Quote:...Damn. I wish I'd thought of that.
I'm going to intentionally break fanon by giving her a large and active ninja family, actually, since she seems to be the usual pick for two-parents-and-a-pet normal non-ninja home life.
OTOH, it'd be... -interesting-, since Sakura's so much a central character in TGNH that I'd have to develop the entire crowd pretty well to make it stick.
Quote:My thought on this is tied in to some of the comments that get dropped in Tsunade's flashbacks (can you guess what episode I'm up to?).
I hadnt thought of the infiltration possibilities at all, actually - Aside from Kabuto and Orochimaru's kind of sketchy performances as Leaf genin and Kazekage (but still good enough to last HOW long undetected?) the 'ninja' of the Naruto world all seem to go for more or less direct confrontation, or at most a short-term strategy, rather than espionage per se.
See, we know that:
- The major ninja clans predate Konoha.
- Konoha was founded in large part with an eye towards 'ending the constant wars.'
And we can -guess- that at least -some- of those selfsame clans also predate the era of war that seems to've ended not more than a decade or two before the series picks up.
...holy shit. I just figured out why Kyuubi attacked Konoha.
Demons, according to Inu-yasha and numerous other sources, feed off of carnage and bad vibes. Vibes don't get much worse than all-out war.
Konoha was ending the war - which Kyuubi did -not- want to happen...
Anyway, before the war really got started, I imagine that the role of ninja was -much- different from the 'front line combat' that they've developed to in response to its pressures.
The Haruno and Yamanaka, with their non-combat bloodlimits, stand out because -they're the oldest clans-, the -survivors- from the previous, more peaceful era, when -espionage- was emphasized rather than battle.
Quote:*trombone noises come from offscreen*
(or just get out of the GODDAMN SHOWER BEFORE IT'S COLD, PRISSY-MISS!!) (A voice from downstairs wanrs that their mother heard that and had better not hear it again.)
Sakura: *put-upon* -Yes-, Mother.
*more trombone, now sounding rather annoyed*
Sakura: Sorry, Mother.
*placaded trombone*
Sakura: Yes, Mother, I will.
*brisk trombone*
Sakura: Yes, Mother, going! *she does*
*satisfied blat of trombone as Sakura dashes off out of frame*
And I can just see Big Sister's expression when she realizes that Sakura's started to 'see the light' and decides to twit her about it... and promptly gets knocked through the wall. ^_^
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."