Author's Note: Hey guys! I've been feeling the need to write a Naruto fanfiction (and just write in general since I'm on break this summer)! Some of the characters are going to be a little AU, but I wanted to write them that way! Anyway, please let me know what you think about the first chapter!

University of Konoha

Dear Sakura:

Congratulations! On behalf of the faculty of the University of Konoha, I am pleased to announce your admission for the fall!

The academic and personal achievements you have already accomplished within your school and community reflect what we value, reflect, and expect from our students. You can be proud to have joined such a selective group of students. For years, students have entered the University of Konoha and left with the experience needed in the educational and professional world.

Sakura, we are excited that you have been accepted to join the University of Kohoha community. Please review the enclosed "Checklist" for the next steps in your acceptance process, and contact our admissions office if you need any help.

Sincerely,

Shizune
Director of Admissions

When I read the letter, I screamed.

"What is it?" My mom said. We were standing in the kitchen, and I had just gotten my letter of acceptance to my first-choice university in the mail.

"I got in! I GOT IN!" Was my voice really this loud? I was never one to scream, and here I was. Shouting at my mom in the kitchen.

"Congratulations sweetie!" She beamed. Even though she hadn't been very keen about my decision to become a music major, my mom was still supportive of what school I wanted to go to. The University of Konoha was already prestigious, and had one of the top music schools in the country (the reason why I wanted to go).

"Thanks Mom!" I said, and hurried up to my room to call my best friend, Sasuke Uchiha.

I waited impatiently as the phone rang a few times - Sasuke wasn't very good at holding on to his phone sometimes, which resulted in a lot of missed calls from me (if it was something important like this). To my delight, he answered the phone on the first try. "Hello?"

"I GOT IN!" I shouted. Sasuke had already been accepted, of course. Early admission.

"That's great!" He said, and sounded genuinely happy for me. That was another thing about Sasuke, he wasn't always the best at showing emotion. Sasuke and I had been best friends since he moved here from the city in elementary school. To this day we don't remember how it happened, but that doesn't matter. Sasuke was one of the only people that really understood me, and I know he felt the same about me, since he never really warmed up to many people. Our sophomore year of high school his father had decided to move the family back to the city because he had just become the CEO of the large company he worked for, but that didn't stop us from keeping in touch with each other. Letter writing was our favorite method of communicating, but we also talked on the phone pretty often. On holidays, he even came to visit.

There was another detail though. Before Sasuke had left, we had considered dating. I guess both of us had developed feelings for each other in the time we had spent together, but since he was moving away we decided to just stay friends - it would be too hard, we said, to have a relationship. Besides, we didn't want to ruin our friendship.

I never told him that I had regretted that decision. My feelings grew even deeper for him when we were apart, and I knew that I wanted to be with him, even though I never told him. Ever since we had been accepted into the same college, I felt like it was some sort of fate. We could have another chance together, and this time I knew it would work out.

"Are you ready to go?" Sasuke asked me. We were about to get on the plane. He had come to visit me for a couple of days before we left for college - my mom had dropped us off at the airport, promising that she would mail me everything that I hadn't managed to pack eventually. I didn't have a lot to bring anyway, to my surprise, all of the clothes that I had been planning on bringing had fit into my luggage nicely, including my favorite books, my laptop, and a few pictures of my family. My carry-on was my violin.

"As ready as I'll ever be," I replied. Ever since Sasuke had returned, we had settled back into our easy friendship. I had really missed him, even though we had kept in touch.

When we got on the plane, it dawned on me that I was about to start a new chapter of my life. I wouldn't be living with my mom anymore - at least not full-time; everything was about to change.

"Are you still afraid of flying?" Sasuke teased me as we sat down. I had once flown up to visit him and he had met me at the airport, shaking from being on the plane. I had a fear of heights.

"No," I said, obstinately. To tell the truth, I wasn't sure.

When we got on the plane, I let Sasuke take the window seat. We talked happily about what we were going to do when we reached our new home (University of Konoha) and what we wanted to do first when we got off the plane. I felt elated, talking to him.

