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Name: Uchiha Sasuke----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name: Haruno Sakura
Age: 18----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age: 17 11/12
Departure Time: 5:25 AM-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Departure Time: 5:25 AM
Arrival Time: —--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Arrival Time: --
Destination: No where----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Destination: Some where
Ticket: #2--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ticket: #1
Platform Number: #7------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Platform Number: #7
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"Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death.
To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving.
It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death."
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5:17
He solemnly stared at the clock, his left hand clutching the boarding pass for the train, his body planted on one of the sides of the sodden, grimy train station two sided bench ready to leave. He was aware of a presence behind him, on the backside of the two sided bench but he didn't have enough mind to care.
There were five more minutes left before he had finally decided to let go.
To give up.
On life.
5:18
He sighed and ran one hand through his wet, ebony, tousled hair, his bangs covering his hopeless, bloodshot eyes. The only real luggage he was really carrying was a pitch black, glossy, leather wallet which had been fed with an infinite amount of crisp cash and sleek credit cards.
Of course, he hadn't known that one train ticket would only cost a measly amount such as fifty-six dollars, because he had only ridden on such a public transportation device once when he was little, so he had stuffed his wallet with all the cash he could find at that moment. Well, to anyone else that would have seemed to be a very hefty amount- to any middle class person, which were the majority of the people in the world. However, he wasn't a middle class person.
He was filthy rich.
Not just rich.
Filthy rich.
5:20
Many obnoxious and odd sounds were echoing from each direction, however, he had tuned them all out, trying to imagine the sweet, sweet white light that he would be experiencing in a few moments.
'Why does my heart hurt…?'
He needed relief. Fast.
'…it hurts..so much..'
He couldn't live like this anymore.
'no more please! I'm begging you! Stop!'
He didn't care if he was being selfish, taking himself from the people who supposedly loved him. If they had, had actual feelings for him, they wouldn't have done this to him.
No. He didn't care if he was self-centered.
'…I want the numbness back! Please! The pain hurts too much! Kami-sama help me! Please!'
He didn't
…anymore.
5:21
Cccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!
Suddenly, the sound of the heaving engine broke through his well built walls, and he rose from his seat to finally get this release he needed oh so badly. To finally be broken off from the rest of the world, and to finally get rid of the pain. Finally.
'Well Kami-sama, this is goodbye then. I mean I know that I'm not going to heaven, but I guess that's only because you never gave me a chance to show my worth.'
Silently, he walked over to the middle of the tracks, ignoring the comments of the bystanders.
("Hey, look at that kid! He's gonna' kill himself!")
The train approached like a rhinoceros, huffing like a bull elephant.
'Finally, I can get rid of this pain.'
("Kid! Get off the tracks boy!")
He turned so that his back would be the one facing the impact, so he wouldn't have to see it.
Cccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkk!
("Someone help! There's a boy in the middle of the tracks!"
Cccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkk!
The train was coming a little slower as, getting closer and closer until it was just fifteen seconds away, as the conductor tried his best to console it to stop without breaking it.
5:24
' Goodbye Kami-sama, and thanks for…nothing I guess. I might be rude and ungrateful, but what was the meaning of a life where you only experienced pain and sorrow…So goodbye, goodbye—
BAM!
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1.
First Meeting. First Train Ride.
Oh, how That went wrong…Or right…
A small girl sat on the train station bench waiting for her parents to return.
A small boy sat on the train station bench waiting for his parents to find him.
"Hi! I'm Sakura! You're kinda' cute! What's your name?" her bell like voice chimed as she stuck her face in his trying to get a look at his eyes which were covered by his long ebony bangs.
He looked up from under his bangs.
"Well? Come on, don't be shy! I don't bite!" she sang.
"…I'm…I'm Uchiha. Sasuke Uchiha." he whispered, clearly irritated by such a peasant girl. Who did she think she was talking to him, when her apearence clearly stated that she wasn't from one of the noble families. Father had always told him not to associate with such…presences. He had said that they would just undermine his status. That is why he had only interacted with the Hyuuga and Namikaze clan's children. If it weren't for the workers' riot outbreak through Uchiha Enterprises, he wouldn't even be here.
What made it so much safer riding here?
"Ne? That kinda sounded like that American spy thingy person! What was his name…? Oh! It was Bond. James Bond." She giggled.
"You're annoying." He stated a-matter-of-a-factly raising his posture so he would not be on the same eye level.
"…Um..okay…" she started to sniffle. Her face tilted downward so that her pink bangs would cover her tear filled eyes.
He glanced over to her sniffling figure. She looked so…fragile…
His lips curved down. He hadn't meant to make her cry…
"…Are you crying?" he inquired quietly, softly pushing her bangs away from her eyes. She instantly turned around.
" No!" she said her fists clenching.
"Then why are tears running down your face?" he asked curiously. No one had ever spoken to him like that before, yet he couldn't make himself angry at her…
"Momma says (sniffle), that (sniffle), you should never let anyone(sniffle) think of you as, (sniffle) weak!" she hiccupped at the end.
He wasn't exactly sure about what to do, so he put his arms around her holding her tight to him…Her warmth radiated onto him and he smiled a little when he felt it.
'This feels kind of nice…' he thought quietly.
From a few feet away, a relieved Itachi stood as he sighed content. That boy had almost given his mother a heart attack. His father was planning on calling the police if Itachi didn't find him in an hour. When he also saw the small, pink hunched form his little brother was holding so tightly, a small smile formed on his face.
'Seems that my little brother has found a girlfriend…Before me..?' he smirked as he walked to the bench and kneeled down.
