Helloooo! I didn't get the amount of reviews that I wanted but, I still posted this chappie anyways 'cuz I was gettin tired of waitin. I took the advice from one of the comments and made the spacing better so, hope it helps!

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"OK, lets go!", Sakura headed for the door.

"Shouldn't you get some clothes on first?", Sasuke asked.

"Oh, right! I'll be out in twenty minutes", Sakura skipped merrily to her room. Sasuke groaned, women took too long getting ready.

He sat down on the couch. He noticed a little raccoon thing with pictures in the pile of presents so he picked it up.

Sasuke noticed the beautiful picture of Sakura, then the glaring picture of Gaara, then the picture of Sakura hugging Gaara. He looked at it quizzically. "Why is Sakura with Gaara?!?!? Isn't he some cold heartless bastard who doesn't let anyone get near him??", Sasuke looked confused.

After Sakura had a shower and got dressed in a black mini skirt, crimson tube top, black boots and a black chocker, she came out.

Sakura noticed Sasuke looking at the pictures the stuffed raccoon toy was holding. She smiled and sat down beside him.

He looked over at her and gasped again. She looked really hot. He tried not to grope, but it was hard.

"Since when did you and Gaara start being friends?", he looked at her quizzically.

"Since you left and I got to know him", Sakura said.

She grabbed her small black purse and stood up. "Shall we be going?", Sakura asked him.

Gazing longingly at her cleavage, Sasuke replied, "Uh…um… uh… oh, sure", he got up and walked beside her. They walked out the door. Sakura locked it and then they started walking towards the Hokage's tower.

"So, in that picture, were you and Gaara on a date?", Sasuke didn't know why, but he felt a little bit jealous.

"Nope. I just wanted to take him out to have some fun. We've become really close friends though. He's really a sweet guy, you know", Sakura smiled up at him (he's a taller than her, like Naruto).

"I see", Sasuke was relieved for some reason.

"So, why did you come to my house last night? I mean, I thought you hated me", Sakura looked solemnly ahead.

"I don't hate you and I never have. I just saw you as someone who was getting in the way of my revenge before", Sasuke looked down at her, "I was wrong. You were only trying to help. I didn't act like it, but you and Naruto were my only true friends. And you were the only girl who didn't like me just because of my looks. You actually saw my pain and suffering. You saw the real me", Sasuke said as they walked.

Sakura smiled slightly and stopped. They had finally reached the Hokage's tower.

She took Sasuke's hand and pulled him into the building. Sakura, with Sasuke behind her, walked to Tsunade's office. She knocked on the door.

"Tsunade!!! Can I come in?", Sakura said loudly so Tsunade could hear her.

"Sure, come in sweetie!", Tsunade recognized Sakura's pretty voice. Sakura smiled and opened the door.

"I have a surprise for you!!!", Sakura's voice rang. She then stepped in with Sasuke.

Tsunade looked up, "OOOHHH I love surprises… what is it swee-", she fell over when she saw the guy standing next to her beautiful cherry blossom. "WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING HERE!??!?!", Tsunade yelled while pointing at Sasuke.

"Good to see you too", Sasuke just stared at her.

"Calm down Tsunade! Everything is fine! I'll let him explain", Sakura smiled, which calmed Tsunade down a bit. She slowly sat down in the chair behind her desk.

"Sit down and start explaining", Tsunade ordered. The two teens sat down in the two chairs across from her.

Sasuke once again explained himself. Tsunade stared. After the explanation, Sakura looked at Tsunade pleadingly. Sasuke looked slightly nervous. Tsunade looked deep in thought.

"And I know that I can never be forgiven for betraying my village, but I just want to ask for a second chance. I have changed considerably and I really hope you do the right thing", and with that, Sasuke walked out of the office.

Sakura gave Tsunade puppy eyes then ran after Sasuke. She found him sitting on a chair in the waiting room (not hospital waiting room, waiting to see the Hokage waiting room).

He sat there staring solemnly at the ground. Sakura came and sat in the chair beside him. "I think you handled that very maturely, Uchiha", Sakura turned and smiled at him.

He smiled. "I just hope she'll accept me back into the village. I doubt many other people will", his face went solemn again.

Sakura's smile faded as she looked at Sasuke's saddened face. "I'm sure she will", Sakura smiled slightly and rested her head on his shoulder. He blushed.

The two waited there for a while. Finally, Tsunade came out. The two look up at her.

