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Ahh.... been waiting forever for this story to update. *_* I'm in complete love with this story.

OMG! You finally updated! I LOVE this story! Eeee so suspenseful. ;_;

AGM! Sasuke is back! and Naruto is free! and they're together again even though one doesn't remember! yay! I loved this really really long chapter, the whole Naruto Sasuke interaction was very well done. Keep up the great work you do and update soon!

Update soon! T_T I love this story

omg where to start... well i'm so glad you updated i was fearing that this was one of those discontinued fics it was well worth the wait ! i'm glad they found sasuke dispite the changes i hope he regains his sight and memory... well hope to see an update soon

Awesome story... truly amazing... :P I hope you update soon, hopefully Sasuke and Naruto will finally catch a break and be left alone... :D Again great story!

whee! *does the happy update dance* i'm so glad that you two decided to get back to this, especially since i'd seen the note that it was being dropped at one point... *sweatdrop* NEhoo, i'm enjoying the continuation and am pleased with how you dealt with the return of sasuke. (gee...that sounds like a bad b-movie title. ^_^) i'll admit that at first, it seemed a little too easy, but then i thought about it and saw that there really was a lot more development than simple miraculous quick-fix. and frankly, if sasuke'd had NO remembrance whatsoever, it likely would have not really worked out at all. i like how people are handling the return and glad to see a grown-up sakura! it's also still marvelous how kyuubi and naruto interact. and i enjoy the fact that amnesiac or not, sasuke's still protective and just a wee bit possessive of naruto, just as i like the way that naruto's trying to find that balance between treating sasuke as he had before and learning how to deal with the changes that have taken place. happy to see the update and will look forward to the next chapter! (almost forgot...really, really liked the idea of the clinical death killing orochimaru's curse seal...makes sense, yet seems inspired! ^_^)

OMG!!!! I love this story!!!! I really love the way it is written and of course the plot is soooo great!!!! You must update!!!! You must!!! Soon!!!(^-^)

I used to be a fellow reader/reviewer of 'Reflections,' but sadly, now I'm afraid I've lost interest in the story as a whole. At first, I remember when people were slightly 'iffy' about how Reflections was written in alternating POVs, but after the second chapter or so, readers became more accepting of it and the style grew on them. As an author, I know how hard it is to gain reviews from readers, as well as keep their interest piqued throughout the story. It's a daunting task, at best, and inspiration often dries up before you get halfway through. It almost becomes a chore, sometimes, to write the next chapter; I've been there, many times.

Though, I feel that your methods of writing are wrong: You should never, as an author, 'threaten' reviewers with no 'next chapter' unless they crack down and review for you; doing so only hurts readers and makes you come off as egotistical. I've been writing in various fandoms for over eight years, and I've often seen authors that use such a method to garner reviews from unwilling or procrastinating fans, so what you two are doing is not, by all accounts, 'new' for fandoms -- but it's still not right, either.

I've come to find that there are three types of writers, overall:

1) Authors that write for themselves, and no one else.
2) Authors that write for fans or friends, and no one else.
3) Authors that write for themselves, and also fans or friends.

It's your prerogative whether you post your story for fans to see. Both of you have that option, and that's the beauty of writing: Everything is up to you, in the end. However, it is inappropriate to require anything of your fans for them to read a new chapter. The only authors in the world that have that privilege are published authors who make their fans pay money to read their works, and even then, fans can still go to a local bookstore/library and spend the day reading it there, for free. Since you both write in a fandom (and no profit is gained from your writing an idea that is not yours in all reality), readers are not obligated to hand you reviews on a platter as if you were published authors. Ethically, grouping your fans with that of a dog being awarded a treat after completing a trick correctly is an insult to reviewers, as well as the fandom.

If you really want reviews for ‘Reflections’ then post it on various MLs, LJ communities, and other fanfiction archives; instead of relying on only Aff.net for reviews, expand your empire so that you’ll get more reviewer responses… but don’t ‘reward’ fans only if they review your fic with replies that are longer than one sentence. Most authors are lucky if the even get fifty reviews for a seven-chaptered story – especially on Aff.net. Some of my own stories received lots of reviews, some didn’t; that’s just how it is in fandoms. Hopefully this review will serve to encourage both of you to not rely on such a methodology in the fandom, as it is improper to practice. I’m almost positive that my review will be deleted and treated as flame, but I hope that it might change your views on how authors should act in a fandom. If nothing else, hopefully this long review about your story will serve as at least ‘half’ the 50-reviews quota that you’ve unfairly placed upon your fans; what you decide to do is up to you, now. Just don’t make your fans suffer for your own wants and desires.

....Your chapters are so long, and this story is so wonderful, and then there's no more! T_T; This story is awesome and poor Sasuke..and Naruto.. and and.... x.x uwaaaah. It really pulls you in. I hope this brings closer to 50~!