That's one hell of a bitch slap.

Bravo!

This is soooooo how it should happen.

uhm so you're kind of an amazing writer...

So I'm a little confused.

What actually happened in this story?

Did Sakura die? Did she end up healing herself?

Did she kill Sasuke?

What happened?

Thanks!

Anifreakazoid

p.s. I love "Shades of Sunrise"! Great work!

I am amazed.

Honestly, I fucking loved this.

You portrayed the feelings I had for this couple quite so brilliantly it is unbelievable.

I rarely review. But this fic has just had me standing in applause.. And I'm crying - crying...! (insert italics)

I hate sasuke. I hate him so badly, I'm going sadistic over his death; and I loved how sakura killed him; because he deserves that. I also liked how you didn't make her a love sick fangirl, I honestly hate that side of her.

Overall, this was brilliant. Great job.

Im in awe.. This story is amazing ! You should be getting way more reviews! I love your writing style and I can't wait to see what happens next!

wow pretty good. thanks. Sounds like Sasuke got what he deserved.

Wow, this is a pretty powerful piece. I expecially like the part with the tomatoes. Very in sum. :)

There are approximately 50000 things that I like about this fic. First, your writing is astounding. Absolutely amazing. It flows like poetry, but is just rough and jumbled enough to convay a sense of urgency and despair. It really sucks the reader in, makes them think and feel like Sakura.

I also REALLY liked the theme. Sasuke tries to kill Sakura, but he can't, not really, not at the very end. But because he is so far gone and hardly even human anymore, he has to die. So Sakura kills him. Who ever thought that would happen? You even tricked us out, with the goodbye and then the break to tomatoes. I thought he was going to kill her! I loved the irony and the justice, even though it made me so sad. But the way you've set the fic up, that's what had to happen. It happened really well!

Just one more thing.

The line"She moves carefully, so as to not disturb the tangled, shredded mass that thrums weakly against her ribs" is amazing. It makes me picture how hurt and heartbroken she must be. That really is what it feels like to feel like your heart is being crushed.

"If you can like a fruit, she whispered to the night air sometime in the long time he was just gone, you can like a person. People. The world."

Mrie This fic is great! That line above- pure genius! XD I love you and your writing dear. XD I lovelovelove how you portrayed both of them skdfjkd.. Dammit if this happens in the manga, though. .

XD *sigh* but that was so pretty 3 Write more, please, please, please. :)

Amazing. I read this twice, just in case I missed any detail the first time, because every little word in this piece has a purpose and a beauty. You are a wonderful writer.

Your work is always hauntingly beautiful and heart breaking.

i just love how you weave words so rhythmically.

I'd like to think Sasuke dies just to prove to him that he was here, he wasn't gone before but now he is.

Right now I see more as Sakura making a last stand before dying just showing her dying face to him as she releases all her strength.

Hm, I'm THINKING the ending means she heals his eyes... but I wish it meant she had killed him with a chakra scalpel. Ah well. :) We can live and hope, live and hope...

Lovely, with very provocative use of metaphors, as is your beautiful style.

Sorry to see this is a goodbye-for-awhile fic. Hope you have fun in your adventures, and keep us posted! :)

heavens gracious, your update totally made my day.

I love how painful this was, and the fact that yes, this can happen, breaks my heart.

"I was never here."

You just impaled my whole chest with those four words.

And the end, I know that Sakura had to kill him, when Sasuke is no longer human. And its fitting that he dies with such a blinding light, because the dark is not real, but it is only the absence of light. And as she floods them with it, it seems that she is trying to dissolve all that darkness. To make him human again, by dying.

Thank you for such a wonderful fic.