Ever, Ever, After

by Count Sporkula

Ayu and the gang set out to save Sasuke, but what happens when Ayu gets kidnapped? And what happens when Sasuke goes looking for Suigetsu, Juugo, and Rai replacing Karin ? Find out now, in Ever, Ever, After title subject to change .

1. CHAPTER 0

CHAPTER 0: INTRO AND INFO

OKAY GUYS.

For those of you who have read this before, you know where this whole shebang is headed.

THIS IS A STORY REWRITE! YAY!

No, not yay, because I have to rewrite 20-odd freaking chapters.

I felt like the story seriously sucked before, and it left a lot of unattached strings at the end, so this calls for a rewrite.

Author's Notes: There are some author's notes throughout these chapters that I wrote for the first time I wrote this story that I'm going to keep intact simply because I spend WAY too much time on author's notes and I like some of them. I'll let you know which is old and which is new, however. (:

MOVING ON…

This idea settled itself in my head after getting back into Naruto and reading the chapters where Sasuke goes to get Juugo, Suigetsu, and Karin.

ALSO: Karin has been kicked out of the picture. I really hope it doesn't take away too much from the story, but hey. I've replaced her, with a creation of my very own! Her name is Reicheru, Rai for short. Rai is an 18-year-old whose past is unknown by all, including her.

SIDE NOTE TO THAT: Rai does NOT become the main character until we meet Ayu (no last name, much like Tenten has no last name). Just to clear that up. So first we meet Ayu, and then we meet Rai. Yeah.

The story obviously takes place in Shippuuden, and after Sasuke has killed Orochimaru.

Ahm.

OH YES. Pronunciations. Just in case you don't know how to pronounce some of these later characters' names:

Juugo – JOO-goh.

Suigetsu- soo-GET-soo (I'm pretty sure that's how it's pronounced.)

Reicheru –ree-CHAIR-oo

Rai- ra-EE

RANDOM FACT: Reicheru (could also be spelled "Reijeru") translated into English is "Rachel"

WOWWWW that took up more than a whole page on Microsoft Word!

DISCLAIMER/UPDATE: I have not read completely up to date in the manga or watched the anime up to date. I'm up to the part where all the Kages meet. So don't bomb me for getting some plot stuff wrong; this isn't really following the plot that much anyways.

One more thing about my formatting: anything directly at the beginning or end of a chapter that is said in bold letters is USUALLY an author's note from me. You'll usually be able to tell what an A.N. is and what's part of the story though.