Just some stuff

note: shikanaru is the default main/primary ship in these stories. the other ships mentioned are automatically the side-ships or the shared-spotlight pairings.

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1. twist in time: surprise surprise, it is a time travel fic. hokage naruto goes back into his younger body. changes everything. my first fic ever. if you tell me to sell this to you, i will probably lovingly insult the writing instead. still, it’s got pre-relationship shikanaru and they just mostly banter (naruto banters alot in general) | 91k words | complete | 40/40 | sequel is on hiatus | bamf!naruto, canon divergence, sasusaku | rated T |

🖤 2. swiggles: a quintessential sealmaster naruto fic where i’ve quite frankly gone a bit wild with the lore and the plentiful doodles. naruto makes friends, makes seals, makes some more friends. shikamaru is basically his best friend, along with sakura. obito returns to the village in this au but only after naruto’s already in the academy. speaking of, this fic, as of the last chapter, has only just reached graduation so it’s heavy on the pre-canon storyline. personally, developing the friend group in this, as well as the sweet, almost childish yet meaningful bond between shikanaru was very enjoyable for me | 83k words | incomplete, on hiatus | 19/? | eventual fuuinjutsu master!naruto, slow burn, fluff + humor, sakuino | rated T |

3. feelings? what are those?: just a short, silly oneshot about my favourite throuple, shikasasunaru. wrote this as a giftfic while twist in time was still a wip. it’s about naruto forcing shikamaru and sasuke to not be emotionally opaque peanuts | 4.7k words | non-oblivious!naruto, idiots in love | rated M |

4. the words tattooed on my soul: this is a fanpoetry fic. one poem from shikamaru’s pov who apparently writes plenty of these and stores them in a shoebox which he, ofcourse, hides under his bed | 172 words | poet!shikamaru | rated T |

5. the dance of destiny: platonic soulmates sasunaru and best friends shikasaku. sakura and shika leave the village to train with tsunade and years later, return so that sakura can become the hokage—she’s a champion of the civilians, basically. meanwhile, naruto has thoughts and feelings about this, given his own dream of taking the kage mantle. these four meet and their destinies (hah!) intermingle, much like an off-tempo waltz on the dancefloor (hah! again). shikamaru apparently has an asshole dad—shikaku—in this because that was what the muse wanted | 7.4k words | 2/? | incomplete | bamf!everyone | sasusaku | rated M |

🖤 6. colors of you: a lighthearted oneshot about shikamaru discovering that the village vandal painting konoha in all sorts of ridiculous murals is, infact, naruto and joining him on one of his escapades. this was written for a prompt challenge hosted on r/fanfiction actually. had a fun time writing this story. i really like how their dynamic turned out | ~4k words | pov shikamaru | rated M |

7. all in good time: another time travel fic about a burnt-out twenty-year old naruto finding himself back as an academy student after becoming estranged with konoha 12 in the og timeline following a failed jounin exam in which he ended up being the cause for shikamaru getting injured and scarred. this one’s more angsty, with a gentler naruto who’s a little sick of his life as a chunin. i really want to write and complete this story one day, because the storyboarding for the plot is a bit different than my usual fare | 13k words | 3/? | incomplete | alternate universe + time travel, slow burn | rated M |

🖤 8. the stories we never shared: a fic wherein naruto leaves konoha the night before graduation and years later, tsunade assembles a mission squad of seven to go after him, to protect him and offer him refuge, as a response to their knowledge about akatsuki and their plans to target jinchiruukis. this is also a shikasasunaru poly fic. it’s much slower and extremely interpersonal. i’m trying to develop and juggle different relationships and friendships with due regard. this fic also possibly has one of my favourite versions of naruto i’ve ever written. shikamaru is the mission leader and he shares a mutually contentious relationship with sasuke | 27k words | 4/? | incomplete | bamf!naruto, threeway povs, slowburn | rated M |

🖤 9. being known: a 5+1 fic about naruto and shikamaru sharing various conversations as they grow up and how their friendships ends up becoming something much much more. i’ve probably re-read this work the most because this is how i imagine shikanaru at their most grounded. they’re alike in so many ways beyond the superficial differences and it’s always a fun task to coax those commonalties out. it’s also non-linear | 18k words | 6/6 | complete | getting together, pov!shikamaru, pov!naruto.

