This was intersting. Good. So this happened when Sasuke left the villiage for Orochimaru, but this time they managed to stop hiem and bring him back- but somehow some man(Orochimaru, Itachi?) removed teh Kyuubi, adn Sasuke is in bad shape(coma?), right? It would be interesting if you wrote more. Hope you do.

Aw...

Brilliant!

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So good... Your characterization of Iruka steals this story. Considering that Narusasu is basically my OTP, that's saying something. Awesome story.

oh, i love it. especially the way you describe sasuke's Before and After. but, naruto without the kyuubi is so... less interesting, somehow...

Oh my god. This was completely and utterly BEAUTIFUL! I love Iruka as a parent-figure, and with the two orphans of Team 7 it's all the better.

This needs a companion fic. ~^!

Great job!

Oh Ceresi, you never fail me. Your fics are always brilliant, no matter the length. They are always true to the storyline, and maintain the same feel Naruto always gives me (being the only anime that's made me bawl my eyes out. Twice.) I've been finding it to hard to find good Naruto fics, hell, I didn't even know you watched it, let alone write about it, which I love you for. No one else kept them in character like you do. Thats what I mean when you remain true to the storyline and the characters, because everyone else goes off on a tangent and turns it into an OOC sap fest. Well, most of them.
Yours had everything I was looking for; a solid plot and lots of angst. That's how SasuNaru fics should be formed. I know this is just a short piece, and will never continue, because quite frankly it doesn't need to, but it's fulfilled my expectations of what a Naruto fic should be about. OK. For such an anti-sap, I'm sounding like a real sap right now so I think I'll just go. Thankyou for a great read. Instant fave.
Please do more Naruto fics O_O

I like your lead! It has the feel of someone telling a story, rather than just me reading it. Nice and simple.

And you didn't ignore the events of the manga/anime to make romance work! Yay for you. That whole Orochimaru thing does make it a little hard for a simple love story, don't you think?

Aw, Iruka's so nice. He's always trying to look after Naruto (even though sometimes Naruto doesn't really need it). Nice emotional development, by the way. It's interesting to 'hear' Naruto talk about the whole Akatsuki thing. And I don't really mind the speculation; it's interesting. You can speculate any time you want! ^_^

Heavy dosage of Naruto angst. Wah. Poor kid!

. . . you know, as much as I like Sasuke, it irks me to even think that everyone would forgive him for betraying the village, but never even accept Naruto. Grr.

I really liked this story! Nice play off of everyone's emotions- even Sasuke's, a little (though he was sleeping). Very cool. I'll try and read some more of your stories later.

Whoah... I mean... whoa..
it makes you think... what would happen if that were to pass in the series... poor Naruto.
I enjoyed this story emensely! The way you wrote your characters were on-key. Awesome awesome stuff!!

Aw. I'm so glad you didn't make it IruNaru - it's so much better this way. Oh my god, I think I'm actually going to cry. *runs away*