I apologize for my absence; it wasn't intended. Given that I'm already sort of retired from here, as the last several months might show, I may as well make it official; there won't be another major story from me, though I may continue to put out some one-offs or two-shots, once I finish Twice the Choice and Reign In Blood. Maybe I'll continue Reclaim From the Grave, although I doubt that. To be honest, I think I'll end this story at the first book's closing. (Edit: I've published a Katawa Shoujo story, Heavy Metal Warrior, and intend to finish it.)
Rather than the fanfiction itself, I'd prefer to write the book that was spawned by this idea. In addition, I've lost a lot of faith in this site's userbase; I'm an adult and serious writer on a website dominated by teens whose works, as a rule, are more error-riddled than correct. My craft improves, but doesn't seem to inspire others around me to similarly better themselves. I've realized that RIB!Naruto is actually far more powerful than he needs to be, and there seems to be a great deal of confusion (even from the start of this story) as to how I've written Naruto. Rather than write him as the "dark" that most people think of, someone who just does nothing but feel anger and hate and pain, I've tried to portray him as more of a person than that. One-dimensional characters are bad writing.
Maybe I'm rambling about shit that doesn't need to be talked about, but whatever. It is what it is.
I'm still waiting on people's opinions as to whether I should go on a Sasuke mini-arc, but given that the last chapter got six reviews, I don't think that very many people care; that's the other reason I'd end it at the first book's close.
Well, that's enough whining from me. I'll tack an actual chapter onto this note once one's been written.