Chapter 15 A/N

Ugh, this chapter.

There was a lot of future plot things that I needed to set up in this chapter. And that was the biggest hurdle I had because I wasn't sure what route I wanted to take.

If you visited my blog over the past year or so- you know I decided to go crazy and write a rough draft of AtO till the final chapter. The draft is terrible and needs ruthless revising and editing but it helped me decide which plot points I liked better.

Speaking of editing, this chapter's editing was... an experience.

Maybe I was just super out of practice with editing AtO because it took embarrassingly long to get through even one page of this chapter.

On top of that I cycled between two different docs, one that I had written much earlier. So some conversations that are friendly in the earlier draft is completely different from what I wrote in the newer version of the chapter.

Having to read through and merge conversations was tedious but I think overall it came out rather well. If nothing else, I hope that my writing quality has improved and is more noticeable.

Now onto chapter specific notes- of which I don't really have a lot of.

Chapter 14 A/N

First of all, cake for everyone- I actually put the chapter up when I said I would (a few hours off from the May 10th date because I got distracted by some LPs on YouTube after uploading DtE)

Anyway on to the notes.

As I mentioned before, I had two versions of this chapter- each with vastly different events and ideas. No, I'm not kidding. The only real common point was the basic premise of going to Suna.

The first version-which will never see the light of day except for want to read it due to boredom- had Danzo conning/pressuring/guilting Harry into taking the Suna job, a visit to the Nara labs, Kakashi going to Suna, Gaara and Harry have some sort of awkward conversation through metaphors (literal metaphors, for some reason. I don't understand what I was thinking when I wrote it).

In the end, I just disliked the feel of what I had. So the alternate chapter 14 came into being a few months back.

Wordcount
AtO14 Ver.1 (unpublished): 10, 969
AtO 14 Ver.2 (Draft): 16,633
  '' (final): 13,370        
I didn't even realize that I'd edited out 3000+ words. That's crazy. I wonder what I edited out over the months.

Danzo
I couldn't imagine him not being in this chapter. At this point in the timeline, he must be thinking of how useful Harry can be and he'll probably want to get a better feel of the poor guy.
So Danzo, with his favourite rice tea, tries to understand Harry's mentality with a surprisingly non-hostile conversation.
Was he ultimately disappointed or happy with what he gleaned off Harry?- that would be telling.


The Wandering Tiger
Some  imagery that inspired the creation of the teahouse.

There was another one- with a vivid blue pond in front of a house, but I can't seem to find it. 

The Last Fairy's Flight A/N

My second Fairy Tail oneshot story featuring Lucy. You can find it here, if you haven't read it.

I really loved working on this story. Not only did it contain awesoome Lucy but it involves (or at least hints at) my favourite topic- Time Travel.

It actually reminded me of the first fanfiction story I'd uploaded on FFnet- a time travel thing with Minato. I removed that story before I completed it because I realized that I had plot issues that I couldn't work out.

Anyway, back to the Fairy Tail Story.

Stats
Starting wordcount: 10,609
Final wordcount: 9,598

Lucy: Like I've probably mentioned in previous posts, I really like her as a character. And I see so many lost opportunities for her to be even more awesome in the manga- opportunities which I can't help but want to explore.
Future!Lucy's arc was something I was very curious about. The manga hints at how things were after the dragons came. But I wanted more. And so instead of Lucy travelling back a few days after the Grand Magic games, I decided to make Lucy travel back after seven years of hard work and suffering on her part (seven being FT's go to number).

Lucy holding her own against Rouge/dragons: After seven years of surviving and watching everyong she knows die, I definitely think Lucy would grow strong. Not strong enough to defeat Rouge, but strong enough to withstand their attacks for a while before she escaped.
It's not too far of a stretch because manga-Lucy has grown stronger in the short time since she joined the guild. So seven years or constant battle to survive would definitely make her strong.