"Hmm…Well I guess I'm a big disappointment to my family…" Itachi said in a fake solemn voice. Of course, that wasn't true. He was the perfect heir to the company and family.
But that did get the two five year olds to stop embracing, as their heads shot up.
"It seems that Sasuke has a girlfriend before me. Oh how upsetting…" he smiled.
Sasuke quickly let go of the girl and scowled hard. Now how many five year olds knew how to scowl, grimace, growl, and glare? Well, Itachi knew only one.
"She is NOT my girlfriend!" he hissed. And how many knew how to hiss too?
"Yeah! And he is too rude to be my boyfriend!" the petite, pink-head spouted back. "I was just waiting for my kaa-san and tou-san to come back and take me to the train! It's my first train ride!"
"Really? It's ours too." Itachi smiled softly at the small girl while wondering how can something so small be so loud and energetic.
"Cool! Oh that's my kaa-san and tou-san! Bye pony-tail man! Bye-bye Uchiha Bond!" she grinned as she hopped off the bench and ran to a couple in the crowd.
Sasuke's scowl fell as he watched her retreating back, and turned into a soft, unconscious smile.
Until Itachil pulled him off the bench and onto his shoulders.
"Now you have a lot to explain, Uchiha Bond." Itachi said unapprovingly as he walked off.
Sasuke looked over his shoulder and met the girl's eyes one last time as the sound of the heaving engine came and went.
Ccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk!
They had both missed their trains.
And the scowl returned.
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5:17
She grinned widely at the clock and sighed with pure anticipation, as her right hand softly grasped her train ticket, and her body carefully poised on a cool, wet side of a two-sided bench. She was not exactly aware of the presence on the other side of the two-sided bench, because frankly, her mind was just overloaded with so much excitement that it was impossible to think of anything else.
There were only five more minutes left before she was going to be at the dawn of a new beginning.
A new start.
On life.
5:18
She carefully combed her soft, shiny bubble gum pink through her nimble fingers, her bangs pushed off to the side so they wouldn't cover her beautiful jade eyes which were sparkling with life. The three bags of luggage—her crafty, large, emerald shaded purse; her enormous, hot pink suitcase; and her black, sparkly duffel bag— that she had managed to put together, were put around her in a protective position, like they were guarding her instead of her guarding them.
Of course, she knew how a train station worked—her family had ridden in trains countless times, so she knew about how many low life scums would just love to take care of her bags for her. The ticket was a hefty price, and she almost couldn't afford it. A whole fifty-six dollars was more money than she was given in her allowance for a year. Luckily, she had taken her whole life savings—two-hundred twenty-three dollars and eighteen cents plus the seven dollars that were only for emergency, because seven was a guaranteed lucky number— and carefully placed them in her pretty jade purse. Yes, yes, it wasn't a lot. It was mostly because her family wasn't middle-class like most families were.
They were very poor.
Not just poor.
Very poor.
5:20
There were many annoying and exquisite noises coming from the directions around her, however she was blocking them out trying to also block out how much trouble and obstacles she was going to have to face.
'My heart's just bursting with happiness!'
She would hold on. Forever.
'…Oh! It feels sooo good!'
She could wait a lifetime as long as she had this feeling.
'I don't even know if I even have room for this much happiness!'
But in the process, she would be hurting her loved ones…She still cared about them and she just absolutely hated herself for taking herself from them because they had given her so much.
Yes, she still cared and loved them.
'Wow, this feeling is overwhelming…'
She still will
…forever.
5:21
Cccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkk!
Suddenly, the loud roar of the engine pulled her out of her thoughts and she quickly rose from her seat to finally dawn a new life. To finally have a new beginning and finally embrace the happiness. Finally.
'Oh! Well Kami-sama, wish me luck although I know that you will always be there for me like you have always.'
Clumsily, she tried gathering her bags all at once and had them fall back down. Frustrated, she put all of them on the bench and tried to figure out which one she would carry in which position, until she heard many shouts and yells from behind.
("Hey look at that kid! He's gonna' kill himself!")
She whipped her head around so fast, that it hurt. But that pain was soon forgotten as she stared at the horrific sight in front of her. It was a boy, around eighteen, her age, who was actually quite handsome. But it was the fact that he was standing right in front of the rail-road tracks that was unbelievable.
'Oh my god! Kami-sama, please forget my happiness for a moment and save that boy! Please!'
("Kid! Get off the tracks boy!")
But instead the boy only turned around…And the train was coming at eighty-nine miles per hour. Forgetting her things, she ran to the side where all the other bystanders were shouting pleads for him to get off the tracks.
Cccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk!
(Someone help! There's a boy in the middle of the tracks!")
Cccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk!
She watched in horror as the boy still stood there with no intention or help of moving out of that hazardous zone, and as the train got closer by the minute.
There was no help coming.
He was going to die.
And no one was there to save him…
..yet..
'Oh fuck! I can't let him die like this on the dawn of MY new life! If you won't do something Kami-sama, I will!' she thought as she raced through the small crowd, and flung her body at him.
BAM!
And all went black…
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Summary: When he boarded that half empty train, it was to forget his life. When she boarded that half full train, it was to start a new life. But even though their view on the situation was different, they both still ended up on the same train.
Rating: T for teens.
Couples: SakuSasu, NaruHina, ShikaTem, InoCho, GaaMats, NejiTen SuiKarSai.
Disclaimer: Unfortunetly, I do not own any of the character Kishimoto has created.
The two main characters are Sasuke and Sakura.
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So what did you guys think of my first chapter? Hehe. Sorry for the cliffhanger..
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