Hey, minna-san.
It's been a while, ne?
Well, it's still going to be a while. A long while.
You see, I've got a lot of things going on still. And it's been so long, it makes little sense to pick up again. I don't think I'd be able to, anyway. It's all due to one simple fact.
I've lost both my motivation and, from what I've come to understand, my sense of humor.
I looked over HMM. And I looked over it again. And I began to notice- rather clearly, I might add -that as the story went along, the humor in it all seemed to steadily slip away, until HMM just wasn't the same as it used to be. With everything that was (and pretty much still is) going on, it seemed to take away my drive, my inspiration, and my faith. And as I was looking over HMM, I realized that I've left you hanging too long. I thought about picking up where I left off, but decided against it. It wouldn't be fair to you, the readers, because you deserve the same Hiei's Mall Madness, and that's something I can't give. Not only would it be unfair to you, it would be unfair to me; I want to give you something that I can be proud of, and it's just not going to happen right now.
In short, it's been a long journey that's coming to a sad end. Hiei's Mall Madness is over, minna. I can't continue it anymore.
I really am sorry. I don't want to see it go, either. Everything I was going through in 5th and 6th grade seemed to just disappear when I was working on this story. And you, the readers, are what REALLY made it better. You kept me going, even when I didn't feel I could, and you were all (well, okay, with the exclusion of a few of you) supportive, helpful, and just kind. A few of you have become good friends of mine (you know who you are) and HMM is what made it happen.
I can't really pinpoint what it is that changed in me. Maybe I've matured in some way. But I know for sure that I'm not the person I was before, and I'm not a person who can continue a story like this anymore. If anyone else wants to, they can e-mail me. I don't mind having chapters written by guests to put up. But you won't see any chapters written by me anymore.
I don't know what will come in the future. I may write more things for this site,but I wouldn't count on it. Maybe once in a rare while.
In closing, I just want to say thank you to everyone who has read HMM, be it people who have just started reading it or people who have read it from the beginning. You're what kept me going, and you're what has helped me decide that I really do want to be a writer. This story was all for you.
Thank you. Really.
Ja Ne, minna-san.
Signing out for the last time,
Blaze