Sasuke didn't believe in fate.

That was probably why he was so skeptical about what he and Suigetsu were doing at this booth in the carnival. It was a fairly small tent, not at all what he expected from a place that claimed to read your fortune. The place was clean; there were no beaded curtains or crystal balls. Instead, the curtains were plain white with scattered purple flowers, and there was a white table directly in front with cabinets lining the sides of the room. It was a setup for a bad movie, if anyone asked him.

"Hello," said a young female voice. A girl walked in behind the curtains that were behind the desk, roughly around their age, and Sasuke immediately noticed her eyes. Who wouldn't? They looked pupil-less, as if she was blind, yet she had been able to walk from behind the curtains to a seat behind a table while watching both of them. "My name is Hinata. I've been waiting for you, Sasuke," she gestured at him and then turned to his friend, "Suigetsu."

"We're here to get our fortunes told!" exclaimed Suigetsu, smiling in that way he always did when he saw a pretty girl. Sasuke wasn't really bothered by the fact that this Hinata girl knew their names. They were pretty popular when they had been in high school. The 'waiting for you' was probably what she told every other person that walked in.

Hinata smiled back softly, "Yes, I figured.. Why don't you have a seat and we can get started." Suigetsu immediately took the seat right in front of Hinata as Sasuke refrained from rolling his eyes and sat to the side.

She held out her hands to Suigetsu, who happily gave her his hands. Suigetsu turned slightly to Sasuke and smirked. Sasuke immediately discerned that Suigetsu was going to try and bed Hinata after this. "My family has the gift of the Byakugan, and we are able to see into souls," she began. "While we don't outright predict the future, as most people believe, we can give you a glimpse into your soul's essence. A soul's essence is responsible for our different personalities, or why we act the way we act. It's also responsible for our different choices, or why we choose what we choose. While reading your soul's essence, I can get a feeling of what lies ahead for you. If your essence seems wary and glum, you can expect that something dreadful is coming, and the choices you'll be making will be somewhat bad. If your essence seems alert and excited, you can expect that something delightful is coming and the choices you'll be making will be good. There all sorts of combinations in an essence that only a skilled Byakugan user can read." She tilted her head down a little at Suigetsu, "Are you ready to start?"

Suigetsu just nodded enthusiastically, and she nodded once.

"Byakugan," Hinata whispered softly. And all at once, Sasuke noticed her light purple pupils, while the veins around her eyes bulged and she grew a very stern, serious look.

Suigetsu bulged his own eyes a bit, a little freaked out at seeing Hinata's eyes like that. Sasuke figured it was all part of an act to freak people out and make them believe in this fortune crap.

When Hinata had spoken earlier, she had been very mild-mannered and polite. When she spoke up this time, with her 'Byakugan,' she seemed a whole different person. "The first thing I'm gonna tell you is that you and I will never have anything together, so you can stop your freaky little thoughts already, Suigetsu." She said this in a somewhat snappy tone, while Suigetsu's face was shocked and then grew sheepish.

Sasuke studied the girl. There was something eery about her. He wasn't paying much attention to what she was telling Suigetsu. He only narrowed his eyes at how she reminded him of an old friend he used to have when he was a kid…

When Hinata finished with Suigetsu, Sasuke hardly thought any time had gone by at all. He looked at Suigetsu, who only had this weird, contemplative look about him that he'd never seen before. Turning back to Hinata in question, he was surprised to see her holding out her hands to him.

Sasuke was about to say no. He was about to say that he wasn't foolish enough to believe in this crap, and that he was just going to leave. Something about Hinata's eyes, however, made him stop. The next thing he knew, he had given her his hands and Hinata looked slightly satisfied as she looked at him. It seemed like she was staring into his bones, and it made him very uncomfortable until she finally spoke up. "Most people think that soul mates are two separate souls bound together. In truth, however, soul mates are two parts of the same soul separated during the early cosmos. They wander and wander until they find the right vessel, and they begin searching for the rest of themselves.

"Sometimes, people never find the rest of their souls. Sometimes, they find them and let them go because of their own insecurities. You, Sasuke, will find yours soon." She shifted her eyes to Sasuke's chest, to his heart area and looked back up. "Your soul mate is exactly that, I see. Your mate is all the cliche things you usually ridicule others of wanting: they're your 'other half,' they 'complete you.' While all that is true, they don't complete you in the same way others complete each other... See, when souls split into two, the two parts are usually very similar because they take equal parts of all the characteristics of the soul. I can see that your case is rare."

Sasuke shifted.

"You and your mate are completely opposite of each other… probably because when your combined soul split, you took the darker, glum side, not that it makes you more of an evil person than anyone else. It just makes you less able to deal with or show the happier things that happen in your life and probably makes you more aloof and standoffish. Your mate, on the other hand, took the brighter, joyous side - - not that it makes them a better person necessarily. That's probably why they can't seriously deal with or dwell on all the bad things that have happened in their life."

Then, as if things couldn't get any weirder, Hinata smirked.

"Your mate… How can I put this? I don't usually give specifics into soul mates, but it's too easy to describe your mate since they are the opposite of you. Your mate has a sense of humor, because I can see that you hardly have one. Your mate is bright and friendly, easily delighted, eager, gracious. Your mate can also be naive and rash, bold, hotheaded… Even in these human vessels.. Even in appearances, you are opposite."

Sasuke was getting quite angry by this point. He didn't believe in souls and he definitely didn't believe in soul mates. He was about to politely tell this girl to shove off, when she spoke up again, "Before you leave, I feel like I have to warn you that you have two options here. You can either choose to go at this life alone, with only your half of your soul… Or, you can choose to embrace this other half and have companionship."

Sasuke stood up, pushing his chair back and slightly glaring at Hinata. Suigetsu stood up hastily and with a laugh said, "Well, thanks for all of this, sweetheart." He saw Sasuke walk out of the tent, pulled out some money and left it on the table. He then walked out to follow Sasuke.

A/N:Let me know your thoughts!