Cali Latet
Author's Note
Did you think this was going to be another chapter? Sorry.
But this is a rather serious matter, and it is one that I feel deserves a mention. Now, I am well aware that for a Naruto-Harry Potter crossover on this site, Ruby isn't very well-known or whatever. But the fact that the reviewers that I've conversed with thus far were marvelous. Many were criticisms, but they were all very constructive and polite.
Even if it is just for the sake of growth, I'll stick with Ruby to the end.
But every once in a while I can try something new, right? So that's what I did. I decided that transitioning from being a fanfic writer to a writer of my own stories would be a process. I want to include original ideas and already established stories as a way to ease my way in. Which is kind of dumb in retrospect, but whatever. I slaved over the two and a half chapters I had planned. I was so excited and nervous to post it online (I have since deleted the version on this website). I was so psyched about it that I took the time to put it on Wattpad, and was even part way through the making a Quotev account!
However, a lovely Guest brought to my attention that I was an "attention-seeking, self-insert [this story did contain a lot of OCs and original concepts] Mary Sue". They then told me to "f*** off".
A major vice of mine is that I cannot take criticism. At all. It's actually kind of hilarious, how sensitive and prone to overreaction I am (it's all part of growing up, right? lol). So yes.
I will be reworking that little hplot bunny. And I will be doing Ruby on the side (but since this is not a very adventurous fanfic, I don't feel that same angry desire to prove myself, y'know?). Thank you for bearing with me, being kind, and facilitating my growth.
Please be kind in the reviews, both here and elsewhere, and stay awesome as ever.
As an apology for the long Author's Note, here's a little omake:
They hadn't really considered the thought that the mysterious and more-often-than-not frightening guard had friends.
There were two of them, but their faces were obscured by all too familiar ceramic masks. One had short, unruly blond hair and his mask was shaped in a vaguely fox-like manner, the other was female and had shoulder-length pink hair so vibrant it could only be natural, and a mask depicting a cat.
They didn't act quite friendly (in the way most people would think of friendly) towards each other. He would growl something in the foreign language some students claimed to be Japanese and the fox-masked one would hiss something back, going back and forth until the girl with pink hair jumped in and whacked them both upside the head with a strength that was quickly deemed "monstrous".
Nobody quite caught their names, and if it weren't for the fact that his was "Sasuke Uchiha", the students of Hogwarts would be inclined to believe that they didn't have any (and even then, it was Luna Lovegood that had apparently asked, so half of the school was rather dubious about the name).
Eventually, curiosity won over and a Hufflepuff third year approached the blond and asked for a name. He answered with "Naruto Uzumaki" in a bright, cheerful tone that belied the intimidating uniform. Spurred on by the success, another student decided to ask the girl, who was a tad more reserved, but no less open with her identity, which was placed under the name "Sakura Haruno".
After that, it was more outlandish that these two could ever be associated with the actual thundercloud that was Sasuke Uchiha, but for some reason, it seemed to work.
In a few, rare, quiet moments when he seemed to let down his guard and let Sakura rest her head on his shoulder, when he exchanged soft, mumbled words with Naruto, and when he seemed to look at them laughing with a gentle sort of envy, it was apparent that yes, Sasuke Uchiha was indeed a human being.
Thanks for reading!
Cali Latet