Disclaimer: This is not a real chapter. This is an apology for my not updating in like 6 months. If you thought this was a real update, get your hopes back down and get on with your miserable lives.

Oh God I feel horrible. I haven't updated, let alone been on this site, for like half a year. But I have a legitimate explanation for my absence, so please put the pitchforks down and hear me out. Even since I last updated, things have kinda gotten away from me. I started to write my next chapter, but then school let out and I kinda lost it in the mayhem and ecstasy of Summer Break. Then I had to go to Upward Bound(if you've never heard of it then thank sweet merciful whoever it is you worship that you haven't cause it's a hellish experience that no one should ever go through) for a damn month, so I didn't have time to write anything aside from a report or two then. After that I took a 3-week break of gaming and such(still no urge to write), then band camp, then another week-long break, then even more band practices. And on top of that I've got family issues, chores and an unhousebroken dog to deal with, plus my current addictions to Guitar Hero, Pokemon and Gaia Online have kept me away from the pen and paper from a while. But I promise that I will update this miserable pile of crap I call a story by the end of September!

please note that any promise made by Fullmetal Shinobi is not 100 guaranteed and is not applicable in the states of Alaska and Hawaii, nor Canada, because Canada is stupid. Void where prohibited; restrictions apply results may vary.