****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?

This story takes place three years after "Lost and Found". It would be better if you read the other story first, but you can also start with this one. Maya and Josh meet again, three years after the last time. She is 20, he is 23. They have both tried to move on and they both think they made it. Following the path of the previous story, Josh and Maya find themselves falling, once again.

The name is Lucy Heartfilia, Weirdo extraordinary! Im a freak of nature, at least that's what everybody says I am. I agree with that wholeheartedly. I mean who talks with imaginary friends and wishes that she could gather up the nerve to talk to the most popular guy in school, the one with salmon hair, other than freaks right? This is my weird story of how I became a freak and still living up to that name. Cover By MorbidEmpire

Short Story/ Grief/ Death/ Loss/ Romance _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "You will never get over the loss. You will get over the sadness, but the loss of a loved one will stay the same. You will move on, but that fact will never change" -Unknown Natsu Dragneel stood in front of a grave stone. His tears fell like waterfalls as the rain did the same. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't That his Lucy Heartfilia is D E A D And as he continue to struggle from the sadness, he under goes the Five Stages Of Loss Join Natsu as he overcomes the sadness of grief

Along with a new year and new students, the new games were started. Girls against boys and this year things get more wild than usual. Who will win? ~The games have begun, there's no turning back now!~

Elsa Dell was friends with Jack Frost ever since second grade when she stood up for him when he was made fun of because of his hair . They remained friends until 7th grade when an incident happen making Elsa move to another city. She later on returns for the 2nd year of high school. But she's different . But keep in mind not everything is what it seems. ;)

What happens when Sasuke meets a girl with the same tragic past as him? She was traveling village to village hoping for one to accept her she wasn't expecting to fall in love...

I am Kakashi Hatake' Daughter Snow Hatake Princess Snow of the snow village. My village was attacked and i am being chased down so now i am going to live with my father. Why am i being chased down Its because of whats inside of me...instead of a heart I have a crystal. I dont know whats with the crystal and why people want it for but yea.... But As i live in the hidden leaf village i find Love friends and enemies.

I'm going to tell you a story, a true one. It's my story. It's about how I met a boy who's life was so different from mine. He showed me his world. Not only did he show me that, he showed me much more. He showed me what a true friendship was and later on he taught me what love really was about. I discovered how blind I was before, he opened my eyes and made me see it from a different point of view. How did all of this begin? And how did it end? Let's jump right into it, shall we?