Konoha and Uzushio are very closely allied villages with Shinobi exchange programs happening pretty much year round. Kakashi is THE only Konoha shinobi to appear in bingo books with an explicit 'flee / throw eggs at on sight' rating. (Sakumo also had the same, for the record.)

The "please take our Hatake off your wanted postings, he has literally never visited you even once and I don't understand why he's even there" argument between villages has been an ongoing debate for YEARS. Minato has had no better luck than Sarutobi at getting Kakashi taken off their lists, nor at even getting any sort of straight answer as to why he's on them to begin with other than just "man, fuck those Hatake bitches".

He's so tired of this shit.

Kushina refuses to elaborate much on her clans opinions of Kakashi (and sometimes waves it off with the justification that it's technically a clan secret, sorry) but insists Kakashi is "one of the good ones".

Which . Kakashi does not know how to feel about .

Kushina is ranked fairly highly among the Uzumaki, so when Minato and Kushina got married, the Uzumaki wanted the marriage to either happen on Uzushio, or if they had to have it in Konoha, for there to be a second ceremony on the island. But problem: Kakashi (a literal 13 year old btw) was banned from Uzushio for the crimes of his ancestors.

Kushina, still insisting Kakashi is "one of the good ones", insists she wants him there— and obviously, Minato wants his student there too!! Obito and Rin were also going so it made the whole thing feel even more unfair. In the end, Kushina says she refuses to have the ceremony on Uzushio at all if Kakashi can't come. Everyone figures the Uzumaki will finally give in because the wedding is a pretty big deal, politics wise, but instead they say fine, there will be no ceremony

(The alarm bells are ringing SO loud in Minato's head rn but he's too focused on his beautiful wife to look at it too hard)

The Uzumaki who attend the wedding in Konoha alternate between glaring at Kakashi and violently ignoring him. The grudge is now even worse bc they cost him their wedding ceremony <3

Kakashi remains deeply, terribly confused. He is going to go stare at a wall and wonder what the fuck his ancestors got up to that has him on the receiving end of what feels like just barely a step down from a full on blood feud.

"The Birth of Naruto Uzumaki" by Masashi Kishimoto

Commission for @usuratonluffy 💛!

Sasuke is quite the case haha. +Fugaku and Minato!

minato, somehow, will have a strange inkling in the back of his mind that this was one of the better outcomes

I HAVE FINALLY FINISH THIS GRAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THIS UEUEUEUE

It took a lot bc of school and other stuff buuuuut hey here it is. Its kinda funny how I got this idea for the comic, when I did the sketch for the 'first part' and then I wanted to do more, I was thinking to do it in a sketch way and not a comic JSJSJSJ I did also noticed an error but that was near finish this so... I dedided to be a happy fella. The next time I would be more careful

With this comic I tried to experiment a bit, I learned a lot!!

Also, @aloispara helped with some dialogues!! Thank you so much for your time!! :D

And I was thinking to do more comics, perhaps, contuining this story! in a way JSJSS

Anyway, thanks for your patience!!

'The first part'

extra: just the sketch of the pages

Naruto had blurted calmly, like the thought was not a new one. Like he had already made peace with the idea.

Shikamaru could only muster a barely audible 'what', turning around to look at him.

"I did what I was supposed to." He replied like it was obvious. "My only goal was to be respected, recognised, and there is no war left. No reason for the 'Child of the Prophecy' to continue."

"Your worth is not based on what you can accomplish for the others, Naruto," Shikamaru frowned, trying to put some sense into him. "You can't just.. leave because you did what was asked of you!" He reasoned, distress apparent in his tone.

Naruto shook his head.

"You don't understand." His voice soft, comforting even. "I felt every hit; and I felt like I deserved every one of them."

"You deserve to live."

Boop, that's all, I don't really know how to finish this but I had to get it out of my head.

They are both stalkers, but while Shikamaru is an information gatherer and knows everything, Hinata is a physical stalker.

