From the bloody tree that is the story of ninja life, a few small leaves fall, some beautiful, some sad. Update: the God of Anbu: "Shinobi have gods. Anbu need a darker god than most." A collection of one-shots.

In their first lesson, Tsunade had told her to always analyze the opponent for their jakuten. Sakura had never expected to use her shishou's lesson like this. KakaSaku, canon-divergent, offshoot story from Autumn Leaves.

Naruto bounced back up, careless to his developing concussion. "What? A princess? We're guarding a princess!" "No, dobe, just a noblewoman. Probably fat and old like the daimyo's wife, too." Team 7 gets hopelessly tangled up in court politics on their 2nd ever C-Rank.