Normal POV

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Normal POV

Sakura goes to Tsunade-sama's office to ask for a 2-day break. Tsunade is happy she has actually asked for a break and she gladly grants it to her.

Hinata runs into her and Sakura brings her to meet Sasuke briefly.

Naruto is packing for a 2-day mission out in the Sand.

Neji is out at the weapons store with TenTen, looking very bored.

Temari and Shikamaru are at the Naras' small estate eating lunch and meeting the family.

Ino, Chouji, Kiba, and Kurenai walked through the gates and headed to the hospital, then home. Ino sent flowers to Kiba, but none to Chouji.

Hinata's POV

When I saw Sakura walk out of Tsunade-sama's office, I could tell something really good had happened. She was practically glowing with happiness. She saw me and hugged me tightly.

I looked at her, very lost, and she said, "He's over my house right now. You MUST come."

At first, I was lost but then everything clicked.

She pushed me toward the door to Tsunade-sama's office and squealed, "Make it quick!"

I nodded and gave Tsunade the papers and quickly left.

As soon as I got out of the door, Sakura dragged me to her house quickly.

She walked into the house, with me in tow and yelled into her empty house, "Sasuke-kun, it's just Hinata, you can come out. Remember her?"

The Uchiha Sasuke stepped out of nowhere.

"Aa, I remember her. So you're with the dobe now, ne?"

That was the most I had ever heard him say in one sentence, much less to me.

I nodded to him, blushing slightly.

"Well, I'm going to go talk with Hinata. Be ready to go out and train later, ok?" Sakura chirped.

"Hn," he replied.

So Sakura made tea and diet ramen to talk about his brief visit over.

"So where is the dobe anyway?" Sasuke asked me out of nowhere a little later.

"He's packing for a mission. Probably out looking for me, so I should go. Nice seeing you Sasuke-san. See you later Sakura," I said, politely excusing myself.

I didn't want Naruto-kun coming in here out of nowhere to create a controversy.

I hugged Sakura good-bye and left.

Sure enough, as I was walking home, Naruto showed up out of nowhere to say goodbye before he left. He practically knocked me over as he swept me up for a bear hug.

"I'm off Hina-tenshi. Be good!" Naruto playfully chastised.

"Ok Naruto-kun. You be careful. I love you," I said kissing him.

"Love you too. Bye!"

He then ran off to meet his team at the village gates.

Sasuke's POV

Hinata had really grown up as well. She didn't stutter anymore, faint or blush tomato red at the mere sound of Naruto's name.

Sakura cleaned up the dishes and I watched her. She was so beautiful. She would be the perfect wife and mother someday. I hugged her from behind as she put the last dish in the rack.

She sighed contently and said, "Ready to train?"

I nodded and she transported us to the forest.

She jumped away from me and got in a fighting stance. I was quite surprised that she looked so serious and detached. I smiled on the inside glowing with pride.

I was so distracted that I just barely dodged a swift kick to my face. I caught it and spun her around throwing her towards a tree. However, as soon as I threw her she bounced back, the tree broken from force. Her punch landed in my stomach and she came around for a double round house kick, her hands pushing me back, one kick to my head and one to my legs. Both kicks pushed me the opposite way of her punch. As I flew towards the tree, I felt an enormous bruise on my stomach start to form.

Damn, was she strong!

I flew through three trees and finally came to a hurtful stop, hearing the tree crack.

She rushed over to me and apologized a million times over, but pouted afterwards.

"What's with the pout?" I asked confused.

She looked angry and sad as she said, "I only knocked you through 3 trees. I knocked Naruto through four. I've gotten weaker."

I looked at her as if she was crazy.

She did a couple seals and put one hand over my chest as it glowed green.

She pulled out a little black book and a pencil from her kunai pouch with the other hand and began mumbling as she wrote in the book.

"Let's see how I did. Huge purple bruise on left side of face with a chipped skull. A bit of internal organ bruises. Severed veins in legs, dislocated knee, and a chipped knee cap," she mumbled to herself.

Then she finally closed up the book and said, "I got you pretty good! Much better than what I did to Kakashi-sensei."

She healed me and soon I felt almost good as new.

"Wow," was all I could say.

