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  • Naruto: Being a Shinobi with no System by jp777w
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    Transmigrated to a Civilian Shinobi - Check No System - Check Realistic Progression - Check What else do you need. Check this fanfic too ^_~
  • š—¦š—§š—”š—œš—„š—Ŗš—”š—¬ š—§š—¢ š—›š—˜š—”š—©š—˜š—” by ieatspicychicken
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    āšˆ š£š®š¬š­ šŸšžšžš„ š„š¢š¤šž š­š”šžš«šž'š¬ š¬šØš¦šžš­š”š¢š§š  š°š«šØš§š  š°š¢š­ š¦šž.. šˆ'šÆšž š§š®š¦š›šžš š¦š²š¬šžš„šŸ š­šØ šžšÆšžš«š²š­š”š¢š§š .āž š€ š­šžššš« š­š«ššš¢š„šžš ššØš°š§ š”š¢š¬ šžš²šžš¬. š“š”ššš­ š°ššš¬ š­š”šž šŸš¢š«š¬š­ šˆ š¬šžšžš§ š”š¢š¦ šœš«š².. šžšÆšžš« "šˆš­'š¬ šØš¤ššš².. š¦šž š­šØšØ. š“š”ššš­ ššØš§'š­ š¦šžššš§ š­š”šžš«šž'š¬ š¬šØš¦šžš­š”š¢š§š  š°š«šØš§š  š°š¢š­š” š®š¬, š‡šžšššÆšžš§." šˆ š¬šŖš®šžšžš³šžš š”š¢š¬ š”ššš§š, š°š¢š©š¢š§š  š­š”šž š„šØš§šž š­šžššš« šŸš«šØš¦ š”š¢š¬ šœš”šžšžš¤. šŒš² š”šžššš«š­ š›š«šØš¤šž šŸšØš« š”š¢š¦. . . . Z'airee was a caretaker at a old people's home and he took care of many patients. The only thing was that it happened to be one of the few nursing in homes in NYC. So many patients wounded up from the hood where many of the patients were from different gangs. Z'airee wasn't supposed to have favorites but he always had this particular one.. Mr. Sinaloa. Heaven was a drug dealer who visited his grandpa, Tyreek Sinaloa everyday. His grandpa was everything that his parents wasn't to him. The trenches of New York was where he came from. All his mom cared about was drugs and his dad walked out on him. He grew up running the streets because his mom was too high one everything to care, with men coming in and out they house. He never had that support system so he was wit older kids for as long as he could remember. So as soon as his grandpa got custody he was good but he always knew he wanted to move out as soon as possible..Or so he thought. EXT
  • One Piece Ultimate Devil Fruit by worldoffanfiction12
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    A stray bullet, a sudden transmigration. Chu Qi, a ruthless former gang leader from Earth, awakens in the body of a dying Trafalgar Law on the desolate Minion Island. With a terminal illness and Doflamingo's shadow looming, Law's future seems set for a tragic end. But armed with knowledge of the entire One Piece world, and the innate cunning of a street survivor, this new Law is determined to rewrite his destiny. The legendary Op-Op Fruit is within reach, but simply obtaining it isn't enough. Law's ambition stretches far beyond mere survival. He'll seize the fruit, then leverage Corazon's Marine ties for a secure environment to rapidly hone his terrifying new powers. From a sickly boy, he'll become a force capable of repelling Doflamingo's Birdcage with sheer will, shocking even the World Government with his unprecedented mastery of the Op-Op Fruit's abilities. Law's path won't be that of a typical pirate or a naive Marine. He detests being controlled, choosing his own allegiance based on ultimate freedom and the pursuit of absolute power. With his sharp mind, devastatingly accurate firearms, and an ever-evolving Devil Fruit, he'll navigate the treacherous seas, outmaneuver the strongest factions, and reshape the very balance of the world. Join Law as he ruthlessly carves his own path, ascending through the ranks of the Marines not for justice, but for the safety and power to "conquer" the world on his own terms. The true legend of the Ultimate Devil Fruit is about to begin! join patreon.com/worldoffanfiction for advanced chapters and support the daily update
  • Realms of Cinder by Sorenyk
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    A samurai watches the mist move across the fields and tells himself it is nothing. A knight on a distant wall feels the same wind and thinks the same thing. They are both wrong. Nine realms. Eight centuries of peace. One war about to wake them all. A multi-POV fantasy story in style of Game of Thrones, featuring imperial legions, samurai clans, and knightly orders, alongside elves, dwarves, beastfolk, and many other mythical creatures that inhabit the world.
