Okay, so I'm not entirely ready to return to writing for ALL of the stories I put on hiatus...but I have somethings that I thought I should tell you, along with a few questions that I would like to know your answers to.

To begin with, lets talk about Black cats and smoke trails. When I went on hiatus, I had the beginning of chapter 7 already written and since then, I added some more to that. I don't know when that will be ready for publishing, but I'm hoping it will be sometime soon. It's in my plans that Shippō being Skull will be revealed sometime in the past arc (I dunno, maybe he was acting as Skull for some reason), though that could potentially change. I don't really have any questions to ask you, though any ideas for subplots and moments that you want to see are appreciated.

Secondly, lets talk about Flowers bound by the red string of fate. I'll be honest...I don't really have any inspiration at the moment for that particular story, though I do have some ideas for what could potentially happen. Things might get a little dark as there might be IMPLIED rape, so just a little heads-up for that. I mean...it is canon that Future Byakuran was fucked up. As for the relationship between Roesia and Past Byakuran, it will start off as friendship. Any thoughts or ideas as to how that could be developed are appreciated.

And finally, Down in Underland. I have started to write the next chapter, and I don't know when that will be finished either. I have had ideas for future chapters, which I will put after this section. There is also gonna be a chapter where the Arcobaleno and Skull/Videl talk about the fact that Skull/Videl is a demonic creature along with some other things (just fyi, Videl's favourite Arcobaleno are Yuni and Fon, though now that the curse is lifted, I'm sure he will eventually stop disliking the others). Any ideas for future events that could happen are appreciated.

Another thing, are there any story ideas, specific categories, pairings (I'm probably only going to be able to do OC X Canon Character pairings...that's the way my brain works I'm afraid), and so on that you would like to see me write? Please let me know and I'll try to do something!

Possible future chapter ideas for Down in Underland!

Necromancy or Est autem necromantia: People should really learn to read the fine print. They should also probably learn not to interfere with Death's work.

End of the World or Finis Mundi: In which Iemitsu is an idiot, ancient rituals are performed incorrectly and Tsuna has the questionable pleasure of having to save the world before dawn.

Thank you for the kind words that followed my announcement to put these stories on hold, it means a lot and I hope to be able to bring you a new chapter for each of them soon.