A/N: First, I own nothing. All goes to the awesome creator of Naruto. So I finally got the passion I needed to start a story. This story is going to have music, dancing, art, plans of the future, and the idea of family and together-ness. There will be moments of angst, abuse (sexual, drugs, and to one-self), and abandonment. But, there will be humor(:

Summary: Naruto and Kasumi run away from the clutches of Orochimaru, and head to Konoha. Ready to start over, leaving everything behind, and take everything ahead of them by storm. They meet friends that have some changing to do themselves, people they might just fall in love, and a family that could never be replaced. No matter how stupid they can get.

For the Life of Me

The sun was just setting, causing a luminous shine to the city. Two figures walked to the edge of a cliff that loomed over the city, both mesmerized by the sheer beauty of it; the City of Leaves, Konohagakure.

"Kasumi?"

"Hmm?"

"Is this where we start over?" the boy whispered.

"... Yeah Naruto. This is where we start over." the girl whispered back quietly.

The wind blew lightly, swaying the boy's blonde spikey hair, and the girl's blonde pony tails. The girl readjusted the straps on her shoulders, and started trekking back down the path they came.

"Well," she said with a sigh, "come on bro. Let's get going. We have to try and get to the city before night fall."

"Okay, okay. I'm comin' sis. GOSH, if i had known we were just gonna comeback down after only two seconds of being up there, I wouldn't have climbed my ass up there in the first place!" as he too, readjusted his backpack.

"Naruto, shut up. I know, and you know, you enjoyed that sunset, so DON'T RUIN THE MOMENT."

"I'm just sayin' Kasumi, the next time you wanna use a bunch of energy just to seee a sunset, give me a heads up, 'kay?"

"Whatever Naruto." Kasumi replied with a roll of her eyes.

As they walked down the path, Kasumi wondered how their lives would be in Konoha. She imagined how they would be able to start new and not have to deal with them anymore. So with their past behind them, Kasumi nudged Naruto, and a nod of her head, they launched forward, running with all their might. Ready to take everything by storm. They ran until they saw the lights of the city, almost there. So close, so very close...

This chapter is short, I know. But I needed a prelude of some sort to get the whole story going. I'm currently working on Chapter 1, and should have it typed and up by tomorrow. If you review, thank you, and will respond as soon as possible.

-DimintheMoonlight(: