Sakura Haruno opened her eyes and looked at her ceiling. She sat up and sighed. Then she looked at her clock. It was 7:00. "Seven o'clock!" Sakura yelped as she jumped off her bed. She ran over to her closet and got dressed in what looked like a work uniform. She then turned around and ran out her door. The pinkette ran down the steps as if she was some athlete in a running down the stairs competition. She grabbed her keys and ran out the door. Being 18 now, she was living alone and had her very own car.

It was brand new. White and shiny with a beautiful silver grille in the front. Black leather seats and surround sound inside. It was her white pickup truck. And to her….it was amazing! "Alright! Let's get to work!" She yelled at it. She carefully got inside and started the ignition before driving off. She drove down the street and was honked at many times. She looked in the rear-view mirror and saw an older looking man looking at her. "Bleh!" She turned away from the mirror and kept driving.

Soon Sakura arrived at a small café and parked. After she jumped out she walked over to the back and grabbed two traffic cones. She put each one in the parking spaces next to her truck and walked inside. "There you are Sakura." A girl with long black hair said from behind a counter.

"Sorry..." Sakura said as she walked over. "I woke up a little late." She grabbed an apron and tied it on. "I had a dream about something that happened to me when I was 6…" She then said.

"Oh…ok" Her fellow employee said. "Alright then….take this coffee to table 3 please." She handed Sakura a mug full of coffee and Sakura took hold of it.

She walked over to a table and set it down. "Here you are." She then said. She went to walk away but stopped. His hair was blonde and his eyes were blue…it was so much like…..

"Hello? Are you ok?"

Sakura blinked and shook her head. "No! Sorry…" She then said. "You just look like someone I used to know." She lightly laughed and walked away. The pink haired girl was embarrassed. 'I can't believe I stared at him like that!' She mentally yelled as she made her way over to another table. "Hi there." She said to the two people. "What would you li—"

There was a crash over by the counter and made Sakura turn back around. "I'M OK!" The black haired girl yelped with her hands in the air. The pinkette giggled and walked over.

"Hinata….you have to be careful" She said to her friend as she started picking up the glass. In Sakura's junior year Hinata had come to her school and they were best friends again. The note she had given her came true and they were always hanging out; they even worked together now. They both had just graduated from high school and have been living on their own. They were thinking about moving in together as roommates.

"Sorry Sakura..." Hinata said with a slight laugh. "I just got a little carried away." She lifted her right foot and took her sandal off. "Do you think you can heal it?" She then asked. Sakura looked at her best friend's foot and saw that a few shards broke the skin. Her foot was bleeding.

The pinkette sighed and looked around. Then she looked back and set both hands on Hinata's foot. They glowed green and the cuts disappeared. "It's so cool that you have that ability…" Hinata said when Sakura finished. "Where did you say you got it again?" She slightly laughed while the pinkette grabbed a towel.

"A river spirit gave it to me." She answered as she wiped the counter. "Like I said….it's hard to believe but it happened." She then said. Hinata nodded and walked over to the coffee machine. She looked over her shoulder and saw a man walk over to Sakura with a bill.

"Here" He said as Sakura took it. She walked over to the register and he followed on the other side of the counter. "Hey…you should come get a cup of coffee with me….you know…when you don't serve it to me." She shut the cash register and gave him his change.

"No thanks I'm taken." She told him. He nodded in sadness and walked away. Sakura gave him a smile before he left and then grabbed a note pad before walking to the other end of the counter.

"You liar" Hinata said with a giggle. Sakura giggled back and walked over to a table to get their order. When she came back the black haired girl stopped her. "Why don't you just finally date someone Sakura?" She asked. "People ask you out every day and you say no each time."

Sakura blinked. Hinata was right. "Yeah but there's someone else…." She muttered as she looked down. Hinata raised a brow and bent over to look at her best friends face.

"Who?"

The pinkette closed her eyes to think. She told Hinata about her trip to the other world but she never told her about the blonde boy she met. His goofy smile never left her memory. But his face….it's been so long that it had disappeared.

"Sakura?"

She looked up. Hinata looked a little concerned. "Oh…nothing, never mind." She then said to her. The black haired girl blinked and sighed. Then the phone rang. "I'll get it." Sakura said before Hinata could do anything else. She picked it up. "Hello, Chimberlane café, this is Sakura speaking how may I help you?"

