"However, for those who master medical ninjutsu, these people are praised in the shinobi ranks for saving people's lives." No one could've known that those words that Iruka spoke during a lesson in the academy could have changed Naruto's life forever. Includes the following: family-like Team 7, Hiruzen Sarutobi being a good Hokage, the adventure of a lifetime, fluff, angst, humor, mild-gore, and realistic depictions of medical attributes and real-life medical knowledge. Medic!Naruto, Smart!Naruto, and Strong!Naruto. Pairing: Shikamaru X Naruto [Can also be read on Fanfiction.net and Archive of Our Own as well under the same name] Most Impressive Rankings: #155 'naruto' (out of 71.2K stories as of 1/2/2022) #1 'medic' (out of 1.8K stories as of 6/5/2021) And, yes, I am the creator of the cover art

The flap of a butterfly's wings... A sick twist of fate put in motion a series of events that turned our favorite ninja's first real mission into something he and his team would forever regret. Uzumaki Naruto, not a demon container but the holder of a power from a nearly dead clan. Sharingan!Naruto Strong!Naruto. Eventual Slash/Yaoi!