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• Echoes in the Forest: A Deer in the Shadows by Caro24084u

  Fandoms: Naruto (Anime & Manga)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  11 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Hatake Kakashi/Uzumaki Naruto
  • but way later - Relationship
  • Nara Shikamaru
  • Uzumaki Naruto
  • Hatake Kakashi
  • Umino Iruka
  • Uchiha Sasuke
  • Inuzuka Kiba
  • Haruno Sakura
  • Yamanaka Ino
  • Akimichi Chouji
  • Sarutobi Hiruzen
  • Namikaze Minato
  • Tsunade (Naruto)
  • Shimura Danzou
  • Anbu Root Characters (Naruto)
  • Yamato | Tenzou
  • a few of this are mentioned
  • Hyuuga Neji
  • Angst
  • Political Themes
  • Government Conspiracy
  • Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
  • Omega Uzumaki Naruto
  • Alpha Nara Shikamaru
  • Alpha Hatake Kakashi
  • dark themes
  • Non-Consensual Drug Use
  • Non-Consensual Body Modification
  • spy verse
  • BAMF Nara Shikamaru
  • BAMF Uzumaki Naruto
  • POV Nara Shikamaru
  • Betrayal
  • Cliffhangers
  • Not Beta Read
  • my english is poor and not my first language
  • this wa supposed to be a second part to a another bowl of ramen but well
  • here it is and it explains some things
  • somehow it turned into political thriller
  • Political Thriller
  • Underage Drug Use
  • POV Hyuuga Neji
  • at least for chap 4 i dont know if he'll be coming back for a pov in the following chapster so

  Summary

  In a village built on loyalty and secrecy, truth becomes a weapon, and every shadow hides a threat. As the system’s rot is exposed, choices must be made—loyalty, justice, and survival collide in a game with stakes higher than any shinobi has faced

  Series

  • Part 2 of The Shackled Legacy

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,462

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  21

  Bookmarks:

  1

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  313