No worries! I'm dealing with college too! We would love to see you over at Wattpad. I think the community is more friendly and more family like there. Maybe one day this site will make a come back.

Author's Response: Sounds great! I will definitely try it out over there. Thanks for letting me know about it. :)

It was awesome seeing Ayako's deep care for Sasuke. I wonder what kind of influence she'll have in comparison to the canon. I know you'll have something awesome planned out. Great chapter! Sorry for the short review. Update soon!

Author's Response: Thank you as always. I sure do have a lot of plans for future chapters when it comes to the two of them. No problem, I'm just glad you left a review! Hopefully the next will come in a few days or less. :)

Woohoo! I liked the fight :) the give and take of their fighting was nice. And I love how she slipped in some chunin level wisdom and planning. Good idea to have her fight him, I never thought of it. I liked reading this chapter and look forward to the next one. Thanks!

Author's Response: Why thank you! ^.^ I'm glad you picked up on her intellect. That's what I had to fix with this chapter. Well I didn't want to tamper with the canon at all and knew that could get complicated, so I decided I'll just add more players to the field. Thanks for your review. I can't wait to see what you think about the other battles.

Ah yeah seems like we're gonna see some serious butt kicking going on in the next chapters! Again stop worrying about these being fillers. If there were no fillers the story would be progressing too fast. There needs to be a time to explain things then there will be time for the true action and drama. It was a solid chapter regardless how close you stayed to the canon. Once again it was good to see everyone's thoughts. I can't wait to see what you do with the fight scenes, I know they'll be epic. Keep on keepin on!

Author's Response: I'm really excited to edit the next chapter trust me along with the others regarding Team Shizen's face offs. I'm ready to fix them up and make them awesome. Thanks for your review and the reassurance. I know that fillers are good, it was just that this one had so much more dialogue than I remembered. But thanks again! Can't wait to read what you think of their battles!

Very nice very nice. Don't worry that it's development, I mean you can't just go rushing into the action I hate when people get mad at fillers lol. But it was cool once again to see everyone's thoughts and what not. That's really where you learn the most about the characters. Not much else to say, i'm glad they passed as I expected. Congrats to them. Awesome chapter! can't wait for the next

Author's Response: I know, that's how I feel. I still feel bad though because it can get boring, but at least this didn't deal with setting them up in the canon... that'll be next chapter. Oh boy.. XD I don't know. I'm kind of up and down with fillers. It depends on what they'll be focused on. Yeah, this whole arc is just to really learn more about the three. Soon it'll branch off to a specific character, of course. Well thanks for your kind words as always. I'll be sure to update as soon as I can.

Another great chapter! Not much going on but it was cool to see things wrapped up and everyone's thoughts on the situation that just occured. I didn't see anything wrong in the chapter so again, solid haha. Sorry my reviews are so short, but it seems to me you have everything in control. Great chapter! update soon :D

Author's Response: Well, thanks again! Haha So far, I think I have a good hand on this... but I'm not sure how long that'll last! I can't to read what you think about the next few chapters. I promise it gets good soon!

Very interesting plot development! A bit filler, but of course necessary. Nice to see progression in the storyline :) good writing, and I look forward to the next installment! Thanks!

Author's Response: Oh my gosh, I nearly fell out of my bed at seeing your review! I love new reviewers. Thank you so much. I know, fillers can be boring sometimes, and I wished I didn't need them but I do sometimes. Still , as you mentioned, it was necessary. Unfortunately the next two kind of are as well. :( My apologies in advance! Thanks again for your thoughts. I hope to see them again. And also thanks for reading!

Glad to see your back! Great chapter also! Wasn't expecting yumika to know the tiger but damn it was cool. I'm curious to what he told Yumika that made her freak out like that but I suppose we'll find out soon enough. Ahh Ayako using the sharingan yes. Did she just awaken it or was that just the first time she's used it in Konoha? Anyways, update soon!

Author's Response: Trust me, I'm excited to be back! Thanks for reading and reviewing! The whole scene with Yumika and Toramaru was completely new. It wasn't in the other version at all, but I'm happy with how it turned out and I'm glad you enjoyed it. In order for this series to flow well with all the new characters I have, I needed to use the Chunin Exams as sort of an opening to the next saga, which is Yumika's. And yes, it has now been revealed that Ayako does have the Sharingan, but no this wasn't the first time she awakened it. The explanation is given later as well. (Gosh I feel like that's what I always tell me readers; "you'll find out later!" haha) Again, thank you for sticking and waiting for me. The next chapters shouldn't take too long because there's not much to edit, but I won't promise anything. I still have three more weeks! Can't wait to hear more from you!