10. blood of the covenant; water of the womb: my take on the arranged marriage trope. shikamaru is heir of the nara clan that resides in suna. shikaku is kazekage. naruto is heir of the uzumaki clan which is the closest thing to royalty in the shinobi world. to stop the prolonged conflict between konoha and suna, their marriage is proposed as a means for amicable ceasefire | 4k words | 1/? | incomplete | bamf!shikanaru, enemies to friends to lovers, politics | rated M |

🖤 11. naruto’s very eminent, very influential babysitters: naruto is raised communally amongst all the clans of konoha, on shikaku’s suggestion. mostly a humorous and fluffy fic and has the least amount of shikanaru, tbh. since they are, you know, babies. as of the last chapter, though, shikamaru has begun to have certain sorts of awakening. naruto is an absolute gremlin child here, chaos-maker extraordinaire. features interpersonal clan lore and many many side characters | 25k words | 5/7 | incomplete | fluff + humor, pre-canon, crack treated seriously | rated T |

12. the triad hypothesis: yet another poly shikasasunaru fic. they’re rogue ninjas together, trying to bind together resources and manpower to oppose danzo who has taken over konoha as hokage | 3k words | 1/? | incomplete | bamf!shikasasunaru, pov multiple, rebellion, politics | rated M |

🖤 13. twelfth guardian: naruto is sent to the daimyo’s mansion for his “safety”. shikamaru arrives there after becoming jounin, as one of the twelve ninja guardians. plot ensues in the background (conspiracy against the hokage, betrayals, etc.) while they fall in love after getting to know each other. this is my recent darling fic. i’ve drawn some art for it which is not just shitty doodling, i swear. i just have to sit and complete the third part so i can mark it as finished. it’s one fic where i’ve dug deep into shikamaru’s psyche and really enjoyed it | 20k words | 2/3 | incomplete | bamf!naruto, bamf!shika, multiple ocs, pov shikamaru | rated M |

🖤 14. if you shall permit it, i’d like to smooch your brain: another 5+1 crack treated seriously fic in which a raging sapiosexual shikamaru finds naruto irresistible because he’s sort of an unconventional genius. it’s majorly a fic about boys of konoha 12 hanging out together, gallivanting. also non-linear and imo, quite funny | 21k words | 6/6 | complete | pov!shikamaru, smart!naruto, crack treated seriously | rated T |

15. मैं और तुम (me and you): my first ever hindi fanfic about shikamaru and naruto spending some time together. that’s it, lol. my capacity to write longform hindi stuff is extremely limited | 557 words | complete | shayar!naruto | rated G |

16. anbu’s infamous throuple: as the name suggests, this is, obviously, another shikasasunaru poly fic in which they’re all anbu members. it is an epistolary fic and also sort of crackish. sasuke and shikamaru are friends but naruto has a hate-your-guts mutually antagonistic dynamic with sasuke while he gets along quite well with shikamaru. naruto is a squad captain, sasuke is his liaison officer which is totally a real position and not something i created for plot purposes. shikamaru is a communications specialist | 1.8k words | 1/5 | incomplete | bamf!everyone, anbu!shikasasunaru, epistolary fic | rated M |

that concludes the list. the seventeeth fic is actually the sequel to twist in time. i will regularly update this masterlist, as and when new updates/fics are put up!

if any of this sounds like your cup of tea, read on and enjoy! <3

made on: 16/03/25

"-be careful." Donald pulls Donnie's chair away from the desk. "Okay, I know you know lab safety better than that."

"Smells like burning," Donnie says with a slight laugh. "Uh, what were we saying?"

"... Okay... this is unusual behavior from you. I will consult your brothers."

"Okay."

"Don't touch anything."

"Okay."

"Will you actually not touch anything?"

"Uh... yes."

"You're coming with me." Donald grabs Donnie by the wrist, and Donnie doesn't even fight it. His blank expression pinches as they get moving.

"Wait, what's happening?"

"We're going to find your brothers, because you're acting unusually."

"No, wait I know what's wrong. I need... some-something. Mikey?"

"You need your Mikey?"

"Ooooh, butterfly."

"That is a regular fly. Ah, Leo!" Donald comes to a halt in front of the older turtle. "Your brother seems to be experiencing some sort of episode."

"What?" Leo looks confused until Donnie leans in with a dopey smile and boops his not-nose, then seems to lose all energy as his eyes cloud and jaw goes slack.

"Oh, no." Leo takes both of Donnie's hands and guides him to sit on the couch. "Donnie, can you focus up? Hey, Donnie? Are you there?"

Donnie blinks, and nods slowly. He smiles again. "Are we playing a game?"

"Do you remember the last time you took your meds, Donnie?"

