I don't own Naruto or it's characters. I do own my oc, who is inside Kushina's body.

I will refer to Katherine as Kushina in this fanfic just to make things less confusing.

I was also inspired to write this, and the idea for one life to be born, one must be gone (That wording is mine), from the fanfic 'love leaves you scarred', It's a great fanfic and I highly suggest you go read it.

My name is, or used to be Kathrine Locket, and I was a normal 12 year old. Ok, maybe I wasn't so normal. The truth is that I was a little on the chubby side. And I was a total Naruto geek. There was nothing about the anime that I didn't know. Heck, I even went above that. I literally wrote fanfiction about what I would change. And now… I finally get the chance to do it. Just not the way I wanted to. Not at this cost. Not at the cost of taking a life.

"I killed her. She never even got to live because of me."

~ Kathrine Locket

"Don't you understand! I'm nothing but a fraud! I'm not the one you're supposed to love!"

~ Kathrine Locket

"I don't care. I don't care about who I was supposed to love. Because right now. You're the one I love."

~ Minato Namikaze

"I love you mom!"

~ Naruto Uzumaki

"You helped save the lives of the people closest to me. You've made my sensei a better person. And for that, I will forever be grateful. So thank you Kushina-san."

~ Rin Nohara

"You reminded me of what was truly important in life. You showed me the value of life."

~ Sakumo Hatake

"You saved my life. You prevented me from going down a darker path."

~ Obito Uchiha

"You didn't kill her. You can't kill something that never lived. And even if you did. You should not be afraid to admit it. We're shinobi. We kill."

~ Itachi Uchiha

"I do not like you. But I do not have to like you to respect you."

~ Danzo Shimura

A soul reborn,

Rises,

Through the ashes,

To the sound,

Of the crow,

To put right,

What once,

Went wrong,

Justice will be done.

~ Dave Alan Walker

Sometimes what's dead must be burned away to make room for new life. Sometimes you just have to step back and let the brittle bits ignite - but once those flames begin to dance on their caustic dance, don't you dare look the other way. Don't you dare close your eyes. Watch and let that image see itself forever in your mind. Remember what it looked like in the midst of the soot, the smoke, the haze. Remember, so you don't repeat the same conditions that require such a blaze.

~ Christen Rodgers