It's Finally Over

Sakura's head felt like it was going to explode. For all she knew it may have already exploded. She placed a hand on her head and let out a groan. She had never had a headache this bad. What had she done to her head?

She had to stop herself from shooting up into a sitting position when she remembered. She had been facing Madara and allowed herself to be stabbed by him, as was her plan, and then...

Nothing.

She had no clue what had happened after that.

She put a cautious hand on the area just below her stomach. She was prepared to feel excruciating pain, she wasn't, however, expecting to feel a crisp and clean shirt. She looked down and saw nothing wrong with her.

"That's strange..." Sakura thought to herself.

She stood up and took in her surroundings for the first time. She definitely wasn't in the forest anymore. She was in a dark hallway with many pictures floating on her left. They stretched out further than she could see in the hallway. The first picture was her being stabbed by Madara. She flinched slightly at the memory of how painful that had been. She reached out to touch the sword point that was coming out of her stomach and when her fingers made contact with the picture it began to move. She watched as her nearly lifeless body began to slump off the sword. Almost too fast for her brain to follow, the seal that Minato had placed on Sakura's back gave a faint glow before Minato himself emerged from the seal with a rasengan. Madara had not expected it and was run straight through. He gave a slight cough and crumpled slowly to the ground. Madara had never once guessed that Sakura had meant to be stabbed so that Minato could transport himself from the seal concealed on Sakura's back and hit him with the rasengan while he was still materialized.

Sakura smiled. Her plan had worked after all.

The picture seemed to fast-forward to Minato going back to where Kushina and Naruto were hidden. They were the family that they were always supposed to be and nothing was going to split them up this time. The picture fast-forwarded again to a family picture of Minato, Kushina, and Naruto. Sakura's grin grew wider as a little boy named Usui and a little girl named Teru appeared in the picture with them.

Sakura laughed out loud. She didn't know whether to be happy or feel sorry for Naruto's younger siblings. She thought he would be a good older brother, but then again... Maybe not.

She continued forward to the next image that was worse than the first. It was a picture of Itachi sheathing his sword with tears in his eyes while Sasuke stared after him half-conscious. She touched it hesitantly. It started rewinding itself to when Itachi was first summoned into the Hokage's office to be told of his mission. The image froze and began fast-forwarding again and started playing as Sasuke was running home late one night. He burst through the door of his house only to find his mother, father, and Itachi all waiting for him so they could have dinner.

"You're late, Sasuke," Fugaku grumbled.

"I'm sorry father!" Sasuke exclaimed and then sat down at the table.

Sakura continued on to the next image, a slight grin on her face. The picture showed Sakura curled up in a ball while being laughed at by two boys. She touched the picture and watched it play out.

She was sitting on the ground and tears were streaming down her face. Three little boys were around her kicking dirt on her as she shouted at them to stop. A little boy shouted, "Billboard brow! You're such a weirdo!" Then two boys were suddenly there. She recognized them immediately; they were the two most popular guys in the academy. One was Naruto Namikaze, the Hokage's son. The other was Sasuke Uchiha, youngest son of the head of the Uchiha clan.

"Get lost!" Naruto yelled.

"What are you gonna do about? Get your daddy to punish me?" one of the boys taunted laughing.

Suddenly the boy was on his knees with his arm twisted behind his back. "Why would we get our father's to punish you when you're barely even worth our time?" Sasuke asked. The little boy started crying, Sasuke released him, and the boy and his thugs ran away.

"Are you okay?" Naruto asked squatting in front of Sakura.

Sakura just nodded her head.

"Oh no!" Naruto exclaimed over-dramatically tugging at Sasuke's shirt. "She's so injured she can't even speak!" Sasuke smirked at this while shaking his head. "Such a pity..."

The Sakura that was watching this couldn't help but be surprised. Sasuke was going along with Naruto's over-dramaticness?

