DISCLAIMER: DOES NOT OWN NARUTO!

Fated

BRING! BRING! BRING! Silence…..

"Ugh! I woke up before you did, stupid alarm clock!" I screamed.

"To think I actually woke up in the middle of the night to set the alarm. What happens? I wake up right before it sets off…" I thought, "Never mind, I have to prepare for our winter break trip with Ino & Hinata."

Ino and Hinata are my BFFs. They're my BFFS. I've known Ino since 1st grade. Then Ino introduced Hinata at my eighth birthday party and we became best friends, just like how Ino and I did. The three of us have a really tight bond with each other, like sisters, perhaps. We would always share all our secrets, stories, problems, and other stuff with each other. All of us are in college now. Coincidentally, we're all in the same college. Even better, we share a dorm with each other.

1 hour later

"Sakura, you're the first one to wake up? That's a first," Ino said, "Why are you up so early? We already packed our clothes and food last night."

"I know. I'm just trying to graph the mountain onto a grid. It'll help us visualize and locate different places on the mountain," I replied.

"Oh… Good with mountains as ever. You're probably excited to go to Korma Mt. It has the steepest slope in the whole world," Hinata said sleepily, while rubbing her eyes.

"You're right. Mom and Dad would always bring me mountain skiing when I was little. I've gone to every mountain around the world except this one" I answered.

"Well, it's your luck. We're going there today," Ino said.

"Yep," I said happily.

Then the three of us got ready for our trip: changed into street clothes, ate breakfast, did our hair and make-up, and other things. Then, we were out the door.

Hinata offered us her car for our trip. By car, it would take us 2 hours to get there. If my car or Ino's car were to be used for this trip, they wouldn't last the whole way and break down. That's why Hinata offered her car. Hers is the newest and best looking out of ours. It's a Mustang (no wonder we agreed to take her car.)

"Finally, we're here!" I screamed, "Here we come, Kormi!"

We headed our way to Kormi Mountain and took the cable car to get to the peak. It took us 30 minutes to get up that thing! Then we reached our destination- Kormi Mountain's peak. When I looked down, the only thing I saw were clouds. That told me that we were really far from the ground, probably miles away.

"Hey guys. Wanna have a mountain skiing race to see who gets to the bottom of the mountain first?" I asked.

"Sure!" and "Okay! Sounds fun!" was what I heard from them. This is going to be one fun day.

"I wanna play," someone said.

Who just said that? NO! It can't be! Could it be him? NO! Please let it be anyone else except him. Oh god. I spun my head around. It was him. There he was. Sasuke Uchiha. I would rather do the point- slope form in class than see him, and I stink at point-slope form.

"Sorry. It's only the three of us in this competition," I snapped.

I felt my blood boil. I hated him. It all started in the 6th grade… and I was in math class. He and I were like parallel lines. It was impossible for those two lines to touch each other- just like how he and I could never be friends.

FLASHBACK

Our class had a math bee that day. Sasuke and I were the remaining contestants in the game. Until…

"Sakura. What is the slope formula?" Kakashi- sensei, our teacher asked. I answered the question with ease and got it right.

"Sasuke. What is the slope intercept form?" sensei asked him.

"Y= mx +b." Sasuke replied, smirking at the same time.

"You're correct. I'll ask you both another question. Whoever finishes and gets it right first wins. Ok? You two ready?" sensei continued. We nodded in agreement. "Good. Find the x- intercept & y- intercept of 3x+4y=12. Begin."

Omg. The teacher chose that question? He knew I knew how to do everything in math… except that. Is he trying to make it hard on me? Oh well. I at least had to try. It's now or never.

"Congratulations, Sasuke. He got the question right first and is the winner," Kakshi-sensei said.

"What? I haven't even started on it yet!" I yelled.

"Wow. You haven't even started? It's so easy! I guess only YOU don't know how to do this problem, loser." Sasuke said.

My face turned purple. I was mad and at the same time… embarrassed. On that day, I swore to God that one day I would get revenge on Sasuke. No matter what. Everybody else was on his side. Everyone laughed at me and made fun of me after that incident, except for Ino and Hinata. My two best friends.

(END OF FLASHBACK)

"Why? You afraid you're gonna lose to me? Loser?" Sasuke said. My eyebrows twitched.

"OH, IT'S ON, BUDDY!" I hollered, "Ino, Hinata, let's start the game now. Ready, set, GO!"

The race was on. Somehow, Sasuke and I were in the lead. He shoved me with his ski. I shoved him back twice as hard. However, I think I shoved him back too hard because the next thing that happened was unexpected. Both he and I fell off that mountain, into the thick, green forest bordering Korma Mountain.

