A/N: I'm sorry to say that this is not a chapter. I'm writing this to let all of my readers know, or those left after theses couple months, about why I haven't been updating. The main reason is that I have fallen out of the One Piece fandom. I also have school things and college stuff to get ready for, but that would be the sole reason.

I was writing chapter 28 and got stuck at a certain point. Since then, I have not been able to get past it and so I ended up falling out of the fandom soon after before I could finish this story. I really would like to finish it since I have come so far and I'm not going to put this on a discontinuation just yet. I'll probably put it on a temporary hiatus as of right now, but I'm not sure how long it'll be. Probably until I get back into the fandom, most likely.

The part I'm stuck on is a scene I'm writing where Luffy and Ace exchange presents and I needed to figure out what they should give each other, but never could. A few friends gave me ideas, but none of them really appealed to me that much, so if any of you have ideas, please tell me in your review and I will consider them. Maybe I'll be able to use one! And, I will be sure to credit you for the idea if this does happen.

Anyway, that was the reason for this author note. I know I probably got some reader's hopes up for a new chapter, but I felt that since it has been a few months, that I may as well let you guys know that I'm still alive and why I haven't updated. I hope you all understand, and those of you who are writers yourselves probably do. I don't like making my reader's wait, but when you aren't into a fandom anymore, it's very difficult to write about it. That's why I have never been able to finish a multi-chapter story. But, hopefully I can finish this one eventually. Until then, please don't expect me to update any time soon. I have other stories I have started that I'm working on. Although, I'm not sure if I should upload them to livejournal or not. I get a little iffy uploading stories that I write about celebrities since they are real people. Anyone think I should?

Ah, oh well, that's all I wanted to say. And, remember, if any of you have ideas for that scene, just let me know! I'd really like some help figuring out what they should give each other. It would make it a whole lot easier on me! So, thank you for taking the time to read this if you did and we'll see when I can get an update out. Hopefully I can get back into the fandom soon, or at least before I begin college next year o.O