The memory Sakura closed her eyes and stammered while trying to build up some confidence, "I can talk..."

"What's your name, then?" Naruto asked.

"Sakura Haruno..."

"I'm Sasuke Uchiha," Sasuke introduced himself.

"I'm Naruto Namikaze!" Naruto shouted.

"Nice to meet you, Sakura." both Naruto and Sasuke said at the same time, causing them to chuckle a bit.

"Nice to meet you too, Namikaze-sama, Uchiha-sama..."

"No need for formalities, we're all friends here. Right, Sasuke?" Naruto said standing up and helping Sakura to her feet.

"Right." Sasuke agreed.

The memory faded away and Sakura felt butterflies in her stomach. Sasuke was actually living like a kid was supposed to! After that memory, other memories flooded into her head. Sasuke, Naruto, and her had become best friends after that point.

One image played of her swinging with Sasuke and Naruto on either side of her on the swing while Itachi stood behind them and pushed.

"Higher, higher!" Sakura commanded while Itachi complied, laughing.

Another was during a celebration with fireworks. The noise scared Teru and Sakura placed her hand over Teru's ears.

"It's okay," Sakura said comforting Teru, "it's just a noise."

Then of a picnic with the Harunos, Namikazes, and Uchihas. They were all laughing at something Minato had said.

Another image was of the Chuunin exams. Sakura wasn't as weak, and Naruto didn't have the nine-tails, so together they were able to fend Orochimaru off long enough to run. Orochimaru followed them, but a strange thing happened. Itachi, who was an over-seer of the exams, appeared suddenly.

"Run!" he commanded as he stayed behind to take care of Orochimaru.

Orochimaru was never heard from again.

The next was of her trying to stop him that night, but, just like the other image, it quickly rewound itself and fast-forwarded. Sakura, now sixteen, was laughing as she danced with Naruto at Itachi and his wife's wedding. Then, later on in the day, she was waving goodbye as Naruto left to train with Jiraiya, and Sasuke left to train with Kakashi. She then turned around and walked towards Tsunade, who had come to take charge of the hospital, to train with her as well.

Naruto, Jiraiya, Sasuke, and Kakashi had yet to return.

There was another image Sakura didn't recognize. It seemed different then the others. The frame was blackened and rickety and the picture in it was just a piece of singed paper. She reached her hand up tentatively while squinting at the picture. She was somewhat scared of the black picture and decided not to touch it. She turned and saw a boy standing next to her.

"It's you!" Sakura exclaimed turning to him.

"You did it," he smiled.

Sakura smiled back, she knew his presence meant she was going home.

He extended his hand and Sakura hesitated taking it.

"I have a question before I go..." Sakura said.

"Don't you mean three questions?" the boy grinned.

Sakura nodded. "Yes, I suppose I do. That picture frame... What is it?"

"It is a glimpse of what would have happened if you failed," the boy said. "Go ahead and look at it. There is nothing to fear in what cannot be."

Sakura turned back to the picture frame and cautiously touched it and watched as the picture began to play.

She was seeing Naruto off then she passed out before he left. She remembered that part. The memory continued into the future. Sakura watched as Naruto found Sasuke and they began to fight. There was one final blow with Sasuke's Chidori, and Naruto's Rasengan. The explosion was terrible, engulfing them both in its wrath. When the smoke cleared, Sakura saw that they had both died. She gasped and held her hands to her mouth. The frame then shook, and exploded.

"Naruto... And Sasuke... They would have..." Sakura didn't even know where to begin.

The boy shook his head and took her hand. "There is nothing to be sad over in that picture. You should only feel elated that you were the one that prevented this."

Sakura nodded and turned to him again. "My second question is, who was Daisuke?"

"Madara made him up in an attempt to make you forget your mission."

Sakura shook her head. "I guessed that, but he was so familiar..."

"He used the memories of someone you knew, but never got to meet after he had tampered with the past."

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.

