****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.

Soft and cuddly, a kitten of black fur reluctantly joined a group of S-Ranked criminals under the name of "Akatsuki". Though, unknown to the feline's owners, the cat wasn't really a cat. It was a human. A human girl with psychopathic tendencies and a hyperactivity disorder at that, How will the world of ninjas be affected by this strange occurrence? Will this cat-girl ever become human again? How many people will want to kill her by then?