With that, the three young people left for their day on the town, and Kurenai was left with her thoughts.
In another town, Konaha to be exact, a different group was relaxing in the shade of the training grounds… well most of them were relaxing anyways.
…And if I can't do that I'll do 300 one handed pushups while standing on my head, and if I can't do that I'll run backwards around konaha 10,000 tim…
"Um Lee-san? Aren't you supposed to be taking it easy?"
"Yes Lee, you've just had almost two dozen bone put back together from mush, this may be a good time to take a short break."
"(Munch munch) ya what they said"
"(Snore)"
Most of the remaining of the rookie nine had been given the day off, they had just somewhat naturally congregated in the training grounds that Rock Lee was known to frequent.
(panting) "Ya, I suppose you guys are right…"
Lee flopped down onto the grass.
"But only a short one, afterward I'll do 2000 pushups, and if I can't do that…"
Not wanting to listen to Lee rant about the training he was going to do, Sakura cut him off.
"No Lee-kun. Tsunade has put you in my care, which means that my word is law to you. Your done for today."
Lee turned to Sakura,
"But Sakura-Chan, how can I keep up with my rivals if I don…."
Sakura pounded him over the head
"I SAID YOU'RE GOING TO REST! (Hell Ya!)"
Nejii looked on with mild interest.
"I don't know whether or not he heard you… you might have given him a concussion you know."
Sakura calmed down a little bit.
"with his head so full of stones I doubt that he's hurt much."
At this comment the entire group lapsed into silence, Sakura took the opportunity to study the shinobi under her care.
Nejii is recovering from charka exhaustion and a broken arm. Lee is overworking bones that where mush less then three weeks ago. Choji is…well, still eating, from the sound of things he'll never put on much weight again, but hopefully his metabolism will have slowed down a bit before to long. Shikamaru is sleeping, that has to be expected however, and from the sound of things, his trauma was mostly mental. And kiba… well, he and Shino are off doing whatever it is they do.
As Sakura was thinking, Shino and Kiba were out in the forest. They had been walking for a while as they did on occasion, not really talking about much (Kiba was also much more quite when around close friends) but just enjoying the camaraderie. Kiba broke the silence.
"Sounds like the Uchiha is going to pull through after all."
They walked for a while without speaking before Shino spoke up.
"I'm not certain whether I'm happy or pissed as all hell about that."
"Ya, I know what you mean after Naruto and…"
He lapsed back into silence
"Did they ever find the bastard?"
Kiba looked over in surprise
"I didn't think you cared one way or another"
"I'll have you know that Naruto did manage to amuse me on occasion. Besides, he was an honorable shinobi, NO ONE should be disrespected like that."
"Akamaru and I have been doing a little sniffing around since his death… right Akamaru?"
The heavily bandaged dog on his head gave a short bark.
"And?"
"Well we were looking into the assholes who tried to come in to spit on his casket but none of them would give me a better answer than 'good riddance'. I don't believe that anyone I talked to was intelligent enough to pull off that stunt however."
'sigh,' "so no clues as to why they hated him either I suppose."
"none"
Again, they walked in silence drifting toward the area where the rest of the group was relaxing.
"Have you had any luck Shino?"
"I questioned my parents about it but… all they would say was that it was despicable the way the villagers had treated Naruto but that the vow of secrecy still held."
Now it was Kiba's turn to sigh.
"Oh well."
They lapsed back into silence. It had been that way since the two of them were still too young to be gennin. Over the years, the two of them had become fast friends. Most of the time they told each other more with what wasn't said then they did when they spoke.
Sakura had just finished her musing about the battered shinobi in her care when Kiba and Shino walked out of the forest not to far from where she sat. Sakura stood up and waved.
"KIBA! SHINO! Over here!"
Obligingly Kiba and Shino shifted their walking pattern to join their friends. Nobody had really said much since Naruto's funeral. There just didn't seem to be much to say… as Shikamaru would have put it, it was just 'To Troublesome.'
Kiba and Shino took a seat by Nejii, and Akamaru took his time limping over to Sakura who immediately set him in her lap and began stroking his soft fur.
And the group sat in silence. Shikamaru had woken up when Sakura called over the final two companions and found that he couldn't go back to sleep. Strangely enough, he felt the need to get up and move around.
