Characters
Rock Lee, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Hatake Kakashi, Haruno Sakura, Hyuuga Neji, Tenten (Naruto), Maito Gai | Might Guy, Kyuubi | Nine-tails | Kurama, Haruno Sakura & Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto, Shiranui Genma, Dai-hachi-han | Team 8 (Naruto) - Character, Dai-nana-han | Team 7 (Naruto) - Character, Gai-han | Team Guy (Naruto) - Character, Dai-jippan | Team 10 (Naruto) - Character, Haruno Sakura & Uchiha Sasuke & Uzumaki Naruto, Mitarashi Anko, Hyuuga Neji & Uzumaki Naruto, Kyuubi | Nine-tails | Kurama & Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura & Uchiha Sasuke, Morino Ibiki, Hatake Kakashi/Maito Gai | Might Guy, Haruno Sakura & Rock Lee, Tenten & Uchiha Sasuke, OC: Farhu
Tags
Torture
Team as Family
Aftermath of Torture
Dai-nana-han | Team 7 as Family (Naruto)
BAMF Dai-nana-han | Team 7 (Naruto)
Dai-nana-han | Team 7 (Naruto)-centric
Dai-nana-han | Team 7 Have Issues (Naruto)
Sarutobi Hiruzen Bashing
very graphic violence
A darker take on Naruto ninja society
Team Gai & Team 7
First chapter is the only real torture
the rest is dealing with the effects of it
Bridge mission gone wrong
Konoha doesn't want Team 7 to succeed
Sasuke and Tenten become a fighting duo
Sakura and Neji become a healing duo
Making up for each other's weaknesses
Team Gai and Team 7 become one unit
Summary
Team 7 was nothing when they left the gates of Konoha with a bridge builder in tow. They were three children with minimal shinobi training and all of them with attitude problems. Their sensei was a lazy genius too heartbroken to give them the training they needed to advance beyond the static group of angry pre-teens that they were. Kakashi was shown a glimpse of what Team 7 could be, when they fought Zabuza. He saw Sakura’s bravery as she continued to put her body between an attack and Tazuna. Saw Sasuke’s amateur but ingrained battle instincts keep him in the running during Haku’s fight. Saw Naruto’s indomitable Will of Fire when he managed to stop Zabuza and Haku in their tracks and then made them reconsider. All four of them could feel something tighten around them, forging the first anchors for a true team bond that night on the bridge. It scared Sasuke and Kakashi in an equal amount as it gave Sakura and Naruto hope. Maybe they really could become a team in Konoha. Train side by side and grow together. Team 7 didn’t make it back to Konoha for 6 months.
Note
This is meant to be quite a bit darker than the show. Not necessarily in a graphic way, though this first part is pretty damn graphic, but more in a cultural and tone way. For those who have read my InoShikaNar series I will warn this is darker than that.Team 7 is about to go through some shit and then slowly rebuild themselves.