Apologies

So the one-year anniversary of the story came and went, and I figured I owe everyone an explanation for my complete absence and lack of update on the story for the past 7-8 months. I'll give it to you straight; this is the end of Demon Hunt.

I certainly didn't mean for it to end like this. It was a project I was very passionate about in the beginning, and updates would come as often as every other day. The problem is that passion for the story led to some pretty terrible narrative ideas in hindsight, and I found myself dissatisfied with the direction the story took.

Maybe that's the thing with fan fiction? When you start out, you throw in as many nifty ideas you can because you think it would up the drama or make the story more interesting, but it ends up taking away the focus of the story. That's exactly how I feel about Demon Hunt – a collection of decent stand-alone chapters with neat ideas that execute poorly when all together.

Even though I am done with this story, I don't think I'm really done with trying to make a great Gohan/Videl narrative. I am currently rewriting chapters and refocusing the story and should be ready to have something published soon. Yes, I will continue writing. It won't be Demon Hunt, but I think you and I have invested enough into this story to warrant a second chance.

The "spiritual successor" to the story will be titled Chasing Demons. Once again, it will focus on Gohan fighting as Demon Jr. and the Dark Fighter while trying to live a normal life with Videl tenaciously investigating and dealing with her limitations as a fighter. Unlike Demon Hunt, there won't be any unnecessary drama. Chi-Chi won't be all "sad, worried mother," and Hercule won't be "well-meaning, vicious father." Seriously, I don't know why I put that in the story when it turns out I just dropped it from their characters a chapter later.

Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for the long absence when you all deserved to know what was going on. And I want to apologize for closing this story prematurely, but I think it deserves a chance to start over. Thank you for understanding, and I hope you look forward to Chasing Demons and any other work I have in the future!

~smashbangfusion