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Seven years after their last encounter with Sasuke at age 14, Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto are all 21. And completely mature. However unlikely that may seem.

Naruto and Sakura have finished their apprenticeships, and are both equally as strong as Sasuke! However unlikely that may also seem.

Naruto and Sakura, together with Kakashi and Sai have rebuilt team 7. (A/N: And while I'm on a spontaneous spree, I'll let you know that Sai has finally abandoned his mission and has officially become the 4th member of team 7 (after kicking Sasuke out)) Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, and Sai have all made a silent pact not to mention Sasuke. He isn't part of their village, team, lives, or hearts anymore. (A/N: O.K. I'm done with the background info.)

Sakura, alone in her small apartment in Konohana, is sound asleep. Or, at least, she was sound asleep, until a certain blond-haired nuisance decided to disturb her precious slumber. ANBU kunoichis need at least 5 hours of sleep every other day. Sakura had already gotten 12. It was time to get her out of bed, Naruto decided.

His apartment is right next to Sakura's, and Sai's was on Sakura's other side. The two boys seemed to spend 3/4 of their time away from missions at Sakura's house. The other 1/4 of their time was spent dressing and sleeping. (A/N: and washing! They didn't take showers at Sakura's!)

Naruto hopped through Sakura's open window, and landed softly beside Sakura's bed. Sakura snapped up, alert and ready to kill her blond-haired best friend.

"Get the hell out of my room!!!!!!"

"Demo, Sakura-chan, you've been sleeping forever!"

"Screw you to all eternity, Naruto, the one day we're not in the middle of God knows where and trying not to get killed by some frickin' ninja from the Hidden Village of Heaven Help Us, I finally get some time to sleep! I don't need you disturbing my chakra at checks clock 11:00! pause Holy shit! It's already 11?!?!?"

"That's what I've been trying to tell you, Sakura-chan," Naruto whined. Sakura groaned. She was supposed to meet Ino at a local café at 11:30! They had decided to take advantage of Sakura's day off.

Ino had given up being a ninja after Sasuke left, and had taken over the family flower business. (A/N: C'mon guys, go with me on this. I needed to get rid of her as a ninja, so I decided this was a good way to do it nicely. I personally am not fond of Ino, so please no complaints!) Sakura and Ino saw very few of each other since Sakura became ANBU, so they always got together on Sakura's days off. Actually, Sakura had more days off than Ino knew bout, but what Ino didn't know couldn't kill her.

Sakura pulled herself out of bed, leaving a drooling Naruto as she went into the bathroom to change out of a very revealing nightshirt.

"Ne, ne Sakura-chan," Sakura could hear outside of her bathroom, "Today, can we have lunch at Ichiraku Ramen, and then see a movie?" Naruto continued, but Sakura blocked him out. He probably wouldn't remember what he said himself anyways. Her brain snapped awake, though, when she heard Sai's voice.

"Shut up, ya dickless bastard. You should know by now that ugly will only go out with you if you promise to strip before the end of lunch." Now Sakura was fully awake. And pumped with 7 extra hours of sleep's worth of adrenaline.

"SAAAAAAAIIIIIII!!!" Sakura burst into her bedroom, ninja wear, head protector, and kunai all ready for action.

With one great punch, Sakura smashed Sai into the opposite wall.

"Call me a whore one more time, and I'll ban you from my refrigerator." Ha. Sai would kill himself before giving up his free access to Sakura's refrigerator, which is always chock full of Sai's favorite food. Has someone been shopping with a certain someone in mind? hint, hint, wink, wink

"I don't recall specifically calling you a whore, Sakura, and it's not my fault that you sure seem like one when you seduce your victims before killing them! Jeez, calm down, Sakura."

"Yeah, well I don't see you having any better ideas of how to kill our targets! And you sure were implying that I was a whore, Sai. For that, you'll both have to find some place other than my kitchen for lunch! Both of you, OUT, NOW!!!!!" And with that said, Sakura pushed them both out of her window. (A/N: They caught themselves with chakra! They're not stupid enough to fall! Although for all you Sasuke lovers and Sai haters, that is a great way to get rid of him…) and lowered herself into the street, making her way to the café she was going to meet Ino at, pulling her short pink hair into a ponytail and slipping her hand protectors on along the way.

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Konoha seemed to be particularly noisy today, Sakura noticed. Ino was always on top of all the latest gossip, so Sakura picked up her pace, eager to find out what the big commotion is

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At the Café

Sakura entered the café. It was a small, quaint place. Immediately, all the men's heads turned when Sakura made her entrance. Mouths dropped open, and love proposals were prepared.

As a strong, thin, beautiful, curvy kunoichi, Sakura was used to getting attention like this, so she ignored the hungry stares and made her way to Ino, who was in the opposite corner.

Ino's long, blond hair was up in a neat bun, and she was wearing a purple t-shirt with a jean skirt. Sure, she looked sexy, but she wasn't even close to matching Sakura's beauty. Ino smiled at her friend as she sat down and ordered a black coffee.

"So, billboard brow, enjoying your power to hypnotize men without even using one of your famous Justus?"

"Actually, quite the opposite. I really wouldn't mind if you took them all, pig." The two rolled their eyes at each other, accustomed to their argumentative greetings, and began a normal conversation. They exchanged their latest news; who bought flowers for whom, which hidden village was out to get Konoha now. Yet despite the normality of their conversation, Sakura could sense that Ino was getting jittery, like she did when she was hiding something, or when she held really important or exciting news. And Sakura was determined to find out what exactly it was that Ino was hiding from her.

"And then Neji bought a white rose! You can just guess who that must be going to! You haven't been on any missions with Neji or Tenten lately, have you? I haven't heard the status of their relationship in a while!"

"Ino, what's going on?"

"What?"

"What news announcement did I miss?"

"W-what do you mean, Sakura?"

"The entire village in on edge. What did I miss?" Ino sighed. She was hoping she wouldn't have to be the one to relay the news to Sakura.

"Listen, Sakura. I'm sorry the moment you get back from a S-ranked mission you have to hear this. Understand, you were supposed to be the first person to know, along with the rest of team 7."

"Yeah, and?" Sakura leaned forward. Finally! Some answers!

"And also, as soon as you hear this, you are to report to Tsunade. She told the people closest to team 7 to inform you guys if we happened to meet up with you. I didn't want to be the one to tell you, so I tried to stay away from the topic."

"Yeah, and?" Now Sakura was getting impatient.

"This was supposed to be a secret, but too many people saw it happen. So now the whole village knows. Except for team 7. I'm sure by the time you get to Tsunade's office, Naruto, Sai and Kakashi will already be there."

"Spit it put already, girl!" Now Sakura was getting aggravated. What could possibly be so important? Intimidated by the fiery Sakura, Ino decided it was time to indeed spit it out.

"Sasuke's back."

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Oh! Cliffie! What Now!

Sorry it took so long to update, this chapter is longer than expected. Next chapter up in about a week. Give or take a few days. Anyways, here's a preview of the next chapter:

His onyx eyes met her green ones. He took a second to look her up and down. Holy cow, she had certainly grown ion the past seven years. And in all the right places…

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Yume-chan