17 Feb 2013 No Comments
4 – A New Opponent For Naruto, the days and weeks melted together. Every morning he would watch Sasuke disappear down the long, damp hall towards the labs, then he’d trudge off in the opposite direction for solitary training. Sometimes he would encounter the white-haired medic, busily delivering trays of medicine to and fro down […]
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28 Jan 2013 No Comments
Author’s Notes: Thanks for the reviews and faves! I love to hear your thoughts and ideas! Next chapter, is about Katsuro, and a lot more blanks will be filled in. Sorry if this chapter is too painful or angsty, but it had to be done. Sakura is incredibly loyal. So Katsuro’s betrayal is a terrible […]
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27 Jan 2013 No Comments
I am a wing…. I am the wing of a bird…. I am the wing of the bird that has left…and will not return. Chapter 33 — Inner Demons Inoichi stood in the middle of the barn and surveyed the haggard faces of the old farmers around him. Konoha’s interrogation team was methodically working the […]
by tricksie in A Voice in the Wind
11 Jan 2013 3 Comments
Author’s Note: My birthday present to you! A preview! 🙂 And remember, things will be bumpy for a little while…. Chapter 33 Preview — Inner Demons Inoichi stood in the middle of the barn and surveyed the haggard faces of the old farmers around him. Konoha’s interrogation team was methodically working the room: two pairs […]
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31 Dec 2012 No Comments
For Naruto, the days and weeks melted together. Every morning he would watch Sasuke disappear down the long, damp hall with Kabuto, then trudge off in the opposite direction for solitary training. Sometimes he would encounter the white-haired medic, busily delivering trays of medicine to and fro down the corridors. With that fawning smile, Kabuto […]
by tricksie in A Single Step
07 Dec 2012 2 Comments
Author’s Notes Patient readers, I’m sorry there’s so much time between chapters! But to make up for it, I make sure they’re good and long. Special thanks to Witchymage and Ernie on DA — your words really keep me afloat. They’re truly a gift. And my heartfelt thanks to everyone who reviews – I try […]
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07 Dec 2012 2 Comments
Sasuke stood in the sun outside the Hokage tower. The edge of a mission scroll curled around his hand, catching the light of the first truly seasonable day of spring. Everything seemed brighter. For the first time in, well, as long as he could remember, he felt almost…okay. The warm air had lured everyone out-of-doors. […]
by tricksie in A Voice in the Wind
16 Oct 2012 1 Comment
Sasuke stood in the sun outside the Hokage tower. The edge of a mission scroll curled around his hand, catching the light of the first truly seasonable day of spring. Everything seemed brighter. For the first time in…well, as long as he could remember, he felt almost…okay. The warm air had lured everyone out-of-doors. People […]
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04 Sep 2012 No Comments
Author’s note: A preview of the next chapter of “A Single Step,” in which Naruto leaves Konoha with Sasuke and goes to train with Orochimaru. So in writing this chapter I’ve realized that some of my events don’t mesh with the manga. So to keep this fic more believeable, Naruto did not go off with […]
by tricksie in A Single Step
13 Mar 2013 No Comments
A Single Step – 5
5 – Unshakeable Bonds From then on his mornings in the containment cell were vicious and taxing. Naruto really couldn’t classify it as training — it was more like survival. Often he had to summon his own well of kyuubi chakra just to get through it. Which always took its toll long after the he’d […]
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