"Hi hunny! How are you?"

"Oh…mom…hey…yeah im fine you?"

"I'm doing great."

"That's good…"

"Hey….me and your father thought for a little bit and decided to have a little get together."

"O…really? When?"

"Tonight. Come over and I'll make some dinner."

"Alright."

"Ok bye! I love you"

"Bye love you too."

Sakura set the phone down and sighed. Dinner with the parents. This had to be fun. She hadn't seen her parents since she left to go live on her own.

"Who was it?"

Sakura turned around with a smile. "It was my mom." She told her friend. "She asked me to come for dinner so when we close down the café I'll head down there." Hinata nodded and they both started working. It was going to be a long day.

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It was a long day alright. Sakura was exhausted. After putting the traffic cones back into the back of the truck she drove off. After she moved out, she went to go live in the next town over. So it took her awhile to get there. 'She better cook my favorite meal…or I'm gonna be mad…' She thought as she drove down the freeway.

It took about an hour to get to the town she moved to when she was 12. But when she finally got there she was glad. It wasn't dark yet so she had time to get back down the hill beforehand. She turned right and went up a hill but stopped at another light. 'Damn…I always hated that light…' The pinkette thought.

Her green eyes drifted to the left and spotted a dirt road. They widened. "That's—" A person behind her honked. Sakura came out of her daze after and looked forward. The light had turned green. "Oh! Sorry!" She held her hand up as if the person would see and kept driving.

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Sakura finally pulled up to a little blue house and sighed as she turned the truck off. 'This is it Sakura….' She then thought as she opened the door. She jumped out of the truck and shut the door. Then as she walked over to the front door, she eyed some kids playing basketball in the neighbor's yard. "Hey! You better not touch my truck or I'll kill you!!" She yelled at them.

"Nice to see you too Sakura-san!" They yelled back. Sakura smiled and knocked on the door. She knew those kids since they were little. The last time she saw them was when she moved out a few months ago.

The door opened and a very happy woman showed her face. "Hi Sakura! Welcome home sweaty." Her mother said before glomping the younger Haruno. Mr. Haruno walked over and joined in on the hug.

"Yeah…home…" Sakura said as she hugged back. Soon after the hug, she was pulled inside for dinner. They had some Yakisoba noodles and Monjya-yaki. Sakura was happy. It was one of her favorite meals, just like she wanted.

"So…" Mrs. Haruno started as Sakura dug into her noodles. The pinkette stopped at looked over. "Do you have any boyfriends?" Sakura nearly spit out the noodles in her mouth and sat up straight.

"No." She answered. "No I don't…." She then said. Her father raised a brow and chuckled a bit, but got smacked in the chest by his wife. "Wh-why?" Sakura then asked.

"look Sakura…" Her mother said as she set her fork down. "I was only wondering…I mean your 18 years old and are still single…and your probably still fantasizing about that boy that died when you were 6….I mean I kept telling you that you must of hit your head when we first moved here…bu—"

"So that's what this is about?!" Sakura yelled to interrupt. "You think I still think he's alive! You think I should move on?! Well Mother let me tell you something!" Sakura stood up after throwing her own fork on the table. "I did see him again! I've been keeping this a secret but that little 'abandoned' theme park was just a part of the spirit world! I really saw him! He was really there!!"

She turned around and started for the door in anger. Her mother stood up and went to call out for her but the slamming of the front door stopped her. Sakura stormed over to her car crying. She had told her parents about that time when she was stuck in the spirit world. For a moment they believed her because it explained the dusty car and the fact the movers were camping out in front of the house, but then when she got to the part of Naruto, they just thought she hit her head and went crazy.

She leaned against her truck and cried a little more. It was a long drive back, but she felt like staying. The kids next door weren't outside so she figured they were either inside their house or hiding in the back of the truck ready to scare her. The pinkette sighed and opened the door before getting in. 'Just forget them Sakura' She told herself as she started the truck. It took a few tries and should have concerned her but she didn't care at the moment.

