D: Ok first of all I'd like to apologize to all of you. I definitely did not keep my promise… I'm so sorry about that, but my computer got really screwed up around Christmas and the Microsoft word was deleted. Anyway enough with excuses, here's the long awaited update. I think there's going to be one or two more chapters.

Naruto: You realize… it's June… right?

D: Yup… what can I say I love winter and hate summer ()

Naruto: (shakes head) Just do the disclaimer…

D: o…. OK! I don't own Naruto! Although… I'd love to.

Ok so this is the hard thing for me to do… since some people watch the anime… and others read the manga… I have to try to make this good for both people… So this chapter is placed 1 ½ years after the latest manga chapter… ( Chapter 263 and that little arc) and 4 years after the anime… ( 138 I believe) sasuke is back to old natural self. Only a little bit happier I suppose. In other words the gang is 17 !

Sakura sat on her bed while looking down at the brightly wrapped gift. It was to that boy she had met when she was 5 years old. She curled her fingers around the package and stared at it deeply for a while. Her mind wandered through the memories.

"After 12 years… you still haven't told me your name, why is that," She said out loud, not really worrying if anyone heard her. "I suppose it might just be because of tradition." She said through a sigh. She carefully rose to her feet and walked outside her bedroom door to her kitchen. She sat down at her kitchen table and took a long hard stare at the mail that she had gotten from her friends yesterday. "Well it's December 21, the first day of winter… I suppose Christmas cards are supposed to come," again talking to herself while looking out the window to see fresh snow on the windowsill. She smiled, ever since she met the blonde boy, the snow always did make her smile. Her pink bangs turned to the clock and she screamed.

"ONE O'CLOCK! OH MY GOD!" She screamed as she scrambled to her room to get her coat. Winter break always made her so lazy. "This is what I get for chakra training at midnight last night. Damn it!" She said as she made her next pit stop to her bathroom. She scrambled through her purse to apply her normal make up, foundation, and mascara. She may have grown out of her old girly habits but make up is something you just can't put away when you start.

"Okay, Okay STOP PANICKING!" She screamed in an effort to calm her self down; needless to say it failed miserably. She had so much Christmas shopping to do, the list of people was taller than her. And she still had to train for her normal 2 hours AND meet the guys for they're normal brunch at 1:30. "ARG!" she muffled through her newly put scarf as she put her new black boots on. She looked once more at the mirror as she put her forehead protector on the top of her head and brushed her bangs to look somewhat decent. She scrambled to the door locked and jumped off the balcony of her apartment using her chakra as a cushion as to not get hurt.

'Oh my God if Naruto beats me there, I will never hear the end of it,' she thought frustratingly as she ran through the crowd of Christmas shoppers. She eyed her watch 1:25, pretty good timing but Naruto might be closer than me… They had made it a game to see who could get there first. Sakura always won and Naruto would come in at varying places… sometimes he'd come in before Sasuke sometimes after… it all depends how much he slept in for. Kakashi would ALWAYS no matter what be last but that was expected. Ever since Sasuke had come back into the village Sakura had decided that they were NOT going to grow apart and she made the rule they were to have brunch together every morning when they didn't have a mission.

All of a sudden CRASH! Her vision blurred under orange and yellow "Oh my God I'm so sorry you see I dazed off and I was looking at my watch and ooo I'm so…. NARUTO!" Her apology turned into surprise as she thwacked Naruto upside the head.

"OUCH! SAKURA-CHAN what was that for?" Naruto squirmed under the harsh punishment Sakura gave him.

Sakura suddenly stopped her abuse when she heard the name Naruto said… Sakura-chan… That sounds… so… familiar… she blinked it off as quick as she could, "Er sorry Naruto… Bad habits," She muttered through a smile as she ran in head of him towards the Ramen bar. "I'm going to beat you!" She yelled as she stuck out her tongue as she sped up faster and faster.

Naruto stood there for a couple of seconds… completely confused of what had just happened… ands then it hit him. "HEY NO FAIR!" he screamed as he pick up speed also to try to catch Sakura.

'AH He's going to catch me!' she panicked. She put her chakra to her legs and ran as fast as she could. She reached the Ramen bar and then… SLAM. She caught the edge of the ice and began to fall towards the ground. She closed her eyes in hopes relieving the incoming pain when it didn't come she opened her eyes.

"HA! I BEAT YOU!" he said smiling triumphanly while holding her in his arms.

"HECK NO YOU DIDN'T! My FOOTS ON THE FLOOR!" Sakura argued.

"NO IT WASN'T!" Naruto challenged he opinion.

"Am I interrupting something?" Sasuke said calmly as he stared at the two in each others arms.

"AHHH NO NO NO!" Sakura screamed at the idea as she jumped up out of Naruto's arms.

"AW SASUKE-Bastard YOU RUIN EVERYTHING!" He said naively… he didn't mean the holding Sakura in his arms…. He meant the argument they were having… "I was going to win the ARGUMENT!"

"NO YOU WEREN'T I beat you here!" she argued again while sticking out her tongue, brushing off of what she thought he was about to say… 'Naruto's so naïve' Sakura told her self… but that's a good thing about him. "You know what why don't we just call it a tie since you saved my life."

"OK! But you know what that means!" He said in a mischievous voice. As Sakura prepared herself by taking out her wallet.

"Yes… I'll pay for your food," she said as she looked through her wallet to see if she had enough money for both of them.

"YAY!" He screamed while jumping up and down

"Baka," Sasuke said in an annoyed voice as he entered the bar and sat down on the stool… "Can I have some coffee please?" he ordered from the menu.