Rouge: My headcanon for this story is that Rouge had a choice early on- he could have either helped Lucy fight the dragons or he could join Zeref. Tainted by his shadows, he chose Zeref. He learnt how to control dragons and decided to cleanse the world of people who didn't have magic/didn't follow Zeref. He's responsible for killing most of the mages that Lucy knew- both from Fairy Tail and other guilds who had been helping her.
Since Zeref's demons would have wanted to destroy all of humanity and human magic (according to the manga), he dealt with them when Zeref went back to sleep.
The last time he and Lucy met/fought face-to-face, Zeref was there. The battle was terrible. Any mages there with Lucy died. Only Dornabolt survived with horrible burns. Even Lucy got a fatal injury. And all her zodiacs had been trapped on Earthland by Zeref.  So the Celetial King intervened, came to Earthland and got terribly injured when he saved them all. His injuries left him unable to leave the Celestial Realm. And Zeref re-entered his sleep.

Celestial Spirits: It's hard for me to pick one as a favourite. They're all interesting and work well with Lucy. And it wasn't too hard to imagine how they'd be after seven years with Lucy- stronger than ever, overprotective of their owner and ready go the extra mile for her.

Polar
P.S. Can you guess how many more stories I have with Lucy as the main character?

Fairy tail OneShot A/N: Bonds that Bind

I put it up online today!

It was a bit weird uploading something on FFnet after so long. The layout was different (or felt different) and I completely forgot how to upload for a moment. I felt like a completely new user.

And then I clicked 'New Story' and FFnet went, "You haven't read the guidelines. Read and accept them..." which actually made me lose that new-user feeling and go, "Ah, good old forgetful FFnet."

Anyway some general A/Ns about the story.

Word Count: My rough draft was 6,023 words. Final version was 5088 according to my writing program.

Title and Summany: Both took the longest to edit. I went through 5 different titles and 10+ summaries- all completely different from each other. My final choice - the ones I ended up using- was solely based on both sounding sufficiently dramatic. (But not too dramatic.)

FT Movie: The movie was slightly predictable but it was likeable enough to inspire me to write a story. The ending was really touching and that was the main part that resonated with me when I watched it.

Lucy: I really like her as a character- she has so much potential. And she inspires tons of story ideas. I didn't have an opportunity to do much for her in this one-shot but the next oneshot will definitely giver her a better chance to shine.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the story if you read it.

Polar. 

Chapter 13 A/N

There's so much to say about this chapter. Most of it is just random thoughts I had after reading it just before uploading it online. Most of the thoughts center around Harry being awesome in his own unique way.

So bear with me as I go through some of my favourite Harry skills/etc.

If you've read the chapter- you would have noticed an abundance of Harry sleeping in highly uncomfortable places and always waking up not feeling as grumpy as he ought to. I envy him. If I wake up with a stiff neck/back, I'm very inclined to beat someone up and then claim that was a stretching exercise.

Another awesome Harry skill from this chapter? The ability to bring out Naruto's emotions- good, bad and just adorable. But then I sort of go- Harry is way too awesome as an older sibling when he deals with Naruto! My older bro isn't as awesome. His idea of dealing with my bad moods was to hand me a glass of cola and leave me alone.

Hmm, now I wonder if I put too much awesomeness in Harry. I mean he is awesome to begin with- but maybe I've overdone it somehow by making him an idealized version of an older sibling?

Anyway some actual notes about things in chapter 13 

 Shikamaru still smoking- In the manga, they show Shikamaru smoking during the days after Asuma's death, before he meets Hidan and Kakuzu a few days later. It just seemed too easy for Shikamaru to just stop smoking after getting his revenge. Even with the whole symbolism of putting Asuma to rest with the cigarette motif- it was too easy. Letting go of the dead and anything connected to the dead is not supposed to be that easy. So Shikamaru is going to have a smoking problem- not to be considered cool or badass, but because he's a teenager who's dealing with the loss of a mentor as best as he can.

The memorial for the monks- I added that just to have some closure about what happened at the temple. The only real way for Harry to get information about the temple was to get it from a monk. Plus I remembered a reviewer asking me if Sentoki had died too- which I thought was hilarious because that was just such a large leap of logic there. (Also I find it so weird that readers want explanations for the smallest of things- even things that aren't important to the plot at all)

 Sake- I read up so much about it- trying to find out if you can actually get hungover from drinking too much. Of course, the more I read, the more I got distracted from my original search. Eventually I learnt about the different kinds of sake and the etiquette behind sake drinking. I think I spent a good part of Dec last year just reading more and more about it in my spare time (for no reason other than curiosity). Here's the interesting website for more info.