"At least we have two classes together." I said. Sasuke was a business major (because his family planned on him working for the same company that his father and brother, Itachi, did), but he had a music minor. The faculty at the university practically begged him to double major, but Sasuke had declined. This year he was taking some music classes with me that were part of his minor.

"Probably." Sasuke said. "At least one I would think."

Like me, Sasuke loved music. He was amazing on the piano, even though he often denied it. I loved listening to him play.

When the plane took off, I froze. All of the fears of flying that I had repressed in the past suddenly came back in full force. I found myself closing my eyes tightly as I listened to the engine of the plane rumble. When we started taking off in the air, I squeezed the arms of my chair tightly.

"Not afraid of flying anymore, huh?" Sasuke said, once we were in the air.

"Shut up." I said, barely opening my eyes to peek out the window. That was a bad idea, we were too high up for my comfort level.

"Ow." He said, looking at my hand. I realized that I had been squeezing his hand too.

"Sorry," I said. If I hadn't been terrified I probably would have blushed.

Once we were in the air, I felt better. Sasuke shut the window so I wouldn't have to see how high up we were, so that made it better. We continued talking, until I fell asleep.

After we got off the plane (landing was easier for me because I was able to mentally prepare myself for it more), Sasuke and I took a taxi to the university. The city amazed me even more than it did the first time I came to the school to audition for the music department - I loved how alive everything felt all the time.

"Let's check in at our dorms first," Sasuke said, "and then we can meet back up to go to dinner."

"Sounds good." I said, studying the map I had acquired of the campus. Already, I loved it. The buildings were old, in a good way, and made of red bricks. There were a lot of trees and flowers all over the place - it was like I was in a movie or something. I walked by a large fountain on the way to my dormitory, there were students everywhere - talking, walking somewhere, or looking for their dorms like me. A pretty girl with black hair walked by me with an instrument on her back. I wondered if she was studying music like me.

I finally found the building where I would live for the next year. It was made out of the same red brick that every other building on campus was made out of. I walked towards it hesitantly, unsure of what to do next.

"Hello!" A girl with two Princess Leia-style buns greeted me at the door. "I'm Tenten, the Head RA. Are you here to check in?"

"Yeah," I said, "I'm at the right dorm right? Clark?"

"That's it!" She said cheerfully, leading me inside. The lobby consisted of couches and study rooms - it was cozy.

"Sakura Haruno?" Tenten said, typing on a computer inside the RA office.

"That's me."

"Okay, I'll need you to fill out these papers, and then you'll be all checked in!" She grinned.

I looked at the papers, which consisted of an emergency contact sheet, a dorm agreement, and a sort of questionnaire to get to know us better, I guess. I filled everything out quickly, anxious to get to my room.

"You're all set!" Tenten said brightly. "Oh, and you're my resident so if you need anything feel free to ask me! You're room is going to be on the second floor..." She gave me directions - it was simple enough. I would be in room 232.

I thanked her, and then set off for my room. To my surprise, when I got there my roommate had already moved in. A pretty blond girl turned around, startled. "You scared me," she said, and then laughed.

"I'm Sakura Haruno," I said, moving my suitcase to my side of the room. "It's nice to meet you finally."

"Ino Yamanka." My roommate grinned. She had long blond hair that was tied up in a high ponytail. We had emailed back and forth after finding out that we had been made roommates. "I hope you don't mind, I already started unpacking on this side of the room..." Our dorm room consisted of the standard concrete walls, with two beds on each side and a window in between. There were also two desks and dressers for us to use - I wasn't sure how they managed to get them to fit in such limited space, but it worked.

"It's fine," I said. "I like this side of the room better anyway."

I set my suitcase and violin down on the bare mattress (I would make my bed later), and unpacked my laptop, which I put on the desk on my side of the room. "I'm going to go grab dinner," I said. "See you later!"

"Have fun," Ino said, busy adjusting part of her sheets, "we'll have time to catch up tonight."

To my surprise, Sasuke was already waiting for me outside of my dorm. I could see a group of hopeful girls already staring at him and giggling. After being friends with him for so long, this was typical. Girls always gravitated towards Sasuke, ever since middle school. It was no wonder that he had been so popular after moving to his new high school.

