"Hey, you're finally awake!"

Sakura's eyes fluttered open, and she rubbed them roughly, registering her quick heartbeat and wondering exactly what was going on. Her eyes were drawn to two red streaks above her head, and as everything came into focus, Kiba's blurry face solidified. He grinned at her. "Boy, did you need some sleep," he commented, turning away from her and facing the room's only door. "She's up, someone get in here!"

"What happened?" Sakura muttered, squinting up at him. "Where am I?" She sat up quickly, remembering what had happened to Naruto, and unexpectedly banged heads with Kiba. They both clutched their foreheads, groaning in pain.

"Geez, don't have a cow! You're in Konoha Hospital: Repaired Edition! Naruto brought you back a couple days ago. You were exhausted. He said that you fell asleep on the way back, and he had to carry you all the way back to the village. You've been asleep for about two days, and we've all been taking turns watching you."

"I'm...in Konoha?"

"Duh. Where the hell did you think you were?"

Tsunade dashed into the room at that moment, knocking Kiba to the side and skidding to a stop next to Sakura's bed in a very un Tsunade like manner. "Sakura!"

Sakura rubbed the back of her head, still not sure what exactly was going on. "Tsunade-sama?" The details of her dream came flooding back to her. "Tsunade-sama!" She leaped out of her bed and threw her arms around her sensei. "You're alive!"

Tsunade frowned, patting her student's back awkwardly. "Um...yeah..."

Sakura heard someone else enter the room, but she chose not to look up, instead squeezing her sensei tighter and shutting her eyes just as tightly. Kiba and Tsunade were reminded of a toddler, but they chose not to express their opinions out loud.

"Hey, sleepyhead!" came Naruto's voice. He gave her his usual wide grin, and waved his hand casually. "Glad to see you're awa-"

He was promptly tackled to the ground by a pink-haired blur, his back crashing onto the tiled floor with a loud thump. Kiba and Tsunade's eyes widened in surprise, but they were nothing compared to Naruto's expression.

Naruto twitched repeatedly from his spot on the floor, staring up at his girlfriend with shock. "Sakura...chan......ow..." His face turned blue as Sakura wrapped her arms around his neck, cutting off his ability to inhale or exhale. "Can't...breathe..."

A pair of warm lips descended on his own, and Naruto stopped struggling, deciding that he actually didn't mind this at all.

Kiba raised an eyebrow at the couple. "Get a room."

"Now that you're finally awake...and back in Konoha...we've decided to throw you a little celebration. I'm gonna make this the most fun day of your life!" Naruto proclaimed.

"I had no idea I was this...this..." Sakura raised an eyebrow as only one word came to her. "...popular!"

She tugged Naruto down the road by his hand, her eyes glinting happily as most of the villagers of Konoha marched by them, playing drums, trumpets, and countless other instruments. Various stands surrounded them, selling everything from cotton candy to balloons. It was literally a parade, all because of Sakura's return to Konoha.

"I think you might have some connections that explain all of this...such as being the apprentice to the current Hokage," Naruto pointed out with a smirk. Sakura smirked back as Chouji dashed up behind Naruto, bringing his arm around the Jinchurikki and slamming a half-eaten pie right into Naruto's face.

"Shut up, Naruto," he mumbled through a piece of the pie. A few crumbs fell out of his mouth as he grinned at Sakura. "I'll admit I thought I'd never see you again," he said, managing to keep the grin on his face. "So I'm glad you're alive."

Out of the corner of her eye, Sakura saw Naruto's tongue dart out and lick some of the pie off of his face. She couldn't suppress a grin. "It's good to see you too, Chouji."

"Bastard," Naruto added to the biggest member of the original Rookie Nine, before grabbing for Sakura's hand and leading her away as quickly as he could. Sakura threw a quick wave over her shoulder in Chouji's direction as she tried to keep up. Smiling villagers were everywhere, whether at the sight of her, Naruto's face, or the two of them together, Sakura didn't know, but at the moment, she didn't really care.

"Hop on!" Naruto cried cheerfully, and Sakura let out another laugh at the sight of his face as he turned around to look at her. He held his arms out behind him, much like Rock Lee had done to Neji during his piggy back offer, and Sakura complied. Naruto leaped into the air, feeling Sakura's chin on his shoulder as he carried her on his back.

