naruto begins his journey to train and find Sasuke before the sparks of the Fourth War can be lit. But for those who experienced the Time-Spanning Incarnation, things are never so clear-cut. There is no going back to the way things were. The only way is to move forward. [TWTBW sequel]

What do you do when everything that's left of what you are is lost in the storm? What do you stand for when it seems there are only things worth standing against? Simple. You seek out the things that are worth fighting for, bleeding for, and you hold tight. Tighter than you've ever held anything before. If only I had known that earlier. Inuzuka OC SI.

(The Third Hokage was dead. It wasn't enough.) Team Eight knew loss like the seals on the backs of their tongues. They'd been silenced, branded, abandoned, ambushed, left on the enemy's doorstep like a gift—unlucky was their nickname, but they would make it their trade. (The Third Hokage was dead. It was Danzo's turn.) SEQUEL TO: Hoshigaki

A Naruto shadow clone flips his lid and Hiruzen realizes that being ostracized doesn't make a child "lovable" and happy. This is an eponymous challenge originally posted by slythefoxx2. I may or may not respect the challenge to the letter. Go read slythefoxx2's fanfics, they are pretty good.

So were the days of her lives. It was hard eking out a living in the harshest environments. Between the cost of an apartment and the buzzards circling over head, Lien had gotten used to trouble before and after her death. The worst of it comes when her cousin steals a flying buffalo. OC reincarnation. You know the drill.

Ino doesn't die with honor or glory. Instead she is just dead. (It goes like this: She forgets how to smile with kindness and learns only to bare her teeth.) [War torn future AU, time travel]

"Don't lie to him" Shikamaru felt the need to say, "He's observant". Ino felt her nose rumple in disbelief. "Is he?" she frowned, wondering if the Nara was joking. "Since when?" "Since always." He paused. "Especially with things that catch his interest."

What are the odds that giving someone a gift would end up cascading into THIS kind of reaction? Probably pretty low... But this way is funnier.

Falling through puddles and magic gone haywire are just a few of Harry's newest problems. With the Ministry falling apart and Voldemort unearthing ancient secrets, will Harry uncover the truth in time? Post-OotP.