Hi guys! I'm back after having been gone for so long. This is a new story about Sasuke and Sakura. Enjoy! By the way, I'm not going to write this in anyone's perspective.

Five years ago, a twelve-year-old boy left the village and a pink-haired girl on the bench before he left Konoha. He was upset when he left, yes. But he had to accomplish his first goal in life: killing his brother, Itachi Uchiha.

Now that the goal has been accomplished, he's back in Konoha. And who could be happier than Sakura? Of course it's Naruto.

A 6 feet 1 inch figure with navy blue hair styled like the butt of a chicken's could be seen limping towards the direction of the Leaf village with bruises, nasty injuries and contusions. He had obviously just been in an intense fight with someone. The moment Konoha was in sight, he lost consciousness and fell flat on his face.

Sakura was on her way back to Konoha after a long A-rank mission given to her by the one and only Tsunade the Hokage. She's grown quite a lot compared to when she was 12. Now 18, she had her pink hair grown back out and is all the way down to her waist, her forehead wasn't as high as it was when she was younger, and she had filled out quite nicely around her chest. She wasn't as flat as she was when she was 15, but her bust size wasn't as big as Tsunade's either. It wasn't too big or too small; it was just the right size. And at 18, she had quite a lot of boys asking her out. Hell, she even had her own fan club. AND, she's an ANBU captain now. Oh yeah, and Lee's still trying to get her to go on a "youthful" date with him so that she would "fall madly in love with him" while they were on a date. Yeah, keep dreaming, fuzzy eyebrows. Sakura still likes—no, LOVE—Sasuke.

Sakura was nearing her hometown when she spotted a figure lying on the forest floor. She stopped at the body and decided that she would do a quick check on him before bringing him to Konoha's hospital. When she turned the body around, she got a jolt of electricity running through her veins because the figure was actually Sasuke. Tears started running down her pale cheeks. She wiped it off with the back of her hand, got herself together and started to do the necessary check-up on Sasuke. Once it was done, she carried him back to Konoha using that inhuman strength of hers.

"Tsunade-shishou!" Sakura shouted at her mentor the moment she stepped into Tsunade's office.

"Huh? What? Where's the fire? And don't shout because, one, I'm not deaf; and two, your shouting has given me a migraine." Tsunade said sleepily the moment she woke up.

"Sorry. Well, I've completed the assassinating mission you gave me a month back. And, um, I found Sasuke Uchiha near the village entrance. I sent him to the hospital the moment I stepped into the village and I've also given him a full body check-up when I found him."

"Sasuke? As in, Sasuke Uchiha? THE Uchiha?" Tsunade said, unsure if she had heard her former student right.

"Yeah, him. What do you intend to do, shishou?"

"Let him rest for now. But when he gets better, ask him to come see me. And Sakura?"

"Yes?"

"Take care of him for the time being. That's your next mission. If there's nothing else, you may be dismissed." Tsunade said to her and went back to do her paperwork.

When Sakura had registered what her mentor had just said, she burst out saying, "WHAT? Shishou, I just got back from my last mission and you want me to do another one? I don't even get a break! And what's more, it's THE Sasuke Uchiha we're talking about here! The boy who called me annoying; the boy who left ME on the bench five years ago; the boy who was always an emo kid!"

"Yeah, I know. And I want you to take care of him. And no buts, you got me? Now get out before I have to make you." Tsunade said without even looking up at her.

Sakura sighed. She knew she couldn't do anything about the mission Tsunade made her do, so she left the building and headed back home. She'd visit Sasuke later, but first, she needed a bath and food.

Well, that's the first chapter of my new story, Homecoming. I know it's a little short, but I'll make it longer in the next chapter. Hope you enjoy it! Leave me a review to let me know what you think!