Odd, normally getting off of this nice soft grass would be far too troublesome. I wonder why I…
Sakura had been watching Shikamaru when he didn't immediately fall back asleep. So when he stiffened up she became slightly nervous. After all, she was in charge of the three people who still needed medical attention. Shikamaru on the other had did not seem startled, nor alarmed. Strangely, Choji stood up as well. His seemingly bottomless sack of chips had disappeared, and he looked as though he had a bad taste in his mouth.
"Sakura, I am heading back to the hospital now."
Sakura moved as though she to were going to stand up. That of course was before Shikamaru spoke up.
"No need to get everyone up Sakura I'll take him back."
With that, both Shikamaru and Choji started stalking toward the hospital where Choji was receiving his nutritional supplements.
"I wonder what has their tails in a knot?"
whispered Kiba to Shino. Shino was about to reply that he didn't know when one of his bugs landed and began speaking to him. When Shino also stood up Kiba was about to ask what was wrong when the wind shifted.
Sakura was wondering at the odd behavior in her friends when Akamaru jumped out of her arms and limped back to Kiba as quickly as he could. She saw Kiba whisper something to Akamaru before tucking the wounded puppy into his coat.
"I'm sorry my friends." Said kiba "but…"
Kiba and Shino looked at each other.
"Shino and I have just remembered something important we need to attend to. We'll see you later."
With that, they two walked off.
"Now what's gotten into them?"
wondered Lee aloud. He was just about to continue speaking until he suddenly stiffened just as Shikamaru had, and shut his mouth. He didn't stand, but his entire body trembled as though he were having a hard time holding himself in check.
He looks mad enough to chew nails… I wonder why?
Looking around Sakura suddenly noticed that everyone was staring at her. She was about to ask why when she realized that they were not looking at HER. They were looking at someone BEHIND her. She whipped around and…
Tsunade knew immediately that it had been a bad Idea. As soon as Shizune suggested it.
----- 20 minutes ago -----
"It'll be good for him Tsunade-sama." Said Shizune in a whisper "he needs to get some fresh air. He has been bedridden since shortly after Naruto's 'Funeral'. He needs to go walk around."
"I don't know Shizune. I really doubt there are many people who will sympathize. I mean. Even the ANBU are giving him a wide berth. On top of that can we be certain that he's stable?"
"I'll risk my career on it Tsunade-sama"
Tsunade raised an eyebrow.
"you do know what is likely to happen if we allow him to wander the streets."
"Tsunade I really doubt that he'd make another attempt."
"Yes but think of the devastation that happened LAST time."
"he'll have a couple of ANBU to guard him. They might not like it, but if you tell them to guard him they will."
Tsunade sighed
"I sincerely hope that he is mentally stable again Shizune. Because if we take him outside of this building he's going to endure A LOT of hatred. Probably from people he once considered friends."
"I know Tsunade, To be honest I really doubt that the ANBU would stop an attack on him unless he was near death, but sooner or later he's going to have to get used to it. At this point, he's not going to improve anymore unless he can confront the truth. We both know that he's deluded himself into thinking that what he did was nothing more than a bad dream. Perhaps this will snap him out of it."
"But at what risk to his mind Shizune?"
"at this point… does it really matter?"
-----End Flashback-----
Uchiha Sasuke was in a waking nightmare.
It's true then. I really did ki… NO, I wouldn't have. That would make me FAR too much like Itachi. Even I wouldn't have gone THAT far… would have I?
Sasuke absently rubbed the spot where the curse seal had previously rested. No one, not even he or Tsunade had noticed it yet, but the curse seal had vanished sometime during the last couple of weeks. Had Tsunade noticed this fact she might have summarized that it had disappeared due to the state of total chakra depletion he had suffered after his fight with Naruto. Had SASUKE noticed it he might have postulated to Tsunade that its loss came about when he refused the power of the seal during his fight with Naruto. Of course, nobody knew it yet, but Sasuke had re-lived the entire experience up until the fight. In HIS mind the fight had never occurred. It had taken days for Tsunade to convince him of the truth of the matter. He STILL hadn't believed until Kakashi had taken him to the scene of the fight.
If I hadn't seen the fight, if I hadn't found my own footprints… I never would have believed it. NARUTO… brother… How could I have tried to do that to you…?
Against the better wishes of a large portion of the ANBU, the medical staff, and the Jounin, Tsunade had decided that she had to tell Sasuke that Naruto had managed to survive the attack. Vaguely Sasuke had remembered parts of the time that had past he could remember parts if the fight now, suddenly he seemed to see Naruto's face again, and he heard naruto's voice whispering in his ear.What I didn't... what I couldn't see was that my brother was killing himself. Slowly but surly he let hate and despair kill him. He became so obsessed with power that he refused to let anyone near him... but that man is dead, I no longer have a brother.
