A/N: Well my friends and fans, the much awaited first chapter of Relfections is here! I hope everyone likes it! SO SORRY FOR THE WAIT!! XD I enjoyed writing it. It was a little difficult, but I pulled through.

One thing I'd like to say is that I'd like to thank my sis, the wonderful Josephine(Joi Saru Gekkou). She's really inspired me! Aishiteru, Joi! Thanks also to the very famous Khazia, who said she'd read this. Thanks, Kate! Also to my Deviant Art friends/ stalkers(lol) who said that they'd read this as well (You know who you are! Lots of love!) Your encouragement and excitement pulled me through!

This is sorta a filler chapter, presenting the characters yadda yadda yadda, but ya gotta do whatcha gotta do!

And I must say for the disclaimer: I DON'T OWN WHAT'S NOT MINE!! I mean, if I owned Naruto I would have seen every single episode and wouldn't even be writing this stupid fic...

I really appreciate reviews; tell me how I did!! And now after a seemingly never-ending author's note, I give you the first chapter of Reflections :

Dreams

I nod and get into the car.

I look out the window and I watch her go by, tears streaming down my face.

"You'll love your new home, Josephine!" my new "mother" says.

I give her a disgusted look and look back out the window and scowl.

I sigh and close my eyes.

"We WILL see each other again..." I hear her say.

I open my eyes and whisper, "You better be right"

Joi gasped as she woke up. She looked around warily and sighed. "Just another one of those damned dreams!" She gazed around her tent again and said, "Joi, get yourself together! You have a big mission tomorrow and that's when you meet your...help." She growled the last word.

She isn't used to getting or even saying it. But if the Raikage said that her, Joi Kaguya, Head ANBU and Taijutsu master needed help, she'd allow it. Now, she realized that this must be a harder mission than usual. All Joi had to say about the matter is that this "Mizuki" better be as good as they say she is.

She walked out of her tent and looked up to the sky. She then sat down where the fire had originally been buring earlier that night. She lit it again and curled up next to it, comforted by the heat. She stared deeply into the fire, watching it dance and flicker. She'd usually done this at this time; she'd done this since she was ever thirteen.

Her demon that's in her, Shukaku, only allows her to sleep for three and a half to two hours of sleep a night. And for some reason, she's now been dreaming of events from her past for the past few weeks. Like the one she'd had tonight. She didn't like this. One. Bit.

She'd always hated her past, and now that bastard, Shukaku, made her relive it!?! Truth is, she'd always thought what had happened back then was her fault...

The explaination to her dreamas weren't clear, but she knew she'd been having these dreams for a reason. And they're always of when her and her sister, Lindsey were in an orphanage or of when Joi, and only Joi, was adopted. So, Joi had to leave her. Only to be told a few days later that she'd commited suicide. She'd tried to forget those days, and pretty much had. Then, the dreams started a few weeks ago.

Joi looked away from the fire and back to the night sky. 'Lindsey had always loved the sky" Joi thought and smiled. A true smile, which was rare for her, but it was only brief.

Suddenly, she violently shook her head, banishing her thoughts and yet another smile. She really misses Lindsey now, ever since these dreams came, but she's too stubborn to admit it. "Like it matters...Lindsey's gone..And she's never coming back," she grumbled.

Little did she know, that was about to change.

"NO! I can't just leave her! She has to come with me!"

"Come now Josephine. We've already been through this. She'll be fine."

"No she won't! She needs me!"

"Josephine Ann. Get your little butt in the car. NOW!"

"Do you not understand!?!!? She's my sister! Not only that, but she's younger than me! She has to come! Just has to!" Then, she starts to cry, which is very unlike her.

I watched all this happen outside the front door, which is open, and I frown.

She saw me standing there and wiped her tears away quickly. She gave me a weak smile and ran up and hugged me. "Just go, Josephine. I'll be fine We will see each other again."

"Promise Lindsey..." she whispered looking up at me.

"I promise!"

We hug each other one last time, this one more tightly, and she got into the car.

"I'm right...I promised. I always keep my promises." I said as I was ushered back into the building.

Mizuki opened her eyes and fixed her eyes onto the open night sky. She sighed. "Another dream... More vivid... More..." she sighed again.

"Another big mission tomorrow... just wonderful," she said. Mizuki was actuual a quite lazy person. A great qualification for a ninja.

She laid back on her back and looked back to the sky. "Who's this 'Josephine' girl in my dreams anyways?" she asked aloud to noone but the trees.

She seached her skies, thinking about her dreams even more. She started pondering it until she eventually closed her eyes and gave a frustrated growl. "I know I'm having these dreams for a reason! But why? Maybe it's from..." then, she gave another frustrated growl as she put her hands on her head, coving her face.

She will meet Joi, her higher-ranking ANBU leader who she was to help, tomorrow. With Joi's reputation, Mizuki was excited, nevous, and scared at the smae time. Meeting someone as respected as Joi was nerve-wrecking for Mizuki. She knew she'd say and or do something wrong or stupid.

She couldn't belive it when the Raikagake told her that she was hand picked by him and that she was to go and help Joi. he told her, "Joi will tell you everything you'll need to know. All you need to do is be at thedesignated place at the designated time...Just...Don't be late..." You'd have butterflies, too.

Mizuki thought of this 'Josephine' from her dreams agan and eventually fell asleep with only a few hours left to sleep anyways.