Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, neither do I own any of the songs that I list at the beginning or in the story.

My second Naruto fic...yeah...

I got a

Heart full of pain, head full of stress

Handful of anger, held in my chest

Uphill struggle, blood, sweat and tears

Nothing to gain, everything to fear

--Nobody’s Listening; Linkin Park

Forbidden Footsteps: Leaving for good

“Stick to what you’re good at doing! You’re good at dancing, and that’s enough.”

“But I want to be a ninja-”

“No, only the men in this family will be ninjas-”

“Why? Because you’re stronger? Because you’re a different sex? How could Haruko become a ninja and not me?”

“Because you’re female and I will not have a woman in this family become a ninja. Your brother was a ninja because he was male. You are a female. Stick to dancing.”

The girl trembled in anger. “Make me,” were the words that were barely audible from her lips.

Her father was too surprised toreact at first, but then he smacked her across the face. Being a Jounin, she went flying across the room and into the wall with a Thud. She slid downand looked up at him with unfocused eyes.

“Don’t ever speak to me that way again.” Her father snarled. She snarled right back as she got slowly to her feet, wobbling slightly. Blood dripped through her blond/sand colored hair and down her face and neck as she stood to face him.

“Fine. I won’t.” She said as she stared at him head on. Then, in an instant,she turned and walked up the stairs to her room, still wobbling from the smack. Her cheek burned red and her head throbbed from where she’d met the wall.

The young girl made her way up the wooden steps slowly and unsteadily, her vision becoming blurrier all the while. This didn’t stop her though. She made it up to her room, and when she did, she sat on her bed and stared at a picture next to her. It was the only one she hadof her mother. The same mother that’d left her…abandoned her to her father 5 days after she was born. The girl was truly all alone in the world.

A soft breeze came through the open window as the girl looked up at the full moon and stars and made a life-changing decision.

That night, after her father and everyone in the town was finally asleep, the girl crept silently out of the old house, bag slung over her back. That night, Hiroko Kagemi left her birth town for the last time to fulfill her dream of becoming a ninja. She turned her back on her past and faced her future head on. I will become a ninja, even if it costs me my life!

Back at her old home, her father whispered something, but it was lost in the light wind from the open window.

Does anyone know...how do I put this into words?...Does anyone know what order Kazekage's kids are? Like, do they go, Temari, Kankurou, Gaara? And how many years are between each? Also, what year did Temari graduate the academy? I'm not all that far yet in the episodes (although I've seen enough to write a good fic), and I need to know to write this. Any extra info on them would be great!

Thanks! R&R!