Jiraiya- He's one of my top ten favourite characters in Naruto. So I was very careful about how I wanted him to act. But he's complicated. I personally think he was the most broken of the three sannin. While both his team-mates lost themselves to their grief and ambitions, he pushed himself to not be like them. But that doesn't mean he wasn't jaded after living so long and losing so much along the way. I also wanted to capture just how much of a ninja he is- so I made him cool in some small unexpected ways. I don't know if that came across though.

Harry-decoy plan- Well, what were you expecting? I doubt they'd want to make Harry's trip/disappearance public knowledge in Britain. It works rather nicely for AtO's ending- what I have so far at least.

Harry and alcohol- Teenagers in dorms without adult supervision and friends with the Weasley twins- he must have tried some Firewhiskey. Well, in my head, I'm sure Harry must have at least sipped it out of curiosity.

Lapifors- Is a spell from the Harry Potter games (shows up earliest in the PoA game) Similarly, Avifors is another spell from the games and it shows up in the first game. Thank goodness for the wikia- otherwise I wouldn't have known these spells existed at all.

 Mom and Mum- Naruto uses 'mom' while Harry 'mum'. Yes, that is deliberate on my part. I suppose it's a way to keep Harry's Britishness even though he's not actually talking in English with all the Naruto characters. But using this might show that he has a foreign accent compared to the ninja.

 Sirius's quote from the movie- I liked it, so what?

 Tidbits of information about chapter 13 

1- The first time Harry creates his Patronus, the happy memory he's thinking about is actually a mix of memories- reading his grandmother's letter, hearing from Tsunade that Naruto is his cousin and having Naruto call him nii-san. It's the reason why his Patronus was slightly larger than usual and why he probably cast faster than usual.

2-Naruto could probably say Hermione's name. But in the end, he sort of realizes that if he messes it up too bad, he might upset her. And also he doesn't want to look too bad in front of Harry's important friends, also he might be a bit overwhelmed that Harry told other people about him and those people were excited to see him.

 3- A few of the toasts that Harry makes over the course of their drinking would have made if he had been truly drunk. "To old people who need more warm socks." "To monks who miss their hair." "To Nara-san's shogi BS-ing skills." "To cat-san and not-cat-san and all other cats." Side note: Jiraiya's drunk toast- if he ever managed to get really drunk: "To ****** who ****** and *******"

 4- When Naruto and Harry are using the two-way mirror- eventually, Hermione sees the frozen blue birds and ends up going into a lecture mode-which doesn't shock Naruto at all actually.

 5- Amount of words deleted/moved on to other chapters = Rounded up estimate is almost 3100+ words (about a 1000 of those words got removed just before I uploaded)

Some bits I removed from the chapter (they just didn't fit in) 
 Someone smacked the back of Harry's head.“What the...”
Sai looked at him unapologetically. “Sakura said this is what Naruto would do.”
“Right.” Harry rubbed the back of his head. “That makes perfect sense.”
“It does?" Sai said. "I don't understand the necessity. And it does seem rather harsh considering you are rather delicate...”

“Thank you for the flowers. I'll be sure to tell Naruto you dropped by. Oh! Would you like a moment alone? I can come back in a bit.”
The girl eeped slightly and shook her head vigorously. “You don't have to... I mean, uh... I have to get going.” She spared one last look at Naruto, blush becoming more vivid, and hurried out of the room.
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 I think that covers just about everything.

Happy reading.

Polar

Chapter 12 A/N

I'm glad to have this chapter online. I'm also very glad I gave in to my inner editor and took the additional time to smooth things out. I'd take even longer if needed. Editing is not supposed to be a one-time thing- you can always improve your writing.

Anyway, I think chapter 12 is one of those love-it or hate-it chapters.

You either love it, or you just hate it. I wouldn't be surprised if it actually induces people to stop reading the story.

So on to the A/Ns

OMGWTF, where is Harry’s kick-ass-ness?

First of all, my character’s name is Harry Potter, not Gary Stu. He’s not going to be able to fight a very experienced missing-nin and win, especially when other ninja and ninja-monks would be hard pressed to survive against the same missing-nin.

On a related note, I have to say the pacifist in me was not very helpful when it came to writing the whole 'fight' scene (if it can be called that).

I was tempted to detail some gore for the shock factor and to emphasise that fighting is not a joke, but people would have just concentrated on that for all the wrong reasons. And I didn't want to increase my rating level for the story.

Nothing changed from canon!

