Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or its characters.

It feels surreal to be on this train. This train was leading to me to a new life; something completely different than my own. I was actually going to go out of Tokyo for once, which was something I never thought I would do. Well, it's not entirely my fault that I'm leaving Tokyo, I didn't make this brave decision by myself. In fact, it was my aunt who handed me this once in a lifetime opportunity.

She said to me, "Sakura," with that smile of hers that comforted me, "I've been saving up a lot of money for you to go this school. I know you've wanted to travel but I didn't have the money for it since I was fresh outta college, y'know. Now that I've got myself situated at the law firm, I could afford the tuition."

"Wait, what?" I was surprised. I actually didn't believe anything she said. She got her job? I was proud and I wanted to celebrate but she seemed really focused in what she was saying.

"I'm not finished, listen." She smiled once more, "There's a school called Konohagakure High on Fire Island surrounded by Matsuyama city." Going into her purse, she pulled out this brochure and handed to me and I immediately opened it, surprised by how beautiful the place was. "It's been up for, I think, at least a decade and so it's fairly new but the education is said to be outstanding."

"So, why do you want me to go here? Just because the education is good?" I asked her, still unsure of why she wanted me to go to this school.

Groaning, her hands were on her hips. She was annoyed by my interrupting, but I was still trying to take all of this in. Jeesh. Walking towards me, she took the brochure out of my hands and then held my hands, showing sincerity for what she was about to say. "Ever since the accidents, I know how much you closed yourself off. You even told me to cut your hair to let go of the past, but I think it's about time you leave Tokyo and explore a new place... get to know new people."

I know what you're thinking, my aunt is the sweetest, isn't she? She literally is. She's my beacon of light to be honest. Aunt Airi has looked out for me since she was eighteen literally taking care of me while she was still in college. "I just want you to have a fun life instead of worrying about all we went through. All you went through." One hand went to my face, her thumb brushing against my cheek.

"Auntie…" I mumbled, finding myself wanting to cry because of her kind heart. I don't know how I could ever repay her for all she has done for me even though she says that this is all her responsibility just for being my aunt.

"Your mom and dad's insurance put me through school and kept a roof over our head and food in our stomach, and since then I've been saving what's left and adding to it to take care of your future." Airi said to me, "And I think Konohagakure high will be good for you."

It was impossible to say no the way her blue eyes were looking at me, shining with happiness and also concern. All Aunt Airi wanted was a good life for me, so what did I look like objecting? "Alright, I'll do it." After saying that, I felt a little excited. "I'll start packing."

Slipping away from my aunt, I went speeding to my room to hear her chuckling at my excitement. Even though I was going to miss Tokyo, my home, I felt happy to be leaving it. I knew more than anything that I would be homesick and I would miss my aunt the most, but it honestly felt good to get away.

And here I am, on this train going across the ocean to Fire Island. So far, the island was purely beautiful and the ocean was so blue and so vast, it felt like it would stretch on forever. It was hard not to stare out the window at it. I wish I had came earlier but watching how the orange sky had lit over the ocean was breathtaking. My aunt did warn me to leave earlier but I have a hard time remembering to wake early on a non-school day. Not just that, I spent the whole night talking with my aunt because I couldn't handle the excitement. I barely wanted to sleep.

Still, I couldn't help but think how much it probably cost my aunt to afford all this: the tuition, the dormitory, the uniform fees, and her even sending me money every month as an allowance. I know she said she saved up money after using what was left of my parent's insurance covering our clothes, food, her student loans and tuition, my tuition because I went to private school, and so much more. My aunt really worked her ass off instead of relying too much on my parent's insurance.

'She a miracle worker, isn't she?' I thought to myself, thinking about her. One day, I hope to be successful to pay her kindness back. I owe her, big time.

The sky was dark, the moon shining brightly above and it's reflection distorted on the ocean's surface. It was kind of scary to be in a new place at night but I wasn't going to let that shake me. Still, there was that lingering feeling of uneasiness but that's because of what I've seen during the night.

What do I see? Well, ever since I was young I've seen this strange thing happen at night. When the clock strikes twelve, it's like the whole world stops or more like, a new world opens. I've always been scared of it and so I threw the blanket over my head until it was over, it felt like it would last for an hour but it felt so scary. It felt so strange.

I wonder if it'll happen here too. I mean, it only started happening when I was hit by that car as a child. I remember crossing a street when a car came out of nowhere or at least, I was told it was a car. I'm not even sure what it was but I just knew I woke up in the hospital with my parents hovering over me, afraid.

My life is really a mess to be quite frank. Far cry of normal, I can attest to that.

The train came to a stop, which made my heart jump a little. I was getting closer to my dormitory, all I had was the map they sent me through my phone. Raising my pink-cased phone as I got off the train with my suitcase in my other hand.

"Why are the street names so weird?" I found myself saying out loud, squinting as I looked at them. The street names seemed foreign, which I couldn't even imagine why. "Is that Italian? Yeah, I think its Italian." Why would they name the streets like that in Japan? I mean, I wasn't complaining but it seemed so… random. "Via dei Fori Imperiali is where the school is, but where is the dorms?"

I continued looking at my phone, trying to make sense of it all. "Via Sacra? That's where my dorm is…" I walked a little further down the side walk. I found my dorm, which was called: "East wing Konoha."

