Yokoso! still here...still slow with the updates...sorry! I promise I am trying my best~!

Anyway! I don't know if anyone has noticed, but all my Naruto stories (eventually) tie in together. So to give you some background to the stories and what I have planned (see! There's definitely more coming from me!), here's a brief outline:

"To Have You Back" starts it all off and basically details how the Konoha kunoichi become best friends as the boys are off trying to retrieve Sasuke the first time when they're about 12 years old. Since we now all know how that mission went and I think the story kind of expresses enough as it is, I'm not all that hyped up to continue this fic, but we'll see.

"Ashita" then jumps ten years from "To Have You Back". Timewise, "Ashita" is probably the most complicated. It starts off with Shikamaru and Ino at around 22 years old. However, from Chapter 2 until approximately Chapter 10, the story flashes back and chronicles the development of their relationship from ages 20 to 22. I'm expecting that around Chapter 11, we revert back to "present time" (i.e. where the story began) with Ino leaving (which you already know happens from Chapter 1). And then there will be the final arc exploring whether or not Shikamaru and Ino will ever meet up again and have their happily ever after. "Ashita" is capturing my inspiration a bit more lately...

"With One Look" intertwines with "Ashita" but follows Sakura and Kakashi's relationship which kicks off when Sakura's 22 years old. I feel like I've only written the first half so far and I really want the second half to detail how they actually behave in their relationship, but at the moment I'm content to let it rest where it is for a little bit longer. I'd rather leave it at a point where it can be considered "complete" rather than to write a cliffy and leave everything hanging. So this story will be continued, just when I have a better idea of what I actually want to write.

Within all three stories will be occasional interludes of my two other favourite couples - Neji & Tenten and Hinata & Naruto. There will also be brief references to what happened to Sakura and Sasuke as a leadup to how the Sakura/Kakashi pairing occurs.

So there you go! Please read, enjoy and review! (I do in fact, get really excited when you review the stories since it gives me an indication that the story's actually being read and how it's being received.)