awesome chapter. and when gaara say bushy brows, so funny.

OK that Hinata and Neji Scene was the best! really awesome job with this chapter!.

I don't want NaruHina...please, if that happened Gaara couldn't handle it. I'm not sure I want to get to the stage where Gaara doesn't need Naruto so much. Or if he spreads it out. But I guess that won't happen. Naruto never gave up on Sasuke, and he was Naru's first. I don't think Gaara will ever give Naru up.

Very enjoyable chapter, please update soon!

AW yes! :D 'Useless' Hinata struck the fatal blow that allowed Neji to defeat that spider jerk! I happy. Its nice that Hinata will be the one changing Neji's out look on life. Also, mushy Kankuro and Gaara moment! :D :D :D

Nice

Nice! I love how you made Hinata move, let her come into her own and how different she was without that inspiration that made her want to become stronger. Motivation or lack there of is really essential to people. Yeah, I was very disappointed where Shippuden is going. Since Sasuke declared that he wanted to be Hokage, or that every thing that Naruto had struggled and bled for his dad just went ahead and did it without any of the hardship. Or that in essence, anything you accomplished I already did and did it better. Not to mention the whole Sasuke and Naruto fight happening right now. Total let down.

Alright, no NaruHina!
Don't involve romance with the fic, might ruin its flow... and if you do, consider Temari. There's some sort of sempai-kouhai relation between Naruto and her; you could try butchering that into a pairing ;)

neji is a grade a douche. poor hina has no one to look up to or encourage her

Amazing as always! I love the bit at the end. Heehee.

really...his sealing abilties are worse than sasukes...look if you removed the kyuubi, you could have at least gotten him shields...what you've done now is just increased his plot induced shields...and if you have to carry a story on that well lets just say I really question your story writing skills.

great story, i enjoyed every minute of it :D

I have a question of my own. Why is it that kids in a story about kids that have been taught to kill would not kill an enemy who had just attacked them with the express purpose of ending their lives?
Why on earth leave them alive to come back better prepared to successfully end your lives especially when you know that they're working for someone who's already tried to kill you and plans on invading your home?

... i'm going to pretend like you aren't making an uzumaki suck at sealing arts AFTER having him raised by his mother, who just happened to be the greatest sealing master in history, having taught both Jiraiya and Minato fuujutsu herself. yeah, i'm going to just ignore that, and pretend like it's not happening, because that makes no sense what so ever.

Anyway, apart from that which shell be forgotten, i'm really liking the story, it's awesome :D

Huzzah for updates!