"Someone you know was supposed to be like that, but after Madara tampered with the past that person's personality changed."

"But who was it?" Must the boy always speak so mysteriously?

"Surprising as this may sound, Daisuke was somewhat like Sasuke."

Sakura sniggered.

"You do not have all of your new memories yet; it will make sense once you go back."

"I'll take your word for that," Sakura sighed. "My last question is-"

"Who am I?" he smiled. He had been anticipating this question for a while now. "Somehow I think you already know. I'm the only one whose death was not tampered with; the only one that was supposed to die."

Sakura thought for a moment and tried to remember what she knew about him. He was blind in the left eye, she had seen that flash of red in Madara's genjutsu, his black hair, and black eyes...

She snapped her fingers. "You're Obito Uchiha!"

Obito smiled and nodded. He then led her a little ways down the hall, let her hand go, stepped back, and said, "Well done, Sakura. Those who were meant to exist but had their lives taken before they could even begin living may now walk the earth."

With that the floor beneath her opened and she floated down to the bottom.

Sakura woke up on her stomach feeling something soft underneath her. She guessed she was in a bed by the way her head was slightly raised and by the feeling of gentle warmth placed on top of her body.

She lay in the bed contentedly with her eyes still closed when she realized this bed was not her own, though the feeling of familiarity was present. She reached her right hand over the right edge of the bed only to come into contact with a wall. In her bedroom her bed was in the middle of a wall with a desk on the right and not a wall for a neighbor. She then brought her left hand over the left side of the bed and touched a metal table. She had a wooden nightstand. Sakura lay befuddled for a few moments as to why this bed felt so familiar.

Then it hit her; she had spent many a night in this particular bed.

It was the bed of Sasuke Uchiha.

Now, don't get the wrong idea, she had never actually slept in the bed with Sasuke. She just slept there whenever she stayed the night. (Sasuke had always been banished to the living room couch)

"Sasuke," Sakura couldn't help but think of him.

She spread her left hand over the sheets, scrunching them up. She enclosed them in her fist and squeezed them as if it would bring Sasuke closer to her again.

She felt a familiar ache in her chest and throat tightening before she released the sheets.

After her "I miss you" moment she started thinking of practical questions. The most obvious one being: "Why am I in Sasuke's bed?" In fact, she vocalized the question before sitting up and feeling around for the switch on his desk lamp.

She found it, after causing some pens to sacrifice themselves for the good of the cause, flipped it to the "on" position, only to find it had been unplugged. She let out a groan and some not too kind words as she tried to find the outlet and get the cord in.

After several trying minutes, she succeeded and the light illuminated the room, causing her to squint slightly.

Sakura's suspicions of being in Sasuke's room were confirmed once she saw the entirety of the room. She froze as her mind was filled with different memories than she was used to, but then, after a few minutes it was hard to recall if those old memories were just a nightmare.

"Sasuke isn't evil, he's training with Kakashi-sensei," Sakura reassured herself. "He left two years ago and, if they still keep to their plan, he'll be back in two more years..." Sakura clutched her chest with her hands and took a deep, calming breath. He would be back, maybe not as soon as everyone would hope, but he would be back.

Sakura tossed back the covers, swung her legs over the side of the bed, and proceeded to the door. She opened the door quietly, unsure of what time it was, and walked with a "pat pat" down the hall.

"Hello...?" Sakura called timidly. "Mikoto...? Mr. Uchiha...?"

She continued to the living room and saw black hair showing over the arm of the sofa. She laughed quietly remembering all of the times that had been Sasuke because she had slept in his room or because she had fallen asleep on his bed while they were hanging out.

He had never roused her at those times; though, she had always woken up the next day to find her head moved to a pillow and the blankets pulled over her. The memory caused her to smile.

She approached the sleeping figure and discovered it was Itachi, who had fallen asleep while reading a book. Sakura automatically looked at his left hand and grinned because of the symbolic, golden band around his finger.

