****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.

Emiko has never attended a public school before. She has been smothered being the only child and home schooled her whole life. She finally manages to have her parents let her go to Ninja high where she meets new people. Emiko isn't alone though, she has her best and only friend Yukida to go with her. Yukida has attended only all girls academies before so the public school is new to her as well. What happens when Emiko meets a cute sweet guy known as Rock Lee the geek? What will happen when Emiko meets Deidara the rebel? Will she fall for one or both? What happens when Yukida meets a kind gentleman known as Neji the jock? Will the preppy cheerleaders destroy this new love? Well one things for sure and thats that high school.....is loaded with drama! This story ended up 3rd Place in the first NarutoWattyAwards 2012 :3

Why? Why me? Why does it hurt so damn much? Nothing ever turns out right for me. Life is just pain, anger, and sadness in an everlasting cycle. I endured twelve years of bullshit because my family is a bunch of judgmental assholes that don't give a damn about me. They treated me horribly because i'm different from everyone else. It's not like its my fault, I can't change the way I am. If anyone is to blame its them, they're the ones who sealed the demon inside me. I feel like the loneliness that i've had to indure my whole life is tearing me apart from the inside out. To them i'm just a mistake, never meant to happen. What did I ever do to them? Exist? Is that it? I just... don't understand. I've learned something over these past twelve years. Being alone, it does things to you. It eats away at your soul, driving you to the brink of insanity, and there is nothung you can do to stop it. And after twelve horrible years of living in this village, i'm finally free. I tried my hardest to prove myself to them, but nothing I did was ever good enough. By the time I was ten I was already a jonin. I work extra hard to get where I am today, and now I can finally start to fulfill my dream of getting revenge on these retched people. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Echo is finally fed up. Her whole village despises her. So what happens when she finally runs away so she can get stronger so she can finally defeat her village. What happend when she joins the akatsuki? Will Echo finally find a place where she belongs? (This doesn't follow the plot all the time. Just a warning) I DONT OWN NARUTO! ONLY MY OC's. A lot of authors notes.

Trainee. Idol. Didn't think they would be a match. Being in one of the big three entertainments, causes more problems. Love triangles. Accidents. Hostages. Is something that I can...NOT handle. Happily ever after.......Not. Thrown off course and more. Having to choose one? I can't even take a break. Read more to find out. HI!!! I hope you like my story. Please vote, comment, or follow me. Thank you! VIPs 4ever!!!!!!!! Y/N means your name. Highest in gdragon: 397th place as of 5.16.18