Tsunade stared out of her window. Three years. It had been three years since Naruto, Sai, Kakashi, Yamato and Ino had left to "rescue the happiness of team seven." Tsunade snorted at that. The only thing they had made sure of was that there would never be any happiness within team seven, because there wouldn't be a team left. She closed her eyes and let the memories of the morning after flow back to her.

A knock on the door startled Tsunade who was absorbed in staring out of her window. "Come in" she demanded. The pink hair of her apprentice came into view as well as the happy smile. "Good morning Tsunade-shishou."

"Aa good morning Sakura." This was what she had dreaded since they had left. "Ano Tsunade-shishou, do you know where my team is? Nobody had come to training and I can't find them anywhere; Ino as well. We had a shopping trip all planed out."

Sakura frowned when Tsunade kept quiet and looked at her with sad eyes. Realization dawned on Sakura and she balled her fist. Looking down she let her bangs cower her face. "They left didn't they? They left to bring him back without me, right? RIGHT?" she shouted the last part and glared venomously at Tsunade. The hurt in the girls face was too much so Tsunade looked away. "HOW COULD YOU LET THEM LEAVE ME BEHINDE?" she accused her teacher. "Sakura, they went without permission" said Tsunade in a whisper. "I never gave them permission." Like an angry child Sakura started stomping, never noticing that her chakra enchanted strength left craters in the floor. "But why?" she wailed with angry tears spilling over. "Am I still not good enough? Still not strong enough?" Her hands grabbed the first thing within arm reach. The chair splintered into thousand pieces when hitting the wall but Tsunade never batted an eyelash. Her student, her child, she needed that. It didn't matter if everything would be destroyed. This anger shouldn't be kept inside.

Screaming hotly while hammering her fist into the wall that crumbled to pieces Sakura took deep heavy breaths. Looking into the eyes of the woman she called secretly mother, she was determined. "I'm going to get stronger; stronger than everybody else. Never again will I be left behind!" she promised.

With that Tsunade watched her leave the office and Shizune came rushing in. "Are you hurt Tsunade-sama?" The blond looked around and saw her destroyed office. "How much stronger can you get Sakura-chan?" she murmured to herself and ignored her slightly hassled assistant.

Opening her eyes again she smiled at Shizune. "Everything alright Tsunade-sama?"

"Couldn't be better Shizune. Couldn't be better."

With a frown Genma watched the six silhouettes that were walking towards the gate. He couldn't remember that a group of six shinobi left the village for a mission. Scrunching his face even more up he saw the figure that was leading the group. He had known that silver hair for all his life.

"I'M BACK! BELIEVE IT!" That was unmistakable Naruto, deadpanned Genma. He also saw Ino who kept playing with her hair, Yamato who looked as deadly as ever, Sai who was smiling and surprisingly Sasuke Uchiha with a grim expression and his hands stuffed into his pockets.

Locking at Hayate who was also looking at the group he sighted. "This will get dirty." He only heard the agreeing murmur of his friend before the group was standing in front of them.

Slightly awkward Genma scratched his neck. "Looks like your back with your long lost package" he said. Sasuke glared at him while Kakashi clapped a hand on his shoulder. "Good to be back Genma."

"Ne Kakashi-sensei, lets go see Sakura-chan before we go to Baa-chan!" Naruto said enthusiastically while pumping his fist into the air. "Be quiet dickless" said Sai.

"Oy who are you calling dickless?"

"Shut up Dobe!"

"Sasuke-teme!" growled the blond. Ino sighted and swept her pony out of her face. "Be quiet boys!" But to Genma's amusement nobody acknowledged her. "Yo Yamato!" he welcomed the other Jounin. "You really should see the Hokage first before seeing Sakura-chan…" he trailed of looking towards Hayate pleading for a little help.

"Yeah. I think Sakura is out of town!"

"Well then we will give our report." Yamato nodded at the two of them, glared at the boys, no really they should be men, and started to head towards the Hokage tower.

Genma watched them walk away. "You really aren't a big help Hayate that situation was slightly awkward."

"That's why I haven't been a good help."

"Really telling them Sakura isn't in town!"

"But she isn't. She got a mission and is expected to come home today."

Genma nodded and scratched his head. He really wanted to be there when Sakura was greeted with her team mates.

