Stranded

Ch.1 – I'm on a plane

A/N: Hi. :D Bring some popcorn and read on!

Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto and TV Tokyo.

~Beta'd by: Naruto7771~

Lightning streaked across the night sky as eighteen- year-old Naruto Uzumaki turned to gaze nervously out the passenger side window. He never enjoyed riding in planes, much less at night and especially not during a thunderstorm. The thunder was violently vibrating the plane, causing him to tightly grip the leathery hand rests and clench his teeth. The gray cumulonimbus clouds were shrouding the world in a blanket of darkness, leaving Naruto only to be able to see his reflection on the glass, illuminated by the cabin lights. His blond, spiky, unkempt hair, normally wild and untamable, was now slightly drooping, seeming to reflect his mood. His sapphire blue eyes were anxiously darting back and forth while his tongue came out to lick his slightly plump pink lips. This was a bad idea. He knew it. Hell, the plane probably knew it, but couldn't do anything because it couldn't drive itself. What the hell had made him decide to take a plane in the middle of thunderstorm?...Oh yeah, his guardian Iruka had asked him to come be a replacement for an employee he had fired. Iruka had dismissed the man for laundering the company's money and selling secrets to rival companies. On the bright side, Naruto now had a job and was going to be paid quite handsomely. On the sucky side, he now had to ride in a nerve-wracking plane ride for a couple of hours while flying over open waters in a thunderstorm. What a joy.

Sighing loudly, he unclenched his fingers and flexed them. Looking around the dimly lit cabin, he once again observed that he was the only passenger on the left side of the place, sitting near the middle. He spied some black hair peeping over another seat on the right side of the plane, but he couldn't see the person's profile. He absent-mindedly wondered why another human being would be dumb enough to fly in a thunderstorm, but it wasn't really any of his business and he really didn't care. Other than the both of them, he didn't see anybody else, besides the occasional pink-haired stewardess who oddly kept hovering around the raven haired person and utterly ignoring Naruto.

Letting out a gust of air, he leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes. Once he got off the plane and found Iruka, he would take a nice long nap. After that, he would go out to eat his most favorite food in the entire world. Ramen, otherwise known as the food of the gods, was his go to food, easily made and affordable. Now that he would have a nice pay raise, he was going to stock up and tries as many flavors as possible. Pork, beef, chicken, shrimp; no favor was going to be left uneaten. Oh, life was good. Soooo good! Wiping drool from his chin, he opened his eyes and decided to go to sleep to pass the time. Opening his carry-on bag, he unzipped one of the inner pockets and pulled out his IPod. Turning it on and putting the ear buds in, he selected his classical music playlist. The soft classical music quickly lulled him to sleep, his mouth falling open beginning to snore lightly.

Nineteen-year-old Sasuke Uchiha mentally sighed for the millionth time. He was already tired enough from a rough day at the Uchiha companies and this annoying pink-haired stewardess was not making it better. He had already tried ignoring her, but she wouldn't get the hint and leave. Glancing down at his Rolex, he noticed with a slight eyebrow lift that the girl had been incessantly talking to him for around twenty minutes. He had hoped someone else would need her attention but the only other passenger was a blond guy sitting further behind him. Although the blond had attempted several times to get the girl's attention, she kept ignoring him, leaving Sasuke as her lone prisoner.

Once again trying to ignore her, looked down at his impeccable black suit and plucked off a random silver hair on his arm. Kakashi. This whole trip was his godfather's doing. Simply because his brother, the president, had suddenly decided to go on a vacation to the middle of fucking nowhere, did not mean he was needed. But as the future vice president to the Uchiha Empire, and Kakashi's orders, he was required to step up to the plate and fill in for Itachi. As good as he was at his job; Itachi was by far the best. High expectations had already been set for him and try as he might, he never could quite catch up to his older brother. His sadistic brother was simply a fucking genius at what he did. And now he….. Wait, what was that god-awful noise? Oh. The girl was still talking. Pressing his lips tightly together, he mentally sighed again. Time to end this before he ended up 'accidentally' committing first degree murder. Summoning his best Uchiha glare, he glanced up at her.

"And then I told her that I didn't like that color because it clashes with my hair and –".

