Author's Note: Good News!

Okay, first I'm gonna need you guys to put down the torches and pitchforks. Hey, you there, with the shovel? That's cute but it'd be great if you set that on the ground as well.

…Alright! Good news everyone! Whether you read that in Professor Farnsworth's voice or not is up to you. But I'd like to say that I have news regarding the Namikaze of Lightning rewrite! By the time you read this the first chapter is going to be out. It will be under a new title in my profile, Namikaze of Lightning: Rise of the Storm. I'm keeping the first version up in case some of you want to reread it and to show you just how different the stories are going to be.

There is going to be a lot of changes. Naruto is going to be banished pre-Shippuden. And there is also going to be a whole different reason why he was banished in the first place. No, the failed mission to retrieve Sasuke will not be the reason. However, it is going to be a factor.

I'm very happy that I was finally able to get this out because I know you all have been waiting for it since… last year? Yeah… I sincerely apologize for that. When I first put that last Note out, I didn't think it would take me as long to rewrite the story. I couldn't have been more wrong. Then, there was work and things that went on with my family that didn't help me much either.

However, I should be able to make continuous updates with the story since I was finally able to write a version I liked and hopefully all of you feel the same way about it. So now that the premise has been set, I'll be able to go through with the story much more fluidly than I did in the past. I do want you to know that if I take more time writing a new chapter that I'm doing so because I don't want to rush it. Bad things happen when I rush my writing. I'm sure you expect, at minimum, good quality writing and I don't want to disappoint anyone by rushing and producing a bad chapter.

So, I think that's long enough of a Note for you guys to read so I'll end before I keep on rambling. Besides, you guys got a chapter to read. This is Elemental Kitsune signing off and hoping you enjoy the story!