  • Last one standing by Daeneris1
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    A tough special forces soldier named Smile works with Task Force Blackshore. People fear her because she is very precise and has an attitude. Her past has made her distant and explosive, which makes her both a great asset and a worry to her team. During a high-risk mission something happens. Smile starts to struggle with forces she doesn't fully understand. Her team has to deal with the growing gap between who she used to be and who she is becoming. A new soldier joins the unit bringing supervision and raising questions about trust and control. At the time unknown forces start to take an interest in Smile watching her from beyond the battlefield. She fights to stay in control in perilous situations guided by her instincts and haunted by something inside her. Her teammates must decide how far they are willing to go to stand by her as the stakes get higher. Between duty, loyalty and fear the line between ally and threat starts to blur.
  • Etheria: Lost Kingdom by KristenStech
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    On the day Etheria fell, Rowena Valmont lost everything. Her home. Her family. The future she once believed in. For seven years, the noble-born exile has clung to hope in the shadows, waiting for her father's return. But when her last sanctuary is destroyed, she stumbles upon a forgotten relic of legendary power. Suddenly, Rowena is thrust into a deadly game where the fate of kingdoms hangs in the balance and magic-long thought extinct-stirs once more. Pursued by enemies and joined by a mysterious gladiator with secrets of his own, Rowena must decide: Will she risk everything to reclaim her homeland, or will she rise to become the hero Solmira never knew it needed?
  • Trigger [Shane Walsh x OFC] 18+ by lightbeam_aura
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    "I'm the wall, Adelaide. Nothing gets past me. But who's going to protect you from me?" When the apocalypse hit, twenty-year-old Adelaide Grimes lost everything-except for Shane Walsh. Her father's best friend. Her protector. Her secret obsession since she was sixteen. In the wreckage of Georgia, Shane isn't just a deputy anymore; he's the dark, jagged force keeping her alive. But as the lines between protector and lover begin to blur in the shadows of the quarry, the unthinkable happens: Rick Grimes returns. Now, the "happy family" is back, and Shane is being pushed back into the role of the loyal sidekick. But Adelaide isn't a child anymore, and she doesn't want her father's morality. She wants the man who stayed. As Rick leads them toward the light, Shane descends into the dark-and Adelaide is going right down with him. The world is dead. Morality is ash. The only thing left is him. What to expect: • Forbidden Age-Gap Romance (Shane x Rick's Daughter) • TWD Season 1 & 2 Reimagined • Dark, Toxic, & Morally Grey Themes • Updates every Wednesday! šŸ‘‰ Add to your library. It's about to get messy. šŸ„€šŸ”„šŸ§Ÿā€ā™‚ļø
  • EVOLUTIONARIES  |  Silent Eclipse by AshJpeterson
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    |VAST. DARK. The Subconscious Consumes| The world is not what it seems. Jasper, known on the streets as Jay and in the system as Zurich, has spent his life outrunning the trauma of his youth by embracing a dangerous, criminal numbness. He survived his childhood and prison by building a wall of rage and violence, believing connection is weakness. But when his release lands him face-to-face with Aurea-the sweet, idealistic girl he loved and lost in the fourth grade-something inside him cracks open. While the rest of the world walks blind, the seams of reality have begun to fray before their eyes. There are things that cannot be unseen: the black ooze, the swirling void eyes, the malevolent entities controlling it all. These forces haven't just been watching; they've been waiting-patiently-for the beacons to reveal themselves. For the opportunity to prevent humanity from evolution. Forced to confront the violent truth of their past and the terrifying scope of their present, the two must survive a harrowing spiritual evolution to embrace their newfound abilities-abilities that reveal a brutal, secret truth about their world. Now, they must race across layers of time and reality to prevent total subjugation. ___________________________________ JOIN THE (r)EVOLUTION| Weekly lore drops, character dossiers, and access to archive available at: šŸ‘‰ https://ashjpeterson.substack.com/
  • Wildborn  by EMHD44
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    Nomad. Explorer. Too curious. Tenaro walks a world that wants to kill him. Nomad by habit and survivor by necessity, he moves through storm-strangled jungles and dead cities swallowed by vines. Ancient ruins stir, and forgotten names resurface. The deeper he ventures through ruins that feel alive and relic-filled chambers, the more it becomes clear: The world is not empty. It is watching... What to expect: Slowburn Storytelling: A focus on character depth and steady progression. Mysterious Worldbuilding: Explore ruins that feel alive, and ancient relics that hold dangerous secrets. Tactical Action: Brutal and Tactical combat that focuses on environmental awareness, physicality, and exhaustion. Atmospheric Writing: Expect to feel the world's cold weathers and Tenaro's hunger.