Sakura drove down the hill and came to a light. It was red so she stopped. 'Of course this light had to be red.' She thought. Then it turned green and she pushed on the gas. But nothing happened. "Say what!" She looked down as the truck shut off and saw that the gas had run out. "DAMN IT!" The pinkette threw a fist into the horn making it honk. Her hair was now tossed and in her face as she leaned back in the seat. 'The next gas station is in the next town over…..'

"MOVE!!"

Sakura opened her eyes and got out of the truck as people honked at her. She pulled down the bed's door and stood onto it before turning around. "My truck ran out of gas!!" She yelled at the honking cars. "If you want to keep going!!! Drive AROUND!!" She pointed out the empty lane next to her and they all started going around. "God!" She threw herself into a sitting position with her legs hanging off the edge and pouted. 'Just my luck….'

She sighed and jumped off. Then she closed the bed door. "Might as well call Hinata and ask her to come with some extra gas…" She mumbled as she walked around the truck. She took out a cell phone and sat on a rock. Then she dialed a number and set it up to her ear. Her green eyes drifted over to the dirt road and she dropped her hand.

"Hello?" The phone went. Sakura's eyes staid put on the road. "Hello? Sakura? Is there something wrong?" Hinata asked again. The pinkette slowly stood up and put the phone against her ear again.

"Never mind…"

She shut the phone right after and set it in her pocket. Sakura felt herself slowly walking towards the dirt road. She couldn't keep herself away from it. When the pink haired girl reached it, she looked at the small shrines and she walked by. She remembered her mother telling her what they were. She then looked at a wooden cross next to them. She stopped and smiled at it.

After she left the spirit world Sakura made it and set it in the ground next to the small shrines. It was a day after school when she was walking. The pinkette decided to make it for that boy. She reached her hands out and swept it across the wood as she started up the dirt road again.

It took a bit longer on foot then it did when they were in the car but Sakura finally made it to the tunnel and passed the stone monkey. "Hey there…" She muttered as her hand ran on the top of the stone. Her smile got larger as she walked through the tunnel. When she finally came through the train station like building looked the same. But it didn't stop her. She only kept going.

The breeze of the field felt nice. Sakura could smell the flowers that had grown since last time. "I wonder…." She mumbled as she started walking. "I wonder if anything's changed at all…" The pinkette then walked up the hill and saw the tiny village of restaurants in the distance. Her smile grew.

Sakura closed her green eyes thinking that she was dreaming. She was actually back here and was about to walk into the spirit world once again. Then when she opened them again she pulled out her phone and called Hinata. But unfortunately there was a voice message box waiting for her. "Hey Hinata….um…It's me Sakura…I'm not gonna come to work for a long time…" She said into it. "I think I found a job…a better one that will pay more….so I'll see you some other time."

Sakura shut the phone and started jogging over to the small village. Sure she wasn't paid last time put she had no bills to pay while she lived here so everything checked out. She jumped across the Rock River and ran up the steps. "Now…which way was the bathhouse?" The pinkette asked as she looked around. She had forgotten….

The sky was getting a bit darker as she made her way around. Soon Sakura came up some stairs and looked to her right. The bridge that led to the bathhouse was right there. She was now shaking in excitement. The pink haired girl walked onto the bridge and looked left. Maybe if she did what she did last time she'd see him again.

Sakura took a deep breath and looked over the edge of the bridge. Then she waited. The sky grew darker and darker by the minute. 'Please work…' She thought as she gripped the rail. She looked right and saw no one there. "But….he's supposed to be right there….right?" Then the lamps turned on, but no one showed up. Sakura then sighed in sadness.

A girl in a kimono walked out of the bathhouse entrance saying something to a few people before looking at the bridge. She saw Sakura and her eyes widened slightly. "Um…." She started as she lifted her finger. She saw the pink haired girl look at one of the black spirits on the road and wave before going back to look at the sky. "Um…excuse me."

Sakura looked over and saw the girl. "You can't be here….you need to leave." She then said to her. Sakura raised a brow and shrugged.

"To late…" She said. "The rivers probably already filled up." She then said making the kimonoed girl lightly gasp. She knew about the river and how it filled up. That only meant that she'd been there before.

Then the girl recognized the pink hair. "Wait…" She said as she started walking over. "Are you……Mei?" She asked. Sakura looked over in surprise. They still knew her name? She nodded and the girl's face lit up. "You are Mei! Girls!" She turned around and called for her friends; who came out as soon as they were called. "Look! Mei's returned!"

