Hi! I fixed this chapter!

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-Felina

Second Chances

Chapter One: Friends, foreplay, haunting memories.

September 1

HI!

Da told me I should keep a journal. Said it would help me with my writing skills.

It looks just like his!

He got me two from this village he past by on a mission.

Said to keep a journal is to show someone else that you were here.

Well I think it just looks pretty!

I start school soon. Da wants me to become a ninja like him. I told him I don't want to become a ninja. I want to become a baker like grandpa!

That way I could get as many cookies and cakes as I want!

I have to go… Da said its time to train with the sword. Grandpa say he would help.. I really dont want too.

September 23

How can anyone learn at that school? Or say its hard.

Its not.

I know most of what they saying and for the rest I read from my book.

Told Da and he just laugh and said he'll do something about it.

I don't like where that's going.

At least the teacher is nice.

Ma's calling me

Bye

September 30

The teacher gave me a test two days ago. Told me am changing classes.

I don't really want too

I like my class

Expect for the other kids. They don't really like me.

I understand though.

Soo maybe I don't really like my class. But the teacher is nice.

Its raining so am stuck inside. Ma told me to stay in my room.

Da went off on a mission said he'll be back soon.

I hope so. Ma gets mad when hes not home.

Grandpa wants to play chess.

Bye

October 6

Da came home and was really proud that am in a higher class.

He gave me a necklace with a really pretty stone that has so many colors!

I like the how it changes colors in the sun. Even the black stones that act like a chain shine so bright!

He showed me the Suiton, Suiryuudan no justsu!

It was really cool.

He said that his friend, Ichiro, taught him that. Plus the Katon Goukakyuu no jutsu.

But he said I got to wait for that one.

Am to young. doesn't make much sense seeing how he just taught me a water jutsu.

Ichiro had came over and brought his wife and son, Yoshinori.

Hes in my new class.

He's a brat. Calls me midget.

… Am not that small…

October 21

I surpassed Da at swords and speed.

Da and grandpa are very proud.

Ma makes me wear dresses. Am glad though. She's talking to me.

I have to wonder if Da talk to her into it.

December 3

Went to the park and played with the other child. Ma came and talked with the other mothers. She made me wear a goofy looking hat.

The children laugh at me. I sat on the swings till ma said it was time to go home.

She didn't seem happy.

December 19

Ma got me dressed up in a dress that was red and had deer running on the bottom.

I didn't like the horns she had me wear.

I didn't like the dress…

January 20

Am done with school and have my first team. Team 13.

My sensei is Makatza Inuzuka.

Funny how her name means untamed or wild female and being part of the Inuzuka.

Am stuck with Yoshinori Uchiha and Jiro Aburame.

Just my luck.

The two odd balls of the clans. Both have a habit of picking on me.

Grandpa is teaching me to cook.

February 3

I thought after I beat the boys they would stop.

It made it worse.

There's talk about the chuunin exams in afew months in Sunagakure.

Sensei thinks we should go.

We havent failed any missions and the three of us were at the top of our class.

The boys want to go.

Am not to sure.

February 29

Ma asked me if I wanted to go shopping with her.

Da said it was fine (we were training) so I went… in a dress…

Ma said no weapons "I want a daughter not a ninja right now." so I hide a Kunai on my thigh.

We met Yoshi (nickname that Yoshinori hates) and his mother in town.

He picked on me.

Afterwards ma and me started home.

She was attack by a thief when I stop to look at some flowers. I saw her get pulled into a alleyway. I ran in pulling the Kunai out.

Just a normal group of guys thinking they could do whatever they wanted.

They attack me when I took out one.. Two more went down easy… No blood spilled. Dress stayed clean.

It was the last one that was a real ninja and gave a hard time. I forgot what really happen afterwards. I just remember being slammed into a wall the man running at me with his own Kunai. I drop down and sent my weapon up into his chest when he was just about to hit me.

I stayed kneeling as he dropped to his knees before falling backwards.

I couldn't take my eyes off of him.

My first kill.

Ma broke me out of my daze with her screaming. My mom saw me kill.

I moved to her she backed away so I stopped and stood with something warm, slowly turning cold, dripping off my arm.