She smiled at me and, "See, I'm not weak anymore."

I almost gasped aloud at that because I knew she was not weak, she had just chipped my skull in less than a minute with no jutsus and I couldn't defend myself without sharingan and off guard. Then she healed me and I only felt a bit sore. Recovery was needed, of course.

"I know you're not," I whispered, kissing her and then cupping her face, "You never really were. Your heart was always strong."

Shikamaru's POV

I woke up late, well at least for usual. I felt something warm on my chest. I found Temari sleeping soundly, her engagement ring glimmering in the sun. I smiled at it and held her closer. Her eyes fluttered open.

"Ohayo," she whispered groggily.

Even though her hair bands had snapped while she was asleep and she had bed head, she still looked beautiful. I kissed her head and she intertwined her fingers in mine.

"Ohayo," I murmured back.

She sat up and yawned.

"Hey, why don't we go see your family? I'd love to meet my soon-to-be clan."

I smiled at her suggestion and tackled her.

"I love you," I whispered in her ear.

I kissed her quickly and got up to take a shower. After we were both dressed we set out to my parents house.

However, on the way, she pulled me to her apartment first and I waited outside the building.

I didn't know what she could possibly need. She had picked up her book bag on the way to my apartment. Although we had been, um, kind of busy at the time. So maybe she had picked up the wrong bag or something.

We made out ferociously and the battle for dominance was intense.

She stopped out little war for a second to say, "I need to get some stuff."

I nodded, and then dove back in to capture her lips. We transported to her apartment and she grabbed a book bag in the corner of the room. We never parted though.

She finally ran out with her huge fan on her back, scratching the back of her head sheepishly.

She blushed and explained, "I never go anywhere without my fan, usually. It's a habit."

I shook my head, mumbling, "Troublesome", and she took my hand. I lead her to the little Nara estate and knocked on the door lightly.

I heard my mother yell, "Shikaku! Go get the door!"

I heard my dad yell back, "Yes dear!", then mumbled," That troublesome boy was more useful when he lived here. I have to get the door now, damn it..."

He opened the door, surprised to see me.

"Hi daddy-in-law!" Temari exclaimed playfully, hugging my dad.

He was shocked, but after a second, he smiled at her warmly and hugged her back. He winked at me over her shoulder.

"Well, well, well. Looks like I was right. You found yourself a women like your mom." He pointed out to me playfully and I laughed at our inside joke.

My mom came to the door and her jaw dropped. Temari was showing my dad her engagement ring I had bought her.

My mother screamed happily and smothered me. She ushered us both inside and started to talk to Temari.

SPOILER!! Starting now there is a spoiler! If you haven't read manga 328, then skip over this. The end is marked.

I pulled out one of Asuma-sensei's special pack of cigarettes and lit one. Soon after I lit it, my mom started tirading me and kicked me outside.

Then my dad soon followed me when he grabbed an orange, reaching in front of my mom without apologizing right away and was kicked out.

My dad and I played shougi as I smoked.

I used one of Asuma-sensei's because I wanted him to know that I had finally chosen between Ino and Temari. In addition, I had proposed the right way. I was supporting the king like he had said. And I was the knight.

I won three games and after a while into the fourth game, Temari came out wearing an apron and carrying a tray of food.

My mom was beside her and commented, "Temari is one hell of a cooker, Shikamaru. Chouji will be quite pleased."

I smiled at her and moved the board, pulling the table over in place of it. I smashed my cigarette and sat down next to my fiancé. I was happy. More happy than I had been in a while.

END SPOILER!!

Naruto's POV

I was out on a mission with Kakashi-sensei, Shino and Lee. It was a simple, high ranked C mission, just to kill a couple of rouge ninja that had escaped to the Sand.

I was mad at baa-chan for tearing me apart from my Hina-chan for that. But I got the chance to see Gaara at least.

We were going to be on our way back, but had stopped when Gaara insisted that we stay for the night.

I laid there in my fluffy, yet unfamiliar bed. I missed the warmth that usually slept next to me. I remembered the first time she slept next to me.

It was late and snowing hard in Konoha.

She had been over because she offered to make me ramen for the first time. We watched a movie and she chastised me a bit about my eating habits, and lack of manners. I immediately stopped wolfing it down and took smaller bites for the first time.

