Two and a half months had passed since Sakura had handed out all the gifts she had brought back for everyone, Midori and Akamaru had tried multiple times in the past months to produce pups and finally at the two month mark, Midori was successfully pupped she had about two or so months left to go before she would give birth which meant she was out of active duty until then, and of course Sakura just had to be called into the Hokage's office to receive a mission and that's the beginning of a new chapter in Sakura's life.
