Hello, all. I thank you for staying tuned and the amount of story follows and favorites truly makes me feel like I haven't been an utter failure as a writer as this has gone on. I have a bit of good news for you all. The first chapter of the story that will replace Tails of Difference is getting ready to be put up. It will be published as a new story under the title Hammers of Titans, Splitters of the World. I would hope that it should be up and waiting for you all by the end of today, August 6, or tomorrow, August 7. I plan on putting out chapters around the 7,500-10,000 word count though the first chapter may be a little shy of that. For those curious, here is an excerpt from the new story:

"What would you have to add to the conversation then, Jiraiya?" Hiruzen let out a plume of smoke after he asked and Jiraiya lightly waved his hand in front of his face.

"The situations only continue to grow more dire in the other countries. The Land of Earth is ramping up its weapon productions so that they will be to Third War levels of stockpile within the next ten years. Their academy is also ramping up graduation rates so that they'll have the fodder man power to match about eighty percent of what they had and personally instructed elite teams will match what they had in number if not power of what they had. The Land of Wind is in a power struggle with Sunagakure over money paid and taxes taken. Suna is looking at the money problems that helped kick off their side of the Second War while approaching Third War troop level numbers since Iwagakure never made it more then ten miles into the northern borders connected to Amegakure. The Land of Lightning, as you have noticed tonight, are ramping up recruitment, willing or otherwise, of their ninja population and trying to bolster the bloodline clans with kekai genkai or no. Kumo is also having most of their shinobi pick up some form of weaponry training to go alongside normal shinobi training. The most dire of situations, though, resides within the Land of Water. A civil war has broken out in the Bloody Mist Village. It is pitting the kekai genkai clans of their founders against the rank and file that make up roughly fifty percent of the forces that were present when this all kicked off. The young jinchuriki of the Rokubi has seemingly disappeared in the chaos and the Mizukage, the current Sanbi jinchuriki, leads the charge against the clans. I've lost roughly sixty percent of my network residing within the protected sphere that Kirigakure held. the remaining forty percent is presently separated nearly down the middle between towns controlled by the rebellion and the purging forces."

A deep silence settled over the room as the unspoken claim that the next war was approaching settled over the three. Danzo calmly opened a small flask that had been hidden within the confines of his sling and took a genuine, unhurried pull off the flask before a slight grimace marred his features. Hiruzen, likewise, took succor in his vice as the tobacco flared to a bright red as he took several drags off of the pipe. "How should we address this, Hiruzen? This kind of amp up from the other nations or destabilising is something that we can't blindly ignore or even influence with Root or ANBU." Danzo looked over to Jiraiya as the man took in a short burst of air before speaking before the old Hokage could say anything.

I hope you enjoy and let me know what you guys think once the new story is posted. The New Story is Now Posted as of 3 p.m. PST on 8/6/16.