Well, it has been one hell of a ride, i have to admit this was really fun, and this story turned out to be much more then i could have ever imagined it would be when i first started
over 50,000 hits, 322 reviews, 164,242 in 50 chapters in about 3 months "wow, has it only been 3 months? feels like a year :P", this story is on the favorite list of 82 people and on the alert of 69, somehow this story ended up on two C2, :D "Heaven X Earth" and Boys of the "Cherry Blossom and the Weapons Mistress", i am honored that my story was good enough to appear on them :), some of you have been with me since the beginning and has supported me the entire time, i thank you all, because without your support, this story would have never turned out the way it did, also without your support, there would be no sequel, so as a treat, i am going to post a teaser of the beginning to the first chapter, there was a plot left untouched in saving old bonds, i decided to explore that plot and see what i could do with it ;) anyway, i will respond to my reviewers for chapter 50 :D
Gravenimage - Thanks for the review and the support for a sequel, i hope you enjoy the small teaser :)
kuaispeed - lol thanks for the review, i know what you mean, i don't review on stories unless i really like them :) so thanks a lot for your support :D
RairyuuBlade - its alright :) as long as you liked the story ;) and thanks for your review and support
blackmoon124 - Thanks for the review, and yes, i had fun typing that scene, also i REALLY enjoyed the threats to Naruto's life while Sakura was delivering, i could clearly picture Sakura screaming those things to him :P
dragonshaun9 - Thank you, it is very much appreciated :)
6tailedninja - Thanks for the review, and ideas, the Naoto idea i may keep for a latter date
chickenman00712 - thanks for the review, and your continued support throughout this story :) i hope you enjoy the teaser
Bombat1994 - Thanks for the review, yes, my intentions for the last chapter was to wrap all the loose ends, not begin new plots :P so it was mostly as you say, luvy duvy :P
Chi-Neko - thanks for the review, and yes, i liked the way i ended the story with Naoto 20 years latter, proudly wearing the Namikaze cloak and leaf headband :)
BigPac09 - thanks for the review and compliment, i can only hope that the sequel is as good
naru-ca-titan - Wow, that's like a lot of bad luck!! :( But yay for all the A's!! Yes your very smart ;) also lol for the cherio :P, i hope your arm feels better soon :), also thank you, thank you, thank you for all your support and reviews, i hope you like this small teaser/preview of chapter 1
Heron dragon - x2 - Thanks for the review, i am not as familiar with bleach as i am Naruto, although i read the manga of both, hallowfication, is it not when he brings out his mask? if so, i believe he did in my story...did he not?
Christmas Bells - Thanks for the review, yeah, i do try to fix all my typos, but there are always a few small ones that get by me :( as for Sasuke, or well most chars in my story, although i tried to keep them in character "at least at the beginning" as i could, Sasuke was more of a, well, arrogant jackass who though to highly of himself, at least that's how i viewed him, and that's how i tried to portray him, at least at the beginning :P
anyway that's everyone, oh by the way, here are the pole results (I just closed the pole)
24 votes total
22 yes 91%
2 no 8%
Anyway, here is the teaser, i haven't given it a name yet :P
The Unnamed Story
Chapter 1
TEASER!
200 years ago, before the five great nations were formed, before any of the hidden villages were founded, out in the middle of the ocean, a small fleet of 3 ships bearing the night country flag were sailing in search of new land, and possibly make diplomatic contact with whoever they may find
On one of the ships, a man bearing a white captain coat was checking up on his men on the deck, he was admired by his men, he had blond hair and sky blue eyes, and he always seemed to have some sort of smile on his face, his name was Namikaze Masaki, a young girl bearing a vice captain armband approached him "Captain, we are low on food and water, if we do not reach land soon, I fear the worst for the crew" she told him
"Begin rationing what we have left, and inform the other two captains that I wish to speak with them" Masaki responded
"As you wish sir"
The young night vice captain bowed before she began to send the signal to the other two ships, it wasn't long before the captains had responded and boarded the ship
"Namikaze, this better be good" One of the captains told him irritated
"How are your food and water holding up?" he asked them without losing any time
"We are beginning to run out of both on my ship, I have already begun rationing what little we have left, but it won't last us more than a week" one of the other captains answered
"We are in the same shape" the other finally said irritated
"As am I, that's why I think that we should think about turning back, I have a bad feeling that something horrible is about to happen to us if we continue on like this"
"We have orders from the Kurokage, and we are going to fallow them" one of the captains said in anger
"But you have to admit, we are running dangerously low on supplies, if we don't find any land soon, we will all starve to death" the other captain said wanting to back up Masaki
"We have been going in this direction for the past month; we are bound to hit land sooner or later! We don't have a choice, you said it yourselves that we are low on supplies, we probably wouldn't have enough to return"
"If we pooled all of our resources together, we might have enough to get us all back home" Masaki once again told them
"I am in charge of this expedition, and I say we keep on going, now do you want to challenge my authority?" the older captain asked him putting his hand on his Katana
"No of course not..." Masaki said in a disappointed tone, suddenly his senses began to pick something up, the wind pressure had changed, the humidity has also changed "We have to change course now!" he told them
"What is it?" one of the captains asked him
"There is sudden change in the temperature, as well as the winds, a very large storm is brewing, we have to change course to avoid it" Masaki answered
The captain in charge looked outside, all he could see were clear skies, a warm sun and calm waters "You are just trying to get us to turn back, it won't work Namikaze, the expedition will proceed" he said as he began to walk away to return to his ship
"LISTEN TO ME! Everything might look nice for now, but there is a storm coming! You should know that the Namikaze are born with an affinity to the wind element, and although it seems minor to you, there has been a major shift in the atmosphere"
"WE ARE NOT CHANGING COURSE! IS WHAT UNDERSTOOD TENTH DIVISION CAPTAIN NAMIKAZE MASAKI!" The man screamed at him
"My duty as captain of the tenth division is the safety of my men, I refuse to continue on this course, you can file as many complaints as you wish with the Kurokage"
Suddenly large black clouds began to fill the skies and the winds had begun to pick up
"Where did they come from?" the other captain asked
"It's too late, it's here..." Masaki simply said
The crews of all three ships were scrambling to secure the deck, Masaki was helping them out "Secure the canons, we don't need them to come crashing into the ship and causing damage!" he told his crew as they began to chain down the large weapons, his vice captain came to him
"Sir, can we not just turn around now and avoid the storm?"
