Author Notes

The story is over right? … Ya, it's over. This is the last time you'll see an update on this story. As I said in the last chapter, these Author Notes were to explain a few things that I didn't get a chance to say or explain my thought process while writing this twisted tail. I also said if anyone had any questions they could PM me and I would answer them… no one did that. There just aren't enough readers I suppose. Well I guess I should stop ranting and get on with it.

My character Zi…

I liked writing about Zi. She is nothing like me, so trying think like her was a challenge. She's had so much tragedy in her life and it actually controlled her for a long time. I was originally was going to have her meet Zabuza and Haku after slaying several Tracker Ninjas. Zabuza would like what he saw and basically he would take her along with him. In that story line, Zi would be completely emotionless, not even caring about her own safety, so going along with him wouldn't bother her. That's about as far as I got with that story line before I scraped it. I decided to go with the story that you all have read… and I liked the way it came out.

I definitely liked writing about her interaction with Zabuza the most. I was trying to think how a teenager, that wasn't loyal to him, would act and rebel against the Demon of the Hidden Mist. When I first started writing this story, I wasn't going to have a romance. But as I continued to write, it was like Zabuza and Zi started to grow closer. I decided to run with it and eventually it ended with her falling in love with him. In the end, even though Zi had admitted her love, she still hated him to some extend. She never liked what he did and never would have forgiven him if he had been able to kill Tazuna. Since Zabuza wasn't able, Zi's heart was only filled with love for him in the end.

I look back and wish I had done more Zi/Haku chapters. I had really hope to show more of the brother sister relationship that had developed between them. Sadly, I did not. I didn't think they would pertain to the story line enough and would seem more like filler chapters. Just so you guys know, Zi and Haku were really close. Zi had taken on a big sister role for Haku and he welcomed it with open arms. However it didn't seem to be enough to sway his emotions towards Zabuza.

Maybe when I get the sequel is up, I've have Zi think back to those times and put in the ideas I didn't get to with this story.

Zi's tattoos…

I was going to have Zi's unusual way of doing Justus play a bigger role, but it didn't end up happening. So you all know, there are twelve signs of Justus that are based on the twelve Chinese Animals of the Zodiac. Zi had these signs tattooed on her body when she was eight years old because when her parents were murdered, her hand were severely burned and she was unable to use them for a long time. And even when they were healed, she had lost her fine motor control. So when the other children were learning the signs, she was out practicing her throwing skills, which is why she can hit vital points so easily. And if any of you were wondering the reason why her hits are instant kills, it's because she concentrates her chakra (which is exactly like electricity) into whatever she is throwing and when the weapon hits the target it releases the chakra, sending a shock through the entire system. So if the wound doesn't kill them, the chakra will. Anyway, back to her tattoos. With special ink that could stand large amounts of chakra, Zi's upper body (mainly her chest) was tattooed, of her own free will. She had trouble with it at first, but it later proved to be the deciding difference in many battles. Zi does have a tattoo that encircles her naval area… but I'm not going to get into that… that's for the sequel.

Special Thanks

This is where I will thank people for the last chapter. So my final thanks go out to Hiei's-Little-Dark-Phoenix and fennecfox03. Thank you for sticking it out with me, it is much appreciated. I also have special thanks for Yuuki Toshi. I don't know where you went off to, but thanks to you I was able to finish this story, so many thanks.

The End?

I generally don't like sequels, but I think Zi deserves a chance at happiness. Don't you?

So look for the sequel sometime soon. If you beg me, maybe I'll email the first chapter to you… maybe.