"Oi! Sensei! Why are you always so late?!" the famous Uzumaki child exclaimed, annoyed by the fact that their sensei is "alway" so late for their team meetings.

Kakashi looked at Naruto and sighed.

"Dobe, it's been almost 5 years already. When will you just get used to the fact that Kakashi will always be late?" a very annoyed Sasuke said in an icy tone.

"Sasuke's right Naruto."

"But-but- Sasuke wasn't even here for three years!" Naruto complained to his sensei.

Kakashi sighed again. "Naruto, just hush. We have to see Lady Hokage," he spoke while walking away. Naruto and Sasuke soon followed after.

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"You may enter," Lady Hokage said as soon as she heard a knock on her door. Kakashi, Naruto, and Sasuke entered.

"Ahh. Team 7, finaly all here at last," She spoke with a smile.

"What do you mean, 'All here at last'?" Sasuke questioned. "Sakura ran away before the teams were assigned to us, so Team 7 has never been 'all here'," he continued, oblivious to the figure standing at the door.

"Come in," Tsunade spoke to the figure. Sasuke, and Naruto turned to look at the figure walking in. Kakashi was too tied to his book to do anything.

"Sasuke, as much as that may be true, Sakura returned to the village a few days ago. Ans has already proven herself loyal," Tsunade said with her chin resting on her hands.

"What!?" Naruto shouted in disbelief. His attention then turned to the figure that had walked in a moment before. Whoever it was, was wearing a dark colored cloak with the hood up, hiding all features that may be there.

Naruto's finger rose, pointing to the figure, and his head turned to Tsunade with a questioning look. She nodded.

The figure put the hood of the cloak down. Revealing a head of pink hair.

Sakura.

She turned to face here Team. She looked at Naruto, then Kakashi, and smiled.

"Hello. I don't believe I've met you yet. I'm Sakura Haruno," she introduced herself to Kakashi with a small bow/curtsy.

Kakashi smiled back through his mask. "Kakashi Hatake. Nice to finally meet you Sakura."

She nodded to him in response, then slowly removed her cloak. Naruto's jaw dropped. He had a crush on her in the academy all those years ago, and now, she seemed even more perfect to him. Her eyes weren't the bright emerald color they once were, but a dull sea foam greenish color, and she had a few scars on her cheeks.

Her hair was very long - down to her knees, her body was very fit, and her muscles were larger than a typical kunoichi's her age. Her outfit just showed it all off. A black tube top over a fishnet shirt with sleeves that ended right above her elbows, black shorts that ended mid-upper thigh, with more fishnets extending off one leg, and bandages wraping the other, and black ninja boots that went to right below her knees.

She just stared at Sasuke when she finally aknowleged his presence. She still hated him for what he said to her five years ago. The words made her run away. And now he seemed to be in shock that she returned. After all, he was happy with himself after he had heard that she ran away. All because of him.

Sasuke nearly flinched when he noticed the smile that was now planted on her lips. "A bit in shock now are we Uchiha? Why? After all, this is your own doing; making me run. Maybe I should thank you." She stopped smiling, and now had a look on her face that indicated that she was thinking. "But then again, that's probally the last thing you want to hear from me; 'The annoying fangirl'. Don't you remember that?"

He gaped at her words. And Tsunade scared the living ramen out of Naruto when she started yelling. "Wait, Sasuke is the reason you left?! Why that's absurd! Sasuke would never do such-" She was cut off by the pinkettes fit of laughter.

They all just stared at her.

"I'm sorry. It's just, why would you ever think that Uchiha there wouldn't be the cause of my run? I mean, he hated-and probably still does- fangirls. I used to be one. And he also hated w-"

"That's enough, Sakura!" Sasuke yelled at her. He was furious that she would bring up the day he had said all those things to her, making her run.

Sakura turned to Tsunade. "I'm sorry Lady Hokage, but if Uchiha is going to be acting like this, I would like to leave if I may," she spoke in an emotionless tone.

