Kendensetsu Mizuken is the last survivor of her clan and has recently run away from her old master, Orochimaru. Even with her terrible past she is let into the Hidden Leaf Village and placed on Team #7. With her past coming back to haunt her, will her friends accept her or will they sell her back to the evil snake that ruined her life in the first place? ||| I DO NOT OWN NARUTO. ALL RIGHTS GO TO THE ORIGINAL WRITERS AND PRODUCERS ||| Sequel: Princess of Swords: Collective One-Shots.

Warning: This is a sequel! If you have not read: 'You're not the only one...' Do so now! --------------------------------------------------------- Pain. It use to be something that agonized Ruka day in and day out. It use to be the thing that made her cry herself to sleep every night. However, that's all changed, and now Ruka is suffering from something that hurts even more then pain. Loneliness. ***** It's been three years since Uzamaki Naruto has left Konoha. Ever since those three years Ruka has changed drastically. She's more mature. She's smarter. Faster. Stronger. And of course her beauty has done nothing but increase. Ruka should be living the perfect life! However, somethings off...Ruka has a secret and only three people in the whole village know about it. Those people being: Tsunade, Ryuku, and Ruka's doctor. No one has any reason to believe Ruka is any different. She still smiles, she still laughs...but what she does when she's alone...will determine the difference between life and death. Now, after so long, Naruto has returned to Konoha and Ruka doesn't know how to cope with his homecoming. She convinces herself that she hates him, but why does she feel so safe around him? Will Naruto and Ruka be able to continue the relationship they once had? Or will Ruka's big secret mean the end for her? ***** "Ruka" Naruto said softly "I'm your best friend. If there's something wrong I want to be the first person to hear about it; I'll protect you with my life. I promise." "Don't promise that" I said quietly "my life is unpredictable. I could die the next day and you would never know." "That's not true." "Try me."

"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]

The final book of the 'Tales of a Gutsy Ninja' series. The Fourth Great Shinobi War has begun and it is up to our strategist to lead the shinobi forces towards victory. With the timeline changed so drastically, future is no longer something that can be predicted. But there is one MAJOR problem... Aira has no memory or intention of being the 'strategist from the heavens'. * * * * * Status of 'Tales of a gutsy ninja series' : Book 1 : The tides of change (COMPLETED) Book 2 : A tryst with destiny (COMPLETED) Book 3 : Strategist from the heavens (Ongoing) * * * * * A/N: All characters except Aira belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Basic knowledge of 'Naruto world' is required to understand the story. This story shows a battle of wits and valor with the backdrop of the all too familiar Naruto plotline. So without any further delay...happy reading;)

Ryuugamine Aira has gotten used to life in the Naruto world but pressure builds up since the countdown to the Fourth Great Shinobi War has started. Aira's aim is simple - with the use of her knowledge of the Naruto world, she intends to stack all odds in favour of the allied shinobi nations. But in the tumultuous world of ninjas, will she survive long enough to put her plans into action? The story of the 'Strategist from the heaven' continues as she strives to live up to Jiraiya's book, Tales of a Gutsy Ninja. * * * * * Status of 'Tales of a gutsy ninja series' : Book 1 : The tides of change (COMPLETED) Book 2 : A tryst with destiny (COMPLETED) Book 3 : Strategist from the heavens (ongoing) * * * * * A/N: All characters except Aira belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Basic knowledge of 'Naruto world' is required to understand the story. This story shows a battle of wits and valor with the backdrop of the all too familiar Naruto plotline. So without any further delay...happy reading;)

" As long as there are those who believe peace is possible, there still is hope. - Jiraiya(Tales of a gutsy ninja) * * * * * Ryuugamine Aira was sent to the Naruto world. A person who shall change the way things are. But...was her knowledge of future the only reason for her selection? Will she able to prove that 'true peace' is not a naive ideal but something that is truly possible? More importantly...who is she? A brilliant strategist or a voice from the heavens? * * * * * Status of 'Tales of a gutsy ninja series' : Book 1 : The tides of change (COMPLETED) Currently under revision : Revised up to Chapter 15 Book 2 : A tryst with destiny (COMPLETED) Book 3 : Strategist from the heavens (ongoing) * * * * * A/N: All characters except Aira belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Basic knowledge of 'Naruto world' is required to understand the story.

