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It was early in the morning. Sasuke, who'd been up during the past few hours grunted as he landed a kick on a nearby stone. Gently placing his foot down, he smirked with satisfaction as the stone slowly cracked, crumbled, and sort of exploded into tiny particles of powdery dust. How long has it been since Orochimaru was dead? Standing still, Sasuke gently inhaled and exhaled as he focused his mind on his fist. After inhaling sharply a third time, Sasuke snapped his eyes open and punched his fist into the ground. (Without using any chakra) Once again, he smirked with satisfaction when he looked down at the crater that he had formed. How much stronger has he become?

"Very impressive, Sasuke."

Taken by surprise, Sasuke whipped his head around in the direction from where the voice came from, sharingan activated. Seeing that it was someone he knew, he instantly de-activated his sharingan and sighed.

"Kakashi…"

"Yo."

Sasuke, deciding to ignore Kakashi, turned away from him and prepared to continue training. Kakashi, unfazed by his ex-pupil's rude behavior, continued to speak.

"I've been watching you. And I can quite honestly say that I'm impressed by your progress."

"…"

"So…how is it? Is fighting for the ones you love better than fighting for revenge or not?"

Inwardly, Sasuke flinched. Did he find out…? However, he remained cool, calm, and collected. It helped that he had his back facing Kakashi.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Well, Sakura just wanted me to tell you that she brought home a home pregnancy test…and the result was positive. I see that you're already getting busy restoring your clan, kiddo."

Sasuke whipped his head around.

"What?"

Kakashi, smiling under his mask, merely replied,

"So it's true."

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Sakura woke up feeling refreshed that morning. Looking out the window, she was surprised to see that Sasuke wasn't there waiting like he usually was. Casually brushing that aside, Sakura decided to head over to Tsunade's office. It'd been a while since she had the time to talk to her sensei…and Naruto's inauguration was coming up. She tried to push her thoughts of Sasuke aside, and convinced herself that he was training.

Sakura walked into Tsunade's office and almost thought that she was in the wrong room. The entire office had changed dramatically. There was a ramen clock in the upper right corner of the room; a giant frog stuffed-animal bean bag that turned like an office chair would replaced the old chair where Tsunade would sit, and there were drawings of Naruto being number one and beating Sasuke at random things (like rock, paper, scissors) with motivational phrases written underneath everywhere. Sakura saw a blonde dot above the head of the froggie-chair, and assuming that it was Tsunade shouted out

"T-Tsu-Tsunade-sama?"

In an instant, the froggie-chair whirled around. Much to Sakura's surprise, it was NARUTO that was sitting in the chair. Doing his best Kakashi-imitation, Naruto casually said,

"Yo."

Sakura merely gaped. She was speechless.

"So whadd'ya think, Sakura-chan? Isnt this place just amazing now?"

Sakura gulped and merely shrugged.

"S-Sakura…."

Sakura turned her head towards the area from which the weak, tired voice came from. To her horror, it was TSUNADE, looking TOTALLY worn-out. There were bags under her eyes, her hair was in disarray, and she was slouching. Sakura's eyes widened in horror.

"Tsu-Tsunade-sama?"

Naruto, noticing her expression, merely chuckled and said,

"Haha! Yah! It's about time granny-Tsnuade decided to look her age!"

Tsunade had no energy left in her to protest.

"S-Sakura-chan."

Sakura turned to see Hinata.

"Oh-hey Hinata!"

Hinata smiled.

"All day and all night long…"

Everyone, especially Sakura, turned to look at Tsunade.

"Seconds…minutes…hours…days…weeks…"

Everyone looked at her confused. Tsunade's voice drawled and was full of exhaustion.

"Every single day…"

"What?" (Sakura)

"This kid…" Tsunade pointed her finger at Naruto.

"This KID…"

"Yah…?"

"Over and over…"

"WHAT?"

Tsunade looked at Sakura, eyes wide in fear.