February 30

Ma won't look at me.

My arm is red from rubbing.

Dad is proud.

Grandpa gives me these eyes; I can't read them.

"Earth to Sakura! Hello?!"

"What? Oh… Sorry. Hey Ino." A pink head looked up from a book she was reading to see her best friend standing in front of her desk with her arms crossed over her chest.

"Jezz… I knocked and called your name for the last minute or so." Ino said letting out a sigh.

Sakura gave her a sheepish smile.

"I bet. What did you need?"

"It's lunch time. Want to head out for a quick bite to eat?"

"Already?" Sakura turns to a clock hanging on the left wall. "Noon already.. Wow." She murmurs pushing back from her desk and raises her arms above her head.

"Yeah. What cha reading that's got you so hooked?" Ino said the gossip queen popping out as she leans over to look at the messy almost child like writing.

"It's a Journal of a patient am taking over from Ami. There's this one." Sakura said closing said book after putting a bookmark in it. She drops it on another one that looks the same. "And that one. She's a genin where I am. She had her first kill." Sakura stood and walked over to a coat rack as she pulls her doctor coat off and hangs it up.

"Ohh… She's a crazy than?" Ino asked walking over to the door to wait for her friend as she grabs her purse.

Sakura rolls her eyes. "Nicely put Pig."

"Whatever forehead. Either she's a crazy or here for a 'visit' and happen to bring her dairy." Ino said walking out so Sakura could lock her door. Both women started down the hallway once Sakura was sure her door was locked.

"Fine. But when I first met her she wasn't crazy she's an old woman that was pushed to her limits and became a shell of what she was. Tsunade wanted me to take her once she found out she was here. She looked up to this lady when they were younger." Sakura pointed out as the near the front doors. She and Ino worked in the hospital for a few years now so this became a normal routine for the two medic-nins. About a year after Sakura became an apprentice for Tsunade, the top medic-nin in all five great villages, Ino asked to become one.

So now both 19 year olds were medics and with Ino behind Sakura Their sensei says it's only a matter of time before Sakura takes over as top medic.

"Tsunade. Our Hokage looked up to a crazy girl?" Ino asked. She never had a chance to work in the 'mental' part of the hospital. She could be good at it but she couldn't stand working that long with some one who just could stay there for the rest of their lives.

"Ino… She wasn't crazy back then. She was a very good ninja. She became a genin at 10! Than a chuunin at 11. Everyone we know were all genin at 13. Even Shikamaru… well he could have been a genin sooner if he tried..." Sakura said with a sigh.

"Hey! Yeah your right." Ino laughed. "He's so lazy!" Shaking her head of her teammate she jumped right back to this woman as they got to a restaurant not far from where they worked. "So? Keep going. What's her name?"

"Sayuri. And no am not giving you her last name. I know you to well." She grins at Ino as she made a face when they sat down and waited for the waitress.

"fine fine." Ino pouted.

Smiling Sakura says. " She became a ANBU captain at 15. And stayed as one till she was 30. Than a mission went wrong and she was captured and tortured for 2 months before some ninjas found her and brought her back. She wasn't the same afterwards."

They gave their orders to the girl who came by. They sat in silence till their drinks were given.

"So she's been there for … what? Had to be over 20 years. The hokage is 50." Ino asked leaning back in her chair.

Sakura gave a nod before taking a sip of her water.

"Yup. She's been there for 36 years now. So shes 66. Meaning she was 16 when our sensei was born."

"So a war veteran?"

Sakura nodded to the blond across from her.

"So why haven't we heard of her?" Ino asks picking up her own water.

"She was good but just that. Good. There was nothing truly special about her. A normal but smart ninja."

"Thanks." Ino told the waitress who sat their plates down in front of them. "A normal, but smart ninja, who's in the mental home." Ino raises an eye brow before dropping her gazed to her salad.

"Ino…"

"Yeah yeah."

"Anyways enough about what am doing, how's Kiba?" Sakura asks.

"Oh hell. Him. Loud mouth from hell that's who he is. Just because he's stuck there he thinks he can just yell at anyone. Am this close to just punching him." Ino growled out waving her fork around before stabbing the salad.

