A young girl fleeing her home land stumbles upon the Hidden leaf village. She incidentally teams up with Team 7 after being 'recruited'. The catch; she has to keep her real gender a secret in order to remain safe. (There is a sequel available on my profile) Highest Ranking #195 in Fanfiction: Dec 24, 2017 Originally Published on Quizilla: Early 2009

****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.

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?

Light Yagami, a bored genius, finds a special notebook called the Death Note. After witnessing it's powers, Light decides to use it to kill criminals and become the new God of the new world. He was given the name Kira, the savior. But will he only kill criminals? However the great detective L and the task force are on the case to catch Kira. As the case becomes more dangerous and more out of hand, Ryuk the shinigami finds it all amusing. A Fallen Angel named Freya, continues to do her duties and warns Light about the power of the Death Note. Is it possible for Freya to have a certain connection between Light and L? *Won 3rd Place in the AnimeWattyAwards 2014 contest in the DeathNote category *Won 2nd Place in the Death Note Watty Awards 2014 contest in the Others category.