Tsunade looked up when her door banged open and a blur of orange and black came in. "Oy Baa-chan I'm ready to be Hokage!" A smile tugged at her lips. Of course he had to say something like that. "Last time I checked Naruto, you are still Genin." She snorted at the crestfallen look on the boys face.

Leaning back and folding her hands she watched them. "So your back and was your self appointed mission successful?" The group smiled and a still as gloomy as ever looking Uchiha came stalking to the front. "Well then why did it take so long?"

Yamato was the first to answer. "We had to track him down, because he was still after his brother. After that we had a few fights and…"

"Finally we beat some sense into him!" Naruto said with a big smile. Sasuke looked at him and Tsunade saw a smile tugging at his lips. She opened her mouth to continue their interrogation but was interrupted by the ANBU that appeared in front of her.

"Hokage-sama" the deep voice said. "Mission complete. Target saved but in his current condition he is unconscious."

"Where is your partner?" asked Tsunade concerned and looked at the boy the ANBU was carrying. "My partner is alright. We have run into a few complications, she should have taken care of it by now and will report to you immediately after her return."

Tsunade pursed her lips. "Why haven't you aided her?"

Beneath the white mask she could see that the ANBU rolled his eyes. "Her first priority is always the safety of our targets."

"Very well. Take him to the hospital!" she dismissed the ANBU. With a nod he left.

"Ne Baa-chan!" whined Naruto after being ignored for far too long for his likening. "Where is Sakura-chan?"

"Naruto" the Hokage answered with a slight twitch to her eye. Really how often had she told the brat not to call her Baa-chan? From the corner of her eyes she saw Shikamaru jumping in through her window. "Yo" he called and gave a little wave, when he heard Ino's squealing he closed his eyes. Why oh why had he come?

"Shikamaru!" shouted Naruto and gave him a thumb up. Before Ino could tackle him in a hug cherry blossoms filled the office and knocked her several feet away from him.

Tsunade stifled a snort at the protectiveness.

Another ANBU appeared before them. Smiling at the woman in front of her Tsunade ignored the outraged huffs that came from Ino. "Welcome back. I heard everything went all right? The complications?"

The six shinobi behind the ANBU gawked at her when they heard a very soft voice coming from the ANBU. "Everything is taken care of. There will nothing be found Hokage-sama." Tsunade shuddered at the efficient this kunoichi was showing. "I told you to call me Tsunade a long time ago Tenshi!" teased the blond.

"But Tsunade-sama, it seems unfair because you have to call me Tenshi."

From the corner of her eyes Tenshi saw Ino inching closer to Shikamaru. "I would stop before I have to hurt you seriously." Ino stopped and glared at her. "Who do you think you are? I have known him far longer than anybody!"

"Yeah so what?" asked the ANBU. Shikamaru sniggered at her antics. He knew where this was leading. "You bitch!" screeched Ino and with a battle cry she jumped at Shikamaru who held her at arm length. "You shouldn't irritate her further Ino. It's good to see you, but really. Stop!" he tried convincing her.

But it was already too late. The blond was sailing through the air and the only reason she didn't hit the wall was because Kakashi snatched her right out of the air. "Who are you to treat me like that?" shouted Ino and tried to wriggle free, but Kakashi sensed the rage radiating of the petite ANBU. "I'm his girlfriend!" with that Tenshi slipped her mask slightly off and gave Shikamaru a light kiss on the lips. He smiled into the kissed and tightened his hold on her waist.

Tsunade smiled and sniggered at the looks of Ino and the rest. Really they have been away for three years, did they really thought nothing would change? "Tenshi, please cover up."

Shikamaru scratched the back of his neck while his girlfriend chuckled at him.

"I will take my leave now Tsunade-sama. I will look after the boy myself." With that she vanished in her cherry blossoms.

There was a moment of silence before Naruto started to speak again. "You have on hell of a girlfriend Shikamaru. Not to troublesome for you? Has Sakura-chan a boyfriend?" Shikamaru and Tsunade looked at each other and smirked. "Yep she has a boyfriend" said Shikamaru and sounded so pleased with himself that Sasuke narrowed his eyes at him. "But she loves Sasuke-teme!"