"Still giving you trouble?"

"You have no idea! He won't let the other nurses. And if a nurse is stupid enough-"

"Brave enough?"

"No stupid enough, hush you," Ino points her fork at Sakura with a playful glare. "To go in there, she 1. Runs out screaming, 2. Runs out crying, 3. Runs out yelling pervert which gets him screaming." Ino rolls her eyes with a sigh.

"The point of it is they all run out of his room. And of course he's just… just… grrr!"

"Well do you want me to talk to him?" Sakura said glancing at the clock before waving the waitress over.

"Would you? Hes just have been an ass to me. I swear one more comment about my period and am going to chop him." Ino said moving her arm up and down not paying attention to man sitting next to them, who was giving her a look. When she looked up, she glared. "Problem?" she growled out.

"Come on Ino. Let's go deal with Kiba." Sakura said as she pulls on Ino's arm.

"Yeah right." Giving one more glare at the man, she let Sakura pull her out the door before freeing her arm. "Jezz the nerve of some people."

"Well if you weren't talking about your period in a restaurant I think he wouldn't have looked." Sakura said as they walked back to work.

"What? Saying I wont get looks, forehead?" Ino said giving Sakura a playful elbow to the side.

"Oh yes, pig, that's what am saying. Who would look at you?"

"Oh please. You know am beautiful!" Ino said doing some poses which made Sakura laugh.

"You wanted me to visit her?" A drawling male's voice came from behind them, making both girls turn to see Shikamaru and the sand siblings standing there.

Shikamaru stood there with a small grin on his lips with his right arm over Temari's shoulders and his left hand in his pocket. Through the years he became a jounin and dealt with the ambassador from the Sand village. During this time they became good friends turned lovers after both got drunk and played a strip drinking game.

Him and Temari hit off since than and have been dating for the last two years. Now he basically lives in Suna with her and her siblings. And seeing how the other two boys aren't glaring at him. It means they got over trying to beat him up.

Temari probably had something to do with that.

Kankuro stood over all of them at six foot something. Hes normal face paint on and black clothes on with his three scrolls hanging behind him. He stood off to the side with His Brother Gaara who didn't look happy to be in his Kazekage's clothing. It was more than the glare he was giving or the 'talk to me and die' aura rolling off him.

It was how he was almost hiding behind the taller male.

He made it painfully aware to those who were knows him, that he didn't like nor care to wear the robes and be in pubic wearing them was a big problem for him. He probably wants nothing more than to run to the Hokage tower to strip the robes off.

Kankuro was grinning like a cat just caught the biggest bird. Most likely he was enjoying his little brothers' embarrassment. He made it clear that he was when he wrapped his arm around Gaara's shoulder and brought him forward to the group.

Ino screamed and jumped on Shikamaru throwing her arms around his neck. Temari was laughing as she moved away so she wouldn't get caught in the falling mess of arms.

"Yes I did. This is funny." Temari said crossing her arms over her chest with a smirk playing on her lips.

"What do you mean this? You know damn well all leaf-nins are crazy." Kankuro said giving a small push to Gaara to stand in front of them. Since the chuunin exams the three have been trying to act like a real family. And since Shukaku was ripped out of Gaara, they have been doing a lot better.

Now it's a simple thing as… trying to get Gaara to be around a lot of people.

Their still working on that.

"Hello Gaara, Kankuro, Temari." Sakura said giving a small wave before stepping back so not to be kicked by the still screaming Ino and the freaked out Shikamaru trying to escape from her.

"Oh hey. Look Gaara it's our pink nurse." Kankuro said turning Gaara, who was going to 'walk' to the tower, around to see Sakura.

"Hello." He growled out as she tried not to laugh at the scene in front of her.

"Ino! Get off me!"

"We missed you sooo much, Shika!"

"Where are you two heading?" Temari said walking over and giving a hug to Sakura who returned it.

"To the hospital." Sakura said pulling back. "You know work."

"Ahh. We're on way to the Hokage." Temari said, smiling at her the shorter girl.

