This is awesome, amazing, and I adore your characterizations, especially of Sasuke - but your title is driving me up a wall. >< I'm sorry! The 'G' and 'C' need to be capitalized; in a title the only words not capitalized are the little ones like 'in' or 'at,' and only when they're in the middle of said title. So it's "In Good Company," not "In good company" like you were writing a sentence.

...And now I feel like a grammer nazi or something. :( I'm really sorry. Um. I'm really looking forward to the next chapter! <3

This is the third time I've read this story. It's so good! Sasuke is pitched perfectly, and the humour and resignation he takes everything with is very amusing, sometimes touching.

The Hokages, as some weird kind of chorus, make a good analytical audience. Familiar with the setting, but not current affairs, they provide a counter-point to smoothing in any changes you've made. Very cool.

I look forward to any more chapters you may happen to produce :)x

I don't know why your story doesn't get more reviews. ^^ You're a really good writer, and everything is fun to read~

Laziness, I guess? :)

I would go look at your other stories, but it's 4am. Later~

Oh my god. You have no idea how much I adore your Sasuke. I swear, your Sasuke is one of the best out there. I found the scene in the first chapter where Sasuke was using the bathroom extremely funny and cute. You made me like Sasuke being lazy, haha. I love your Sasuke to bits.

I really really like the plot of this story, heck, I love the whole story. I haven't read something as good as this for a long time now. So thank you very much for writing this. You had me laughing most of the time when reading this. You made the hokages so lovable, really.

I can't wait to read the next chapter. I'm really looking forward to it. So update soon? :D

I LOVE the originality in this story! And I'm so happy with how you put in more of the relationship between Sasuke and Kakashi! I love those two! And the hilarity of the hokages being there when Sasuke masterbates is genius! (favs!)

Beans

Love the story! You're a phenomenal writer. <3 I can't wait to read more. I love the snakes! XD They really amuse me. As per the note, it's a breath of fresh air to see these characters from a different perspective. I stopped keeping up with the manga, but from what I do hear about it...it's something...and let's leave it at that. Huzzah for fanfiction! :3

Surprisingly, theres one point that I find rather unbelievable.
And thats Naruto's competitiveness.
We all know the two are really desperate to be better than the other but Naruto seemes kinda... mellow?
Knowing his character, he'll have blown off his top once he knew that Sasuke had been accepted into ANBU while he, on the other hand, hadn't even had a chance at all. Even if it was mentioned that he could be jumping straight to being Hokage, his other friends have already been registered as ANBU so I'll really doubt he'll be content to just sit by the sidelines, he is Naruto Uzumaki after all.

If the above is based off OCCness, plot development or some warped logical reasoning then please ignore this post.

Ps: May you have your firstborn back. The rest are charged as follows. Extended time limit will incur interest and fangirls's wrath. May Aoi be blessed.

poor Sasuke. man i can't wait till Sasuke and Naruto get together.

Firstly, just as a note, I really hate reviewing because I seem to say all the wrong things and people always feel offended, so please excuse this review if it's strange/offensive- I tend to ramble and I think that I can be very tactless. I'd also like to apologise in advance for my abuse of semi-colons- I can hear them crying already. [-cackles manically-]
Okay, I'm using this "golden opportunity to offer a well deserved praise" (as nicely stated below; thank you ) because:
1. This is my favourite short story. Ever.
2. Your writing is superb - I can't stop admiring how well you use the present continuous! Most people can't carry it off because it's so difficult to maintain (and therefore gain the ire of English professionals – teacher, critics, other authors, self-styled English gurus, etc. – because they keep changing tense). Your style is something I can't define, because I'm not great like that, but it is easy to read and understand, yet seems to also be advanced (?). I know I’m not making any sense, so I’ll just still with your style is good.
3. Now, I'm not qualified to make a judgement, but I've read this over and over again and, well:
"...it makes you wanna hear it more than once, which is, I think, is the criterion for an interesting, humorous song; it's not so much how funny it is, but whether you wanna hear it again, and there are plenty of humorous songs which, again, have a funny joke but you wouldn't wanna hear it again..."
-Tom Lehrer
Sorry for the slapped on quote, but if I were to apply that to, well, fiction, I think yours can be read again and again and people won't be bored of it. It's not so dense as to have a plot within each sentence, but it's dense enough that the reader seems to discover something new each time they read it. That could be attributed to the length, but I don't think it's just that. And it's just so interesting, all the character interactions!
4. ...Which is my next point; this point is more about your actual characters. Your characters are, well, yours; you've made them your own. They're much more intricate, much deeper, than the original characters. The original characters are hard to judge because manga is short and, even with over 400 chapters; the plot is too fast to really develop them. Generally, the reader has to extrapolate and guess. For all we know, Naruto could be an angst-y teen who's wearing a happy-go-lucky mask. Or he could be taken at face value and we could assume he was excessively optimistic. You've given the characters little quirks and mannerisms other than their own that make them so much better and sort of given us another view of what could be going on in their minds. Because what you've done with your characters is realistic and could be logically taken from their circumstances... Well, I don't know. I just know that it makes me like them more than the originals (who seem quite farfetched at times).
5. The character interaction is wonderful. Really, I don't think there's much more I can say. Again, new, yours, unique, special, deducible and interesting.
6. Your grammar is maintained very well, though there are lapses that can be easily fixed if you go through your story again. I don’t mean to be presumptuous [or rude] but I’m guessing you don’t have a beta. The mistakes stand out because you don’t make them often so I just assume that it’s because your story is so long; a story that long is bound to have mistakes unless it’s been scrutinised very thoroughly which is, in my opinion, really annoying to do to your own work.
7. Plot. It can make or break a story (though it can be redeemed by other qualities) and yours is enthralling and I think that this great thing about it is that the plot moves without movement. What I mean to say is that although your plot is progressing, there aren’t any jerks along the way or sudden completely unpredictable occurrences happening that jolt the reader, and it’s pleasant. Perhaps that isn’t a word you’d like to describe your plot, and really, I don’t think it’s the right word either, but it’s “nice” and…smooth? I don’t know; pleasant is the wrong word. I just think that it’s very well done. You progress from one event to another smoothly. I am repeating myself. Again. Sorry.
If you've actually read up to here, then wow. I think this was/will be a total waste of time (for both of us, depending on where you read up to), but I really needed to get that out of my system. All I can say now is thank you for writing this story. It is a very enjoyable read and I look forward to your future work(s). Good luck with your writing! *

