On the FFNet story Of Illusions and Shadows

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Authors' Note:

Yup you read that right. Authors' not author's. We are fraternal twins who have been completing each other's assignments since the day the world decided to curse us with them. So when I decided to write a fanfic, naturally my nosy sister decided to join in. You can call her Nai.

And you can call my delusional brother Wrath.

The thing I like best about ffnet or any other writing forum is that you can interact with the author as the story is progressing and even affect its course. That's why to reward ourselves for breaching the 10000 word milestone in this story, we are going to tell you guys what makes us tick even if you don't give a damn.

We feel that an IM conversation we had a month and a half ago should do the trick. [Translated from SMS language.]

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Wrath: I'm thinking of starting a Naruto fanfic.

Nai: You just want to chuck your pseudo-science on how Narutoverse should work out there.

Wrath: Yeah, so?

Nai: Do you even have a plot?

Wrath: I think I'll do one of those SI's that are flooding ffnet these days…

Nai: Hold it right there hotrod. Nobody's gonna read anything with you as the MC. Now if you put in Light though…

Wrath: Hey! I'm Hyouin Kyouma! Mad scientist! I'm so cool!

Nai: -_-

Nai: Actually on second thoughts, a Kyouma insert would be pretty cool.

Wrath: I was thinking about it but then it would have to be a character driven comedy and the guy wouldn't want to harm a fly.

Nai: And that's a problem because….

Wrath: How would I introduce all those cool concepts I have floating about in my high spec cranium when the MC squeaks at the sight of a little blood?

Nai: Right then. My first suggestion stands then. Use Light. The guy is a genius, has ambitions of world domination and boy can he kill. Perfect I say.

Wrath: Well… I'll think up something.

Nai: I'm in.

Wrath: What?

Nai: I'll co-author it. You got me curious as a cat and with how lazy you are, the wait between chapters will kill me.

Wrath: Hey! I'm not lazy.

Nai: -_-

Nai: You do realize that we've been texting for the last 15 mins from adjacent rooms.

Wrath: So? I didn't feel like getting up.

Nai: My point exactly.

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So that's how this all started and we've got tons of shit planned for this fic. I'm in charge of the jutsu mechanics and chakra theory.

And I'm doing the character development and emotional bits.

So you know whom to blame when things get sappy.

Oi!

See you guys next time!

Don't forget to rate and review. The more of them there are, the faster we are motivated to update.

Nai-Wrath out.

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On the FFNet story Naruto: The Herald of Death

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Story idea: Wrath

Written by: Nai

Edit 1: One grammatical error and ffnet messed with our formatting. Fixed it. Enjoy people.

As you can see my sister suffers from OCD.

*pout* I prefer the term 'perfectionist' myself.

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Authors' note:

This idea came upon us with all the subtlety of a train wreck. Give us reviews about what you thought about the concept and whether you would like to read more about it. If this receives a good enough response we are thinking of prioritizing this over our other ongoing work "Of Illusions and Shadows".

So rate and review people. You know the drill. ">

NaiWrath out.

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Authors' note 1:

Okay people we're back with another chapter. But before that some review responses.

1: A few of you guys were confused by what we meant in the previous authors' note. So this is the PM response we sent to one of you guys:

"We are twins. We share the same profile. Naiwrath was my character name in Skyrim so we split it up. I am the male twin so I took the Wrath part. My sister settled for Nai. The words in italics are hers. Keep reviewing and happy reading."

2. A lot of you asked about whether Harry will show up in this fic or not or will it just be the magical creatures. As of now, even we don't know. We are making the plot up as we go along. It's not pre-meditated.

3. Also we got a few comments on including the Grim as a part of the contract. Honestly, we didn't think of it and then again when we chose the summon beasts we went by what would complement his fighting style the most.

Naruto, before he goes all Super Saiyan, can't fly and is seriously nerfed against opponents who can. Like Deidara (until the idiot decides to cut his own advantage and go into a forest *plot hole alert*). So in come the thestrals. The dementors are souped up diversions that corner his opponents so he can wreck them with one of his OHK attacks and they are so cool that ice forms when they appear. You've got to dig that.

If we were to include large black dogs, either the one headed or three headed kind, they would be trackers. And seriously guys can you imagine Naruto training seriously if he had the means to locate his one way crush (Sasuke) just a few hand signs away.

But don't lose hope, you've not seen the last of Death's realm, just 'cause they aren't in the contract doesn't mean that they don't exist.

4. And thanks for the awesome response. We got some 100 odd things for the last chapter within the first two days.

Since my sister is writing this and I'm the idea man for this one while I'm writing the majority of "Of Illusions and Shadows" and she's doing the collab there she's never going to let me live down the fact that she got better reviews for her writing. *sigh*

There. There.

Back to the story.

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Authors' note 2:

I always disliked the fact that Naruto was deprived of the knowledge of his heritage. So what better way to get him up to speed than having him die, have the Hokage declare it posthumously and then *Bam* he's back.

I can think of lots of better ways. This one just fits with this story.

Ya well its original at the very least.

We know that this isn't the best we can do in terms of writing but it was a rush job in between exams so cut us some slack. Pretty please.

And please review. It gets our creative juices flowing.

NaiWrath out.

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Authors' note:

Sorry for the delay but this chapter fought me. It wanted to go in so many directions and only a few led to coherent stories. Finally my brother pulled through for me and now we have the complete plot mapped out.

Enjoy the story folks.