Naruto Fanfiction
The story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja seeking recognition and dreaming of becoming the Hokage.
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What is Naruto fanfiction?
Naruto fandom is old, enormous, and unusually serious about worldbuilding. Its signature genres barely exist elsewhere at this scale: time-travel fix-its where an adult war veteran wakes up in their twelve-year-old body, Uchiha-massacre divergences, self-insert reincarnation epics with original jutsu systems, and political fics about what the village system actually costs its children. The fandom's best long fics are 500k-word constructions with plotting the source manga never attempted.
Naruto fanfiction is fan-created stories set in the Naruto universe. With over 420,000 works on Archive of Our Own, Naruto is one of the most popular fandoms in the fanfiction community.
These stories explore beloved characters like Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Kakashi Hatake, and many more. Writers create everything from short one-shots to epic novel-length adventures, exploring relationships, alternate universes, and "what if" scenarios.
Most Popular Naruto Fanfics
These are the highest-rated Naruto stories on AO3, ranked by kudos from readers.
【all佐】坏血
by Sugarholicxxx
预警：长篇封建背景+双性佐设定。佐嬷xp产物。涉及生子、流产、虐身虐心、多角关系、恨海情天、多重NTR、单箭头……登场人物全员可能都会有佐助有一腿。*作者不爱写权谋，此文重点只是嬷佐助，请勿纠结任何背景设定问题和细节问题。
Rebuilding
by HelanadeTroia
Peace is a graveyard dressed as a home.Sasuke Uchiha returns to Konoha as a prisoner with softer chains: watched, contained, and tolerated only because the village needs him quiet. His name is still feared. His clan is still dead. And Naruto has never known how to let him go.But love is not harmless
Slowly... Itachi
by MrMoon2205
Neji nunca deu importância ao próprio aniversário. Itachi, por outro lado, jamais permitiu que a data passasse despercebida.ItaNeji | Naruto AU
fever you can’t sweat out
by arabella0101
Techniques that emit pollen to knock enemies unconscious are not so rare. Still, it was uncommon—almost unheard of—to come face to face with another type of it during an ANBU mission assigned to both of you. Sexy no Jutsu was less damaging in this case; it didn’t force a bond that shouldn’t have exi
Ultimate interworld death game
by OgNeptune
A Danganronpa fanfiction with characters from different fandoms and in an original setting
I’m an Uchiha with a Heavenly Restriction (Naruto/JJK)
by PinkSnakeFiction
[Naruto + Jujutsu Kaisen + Uchiha + Heavenly Restriction] I heard the Uchiha clan produced a good-for-nothing who can’t use chakra. What a miserable life, being born into a prestigious Dōjutsu clan like that. I wonder just how pathetic that guy must look. I’d love to see it for myself. At least… tha
The Fourth's Second Chance Book One Back to The Leaf
by Leecope2003
Minato Namikaze time travels from the fourth great ninja war to the kyuubi attack and proceeds to change everything he can. With great skill and extreme displeasure at how things went in the future. He beats the village back into some semblance of proper function. And takes out the trash called Danz
Itadakimasu
by MrMoon2205
Hinata sabe que cuidar também é insistir. Em uma visita noturna ao escritório do marido, ela transforma uma refeição simples em um lembrete íntimo de tudo o que Byakuya costuma esquecer quando trabalha demais: o corpo, o prazer e o conforto de não estar sozinho.ByaHina | Crossover
Parallel Ninja World: Which Naruto Will Leap Through Time Today?
by PinkSnakeFiction
A peaceful and tranquil ninja world... Should we send Naruto, the Seventh Hokage, back to the moment just before Minato and Kushina’s deaths, when he unmasks Obito’s true identity? Or maybe we send Naruto, the hero of the Fourth Great Ninja War, to the world of Boruto, reigniting the flames of Konoh
【带卡】纵容
by Hutututu8323
上忍堍*上忍卡 ooc预警 双视角睡奸 老生常谈的两个处男误打误撞你情我愿互相试探
Kneeling before you
by MadDog4ever
Naruto willingly surrenders himself to Sasuke, obeying every command without hesitation. As Sasuke pushes his limits, he's both disturbed and captivated by Naruto's overwhelming devotion, realizing that his desperate need for him runs far deeper than either of them expected.
