People, I am so terribly sorry! I know you all want me to update and update soon, but you see...there's this little thing I've been having lately. It is the worst case of writers block I have ever had in my entire life! Well, first, I owe you an explination about the flame.

I never felt bad because of that flame! That was supposed to be a joke! A joke that I was sure I could make up with twice the chapter length and bygones would be bygones. I've done it before, I was positive I could do it again, but I can't! I really, truly can't.

You see, my writers block is to the point where, I open my word document, I look at the end of the chapter...nothing. So I look over the story, see if I get something. So, afterwards, back to the bottom of the document...still nada. And it isn't just Run Away. I'm doing roleplays where I just stare at the 'Post Reply' window for twenty minutes before I put in a sad excuse for a reply! Hell, I had to tell them (in another username) that I was being grounded because it was so bad! I try to be creative and my mind draws a complete and total blank!

Hell, some of you may be wondering how I'm typing now. Well, it isn't a typing problem, it's a creativity problem, one that I'm having a hard time getting out of. I'm in a slump, damnit! And I really, really, really want to get out of it. I am trying, I am trying with everything I have to get my head back in the clouds and write you guys something great! Something like the work you all told me was great.

I've tried to get help, but the only other writer I can have contact with keeps on saying she's going to make it a SasukeNarutoKyo threesome if she gets her hands on this story. Trust me, she's in to threesomes and CharacterxHarem, she will do it. I don't like Sasuke. I don't want him to have Naruto. He may be decent, though a tiny bit spoiled in my story, but that doesn't me I will let him have Naruto.

Well, I just wanted to let you all know that. I am sorry. Really, really sorry.

-Naruto's Mask

P.S. Any ideas, anything at all would be appreciated. Ideas on the party, the exams, anything would be looked at and thought over. Please? I really didn't want to resort to this, but, please?