This story was beautiful, with breathtaking moments. I cried with Gai's death, felt chills as Tenten said goodbye to everything she ever knew, and they all bowed (felt like Mulan, for some reason. xP) and wanted to applaud you at the end, how it all wrapped up flawlessly.

It was a greatly done work, with no plotholes, only good characterization. I love the fact that for once, Tenten is the one with the most social status, and wears the most gorgeous clothes, and seems the most delicate, and is the mysterious one, and everything she is not in the canon. Her relationship with Gai brought the softest side of her, I think. And again, I congratulate you for this fic. I loved it.

Very interesting, I just started this fic. I love the description of Tenten covering the spy's mouth so he couldn't spit at her.
--Looking forward to reading the rest :)

Bravo! Bravo! The empress was kinda scary though 0.0

Yay, Sakura finally arrives in China! This should be interesting, especially because Sasuke already shows signs of liking her. Now we just need to find out if she likes him...

Cool! I like the twist of her stabbing him instead of going though with the marriage. I am interested to see if the dragon really is an omen, or if Tenten lives and it only comes dangerously close to being an omen. I wonder what Sasuke's revenge will be (because he can't die that quickly with eleven whole chapters left).

This story is off to a very good start. Your writing style is very nice, and I like the way you've set things up here. I am wondering though: is the spy anyone we know, or just some random guy that will be killed before he becomes of any real importance? That was nagging me the entire chapter.

wow...i enjoyed reading your story.it took me a good day and a half.

Its so beautiful

Very different on all levels and yet it fit perfectly. I loved it, it was written flawlessly.

AWSOME

luv it

I recently discovered your wonderful AU fics and read all of them before realizing I'd better darn well review them to thank you for such enjoyment!

So here it is.

This was amazing. Not only was it grammatically perfect, but it was written in such gorgeous, prosaic language, which set the mood wonderfully!

*goes off to review the other stories*

this story was really good.
i loved it [:

your fanfictions are amazing, very creative and infused with history XD love ya

Oh, wow. What a beautiful, perfect love story. This took me much longer than I expected to read - I have a tendency to speed-read stories that I like because I'm desperate to know what happens. But that just wouldn't go for this one; every sentence was so meaningful that I wanted to go over everything slowly and taste it, because it's worth all the attention I can give. It was truly amazing - it felt like every word was created just for this story.

There were some things that felt a bit cliché, for example when Tenten yells "Stop!" and offers herself up to be executed instead of Neji. It's romantic, of course, but not very original. Still, there's not really anything new under the sun, especially in romance, so I'll stop harping on these trivial things.

I have to say I love the last bit, with the symbolism of Tenten throwing her sword into the water, and watching it cut through. 'They would carry on' - what a great line to describe Neji and Tenten. Man, a story like this just makes me appreciate metaphors and imagery that much more!

You've got talent, never doubt that! I'll keep my eye out for other works by you. :)