I wasn't going to update again so soon, but I can't sleep and I decided to use my extra time wisely!

Anyways, this is just a short chapter with not much going on, but it's needed. I think it's pretty cute anyways ;)

Things will heat up in the next chapter.

Btw, I own nothing except for my plot.

Happy reading!

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For six years Sakura put all she had into being the best ninja she could be. She worked just as hard as she had with Kakashi, if not more.

She was surprised how well Anko and herself got along and worked together. She could even call them friends, rather than just teammates.

On her days off she would spend her time researching new medical techniques and working in the hospital.

Whenever Kakashi came in she avoided his room like the plague.

Not that it was a surprise; she hadn't spoken to him since she told him goodnight the night before he requested to be separated from her as a teammate and therefore withdrawing his friendship as well.

It still hurt her that he did what he did. Left the way he did. In all honestly it hurt more than Sasuke leaving for power or Naruto leaving to train.

He left her.

Ever since then she had been hell bent on being as strong as she could be. Training harder than she ever had before, working harder than ever before.

Her strength wasn't all that had improved.

Over the years she blossomed into a beautiful woman. She had let her short pink hair grow out and it now fell to the small of her back. She had traded in her normal wardrobe on black shorts and red dress for more for a more form fitting outfit of long black, tight pants, mesh shirt, and long sleeved red vest.

She turned more heads than ever before; not that she really had time to date.

She had an on and off again relationship with the hyuga prodigy, Neji, after they worked together on a mission three years ago.

It was more physical than anything, but then again neither of them really had time to put forth the effort it would take to make a real relationship blossom.

Of course, that ended after it had run its course.

This is why she found herself being drug to the local bar by one already slightly tipsy Anko.

She felt that Sakura needed a new man in her life. Sakura disagreed. But telling that to Anko was like telling it to a brick wall.

Not to mention that she felt the need to force Sakura into a short black tube dress with no sleeves.

And heels. She made her wear heels.

Apparently a big group of Jounin and ANBU were meeting up to celebrate Asuma and Kurenai finally deciding to get married. It's not like they already had a 10 year old daughter or anything.

So here she sat, listening to Kurenai tell everyone how Asuma finally proposed and how she wanted a huge wedding, when a movement by the door caught her attention.

Shit.

Kakashi just walked in and appeared to be headed to the table that the group she was in sat.

She was going to need more alcohol than she already had to get through this night.

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In the six years since Kakashi once again began doing solo ANBU mission his life became a blur of missions, trips to the hospital after collapsing at the gates to Konoha, bar trips with Asuma, alcohol, and sleazy women.

He avoided Sakura like the plague.

That's not to say that he didn't still think about her. He did every day.

He knew that she was teammates with Anko, still ANBU, and that she had grown into one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen.

He was just happy she was still alive.

According to Asuma, Kakashi need a life. And a woman. He disagreed.

But that's why he found himself making his way to the local bar to celebrate Asuma and Kurenai finally getting engaged. Asuma told him if he didn't show up he was burning all his Icha Icha books.

Kakashi felt he went a little too far.

But really, what could one night with old friends hurt? And it was at a bar, which meant alcohol.

Don't get him wrong, he wasn't an alcoholic or anything, but he did enjoy his Sake.

But as he opened the door to the inside of the bar and began making his way to the table all his friends sat at the sight of a woman in a short black dress and bright, long pink hair made his blood run cold.

Sakura was here.

He was going to have to face her after six years.

He needed alcohol to get through this night.

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So yeah, this is just a little short filler chapter to fill everyone in on what's been happening in Sakura and Kakashi's lives for the past six years.

Next chapter will pick up where this one left off and have plenty of Sakura/Kakashi interaction ;)

Things tend to happen when alcohol is involved.

Till next time!

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