Here I am again, and let me tell you, I am freakin' blown away.
Over 1100 hits to the story since YESTERDAY!
(Urgh better cut myself off now before I go into rant mode)
On a side note, I report to inform all readers that I have been diagnosed with a chronic case of hypochondria.
Of course, not like that'd stop me from writing.
I do want to mention before I go on that the reason some parts may not make sense, is because I'm using asterisks in word to show actions. I just recently discovered that asterisks are not supported on so I'm going to use / now, since I believe those work.
In any case, I've been reading Naruto/Kurenai fanfics in an effort to try and get a good grasp of the Kurenai's fanon personality.
Let me state something. Almost all such fanfics have a few things in common.
1. Kurenai is good friends with Mitarashi Anko.
2. Kurenai is currently (or was) in a romantic relationship with Sarutobi Asuma (once in a while, dating Kakashi)
3. Kurenai hate's Asuma's smoking habit. (I'm guessing that this is actually close to canon, but I'm not sure.)
However, I am going to try and write her so that I don't put an emphasis on anything I don't think Kurenai would be like.
Anyway, because I'm working with some difficult characters, I want to know if anyone would be willing to chat with me on msn messenger in order to brainstorm ideas. Because I'm betting that putting my msn chat name on here will get my account deleted, I'm asking anyone who's interested in helping out to send me a pm.
Not to sound like I'm making threats or anything, but otherwise, updates might slow down.
Time for addressing some reviews…
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armanstay: Thanks for the review, but you'll just have to keep reading to find out.
thsunami/blinks confusedly/…….what! Probably too deep for me to understand.
Kai's Snowfall: I'm really glad that you like that chapter.
But I'm curious, if I'm the little voice in the back of people's head, does that make me Kyuubi, or /gulp/ Inner Sakura?
And I know I'm not Masashi Kishimoto, because I'm not wasting your time with tons of fillers. Plus if I was him, then I wouldn't have to do a disclaimer each chapter, now would I:P
Oh, and don't mind the slamming finger's thing. With all the work I do on the pc, my fingers can take quite a bit of torture.
Thanks again!
KiraraKat: Thank you for the review. I'm glad people didn't think that I made Shino really OoC. While he definitely is very stoic; he's also brilliant and would try to analyze the people around him.
spycon fighter: Gracias por la….review (I speak better Japanese then I do Spanish, which is odd since I've taken two Spanish classes, and none in Japanese.) /chuckle/ I guess that would throw a wrench into Akatsuki's plans if one of the jinchuuriki was killed. I'm guessing that they'd then burn down Konoha and slaughter everyone in it to punish them.
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On with the show,
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Disclaimer: If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then I don't own Naruto.
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I am Yuhi, the evening sun
from my duty, I will not run,
no matter what other's may say,
my allies, I will not betray.
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What a load of bull.
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There is a huge flaw in ninja training, I've come to realize.
We teach student's to never abandon their team mates.
But we never teach them what to do when their allies are hostile to one another.
If you help one ally, then you betray the other.
So, how should a shinobi react in that situation?
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Uzumaki Naruto was declared a missing-nin after nearly getting killed on his mission to retrieve Sasuke.
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What the hell for?
His mission was to bring back someone who tried to kill him.
Someone who no longer fits the definition of "team mate".
But he had promised a girl that he would bring the traitor back for her.
He promised her that he would bring them back, even if he had to die in the process.
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And I used to think all men were afraid of commitment.
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As a matter of fact, both Naruto and that particular traitor proved that idea wrong.
Uchiha was completely fucking obsessed with killing his brother,
in the process totally destroying all reasons that someone might think he could be a friend.
Honestly, I wouldn't have minded killing that little bastard.
Because he worked so damn hard to make us hate his guts.
I wonder, if when he finally gets's his head out of his ass, he'll realize what most of us did a long time ago.
No matter how he acted, he was grateful to that psycho.
Red-eyed freak gave his brother probably the only purpose someone like him could get.
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If it weren't for the Kyuubi, how would Naruto's life be different?
He wouldn't have to worry about people vandalizing his home.
He wouldn't have to deal with shopkeeper's refusing him service.
He wouldn't need to pretend to be an idiot to get attention.
He wouldn't have to worry about being hunted.
He wouldn't hide himself behind a smile.
He would have had a mother.
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You know, I don't get it.
That dipshit Uchiha is too smart to not realize that Orochimaru only wants to strengthen his body so that the snake freak can steal it from him.
Secondly, from what I know, Orochimaru left Akatsuki because he was one of the weakest of the group.
Why the fuck would you want to learn how to kill a person from someone who's weaker then that person?
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Sakura…
the little whore didn't know how fucking good she had it.
She had a guy that would do anything to make her happy, including sacrifice everything, from his own happiness, to his life.
And she threw it away.
That ungrateful bitch…
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I am Yuhi, the evening sun
from my duty, I will not run,
no matter what other's may say,
my allies, I will not betray.
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Fuck that!
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Author's notes:
Writing this chapter required a hell of a lot of thinking.
What I'm worried about is that I began to get redundant with the thoughts. I hope I didn't make parts of her character to similar to any of the others.
About her attitude about Sakura, Kurenai (I think anyway) believes that someone like Naruto is a major keeper. The guy would make himself suffer until he died in order to make Sakura happy. That part is meant to show that she resents Sakura a lot for not appreciating what was right in front of her and being so superficial.
In the small poem that mentioned her as the evening sun, I actually was reading about her character on Wikipedia, which said that the name "Yuhi/Yuuhi" means evening sun. I figured that she could use four lines to always remind herself why she will not abandon her allies.
All in all, I apologize for the short chapter, but I think many of you will appreciate the lack of update delays that came with it.
I'm pretty sure I could improve from this, but with a character like Kurenai, I wasn't too sure where to start.
Again, I'd like to ask anyone's help in brainstorming for the upcoming chapters. If you're interested in helping out, let me know please.
Until next time
Ja ne!