Really? Actually there were changes, subtle ones. And anyway, I never promised to follow any specific routes for the story.

Canon is Naruto's story. AtO's Harry has his own story that will be flavoured with canon. Take that how you will- just know that my plans will show up slowly, there are hints of it already but it'll all come together later (way later at my update rate).

Why is Harry so useless during the questioning?

Most people never really remember important events and tend to muddle up details after they survived a traumatic event. The Hokage knew the risks of asking Harry for information like this, even so, she didn’t have a choice in the matter.

Even so, I think Harry's information was ridiculously detailed.

Hedwig?

I completely had fun with her character in this chapter but I think Hedwig can pull of regal-ness rather well if given the chance. Oh Naruto, you naïve impressionable boy.

Sai?

He's the sort of person who grows on you with all his awkwardness. I really wanted to capture that because he's really trying to be a better friend.

Also info about Momen Tofu being his favourite dish was taken from the Naruto-wikia.

Ron?

Sleep-deprived friends always say the most amusing things. I should know, I've disturbed enough friends at the dead of night just for the hilarious pieces of friend-logic they spout.

Also when you've been friends with someone for 5 years or more, you tend to pick up nuances in the behaviour- like when they're hiding things, or sick, etc.  Even someone as dense as Ron would be well-versed in Harry-speak.

Incense, shrine, photos?

I wanted to emphasize how Harry is in a foreign place and isn’t all knowing about the culture.

I also realised that Naruto has never had a chance to burn incense for his ancestors- if they do that in the Naruto-verse- and loved the idea of him wanting to do that all on his own.

Also I am mixing Buddhist, Shinto and maybe even some Taoist aspects here, because Naruto-verse seems to mix things.

Chakra and magic?

Well this chapter just has the second piece of the puzzle (previous chapters have various hints). I’m hoping to make things clearer in chapter 13/the future. Bear with me until then.

Chapter 13!

Not coming soon. All I will say is- even though it'll introduce one of my fav characters- I’m not going to start working on it for a while. There are some other things I want to finish (not just fanfics) before I can even contemplate starting chapter 13.

Hopefully that answers just about anything you would have asked me.

I'll be putting up all sorts of omakes later- I'll be spacing them out, no multiple blog posts.

Polar

P.S. Is it me or is AtO's word-count getting ridiculously large and intimidating?

P.P.S. Yay! I'm free to work on my KHR crossover- can you tell just how excited I am about that story? After that I want to finish my BleachXNaruto story... it's a matter of pride to me, I really want to finish the half-written things I pushed aside in favour of AtO or life.

P.P.P.S. Also, er... Go Canucks, Go! I've been sucked in to the NHL hype even though I prefer football/soccer. Either way lots of games to watch these days.

Chapter 11 A/N

Timeline- In the manga, you can hardly tell if any days passed between the various arcs. I’ve decided to expand canon Naruto timeline so that there’s more time (a week or more time) between arcs. Of course, important manga times that are mentioned in the series will be followed- for eg: 3 days to remove a bijuu, etc. I won’t mess with that stuff later.
 
Nara having property outside of Konoha- Well this is mostly conjecture after the whole Hidan fight and stuff. I doubt Shikamaru would have brought Hidan inside the actual walled village. So there must be a property outside of Konoha. Also the old Naruto filler episodes had something about a Nara lab.

On a related note, this is a shishi odoshi.

Citizenship and shop ownership- Gosh, writing that bit was just so ugh…I kept going around in circles and it took me forever to edit it to make some coherent sense. I hope you followed through and caught on to what the elders were trying to get from Harry.

Ichigen- is a canon character. Nothing much to say about him other than he’s a monk with hardly any air time in the show/manga. Hmm, he might have been in the filler episodes but I didn’t really watch those.

Danzo- I don’t think this chapter makes him evil/manipulative enough. It’s like he’s almost… dull. Maybe I’m not cut out for ‘evil’ writing. Villains are very obviously my weak point. Same goes for elders whose names I can’t really remember at the moment.

Broom with the no-shrinking! – That’s just my logic. I don’t think you can just shrink a broom and expect it to work perfectly fine after you un-shrink it. A broom has tons of magic on it to work properly so using a spell on it could cause it to act all wonky. 
My reasons?

-         There’s a manual servicing kit which might imply that if you tried to clean a broom with magic something might happen.