I felt scared and my eyes automatically shut closed. Then my eyes peeked open again. I realized I was flying. Oh my gosh! I'm ACTUALLY flying! This is the best thing that's ever happened to me! After feeling the wind pass by, I felt so carefree and spread my arms out, forming a perpendicular line. Gliding through the air felt like magic. Sasuke was right beside me, flying head first. He smirked at me. I know I'm childish, but did he really have to do that? We finally reached the ground and it interrupted my thoughts.

Somehow, he landed on me when we reached the ground. He was on top of me. Our lips clashed. Wait, WHAT? Oh crap, this ain't good. We were both in shock mode. Our eyes were wide open, but really, they were starring at the opposite person. He got off of me a few seconds later. Even though that kiss only lasted a few seconds, it felt like hours! It was terrible, yet… interesting.

"Yo. You okay?" I said while brushing dirt off my clothes.

I don't care about him. It's my fault for us both falling down this cliff, so at least I had to show responsibility. Fortunately, no one got hurt physically, but there's one thing I know: we both got hurt mentally. How sad.

"Yeah. How about you, loser?" he said, his hands stuffed in his pocket. He didn't even show a hint of concern when he said it. Well, that's how he always acted.

"Oh just shut your dirty trash up. It's not like I take advantage of people when I'm on top of someone. I don't wait a few seconds later to end the kiss." I said, smiling and rolling my eyes. He and I were used to talking to each other like that. It's a normal thing for us.

"Where are we?" I continued.

"Y'all are obviously in a forest," someone said. Following the voice, she was to the right of us, showing an emotionless face when she spoke. It was an old lady. She looked like she was in her late 50s. Right next to her was a man who looked slightly older than her, who wore a black tuxedo on a bright sunny day.

Sasuke's face was PALE when he saw the old lady. It looked hilarious. Probably because she dressed like a teenager (or a stripper) when she's in her 50s. She had on a laced cami, a hot pink one, and some shorts that went above her thigh. You could see all the wrinkles and stuff! Gross! After seeing her, me and Sasuke wanted to puke so bad and laugh our heads off, but that would be disrespecting the old lady. Still… who in their 50s would wear that?

"Where else? Kids these days. They know nothin'." the old lady continued, walking towards us.

"Honey, they fell from the sky. I don't think they would know this place," he said to his wife, "Hi. I'm wife's name is Tsunade."

"Uh –uh-um… it's nice to meet you, Mr. Jiraiya and… Mrs. Tsunade," Sasuke said. His voice trembled. I don't think he's recovered from the sight we just witnessed.

"Ya'll wanna get outta the forest and back to the mountains, right?" Tsunade asked in a girlish way .We said nothing and just nodded our heads.

"How'd you know?" I asked.

"People always fall from the sky now. It's like a new thing now. I mean yesterday, 10 people fell from the sky. You're the first people today," Jiraiya said, "Come on, we'll show you the way outta here."

"Ok. Great!" I exclaimed.

I started walking, but I couldn't and collapsed to the ground. I twisted my ankle. Sasuke saw what happened and walked over.

"What's wrong? You ok?" he asked in a casual tone.

"I'M fine, but not my ankle. It hurts and it can't move," I replied.

"Here, just get on my back. You're so troublesome," he said.

He moved closer to me and crunched over, motioning me to get on his back. I leaped up limping. Slowly, I got onto his back, unsure about doing it. He could drop me anytime he wanted, but he didn't.

"Sasuke isn't that bad if you get to know him. He's got a warm side. Too bad he doesn't show it at school. I always thought he was cold-blooded. Things change. People change, just like how he did. Maybe we can be friends." I thought.

We followed the old couple who were walking ahead of us. After an hour of walking, we were finally at the bottom of Korma Mountain, Sasuke and I thanked the old couple and they walked back into the forest. Then, I saw Ino and Hinata. They rushed over to us and were panicking when I said I twisted my ankle. They were even more surprised when they saw me on Sasuke's back. This is the weirdest vacation I have been on in my whole life.

"Hey, Sasuke, you can give Sakura to us now. Do you want to keep her on your back forever?" Ino said teasingly.

" Hell no. Here, you can have her back." Sasuke said.

After getting off, he started going the opposite way we were going.

Before he went far, I said " Hey Sasuke, thanks for carrying me all the way here. I must have been really heavy. Furthermore, you carried me for am hour. It must've been hard on you."

"Hn. Not really. I just take it as my form of exercise today. K? Don't worry. I'm fine. See ya." He replied.

"Sure, see ya…" I said softly.

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