Birthright

by Ocean's Fury

During the battle in Wave, Naruto falls off the bridge. With a mix of luck and destiny aiding him, he was fished out of the river by the Raven of the Uchiha clan, Itachi. Under him, he learns to defend himself, as well as his heritage. He finally returns to Konoha after two months, forging his own path through trials and hardship to discover who he is and how strong can he be.

10. announcement

While no, this isn't the update that some of you wanted, this is an announcement. Looking back on everything, not just on this story but on the stories that I deleted a year or so ago, it makes doing this seem repetitive.

And if you want to be technical, I've already done this twice to this story. However, I need to get this out, since I don't know if you'll ever read the next chapter.

I loved writing this story, but I can't keep it up anymore. Writing this story, I started because in all honesty I thought it be a decent hobby. And for a while, it was.

But somewhere, it just... lost it's charm. I continued writing the last couple chapters strictly for you all, but it wasn't enough. They never seem to come out right, and they aren't up to par with my expectations of myself.

On top of this... writing on this site has dwindled my life to the point of meaningless. If I died tomorrow, you all would miss me more than any of my friends and family would.

Don't get me wrong, I love my friends, but I just don't want to be writing a story based on something that isn't even mine for the rest of my life, I don't want it to define who I am. I've lost out on so many things because I chose to write over going after them, and I can't do it anymore.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry that for a year, I've wasted your time, your energy, and I've made it seem like this story was going to be something. In truth, it might end here. I don't want to say it's abandoned, I really don't, but I can't keep doing this anymore.

So this is goodbye. Take care of yourselves, and live your life to the fullest.

I love you all.