"Which you desided to take the longer way?" Sakura said with a grin and a glance at the kazekage who slapped his brothers' hands off his shoulders and giving him a glare that could kill only to be laughed at.

"Something like that." Temari said laughing.

"You two can stand and speak with them. Am going." Gaara stated with a glare before spinning on his heel and marched away.

Kankuro rolled his eyes as he too came over to Sakura and throwing his arm over her shoulders.

"You know what? Am not feeling well. Mind giving me a check-up doc?" He said with a playful grin which was returned by Sakura who wrapped her arm around his waist.

"Oh really? Well maybe you need some shots?"

"Oh he needs some shots alright." Temari said leaning back into Shikamarus arms as he wrapped them around her waist.

Ino came up and gave both a hug at the same time before pulling back.

"It's good to see you too Temari." Ino said giving a small smile. Temari just winked at the younger girl before giving a smile.

"Remember Shikamaru you need to come to the Flying Shuriken tonight!" Ino said poking his arm. "Also me and Chouji are going to Kurenais' at six for dinner. Make sure to show up. No if ands or butts! You haven't been back for months!"

"I'll make sure he goes." Temari said cutting Shikamaru off.

"Good cause you're invited too. You guys are basically family now!" Ino said giving Kankuro and Temari a 'come or I'll find you' look.

"Yeah, yeah kiddo. We'll be there." Kankuro said giving Sakuras shoulders a small squeeze before walking off.

"Don't call me Kido, you make-up wearing weirdo!!" Ino yelled as Shikamaru rolled his eyes and pulled a laughing Temari away, following Kankuro.

"Alright! Blondie!" Kankuro said as he turned, walking backwards to yell at her. He gave one wave to the girls before turning back around.

Sakura quickly put her hand over Ino's mouth and pulled her away.

"Continue your foreplay later. We're going to be late." Sakura said.

Pulling away from Sakura they both made their way to the hospital. "All women should thank you for saving those two sexy sand brothers." Ino said waving her hand in front of her face.

Sakura just rolled her eyes. "I had helped…"

"Still! Both have grown so much from when we first met them and for the better." Ino said wiggling a blond eye brow at her friend.

"Oh no! Don't go hitting on Gaara at least! Remember the last ambassador from Grass? Poor boy. I thought you was going rape him on the desk!"

"Oh he was hot." Seeing the look she was getting from the pink head next to her Ino shrugs. "I was being nice. Showing the people -"

"Ambassador."

" People! That the leaf village is very nice."

"Whatever. That doesn't involve sitting on him and playing with his hair."

"What can I say? Am a sucker for blonds." Ino said shrugging again.

"Oh so you're a sucker for Naruto?" Sakura said before laughing at the blond as she stumbled before glaring at her. She watched as Ino closed and opened her mouth before raising an eye brow and then grins.

"He is pretty cute..."

"INO!!" Sakura screamed running after her laughing friend all the way to the hospital.

"No."

"Come on."

"No damn it!"

"Kiba be nice to the other nurses!"

"NO! Their calling me a prevent!"

"Well you can be."

"Shut up Blondie! You're just as bad!"

"Ha! So you admit it!"

Kiba growls.

Sakura sighed and leaning back in her chair listening to the two teens in the room. Ino and her have been in Kiba's room for the past 20 minutes and when they came a nurse had ran out and fall to the fall before a lamp came flying out behind her.

To say he was being a pain was an understatement. Sakura have been hearing different nurses complain about him after he woke up from the coma.

He had two broken legs to the point of they had to grow bones, tissues, everything. They had to take it in doses for the damage itself was lace with poison and made it hard to heal. After the first three weeks Kiba woke up and was not happy about being in a hospital without Akamaru.

It didn't help when he wasn't allow to walk so when he needed to go to the bathroom he was forced asking one of his nurses.

"Ino please stop making him mad." Sakura said rubbing her head.

Ino stops only to glare at Kiba before smirking.

"Kiba you seem to be…" she slowly made her way back to the side of his bed not paying a attention to the warning growl coming have him. "In need of something." Her smirk grow wider as she glances at the bathroom back to him as she stops right next to the bed,

"Ino… Shut. Up." Kiba snarls.