The girl's perpetual speech faltered as Sasuke turned to look at her, his obsidian eyes staring right at her. Nervously she tried to continue. "Umm, yeah and I… she…" The black eyes staring intently at her seemed to cast an illusion, rendering her speechless and at the same time frightening her. Unconsciously stepping backwards, she quickly uttered a good-bye and turned to leave him alone. Slightly smirking, Sasuke turned and leaned back into his seat. Now then, time for some peace and quiet.

(Insert irritating snore noise here)

"Oh, Fuck".

Eyes narrowing into slits, he scanned the cabin, searching for the stupid noise. Seeing as it was only him and the blond in the cabin, he deduced that it was mostly likely the blond that was snoring.

(Insert obnoxiously loud irritating snore noises here)

Keeping his face in the classic Uchiha mask of no emotion, he balled a random sheet of paper from his brief-case and then turned and threw it at the other guy. No response. His irritation building, he balled up more papers and proceeded to chuck them over at the poor unsuspecting Naruto.

A heavy sleeper, Naruto could literally sleep through anything. Even through a hailstorm of paper balls. Not a shoe though, they hurt.

"Jesus, fuck! Ow!"

Jerking awake, Naruto furiously rubbed his head. Blinking away his sleepiness, he looked around for what had been thrown and why. Finding an innocent looking black dress shoe among a graveyard of balled up papers, he held it up incredulously. Glancing up, he saw a raven haired person looking at him. Slightly surprised, he noticed that the bastard was pretty hot. Too bad he was going to have to mess that pretty face up. Using his fists. Repeatedly.

Noticing that the blond had finally woken up, Sasuke smirked at Naruto. At least now he—

"Oi Teme, did you just throw this at me?!" Naruto shouted out.

"…Hn."

"The fuck does that mean?!"

The stupid bastard was just looking at him with the whole holier-than-thou look and it was pissing Naruto off. Who the hell did this guy think he was?

"Dobe shut up and hand me my shoe. I've had enough of your stupid noises for today."

Sasuke was feeling a major headache coming on and desperately wanted some sleep, but messing with blonde seemed like it would be somewhat entertaining and worth braving a migraine.

Naruto gaped in disbelief at the asshole. "I haven't spoken to you at all, I've been asleep!" Naruto glared at Sasuke, his blue eyes flashing with anger.

"Precisely, you've been asleep snoring loud enough to rouse the dead. Can't you sleep more quietly? Or is that too difficult for a moron like you to do?"

Sasuke smirked. At least he had some decent entertainment now. Blondie was getting fierce. Kind of like when those little dogs you see bark viciously at you, but run away if you get close.

Oh hell no. This teme was just begging to get beat up and who was Naruto to deny his request? Quickly remembering that he had gotten in major trouble with Iruka last time he got in fight, he tried to calm himself down and at least warn the bastard of what was to come. Naruto unbuckled his seat belt and stood.

Seeing sunshine stand up, Sasuke arched an elegant brow and also unbuckled his seat belt and waited. It had been a long time since he had gotten in a fight, but he regularly worked out and deemed himself as being relatively strong and fit. His eyebrow arched higher when he heard what sunshine was saying.

Naruto walked over to the raven haired douche and brought with him the douche's shoe.

"Listen here, teme, I'm not supposed to be fighting bastards who think they're the kings of the world. I strongly advise you to turn around and shut the hell up before I make you. Now, what's it going to be?"

Handing over the shoe, Naruto crossed his arms and waited, staring down at Sasuke, trying to look intimidating despite his slightly smaller statue. He noticed that the bastard had thin face with eyes as black as night (without the moon or stars that is). His black hair was gently falling in spikes around his face, with the back of his head looking like a duck's butt. Said bastard was now staring back at him with a stoic mask.

"Hn."

A vein of anger began to protrude on Naruto's forehead, his face turning redder and redder. The bastard should at least give him a straight answer! Grabbing Sasuke by the lapels of his suit, Naruto hauled Sasuke up and pulled him close to his face, trying to ignore the fact that the teme was taller than him.

"Alright, you asked for this you-"Naruto began, but a voice on the plane's intercom interrupted him.

"Ladies and Gentleman, unfortunately the thunderstorm has progressed to a point in which lightning may or may not affect the plane. We may experience a bit of turbulence and we ask that you please buckle your seatbelts and enjoy the rest of your flight. Thank you for flying with Uchiha Airlines."

Naruto looked over at Sasuke, confusion evident on his face.

"Oi teme, what's turbulence?...Oh shit, are we gonna die? Is the plane crashing? Dammit, I knew this was bad idea, I fucking knew it!" Eyes widening in horror, Naruto let go of Sasuke and stepped back. "Oh God, I'm too young to die."

Rolling his eyes, Sasuke glared at the terrified blond.

"Calm down dobe. He just means the plane is going to shake a little, that's all." Seriously, is this guy stupid or what? Rubbing his temples to alleviate his headache, Sasuke looked around for the stewardess. He wanted some alcohol and she seemed to be conveniently missing now.

"Teme my name is Naruto, not 'dobe'! I'm Uzumaki Naruto, eighteen-year-old extraordinaire!" Grinning wildly despite his nervousness, he poked the raven on the chest. "What's your name, bastard? And don't give me any of that 'Hn' shit, I want a real answer."

Naruto, huh? What a strange name. It kinda rolled off the tongue. Naarruto. Drawing up to his full height, Sasuke looked down at Naruto. "I don't see why you should know my name, but for your information, my name is Sasuke. You should probably go back to your seat now, before the turbulence starts."

Not liking having to look up at Sasuke, Naruto stepped further back, his back hitting the seat in front of Sasuke's. "Good idea. Well, it was nice meeting you," Naruto said sarcastically. Turning to step back to the aisle, he stumbled when the plane began to shake. The plane was jerking up and down, causing Naruto to lose his balance. Tripping on Sasuke's briefcase, he fell onto Sasuke, pushing both of them into Sasuke's seat. Opening his eyes, realized he had somehow ended up sitting in Sasuke's lap facing him directly. His face blushing, Naruto began to push away, only to have to hold on to Sasuke when the plane began tilt dangerously to the right.

Sasuke fell roughly into his seat with Naruto falling on top of him. Going to shout at the blond, he stopped when he realized that said blond was now sitting inappropriately in his lap. Watching Naruto open his eyes, Sasuke saw him begin to blush. The red was spreading across his face, making his gorgeous sapphire eyes stand out more. Sasuke was taken aback when Naruto moved to get off him, but instead ended up tightly griping his shoulders when the plane shuddered. This isn't good, he thought. This was not a bit of turbulence.

Suddenly, there was monstrous explosion on the right wing, jerking the plane in the air. Barely managing to hold on his seat, Sasuke thrust an arm out to grab on to Naruto, missing him when the plane was shoved to the left. Naruto flew off Sasuke and slammed into the plane wall and slumped to the floor.

"Naruto!"

He shouted, panicking when Naruto didn't respond. Through the small window on his right, Sasuke saw in horror as the flaming wing detached and fell, taking with it a much needed engine. Lightning ripped across the sky, the thunder deafening and violently shaking the cabin. Through the smoke that billowed out, Sasuke saw fire begin to race towards the cabin, burning strong despite the rain. Spiraling down, the plane was once again struck by something, this time in the front. The entire cockpit erupted into blinding light, the sounds of breaking glass and shrieking metal ringing in the air. The small curtain leading to the cockpit quickly burned away, with flames now licking into the cabin where Naruto and Sasuke were.

The cabin lights began to flicker on and off, only to turn off permanently. Bathing the cabin in dancing orange light, the fire leapt onto the first row seats, the smell of burning polyester and hot metal filling the air. A slight popping sound began when the oxygen masks were released, dangling helplessly in the smoke filled air. A huge groaning sound was hear when the plane began to hurdle towards the ground, dropping at an incredible speed.

The heat hitting him like a furnace, Sasuke struggled to make his way over to Naruto. Debris from the explosions littered the floor with little fires. Smoke was quickly filling up the room, making breathing difficult. Sasuke coughed and held up his arm to protect his eyes from the acrid smoke. "Naruto!" he yelled out hoarsely, the smoke burning his throat. Stepping around chunks of metal, he finally made it over to the blonde. Bending down, he gently rolled Naruto over and shook him. Glancing at the window closest to him, Sasuke noticed with a pale face that the ocean was rapidly rushing up to meet the airplane, illuminated by the fires burning brightly and rippling with rain. The blood rushing out of his already pale face at the thought of the inevitable crash, he turned back to Naruto and shook him harder.

"Shit, shit, shit! Oh Jesus, fuck! Naruto get up, the planes crashing!"