Hello everyone,

This is my second AN to date, a shame it had to follow just after the first one... The reason for this post is to once again explain why there haven't been any chapters in so long despite the previous promise of Chapter 12 coming out 'in the coming months'.

Let me start off by saying this: Chapter 12 IS ready. It has been for quite a few months actually. Why not post it then? Well, you must first realize that Chapter 12 itself took quite some amount of time to write, due in no small part to a writer block. Lacking sufficient inspiration, I decided to go over the previous chapters I had already written. Needless to say, I didn't like what I saw. The first chapters were a condensed of spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, and the way I would turn certain sentences simply didn't sit well with me.

I like to think that my writing skills have grown ever since I've posted the very first chapter of SSTJ, and that I now possess a better grasp of the English language. Thus, upon completion of Chapter 12, I went on to rewrite the first chapters of SSTJ in a way that would satisfy me.

The rewrite of Chapter 1 through 3 is completed and Chapter 4 is halfway done. The plot itself is the same, but with additional scenes and details that will render, I hope, the story much more pleasant to read for you guys. I have full intention to rewrite the following chapters in pretty much the same way.

Now comes another problem: Persona 4 Arena.

SSTJ is a Fan fiction, Non-canon elements will be introduced as the story continue to progress, but I'd very much like to use canon as a base for it all. So I paused into the rewrite and waited for Arena to come out. Bad news is, I'm European. And it has recently been announced that P4: Arena will not come out in Europe until 2013...

While waiting for Arena, P4: Golden came out, and I completed it yesterday. This game is simply a masterpiece, but it is also a prime example of what is bothering me with Arena. P4 golden introduced so many new elements that I want to include in SSTJ, Marie being of course the main one. This is something that will be difficult/impossible to do if I progress too much in the scenario of SSTJ. I know nothing of what happens in Arena, but it could be that it forces me to change the direction this story is taking, just like P4: Golden did. It is not a bad thing, in fact it will only make the scenario all the more interesting, and it is also the reason I prefer to keep Chapter 12 on hold. With that being said, the only thing left to do is to make it official.

Seta Souji's True Journey will go into Hiatus and that until Persona: Arena comes out in Europe.

There you have it guys. I'm sorry for such a huge delay and I sincerely hope you will understand the reasons behind it.

Hoping to see you people again when the next chapter finally comes out.