Awwwwww!!!! You're so nice! I'm so flattered that you made a character based on me :D

Wow, when I saw that picture on your site, I was literally just like, 'Ooh, a girl with a wolf companion. Awesome!' And then that's when I was wondering who they were, cuz I definitely would've remembered seeing that group of characters. Wow, I'm so thrilled to know that that girl was me :D

How did you know I wanted a wolf? ;) Haha, just kidding, thanks a lot for that, it actually completes the whole random ensemble that is me :)

And it's really okay that you couldn't think of a name. I would have been happy with anything, and those names you thought of were really pretty anyway. But it's all good anyway, I'm just honored to be in the story, even if it is only a chapter.

Okay, time to stop talking about me now, this is all about you and your chapter.

I absolutely loved the description of the ninja settlement. It was brilliant. I'm always so used to reading about the clean well-kept cities or the poverty-stricken towns. But I loved how this seemed like an entirely different approach. The amazing elaboration of the statues, the buildings, the windows, the... well, everything was just so fantastically written and wonderfully creative. Great job!

Your description of the other character was also really good. Her appearance was very vivid, especially when you said 'princess'. That really helped, well, for me personally anyway. Her princess-like appearance held a really nice contrast to the murky and gross surroundings.

Which brings me to how much I loved your description of the barracks. The setting for that particular scene was very well-written. The hallway, in all its moldy glory, provided that bit of humor that I like in your stories; Naruto and the Suna siblings and how unaccustomed to the mold they were really brought in that humor I liked after that intense scene with the two cameos and the genin.

A brilliant chapter. Excellent job, I was enthralled the whole way through. Just wow. Awesome work, and I look forward to seeing where this particular dilemma concerning the hoard of missing individuals goes. Keep up the work, this is all so perfect!

Author's Response: You're very welcome. I'd decided I wanted to do cameos in Chapter 7 anyway, you were always on my list of the people I wanted to do, and then I saw your joint stories and was like 'Ah, helpful'. I was never going to turn this into a joint story per say, I retain control of all the characters I'm afraid, but it was good to know what you would like, as that helped me with creating something I figured you'd be reasonably happy with. (Obviously I wanted you to be happy.) I hope you didn't mind the fight with Rina. I imagined it as a semi-'sisterly' thing (she's not a lot older than yours after all). You're trying to get her to do her chores and she simply will not listen...

I actually spent a lot of time deciding on the architecture and things around Seishin, so I'm glad you notice the little things like that. =0D Death-by-Genin was actually one of the first places I imagined in this story and I figured this was my very last chance to bring it in, so I went with it. I love that building. The place actually makes me a little homesick, you know? It reminds of where I used to live in North Wales (when I didn't live at home). It was a coastal city right by the sea with mountains all around us and two underground rivers, smack bang in the middle of the prevailing wind. More moisture was always being blown in from the Irish Sea and when it hit the mountains... well, rain... lots of rain. It always rained at least once in every twenty-four hours. During the summer it's not so bad (you might even get a few rain-free sunny days in a row if you were lucky), but in the autumn and early spring (when it can get stormy in this country anyway, especially near the sea)... My God... February and, especially, November... It would come down so thick and fast you wouldn't believe it. Like someone had turned on a shower-head to full blast over the entire city. You literally couldn't see. I wear glasses most of the time, so that gave me some protection. I could make out the path in front of me at least, but without glasses you were simply blind. You could not see your own hand in front of you. I used to wear make-up about town, including waterproof mascara and - even with my glasses on - it was always washed off my face in minutes. You'd have difficulty breathing, because of the sheer volume of water on your face and your clothes were always drenched right through. This was on a two-minute walk down my street with houses all around me. A normal jacket was useless, the wind could drive the rain right through a whole pair of jeans, top to bottom... And there was so much water on the ground... I never, ever left my house without a full-length waterproof coat and waterproof boots with a bit of heel to keep my jeans off the floor (if they so much as brushed it they'd soak up water until half-way up my shin) and my glasses, obviously. I have walked home blind with rain before and it's pretty frightening, especially with nearly non-existent pavements and people who insist on driving way too fast in narrow streets.
So you can imagine... Every single house had a damp problem. Didn't matter where you lived, old buildings were better, I think (proper stone walls worked better than brick), but literally every house would end up with humidity and patches of mould at some point. It was usually cold too, which doesn't help with damp. I mean this is North Wales, on the outskirts of Snowdonia (Wales's attempt at a mountain range. It's beautiful, but I'm sorry, I grew up near the Alps)... Oh it was hell, but it was amazing... You have no idea how much I miss that place.