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UPDATE 28/04/2010

After a great moment of laziness, Merkur has finally finished to write the first fanfic, 53 pages on paper, it takes time XD So here he still has to write it again on Word to finalize it, but as we have only one computer for two and I need it to draw, it will take some time to update it, but he'll still write again the second fanfic and work on the 3rd's framework. By the way, we're still searching for a good translator (not automatic because there are a lot of french expressions that can't be understood with programs) ; otherwise, he'll give me some time to translate it but I'll absolutely need someone very good in english to check if everything is well translated, with the right expressions, right sense, no grammar mistakes... Someone please ?

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Ok, as you know with my illustrations and the 10 pages doujin, my boyfriend (Merkur we'll call him) is writing a (really epic XD) Naruto fanfiction about Hinata being recruited into Akatsuki So here I'm going to answer to the questions I see a lot and give you some informations you could want to know ^^

So first, where can I read the story and how long is it ?
There's no link yet, because the fanfic is far from being finished XD But when it will be ready, I'll upload it here on my dA page don't worry
It will be a trilogy of quite long and worked fanfics, so it'll take some time to finish XD And an important thing, Merkur is only watching the subbed anime version each weak, and absolutely doesn't want to spoil himself by reading the manga or scantrad (so there still are some contradictions). Therefore, even if he's finished the frameworks of the two first fanfics and is beginning to develop and finalize their dialogs and descriptions, he's quite waiting for the anime to show a bit more of some characters before really finishing the 3rd fanfic framework, as he wants the story to end at its climax XD

Will it be in french or in english ?
Both but we have some problem for the english version, a friend of us, who's going to be a professional translator was supposed to translate the fanfictions, but now with her exams, and with her whole summer in Japan, she won't be able to begin before September So, I guess we have to search for someone who could do it. If anyone is interested, has some time and above all has an excellent level in french and english, who can really respect the meanings, without translating word-to-word and absolutely not using an online translator, present your candidacy For myself, I think I'm not that bad in english, but I know it's far from being perfect, and I'm really too busy with my drawing training and my revisions for my entrance examination into nurse school to do it myself but I think I can at least check the translation to see if it corresponds

What kind of fanfic is it ?
Well, we can say it's a "What if" story that develops in parallel to the main moments of the manga that stay quite in background, so we can have better marks of the situation So, it's a fanfic essentially about Hinata's character, but with many different situations at the same time. It's a very interesting and complex story, where you have situations that can be interpreted many ways, you're always wondering "what's happening?", "why?" about the plot, but as you go farther, you realize that everything has an explanation that's making you say "it was so evident in fact ! Maybe I could have guessed better if I took more care about the subtle hints" (It was the case for me anyway XD), there's also action, psychology, relationships, some moments of humor to lighten the atmosphere... quite close to Kishimoto style finally ^^

I love Hinata's character, but I don't like the idea of her into Akatsuki...
Oh well, it's just a fanfic after all, we know very well Hinata's the last of Konoha's chuunin that would enter it XD In fact, as an Hinata fan too, I wasn't myself very seduced at this idea either In the first chapters, I admit I was quite "Hmph, I don't like it too much, Hinata seems really too out of character here, and it's really impossible this reaction etc..." but you really have to not stop here or you miss everything, I'm still very surprised about how great the plot is for a fanfic, so I hope you'll read it with as much (and even better) entertainment in the finalized version that I could do myself only with simple frameworks ^_^

Is it a NaruHina fanfiction ?
I'll say, it's officially official since this illustration (if you pay attention to details), YES, it is NaruHina!! And you can say there's also ItaHina, but absolutely not in a romance way, I'm allowed to confirm it BUT ! Remember it is mainly a Hinata-centered fanfic in Kishimoto-style with some NaruHina romance, not a romance fanfic, take care of the nuance

Will you continue the doujin ? Will there be other illustrations ?
About the doujin, it was only supposed to be 10 pages long about a specific scene in the middle of the fanfic (offered to Merkur as his birthday present), thus I can't continue this. Especially when you know that a doujin is not really the best drawing practice in my case, and that I'll never have the time to do it entirely (and it'll never be as complete and accurate as the text version XD)
About the illustrations, I'm going to upload the last one for now ^^ There'll surely be others, but for the 3rd fanfic, so it's quite blurred about the specific ideas for now XD
Otherwise, I'll now be able to draw non-related fanfic pics, really for NaruHina and also some Pokémon ^_^
EDIT : framework of the 3rd fanfic being writed = new illustration ideas and going to do also parodies in 4 cases of some moments too damn for my other works -_-'

Ok, I hope I said everything that has to be said for now ^^

One last thing, I'm really happy about the attention you can give to me and my art, both Naruto or Pokémon related, and I thank you a lot in advance for any fav given ! I'm trying to thank personnally all new watchers and answering to as many comments as I can, but it's sure I'm getting later and later So, I'm really sorry if I'm not very active for comments and mostly with all the great deviations I can see and that I'd want to fav. The problem is that I don't like a lot myself to fav without commenting, and commenting is very long for me I wonder how other busy people can catch up with all this Well, I wish I were able to catch up too someday

A bientôt ! ~