WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME ALL!

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This is a story special. The author is merely doing this since she has nothing better to do than pass time. Actually, that's not really true but since she is procrastinating, this will give her something to focus on. The author's special has NOTHING to do with the actual storyline so please don't come running to me wondering what the hell this is.

Ok, peoples. Hi. I'm Rin Owayo. Welcome to my AUTHOR'S SPECIAL of Naruto Truth or Dare. Again I remind those impatient ones that this is a special which I merely talk about the story and inspirations along with a brief plot of my next stories in pending. So if you think it's pointless and a waste of time, just please leave. If you don't like it, don't read it.

Dedications:

Angie Li- One of my all time best buddies. We grew up together since we were in preschool and she is JUST as obsessed as me when watching/reading anime. We both enjoy much of the same things and we get along fairly well. Angie is one of my most DEDICATED readers and she spread my story all around her school and got a lot of others to read it too. I owe her a lot for pulling me out of some of my blocks. YOU GO, SISTER. Love you to death. 3

Jenny Johnson- Ok, I've mentioned her in ch 24, she and I are tight in school now. We both are the STRANGEST (I swear to god when I say that) people you will EVER EVER meet. We have RIDICULOUS inside jokes and we're both involved in a lot of troubled things. (nothing actually bad, I mean). Anyways, even though she doesn't read Naruto, she still reads my fic for the hell of it and loves it anyways. I LOVE her for that.

Chi- No duh, I've mentioned her in everything. My beloved sister. She's given me SO much support for my fic and I love her so much. We're best buds too (when she lets me be) and I enjoyed sharing it with her

Readers- Ok, I bet those lazy ones scrolled down from the dedications until they hit this part. I love my readers of course. This fic would get NO where without them! You guys reviewed and read them all! –which gives me the encouragement to go on writing this for everyone. Thanks to the dedicated reviewers as well. I loved reading your comments and I'm glad you enjoyed my story as well. BA DA DA DA DA!

ANYWAYS! On with the show!

I'll tell you about BEHIND THE SCENES stuff on the dares/truths of everyone so far. It's actually quite interesting so if you want to know how I created the dare/truth of your favorite Naruto character, READ ON, MY FRIENDS. READ ON.

Lee (revealing his deep desires for Tenten truth)- Basically, his was the first truth. It was probably one of the worst since it WAS the 1st chapter of the story. I think I had some trouble on it since it was PAST midnight and I wanted to clear my brain (I think I had school the next day) and since I thought this was just gonna be a "weird little side story" I didn't put much work into it. What do you know that this fic turned out to be my most popular and one of the most widely circulated on my watch.

Shikamaru and Ino (making out)- Now THIS was a bad chapter. I was rushing it along so I thought I should just get these two out of the way and make them do something pretty normal in these kind of games. Making out. It also furthered the pairing of ShikaxIno which I am a proud supporter of now. I think some of you know, in the beginning I hated Ino and didn't really care about Shikamaru. Now, I LOVE Ino and have SOME love for Shika.

Sasuke (putting on a bikini, and putting it on WRONG)- Ok, HERE we go. I wanted to this chapter for AWHILE. He and his bikini, lol. I think I had it on my mind for some time now. (me and my "dirty fantasies" or so my friends know) and then I thought "WOW! How humiliating would it be if he put it on WRONG?" And thus, his dare was born!

Hinata (suddenly becoming confident and revealing what she thinks of everyone)- I love when shy characters suddenly become super villain. So Hinata was a PERFECT vision of that. Her, suddenly telling everyone their flaws was very nice for me to do cause I always have something to say about all the ninja. And I get the chapter ended kinda weird cause she suddenly decided she liked Kiba, but that was my only (and poor) vision of the situation at the time.

Shino (HOT Shino behind those sunglasses) – Originally, I had this planned for Kakashi but since he wasn't in the story at the time and I really wanted to do something of this theme, Shino seemed like a good target. (All the Kakashi fangirls are hurling tomatoes at me now, aren't they?) My friend "Jenny" told me that Shino was actually hot when she looked him up. O.o. Really? He is? Well…things turned out ok after all.

