Sakura woke up to a bright light shining in through her window. I'm sixteen! She pulled the covers off of her and pranced around the room. She walked over to her dresser and pulled out a short sleeved kimono with red cherry blossoms on it. She giggled. "I can't wait!" She got dressed and ran over to her mirror. Sakura pulled her hair back into a ponytail resting on the top of her head. She then put two chopsticks through the top. She reached over for her lipstick, cherry red, and put it on. She then smacked her lips and giggled again. Maybe I'll attract some cute Jounins... She ran down her stairs and waved bye to her mom. "Bye! Goin' to the ramen stand!"

"Have a nice day, Sakura! Happy birthday!" Sakura grinned and walked towards the ramen stand. Naruto was sitting there, as usual.

"Hey, Naruto!" Sakura giggled. Naruto turned around.

"Oh, hey Sak-" His eyes grew wide when he saw her. "SAKURA-CHAAAN!" Naruto jumped up and examined the cherry blossom in front of him. "Wow! You look amazing!" Sakura giggled.

"When do I not!" Naruto nodded.

"Oh!" He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. "Happy birthday Sakura-chan!" He handed the present to her. Sakura grinned and eagerly opened the box. Inside was a small cherry blossom. She turned it over and saw a note. To my favorite cherry blossom. Sakura smiled at Naruto. "I didn't know what to get, so I just got you a flower..." He said while rubbing the back of his head.

"It's wonderful! That's the sweetest thing you've done for me!" Naruto's face grew red. Sakura sat down on one of the stools. "I'd like a small bowl!" Sakura was in the middle of eating; when all of a sudden, she heard a very annoying yelling.

"SAKURA-SAAAAN!" Sakura slowly turned around to see Lee running towards her with Neji straggling behind.

"Lee! Slow down! I can barely keep up!" Sakura's face grew red.

"Oh, hello Lee-san! Nice to see you." Lee finally got there and was panting.

"Sakura-san! You look beautiful! As expected of the most beautiful flower in all of Konoha!" Sakura giggled. Neji caught up and stared at Sakura in awe.

"Thank you."

"Oh! Happy birthday! I didn't have time to get you a present..., so can I buy you breakfast?" Sakura shook her head.

"Sorry, I'm already finished!" She giggled again. Neji was still staring at her. "Neji, is there something wrong?" He shook his head.

"N-nothing's wrong! Sorry, it's not everyday when you get to see something wonderful!" Sakura turned back towards the stand.

"Oh. Thank you..." She mumbled. She hardly knew Neji, and here he was, flirting with her. She stood up and payed. "Well, I have to go and meet up with Ino at the flowershop!" She giggled and waved at Naruto. Naruto waved back confusingly. He then turned to Neji and Lee once she was gone.

"Why were you two trying to flirt with her!" Naruto shouted.

"We weren't! I was just telling Sakura-san that she looks beautiful today! And I'm sure Neji was too!" Naruto sighed.

"Oh well... I have to go and train with the bitch." Naruto got up and walked away too.

Sakura walked into the shop. She looked around for Ino. "Ino? Ino, where are you!" Ino came around the corner.

"I'm right he-! Sakura! What the hell are you wearing! Only I am supposed to look sexy!" Sakura laughed.

"I'm only looking like this so I can maybe get some Jounin to come to my party tonight!"

"Oh yeah! Happy birthday! I got you this!" She handed Sakura a box. Inside it was a small necklace with a golden heart on it. Sakura studied it carefully and saw that her name was encrusted on it.

"Ino! This is soo cute!" Ino giggled. She ran over and hugged her friend. "So, are you coming to the party?"

"Yeah. I heard that Sasuke doesn't want you to have a party there! Why does he think that!" Sakura sighed.

"You should have seen him yesterday at my house! He was throwing a fit and-" Ino cut her off.

"Wait, you said he was at your house! Why was he there!"

"He came over to question my incredible strength!" Sakura said while flexing her muscles. "Anyways, he was yelling at Tsunade-sama soo much! I could tell he was pretty pissed..." Ino laughed.

"Maybe he doesn't want you around any hot Jounin..! Wait, why would he think that!" Sakura shrugged.

"I don't know! Anyways, let's go and find all of the guests coming to my party! First we have to think of who should come..."

Sakura finally decided on who was coming: Ino, Temari, Hinata, Tenten, Naruto, Sasuke, Sai, Tsunade, Kakashi, and herself. "Are you sure you should invite Kakashi-sensei?" Ino questioned her.

"I'm sure! I mean, he trained me for crying out loud!" Ino giggled.

"Ok!"