HELLLOOOO PEOPLE OF FANFICTIONNNN!!!!!!!! Sadyethappyendings IS BACK! Here is my latest fic. I DO NOT AND NEVER WILL OWN NARUTO.
Summary: After being gone for 3 years Neji, Kiba, Naruto, and Shikamaru are back with none other than the infamous Uchiha Sasuke. Sakura, after waiting for so long has lost all intentions of falling in love. After coming back 2 years later than when the mission was supposed to end, which will Sakura choose to date? And how will the village react when they see those shinobi who were presumed dead? READ TO FIND OUT!
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'Bold' – Author's Note
'Italics' – Thoughts
'Bold Italics' – Inner Sakura
Chapter One: Dead or Alive
Sakura smiled a small smile while she looked at the large memorial stone before her. As a single tear slid down her face, she put down a bouquet of arranged flowers.
'3 years.' Sakura thought to herself glumly.
'3 years since the closest boys in our life abandoned us for death.' Inner Sakura wasn't doing too hot too.
Sakura traced the names of the boys she learned to love dearly after her closest [girl] friends slowly faded out of her life. Ino Yamanaka was married to Chouji. She was never really seen around anymore because she was always taking care of her 4 year old girl, Sayuri. Tenten was married to Kankouro and lived in Suna. Hinata was already Hyuuga Leader and was always within Hyuuga Compound.
Sakura sighed softly while tracing the names of the boys who were MIA.
Neji Hyuuga, Naruto Namikaze, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shikamaru Nara
Then there was her first love's name written. Sasuke Uchiha.
Sakura couldn't help but shed a single tear as she remembered the day those boys set off on a mission to retrieve Sasuke. It was three years ago, on this day, Sakura's birthday.
FLASHBACK!
Sakura walked through the halls of the hospital as she headed for her office.
'I wonder why all of the nurses are smiling at us!' Sakura thought to herself.
'I dunno either Saku!' Inner Sakura's voice boomed.
As she finally reached her destination, she sighed in relief. Opening the door, she was surprised when she turned on the lights.
"SURPRISE SAKU-CHAN!" Sakura gasped when she saw all of Konoha 12 in her office.
Sakura stared back at them, confused. "Uh, guys. WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU ALL DOING HERE?!"
Everyone sweat dropped. Apparently, she forgot her own birthday AND failed to notice all of the gifts and happy birthday signs taped around the room.
"FOREHEAD! HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW?!" Ino exclaimed, her arms waving around comically in the air.
Sakura was still very, very confused.
"Sakura-chan! It's your birthday!" Naruto exclaimed.
"You're 18th to be exact!" Tenten added with a smile.
Sakura gasped. "HOLY CRAP I FORGOT!"
Everyone laughed.
"Well then, let's start this party!" Kiba yelled.
Everyone started laughing and dancing and had a great time.
Sakura was sitting on her couch with Hinata next to her.
"S-S-Sakura-chan, I'm going to miss you." Hinata said sadly.
Sakura tilted her head. 'Whaddya mean?"
"I-I-I'm beoming the head of the Hyuuga clan now. I will spend almost all of m-m-my time in the compound!" Hinata explained sadly.
Ino came by too. "I'm going to have my baby soon. I won't be a ninja anymore."
Tenten came along. "I'm getting married to Kankouro. You know that!"
By then, all of the girls started crying. "I can't believe that we're all being separated!" Ino said in between sobs.
"I-I-I know!" Hinata wailed.
"I-I c-can visit from S-Suna sometimes!" Tenten said trying to lift their spirits.
Sakura smiled softly. "Y-Yeah, and we can still have sleepovers and girl's night out!"
Ino and Hinata nodded, but kept crying.
By then, the boys noticed the tear fest.
Shikamaru whispered to the boys, "What will we do? They will be devastated when they find out!"
Naruto smiled sadly. "I know."
Neji frowned. "Don't tell them now. First we have to make them happier."
Kiba then yelled, "PRESENT TIIIIIME!"
The girls stopped hugging and went over to the corner where all the gifts were.
"H-H-Here Saku-chan!" Hinata handed her a small but heavy box.
Sakura smiled. She opened the box to find a kunai with kanji on it. Sakura looked at her, confused.
Hinata smiled. "Once you throw this, it summons me! Call me anytime you need me during battle."
Sakura started crying and hugged the girl. "Thanks Hina!"
Ino grinned. "Here ya go Billboard-Brow!" She threw her a box.
She opened it to find fishnet armings and leggings. "You need new ones." Ino explained.
Sakura hugged Ino. "Thanks Ino-chan!"
Ino smiled. "You forgot one thing."
Sakura looked in the box. There, at the bottom, was a small red ribbon.
Sakura started crying again. "OH THANK YOU!"
