Since apparently Walking Around (Like Regular People)–or at least that particular spinoff universe–is no longer a one shot, I’ve made an ao3 series to collect the two current installments and any future installments.
Part 1 aka the actual Walking Around (Like Regular People) (+outsider!POV) will still be Chapter 13 of Dreaming One Shots, so I don’t delete the comments, but Walking Around (Sharing the World) is now a separate work and Part 2 of the series.
Check it out here!
Oh, right! I forgot about that! Thanks for the reminder đ
I guess that means EVERY child born to a Konoha kunoichi is planned to some extent. (Some poor paper nin in charge of making Kareruâs records laughs hysterically that only Team Seven would find a way to have an unplanned baby.)
I actually have the idea that their usual approach to things would be reversed in the face of Shikakoâs pregnancy. Like, Shikakoâs cool with just asking her mom what to expect and then just listening to what the medic nin suggests, whereas Sasuke is the one to read ALL of the books and interrogate the medic nin for exact details on EVERYTHING and heâs the one that keeps time for Shikakoâs meals/vitamins (because itâs been shown that when she gets into a research groove, Shikako has no idea what time or even, sometimes, day it is).
Shikako takes to hiding, but her stealth is severely reduced due to being massively pregnant. Sasuke tracks her down everywhere in the village, just like âHave you seen Shikako anywhere? Itâs three o clock which means sheâs supposed to take these vitamins and also eat kale.â (âSasuke, kale is gross.â âItâs also nutritious.â)
(The Lee swap out evasion technique stopped working after the fourth time, which is unfortunate because he was just getting good at his pregnant waddling. He was going to try to incorporate it into a new taijutsu style.)
Iâll see about filling this prompt properly, anon, but itâll probably just be more of the same silliness of above. đ
Thatâs a pretty good idea, wildtabbykat!
I always figuredâespecially given the existence of the Gelel Empireâthat chakra overlayed the previous magic-like system instead of introducing a brand new thing entirely, and that natural chakra was either a thing that you could or couldnât use. Like you canât just be taught and train in it if you donât have the initial ability.
Like⌠I guess the easiest way to explain would be⌠Iâve read a couple of HPxNaruto crossovers and to mash up the terminology: Everyone, even Muggles, have chakra but the ability to use NATURAL chakra is for those who would be considered witches/wizards in the HP world. Itâs just something youâre born with?
The various clans/blood limits (except for Juugoâs whose blood limit involves natural chakra) are independent of use natural chakra. Itâs why not just anyone and their pet dog can become a Sage? Like⌠why are Orochimaru and Jiraiya sages, but Tsunade isnât? I canât really see any of the clans keeping their Sage knowledge to themselves if it is a matter of bloodline.
The Gelel thing is probably⌠the reason why so many of the Gelel fighters were surprised that the people of the Elemental Nations were putting up a decent defense is that chakra didnât exist then. So before the Sage of Six Paths, the shinobi abilities would have been limited to the âmagic-usersâ who are (if weâre still using HP standards) a significantly smaller part of the population.
Shikako being able to hear/activate the Gelel stone is because sheâs the equivalent of a muggleborn when it comes to natural chakra (or maybe a half-blood? I dunno about Yoshino) whereas if Shikamaru touched it, it wouldnât have done anything. It wouldâve also done something if Naruto had touched it (Iâm unsure if the Uzumaki vitality was something like a more stable version of Juugoâs clanâs blood limit, which would make Tsunade a squib in that case).
But then again, arenât most of the Konoha bloodlines descended from the Sage of Six Paths anyway? Maybe after so many generations theyâve cultivated a blood limit, but lost the ability to use natural chakra and are all borderline squibs?
Then, since Shikako is heading to the Fire Temple to learn how to use natural chakra, the temple is a bit like Hogwarts meets Jedi Order? They probably donât have jurisdiction in Konoha itself (which is why Team Seven flew under the radar) but maybe the monks travel around and gather possible sages to train them properly?
