Naruto/Ships

= InoHina =  InoHina is the femslash ship between Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hiyuga.

Fandom
= KakaHana =  KakaHana is the het ship between Kakashi Hatake and Hanare.

Canon
Kakashi and Hanare first met when Kakashi was still a member of Konoha's Anbu. He saved her when she was lost and crying. Years later, Anbu had trouble interrogating Hanare so they asked Kakashi for help. He later took her around the village while Naruto and the others spied on them. Naruto eventually fell on them which caused them to kiss by accident. He then admitted that he approved of their relationship which embarrassed both Kakashi and Hanare.

A ninja from Konoha was eventually captured and held hostage in exchange for Hanare. However, Kakashi refused to give her up. Hanare later ran away and tried to convince Kakashi to kill her but he refused. She later seemingly jumped to her death. Kakashi later told the others that she was an admirable ninja. However, Hanare actually survived and later walked to the location where she first met Kakashi.

Fanon
KakaHana is not that well known of a pairing in the Naruto fandom due to the fact that it only happened in filler episodes and that Hanare is not even a canon character. However, fans who watched these episodes tend to support this pairing as there chemistry was shown between them. KakaHana is mainly supported due to their accidental kiss and the fact that Kakashi refused to allow Hanare to be hurt.

Fanfiction of the two is normally with the two as a background pair, although they do have some of their own. Despite it's small presence many still ship the two. There is also some fan art of the two.

On AO3, it is the most written ship for Hanare.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Hanare/Kakashi tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Hanare/Kakashi tag on FanFiction.Net

= KoteIzu =  KoteIzu is the slash ship between Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki from the Naruto fandom.

Canon
Kotetsu and Izumo are childhood best friends and partners, they are rarely(if ever..) seen without the other and hangout during and out of work. They are the front gate guards of Konohagakure and Tsunade's assistants.

Compared to Izumo, who loves to work and takes his job as a guard seriously, Kotetsu is more carefree and prefers to run off on the job to eat syrup(his favorite food). Despite their different personalities, they work well together and have great teamwork, as evidenced in their battle against Kakuzu and Hidan.

When Kotetsu runs off again during work shift to eat syrup in the Jōunin Standby Station, Izumo crashes into the room angrily and drags his partner back to work.

During the Chūnin Exams, they disguise themselves as genins together to assess the strength of the participating genins. They are later seen together(as chūnin) watching the genins take their test to make sure no one's cheating and later observing the preliminary matches.

They appear together again, when they discover Sakura knocked out after Sasuke leaves Konoha and inform the fifth Hokage.

Kotetsu and Izumo are teamed with Shikamaru and Asuma to hunt down an Akatsuki duo. They manage to track them down and by working together, they manage to land a hit on Hidan. After the ensuing fight between the team and Akatsuki duo which results in Asuma's death, Kotetsu and Izumo are seen attending his funeral together.

In Naruto Shippuden episode 157, they face off against Kakuzu again and launch a surprise attack. They succeed in restraining Kakuzu with the help of Choji and some other nins and binding him.

Moments

 * Guard duty
 * Carrying out a broken chair from Tsunade's office (which landed on Izumo apparently)
 * Playing cards
 * Helping to rebuild the village after Pain's attack
 * Allied Shinobi Forces

Fanon
They are a common background ship for other popular ships.

Kotetsu and Izumo are partners-in-crime and Izumo is forced to go along with whatever crazy idea Kotetsu comes up with. Izumo is more reserved and fights strategically while Kotetsu prefers to just rush in, blades swinging.

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Trivia
= NaruFuu =  NaruFuu is the het ship between Naruto Uzumaki and Fū.
 * Kotetsu doesn't take his job seriously because he and Izumo are basically Tsunade's "errand boys."
 * They wish to fight each other.
 * Their taste in food are opposites, Kotetsu favorite food is pure syrup while Izumo's favorite is daikon salad and thick fried egg.