I HAVE FINALLY FINISH THIS GRAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THIS UEUEUEUE

It took a lot bc of school and other stuff buuuuut hey here it is. Its kinda funny how I got this idea for the comic, when I did the sketch for the 'first part' and then I wanted to do more, I was thinking to do it in a sketch way and not a comic JSJSJSJ I did also noticed an error but that was near finish this so... I dedided to be a happy fella. The next time I would be more careful

With this comic I tried to experiment a bit, I learned a lot!!

Also, @aloispara helped with some dialogues!! Thank you so much for your time!! :D

And I was thinking to do more comics, perhaps, contuining this story! in a way JSJSS

Anyway, thanks for your patience!!

'The first part'

extra: just the sketch of the pages

HEAR ME OUT. HEAR ME OUT.

Ok so, Shikamaru's grandfather passes away (aka my oc Shikasada, for those in the know) and among his things is a very old diary dating back to Konoha's founding. Shikamaru opens it to fund uhh. Many things. Many things he could have gone without knowing. Mostly revolving around his grandpa's apparent years long slow burn affair w some Hatake boy.

Shikamaru, sort of horrified but in too deep to back out now, resolves to at least finish the diary-- and despite himself, besides some of the more painful to read sections, there really is a lot of really interesting information in the diary.

Which brings Shikamaru to being unable to set down the diary, and bringing it to the academy with him in the morning.

(Quick note, lets set this like two or three months before graduation, so Shikamaru is like, ~13 I think)

SO, SHIKAMARU IS IN CLASS AND READING HIS GRANDFATHERS DIARY IN THE BACK OF THE CLASS (his first mistake, tbh) And he doesnt notice as Ino and Sakura appear behind him and Ino starts reading over his shoulder. And Ino, proud fujo, after a minute of reading goes really loudly,

"is that YAOI???"

And now Shikamaru essentially has two options. Both of them a uniquely kind of terrible. Does he,

a) admit this is his grandfathers very gay, very sappy, very depressing, kind of steamy diary about how he cheated on his fiance with a Hatake boy and even briefly debated running away from his wedding to be with him instead (but ultimately didnt)

or, b) let his classmates think hes a fan of doomed yaoi romance novels.

He decides that option b at least doesnt invoke a possible scandle for his clan (which his mom would kill him for) and says its a book.

Sakura immediately points out the fact that its hand written.

On pure reflex, Shikamaru blurts, "I wrote it."

(Instant regret.)

So anyways Ino and Sakura (mostly Ino) bully Shikamaru into letting them read 'his' book. And they come back to him with it going "omg, this is amazing! It's just as good-- maybe even better than most of the things on the market right now!!!"

And Shikamaru is like, "great can I have it back please."

And they're like "Shikamaru, you cant just let this kind of masterpiece rot in your closet!!!! This is incredible!!!! Heart wrenching!!! Hair raising!!! Super dramatic and filled with tension and drama and history and 𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 !"

And Shikamaru, again, is like, "Great. Can I have it back please."

"Shikamaru, you don't understand. You have a gift."

"Can I please have it back now."

So. One thing leads to another and after much peer pressure (and maybe some light threats of blackmail because Ino and Sakura have totally realized that Shikamaru didn't actually write the diary, and it instead belonged to his grandfather. (Mostly because Ino had actually met the man before, and obviously recognized his name)) Shikamaru has now gained:

a) two very eager 13 year old publishing managers / editors

b) the contact information of Sakura's cousin, who coincidentally works at one of the biggest publishing houses in Fire counry.

c) somehow, some way, the obligation to edit and publish his grandfathers diary as a bl romance novel.

Shikamaru hates his fucking life.

SO. THEY PUBLISH IT AFTER SOME EDITING AND CHANGING OF CLAN NAMES AND ITS A WILD SUCCESS. SHIKAMARU IS KIND OF MAD AT HOW MUCH OF A WILD SUCCES IT IS.

(Though, laying in his bed of money that now rivals his father's personal funds as the Nara clan head, he can't bring himself to be... as mad as he might have otherwise been.)

(Sakura and Ino, also with their giant piles of money, are also very satisfied.)

