Disclaimer: Naruto does not in any shape, way, or form belong to me. Or I. Or Dancer the Gecko.

Author's Note: SPOILERS forafter the time-skip when Sakura meets Naruto.

Reunion

Sakura's mind goes blank and for the first time in a long long time she cannot breathe. Her knees become unstable and there's a pounding in her heart and all she can think is,

'That's Naruto…?'

Who knew he looked so good in black? When exactly, she pondered had he gotten so goddamn tall? He'd even gotten more mature, she noted. Sakura smiled sadly, missing the old days. Now Naruto is much more than that perverted little kid he used to be, he was some one that had earned her full respect. That brat Konohamaru would understand pretty soon. Naruto wasn't into perverted things anymore. Naruto was-

"Such a jutsu is mediocre! Behold! The new perverted ninjutsu I've been working on!"

Naruto, she decided firmly, was a bastard.