Naruto Fanfiction Recommendations
Fics marked with * may contain adult situations. Please refrain from reading if you are under 17 years of age.
Name: Understanding
Author(ess): amwong88
Status: Complete
Rating: K+
Pairing(s): Neji x Ino
Summary: [ONESHOT] He needed more than the Byakugan to understand what she wanted. NejiIno
Name: Today
Author(ess): Vampiress22
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Sasuke x Hinata
Summary: Because there isn’t always tomorrow, there isn’t always hope. SasuHina. A September 11th tribute.
Name: Heaven Unexpected
Author(ess): Folle
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Naruto x Sakura
Summary: Because nothing can happen; it’s Naruto. He always comes back. He’s practically indestructible. NaruSaku.
Name: Big Brother Itachi
Author(ess): Shimichan
Status: Complete
Rating: M *
Pairing(s): Itachi x Hinata, Itachi x Hinata x Sasuke
Summary: Blood may be thicker than water…but water tastes a whole lot better. [ItachixHinataxSasuke] Rated for a later lime and some language. [[Now COMPLETE!]]
Name: The Window
Author(ess): SliverShine
Status: Complete
Rating: M *
Pairing(s): Kakashi x Sakura
Summary: Kakasaku Sakura always wanted to see Kakashi unmasked. This was a bit much though…
Name: Coming to Terms
Author(ess): amwong88
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Neji x Ino
Summary: [COMPLETE] Admitting something to yourself can change who you are. Would you be willing to do so if the alternative was losing the part that made you whole? NejiIno.
Name: Icha Icha Fantasy
Author(ess): Digifruit
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Naruto x Sakura, slight Naruto x Ino
Summary: Naruto, fed up with all of Jiraiya’s research, tries to figure out what the big deal is by writing his own book. And Sakura slowly falls in love after reading it.
Name: Moonlight Sonata
Author(ess): Digifruit
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Naruto x Sakura
Summary: Ino complains that all the Konoha boys don’t know how to loosen up and have some fun on a Friday night, which makes the girls wonder what a fun-loving guy like Naruto does on his days off. Drinking? Clubbing? Laundry? Or something more profound?
Name: Blink
Author(ess): Vampiress22
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Sasuke x Hinata
Summary: SasuHina One-shot. Life’s precious wonders are sometimes found in the things you hate the most. And he hated her the most. No, it wasn’t hate. More like…love?
Name: Torn
Author(ess): Renoa Heartilly
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Sasuke x Hinata
Summary: Sasuke x Hinata. Tsunade got tired of keeping Sasuke inside Konoha walls, so she assigns him a mission. It takes time to love, it’s not a game.
Name: Done
Author(ess): jin.toshikazu
Status: Complete
Rating: K
Pairing(s): Neji x Ino
Summary: Because he’s done with living his life for other people. NejiIno
Name: Bonded
Author(ess): J-Pop Princess
Status: Complete
Rating: M *
Pairing(s): Sai x Sakura
Summary: Sai, Sakura and Naruto have been having trouble with team work lately and Sai takes it upon himself to fix it, starting with Sakura. Unfortunately, his questionable methods are only made worse by seeking help from Kakashi and Icha Icha. SaiSaku LEMON
Name: Stripped Bare
Author(ess): J-Pop Princess
Status: In-Progress
Rating: M *
Pairing(s): Kakashi x Sakura
Summary: When Sakura wanted a change of pace, she hadn’t expected THIS! Now she’s on a mission with Kakashi, masquerading as a dancer at a club far away from home and she finds herself forced to explore her own powers of sexuality and seduction. KakaSaku LEMON
Name: Butt Out!
Author(ess): Astra M
Status: Complete
Rating: M *
Pairing(s): Shikamaru x Ino
Summary: Shikamaru has a nicotine problem and Ino wants to make him quit, no matter what it takes… [Shikamaru x Ino][Ino x Sai]
Name: Bittersweet Sixteen
Author(ess): Astra M
Status: In-Progress
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Ino x Naruto, Naruto x Sakura, Shikamaru x Ino
Summary: Ino is stuck in a romantic rut and Sakura’s determined to help her… unfortunately her cure may prove worse than the disease. [Shikamaru x Ino][Ino x Naruto][Naruto x Sakura]
Name: Three Months
Author(ess): kaotic312
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Gaara x Ino, Sasuke x Hanabi, Chouji x Hinata, Shino x Temari, Ibiki x Kurenai, Kakashi x Iruka, Kiba x Sakura, Lee x Matsuri, Neji x Hana, Sai x Anko, Shikamaru x Yugao, Gai x Shizune, Kankurou x Tenten, Naruto x Ayame
Summary: When the girls get together, watch out! They’re making lists and checking it twice. Are the guys in or out? Shika, Neji, Naruto, and Sasuke are now declared ‘undateable’ by the girls. Who does that leave? Rated T for language.
