A girl becomes a kunoichi. A kunoichi becomes a weapon master. A Tenten centered oneshot.

A set of drabbles written in response to the Stages of Love LJ community challenge. All chapters will be 100 word drabbles on five escalating themes Attraction, Romance, Passion, Intimacy and Committment. NejiHinata of course!

SasuSaku. Angst. Sasuke had only nodded, immediately falling into old habits him counting cracks in the sidewalk, her smiling politely at a spot just over his left shoulder. Take a walk? he had finally said.

Jiraiya has always known that they could have been happy in another life. Slight JirTsu.

The stars are safe tonight. RenjiRukia. Angst. 300 word shortfic.

Whoever fights monters, take care lest he become a monster... Sasuke will do anything to kill his brother. Uchihacest. ItaSasu. Be sure to read warnings! Part Two of the Invictus Arc.

When Chouji, Ino, and Shikamaru were younger, young being a relative term in the life of a shinobi, they would play pretend. ChoujiIno if you squint. Angst.

Ino always has all the words. Except today. InoSakura.

There is a saying among Hyuga mothers – Your first child is lost to duty, and your second to despair, but your third is your own. Implied NejiHinata.

Who is Renji to refuse the bride on her wedding day? IchigoRukia. Renji POV. Angst.

Neji muses on the scent of lavender and regret. NejiHinata. 211 word ficlet.

Uchiha Itachi, there is no sin in killing your clan when they are only imposters.

In a world where virtual reality comes prepackaged in feathers, and where knowledge can literally kill, Naruto introduces a new game to Sasuke and Sakura: one called 'Konoha.' [Fusion with Jeff Noon's Vurt.]

[HayateYuugao, before series] ANBU members should be used to visiting the hospital or the morgue by three months into their service. Yuugao will never forget what Hayate looks like this time. [Complete]

The Hyuuga worship Fate out of necessity, not faith. Hyuuga Hinata, through the eyes of three of her family members.

Team Yondaime makes a short stop on the way to Stone Country.

Christmas, 1980. A drunken Sirius wakes up James, demanding that they share a drink.

Not all of Konoha's heroes have their names carved in stone. Kakashi, Yondaime, Sakumocentric.

After Yondaime's death, Jiraiya briefly returns to his village.

One night every year, Uchiha Sasuke lets himself mourn the family he lost years ago.

Sinistra thought that getting her Hogwarts letter was the best thing that had ever happened to her. And it wasat least until she left school. A short one shot about being Muggleborn and the ugly, hidden truth of the Hogwarts letter.

Sasuke always thought that Itachi was a genius. However, sometimes even a genius makes mistakes. Short drabble, set the night of the Uchiha Slaughter.

[Oneshot, Iroh, Lu Ten] Leaves from the vine, falling so slow...

Even when you're used to being considered cruel, being disliked by a certain person can still hurt. Shounen ai YagyuuOishi, 5trueloves entry.

Sakura tried to stop Sasuke from leaving, but nothing she said or did that night seemed to matter. What Sasuke said in reply meant everything to her. Not romance.