Itachi had been married for two years now and the adornment still caused Sakura to smile.

Sakura guessed Itachi's wife was in the guest bedroom asleep. Sakura shifted her weight from one foot to the other while debating whether or not she should wake him.

She decided she would wake him up, he wouldn't mind. Sakura took her index finger and poked him on the side of the head three times with it.

"Itachi..." Sakura whispered.

"Mm..." Itachi groaned. Wha' time's it?"

Sakura smirked at his groggy language and responded, "Not a clue."

"Sakura?" Itachi asked suddenly wide-awake. He was a high-ranked ninja and as such it didn't take him long to come to. "You're awake?"

"Yeah," Sakura responded wondering why he was so surprised. "Why does that shock you?"

Itachi sat silent for a few moments. "You fell," Itachi responded finally.

"Fell...?" Sakura asked. She had no recollection of what happened.

"You were on your way back from an escort mission with Usui and Teru Namikaze. The details are unclear as to what exactly happened, but you were approached by a rogue ninja. You protected Usui and Teru, but you were thrown from a cliff in the process."

"How long was I out...?" Sakura asked.

"You've been in a coma for a month," Itachi responded.

"But, if I was in a coma then why am I here?" Sakura asked frantically.

"You were taken immediately to Tsunade, and she told us it would be best to keep you in a familiar place around familiar voices."

"Then why not my own house - with my parents?" Sakura asked tears welling in her eyes. It was scary to find you had been in a coma for a month and not remember how it happened.

"Sakura, calm down," Itachi whispered soothingly, guiding her to sit down. "Your parents have been on a mission for two months now and have been unable to return. They left you in our care."

Sakura took a few deep breaths before asking her next question, "Itachi, in that month has...?"

Itachi shook his head. "No word from either of them. No news is good news, Sakura," Itachi assured her. "You should be back in bed.

Sakura nodded staring unseeingly in front of her. Itachi sighed and helped her up. Sakura then walked slowly back to Sasuke's room and fell asleep thinking of when she would see him again.

She woke up in the same room she had fallen asleep in. She moved her head slightly and closed her eyes tighter begging the sun to let her sleep a little longer.

Someone in the room noticed her movement and exclaimed, "Sakura!" She quickly opened her eyes and looked around. She saw Mikoto beaming at her.

"Oh, thank heavens you're awake!" Mikoto exclaimed. "We were beginning to think you weren't going to wake up."

"Mikoto..." Sakura said.

"I'm so happy!" Mikoto said hugging Sakura. "Itachi said that you had woken up last night, but I wasn't going to believe him until I saw it for myself."

Sakura smiled returning the hug.

"It's good to be awake."

Mikoto sat and caught Sakura up on everything that had happened in the month she had been unconscious. Sakura had quickly learned that nothing had really happened in that month. Minato had sent out a messenger bird to tell Kakashi, Sasuke, Naruto, and Jiraiya of what had happened to her, but they had received no response.

"It's okay, Sakura," Mikoto said when she saw Sakura's head sag in sadness. "I'm sure they're okay."

Sakura nodded not entirely convinced. She was curious as to why everyone was so concerned about how Sakura felt about the situation. She wasn't curious for very long as the memory hit her.

Sasuke and Sakura had been dating for a little over a year before Sasuke had left. The memory caused a small, sad smile to appear on Sakura's face. It was a bittersweet memory. They had both been devastated when Kakashi had informed Sasuke of the plan for Sasuke to train with him, but Sakura told Sasuke he had to go. It would be an experience he couldn't miss. Something else had happened before he left, but Sakura couldn't remember what it had been.

"By the way..." Mikoto said. "I should probably inform you that we were planning on having a dinner party with the Namikazes tonight, but we can post-pone. I'm sure they would understand."

"Oh, no!" Sakura protested. "Don't cancel on my account! I feel just fine. Besides, it'll be good to see the Namikazes again."