"What the?"
Sasuke staggered a little bit. If Tsunade hadn't steadied him, Sasuke would surely have fallen.
"What happened Sasuke?"
"I think that I'm beginning to remember some things. I just remembered something that Naruto said to me on the battlefield, that's all."
"Then let go of my arm." Commanded Tsunade roughly "I am not here to be the support for a traitor… I truly hope that the guard swill stop them before they kill you"
Considering the tones of voice, and the inflection on certain words Sasuke wasn't certain that Tsunade meant it. Just before she left, Tsunade hissed in Sasuke's ear.
"Also remember, the fact that Naruto is alive is classified. If you want to start earning back my trust, you will be very careful to insure that it remains that way."
With that, Tsunade took her leave, and Sasuke was left behind with LOTS of trouble, it was bad enough that it was likely to come from people that he had been willing to admit to himself were friends. But the worst part was that their eyes were telling him to be glad that most of them were unable to move properly…
Naruto leaned back and sighed.
Boy what a day! First, those bloody fan girls, then Hinata-chan, then Ino and ten-ten, and now… here I am, thank god they knew where the bathhouses were.
Naruto had been struggling with the fact that he couldn't use his aging jutsu on the way here. Ino and ten-ten had ruined the act when they dispelled it in front of the fan girls. Hell, on the way over he had seen some of the fan girl group start talking to an old man just to distract him long enough for another of the group to try dispelling.
Heh, thank god there are more ways to disguise myself then using that aging trick.
What Naruto had done was to buy a second hand robe on the way back to his apartment. The Girls had found it odd but none of them commented. Once he had gotten back (the girls had held off the fan club long enough for him to escape) he and proceeded to caked his face and arms with liberal amount of dirt. He had used it clean cloths to make an artificial hump on his back, and had made his way to the bathhouses looking like a humpbacked beggar. He had found it necessary to activate his jutsu again once inside the building just to get rid of the envious glares the boys his age were shooting at him. NOBODY dared to glare at the noble looking old man he would grow to be.
Hinata was more than a little bit nervous.
What on EARTH was I thinking! How could I have offered to lead Naruto-kun to the BATH HOUSES…? Now he's probably stripped down to his boxers and…
Hinata had to stop at this point. The stray though 'Naruto, in black boxers' had wandered through her mental monolog and had given her a bloody nose.
Ten-ten was humming merrily. She still had a hard time believing that it had been HINATA that suggested they relax in the hot tub together and catch up on old times… she might have expected that from Ino… possibly even from herself… but HINATA?
Ino had just finished putting on her swimsuit. She was adjusting it to be certain that it emphasized ALL her curves to the best extent possible.
Who would have thought that quite little HINATA would have come up with a plan like this? I mean I know that the Hyuuga's are considered geniuses, but THIS plan was a stroke of Brilliance. Heh, the best part is (she took a moment to spin in a circle) I've easily got the best body of the three of us. The other two are just going to be shot out of the sky… Heh well, tough luck for them.
Naruto had stopped thinking; it required far too much effort at this point.
Ahhh now this is more like it. None of the running, the screaming, the shouting, and best of all. Nobody giving me 'the look'.
With that, Naruto closed his eyes and just let sleep wash over him.
Ino, Hinata, and Ten-ten had all finished dressing at about the same time. So, it was a simple matter of course that they should all walk out at roughly the same time. Ino and ten-ten saw each other first, and they stood in silence waiting for Hinata. While attempting to appear nonchalant, they were both scanning the hot tubs in use. But both were just a trifle annoyed.
Dammit. I think Ino has one up on me this time…
Shit! Ten-ten found a two-piece somewhere…
(Together) where the hell is Naruto-kun
Naruto woke up with a sneeze.
What the hell? Whose thinking bout me? Oh well.
He went back to sleep.
