"Naruto doesn't belong to me... Naruto doesn't belong to me...Naruto doesn't belong to me..." author mummbles unhappily.

"You asked for me? Tsunade-shishou," asked a puzzled Sakura, as today is her break day from training.

"Come, sit down." Tsunade motioned Sakura to sit. "Well. The reason I have summoned you to my office is to tell you I have endorsed you for the ANBU entrance exam. I can only help you take the first step forward. The rest depends on how you perform. The exam commences in two months time. Well... in order to prevent you for failing and make me lose face since I'm the one who endorse you, we're stepping up on our training for the next two months."

However, Sakura only heard the endorsement part. She was overjoyed to hear the rest of the message. "Thank you Tsunade-shishou!" She hugged Tsunade. "You're the best!"

"Well, you have learnt a lot and progress a lot. Your analytic skills and intelligence are almost unbeatable. ANBU's intelligence is always in need of talent. Although not as glam as hunter-nin, the intelligence is one important department in ANBU. They not only collect information and do planning; they often have to dangerous missions. Seeing you done so well these few years, I'm confident that you will excel there."

"Thank you Tsunade-shishou. Thank you for believing in me," sniffled Sakaura.

"Okay, okay." Tsunade got a little bit embarrassed. "I've got work to do. Scoot!"

"Ma? Normally you will tell me to stay and help you with the paper work," teased Sakura.

"Go celebrate with your friends. You shouldn't waste your time around an old lady."

"You're not old Tsunade-shishou. Just... erm... mature neh?"

Both master and disciple laughed.

"Tsunade-shishou, can you not tell anyone about it yet? I want to keep it a surprise."

"Okay... Well, it's a great day outside. You shouldn't crop up in this stuffy room. Come to think of it, I shouldn't be in here also. Come, let's get out of here. Shizune! You also."

"Tsunade-shishou!"

"Tsunade-sama!"

Both girls shouted together. "You're just thinking of excuses to not do the paper work!"

"I'm the Godaime. Who's to stop me?" she pulled the two girls out.

It was already evening when Sakura managed to 'escape' from Tsunade's crutches.

Shouldn't have eaten the last plate of gioza. You should have known better. Shouldn't have done that.>> Sakura groaned inwardly, willing her treacherous stomach to stop rumbling. As she made her way to her apartment, she saw a silver hair man walking in front of her, towards the direction of Tsunade-shishou's office.

"Kakashi!"

The silver hair man turned and smiled.

"Yo." He waved.

Sakura moved forward and slipped her tiny hands into his.

"If you're looking for Tsunade-shishou, forget it. She was last seen going to a pub with a Shizune towed behind her."

"And how come you're not with them?" he grinned, knowing that when one see Tsunade out of the office, one would see Shizune and Sakura being 'bullied' into accompanying her.

"I escaped," she laughed. " Shizune-chan is so going to kill me for leaving her behind. But I have to leave for a good reason you know."

"And what is it, pray tell me."

"Cause you will be back tonight and I haven't see you for two months. Tough mission?"

"Neh. Just some escorting mission. Suppose to last for one month but the feudal lord wanted to show off so we had to stay for another month. Waste of time if you asked me. Asuma and I were bored to death. Wait till that silly feudal lord sees the bill. One ANBU and one Jounin don't come cheap."

Kakashi broke the contact and slid his arm round Sakura's waist instead.

"Have you been eating enough? You've grown thinner."

"Mn? Oh. I have been eating a lot. It's just that Tsunade-shishou's paperwork, training and working in the hospital as a medic-nin seems to expand all carbohydrates I can take in."

"Training I can understand. But paperwork?"

"Try carrying many piles of the papers and getting out of fallen stack of files on you can be quite a feat you know." Sakura giggled.

The couple strolled aimlessly around Konoha.

"Kakashi. How long would you be staying in the village before your next assignment?"

"I guess for 2 months. Godaime promised me a 2 months break before I left for this mission. Why? Planning anything?" Kakashi winked suggestively.

"Well. My next erm mission is scheduled to commence in 2 months time. So I like to spend some time with you."

Kakashi's frowned. A mission you are able to know 2 months in advance? That's weird.

Seeing Kakashi frowned, Sakura quickly changed the topic. "Come on Kakashi, I'm tired. Walk me home."

Well... I hope the next chapter would not be as bad as this one. I thought of the fic during training and wrote or rather scribbled the entire plot on a paper which has unfortunately got wet. Damm... The paper with the next chapter for my other fic original sin was also wet... Double Damm.

Well... Thanks for reading the fic... and my rambling if you did read it...

Thank you Sukoshi No Koinu for the tips. I've revised chapter 1 already. Hopefully I'll get the next chapter up in 2-3 days time. I'll try my utmost best to write longer chapters.