#bc of their sharingans..

[toastedatlas]

anbu

[domoz]

Another drabble trade with @doveywovy, this one had the prompts 'Blessed' and 'Forbidden Technique'

Technically, all of the techniques unlocked by the mangekyo are forbidden.

A few generations ago one of Izuna's ancestors went through the painstaking process of trying to document just how severe the vision loss caused by each technique was. Not a single one could be used without damage.

(Shortly afterwards, that ancestor tried to catch the entire clan in a genjutsu and died from the chakra drain -- the notes Izuna had read had posthumous notes added with theories about how the mangekyo might affect the mind as well.)

But for a shinobi, being forbidden does not mean a true ban. The label stands only as a warning: Using this technique has consequences. If you are to use it, be aware of it. Izuna has heeded them -- he's never once used the higher abilities of his eyes, because if Madara is to have them someday they need to be in perfect condition.

He has Tobirama pinned at the end of a ravine. There's cover enough to make it defensible; normal fire won't do a thing here, and they're matched enough that Izuna can't be assured of victory if he tries to finish him with his sword -- especially when they're both as exhausted as they are. Every moment Izuna allows his opponent to catch his breath is another moment he might find an upper hand

It's not a quite snap decision. Izuna has imagined the easy victory he could win ever since he first manifested the mangekyo, he's just never allowed himself to act on it until this moment.

Ameterasu is the most self-damaging technique there is -- but he only needs to use it once.

The mangekyo manifests into his eyes with a dry burn, which quickly becomes a searing pain as Izuna pushes more chakra into them then he ever has before.

"Ameterasu!"

Black fire twists and flows. Izuna can see Tobirama's alarm at the new technique before the scene becomes blurry with the blood that wells from his eyes. He counters with water, as he usually does -- a huge wave of it, a panicked last defense that would have worked on any other technique Izuna could have tried. The suiton explodes into steam without slowing Izuna's black flames at all. It gives him enough space to wipe the blood from his eyes -- to see Tobirama burn.

Only there is no screaming, no scent of burning flesh. The steam drifts up and away and Izuna stares.

His fire remains, the pull on his chakra and the stinging of his eyes is proof that it's his, but it's changed. Where it's clung to Tobirama, the flames of Ameterasu have turned white, a corona of holy fire burns across his shoulders and makes the red of his eyes gleam.

They had been a sign, every Uchiha had known it. The second son of Butsuma Senju very well could have been blessed, but no one had ever tried to prove it. He's Senju. It was easier not to know.

Now Izuna has gone and given himself irrefutable proof. Tobirama is blessed by Ameterasu, so much so that her fires will not harm him.

(Izuna had always thought he'd seemed a little inhuman. This is just confirmation, really).

Tobirama tries to brush the fire away only to spread it to his hands, to drip from his fingers down his sword.  He's still wary, not yet ready to discard it as a genjutsu trick as long as he can't dismiss it, and Izuna must have some sort of expression on his face that makes him pause further when he sees it.

There's no time to catastrophize about what it all means. Izuna shuts his sharingan and the fires fade away, the sense of his chakra burning next to Tobirama's disappears and leaves a new emptiness behind. He sheathes his sword, bows, as though Tobirama is an honorable opponent, and takes the opportunity to retreat.

Izuna will just have to bring him home next time they meet.

[bittergirlsworld]

suffering from hatake kakashi's syndrome: everytime I lock in on my work I feel like I'm about to pass out

[stygian-blu]

you know for such an allegedly coveted bloodline there is a remarkable lack of instances of sharingan theft (barring Danzo) and i mean that historically

the Uchiha also don't seem to have any measures against bloodline theft (like the Hyuuga for example) despite how openly vocal they are about their pride re: their bloodline ability and it's superiority.

the most notable cases of non-Uchihas trying to or stealing sharingans are Danzo and Orochimaru.