All the girls smiled and ran over. "Oh my god Mei! It's been 6 years! How've you been?!" They all asked in a huddle. Sakura giggled and waved them off. They were a little too close.

"I've been really good." She then answered them. They all smiled and she looked at the top of the bathhouse. "Is it ok….if I come back to work?" She asked them.

"Sure!" They all yelped as they grabbed her hands. "Just go and speak to Tsunade and she'll be happy to set you up with a job again." Sakura sighed. The last time she saw Tsunade, the old woman wasn't exactly happy with her. They dragged her inside and she got a good look at it. It didn't change at all. But to her it did seem a bit smaller since she was bigger. "Here's the elevator!" They all said with smiles. Sakura smiled with a 'thank you' and walked in.

She pulled the lever and the doors shut. The pinkette sighed again and leaned on the wall. Those girls at school always reminded her of the ones that had just showed her to the elevator. Always so cheerful and happy in a way. The elevator stopped and revealed a few people waiting. All their faces turned to shock as she walked out. "Hi there." She said to them with a smile.

"MEI!?"

Sakura giggled as people dropped their things and stared at her as she walked by. 'It really has been a long time…' She thought as she opened the next elevator. Then she realized she was starting to fade away on the way up. "Oh….I forgot about that…" She mumbled. When the elevator opened and revealed the long hallway with the eating rooms, she stepped out and opened the closest door. A few spirits were in there talking. They must have gotten there early or stayed the night.

"Hi." Sakura said as they all looked at her. "I was wondering if I could have a bite of that?" She then asked as she pointed to their food. The strange looking creature nodded and lifted the plate. He held it over and she grabbed a piece of what looked like chicken. "Thank you so much." The pinkette said as she shut the door.

Sakura stood up straight and bit at the meat as she clicked on the elevator button. As she waited someone walked by and stopped. A girl with long blonde hair. Her ice blue eyes blinked in surprisment and she turned to face her all the way. "Mei?" She asked.

Sakura blinked and turned around with the meat still hanging from her mouth. "Huh?" She asked back. Then she saw who it was. "Oh!" The meat dropped and she smiled greatly. "Emi! It's so nice to see you!" The elevator door opened and she put her foot in the door so it wouldn't close.

"Nice to see me?" Emi said as she walked over. "I think it's more like a 'It's great to see you!' kind of thing!" She laughed at this and hugged her friend. "Oh…look at you little sis….you sure grew up…" She mumbled as she looked at Sakura up and down.

Sakura laughed and pointed to her blonde friend. "Well yeah…so have you Emi." She said to her. "It was 'great' seeing you Emi, but I have to get going. Need to talk with Tsunade about my old job." Emi nodded and Sakura stepped in the elevator. They both bowed to each other and the doors closed.

This was it. She could feel it slowly coming to a stop. Then the doors opened and revealed the quiet looking hall. She stepped out and looked right. There they were. Tsunade's doors. Sakura took a deep breath and walked over. Then she did what she didn't last time she was in front of these doors. She knocked.

"Come in…."

Sakura smiled at the talking door and opened the door. All the other doors opened and showed her that she was welcome. Quickly running in before Tsunade could pull her in last time she made her way through the halls. She turned right and then made a left before turning right again. Then the office door was in her sight. She walked over to it and it opened.

The pinkette walked in and smiled at the pigs that were gathered round the fire. Then she glanced over to her left and saw Tsunade at her desk doing what she did last time. Write on paper. "Hi there…." Sakura said with a smile; making the blonde woman look up. Tsunade gasped and dropped her pen.

"Sa-Sakura…." She muttered as she stood up. "You came back?" She then asked. Sakura had her arms folded behind her back and she smiled and nodded with closed eyes. "But…Noon…he…" Sakura's eyes opened and flickered into anger at what she called him. "He tried so hard to get you to go ho—"

"His name is Naruto!"

Tsunade stopped what she was doing and looked at the pinkette. She yelled at her. "Wh-what?" She then asked. Sakura walked closer with anger in her eyes.