Mikoto gave a smile and nodded before leaving the room and informing Sakura that she would grab her something to wear.

Sakura smiled. She couldn't wait to see Minato again, and, upon getting her old memories back, she discovered that she and Kushina had become rather close as well.

Mikoto came into Sasuke's room fifteen minutes later with one of Sakura's sundresses.

"I chose this one, I hope it's not your least favorite," Mikoto said laying it on Sasuke's bed.

Sakura smiled as she traced the pattern with her hand. "This is actually one of my favorites," she recalled wearing it when Sasuke had told her he loved her over a year ago.

"Well, the Namikazes will be here in an hour and a half if you want to take a proper shower," Mikoto said walking towards the door.

"Oh, yes, please," Sakura nearly exclaimed. She grabbed the dress Mikoto had chosen, ran past Mikoto, and practically dove towards the bathroom door. Before shutting the door behind her, she heard Mikoto let out a light laugh.

Sakura began taking her dirty, grimy shirt off and felt something hit her chest. She looked down and saw a metal chain with something dangling on it. She grabbed the item and held it up for inspection.

She nearly let out a scream when she saw a silver band with a beautiful diamond in the middle.

"Where in the world...?" Sakura thought curiously to herself as she started her shower. She shook her head in a way to forget about it. She would remember where she had gotten it later. She was still getting all of her memories back after changing the past.

After taking a long, glorious shower, Sakura emerged completely ready. She began descending the stairs slowly, her hand gliding along the railing. She stopped briefly to look at a picture of Sasuke with Itachi on Itachi's wedding day. That had been the last time she had seen Sasuke in two years. She laughed at the memory of Itachi chucking a piece of cake at Sasuke for not smiling enough on his brother's wedding day.

She continued down the stairs.

"Sakura, you look beautiful," A voice said to her.

"You can hardly tell she's been unconscious for a month, huh?" A very familiar voice said. Sakura could distinctly hear the sound of someone being hit upside the head.

She turned to the voices and nearly jumped over the railing in an effort to hug them sooner. She jumped down the rest of the stairs and tackled Naruto in a tight embrace. After Naruto got over the unexpected hug, he wrapped his arms around Sakura and spun her around.

"You had me worried sick!" Naruto shouted setting Sakura back on the ground but not relinquishing his grip.

"I've missed you..." Sakura whispered into Naruto's shirt. She could practically hear Naruto's grin as he ruffled her pink hair.

"I've missed you too."

Sakura pulled away and hugged Kushina.

"I'm glad you're awake, Sakura."

The dinner was fantastic, enjoyable, hilarious, and unbearably painful.

Everyone was there but Sasuke and that alone was enough to make her cry. She didn't, though.

Sakura stood up and stretched.

"Well, I think I'm going to head on home," Sakura said. "It's getting late, and I think sleeping my own room will do me some good."

"Are you sure being alone is a good idea?" Fugaku sternly asked.

Sakura nodded. "Though, not all day. If it makes you feel better someone can walk me home and then someone can come pick me up at twelve tomorrow."

Minato nodded. "Naruto, take her home."

Naruto gave a salute and leapt to his feet, eager to walk Sakura home.

"Can I come, too?" Usui and Teru asked at the same time.

Minato shook his head. "Sakura hasn't seen your brother in two years, give them some time alone."

Naruto and Sakura both exited and walked on the damp road lit by the light of street lamps.

"How have you been, Naruto?" Sakura asked.

"You beat me to the question," Naruto grinned. "I've been great, sad that I was away from everyone, but great. Jiraiya-sensei sure knows his stuff - perverted as he is. It was like everyday I was progressing and learning new jutsu and even learning more about myself!"

"That's awesome," Sakura smiled. "We really have missed you here."

"I've missed you guys, too," Naruto said nudging her shoulder with his. "What have you been up to?" Naruto asked.

