Current Work:

Time of No Return - My attempt at a realistic Hokage time-traveling story. In response to all the Rokudaime!Naruto variants out there, I tried Yondaime!Minato instead. Despite his reputation, the man was rather ordinary: no inhuman stamina, godlike control, or hax bloodline... It made his achievements all the more amazing. So, what would happen if he returned? Kage-level knowledge aside, he'd have to restart everything from scratch. And with how sketchy his canon background was, fabricating/twisting his "past" was quite fun.

Special thanks to my betas, past & present: KyLewin, unkeptsecret, smithjohn2020, QianYun

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Tight Spot - My experiment with Naruto's people-saving tendencies. Test cover? Uchiha Itachi. Yep, the guy that supposedly slaughtered his entire clan (minus Sasuke) in the name of peace. Still unsure how much of what Madara said could be trusted, but the idea certainly elevated Itachi to an impossibly high pedestal. At least the image reversal gave my muse enough of a sugar high to wonder how Naruto might fare in a similar situation, especially given his declaration of how he viewed Sasuke as more of a brother than Itachi ever did.

Special thanks to my beta: StaplersBreak

Also many thanks to my fan-artists:
03-25-2009: Nios's cover-art for this story is uploaded as my new avatar.
04-18-2009: Errant Goat's fanart for chap 14, scene 3.
05-07-2009: Errant Goat's sketches for chap 14 (scene 1, scene 2) & chap 15 (scene 1).
06-10-2009: Errant Goat's fanart for chap 19, scene 1.
10-18-2009: Errant Goat's fanart for pre-coma Fukurou! Well, imagine her to be actually around 16-17...

Current Progress:

10-18-2008: Alright, I have to stop researching and writing random scenes...

Time of No Return - Chapter 4 draft under way (10-18-2009)
Tight Spot - Chapter 20 draft under way (10-18-2009)