"His name is Naruto Uzumaki! Not Noon. Naruto!" She was in Tsunade's face now. "Never call him Noon in front of me again!" Sakura wasn't afraid of the blonde witch as much as she used to be. She hadn't of been if she was able to yell at her. "Plus…" She took a few steps back and crossed her arms. "I came back for a job….my old one wasn't working out."

Tsunade raised a brow and sat down. She wasn't the winey brat she used to be. She wasn't afraid either. "Fine…I'll call him Naruto…but a fair warning, no one else in the bathhouse besides Me, Shizune and Iruka know his real name so everyone else still calls him Noon."

Sakura nodded. "Fine whatever…" She said to her. "I don't care much about them….All I know is that you know his real name and while you do you will call him by that name." She crossed her arms and closed her eyes as Tsunade picked her pen back up. Then she opened one eye to watch the blonde woman reach for a paper. Then she handed it to her.

"Sign it…" Tsunade said as she took it. "Then I'll have you put back to work." Sakura nodded and set the paper on the desk. She wrote her name and handed it to her. But it didn't say Sakura…It said Mei. "Oh…I see….you saved me the trouble of changing your name…" Tsunade mumbled as she rolled it up. Sakura nodded with a smile. "Alright…stand there and wait…" She pointed to a spot a little ways from the desk and then she walked into Shizune's office.

Sakura waited for a long time. Until finally the door to her right opened. Thinking it was Naruto; she turned around with a big smile but it was just a smaller boy. In fact it was Daiki. "Daiki!" She said with another smile. The boy set down a cup of tea on Tsunade's desk and turned around.

"Mei!" He yelled as he ran over. He hugged the pinkette after running over and looked up. "How long have you been back Mei?" He then asked.

"Not too long." She answered. "Look at you…" She then said. "You grew so tall." She patted the black haired boy on the head with a smile.

"If you think I got tall! Wait till you see boss."

Sakura's green eyes narrowed in curiosity. "Boss?" She then asked. "Who's your boss? Tsunade?" Daiki shook his head and went to answer but Tsunade beat him to talking.

"Alright..." The blonde muttered as she walked out of the office. She pulled on a rope and grabbed her cup of tea. Then she noticed Sakura giving her a confused look. "Oh this?" She asked as she held the cup up. Sakura nodded. "I'm trying to cut back on the sake…" She took a sip as she trailed off, and then her eyes flickered over to the door.

Daiki looked over to the door as well and smiled. "Hey Boss." He then said with a smile. Curious of who his boss was, Sakura looked over and gasped.

There he was….The blonde whiskered boy she missed so much. He was so much taller then he used to be. His face grew more narrow and mature but he seemed to still be slight childish with his hand behind his head and the look he was giving Tsunade. "No—Naruto….Mei has returned…take her downstairs to get her job back." The blonde caught herself before she could say Noon. She knew that Sakura would explode on her again.

Sakura saw Naruto's eyes slightly widen when she called him by his name. Then he looked at her while bringing his hands down. "Boss? Your real name is Naruto?" Daiki asked. Naruto nodded but kept his eyes on the pink haired girl.

"Ready Mei?" He asked. His voice made Sakura's heart skip a beat. She missed him that much? She didn't realize it. The pinkette finally nodded and he turned away from her. "Alright….come on…" He then said. A bit confused, Sakura followed him but Daiki stayed. She thought it was quite odd that he didn't see anything but that was probably because he was being proper. Now that he's 18….he's probably a bit more serious about what he does…

When they got in the elevator, Sakura and he waited for the doors to shut. As soon as they did Naruto tackled her in a hug; completely surprising the pink haired girl. "I missed you so much……" He muttered. She smiled and hugged back.

"I missed you too Naruto…" She said back to him. They kept the hug a little longer. "How have you been…." She then asked.

"Good…" The blonde responded. "But…things have been a bit quiet without you around….these past 6 years…" The doors opened and they both pulled away in an instant. Naruto whistled as he pulled the lever again as Sakura kicked the 'dirt' on the ground. Once they were closed they faced each other again with smiles.

"You got so tall Naruto! How did you do it?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know…I just grew" Naruto laughed. "You got taller too."

"But not as much as you did." Sakura laughed back. "I used to be taller then you."

