Never had he expected for someone in that kind of place to peak his interest, let alone be it someone from his past. He never was charitable, but the conscience, which he hardly acknowledged, pushed him to help. An attraction blooms, but will it go further? Modern/Alternate Universe(AU).

****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.

~Sequel to: "I Got Caught In A Storm... And Now I'm Stuck In Naruto!?"~ It's been two and a half years since Minxie Takeda left Konoha and became Itachi Uchiha's student, and boy, have things changed. Smarter, stronger, and more beautiful than before, she returns to Konoha with her twin brother Ryuu Takeda, former Akatsuki member. Reunited with her friends and going on missions again, she is happier than ever before. But things don't remain happy and peaceful for long. New enemies are rising with deadly intentions, and they all have one common target: Minxie. Everything the young heroes know is beginning to fall apart, and they must all go to the end of the Earth to protect what is precious to them. Join Minxie as she faces trials of love, desire, and danger, all while trying to save the world and complete her destiny. In the end, only one side can win the war that has been foreseen since the beginning of time. With the Final Battle nearing, Minxie and her friends must sacrifice and make quick and hard decisions if they want the world to be saved. One thing's for sure: The eternal battle between the Light and Dark is finally coming to its end, and its end will truly be tragic.

Minxie Patterson lived an average life... Until the day she ended up getting sucked into the Naruto world due to a chaotic storm. Now, as a Leaf shinobi, she's on Team 7, along with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. They have a complicated relationship and tend to be extremely dysfunction, but they're still a great team. In the ninja world, Minxie is happier than ever, although she does meet a talking leopard and a psychopath or two, as if that's where she belongs. But what happens when she finds out that she really does belong there, since it's her birthplace? Wanting to solve the mystery of who she is, she's determined to figure out why she needs a Guardian, and why she was sent to Earth in the first place. However, as Minxie soon realizes, some secrets are better left unknown.

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?