dead hearts au

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• Torn Ventricle by Beastrage

  Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  20 May 2025

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Kakuzu & Nara Shikamaru
  • Kakuzu/Nara Shikamaru
  • Yakushi Kabuto
  • Kakuzu (Naruto)
  • Nara Shikamaru
  • Fanfiction of Fanfiction
  • Alternate Universe
  • Kabuto's One Sided Obsession with Orochimaru
  • Implied/Referenced Character Death
  • Major Character Undeath
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • kabuto pov
  • Fake/Pretend Relationship
  • tho of course Kabuto have no idea about that part
  • is it really pretend at this point???
  • Cuddling
  • Body Horror
  • Ambiguous/Open Ending
  • Open to Interpretation

  Summary

  Shikamaru falls prey to a disaster within the Akatsuki. His partner Kakuzu seeks to correct this error, with Kabuto's assistance.

  AU of chapter 26: Paths from Lost Hearts by KoiLungfish

  Series

  • Part 1 of dead hearts au

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,025

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  20

  Kudos:

  51

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  611

• Chalk Outlines by Beastrage for KoiLungfish

  Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  09 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Kakuzu & Nara Shikamaru
  • Kakuzu/Nara Shikamaru
  • Nara Shikamaru
  • Kakuzu (Naruto)
  • Sarutobi Asuma
  • Deidara (Naruto)
  • Yamanaka Ino
  • Akimichi Chouji
  • Body Horror
  • Edo Tensei | Impure World Reincarnation
  • Undead
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Cuddling & Snuggling
  • Misunderstandings
  • Complicated Relationships
  • Asshole Behaviors
  • as normal to these individuals
  • Self-Harm
  • Assumed Relationship
  • background politics

  Summary

  Team Ten has a mission: to bring the body of their missing team member back home.

  Said team member tries to figure out life (while being dead) outside Konoha and the Akatsuki. It's confusing, to say the least. At least Kakuzu's here to help, in some sense of the term.

  Series

  • Part 2 of dead hearts au

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  12,671

  Chapters:

  3/3

  Comments:

  35

  Kudos:

  54

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  599

• Allegory of the Cave by Beastrage

  Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Other
  • Work in Progress

  20 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Kakuzu/Nara Shikamaru
  • Kakuzu & Nara Shikamaru
  • Nara Shikamaru
  • Uchiha Obito
  • Kakuzu (Naruto)
  • Other Character Tags to Be Added
  • Yamanaka Ino
  • Shizune (Naruto)
  • Haruno Sakura
  • Deidara (Naruto)
  • Implied Relationships
  • Obito is NOT Okay
  • Insanity
  • Edo Tensei | Impure World Reincarnation
  • Misunderstandings
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Mentioned Uchiha Madara
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Body Horror
  • Eye Trauma
  • Torture

  Summary

  Uchiha Obito, having survived the dissolution of the Akatsuki, seeks meaning in a world that now lacks it.

  Shikamaru gets stuck in the crossfire AND in his home village. A home village that continues to see him only as a walking corpse.

  Series

  • Part 3 of dead hearts au

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  12,573

  Chapters:

  4/5

  Comments:

  52

  Kudos:

  52

  Bookmarks:

  10

  Hits:

  674