A/N: My neighbor helped get this idea stuck in my head. I made up a new word for a story that has many chapters. It is chaptered. So this story will be chaptered. Cool, huh? Speaking is in "…" and thinking is in '…'

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. It's sad, but true. And I don't own the Verizon network or the Verizon people. Although I do have a Verizon phone. That I do own.

Verizon Really Is The Network You Want To Be On

Chapter 1

"May I please see your ticket young lady?" A woman asked in a bored voice. Sakura Haruno dug in her pocket and pulled out an airplane ticket. She was in Mexico visiting her grandparents. For the last week Sakura had lived with them and she was sad to leave. But now it was time for her to get back to Japan with her family. Sakura handed over the ticket and the woman nodded.

"Go ahead in. Next!" The woman turned her attention to the people behind Sakura. Sakura walked onto the plane. Most of the seats were filled. Many children were seated throughout the plane and they laughed at Sakura's shoulder length pink hair.

'Great. Just great.' Sakura thought as a few of the kids started singing about weird pink haired teens. She glanced at her ticket and found her seat. Thankfully nobody was sitting there. Sakura sat down next to the window and stared into the sky. Meanwhile, a black haired teenage boy walked on. He had abnormally bushy eyebrows and the little kids all laughed and pointed at them. He sighed and tried to find his seat.

'I hope I don't have to sit by any of those kids.' He thought. Finally he found the seat. And his heart leapt when he saw a very pretty girl sitting by the window. He nervously sat down beside her.

"Um, hello. I am Rock Lee. Who are you?" Lee asked nervously. Sakura jumped and looked at him.

"Oh, sorry. I'm Sakura Haruno." Sakura wasn't in the mood for talking, but Lee was oblivious to that.

"I like your hair. Do you dye it?" He thought Sakura seemed kinda sad, and he heard some kids laughing at her.

"No." Sakura said shortly.

"Hey, don't let those kids worry you. They are just kids after all. Their opinions don't matter." Lee glared at one of the kids and they all fell silent.

"I'll keep that in mind." Sakura looked back out the window. It was awkward talking to Lee, but his words did make her feel better. Time seemed to be moving slowly; it was taking forever to reach Japan. Soon Sakura felt her eyes slipping shut. Lee was reading a manga book. He felt something soft press against his shoulder. Sakura had fallen asleep and her head tilted towards the side.

'I should wake her up…but then again, how many times has a pretty girl fall asleep on my shoulder?' Lee smiled. Sakura's hair was silky and he really wanted to touch it. But seeing as he didn't even know her, he decided against it. Soon Lee too had fallen asleep, and the two were cuddled together.

When Sakura awoke the sun was setting behind the fluffy clouds. She yawned and snuggled into what she thought was a pillow. But she opened her eyes and realized it was Lee's shoulder.

"I-I'm sorry!" Sakura stuttered. She sat up and felt her face burn.

"Don't worry about it." Lee smiled. A lady wearing a plane uniform walked by with a dinner trolley.

"Hungry dears?" She asked them. Her long wavy blonde hair was pulled into a tight bun and she had a friendly look about her. Lee nodded and ordered several dozen bags of peanuts. As the lady walked away Sakura asked in amazement,

"Wow you must be hungry…" Lee shoved half the bags of peanuts in Sakura's lap.

"Nope, I thought we both might be hungry." Lee flicked a peanut at Sakura. She grinned and opened up her own bag. And so the peanut fight began. The flying peanuts were hitting the other passengers and the kids were bouncing up and down trying to catch them in their mouths. Sakura and Lee could barely breath from lack of air, they were laughing so much. Finally the trolley lady had to come back out and scold them.

"And no more peanuts." She added sternly, picking up the last bag that wasn't empty. Sakura and Lee sat there and tried to catch their breaths.

"Who knew that would be so much fun?" They both said in unison. It surprised them and they ended up laughing again. When the laughter died down Sakura asked, kinda nervously,

"Hey, do you have a cell phone? I'd like to give you my number." Lee thought he heard her wrong.

'Since when does a girl offer to give me her number? And why does Sakura wanna give me her number?' Lee thought curiously.

"Oh, yeah. I'm on the Verizon plan." He answered.

"So am I! Here." Sakura quickly wrote her name and number on a napkin and handed it to Lee. He ripped off a piece of the napkin and wrote his information down. That was when Sakura noticed something was wrong. They were flying over the ocean, and they seemed to be getting lower and lower.

'What the…?' Sakura's eyes narrowed. And the plane was making an odd noise. Some of the people started complaining about this, and the flight attendants tried to calm everyone down. And that was when the plane jerked downwards. A man ran out from the front of the plane and stared shouting,

"Something's wrong with the engine, we're going to crash! Nobody panic. Brace for impact and I hope you all live!" Then the man ran back to the front of the plane. Everyone started screaming and thrashing around. Kids were crying and people were unsure what to do. Sakura was panicking and wanted to cry, but she didn't. Lee reached above their heads and pulled out two life jackets.

"Here, put this on Sakura!" Lee commanded as he pulled his own on. Sakura pulled hers on and gasped. The plane was tilting forward and the water was coming closer and closer. Lee's hand grasped Sakura's tightly.

"No matter what don't let go of me Sakura. I'll get us to safety. Just hold your breath and trust me!" Sakura nodded. Fear was consuming her and she was having trouble breathing. Right before they slammed into the water she sucked in as much air as possible. Then everything went black. The plane was in the water and glass shot out from every direction. Sakura kept her eyes shut tight and felt somebody, probably Lee, undo her seatbelt. Then she was dragged forward and somebody shoved her out a broken window. Something sharp dug at her ear.

"Help!" A faint scream reached Sakura's ears. She needed to breathe and tried to hold it just a little longer. Everything was silent and she hoped that Lee was pulling her towards the surface. But Sakura couldn't hold her breath any longer. Water poured down her throat and she tried to thrash around. Sakura felt herself grow groggy and her world became black. Moments later she felt something soft press against her face and she was able to breath again. Opening her eyes Sakura saw that Lee was leaning over her, his lips pressed against hers. She gasped and automatically pushed him away. Lee fell over backwards.

"L-Lee! What happened, where are we?" As she said it Sakura noticed she was sitting on sand. Palm trees were growing thick nearby and seagulls called to each other. Sakura looked around and then back at Lee.

"You look terrible…" She heard herself mutter. His was wet and covered in sand and seaweed. His shirt was torn and he had dark circles under his eyes.

"I've been up all night watching over you. I was worried, so every hour or two I gave you mouth-to-mouth. I hope you don't mind, I just wanted you to breathe ok." Lee explained. Sakura then noticed that she didn't look so great either. Her clothes were ripped and she felt something wrapped around her ear. She touched it and winced.

"You cut your ear when we left the plane, so I tried to wrap it up in seaweed." Lee added.

"Is anyone else here?" Sakura was afraid to ask.

"As far as I know, no. We may even be the only survivors. I hope not, but it sure looks that way…" Lee replied sadly. Sakura then realized that they were alone on some uninhabited island between Mexico and Japan. And the thought of all the children and families on that plane who probably died, made tears slide down Sakura's face.

"Lee, I'm scared…" She muttered, and pulled Lee into a tight hug.

"I know, me too." Lee said quietly. He hugged her back and cried along with her.

A/N: There, chapter 1. How is it? I think it's good. I know this didn't have much to do with the title, but trust me, it'll get more to the point later on. Just hang in there!