Lifting my suitcase up the steps, with somewhat of a struggle, I walked through the dormitory doors. It felt entirely empty.

"Hello?" I said, "Is anybody here?" Nope, it seemed like I was the only one here. "Well…" I sighed, unsure of what room I had and how I was supposed to unpack my things. They sure sucked when it came to welcoming new students, didn't they? Maybe it was just plainly my fault for being late anyway.

And that's when it happened.

Everything had went a strange color, like a strange, bright green. I quickly turned around to look through the window of the doors, searching for the bright yellow moon. I then became distracted by the overall feeling of a presence. "Who's there?!" Shouting now, my eyes looked all over the place for the person I felt around.

"Y-You're awake?"

Just hearing the voice made me jump. Quickly, I spun around to see a girl about my age, standing right there in front of me. Her hair was a platinum blonde, pulled in a high-ponytail with a long bangs covering the right side of her face. She was wearing a school uniform too, I recognized it from the brochure and my own from when Aunt Airi showed me.

"Umm…" I found myself humming, "why would I not be awake?"

She looked dumbfounded still but then shook her head, and that's when I noticed she had something in her hand. My eyes went wide when I fully registered that there was a gun in her hand. The girl must've noticed me staring and immediately moved the gun behind her and out of my sight. "You must be new then, welcome to Konoha high!"

What the hell?

"Why the hell do you have a—"

"Haruno?" The second voice caught me off guard, and I looked over towards them. It was another girl, one with fair skin and bright, red hair. Her hair was short and spiky on the right side, while longer and straight on the left. It was weird, in my opinion, but it suited her, I guess.

She too was wearing a Konohagakure high school uniform. "Y-Yeah, that's me."

Seriously, what the hell was going on? Why does that girl have a gun?! "You're, uh, pretty late." said the red head, who approached me. "I'm Uzumaki Karin and that's Yamanaka Ino, we're your dorm mates."

I feel completely unsettled about this. "Oh… Well, I'm Haruno Sakura, but you already knew that." A nervous laughed escaped my throat, but I eventually had enough in ignoring the problem at him.

"So, why do—" They didn't even let me get the sentence out. They knew what I was going to ask and so they just bum rushed the whole question.

"Ino will be showing you towards your dorm, I have something to do." Everything felt extremely off.

"O...Okay." I blinked several times as Karin went upstairs, probably towards her dorm room or something. Wherever she was going, something important awaited and I was entirely curious about it.

The strange light had completely disappeared and everything was back to normal. That was strange, it usually lasted longer than that. And so I looked at my cellphone and to my surprise, it wasn't twelve o'clock and so why did it happen so early? It was only 10:30.

Ino placed the gun in the holster around her thigh, which reminded me of how uncomfortable and confused I was. Either way, she still greeted me with a bright smile and that made me even more uncomfortable and perplexed.

I decided not to let this question go. "Why the hell do you have a gun?" I repeated myself, expecting an answer. How could I rest my head in this building and there was a girl with a gun with her?

"Oh, uh, it's a prop! It's not real, wanna see?" She pulled the gun out of the holster and handed it towards me.

"Whoa!" My hands flew up, afraid to touch the weapon. A prop?! It looked completely real?! How could I believe her? I didn't know her, I couldn't trust her.

Grimacing, I watched as she moved it forward and nodded her head as if to confirm that it was not actually a gun. She seemed adamant about making me believe. Maybe I could give her the benefit of the doubt, "Alright.. I believe you."

With a sigh of relief, the blonde continued leading me up the staircase and then towards the third floor. Apparently, my room was 306, right in the middle of the two doors, which meant I would have one person on either side of me.

"I'm 305 and across the hall, that one room, 304 is Karin's room." Ino explained, I nodded my head. "307 is empty, it's reserved for another person that wants to stay here."

It made me curious if anyone would ever want to take the space, but even so, I was more excited about my own room. "You need help unpacking?"

"N-No!" I immediately said, "I only have this one suitcase and plan to go shopping for new clothes. I never realized how many clothes I actually grew out of."

"You mean you gained weight?" Ino questioned.

My face was deadpanned, my eyes boring holes into her since I was offended by what she said. I was petite, I was hardly fat if that was what she was implying. "Uhm, no. I actually grew a bit taller that's why and I lost some weight from exercising."

"Oh," Ino said, nodding understandingly. "Well, you should get some sleep and so should I. I'll take you to school in the morning if that's okay with you. It's okay with you, right?"

"Yeah, it's okay with me." I wasn't sure if disagreeing would've been a good thing. I'm still a bit iffy about that gun even though I decided to trust her. I watched her walked towards her door as I tightened the grip of my suitcase. Opening my own door with the key I had received days prior to leaving, I unlocked the door but Ino came running back.

"Oh, and one more thing!" Ino said, "Don't tell anyone about today."

"Tell anyone what? That you had a prop gun?" I knew it! I knew something was weird around her. What the hell is going on?!

"Uh… nevermind!" Ino then ran back to her room, shutting the door behind her. Can this situation get even crazier?

Whatever, I think I need sleep. I must be losing my mind.

Author's Note: So what do you think of the first chapter so far? R&R!