Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

A morpheme is the smallest part of a word that still has meaning. If you take away everything else, you still know what it means. When you take away everything else of me, this is what remains.
...It's mostly good hair and a love of language. Everything else is take it or leave it, really.
(In which a very sarcastic guy gets reborn into a small poisoner's clan in Konoha, and accidentally saves a life. Things change.)

Bookmarker's Notes:

I love the changes to canon and this OC, but it is somewhat disconcerting that we share all of our interests. I feel like I've been skinwalked.

Anyway, I love the poison and Kakashi being a little shit. What a delightful fic.

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 66,675   Bookmarked Date: 12 Nov 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes the immortal leader of a cult tries to summon the god of death and gets you instead. ‘Not dying’ just got a lot more complicated than ‘follow chemlab safety instructions.’ A tongue-in-cheek, Akatsuki-centric SI/OC.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I love love love love love Tori. This is an absolutely flawless SI/OC fic which I devoured in less than 24 hours. I love the ninja science, I love the Akatsuki interactions, I love the absurd applications of fuinjutsu.

Do you want to see an OC lecture Orochimaru and Kabuto on the scientific method? Do you want passionate literary critiques of Icha Icha? Do you want answers to questions such as: "do microbes have chakra" and "does the Naruto world have penicillin?"? You do, for the record. This fic is the answer to all your problems. Molt your morals along with our protagonist – I promise that you won't regret it.

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 185,081   Bookmarked Date: 12 Nov 2024

Pairings: Hyuuga Hinata/Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura/Yamanaka Ino, Hyuuga Neji/Nara Shikamaru
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Sasuke’s Rinnegan gives him the ability to open portals to other dimensions; with enough chakra, he can even bring other people along with him. What Sasuke’s Rinnegan does not do is give him the emotional bandwidth to deal with whatever the fuck he might find in those other dimensions.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I'm a huge fan of canon being told as a crazy, improbable joke where the punchline is that everyone is actually in a loving relationship. My heart is happy. I really love this Hinata in particular, she seems more comfortable in her skin and settled in her life. Compelling argument for at least one flavor of SasuHina for sure.

Words: 17,573   Bookmarked Date: 10 Nov 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Deidara doesn't remember much of his childhood. Reliving it, he finds out why.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Incredible. Very captivating, this backstory for Deidara makes a terrifying amount of sense. Read the first chapter if that's what you're here for, read the second if you want Tori shenanigans too. I can emphatically vouch for both.

Words: 11,167   Bookmarked Date: 30 Oct 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

A lot of things in life suck, like being reincarnated directly into the Third Shinobi War with a bad pun for a name. 'Not dying' just refuses to get less complicated. A Plasticity AU.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Excuse my descent into OC & canon madness. Please read Plasticity first. That being said:

What a joy to read. I'm obsessed with the Plasticity universe and all its spin-offs . . . it's insane that this would happen twice, though. Can you imagine?

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 12,923   Bookmarked Date: 30 Oct 2024

Pairings: Haruno Sakura & Orochimaru
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Orochimaru-sama comes to the Academy and asks for the student with the best calligraphy.

“Only the girls learn it,” Iruka-sensei says, and Orochimaru-sama clicks his tongue like he disapproves. “But we have several capable young kunoichi.”

Sakura has the highest marks in calligraphy, higher even than Ino-chan. She has good marks in their painting class, too, and any class that involves holding a pencil. She tells Orochimaru-sama this proudly.

“How wonderful,” he says, and she’s giddy with praise from the legendary war hero.

He wants to see her write, so she does. They go to Iruka-sensei’s desk and both her teacher and Orochimaru-sama watch her. Orochimaru-sama asks her to write smaller and smaller. She does. He praises her.

“Yes,” he says, “I think you’ll do.”

