Oh. Well that can't be good.

What is Tobi doing? Prepping Naruto to just go with him? Why not just take him now?

And the plot thickens like gravy. Once again I have to say I love the way you portray Tobirama, and the way things are coming together is excellent. I hope to read more soon

Welcome back! This is creepy, and Obito is a toolbag.

Ignore the trash factory troll reviewer, I've been reading this since 2013, it was one of the best Naruto fics then, and it still is now.

Oh that’s good stuff.

Your doing amazing work please continue the story it's amazing

Whoa. Mind blown. That was a heck of a twist.

Big OOF

hmmm Beta, *wiggle eyebrows* puberty coming up soon

the cage is so disrespectful

well damn, that was intriguing

is... is obito playing TAG with Naruto?

So long ago I encountered this story, thought it hilarious, and added it to my follows way back in the distant 2010.

Lo and behold not only did you update, you updated with the single most brilliant depiction of Sarutobi and the Sannin I have seen in my years of following this fandom.

The Third being both a tired old man and an absolute badass fighter with a genuinely vicious and sharp intellect and a mean streak is brilliant.

That for all their training and intelligence these characters still have flaws and can still come up short is also beautifully done. It's great to see genuine experts depicted as actually good at their job yet not omnipotent. Especially the part where Tsunade herself states that something unique happened to Naruto, and that means no one, literally no one should have any clue what's happened here is great - expertise is not some arcane magic reserved for chosen wizards that solves every problem via handwave, but hard won subject knowledge gained through training that has clear and understandable limits. This was also a good way to explain how Orichimaru got clowned on earlier in the story. Not even Tsunade knows what the hells happened to Naruto so of course Orichimaru would be caught completely off guard by our favourite blonde's abilities.

This carries over to other characters. Everyone here is fantastic and well rounded, I want to see where their story goes. The only slight problem I have is that the grunts seem a bit too weak by comparison. Certain antagonists are scary, Tobi is genuinely creepy for instance, but the average hostile grunt goes down hella fast. It does emphasise how ridiculous the Rookie 9 are, if intentional.

My hat goes off to you and the muse!

Oh hey this is alive and well. Neat!

the music is one of the dumbest mistakes this fucking ignorant douche makes. these are asians and its not modern day faggot but your little chunni brain is fried with too much pornhub i bet