"Sakura," Sasuke greeted me. "You remember Naruto, right?"

Sasuke's blond friend was standing beside him, grinning. "How could I forget him?" I teased. Naruto had known Sasuke even longer than I had (they had gone to the same school before Sasuke moved in elementary school), although they hadn't always been friends. In fact, they used to hate each other until Sasuke moved back sophomore year.

"Sakura!" To tell the truth, Naruto and I hadn't liked each other very much when we first met either. I think we were both jealous that the other one was friends with Sasuke, but we got over it. "I haven't seen you in forever!"

"I know," I said, "it's great to see you!"

The place we were going to dinner was a café a few blocks away from campus, so we decided to walk. It was a nice day anyway, and Naruto caught us up on what had been happening with him on the way.

"Rin broke up with me," he said - Rin was his girlfriend that he dated his senior year of high school, "she said that it was time to move on, and that I'm too immature. DO I LOOK IMMATURE?!" It was like he suddenly forgot about us, and was now directing his confusion towards the sky.

"She wasn't worth it anyway," I said.

"I guess," Naruto said, "I've seen so many cute girls here already, Sarkura!"

He also told us about how he wasn't sure about the student union building because they didn't have a ramen restaurant - Naruto's favorite food.

The café was French and small, and it would have been perfect for me if the circumstances would have been different. Sasuke's mother had actually recommended it to us - she had grown up in the area and loved the place.

"This place is so cute," I said when we walked inside. Everything was so cozy.

"Do you think they have ramen?" Asked Naruto.

"Doubtful." Sasuke replied.

The hostess showed us to a table by the window. I felt like an adult, going out to dinner with friends.

"Welcome," a delicate-sounding voice said. "My name is Karin, and I'll be serving you this evening." I looked up to see a pretty red-haired girl standing at our table. Even though she had glasses, and her hair was swept up into a ponytail, she was beautiful. "Can I start you off with anything to drink?" She smiled.

I looked at Sasuke, who had a stunned expression on his face. Could it be that he thought she was beautiful too?

"I'll have water," I said. My voice seemed to shake him out of the strange stupor he was in. What was wrong with him?

Naruto seemed to be just as distracted. "Do you have ramen?" He said.

Karin giggled. "No, this is a French restaurant."

"Oh..." Naruto trailed off. "I'll have water too."

Sasuke ordered his drink - he got water too. It seemed like he was able to collect himself enough to start forming coherent sentences - which was better than I could say for Naruto. As soon as Karin hurried off to get drinks, I teased them.

"What was that?" I said.

"You saw her, Sakura." Naruto said. "She was so pretty..." He still looked dazed.

I rolled my eyes. "Boys, I swear." I muttered under my breath. To tell the truth I was a little jealous. Ever since Sasuke and I had been reunited, he hadn't said anything about what had happened before he left in high school. Had he forgotten?

Dinner was pleasant - we had more time to catch up with Naruto, and talk about what classes we were going to be in. Like I said before, Sasuke and I had two classes together, and that was promising. At least I would know one person.

Naruto, on the other hand, was undecided. "There are too many choices," he told us, "I'm just going to take a bunch of classes and try to figure out what I like." He sounded exasperated, as if the thought of having to make decisions was too much for him.

"I'm sure you'll figure it out." I said.

When it was time for Karin to bring back our receipts, she stopped to chat.

"So, are you university students here?" She asked us.

"Yeah," Sasuke replied, "we just got here, actually."

"Cool," Karin grinned, "I'm a sophomore here. Maybe I'll see you around?" She slipped him a card with the restaurant's name on it - from where I was sitting I could see a phone number written neatly on it. It's not like I was surprised, girls were always hitting on Sasuke.

"Maybe." Sasuke agreed.

When we left the restaurant, I tried to forget about the whole Karin encounter. Maybe I had just been imagining everything that had been going on between us. Maybe he really just wanted to be friends.

We walked back to campus, and I left my two friends at the fountain - I really needed to go unpack now. We said our goodbyes, with the promise of meeting up for breakfast before our classes tomorrow. Sasuke and I had music theory at eight in the morning.