Kaze: Hey guys! I'm so, really, very sorry, but this isn't a chapter update. It's just me ranting.

BUT! You guys need to read this as well. For the sake of my sanity. Pls?

You're still here? Thank you! Now then, the very reason why I'm doing this again, even though I swore to myself never to, is because of some very troubling circumstance that I'm currently in:

THERE ARE TOO MANY GOD DAMN PMs!

There's a review button there for a reason, guys! Please, use that instead! If your questions needed immediate reply, like asking to be my beta reader or along those lines, then I'll immediately contact you guys for an answer. If it pertains to certain topics like; what will happen next chapter, who Kaiser really is, etcetera, then that can wait to be answered. Because seriously, guys. Professor Bloody Raven currently has 71 follows and 51 favorites. And only has 72 reviews at the moment I am writing this. With 71 followers and at 10 chapters, you'd have thought that there'd be a bit more reviews, but...

Guys, please. I'm not begging for reviews, but they really will help. Telling us writers what you thought of what you read and your input in what we can improve on helps us become better writers, which means better chapters for you guys.

I'm not complaining about the current review format that I'm getting. A simple 'good/great/awesome chapter' is good for me, but being a bit more elaborate about what makes it so good/great/awesome will certainly be better.

So please guys, use that lonely looking little review box right down there next time you have questions. I'll answer them regardless of what they are. And please be more elaborate on what you liked and what you didn't, what I can improve on and what I can still get better at, and what your suggestions are, of course.

So since we're already here, I'd like to use this opportunity to answer the more common questions I get from PMs. Here we go:

1.) "Are you taking in a beta reader/Can I be your beta reader?" - No. Why? Because I have no definite updating date. I update at my convenience, which may or may not be yours. My schedule is already as busy as busy can get, and I don't want to inconvenience anybody for that. Thank you for asking, though! Really, I mean it! If I had a good schedule, then I'll surely take you up on your offer, but since my circumstances are like this, well...

2.) "What can I do to help/Is there any help I can give you?" - YES. READ THE GOD DAMN AUTHOR NOTES! See, that's what I noticed. People ask things that have already been asked by someone else and have been answered by me, which is kinda sorta irritating, to be honest.

PLEASE, FOR THE SAKE OF MY SANITY, READ EVERYTHING THAT I WRITE D':

Also, if help is what you're offering, then reviews, inputs, and suggestions are the best currently. I want to be a better writer, and to do that, I need to know what I can improve on to better myself.

And to those that have done exactly that (You guys know who you are [MaeRide, Hostis, and A yellow snowball]!), THANK YOU A BUNCH!

3.) "Kaiser is too powerful. He's even stronger than Ozpin and Qrow! And Jaune's 'grandfather', too." - I laughed at this so hard, I literally fell off of my chair. I mean, really, guys? I told you to read my notes! They're in the beginning and the end of the chapter for your convenience!

As I've repeatedly said before, yes. Kaiser is OP. So much that he's pretty much God-like. Hell, even I'm surprised that he turned out that way. But let's get something straight right here: Kaiser is NOT the strongest of the Founding Four. Hell, he isn't even their team leader. At most, there's a power struggle between him and William for the 3rd place, and so far, Kaiser is winning, but only because of his talents and skills.

So please. Don't come to conclusions just yet. I'm only getting started.

If you don't believe me, please turn to chapter 8, where Kaiser explains how Summer died, and briefly showed a portion of Ozpin's skills.

3.) "How can/Why does Kaiser have two souls?" - That will be answered in due time. But hey, at least the mystery of Kaiser having two sets of aura's been solved.

If you don't understand, here's a brief explanation: See, as the show dictates, Aura is the manifestation of the Soul. So having two sets of aura is pretty much impossible, unless of course you have two souls. Why/How Kaiser has two souls will be answered, don't worry. Just not now.

Also, it has been hinted that Semblance is tightly connected to Aura. So having two semblances will be reasonably, right?

Nope.

Kaiser's too OP already. Two separate semblances is overkill.

So I'll just give him one, super OP semblance that will most likely get me shat on by you guys. Ahuehueuhe.

4.) "How are you going to bring Will and Summer back to life?" - See, I have been freakin' waiting to answer this question for a long, loooooong time now. But it turns out that Rooster Teeth (THANK YOU MONTY, MILES, AND KERRY!) answered things for me.

See, we think we know everything about Dust. But truth is, we don't. We don't know shit about Dust. All we know is that it's the forces of nature and whatnot. But what else, really?

Let's look at it this way: leave Ozpin, the man who discovered Dust, with a few hundred years alone with it, and he's bound to discover its secrets, right?

But yes, resurrection does have a hefty price to pay. But that has already been taken into account and cared for.

And of course, 5.) "Update!/Next chapter, please!/Where's the next chapter?/etc." - Calm. the fuck. down. It's really, really hard to be an architecture student, guys. I hardly have any time to sleep, let alone right something. Yes, I manage to squeeze in some writing whilst eating or taking a break (sometimes, I read up on other fan fics for research and whatnot), but it's not really fast enough. That, and add my expectations of what a good chapter is, along with the ever-dreaded writer's block, progress is really slow. I'm currently writing Chapter 11 - v3.0, and things are looking awesome so far, so I think this is what you guys are getting. After next chapter, we're getting back to canon, so please, give me a little more time. I promise to make it up to you by writing this on longer than the last chapter, so please.

And that's about it.

Thank you, everyone who actually stayed and kept reading. That really means a lot to me. And I hope you understand my current position. It's really hard being me right now.

Like, I'm treading the fine, paper thin line between socially-insane and bat-shit, homicidal-psychopath, stab-crazy, sadistic-insane. I find myself saying things that creep out some of my friends. For example, "I wanna slit someone's throat and bathe in their warm blood to relax my aching muscles." or, "I'll fucking rip someone apart and use their ribcage as body armor and their skull as a helmet if I don't fucking get what I want in 5 seconds." That kind of shit. It seems I'm going for another visit to my therapist.

So, yeah. Thank you so much for your support, guys! I wish all of you will follow through with these. For my sanity, pls.

One final thing, though.

CONGRATS TO US FOR HITTING 11, 878 VIEWS! Thank you so much, guys! You're freaking awesome, all of you!

- Kuro kaze no aka kira