OMG I absolutely love this story! I was rereading and couldn't believe I missed this chapter!

Purple hairYugao/Anko. Since Yugao has a cat mask, I'd say Anko.

It was a lot of fun to read

Ok it is a very common mistake but muscle memory is NOT muscles doing sometimes drilled in to them so much it creates memory. It is your BRAIN doing the same drills that it knows the nerves to use in a slowly better pattern so the drill is smoother and faster each time. Again it is your brain knowing the nerves to use. Even knocked out your brain knows what and when to do things. The brain is never truly out unless brain dead but wven then there is some function in it. So yes clones can help with just about everything but the muscle building and physical change to the body.

Awesome story, keep up the good work.

This is a seriously enjoyable story. I really hope you come back to it at some point. Thanks for writing it!

The council is fanon, other than koharu, homura, and(as of shippuden) danzo. Civilian council is fanon only, there is no council to be strict with canon wise, as prior to shippuden the only two who were ever even visible were koharu and homura, who did nothing relevant whatsoever.

This was an awesome fic. One of the best if not the best I've ever read. I don't know whether you abandoned this story or not but I like it so much.

Notice: You have gained a new follower.

love the bruce lee reference

nice

boy watching the third boss up on the council like that was everything the third was far too hands off with the naruto situation in canon glad he realized it in this story.

I like this fanfic

HAH! This story is amazing!

I love the characterization and all the changes that are happening from Naruto meeting with Iwa Shinobi to Zabuza and Haku along with Itachi and Kisame. It's very fascinating to see how much he's changing these people already.

It also makes me feel bad. Itachi and Kisame are still in the Akatsuki after all. We know what their mission is gonna be.

Though, I love the fact that Naruto is getting the chance to meet other Uzumaki Clan members. I definitely expected that reaction when Noriko spoke of the way Karin's Mom and her are treated. I'm really excited for Naruto to actually meet Fu and then Karin soon. The former due to the Jinchūriki stuff and the latter because of their familial connection. Naruto is craving so many forms of kinship, be they blood or Bijuu type of connection.

This is amazing!

I know that you wrote this ages ago, so I don't know if a review even matters to you anymore. Nevertheless:
You say that you suck at fight scenes, but I thought that that one was very good. I enjoyed it, at least, and I'm older and particular about the fanfictions I'll waste my time on. Puerile, no character development or twisting the characters beyond all recognition, bad grammar, poor or no plot, simply re-hashing the original series, egregious (and usually awkward and pointless) sex scenes, I'm out. The vast majority of fanfic isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

As to your apologies for not having posted - why would anyone feel the need to apologize for prioritizing Real Life over fanfiction? You can visit the fanfic world, but you have to LIVE in the real one, the one with schedules, bills, emergencies and illness, obligations and responsibilities, etc.
If you don't post a chapter for a while - or ever, the world doesn't end.
If you don't get an assignment done, or you miss a mortgage payment...

Anyone who pesters you or gives you grief for not immediately providing new chapters for their amusement, for not bending to a demand for a certain plot direction, for your characters to exhibit a specific demeanor or to take specific actions, or for sexual content, including orientation, behavior or a (shudder) "pairing" for your characters, can just wander off into the weeds. (Preferably, poison ivy.)
It's YOUR world.

Your writing and posting this for our enjoyment is a FREELY OFFERED GIFT. No one is paying you, so you don't owe anyone a thing.
If idiots EVER give you grief about that, scrape 'em off of our shoe, kick dirt over them, and move on. If they wanna grab the wheel and steer, they can write their OWN fanfic. (If they can even string coherent thoughts together.)
Here endeth the rant.

Thank you for writing this and posting it for our enjoyment.

his name is HIRUZEN not hizuren