"Sakura…I only said that he could add a little to the office to make himself feel more at home…a little! And this kid…he…he…"

"Yes?"

" J-JUST LOOK AT WHAT HE'S DONE!"

Sakura looked around and sighed.

"My grandfather…his office! Sarutobi-sensei's office! MY office! J-just look! LOOK! There's a RAMEN clock a-and a GIANT FROG FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!"

"Hey!"

Tsunade glared at Naruto, and Hinata merely giggled softly. Sakura, seeing this, sighed.

"It's okay, Tsunade-sama…I mean, it's his office, now. What can I do about it?"

Naruto crossed his arms across his chest and huffed triumphantly. Sakura, noticing this, smiled. However, this smile was short-lived once her eyes landed on a drawing of Naruto triumphantly rescuing a badly beaten-up Sasuke and declaring proudly that saving Sasuke was "such a nuisance." Shaking her head in disbelief, Sakura quietly muttered,

"Sasuke-kun's not going to be very happy once he sees this place…"

When Naruto turned around, Sakura silently whispered to Tsunade

"It's okay, Tsunade-sama. Sasuke will straighten this place up."

At that, she pointed at the drawings and winked. Tsunade smiled as she sighed a sigh of relief.

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Sasuke sat with Kakashi, explaining the circumstances between him and Sakura-and how Kakashi'd better not tell anyone.

Kakashi grinned under his mask and placed a hand on Sasuke's head-just like how he used to when he was younger.

"Sasuke…you've come a long way…"

Sasuke merely grunted as he removed Kakashi's hand from his head.

"…But you're still gonna chase after Itachi, am I right?"

"…"

Kakashi sighed.

"Sasuke..I told you several years ago right before you left…that revenge isn't the answer to anything…"

Glancing at his ex-pupil, he smiled.

"…but you already know that, don't you?"

Sasuke slowly nodded. Seeing this, Kakashi slowly got up.

"I'm glad." So he's fighting for his loved ones instead…

Looking back at Sasuke, he thought, I'm pretty sure that you won't disappoint me anymore like what you did three years ago…

"Sasuke."

"…"

"If you'd like, I can help train you. Meet me at the bridge tomorrow at 8."

At that, he walked off.

He's changed…could it be that our little Sakura is a better teacher than I am?

Smiling, Kakashi teleported to Jiraiya's shop.

I'd better hurry and get myself a copy. I heard that ComeComeParadise volume 30 and the ComeComeViolence dvd is getting released today.

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On her way back home, Sakura passed by Sasuke's training grounds.

"Oh! Hey Sasuke-kun!"

Sasuke glanced in her direction and nodded.

"I brought our lunch. Wanna eat now?"

"Hn."

Smiling, Sakura set down the food and her belongings by a nearby tree. Sasuke walked over and sat down beside her. They ate in silence.

"Kakashi offered to train me tomorrow. I'm meeting him at 8."

Sakura looked over at Sasuke surprised.

"O-oh, I'm glad! That means that we're all going to be training tomorrow!"

Sasuke cocked an eyebrow at her. Seeing this, Sakura continued.

"Kakashi-sensei invited Naruto and I to go train, also! I guess that it's gonna be another Team 7 reunion!"

"…another…?"

Sakura glanced over at Sasuke.

"O-oh right! I guess that that little 'reunion' we had during the Sound invasion doesn't count, huh?"

"…"

Sakura sighed, but she couldn't possibly be any happier. Team 7 meant a lot to her, and now, after over 3 years, they'll be reuniting for real and meeting as a team at last."

An image of Naruto's new office flashed before her mind. Sweat-dropping, she forced the image out of her head.

I'll worry about that later…

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ComeComeParadise Corner:

Hello! Another chapter done, and this time, it's longer!

Should I have Itachi die after the battle or should I have him…well…not die?

Well, if you wanna have a say, then you'd better vote! Lol…okay. Please everyone, remember to REVIEW! No flames plz!