I am. Iâm whatâs stopping them. >:)
But in all seriousness, anon, if Iâm going to be frank, it took me a while to understand your ask in a way that didnât make me cringe or side-eye it. I know there was no offense meant and that youâre sincerely curious about why Shikako and Gaara donât have biological children in my weird DoS next gen spinoff, but something about the word choice or maybe just the subconscious assumption beneath the ask itself just kind of⌠Iâll do my best to answer you, but please keep in mind that my first reaction to this ask wasnât exactly positive and I had to step away for a while before I could answer.
Okay so letâs go:
Yes, in the Walking Around âverse aka the Sakako Uchiha âverse, genetically-canon!Sarada does still exist. Sakura wanted a child, but is romantically involved with Ino (who is also romantically involved with Sai). While Sakura could have asked Sai to be sperm donor for her child, Konoha is already trying to establish an Uchiha repopulation program and Sakura, being part of the Medic Corps (and possibly in charge of the program?) would no doubt know of it. So the efficient thing was for Sakura to be a surrogate so she could both have a child and contribute to the Uchiha repopulation. Or perhaps âsurrogateâ is the wrong word choice since Sarada is HER child that just happens to be half Sasukeâs genes and a member of the fledgling Uchiha clan 2.0
Sakako might or might not be an artificially inseminated baby. My interpretation of Sasuke is demi-romantic bisexual, and Shikako as demi/bi-romantic demi/asexual. So the demi part for Shikakoâs sexuality is a little up in the air. (And anyway, itâs not as if ace people canât have or enjoy sex, they just donât actively feel sexual desire). But the point is, Sakakoâs existence isnât as premeditated as Saradaâs isâSakura PLANNED to have a child, and DECIDED to be part of the Uchiha repopulation program. SAKURA was the active party between her and Sasuke in Saradaâs origin.
In contrast, Iâm not entirely sure if Sakako is âofficiallyâ part of the Uchiha repopulation program so much as she is someone who just happens to be born Uchiha. If that makes any sense. Whether Sakako is the result of a night of passion, or Shikako acknowledging that Sasuke wants biological children with her and agreeing to bear A child for him, it was mostly SASUKE who wanted Sakako to exist.
Keep in mind, if all five of Shikadaiâs cousins exist like in Our Share of the World, then Team Seven (+friends) have already collectively raised Kareru to approximately Academy age. Maybe, parenting Kareru made Sasuke baby-crazed, and seeing as how it was Shikako and Naruto who helped him with this first child, he turned to them (who are his âone and done + exceptionâ anyway) for another child. Hence Sakakoâs existence, even if itâs not specifically the Uchiha repopulation program.
In summary, Sarada is Sakuraâs child who just happens to be part of the Uchiha repopulation program, Sakako is Sasukeâs child with Shikako.
Now whatâs stopping Shikako from being a surrogate for Gaara? Nothing.Â
Nothingâs stopping them from having biological children through sexual intercourse, either (even if they were both asexualâagain, asexual people can have and even enjoy sexâitâs just that they donât feel the desire for sex)
Itâs not that Shikako thinks Gaara would be a bad father or that she thinks any potential kid would inherit his bijuu-related madness; itâs not that she loves Sasuke more than she does Gaara, either. She already has children with Gaara. Three of them, in fact. They donât need to be biologically related to her for her to be their Mother. (This is what Gaara, in the deepest recesses of his mind, fears. But itâs doubt brought along by his shaky self-esteem and knowledge that Sasuke low-key resents him, and thus not true at all).
This isnât about Sasuke not being okay with it or about Sasuke being a hypocrite or about Sasuke not giving her permission or whatever. This isnât about Sasuke at all. Shikako just doesnât want another childâshe already has five children. (FIVE CHILDREN IS A LOT, OKAY. Thatâs more than a standard shinobi team. (Though I should say that her not wanting more children doesnât mean that she wouldnât totally step up and love and parent any additional kids that come along, but she doesnât actively want to get more children. Sheâs content with the number she has.))
