I didn't blink, I wouldn't give them the satisfaction. "Ha! Serves you right monster! And this is only the beginning! Prepare for it!" One of the boys laughing shouted at me. Why do people hate me? I didn't do anything wrong. His blood red hair and sea foam eyes... Looking down to the ground as he held onto a small teddy on the swings. He visibly panicked "N- No stop! Don't come any closer! Don't hurt me!" My eyes snapped to his, hurt him? "Why?" I asked simply. He looked at me, then my hand on his shoulder, "Wh-Why what?!" I registered his worry, "Why would I hurt you?" I answered back. We were the same. We were the exact same.

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?