Ino cried a bit more too. "I figured you'd want it back. Visit me anytime, Sakura-chan."
Sakura hugged her again.
Tenten then gave her a scroll. "It's for weaponry. Summon my weapons anytime you like Saki!"
Sakura hugged the girl. "I'll visit you in Suna."
Tenten smiled.
Naruto then gave her his gift. "It's not much, but it sure means a lot."
Sakura unwrapped the gift. She saw a picture frame that held a picture of Naruto and Sakura. She was on his back and they were smiling. "This was when we made Jounin."
Naruto kissed her on the cheek. "Love you, Saku-chan."
Sakura smiled. "Love ya too."
Kiba, Neji, and Shikamaru looked at him enviously.
Kiba decided to intervene. "Sakura-chan! I got you the awesome-est present EVER!"
Sakura smiled. "Okay then, what is it?" She giggled at his childish antics.
Kiba smirked and summoned something. All of a sudden, a little puppy jumped on Sakura's head.
Sakura giggled.
"Her name is Cherry!" Kiba said smiling.
"Hi there, Cherry!" Sakura grinned. The puppy was only a few weeks old.
Shikamaru then said, "Here's a book about clouds. You were always so curious about them."
Sakura hugged him. "Thanks Shika!"
Neji then said, "Here's my gift."
Sakura opened a box and saw bandages and new gloves. "Thanks Neji!"
She hugged the Hyuuga prodigy. Very faintly, you can see a slight blush on his cheeks.
The girls all giggled.
After saying their goodbyes, the girls had to leave. That left the four boys.
They all turned to her and looked at her seriously.
Sakura was growing nervous. "Uh guys, what's up?"
Kiba spoke first. "We have a mission."
"O-Okay, what kind of mission?" Sakura asked.
"We have to retrieve Sasuke-teme." Naruto said.
Sakura was shocked, not just shocked, but VERY shocked. "Then take me with you!"
Neji sighed. "No."
Sakura grew angry. "And why not?"
This time Shikamaru sighed, "Sakura, you must understand. You are an emotional trainwreck!"
Sakura felt hurt beyond repair. "So that's it then. You're abandoning me."
Naruto frowned. "N-No Saku! It's just that since you used to like the teme…"
Naruto trailed off. Sakura yelled, "WHAT?! I MIGHT JEOPRADIZE THE MISSION?!"
All of the boys looked at each other. "Kind of."
Sakura looked down. "How long is the mission?"
"1 year."
"Take me with you." Sakura tried once more.
"NO!!! SAKURA-CHAN! YOU MIGHT DIE OUT THERE! WE ARE ANBU! WE CAN TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES! IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR A JOUNIN!" Naruto burst out.
Sakura glared. "Fine. But DO NOT expect me to be waiting for you all when you come back." And with that, she walked out of her office and to Ino's house.
The guys looked down. "We are in deeeeep crap."
END
Sakura was pulled out of her dream world when she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see Ino.
Ino smiled sadly. 'She still doesn't have that spark in her eyes'
"Happy 21st Birthday, Saku-chan!" Ino said.
That perked her up a bit. "Thanks, pig!"
Ino glared playfully. "Well the old armings and leggings I got you are all effed up and old, so I bought you new ones."
Sakura smiled. "Thanks Ino!"
The two girls hugged.
"I miss them you know." Ino said softly.
"I do too." Sakura whispered.
They stood silently together.
"I can't believe they never came back." Ino said.
"I guess it was their time to go." Sakura whispered as more tears fell freely from her eyes.
They stood together for a few more minutes.
"Well come to the pub at 8:00 pm, sharp, okay? Wear something sexy! We neeed to get you a man!" Ino said playfully.
Sakura sighed. "Aren't you married? You shouldn't be going to pubs!"
Ino laughed. "Chouji's going to be there. Hinata is too. Tennie-chan might make it too!!!! Plus, Sayuri is with her grandma."
Sakura sighed knowing she couldn't argue. "Fine, I'll be there."
Ino squealed. "YAY! Meet ya there!"
The two girls hugged and Ino ran off.
Not too long after, Sakura realized the time. "OH SHOOT! I'M LATE!"
She ran off to her house and threw on her ninja attire and put on her ANBU mask.
Using chalkra, she ran to the gates of Konoha.
"Ah, Sakura-chan. You're taking after me with your lateness!" Kakashi said. He was a father-figure to her.
"Ah, I know." She laughed.
The two ANBU then guarded the gates.
After what seemed like hours of nothing, Sakura saw 5 mysterious figures approaching.
Sakura narrowed her eyes and looked at Kakashi. He too was wondering who these people were.
WITH THE PEOPLE
"I can't believe we're back! It's been so long!" a boy with two triangles on his cheeks said.
