WoC 250 Review One-Shot spectacular!
Hello everybody, and welcome to Chapter 29 of the Winds of Change, 250 Review Special!
Well, it's been amazing. In only two months we've gone from 100 reviews to 250. 150 reviews in such a short space of time? Amazing. Utterly incredible, thank you guys so much for taking the time out of your day to read this story. I know it's not the greatest, and I know I need to improve on things *CoughfightscenesCough*, but overall I'd say I've improved since the start, right? And I'm going to get even better, as I now have a teacher, well, teaching me! But enough of my blabbering, let me explain to you the layout of this chapter. First off, we're going to have my long-ass list of shout-out/thank you's to all my readers. Then, I'm going to detail a competition I'm going to be holding. And finally, since you can't upload just an author's note, you're going to be given a rather short NaruHina one-shot. So, feel free to skip to anyone of those things.
Right, so, first off, let's get done with the major shout-outs:
KiyumiArashi: Been here with me since forever. One of my best friends, and an awesome writer, always willing to give me feedback and help.
DownsofFire: My bro of bros. This dude is awesome, someone I consider one of my best friends and trust explicity. And he's hysterical, if I do say so myself. If you haven't already, go check out his OC story, Absent Serpent. It's really very good. If you like my work, then you'll love his!
DaughterofMania: Another amazing friend! She's been rather busy with exams at the moment, so she hasn't had time to catch up. When she does though, I've just gotta say, you're awesome! I love your reviews, and you as a person! Good luck with all your work!
rabid-behemoth: Ah, someone who I'd call one of my closest friends. She'll tell me if I've made a fool of myself, my writing is shitty, or if I'm just being stupid. She's blunt, very, very blunt. But, that makes her ten times more awesome! Keep up the good work sensei!
PandaBot3000: Here's another amazing bro. Probably one of the fastest reviews of WoC, and overall a fantastic person. Again with the shameless plugging, check out his semi-OC story Ino: Shipudden. It's really good, and has a fantastic blend of canon characters and OC's.
That's about it for the super honourable mentions. The next list of people are those that have helped me tremendously also:
emmawalters090
Kiyo-Chyan
whye-lily15
sklt90 (Another honourable mention. She's been great in giving me constructive criticism!)
darkphye
Twist Musalih
xXxKuromixXx
Narutolover0002
janiisaur
And I think that's it! I apologize if I missed anyone, I think I got all the super important ones, though.
Okay, so, here's the next part of this particular chapter. A special competition. As some of you may, or may not know, I've noticed after a few helpful insights that I've not really done much character development for my OC's. For this, I do apologize. I know how long this first arc (Yes, first, we're still there) has been. The other arcs won't be nearly as long, I promise. This one... got out of hand. But, back to the point. This arc hasn't really given me much to work with in terms of character development. I've had people say things about Kataki, Kura and Tali. And they're correct. So, I'm working on trying to make them more likeable, with more detail. However, this arc needs to be over for that to happen. And it will be soon. Give me... two or so chapters, and we'll be at the assault. That should take a while, so by Chapter 40 (Holy shit so long (That's what she said)) this arc should finally be over. And then, major character development time. After we get all one-hundred and fifty two fight scenes out of the way. Good god that's going to be hard. I'm being trained though! So, it's all good.
And I've gone off-topic. Yay. Back to the point the original point. So, a decent way to develop characters is to give them a romance. Since Katakia already has one (Sakura) and Kura... well, that's very self explanatory, that leaves Tali. Now, I could pair her up with one of the canon boys. Sasuke, or Gaara perhaps? Yeah, doubt that would work. If I get major super requests for one of those pairings, then I might consider it, but I highly doubt it. So, no canon characters are really available. What to do? Well, I have the solution! We're going to be having an OC contest, the winner getting Tali as a love interest!
Now, a few rules first. One, make your character as detailed as you want, but leave some things for me to work with by myself. Give me some liberties that allow me to define the character myself a tad. However, I'll work all this out to the winner. Two, this character must be a girl. Yes, that's correct, this will be a lesbian romance. Why, you ask? Well, let me tell you:
Over in America there has been big shit going down with LGBT rights, and whether it is legal for homosexual couples to get married. So, that got me thinking. I'm already representing gay males with Kiba and Shino, why not represent homosexual females? And, well, to be honest, I also did this for the male readers of WoC. It's a common fact that females prefer Yaoi, and men prefer Yuri, correct? So, naturally, since the female readers may get pleasure out of KibaShino, I feel I should give back to the men who have been nice and courageous enough to read through the yaoi scenes and not complain. I'm not saying it's going to turn into the 'Lesbian Smut' fanfiction, but there will be kinky scenes, hetero, yuri or yaoi. So, you guys have something cool to look forward too.
