A/N: I Do Not Own Naruto. Well, not yet... Lol xD

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I knew I would never see him again... Or so I thought

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Things you need to know:

Sakura Haruno. Age 21, pink-haired, large forehead... Is a singer, only minor. Is currently single, though with fanboys in pursuit. Has a best friend named Gaara. Has no siblings.

Sasuke Uchiha. Age 22, raven-haired, heartless... Doesn't have a job. Is currently single, though fangirls are still in pursuit. Has a best friend name Naruto. Is currently saving himself for a pink-haired girl he met when he was five. Has one brother, Itachi.Currently lives in Konoha.

Naruto Uzumaki. Age 22, blonde, loud... Doesn't have a job. Is currently dating Hinata Hyuga. Has a best friend named Sasuke. Has no siblings, thinks of a pink-haired girl as a little sister.Currently lives in Konoha.

Hinata Hyuga. Age 21, dark purple-haired, shy... Currently works at a small cafe. Is currently dating Naruto Uzumaki. Has no best friend, said to have only one friend understand her when she was five-- a pink haired girl. Has no siblings, but a close cousin. Currently lives in Konoha.

Ten Ten. Age 22, brown-haired, bold... Currently works at a small cafe. Is currently dating Neji Hyuga. Has a best friend named Ino. Has no siblings. Currently lives in Konoha.

Neji Hyuga. Age 22, brown-haired, prideful... Doesn't have a job. Is currently dating Ten Ten. Has a best friend named Shikamaru. Hs no siblings, but has a close cousin.Currently lives in Konoha.

Shikamaru Nara. Age 22, black-haired, lazy... Doesn't have a job. Is currently dating Ino Yamanaka. Has a best friend named Neji Hyuga. Has no siblings, thinks it's too troublesome. Currently lives in Konoha.

Ino Yamanaka. Age 22, blonde-haired, loud... Currently works at a small cafe. Is currently dating Shikamaru Nara. Has a best friend named Tenten. Said to have a best friend at the age of five, a pink-haired girl. Has no siblings. Currently lives in Konoha.

Gaara. Age 22, red-haired, quiet... Doesn't have a job. Is currently single, though has been keeping an eye on his pink-haired best friend, Sakura Haruno. Is said to be emotionless. Has two siblings, Temari and Konkuro.

Our story begins...

"Sakura-chan calm down! Or else you'll break the seat!" Yelled Sayuri from the front of the moving van. I couldn't help it. I was finally going back to Konoha! After 16 years! I finally get to meet my old friends.

"Won't this be fun, Gaara-kun?" I asked the red-headed male beside me. He merely grunted. Sayuri and Taiki (my parents) had said I can bring Gaara along, just make sure he doesn't cause any 'trouble'. I sighed, not even my emotionless friend could bring me down.

"Okay, we're here. Before you go anywhere Sakura... Sakura? Tsk, where has that girl run off to?" Taiki said as he found out his 21 year old daughter had already run off with her friend. He sighed. "Oh well, let's go visit the Uchihas!" Taiki said as his wife grabbed his arm and pulled him along.

"Hmmm... Gaara-kun where do you think they could be?" I asked. He shrugged. I had only told him about them, so he wouldn't know exactly who they were. I sighed. "Oh well. Oh! Look! A cafe! Let's go inside before we have to catch up with Okaa-san and Otou-san!" I grabbed his arm and pulled him along.

He slightly twitched at the strengh of his (I almost want to underline the word: his) little pink-haired friend. We opened the door to the cafe, The Yamanaka. I tilted my head at the sign. The name... The name seems so familiar... I shrugged it off and walked inside.

It was a descent cafe. It was small, but it did look quite nice. Me and Gaara sat down at a table near a bunch of other people our age. I could hear parts of their conversation. "Tsk, Dobe!" said one of them. "Teme!" But my friend Gaara snapped me out of my eavedropping.

"What are you doing?" He asked with his half amused, half disgusted look on his face. I smiled innocently. "Nothing! It's just that they seemed familiar..." He rolled his eyes. Our conversation was cut by a waittress coming.

"Hello, welcome to The Yamanaka. May I please take your order?" The waitress had long purple hair, and timid white eyes. She also seems familiar... She didn't seem to be quite paying attention, it looks as if she was hiding behind her note pad.

