Hey everybody, wow it's been a really long time since last time I was on this site! I'm deeply sorry to all of you who really got into this story and didn't get to see it finish. School started up again and I became incredibly busy with all the stuff I was doing so I dropped the story. Truth is I was feeling unsatisfied with what I'd written for a while, and if it weren't for STEVEO 352's continued apathetic contributions to my reviews I probably would have stopped at chapter 6.
Lol jk all of you kept me going and if you really do love this story then stay on the lookout for any updates from me in the near future because I'm planning on writing a new story. I really don't think I did Naruto justice in this story, so this time It's going to be about Naruto. My plans for the new story are to basically start off like this one did, you know following the same basic plotline of the manga, but change up the manga's take on it a little to better fit what I think Naruto should be like. I'm going to try to keep the spirit of Naruto's reckless obnoxiousness, while also making him more focused and intelligent, which is going to be a little difficult X( but w/e I'll see what I can do. Hinata's still going to be my leading lady, seeing as how I just can't imagine putting up with any of the other kunoichis after seeing Hinata's adorableness XD
P.S. In case you guys were wondering why I feel unsatisfied with my story, well aside from the fact that by merging Naruto and Sasuke into 1 character I pretty much threw away any semblance of an awesome rivalry/plot following the Chunin Exams arc, it's because I just don't feel like I portrayed any of the characters with enough conviction. I wrote them all very similarly, which I'm a little ashamed of, plus I wasn't really digging the whole chemistry aspect that I threw in. But who knows I might rework that aspect in the future.
P.P.S. Just to let you guys know, I used to be appalled by SasuHina, and couldn't understand how they could be paired up, but then I read a fanfic that caused me to only be able to fathom SasuHina for a while. Yes its that good. Its called Duty, written by Monkeylady. Google it, its awesome, though very M rated if you know what I mean ;) lol. Other fanfics I'd highly recommend include Idiotic Reasons (I forget the author, but its on so just search it. Its a NaruIno and really frickin' funny) and this one other fanfic that I found on this website, I can't remember what it was called but It was about how Naruto and Sasuke's fight at the Valley of the End was pretty much a draw instead and Naruto's psyche like fractured or something, plus NO ONE cared about him aside from Tsunade, Shikamaru and I believe Hinata but I'm not sure. They get Ino to infiltrate his mind to repair it, and Sasuke ends up getting executed by lethal injection. If anyone knows what story I'm talking about PLEASE message me the Title and Author. Some of the memories Ino finds are so depressing I wanted to cry, which I liked because I'm into that kind of drama in a story