From Academy to ANBU

by theriku260

Slight AU, slightly grey Naruto. The Hokage and ANBU commander watched Naruto's use of shadow clones that night. Through guilt tripping of the Hokage, the commander gains the newly graduated Naruto for his forces. Join Naruto as he becomes Team Ro's fourth member and what it means for the plot of Naruto. Slow updates.

27. Chapter 27

Author's note

Hey guys, Riku here! No, I am not cancelling the story or anything so hold the hate mail. However, I have gotten asked to compose for a youtube group that makes fan videos of the youtube channel 'Danplan'. This is something that sounds like a blast for a music major like me. Also, I am commuting and taking 18 hours next semester. So, here is the GENERAL UPDATE SCHEDULE for the stories- hopefully I will update more and if I can, I will.

First week of month: ATA update

Second week of month: KMM update

Third week of month: ATA OR KMM update (depends- could also have none)

Fourth week of month: nothing- unless I can.

*ANBU's Mascot will be updated as I can, since most of you don't mind waiting for this one and would rather me keep the other 2 stories going.

This is the schedule until Summer (May) when I will be home mostly with time to write like last summer. However, I am hoping to have more writing time before then.

I will be updating KMM either tonight or after Christmas as the chapter is almost done.

Finally, thank you all for your support! I love that each of you guys are understanding that while I love fanfiction, I also have a life and opportunities to take. However, fanfiction is important to me too; it's where I've met my best friend, improved my writing, and have opened the door to another way of socializing (PM's with fellow authors or readers) that I hadn't realized I needed at the time. I started reading fanfiction last December after my mother died and I was at a college hundreds of miles from home. Alone in my dorm room, I read through a ton of Naruto, Magi, and Zelda fanfiction as a way to deal with lonliness. Then this summer, as I felt the world feel bright again, I began writing stories. The response from y'all was phenominal, especially after I started Mascot. Fanfiction has become the place I express myself, but only because of how awesome each and every person that reads my works are. Please accept my humble gratitude and promise that I will continue to write on the site…

I mean, we have to see what happens with Hikaru, Deidara, Naruto, Shisui, and Yakumo, right?