Hinata had taken just a moment longer than the other girls because of how hesitant she was to be seen in a swimsuit. Although it was standard practice to where bathing suits in the hot tubs back in konaha. The men's and women's hot tubs were separated. Here in Suna, it seemed that they didn't want to waste the extra water. None of the girls knew it, and Naruto CERTAINLY didn't know it. But they were lucky that Kurenai had pointed them to this particular bathhouse. There is a little known fact about Suna, that is the fact that it's considered perfectly acceptable for men and women to share a bathhouse. No touching was permitted of course. But it was considered good policy to, well, 'show off the goods' when looking for a potential mate. You see with the long robes they wore most of the time to keep the sun off, well, very seldom were you seen wearing something else. The thinking was that if you were going to show something off, you may as well show it ALL off. But as I said before, Kurenai had save our young friends from this particular embarrassment.
Hinata walked out of the bathhouse no more than a minute or so behind the other girls. Luckily for her she didn't see the frank stares of disbelief that the other two had given her when she did. You see, the Hyuuga family was VERY reclusive, and have very conservative Ideals when it came to proper clothing for public. What it boiled down to was that All Hyuuga women wore very loose baggy clothing around town. Hinata had been no exception, But now.
Ten-ten and Ino once again had the same though,
Dammit!
There really was no need to think anything else. Hyuuga Hinata had them beaten so badly that most people would probably have been offended. She had the perfect parts in the perfect sizes, in all the right places. To be frank, in comparison Ino felt she was a little top heavy, and Ten-ten felt that she wasn't tall enough any more. On top of that, Hinata hadn't bothered to straighten her hair, or tuck under the excess as she usually did. Hinata's dark blue hair hung in a full-bodied wave all the way down to the middle of her back. To be blunt it was the kind of hair most girls would kill to have, on top of that the Hyuuga clan bought only the best for their members, so the girls got even more envious when she swept her hair back into a bun and held it in place with a set of Beautifully carved picks. When Hyuuga women bought things, they bought only the best. These particular picks had been handed down to Hinata when her mother died. They were said to be charmed… if you believed that type of thing. But it was a proven fact that they had been in the family for over ten generations. This meant that they dated back to the early days of the first village of the Hidden leaf. What nobody knew was that they had been a courting gift from one of the early members of the Uzumaki clan, But that's another story.
The other two girls had managed to get over their shock by this point and now all three were scanning the hot tubs for Naruto.
Ino spoke up "It looks to me like he isn't here yet."
Ten-ten Nodded "I agree, All I can see is an old man sitting in that far pool."
Hinata didn't say much but started walking toward the old man.
"Hey Hinata? Hinata! Wait up!"
"Where are you going Hinata?"
"I…I'm g..going to ask that o..old man if h..he's seen N..naruto-kun"
Ino and ten-ten looked at each other for a moment.
"Wait for US!"
Sasuke had been standing before her shifting from one foot to the other for the last ten minutes, but even Sakura couldn't think of a way to break the tension that had formed in the group.
Sasuke-kun, WHY? Why did you have to kill Naruto-kun? Why did you leave me?
THAT BASTARD! Why in GODS name did they let him live? Fucking TRAITOR!(Who says that Nejii keeps his calm on the inside?)
"Sasuke"
it was lee who had broken the silence
"I feel that you should know that I consider you to be lower than scum."
Everyone would have been shocked that Lee wasn't screaming about the fires of youth… If they hadn't been so absorbed in their own thoughts.
"Once I looked to you as a rival, I respected you for the things your brother put you through."
Suddenly Lee seemed to disappear, when he stopped moving, he was standing right in front of Sasuke, and a moment before Sasuke went flying from a punch to the stomach he heard lee finish the sentence.
"Now I see that I should have cursed your brother for not finishing you off."
Nejii didn't say a thing, Sasuke had been hit hard enough to see black spots swimming in front of his eyes. He had also gone through three trees and into a stone wall, and Nejii didn't feel the need to get in a shot…yet. Lee was speaking again.
"Sakura-Chan I feel that it is time that we also went back to the hospital."
Sakura didn't know what to say, she had wanted to cry out when Lee hit Sasuke, but at the same time she knew that a traitor deserved much worse. Therefore she turned to Nejii…
"Are you also ready to go Nejii-san?"
Nejii nodded and began standing up with lee and Sakura's support. His Muscles couldn't quite support him on their own yet. As the group walked past, Nejii stopped for a moment in front of the spot where Sasuke lay gasping. He didn't say a word, he didn't need to.
Sasuke distantly knew that the three shinobi had stopped walking and were now standing beside him. He looked up to see that Nejii was the only one looking at him. He had held a brief moment of hope that perhaps not every hand had been turned against him when…
Nejii spat on the ground beside the traitors hand, and head held high, He continued on.