Bookmarker's Notes:

This is so fucking GOOD. Sakura not knowing what's going on as she absorbs Orochimaru's habits and outlook, Sakura slowly losing her outside life to her research . . . Here's a line which very clearly illustrates her outlook near the end of the story:

Orochimaru-sama wouldn’t waste precious resources like children if he didn’t need to. That research must have been important.

I'm in awe. Absolutely perfect. The mad science of it all tickled me.

Words: 6,066   Bookmarked Date: 25 Oct 2024

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi/Original Character(s)
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

The water and power company that services the Akatsuki’s house (which they obviously have) sends a guy every month to read the meter. One day, a pretty lady comes instead. Itachi has a lot of feelings about this change.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Perfect in every way. I laughed. I cried. I adored this beyond what could possibly be considered reasonable. "The Akatsuki have Misadventures" is one of my favorite subgenres

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 3,572   Bookmarked Date: 15 Sep 2024

Pairings: Hidan & Kakuzu, Akatsuki (Naruto) & Original Female Character(s)
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

The number one reason to hate Uchiha Itachi is, of course, the familicide. This fic is about the other reason.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Brilliant work and a joy to read. This OC fits a really fun niche in the shinobi ecosystem, such a creative concept!

Words: 4,392   Bookmarked Date: 15 Sep 2024

Pairings: Kakuzu (Naruto) & Original Female Character(s)
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Maddie gets her mail, struggles with conflicting impulses, goes on a wee little adventure, and works toward her dream of exploiting other people's tragedies for her own personal gain.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I found this an absolutely delightful sequel to Tozette's other work, Deadbeat. (read that first!). Bonus points for the inclusion of Sasori and Deidara, the fact that Sasori and Deidara get to be complete losers, unconventional displays of tenderness, and Maddie's fascinating biology.

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 13,260   Bookmarked Date: 13 Sep 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

“So is this why you can just pass sharingan around like hot potatoes?”

Orochimaru paused in the middle of writing, blinking at her.

“Hot potatoes?”

OR: speculative biology gets real weird.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Ohoho, this was a fun one. Gestures vaguely. It's the speculative biology of it all . . .

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 3,298   Bookmarked Date: 13 Sep 2024

Pairings: Haruno Sakura & Hidan
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

The invasion of Konoha during the chuunin exam didn't fail. Team seven is broken, people are dead, and Sakura is hurt and frightened and a very long way from home.

Alternative summary: In which Sakura carries half of Hidan across two countries, leaving a trail of blood, bodies, and other people's legs.

 

Edit: Hey, can we please stop putting my fics on goodreads, thank you.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Fantastic fantastic fic that I've been procrastinating my read of since The Natural Habitat. I've said it before and I'll say it again but Tozette excels at portraying the interactions between women who are less normal than they appear and absolutely unhinged men. Beautiful fic that comes across as pretty damn believable within the boundaries of canon. Sakura finding her new equilibrium while sorting through torment and claiming it as her own was cathartic to me. Very strange to say, but I'm so incredibly grateful for Hidan's stabilizing presence in this fic. I adore them.

Words: 90,013   Bookmarked Date: 31 Aug 2024

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi/Uchiha Sasuke
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Satsuki's been having recurring dreams.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Imgur removed some of this comic, but it's still beautiful.

My Collections: Genderbend open_in_new, Yuri open_in_new

Words: 0   Bookmarked Date: 30 Jul 2024

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi/Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi & Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Fugaku & Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Fugaku & Uchiha Sasuke
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

On the brink of ruin, Itachi is forced to make a decision that will change the course of the future: He aids his father, and the entire Uchiha clan, in the operation of a coup d'état against the leaders of Konoha. Following its success, he must bear witness to what becomes of his beloved village while recognizing his own responsibility in its creation.

Worse still, his relationship with his younger brother has grown fraught and distant over the years, burdened both by their father's influence and Itachi's own conscience. Bridging the gulf between them seems an impossible task.

Bookmarker's Notes:

“I don’t need it to work, I just need it. As many times as you decide you’ll give it to me.”

