I have decide, the Right Choice is on indefinite hiatus until further notice, I may, at random, post new chapters, if I feel the urge or something.
As a sort of, farewell present, I will sped this chapter summarising each chapter, and including my own thoughts, at the end, is the notes I used to write the fic, to show you how things deviated from the original plan etc…on second thoughts, I'll put that first.
Chap 1. go over night of sealing
Chap 2. some years hence, Naruto just got thrown out of the orhanage, attempts to steal food, gets caught, runs, eventually rendered unconscious, wary of releasing the kyuubi, they escape and dump him near kusa
Chap 3. Naruto wakes up lost and alone in some woods(not a forest). Hears whispers in his mind telling him what to do(i.e kyuubi). Kills a rabbit and eats it, finds a camp but keeps to the edge, establish his fear of humans. , have him flee when one almost finds him. At end of chapter hint at yondaime's revival(i.e 6 ys later...a tall blonde young man awoke to find himself in a clearing.etc)
Chap 4. Yondi manages to get near the gates before passing out(weakened body, no food in its stomach,) Wakes up in hospital with Sandaime, recalls his last memories, fighting in Shinigami's stomach, shinigami mentioning a deal being broken. Remembers Naruto, demands to know about him, gets frantic when told he's missing, presumed dead.
Chap 5. Yondaime's re-entry to the world, won't be hokage again, at least not until his body is back into shape. Meets Kakashi, Talks with Teuchi about Naruto
Chap 6.Summarise what has happened in Naruto's absence under pretense of Yondaime leaving, Orochimaru didn't invade but still put the curse seal on Sasuke., Sasuke left, Naruto's replacement on is team died trying to bring him back, (Note:as itachi never fought Kakashi, kakashi doesn't know about the Mangekyo), Tsunade came back to heal Sarutobi, stayed for med-nin program(sakura the same). Konohamaru trained by Sandaime every now and then as Arashi can help take the load off him, and he doesn't have his hands full due to Naruto. Have Yondaime, Kakashi, Sakura and (female pairing for N) leave on a mission to investigate reports of strange sightings on the edge of Fire Country.
Chap 7. investigation, hints towards a jinchuuriki, find evidence of a battle(akatsuki), follow trail,eventually find Naruto
Chap 8. Naruto encounters team, recognises Yondaime from Kyuubi's memories, attacks him. (note, when passive he's in his no-tails state, when attacking spouts 1st tail immediantly and sprouts others one after another a fight goes on). His motive is he wants to see the power that could stop a demon). During fight takes out Kakashi, and sakura(unless she's the pairing), gets more and more exited as he forces Yondaime to fight more seriously(reluctant at first), just when he's about to land a killing blow, (pairing) manages to land a hit from behind, and gets finished off by a Rasengan. Yondaime laments over the outcome of his choice.
Chap 9. Transporting Naruto back to konoha, he wakes up but offers little resistance, having been defeated and now weakened. Somewhat flirts with (pairing) ,calling her strong, himself stronger, and yondaime strongest.(note, he can speak, since he absorbed the Kyuubi's knowledge, but uses basic words, and few adjectives). Explains to Yondaime how and why he destroyed kyuubi(Realised kyuubi was trying to gain control of him, tore off the seal, which broke the deal with Shinigami, the proceeded to 'attack and eat' kyuubi within his mindscape, as his will was iron solid having been tempered by solitude and madness). Shape of seal is now branded on his stomach (it burnt off) and he has full access to all the kyuubi's power and knowledge, although his body can only handle so much( currently six tails, 6th is same as 4th is canon as he's lost control), if not here then bring up Naruto's hatred for traitors, calling them 'kinslayers'. Have Sakura reflect on past experiences with boys/men come up unsatisfied.(have her dated lee for a while, then broke up.
