Great job on the story, it is nice to find an fanfic author who can both write terrific stories and spell (not including the difference between "heir" and "hair") though that bit is mostly inconsequential. Anyway, the formal position that you are talking about in chapter nineteen is most likely called "seiza" or something like that (the position is has the knees in a kneeling position and slightly apart with the rest of the body folded back over on top of the legs), the position is traditional and used as the sitting position of some martial arts (the word is pronounced "say-za"). on another note I wanted to congratulate you on an astounding job and apologize for posting a review this long in one paragraph.

Let me state this: I am not a sidistic masochist. I simply applaud the author's mature take on war. To be honest, considering the nature of the surprise invasion, I'm surprised more people didn't die in the established canon.

Excellent work. You've just shown people that war is not fun and games. I, personally, applaud your actions, although I dont like them, you were very mature about it. And, for all the haters out there, let me leave you with a simple statement: WAR IS HELL.

The Forever Sexy and Tragically Single Proctor of the Second Exam: Mitarashi Anko

Desperate? YES!

I read here in Chapter 10 the "I noticed you've removed every negative review you or the story has recieved. How brave you are, I commend you. God are you such a review hore that unless it's a happy, happy, review you can't take the criticism. You're pretty weak, what are you 12 years old?" When I read this, I must honestly say that I laughed my ass off. Not just because of the two grammatical errors. (Which are 'Recieved' which is actually spelled 'received' and 'hore' which is actually 'whore'.) But just the fact that someone posted this. Mister SasukeRulesTheWorld, I understand. With a name like that, (I am a anti-sasuke pro-naruto fan also anti-sakura) you just have this urge to make a dumbass comment. I, on the other hand, love this story and am very thankful for the writer to take the time out of their busy lives to write this. Thank you pudgypudge.

Oh:
““Don’t patronize me! I need power now! I have to avenge my family. Their blood cries out from the soil!”” and
“Sometimes traditions don’t work Hokage-sama. Sometimes, tradition must be broken so that new traditions can take hold.”

Can I say, awesome much?

“Tell me Sasuke, if I was a demon, then wouldn’t treating me like this be a surefire death sentence for yourself? If I was a demon, then for treating me like this, I would see you all burn.”

Yup. Gotta love it.

I LOVE THIS STORY, please keep it up

ah, *content sigh* that was a great story! one of the best i've read in a long time. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KEEP UP THE AMAZING WORK AND UPDATE SOON!

just started reading the story a few days ago and have loved every word of it hope you update soon

meant to say this last chapter but thank you for having Lee beat the Steal-suke

that P.S. made me lol for quite some time.

be cool to see an update still.

hehehehehe

i loved that sentence to gara about his mother being a bitch and the sand :p

keep up the good work:)

If you need the time to regain inspiriation (and in your case if I read your AN correctly) and the energy required to write again, then by all means take all the time you need. I'm a reader. I like reading new chapters but I'm not going to beg or whine for them. Now onto the review:

I'm frankly quiet impressed with how the story turned out and how Naruto (and the rest of the cast) developed because Sarutobi made one different decision early on in Naruto's life. Not adding non-canon summons or ninja also adds to my previously already good impression.
I've got some little things, though.
For one, it feels odd that Sasuke hasn't betrayed the village, though. Will Orochimaru (after recovering a little) still try to convince him to join? Otherwise another village or organization should try to obtain him (after all he is the 'last Uchiha').
I'm glad Naruto isn't godlike and his 'relationship' with Hinata is appropriate for his agelevel. His relationship with Kyuubi is also an interesting one. He was, however, nearing ridiculously whiny in his refusal to sign to toadcontract until the last possible second. Though you did make the point that it had to be his own choice (instead of predestined or other such nonsense) he did go nearly out of character with his brattiness.
I hope you choose to update again when you have the time.

Sincerely yours,

Sicaria

Ahh, I'll be honest, I've only just finished chapter twelve, but when I saw the update, I figured I should read it to find out if it was anything important. As it is, I would like to say I understand completely. I've been trying to get my writing off the ground, but a combination of insufficient writing skills and constant exhaustion (from real life, jobs, medical school, etc.) have given me delays. I'm not the kind of person to rush an author to update a story, and I understand that life takes priority. Also, Oblivion Fuck Yeah! Although I honestly prefer it's predeccesor, Morrowind, it's a great game.

P.S.- Your wit is amusing and sharp as always.