****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?

Mizuki Uzumaki, a very timid and anxious girl that loves almost everything about life. A loveable cinnamon roll that can probably....just probably also be a stuttering mess. Naruto's little sister that is two years younger than him. With the help of him and Team 7 then maybe she can earn more confidence. Kushina and Minato sealed half of the Kyuubi to Naruto and half of it to Mizuki. Read and know more about Mizuki and Naruto as they conquer new things, get tackled by Akamaru and Kiba, scolded by Shikamaru and Choji. ((Published at August 2016)) ((Rewritten in June 2020)) ¤~¤~¤~¤~¤~¤ 2nd Place of Naruto Watty Awards 2017!!! ¤~¤~¤~¤~¤~¤ Top/Highest Rank: #21 In Fanfiction (2016) #7 In Uchiha (2020) #102 In Naruto (2018) ¤~¤~¤~¤~¤~¤

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I wrote this in 5 minutes so its shitty but that is the point