"Weak people did that, throwing their weight around, trying to prove to the world, and thus to themselves, that they weren't as weak as they feared they were. He'd fought people like that. They tended to talk big and then blubber when they found themselves outmatched. It was pathetic." -- ironic, hearing sasuke say that. i mean, considering what happened in canon; he acted so cool and superior but when they met zabuza he was about to kill himself he was so afraid and only calmed cause he had kakashi to hide behind, acting like the leader but screaming running panicing and submitting to orochimaru, and when naruto began to overtake in power he was throwing his weight around trying to re-establish his illusion of dominance... very ironic indeed.

KYAH! YOu are a fanfiction author! How did I not search you before now?!?!?!?! Damn! Isn't it ridiculously hard to find good fanfiction for Naruto, anymore?

Thank God you are a writer! ^^

Hello there! I've read this entire story from start to finish and have found that it has made the top of my list as my favorite Naruto fanfic ever! And I've read quite a lot of Naruto fics.

The plot is amazing and the way you portray the characters is flawless. I love the way you make us beg for the true romance but once we get it, it's so fantastic no one could possibly complain!

Anyways, I was quite distressed to have finished reading what you have updates so far and I don't want to bother you, but I was just wondering if you are still writing this story and/or plan to update anytime soon! I would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you for writing something I love so much.

-NS

Definitely one of the more well-written fics I've read. The idea intrigued me from the start, I don't often read AU of Naruto that I find keep my interest like this one has. I like your characterizations of Naruto and Sasuke especially, how Naruto isn't an idiot, how he manages to be both sweet and dense, and how Sasuke is damaged but not broken. They play well off each other, and I also like how you managed to portray two distinctly different relationships between Naruto and Sasuke and Kyuubi and Sasuke. I look forward to the next installment.
~Jewel

this is great so far, sorry i haven't reviewed, i just keep forgetting to and to set alerts so i can keep up, but anyway, please update as soon as you can

wow this is amazingly good, I can't wait for the next chapter! Your writing is supurb, the characterization is amazing, and the plot is very interesting and engaging! This is one of the most PWNing stories I've read! ^.^'

I just finished embracing dreams and I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I love you too, btw. :D

First, I gotta say that the line "Remind me to touch you later" is probably my favorite ever. Kakashi totally cracks me up in this story. I love him! :D

Second, what is your updating schedule? If it's anything like mine, there's no schedule. haha. It's just I started reading this a couple months ago and it was only up to like chapter 25 or something like that. Well, the computer I was on isn't the one I'm on now (it was my mother's, now I'm on my own) and I forgot the story's name. I just found it again and read through the entire thing. :D I was just wondering if you updated a whole bunch of chapters at the same time or if you updated it with a chapter at a time. *shrug* It doesn't really matter all that much, as long as you're updating, but I was just curious. :D I mean that in the nicest way. I'd be too much of a hypocrite if I tried to get you to update faster. Lord knows I need to get my butt in gear with my Originals and my fanfics. haha.

Third, I actually found your site before I found you on FFnet, which is weird since I spend half my life on FFnet. haha. So, if you would, I'd love it if you could translate the chapters of Taiyou no Sumika. :D It owns my life. Haha. No pressure though. If you don’t want to that’s okay. :D

Fourth, I love this story with the deep depths of my soul. :D It’s so amazing! I love the mutant powers. I love the characters. I love the relationship between Naruto and Sasuke and Iruka and Kakashi. Oh, they’re so in character and amazing. :D I love Shikamaru in this, and Lee is so cute. I absolutely love Kyuubi! Love, love, love him! I always love FanFiction!Kyuubi, but you just knock the others’ socks off with this! Mmhmm. I don’t know what else I could say except I love everything! The whole idea is awesome. Wonderful. :D

Fifth, I hope you update soon. :D I wanna know what happens to Sasuke, who, by the way, made me laugh with his hallucinations. I’m mean. XD haha.

So, wonderful story! It’s awesomeness all over. :D

i screamed in two voices wen i realized tis was were it friin STOPPED! write more please,...or...um...my muse says ell...put te barrel of a sotun up yo-EW!!

//...please dismiss my dimwitted connection...and i said a andun up your arse*bet you can tell wic keys were so cruelly PRESSED SO FAR IN ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE TEM- Sayonara//

narusasu fluff! LOVE IT! and how kakashi asked Shikamaru bluntly if he could have sex with Iruka. HAH! Oh god I thought i was going to die of lack of breath! HAH!I really want to see his journey to get the approvals.. Its gonna be good. tehe!

Okay, listen here Arigatomina,
I have been a reader of this fic since the day it was written,
And I have been waiting ovr a month for this new chapter to be on my computer screen,
Chapter 40 to be exact,
But no I see the number 39,
Odd numbers upset me and I think for my mental health you should make that odd number an even one by updating this very lovely fanfic here,
I'm addicted okay I MUST READ the next chapter or I'll go insane,
So just so you know you got yourself a fan here,
A very obsessed fan of this particular fanfiction,
It would satisfy me tremendously if I go to read all the way until the end until it is complete to put my mind at ease,
So yeah...just so you know :]

Just thought I'd send you a loving review commemorating the ONE MONTH SINCE YOUR LAST UPDATE! PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, UPDATE!! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO US-?!

That was the most epic game of "I've never" ever. If I ever play a game of "never have I ever" that is 75% as epic, I will consider my life as really a rather fulfilling layover in the waking world. And Shikamaru...I'm so glad you gave him such an *interesting* hand in things.

I haven't pulled an all-nighter in a while. That was totally worth it.

The balance of different moods and plot-lines you've got going here is absolutely addictive. Thank you so much for the awesome.

Okay, I'm not even done with this chapter but I felt the need to stop and comment on how the cuteness is giving me spasms (good spasms, very very good spasms. And they actually are spasms, me twitching in my chair, trying not to wake the people next door...)

The interaction between Sasuke and Naruto...the relationship between the demon fox and Naruto...the image of Naruto climbing up the furry leg of a demonically gigantic God of (voluntarily & ultimately sacrificially) past glory...it's so endearing that my plans to sleep at all tonight have been scrapped.

Bravo.

I've been laughing so much since I've started reading this. I love that your Naruto has the whole "yes!!-lets-fight-because-it-would-be-awesome-so-awesome-that-it-would-put-all-other-awesome-to-shame" thing going on. And Sasuke's all out of his depth. Such great character interaction.

I've never really been an active fan of Kakashi and Iruka because..well..mostly because I still don't understand what in the canon made that such a logical (virally popular) conclusion (I'm still planning on researching its origins...). Their interactions here have enough merit of their own to suspend my normal "...but...why?...O__O" reaction. Great stuff.