"Well, besides being in a coma for a month?" Sakura teased.

"Yeah, besides that," Naruto laughed.

"Um, well, I've been training to be a medic-nin for the past four years, which you knew that," Sakura said thinking back on all she had been doing. She was hoping her memories would finally come. "As of last year I am officially one of Lady Tsunade's assistants," Sakura smiled at Naruto as she remembered and added. "Whenever Lady Tsunade is not there, I am in charge."

"Wow!" Naruto enthused, "that's great, Sakura! You've really moved up in the ranks since we left."

"Yeah, but it's still not the same without you guys. Oh, how I miss the pointless contests and getting into unnecessary trouble during missions."

Naruto smiled and said, "If you want I can start challenging you to ramen eating contests."

"Thanks, but no thanks," Sakura laughed.

"Well, here we are," Naruto announced stopping in front of a house wedged in between two shops.

"I'll see you around then," Sakura smiled giving Naruto a hug.

"Bye," Naruto responded.

Sakura gave a wave and walked into her house. She was surprised at how clean it was. Apparently someone had been dusting while she was out.

Sakura rubbed the back of her head, which was still a little sensitive, and yawned. She couldn't believe how tired she was all of a sudden.

She walked to her room, took off her dress, threw on some sweats and a t-shirt, lay on her bed, and welcomed sleep.

She woke up completely refreshed. She looked at her clock and read 11:37.

"I usually don't sleep this late," Sakura said aloud to herself. She stretched and got to her feet so she could head to the kitchen.

Once in the kitchen she grabbed some instant ramen and fried an egg to add to the mix.

"Naruto is a bad influence," she laughed to herself as she started to eat.

After she had finished she looked at the clock again.

"12:29... I guess they decided I would be fine on my own today..."

Sakura sighed; she was a little disappointed that she wouldn't be going to their house today. She changed into casual wear and went outside welcoming the cool fall air.

She decided to walk around with nowhere in particular to go. It just felt good to walk. She had been lying in a bed for a month now, so she just wanted to move around.

"Oh. My. Gosh. Sakura?" A familiar voice shouted.

Sakura pivoted to see who had called her. She smiled when she saw Ino.

"Yeah," Sakura responded.

"I can't believe it! You're awake a-and walking?" Ino gasped.

"Yeah," Sakura said again.

"When did you wake up?" Ino asked running towards Sakura, seemingly close to tears.

"Yesterday," Sakura answered.

"Why did no one tell me?" Ino sighed.

Sakura shrugged. "Where are you off to, Ino?"

"Work. Blech," Ino groaned. "What about you?

"Just walking and enjoying the fall weather."

"By yourself?" She disregarded her own question and added. "It's so good to see you up and walking!"

"Yeah, it feels good to stretch out," Sakura said and added an arm stretch to prove her point.

"So, did you hear who came back yesterday?" Ino asked getting her gossip voice on.

"Yeah," Sakura said, "in fact I saw him last night."

"Really?" Ino sighed, sad that she couldn't dish out the new news. "I bet you were happy to see him," she added with an eyebrow raise.

"Of course," Sakura said, though confused about the eyebrow raise in regards to Naruto.

"Well, I've gotta go," Ino said. "I'll see you around!"

"See ya," Sakura waved and then continued on her merry way.

Sakura was alone again, wishing for the company of someone, but at the same perfectly content to be alone.

She was lying in the grass at the park. She started to vaguely wonder if someone had actually come looking for her at her house and were now wondering if she was unconscious somewhere...

She felt kind of bad and considered walking back just in case, but then another memory came back to her mind and it threw any thought of going back to her house out the window!

She remembered what had happened between Sasuke and her before he left. He had given her the ring concealed under he shirt.

She was secretly engaged to Sasuke Uchiha. At the time it had been somewhat unacceptable, they were only sixteen. Ninja were required to be at least eighteen. He had told her that by the time he got back they would be old enough for ninja to get married and it would matter.