If I had to put motivations behind it⌠Gaara just wants familyâhe doesnât want more clan, doesnât want to pass on his blood limitâactually, Gaara just wants love? And, obviously, family helps with that. But biological children arenât more valid as family, they arenât somehow intrinsically more lovable than adopted children.
In contrast, Sasuke âwants to revive his clan.â Thatâs specifically the Uchiha clan with the Sharingan bloodline. If he just wanted (sorry to be crass here) bodies in houses, heâd just go to an orphanage and adopt all the children and make them Uchiha. But the premise of the particular spinoff world that Walking Around ‘verse is in has an Uchiha repopulation program specifically for the Sharingan.
Different motivations, so different goals, so different solutions, so different family structures.
I think Shikako doesnât want biological children. Or rather, she doesnât have a preference for biological children over adopted children. A close enough version of her genes are going to be passed down to the next generation anyway via Shikamaruâs child(ren) and a slightly distant but still related version of her genes comprise an entire clan. Her bloodline is fineâthereâs no endangered blood limit attached to it, and so thereâs no necessity for her to have biological children. To be somewhat crass again, sheâs not a baby-making machine (and sheâs especially not going to be one for the Suna Council.)
Letâs see⌠as a more concrete example: you might have noticed in Walking Around (Sharing the World) that bit about the empty room. The one that both Sasuke and Shikako were keeping silent on the matter. The way I see it, that room can be filled in different ways. If Sasuke found an Uchiha baby in a sealing scroll and decided to adopt it Shikako would agree to be this babyâs Mum.
Or, if someone volunteered to be a surrogate for the Uchiha repopulation program but didnât actually want to raise the baby (maybe theyâre a kunoichi who had been injured and would need to take a year off and decided, hey, why not get paid to be pregnant since sheâs not going to be able to do missions anyway), Shikako would agree to be this babyâs Mum. Or, hell, if Sasuke decided to adopt any kid and raise that kid as Sakakoâs siblingâUchiha genes or notâShikako would totally be okay with being that kidâs Mum, too. But if Sasuke asked for another biological kid from Shikako? ⌠I donât think sheâd say yes.
I mean, thereâs in vitro⌠like if Shikako donated some eggs and Sasuke donated sperm and then the zygote was implanted into some other woman. But at that point⌠itâd be better for the Uchiha repopulation program and Sasukeâs dream to revive the Uchiha clan if that other woman just⌠became one of the mothers in the program. Especially so that, if a generation or two down the line, the plan is to have the descendants reproduce with each other. Far enough that their relation to Sasuke isnât too recent and possibly resulting in genetic problems due to inbreeding, but not so diluted that the Sharingan is lost. If there are two Shikasuke kids then their descendants are invalid to reproduce with each other without additional generations separating them.
But thatâs getting away from the heart of the matter which is⌠I hope I answered your questions?
If youâd like to write about biological Shikaara kids, donât let me stop you. The reason why I didnât was because I found the NGSS while researching and it just felt right to me that the NGSS are adoptedâin canon or DoS futureâand in a Shikaara world, Shikako is an active enough parent that they do acknowledge her as Mother (I dunno if anyone noticed, but I figure itâs a regional dialect thing that people in Suna use Mother/Father and people in Konoha use Mum and Dad).
Our interpretations of the characters are different, so our predictions for their future will probably be different. I mean, I can even interpret the characters differently leading to different predictionsâI can see a possible future where Shikako and Kiba end up together and have no children but are wildly and hilariously happy together. I can see a possible future where Shikako and Neji end up together and take on the fucked up system of the Hyuuga Main vs Branch families with fuinjutsu and REVOLUTION. I can see a possible future where Shikako doesnât end up with anyone and is happy with her life and revels in her freedom.
Biological Shikaara children can definitely exist in some possible future; but in the particular future that Iâve somehow developed in the Walking Around/Sakako ‘verse there arenât any.
Iâll see about it, anon. Iâve already mentioned how Iâm not that fond of Borutoâbut I suppose thatâs canon!Boruto and DoS!Boruto would be at least slightly differentâbut that is the logical next step for the Walking Around âverse so itâs on my list of to-dos.