"Ummm... We'll have the special." I said thinking fast. Gaara gave me a glare, I smiled at him. She jotted down our orders and said, "Thank You. Your orders will arrive in a minute." And with that she walked away.

"Hey Gaara-kun," The red-haired boy turned towards me, obviously bored. "Do you think we'll b able to find them? I mean it has been awhile, maybe they won't remember me..." He scoffed. "Do you see any other pink-haired, annoying, singer/medic nin around here?" I took that as a compliment, coming from him I mean.

I shook my head, but I couldn't help but think that maybe they had forgotten me, and maybe I should also. I spent 16 years, trying to forget them, but sadly it hasn't worked.

With Taiki and Sayuri

"Omigod!" Sayuri said as she gazed up at the mansion. "Are you sure we got the right address? I mean, it's twice the size since I last saw it!" But of course, it should've been obvious. I mean it has the words UCHIHA at the front. Not to mention all the crests.

Taiki sighed at his wife's childish antics and rang the doorbell. It rang from deep within the house, after a few moments of waiting, a women- who seemed to be around their age, opened the door. At first she looked... bored.

But then she took a closer look. "S-Sayuri-chan?" She said, wide-eyed. The said person nodded vigorously. "Sayuri-chan!" She gave her a big hug, while Taiki stood there almost looking disgusted.

But then smiled, when a man his age also entered the scene. He looked from the two hugging to Taiki, then he gave them his infamous smirk. "Taiki. Back I see?" He smirked also. They did a little high five, then, "Come in, come in!" Mikoto said as she shuffled the two inside.

After Mikoto had given them some tea, they all sat down in the living room. Mikoto squealed. "I can't believe you guys are back!" The two merely smiled. But then that smile soon disappeared when Fugaku said, "...Have you heard about Sai yet?"

They shook their heads. "Well, word has it. He's back in Konoha. It's quite a coincident he decided to come at the same time as you two..." Sai had moved about 5 years ago, reasons unknown.

Sayuri gasped and muttered something like," Not this again..." Mikoto stopped the chatter as she said, "Nonsense! We don't need to worry about that now. We have to tell Sasuke-chan that Sakura-chan is back!" As if on cue, Itachi came down.

He almost looked the same the last day they saw him- longish hair, black and red wardrobe... Itachi's eyebrow raised as he looked at the four. Then he smirked. "Sakura-chan is back?" You could almost hear the Oh-my-gosh-wait-till-Sasuke-hears-about-this-my-life-is-so-much-cooler-than-tv in his voice. But of course he hid it.

"But what about Sai. Shouldn't we---" But was cut off by his mother's intense glare. "No. We'll worry about that later. Besides I highly doubt that Sai can find Sakura and Sasuke in Konoha. There's been a great number of increase in the population." She said in a matter-of-factly voice.

Itachi rolled his eyes. "Has there also been an increase of pink-haired konouchis?" "Well no but---" She stopped herself from saying no more. She sighed. "Let's not worry about this yet. I need to get my camera." She said as she stood up and ran up the stairs.

...Sweat drop. Taiki turned to Fugaku. "Why does she need a camera?" Fugaku sighed. "She's been video-taping the 'SasuSaku' Mission since day one, she had mini cameras everywhere. I hadn't known myself." At that point she came back down with one pink ribbon and a navy blue belt.

Sayuri looked at her friend confusedly. "But those aren't---" But was stopped when she noticed a small shining object on both items. She did an 'Oh' expression and smiled. "I'll give the ribbon to Sakura-chan later, I want to catch up first," She said as she took the ribbon from Mikoto. She nodded.

With Gaara and Sakura

The two had finished up their drinks. They paid the waitress (still no eye contact) and stood up. As if things could have gotten worse, this is what happens---

Me and Gaara stood up, ready to go. If only we knew the person I was eavesdropping from before, had also stood up. We ended up bumping eachother, which spilt his drink all over the place.

"Hey! Watch it, that..." But stopped when he looked up at me. Then realization hit him.

"S-Sakura-chan?"

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Yay! I hope that was a great start to the beginning of another story of 'Those Three Words'. Sorry if the title sucks, I couldn't think of anything. And I won't update as regularly as I did with the other fic, I have school. Right now I have... Two book reports, one book review, one collage, math pages, and two title pages due. So you can tell I'm sort of busy. Don't forget to review! I won't update until I get at least 15. Ja ne!

-IPromise You