Everybody was invited to Sakura's 15th birthday, all except for Sasuke Uchiha.

Presents filled the living room, and people were packed in the dining room and the kitchen. Lunchtime rolled around and people had already left, Neji thanked them for coming. Some stayed like, Naruto, Hinata, TenTen, Lee, Guy and Gaara for present time.

They all gathered around and Sakura began opening the presents of people that had already left:

Ino: a red ribbon ( -.- Is this it?)

Shino: a pair of sunglasses ( . I'll wear this outside sometime)

Kiba: a puppy ( . Kawaii !!!)

Temari: gaara's phone number (-) (O.O hehe)

Kankuro: a puppet figurine ( ' - ' okay...)

Kakashi: A guide on Genjutsu ( . Yesssss!!)

Kurenai: a black blouse ( $.$ I wonder how much this cost )

Tsunade: Book of medicinal herbs ( ; ( Wahhh more to study)

Shizune: a scrapbook ( :D Cool!!! Picture time!)

Jiraiya: a copy of Icha Icha Paradise ( x I should burn it)

Iruka: a lamp ( ? . ? I'll just put it in my room)

Shikamaru: a rubik cube ( - . - My brain hurts just looking at it)

Choji: a ticket to an all-you-can-eat buffet ( . foooooddddd!!!)

Asuma: brass knuckles ( . this will definately help with my training...)

O.O " G-Gaara... Temari..." Sakura said, but she turned and saw that the red head had already left to kill his sister.

" Open Gaara's present. I want to see what he got you." Naruto said impatiently jumping up and down on the sofa.

" All right." Sakura said, grabbing the red wrapped present. She opened it and found a statue of her made of sand. " Wow!! I love this!!" Sakura cried.

' She likes that?' Neji thought curiously.

" He even got the details right." gloated Sakura examining her present.

' Yeah, I wonder how Gaara knew that. Pervert.' Naruto fumed.

" Okay, who wants me to open their present next?" Sakura asked.

" Open mines, Sakura-chan!!" Lee cried.

" Okay." Sakura simply said. She took the green box and opened it.

Sakura twitched with disgust. A green jumper; compliments of Guy. She looked up at Lee, " Thanks. I guess..."

" I'm glad you liked it, Sakura-chan!!" Lee exclaimed.

Everyone twitched slightly, all except for Guy who thought it was beautiful.

Sakura gingerly put it to the side and decided to open Guy's present next, hoping that they'll leave after she had opened it. She took out weights, she kind of liked Guy's present more better than Lee's one.

" Thanks!" Sakura chimed.

" No problem. I hope that my present could be of some use to you." Guy stated. " Come on, Lee! Back to training! Let's not waste the day ahead of us!"

" Yes, Guy-sensei!" Lee cried saluting his teacher as they jogged out of Sakura's house.

Everyone sweatdropped at the scene.

" Okay! Who wants to be next!!" Naruto yelled.

" I do." TenTen spoke up. " Only because it's getting late."

" All right." Sakura said but inside she sneered at the chinese kunoichi and picked up a tan wrapping box. She ripped the wrapping away and opened the cover to find ...

" Omg... TenTen!! I love this!!" Sakura cried as she hugged the chinese Kunoichi.

TenTen gimaced inside. ' I have to take a shower after this.' TenTen thought.

Sakura grinned. ' Ha! I'll burn this dress.' Sakura thought evilly.

It was a red chinese dress, a dragon embroidered on the side.

" I'm glad you like it, Sakura-chan. Well, gotta go." TenTen said and she left.

" Thank heavens." Sakura sighed.

Everyone looked at her weird.

" What?" Sakura shrugged.

" I-I'll go next, Sakura." Hinata meekly said.

" All right!" Sakura beamed.

Sakura opened the purple box to find a rolled up parchment. Sakura unrolled it to find a sketch of all the graduating Chunins. Sakura loved it.

" Wow! This is so pretty! I didn't know you could draw Hinata!" Sakura exclaimed as she enveloped the shy girl into a hug.

" Uh..." Hinata squeaked.

" Here's mines, Sakura!" Naruto chimed holding out a orange box. Sakura examined it. " What's wrong, Sakura?"

" It's not ramen, is it?" Sakura asked curiously.

" Aww, that really hurts, Sakura-chan. No it's not." Naruto said.

" Ok!" Sakura replied and took the orange box from the grinning ninja.

She opened it to find a... " Is this a vodoo doll, Naruto?" she asked, shocked.

" No!" Naruto snatched it back and cradled it. " I made a stuffed doll, of myself. I took a long time doing this you know!"

" Uh, I see. Good to know." Sakura said and took it back. " I'll treasure it since you work hard on it."

" All right! Thanks! Come on, Hinata I'll walk you home." Naruto suggested.

Hinata nodded meekly and waved goodbye to Sakura and Neji. They finally left.

" I thought they would never leave." Neji joked.

Sakura punched him on the arm. " Neji!" Sakura said.

" Joking. Just joking, Sakura." Neji rubbed his arm. " So, are you ready for my present, Sakura?"

" Yes!" Sakura laughed. Neji went to retreive his present when he spotted another present. He picked it up and brought it over to Sakura with him.

" Hey, Sakura." Neji said.

Sakura turned to look at him. " What's the matter, Neji?"

" There's an extra present. Did you remember who else was here?" Neji asked.

Sakura took the present into her hands, it was blue. She looked closely and saw under the bow, there was a marking, the marking of the Uchiha Clan. ' Sasuke...' Sakura thought.

" Uh no. Not that I can think of." Sakura said, avoiding the obvious.

" Do you want me to open it, in case it's something dangerous?" Neji offered.

" Uh no! It's alright. I'll be fine. I want to open yours." Sakura said.

" All right." Neji smiled and handed his present over to his girlfriend. She took it into her hands gracefully. Sakura opened it, her mouth opened in surprise.

Sakura looked up at Neji. " How?" Sakura asked.

" I used the money from what I earned at my mission to buy it for you." Neji said.

" It's lovely." Sakura smiled.

Neji offered to put the necklace around her. After he fastened the clasp he drew back and looked at her. Neji smiled. " Beautiful." Neji said.

Sakura blushed.

" So are you going to open that now?" Neji asked gesturing to the blue package.

Sakura shook her head, " Nah, I'm gonna open it up in my room."

" All right." Neji said and began to clean up the wrapping. Sakura headed upstairs and closed the door to her bedroom. Giving her some privacy to open her present from Sasuke.

She opened it to find only a single red rose, she picked it up and she felt a prick. Sakura looked down to find that the thorn had stabbed her. She brought her bleeding finger to her mouth. She picked up the card that was inside the box and flipped it open.

Sakura-chan,

Happy 15th birthday. Just to let you know, I'm never gonna give up on you. You'll be mine again.

Sakura scowled and went to bandage her finger, not bothering to put the rose in water.