OK, first of all, I would like to thank all the readers out there who have been supporting me with this fanfic because it's what makes me believe I should keep going with this. I'm just saying that working on a "personal project" can sometimes be difficult when your daily schedule is tight. Now, onto the bad news. I want to apologize to everyone for not updating the story in months. You see, I've been moving recently so I've been pretty much living out of a box right now with little to no access to my computer. Also, I've been struggling with what's to come in the story. To explain what I mean, I had to rethink an entire chapter twice before deciding on the version I'm working with right now. I think it's mostly because I've been checking the Naruto manga online and I've been following Naruto's fight with Pain. There's something important he learns from fighting him, you know, about how to bring peace to the world and such, which I think I can adapt into my story (Chapter 437 blew my mind. Check it out unless you watch the anime instead of the manga and you don't want spoilers. I highly recommend this or else you may hire someone to burn my house down with Molotov cocktails.) I know you may be disappointed to not find anything new after so long, but the least I can do is tell you little things about what you will see in Naruto: The Way of the Ninja. First of all, I will be introducing some characters of my own into the story, who will play a major role for Naruto's development and will reveal some new intentions for Itachi to find Naruto and Sasuke. Also, as I said before, someone will die. No details for you on that, sorry. But hey, at least I have some good news. You know this whole "pig" Influenza going on right now in the world. Well, the state government of Nuevo Leon (Mexico) has cancelled all levels of school until May 6th, which kinda sucks because they may close places like my gym or movie theaters next, right on time for me to miss the big premiere of the Wolverine movie (Damn paranoids). Why cancel classes when I have only like three weeks left of it before summer break? Anyway, I hope I can use this extra time to work on my story (and my fanart drawing skills). So please, keep yourselves posted. I won't let you down. And I'm serious about what I said about those spoilers, if you don't read the manga but watch the anime, stay away at all costs.

A. Crane