Residues
by konohacopyninja
The Infinite Tsukuyomi was supposed to disappear with the dawn.Instead, it left something behind. When reality begins to crack above Konoha, people thought long gone start falling from the remnants of forgotten dreams. Caught between reality and illusion stands Obito Uchiha: war criminal, survivor,
let’s cry over ramen
by nonluv
When Uzumaki Naruto asked Uchiha Sasuke to become housemates with him, he expected a blunt, but curt no. Instead, the boy in question said yes and chaos proceeds to occur in Naruto's fragile heart.Or, alternate summary, Naruto and Sasuke become roommates and try their best to deal with life in Konoh
The President and the Captain
by SNSLOVE
Everyone at Konoha University knows two things. Student Council President Uchiha Sasuke has never missed one of Basketball Captain Namikaze Naruto’s games. And if you happen to fall in love with Naruto… The Student Council sincerely wishes you the best of luck. A childhood friends-to-lovers college
Branded
by Innocentwriter26
There was no time to process the cold sting of the metal table as her body was tossed atop of it. Sakura hissed, trying to pull her arms and legs into herself, giving any attempt to avoid what was coming. At first, she could have sworn there was something still there in his eyes- something human. Bu
Choosing to Stay
by lifeasai
*Life after Pain* After surviving his battle with Pain, Jiraiya is brought back to Konohagakure barely alive. The experience leaves both of them deeply traumatized: Tsunade by almost losing him, and Jiraiya by realizing how much pain his death caused the woman he loves. Struggling with survivor’s gu
Rising Blade, Falling Leaves (Fate x Naruto, EMIYA Centric)
by TheTangerineCat
He woke up in Konoha. A clan that wasn't his. A name he'd never owned. But that hill of swords remained beyond even the transcendence of worlds. She scurried out of the alley. Blonde hair, blue eyes, whisker marks on dirty cheeks. Some weird kid was watching her. One brow up. Like she was a peculiar
Shukaku…and his 3 chaotic kids
by KaiGoetia398
No summary provided.
Crónicas de la Luna Rota: Las Aventuras de Power Queen
by queteimporta55
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Edo Tensei
by lifeasai
During the Fourth Great Ninja War, Madara Uchiha revives Jiraiya with Edo Tensei specifically to destroy Naruto’s will of fire. The entire Allied Shinobi Forces are horrified, especially Naruto and Tsunade. Seeing Jiraiya again completely overwhelms Tsunade, forcing her to confront feelings she had
Naruto Fanfics by Length
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Popular Naruto Ships
SasuNaru
Sasuke Uchiha/Naruto Uzumaki
The rivalry and bond between Naruto and Sasuke that spans the entire series.
180,000 works →
KakaIru
Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka
The laid-back elite jonin Kakashi and the dedicated academy teacher Iruka, both shaped by loss but finding comfort in each other.
45,000 works →
NaruSasu
Naruto Uzumaki/Sasuke Uchiha
The complex relationship between Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, rivals and best friends whose bond spans their entire journey from genin to the Fourth Great Ninja War.
85,000 works →
SasuSaku
Sasuke Uchiha/Sakura Haruno
The relationship between Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno, from her initial crush to their eventual marriage, spanning years of separation and growth.
45,000 works →
NaruHina
Naruto Uzumaki/Hinata Hyuga
The sweet romance between Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga, who admired him from afar before they eventually married and started a family.
40,000 works →
KakaGai
Kakashi Hatake/Might Guy
Konoha's eternal rivals have been challenging each other to absurd contests since childhood, with Guy keeping a running tally that Kakashi pretends not to care about. Their decades of devotion — culminating in Guy nearly dying for the village and Kakashi pushing his wheelchair in the epilogue — reads to many fans as a marriage in all but name.