"DATTEBAYO! I knew we would make it! I NEEEEED ICHIRAKU RAMEN!" a boy with vibrant blue eyes said.
"Ugh, this is all so troublesome! What will the Hokage say?" a boy with a pineapple hairstyle said.
"We are probably presumed dead." A certain white-eyed Hyuuga said.
"Hn, at least my goal is complete." A boy with the sharingan said.
As they approached the gates, they saw a beautiful girl. She was wearing a fishnet shirt with a blood red spandex tank-top on top. She had a very short red skirt with fishnet armings and leggings. She wore knee-high ninja boots. She wore seemingly familiar gloves and had a golden dog following her. Her face was covered with a cat ANBU mask and she had long pink hair in 2 low pigtails (like Tsunade) with back highlights and red lowlights.
All of the boys had their mouths open wide and their eyes were as large as saucers.
"P-Pink hair?! That can't be!" The white-eyed boy said.
"Is t-that w-who I think it is?" The boy with facial markings asked.
"IT CAN'T BE! BEEELIEVE IT!" The blue eyed boy said.
"Oh, I believe it." The Shikamaru said.
"Is that…?" The boy with Sharingan said.
They were all snapped out of their gaze when they heard a familiar male voice yell, "WHO GOES THERE?"
The blue eyed boy frowned playfully. "Awwww Kaka-Sensei doesn't remember me?"
Kakashi stopped in his tracks. "N-N-N-Naruto?"
"You'd better believe it!" He grinned that foxy grin.
"But you all were presumed MIA!" Kakashi exclaimed.
"I guess our mission proved harder than we thought." Neji said.
"So you're all back?" Kakashi asked.
"Hai." All five boys answered.
"I must alert Hokage-sama!" Kakashi motioned them to follow him.
The boys followed.
Sooner than they knew it, they were right in front of the gates.
WITH SAKURA
'N-no! IT CAN'T BE! THEY WERE DEAD!' Sakura was panicking inside while on the outside she showed no emotion at all.
She was snapped out of her daze when she heard someone yell, "HOKAGE-SAMA!"
Sakura sighed. "Kakashi, how many times have I told you not to call me that?"
Kakashi smiled slightly. "Gomen. I found these 5. What shall I do…Sakura-chan?"
All of the 5 boys behind Kakashi froze. Silence passed and it was as if time stopped for a mere moment.
'That can't be Sakura! She's weak!' Sasuke thought to himself.
'S-Sh-She's Sakura-chan?! That can't be! She's gotten hotter…' Kiba thought to himself.
'She's Hokage now? Interesting." Neji smirked.
'That's impossible! Weak Saku-chan? HOKAGE?!' Shikamaru was in disarray!
"SAKURA-CHANNN?! YOU'RE HOKAGE? YOU CAN'T BE SAKURA!!!!!!! SAKURA-CHAN IS NICER!!!" Naruto yelled.
Kakashi slapped Naruto's head. "She is very much Sakura."
Sakura smiled smugly. "Aa. It's the truth."
Sasuke did the infamous smirk of Uchihas. "Prove it."
Sakura sighed. She removed her mask to show her face.
'The sparkle in her eyes….it's gone.' Shikamaru thought to himself with a slight frown.
'She's so pretty!' All of the boys thought.
"You can't be Sakura-chan! Sakura-chan is amazing! She is bright and happy! She has a sparkle in her! You're the exact opposite! And you're the Hokage!" Naruto still couldn't believe it.
Sakura smiled sadly. "Naruto, it's me. But I'm sad to say that the me that you all knew so well died a long time ago."
Her voice was dead and flat. Her eyes were still beautiful emerald, but they lacked a certain shine. Her smiles didn't twinkle and her voice just didn't sound like silver bells anymore.
Naruto finally believed her. "Fine, you are Sakura-chan. Are you really Hokage though?"
Sakura smiled lightly. "Actually, just temporarily. I always saved the spot for you, you know?"
All of the boys smiled slightly. Her voice was starting to get that jingle back.
Naruto, Kiba, Neji, and Shikamaru hugged her. "Welcome back guys!"
"No Saku-chan, Welcome back to you." Kiba said.
Sakura smiled slightly. "Sasuke? You actually did come back."
Sasuke smirked, expecting her to jump into his arms.
"1 year probation. No missions, no exiting the village." Sakura's voice left no room for argument.
"Well then, I'm sure Tsunade would love to see you, along with the rest of the village." Sakura said. While telling them to follow her.
Naruto pulled her back. Their faces were VERY close to touching. "Happy 21st Birthday Sakura-chan."
Sakura smiled. "Aa. Arigatou."
They slowly were about to kiss, which was kinda hard, he was 7 inches taller than her. Slowly, they reached to eachother and…
TBC!!!!!
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