Warning: This is Book 3! Read: 'You're not the only one...' and 'You are the only one...' before proceeding. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cover made by: deliriouslyweird ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ruka Kiyomizu Hatake had experienced many things in her life. She experienced the emotion of love, she experienced the feeling of pain, she experienced the torture of loneliness, and she even had her fair share of what betrayal felt like. However, there was one thing she had yet to experience, despite it beginning to loom so close and strike fear within the heart's of the Shinobi world as we know it. War. You watched her as a 12 year adolescent struggling with maintaining her feelings and strive to burst free of her bubble of shyness and depression. You watched her as a 16 year old teenager struggling to fight with love for another and her suicidal thoughts/actions. Now, you will watch her as a 17 year old woman struggling to protect her loved ones in the upcoming war that is bringing forth unexpected deaths and even worst suffering. To make matters worst, "Madara" Uchiha has quite a few tricks up his sleeves, one that could lead to the complete extinction of the Kiyomizu clan. The war gets bloodier and more brutal with each occurring death and as she watches the people around her die, Ruka can't help but wonder if she'll be next. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I'm scared" I muttered quietly. Naruto frowned and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me to his chest. "I'll protect you with my life, I promise." "Don't promise that" I said, tears slowly streaming down my cheeks "you saw what happen to....him....you and I both know that-" "That what?" "That I'm not gonna come out of this war alive."

Ruka had been abused all her life She got beaten by her own grandparents for reasons sometimes unknown to her. She got beaten by other children from school as their source of personal entertainment. She was considered an unloved, unwanted girl However, she was use to it She was use to being called a waste of space. She was use to being glared at through such fierce eyes. She was use to being abused for no reason at all! She grew up with the assumption that she would always be unloved and that stuck with her firmly Then one day the unthinkable happens, she ends up in a place, much different from the horrid and cruel lifestyle she once lived in Michigan and meets a boy just like her. She met a boy that had been abused and mistreated just as she had; she met a boy who had shared the same cruel fate! She met Konoha's knucklehead ninja. Not afraid of anyone or anything, firm in his dream to become Hokage She met her best friend She met the love of her life She met Naruto Uzamaki....

(Sequel to Lost - Naruto FanFic) My name is Kaji Tora. I still enjoy blood, killing, and training. I still hate a lot of people. My hobbies, well, they are still none of your business. My dreams for the future? More like nightmares. I am a rogue ninja of the Leaf. Have been for 3 years. Used to be friends with the Akatsuki. But my life changed. I have been made into a mostly emotionless, sadistic, bloodthirsty person. Not to mention the fact that to everyone else, I'm dead. Why? I was forced to make an impossible choice, and so instead of picking one of the options, I made a whole new option. What was that option? To protect my friends, no matter how many times I'd get screwed over in the process.

Beth was a young girl with a troubled life. Though privileged, Beth was constantly ignored by her parents, and loved ones. Always seen as an annoyance, a parasite, as nothing. Her only escape was the world that Masashi Kishimoto created. A world of strength, of determination, a breath of fresh air. Little did she know that the world she had only read about, was real. When Beth is mysteriously transported into the Naruto world, she finds herself thrust into a world with danger lurking around every corner. As she discovers things about herself that she never knew, she must put her love for another above her will to survive. _____________________________________________________________________________ Masashi Kishimoto (you wonderful man!) is the creator of 'Naruto' and all rights go to their official owners. I would like to make sure everyone knows that the pictures in which I used to create the cover art, do not belong to me. Thank you and I hope you enjoy my story. - Love Always, Chloe (StormCloud14)