Hibiki Tsukino was never one to make friends. She has run all her life and wondered why she stays alive. She came up with four reasons; four reasons to live. When she is found by a Konoha ninja and forced to stay there as a genin, what will happen? What if she meets her reasons again? Will she be able to find more reasons? **Under major editing!! I wrote this when I was like 13 or smth so I'm rewriting a lot of it XD Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I only own Hibiki and her storyline.

My name is Rima Hatake, so I guess you can tell who my father is, the copy cat nin Kakashi. As for my mother, well that's a secret best kept hidden, for if it were to get out I would have a certain S-ranked criminal after me. Before she was murdered, my mother sent me off to Kumogakure to train with Killer Bee-sama, but that was nearly seven years ago. Now, I have been summoned back to Konoha by the Hokage to join one of the genin teams and reunite with my father, the man who chose the village over his own wife and child. Let's just say, things are about to get interesting. DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto, only the characters I created.

Keira- a young, hurt girl who longs for companionship. Driven out of every village, she eventually arrives at Konoha. She settles down their and joins the ninja academy. What will happen? Will she make friends, or continue to be closed off? Will she finally find someone who won't forget about her? Someone she can protect with all her heart, simply because they accept her? Or will she continue to be an outcast, never knowing the meaning of love? Read on to find out. (NWA 1st PLACE WINNER)

Raised by dragons and Jinchuriki of the Ten-Tailed Dragon Kuronuma, Naoto steps for the first time into the human realm. LATEST UPDATE: I am doing a sequel, as some of you readers requested. It's called 'The Elders' and I wasn't planning to write it, but the idea just appeared out of thin air.

****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.