I would love to, future-tongueâbecause the idea sounds fantastic, else I wouldnât have brought it up in the first placeâbut I think this is going to take me a while simply because Iâd kinda have to brush up on the canon!DoS Sasuke-Tsunade interactions and extrapolate semi-realistically from there, but since DoS is Shikakoâs POV a lot of the Sasuke-Tsunade interactions are off-screen so to speak.
I know there must be some (especially since Tsunade is personally the one giving him missions so Orochimaru doesnât get him, and probably the conversation about joining ANBU but protecting him from ROOT) but itâll take me a while.
Letâs see how it goes đ
Probably? He definitely wants them to be connected to each other by more than bloodâand he does teach all of them Grand Fireball when they turn seven, probably, but given that actual clan status (as the Nara go, anyway) involve things like clan tax and land/etc and thereâs only one adult and maybe six kids at most theyâre not really capable of being a clan yet. Eventually? But not yet.
Especially since they all live in different households raised by different people. Not sure if Sasuke arranges meetings with the kids. If so, itâs definitely infrequent.
Sakako is probably the oldest (maaaybe Sarada is older?) and so she and Sasuke get to make up the new Uchiha clan traditions. More like coming of age sort of thingsâseventh birthday, becoming a genin, etc etc. Maybe they get to learn Sasukeâs Fire variant of the chidori at age twelve?
Since the Uchiha matriarch-to-be is half Nara, itâs very possible that the fledgling Uchiha clan âofficiallyâ becomes an ally of the Akimichi-Nara-Yamanaka alliance and so thereâs an exchange of benefits there. The new Uchiha clan get their ears pierced at becoming chuunin (maybe genin, too, like the A-N-Y clans, but definitely chuunin).
I was reading tumblr backlog a few hours ago, saw this ask, and immediately had thoughts. I spent a few hours writing, as this grew into a longer bunch of words than I expected, because I really like the NGSS as youâve described them, and I like thinking about this version of the world. Only now, in the last step before posting, did I see some of your other asks, and I realized that I probably gave Sasuke the benefit of the doubt when I really shouldnât have in my first read of Walking Around (Sharing the World). So, I guess this is speculation about a less-posessive-to-an-unhealthy-level Sasuke and what his family might look like: (under a cut, for length)
OMG THIS! THIS EXACTLY!
Though, just to let you know, Sasuke definitely did deserve the benefit of the doubt in Walking Around (Sharing the World). The Sasuke in WA(StW) is specifically through the lens of Sakako thinking about her parents’ relationship AND the NGSS. That kind of mixed up together so that the Sasuke you see in WA(StW) is him in his most jealous/possessive/bitter state.
Except for the part with trip to Sora-ku that didn’t have dialogue because that was meant to show how Shikako and Sasuke still have a good relationship and rapport, more so when he doesn’t have to even consider the NGSS/Gaara. Sasuke in Walking Around (Like Regular People) is the norm, Sasuke in WA(StW) is not.
But that being said, I super agree with everything you’ve said here. He’s definitely going to do more research into his clan–especially after the whole Danzo/attempted coup thing comes out because it’s a very complicated situation. No, they didn’t deserve to be killed and Danzo’s a rat bastard for having gotten away with it and his creepy Sharingan fetish, but it wasn’t the perfect clan that he remembered. Actually, he didn’t even remember it as all that perfect considering Fugaku was a shitty dad and Mikoto was far too passive with that, given that headcanon/fandom!Mikoto would not have put up with that bullshit.
But still. Sasuke, with his team, do go through as much of the Uchiha clan lands/holdings/ruins/libraries together and some of the traditions he keeps, others he discards. I think it’d be interesting if he and Tsunade bond somehow as the last of their clans and Team Seven also go through Senju clan stuff for her and incorporate that into the new Uchiha clan or the new Uzumaki clan. Yes, they also go to Uzushio. (I’m not sure about Namikaze? Is it a canon thing or a fandom thing, but I always though Minato was civilian stock orphan or something…)
The way I figure, clans are probably like companies? With the big clans being huge conglomerates and the smaller ones being more like small businesses. Especially when it comes to the Akimichi-Nara-Yamanaka who probably give each other discounts on things and have internal departments that seamlessly work together. Take the Nara medicine for the Akimichi food pills/cure, no doubt created from carefully cultivated plants from the Yamanaka.
