#the au im rotating is basically that karin's mom was in contact with kushina

[mixelation]

if you've been here a while you know i have a bunch of AUs with the premise "kid!karin gets her ass out of grass, usually semi-accidentally, sometimes being basically kidnapped." and i think "minakushi survive and take karin in as their own" is the BEST possible outcome for her (besides AUs where her mom also survives but her mom isn't a real character so i always have her already dead). and for the minakushi AUs i have, i think they all center around karin being in konoha for the chunin exams and minato being like "haha, you're not getting her back :)" but the much FUNNIER option is

minato: (teleports into karin's living room) hi uh no time to talk but my wife knew your mom and

karin, who pays attention in class: the hokage???

minato: (grabs her and teleports away)

#the au im rotating is basically that karin's mom was in contact with kushina #she turned down an offer to move to konoha bc she married a grass-nin and she and karin were comfortable #but her husband died and then her situation went south REAL fast #including grass cutting off her communications with konoha #but she managed to get a plea for help to kushina and kushina managed to send her back a hiraishin seal #but they were unable to coordinate anything in a timely manner #(bc minato being caught in grass risks things like WAR so they need that coordination) #but konoha received the intel karin's mom passed and kushina lost her mind #and minato was like 'fine i will just pop in and out REAL fast' #thank god karin was in the privacy of her own home and also near the hiraishin marker #....although minato being sighted by her entire academy class would be funnier #anyway it takes a while for grass to figure out where tf karin went #and when she pops up in konoha they send an angry letter and minato is like #'whaaaat? she just showed up and said you let her..........' #and blinks his beautiful himbo eyes a few times