..... so, yes. There's no words to describe how I'm feeling at the moment except OMFG! K-sensei you did it! You went the way I didn't think you had the guts to go, but you did! Naruto lost. Sasuke won but really lost, Kakashi lost one student, and perhaps let down the Fourth at the same time. I don't even want to think about Sakura's reaction to this whole thing. But oh, this is why I fell in love with Naruto in the first place, it is all fun and games until their reality smack them in the face. And the repercussion to this.

Naruto lost. And this scare me a bit, because this is Naruto, He Who Will Win even if he have to break every bone in his body to do it. And he lost. Possibly for the first time, and I don't know how he'll deal with it. But it is a learning experience, no matter how much you want to help someone, no matter what you think is the right path for them, you CAN'T walk their path for them. No matter how much it hurts. Sasuke chose his own way, he will have to deal with whatever may come. Now it is just a question of how much this will change Naruto, or how much will this make Naruto more himself than ever before. Ohh, the happiness.

Sasuke is gone, I doubt to Orochimaru, but it is highly unlikely we'll be seeing him for a very long time. To be strong in his own way. Yes, I would like to see a Sasuke with his own strength. I wonder how K-sensei is going be bringing Sasuke back into the fold, and I wonder if I want that because Leaf can never be Sasuke's home until Itachi is dead, and I wonder is Sasuke can kill his own brother. Then again, all bets are off. I haven't been this excited about Nartuo in a very long time.

Of course, Sasuke and Naruto are not the only ones who are going to change as a result of this. Neji and Chouji are unaccounted for (and I FEAR for them), Shikamaru is learning to be what he'll need to be, Lee is BETTER! Gaara and the Sand Nin are here, will they be assisting Leaf from now on? Kakshi has lost one student, what will he do for the remaining two, and of course Sakura.... Sakura, please GET a SPINE!

Okay, enough. I must go and do work.