27 Jun 2014 2 Comments
From Chapter 7…. But where Sakura should have been blisteringly mad, she was…confused. Something about that laugh, those colors…. It was all so strangely familiar…. And then it hit her. Her breath hitched and her grip loosened just as a voice rumbled through the air— “Sakura-chan….” She knew, before he’d even stepped out, she knew […]
by tricksie in A Single Step
07 Jun 2014 3 Comments
Author’s note: A preview of the next chapter of Shattered Bonds. Naruto goes to the Sand. Please forgive any typos! Naruto’s trek to the Sand was long, hot and tiring. But the ground rolled by underneath his feet in time with the churning thoughts in his head. Sometimes he worried that he’d say the wrong […]
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02 Jun 2014 No Comments
Chapter Notes: • “Losing Everything” — the chapter title directly refers to Pain’s words in the last chapter: “Think about what I’ve said. Akatsuki offers you protection, the Rain offers you a place to belong,” Pain said, watching him from hooded eyes. “You are still young. You have not experienced the loss that brings understanding. […]
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02 Jun 2014 2 Comments
Sometime before dawn the rain stopped. Katsuro thought he might even be able to sleep, though he was soaked through and water pooled around him. But he was sorely mistaken. Every time he manage to nod off, flashes of what he’d lived through came violently back. Koro’s strangled scream through the woods. Joro’s fear-rimmed eyes […]
by tricksie in A Voice in the Wind
20 May 2014 2 Comments
Sometime before dawn the rain stopped. Katsuro thought he might even be able to sleep, though he was soaked through and water pooled around him. But he was sorely mistaken. Every time he manage to nod off, flashes of what he’d lived through came violently back. Koro’s strangled scream through the woods. Joro’s fear-rimmed eyes […]
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28 Apr 2014 No Comments
Chapter Notes • Running Away — This chapter is a sad one, but inevitable. Katsuro’s team is just a bunch of kids, not nins. So in a real test, they can’t survive it. And Katsuro’s not yet strong enough to save them. But their loss helps shape them. I changed the title several times before settling […]
by tricksie in Chapter Notes
23 Apr 2014 2 Comments
Author’s Note: Chapter notes to come soon! Itachi pinched the bridge of his nose and stifled a sigh. But Katsuro didn’t relent. He sat across the table looking straight past Itachi’s dango stick and into his black eyes. He wanted an answer. It had been the only bright spot on the horizon for a week […]
by tricksie in A Voice in the Wind
27 Feb 2014 No Comments
Author’s note: preview of Chapter 37 as it stands now. Please forgive any typos. Itachi pinched the bridge of his nose and stifled a sigh. But Katsuro didn’t relent. He sat across the table looking straight past Itachi’s dango stick and into his black eyes. He wanted an answer. It had been the only bright […]
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12 Feb 2014 No Comments
Chapter notes • The Last Goodbye — Song inspiration for this chapter comes from the Jeff Buckley song, “The Last Goodbye.” Go listen to it and break your heart. • He breathed in, as if seeing her again had awoken some part of his soul from a deep, colorless winter. — So, language here that Katsuro’s […]
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12 Sep 2014 5 Comments
Chapter 39 Preview
Author’s note: Sorry it’s been so long! Happy to be back on schedule posting again though! Here’s a preview of the upcoming chapter. Big things to come!! 😉 39 — Transformation Author’s note: In the earlier chapters I did not name the members of Katsuro’s team, particularly the ones who gave him such trouble on […]
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