Progress: Chapter 7 almost halfway done!

So, yeah…the title says it all. That and…I am in need of some feedback on the material in regards to what the development of the characters should be like, primarily Yamamoto, Gokudera, Ryohei, and Chrome.

Ryohei and Yamamoto, I think, are especially tricky, since they haven’t completely found out about the entire mafia situation in regards to being grounded in reality as of yet. Tsuna, I think, will also be a pain, because I am trying to develop him from an adolescent boy into a full-grown man, and it is difficult due to the fact that I’m not a guy and that I do not always understand how men think. –is very ignorant–

Haru, as far as I can tell, is also a challenge. Most fanfic writers in KHR either make her godly (another term for Mary Sueish, which is really bad), or they make her absolutely silly without any form of intelligence whatsoever (even many good ones).

However, I see Haru as being capable of growing extraordinarily well without becoming too godly or anything. What’s more, I have heard from a few people who told me that the girl should not have a flame, mostly because it would automatically make her a godly character and ruin her development, and I have to slightly disagree, even if that’s me. If the flame is something that she cannot use without very serious, dire consequences, then it would at least force her into a bit of responsibility in regards to power. What’s more, I’m planning on having Haru be almost completely an operational (read: military mastermind) and sniper (top ace in weapons), since her flame will actually cause trouble for the group and bring a lot of enemies, both inside the Vongola and outside, if she does show her flame to anyone who will talk.

That said, I don’t completely know how I am going to take the pairings into this fanfic, but I will as promised. I admit, I started out with the idea of creating an epic action/adventure story with TsuHaru in it, and then 1896 somehow followed and everything came into it automatically. Sometimes, I wish I could stop coming up with so many ideas in one fic. -sigh-

So, um…feel free to tell me what you think, guys, because I truly wish for this work to work well, and I don’t want it to end up like certain other works (for instance, the Flames and Family series), all fanservice at the end and not much making sense. I want to make the ending with impact, something that will throw the reader off balance in its intensity.