A couple more quick things about the character herself. I would prefer if this character doesn't reside in the Hidden Leaf Village. Why? Because it makes things more entertaining and fun, allows me to explore different cultures as a writer, ect. So, I would like for you to make the character from a different Hidden Village. If I have any preferences, it would be either Kiri, Kumo or Iwa. I don't really mind what village it is, but I think it could be interesting to work with those settings.
Also, this girl must be a civilian. I want to try and write a romance without both characters being ninja. Daily life has it's perils too, and I want to explore them. However, her job should be something exotic. Acrobat, vet, dancer, courier, inventor, monk, ect. Something different and fun!
Anyway, here is the application form for you to fill out:
Name:
Age:
Gender: Female
Home Village:
Birthday:
Appearance:
Hair Color/Length/Style:
Eye Color:
Skin Tone:
Build/Body Type:
Any Unique Markings/Scars/Tattoos:
Any Jewelry:
Outfit:
Personality:
Sexuality: (Obviously she's a lesbian, but you can change whether she is out or not, what she thinks about being out or not, ect.)
Relationship: (This means how you would like the relationship to progress between them. Does she take everything at face value, very hard and stony to begin with, very touchy-feely, ect.)
Goal:
Habits:
Fears:
Right, okay! So, that's about it for this long-ass authors note. Actually, hold on, spur of the moment thing here. Let's have a Q&A. Nothing spectacular, nothing fancy. Just ask me any questions about myself, my opinions on characters/pairings/plotlines/things in Naruto, or about anything you may be wondering about WoC. It's nothing major though, so if you don't have to do it.
So, that's it. I present you with this rather short NaruHina one-shot, and we'll talk more at the end. See ya!
NaruHina: Procreate:
Hinata was not as quiet as she once was. Sure, she still stuttered on occasion, and her confidence was still rather low, she spoke louder, and more precise. She opted however, for tonight, to stay quiet.
A Hyuga family dinner was a very, very formal affair. You were forced to wear formal clothing, and only speak when spoken too, more or less. Hinata had attended many during her youth, and would likely attend many more. However, this was the first one with her husband, Naruto Uzumaki. Complete with his orange and black cape, and orange and black jumpsuit. She had to stifle a giggle when they walked in, as her father and Neji's eyes widened.
She opted to stay quiet to see how Naruto would handle the situation.
It was cute the way his shimmering blue eyes shone with pride every time he looked upon her. She always felt the light dusting of pink on her cheeks as her face heated up. Okay, so, she hadn't exactly stopped the blushing yet. She would though. Soon. Sometime. Maybe.
She was rather happy to see her sister looking in top form. She had swiftly turned from the sweet six year old girl to a feisty thirteen year old teenager. Who, funnily enough, had a crush on Shino. Who was gay. It was rather amusing. She kept swearing she could convert him. Even Naruto had given up explaining it doesn't work like that. And he never gave up anything.
Hanabi was sitting across from Hinata, shooting sly subtle winks every time Naruto looked at her. Beside her sat Neji's wife, Temari, the brother of the Kazekage, and rather... interesting addition to the family. This was demonstrated as Temari smacked Neji over the head, berating him for some as of yet unknown reasoning. Hinata rolled her eyes. Those two were always bickering, but they did truly care about each other.
This was rather obvious, considering the two year old baby boy sat in a high chair chewing messily on his food making gurgling sounds. "That sounds like you Naruto," Hanabi quipped.
Naruto just smiled sweetly at his younger sister of two years. Without warning, a piece of fish was hurridly thrown across the table, into the lap of Hanabi. She grimaced.
Hiashi sat at the head of the table, his head in his hands. Hinata couldn't really blame him. Being stuck with the loud Rokudaime as a step-son would be rather troubling. Not to mention his shy daughter, stoic nephew, his loud brass wife, their two year old son, and a thirteen year old pre-teen girl. He didn't really need much else on his plate.
Hinata touched her stomach gently, before she tucked into her rice. Life was good. It truly was. She just wondered which person would castrate Naruto first. Her father, Neji, or Hanabi? Ah, but she would always be there to protect her loving husband. Just as long as he didn't name their children Ramen. She would not stand for that...
And there we go! That's all for now! Either send me a PM or leave your OC form in a review. Thank you all for supporting me this far, we couldn't have gotten anywhere near this without you guys. Here's to 300 in the near future! Have a great morning/afternoon/evening/night!
Zerojackson.