Tsunade sighted and let her head fall onto her hand with a bored look. "You have been away for three years Naruto. She moved on and she hasn't loved him for a long time. A girl can only take so much heartbreak. You are dismissed" she told them and without further notice she turned to the Nara.

"So why are you here so soon again?"

"I wanted to be here when she came. I'm always there."

"So who asked you to tell them the story of the meeting of them?"

"How troublesome" muttered Shikamaru after being found out so soon. "But Genma asked."

"Tell him I said hi when you see them tonight. Now go and don't let her wait."

With a poof Shikamaru vanished, looking to the door she saw Yamato still standing there.

Appearing in her cherry blossoms Tenshi sniggered at Inos actions. Taking of her mask lovely green eyes and pink bangs could be seen. The hood vanished and pink locks could be seen, tightly looked into a bun at the back of the head.

Sakura Haruno smiled to herself and waited until her boyfriend and ANBU partner came back home, so that they could check upon the boy and then meet Genma in his favourite bar.

"Hey lovely" said boyfriend whispered into her ear after appearing right behind her, trapping her successfully between himself and the wall. "Hey there yourself" she flirted, turned around and put her arms around his back. "How are you?" he asked concerned.

She sighted and leaned her head against his chest. "I don't really know Shika. I think it hurts, but I'm not really sure because I didn't really see them you know. But boy I was pissed when she tried to jump you" she laughed breathless. He rested his chin on top of her head while embracing her. "You could have been nicer; I have known her for forever."

"Yes I know that, but you just looked so devilish handsome that I couldn't share you."

He chuckled and kissed her forehead. "Nothing wrong with that troublesome woman, but come on. Genma is waiting."

She snorted at him and walked away, her hips swaying teasingly. "Really, such an annoying man never wanting to be alone with me." He groaned and followed her; Genma just had to wait a bit.

Tsunade frowned at Yamato. "What are you doing here?"

"That was Sakura wasn't it?" he asked slightly concerned. She pursed her lips and regarded him silently. "How come you know?" she finally asked. His lips twitched into a smile. "Really Tsunade-sama which shinobi or kunoichi, for that matter, would use cherry blossoms for a flashy entrance if not Sakura? She must really think that we don't know her at all."

"Well you surely do, but everyone else didn't notice, did they? Even Kakashi, the sensei that neglected her from day one, hasn't noticed; even Naruto, her so called best friend. Please be honest Yamato, do you think they will even believe that she is an ANBU?"

He frowned but couldn't ignore her arguments. His team was never going to recognize the strength this little kunoichi had. Something black came flying at him. Out of reflex he grabbed it and looked confused at the bingo book that was lying innocently in his hands. "What?" he railed of. "Look through it. Maybe you will find a Tenshi that is most famous" Tsunade said cryptically and waved him of.

Kakashi, Naruto, Sai, Sasuke and Ino were walking down the streets. "Let's go celebrating" said Kakashi and earned a round of cheers. Together they walked towards the street where the bars were located. Way ahead of them they saw Genma walking out of a bar looking angry and muttering to himself. "Oy Genma!" shouted Naruto and waved at the Jounin.

He looked up and his face brightened comically. "So how was the meeting with the Hokage?"

"Certainly interesting" said Sai. "Shikamaru has one hell of a girlfriend."

With big eyes Genma stared at them. "So you've met her already?"

"Sort of, but…" Naruto trailed of and looked at Sasuke who only gave the typical "Hn" and looked towards Ino. "She attacked me!" wailed Ino and threw herself at Genma. Snuggling up to him felt good, especially after being stuck with the same boys for three years.

Genma looked down at her and frowned. "What do you mean sort of?"

"She was in her ANBU gear we haven't seen anything."

"Not even her hair?" Genma asked Kakashi who shock his head. Delighted Genma looked at them. He was so going to enjoy the show, when Shikamaru and Sakura were coming.

Looking over the shoulder of the Uchiha he saw them coming. Shikamaru had his arm around her and was smiling down at her, while she was snuggled up to his side and giggling at something he had whispered in her ear.

Kakashi noticing the gentle look on Genmas face turned around and saw Shikamaru, who had an ANBU girlfriend and was cuddling with his little Sakura. He growled deep in his throat which alerted Sasuke and Naruto who spun around and saw the exact same situation as Kakashi. Ino looked around and saw how another woman was touching Shikamaru yet again.