Also, how the Nara have a separate R&D from the village’s. Shikako’s seals make the clan money because she develops them/gets them approved through the Nara R&D as opposed to going to the village’s R&D. TenTen gets a percentage of it even though she’s not a Nara because she basically is an independent contractor.
I’m certain the Akimichi own restaurants in the village and pretty sure that they own restaurants in other cities/towns. The Uchiha probably own most if not all of Sora-ku and no doubt other properties in Land of Fire. They’re a Noble Clan, after all, and not even the Senju were a Noble Clan (even though three out of seven of the Hokage were Senju).
Probably the burgeoning Uchiha clan 2.0 doesn’t have much to offer to the A-N-Y alliance yet besides whatever money became Sasuke’s as sole legal heir to the clan, but they probably will one day and the A-N-Y alliance can be investors or something, if we continue with the company metaphor.
[It’s probably why the Hyuuga Clan can get away with ACTUAL SLAVERY because not only are they a Noble Clan, but they’re probably ridiculously wealthy (alongside being Konoha’s most powerful bloodline after the Sharingan became endangered). And in the real world, the biggest/richest companies are always the ones that can get away with the worst shit]
The Sasuke of DoS hasn’t completely fucked up his life–he still has the same hardships, but instead of shooting himself in the foot and making it worse, he’s willing to trust his friends and ask for help. Which is why DoS Sasuke is better than canon Sasuke.
Ah, sorry to say I donât know much if anything about Homestuck. I liked the idea, but I just was never really able to immerse myself into it. 
Sorry.
But character-as-a-Gamer has always been pretty interesting to me (SQ actually did one with Iruka which is a fantastic read, as per usual for SQ) and thereâs also one of my old time faves A Lifetime of Chances which has Team Seven stuck in a time loop and in Chapter 6 it briefly brushed upon the idea that the more loops they go through, the more powerful they get, and eventually theyâd become even stronger than the Shinigami.
Thatâs all I can really think of that would be even vaguely related to your ask? I mean, youâve checked out my DoS crossover post so youâve probably also seen the FFVII idea with Kaguya and Shikako as Ancient 2.0 and 3.0 and possibly even read Stories of Ancient Gods. Um⌠yeah.
It sounds like a cool idea, I donât know enough about Homestuck, but it definitely sounds like a DoSxHomestuck crossover would be a fascinating read if itâs about Shikako accidentally achieving god status and having to deal with all the bizarre abilities/responsibilities/shenanigans that come with it.
A/N: This is just my vague idea of what Sakako and Kareru look like–itâs up to interpretation, of course, and the doll makerâs a bit limited in clothing choices–because @hereyougo-moretrashâs fanart was fantastic and also I might as well post my procrastination in case someone else might enjoy it? Pic under the cut.
Sakako Uchiha and Kareru Uzumaki (wearing purple because Ino-nee is very persuasive)
Next Gen Team Seven really is a bunch of misfits⌠almost more than canon original Team Seven given that instead of the Boruto=Naruto, Sarada=Sakura, and Mitsuki=Sasuke setup that Kishimoto was no doubt going for, it becomes Sakako=Sasuke and Mitsuki=Sakura and thatâs HILARIOUS. Not in their preteen crush kind of way, but just as their personalities/origins/dynamics.
Boruto and Sakako do not get along at all. Mitsuki is a weird fanboy of all of the original DoS Team Seven so heâs not biased towards one or the other buuuuuut heâs not exactly the bridge between the two of them.
Ah, yeah, she and Boruto eventually bondâno doubt during a mission gone wrong as you said. Probably her ability to see ghosts is part of the reason why they bond: thatâs how they escape the situation that separated them from Mitsuki and Konohamaru-sensei. His ghosts guide them out maybe? And he promises to keep her secret.
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