Jarring and brilliant and wonderful and terrible. This is what I want from canon divergence; Itachi's disassociation throughout, the bond between these two, and that final scene especially were masterfully done. This fic left me feeling cold dread.

Words: 34,658   Bookmarked Date: 24 Jul 2024

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Madeline Arslan died in 2025.

And then she woke up in her new life as Murakami Madeline, the only child to a sad, vagrant ninja.

That was unexpected.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Tozette is one of my favorite authors for a reason. I don't want to spoil anything, but this one is a real treat.

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 33,259   Bookmarked Date: 22 Jun 2024

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

A brawl over the last rice ball turns into something neither Senju brother could have expected.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Exactly what I needed at the time of reading this. I was thinking about Hashirama and Tobirama being goofy brothers, and this scratched that itch and then some. Mwah! Chef's kiss. Absolutely delightful

Words: 1,554   Bookmarked Date: 06 Mar 2024

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

All of the joyous memories Tobirama has ever made circle back to his larger-than-life brother. There’s no question as to how deep his love runs, nor how adulterated that preoccupation has become.

 

A submission for Naruto Smut Monday over on Tumblr. ^_^

Bookmarker's Notes:

The longing and pining are palpable. Absolutely delicious beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Words: 4,561   Bookmarked Date: 06 Jan 2024

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Dead Dove read the tags

Tobirama kept a keepsake all to himself

Bookmarker's Notes:

I'm not usually a fan of dom!Tobirama, but this was an incredibly compelling argument. Extremely hot, I love pathetic basement!Hashirama. They should do this again.

Words: 3,515   Bookmarked Date: 06 Jan 2024

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Words: 1,884   Bookmarked Date: 06 Jan 2024

Pairings: Haruno Sakura/Sasori, Gaara/Haruno Sakura
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

She's so lucky to have the support of such a dedicated husband. He knows her, even if she doesn't know herself...or him.

A story told through ficlets. Tags to be updated.

Bookmarker's Notes:

So many delicious tropes. Not my pairing, but this ticked a lot of boxes for me.

Words: 21,138   Bookmarked Date: 01 Jan 2024

Pairings: Uchiha Itachi & Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi & Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Mikoto & Uchiha Sasuke
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

His mother grows lotuses in the pond. His father is a shadow that only appears at the dinner table. In the middle of the night, the sounds downstairs wake him up but it’s safe, it’s all right. It only comes from his brother who cannot sleep.

The house is dark, they are haunted, and this is home.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Mikoto's conflict and the space that Fugaku doesn't occupy will haunt me forever methinks. The imagery here has me by the throat, I love the build and the decay.

Words: 10,438   Bookmarked Date: 19 Dec 2023

Pairings: Hyuuga Hinata/Hyuuga Neji
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Things are very simple for Hyuuga Hinata, until they're not.

A Hyuuga worldview, based on some goofy fan theories about tenketsu, Byakugan, and juuken. Mostly AU in that Hinata is six when she’s kidnapped, not three.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Absolutely heart-melting. See for yourself:

Others have told her that Neji is a cold man. They describe frosty glances, cool formality, icy disdain.

That is not the Neji Hinata knows.

He has always been her warmth.

The Hyuuga world-building we deserved!

Words: 5,522   Bookmarked Date: 01 Dec 2023

Pairings: Deidara/Sasori
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Sasori outlives Deidara. He handles it well.

Oneshot, Sasodei.

Bookmarker's Notes:

You would not be able to convince me that this wouldn't be how this would happen. I knew what was coming and I was still sucker-punched in the gut - if anything, knowing what was coming made this hurt a lot worse. Sasori's recollections were so accurate, and when he turns around . . . I won't spoil it too much. I love love love the part where Deidara disapproves of the puppet made in his likeness. Sasori KNOWS you can't convince me that he doesn't. Vague mumbling.