"No, the wind is not in our favour, we would never get enough speed to outrun it, our only option now is to go straight towards it"
"ARE YOU MAD?" the other captains both told him "I am not going to take my ship and crew into that!" he said pointing at the storm
"Do as you wish, but get off my ship if you don't plan to help" Masaki said as he turned his back on them
"Do whatever you want, we are out of here!" both captains said as they left the ship as fast as they could
Masaki ordered the helm to turn the ship directly into the storm as the other two ships tried to outrun it "Captain, the deck has been secured, let's get the crew inside" the vice captain shouted out
"Alright, get them inside, I will stay here to steer the ship" Masaki answered
"But sir, it's too dangerous, even for a captain!"
"Just go!" he told her as he refused to leave the wheel
The ship was being hit hard with the storm; its sails were being ripped to shreds, and one of the masses had snapped and fallen into the ocean, but Masaki refused to leave his post, in the distance, he thought he could see something, he was horrified, they were rocks and he was heading straight for them, he tried to turn the wheel as fast as he could, but even he knew that it was hopeless, he ran to the emergency bell and began ringing it, but the winds and the seas were to powerful, no one from inside could hear it, he had to warn his crew, they had to abandon ship, although jumping into the sea wasn't very appealing at the moment, it was better than going down with the ship
Masaki was walking against the win towards the door that would lead him to the lower decks where his crew were safely waiting the end of the storm, it took every ounce of energy he had just to take a single step, he was about to reach the door handle when a piece of the main mass came crashing down on him, sending him flying overboard, he tried desperately to stay above water and close to the ship, he had to somehow get back on board, he had to warn his crew, but the waters were to fierce, he was unable to keep his head above water and slowly his world began to grow dark....
The next morning the storm had passed and the sun had returned, it was a beautiful day, the sky was blue and the birds were chirping, two ninjas were walking along the beach together "Hashirama, I don't know if this is such a good idea, the Uchihas have always been our enemies, and the Hyugas have never been much better" said the younger of the two, he had white hair and was dressed in blue
"Tobirama, the fighting needs to end, I am sure that everyone wants something better, could you imagine if we could unite the people and all the clans of the region and form a great village, a great nation!" the older man said, he had black hair and was dressed in red
"Always the dreamer big brother" the other responded with a slight grin, but it didn't stay for long, they both saw something on the beach, it looked like a body had been brought in by the tide, they quickly ran towards it, once they reached the body, they were amazed to find out that he wasn't dead, he was weak, but alive!
"Hashirama, he has some water in his longs, but I can remove it" he said as he began to concentre, slowly, water began to pour out of the man's mouth and like a miracle, he came back to life
The man opened his eyes and looked at the two men that had just saved his life "Where am I... And who are you?"
The two men smiled at him "I am Senju Hashirama and this is my little brother, Tobirama, we are of the Senju clan, what clan are you from, I have never seen that symbol before" he said pointing at the headband that Masaki wore
"I am Masaki of the Namikaze clan... are there any other survivors? I had a crew of 120 men..." he asked them
"We don't know, we just found you here, we could begin searching the area, but we are on our way to a very important meeting with the clans of this area, come with us, once we are done, we can begin searching"
Masaki didn't like the idea of leaving behind his crew, but he had little choice, he was too weak to search on his own, he nodded and agreed to fallow them
PRESENT DAY
END TEASER
Yeah, its still a work in progress, but it gives you an idea of what story i might be trying to tell ;) "i am hoping that by now, with my hint of saying i left an open plot in saving old bonds, and this teaser, you should have a good idea of where i am going to go :P"