To those who enjoy my stories

Folks, I'm not going to lie to any of you or try to sugarcoat it, so I'll just get to it. I am officially setting not just this story, but all of my other fanfiction works in progress up for adoption. It is just too painful to leave these works unattended for so long while people clamor for me to continue them. It's just not fair to the ones who anticipate my work and I don't deliver on them.

As I have said on my previous Author's notes, one of the biggest reasons I have not updated my stories in so long is because of college. First and foremost, writing fanfiction is just one of many hobbies of mine. Sadly, it's not my job and it doesn't supply me with an income. I am taking college classes in hopes that someday I can make a living by doing what I love to do: write stories and create art. And with the hectic schedule that I have both this summer and this fall, it doesn't leave me with a lot of free time.

For those who don't understand, allow me to give you a little insight into my situation. For the next nine weeks, I have summer college classes Mondays through Fridays taking several classes that cram about 15-16 weeks of work into three weeks. The classes I take are required for my degree, so a lot of my attention goes towards my academics or I don't graduate.

On top of all that, I commute from my home to the college I attend, which is about a 50 mile drive going to the college and another 50 mile drive to get back home, meaning I average about 500 miles a week and anyone who puts in that much time on the road knows that it wears you out. That brings me to another reason I don't update my stories. Usually when I get home from a long day at school, I'm usually so exhausted I can't really think of anything else except to get my work done and get ready for the next day.

I believe that's enough of a sob story, so the bottom line is this. Instead of letting my fanfiction stories drift around in the sea of incompletion, I am leaving it up to anyone who wishes to give it a shot. All I ask is that you do stories like "Demons of the Leaf," "A Dark Shade of Red," "Rise of the Jiang-Shi" and "Naruto AD" justice and don't let the naysayers or the trolls get you down.

I'll still be here on Fanfiction because I also love to read and to anyone who does take up continuing these stories where I left off, feel free to PM me if you want ideas

Other than that, thanks for the reviews. I'm glad so many people appreciate my work and I look forward to seeing what people can think up.

Take care folks - dthegrimm