Anyways Sasuke parallels Tsunade in much more meaningful ways than the surface-level bullshit of why Orochimaru mentored him. Both of them are the last members of formerly great clans and feel the pressure to live up to that. Both were closely related to the leaders of those clans. Both were shattered by grief and responded to it by running away from their pain however they could, by closing themselves off and becoming aggressive and distant and putting on masks of arrogance.
Both of them are people who genuinely value human life - Tsunade in her desire to keep as many people from dying as possible while fighting in the Second Shinobi World War and her work as a medic, Sasuke in how he wants to shape the world (before he was brainwashed lmaoo) into a place people don’t fight each other and his general dislike of killing unless it’s necessary.
Both, ironically, were also treated as being wrong when they didn’t want to give their loyalty to the village despite arguably being right, and were then, against all logic, were brainwashed by Naruto to forget their morals and serve the military dictatorship.
Sasuke as a medic would have been so meaningful for his arc. He’s not a violent person by nature, or even an angry person - he’s stubborn, yes, but earnest and kind even when closed off like in Part 1. Him being a medic would still enable him to get stronger, more skilled, but would give him that path away from the violence Itachi, his abuser, said he had to follow. Sasuke through canon essentially just did what the people who killed his clan wanted him to - fell into violence to try and avenge his clan because it’s what he clung to after he’d lost everything else. But that’s so unhealthy for Sasuke especially! Him being a medic would still give him the power and agency he’s wanted, the power he wanted that he might have been able to save his family with, but also gives him his own skills, nonviolent, as opposed to self destructing the way Itachi, again, his abuser, set him up to.
And yes, this means Tsunade isn’t Hokage - thank fuck. She had no reason to actually listen to Naruto, because he didn’t actually say anything to her, just called her a coward. And yeah, while he’s right to a degree, she’s not a coward for refusing loyalty to the village that treated her as a pawn and killed her loved ones by doing the same, she’s a coward because she abandoned her desire for change in her grief. Sasuke, aka the only other character who wants change in this fucking series and who very much hasn’t abandoned it, would be able to show her those same errors without her abandoning her point of view entirely.
Plus, the whole Senju-Uchiha conflict was so emphasized for like, no reason. Okay, they hated each other, and... nothing within the series ever really comes of it. Tsunade teaching Sasuke, the last of a clan teaching the last of her enemy her techniques, again nonviolent ones, them connecting through a desire to save, heal, regain agency but help, would be a much better arc than whatever happened to both of them in canon.
Plus, it could be interesting if you pair it with Orochimaru’s Apprentice!Sakura and canon Naruto, who, despite his teaching for two years under Jiraiya, really doesn’t change at all between the end of Part 1 and Part 2. If Sasuke under Tsunade has become a kinder and better person, Naruto under Jiraiya continues his same flaws and doesn’t change, and Sakura under Orochimaru gets darker and crueller... it would be interesting.