The four ANBU who had been assigned to keep Sasuke from running away again had watched the whole exchange with a measure of interest.
"Tell you what"
Said the eagle masked one
"those kids showed a hell of a lot more restraint than I would have in that situation."
The one with the bear mask grunted.
"Yup, but then again, I would have probably just killed him out of hand, these kids are doing something much worse to him."
The wolf and tiger masked ANBU looked at him waiting for him to continue, He obliged.
"they are forcing him to live with his shame… personally,"
he looked down at the now weeping Sasuke
"I think that it's a fitting punishment."
Thereafter the only sound to be heard was the sound of sobbing.
Naruto had been drifting sleepily along for the last couple of minutes when he felt a tap on the shoulder. Startled he opened his eyes and… found himself staring down the top of Hinata's swimsuit. He couldn't really see much, but it was still FAR more skin then he had ever seen in his life. He brought his hand up to his nose just in time to stop a major nosebleed. Then he realized that Hinata had asked him something.
"eh?"
Hinata was slightly worried, she hadn't meant to startle the old man quite that much. She had worried for a moment that she had given him a heart attack but he had grabbed his nose and began to calm down almost immediately.
"A..anno sir, but um. H…have you seen a y..young man in the changing r..rooms? you see my friends and I"
Hinata waved behind her pulling the fabric of her swimsuit tight across her chest and causing Naruto to quickly avert his eyes.
"M..my friends and I are W…waiting for h..him."
Hinata's voice had trailed off in the end there was something slightly familiar about this old man. Just then Ino and Ten-ten caught up.
"Hey!" Yelled Ino "Haven't I seen you be…" her voice also trailed off.
Naruto hadn't taken the Jutsu quite as far this time, after all the fan-girls were looking for an ancient man with shock white hair, so THIS time he had stopped at the looks of an Old man whose hair was just turning silver. Naruto had wanted to close his eyes until he could get is heart rate back under control, but every time he shut his eyes he ended up remembering his brief peek down Hinata's top. He opted instead to be careful to look the girls right in the eyes.
Not a Hentai not a Hentai... DAMN YOU ERO-SENNIN!
Naruto was about to respond when Ten-ten climbed into the hot tub
"So, what happened to you Naruto-kun?"
Ten-ten had seen the glimmers of recognition in the eyes of the other girls and had jumped to the logical conclusion. It must be Naruto if they both thought they recognized him. Hinata and Ino were shocked for a moment before they realized that Ten-ten was probably right. They both climbed into the hot tub as well.
"Don't bother with the disguise Naruto-kun we were the only girls in the locker room."
Naruto looked around briefly and then dropped the disguise.
"The three of you startled me… Um… you all look quite lovely. Err, I didn't offend you did I?"
Ino and Ten-ten had blushed and looked away. Primarily attempting to get their eyes back under control. Therefore Hinata was the only person who noticed that Naruto was staring directly at her when he said it. Hinata's face could probably have glowed in the dark.
Kyuubi had just won another hand of cards. He had just learned this new game called 'Texas Hold-um' apparently it was all the rage out west these days. He didn't much care however, so long as he was winning. On occasion he had allowed himself to feel Naruto's emotions, just to keep track on the poor kid. The last time he had checked the strongest emotion had been either controlled lust or embarrassment. He wasn't entirely certain which, but regardless, it could only mean one thing… Kyuubi smiled to himself as the next hand was dealt.
Well well kit, I wonder which one managed to catch your eye… Heh the fun of the hunt is in the chase… but you had better behave.
Mikuhasi sat in the dimmest corner of the seediest bar in konaha, he was listening to a report from one of many subordinates.
"Sire! I'm deeply sorry but we lost our influence on the Uchiha's mind. It was still possible to direct his thoughts while your servant Orochimaru's cursed seal was upon him, but it appears that he has resisted the effects."
His voice sounding like steel being pulled from a sheath Mikuhasi answered.
"And whose fault is that?"
"It must be Orochimaru's my lord, only his death should be able to release that seal."
"SILENCE!"
Mikuhasi didn't need to raise his voice, the force that he had put behind the word had brought the man trembling to his knees.
"You failed to spread enough hatred of the Fox child among the shinobi of the village, they allowed the container for that DAMN kitsune to visit him. It was enough to make the boy fight off the seal on his own. I do not like failures Penshei. You have failed me, and I know only one way to deal with failure."
Mikuhasi raised his arm.
