New chapter yay! I'm updating this pretty fast for my standards. I mean usually it's once a week but now it turns into every five days…Odd…lol Anyways, before I get to commenting I want to tell you all this new amazing story. It's by my friend Citree (my real life friend) aka Mika (That's her real name). I'm giving you these random facts…lol Anyways, her story is called Kiss of a New Moon. It's really good and it's SasuSaku! Her writing skills are way better than mine. Totally worthwhile to check out! I'm sure that a lot of you will like it as well!

Sanguine Dreams: I've never really thought about that. But I can say that there won't be time traveling in this story. If it really happened…then think of it as punishment for Sasuke betraying Sakura. XD

AznIllusion: Sure I'll be your beta-reader! They edit and give suggestions right?

JAMmaster142: Thanks! It was my first time writing all in first person. Now that I think about it, it's kind of easy and not that hard.

sharingan216: It ran through my head with the letter writing. I didn't put it in the last chapter but it will be mentioned in this chapter. This won't be a time traveling fictions. Though I like reading some of them, I don't like writing them. About the marriage thing, some people have different views on when to get married. Personally I think 24 is still kind of two early. I like 25 to 26 though it's only one and two year differences. But the whole marriage thing with Sasuke and Mitsuki was to fit with Sakura coming back. If that even makes sense at all. Lol

NazgulGrl: Again, I'm evil. It's to make it hard for you to hate her! Haha!

JusticeDream: The bird thing made me laugh like crazy. Sometimes I don't mind the chirping but most of the time, I wanna take something and smush them. I'm so mean. XD

Iron Butterfly of Kinzan: -stabs his heart- Is that good heart torture? XD I think giving him a heart attack would be better. XDD But I think that would go beyond what Sakura's suffering. Lmfaooo

joekool: Yeah, sorry about the rushing. I think I can squish in a NaruHina thing in here.

xXxAllMySinsxXx: What the girls think about Mitsuki will be in this chapter. Haha, your review made me laugh. Came to a point where I half fell of my chair. XDD

MetalDragonFX: I love Sasuke! He's so uber cool and, and, cool! I love him in curse seal mode! Except for level two…that's just gross. Lmaoo

Kacijo12: I know eh? It's hard to hate her. I planned it that way! Okay not really. It just came out that way. XD

If you guy's are wondering about the pairing…well if I told you it'd spoil the ending. You wouldn't want that right? But if there are some people that don't want to wait then PM me, and I'll tell you. But honestly, if I told you it'd totally spoil the ending for what I had planned.

Thanks for your replies for my pen name. A lot of people said that they liked my pen name. So…I won't change it! Unless I have this total urge and think of this uber awesome one then yeah. Okay so this took up a lot. Now on with the story!

Disclaimer: You know it, I know it, and we all know it. Need I say more?

Flashback

'Thoughts'

"Speech"

She noticed he was jumpy. Odd…he was never nervous around her. Was it what she was wearing? Could it be her? Did he want to break it off with her! Thoughts clouded the young girl's mind as the blonde boy in front of her kept fidgeting.

"Naruto…are you okay?" she asked him softly.

He seemed quite shocked that she had spoken. Stunned maybe even. She had noticed his odd behavior. He was so sure that he was keeping it cool. Then again, Hinata could read him like a book. Look though his blue eyes and almost pin point what he was feeling, thinking…it was scary but he love it.

She gave him a questioning look. Naruto hadn't answered her yet. Usually he would tell her right off the bat. But it seemed different today…Reaching over; she placed her hand across his forehead looking for any signs of a temperature.

Cool…not warm or anything. He wasn't sick. He seemed fine anyways. But there really was something that was bugging him. Hinata swallowed some ramen while contemplating his actions. But the thoughts were cut short when she began to choke. Naruto seemed to spring to life as Hinata started to gasp and hack.

Something was lodged in her throat and water wouldn't help for sure. With worry, Naruto quickly came up behind her and performed the heimlich maneuver. A few seconds later a little clatter was heard on the table.

Hinata wearily eyed the item. It was small, silver, a diamond on the end…wait a minute…a diamond?

"Heh…Maybe that really wasn't such a good idea." Naruto sheepishly said to himself.

"N-naruto…"

The said man looked at Hinata and picked up the silver ring. Bending down on one knee he looked deeply into her eyes.

"Hinata, I've known you for so long and we've been going out for nearly five years. I want to…I want to see your face every morning. I want to hear to laugh and see you smile. I want to do all these things everyday for the rest of my life for you and with you. Hyuuga Hinata, will you do me the honors and marry me?"

She was speechless. She didn't know what to think. It all seemed like a dream. But she really didn't dream of this to be the way of being proposed to. She nearly died for god's sake! She had to admit though, it was sweet. All those words…it made her swoon. Without hesitating she screamed a loud yes and hugged Naruto.

