As Shinobi, we must be prepared to fight, not for our own dreams, but for another's. As Shinobi, we must be prepared to be blind followers to those above us. As Shinobi, we must be prepared to become empty shells to satisfy our master's needs. As Shinobi, we must be prepared to die at any moment, for any reason. As Shinobi, we are nothing but their playthings. ••• Contains two sets of multi-shots set in the Narutoverse. Short reads. Warning: The works within are usually unedited 1 a.m. drabbles that may or may not burn your eyes. You have been warned. { 2016 }

Not everyone's the hero of the story. Not everyone can rise to the top. Because those who stand at the peak as the elite require many more to fade away so they may acquire a mound of bodies that they can climb to get there. And the knowledge of it doesn't make it hurt any less. ••• 3rd Place in the General Naruto Category of the Naruto Watty Awards, 2016.

[yandere!team seven + various] Team Seven is a pretty close knit group, but they seem to care about you, the new member, a little too much.

They were shinobi: machines trained from childhood to kill or be killed. They were experienced soldiers; tools even. And that's why you can't blame them for being idiots in everything else. (A collection of short related chapters) "I KNEW it! I knew you had the hots for her!" "I've seen cooked fish before. That's charcoal. I'm sorry that you're culinarily disabled." "And you're surprised that your son gets a heart attack when you leave your arm in the living room." "I don't care! We're watching the entire fourth season of Kunoichi Diaries and you're going to learn whether you like it or not!" :: Cover By: Cosmo_Cat924

Sakura wanted to die. Sasori was fine with staying dead. But it seemed fate had other plans for them, because when they both wake up younger with blood pulsing through their veins, they had to remember how to live again. Time Travel AU Rewrite of Stumble (2013) Cover by: @SkyKnight_ BETA: @OfCloves

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?

****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.

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Aoi Hamasaki is a scarred, broken girl who's experienced more than enough pain and heartbreak. When she's cast into the Narutoverse after an attempt to end her own life, she comes into contact with the rogue organization: the Akatsuki. The one man she'd fallen in love with in the human world was much colder that she knew. Throughout her time in the Narutoverse, Aoi learns the truth of her existence, and why she is graced with irregular abilities. Such shock and sorrow can turn one's humanity against them; when Aoi finally grasps onto something she'd yearned for since long ago, it is all torn away from her with one fell swoop. It is up to her to survive and stay valiant until the end, lest she finds herself dead... ...and her loved ones, too. Using the power of her voice, she speaks. She says only one word, and that deciding whisper will determine her fate-not only hers, but the countless others that also lie in her hands. [DeidaraxOC] trigger warnings: suicide, self harm, violence, some gory depictions Naruto Shippuden © Masashi Kishimoto Whisper © @LucidRebel Cover art is not mine! I only edited it

"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]