{{:Unending Devotion:Naruto/Sakura Thread:}}[New Poll 6/18!]

We are now officially in the Naruto Subforum. How is everyone feeling about the recent manga?

Pretty good.	34.2%	[ 13 ]
Great	31.6%	[ 12 ]
Holy Cow!	7.9%	[ 3 ]
Not caught up	15.8%	[ 6 ]
Don't like it	2.6%	[ 1 ]
Bored	0.0%	[ 0 ]
Other	7.9%	[ 3 ]
Total Votes:			[ 38 ]

[[Ren The Ryoko]]

Naruto and Sakura
Heaven and Earth
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Welcome to Unending Devotion, the newest NaruSaku fanthread to the TVA. Since out last fantread, You're Never Alone, appears to have been put in the Recycle Bin, I hope that the NaruSaku fans of the TVA, AMC, and Gaia in general will find this thread a suitable hang out spot. NaruHina and SasuSaku both have their threads, so why not us? The couple with canon on it's side.

Come in, Look around, Take some icons, Watch some AMVs, check out the Essay, the Communities. If you really like us, donate some art, or icons, or AMVs or fanfiction of your own.

This is a place where Unending Devotion, Growing Love, Heaven and Earth all meet at a Horizon we call NaruSaku Shipping. Have fun, take off your shoes and stay awhile.

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~Rules~


Because we are a civil thread, there of course need to be rules. Those who refuse to follow them could find themselves with a few warnings, or banned from the thread.

1_Be respectful, to everyone. This means both shippers and nonshippers alike. If others want to ship NaruHina, then it's their lose, but it's not our job to scream at them. Civil debates and discussions are welcome, but remember that there is a line between being smart, witty and confident with being a b***h.

2_Try to be literate. This should go without saying. But not txttlk.

3_No Spam. Try to stay on topic. This is a NaruSaku thread, keep that in mind.

4_Give warnings before spoilers, just to be fair.


*********The most important rule ever***************

We can not spam, guys. Spamming could get us binned like all the other NaruSaku threads before us. But if we stay on topic and keep up discussions there is NO REASON why this thread should be binned while the NaruHina thread and SasuSaku thread stick around.

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Here's the hall of fame for all those people who keep the thread alive and jumping. I'll try to update the list at least once a week. ^-~
Amarante0016
Belial the Worthless
Vampiric Kitty Master
SS_Shitstorm

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Here's the hall of shame for rule breakers. Avoid this.

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The Official Shounen Jump Naruto website ([X]) describes it as this:
In another world, ninja are the ultimate power, and in the Village Hidden in the Leaves live the stealthiest ninja in the land. Twelve years earlier, the fearsome Nine-Tailed Fox terrorized the village and claimed many lives before it was subdued and its spirit sealed within the body of a baby boy. That boy, Naruto Uzumaki, has grown up to become a ninja-in-training who's more interested in pranks than in studying ninjutsu.. but Naruto is determined to become the greatest ninja ever!

But what is Naruto to us? Naruto, written by Masashi Kishimoto, started in 1999 with over 400 chapters so far is an epic. It has it's ups and downs. It's a story of an underdog, of friendship, of power hungry blindness and betrayal. It's a story about finding a path, a goal, your ninja way, and sticking to it.

Naruto is the story of a young boy with no friends and no family, who falls in love with a girl, befriends an avenger, discovers a teacher, and then fights destiny itself as each of those things begins drifting away.

It's a coming of age story for the world's most dedicated underdog. It is Naruto.


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Naruto Uzumaki

The Orphaned Boy; The Tempest Child, The Fish Cake Fool

Naruto has always been alone. He never knew a parents love, a siblings rivalry, a friends smile. In his loneliness, Naruto became a class clown, preferring to bury his sadness inside him and give the world a smile. More than anything he wants to prove his worth to everyone everywhere and his greatest dream was to become Hokage.

Team 7 was the best thing that ever happened to Naruto. He girl he had always adored, but who never gave him the time of day, Sakura, was there. For the first time Sakura saw him for who he was, and he was able to see her clearly as well. Despite the rocky start between them, Naruto discovered some one precious to him there. Sasuke, his brother, his rival, his friend, his other half was joined in Team 7, as well as Kakashi.

There is something to be said about Naruto. He is loyal to the bitter end. Whether or not someone is cruel to him, hurts him, leaves him, he'll stand by them and fight for them. Naruto does not give up. He is impossibly kind and impossibly strong.



