Yeah I know you've been

And I would probably have progressed much further than this if it hadn't been for my writing-roll being cut short because of school, four months ago >_> But yeah, I'm back, and chapter 8 is already done as well!
Your praise are too good my friend, but thanks for having that much faith in me ^^
Well he doesn't have complete control yet as the Jubi isn't cooperating at the moment, but I guess only the future will tell what will happen

Glad you liked the story of the SoSP and the interaction between Naruto and the Jubi. That was actually a part that I didn't have in my original plans for this chapter, but it just popped in my head when writing.
Well the reason that part might seem a bit long is because the flashback in it is actually a scene from chapter 14 of the original - in it's full form, so I kind of pulled a Kishi there and had a complete, already seen flashback for the first time in my writing career.
Yeah poor guy, he always loved her to the end, and Mei's daughter will play a bigger role later in my series, but her father will never be revealed as I don't really have a character for the role, lol.
Hehe, that was indeed one crazy moment of my FanFiction indeed, but if you have an excellent memory, or just itchy fingers to re-read chapter 3 of this sequel, you would already know the answer to your own question, whether Gai survives or not
Well the only reason he's still alive and overpowered is because he's been injected with Hashirama cells, is directly linked to Kabuto through his binding seal, and his curse mark gives him some sort of regeneration technique, or else he would have been dead long time ago for sure. Chapter 8 will show you what happens next
Yeah, I always had in mind for Kabuto to become the final villain, ever since I planned that Naruto and Sasuke were going to fight Tobi during the chaos of the war. I just think that Kabuto has more character potential, and Tobi/Obito's character has already been used to it's extend in the manga. I also like Kabuto as a villain more too as he reminds me in many ways of Orochimaru, whom was the most badass villain of all time, lol.
If Suigetsu is the spy? That's a good question

All I can say is that the spy's identity will be revealed in the next one

Whether he's a new character or an already established one.
Thanks for your review my friend, it means everything, and yeah, thank you for your condolences.