Naruto: A Land Divided

, also known as, is an alternate universe story taking place in the Naruto Universe. The point of divergence is ten years prior to the events of the Naruto series, during the Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage in Konohagakure, however some characters and events in this series take place before the point of divergence. A Land Divided takes place in a time where tensions run high through out the shinobi nations, the Five Great Nations are on the verge of another Shinobi World War, while lesser nations have pulled together in small alliances, hoping to conquer their neighbours or at the very least survive this turmoil as a united front. Behind the scenes, a mysterious organization known as employs Missing-nin in order to take advantage of the border skirmishes and chaos to complete an as-of-yet unrevealed goal.

Story
The story of Naruto: A Land Divided is told through an open role-play on the Gaia: Online forums, created by the user Desdamin, and co-moderated by the user Shinmei-Jigoku, or Zf6hellion. The story is generally told from the perspective of the characters (In third person) and is seperated into arcs, which are divided between each other through the use of time-skips.

The story has two threads as of the current day, the old one can be found here, while the current one can be found here.

Side-Stories
The side stories, are generally stories that are tied to the main story of A Land Divided in some manner without taking place in the same event. Many of these side stories have taken the form of short stories that delve into the background of various characters, explaining previous blank spots in their histories that have been left initially vague. In some cases these stories are written out on the Gaia: Online forums.

Ryusuke Sanada: Leaf Shinobi

 * Ryusuke Sanada: Child of Iron Part One
 * Ryusuke Sanada: Child of Iron Part Two
 * Ryusuke Sanada: Ninja of the Leaf
 * Ryusuke Sanada: March on Iwagakure
 * Ryusuke Sanada: Forged in Fire
 * Ryusuke Sanada: Chūnin
 * Ryusuke Sanada: Blue Lightning

Taiyō Hakkō
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Ava Kiroshika
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Ekaterina Kiroshika
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Kaasage Tachinai
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