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Sakura Haruno

The blooming Flower, the Day dream girl, the Fist of Logic.

Sakura is easily the most human character in Naruto. She was a shy, quiet, friendless girl with no friends. Her first and best friend held her hand and let her begin to bud. But in the way of middle school drama, she and Ino had a falling out over a boy. But it was in Team 7 that Sakura bloomed.

Sakura was a regular Sasuke fangirl, no one can deny that. She blushed when he spoke her name, was crushed when he turned away from her. But through Team 7, maybe it became more. When Sasuke left, Sakura would have done anything to make him stay, but he left her anyway. She was crushed.

But if there's one thing Sakura has shown the world, it's that you can always try again. When she was too weak, she went to training. She Sasuke pushed her away, she came back. Sakura is growing. She is blooming. Her romance for Sasuke is questionable now that she's matured, but her dedication is not. Sakura is strong willed and strong minded. She can keep anyone in line, but her smile out melt an ice berg.


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Naruto/Sakura

Heaven And Earth, The Starburst couple.

Yellow, Orange, Pink, and Red, all the colors in a pack of Starburst, Naruto and Sakura are a sweet as candy.
Naruto is heaven- always off in some adventure, always running, always inspiring. Sakura is grounded, logical. Naruto inspires Sakura to try harder, Sakura keeps Naruto with his feet on the ground.
Naruto and Sakura is a couple that shows that first loves are not only loves, that love and second sight is just as sweet, that some affection only grows stronger with time and that unending devotion exists.
Whether it's the emotional bond, the prevailing parallelism to Tsunade and Jiraiya or just the plain old development, NaruSaku is like a parfait, lots of layers and very sweet.

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The Essay

-The most important part of any shipping thread, if we're going to be honest-

The Essay is always important. It's where Shippers find an affirmation, where nonshippers turn their critical gaze, and where haters scratch out their own eyes from over exposer to pure awesome.

The best NaruSaku essay I've ever read is here:
Ship Manifesto- Because I'm Here

Enjoy.

Laster (When I'm not so damn out of it) I may come back and write my own essay. XD Until then, enjoy one much superior than I could ever write.

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ART

~ I've never believed in God, but I believe in Picasso.~
* A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living *



--& Welcome to the Art portion of the thread. Here You will find icons, fan art, banners and the like. Art is beauty, and so fan art is glorious to shippers. If you create a banner, or have fan art to share, or simply have a few icons you'd like to add to the collection, dont be shy. Please share. <--

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##Gift Art:

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##Art Links:
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*OTHER MEDIA FANTASTICA*

AMV's
Grow- Naruto/Sakura
A Wonderfully slow song. Soft and sweet.
Everything You Do
Nice poppy song, and some wonderful effects.
Promise of a Lifetime
This is THE perfect song for NaruSaku. GREAT AMV.
I Still
Love the song. It's gooood.
Build a Bridge
The effects in this one are breath taking.
Stuck on You
Very fun with the effects.
Breath me

I LOOOVE this one. Heart Breaking.

Fanfiction
NaruSaku recs list <-Lots of good fics there



Communities.
NS Live Journal
Naruto Forums NaruSaku
Heaven and Earth Fan Forum

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Discussion Points

Food for your Thoughts.

+How will Naruto and Sakura get together?

+Who will confess their feelings first?

+Do you want them to have children/see their children in an epilogue?

+How will other characters (Tsunade, Sasuke, Hinata, Kakashi etc) react at this new couple?

+Most inspiring/favorite NaruSaku moment?

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-Odds'n'Ends-

-Anything I forget here-

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[Asumi Moonlight]

I love those NaruSaku icons heart

[Too Funk to Druck]

Although I'm not really a shipper, I have a bit of a soft spot for this pairing, which was caused by the past thread.

[Amarante0016]

Oh my God, FINALLY a NaruSaku thread! This is the first I've seen in a long, long, long time.

[Mika_chann]

NaruSaku is love biggrin

[[Ren The Ryoko]]

Amarante0016

Oh my God, FINALLY a NaruSaku thread! This is the first I've seen in a long, long, long time.

Yes well, the last 2 we had got binned. (Because Shipping threads are 'spam' which makes no sense considering how the NaruHina and SasuSaku thread is still around. But hey, who am I to question the mods?)