Name: Catch 22
Author(ess): Lotos-Eater
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Shikamaru x Temari
Summary: [ShikaTema] Temari has a problem: she wants to marry this guy, but he happens to belong to another hidden village. Shikamaru has a problem: he wants his girlfriend in his bed, but she keeps insisting that she lives somewhere else. How to fix this?
Name: The Mating Frenzy
Author(ess): MSkyDragons
Status: Complete
Rating: M *
Pairings: Too many to count . . .
Summary: After the attacks by Orochimaru and the Sand, Konoha’s population is dangerously low. Desperate times call for extreme measures, and Tsunade issues a priority S class mission to every Leaf ninja: to pair off and start making babies!
Name: Switching Sides
Author(ess): ohwhatsherface
Status: Complete (Spoilers for recent manga chapters)
Rating: K+
Pairing(s): Sasuke x Sakura
Summary: Sakura is done with boys and her teammates… well, they don’t quite understand.
Name: Moments in the Dark
Author(ess): Cynchick
Status: Complete
Rating: M*
Pairing(s): Deidara x Sakura
Summary: They never discuss it, never talk about why or when or how long it will continue. In a way, it’s better like this. The not knowing. The spontaneity and unstructured passion of their forbidden trysts. These secret moments in the dark. DeiSaku.
Name: Idiot Syndrome
Author(ess): asteriskjam
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Sasuke x Sakura, Neji x Sakura, ShikaSaku friendship
Summary: Konoha’s four beloved geniuses were not necessarily hardworking or sociable or humble or patient. But kami, weren’t they supposed to be brilliant? :SasuSaku, NejiSaku: :Shikamaru, Sakura friendship:
Name: Rosemary for Remembrance
Author(ess): Sintari
Status: Complete
Rating: M*
Pairing(s): Neji x Hinata, minor Naruto x Hinata, Shino x Hinata & Sasuke x Naruto
Summary: Hyuga is a house with many rooms. A Neji & Hinata centered fic. Expect madness, love, sex, and murder. This is the story of two lives and as such the parings will change. NaruHina, NejiHina. COMPLETE. Part One of the Invictus Arc.
Name: Canvas
Author(ess): Arya Tai
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Sasuke x Hinata
Summary: [SasuHina] ‘So, in the end, she wasn’t blank after all. He had painted her.’
Name: Vespertine
Author(ess): Cynchick
Status: Complete
Rating: M*
Pairing(s): Itachi x Sakura, minor Sasuke x Karin & Naruto x Hinata
Summary: Two enemies strike a bargain to save what they both hold dear. He will reveal a truth that shakes her beliefs, drawing her into a web of lies and betrayal. She will offer the redemption for which he never hoped and show him how to be human again. ItaSaku.
Name: e c l i p s e
Author(ess): Chevira Lowe
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Sasuke x Sakura
Summary: SasuSaku, in a very different and probably disturbing light. The world cannot stand still, life goes on, and vengeance becomes one single cruel circle.
Name: Duty
Author(ess): Danyu
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Neji x Hinata
Summary: [oneshot] NejixHinata. Duty is heavy upon everyone, even upon the heart of a lover.
Name: Sand And Glass
Author(ess): Ninjacat
Status: Assumed to be complete
Rating: K+
Pairing(s): Naruto x Hinata, Neji x Hinata, background Sasuke x Sakura
Summary: Time passes. Times change. Naruto forges something new out of what little he returns to. Naruto, Neji, Hinata, and the Hyuuga.
Name: The Escapist
Author(ess): Crimson Siyrean
Status: Complete
Rating: T (Spoilers for recent manga chapters)
Pairing(s): Kakashi x Karin
Summary: He was doing it again. He was reading that damn book. What was it about that thing that kept his nose buried every time she saw him?
Name: This is not a Love Story
Author(ess): Sunfreak
Status: Complete
Rating: T
Pairing(s): Neji x Hinata
Summary: Hinata has a question, and Gai’s team has a lot of opinions.
That’s all of the Naruto fanfiction I can recommend at the moment. If you would like me to add some of your own recommended fics, just email me at jjay200@gmail.com with the link to the fics, their summaries, status, pairings etc. and let me know. 😉
Edit: Added some more recommendations. The pairings are much more varied now, so pick and choose from the new selection. 😉
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