-         I’ve taken my cue from GoF- where Harry summons his broom rather than shrinking it and hiding it in his pocket or something. Of course you can argue that Harry didn’t learn the shrinking charm because it’s advanced. But be a bit reasonable, Harry would do anything to learn a new advanced spell if it actually worked and helped him. Case in point- the Patronus in 3^rd year. You could also say that Harry didn’t shrink the broom and take it because he didn’t want to show that he had any knowledge of the dragon…but, meh.

Invigoration Draught - A canon potion that Harry had to make in fifth year. Not much information about it. Personally, I think it’s probably similar to coffee/an energy drink- the kind that wakes you up for while but leaves you twice as tired later.

Will add more things in here if there are any questions. 
Polar

Chapter 10 A/Ns

Whoa! I finally managed to get this chapter done and online. And trust me when I say, I never intended for it to be delayed for so long.

I wasn't waiting for reviews or anything... heaven knows I have way too many of those. Reviews play no role in what I write or when I write.

And it wasn't really writer's block- just a sense of wrongness that permeated a lot of the chapter. I had to re-write a lot of it because it didn't feel right. And some parts of it had to be moved to future chapters/deleted because it just didn't fit in.

I'm really glad I'm finally happy with what I ended up with. It gives you some answers and points to a potential future plots, but more than likely I think it just gives you more questions!

Random notes/clarifications.
Kakashi- I can just imagine all the fangirls (and boys) going...WTF kind of meeting was that? Where was the laughs and the craziness and the odd bonding over porn? Meh... what? You really expected me to do something predictable?

Sai- Why does Sai get more air time than Kakashi? Because he's an interesting character in his weird anti-social way. I don't know, in some ways Harry could have become like Sai, so a part of me likes to see how they'd react to each other. He was hard to write at times and honestly I just made up parts of psychology for him to say- all to add a feeling of books-can't-really-teach-you-stuff sort of thing.

Chakra blockage- I spent ages trying to some up with some plausible way of introducing a difference between chakra and magic. So I decided to have Harry figure out that his magic spells can't detect chakra pathways.

Wound healing biology- A very abbreviated info dump from the Wiki page. It took me a while to sort through all that and come up with something acceptable enough to use as Sakura's explanation to Harry.
Elemental corner derivative- Err, yeah. Made up with math sounding name combined with Naruto logic of dependence of elements.

Odd Innuendos- I really don't know what it was, but the initial drafts of this chapter was filled with so much innuendo...it was ridiculous. I edited most of them before remembering the rejected writing section- so most of them have permanently disappeared. Thankfully/sadly there were still some I managed to find on the final edit.

Rejected writing (writing too silly/wrong to keep in the actual chapter)
The odd/sometimes bad-ish pornographic lines.
1-He had to consciously restrain his fingers from stretching and flexing in the comforting warmth.
2-I’ll help, just to ensure the proper flow. Don't worry, it won't hurt.
3- Harry curled his fingers in the relaxing heat and sighed.

I'm sure the ones that I had before were even worse.

Polar
P.S.-I'm definitely going to be replying to all of your PMs and comments. Sorry about the long delay with that as well.
P.P.S- Omg-osh I just realized it's been a year-ish since I started the story.
P.P.P.S- I might just make another 'story' for AtO on ffnet- so that I can post extra scenes from the AtO universe. Scenes that don't really have much of an impact on the plot.

Chapter 9 A/N: Extended version

In my quest to reduce my really long A/Ns I've decided to put all that extra talk on the blog. That way I can say as much as I want without taking up space in the actual story on ffnet.

Snakeroot- Bet you thought I made that up, but it’s a real plant. I've based the idea of it being used as a snake venom antidote becasue I read about the Indian Snakeroot which was used in ancient times as a treatment. It seems to grow in a variety of places in different variations, so it's not too farfetched to have it in Konoha/elemental countries.

Azalea plant- Ahh, I wanted to find a japanese plant that had some nice non romantic meaning. It was really luck that let me find this plant. IT just seemed so perfect. And it looked really pretty. Of course I used the western flower language for the symbolic meaning.

Naras- What can I say? They're fun to write- they're so unpredictable with their intelligence. You never know if they're being nice or waiting for a chance to get you thrown in prison.

Politics- I really had no idea how to deal with it. I just hope I managed to do a good job with it. It went according to my own plan, but I wonder if it makes sense to people.

