I totally love it!

"Suigetsu could have pestered him continuously like Naruto had. Juugo could have been a pervert and Karin could have been in love with him."

"Come to think of it, the similarities were obvious, and Sasuke wondered briefly if he had chosen his teammates by intuition or by some vague, subconscious impulse to tie himself to the past more securely."

I always thought team Hebi was a somewhat pale shadow of team Kakashi.

"Suigetsu was the hardest case. If Karin and Juugo were the shadows of Sakura and Kakashi, that made Suigetsu the shadow of Naruto. The two had nothing in common, yet somehow Sasuke had made himself believe that if he held on to Suigetsu hard enough, it would mean that he still had a chance with Naruto. Even if there was nothing but darkness in the future."

I almost cried when I read this paragraph about Naruto.

"“Right. But we’re not in it for any reward anyway.” He grinned broadly. “Besides, it’s nice to know you’re ** without me.”

"Sasuke watched him walk back to the camp and thought that it was something Naruto could say. He thought that maybe if he hadn’t missed Naruto so badly, in some other life he still had a chance with Suigetsu and the rest of Hawk."

Sheesh, actually did cry at this part! I like Sasuke missing Naruto, it gives me hope he won't completely lose his humanity. Nice take on the dynamics of Sasuke's new team.

Oh, character development! In a realistic-sounding way, too. I really like this story, plus the legend was interesting.

Love it! Hawk is so in character, and it's reassuring to be reminded that Sasuke hasn't forgotten Team Seven.
But god, how dense is Sasuke? Karin COULD have been in love with him? How much more obvious can it be made?
Not to mention the Moon Rabbit story is beautiful, so Suigetsu to come out with a random comment like that!

I really liked this; it perfectly describes that, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Sasuke chose the members of Team Hebi because they have strong similarites to Team 7, and Sasuke is still tied to them. I love how you emphasized that. The story of the rabbit and the moon was also very interesting; shows that you don't just b/s stuff like I do. xD I also liked this line:

“Right. But we’re not in it for any reward anyway.” He grinned broadly. “Besides, it’s nice to know you’re ** without me.”

Very nice work! ^_^

Ahaha, as always, I'm obscenely happy-fied by your writing =D

It's so true though, they ARE so like Team 7, in a perverse sort of way... how can it not mean something? And if Sasuke could possibly realize that... well, there'd be hope for him yet.

I loved the legend of the moon rabbit, did you make that up? Awesome.

And even though it was a bit of a sad lonely subject, this piece made me so happy - everyone was really in character, but also very real, like... real people XD *has no vocabulary*

Thank you!

aw.

sasuke isn't all as nasty as he pretends to be, is he?

another *awesome*/great/fantastic story from you. and as always, can't wait for more!

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"Karin could have been in love with him."

Oh Sasuke honey. How stupid are you?)

"with Naruto being in every sound around him, in every touch, in every smell."

*sigh* So beautiful...

"it would mean that he still had a chance with Naruto."

LOL)) That sounds as if he wants to whisk Naruto away into some dark backroom with a big bed. XDD

"He thought that maybe if he hadn’t missed Naruto so badly,"

After the recent spoilers this makes me so happy))

And yes, I'm aware I only picked out the Naruto moments but hell you know my opinion of Sasuke and his team. So I hope you forgive me.^^ Other than that I think that the characters may be a tad OOC but maybe that's just me. Don't kill me for that^^ It's still really pretty))