Neji (Stripping for Tenten)- Now, this is something I'm TRULY ashamed of and never read again after I updated this chapter. I know…Neji is one of my FAVORITE people in the anime so I really wanted something hot for him and Tenten, which most of my dedicated readers should know by now that they're my favorite pairing… However, it was so embarrassing that I wrote it. Eek. Though I'll say I was looking forward to this chapter.

Kiba (Hitting on Gaara)- Now this is another classic. I just always picture these sort of things when I do these kinda story situations. And Gaara was the PERFECT target. I know some people thought "KYAAA!" when they read it cause it was honestly strange even for Gaara. I loved this chapter too, and it was one of my most difficult ones, I'm sure. Though the ending proved well and this was the chapter I brought the sand sibs into it.

Sakura (first kiss)- Oh god, WHAT WAS I THINKING? She's supposed to be one of my favorite characters yet her dare turned to be one of the worst chapters I've ever done. I think it was because my brain suddenly dried up and all my ideas went flowing out my ear. So this was the best I could think of. If you think about it, all my chapters so far incorporated something perverted/romantic/embarrassingly hot (?).

Chouji (Giving up his last potato chip)- Alright now, this chapter I can honestly remember having to do some real thinking. I'm pretty sure I just wanted to get it out of the way. But this is one I got from a reader. Though I changed their idea a bit, it still went into it somewhat. (I can't find the reader who reviewed it unfortunately, but I think that person said something about Chouji crying large anime tears and flooding the place, which then I thought "Hmm…what can I do to make Chouji upset?") So this chapter went into that. I thought it turned out pretty good though my first impression of the chapter was that it was average and not as good as Hinata's or Kiba's.

Temari (bonding with Gaara)- Ah ha. I think this was an average one too. I always wanted to distort Gaara and MAKE the two siblings get along so this was cool to do. When I reread it, I realized the two ate a LOT during their "date". What was up with THAT? I always make Gaara the strange one in my case and yea, boo-hoo. But deal.

Kakashi (kissing the first person that comes along)- I'm not proud of this chapter at all. I let some of you guys down, I know. But I couldn't think of anything else to do. And I'm pretty sure that I got this idea from a TV show I was watching though I altered it a lot. And anyways, it was just a way to promote KakaxAnko or Kakax.Kuren for those who like these sensei pairings (which I don't care about).

Gaara (dressing like a clown)- This is my ABSOLUTE first one with NO pairings incorporated with the ACTUAL dare. (Wait no, Chouji's dare right?…) Anyways, his dare shouldn't have dragged on so long but I wanted to promote the pairings and give everyone some spotlight onto the story characters. But I honestly thought this would be HILARIOUS to put Gaara into a costume like that. He would really kill you wouldn't he?

Asuma (Popular? Crush?)- Geez, this is the worst chapter, I'd say. Asuma is like not important to me at ALL that I was just getting his dare out of the way and making something stupid but simple. GAH! I wish I could redo it.

Tenten (losing your virginity)- Ok, maybe they didn't actually DO it but this chapter gave a lot of people nosebleeds right? I like to get dirty with the NejixTen pairing cuz it's my FAVORITE, no duh. But yea…it was stupid and impulsive and Neji would never do it in real life. Of course he'd never really be that girly either. It was an immature chapter, I'll admit it. Sorry guys.

Kankuro (Taking shots)- This is the classic dare you get at a wild party. Drink till you drop. And in Kankuro's case, I just thought "Heck, I'll just get this out of the way." So that's what happened. It's stupid and I got some negative feedback, but I'm doing my best.

Kurenai (singing)- Again STUPID. I think my chapters are getting worse and worse now. This is bad, this is very bad. But anyways, I always wanted like singing or a show or something so I out Kurenai up to this. And if you think about it, there's not really any point to it. Sigh…what a lousy write I am.

