Hello,

Several things here. First off, I want to deeply apologize for bringing anybody's hopes up that this was a new chapter. Secondly, I also want to apologize for falsely informing that the next Best with the Best chapter was coming out in month. Obviously, it wasn't out and it still isn't. So why? I actually had over half the chapter done (~2000 words) on a document at the time I updated the story. Then I ran out of steam as I didn't really know how I was going to incorporate Ranma along with a dozen other characters in an already played out story. I simply couldn't juggle the ten crew members. Perhaps I'm just too inexperienced. Another problem is, honestly, that part of the chapter I wrote out was utterly boring. There was nothing 'new' in it. By that I mean that it had no special twist that made it interesting, no clever one liners, and no originality. I played it out too similar to the actual chapter in One Piece and perhaps your you can't quite remember that chapter, personally it would hurt my pride if I put it out there. As I tried to continue the chapter, there was no excitement in the chapter and for me, personally.

So, what's going to happen?

Honestly, I don't want to completely throw out the fanfic but if I'm not enjoying writing the story, in no way is the content to be good. So the options are...

1) Wait until I get some inspiration and write it

2) YOU could write it and I can edit it in a collab sort of way. Not editing, literally writing (some of) it with some of my edits. Credit will to you of course. Or shoot me some ideas. (This is my preferred choice... PM me if you have anything)

3) Continue it yourself separately

Originally, I was going to go through the Fishman Island arc with the special twist that Ryoga had followed Ranma into the springs and ended up in Fishman Island with a possibility of a devil fruit. Somehow he got lost and ended up underwater in Fishman Island and he can't get out well because... he's thousands of meters deep in the ocean. Now he's guarding Princess Shirahoshi. After the arc, I was going to introduce an entirely new island with original (I think) devil fruits. That's the part I would probably enjoy the most to write... but I'm stuck here.

So... that's that.

Thanks for reading.