I decided to head this in a different direction than I was going to at first thought, well besides the one-shot thing... I hope you enjoy anyway.

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The tall blonde laughed flirtasously as she waved at a handsome jounin.

The Hyuuga heiress blushed as a shrill whistle was heard.

Sakura rolled her sparkling green eyes.

They hadn't been back in Konoha five minutes, and already people were staring. Of course they looked different, but it had been three years after all, what did they expect?

Before the three kunoichi had left for their mission, they'd had to take classes from more... mature kunoichi in the category of seduction, and that, of course altered their natural behavior. They had also had to make changes to their appearance. Sakura's hair had been dyed black, Hinata had been given a surplus of red contacts, and Ino had been assigned to use her gifts and go out and find some more... revealing clothing for them all. Tsunade, Kurenai, and Anko had had the time of their lives giving the girls a make over. Then, after moving to Sunagakure, they'd played the role of three sisters, looking to start a new life after the tragic fire that had killed both of their parents. But the mission had been to find out as much as possible about a group of business men who the kazekage suspected of laundering illegal drugs. Gaara had asked for Konoha kunoichi because these men had an extreme liking of women, and the men knew each female in Suna, kunoichi or not. The females were instructed to play their role for at least a year before becoming as close to the men as possible, by whatever means they could. They all became paired up with one of the many suspects. Unfortunately, Hinata couldn't force herself to let a man she didn't love touch her, so Ino and Sakura handled that part themselves. After building up their trust, the plan began working, and under some unfortunate circumstances, one of now proven criminals was killed. But basically, it had been a successful mission and here they were, three years later, back in Konoha.

I can't wait to see Shikamaru's face. Ino smirked at the thought. Over the duration of their time away from Konoha, Ino had realized how much she missed her lazy teammate. As she knocked on the door to the Hokage's office, she was plotting on the best way to greet and surprise him.

"Well hello ladies, long time no see, I've been expecting you." Tsunade slurred. "I heard the mission was a success. Good job." The Hokage gestured to three chairs in front of her desk as she spoke. "You've all grown up... what are you now, nineteen? Now... tell me everything."

Sakura saw two sake bottles sitting on the kage's desk, one empty, and one half empty.

This was going to take a while...

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That had been three days ago...

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Nodding towards the secretary sitting at the main desk, Sakura grabbed the stack of mail that had been sitting in her mailbox for the past few days. She was in a good mood. She was finally home. It felt a bit awkward to be stepping into her new office, because today was her first day at the job she had been promised at sixteen. However, her thoughts of putting her new knowledge she had acquired while abroad in action were extinguished as she saw that her desk was already beginning to be covered by piles of paperwork. With a sigh, she removed the mandatory white coat from the coat hanger and slipped it over her shoulders, thankful that it hid her clothing. She took a seat at her desk and began sorting through the many papers spread across her desk.

Her gaze rose towards the door as a familiar face stepped inside.

"Ah you're here. Do you like your office?" Tsunade asked, shutting the door behind her.

"It's wonderful Tsunade-sama, I just need to get used to the lack of windows." Sakura smiled.

"You'll eventually become grateful for the privacy, believe me. The door to your left is your own examination room. Oh, this speaker right here is to call in your secretary, you share her with Nanahara. If you ever need her, she usually works the desk in this floor's lobby. You probably met her on your way in."

"Those papers? They're only medical files. All you need to do is make sure their filled out, and sign them. Except these aren't yours. These are..." She paused looking them over for a moment... "They're Nanahara's... You just put those in your "Out" bin and they'll get to her. I don't know why they're on your desk though..." Tsunade explained, "You only need to do this when you treat a patient. It's only a technicality." She said, opening a tall file cabinet to Sakura's left and showing her the papers and the brightly colored labels telling her what kind of injury each paper was for.

"I... see." Sakura murmured. "So what am I doing today?"

"Well... I wasn't expecting you to come to work so soon after your mission, but here is a list of your co-workers. Maybe you could introduce yourself to all of the personnel while you're waiting for a patient to come in. I think I have a routine check-up scheduled in fifteen minutes that I'm sure you can handle." Tsunade smirked to herself, causing Sakura to feel a bit uneasy. "Oh! I almost forgot! This..." Tsunade said, pulling out a small, black, rectangular device out of her pocket, "Is a beeper, it's to stay on you at all times, even when you're off the work hours, in case of an emergency." Tsunade said, handing her the beeper. "And that's it for now. Think you can handle it?"

"Of course" Sakura smiled thankfully.

"Are you sure you don't want to go shopping, or anything?" Tsunade asked, obviously commenting on her clothing choice.

Don't look at me! You're the one who bought them for me. "No. I'm fine. I like these clothes." She smiled sarcastically sweet.

"Ha ha, why you've grown into quite a little smart ass, haven't you? I'll be in my office if you need anything." Tsunade said, laughing as she shut the door behind herself.

Sitting back in her rolling-chair, she unfolded the crisp sheet of paper Tsunade had handed her. With a glance, she recognized very few of the names listed.

With a sigh, she stood and stepped out into the hallway and made her way back to the lobby, she might as well try. The first person that caught her eye was the same secretary, sitting at her desk with her head in her hand, drawing on a pad of paper. The woman had seemed friendly enough earlier, and looked to be close to her own age, so Sakura resolved to try to become friends with her.

"Excuse me..." Sakura said, stepping in front of the desk.