Words: 3,346   Bookmarked Date: 11 Nov 2023

Pairings: Hidan/Kakuzu
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Dying a slow, miserable death, Hidan wonders if Kakuzu will come save him.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I love them so dearly for the way they carve intimacy out of violence.

Words: 4,424   Bookmarked Date: 07 Nov 2023

Pairings: Hidan/Kakuzu
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

In the aftermath of a perfect ritual, Hidan is awarded the highest blessing his god can give. Kakuzu reaps the benefits.

“His partner eyes him knowingly, and it seems like only seconds pass, but the next thing Hidan knows they are gone from the clearing and is his face pressed into the bed they share. A strong hand grips at the back of his neck as Kakuzu tears away both their clothes, his threads expediting the process. The rosary is left where it always is, the blood flecked metal smooth under his palm, forever warmed from Hidan's skin.”

Bookmarker's Notes:

Didn't build a way for my program to recognize multiple authors in the author field. Link to ninjacat (lordkuronekosama).

Words: 3,773   Bookmarked Date: 04 Nov 2023

Pairings: Gaara/Sai
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

“Are you single?” Gaara asks. He’s not sure how he’s meant to do this.

“Oh, I see,” the man says after a pause. “I’ve read about this. You’re asking me out, and I should answer based on my interest rather than my actual relationship status.”

Good, he’s making this easy, Gaara thinks.

OR: Gaara asks Sai out.

Bookmarker's Notes:

One of the funniest things I've ever read. Hands down. They're made for each other.

Words: 2,050   Bookmarked Date: 17 Oct 2023

Pairings: Original Character & Kakuzu, Original Character & Hidan, Background Hidan/Kakuzu
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

In which Atsuko breaks up with her boyfriend, moves in with a weird new ninja housemate, and avoids her problems for, like, months.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Tozette's talent is for shoving normal people into the chaos of the Akatsuki and making it work. The plot is cute and satisfying, the OC is lovely, and Kakuzu and Hidan are a joy per usual. Siccing them upon shitty ex-boyfriends everywhere.

My Collections: SI/OC open_in_new

Words: 9,807   Bookmarked Date: 17 Oct 2023

Pairings: None
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Sakura moves to a new town to attend university and desperately needs to find a cheap room in a share house.

Luckily, the Akatsuki need a new housemate.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Hands down one of the fics nearest and dearest to my heart. I devoured it in what amounts to a day, which is unprecedented for me. Despite this, I need to warn that the ending is incongruent and sudden, and that there are a LOT of loose ends that will never be tied up. If you can sacrifice a little bit of narrative satisfaction for the best modern AU Akatsuki I could imagine, this should be your jam!! Otherwise, you should probably look elsewhere.

(Also note that this is what woke the SakuAkatsuki shipper in me. There's some sort of love square going on in here and it's TASTY.)

Words: 166,813   Bookmarked Date: 16 Oct 2023

Pairings: Deidara/Sasori, Nara Shikamaru/Temari, Gaara/Rock Lee, Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai | Might Guy, Hidan/Kakuzu, Hoshigaki Kisame/Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto, Past Third Kazekage/Sasori, Past Kakuzu/Sasori
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

On a night submersed in rain, Sasori picks up young “trimmigant” Deidara half a mile from the Garberville bus station out of sporadic pity. An isolationist and a scorpion amongst frogs that prefers to keep to the woods, Sasori is thrust into taking on this new apprentice in tandem with “The Suna Three”, his niece and nephews hiding out from their relatives for the season. Within the forests of the Emerald Triangle in Northern California, we explore a tale of mental illness, family, and the cutthroat world of marijuana’s black market.

Bookmarker's Notes:

I've been with The Moss since 2021, and it's become such a comforting constant in my life with its richy furnished world and beautiful art. I have written multiple manifestos on it. I finally caught up to it (for the first time) in August 2023, and my life is better for the time I put into this fic.

I'd qualify this as (recent) historical fiction with a focus on a very, very broken family and all the ways intergenerational trauma manifests. There's also weed.

