Coming of age: The beginning

Growing up is already complicated enough. Trying to navigate the world of heroes and ninjas is even harder. Now throw in a dash of angst, love and teenage hormones and you've got the mess Shika calls her life.

WARNING!!!: This is a bit of a slow burn and features toothachingly sweet fluff at times along with some teen sexual exploration and mentions of attempted suicide and death.

Please take note that the timelines in both the Naruto world and BNHA have been altered at certain points to fit the narrative.

I do own this story, but I don't own any of the characters other than my original character and her mother.

All Naruto and BNHA characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto and Kōhei Horikoshi respectively.