Sakura rolls her eyes and standing when she hears a knock at the door.

"Ino be nice to Kiba. Kiba please don't hurt her." She said before walking over to the door and opening it.

"Oh Hello Shino. How are you?" Sakura asked seeing the tall Aburame standing there.

"I am well Mi-" He stops hearing her warning in the form of a clearing of the throat. He hides his grin behind his coats collar. "Sakura. Thank you for asking. And how are you fairing?"

"Well. Trying to deal with your teammate and Ino. Did you come to visit?" Seeing his nod she moves and pulls the open door wider for him to step in.

"PERVERT!" They both looked at each other as they hear a skin meeting skin and an animal like sound. Both teens moved and Sakura grabbed the curtains and threw them back only to stand there with her mouth hanging open.

Kiba had grabbed Inos arm probably when she slapped him and pulled half of her over him before wrapping one arm around her pinning her to him and his other hand grabbing the back of her head and pushing her down to met his lips. Be fore letting her go completely he slapped her butt. Ino stumbled backwards before falling into Shino's arms.

Sakura heard Shino cough behind her before she started laughing at her friends.

"Now you can call me a pervert." Kiba said folding his arms behind his head with a wolf grin.

"Kiba please try to be nice and not do that to the nurses." Sakura said pointing at the tomato face blond.

"Alright. Can I keep that one?" Kiba said pointing at Ino who was dusting herself off still blushing.

"Sure." Sakura said with a bounce over to Ino and grabs her arm. "Only if you don't scare or make any other nurses run out of this room, alright?"

"Deal."

"Good. Now we got other patients to deal with. Bye Kiba. Nice seeing you Shino." Sakura said being pulled by Ino who wanted nothing more than to run out of the door.

"Good bye Sakura." Shino said with a small nod.

"Later pinky! See ya doc!" Kiba yelled from his bed.

The last thing they heard before closing Kibas door that made Sakura break out laughing again was "Alright! Shino I got to pee!"

"So I say 'Well at least I didn't fall on a Kunai!'" Chouji said making the whole table break out in laughter. He and Ino had come in around eight and Chouji had jumped into story telling. Ino told them that the rest would be coming, just they wanted to talk with Kurenai a bit longer. Most were just drunk and would laugh at anything but it was a normal night at the Flying Shuriken with friends.

The bar was mostly for ninjas who needed to get drunk. But the rookie 9 used it as a get together with each other. If you just got back from a mission this was the place to go to see friends if you couldn't sleep or just needed a good laugh.

They push two tables together in the back and barkeep left them that way after a week of having them come in and do that. Chouji sat near the bar grabbing the bottles and glasses to pass down to the owners of them with Hinata sitting next to him and Neji next to her. Tenten and Lee next to him with Sakura and Ino sitting next to each other on the other side. Shino sitting closer to the corner with the wall on one side and behind him, keeping an eye out on the door, or that's what everyone thought.

"Someone fall on a Kunai?"

"Temari!" Ino yelled standing to give said girl a hug as Shikamaru sat down next to her leaving Temari a chair next to him.

"Hey Shikamaru!" Chouji said waving at the bartender over, giving his best friend a huge smile.

"One of his genin sat down on one. He just got his first group of brats." Ino said patting Shikamaru on the back.

"Ino that's not nice." Hinata said taking the bottles from Chouji and passed to Shikamaru.

"Hell. We know the midgets are brats. I got to agree with Blonde there." Kankuro said sitting down next to Sakura who rolled her eyes.

"Please don't start on her now. I am having a good time." Sakura said going to take a sip of her drink only to have it grabbed by Kankuro and sniffed.

"This isn't even alcohol! How can you have fun drinking this?"

"Maybe she doesn't drink?" Shikamaru said giving Temari a glare when she took his shot and downed it. "Troublesome…" Chouji and Tenten laughed.

"She is not the only one who doesn't drink the foul liquid!" Lee yelled throwing his fist in the air.

"My point." Kankuro said pointing at Lee.

"I got work tomor- oh fine. Pass me something." Sakura said with a wave of her hand not wanting to get into a fight with the sand-nin.

