Heya, I thought it was a very touching story even if it is very sad. Naruto is starting to get on my nervs with how they kill off all my favourites.

The pocket full of posies I was always taught was carried by people to ward off the black death as they thought carrying sweet smelling flowers it would stop them from getting the disease. People with the disease honestly where to sick to walk around in public and if you did have it for any lenght of time youd normally be not aloud of your house and a red cross painted on your door to warn others.

Great! Love it! so much

This fic is so great, I feel I cannot type words to express exactly how great it is. Truly one of the best Sound Five fics I have ever read, if not THE best! Whenever I think of the Sound Five, i think of the song by Matrika "Toy Soldiers". It suits them perfectly. Keep up the great work.

Another review!

This is one of my favorite KimiTayu fics. Very in-character and a very unique plot. That's what I love so much about your work ^.^ The scene with Kimi and Tayuya was very well written, and I loved how he didn't remember it afterwards. Perfect metaphor for the sound four/five (but actually six), too. I like the whole idea of the hating hospitals. Many readers (myself included) can relate. Lastly, the rhyme was absolutely perfect. It scares me, too o.O I haven't been reading much sound four/five stuff recently, but rereading your fics has gotten me back into it. I think I might actually try to beat some life into my pathetic excuse for a Kimi fic now. Thanks!

Awesome fanfiction. That was great. It was so sad and...blah I'm at a loss for words. Stupendous. 12/10.

I never really liked Tayuya, and honestly still don't. How you described her, though, was very well done. You didn't make her cuss every second like 'all' the other Tayuya writers and you didn't really change Kimimaro. You did so beautifully with this story that I 'honestly' rank this a 10/10. Thanks to you, there's another truly good story out there for the world to discover and admire.

Aww... This is a really pretty fic. I've recently become a fan of this pairing and this is going in my favorites. I remember learning about the whole "ring around the rosy"/Bubonic Plague thing and I was... creeped out to say the least. But nonetheless, this was a good fic. Write more please!

Well, I like the cryptic, so it rox. U RULE!

You know, I like naruto, but haven't been able to get into it much, so I'm not TOTALLY sure what's going on, but I loved the story. Very nicely written. Yeah, 'ring a round the rosey' is about the Bubonic Plague. I have a history nerd for a brother, so yeah, I know. My friends get all creeped out about that too, while I just find it...odd that it's a childrens nursery rhyme. ANd yeah, you got pretty much of the explaining of the rhyme right, excpet for the posy was thought to be a plant that warded off the plauge, so everyone carried it with them, hence 'pockets full of posy', but that's just the way I learned it. WONDERFUL story, and the rhyme was really fitting, added a nice touch to it.
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Haw... I don't usually like KimixTayu fanfictions (dunno why), but I really like this one. Short and sweet.
About the rhyme, the "ring around the rosy" also refers to a superstition that wearing a wreath of flowers could ward off the plague. And another variation of the "ashes, ashes" part would be "a-tissue, a-tissue" which is the sound of sneezing- refering to the extremely violent sneezing the disease causes. And to me, that makes is even scarier. Like, no matter what you try and do, if someone with the plague sneezes, game over.
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That was absolutely beautiful. Well written, too. I had tears in my eyes at the end...

I think I found the metaphor!! It was Kabuto scrubbing the blood off the walls, right?

And I'm a big fan of KimimaroxTayuya, too! They're perfect for each other...

I though it was beautifully written.And I loved how everything had meaning.the fic mad me cry!:(
good job.

That was so sad...D:

Great oneshot!

U are correct about the nursery rhyme.