Jun 1
Au where Naruto, as a jinchuriki born of a jinchuriki, is deeply connected to the spirt world.
Maintaining the balance by keeping monsters in check was what the biju were made to do.
Only now, they’ve been locked up for generations, unable to thin the hoards.
The monsters have run wild accordingly.
But with kuramas spirit-killing chakra at his disposal, Naruto becomes a hunter and cuts his way through all the darkness hidden in the leaf.
Meanwhile, Shikamaru has always been a little too drawn to the shadows, even for a Nara.
So when a dark shade he knows isn’t a natural shadow suddenly writhes and fades because Naruto snarled something at it…he’s interested.
He’s very interested.
#wayward Fox au#this is like a jjk spn Naruto mash up tbh#Shikanaru#let him have a freaky seal and hunter journal#his exorcisms and shit are basically the spoken version of sealing language#old shit#Imma say sealing is vry spiritual which is why so few people become true masters of it#like historical alchemy#and the lng basically died with the uzumaki since religious people went to uzu to becomes priests or exorcists or whatever#spoken form at least#the biju are like#9 avatars made to keep the balance#with the spirit world#Naruto is basically on a spirit quest to bring balance with peace#and also violence. but against monsters and shit.#him having casual conversations covered in monster blood no one can see#but shika as a particularly strong Nara in touch with the shadows can sometimes feel