"Wait. Why not?" Temari asked Lee.

"It is a bad liquid! And -" Lee started only to have his mouth covered by Tenten who pulled him back down before he jumped on the table.

"We don't want to pay for the bar." Neji said leaning his elbow on the table with his head resting on his fist. "He doesn't take well with alcohol."

Chouji rolls his finger in a circle near his temple. "He gets bad."

"Oh. Worse than what he is?" Kankuro said only to have Ino slap his arm. "Hey! Wasn't talk to you Blonde!" He yells over Sakuras head at Ino.

"Well you're talking about one of my friends! And don't call me blonde!" Ino yells right back.

Sakura raises her arms. "Can we put these two at oppose ends of the table!?"

"Kankuro come over here." Temari said waving her hand above the chair next to her. Kankuro stood and walked by Ino giving her hair a tug which she slaps his butt only to have the owner of the butt turn and wink at her.

"Later sweetheart, later." He said taking afew chairs down only to sit across from Lee.

"There won't be a later!" Ino yelled before crossing her arms and turning her head away.

Sakura just rolled her eyes and thanked Chouji as he passed her new drink. Good thing am a medic. She thought.

"Where's Gaara! Is he here too?" Lee asked Kankuro.

"Ha! We just got him to be near and speak to other people! There's no way in hell he would go to a bar!"

"Gaara doesn't like bars anyways." Temari said giving her brother a glare. "Besides hes here on business and has to deal with your Hogake."

"She always did have an unhealthy way of drinking." Lee said nodding with his arms crossed over his chest, leaning back as if he stated something they didn't know.

"Yeah, understatement." Ino mumbles to Shikamaru who cracked a grin.

Once everyone was settled back down and had their own drinks, Shikamaru got two knowing Temari was going to take another, everyone started catching up with the Sand siblings and Shikamaru. With everyone laughing about stupid things that happen in both villages, Odd timing of 'Youth!' from Lee and the normal yelling and screams from the girls, everyone was having a good time.

After awhile Hinata, Neji, Tenten, and Shino left leaving the Sakura and Lee the only Sober two at the table. Lee became the 'host' of a drinking game between the six people left. Sakura pulled out when she started to feel fuzzy and not wanting to get a hang over, she was the first to go. Chouji followed afterwards, having drunk too much before the game. Temari desided after afew more she would stop after Shikamaru who just wanted to enjoy his drink afew after afew rounds.

Leaving Kankuro and Ino, who long since moved to next to Lee staring Kankuro down who was grinning like the Chester cat again.

Chouji laughed so hard he fell out of his chair when he saw Temari slap Shikamaru in the back of the head only to make him spit his drink out. He falling only made Sakura laugh and Ino spit her own drink out.

"Are you alright there Chouji?" Shikamaru asked as his friend pulled himself back into his chair and giving a nod as he waved off Shikamaru and Sakura who was getting up to check him, he turned to Temari. "And what was that for?"

"Are you going to tell them or do I have to wear the pants!"

"Oh... You want to now?" Shikamaru said rubbing the back of his head.

"Tell us what?" Ino asked.

Putting his hand on Temaris to keep her from yelling again Shikamaru stated. "We're getting married." Raising his eye brow at the silence that was followed he cleared his throat. "Er… Yeah."

"Hey! Bartender! Give us shots!" Chouji yelled.

"Oh my god! When?" Ino said jumping up and down in her chair.

"Yes yes when!?" Lee added also bouncing.

"Ahh… In two weeks." Shikamaru said leaning back in his chair away from the grabbing hands of Ino and Lee.

"It's going to happen here and it will be used as a stronger link in the alliance our village have. And yes we both think that is fine, Sakura, we brought it up that way to Gaara. Not only will we be together but also helping our people. We wanted it this way." Temari said taking over for her fiancée who passed her two shots. She handed one to Kankuro.

"Oh." Sakura said taking her own shot too. She knows me to well she thought.

"And Shikamaru you're still alive?" Chouji asked looking at Kankuro who was grinning, remembering when they told her brothers that they were dating. Shikamaru learned how to hide really well after that.