"BAKA?" Naruto Screamed. "I'm not a baka you bastard!"

"Naruto chill, Sasuke-kun drink you're coffee," Sakura said calmly as she ordered some toast and Ramen. The prefix she put after his name was merely tradition now… she couldn't stop saying kun… it was her accepting things had changed… and she wasn't ready for that.

Sasuke let out a sigh. "Coffee has got to be the best thing ever invented," he told Naruto and Sakura. Coffee usually did get Sasuke out of his 'morning' mood and made him tolerate Naruto and his antics. But now Sakura was thinking that Sasuke had an obsession with coffee… no matter what morning it was he ALWAYS had a coffee in hand… it was odd… Sakura never thought of Sasuke as a coffee person.

"So Naruto, Sakura, what are you guys doing today?" Sasuke questioned as he sipped his coffee.

"I have a lot of Christmas shopping to do and training… how about you guys?" Sakura said through eating her toast.

"AHH CHRISTMAS SHOPPING!" Naruto bellowed out. "When is Christmas!" Naruto bellowed as he spit out his Ramen.

"NARUTO REMEMBER I'M PAYING FOR THAT…,"wait..sakura cut off herself.. and then she screamed again "CHRISTMAS IS IN FOUR DAYS!"

"You've got to be kidding me dobe! How could you forget when christmas is?" he questioned.

"I knew it was coming up I just kinda forgot! Aw man I have to hurry up and buy people gifts!" Naruto said as he bent his head down in pain of thinking how much he had to do now.

"Jesus christ Naruto, for being future hokage you sure are forgetful," Sakura said while thinking to herself… No I was wrong I couldn't be HIM… HE would have remembered Christmas.

"Well, I already did my Christmas shopping," Sasuke said as he ordered another cup of coffee.

"YOU CHRISTMAS SHOP!" Naruto yelled as he spit out more ramen on Sakuke's face.

"NARUTO THAT'S IT THAT'S YOUR LAST BOWL!" Sakura yelled.

"Awww Sakura Chaaaaaan!" Naruto moped.

"Yes I Christmas shop Dobe… everyone has to shop for Christmas…" Sasuke said in a matter of fact tone.

"Ya but a cold bastard like you?" Naruto revolted back.

"NARUTO EAT YOUR RAMEN!" sakura yelled at Naruto… and naruto obeyed until...

"Did you get me a gift?" Naruto asked childishly.

"Dobe, yes I got you a gift… I got gifts for team 7 but that's it," Sasuke said while rolling his eyes.

"Maybe that's what I should do…" Naruto thought out loud… "Never mind…" he thought of all the people mad at him in lil chibi form chasing him around… "that's no good…"

"What are you talking about?" Sakura questioned.

"Nothing nothing," Naruto said curtly while breaking out of his daydream of chibis.

"Yo!" Kakashi said as he poofed in the Ramen stand.

"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura and Naruto screamed simultaneously.

"Ya well I over slept…" Kakashi decided not to fight it today.

"NO YOU DIDN'T…" then Naruto thought about it for 5 minutes… "No no never mind… YOU LAZY ASS!" By the time Naruto had gotten out his words Kakashi was sitting there and eating his Ramen.

The rest of the time they spent talking about missions, friends and the New Year that was before them. Soon everyone was done eating and Sakura had paid for everyone's meal besides Sasuke who just happened to be the only one who brought money besides her. 'Kakashi you better pay me back…' her inner self raved. I need that money for gifts…

"Well I'm off to buy gifts, I'll talk to you all later BYE Sakura-chan BYE EVERYONE," and Naruto went running towards the market.

"He'll never change," Sasuke said through a sigh.

"Ya but that's a good thing," Sakura added.

"Well I need to leave too, Later," Sasuke said as he poofed out of the Ramen bar leaving Kakashi and Sakura alone.

"Hey Kakashi…"

"Yes Sakura…"

"Is everything back to normal…"

"I Guess that's your own opinion… but it certainly feels that way doesn't it?" Kakashi grinned under his mask and that always gave Sakura the confidence she needed.

"It most certainly does… but then again we're all a lot different… I mean Naruto and Sasuke are jounins and some of the best ninja's around, and you're anbu now, everything has changed… not that it's bad or anything."

"You forgot about yourself… you've changed a lot too… you're not madly in love with Sasuke anymore although I think you migh have another love interest and you're one of the finest Medic-nin's we have… AND you passed your jounin test also"

Sakura blushed… she hated when anyone bragged about her… "HEY WAIT A SECOND WHAT DO YOU MEAN A NEW LOVE INTEREST?"

"I saw you staring at Naruto today in that day dreamy way," Kakashi said through a grin.

"IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK… you read too much Icha Icha paradise Kakashi!" Sakura yelled at him, frustrated that he would think that.

"Then what is it?" Kakashi asked, his eyebrow arched in a skeptical way.

"I think… I don't know," Sakura said with a grin, "but I'll find out! It's not love SENSEI! So don't go there, there's something he hasn't told me I think."

"Fine what ever," Kakashi said with another grin. And then he left in another poof.

"ARG!" Sakura said while looking at the time. "GREAT! Now I'm late for training!"

D: Ya Ya…. I updated OMG … I hope I didn't upset the balance of nature. (protects self)

Naruto: YES we know its june… but people wanted it updated! So here it is!

D: yup yup So REVIEW AGAIN PLEASE! REVIEW REVIEW…. Reviews are what keep me going …

Okay so i editted this chapter because the whole Sasuke coffee thing made him sound majorly out of character.