  • šƒš„š•šˆš‹ ššŽš‘š š‡š”šŒš€š by bobthemobster23
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    š“šŽš—šˆšš’. š“šŽš—šˆšš’. š“šŽš—šˆšš’. š“šŽš—šˆšš’ poisoning *her* life. THE WORLD IS š„š•šˆš‹ AND š‚š‘š”š„š‹. For an 18 year old male, Kenzo Reed, he has seen it all. The Evil and The Good. The Devils and The Angels. He watched his mother come across all sorts of hardships and miracles. From the back-breaking weight of a third job to juggle.. to the mistreatment and persecution she'd come across from appalling people. *Evil* people. The urge is growing stronger, and something has to be done-*will* be done. What's he going to do? He's going to ease his mother's pain. The wicked and the hurtful will be eradicated from the face of this depraved planet, all just for his mother. She deserves happiness-relief-a breath of fresh air instead of the toxins of others she would forcefully breathe in. He will carve a clean path for her to walk in. He will no longer resist the commands of the Voices. No longer will he dismiss the eager demons that linger in his darkly disturbed mind. He will go to š‡š„š‹š‹ and back for her. All for *her*. Everything is for š‡š„š‘. Or so he says. š„š‘š€šƒšˆš‚š€š“š„ š“š‡š„ š“šŽš—šˆšš’. š‚š‹š„š€šš’š„ š“š‡š„ š„š€š‘š“š‡. His purpose will be fulfilled, no matter the cost. Whatever it takes. Do you trust š¦šž? šŸ–¤ Content Warning: This story contains disturbing themes, moral ambiguity, suicide and murder. (|| W.I.P ||)
  • DEFIANT by ETwritesbooks
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    When Cassie Blake crashes her dad's car and gets taken by soldiers to a rehab school, she expects therapy or even juvie. Blackstone Prep, aka hell on earth. The school is a prison, taught by merciless teachers and patrolled by heartless soldiers. Blackstone's sole intention is to break them, so along with a small group of defiant teens, Cassie decides to fight back. Rebellion will always have a price, and when the price becomes their lives, the group starts to doubt they will even make it out. They are a group of teenagers against well-armed soldiers and teachers without morals. With the threat of punishment and potential death looming over them, Cassie decides they must escape or face certain peril.
  • Shell (and more poems) by azzy_rat
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    -My own poems -Food for the soul -Challenge the norms, Break the system, Face reality -(unfinished)
  • GHOST by InkAndIchor
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    GHOST A High-Stakes Action Thriller Overview Protagonist: Mateo Rodriguez (Codename: The Ghost) Setting: North Oak High School Main Antagonist: Commander Graves / Vargas Blurb Mateo Rodriguez was a man with a past he worked hard to bury. A former Tier-One operator from the elite Mexican GOPES unit, he traded his rifle for a history book and his silence for a classroom. But when a team of professional "Cleaners" led by the ruthless Commander Graves takes over North Oak High, the history teacher has to stop teaching lessons and start becoming the legend his enemies feared most. One man. Barefoot. Bleeding. And down to his last nine bullets. He isn't just fighting for survival; he's fighting for his students.
