First I would like to give my most sincere gratitude to everyone that is reading my fic, and I like to thank everyone that reviewed. It is because of people like you I find a lot of joy writing. And to all of the people that didn't leave a review, please do. I want to know what you all think of my fic, be it good or bad. And if its bad tell what so I can better it. Well as you can see this is the first of what I think is three major review responses. I know I do a small response at the start of a few chapters, but in this I can respond to more of you. And to those of you who reviewed multiple time I will try to cover all the things in all your reviews. But first I want to apologize in advance if I don't respond to your review, some I can't really respond to so sorry. Well here goes.
InARealPickle: Rest assured that I do not take offense. I'm not the kind of person that will automatically be pissed if you tell something like that. But I must disagree with you. I know that my fic is not even in the same league as a lot of other fics on this site. But I highly doubt that my fic has the wost beginning to a Naruto banishment story ever. I don't mean to sound rude, but I have read some fics with far worse beginnings than mine. They offer very few explanation to why Naruto left. Some don't even say why he left. And to your second part of your review, I know Naruto deserves punishment for going AWOL. But as a character Naruto feels its unfair. If you look at the manga (or anime) you see that Naruto breaks the rules all the time. In a way Naruto feels that the ends justify the means. He feels that if he can get the job done it shouldn't matter if he broke a few rules. So he felt that since he brought back the village's prized ninja nothing would really happen to him. As the author and you as the reader we know Naruto is braking the rules and needs to be punished. But the character doesn't know it. I hope that you continue to read my story through and hopefully you will change your mind.
DriftStar: Thank you for all your reviews you are one of the ones that leaved a review regularly and for that I thank you. First while I agree longer chapters would be great it would also take longer than it already is taking. My laziness is to blame for a lot of that time but whatever. I feel that a chapter in any fic should be at the most minimum 1,000 words. But I set a high bar for my self. I will not post a chapter that is under 2,500 words (with the exception of review chaps). I feel that as an author It would be insulting to both myself and you the readers. Well on to your other reviews. Leesaku huh, well you can only hope that more people feel the same as you, and you want me to off Sasuke. While I don't like Sasuke either I can't just kill him. Later in the story I might let the readers decide his fate, and you can hope people vote with you. And as for your NaruHina soon there will be another choice for you to make. It will be extremely vague. But if enough people chose the right one the NaruHina would start sooner. So cross your fingers and hope. Thanks for your reviews and I hope you continue with them.
jiraiya uzumaki: Well thanks for the review anyway. Well unfortunately you are wrong, sorry. But I hand really considered Dante and Virgil, well Dante more than Virgil anyway. But I felt like I really couldn't find a place for him. Because I feel if one puts a certain character into something you have to put in their supporting characters, and I just couldn't find places for them. So about the Phoenix and Dragon, no they have nothing to do with FMA (great manga/anime though). Those two play a key role for the story. Thanks and I hope you continue to read a review.
Wyrtha: Thanks, Well I can understand your confusion. But the answer is quite simple you just got to think of it like this. Naruto has the potential to possibly become the strongest ninja of his generation, mostly because he has the King of the Bijus sealed in his body. Danzo sees Naruto like a weapon, A weapon of mass destruction. The Kyuubi was considered a force of nature. It could level mountains cause earthquakes and all that stuff with a single swipe of its tail. Danzo's attitude to that is if I can't have it no one can. Think about it if you had in your possession the ultimate weapon and it just ran off, even if it "legally" left, you don't want it falling into someone's hands. So Danzo thinks that this problem is solved will Naruto's death, so Naruto can't be used against him. Thanks for review and I hope you continue.
carfard: Ah carfard one of my most dedicated readers and reviewers. First don't worry Naruto's appearance will not drastically change. Of course there will be changes,but not to the point where he looks like a beast. Things like clothes are a given I think that will be the most drastic change. And personality wise, I guess you can say he will be a bit more like Kakashi. He will become more calm, patient. and above all else disciplined. I just hope that I don't overdo it. I think that you are right, I think I did use a bit too much emotion. But the scene with the ROOT ninja I wanted to show that even if you are trained the way they are, even they develop bonds with people they have known for as long as they did.
Momopeach69: Thanks, I'm really trying to think how each character would act to Naruto's departure. The best example is Iruka and Kakashi. I felt that Iruka would take Naruto leaving far more harder then Kakashi, because I feel while Kakashi would feel bad he has a far better control over himself than Iruka does. Thanks for the review hope you continue.
Well that's it for now. Sorry but there really isn't enough reviews for me to actually respond to. But whatever. I'm close to breaking 100 reviews! Come guys help reach this great mile stone that unfortunately many authors have not gotten. Remember more reviews equal faster update, because it reminds the author that people are waiting on him to get working. The pilot chapter to my new fic should be out soon. It's written lke a movie trailer, a bunch of different scenes. So keep an eye out for that. And keep reviewing, or start reviewing.
Well See Ya Squall Leonhart Out.