She ran the thought through her mind again.

She, Sakura Haruno, was engaged to the Sasuke Uchiha.

She could almost faint.

He eyes were still glued shut as a cherry blossom petal floated gracefully to her nose. She blew it off and went back to her happy state. Another petal landed on her forehead and she blew it off, too. Then, several petals landed on her head and she wiped them off frustrated.

She heard a quiet laugh, "hn."

She froze, refusing to open her eyes in case she had been hearing things. She wanted to avoid the disappointment.

"You have Mom worried sick you know?" a man said confirming that she hadn't been imagining the laugh. "She's pretty sure you're unconscious in the woods somewhere and being devoured by man-eating squirrels," he monotoned.

Sakura smiled, her eyes still closed. There was not a doubt in her mind who that trademark laugh belonged to. "I always knew those blasted squirrels would be the death of me."

"I figure they will make it as slow and painful as possible, they enjoy human cries of pain, you know?"

Sakura laughed, "They also enjoy tackling birds and watching them fall to their impending doom."

"Hn, somehow I always knew."

Sakura opened her eyes for the first time and tilted her head further up and saw a black head of hair directly above her head. She rolled onto her stomach.

"Just promise me you'll at least avenge me by taking down one of the squirrels and making it sound like I put up a good fight," Sakura requested bringing herself onto her elbows. Something about her avenging line hurt a little, but she didn't remember why...

Sasuke smirked, his eyes closed. "That sounds like far too much trouble for me."

Sakura poked his forehead and smiled at the small assurance that he was real.

"I thought you knew by now I'm the only one that really matters," Sakura laughed. "Though, I do suppose you have always put your hair before me..."

Sasuke frowned and opened his eyes to glare at her. "I was considering saving you from the squirrels," he brought his face up mere inches from hers. She could feel herself blush slightly as his breath fanned over her face, "but not after that comment."

"Mhmm," Sakura said ignoring their closeness. "You talk big, Uchiha, but I know you would save yourself first."

Sasuke laughed and fell back to the ground and brought his hand up to her hair, ruffling it, and leaving it there when he was done; a motion he had done many times.

"I've missed you, Sakura," Sasuke whispered.

Sakura changed her position into a sitting one. "You would miss anyone after spending two years with Kakashi."

Sasuke had a slight frown cross his face while his hand stayed where Sakura's head had been. He sat up, still frowning slightly. "That's true, but most people would say, 'I missed you too,'" Sasuke said scratching his arm. "That's not exactly the greeting I was hoping to get from my secret fiancé."

"I missed you, too," Sakura said smiling warmly at him. She enjoyed the sound of him calling her his fiancé. She put her hand on his cheek. Sasuke leaned towards her, his eyes partially closed. Sakura found her eyes also closing as he leaned closer and closer.

"Too late," he whispered into her ear and then leaned away from her.

"I thought we were better friends," Sakura lamented.

"So did I," Sasuke said referring to how he had to make her say she missed him, too.

Sakura hit him playfully on the arm and laughed. "Let's go before your mom dreams up more horrid things that could be happening to me."

Sasuke stood up and brushed his pants off, then extended his hand to help her up.

"Ah, nothing like taking the gentlemanly extended hand that was just used to wipe mud off of a pair of paints," Sakura sighed as she took his hand.

"You're tempting me to just let you fall back down," Sasuke chuckled.

"But, I'm too cute for you to do that," Sakura said smiling like a five year old does when posing for a picture; eyes shut tight and all of her teeth being forced to show.

Sasuke let out a, "Hn," before Sakura fell back to the ground with an, "Oof!"

Before she could glare at him, Sasuke was beside her and giving her a kiss.

"Come on," he said when the broke apart, "it's time to tell everyone I intend to be married to you this year."

Sakura smiled at Sasuke.

Everything was okay.

Fin

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