6-7-18

{!} Important announcement: This announcement will be the last one before more changes will be done to this story. I'm not sure how many still read this story, but for those of you still reading and hoping for this story to be updated, then here's some good news:

Due to extenuating circumstances in my personal life (some of which require me to change my pen name from faded-lunar-sky), all stories will be put on hiatus until August 2018. I apologize for my lack of updates and appreciate your continued patience and support. I look forward to the day I can continue my stories.

Until then~

Ja ne.

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6-25-14

Announcement 6:

Probably going to be hating me for doing this, but I decided to go back and edit the chapters I already have, add more scenes, and clarify some of the plot holes that have been popping up. I know you guys will hate this since I have done this before, but I really appreciate your patience and understanding. If you guys have a chance, then feel free to go and look at the new chapters and make some input on them. (I'm up to chapter 10 by the way... ) Anyway, since I'm out of school right now, I will have more time to work on this story and get some more chapters out before school starts again. I swear I will finish this story and not abandon it.

If anyone has any ideas on conversation topics or scenes between any of the characters, let me know and I'll see what I can do to make it happen. I think the main reason for this rewrite is basically me fixing the OOC-ness of some of the characters, especially Naruto, seeing as he isn't the type of person to abandon his friends. One reviewer pointed this out to me and I'm grateful for that since it's something I need to work on. Hopefully the changes in the new chapters will reflect the characters better. Let me know if there are any other areas of improvement that needs to be made.

And to prove that I am still working on this story, here's a little preview. Enjoy. ^^

Preview:

"Do you know anything about him?" I ask.

"Hm..." Tsunade stares down at her sake in thought. "Your description of him isn't much to go on... plenty of shinobi have black hair... but from his words alone..." Her brows furrow in confusion before she shakes her head. "It's impossible... he couldn't have..." She mutters to herself as her frown deepens. She switches her glance to me before she grimaces. "Even if you look remarkably similar to your mother, your eyes would have given you away... so for him to refer to you as Hikari..." She shakes her head once again before downing the sake. "It's impossible... it can't be him..." She mutters as if trying to convince herself despite the skepticism in her voice.

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"Your body is different... unlike a normal shinobi who only has one chakra network, you have a separate network that runs your chi around
your body. They function independently from one another so even if someone were to disrupt or block your chakra points, you would still be able to bend.
But, if they were to disrupt your other network, now that's a different story... the drug I synthesized was the one Orochimaru-sama used to take down your
clan. Sad, isn't it? That a simple drug could take all that away, though temporarily. It's still imperfect... only lasting several minutes at most, but
that will be more than enough." Kabuto explains.

I feel his cold fingers trailing down my face, pausing for a moment as they brush the corner of my lips before a sharp tug forces my face up to meet his.

"You know, I can see why Orochimaru-sama is so interested in you." His grip on my hair tightens, causing me to slightly grimace. "Have you remembered yet? Who you truly are?"

"What are you talking about?" I growl out, earning a tsk in response.

"Looks like you haven't. How unfortunate." He murmurs blandly before tightening his grip on my hair. "Things could be progressing so much more smoothly if you did."

"As if I want your plans to run smoothly." I gripe, but his smile only widens.

"I never said it was my or Orochimaru-sama's plans. It's your mother's."

My eyes widen in surprise.

"Not what you expected, is it? You poor, poor girl." He mocks before bringing his face closer so that his breaths ghost across my ear. "Everything you believed in has been a lie. Your precious person is nothing but a traitor, a murderer, a criminal. Someone who won't hesitate to kill you."

I release a growl.

"Oh? Are you angry?" He releases an amused chuckle. "It seems your drive hasn't diminished... this will be fun."