She said that she should go because it was about 10:30 and her house was far. So she kissed me chastely and opened the door.

Then she was blown back and ran into me. She fell on top of me, wet and covered in snow.

I kicked the door closed and looked up at her cold, wet form. Her nose and cheeks were tinted red and her hair had snowflakes sprinkled over it. She looked like a frozen angel.

I kissed her gently and embraced her, trying to warm her up as best as I could. Then we parted and she stood up, peeling of her cute little puffy coat that was now soaked. She got all her wet stuff off after a while.

But unfortunately, I had forgotten to close and lock the door properly. Suddenly, a strong wind blew the door open and completely covered her shocked, shivering body in snow. I jumped in front of her to cover her body from receiving more snow attacks and closed the door all the way locking it. She stood there stunned and

I grinned at her stupidly.

"You really are my Snow White Queen!" I said half-seriously, half-joking.

(A/N: I got this song from another story. I didn't know if it was a real song or their song. So 'Snow White Queen' is from Saya Moonshadow's story, Snow White Queen Btw, that's one of the first fanfics I read!!: fanfiction(dot)net/s/3328020/1/SnowWhiteQueen)

She smiled, still shivering and said, "You're my Snow White King."

I looked down and saw that I was wet and a bit snowy myself. I began to laugh and grab some towels. We dried off as best we could, but it wasn't enough. We were still soaked.

So I sheepishly offered her one of my shirts to sleep in and some old boxers. She accepted it shyly, blushing a bit and sneezed.

"Bless you, cutie."

She blushed deeper and whispered, "Arigato"

I changed out of my clothes into sleep clothes and so did she.

I made her some miso soup because she kept having little sneeze episodes. We covered up in a blanket and ate soup as we watched another movie. I stopped the movie once I saw she was asleep.

I gently picked her up bridal style and carried her to my bedroom, being careful not to wake her and laid her down. I climbed in next to her and held onto her protectively.

I remembered it clearly and missed her even more. So I tried to sleep and find her in my dreams.

SPOILER!! If you haven't seen episode 179, then you can skip over it because it's confusing it you don't know it. Also, it ruins the only song during Naruto for you :X Oops, you didn't know that!!

I briefly looked out the window and saw a red star. I remembered a mission that Team Guy and I had had a long time ago in the Star Village. That boy, Sumaru, and his mother had been reunited. They had song a nice song. I closed my eyes and let the memory of the sweet woman singing return:

"Natsuhiboshi (Summer star)
Naze akai (Why are you red?)
Yuube kanashii yume wo mita (Last night I had a sad dream)
Naite hanashita (Crying as I talked)
Akai me yo (Oh, red eyes)

Natsuhiboshi (Summer star)
Naze mayou (Why are you lost?)
Kieta warashi sagashiteru (You are searching for me who disappeared)
Dakara kanashii yume mo miru (That is why I have sad dreams)"

I slowly drifted off to sleep, smiling at the beautiful song the lost women had sung. It was meaningful. I liked it and would have to tell Hinata.

END SPOILER!!

Gaara's POV

The morning after Naruto had come to the Sand, I summoned him to my office to ask about Temari.

She had been one of our father's will. To have Temari go and find a husband to carry the Sabaku name when she was 20, almost 21.

She had thrown a fit when she saw fathers will. I had to make a barrier of sand while she swung her fan around in pure rage, trying not to get cut. She scattered my papers, but I didn't say a word.

She scared me sometimes, quite honestly.

But Naruto showed up and interrupted my train of thought. I smiled and stood up to acknowledge him. He sat down in front of my desk.

"So what's going on?" he asked.

I explained the request from my late father and asked if he had seen or heard anything.

He pondered this for a second then exclaimed, "Oh, oh! I heard a rumor that she was seen walking with Nara Shikamaru towards the Nara estate hand in hand from Sakura before I left."

I wasn't surprised at her choice, but still it was odd she had noticed him so quickly.

I smiled at him and thanked him for the information, wishing him a safe trip home. I shook his hand good-bye and he ran off to return to his team.