Danzo had to use Hashi's DNA to wield all his sharingans. but it's implied he had stolen one even before the coup and Shisui's right eye.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, seemed convinced that the Sharingan by itself was not enough, and that he needed an Uchiha body, not just the eyes. thus his attempts to take over Itachi and Sasuke's bodies.

there's also Kakashi but i will get to him in a bit.

this leads me to think/hc that the Uchiha did not take any protective measures because they simply did not need to; in 99% of cases the Sharingan would just kill its wielder if they were not an Uchiha. (there's also room for soo much yummy mythology here. something something our eyes are a divine blessing and stealing them invites the wrath of Amaterasu upon ye.)

back to the hypothetical sharingan thief. they are incapable of turning it off, so it's always siphoning chakra from them (at an increased rate, since non-Uchiha chakra seems to be inefficient at powering it)

this likely means that they can't turn it on either, meaning that it must be harvested while active. So to get a sharingan, you need to find an Uchiha who has a sharingan, fight them (and win), then steal their eyes. Yet even then, there's just so much room for failure.

for one, the Uchiha could simply turn it off before it's stolen. Or if they are beaten to the point where they run out of chakra, it'll deactivate on its own. so you'd need to find the sweet spot where they're too weakened to overcome you but not weakened enough to be unable to access their sharingan. (Also, don't get caught in any genjutsu by proximity. good luck plucking the eye out undamaged without looking!)

even if all goes well, the thief would not be able to handle more than a single eye (see eg cases: Kakashi and pre implant Danzo) as that thing is GREEDY. it's safe to assume both Kakashi* and Danzo are exemplary and uniquely powerful/talented shinobi and are outliers to what usually happens, aka the sharingan will devour all its host's chakra and kill them. and if it doesn't kill them, it will weaken them so much that it becomes a liability rather than an asset.

*this could also be why Fugaku agreed to let Kakashi keep the sharingan; part respect for Obito's dying wish and part acknowledgement that Kakashi being alive, well, and wielding the eye was a miracle and possibly a sign of acceptance from the gods - since Kakashi did not really steal his sharingan, so the eye did not kill him in retaliation.

regardless, Kakashi is constantly shown to suffer from chakra exhaustion and is prone to collapsing completely from feats that should be within the scope of his calibre, and Danzo has that sweet Hashirama regen factor to offset the effect. Orochimaru's solution was to aim for the whole package, ie sharingan + Uchiha chakra.

This fatal side-effect, combined with the photographic memory and the sharingan's propensity for replaying in 4k-full-surround-sound any traumatic experiences it recorded -especially when it can't be deactivated- greatly contributed to their reputation as cursed eyes. You successfully overcome the tribulations to steal these fuckers and then you either die, become a vegetable, or go insane.

over time, that made it an undesirable target for bloodline theft. it did not help that the Uchiha held eternal grudges and were very revenge-y and intense about their family/bloodline. they can and will hunt you down.

that doesn't mean people didn't try, but with the danger involved and such dismal investment-outcome odds, it just wasn't a popular item on the bloodline thief menu.

[teatitty]

Always and forever going to hate how the Sharingan went from being the Yin to the Byakugan's Yang and giving us a great kekkei genkai rivalry between the Hyuga and Uchiha to having 20+ different forms and functions that make you Basically God. Get the fuck outta here I'm nerfing this shit back to its roots fuck you

[no-nic]

#tw eye contact: the guy

another one for the grayscale&red collection? 👀🌚📍

[tisslesu]

Grumpy bb skr🥰

[beatriceportinari]

need to find a disguise for a party saturday next week... is it strange that i've never been to a dress up party lol

[orcelito]

That bitch Danzo getting killed and it starts showing his past like I'm supposed to be sad for this piece of shit??? I'm Not. He's a warmonger and a fucking snake. He caused so much suffering, literally inlaid the eyes of Sasuke's murdered clan in his arm -- the clan that HE ORDERED TO BE MURDERED. He conducted genocide for the sake of "peace", and even in death he thinks it's for the best of the village. Nevermind the fact that he literally stole children from their families to indoctrinate them into his underground cult, and he was just Allowed to do this??? Hiruzen when I catch you...!!!!!!

Anyways fuck this dude, I'm glad he's dead. Good for you, Sasuke.

[chiariuchiha]

current discord chat at 9 am… yelling about eyeball stealing and leaving your eyes to someone in a will when you die bc I’m over here hypothesizing about eyeball theft

[habibisagi]

if i posted my eyes i fear all of you would be in a genjutsu >_>

[oh-no-its-bird]

Team 7 gets zapped into the warring states era but it's like, team 7 either mid or directly after wave-arc.

They're babies!! They're untrained little babies!!! None of them have gotten that good good character development yet!! Kakashi is still actively desperately wanting to not teach them!! (tho he may have just gotten his "ahh fuck. I actually have to teach them, huh." Moment)

Sasuke looks like a carbon copy of a younger Izuna and it's going to cause problems

Naruto thankfully doesn't look much like an Uzumaki, but his tendency to very loudly introduce himself is going to get him into trouble

Going w my usual flavor of "the Hatake are a very small but very famous clan known for being fucking insane", people are seeing Kakashi and going "oh god oh fuck what are one of THOSE guys doing here oh sage preserve us please don't eat me" as Kakashi just kinda stands there like 🧍‍♂️

Sakura is the only one safe from not being fucked up and over her clan, good for her!

