Summary: One minute Ashley Sutter was tumbling off her bike on her way home, and the next she was waking up lost and cold in the middle of the miserable but aptly named Land of Rain. Forget about fan-girling, Ashley just hopes she survives.
Rating: 12/12A
Category: OC-centric
Characters: Akatsuki, OC, Tsunade
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst
Warnings: None
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapter: 15 Completed: Yes
Words: 40094 Read: 35931
Published: 27/08/08 Updated: 14/02/10
Story notes: Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. (I think this is where I can do this...) 1. Prologue by winterstrife [Reviews - 10]
(828 words)This is the first time I've posted here, so please let me know if I should fix anything.
2. Chapter 1 - A Great Day by winterstrife [Reviews - 4]
(2740 words)Thanks for the encouragement, everyone. And especially to demonchick25 who told me how to put my title banner up. I hope you enjoy the chapter!
3. Chapter 2 - Kindness of Strangers by winterstrife [Reviews - 5]
(3876 words)Now that TONFA's up and running again, hopefully everyone will come back. Here's the next chapter, I'd love to hear what you think!
4. Chapter 3 - The East Road by winterstrife [Reviews - 3]
(3288 words)Sorry for taking so long to update. I was distracted by other things... Hope you enjoy the new chapter, regardless of the lengthy wait.
5. Chapter 4 - The Other Faction by winterstrife [Reviews - 3]
(3049 words)Very, very sorry! The last several weeks I've been swamped with working on a horrible, terrible, absolutely dreadful final project. At long last, here's the next chapter. (Again, very sorry for the delay!)
6. Chapter 5 - A Game by winterstrife [Reviews - 3]
(2176 words)This chapter... just didn't want to come out. I still don't think I'm completely satisfied with everything, but you all deserve something for waiting so patiently. Hope you like it!
7. Chapter 6 - Freedom by winterstrife [Reviews - 4]
(2630 words)It's been about a month since I updated... it doesn't feel like that long (to me). I'll try my best to get the next chapter done a little faster, although I can't promise anything... Actually, it's thanks to "Write or Die" that I got this done yesterday. I'll have to use that site more often, it's very useful.
Anyway, hope you enjoy the chapter!
8. Chapter 7 - Changes by winterstrife [Reviews - 8]
(2559 words)This chapter was the shortest so far (excluding the prologue), and I felt like the next chapter (also exceedingly short) would be fine to add on to the end of this one. So I did. I'll have a new chapter up soon, I think. Thank you for your patience.
9. Chapter 8 - Fish Out of Water by winterstrife [Reviews - 4]
(2804 words)You may think I'm extremely late updating... but, actually, I did update in mid-May. Unfortunately, it was just to add a few pages to the last chapter (because the break was too early to be made into an entire chapter of its own) so tonfa didn't have it appear as updated...
So, go back and read the new material at the end of chapter 7 before you read this.
10. Chapter 9 - A Change in Luck? by winterstrife [Reviews - 4]
(3842 words)I did a lot of work recently to figure out exactly where I wanted this story to go and actually write it down for a change... so I actually have an outline to the end now, and future chapters should come out much quicker because of it. Sorry for the wait, I hope you enjoy the next chapter!
11. Chapter 10 - A Girl and a Toad by winterstrife [Reviews - 3]
(2866 words)Alright, so it wasn't quite as quickly as we'd all hoped, but I think I made better time than last time. This last month has been absolute chaos, so all of my writing projects have taken longer to get out. Well, I hope you like this chapter, even though I know you're all really waiting for the next one...
12. Chapter 11 - A Chickadee's Welcome by winterstrife [Reviews - 4]
(2222 words)I know I'm a horrendous human being for leaving you all hanging right after I said I'd update more quickly... and if this story isn't finished by the end of the month, you can hunt me down yourselves. I'm determined, though, and I'll be doing everything within my power to get this finished within the next two weeks. But don't take my word for it... (Actions speak louder, right?)
Thanks for putting up with me. I hope you enjoy a new chapter after the wait.
13. Chapter 12 - Hard-Minded Techniques by winterstrife [Reviews - 5]
(2916 words)Told you I'd update sooner. :) Here's the next chapter and I hope you like it!
14. Chapter 13 - The Terror of War by winterstrife [Reviews - 3]
(2049 words)Here's the next chapter... a little later than I meant it to come out, but I had a bit of trouble with one of the scenes in the middle... in the end I just cut it and it works fine without it. :) Hope you enjoy the chapter! There's actually only about one chapter left of this...
15. Chapter 14 - Down the Sodden Hill by winterstrife [Reviews - 9]
(2249 words)Here it is, the last chapter. I wanted to pretty much tie things up and also leave you with a feeling of not quite knowing what's real. So let me know how I did. :) Thanks for reading, everyone, and a special thanks to everyone who reviewed throughout this. Thanks!