12,000 works →
ObiKaka
Obito Uchiha/Kakashi Hatake
Teammates torn apart when Obito was crushed at Kannabi Bridge, they meet again decades later as Hokage candidate and masked war criminal. Obito's dying gift of his Sharingan — and the guilt that defined Kakashi's entire adult life — gives writers one of shounen's most wrenching foundations for a ship.
9,000 works →
MadaTobi
Madara Uchiha/Tobirama Senju
The Uchiha clan head and the Second Hokage despised each other in canon, clashing over the founding of Konoha while their brothers dreamed of peace. Fandom seized on their matched intellects and mutual loathing to build a sprawling ecosystem of founders-era fic where hatred curdles into something hungrier.
7,500 works →
HashiMada
Hashirama Senju/Madara Uchiha
Boyhood friends from rival clans who skipped stones across a river and dreamed up Konoha together, only for Madara to abandon the village and die by Hashirama's hand. Canon frames them as the original Naruto and Sasuke, and writers mine that doomed brotherhood for everything it's worth.
6,500 works →
ShiIta
Shisui Uchiha/Itachi Uchiha
Shisui of the Body Flicker was Itachi's best friend and the one person who shared his hope of stopping the Uchiha coup without bloodshed, entrusting Itachi with his eye before his death. Fic tends to linger in the quiet months before the massacre, when two prodigies carried an impossible secret together.
5,000 works →
GaaLee
Gaara/Rock Lee
Gaara crushed Lee's arm and leg in the Chunin Exams, nearly ending his career — then spent years atoning as Lee forgave him without hesitation. Their arc from attacker and victim to genuine allies makes them one of Naruto's longest-running redemption ships.
5,500 works →
ShikaTema
Shikamaru Nara/Temari
The lazy Konoha strategist and the blunt Suna kunoichi first fought in the Chunin Exams, where Shikamaru forfeited a match he'd already won against her. Years of diplomatic missions, bickering escorts, and chess-like banter led to canon marriage, and fandom happily fills in every step between.
6,000 works →
MinaKushi
Minato Namikaze/Kushina Uzumaki
The Fourth Hokage rescued the hot-blooded Uzushio refugee by tracking strands of her red hair, the moment Kushina says she fell in love. Naruto's parents died shielding their newborn from the Nine-Tails, and fic devotes itself to the short, bright life they had — or the longer one they deserved.
4,500 works →
SasoDei
Sasori/Deidara
Akatsuki's artist duo spent their partnership arguing whether true art is eternal, like Sasori's puppets, or fleeting, like Deidara's explosions. The fandom's classic villain pairing pits two missing-nin aesthetes against each other in a debate that fic happily reframes as foreplay.
4,000 works →
NejiTen
Hyuuga Neji/Tenten
Team Gai's prodigy and its weapons mistress trained together daily for years, the only partner Neji ever trusted with his blind spot. One of Naruto's oldest het ships, kept alive by fix-it writers who refuse his wartime death.
2,000 works →
InoSaku
Yamanaka Ino/Haruno Sakura
Ino gave a bullied Sakura her ribbon and her confidence, then became her fiercest rival in everything from chunin exams to romance. Naruto's leading femslash pairing reads the rivalry as two girls who never stopped orbiting each other.
2,500 works →
JiraTsuna
Jiraiya/Tsunade
Two of the legendary Sannin spent fifty years in a loop of proposals, rejections, gambling debts, and absolute trust, until Jiraiya went to Rain Village with her kiss as a promise he never collected. Canon made the tragedy; fic argues with it.
1,500 works →
KakaSaku
Hatake Kakashi/Haruno Sakura
One of Naruto fandom's most enduring adult ships pairs a grown Sakura with her former teacher, almost always post-war and long after Team 7's classroom days. Writers gravitate to two medics-of-sorts who have outgrown their old roles and surprised each other.
6,000 works →
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Naruto fanfics are on AO3?
There are over 420,000 Naruto fanfiction works on Archive of Our Own, making it one of the platform's largest fandoms.
What are the best Naruto ships?
Popular Naruto pairings include SasuNaru, KakaIru, NaruSasu. Each ship has thousands of dedicated stories exploring their relationship.
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