I love this fic. You write very well, and your characterisation of Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi, and all the others as well, is brilliant. The tension between them is great. I love how clueless and emotionally stunted Sasuke is (kinda? Lol). Naruto's maturity is refreshing. Can't wait until you update again.

xo

aw please update this :( i've actually been checking your page for udates almost daily ... lol yes, i don't have a life ;D

After reading all the available chapters i just wanted to add one more thing.
It just occured to me, how much i enjoyed a fanfiction, in which Minato came back alive, and kind of rescued Naruto and then took care of him for some time.
I had a chance to see a well described father-son relationship, which Naruto was denied to have in the manga, and i really enjoyed reading it.
Here, u did something very similar.
Even though Naruto can not really hear his father, cannot sense his presence, i still love it how Minato is being a father in some way.
It's good to see how he caes about his son, although, he seems to care the most about his love life xD
But still, it's really nice to listen to him worry.
I wonder if Naruto will ever know that Sasuke could hear his father's thoughts.
Maybe he will pass him a message?
That he loves him? That he forgives him?
I don't know, but i do hope i will find out soon.

So first of all, i did enjoy the hints of Sasuke-Naruto relationship made by other people.
They haven't talked about it even once, but all their friends seem to think about them as a thing.
2nd of all, i really liked the Hiashi-Sasuke conversation, and how Neji was mentioned.
I haven't expected it, Hiashi didn't have to admit anything to Sasuke, did he?
He wasn't allowed to approve, i guess, but he did.
He approved Sasuke's decision, maybe not as a Captain, but as a human being, which seems even more valuable to me.
And then the comment about the next generation's future being ruined already, due to the simple fact that Neji was eyeing Naruto took me complitely off guard.
I love that the most in ur writing style, u know?
That u so perfectly melt funny comments into a serious situation, and make the fanficton lighter and so very much more enjoyable.
The "blue everywhere" comment was adorable too, i bet Naruto will see soon enough though.
An it's perfect when a relationship is forming slowly.
I'm glad there was more Naruto in this chapter, glad that he is to be the Hokage, who is supposed to be the strongest of all the people in the village.
I also agree with the note u put in the beginig, that Naruto is more mature then Sasuke.
As i said before, it was a perfect fanfiction for me, and i can't wait for more.
I hope u will update soon.
You really have got me starving for more.

Oh well, i usually write a review after i finish reading all the available stuff, but i just really felt like telling u that i love that thing.
It's very original and unique.
The plot is one of a kind, the idea of Sasuke hearing the Hokages amazing in itself, but it's not only the idea which makes the fanfiction so good.
You actually made it work perfectly all together.
I do have a soft spot for the snakes as well, but then who doesn't?
The part about Sasuke saying: "I have these voices in my head..." made me laugh out loud.
Same with him doing the running even before Kakashi told him to.
I love those funny moments, which u so easily put inside a serious fanficion.
I love how Sasuke is wearing a mask of a person everybody respects and admires in the ANBU.
I love how he was choosen the bos of his squad, and how they accepted him.
The ending: "We'll get ramen." was perfect too, and it's perfection made me write my opinion immediatelly.
So far, i find this fanfiction perfect.
But then there hasn't been much of Naruto lately, I wish there could be more of him in the next chapters.
Also, I hope he won't be far behind Sasuke when we talk about strenght.
He doesn't seem to be with the ANBU... or is there something we all don't know abut Naruto, hum?
Oh well, that's enough for now, i really can't wait to read the next chapter =)

Greetings!

oh please update ! i NEED another dose of this :O
luv ur story for real. haven't read anything this good in ages... n this should mean a lot because i'm practically addicted to fanfics about naruto n sasuke ^^ u're doing a great job