Wow, I'd been meaning to read your stuff for a long time, I'm sorry I never got the chance to. I just finished reading this and Tainted Guardian, which I need to go back to and leave a review because I was reading these at the same time XD

Anyway, I really like your writing! There's a lot of great description in everything you write: fights, emotions, people, surroundings, just everything!

And your imagination is freaking genius! I really like your story ideas, it makes me want to whack myself for not reading your stuff sooner.

Great job, Sasaui-san! I hope to see more of your stuff soon!

Author's Response: Wow. I have got to say, it really surprised me when I saw you had reviewed me. I\'m really used to seeing you reviewing Silverwolf\'s stuff, so I recognized your name the second I saw it. It was actually a nice surprise to see someone who liked Silverwolf finding myself worthy to read compared to hers.\r\n\r\nI\'m glad that you enjoyed reading it. I try to stay descriptive, even if I never thought I did as good a job as you think I have. Wow. I\'m seriously surprised by how you see my imagination. All my family says it (but that\'s just it, they\'re my family), but I\'m not used to hearing others say anything about my imagination. Usually if anything Silverwolf when we\'re discussing either my self esteem or whose writing is better, but I\'m glad that you see my imagination as \"freaking genius\". Oh, please don\'t whack yourself. I\'d feel bad. As for more of my stuff, you\'ll see more of Cursed Saint hopefully by the end of this month because I have another update for it planned.

:D I'm all flustered and whatnot because you mentioned me. You're quite welcome, Sasaui-chan, for reading your stories. You are a very talented writer.

And this chapter was just as amazing as I thought it would be! I really loved the hide-and-seek idea for training. Asuma must enjoy intense child games XD

I love how they were able to work together though. It just seemed so natural for them, despite the arguing and everything they went through.

Great job, Sasaui-chan! It was an amazingly long and wonderful chapter! Keep up the awesome work!

Author's Response: You totally deserved it. Any new person who finds this story interesting enough to read deserves to be mentioned in here. And since you did, you are most definitely worthy.\r\n\r\nWait, you thought it would be interesting before you even read it? I\'m so glad that you have high enough expectations for it already. Though it makes me afraid that I\'ll just make those expectations crumble down. I thought the hide-and-seek thing was fun. Silverwolf just told me a man hunt like thing, so I kinda twisted it into this.\r\n\r\nI thought it would be natural for them in the end. After all, the three clans have always been close. Then they just had to figure out how to tie Ryu into it all.\r\n\r\nI\'m glad that you liked it, Red Mist. I hope I can continue to meet your expectations!

YES! My all time fave fic is updated! And with an awesome chapter at that!

I absolutely love the OCs, even if a couple of them aren't yours. That just means the people who created them are awesome as well, and you wrote them with equal awesomeness ;D

There was some real sadness in this with Suki, I felt really bad for her. I sure hope she can make friends with her new teammates. Though that Haruki fellow seems kinda mean :P

Deno and Kakashi as friends is really cool. It would be quite awkward if he failed Hatake-san's daughter though XP

Great chapter, SilverWolf-san! I loved this, and I'm so excited to hear that there will be another update! Yayz! Keep up the awesome work!

Author's Response: :D This is your favorite fic?! That makes me feel so good right now! I\'m glad you like the OCs because... well, you\'re kind of stuck with reading them now ;) Yes, the people who made the OCs are very awesome, especially their writing. I suggest you go read their stories to go get a feel of what their amazing abilities really are. Haha, yeah, Haruki is kind of mean, which might hinder Suki\'s attempt at making friends, but Michiko is nicer :) Hehe, one can only imagine how awkward Deno and Kakashi\'s friendship would be if Suki fails. But we\'ll get to that in the next chapter ;D Thank you so much for the awesome review, I\'m really happy that you like this story so much! There will be an update soonish, stay tuned! Thank you so much for reading and thanks even more for reviewing! You\'re incredible!

Oh my gosh, amazing plot developments! Cool! This new mission (or field trip, I don't know what to call it :P ) is so awesome, I can't wait to see what happens to Suki when she gets to Kagayaku! It's going to be so epic!

Aww, Kakashi makes such a nice daddy. He really cares so much for his daughter, it's so sweet! And Deno's friendship to Kakashi is really cool. Though now I wonder how he's going to keep his promise to protect Suki when he's going to a village with killers waiting for her O_o

Great chapter, Silverwolf-san! This was fantastic to read! Keep up the fabulous work!