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Some Naruto x Sasuke headcanons I love to believe are true💞
Naruto bought a garden style house with a backyard and a tree on the outskirts of Konoha so that Sasuke can bask in the sun without anyone watching him
Sasuke learnt how to make ramen from scratch with Teuchi’s help so that he could surprise Naruto on his birthday
Naruto loves kissing Sasuke on his shoulder blades because he knows that weakens Sasuke
Sasuke loves how ticklish Naruto is and whenever he wants something to go his way, he starts a tickling fight
Naruto learns how to clean up after himself because he knows how strict Sasuke is about cleanliness
Sasuke loves cuddling Naruto as the big spoon and showering his face with kisses
Naruto knows Sasuke is not comfortable with PDA so he refrains from holding his hand no matter how much he wishes to
Sasuke knows how much Naruto yearns for reassurance and ends up holding his hand which makes Naruto smile brighter than the sun
Naruto kisses Sasuke’s knuckles whenever he can
Sasuke blushes looking at Naruto’s naked torso despite the fact that they have been together for years especially since Naruto became ripped over the years
Naruto makes the house a mini-zoo with cats, dogs and serpents being rescued all the time by him
Sasuke is on board with it
The house has a lot of photos of them, their friends and teachers
Iruka is the happiest to finally see them together
Sasuke has an arsenal of seductive weapons to destroy Naruto’s will, including the hooded eye look
Naruto loves Sasuke’s rinnegan and kisses his eyes everyday
Sasuke scavenged the remains of the Uchiha compound to find some things with Naruto
Naruto surprised Sasuke with a picture of his family and a picture of him and Itachi that he found at the Uchiha district
Sasuke loves to snuggle up to Naruto’s neck
Naruto runs hot which Sasuke loves
Sasuke starts making the dishes his mother made for him as a child to give Naruto a taste of his childhood
Naruto loves having Sasuke’s friends over and this warms Sasuke’s heart
Sasuke loves marking Naruto’s back with his nails and love bites on his neck
Naruto loves leaving bite marks on Orochimaru’s curse mark which makes Sasuke emotional
Naruto is bashful and shy about his relationship with Sasuke
Sasuke loves showing off his love bites in public with a resting bitch face
Naruto adores the way Sasuke calls him Dobe
Sasuke is the one to encourage Naruto into therapy
When they fight, Sasuke is the one to end it first because his heart aches
Naruto ends fights just as quickly and they resolve it calmly
With the help of Orochimaru’s research, Naruto and Sasuke welcomed Kawaki and planned for more babies (this is completely different from Boruto)
Naruto is the kinkier one between the two and loves trying new things with Sasuke
Sasuke, being the diva that he is, makes sure that Naruto begs before he agrees
Naruto’s all consuming love for Sasuke never ends
Sasuke fears the day he’ll die because he can no longer tolerate being away from Naruto for long
Naruto loves surprising Sasuke with little gifts
Sasuke brings trinkets from his travels to decorate the house
Kakashi realises how similar Naruto is to Minato when he sees him being domestic with Sasuke
Sasuke gets jealous of Gaara’s love for Naruto until he starts dating Lee (he is still apprehensive)
Their friends hate when either of them get drunk because they love to wax love poetries about each other (and their bodies)
Naruto loves being a father so much that he runs back home from work everyday to be with his kids
Sasuke slowly takes up the role of being stay-at-home parent until a mission calls for him, and somewhere, it heals him to bring up own his children and watch them grow, celebrating their achievements
Naruto abolishes child ninjas and raises the Genin age to 20 in order to destroy the concept of child soldiers
Sasuke helps open a orphanage and makes Iruka and Kurenai the heads
Naruto and Sasuke go out on dates every week and love spoiling with other with soft forms of love
Feel free to add more if you feel like it 🫂
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he lay on his back, bare-chested, underneath the glow of the moon with his bride resting her head over the space where his heart beats. their skin is still dotted with perspiration from making love, breaths stills steadily evening out.
they are married.
tears prick the corners of his eyes, one lavender and one onyx, as he slowly tries to comprehend this actuality.
he is married. to the only person he has ever loved. to the woman who poured her affection into his soul and filled him to the brim with joy.
“if i were to die now,” he utters quietly, to only her and the moon, “i would die a happy man.”
her head tilts upwards and she looks at his face unflinchingly, as she has done so many times before. he wonders what she sees, what there is to love about him.
she’s always had better eyes than him, though, so perhaps there is some worth there, even if it is minuscule. perhaps she sees something, deep inside his eyes, his mind, his heart—that he cannot. that is worth loving.
“sasuke-kun. sasuke-kun,” sakura whispers, calling to him repeatedly, and warmth pools in every crevice of his being at her silken voice.
she is like medicine, like oxygen, like heaven.
she continues, breathing his name into his skin and pressing fervent kisses to his lips—his lips; so eager and desperate for her touch are they.
“ah,” he whispers, mouth slowly lifting up at the corners, “the happiest man.”
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