Chap 10, arrival in Konoha, when in a crowd, naruto has flashbacks of his childhood, has a panic attack and flees, others search for him. Eventually hides in ramen store. Eventually found by (pairing who comforts him) goes to see Sarutobi, glomps him. Arashi feels regret over not being there for him. Has Naruto stay at his house(NOT a mansion, just a house)
Chap 11, exploring konoha, more flirting. Have council's Views on Naruto's return, Have Sakura meet Ino, start work on yuri pairing
Chap 12,
My Thoughts;
Chapter 1, as stated, I went over the night of the sealing, including Arashi and Sandaime's thoughts on the subject. Many fics seem to portray the Konoha council as shortsighted, incompetent old fools, and I tried to differ from that. Instead show them as serious, reasonable people who are worried about there own people…unfortunately that scene was too short, so no-one really noticed…perhaps should have made the chapter longer, and more detailed, but I was just starting out and was more concerned about my grammar and presentation at the time. Also started pairing poll at the time, options were Sakura, Anko, Hinata, and Tenten
Chapter 2, pretty much followed my plan. Not sure I pulled off the mind of a child as well as I should have, but who really knows how those brats think? As for the two chuunin? They pretty much followed the standard protocol of an evil duo, one short, one tall, one intelligent (kinda) and one a bit thick, and no, they weren't anyone important, just two random guys. Also, I accidentally left out Sakura on the pairing polls…oncve again, sorry to all NaruSaku fans out there, but I don't like that pairing anyway.
Chapter 3, same as plan. I feel I could have developed his fear of humans a bit better…then again, that was pretty much forgotten later on so who cares? I also added Inuzuka Hana, which I had intended to do from the beginning but forgot, Shizune and Kurenai since I got a vote for each of them. Also got a request to kill Hinat…considered it briefly.
Chapter 4, had the thing about Anko's panties, the thing about Sarutobi reading Icha-Icha…which as far as I'm concerned is canonical. Followed plan…but decided to finish up before he woke up.
Chapter 5, pretty much used what got left out of chapter 4, postponed meeting with other people. A little experimentation with barley sane human emotions…, I also tried to give Arashi several traits which Naruto often exhibits(berserker mode, etc) which people normally contribute to Kyuubi…which makes little sense in my opinion. The way I see it, Naruto goes berserker, and as a result, instinctively starts drawing on Kyuubi's chakra, not the other way around…did anyone pick up on the line I used from the Simpsons?
Chapter 6, Whole plan got pushed back to make room for the meeting with Kakashi, really like how this one turned out, especially the first scene with all the 'interpretations'. Something of an experiment in crack fiction. Made Arashi certifiably insane. Also, seems most people thought I meant Hanabi when I said 'hana'…shame really…
Chapter 7, Followed plan (for chp 6), spent more time on gathering the team than what had happened…also I originally planned for Sarutobi to have survived, and the invasion to have not taken place, since I couldn't decide what to do with Gaara…one idea was to have him reformed…kinda…after receiving a thrashing from Naruto while on a mission…decided to toss most of the invasion out the window. Also broke my promise for no yuri, but its so easy to right Anko as either bi or gay. Oh yeah, Anko won the polls by technicality…I was kinda hoping Hana would win, since I've always had a soft spot for that pairing (despite how rare it is, the best one being The Void,). That comment Shizune made about Kakashi…I don't think many people got that, and looking over it…I feel it should have been removed or made more obvious. Meh
Chapter 8, Followed plan (for chapter 7),, misspelt Hokage…in case no one realised it, it was Itachi and Kisame who had attacked Naruto earlier. Quite liked the flashback…Bit more yuri…by the end of this chapter I had the idea for the SakuIno in my head.
Chapter 9, Followed plan (for chapter 8), I feel I did well in the fight scene, in regards to how when he went 6 tailed, in was like when he canonically goes 4 tailed; the way I see it, he starts bleeding(the cause for the black shroud) when he is no longer in control of his actions, or rather, is practically fighting unconscious. Arashi's 'mass hiraishin kunai summon technique' as I said, is off one of post-skip Tenten's ougi's on Narutimate Hero Accel, which I simply felt was the next logical step with the hiraishin, instead of having his subordinates throw them. I went with the Narutimate hero version of 'Twin Snake Suicide' because A) the original version uses poison, which I doubt would have effected Naruto, and B) I needed a powerful, last resort technique for Anko to use to give Arashi an opening. …although I said it took me 4hrs to write that chapter…2 1/2 was me getting distracted by tv and emails…
Chapter 10, followed plan (for 9), am quite proud of the title he gave his father (shining storm), the storm part came from the literal definition of Arashi, the shining part came from the 'yellow flash' of the Hiraishin. I had trouble-maintaining Arashi as borderline insane during these chapters as he qas in his 'mission mode', at first, then he was depressed and guilty over Naruto. I also feel I made Naruto too accepting of their presence, and he came across as too trusting than he should have. Left out part an the Seal leaving a scar on his stomach…didn't matter anyway…postponed Sakura's reflection on past boyfriends etc till chapter 11. Spelled 'Excited' wrong.
