A/N: This is my first Naruto story, so no flames, please. If you want to know the translations of some of the names, please see the bold lettering at the end of the chapter.

Disclaimer: I don;t own Naruto, it's characters, or the song. I only own the ones you'll find out about in this chapter.

Chapter 1

Come away, come away, and your heart will understand
Yesterday flies away, but tomorrow's in your hand
Come away, come away, there's a place that it can be
That you can be like once upon a time, with me

It was a small starry night, the moon the only light across the entire desert, coating it with its creamy light blue essence. There were two children atop a rooftop, that from far away, they looked as though they were playing. But to them, it was much more different. They were dancing. The children, no more than five and six, were spinning and twirling elegantly enough to put even the best to shame.

The boy had deep red hair, with black rings around his eyes. He was wearing a tan top, with black pants. The girl had bright pink hair, fading from pink to blue at the tips. Her eyes were like sapphires against the moonlight, mixing with those of the sea foam green from the boy.

He lifted her up gently, letting her spin through the air. The sand from the desert flew around them gently, as though it was dancing with them.

"Jasumin, time to get up," a two foot tall black stuffed two-tailed demon cat said. It seemed harmless, lying there on the floor, sharp claws. But inside it was a male demon cat almost the size of the nine tailed fox that the fourth Hokage had sealed away over twelve years ago. An overprotective male demon cat. His golden eyes watched her silently.

The pink and blue haired girl woke up, upset that she had been woken from such a lovely dream, her sapphire eyes studying him. After all, it was the only memory she had from the red haired boy she had met a few years ago.

"Thanks a lot, Riku," she grunted at the cat.

"Anytime, toots. You'd better get up soon or Keiko's gonna come in here and get you up herself," he warned.

Jasumin ignored him. She closed her eyes, hoping to catch another image of him. She had been so distracted by her dream that she didn't notice the purple and green haired girl sneak up to her room. The girl awaited in silence, and jumped on the bed, tackling Jasumin.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up, Jasumin!" she cried happily.

"Keiko Tokushima, why are you in my room?" Jasumin asked sleepily.

"Today is a week and a half before the Chunin exams and we have to go practice, or we'll never make it." Jasumin grunted.

Translation: 'Get up, I wanna see is my hottie is back yet.'

The only reason Keiko wanted to go practice was so she could go see if Kakashi Hatake and his students were back from their mission. Jasumin knew that Keiko had this ultimate crush on Kakashi, despite the age difference between them. Keiko was sixteen, and she didn't know how old Kakashi was. Jasumin didn't really care for love right now.

Jasumin buried her head back into the pillow, curling the blanket around her. She really didn't care if she was late. Kyohaku Ookami would scold her for not coming to practice on time, like she always did. Jasumin wondered if Kyo always had her shorts in a knot, with the way she was so pissy all the time.

"Hey, baby girl, old man Kage ain't gonna like you bein' late… again." Riku said.

Keiko had a sly smile, and grabbed Jasumin's sides, tickling her furiously. "If you don't get up, I won't stop."

"All right, I'm up." Jasumin laughed.

She pushed Keiko off of her, and proceeded to get dressed after dropping a pillow on Riku.

"Hey, it's not like I haven't seen you get dressed before," he yelled. Jasumin ignored him again.

She first slipped on her fishnet tank top, then put on her traditional kunoichi kimono. It was a soft sakura pink, like her hair, with blood red lacing with fishnet between the lacing on her arms, and two slits going up the sides to her waist. It stopped short from her knees, the sleeves almost touching the floor when her arms were at rest. Jasumin placed her black vest around her waist, then tied the gold sash to keep it in place. She pulled up the black leggings and tied her shuriken pack around her right leg. She grabbed the brush from her dresser, and tied her hair up in the usual bun, her bangs framing her face. A black and red pair of chopsticks had been carefully woven through her bun.

Jasumin would never usually wear her family colors. After all, she was the only one left of the Koneko clan. Her family had been hunted down and exterminated when she first lived in Kirigakure, in the land of water. After that she had lived in Sunagakure with her mother, until something happened one night, and her mother disappeared. She had promised that she would meet up with her in Konaha. She had run away and was found near the village by Kakashi Hatake. She had later been taken in by the Tokushima clan. She knew that Keiko had a kekkai genkai, but didn't quite know it yet.

Jasumin had been able to live in safety while she lived in Konaha, as long as she didn't step outside the borders of the Land of Fire. She never did like meeting with the Hokage. Sure he was kind enough to let her live in their village, but he always had to meet with her once a week for some reason she never spoke of. That and that her bakaneko didn't cause any trouble, as if he could, being sealed away in a little doll like that.

"Come on Keiko, let's go see old man Hokage." Jasumin said, picking up Riku as she walked out the door.

Next time:

It's the time to meet the sand sibs, but something has come over a certain sand shinobi. What has become of this meeting? What will happen? Stayed tuned to find out!

Please review.

Jasumin, Konecko=Jasmine, Cat

Keiko=study

Kyohaku, Ookami, Kyo=Star, Wolf, ill-fated

Riku=agony of seperation.