Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto - just in case.

Author's Notes:

To start off, I'd like to say that I'm deeply sorry for such a long hiatus, but a few(a lot) problems in real life had temporarily rendered me unable to continue this story.

In my defense, lots of tests, my shitty grades, and the willpower shot to zero due to some mental health problems(no, I'm not insane, though I'm pretty sure I don't qualify for a 'fully sane' state either) left me with no time to update this story.

I'll shamefully admit that I still have written a little bit of ideas swimming in my head on paper—and even published one on fanfiction because I had gained a little obsession with swords—but the guilt from leaving this story when so many people read it(which I find surprising since it's a really shitty fanfic) forced me to come back now that I have more free time.

I'm still chained down from the threat of exams hanging above my neck like a guillotine, but I think I can spare some time off my schedule for writing.

You might ask, "Dude, why the heck are you rewriting this story?", and I'd reply with, "Because it's absolute shit."

Over the time, I still was able to read more, and try to use that experience to improve my writing skills; it worked.
Of course, I'm not an expert yet(I need more practice), but I can see just how damn many mistakes there are in here. And I don't only mean syntax errors.
The plot of this fanfic I came up with on the fly while writing the chapters, and I can now see the novice mistakes that draw the line between a high quality fic and a low quality one.

Since only 3 chapters have been published yet, I still have time to start over instead of continuing with a terrible beginning.

I want you to know that I'm a really bad author, and have a rather horrible imagination, so if I want to make this fan fiction at least somewhat acceptable on the professional author's rating system, I will take my time to write it. So don't expect a large update everyday. Planning for the long run takes some time, as well as making sure no text is wasted and adding all the small details to make it look better is real headache(for me, at least).
3000-5000 words are slower to write than you may think. This quasi-chapter contains about 1200 words and I didn't have to plan anything, just write what's on my mind, yet it took me an hour or a few.

That said, I'll try to update at least once a week.

Another thing I want to be known is the reason for writing a 'neglect fic' and bashing some characters.

As some of you know, such stories are usually "unprofessional" and "low-class". Yes, that's right, I've said it.

So why am I writing such a fic when I'm trying to create a good story?

I'll try to word it carefully and explain it nicely:

Writing a Sharingan fanfic in the canon Naruto storyline is rather problematic. Can you imagine how many factors would be influencing Naruto with Uchiha's kekkei genkai? From villagers' reactions to Danzo's manipulations—or an outright attack—it's, for the lack of a better description, pain in the ass.

I'm not at the level to be able to burden myself with all that and come up with an excellent story without devoting all my time to it, so that's a big no-no.

Having the political and social protection of a Hokage as a dad makes things so much easier!

But then, we encounter another problem – a Mary Sue, or in this case, a Gary Stu. In other words, an overpowered main character. No matter what excuses are used to explain it, such stories are usually no fun. I'm not saying a dumb, weak character is the perfect main protagonist—hell no, I hate that—but a guy—or a girl—who excels in everything makes reading dull.

We're getting off topic. The point is, even the canon Naruto had an enormous potential since he was a kid, and having the Naruto I want—a smarter one, because gods, I can't stand his dumb way of talking—yelling—and acting(pre-Shippūden)—will be just plain godlike if he had Minato, or heck, even Kushina or other experienced ninja, teaching him from young age.

So here comes in the neglect – both the social and political and a Mary Sue protection. He won't be trained much and therefore he will be a genin when he should be a genin, not a jōnin when he should be a genin.

I will probably deviate the the original plot because I've finally learned to use my own imagination—however tiny it may be—instead of heavily copying ideas from the other fics.

Naruto might be stronger in here than in original Crimson Eyed Uzumaki, and progress faster too, but I promise I won't have him too powerful. He just needs his own place to fit in. I don't want him to mess with Konoha 9/12 too much and end up changing the entire plot.

I tried thinking of other ways, but I come up blank, so I decided to settle on this one.

I'll do my best to make the neglect as realistic as possible, and bash as least as possible.

I'll be changing Naruto's skillset a little(not that I had come up much in this fic, anyway), and here's a little teaser:

Mangekyō Sharingan is incredibly OP, so it'll stay the same – not until Shippūden.

Instead of going quick and flashy way, due to him possessing Sharingan and Minato being alive, I'll make Naruto a very heavy-hitting, brutal ninjutsu specialist. In other words, he'll have more of an Uzumaki than a Namikaze fighting style.

That's all information I'm willing to share :P

As I mentioned in the beginning, I'm still not fully free from RL(real life), so there might be a few hiatuses until the summer when the holidays begin.

I'm incredibly lazy, but forcing myself to do something like this is really a small treatment for my 'mental health problems', so that's another bonus.

Due to some issues IRL, I've been forced to create a new eMail, and thus – a new fanfiction account. Why? Well, I don't want to have an important account linked to an eMail I don't remember password of. I thought about changing an account eMail, but in the end, decision of a new account won.

A rewrite(and the continuation) will probably be up at the end of this week, and whether I publish it here or on my new account, I'll give you the link/location of it in the next 'chapter'.

Thank you all for reading and support, and I hope I'll be forgiven :)

PS: If you figured out what my 'mental health problems' are, well, kudos to you, but I hope you keep it to yourself. Not everybody needs to know that.