Dancing through Pillars of Fire
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto. If I did, the series would be VERY different from what it is, but I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that.
Prologue
It's strange. The feelings you can remember feeling as a small child that just don't feel the same now that you're older. Take the smell of flowers, for example. When you're little, flowers are a sign of happiness and joy. The scent of any flower means playtime in the fields. As you age, however, some flowers mean love while others represent sorrow, death, pain, misery. What about school? While you attend, you want nothing more than to get out. You think you know everything, they can teach you nothing more. But you want nothing more than to go back and continue your education when you watch your teammates die and you could do nothing to prevent it. When it's all your fault they're dead because you couldn't kill the one person who took them away. You lose your friends and village because you fell in love with your enemy. The worst part is… In the end…
IT WAS WORTH IT.
A/N: Yeah, I know I should be working on In Too Deep, but I honestly forgot where I was going with that, and I think I'm gonna re-read what I wrote and fix it up a bit (or maybe a lot), because I doubt it's even up to my standards at this point. In other news, life is stressful, what with my fiancée and I breaking up and the fact that I'm moving AGAIN, and probably won't have internet until I get a job. So if I keep updating into June, then all is well, but if I don't get anything up for a little while after, then don't worry, I'll try to post from the library computers or something. It's hard to do when my laptop monitor's broken, but hey, new computer, actual internet connection, split rent between me, my brother, and my mom… A new phone since mine met a tragic accident shortly before the official break up… Yeah, I can't wait, actually! First, though…. A JOB!