"Uchiha. I've taken a lot of thought into what you've said, but I have to do what's right", the two teens' faces dropped, "So I'm excepting you back into the village", the two teens' faces rose.

Sakura beamed brightly then jumped up and hugged her sensei tightly. "Oh thank you Tsunade! You're the bestest!!!", Sakura hugged her tighter.

"Anything for you sweetie. I thought that if you trusted him, that I'd give him a chance", Tsunade smiled at the two.

Sakura's eyes began to water, "Thank you Tsunade, you don't know how much this means to me", the pink haired ninja whispered then smiled up at her sensei.

Tsunade patted Sakura's head fondly, smiled, then went back to her office.

Sakura smiled then turned to Sasuke, who was also smiling. "Let's go shopping!!!", Sakura squealed then pulled Sasuke out of the tower and into the street with all the shops. She took Sasuke's arm as they walked.

"Ok, we're gunna have to buy you some clothes for certain. Hmm… Oh! I know a really great store that has really cool stuff. Wanna go check it out?", Sakura looked up at him.

With him being taller than her, he could see right down her shirt. This made him blush. "Uh… sure, why not?", Sasuke smiled down at her.

She smiled excitedly then pulled him into a shop down the road. Sasuke had to admit, there was some really cool stuff there.

After a long time of picking and trying-on, they went to check-out all the stuff they had chosen.

After paying for the stuff, Sakura realized that Naruto would be waiting for them at Ichiraku.

"Ok, let's go get lunch!", Sakura pulled Sasuke (who was carrying all the shopping bags) to the ramen stand.

As it would be, Naruto was there waiting for them. "Hey Sakura! Sasuke! Seems like you guys bought a lot of stuff!", Naruto looked at the numerous bags Sasuke was holding.

"Well, since Sasuke is living here now, 'cuz Tsunade approved, we had to buy him a lot of new stuff", Sakura smiled as she sat down beside Naruto.

Sasuke sat down on the other side of Naruto (there wasn't another chair beside Sakura). They all ordered (Sakura – shrimp ramen, Sasuke – chicken ramen, Naruto – everything you can put in it ramen).

After a few minutes, Gaara appeared. "Hey Sakura, Naruto. Who's that guy?", Gaara looked at the mysterious guy with his head down sitting next to Naruto.

Sasuke looked up. "Oh, it's you", Gaara eyed Sasuke then made a stool out of sand beside Sakura and sat down. He ordered spicy-pork ramen.

"So Gaara, what've you been up to?", Sakura smiled at him.

Gaara looked at her fondly and smiled slightly. "Actually, I was just coming to ask you if you wanted to hang out later. I was on my way to your house and I heard your voice, so I came in".

"Oh, I see. Umm, well, today I have to help Sasuke set up, since he's staying. But maybe tomorrow we could hang out?", Sakura smiled.

"Sure, that sounds good", Gaara smiled back at her.

Just then, their ramen arrived. Sasuke glared at Gaara before starting to eat his ramen. He felt that jealous feeling again.

He looked over at Sakura who was cheerfully eating her ramen. Sasuke then looked at Gaara who was eating his ramen. Gaara looked slightly pleased with himself, probably because he was going to hang out with Sakura. Sasuke glared and then finished his ramen.

By the time Gaara, Sasuke and Sakura had finished their ramen, Naruto was on his twelfth bowl. They all sighed at their ramen-crazed friend.

After the fifteenth bowl, Naruto was full. "So, what do you guys wanna do now?", Naruto looked at his friends expectantly.

"Well, I promised I'd meet Kankuro for training, so I have to leave. I'll see you guys later", Gaara gave a small wave and disappeared in his sand.

"I'm going to take Sasuke home and help him set up, so, I guess I'll see you later Naruto?", Sakura looked at Naruto.

"Aww, well, ok. I'll see you guys later", Naruto smiled as his two friends left.

"HEY, WAIT!!! YOU FORGOT TO PAY FOR YOUR RA...MEN….", Naruto realized his friends were long gone.

He sighed as he paid Ayame and left to do some training.

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REVIEW!!! I will actually keep my promise this time, and I will NOT update until I get at least 10 reviews. You all know what that means, right? Well, you better.

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Dezzie-chan: When does the kissing come?

Febe-chan: Not til later, dumb ass.

Dezzie-chan: Will there be lemon!?!?

Febe-chan: If my darling readers so desire, yes.

Dezzie-chan: But, how will you know if they want it or not?

Febe-chan: Cuz they'll tell me in their REVIEWS!!!

Dezzie-chan: Good luck with that.

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