My First time ever writing a fanfic so I'm not sure how others will respond to it but…after reading so many good ones about this series I decided to give it a shot! Sorry ahead of time if the pairings represented in my story aren't your favorite…

"Ahh…" said the voice of one oh so familiar pink-haired medic-nin in training as she lowered herself into the bath. She sunk her entire body in to just barely below her nose and breathed in the steamy goodness of it all. "What a day or night?…" she thought as she closed her eyes to recap the past few days' events.

(Backtracking…) A few days ago, Tsunade-sensei pulled her from her usual duties at the hospital, to take on a mission that required her skills as a medic n

in. "I wonder what kind of a mission it'll be…" thought Sakura to herself as she came to the outside of Tsunade's office. '

Knock, knock...' was heard at Tsunade's door which caused her to look up from the file she was studying.

'Come in!' came a slightly irritated response from Tsunade herself. Sakura peeked her head into the door,

"Ah, Sakura-san, do come in and have a seat" said Tsunade gesturing to a nearby chair. Sakura nodded and seated herself in one of the chairs. Tsunade locked her fingers and leaned her chin on top getting ready to speak when another, 'knock, knock...' was heard.

"Hairimasu!" chimed Tsunade's voice again, hoping that the other two selected had arrived so that there'd be no more interruptions. As the door cracked open Sakura turned her head to reveal who the other two accompaniments would be.

The first person to walk in was the boy with the creamy milk colored eyes that showed attentiveness as well as some annoyance. His trademark scowl was as clear as day to anyone right now, with his right eyebrow twitching slightly. His long brown hair was tied loosely in the back, leaving only a few strands that hung loosely around his face. (Lol, if it's all one piece, sorry!) The white shirt with the flowy sleeves he wore draped loosely around his upper torso, which was tucked into something that looked like a skirt. It was knee length and split up the middle revealing the white pants he wore underneath. He wore standard Konoha sandals, but they were black instead of royal blue. And of course, lastly, he was sporting the Konoha forehead protector.

"Neji-kun…" Sakura thought to herself, now very curious as to whom the other partner would be. If Neji was involved, it meant that it must be something big since he was the first one out of the Konoha 11 to become a Jonin so early and his skills were something to admire.

The next one that bounded in had a very cheery look on his face as if walking on cloud 9. He had these big, dark, round eyes that seemed to suck you into some kind of a void that you can never escape from. The little eyelashes he had are overlooked by his other features. His hair was black, short and bowl-shaped which only accented his eyes, not to mention that there wasn't a single strand out of place, no, no! The sheen it always had would make any girl jealous. His clothes were that of a green spandex-like suit that clung a good part to his body which showed off how lean he was accompanied with a hunter green vest. On his hands were bandage wraps that seemed to go up his arm almost to his elbow which was proof of training and hard work. On his lower calves he wore leg weights that were covered by orange legwarmers that stuck out like a sore-thumb. And lastly, he wore the same sandals as Neji. Oh and the thick eyebrows…how could I forget the eyebrows?!

"What do you mean, Neji-kun?" Lee said in a youthful, loud voice. "You can not tell me that you are tired already only after 100 laps around Konoha this morning?

Neji's eyebrow twitch seemed to only get worse at this statement and it took all that he could do to keep himself from shutting down the chakra points to Lee's brain.

"Lee-kun…" said Sakura to herself as she watched both boys' enter the room. Lee noticed her right away and turned to her.

"Konnichi wa, Sakura-chan!" said Lee bowing to her and smiling.

"Konnichi wa, Lee-kun." said Sakura and gave him a smile back.

After Sasuke turned traitor against the village and Naruto left with Jiraiya to train, Sakura had somewhat opened up her social status a bit, allowing for some more friends. When she thought about it, those two, plus Kakashi-sensei were the only people she remembers hanging out with. Lately, she had become close with the members of Guy-sensei's team as well as with Ino again now that Sasuke was gone. She and Hinata had even hung out quite often as of late. Neji turned to her and bowed as well bringing Sakura out of her thoughts. She smiled and nodded her head in response.

Tsunade, all the while watching, finally coughed slightly to get their attention. All three snapped to it, facing her. She grinned slightly at this and opened her mouth to speak when another 'knock, knock...' was heard.

"NANI?!" was Tsunade's reaction for the third time today to be interrupted in a row, which caused Sakura, Lee, and Neji to all wince slightly at the outburst.

…aaand STOP! HaHa! Who's knocking at her door and making her mad? Find out next time!

Japanese words

Hairimasu- Enter, Come in, Go in

Konnichi wa- Hello (good afternoon)

Kunoichi- Medic ninja

Nani- What?

Sensei- teacher

Prologue