Sakura had not had a good morning. Firstly she wakes up on her floor with what felt like the biggest bruise ever on her forehead. Secondly after glancing at her alarm clock she discovered that both she and Ino had not awoken when her alarm went off. Lastly she was out of fags, oh, and out of anything that even contained a hint of caffeine. She had barely enough time to shower and that meant not stopping anywhere for coffee or cigarettes. She was well beyond agitated.

Not only was she about to go into withdrawal but she had to sit on coach for the next 4 hours, surrounded by the most annoying people she's ever met. Hopefully they'd be stopping somewhere for a few minutes to go to the bathroom. This would at least mean she'd be able to buy enough coffee, Red Bull and Cigarettes to last her the entire Konoha trip. Especially after reading online that Konoha was a small village stuck in the dark ages.

Apparently Konoha was one of those places that did everything old school. For example, they had no electricity, they grew all of their own crops, all of their clothes were hand made and so were their shoes. Literally everything that the people of the village of Konoha had was made by them. They didn't even trade their goods. It was like they were cut off from the rest of society. Luckily, they were only going to stay there for seven days.

Sakura sighed and turned to Ino. "Hey do you reckon they'll be stopping anytime soon? I'm desperate for a pick me up."

"Well if you hadn't overslept you'd be fine. And what's with the ugly bruise? Like your forehead isn't bad enough on it's own." Apparently Ino hadn't slept well either. She's not normally that bitchy.

"Hey, don't forget that you overslept too. And what the hell is your problem?" Sakura was agitated enough without Ino making it worse. "Snarky bitch."

"Ugh, I just hate coaches. It's boring and noisy. Anyway, we're apparently getting a twenty minute toilet stop half way through the journey. You'll be able to get your fix then." which was apparently all Ino had left to say.

With her seat mate and best friend basically ignoring her all Sakura had left to occupy her time was her thoughts. Last night...last night was weird. Did that even happen? Or was she really just that exhausted? And if it wasn't in her head, then why was someone watching her? Was it just coincidence or something else? Sakura's head was full of questions that had no answers. Truthfully, it was all giving her a headache.

Fortunately they were just about to stop for a break, allowing Sakura to purchase her cigarettes and caffeine products. At least this eased her headache somewhat. Maybe Ino would be more interested in holding a conversation now that they'd had a breather from the stifling coach.

"For God's sake Forehead. Hurry the fuck up! We're about to leave." or maybe not. With one last longing look at the cigarette she was about to light, Sakura sighed and dragged herself back to her seat on the coach. She could tell that the two hours they had left to get to Konoha were going to be long ones.


Every student on coach could almost pinpoint the exact moment that they entered Konoha. It was like going through a time warp or a worm hole. The first thing that was immediately noticeable was that no one had any kind signal on their phone. The next clue were the workers in the fields. Their clothes were old fashioned and their tools were outdated. But for Sakura the most obvious clue was that the air felt different. It felt electrified.

Sakura wouldn't've been able to explain had she felt the need to but she was sure that there was magic in the air. This was a rather disturbing thought for her, she was a woman of science, magic was for children and those who took LARPing way too seriously.

This was really getting out of hand. Guys randomly watching her in the middle of the night, being plagued by invisible eyes watching her and now feeling magic in the air. The world was starting to make less and less sense and Sakura felt like she might be starting to lose grip on reality.

Sakura took a deep breath and stared out of the window. In the distance surrounded by dense forest was the Castle of Konoha. It was the birthplace of the Uchiha clan and the place where the legend started. To think that they were actually staying in a place like that was quite impressive.

The nearer they got to the castle the more restless Sakura felt. She could feel a hum beneath her skin, like her cells were vibrating at a higher frequency than normal. Excitement gripped her stomach and she began to feel sick from it. What on earth was happening? It was just a castle. What's this reaction all about.

As the coach pulled up to it's destination Sakura began to stand. She needed to get out of there so badly. It felt like the air was getting thinner.

"Sakura! What's the matter?" alarm was present in Ino's voice. She'd never seen Sakura act this way before, she was normally so calm and level headed. "Hey, Sakura?"

The doors to the coach began to open and their teacher began to speak, but Sakura really didn't care. She flew out of the coach and sank to her knees on the grass and took deep breaths. She was beginning to feel better and as the spots began to clear from her vision she became aware that the entire coach had emptied and all of its inhabitants were stood around her in a circle. Oh God this was embarrassing.

"Everybody stand back!" a deep voice came from behind the crowd. The sound of heavy footsteps made their way towards her and Sakura felt compelled to look up.

Oh. My. God. The man standing in front of her had to be a God. Or an underwear model. Hell, maybe he was the God of Underwear Models.

Without warning the man picked her up and began to carry her to the castle. Apparently he took her shock of his good looks as some sort of illness and deemed her incapable of walking by herself. She felt half tempted to stay in his arms but thought better of it. "Um, excuse me? Would you mind putting me down?"

He looked down at her with dark unreadable eyes and gently set her on the ground. Something must be wrong with her. She just couldn't stop staring at him. He was so pale and his skin was so clear. His cheekbones were high and seemed to make him look slightly feminine and his lips were full and pink. Sakura jerked her head away with a blush. "Um sorry. Thank you very much for helping me. I'm um, I'm Sakura." God she sounded like such an idiot.

"Uchiha Sasuke." wow. Did that even count as an introduction?

"Uchiha Sasuke? As in THE Uchiha Sasuke? From the legend? Wait, no sorry. You'd have to be like five hundred years old. And you really don't look like you're five hundred. Oh gosh, sorry I'm rambling, please ignore me." Why? Why was she even trying to talk to him? She really should just keep her mouth shut from now on.

Sasuke just stared at her with a raised eyebrow. He was almost definitely wondering what was wrong with her. But his eyebrows soon levelled out and he began to walk away.

"Follow me to the Eastern wing and you can have a room to lie down in whilst the rest of your class get settled. Your teacher will come to collect you for dinner." He was rather curt but his voice made shivers run down her spine. She let him lead her to a room in silence.

"Here." was all he had to say before he turned around and left. Sakura stared after him and as soon as he was out of sight she went into the room.

Great. It looked like it could have been home to a giant Funnel Web Spider. Cobwebs everywhere! She tried to clean the bed the best she could before lying down. She had at least an hour to kill before someone came to look for her. Might as well try to catch up on the sleep she never got the night before. Or maybe she should just fantasise about Sasuke...fanatasising it was!