Chapter 9 omake- Rejected writing (too silly to keep in the actual chapter)

"Kotetsu, there's someone following me, like a creepy someone. I think Danzo may be trying to kill me because I made a wise crack about his one eye"
"Oh, that's just your Anbu watcher..."
"huh?"
"You know to make sure you're not a spy or anything."
"Were you supposed to tell me that?"
"I thought it was obvious."
Harry turned back and glanced at the empty space where he knew his watcher was. "Well, he/ she is very, very good at hiding." Harry said loudly and pointedly. Then he leaned down and whipered to Kotetsu, "So uh, do they watch me sleep?"
"Probably"
"That’s so creepy" Harry shuddered.
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Tsunade looked at the results in her hands in absolute disbelief. Naruto had living family. She cleared her throat and looked at the expectant faces before her.
Words failed her so she just nodded. Her doubts vanished as she watched Naruto jump in the air with a joyful scream and then proceed to hug his newly found cousin who seemed lost in some memory.
“Harii” Naruto squealed after yet another flamboyant hug.
Sakura and Shizune stood to the side with smiles on their faces from Naruto’s enthusiasm. Kakashi had taken out his book once more and proceeded to pretend he didn’t know what was going on in the room around him.
“Well it looks like you’ll have to be taken off active duty” Tsunade said. Both boys turned towards her incredulously. Before Naruto could scream she headed him off. “So that you can learn about your relative…”
She was surprised when the black haired boy intervened in a polite tone, “uh, mam, that isn’t necessary, I don’t want to impose on him or anything. I could just hang out with him when he’s free…” he stopped as he looked into her eyes.
He suddenly fiddled with his fringe. But that was enough for Naruto to speak, “well he can come watch me train. My super cool training.”
As Naruto continued to talk, Tsunade noticed the fond look that Harry seemed to get as he stared at the blond boy.
“Enough” tsunade interrupted with a punch. Harry immediately rushed to his cousin in concern even as he looked at the Hokage in awe and fear.

That last one just makes me cringe and laugh and the same time for some reason!

Polar.

Uzumaki Clan

So, I've been postponing this post because of the recent manga chapters. I've always wanted to make a speculation post of what I thought the clan was like- etc. So you can imagine my surprise when I read the recent chapters and just went...woah, it's Kushina. And then I was like- finally, now I get to know the canon truth about the Uzumaki clan! But damn it, Kishimoto pulled a fast one on me and just took the plot in a different direction.

But either ways, I was really glad when Kushina said that she had some sort of special chakra. It sort of ties in to what I was making my story's Uzumaki clan- the fact that their chakra can become physical weapons (like I wrote in Ch. 2). So that really helped me get some writing done for chapter 9!

So what does my story's version of the Uzumaki clan have so far?
- Well just for clarification let me name a few members I've created to join both worlds

• Akira Uzumaki- The clan head who managed to open a portal thing to Harry's world. He's currently a ghost stuck haunting the ruins of the former Whirlpool village. Eldest brother to Orihime and Yuriko.
  
• Orihime Uzumaki Evans- Harry's grandmother. Younger sister to Akira and older sister to Yuriko. Returned to Whirlpool with her husband after giving birth to Lily. Unknown what has happened to her!
• Yuriko Uzumaki- Youngest sibling to Akira and Orihime. Unknown what has happened to her!

- The Uzumaki chakra could be used to make tangible weapons. So even if you took away their normal weapons, they were deadly.
- They were the main clan of Whirlpool village- based on the similarities of names. But the village definitely had other people there. Akira is only identified as clan head not village leader.
- The clan didn't have trained fighter that could stand up against shinobi. At least during Akira's time! They were more of healers and pacifists.
- Uzumaki facial characteristics- A round face, fiery red hair and blue-purple eyes. Unfortunately they've not been passed down to the current generation.

Well that's all I can write without giving away things. But I'll definitely add more things as I finalize the next chapter.

Will there be other Uzumaki people who are alive? Oh I definitely want some people. Are there any canon redheads? *smirk* Just think of the crazy/unbelievable possibilities. Ohh those are just plot bunnies waiting to be written- even if I don't use them for AtO.

Polar
P.S. As for chapter 9- I'm getting there. Don't worry, I'll have the chapter up sometime during this month.