Summary: "Remember that you are only ANBU. Only ninja. With those masks, you are not anyone's brother, sister, parent, friend. You are a tool. Nothing more." When Hound finds somebody who challenges this belief and reminds him that he's not worthless, he wants to hang onto him as long as possible. Too bad he didn't bother telling Iruka this. ( Read more... )

Summary: Six elite Konoha ninja are killed on a classified mission. Their teams stumble upon the trail left for them and quickly learn that not all is as it seems, and investigate. They are soon faced with a question- their precious people, or Konoha? Light KakaIru, AsuKure, and GenRai, but romance is not the focus of this fic ( Read more... )