"Sumi Takeda is back." After three years of seclusion due to a debilitating illness, the prodigy of the Takeda Clan has finally stepped back into the light of the Hidden Leaf. At age nine, she was a genius who graduated early. At age twelve, she is a girl who seems to have forgotten the warmth of the sun. She is quiet. She is perfect. She is everything a noble heir should be. But as she joins the ranks of the year's Genin, those who knew the girl from before find themselves looking twice. There is a stillness in her that wasn't there at nine. A calculation in her eyes that defies her "gentle" reputation. In the world of Shinobi, a lie can be a tool, a weapon, or a shield. But for the girl living behind the Takeda name, the lie is the only thing keeping her alive. After 3 years of no public appearance the princess of the takeda clan.. finally made an appearance.. and is assigned to the most troublesome team of the whole konoha...

╭─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: .☽ . :☆ﾟ. ───╮ 𝓗𝓲𝓼𝓪 𝓢𝓪𝓽𝓸 had everything perfectly figured out. Her life in Konoha was going exactly according to plan. She graduated from the Academy dead last, mastered the art of looking permanently exhausted, and perfected a slouch so convincing that she became practically invisible to anyone searching for a capable shinobi. With midnight-blue hair loosely tied into half-braids and dark violet eyes forever clouded by a sleepy expression, Hisa was well on her way to achieving her lifelong dream: a quiet, risk-free career in civilian inventory management. Better yet, one day she'd simply take over her parents' restaurant. Peaceful. Predictable. Perfect. ...Then she was assigned to Team 7. Instead of quietly organizing kunai in a warehouse, Hisa is dragged across borders with a hyperactive blond walking disaster who treats every day of his life like the climax of a tragic hero's story, a brooding Uchiha prodigy with an attitude problem, a pink-haired fangirl, and a lazy silver-haired captain who knows far more about the village's penal code than any sane person should. When a simple escort mission goes completely off the rails in the Land of Waves, Hisa's survival instincts begin screaming at her. To stop her hopelessly idiotic teammates from getting themselves killed, she's forced to abandon the lazy act and reveal the one thing she never wanted anyone to see- Her razor-thin wire traps. Her terrifyingly precise calculations. And a strategic mind far too dangerous to stay hidden. She just wanted a peaceful life in the shinobi world. So what?! ╰─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: .☾ . :☆ﾟ. ─

She walked into fire to find what was lost. But can she survive what burns within? Yuki Nakahara has always walked alone - through grief, through silence, through the cold. But when the truth behind a long-buried legacy rises from the ashes, she is faced with a choice that could unravel everything: stay loyal to the village that shaped her... or chase the one person who shattered her. Haunted by memories and hunted by shadows, Yuki sets out on a dangerous mission beyond the walls of Konoha. What she seeks is more than answers - it's redemption, rebellion, and reckoning. Because deep in the blaze of betrayal, something stirs. Something she thought she'd buried. And he is waiting. This is the story of a girl who was left behind. Of fire that does not consume, but transforms. Of a kunoichi who will burn her name into history - or vanish in the smoke.

(COMPLETED) Kimora Nakamura is the sole surviving heir of the Nakamura Clan, a bloodline from the Hidden Mist Village, infamous for producing some of history's most feared assassins, but bound to secrecy due to their powerful sensory abilites. When her clan was destroyed in a massacre, six year old Kimora fled to Konohagakure seeking redemption with her grandmother, desperate to become a protector rather than the killer her kekkei genkai was designed to create. Abilities so powerful that she could sense, smell, and detect living beings from anywhere at any time, could even sense death and cause it too. Her fragile new life is complicated by her cousin Yuki, a fellow survivor, and embraced the clan's dark legacy with fervent intensity. While Kimora rejected their assassin heritage, Yuki believes the Nakamura name should remain synonymous with fear and violence, viewing Kimora's path as weakness and delusion. Yuki's periodic appearances create an ongoing ideological and physical conflict that threatens to expose Kimora's past and drag her back to the darkness she's fighting to escape. Kimora navigates Academy life, trying to form bonds, while concealing her true identity. The story explores whether redemption is possible for someone bred for murder, whether bloodline determines destiny, and whether trust can exist when acceptance comes with family. As internal Nakamura conflict bleeds into the shinobi world, Kimora must repeatedly choose between the easy path of accepting what her blood demands and the agonizing path of forging her own identity. ‼️[RATED MATURE: STRONG LANGUAGE]‼️

She was never supposed to enter the Uchiha compound. Shiya Suke only wanted to see the place her mother once called home. But instead of just visiting, she slowly becomes part of a world she was never meant to belong to. There, she meets Sasuke Uchiha. What begins as a strange friendship slowly turns into a bond neither of them expected. But when the night of the Uchiha massacre changes everything, both of them are left facing a future filled with loss, revenge, and unanswered questions. A Naruto fanfiction that follows Sasuke Uchiha and an original character through the canon timeline.

IN WHICH a young queen must quickly grow up to serve her nation (naruto fanfic) (sasuke x oc story)

⋆༺ "Don't speak to Sasuke-kun like that!" Akame had to fight the urge to roll her eyes at the pinkette, rather choosing to stare down Sasuke as she lowered her voice, "How unfortunate that every girl in Konoha has fallen head over heels for you, unknowing of how ordinary you really are." The muscle in his jaw jumped again, as she continued, "All as a result of your handsome face, and absolutely nothing more." He smirked, his expression changing from anger to one brimming with conceit, looking at her with those onyx orbs he taunted, "So, you think I'm handsome?" ⋆༺

"that hyuga girl" || on going "Losing someone... Doesn't mean that you've lost them completely." "We were meant to walk on different paths, Shiyo. But, maybe when the day comes, I'll visit you back at the Hidden Leaf, and we'll be together again."

A beast split in two. A village rebuilt on lies. And a girl who refused to be forgotten. Cover art commissioned by: @starsand_moonie