But the satisfaction doesnt last for long bc soon the girls are scheming to get Shikamaru to write something new for them to publish.

"But I didn't write the diary to begin with!" Shikamaru argues.

"What does it matter?" Ino insists. "You still edited it, and it was your grandfather who wrote it! Some of the talent has to be there!"

(depressingly enough for Shikamaru, some of the talent does seem to be there.)

And thus begins Shikamaru's life of becoming a famous romance author with his (blackmailers) managers Ino and Sakura <3

(In the pure lands, Shikamaru's grandfather is screaming into a pillow as his Hatake boy in question laughs his ass off and insists this is exactly what he deserves after keeping them a secret for so long. Really, Shika, you should be proud for having such a resourceful grandson.)

So anyways, this brings me to the fact that Sakura's first ever encounter with her new sensei, Kakashi, would have gone WILDLY different on her end. Because she saw the original diary. She, unlike the general public, didn't get the edited version of the story with changed clan names.

So when her teacher walks into the room and introduces himself, her very first thought is omg like the yaoi.

And her first act is to start giggling maniacally in the corner of the room like a little freak. In Sakura we stan

Kakashi meanwhile has no fucking clue what kind of drugs that little girl is on, but finds that he probably doesn't want to know.

WHICH ALSO BRINGS ME TO THE FACT THAT LIKE. Theres something profoundly funny about known icha-icha lover Kakashi reading this novel and becoming a huge fan-- absolutey 100% unaware that it's about HIS direct cousin, only two generations back.

Shikamaru put way more effort into disguising the Nara clan's involvement in the book-- both because he cares more about the Nara and because he kinda uhh... was under the impression that the Hatake were all dead, like, for real. In the book, the Nara's clan name is changed, the character names are changed, their sacred animal is changed to a rabbit and their traditions are all altered-- but the Hatake clan just becomes the Hasake clan and is largely left alone bc Shikamaru is 13 and can't really be bothered to go the extra mile.

(Editing so much is such a bother, Ino. You just dont get it)

So like, Shikamaru has no idea who Kakashi is, he only learns he exists when Sakura fucking bodyslams into him and Ino screaming about how HER NEW TEACHER IS RELATED TO THAT GUY YOUR GRANDPA HAD NASTY GAY SEX WITH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"THE ONE LIKE IN THE DIARY ONE???" Ino screams

"IS THERE ANOTHER GUY WHO HAD NASTY GAY SEX WITH SHIKAMARU'S GRANDPA WHO I'M SUPPOSED TO KNOW ABOUT??!?!?" Sakura screams back

Shikamaru just screams into his pillow. The girls both ignore him.

Meanwhile, Kakashi knows SHIT about his clan and recognizes nothing in the novel. Which is a special kind of tragic because as he reads it, he's being given more information than he's ever been given about his clan. And even specific stories and in depth recorded conversations about his grandmother-- and even occasional mentions of his own father as a baby, and he just... has no idea.

Man is literally reading about his ancestors, getting stories of his family only a single generation before him, going: "Wow something about this clan just speaks to me. Probably the dogs."

Literally getting his fathers childhood stories. Not a single clue.

Hes going on a mission going "Hmm, what would Haruka Hasake from hit bl series XXX do" like that isnt secretly his fucking GRANDMA

Meanwhile, all three of the kids are acting SO shady around him. Ino and Shikamaru specifically are so fucking suspicious bc they are largely successful in avoiding him like the plague-- so when they do interact, it's an Event(tm) for them, while Sakura is forced to learn to be normal near him via exposure.

Tho not even the sage himself can save Sakura from the day Kakashi pulls out THE book during training instead of his usual icha-icha. Sakura fucks up her aim on a body flicker and flies straight into a tree, giving herself a concussion. Rip!!

Anyways yeah. Let Shikamaru discover his grandfathers old, scandal filled diary and be blackmailed by Ino and Sakura into publishing it-- setting him on his journey of becoming the next big thing in naruto romance publishing. It'd be funny as hell.