Author's Response: Yay! I\'m glad you like the plot developments! Haha, yes, it is considered a mission. The Hokage said he would list it as a mission issued by Konohagakure. And don\'t worry, it will be very epic and dramatic :D Yeah, I love Daddy Kakashi; seeing how much he cares for Suki is one of my favorite parts of writing this story. And Deno is also fun to write about; thanks again to Sasaui Uchiha :) It was meant to be ironic that he promised Kakashi he would protect Suki while they walk off unknowingly to a village with a few murderers waiting for them. Hehe... Thanks so much for the lovely review, Red Mist! I appreciate it!

Gosh, I stayed up all night reading this. I would have reviewed earlier, but then I passed out... :/

But anyway, I really love this story! It's so cool! The entire theme of pirates was so awesome, and I enjoyed every moment of this! I hope you update this story soon, it's so amazing!

Author's Response: Aww, I\'m so honored that you stayed up so late to read my story :D Thank you very much for doing so. I\'m really glad you enjoyed this. I hope this story continues to please you. Thanks for the wonderful review! I appreciate the support a lot!

This chapter was bloody brilliant!

Seriously, considering you didn't plan the scene with Kasumi out, it came out amazingly well. I loved how she broke into Tsunade's office only to find a file about herself. That's so crazy! And I can't believe it freaked her out so much.

Whoa, she's the one who killed her family and friends? That's like another Itachi! That's fricking insane! I didn't see that coming, honestly.

And wow, the Blue Pirates are pretty cocky, aren't they? It seems Masaru and Osamu are the only ones who aren't full of themselves. They also have some awful pasts... I know that all the Blue Pirates have terrible pasts (I read the bingo book), but just hearing those two talk about their own is really sad. My heart goes out to them, and they're the bad guys!

The argument between Masaru and the crew was intense. I love the idea of the Original Nine, it makes me wonder what more there is to learn about them. But the fact that they were all arguing with each other adds more depth to them all.

The cliffhanger was definitely mean; I was so looking forward to reading more about Kasumi and Masaru's pasts. Ugh, now I have to wait!

Great chapter, Silverwolf-san! I absolutely cannot wait for more! Keep up the amazing work!

Author's Response: Really? It came out nicely? That\'s good to hear. I wasn\'t even going to give her a scene, but some readers said they wanted to see what she would do when she was out of her cell. So I figured I\'d write about it :P I\'m glad to know it came out well ^_^ Hehe, yeah, she is suspected of killing her family and friends. We\'ll be going more into depth about that little fact later on ;) Haha, yes, it seems to be a trend for the members of the crew to be rather cocky, huh? I guess Kasumi\'s personality has rubbed off on them. Yeah, each Blue Pirate has a sad background... heh, of course they do. They\'re my OCs, I have to find some way of being mean to them XD Oh, there is quite a bit to learn about the Original Nine, but you\'ll just have to wait and see ;D I had a great amount of fun writing about Masaru when he was talking to Osamu and when he was arguing with his crewmates. I\'m glad you enjoyed it as well :D Heehee, I\'m sorry for the mean cliffhanger, but it was such a perfect place to end it ;) Hopefully, you won\'t have to wait too long. I\'m hoping to get the next chapter out before next year... haha, I love that joke XD Anyway, thank you so much for such a nice review! I\'m glad you liked this. Thanks for reading and reviewing! You\'re awesome!

O.O You... You want to execute Kasumi? But... But why? Oh no, I hope Masaru and the other pirates make it to Konoha in time to save her from her execution and before Orochimaru gets there...

I really liked Kasumi's development in this! We keep learning new things about her, making it so much more fun to read about her. It's so cool! I'm loving this turn of events, great creativity!

Author's Response: It\'s not that I want to execute Kasumi, per se... That\'s just how the story kinda ended up... I\'m sorry I upset you so much :( I hope the Blue Pirates can make it in time to save her too, I haven\'t decided what to do with that yet... ;) I\'m glad you liked Kasumi\'s development; we are seeing some new changes in her and some things about her hidden past. I am especially happy to hear that you think it\'s cool to learn these things, it makes me think I\'m doing a good job :) Thanks so much for the review, Aka-chan, you\'re awesome!

Lol, this is so hilarious! I love how you write Kiba in the real world, it's just so funny. And thank god, Adrianna isn't a Mary Sue or a fangirl. You're doing perfectly with her. And Alicia is adorable; I like the fact that you've included a sibling to be in on the secret. It makes for an even funnier read XD

Haha, keep up the awesome work with your stories!

Author's Response: Haha, I\'m glad you liked it! I\'m really happy to hear that you like Adrianna; I\'m always worried I\'ll make her too unlikable to the readers. Haha, Alicia is quite the catch, let\'s just say ;) Heehee, I\'m glad you like this so much! Thank you very much for the support you show my stories! I appreciate it so much!