-> back to the Hatake thing.

The kids still know virtually nothing about their sensei so they're learning all this stuff about his clan and believing every word of it, from the believable rumors to the insane.

Sakura, in a hushed, worried voice: "Sensei,, is it true ur clan eats people??"

Kakashi, who's father died before he could tell him almost anything about their clan and genuinely doesn't know but at this point is starting to get a little worried about it:

Kakashi, who also never passes up the opportunity to fuck with someone: "only stupid little students who ask stupid little questions <3"

Sakura and Sasuke: *worriedly look at a confused Naruto*

For convoluted reasons they run into the Hatake of the era and after introductions they look at the kids and are like,

"Oh!!! Ok, so this is your kid, right? :)" pointing at Sakura.

And Kakashi is like. ",,no."

"Ohhh, ok. So this one is your kid then?" *points at Naruto*

",,,,,,,,no."

They look at him confused then nod at Sasuke. "So then that one's your kid, right?"

"None of them are my children."

*visibly disapproving / disbelieving side eye*

One big difference between this and the team ro time travel one is how much less trustworthy Kakashi comes off to literally everyone who looks at him.

He's a trained adult shinobi, probable bloodline thief (with no way to prove his innocence), and he has 3 children from 3 different clans (2 of which are indirectly enemies bc the Uzumaki is a Senju ally) (1 of which might have a direct relation to the Uchiha main house) and comes from an infamously volatile "wild clan" from another country entirely (Iron country)

He is NOT getting out of this with talk no jutsu bullshit. He has a target on his back from day 1 and it will take a minor miracle to get even a single person hear him out

Anyways uhh—

Saying Tajima and Butsuma are still alive but due to die in some months (till team 7 accidentally interfere and somehow accidentally save Tajima, maybe also Butsuma but I'm more biased towards Tajima so I'm thinking just him actually)

Kakashi sees baby Kagami and feels like he's been hit by a truck bc he looks just like a miniature Shisui and he has hang-ups about his "suicide"

Half-Hatake Tobirama is catching HEAT from Kakashi's antics. Why does one of ur cousins have a sharingan. Where did he get those children. Do you know anything about this. Is it your duty to help hunt him down bc hes your blood. If not yours then it's definatley the Hatake's, call them immediately and tell them to clean up their mess.

Bloodline theft is like THE ultimate no-no for all shinobi, especially in this era. To the point that even ancient enemies will sometimes temporarily set aside grudges to kill bloodline theives. Kakashi is so fucked, someone get him out of there

Mmmm there are like still bits and pieces of thoughts floating around in my head for this but I can feel myself getting distracted and want to get back to art fight so I'll leave it here for now

[ludwigplayingthetrombone]

Quick kkg bonus prompt for today! Sweat

under cut just in case bc tis a sauna ;) Points uuuh 10 +3(x2)

Gai: Sharingan, really? Kks: I'll try and be a little more subtle then.

[swagglessmoth]

I may not like Boruto, but one thing I’ll forever be grateful for is the forty-year-old Kakashi scenes. One of my favourites is Kakashi flashing the sharingan god knows how bc he got excited over icha icha

Like how did he do that

Drama queen

[gluestickv]

Naruto memes/text posts I’ve made part 11!!

Akatsuki edition bc I have akatsuki brainrot❤️ so here’s 8 instead of my usual 4✌️✌️

(Read more for yappathon and unnecessary explanation)

Yes yes this is me pushing my itakabu agenda what abt it?? Also the Ukrainian zetsu says just means “Fat wh0re”😭😭

Named deidara “may dei” bc I found out he was born in may and I’m bias<3

I spent forever trying to find that mr beast edited as Kisame photo and almost gave up

Hc that sasori threatens to make tobi his next puppet project when he gets on sasoris nerves and obito thinks he’s not serious but he 100% is. Sasori isn’t gonna seek out a sharingan to put in his puppets but if one so happens to land on his door step… well…

Pein’s name is infact a line from that HORRENDOUS French “rap” going around on tiktok and nagato would legit think it’s tuff💔🥀

[yutamayo]

@matchasilver yes

bum every day