They survived the Mist, but now the team of rag tag hero students, ninjas and whatever the 3 adults are is facing anew challenge, and this one will test all of their courage to the breaking point...
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Gaara's peace cohort, now known as Team Zoe, are making their way to Iwakagure, or Stone Village.
After the success of their last Village visit, the team (composed now of the Sand Siblings, the DJs, Team 10, Team 7 including Sai, Hinata Hyuga, Tenten. And the heroes Todoroki, Yaoyorozo, Bakugo,and Camie, the villain Dabi, and adding Hanabi Hyuga [and Rock Lee]) is in a good mood, but, Stone Village throws them a lot of unexpected curve balls, and throws some other things at them also.
While things heat up on the political front, the team's internal relationships continue to either fray, or deepen as they spend more time together.
Sasuke is still there, but his war with himself gets only more and more intense as he continues to consider if his place is even with Team Zoe, or if he should strike out alone again.
And how is his bond with Naruto and Sakura changing somehow?
Shine and Wally sprinkle all this with a healthy dose of teaching and funny anecdotes as they try to keep a group of 20 teenagers from tearing each other, and the shinobi villages, apart.
Things have never been this bleak for Gaara's mission, will he end up having to go home in disgrace? Or will he find a way to persevere?
[This story serves as a SOL style exploration of the events that happen between Naruto and Boruto. All ships are canon or unconfirmed off canon. The story follows the "Way Into Mist Village" and "New Way of Ninja" stories on my profile, and is before the "Way Above Cloud Village" one. All stories in the saga can be read separately, but will make more sense if you go in order. ]
In the World of Ninjas, Gaara of Sand is about to have an otherworldy encounter. With hero students!
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World Walkers Shine and Wally have been on the same mission for almost a year now, when out of nowhere they get a summons to go on some sort of side mission--with their new mentees, Momo, Shoto, Bakugo, Camie, and even Dabi.
But the world they get
sent to seems to be a strange world with people unlike anything they've seen before, even with the help of their intrepid hero friends, it's looking like success will be difficult.
First to meet them are the rough Sand Siblings: Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, who think they are there to assassinate someone, and are already on their guard.
Then they hear about these Leaf Nina, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, and it seems their mission is about to get lot more complicated.
(This fic starts off in the Sasuke retrieval arc and continues through the War arc, and then into noncanon territory. If you like new characters, crossover hijinks, and shipping [including rare pairs) topped off with deep diving into the characters and world, then I'd say this will be your type of story. Happy reading!)