Chapter 11, followed plan (for 10), this chapter was alright by my standards…skipped out on scene with Sandaime since…well…I killed him…had naruto's eyes go blue, explained why in 12, I just felt it would be an interesting contrast ro0m his eyes going red when angry, to them going blue when he's relaxed (as opposed to being tense all the time), or scared.
Chapter 12, forwent the plan altogether, as was having too much fun with my own analysis of certain characters. I also chose to make Tsunade and Kakashi wary of Naruto since any smart person should have been (unstable person with great power, and little restraint, in a place that he considers hostile, amongst people who consider him hostile, who wouldn't be concerned?), Sakura never seems the type to think outside the box, and the rest are nutjobs so yeah…I really like the history I thought up for Gai, read 20 truths about Might Gai by , for an alternative history that I also like. Anko's history, well basically, everyone either portrays Anko as a nymphomaniac, or simply hiding behind a happy mask, like many believe Naruto is. So I felt the need to connect the two, and give a logical reason for it. Something I do quite often, I frequently try to work out the sciences of things that seem impossible, rather than just blame magic. Unfortunately, techniques like Kawamiri I still find difficult to explain, namely, if its teleportation, why do they use a log? Etc. This can be seen in my writings, and will be more present in my next fic, as it involves a lot of techniques, both canonical, and my own. Sakura's was something that is used a lot in movies etc, but I don't see being applied to Sakura as often as you would expect(the 'throwing self into work' thing) since humans automatically seek escapes from problems they can't, or don't want to deal with. The scene with Naruto and Arashi, could have been a bit longer, but I didn't feel like writing the bath scene. I like the outfit I gave him, but am unsure about the colours…
Chapter 13, kinda followed the plan(for chapter 11), but disregarded exploring in favor of setting up lemons, which I decided to do while writing the previous chapter. The scene with Naruto and ino…probably wasn't necessary but I left it in there to help link everything together, kinda like how you get those things where it goes over what happened to each person on a single day, and you see how they interact without knowing it…whatever. The lemons themselves…I think I did alright, having read a lot of adult orientated fiction in my time (go to for some decent stuff, not for the underage, also I can't help but feel I rushed into the sex a bit to quickly, but then I just fall back on the 'they were drunk thing', also I knew the fic would end soon regardless of wether I kept posting chapters or night and wouldn't have much time to develop pairing beyond this chapter anyway. Especially since Sakura and Ino aren't suitable ability-wise to go in missions together. I like how I contrasted the two sex scenes next to each other, wasn't easy to write mind you…it was hard to stop them from doing the same thing twice, with different names. Oh, and the joke with Kakashi at the end was because A) everyone on the team but him and Arashi got laid that night, B), I considered doing yaoi at one point, C) The 'feeling' he had was hundreds of yaoi fangirls across our world trying to get him to have sex with his sensei.
The next chapter was/will be the morning after…and have the councils talk on Naruto which got left out of chapter 13, and would start building up towards the ending
On a side note, The Yondaime was officially confirmed as naruto's dad in the latest Manga chapter, and his name was Namikaze Minato (which sounds kinda feminine to me), I will leave his name as Kazama Arashi in this fic, but it will be Minato in the any/every others. Interestingly enough, 'Minato' means 'harbour', or 'port', while 'Namikaze' is the words 'nami' meaning 'wave', and 'kaze' meaning 'wind' which gets you 'wind wave', which is what most waves that people surf on are (a wave caused by wind pushing the water). Although the Kanji used to spell it might mean something different…