If I wasn't on my iPod, I'd so try to Uchiha-Sasuke thing. Congrats on the job, too, even if that does mean less updates -sadly.

*shivers* Orochimaru. Only character from anything to give me a nightmare. Whether male or female, he's so creepy. Anyway, I find it amusing how Ayako finds Naruto so loud. She gets so annoyed by Sasuke's closest friend. Wonder what she'll do when she sees him in the fights during the third round.

Most of this ran with the canon events, but it was fun again to see Team Shizen in it. Speaking of, just looked up what Shizen means. Team Nature, huh? Very funny =P. Ayako's confidence in her team and now in herself is a really nice difference from how it used to be and it's great to see. The thought process the have is very interesting to read like with how they didn't really care about the consent forms and such. Earth scroll, huh? Of course they'd get the nature one *rolls eyes at self for thinking of that*

Just out of curiosity, was it coincidental or was the team they took out Karin's? Because if so, that is awesome and a nice way to tie in the actual events, but they had an Earth Scroll I believe. If not, the prior doesn't matter. Ooh. Gave us more of a look into Yumika's abilities, huh? They get cooler and cooler each time. Poor team had no clue what hit them. I'm curious as to what Etsuyo did to take out the three genin. Then again, surprise would have made it a lot easier to take them out.

I think their ease with that was realistic since they do have more experience in this field and completely surprised the team because of their own smart plan. But with the tiger's appearance I am curious as to if anything else is going to happen in the Forest of Death, and I'm still wondering if Orochimaru has been made aware of another living Uchiha. Speaking of his want to an Uchiha, can Ayako use the Sharingan yet? Or can she ever with her special ability? Sorry, I get very curious about some stuff.

Great chapter. I can't wait for more.

Author's Response: I was actually trying to figure out the Japanese Translation for Yumika's abilities when I decided to derp around and look up other names. I don't know why but I was surprised, maybe a little too much. Haha, but that's just me. Yeah, Orochimaru is a shady guy, though, I'm actually not sure if I like or dislike him. Creepy none-the-less. Oh Naruto... he's such a loud, obnoxious knucklehead, yet he grows on people eventually. You'll see a change in views a lot with each of the characters. Hehe, creative old me used google translate for Shizen too. I wasn't sure what else to call them for a while, then 'Team Nature' just seemed to fit. Honestly, I didn't notice the Earth Scroll coincidence until now. :P You have a good eye. That was Karin's team, but that'll be shoved away for a while. Her team did have an Earth scroll as well, and obviously I changed it to Heaven, but you know, her team could've gotten their hands on an Earth one when they awoke. Theirs even more with Yumika, trust me. A mixture of being terrified and getting beat up by Etsuyo would probably result in unconsciousness. You'll see what happens in the next chapter for sure, which is currently being edited a lot so it could take awhile just like Orochimaru revealing his knowledge on another Uchiha. All I can say is... you'll see soon enough about Ayako. Thanks for the review, and the congratulations. It took me forever to find one. Anyway, Until next time!

A nice developmental chapter just before the forest of death. It gave us a little background information on all of them and why Nishiya pulled them out. I liked it! And now I'm all caught up :P yay so update soon!

Author's Response: I'm glad you liked it! I thought it was a better idea than what it used to be. Yay, you are! But I'm not done with it yet. There's still a little more tweeking I have to do. Hopefully in the next couple days it'll be done, but no promises unfortunately. As always, thanks for your thoughts!

The chunin exams begin! And what an interesting start at that. Team Shizen are really the bright ones. Seems like they know how to attract trouble though too :P Can't wait to see the start of this, good job!

Author's Response: There's always gotta be some trouble every once in a while... or all the time. Haha. Thanks for your review!

Another awesome chapter! There was such tension between Kiba and Yumika but I loved it. All things can't be all happy and butterflies and stuff haha. Gah cliffhanger?! I wanna know what ability they possess!

Author's Response: Honestly, that was my favorite part to write, and I'm glad I added it in. I also love putting in cliff-hangers. It's fun making people wonder. Thanks for your thoughts! Can't wait to see what else you think. :)