Haruno Sakura was just an ordinary girl living alone in the city of Kyoto, despite her boring life, she was determined to study and pursue her dreams to be in the medical field. Everything was going into place. Yet.. Life for Sakura had changed from ordinary to out-of-this-world when one accident had occured as she fell over the river and woke up in the midst of nowhere. Exploring the unknown, she had taken the attention of many of beasts in aim for her flesh. It wasn't for long though, as another predator fight for the possession of this prey only for his own. A man who held her emerald eyes captive with his bloody red ones. TRAPPED IN THE ARMS OF A KILLER™ ⓒNichiirawberry ♡ ⚠Pictures not mine, unless claimed so. Credits to the owners.

Two and a half years after she left the Leaf Village, we find Ashley hot on the trail of the Akatsuki. Ordered to gather as much information as she can, Ashley abandoned her training in her homeland, the Land of Ambience, to pursue the members of the criminal organization. When she finally returns home, her friends are over joyed to see her again, Kiba especially. Back together again, Ashley and Kiba are happy to continue where they left off. But what will happen when one terrible decision tears them apart again? Will they be able to make it through? Will Ashley's friends ever understand her reason for leaving them again? More importantly, is the darkness in her heart, courtesy of Hakuba the Ten Tailed Wolf, real? Does Ashley truly wish to join the other side and leave everyone she ever cared about behind? And how will she react, when the Ninja World is on the verge of the biggest War in history?

Anyone want to know what the life of Kakashi adopted daughter would be like? Well her name is Rika and she got kicked out of her village when she was only 6 and she ended up at the Hidden Leaf Village. Kakashi takes her in as his own daughter. Here is her story.

****Winner of the Most Popular Naruto Fanfic Watty Award 2013/14**** **Currently being rewritten as the original is old and awful in this author's opinion** A coming of age story about a young Ninja, confused and hurt by the instances in her past, struggling to find her place and figure out what it all means. Can the kindness of a new Village warm a heart that time has taught to be cold and cruel? Can new friendships replace broken bonds, lost to the past? Is it safer to stay, or is it safer to run? A story not about one's physical strength, or of obtaining great power, but a story of overcoming and learning to change as old wounds heal.