"Meds?" Donald pulls up his files on the older turtles. "I don't have any records of medical requirements being mentioned, what does he need?"

"Mikey makes it."

"Your Mikey? The one I saw putting gummy worms into uncooked pizza dough, baking it, blending it, and then pouring that onto a pizza with ice cream on it?"

"Yeah, he's better at chemistry than cooking, somehow. Donnie, how long has it been?"

"Uh..." Donnie blinks. His eyes focus more, and his expression pinches again. "I-I can't remember Leo, I- where are we-"

"It's okay," Leo soothes. he tosses his T-Phone to Donald. "Can you text Mikey and Raph? We need to find his meds."

"On it. What's going on, then? This is normal?"

"For a few years now. There was a chemical accident and... we thought Mikey's concoction fixed him for good, but it turns out he needs to take it at least once a week, maybe more depending on how bad the episodes get."

"And the symptoms?"

"He explains it better-"

"I've got this, bro." Mikey says, entering with Raph and holding a medicine bottle. He hands it to Leo, who begins measuring the dose, and then turns to Donald. He thinks for a second, and then recites it like he's reading a grocery list. "Brain fog, lose of direction, short-term and long-term memory loss, inability to form new memories, Agnosia-"

Donald's eyes widen and widen as the list goes. He looks at Donnie, who's coaxed into taking the medicine by Raph. Leo keeps hold of one of Donnie's hands, and looking back at Mikey Donald is pretty sure he's tearing up.

"And this was a chemical accident?" Donald blurts out. "What kind of chemicals was he working with?!"

Mikey rubs the back of his neck, and Leo grits his teeth and looks away. Raph squeezes his eyes shut and rubs his forehead. Donnie's medicine apparently hasn't kicked in yet, because he's just staring at the wall making mouth noises.

"Our Shredder developed a method of mind-control," Leo finally says. Raph shudders, and Donald is pretty sure he can connect the dots there. "He used them on our Karai." Nevermind, now it's less clear. He's still willing to bet Raph was at some point affected, though. "Donnie was trying to make a way to kill the method, a worm that goes into the brain."

Donald shudders now, feeling phantom tentacles crawling up his shell, sinking in, not painful but invasive-

"I uh." Mikey snaps him out of it. Mikey shuffles his feet and looks away, blinking quickly. "I was messing around in his lab, just like, bored you know? And he told me to leave him alone, and I didn't, and he yelled and I fell right into his desk, and it spilled onto his hand and he started getting all weird and then-"

Donnie leans over the arm of the couch and flicks the tail of Mikey's mask. "Ha-ha, bunny," he snorts.

"That kinda stuff. He spent the whole night and longer losing it, and sometimes he could tell it was happening and sometimes he couldn't and-"

"They worked on making the medicine better together and everything was settled," Raph cuts in, glaring at Donald like Donald has said something (or like he expects Donald to say something). "It's under control now."

Donald nods slowly. "That is... a horrifying story. Are you able to keep up your supply of it?"

"Long as we've got pepperoni, we've got Donnie," Mikey says, oddly grim for how silly the sentence is. So Donald just rolls with it.

"Right. Well, we should let Leon know about this- actually, we should let everyone know, so that we can keep an eye out in case he has an episode again. We should also discuss warning signs of them coming on, if there are any, as well as guidelines for how to handle him in that state."

"Just like that?" Raph moves closer to Donnie.

"While we have little experience with the mental scarring your family endures, as well as the severity of it-"

"Oh, Mr. Sugarcoat over here-"

"-we'd like to be respectful of them. We have our own boundaries as well." Like no pink frosting anymore, for one, and no separating from Leo in the middle of a fight, and no Magic Hands practice in front of Junior-

"It's not a boundary." Leo's voice is quiet, but strong, a mantra flowing out of him as naturally as a breath. "It's an accommodation." Raph smiles a little and knocks his shoulder against Leo's. Leo puts a hand onto one knee, the one Donnie has noticed he tends to favor, and smiles back.

"He'll be okay in a bit," Raph says, gesturing to the now-snoozing Donnie. "We'll let him know you're worried. Sorry for not telling you sooner, we figured he'd do it."

"Ah, ah-ha." Donald shakes his head. "No, if there's one thing my counterpart hesitates to speak about, it's what he considers personal failings." We're so painfully alike in that way. "I'm sure this falls under that."

"Probably." Leo sighs deeply. "Mikey, go with Donald and tell him everything you know."

"Kay. Lemme know when he wakes up so I can make him some sorry food or something."

"That'll make him wish we didn't help him," Raph groans.