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?

Those born with demon's blood in the Ookami Clan are destined for a sad and painful life; shunned by their clan. Hisayo is one such half-demon born into the clan. Akio, the only member of the clan that has accepted her for what she is, wishes to change the over two century old views that the clan has of those born of demon decent. Sixteen years after Akio has adopted Hisayo, they find themselves in the village of Konoha where Akio hopes to form the kind of bonds needed. There is one tiny problem though...Hisayo's past has made her hesistant to form ties to anyone, fearful of what others would think if they knew what she was... Will she be able to overcome such fears and find people who will accept her for what she is, or will she be hated and treated no differently than her old clan?

[Sequel to Secret] "Ah, the truth, a beautiful and terrible thing that must be treated with care." Courtney has been entrusted with a mission that only Dumbledore believes she can complete. A cycle that must be stopped; A cycle that brings a beautiful, yet terrible, truth to light for Courtney...and for Draco. Friendships will be broken. Love will be tested. Lives will be shattered. Courtney will find out just how much care a truth should be handled with.

Reid has been homeless on the streets of New York for years now, fighting for cash in clubs and sleeping in empty buildings. With his special ability, Reid could have whatever life he wanted, but chooses not to. When Sam meets Reid on the subway, she has a hard time forgetting about him, and not only because he keeps showing up in the least likely of places. Sam doesn't know it at first, but the boy she just met is about to show her a whole other world.

****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.