Canon
Naruto and Fū met on the battlefield during the Fourth Shinobi World War after she had been resurrected from the dead. At first, she was traveling along with Tobi and others in pursuit of him and Killer Bee but Tobi removed the deceased Jinchuurikis' Chakra receivers that allowed them to regain control of themselves. Fū then introduced herself and her tailed beast Chōmei to Naruto. After the battle was over, Fū was able to return to the afterlife.

Filler
Both Naruto and Fū are Jinchuriki and were compared to each other long before they even met. Fū was taking the Chunin Exam while Naruto was off training with Jiraiya far away. She cared more about making friends than anything else and risked herself to save Gaara when someone was attempting to extract the Shukaku from him. After they were saved, Gaara mentioned that Fū reminds him of Naruto. Fū was later killed after the Chunin Exams.

Fanon
NaruFuu has a comparatively smaller amount of popularity in the Naruto fandom. It is mostly considered to be a crack ship due to the limited amount of interaction between Naruto and Fū. The popularity for this ship somewhat grew when more of Fū was shown during filler episodes and her personality while she was still alive was shown. Many fans feel that they are similar and would be good together. However, the fact that Fū is dead makes a future relationship between the two difficult at least while Naruto is alive.
 * It is confirmed that souls will be together in afterlife.
 * There are jutsus to resurrect the dead as long as their bodies exists, however Edo Tensei requires severe conditions as Madara Uchiha's case, and Kishō Tensei requires third person's soul in return. It is unknown if there have been any other jutsus, or such will be invented, or if there are any rooms for the above two to be improved into the stages of low or no risks.
 * Jinchurikis' bodies were preserved after their souls were freed mostly thanks to Killer Bee and Gyūki or by Naruto or by others.

It was revealed that Kishimoto was actually considering a reboot instead of sequel. After 6-months discussions, project for Boruto was launched.
 * Naruto Originally Eyed A Reboot Instead Of Its Boruto Sequel

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Naruto/Fū tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Naruto/Fū tag on FanFiction.Net

Trivia
= NaruLee =  NaruLee is the slash ship between Naruto Uzumaki and Rock Lee from the Naruto fandom.
 * A part of chakra of Kushina Uzumaki, Naruto's mother, told her son that he should marry to a woman like her. This statement actually fits with Fū notably such as being a Jinchuriki, characteristic hair colour (Kushina's hair color is an important identity to her), wearing a hair clip, habit to add an unique word end, being from smaller nations. Some of these also correspond with Mito Uzumaki, the first Jinchuuriki of Kurama before Kushina and the wife of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju, the previous incarnation of Ashura Otsutsuki before Naruto.
 * Fūko Kazesō, an orichara featured on Volume #62 bears resemblances to both Naruto and Fū including her character and outfit and abilities. Her last name means to control winds. Some fans wondered that if the two Jinchurikis marry their child would be similar to her.
 * Fū and Chōmei have been noted to have affinity to winds and vortexes both in canon and games, just like Naruto. In the manga, when Naruto used Sage Art: Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken, Chōmei's type is a "vortex".

Canon
Naruto and Lee meet shortly before the Chunin Exams are supposed to start. Naruto calls Lee "Bushy Brows" and is irritated that he only shows interest in fighting Sasuke. Later, Naruto stands up against Neji after Hinata is defeated and Lee decides to let him fight his rival in his steed. Lee is later injured by Gaara and told that his ninja days are over. Naruto is angered by this.

Naruto later helps bring Tsunade back to the village and she is eventually able to heal Rock Lee. When Sasuke leaves the village, Lee notices Naruto give the "nice guy" pose to Sakura and is impressed. He initially cannot leave because he is still recovering but eventually joins the mission and helps Naruto against Kimimaro so that he can continue to chase Sasuke.

Naruto leaves for over two years to train and is eventually reunited with Rock Lee on a mission to save Gaara. Lee is impressed to see how much Naruto has grown. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, both are on the battlefield while Neji is killed. Both decide to not allow his sacrifice to be in vain and fight against the ten-tails. Naruto eventually gives Lee a Rasengan which allows him to use Ninjutsu for the first time. Lee is unsure about being able to do it but Naruto encourages him.