"Yeah. Well after Gaara tried 'sparring' him and him keeping a eye out for my puppets and sand for afew months. Temari told Gaara some good points behind them getting married and he gives his ok after destroying his desk and taking his anger out on some rouge ninjas." Kankuro said waving his hand in the air. "Sort of wish you would take the 'no beating on Shikamaru' rule away."

"I don't think so." Temari growled out giving her brother a glare also remembering when she put that rule up.

Everyone laughed before raising their glasses and wishing them good luck.

Ino and Kankuro started talking. Lee making sure Ino didn't jump across the table and attack him.

"So Sakura how's work?" Temari ask rolling her eyes at her brother.

"Oh. Fine. Am mostly just there for the ER and my regular patients." She shrugs before adding. "But it's been slow lately."

"And that's a good thing." Chouji said lifting his glass up before downing the drink.

"True, true." Shikamaru said also downing his.

"No missions?" Temari asked.

Sakura shook her head. "Not since last month. But we're thinking of send me to Suna and helping out there with some of your medics training. Plus I knew you two were getting married." She said smiling. "Being one to deal with the Hokage all the time pays off. I'm going with you tomorrow to help out."

"Oh well that's a good thing. I thought they were going to send some random person I don't know and -" Temari was cut off as Ino jumped over the table and landing on kankuros lap, kissing him. "Well... Ahh... I think someone had too much to drink…"

"Lee?" Sakura looked to Lee wondering what happen.

"It is a dare!" Lee shouted with his fist thrown in the air.

Ino moved her hands from his shoulders to his face running her hands all over it. When she pulled back both were breathless but even so Ino smirked at what she did to his face paint. Kankuro blinked afew times seeing the smirk before rolling his eyes and groaning. He quietly captured her lips again as he slips his hands under her tights and picked her up before dropping her on the table.

"You are a brat, Blondie." He said after he pulled back. Kankuro walked to the bathrooms leaving a laughing table behind.

"I win." Ino said grabbing a napkin and wiping the purple paint off.

"I would watch your step now, Ino. Kankuros' not one to lay down and take that." Temari warned. Ino slid off the table and gave her and shikamaru a hug before Standing next to Sakura.

"Yeah well. We're on my turf! This isn't going to be a repeat of Suna that's for sure!" Ino said as Sakura stood up shaking her head.

"Is that what's it all about?" Sakura shook her head when she saw Ino nodded.

"What happen in Suna?" Chouji ask also standing with a bit of help from Lee.

"Ino decide, after they 'talked' to change the color of his clothes."

Temari brusted out laughing, pointing at Ino. "That was you?!"

"Yup!"

"Oh god." She let her head fall on Shikamarus shoulder as another wave of laughter hit her.

Seeing the clueless faces of the boys Sakura said. "She changed the color from black to pink and dots. She t-dyed them when he left to guard the borders. The only clothes he had was the ones he wore." She shakes her head when the boys started laughing.

"But I got her back by putting hair dye in her shampoo." Kankuro said. He gave her hair a tug as he went by to stand next to his sister. "She had purple hair. I thought it went well with her clothes."

Sakura grabbed Inos arm before she slapped Kankuro. As this was a normal thing between the two ninjas. After two years of this going everyone started calling it foreplay.

"Alright, foreplay later." Temari said as her and Shikamaru got up and laid some money down on the table. Kankuro laughed.

"If this foreplay I got the worse case of blue balls." He said making Ino forget her rage and laugh along with him as the group walked out.

"And with how you play your game you're going to keep them blue too!" Ino added as they got outside.

"Lee can you take Chouji home?" Sakura ask wrapping one arm around Inos shoulders and the other hand holding her arm.

"Of course!" Lee said, nodding trying to keep a hold on Chouji. Who was trying to hug, though it looked like he was going to fall on Shikamaru.

"I'll take Ino." Sakura said giving a smile to her friends. "Bye guys. See you tomorrow."

After everyone gave out their good-byes and started on their way back to home. Sakura help her drunken friend back to her apartment.

"I sooo got him that time!" Ino shouted.

"Ino shhh… People are sleeping." Sakura said looking around making sure her friend didn't wake anyone.