No more than 5 minutes later, a messenger knocked at my door. He had gotten a message by bird from Konoha, from my sister. I took it from him, thanking and dismissing him. I opened the deciphered scroll and it read:

"Dear Gaara,

How are you? How are things in the Sand without me? Crazy right?"

I rolled my eyes at her cockiness.

"Well, I am probably gonna make you crazy when I tell you this.

Do you remember that lazy guy that I fought in the chuunin exams? With the pineapple, spiky hair?

He's gonna be your brother-in-law! He proposed to me the second night I stayed in Konoha.

So about this time next year or so, you had better have your bags packed. Plans and dates are a bit sketchy right now, but we will come down when we do have everything set. You'll be escorting me to my husband to-be down the aisle IN A SUIT!!

Love Your Sister,

Sabaku Temari
aka
Nara Temari"

I smiled down at her unusually bubbly letter. I would be looking forward to meeting the Nara again outside of work.

She's forgotten he's the defense specialist for Konoha as well, so he's at meetings with me. But I knew him so there was no fear.

I began to think of the side affects of their marriage. Hotheaded genius' that could manipulate shadows carried huge fans and were smokers. And they'd call me...I twitched outwardly.

"Uncle Gaara!!" rang through my head in little tiny voices.

I sweat dropped and sulked for the rest of the day.

Ino's POV

It had been 2 days since I had returned from my latest mission. Yesterday I had just slept in all day, but today I was going to see Kiba.

We'd had a special bonding moment on the mission. The two of us had been separated from the group. We were stuck in a cave to hide from border patrol for the rice country. We had talked about a lot of things, besides the mission too.

I had kind of fallen for him. He was into me too, I think. I'd accidentally jumped into his arms when their army of shinobi had taken a quick look into the cave. He'd blushed deeply, but held onto me. Akamaru had been asleep when that happened so our secret was safe.

I had barely walked out of the door and was met with the familiar dog-like face of Kiba. He blushed and sheepishly waved. I smiled, blushing, and invited him in.

I got us some chips and pop because I was nervous, and had to think. I was going to think about what to say to him on the way there. So when I finally sat down next to him, he thanked me quietly for the food.

"Ino, what happened on the mission," he blurted out quickly, "I kind of thought that something...was there...you know...between us...so would you consider...you know...going out with me?"

I immediately screamed, "Yes!" and kissed him.

He was obviously surprised but responded to the kiss soon. We made out until Hinata used her key to come in and saw us.

She was so shocked, she stuttered, "K-Kiba-k-kun?"

He looked at her blushing hard and sheepishly scratched the back of his head.

"Um, hey Hinata. This is my girlfriend, Ino," he stated dumbly.

I looked back and forth between them. After a calculating silence, Hinata broke into a smile.

"Congratulations Kiba-kun, Ino-chan. I'm going to leave you two alone. Naruto-kun should be home soon."

She hurried out, winking at me and mouthed, "Go for him!"

I smiled at her kindness and looked back at him. Or rather where he was previously. He appeared behind me and embraced me gently. I leaned into his embrace and he kissed my cheek. We began to fall asleep, still a bit tired from the mission.

I heard him stir a bit and growl lowly, pulling him closer to me, burying his face in my hair. I snuggled closer and squeezed his hand, falling asleep. He was so cute, and dog like. But most of all he was my cute boyfriend.

Sakura's POV

Today was Sasuke-kun's last day with me. I was sad and wasn't going to go out today at all. We hadn't trained early. I had turned off both of our alarm clocks. I just made him breakfast in bed and was bringing it up to him.

All with tomatoes from my garden, I made tomato soup, tomato juice and fried tomatoes with crackers on the side. He loved tomatoes so I made sure that I'd gotten him what he wanted.

I'd let him sleep in and it was about noon now. He told me he wasn't really a morning person so I let him sleep in as late as possible.

But yesterday he'd also said he had a surprise for me and I was anxious.

I got to the end of the hallway and quietly opened the door. His hair was a bit tossled and he was wrapped in the blankets. He had slept deeply last night, I could tell. His face was at peace for once, with no stonic mask on.

I set the tray down and gently stroked his face. Yesterday when I'd done that, he'd consciously grabbed my wrist, still alert. But this time his eyes slowly fluttered open; he slowly smiled at me and reached up to caress my face. I sighed happily, loving the warmth of his hand on my face.

