Title: Hurricane Suite
Author: Inert aka Dr. Snakes aka The Pro formerly known as "The Six Paths of Creation"
Rating: T
Genre: Adventure
DLP Category: Alternate Universe
Pairing: none so far
Chapters: 12
Words: 90k
Updated: July 16, 2016
Published: March 9, 2010
Status: In progress
Summary: An average orphan in the village of Konoha, Uzumaki Naruto grew up with lofty goals and the single mindedness to reach them. He climbed his way to power with guts, determination, and the instinct of a born fighter. He wouldn't have it any other way. AU.
Link: FFN

So this is basically an AU where Naruto didn't have the Kyuubi sealed into him, and has to rely on his own abilities to succeed. It's 8 chapters in at the moment. It's only real detractor, in my opinion, is that it starts off with a Naruto who is a little bit... I don't want to say 'robotic' but definitely more subdued than his canon counterpart.

But things quickly pick up from there, and this story does some things that I've never read in another Naruto fanfic. Without giving too much away, one of the most intriguing divergences, on what would be the very first page, asks the question of what would happen if Kakashi had failed Naruto's first genin team.

Aaand it basically gets more awesome from there. The fights are handled especially well, and Naruto is still 'special' enough to be interesting without the kyuubi. Really entertaining stuff so far.

edit: Whoops, haha, sorry about the link.


Checked by Minion, October 7, 2015

 

This, especially in the latest chapter. The teamwork aspects and the sheer number of possibillities in a fight between shinobi are superbly done.

 

Might want to fix the link a little bit.

 

Agreed, I've been following this and I like what's there so far. I think it's a refreshing change from the majority of Naruto fics (and from the manga itself). For the most part, the author does a good job of introducing the changes he has made to canon, and it's pretty sound technically. Parts of the plot are a bit hard to swallow, such as

Spoiler

the direct-to-chuunin program for people failed by jonin senseis, and the friendship between the Third Hokage and Danzo.

Otherwise, I think it's really good. 4/5

 

Very good read 4/5 for me atm, lets see where he takes it though.

 

Very engrossing. One the one hand I loved seeing this side of Naruto, this side of the politics. On the other hand, it feels weird to be reading about the peripheral events; to not be involved in the middle of the canon "main action." Not bad, just weird.

4/5

 

Definitely an excellent rec. The premise is interesting and the story has been engrossing so far. Gritty and, for a martial world, very realistic. 5/5

The author's other Naruto story is also promising, but it was just 2 chapters in last I checked. Too early to put up for review but worth keeping an eye on.

 

Been following this since chapter 2 - its fucking amazing. I love the premise and I love how they are carrying it out.

5/5

 

It's a good story. Naruto is handled well, the characterisations of most of the characters are great, and despite the somewhat stilted dialogue at times, it doesn't bring down the story that much. My only question is, where's the conflict? Naruto trains, does missions and trains some more, and becomes ANBU.

But the tasty shadow war that could have been built from a Sand-Sound-Leaf war wasn't used to its full potential before the attack, instead giving us an Earth-Grass-Waterfall problem. Now it's good, but it just doesn't seem that urgent. Mizuki's extended-canon status as a spy for Orochimaru isn't shown here, which is a shame because I think it really could have fleshed out their relationship so far. He seems to have fallen by the way-side for now, and I guess we'll have to wait for more updates to see his situation.

So for now, a 4/5, eagerly awaiting more updates to see a 5/5.

 

I needed a good Naruto read today, and DLP comes through again. I thought it was very good. I do agree that the whole Mizuki (and the sand-sound-leaf) situation was way downplayed; I thought that was a little odd. Sometimes the flow of the larger storyline comes off as a little choppy to me. Hopefully, that'll get better as he goes. Nonetheless, 4/5 for a damn good read.

 

This is a great rec. The premise is refreshing as the author doesn't make Naruto special in any way and doesn't make excuses for him - he is good because he practices, that's it. Most fics that go this route tend to give Naruto a bloodline or some sort of mastery with no justification, so it's refreshing.

The battles, as mentioned, are wonderfully choreographed, and show very well the versatility of Ninja and their might, while being realistic and not exaggerated and overbearing.

The OC's are fleshed out and don't bother me at all, which is unusual.

While the plot hasn't taken every direction I would have liked it to (as mentioned by others), it's interesting enough and offers a fresher look on the political world of Ninjas than most fics do.

My biggest problem with this story is the focus on battles. While they are great, I feel like character-development is often neglected in favor of battle scenes - and dialogue is much too rare.

All considered though, this is a very enjoyable read that manages to stand out, even if it's not the best thing since sliced bread. 4/5 for now.

 

This is Awesome. My only fear is that it'll get stuck in the mediocrity. Then again I think its a bit unfounded since even without HOLYSHITPOWERS!Naruto he still kicks ass.
5/5

 

It does seem a little too action orientated, but the action is well written enough that it doesn't change the fact that this is a very good story. My favorite parts always seem to be the ones where he's interacting with other people outside of combat, those just seem to resonate with me better than the actions. 4/5 for now.

 

This is one of the better Naruto fics I've read. It doesn't have Naruto spamming around jutsu and it doesn't make Naruto special in anyway. 5/5

 

Eh.... I'm more than a little underwhelmed by this story. I liked the characterization of the chunin squad, and I liked the fights (very well done!), but I think I 've finally found the most boring characterization of Naruto that I've ever had the misfortune to read. If you just changed his name, he'd lose any real definition as a character. He doesn't fee like a person; he's just a skill set and a uniform. I think that the author has gotten a little too wrapped up in the idea that Naruto "isn't unique". I also think the author could use a better outline, which may help with the choppiness and awkward timeskips.

I give it a tentative 3/5, with potential to bring it to 4/5 if the author does something to differentiate his Naruto's personality from the rest of the faceless mooks in his story.

@darklordcuddles: :facepalm You fail. Naruto is in ANBU ROOT black ops by, what? 12? 13? This is just another Super!Naruto story with the pretend twist that Naruto doesn't have any special abilities except being a Determinator.

 

I have to say I was quite dissapointed in this considering how highly praised it was. The main character might as well not be Naruto, though this seems to happen to many of the other characters the author writes. The various Naruto cast-members feel like strangers and considering how padded out with OC's they story is I found it interminably dull.

Well written but dull.

 

Update.

The action is still awesome but I'm beginning to agree with magus. It's getting dull.

 

This. I'm all for AU personalities, but if you start changing everything about character you risk making him completely unrecognizable from his canon counterpart and that's just one step from creating OC (and that one step is changing name of that character).

As for fic, I like it, but it's lacking something. Not sure what exactly. I'd give it 3.5/5 rounded to 4/5.