"Well at least you didn't grow your hair out…" Naruto muttered. "I like your short hair better…"

Sakura giggled at this and the doors opened again. But as soon as it opened the radish spirit stood in the way. They both yelped to the sudden giant white spirit. "Radish spirit…" Naruto growled as they both squeezed by him. "That's the 5th time you've done that to me this week!" Sakura giggled a little more. He then made a pouty face and stuck his hands in his pockets.

"So…what happened to quitting being Tsunade's assistant?"

The question stopped the blonde in his tracks and he turned around. "Oh yeah I did quit." He told her, but she only crossed her arms and raised a brow. "Ok…um…well after you left…" He started. "I said I quit being her assistant and I went to go work like the rest of the workers" He put on his goofy smile that never left him in the years. "I even wore that pink uniform for ya."

"You actually did that?" Sakura asked. He nodded and she giggled. "I didn't think you'd actually do that!" She laughed as she playfully shoved him. They both laughed a bit and when they stopped she wiped a tear away. "It's good to know your still you." She then said. "So…then what happened?"

"Well about a month or two later…" Naruto started as they both started walking away. "Tsunade begged me to come back and be the 2nd assistant. She kept complaining that she needed an Erin boy and an assistant to 'write' on papers. See that's what Shizune was jealous of me about…because I was always leaving and doing stuff….Shizune only stayed in her little office….but Tsunade couldn't have her doing both."

Sakura stopped walking and looked at him with a raised eyebrow again. At first he didn't know what it was for, but then he did. "Well on the bright side there's no slug controlling me…." He said to her; making her drop her arms. "And well I still have a contract with the name 'Noon' on it….but I still remember my name….so every things fine."

"Fine…." Sakura muttered as she started walking again. The blonde sighed and followed her downstairs and they soon came to the Forman and all of the employees were waiting. "Hi there Mr. Forman." The pinkette said with a smile.

"Oh…It's you…" The Forman said as he set something down. It looked like a book, but he was keeping it secret. "What do you want?" He asked before looking at Naruto. "Noon…if she came back for a job I'm no—"

"She signed the contract again perv." Naruto said. The old man sat back a little in his seat. "Plus…if you don't take her in…" The blonde then said as he set his hands on the desk. "I'll tell Tsunade about your little secret." The old man gasped.

"Fine! Fine! We'll take her." He yelped. "She's in the girls dorms again! Just go!" Naruto smiled in victory and turned around.

"Is Emi here?" He asked looking around. The girls were all smiling and welcoming Sakura back to the bathhouse. "Emi?" He asked again. Last time the blonde was there but this time she wasn—"

"What?" Emi asked as she walked over. "Just got here…what's going on?" She then asked as she approached the taller blonde.

"Sakura's your assistant again." Naruto said to her a she jerked a thumb in the pinkette's direction. Emi looked over and saw Sakura talking with a few of the workers. "I don't know why she came back…." Naruto then muttered making the other blonde look at him again. "I think she should go back home after awhile….this isn't a place where she can just come here and stay as long as she wea—"

Emi smacked him upside the head and lifted a finger. "She can stay as long as she wants." She then said as she moved the finger side to side. Then she walked over to Sakura to greet her while Naruto stared puzzled.

"Tsunade wants to see you Master Noon…"

Naruto looked over his shoulder and nodded. Then he walked off. He didn't even see that Sakura tried to get his attention and he was gone. 'I wonder what she wants…' he thought as he went up an elevator. His eyes softened and narrowed as they stared at the top of the doors. 'Sakura-Chan….I—'

"Hi Naruto."

Naruto blinked and looked down. The door was open and Shizune was standing in the doorway. She was holding a bag too. He hadn't noticed himself pull the lever again to go up one more floor. "Hi…" He muttered as he walked out. The black haired assistant raised a brow and watched him walk into Tsunade's office. Then after he disappeared into the doors she jumped into the elevator and went down.

Naruto walked into the office and immediately got a men's kimono thrown in his face. "What the hell?" He asked as he grabbed it. He pulled it off his face and looked at it carefully. It was a light and dark blue. "Baa-Chaaaaan?"

"Try it on." Tsunade said as she looked at a strange looking kimono. "We are celebrating Sakura's— I mean Mei's return with a Dance." She smiled at it and looked at him only to see a highly confused blonde.

