Aw, thank you for the shout-out. You deserve every ounce of praise I give you :D

What an interesting chapter. The beginning was pretty funny. The banter between Naruto and Kankurou really had me smiling during that time. Then the scene got more serious as the pair, and the readers, discovered that something was not right, what with the missing people and such. This medical emergency, I can only imagine what it could possibly be. But I'm sure anything I come up with is way off and totally wrong, so I'm just not even going to bother saying anything.

Huh, I've just realized that I remember quite a few of your chapters that just so happen to start with humor and transition into a more serious atmosphere. That seems like a trend for you. Not that that is a bad thing, I personally like it. It makes it that much more interesting for me, and I think it makes the twists that much more enjoyable and surprising when they occur during the chapter.

Wow, what a way to start Chapter 7, I liked it. Keep up the great work! I look forward to seeing what more you have in store. From what you have said, it sounds like more action and romance are waiting, so I'm really excited about all of that! :D Nice work with this chapter, as always!

Author's Response: You're welcome. It's a bit of a habit of mine to thank people who've reviewed since I started writing a chapter in the beginning of the next. - and this was my first real chance to include people from TONFA, so that made me happy because you're an awesome reviewer and I'm glad I can acknowledge people like you.
Actually I'm sure you can hazard a pretty good guess about the medical emergency if you think about what happened in the last chapter. I drop another hint in the one after this as well.
I do use humour a lot, you're right, even though I rarely do 'funny fics' on purpose. I come from a family were everyone is always making fun of each other and telling jokes, so it's a fairly natural thing for me to reach for. I occasionally don't even really notice when I'm doing it, but it's a great break in a serious plot... and Naruto is such a good character for humour. Bless him. That's probably nine tents of the reason he's in this story.
I hadn't noticed that I was using humour so often at the start of a scene though... That's really interesting. I mean, it's not a bad thing per say - but now I'm definitely going to try and see if I can take a serious scene and make it humorous. I like variety and that just sounds like fun. Thanks for the awesome observation. =0D