Shikamaru (going on a date with Sakura)- I'm pretty semi-sure that I got this pairing from watching the 2nd Naruto movie. But anyways, this chapter promotes partially ShikaxSaku, Shikax.Ino, ShikaxTem as proved from the two girls fighting over the matter. I guess this was a pretty weird one too.

Anko (being chained in the pool)- Ok, this was an alright one to me. I liked the entire concept because I realized I was putting too much romance and pairings and stuff like that into all these chapters, so I wanted something more DARING and something that was not too into the pairings. It was fun to make all of the guys swoon and stuff in the sight of her bare body and it further strains the relationship of Kurenai, Kakashi and Anko. I also liked Hinata who kinda snapped at the guys in the middle too.

Gai (crossdressing)- Alright, cross dressing was something I thought would be awesome to do. And then it would be MUCH funnier if someone like Gai would do it. Thus comes the strange and weird world of bar hunting and cross dressers around! However, this chapter was mostly an afterthought of Anko's dare so it was pointless too. Mainly the purpose was to promote the pairings, so yea. I guess Gai deserves some romance too, so I put Anko on the spot. Teehee.

Naruto (…?)- AH HA! Betcha people thought I was stupid enough to actually write this! AH HA! WELL I'M NOT! (EGL: promptly runs into a wall…)

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Frequently asked Questions

Ok, here is like the NUMBER 1 question I get:

Q: Why do you hate Hinata?

A: Alright, we all have our differences. Here's the FULL story: I started watching Naruto on Cartoon Network for the hell of it when I saw SAKURA cut off her hair in that moment of bravery and thus I thought "Wow, she's cool. How nice." (NOTE: That was the first Naruto episode I watched) And then at that moment I began liking Sakura. Now, ever since that one episode, I've been heavily obsessed about Naruto so I did some research on the characters. There was ONE thing online that said, "You know, if Sasuke likes Hinata, this would be a FULL love triangle." I, being innocent said, "HEY! Who is this Hinata person?" Now you must know, I like SASUXSAKU so the thought of him liking someone else sucks. (At the time, I didn't know it was a rumor so I thought it was for real and began loathing her). NEXT REASON: She messes up the pairings of NEJIXTEN and NARUXSAKU. I hate that, hate that, hate that. How, you ask? If Naruto began liking Hinata, it wouldn't be NARUXSAKU WOULD IT? Or same with Neji if he started to respect her! Hinata is a character that is too shy and even though it's like the same with Sakura whom both of the two are bad with their shinobi skills but improve, there is just this… MOLD. Like the first imprint of someone I don't like sets with me FOREVER.

There. Complete reason, I think.

Q: Why do your updates take FOREVER?

A: Yes, I bet YOU have NOTHING better to do than sit at a computer and type away at your stories. I am a person with a life! (a very minuscule life but that's beside the point) I have so much homework now that 8th grade has began that it's hard to have time to update these sorta things regularly. Plus, with my lack of motivation, inspiration or a TERRIBLE writer's block, I just put these things off until someone motivates/encourages me. Yes, it's a sad terrible world of an amateur writer.

Most Memorable Reviewers:

Alright, I like SOME of the reviews people gave me (not the short or negative ones unfortunately. I like the reviews of those who give me real resolve to CONTINUE the story. So of course, I'm gonna love the REVIEWER TOO!

Neopuff

AsianAnimeGoddess

XXshadowxangelXx

UnknownShinobi

Pyro the Phoenix

Full-metal-sousuke

Genjo Shyazo

Cliff Hanger and Pluki-kun

Broken0dream

DiSPLay NamE HerE

Sorry if you got cut off the list or got forgotten, know that I love each and one of you guys. I give you my humblest thanks and I enjoy all the support you give me. .

Other Stuff:

-Check out CHI'S fanfiction: PeriwinkleHorrizon22. She writes Zoey101 stuff but hasn't updated for awhile. Eh heh…

-Check out my other fanfictions. I have mostly stuff for NejixTen but I have the occasional OTHER pairing. -

-Keep reading and reviewing, beloved ones!

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That's all folks!