(This is the sequel to my story, Six Years Too Long. You'll need to read that first to understand this one!) Six years after Minato Namikaze rose from the dead, Naruto's graduated the academy with a field of flowers in his mind and the best friends he could've ever asked for. Everything seems like it's going well... until it's not. Conspiracies within the village are keeping Minato on his toes, and Naruto's goal of world peace only seems to get further and further away from him as the Akatsuki stir and start to raise their heads. There are unknown enemies lurking around every corner, and it's up to Naruto and Kurama to stop them-- and who knows, maybe they'll have a little help when they do. (In the distance, the remnants of Uzu call, getting louder and louder each day. Naruto doesn't know what it means for him or for the rest of Team 7, but as the pull gets stronger and stronger, he has a feeling he's going to find out.) Or: Six years after the events of six years too long. (Cross posted on ao3)

Living in the woods after being kicked out of the orphanage, Naruto Uzumaki is faced with a slew of impossible to make choices when he finds a half-dead stranger with no eyes washed up on the bank of the river in front of his makeshift home. Knowing that whoever did this to The Stranger is still out there, and that nobody will believe him if he tries to get help, Naruto rolls up his sleeves and decides he's going to do it himself. Whoever this boy is, Naruto is going to save him. Even if he has to read a book to do it. Healing doesn't come easy to someone with as much chakra as Naruto has, but never let it be said that he backs down from a challenge. He's going to do this, and who knows. Maybe he'll unravel one of Konoha's darkest and best kept secrets whilst he does. Or: Naruto finds Shisui Uchiha half dead on the bank of a river and learns medical ninjutsu to save him. Now, if only Shisui could remember who hurt him to begin with.

Sakura learns to live in a world that doesn't respect her. Fortunately, she was always a fast learner.

Behind every mask a person may wear there is a person you know nothing about. Shingami is one of those people, the ones that hide behind a facade to protect them selves and others around them. Maybe someone can help her get out of her mask. or they make her put another on.

Hanae is a farmer, a joyful and simple woman who enjoys everything she comes into contact with. She is lucky and blooming with adoration. Kakashi is a shinobi, a skilled and troubled man who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders. He is unlucky and withering with loathing. She wants to help him heal. He wants to keep her away. But Hanae has already sown the seed of love in Kakashi's heart.

Shisui uchiha was supposed to have died when he jumped off a cliff. But when he woke up he found the familiar face of the first hokage and the second. Confused, he must find out how he got here, as well as his purpose in there. He also needs to know what happened to the Uchiha Clan in his time and itachi, his best friend. But being around of a joyful and happy going Shodaime hokage can prove to be more difficult than he ever thought it could be. Not only that, but he has his eyes back.

❝ ʜᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ Qᴜɪʀᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴇʟʟ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɪᴛ ❞ ─── QUIRK ─── .·:·.個性.·:·. in which a knucklehead boy finds himself falling for the Oha Asa horoscopes obsessed girl, deeply. | naruto uzumaki x oc | | naruto-naruto shippuden! slight au |

❝ you will 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 have a special place in my heart, and that terrifies me. ❞ Kohana Akaashi is your basic chip off the block stubborn asshole. Abides by her own rules, doesn't take shit and doesn't do anything she doesn't have to. Keeping friends has never been her strong suit, interacting with anyone her age considered a major pain in the ass. As long as she could remember, it had only been her and her old man. She didn't need anyone else. But once the opportunity of the chunin exams rolls around and she has to leave the comfort of Kumogakure, she realizes that she may become more attached to her peers than she anticipated. And to Konohagakure shinobi nonetheless. [ TO BE RE-WRITTEN ] highest rank: #3 in naruto! #1 in sasukexoc! published: 3/1/19

"Oh, Sakura's boyfriend," Kisame said. A particularly heavy groove thrummed through the speakers. Then he spat a mouthful of coffee all over his fuzzy slippers.

The Fourth Hokage's body was never found, but they never suspected that was because he hadn't died. Minato Namikaze wakes up six years after the devastating Kyuubi attack, alone in an overgrown clearing with not a scratch on him. Disoriented and confused, he does exactly what any father would do in this situation. He fights through the pain, gets up, and goes to find his son. He trudges through the pounding in his head and forces himself to move-- to go and find him, because that masked man was still out there, and Minato is willing to do anything to protect his little ball of sunshine. Needless to say, the blonde kage wasn't expecting so much time to have passed. Nor is he very impressed with the way the village has been treating his son all these years.