"NO my lord! PLEASE! MERC…."
His voice died off in a choking sound and Mikuhasi lowered his arm and stared at the pathetic mortal who lay dying before him.
"mercy is for the weak."
The other patrons of the bar hadn't even stopped drinking to look around, it was better that way. You lived longer.
Stupid fool. Years of meticulous planning just went down the drain because YOU couldn't spread my disharmony fast enough. Now if I try to shift the opinions of anyone with power it will be to noticeable. Dammit! Never send a man to do a GOD's work. Well, if I can't get him here, then I'll kill him somewhere else.
With that Mikuhasi, lord of the chaos demons dissipated in a cloud of black mist.
Kyuubi had just won his thirty second hand and cards and finished off his twelfth bottle of Sake' when he noticed the bird. Nobody else had seen it, and Kyuubi was careful not to let it know he had seen it. Out of the corner of his eye he studied the odd bird. This particular bird was odd in more ways then one. For starters is was a reddish golden color. It was about the size of a hawk, and, if you were to pay enough attention, it seemed to give off a glow. Kyuubi brought his arms up as though he were stretching, as he did he threw a Kunai directly at the bird. The bird noticed and disappeared in a puff of flame leaving a single feather to drift down behind it. Kyuubi noticed that some of the regulars were now staring at him. He shrugged,
"I stretched to quickly and one of my kunai got loose, sorry."
As everyone else turned back to the card game Kyuubi took the time to grab that feather and put it in his pocket.
Well Naruto, tomorrow you and I get to visit an old friend.
Naruto and the girls had just finished saying their goodbye's, they had spent the last hour or so discussing what had happened in konaha, and he had managed to talk them into keeping the fact that he was still alive a secret. Naruto had been the last person out of the pool. Primarily because Hinata, who had been sitting across from him had been the first out… and she had VERY well turned legs. It had taken Naruto a moment to keep from getting a nosebleed again. Of course he had climbed out with all three of the girls looking on, as casual goodbyes were thrown over shoulders no one had looked back. All four of the young adults had been far to busy trying to staunch nosebleeds. As Naruto walked along he had re-activated his jutsu at the door. The funny thing was that one of the fan-girls had seen him begin to transform his appearance and had run to tell the others where he was. Naruto had changed into his new clothing and was about to leave when a visiting dignitary from air had stepped out toward the pool. Naruto, In disguise had nodded and said good evening. The old man from hidden air was wondering why that stranger in the locker-room had looked so familiar when something prompted him to look up. Standing before him, all of them decked out in the skimpiest swimsuits possible, was Naruto's fan club. Just before he passed out from blood loss the old man heard the lead one say,
"Hiya Hunk."
Me: Well, once again a chapter is come and gone, of those of you who don't think there was enough NaruHina all I can say is 'tough cookies'. Yes the other two girls were there, but Naruto had eyes only for Hinata. (Besides, fair is fair) I'm happy to say that I had several people review last chapter that hadn't reviewed for me before, so thanks for that. Especial thanks to all of you have reviewed for me on a regular basis
Hinata: You sir, are a pervert.
Me: (Under my breath) Naruto in black boxers
Naruto: Hey! Be nice to Hinata-chan
Me:(again under my breath) Hinata in a swimsuit
Naruto and Hinata: (Looking at each other) 'blush'
Me: Heh ;-D thats what I thought. Anyway on to the reviews.PersonaJXT: wrong age. I figured that she would be more after Kakashi. After all I made it so she saw through his earlier act.
RyokoTenchi: Thank you for the review. My view on that particular problem is that beauty is only skin deep I am trying to show however that the other two girls have finally noticed what Hinata has seen all along. Their only problem is that Naruto is now seeing the same things in Hinata.
Kitsune-Itai: -D
Great Saiyaman: Thanks, I've always prefered Friendly reminders. I'll keep that in mind.
rrforlife: correct
Makeinu: I'm considering each 'book' to be more like a chapter, so it's shouldn't take all that long.
boredathome: eh, it happens, thanks, and I don't know what it is i did to fix it but OK.
Shinta Azechi: no worries
Dragon Man 180: true, not a bad Idea either.
to everyone else: thank you all SOOO much for replying, if you've never written a fic you probably dont know this but it is GREAT to get even a one line review. thanks to everyone who has reviewed this or any other chapter. thanks especally to those of you who have alot to say and those of you who reply often.
Sincerly,
Manatheron