"That was a stupid idea indeed." Tenten said as she took a bite of her pasta.

"But I thought it was sweet." protested the pearl eyed girl.

Ino laughed at the girl. Of course Hinata would think it was sweet. It was Naruto! She couldn't possibly say anything bad about her husband! It would be…it would be…offensive!

"Hinata, he nearly killed you with the ring!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Ha! If Hinata had died, Naruto wouldn't have had a bride!" Ino laughed.

The lot of them laughed as they laughed at Ino's joke. It felt just like the old days. The four of them had so much fun together in high school. A few weeks after Sakura had gotten settled in (It's February now. When Sakura arrived it was mid-January almost end.), Tenten had proposed a girls night out for the four of them so they could catch up. At first they had invited Mitsuki, but she declined saying that she didn't want to be the fifth wheel and told them it would be better if it were the four of them because they hadn't seen each other in so long. She had spoken the truth and besides, the girl had to prepare the wedding preparations. It was almost a month away.

"I've never seen this place before. How do you know about it?" Sakura asked as she chewed on her fettuccini. It was absolutely delicious. The pasta was creamy, the sauce was thick. Oh the flavors just exploded in her mouth! (Dammit, now my mouth is watering…)

"Mitsuki showed this place to us a few months back." Hinata said as she took a sip of her drink.

The whole table quieted down at the mention of her name. Sakura didn't seem bothered; she just looked up at them and blinked.

"Hey, why are you guys so quiet all of a sudden?"

"We just thought…"

"We thought that you'd be uncomfortable at her name." Tenten explained hesitantly.

Sakura smiled at them and shook her head. But her eyes told them differently. Deep inside, she actually was uncomfortable. Sakura didn't know why though. Mitsuki was nice. The others liked her…but still.

"Did you two keep in touch?"

Sakura nodded. The two of them had written to each other countless times. Their letters were filled with love and how each was doing on their own. Every time Sakura would see an envelope addressed to her face would light up. After she had finished reading it, she would be all smiles all day.

"But then…"

"But?" Tenten questioned.

"Three years ago…they stopped coming…"

On the fourth year of her absence, the letters started to come less frequently. At first it was five letters each month. The usual amount. (Holy freaking piece of crap. What the hell do they write about?) It started to lessen after that. Four…three…two…Finally at the sixth month they stopped altogether. No explanation why. No warning why. They just simply stopped. But Sakura never stopped writing. She would send them to him no matter what.

"When we first heard about Mitsuki…we didn't like her." Ino began as she stared at the red substance in front of her. (It's wine)

"We all thought things like,'Sasuke, how could you!' or 'Why are you with this girl when you have Sakura?' All of us judged her before even meeting in person. At that time, Sasuke didn't realize our thoughts about her but when he brought her over to meet us, we were ashamed."

"Mitsuki seemed a lot like you. She was always happy, cheerful, and optimistic. Honestly, it felt like you were still around. But that got us wondering; did Sasuke really love her? Or did he just think he loved her because she reminded him of you… We asked him and he blew up at us. We learned that he actually loved her for the other things, by then it was already two years into their relationship. Mitsuki had grown on all of us, and we too began to like her as a friend…like we did you." Tenten told Sakura.

"The day Sasuke asked her to marry himit still shocked us. Andafter he told us, Naruto, Neji and Shikamaru asked him if it was alright with him. Naruto told me what Sasuke said." Hinata said quietly.

"Why am I going to wait for someone who won't come back?"

"Give her a chance!"

"I already have. I've given her more chances than I could count. I've waited Naruto, waited for six years."

"Then wait a bit longer!" the blonde protested.

"Can't you be happy for me? I thought you already accepted her!"

"…" he looked away.

"I'm asking her." Raven hair glowed against the moon as he turned from his friend.

"Fine. But just don't regret it."The blonde said to his retreating back.

"What are you going to do now?"

"I don't know,"

"She's back. Do you regret it?"

"I…"

"I told you not to."

"I know!"

"You're hesitating."

"…"

"There's still time. One month. Decide." The blonde walked off, leaving Sasuke to dwell in his thoughts.

The raven haired man frowned at the blonde walking away from him. In his left hand were unopened letters being crushed unintentionally by his hand.

After much motivation from Mika (Citree) I finally finished the chapter. I know that some are going to ask about the decision part. No, I will not write about how it's going to happen. I'm going to leave that to your imagination when the time comes.

Honestly while writing this I was on the runs every five minutes. Here's a word of advice from me. Never drink 10 glasses of water in an hour. It's a good thing to keep in mind. -nods- The first paragraph was a lame attempt for NaruHina. If anyone wants, I'll do one shots with those regular pairings. I'll just need ideas. By the way...

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY SAKURA-CHANNNN!

I want to thank Citree for being my beta for this; she motivated me to finish this as stated above. XD I LOVE YOU MIKA!

Till next time!

Rachel