-1To all the dedicated readers of this story:

First of all, thank you very much for your patience in reading this story. Granted, there have been other stories that have delayed even longer than my own, but that does not excuse the fact that I too have delayed a story that I believe and hope that the ones who remained devoted have truly enjoyed. I just wanted to say, therefore, that I am sorry for putting off a story for so long and that I am sincerely regretful for neglecting it.

Unfortunately, that is not the end of my apology, for this is not a notice about a delay. This is a notice signifying the end of Darkness Collision, for all accounts and purposes. Given the increase in real-life activities I have had to deal with ever since I was rudely awakened to the real world, I was forced to put off writing these stories. Now that I have managed to touch upon the idea of writing fan fiction again, I began trying to write Darkness Collision again, only to be shocked by the new material presented by Masashi Kishimoto on Naruto Part 2. Anyone who has been up to date with Naruto Part 2 will know just what's the deal with Sasuke and Itachi, or Naruto and Tobi, or Jiraiya, and all those plot points have set up such wonderful new directions for my stories to take…that I realized that I could not take Darkness Collision with me on those directions. Even if I could, I would have to retcon QUITE a lot of things, such as how the characters in my story are in comparison to how they are in the main story. Of course I understand that I technically don't HAVE to retcon everything to fit the main story, but the new plot developments have really changed things, and I know that if I start a new story with those new plot developments, I would have an even more satisfying series than before.

Again, to all those who stuck around before, I am truly sorry, and I feel like I have wasted a significant amount of your lives on my stories. Fear not, however, for I am in the making of a new Naruto series that, while technically not a crossover, still involves the STORY STRUCTURE of another show, and it is with that story structure, as well as the new plot developments in Naruto, that I write my new fan fiction.

So in other words, don't die out on me just yet. The next story is coming soon…