Hey this is Zuan! This is a new story I started. If you remember me, I wrote the story ONE TO REMEMBER. Well I'm not continuing that, but if you want to write chapters in my place, feel free and email me at Sasuke comes back after fulfilling his ambition and says he has one more task to fulfill. But has Itachi come back to haunt him, or is it in his head? And how will Sakura react when he asks her to help him?

Chapter 1: Prologue

"Hurry! Get the anesthetic!" a young, pink haired kunoichi called to a medic-nin in Konoha hospital. She applied pressure to a deep wound in the raven haired ninja's chest, laying on the bed. The heart beat was very fast. The medic-nin finally arrived back with the needle. Sakura injected it into his arm and after a few seconds, the heart beat slowed. This allowed her to repair the wound with her chakra and allow him to rest. She wiped the sweat off of her brow and took in a deep breath. She was relieved because she saved the patient, but also because it was someone she cared for.

"Okay. Make sure the bandages hold and his heart rate doesn't jump again." She ordered the doctors in the operating room. They all nodded and continued with healing him. The girl walked out and sighed again. "Thank goodness."

"OI! HARUNO SAKURA!" the special medic-nin turned to see the voice.

"What?" she replied.

"Patient in room 7 is going into a seizure! We need your help!"

"I can't! I just finished an operation and I'm out of chakra! Use a sedative!"

"Alright boss!" the nurse ran back to room 7 and did as she was told. The sedative worked.

Her name was Haruno Sakura. She was Konohagakure's best doctor and medic-nin. Her mentor was the 5th hokage, whom she has surpassed in the ability of medical healing. She had pink hair down to the middle of her back, and bright jade orbs. She had perfect curves and the perfect figure. She was about 5'7" and very strong both physically and mentally. She really has grown in the past 10 years. She know longer cried as much as she did back then, and…she had finally out grown her lover, who happens to be the person she just saved.

"Ms. Haruno." A doctor called from the room she just came out of.

"Yes Tamayo?" she answered.

"He's awake. He wants to talk to you." Tamayo explained. Sakura nodded and entered the room. The doctors left the room.

"Nice to see you again Sakura." He grinned. He was in a…cheery mood.

"Woah. Mood swing. How come you're so cheerful? What happened to your cold demeanor?" She teased smirking. Sasuke's expression faltered, but then he grinned again.

"I finally finished it." Sakura was confused.

"Finished what?"

"I killed him."

"Orchimaru? Akatsuki? They're both dead already."

"My brother…Itachi." He grinned maliciously. Sakura beamed.

"That's…um…great?" she didn't know what to say. Killing wasn't great, but she was happy he finished his ambition.

"Yeah." He smirked. He looked down and put on a serious expression. "But I still have one more mission. And this'll be the hardest one ever." He looked dead serious. Sakura sat down next to his bed.

"What is it?" she asked curious. He grabbed his hand. "You can tell me. You know you can trust me." She smiled. Sasuke looked at her.

"I—" he was cut off by some people barging into the room.

"SASUKE-TEME! You're back! FINALLY! HOW COULD THAT MISSION TAKE 2 YEARS!" yup you guessed it. Naruto the loud mouth ninja was jumping for joy. His best friend was back after his long, solo mission, to kill his brother. Naruto still had spiky, yellow hair, but it was a bit longer. He had a jounin jacket and black ninja pants. He wore his headband proudly on his forehead. Yes, he was still a jinchuuriki (PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO SPELL THAT!), but he was one of the most powerful and heroic ninjas in the village. People have learned to accept him and what he was. He has grown fairly tall and grown a very muscular, matured body.

Behind him, was mostly everyone Sasuke had trained with in the past. Kakashi, Tsunade, Hinata, Shikamaru, Neji, Tenten, Kiba, Shino, Chouji and Ino.

"SASUKE!" They all said, with the exceptions of Neji, Shikamaru, and Shino. They ran towards his bed.

Hinata had grown her hair out longer and definitely looked more confident. Sasuke then took notice of Naruto peck her on the cheek and hug her. Oh so THAT'S why. Sasuke inwardly chuckled. Neji had grown much taller and grown more muscular. His bangs flowed freely over his face, but he still wore his headband on his forehead. Tenten definitely matured. She had perfect curves and a very strong upper body. She was still considered the weapons mistress, and she still wore her hair in 2 buns. Ino had also grown more mature and so has her body. She wore a blue headband and her blond hair flowed freely down her back. Her blue eyes, bright as ever. Shikamaru looked the same as ever, except he was now a Jounin. Shino still had the same hairstyle, but he wore the same clothes as Naruto. He still wore those mysterious glasses, and carried that same stoic expression. Kiba…looked different without Akamaru. His dog had grown gigantic. Kiba looked the same as well, accept he's grown into a man. Chouji was still fat, but he had long red hair like his father. Kakashi was the same as well as Tsunade, who was growing some gray hairs.

"Yo." Kakashi greeted his former student, still reading his perverted book. Everyone gathered around Sasuke. He knew already that Ino and Shikamaru have been dating, as well as Naruto and Hinata (he just found out) and Neji and Tenten were an item. Shino had been dating this dark haired, purple eyed girl and Chouji was engaged to be married to a girl named Ayumi Sasaku of the Ayumi clan. Kiba wasn't engaged or dating anyone, because he didn't feel he needed any women around.

"How are you feeling?" Hinata asked Sasuke. Sasuke nodded and grinned, rubbing his neck.

"I've been better." He gave a small smile. Everyone was shocked to see THE Uchiha Sasuke smile and joke around. Sasuke knew what they were wondering. "I finally fulfilled my ambition. Itachi is dead and I can start living normally." They all gasped and let out a sigh of relief.

"We're gonna let you heal alright?" Kiba grinned. Sasuke nodded and everyone left except for Tsunade.

"So, everything went okay?" she asked. Sasuke nodded. Tsunade nodded and closed the door behind her as she left.

"I'll tell you later, at the right moment." Sasuke told Sakura. He held her hand and she squeezed his. It was just a friendly moment. Nothing was going on between them…yet.

Hope you enjoyed it! Please review and I'll continue!

Sabaku No Zuan