Unwanted?

Epilogue

Disclaimer: I really don't know why I keep saying this. But I still don't own Naruto.

Rated T for language and the minor mature content that Sakura and Ino talk about.

A twenty-five year old woman in a pretty green dress stood in front of the counter, chopping up carrots for her and her roommate's lunch. She had been living with him for the past five years, moving from two-bedroom apartment to two-bedroom apartment.

Nothing romantic was between them, they were just friends searching for the rest of their friends.

"Boo!" a voice shouted behind her and the man's touch on her shoulders startled her, send the knife upward and embedding itself in the low ceiling.

The pink haired woman turned and glared at him, "Naruto! Look what you made me do!" she cried, pointing up at the knife. Naruto smirked, reached up, and yanked it out of the ceiling. He handed it back to her, a huge grin on his face.

"Eh, sorry, Sakura, you're just so fun to scare!"

"Yeah, yeah," Sakura grunted, grabbing his lunch box that was behind her and shoving it in his chest, "Now say thank you,"

"Thanks, Mom!" Naruto said, patting Sakura on the shoulder. She fumed, pointing the knife at his nose. He laughed, "Sorry, sorry, calm down, I'll go to work now,"

"You better," Sakura growled. She watched him leave the apartment and she sighed, leaning back on the counter.

Naruto was a detective and got cases everyday from missing cats to a stolen music box. Sakura on the other had, worked for the newspaper. Both their jobs earned them money, and also they got leads to where their friends were located. Over the past five years they had only found Shikamaru and Kiba.

Shikamaru, although having no experience in any school, was now in college and working on a degree in business. Kiba, on the other hand, was now a dog trainer and had his own dog named Akamaru.

As Sakura picked up her box lunch she thought of Neji, Hinata, Tenten, Sai, Ino, and her first and only love Sasuke. She shuffled out of the apartment and went to get her bike to ride to work.

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At work, Sakura sat in front of a computer, getting distracted by the thought of the old mine and the pictures in it. She sighed, wondering if the pictures were still there, if someone had taken them off the walls and took them.

She heard someone pass her cubical and saw a familiar woman. She gapped.

"Ino?"

The blond woman stopped and turned around. At first the blue-eyed girl was shocked, but a smile forced the surprised expression off her face and plastered itself there.

"Sakura!"

Sakura stood and embraced her friend, "I haven't seen you in such a long time!"

"I missed you too!"

Sakura withdrew from the hug, still smiling, "Who said I missed you?"

Ino rolled her eyes, "That Haruno wit. I'll never get used to it."

"Naruto will be so excited!" Sakura said, throwing her arms around her friend's neck again.

"What do you mean?"

Sakura pulled away, "Naruto and I have been living together for the past couple years looking for all of you, we only found Shikamaru and Kiba, now we found you!"

Ino smiled.

"Do you know what happened to the others?" Sakura asked hopefully.

"I know where Neji and Hinata are," Ino told her, "and Sai," she smiled slyly when she said his name.

"Where?"

"Neji works for the CIA. He's too smart for any other regular job. Hinata runs the book store down on Main Street. And Sai,"

"What about Sai?"

"Sai and I are married and have a son, who's three, he stays at home in the morning to take care of little Haru," (A/N: remember, I ship SaiIno.)

Sakura smiled, "I'm happy for you, Ino," she said. She looked down at her feet and wondered about a certain man.

"Are you worried about Sasuke?"

"Yeah,"

Ino put her hand on Sakura's shoulder and the pink haired woman looked up at her best friend.

"Don't worry, you'll find him,"

Sakura nodded.

"Well," Ino said, "I gotta talk to the boss man into raising my salary. If you know what I mean,"

"Hey, you have a husband," Sakura pointed out.

Ino waved her off and said, "I'm not cheating if I show off a little cleavage and bounce!" Ino bounced a tiny bounce and Sakura laughed.

"OK, I'll see you later, Ino,"

"Bye Sakura,"

Sakura watched her friend bounce down the hall before getting back to work herself.

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The pinked haired woman entered her and her friend's apartment. She hung her black rain jacket on the hook, it was soaked and water droplets splashed to the carpet. She put her keys in the basket that held their keys.

She quickly wrote down Hinata's phone number on a slip of paper and slapped it on the counter for Naruto. She walked to her room, dropping her brief case on her bed and laying down on it on her stomach, feet kicking the air gracefully.

Sakura opened a book she had recently acquired and started reading.

She was reading peacefully for about fifteen minutes until the blond man burst through her door without knocking on it first. The woman was so surprised she almost fell off her bed.

"Naruto! What the HELL!?"

"Sakura! I have someone out in the living room I want you to meet!" he grinned widely, bouncing on the ball of his heels.

Sakura sighed and slid off the bed, slipping her cherry blossom themed book mark into the pages of the addicting book.

She followed Naruto into the living room. Her mouth fell open when she saw him.

His dark eyes.

His spiky raven hair.

His pale skin.

His trade mark color of blue.

"Sasuke!" Sakura cried as he stood. She ran up to him and hugged his neck, "I've missed you, Sasuke!" she murmured as he hugged her back.

Naruto smiled at his two best friends. He walked to his room to call Hinata and he too would be reunited with his love.

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Well, that's it. I could very much make a sequel. Most likely not, 'cause I wouldn't know what to do. Thanks for reading everyone! (This is the first story I have ever, ever finished.)