04 Mar 2011 No Comments
Chapter 22 – Perfect, Part 2 Chapter notes: • Her words had been thrown away, dismissed as nothing more than empty flattery. He still saw her as beneath him! — a twist on Sasuke’s attitude from the manga toward Naruto. Without Naruto in the story, all Sasuke’s mean behavior gets dumped on Sakura. • “Or […]
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05 Feb 2011 No Comments
Chapter 21 – Perfect, Part 1 Author’s notes: Thanks so much for reading! There are so many more chapter notes and spoiler notes at my site, as well as early previews of upcoming chapters. Check it out – link in bio. Please review and tell me what you think! Chapter Notes: • If she were […]
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28 Nov 2010 No Comments
Chapter 20 – Sakura’s Mission Author’s notes: This chapter is Sakura-centric, focusing completely on her mission, choices, etc. Kind of the answer to the Katsuro-centric chapters earlier on. Next chapter will move through several missions, focusing on their interactions and some trials and tribulations they are going through away from each other. But this has […]
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11 Nov 2010 No Comments
Lovers find secret places inside this violent world where they make transactions with beauty. Reason says, Nonsense. I have walked and measured the walls here. There are no places like that. Love says, There are. Reason sets up a market and begins doing business. Love has more hidden work. Hallaj steps away from the pulpit […]
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11 Nov 2010 No Comments
Chapter 19 – Secret Places Secret Places – complete poem Chapter notes: • Lovers find secret places in this violent world — The theme of this chapter is hidden spaces, where their true selves can be revealed. Like the temple room filled with paintings. Or the one painted screen with the cherry tree hanging out […]
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18 Oct 2010 No Comments
Chapter 18 – Whole • Warm brown eyes shined at her. The corners of his mouth curled up into an easy smile. — This chapter, Katsuro is more laid back, happier. Away from Itachi, his personality shines through. So this is the true Naruto underneath. • “Well? What about me?” Katsuro said in mock exasperation. “Do […]
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20 Sep 2010 2 Comments
Chapter 17 Chapter notes: • The temple bell stops– but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers. — Basho There are several translations of this haiku, but the idea is that beauty of the ringing bells keeps on resonating in other things, in nature and around you, long after the initial lovely sound has […]
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22 Aug 2010 No Comments
Chapter 16 – Reckoning Chapter notes: This chapter is definitely transitional. The theme is taking the good thing that is left over, pulling it from the wreckage, dusting it off and claiming it as your own. Being able to see the good in the bad: The little flowers, the dango, her experience with Katsuro, her […]
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21 Aug 2010 No Comments
Chapter 15 – Returned Found these, thought they might be an interesting sidenote. As I write, it helps me to jot down scenarios of why the characters act the way they do. So, these are some notes of mine about what Katsuro and Sasuke’s motives to fight were, as well as how the Konoha nins […]
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24 Mar 2011 1 Comment
Chapter 23 Notes
Chapter 23 — Perfect, Part 3 Author’s Notes Thanks so much for all the reviews. I try to pm as many people as I can, but if I missed you or couldn’t respond, then let me just say thankyou from the bottom of my heart. I’m so glad everyone like the addition of the little […]
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