God, this was good. I love Ino realizing that she loves the memory, and not this new man who has no problem killing the ones that are important to him. He's not a kid anymore, and she shouldn't be perusing him over a silhouette that doesn't even exist anymore. I liked how Ino thought about it and attacked, and changed.

I know it's a dinosaur fic, but thank you for writing it.

Nico.

this is great! very thoughtful and in character. Thank you for sharing!

Tragic, beautiful, and the ending was painful but perfect. Loved this - from Ino's thoughts down to the what has become of Sasuke, the way it was all written. Thank you for sharing.

simply beautiful!

hmmm interesting. i like the references to sakura they maker it seem much more like ino's pov but i can't imagine her still pining after sasuke not quite pining obviously but still it's hard to imagine this from ino...

Another beautiful fic from you. I love the whole idea and the way you potray Inoue is realistic here. She is deeper than most people think yet still shallow in the way she is.

oh...

this puts a very good perspective and all!

great job...

OH, that's awesome! ...I can't even articulate how I feel as I just finished reading this (but I'll try). Superb. Freakin' perfect, and that last two lines totally define the story and set it apart from others.

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"No one can find what's not there."

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*goes to waste away in the emo corner. . . *

Lots O' Melancholy, KittyLo. . .

beautiful. I love the end, how it was never really sasuke at all. Ino isn't one of my favorite characters, I don't really think she has much character depth, but this is nice. You've given her a character that suites her. I've always thought of her as shallow, and you showed that, along with her rivalry with Sakura and how she wanted to beat her by saving Sasuke where she couldn't. And then winning against him, and not giving in to the person she admired. I love how it just breaks her illusion of how she wanted it to be, how she wished it, with the fact that there was nothing to win, nothing to save in the first place. As much as I'm happy Orochimaru didn't take over Sasuke, sometimes it's nice to play with the idea. Thanks for making me think about Ino like this. It's a nice change from plain dislike. She has depth here. Good writing. Nice ending as well. I've read many stories that are good, but they fail to sum it all up with a decent ending. There is a nice theme here "no one can find what's not there." okay, done babbling now.

It seems more anti-SasukeIno than SasukeIno to me. Maybe it's just the theme, although your style of writing is brilliant. I loved the description, and it made for an interesting story. Nice job.

...I'm in awe, here. Brilliant.

While it was practically plotless and there were a few grammar mistakes, I couldn't help but notice you're a good writer. You seem to have some kind of... poetic... writing style, which I find to be pleasant and rare. Because there are some poem-ish elements about it, my heart started to flutter ever so slightly while reading the first half. But then the story got angsty. And then it sunk.

I envy your writing style. You manage to control the readers' emotions, but it's subtle. It's not, "Oh, my God, I'm in tears!" emotions, but rather "Oh, that's so sad..." emotions. And I've found that not many people can do that!

Kudos to you and your awesome writing style, and this awesome fic right here. (I loved that last line, by the way.)

That was... terrible.

that was really great... i loved that it was from someone else's POV...most ppl would have done it in Sakura's POV...don't get me wrong Sakura is my fave character...its just nice to see it done by Ino instead...anyways...it was very nice...i loved the last sentence... No one can find what’s not there.

i liked that line since its really true...I'm out...

LostsoulofRegret

Oh I like it. Granted, I've said that about all the stories I've read of yours so far, but hey, I'll say it outright - you're a good writer.

The way you wove the past in with the present was seamless and added to the piece tremendously. Sasuke's character fit perfectly (sad as that is, heh). And you wrote Ino(!) which I respect muchly. And the ending sentences were just right. I couldn't imagine a better finish.

Sorry for the cluttering of your inbox,

Sakura