Fanon
NaruLee has a decent amount of popularity in the Naruto fandom. Fans tend to support it due to their similarity personalities and the fact that both were considered to be underdogs wishing to surpass their rival teammates. Naruto and Lee have more interaction in the super deformed spinoff Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth and fans of that tend to support the pairing. NaruLee tends to rival SasuNaru and NejiLee as well as other pairings involving the two.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Lee/Naruto tag on FanFiction.Net

Trivia
= OroSasu =  OroSasu is the slash ship between Orochimaru and Sasuke Uchiha from the Naruto fandom.
 * According to the data-books, Rock Lee wishes for an all-out match against Naruto.

= Canon = Orochimaru set his eyes on Sasuke because he was the last remaining member of the Uchiha Clan and wanted his gorgeous eyes. He first encountered him in the Forest of Death and gave him the Cursed Seal of Heaven while insisting that he would eventually come for him. At first, Sasuke resisted this at all costs. However, when he proved to be no match for Itachi and grew jealous of Naruto, he decided to leave in order to go train with Orochimaru.

Orochimaru trained Sasuke over the next two and a half years. He eventually prepared to take his body take his body, but Sasuke had been aware of this since before he joined him. Sasuke managed to use his Sharingan to absorb Orochimaru instead. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, he found a way to revive him because he began to question what a village is and wanted answers. Orochimaru found a way to revive the four deceased Hokage so that Sasuke could ask questions.

Years later, Sasuke was married to Sakura and had a daughter named Sarada. A man named Shin Uchiha attempted to kidnap Sasuke and Sarada and eventually managed to capture Sakura. Sasuke went to Orochimaru's lair to learn more about him. He explained that Shin was one of his experiments but was acting on his own by then. Orochimaru told him where he was so that he could go kill him.

= Fanon = OroSasu is not a very popular pairing in the Naruto fandom. This is mainly due to their age difference and the fact that Orochimaru was using Sasuke in hopes of eventually possessing him. Other pairings such as SasuNaru and OroJira are more popular. However, with the way that Orochimaru had previous acted towards Itachi, some believed that Orochimaru could have had a thing for Sasuke instead of just wanting to use him.

On AO3, OroSasu is the fifth most written ship for Orochimaru and the sixteenth most written for Sasuke.

= Fandom = FAN FICTION
 * Sasuke/Orochimaru tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Sasuke/Orochimaru tag on FanFiction.Net

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= ShikaSasu =  ShikaSasu is the slash ship between Sasuke Uchiha and Shikamaru Nara from the Naruto fandom.

Canon
Sasuke and Shikamaru were at the Ninja Academy together and graduated at the same time. Shikamaru immediately noticed that Sasuke was an Uchiha and saw a lot of potential in him because of this. Shikamaru secretly looked up to Sasuke but never told anybody about this. During the Chunin Exams, he was interested in watching his fight with Gaara. Shikamaru was later sent on a mission to stop Sasuke from chasing Gaara.

Sasuke later fled the village in order to go train with Orochimaru. Shikamaru, who had just been promoted to Chunin, was placed as the leader of a mission to retrieve him. After gathering his team, he explained that he never liked Sasuke but wanted to save him because he is a citizen of their village. However, he secretly thought about how he looked up to him and wondered why he would leave. The team ended up failing their mission and Sasuke made it to Orochimaru.

Over two years later, news got around that Sasuke allied with Akatsuki. Everybody in Shikamaru's age group discussed the possibility of killing him and he had to calm down Ino when she cried over him and felt responsible over his failure to stop him from leaving in the first place. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Sasuke decided to defend the village but Shikamaru was unable to trust him. However, he decided that worrying about the war was more important.

Fanon
ShikaSasu only has a small amount of popularity in the Naruto fandom. It is not as popular as other ships such as SasuNaru or ShikaCho. ShikaSasu is mostly shipped because both are considered to be geniuses and some feel that they would look good together. There is also the fact that Shikamaru looked up to Sasuke and felt determined to stop him from joining Orochimaru.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Shikamaru/Sasuke tagon FanFiction.Net
 * Shikamaru/Sasuke tagon FanFiction.Net

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