3-word review:

Awesome. 'the **?

You know he didn't deserve this, but oh how I love it. It is close to how I pictured his torture to be. It is a little vague though. The monster a little to undefined. It leaves you with a wish to know what happens in what I swear is going to be a epic battle.

I always wandered about how casually they wrote off sending your soul into the belly of the death god. Thanks for the read.

Wow, just wow this is magnificent with such wonderful descriptions. You are truly amazing with your desciptions, it was almost like you were there feeling everything he was.

i really don't get it but it's really well written.

This is rather confusing. But I think I get it... this is after the Fourth seals the Kyuubi in Naruto... so the Fourth is in the God of Death... and the Beast is his death, and is looking for him but the Fourth flees because it's in our instinct to survive. then he realizes that and welcomes death with open arms.

Wow! This story, the writing, description, and the idea, everything is so amazing! You are a wonderful writer!

Achingly beautiful. I have nothing to say except that I loved it. I loved it, I loved it, I loved it.

that...sucks, so much. i don't think people quite appreciate yondaime's sacrifice because they forget what he gave. ouch. =(

I must admit I love the story, though am I somewhat confused on WHERE the setting is taking place. Is it in Naruto's mind, inside Shinigami, or in some dimension between this life and the next? But that just adds to the aluring appeal of this story. That or why I seem to loathe it so much, I can't decide which :)

Wow...

That was inadequate. Let me try again. XD

Where do you get your inspiration for such wonderful imagery? I can *see* this picture, clear as day. And I can *feel* Yondaime's struggle as he weaves through the maze...

I never really thought about what would happen to those who use *that* jutsu, but I think, in the back of my mind, I knew it wouldn't be pretty. This is an excellent look at what a horror it could be.

You've found another fan. ^^

~Ashley~

I hate you!

Wow.

That was VERY good. It made me shudder, in the end. You've a way with words that is stunning. Really, go on with the great job.

*high fives Chevira*

You did it! This is incredible! You already know what I think of the technical aspects of it; the collapsing nightmare atmosphere, the loss of the Fourth's person until all he's got is all that's made him a legend, the snap into reality with Kakashi at the funeral (that is so perfectly worded at the end by the by) that pulls the whole thing offset into timelessness.

And the ending? Great. A brilliant summation. Loving it. The style and obeservation of the imagery there was piercing - fitting well with my fave image (the matchstick fingernails) and so many others in the short.

Higher than a bird's flight indeed. :)

sna