****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.

My name is Akari Senju. I am the great granddaughter of the First Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village. I'm not supposed to exist. This is the story of my journey through darkness and into the light.

Medusa makes Stein a propostion:Come with her and none of his freinds get hurt.But he refuses,not wanting his soul to be lost in the darkness.Then Medusa hurts Spirit and Steins left wondering:should he go to her?

What happens when Rose can only remember her name? Not even her past love or her own family, or her sins.