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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18 Oct 2010 No Comments
From Chapter 17: “Sakura,” came a warm voice in front of her. She snapped her head up so quickly she nearly collided with the battered straw hat. But instead of the old farmer, she found herself looking into a smooth, young, very familiar face. Warm brown eyes shined at her. The corners of his mouth […]
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16 Oct 2010 5 Comments
Author’s note: Just a preview of the chapter. I’ll post the rest in full (here and on ff.net), plus the notes, in the early part of next week. But aside from minor edits, this part is finished. So happy weekend reading! From Chapter 17: “Sakura,” came a warm voice in front of her. She snapped […]
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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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20 Sep 2010 No Comments
Skirting the edge of a summer-dry field, the brown-haired boy looked every bit like one of the local farm boys. Ragged pants rolled just below his knees. An oversized jacket hung loose on his frame. A smudged farm sack was slung over over one shoulder, and a tattered straw hat was doing a poor job […]
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22 Aug 2010 No Comments
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus She didn’t recognize it the first time she saw it. Nor the second time. It was on the third time she picked her way down the little side street — the shortcut home, the one she had […]
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22 Aug 2010 No Comments
Chapter 16 – Reckoning Chapter notes:Â 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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21 Aug 2010 No Comments
Katsuro scanned the mesh of black branches for an out of place silhouette, trying desperately to find her in the unforgiving darkness. A short suck of breath was the only warning he heard before a fireball exploded on the spot where he stood. He evaded it with a quick roll. But instead of using the […]
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04 Nov 2010 2 Comments
Chapter 19 preview
Please excuse typos…it’s late in my corner of the world! But I think this part is decent enough to post. Rest of chapter will go up this weekend, hopefully! 🙂 Enjoy! Making quick work of the road, Sakura descended the hill, hopped over a shallow ditch and waded into the sea of waist-high barley. Moving […]
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