Because of Kisara's large chakra reserve, she has been the target and captive of power-hungry rogue ninja for as long as she can remember. After seventeen years, she finally gains the independence she years for, but she soon finds herself tagging along with Suigetsu of the Mist. Over time, Kisara finds it harder and harder to keep her promise to never trust anyone... SuigetsuXOC.

What would happen if you had the power to live in your own Naruto Shippuden role play? The possibilities are endless. What is happy bread? More importantly, what would happen if you gave Sasuke happy bread? What would happen if Tobi got a hold of Hidan's cell phone? What would Neji give Deidara as a birthday present? This story explores those possibilities, and more.

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?

****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.