Hi everyone. Mattaki here. I have bad news.

I went on hiatus months ago. I was in school and focusing on my grades. I thought I would get back to this story.

But then I read a piece of advice online. That advice said, "Do not write if you do not find joy in it." I thought long and hard about what I was working on, and I realized, I no longer find joy in this story.

I started it when I was twelve. Inuyasha was a passion and I loved the SessKag pairing. But I'm eighteen now. I tried to rewrite the story to make myself feel better about the project as a whole. But in truth, I don't enjoy it anymore.

I no longer watch Inuyasha, though I plan on reading the full manga someday. It's simply too hard and expensive to keep up with the anime because I can only view it through DVDs that take months to come out. In addition, SessKag isn't a major pull for me anymore. It's adorable, they have great chemistry as characters, and I do indeed keep track of the fanart online. But I have other fan groups I'm a part of that entertain me more, and I'm also focusing more on my original work.

I have several unfinished novels. I have short stories. I even write fanfiction for other fan groups when I want to have fun. This story isn't fun for me anymore, it's a chore. I've put off working on it so long, that it's become clear I don't like it. Because of this, I'm ending it.

To be honest, the entire story was rocky from the start. Too many coincidences, happy solutions, OC characters, and an unlikely circumstance. It was poorly based off of Beauty and the Beast. I was twelve when I planned the thing, and if I redid it now, it wouldn't even look like the same story.

I'm so thankful to everyone here. To be honest, if I hadn't started the fanfiction, 'A Mysterious Flower,' when I was a kid, I might not be a writer. Creating fanfiction spurred me to try an original work during NaNoWriMo, which became my first (poorly done) novel, and now I'm studying writing in college. I'm glad I got to hear from so many people that enjoy anime and love stories. Each fan has been great, and almost every critique I got was helpful in shaping the story.

Thank you, everyone. If you wish to keep up with me and my current works, you can find my blog at mattaki dot tumblr dot com with literal dots, where I post my original short stories, along with writing and art advice from other people on Tumblr.

Keep on reading, and keep being great fans. I do wish I could continue the story with the same passion I had as a kid, but SessKag fanfiction just isn't for me anymore. You've all been wonderful through my continuous ups and downs. Thank you again.

Ja ne.

-Mattaki