At the angry looks Genma tried to say something but things were going way to fast to even voice anything. Blinking rapidly he saw how Kakashi, Sasuke and Naruto ripped Shikamaru from Sakura, who looked utterly confused.

Shikamaru was held up by Sasuke and Naruto who looked ready to kill while Kakashi stood protectively in front of Sakura. "You have a girlfriend!" shouted Naruto and shook Shikamaru who was looking helplessly towards Sakura. "How dare you to use Sakura?" growled Sasuke. "She isn't somebody who would play the role of the other woman!" hissed Kakashi and drew a kunai from his porch.

Sakura who was standing behind him was growing angrier with every word spoken. Did she look like she needed protection? Did she look like she was forced to be with Shikamaru? "You whore!" screeched Ino. "He has a girlfriend and you go all out with him!"

"Boys" she said with an angry edge, but they all ignored her. "Guys let him go!" she tried once again.

She looked up to Yamato who appeared near them looking slightly harassed. Seeing the Bingo Book in his hand she gave a smirk, before Ino's words hit her fully. That bitch tried to insult her? As if she cared. "Kakashi-senpai you should really stop" tried Yamato, but his voice brought the wrong reaction. Kakashi leapt at Shikamaru and fully indented to beat him to a bloodied pulp.

There was a slight chakra raise and dust was whirled up. There were several shouts that could be identified as Naruto's, Sasuke's and Kakashi's. When the dust cleared Yamato saw something that he would never forget. Naruto and Sasuke were lying several feet away from Shikamaru and Kakashi was at Sakura's mercy with her hand at his collar holding him up.

"How dare you to try and kill my boyfriend?" she hissed and threw him in the dirt where Sasuke and Naruto were lying.

"But Sakura-chan!" tried Naruto. Ino charged at Sakura at full speed, and that was fast because of her travels with Kakashi and Naruto, both men with stamina to die for. Not even moving until Ino tried to jump her, Sakura grabbed her arm and threw her to the others.

"You have lost every right to call me Sakura-chan the moment you decided to leave me behind and take Ino with you. From now on you will only call me Haruno-san until I see fit to tell you otherwise!"

"But we are team seven" said Kakashi while frowning at his student. "You will always be part of our team." She gave a heartless laugh. "Don't make me strangle you Kakashi. I never was a real part of team seven. You never trained me, never helped me. The only thing you constantly did was leaving me behind and fending for myself. As good as your intentions to protect me were you never once saw that it had hurt me." He looked down, ashamed with himself. It was true. He never helped her.

"He has an ANBU girlfriend" said Sasuke. "Did you know? The one called Tenshi. She is one hell of a woman." She was at him in a matter of a second. "What so I'm not one hell as a woman? So I can't be ANBU? What's your problem Uchiha?" she spat at him, raising her fist ready to hit him. "Sakura-chan" came Shikamaru's calm voice. Sakura closed her eyes but let her fist shatter the ground beside Sasuke's head. With cold eyes she stared at his surprised glance. "Thank him for your life."

Standing up and dusting herself of she walked towards her boyfriend. "Sorry Genma, maybe another time" said Shikamaru and with a nod the two of them took of towards the training grounds.

"That wasn't Sakura-chan was it?" asked Naruto hesitantly. "Things changed while you were away" said Genma with a shrug.

Sasuke frowned at Yamato, as did Kakashi. "Why didn't you help us Yamato?" The younger one shook his head at such stupid behaviour. "We haven't been around a Bingo Book for to long Kakashi." The older one frowned at him, when Yamato took out the little black book. Searching through it he finally found the page he needed. "The ANBU named Tenshi has two very special features. The first being that her mask looks like the Souzou Saisei jutsu when released that was created by Tsunade the Godaime Hokage. Her second special feature is her hair, it is as pink as the Sakura blossoms" he trailed of and looked at the people in front of him. "Do you know what this means?" he asked them but never got an answer.

"This means that Sakura is the ANBU Tenshi that we have met in Tsunade-samas office."

"That and that Shikamaru is not only her boyfriend but also her ANBU partner" said Genma and smiled pityingly at the four of them.

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