The Moss is an incredibly unique fic that is near and dear to my heart. I'd definitely recommend seeing if it's for you!

Words: 452,466   Bookmarked Date: 27 Aug 2023

Pairings: Deidara/Sasori
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

cic·a·trix
noun
noun: cicatrix; noun: cicatrice; plural noun: cicatrices

the scar of a healed wound.
a scar on the bark of a tree.

Deidara would give up his body one hundred times over if it means Sasori will methodically, brutally stitch him back together again, piece by broken piece.

Part 1 of mithridatism, Sasodei.

Bookmarker's Notes:

Absolutely gorgeous. Sasori takes care of his things, but he will break them and make them again and again as many times as he needs to achieve his purposes. They're so messed up I'm actually obsessed. Deidara's smittenness, the stifled survival instincts . . . peak. Just perfect. Sasori's cruelty to the point that kindness is almost the cruelest part? Drives me absolutely batshit!! The poison is the cherry on top. All in all quite the wild ride, rendering me absolutely incoherent. (Do you ever read something so good you wonder about the wellbeing of the author? Yeah. Yeah.)

Words: 6,570   Bookmarked Date: 29 Jul 2023

Pairings: Deidara/Sasori
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Sasori considers his partner, as told through snapshots over the years.

(Or, alternatively titled, Sasori's Many Existential Crises, As Caused by Deidara).

Part 1 of athanasia, Sasodei.

Bookmarker's Notes:

The fine line between love and hatred and violence is walked so neatly here. Sasori's voice is so in character. I love quiet Deidara at the beginning, he's so clever and everyone seems to forget it because he's also impulsive. It would make sense that he would take time to scope out his new partner.

The injury scene was achingly sweet, it reminds me of a canon line where Deidara references Sasori chastising him for not being prepared/careful enough which like?? It gets me every single time. Their discussions on art being so detailed that they've exhausted every topic? And yet they still argue? At that point it's a love language.

And Sasori trying to hard not to care. Lovely lovely lovely. He may have a strange way of taking care of his loved ones, but it's caretaking nonetheless. Sasori training Deidara is canon to me now. Sasori's discomfort with just . . . not knowing things. Deidara is a mystery to him and that fascinates him! The chakra strings, the way he always comes close to snapping but something stops him every time, Deidara's nonchalance to the point where you can't tell if he actually has no regard for his life, and that scene at the end. OUCH. I always think about the irony of Deidara outliving Sasori, it makes me so sad and this didn't help. Fluff with the promise of canon events getting in the way always gets me. I'm rambling now but god this one's going to stick with me.

Words: 10,265   Bookmarked Date: 06 Jul 2023

Pairings: Hyuuga Hinata/Hyuuga Neji, Hyuuga Hinata/Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke/Uzumaki Naruto
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Hyuga is a house with many rooms. A Neji & Hinata-centric work of fanfiction. Expect madness, love, sex, and murder. This is the story of two lives, thus pairings will vary, including Naruto/Hinata, Neji/Hinata. Complete

Bookmarker's Notes:

Painful, beautiful, and gothic. I'm amazed that this managed to end happily. This fic will haunt me.

Words: 38,576   Bookmarked Date: 04 Jul 2023

Pairings: Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama/Senju Tobirama, Senju Tobirama/Uchiha Madara, Senju Hashirama/Uchiha Madara
Fandom: Naruto open_in_new

Summary:

Hashirama is the best of brothers and the best of friends, and he's going to show Tobirama and Madara just how much they mean to him.

By force, if necessary.

(no one is ever leaving him again)

Bookmarker's Notes:

Horrifying in a comforting way. I love the codependency and the way that Hashirama has been grooming Tobirama since FOREVER. The gold standard for HashiTobi and a favorite of our (remarkably small) fandom. My favorite part is chapter 9. Madara is in the rest of it but I won't hold that against him.

Words: 42,269   Bookmarked Date: 17 Jun 2023