Abandoned Training for the Job by Desaix - M - Naruto

Rahkesh Asmodaeus · Nov 13, 2008

Title: Training for the Job
Author: Desaix
Rating: M
Summary: Read below
Pairing: Naruto/Sakura
Chapters: 75
Words: 451,001
Updated: Jan 28, 2014
Published: Jun 27, 2005
Status: Abandoned
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2456403/1/Training_for_the_Job

Desaix said:

This is a Naruto\Sakura fanfic. If you don't like that, tough. There is zero yaoi in here. If you want to write that, fine, but don't try and insist that the yaoi is cannon when it isn't (as has happened on a few earlier non-Naruto fanfics I've written). Also, Sasuke's something of a villain -- get over it. He may redeem himself at some point (and will in this fic), but don't expect him to be a good guy without something happening to redeem him.
I don't remember which volume number of the manga is which (and this is mostly manga-based), so you'll have to forgive me if I reveal spoilers without proper notice. I will say that this fic is internally consistent with the manga as of the current chapter (265, IIRC).
It does not start there, however. Rather, it starts with the period of Naruto's hospitalization following the fight with Sasuke at the waterfall. The first volume (for this is planned as a multi-volume fic; Vol. 1 might work better as a prequel to the series, but I'm not planning on doing it that way) is Ino-centric, and takes place while Gaara is still in Konoha following the end of the mission. The second volume will be short, covering the 2.5 'missing' years in the storyline, and will focus on Naruto and Sakura as they train. The third volume will take place AFTER the mission in the current manga, with the following assumptions about its conclusion: Everyone from Konoha survives, Itachi survives, and no-one meets Sasuke or Orochimaru during the encounter. Essentially, things end up mostly status-quo (although the survival of the Sand and any of the Akatsuki other than Itachi is unimportant). Volume 4 will take place some time after Vol. 3 (how long after depends on how much of the storyline of Vol. 3 takes out of the one year it is supposed to actually cover). An epilog will take place set shortly after Vol. 4.
I am very hesitant about starting another very long fic like this one now, as I am really too busy to give it (or any of my older fanfics) the attention it deserves, but this idea will not go away. Don't be surprised if I spend ages between updates, however -- I've been known, on some fanfics, to go more than a year between chapters. Sometimes, though, I'll write five chapters in five days. Depends on how much spare time I've got and how much motivation I have to work on this piece when I do have that spare time.
This fic, like all my other fics, is a single draft fic -- meaning I will likely not go back and fix anything (not even to spellcheck, sometimes). So, if you want to make a critique, try to keep your points to things which may be corrected in the future (i.e., tell me if you think I need to explain something more for it to make sense, and maybe I'll work out how to write out that explanation in the text).
I do not intend to change my overall plot for this fic, even if the manga later proves the storyline to be impossible. However, I may decide to take any new jutsus revealed in the upcoming manga chapters rather then struggle to figure out a 'believable' ninja jutsu to give to certain characters. Or I may not, we'll see.
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I know the fact that it's a Naruto/Sakura fic will turn a lot of people off, but I really enjoyed the fic. After the timeskip, instead of turning out to be a weakling like he was in canon, Naruto comes back incredibly strong. Tsunade sends him and a select group of ninja to create a new village, which is to be a type of branch village to Konoha, in Wave country (I think).

And it's really long... but still not completed for some reason. ~_~

Oh right, the author refuses to give a summary for some reason, I can't figure out why. I decided to give his first chapter A/N as the summary, since it kinda is.

Checked by Minion, February 11, 2015
The author updated in 2014 after several years. It might take further years before the next chapter is out.

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