"Since when do we have dances?"

"Since I found these kimonos and Mei came back." Tsunade told him. "That's when." She gave him a smirk and showed him a kimono. "What do you think?" She then asked. It was an odd kimono…half kimono half dress to be more precise. The top looked like a regular traditional kimono and the bottom was a split dress. The split started in the middle a few inches under the waist so you wouldn't see anything and it went all the way down so the legs would be fully exposed. The light and dark pink color looked good with it.

"Um…" Naruto started with a blank expression. "It looks nice….but is that really your style Baa-Chan?"

"IT'S NOT MINE IDIOT!" Tsunade yelled making the boy jump back. "Anyway….I'm doing this to celebrate her return and I want everyone to participate. It's going to be like a big fancy party ok?" He nodded and she folded the kimono up. Then Shizune came back in with the bag but now it was empty. "Here last one." Tsunade said as she handed the kimono to her. "You do know who get's this one right?" Shizune nodded as she set the kimono in her bag and then she walked out.

"Are we going to have to like…." Naruto paused for a second. "Um…have dates?" He then asked. Tsunade nodded as she sat down. "Say what?! I don't know anybody I can—"

"What about Mei?" Tsunade interrupted as she looked up from a paper. This turned the boy pure red. "I'm sure she'd love to go with you." She then said with a slight chuckle. "Go alone or with someone else if you'd like just get out of here…" She lifted her hand and swiped it across the air. His shirt was then tugged on and he was thrown out of the room.

Naruto stood up by the elevator after his flight through the hallway and pressed the button. His face was still red. 'Damn it…' He thought. 'I don't think I'll be able to ask her…' The door opened and revealed Shizune. "Shizune?" He then asked. She looked at the blonde and nodded. "Wh-when is the dance thing?" He then asked.

"It's tomorrow night." Shizune answered. She bowed to him and then walked into Tsunade's office. Naruto only sighed and walked in the elevator. Then he leaned against the wall to think. He wanted to take Sakura…but he was a bit nervous to ask her. He couldn't even tell her that he loved her loud enough for her to hear six years ago.

The doors opened and the blonde started walking slowly down a hallway. He walked over to a clear door to look out to the ocean. "I should just go alone…" He mumbled. He stared at the ocean with his matching eyes and sighed.

"Go to what alone?"

Naruto looked over to his right and saw an 18 year old boy with black hair. He was holding a tray with food and didn't seem too happy. "You don't know?" He asked him. The raven haired boy shook his head and the fox spirit sighed. "The dance thing Tsunade's putting together…" He told him.

"Oh…that..." The other one said as he started walking away. "Never mind…I know about it." He then said. He opened a door and held out the tray. A spirit grabbed it from him and he shut the door. Then his black eyes looked at Naruto. "What are you doing dobe?"

"Staring at the ocean…" Naruto answered. The raven haired boy walked over and looked at the ocean too. "Sasuke…" The blonde then muttered. The cook looked over without a change in expression and saw that Naruto was still staring. "Are you taking anybody with you?" He then asked.

"Tch…..no." Sasuke answered as he looked at the ocean again. "What's with the ocean to you anyway?" He then asked. Naruto shrugged and the raven haired boy rolled his black eyes. "Whatever dobe….I'm out of here." He started walking away and the blonde looked over his shoulder. Sasuke entered the elevator in the distance and went down.

Naruto sighed and walked down a few more halls. He walked slowly since he didn't know what was ahead of him. He kept his eyes on the ocean. Something about it always helped him think. He stopped as a few girls ran by him. 'Alright….I'll decide if I want to ask her or not later.' He then thought as he turned to face the wall. There was a door so he slid it open.

Inside there was a large room with two beds facing each other. The one closest to the door was messy and unmade, while the one on the other side was neat. Naruto walked over and plopped himself on the messy bed and looked at the ceiling. Then he sighed. 'I can't dance….what am I thinking…' He then thought. He rolled over and looked at the bed on the other side. His eyes narrowed.

About 5 minutes later, Naruto came out of the room and looked around. There weren't many people so he stepped out and shut the door. Before it was shut, there was a quick glimpse of the other bed; which was now messy and some of the pillows were missing.