"Psh like I care! Wake them up! I WON!" Ino again shouts.

"Ino please! Just stop, ok? There's no way I can bring you to your place like this… you'll wake the other tenants again." Sakura sighed. "I swear if you throw up in my apartment your going to be sorry."

Slowly but surely Sakura got Ino into her apartment with little problems after she passed out. Putting Ino on the couch, pulling her shoes off before throwing a blanket over her friend she went and locked her door. Sighing she took her shoes off and moves down the hallway in her one bedroom apartment to the bathroom. She enters her small but useable bathroom and got two pills and went back to the living room/ dining room, without turning the lights on after memorizing the layout and placed them on the coffee table in front of her couch, for Ino.

She made her way back down the short hallway to her bedroom. Closing the door she turned on the lamp sitting on her desk, filling the room with soft yellow light before going to her closet without glancing at the pictures that hung on her wall.

Pulling a plain white t-shirt she throws it on her bed before pulling her clothes and kunai hostler off. She puts the t-shirt on before sitting on the edge of her bed finally looking at the pictures.

Her parents and herself stood there; smiling at the camera. Two pictures with Tsunade; one patting her back with Shizune and tonton standing on the other side of the Hokage. The other being almost the same but with Ino and Hinata added to the group.

Her eyes land on the old team 7 picture with Sai and Yamato. She smiles remembering how Sai called Naruto 'dickless' right before the picture was taken and Kakashi grabbed Naruto before he jumped over Sakura and try to beat Sai.

The camera man had gotten that.

She sighed seeing Sasuke back with team 7 picture. After many years he finally came back, which some thought only to make Naruto mad.

After those two had a full out battle again, Naruto accepted Sasuke back with open arms. It was strange but people got back to their lives. He was put on a 'time out' as Naruto put it.

There was talk about Sai and Yamato being taken out of team 7 but after everything they been though with team 7; Naruto and Sakura threaten and almost went as far as kidnap the two (Naruto's idea) to keep them on the team.

Not wanting the soon to be (much to the annoyance of the council and surprise of most people expect those who knew him) Rokudaime and second best medic ( the best medic being the Hokage and a temper that matches the Hokage) bad side, the council allowed both to same with the team.

Tsunade had a good laugh about it.

Sakura fall back looking up at the ceiling, remembering when Naruto and Sasuke went off after Itachi.

They had waited till she was on her own mission before taking Kakashi and a mission scroll and went after him. They send letters now again, mostly from Naruto, to inform her and the Hokage how their mission is going.

It always ends with 'we're sorry Sakura. Understand please?'

She stands up and walks over to the desk and turned off the light before walking back to her bed and climbing under the covers.

Three of her boys have been gone for two years now and she hasn't gotten a letter in two months.

She hasn't been herself and she knows it. But she misses her team, her friends… her family.

She snorts and rolls away from the picture that sat on her nightstand, one of Sasuke's arms around her and her laughing after he blow on her ear. The camera caught that and his smirk.

A year after he came back they started dating. A year after they started dating, he left, taking the two males that help her deal when he first left.

She was so mad that they didn't let her go with them. She cried, destroyed their training grounds. Didn't talk to her friends. People moved out of her way when she went outside, if she went anywhere.

Now years later she still doesn't talk as much as she once did and works when ever she can so she doesn't have to think about them. Wondering if their all ok. Letters help but she missed seeing them, touching them. Knowing that no matter what she cane just reach out and feel them and know their alive.

Now she doesn't even know where they are and if their hurt or worse.

She knows it can't because she's weak. She can do a lot of damage in one punch and using that same hand she can heal mostly anything. Her boys know she's not weak and has told her that. It's not like she would get in the way, she would be fighting side by side. Like the team they are.

But no. Once again they left without her. Once again she's stuck behind the walls of her home worrying about them. Once again… Feeling useless.

Hearing a thud from the living room, she rolls her eyes. That's what you get for drinking to much, Ino. She thought.

She closes her eyes trying not to think about what has happen, what's going to happen… trying to stop her from worrying again.

He always seems to be taking things from me… Sakura thought before allowing her body to fall to sleep.