  • Valiant  by MichealArmstrong
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    A spinoff to the Avants
  • And the Fall of an Empire by JayBear9810
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    Set 500 years after the events of Rise: Askiya, the world has been split into 8 different empires with the Songhai Empire as the World leaders in every imaginable category. Technology, Commerce, Tourism, Resources, Military might. We follow the 2nd Prince as he navigates through his early adult life trying to find himself and live up to the Askiya name in a time of peace. However, per human nature the destruction of the status quo and peace is inevitable.
  • Lifeline | A Web Novel by Biased_Narrator by Biased_Narrator
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    The story of Lifeline follows Marianne Gonzales who unlocks her Hemokinetic abilities after a tragic accident which led to the death of her parents and subsequent separation of her sister. Racked with guilt and longing to help people, she aims to become a hero that people can depend on.
  • Three Sides To The Truth by Royel_Jones
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    The streets don't raise kings, they raise survivors. When loyalty turns into leverage and truth comes with a body count, a group of teens chasing respect find themselves trapped in a conspiracy bigger than the city itself. In a world where cops are watching, gangsters are circling, and nobody is who they claim to be, getting close to the truth might be the last mistake they ever make.
  • Black Ledger by CameronWright333
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    Black Ledger is a dark, cinematic supernatural thriller following Sawyer Kestrel, a former special-operations contractor who descends into a covert war of demons, vampires, and occult power networks while searching for a vanished woman in Panama. What begins as a personal rescue mission spirals into a global conspiracy tied to demonic corporations, corrupted elites, and a mysterious artifact known as the Black Ledger-an infernal record that exposes who truly controls the modern world. As Sawyer is forcibly turned into a vampire and hunted by both human and inhuman enemies, he must choose between reclaiming his humanity or embracing the monster he's becoming to stop a looming supernatural war.
  • Insect War Chronicles by CameronWright333
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    Insect War Chronicles is a gritty science-fiction war saga set in a shattered paradise where one-inch-tall survivors-Tinylings-fight for survival inside a sealed dome built on lies. After teenager Beau Danning accidentally cracks the dome's boundary and uncovers the truth about the world beyond, his actions trigger a catastrophic insect invasion led by intelligent, organized mantids under the ruthless General Karakis. Forced into leadership far too young, Beau and his allies-engineers, medics, pilots, and militia-must improvise weapons from scavenged human technology, wage brutal miniature warfare, and confront impossible moral choices as their safe haven collapses into open war. As the conflict escalates from survival skirmishes to full-scale military operations, the series explores leadership, sacrifice, and the cost of truth in a world where humans are no longer the apex species.
  • Living In My Own Private Rabbit Hole by Michaelmiski
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    Much Fact, Little Fiction. They say the truth is stranger than fiction. In Mike Miski's world, the truth is a Jackson Pollock mess of rebellion, survival, and high-stakes consequence. Before the federal audits and the Second Chance logistics of 2026, there was the Detroit Bunker. It was a world of raw, electric energy, underground punk shows, and life lived strictly on the edge. But falling down the rabbit hole has a price, and Miski has spent forty years paying it in full. In this visceral, 40-chapter memoir, Miski navigates a non-linear landscape of memory where time is distorted and the stakes are life and death. From the drug-fueled chaos of the 1980s to the cold reality of a federal interrogation room, "Living in My Own Private Rabbit Hole" isn't just a book-it's an uncompromising portrait of a generation that refused to play by the rules. Inside these pages, you'll find: The Detroit Underground: A front-row seat to the grit and noise of the Bunker scene. The High-Stakes Hustle: Navigating the Alphabet Agencies, international utility bonds, and the legal incidents that follow a life lived sideways. A Masterclass in Redemption: How a Superstar of the underbelly automates a second chance and finds meaning amidst the detritus of a past life. Equal parts a testament to personal struggle and a vivid work of surreal art, this is non-fiction reimagined. Whether you're here for the true crime, the punk rock history, or the story of a man who looked the Secret Service in the eye and lived to tell it-one thing is certain: Prepare to fall down the hole. You may not return the same.