tailspin [1+2/8]

Chapter: 1+2/8 (prologue & chapter 1)
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts, Naruto
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Category: Gen
Relationship: No Romantic Relationship(s)
Characters: Riku (Kingdom Hearts), Yuuhi Kurenai, Karin (Naruto), Kimimaro (Naruto), Original Characters, Background & Cameo Characters
Additional Tags: Chuunin Exams, Canon-Typical Violence, Ninja Politics, Riku’s questionable life choices

Summary: Hatake Riku, 14, genin medical student and recent infiltrator (and successful liberator of over a dozen prisoners) of Sound, wants to take the Chuunin Exams in Mist. So soon after the Fourth Mizukage’s highly mysterious disappearance, the Exams are flooded with teams.

Riku’s team may be the only one from Konoha, but they’re not the only familiar faces in the competition. He’ll have to navigate three test phases, figure out what Sound wants with him now, and find a place in a world he’s increasingly unsure has room for someone like him.

[Third full story in the Becoming Ninja ‘verse; this story is completed and updates approximately every other weekend.]

Prologue Summary: It turns out, you really can’t keep your job in a chakra-heavy discipline if you…don’t have that much chakra. Who could’ve guessed?

Chapter 1 Summary: Phase 1 of the Chuunin Exams.

( Some commentary under the cut, includes spoilers for the beginning of the new fic )