"People are afraid of what they don't understand. I realize that humans can lost their humanity on what they hate. And that last sentence alone already scares me." Karasu was abused physically, mentally, and emotionally, that her heart slowly became numb. When she saved her home, everyone called her a 'demon', and her godfather decided to kill her. While she managed to teach monsters about love, the world seemed to hate her. Step by step, her life falls apart. She lost herself to protect others. Will she survive, or will she die giving up? Only she can decide. */*\*/*\* ©MidnightRavencrow DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto! Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. [Highest rank: #176 in Fanfiction - 16th Sept 2017]

The Himura clan worships their deity; the great mountain dog (wolf) Okami. But the Himura clan sealed the deity inside of a newborn girl, not just any girl; the daughter of the clan's leader, Natsuki Himura. After growing up being trained by her father, the village is attacked and wiped out by the rouge ninja Itachi Uchiha. Leaving Natsuki the only survivor. Natsuki is taken to Konoha to start a new life as a ninja. But with a deep hatred towards the Uchihas, how will Natsuki manage after meeting Sasuke Uchiha.....? **Edited** Read and find out! I do not own the Naruto characters only Natsuki and the Himura clan. [NOTE: contains swearing, yet to be edited and contains violence] Read, comment and vote!~

****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.

After the Kyuubi attacked the village, my father and I were the only people left in the clan. "They were all killed protecting the village. They all had an honorable death." That's what my father used to say. Who knows? They died and I lived.

"Everybody has a dark side, and a light side. Eventually, you get pulled into either the dark or the light." She spoke, fiddling with a kunai. "Unfortunately, for me...I'm too deep in the dark to be pulled out..." Keiko Hoshigaki Uzumaki Uchiha. The daughter of a criminal and a civilian. She's more commonly known throughout the land of Fire and the land of waves. However in the land of Fire, she's known for her good deeds. But in the land of waves, she's known for the crimes she's committed as a child. Running from her sister and(later) Konohagakure ANBU, Keiko is on a quest to accomplish several tasks. The first, to find her father and childhood love, to find out about her heritages. The second, to become Mizukage and make Kirigakure a better, less bloodthirsty, village. The third and final, to try and claw her way out of the dark and into the light. However, only two of the three will be permanent, if not two then one.

Elvira May is a foreigner in the town of Konoha. Orphaned and completely alone, she seeks out the village from a bloody note that her parents had left her before their murder. Traumatized, Elvira can't remember anything from her past except for her name and all the knowledge that she had gained from the special training program in her long forgotten village. A superhuman and incredibly beautiful, she is easily the most popular person in the village and teammate of Team Seven. Scared of revealing her own history ignorance to the crowd, she puts on a mask of cold grace and serenity but she just wants someone that can understand her and soon she gets her wish. Another foreigner, Elize Chiffon, arrives and coincidentally, her parents had been murdered by the same people. They had originated from the same village and were apparently very close before the incident. After some memories return to her, Elvira finally realizes that she had someone to share her gruesome burden with. Over time, she grows accustomed to the attention that seeks her out every day and she begins to lift off her mask and notice all the romantic attention that she is receiving, especially from the village's last Uchiha. Unsure of her own feelings, she struggles to uncover her memories with the help of her friends and discover who it was that had killed her parents. The truth can be painful but isn't it better than living in a world of lies? *No copyright infringement intended* *I just really like Naruto!*

Broken dreams have drifted, as the light flickers from the sun. The life we live and dream, is but a rare black rose, trying to become red, but everyone, even me, knows. Dreams are but a parable, inside of ourselves, we can't discern what is real, and what is fake.... Because the dreams that are broken, are usually our mistakes. DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, NOR NARUTO SHIPPUDEN. PLEASE DON'T COPY THIS POEM, ITS AN ORIGINAL, CREATED BY ME.

Ayame has been put on team seven when she becomes a Genin. She has the Ten Tails inside of her and knows many jutsus. She will soon discover stuff about herself that she never knew. Read to find out what that is. Sorry, I'm not really good at descriptions so please read the book, thanks! Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I own Ayame!

The bandages that covered his face in life have fallen away, all incinerated and hanging loosely around his neck. His face is completely destroyed. Unrecognizable. The skin covering his face is no longer there, all having melted away. His blood vessels have all burst, his nerves have fried along with the majority of his muscles. His jaw opens and closes a little bit. His eyes bore into me. They're large and round and completely accusing. His teeth are covered in bits of burnt muscle. I feel my heart thudding in my chest. He steps closer, closer. His bone gleams in the dim light. As he closes in on me, a pounding noise begins ringing through my ears. My heart beat- ba-dum. Ba-dum. Ba-dum. It looked like he had been tossed into a fryer, fried alive, and he had been. By me. I did this to someone. I killed someone's team mate, someone's son. I killed someone's important person. -- Kimiko Kioku, a memory keeper. Never forgets anything, always notices, from the exact way the wind blew her hair against her face to coloring with her brother at five to the lullaby her mother would sing to her as she rocked her when she was not even a year old. She remembers. She remembers the blood, the glassy, clouded over eyes her brother had as he said his last words. She remembers the very first person she killed. She remembers how abandoned she feels, and how everything always feels like it's falling apart at the seams. (Can you say 'worst summary ever to exist'? Okay, maybe not that bad. But still pretty bad.)

The last anyone saw of Keira, she had been trying to save Sasuke from himself, stop him from leaving the village. But no one has seen her sense. No one knows that she is being held captive in Orochimaru's clutches. She has been declared a rogue nin from the Leaf. No one has seen her for two years. But the question is, will people Remember her in the darkness and save her, or will she be Forgotten in the dark? Will she be the same after two years in captivity? Will the boy she loved be able to save her from herself? This is the sequel to Forgotten Darkness. (NWA 1st PLACE WINNER)