They landed a second later, on a building high above the parade, where they got a bird's-eye view of the huge band and even bigger floats following behind. "This is amazing," Sakura commented as Naruto put her down.

"Isn't it?" Naruto replied, looking over at her. Sakura burst into laughter. "What?!" he asked, somewhat annoyed.

"You have a little something on your face..."

He frowned at her, wiping his cheek with a finger and glancing at the remnants of pie he had wiped off. After another second of examination, he poked Sakura's cheek. "Now you do too."

"You're so immature," Sakura observed, wiping the pie off of her face and licking it off her finger.

"Chouji's the immature one."

"Well, who's the one still sporting the whipped cream beard?"

"Aw, shut up. Not my fault," came the arguement. "I'll get it off."

"Let me help." Sakura smirked, leaning in close to his face. If Naruto hadn't had pie on his cheeks, Sakura would've seen them turn red. After another moment of suspense, Sakura gave him a quick peck of the lips, and then wiped some of the whipped cream off with a finger and ate it.

Naruto groaned. "Tease."

"You thought I was going to lick your face? Doubt it, not with all the pie covering it. Get that off yourself," Sakura retaliated with another smirk.

Naruto glared at her, sticking his tongue sideways out of his mouth as far as it would go. "I can't reach."

"Use your hand."

Letting out a loud huff, Naruto used the back of his hand to rub off the rest of the pie, then shook it off onto the ground.

"That's a waste of pie," Sakura pointed out.

"You're a waste of flesh," Naruto retorted, saying the first thing that came to mind.

Sakura gasped angrily, shoving him backwards as hard as she could without using chakra. Naruto stumbled backwards in surprise, then fell... straight off the side of the building.

Sakura's angry expression turned to one of shock. "Naruto!" She dashed to the side of the building and peered over the edge, only to find Naruto sticking straight out below her, his feet glued to the side of the building with blue chakra emanating from them. He smirked.

"Gotcha."

Sakura growled, pushing him again. This time his feet slid slightly, and losing his concentration, Naruto plummeted to the ground, landing butt-first. Sakura rubbed her hands together in satisfaction.

Surprisingly unhurt, Naruto sat up from his spot on the ground, looking up at Sakura. "Ow."

"You're a ninja. Get over it."

Naruto rubbed his head with a moan, feeling a small bump on the side of it. "It just dawned on me that my girlfriend has pink hair," he muttered to himself.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing."

Sakura leaped down onto the ground beside him, offering her hand. He took it grudgingly, letting her pull him up. She raised an eyebrow at him as he continued to rub his head.

"You ok?"

Naruto opened his mouth to reply, when suddenly, a purple blur came flying through the air in front of him, and in the next second, Sakura was knocked sideways, a grinning Hinata gripping her tightly.

"We finally found you guys," Kiba commented, walking up behind them. "Practically everyone's looking for you. I went and got Hinata after you both ran off. She's been dying to see Sakura...as you can probably tell."

Sakura let out a nervous laugh as Hinata let her go.

"Are you okay? I'm so glad Naruto found you..." Hinata started, her usual stuttering gone.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Sakura replied with a smile. "How've you been the past three months?"

"Well," Hinata continued, reaching for Kiba's hand. He grinned at her. "We've got something to tell you...Kiba and I agreed that as soon as you came back... and we knew you would, of course, with Naruto after you... we would finally have our wedding!"

Both Naruto's and Sakura's jaws dropped. "WHAT?"

Kiba scratched the back of his head nervously as he examined their expressions. After a moment, he took two envelopes out of his pocket and handed them to Naruto and Sakura. "Uh...see you guys later, okay?" He dashed off down the road without another word, pulling Hinata along behind him.

There was a long pause as Naruto and Sakura stared down at the pieces of paper. "Are these invitations?" Sakura finally asked.

"Open it," Naruto suggested. Sakura complied, pulling the flap of the envelope up and pulling out the piece of paper inside. They scanned the writing on the contents quickly.

"What the hell?!" Naruto exclaimed. "Their wedding's in three days!"