new plotbunny! ...help?
You ought to know by now that I am crazy in love with time-travelling and dimension-hopping.
This new hare-brained scheme of mine was born while I was trying to imagine a plot wherein Naruto becomes some sort of ninja commander for a small group of high-ranked fighters, and then hunts Madara down. Before I really knew what was happening, Madara had hopped dimensions and Naruto followed him... into a world where samurai are the dominant class and chakra doesn't work nearly as well.
The initial image was ninja!Naruto meets samurai!Minato, but honestly it works just as well with nearly anybody else.
Of course, if I want this bunny to be even halfway serious, I can easily cut out the dimension hopping bit. That leaves a ninja!Naruto meeting a samurai!Somebody. I'd have to fudge the perception of Naruto's character some -- making him someone who knows how to hide in plain sight, maybe even someone who understands subtlety. ([gasp!])
askerian and I talked a little bit and came up with the scenario where Naruto and Mr. Mysterious Samurai would repeatedly meet while Naruto is in several different disguises. And Naruto would bait and tease whoever it is, because samurai are sooo dull-witted when they aren't paying attention and so high and mighty that they never pay attention to the low-born, only... Mr. Mysterious Samurai does connect the dots, and then Naruto finds himself in a somewhat sticky situation. [grin] It seemed like the sort of thing that'd happen.
she who flies: I was trying to look for fic where there are some more ninjaish ninja
she who flies: Many a skirmish or volatile situation was averted or nipped in a bud simply because the right kunoichi was in the right bed to hear what needed to be heard or work her softer charms on the right man in a position of power. Hell, the current Forest Country daimyo was a prime example, even though not many even suspected.
Though the man turned the tables on said kunoichi and simply married her without batting an eye. If it was to keep the whole affair quiet out of shame that a minor shinobi Clan successfully pulled such a stunt, or simply because he reached some agreement, no one really knew. Though the fact the marriage held for twenty years meant that whatever it was, it held fast. (The Art of the Deal, by Case 13)
Asuka Kureru: X333
she who flies: nnngh. the inevitable part where the man's wife was lying to him and is actually trained to seduce and kill -- the uncertainity! the distress!
Asuka Kureru: XDD <3
she who flies: .... I can't imagine fem!Naruto as an elegant noblewoman but for some reason that doesn't stop me from making up ridiculously cheesy blurbs wherein something somewhat similar happens.
Asuka Kureru: XD
Asuka Kureru: maybe she seduces the stern noble precisely because she's all wild and stuff
she who flies: exactly!
she who flies: and she doesn't have to play a noblewoman
she who flies: she could be a maid or a commoner
Asuka Kureru: yeah
she who flies: and if the nobleman has half a brain he'll notice she's been lying to him the first time they have sex.
she who flies: muscles! calluses! possibly scars too!
I want a fic where this sort of thing happens. Want it like burning.
If this sparked any sort of ideas at all, I'd be delighted to hear them! (You may also read this as "gimme more daydream material, please.")