"Huh...? Oh! Miss Haruno, do you need anything?" She asked, snapping out of her daze with a panicked blush.

" Oh, no not at all. I just wanted to introduce myself. To tell you the truth, I don't really know anyone here..." Sakura said, trailing off.

"Oh, ok. Well, I'm Kagurazaka Yumi, It's nice to meet the infamous Haruno Sakura." She said pleasantly, brushing her maroon locks out of her deep ebony eyes as she spoke. "I've heard a lot about you from Tsunade-sama"

"I hope they were all good things..." Sakura said. "I've been away for so long, I don't know hardly anyone that works here now, and the people that I have met before are all people that I hardly know."

"I know how you feel. I used to live on the west border of the leaf country, and moved here after hearing that the Hokage was running the newly renovated hospital." Yumi smiled.

"Yes, this place does look very different than the way I remembered..." Sakura trailed off as a tall man strode through the door.

"Why hello Yumi. " He said in a silky tone. "I believe I have an appointment."

"Yes..." she said, rolling her eyes, scanning her clipboard "With Miss Haruno." She said, pointing down the hallway. "Third door on the left." She said, noticing that he hadn't recognized Sakura due to her hair being a deep ebony color, instead of the bubblegum pink she was known for. "She'll be with you soon."

He smirked and disappeared down the hallway.

"Just my luck..." Sakura muttered. "Well, I guess I'll have to get it done and over with." She sighed.

"Aww, he's not that bad, but good luck dealing."

"Thanks. I'll need it."

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Taking a seat at her desk, she reached into her file cabinet with one hand, and grabbed a pen with the other. She feigned familiarity with her office's ritual, and thumbed her way past files and into the empty forms.

"Alright Genma..." She said, handing it to him. "Just fill this out and I'll be with you in a moment."

Pulling her dark hair into a bun, she stepped into the room on her left. She inspected the contents of the many drawers and somehow managed to find all of the items she'd be needing.

She stepped back into the room to see him looking towards the doorway she had just stepped through.

"It's rude to stare..." Sakura said, a bit uneasy under his gaze.

"I'm just... stunned. You've grown into a beautiful woman." He explained, handing her the paper.

"Uh-huh." She rolled her eyes. "Ok, come in here and sit down. This shouldn't take too long." She said, gesturing towards the door .

As she ushered for him to remove his shirt, she felt an overwhelming urge to slap that smirk off of his smug face. Instead, she rolled her eyes, and concentrated on keeping her gaze off of his toned chest. Putting her stethoscope over her ears, she said, "You'll never change..., still a ladies man."

"Is it a crime to complement an attractive woman?"

"No, just when you do it with your kind of motives. Now take a deep breath." She said, placing the scope on his toned lower left abdomen.

In her office, Tsunade was undoubtedly laughing at her.

"Sakura...? Would you let me but you dinner tonight?" He asked, placing his hand over the one on top of the stethoscope. Her heart did a flip flop in her chest. If she hadn't took those lessons so long ago, she probably would have blushed. How could a man as old as he was have such good looks?

"Let me get this done, and then I'll consider it, but only if you're silent until I'm done." She said, checking off one of the boxes on her paper, as her cheeks flushed pleasantly.

Well... he wasn't that old...

"You got it." He nodded, his senbon bobbing up and down as he spoke.

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Unfortunately for her, he actually was silent.

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She took a seat at her desk and sighed in relief as she saw that she only had to do a few minor things to the paper.

She jumped suddenly as the speaker on her desk crackled and Yumi's voice came out.

"How'd it go?"

Pressing the button, she sighed "Let's just say I'm having dinner with him tonight..."

"I don't blame you, he's hard to say no to... I even went out with him once, he's an excellent kisser. I wonder if it has anything to do with that senbon...?" She trailed off... " Anyway, would you like to take your lunch break with me, and we can get something to eat?"

"Sure, I'll be right out."

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The rest of her workday was quite uneventful until Ino came in. She had brought flowers to "liven up the place" as she had put it, and in the process of snooping, she became quick friends with Yumi.

She hadn't spoken to Ino or Hinata all week, since they had gotten back. The blonde kunoichi began ranting about how she had been planning to surprise Shikamaru, but he had beat her to it, and how romantic it had been. Then she began telling her of how, three days ago, Hinata had simply walked up to Naruto and kissed him. Everyone had been surprised, but Sakura wasn't in the least bit. The shy Hyuuga heiress had become a much more confident person during their mission, she'd had to be.

After hearing about her only patient of the day, Ino had excitedly dragged her home, where she preceded to dig through all of her things. Ino was in her element, and Sakura was, for now, her doll. She got absolutely no input when Ino took over. Unfortunately for Sakura, the only fitting clothes that she owned, except for the ones she was wearing, were the ones she'd used on the mission. In other words, the slutty ones. The one's Ino liked.

By the time she was to leave, she was wearing a fishnet top over a very short, tight, black tank top, and a pair of low-rider jeans. Sakura was miserable.

Perfect.

In case you didn't notice... that's a sarcastic perfect.

Sorry, I don't really know if I made Genma in character... but I went off from what I've read in other fics.

Um... I think that I should have the next chapter up sometime next week, I'm pretty loaded down with schoolwork... I really should get to that. Heh...

Or I might put it up tonight (I already have it typed, I just need to correct it...) and have it up an hour or so after this one.

Maybe.

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