Dear readers:
I'm sorry that I haven't updated in such a long time, and even sorrier to have to tell you that I won't be for quite a while. I'm graduating eighth grade, and with volleyball, student council, music and speech writing, I don't have enough time to even brainstorm about these stories. I simply do not have enough time to give you a good, well-thought out update, and I'm not willing to compromise my standards so that these stories will be out sooner.
Don't worry, I'm not quitting. But I've lost interest in Rurouni Kenshin, InuYasha, Yu Yu Hakusho, and basically all anime, so don't expect me to update in the next month, or the next. I've got a life, and I've begun to find that living it is a far cry better than sitting in here, holed up with my dad's Dell.
Here are the reviewer responses I was going to post. I hope the next chapter to Shaded Paths will soon follow.
Kenshinlover2002: Glad you like it! I think I was pretty realistic about Kaoru's abilities in this chapter, so I hope you like it. I agree: Kaoru kicks butt. I mean, she's damn good. People just don't realize it when she's standing next to Kenshin, a.k.a. Mr. The-Best-Swordsman-Ever, or Saito, Mr. The-Best-Swordsman-Ever-But-He's-Evil-So-He-Doesn't-Count. Pssh. We scorn them -.- Well, not Kenshin, 'cause he's cute. Nor Saito, 'cause he's the best villian ever. But that's not the point. :)
Jisusaken: Thankee for the support! You make me feel loved.
Brittanie Love: Yep, cliffhangers are evil. When I'm all into a story, and all of a sudden they leave me HANGING there, I'm all 'WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?' I mean, they're great from the writer's view, but for the reader, they are EVIL. EEEVIL. But then I'm not that great myself XD.
Nanakiyoda: Don't die on me! Thank you for reading this most unworthy fic. I love you people.
Triste1: Yeah, I'm proud of that chapter, although rereading it I realized that I made a lot of mistakes…thank you SO much for making me realize from the beginning that there are other things important in a story than plot and characters. No one wants to read a story that looks like it's by a third grader. T'anks! Oh, and about Tomoe - if you watched the OVA's, she is really easy to hate. And she's ugly as a toad. But after I read the part of Jinchuu where she snapped Kenshin out of his self-loathing spell and told him to go and get Kaoru, well…I couldn't hate her. Besides, I wanna make him love Tomoe a lot, so that when he loves Kaoru, it'll mean a lot more because he'll overcome his love for Tomoe – and be fully devoted to KAORU, who is of course the best.
Phi-dono: Ohh, the notorious sugar high. They're fun while they last, ne? I'm glad people like this fic…even though it's a lot worse than many out there. (Have you ever read anything by linay? Broken Pieces is the BEST. And her ending is perfect.) I don't know about the fluff…I mean, I'm planning on making this a pretty damn long story if I have the perseverance...so I'll have time. I need to start making longer chapters.
Scythe195: Thanks! (I'm obsessed with, y'know, showing my emotions. An' all that.)
Haein: Thank you for taking the time to read BOTH my storys! It makes doing all this worthwhile. I thought it might work with the POV thing since they're the two main characters and you can't really 'get' the story with only one POV, ne? Glad I have you on my great and powerful...thingy. Muahahhaah!
kuikkick007: Touche. Thanks for reading my stories…I'll never get tired of having other people read (Okay, that made no sense…). Glad you like both of 'em, though, and I s'pose you're right. I mean, we LIKE those other stories fine…but highschool AU's? They're the crème de la crème. Hahah.
Saitouu Ryuuji: Thanks for the review, and I'm sorry it took so long to reply to the review and review your story. Saitou's cool, and we all know it…by the way, what I meant by 'Besides, it's not the best example of writing to put japanese and english when it's not a proper noun' Was that (in my opinion) one should write wholly in one language or the other. If it's a word that is known only by its Japanese name, like 'Kenshin', I don't think you need to bother with translating it into 'Heart of Sword', but if it's 'arigatou', you might as well say 'thank you.' Erm…the way I said it could've been stated better. Sorry if I confused you.
WolfDaughter: Ohh, you should be...insert evil cackle here, here and here. And I hope this satisfies you!