Tsunade sighed. "Very well. You are excused."

Sakura bowed, and left while putting her cloak back on so that she didn't get any attention.

A few moments later, Sasuke was so aggravated about what had just happened, he stormed out of the room himself. Leaving Kakashi and Naruto, who in turn, bowed to Tsunade and walked out.

"Good luck with the Team Kakashi!" Tsunade called after them. Kakashi just sighed.

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Three figures danced in the dark with an occasional ting, and a spark of light. One figure stopped and just stood there, holding something in their hands. The other two were still moving towards each other, then away with a smal grunt coming from them both. One of the moving figures leaped towards the other and pinned them to the ground.

"Hey! That's not fair, Sasuke!" the now pinned Naruto shouted squirming to get free of Sasuke's grip.

"Hn."

"Kakashi-sensei!! This isn't fair!!"

"Naruto, yes it is fair. You just got pinned by your opponent," said a gentle voice that came from behind the silver-haired Kakashi.

They all turned to see who it was. To their surprise, it was Sakura.

Sasuke got off Naruto and straighened out.

"Sakura! Hey! What are you doing here?" Naruto ran over and gave Sakura a big hug. Naruto towered over Sakura by at least four inches, but she beat him at strength. She had to instantly release him when she heard him gasping for air.

"Eheh. Sorry Naruto. I forget who I'm with sometimes," she smiled and scratched the back of her head. "I just wanted to know if you guys would like to go get some ramen. My treat."

Naruto's face lit up instantly, and was about to speak if he wasn't cut off by Sasuke.

"You're just gonna end up spending all your money. He eats too much. And me and-"

"Sasuke, just shut up. I'm not gonna spend all my money. I have plenty. And you and Kakashi are going to have some or I'm going to have some friends of mine kill you," Sakura cut him off, speaking in an innocent tone with a smile on her face.

"So what are you guys waiting for? Let's go!" And with that Sakura skipped off away from the training grounds, towards Ichiraku's Ramen shop.

"Sakura! Wait up!" Naruto shouted and ran to chatch up to her. Sasuke rolled his eyes and followed Kakashi, who had already started to follow Sakura and Naruto.

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"And so she was like, 'Naruto-kun, I love you.' And I was like, 'Hinata-chan, I love you too.' And then we kissed, and we've been dating ever since!" Naruto said finishing up his fourth bowl of ramen.

Sakura smiled. "I'm happy for you. It's nice to know that you care about somebody like Hinata," she said sweetly while glaring at Sasuke. Naruto noticed this.

"Huh?.... Oh! I get it! You left because you told the Teme that you loved him and he told you that you were annoying and weak! And now you want revenge on him! Right?"

Sakura smirked. "Yes, Naruto. That's exactly what happened. Nice to see you using that brain of yours."

"Well, I do my best!" Naruto said, adjusting his headband.

Sasuke got up and started to walk away, not wanting to listen to their converstations anymore. Sakura watched him closely.

"Oh, well I'll see you later Sasuke-kun," she emphesized 'kun' just to annoy him. And it worked. Perfectly. He stopped and glared at her for a short moment, then stalked off to the Uchiha mansion.

"Well, Naruto, I better go too. I have alot of stuff to do tomorrow. Lady Hokage is making me do all these D-class missions in the Village for a while to test my strength and stuff. Here's the money for the ramen," she said pulling some money out of her wallet. "There's more money here if you wanted some more," she added.

"Okay! Bye Sakura!" Naruto said gleeming with happiness because of Sakura's generosity.

She giggled. "Bye Naruto, cya Kakashi," she waved and walked in the opposite direction that Sasuke had gone.

"So Kakashi-sensei, what are we gonna do tomorrow?" Naruto asked, now eating yet another bowl of ramen.

"You'll find out when the time comes Naruto." And with that Kakashi poofed away.