I whispered, "Good morning, Sasuke-kun."

"Good morning, Sakura-chan," he replied.

After a moment, a sad look passed across his face. He probably remembered that he had to leave tonight. I tried to cheer him up by bringing over the tray. His eyes lit up and he smiled up at me like a child.

"This is exactly what my mom used to do when I was little on special days. Thank you very much Sakura-chan."

I blushed at the compliment and bowed playfully to him. He finished it all quickly with a smile on his face. I started to walk out to do a quick kitchen clean up, but Sasuke grabbed my wrist and pulled me back onto the bed.

"Don't leave me," he commanded softly.

I simply smiled at him and laid down next to him. Then I remembered the surprise he had promised me yesterday.

"So what's the surprise?" I asked, sitting up.

He smirked at me and chastely said, "Anxious, aren't we? After I'm dressed we can go."

I looked at him questioningly.

"How are you going to do that? Leave the house I mean. If Naruto, who is coming home as we speak, senses your chakra at all then you're in danger as well as the village," I finished sadly.

He put his hand on my shoulder and I looked up at him.

"I've got it covered. I have a plan and back-up plans."

I pouted and tried to pull him off the bed to get dressed but he smirked devilishly, burying himself in the covers. I whined and wrestled with him, trying to pry him from the covers. I ended up losing though, of course. But he finally got up and dressed.

I quickly cleaned up around the house a little. After I was done, I waited for him in my room, tapping my foot.

He came out of the steamed up bathroom with just a towel on. I blushed at his washboard abs and chiseled upper body. I turned around to sit on the bed and mumbled my apologizes. I thought I heard a slight chuckle come from him, but it was probably my imagination. In a second he was fully dressed and tugging my arm to follow him.

I quickly got up as we walked towards the door.

"Is Naruto's house in the same place?"

I nodded, confused.

He smiled and said, "Now it's all the easier."

He took my hand and transported us somewhere. The smoke cleared and I found myself in a house. An elegant, dusty, old style house.

I found Sasuke soon wandering into a room next to the one we entered. I followed him and saw Uchiha shirts like Sasuke used to wear as a child in an open drawer. I gasped in realization that this was his room and we were in the Uchiha compound.

He picked up the picture of Team 7, dusted it up and his eyes glazed over, as if reminiscing about our old team.

I sat on his bed and dusted off the covers. He snapped back to reality and pulled me up, walking to a bigger room with a bigger bed. I assumed that this was his parent's room, but was confused why he'd brought me here.

He let go of my hand and rummaged around in the closet. After a second, he pulled out a linear box and handed it to me.

"This belonged to my mother," he began quietly, "and now it belongs to the next lady Uchiha. In-line it may be, but the next lady Uchiha nonetheless."

It was the most beautiful necklace I'd ever seen. It was the Uchiha crest webbed with clear diamond for the bottom and rubies for the top. The outside was lined with black marble and it was hung by a chain made of pure gold.

I put my hand over my mouth and started to cry. I stumbled onto the bed and set the necklace down. He looked at me questioningly.

"Oh dear Kami-sama, Sasuke-kun. I can't believe...this is mine now. But it was your mother's. I can't accept this."

Then I calculated in my mind on the side that I was smearing my scent all over his parents' scent. I quickly got up and apologized a million times. He just stood there looking even more lost and confused.

"I'm happy Sasuke-kun. That's why I'm crying."

His face melted into understanding, relief and happiness.

"I'm glad you're happy, but not that you're crying."

I ran to his room and jumped on his bed. It smelled just like him. I cried for a minute or two, trying to pull myself together.

Sasuke appeared behind me, sat me up and put the necklace around my neck. He walked me to the mirror and I opened my eyes. It was beautiful on me and Sasuke pulled out a picture of him and his mother.

His mother had a beautiful, soft porcelain face and a beautiful smile. Everything about her was beautiful. Sasuke had a bright, childish smile on his face in the picture. He was very small with the same, trademark hair.

He smiled a small smile and laid his head against my shoulder, wrapping his arms around me. He was happy; I knew and loved the rare aura his happiness gave off.

"Let's go home and I'll make you lunch. I have another surprise for you at home."

I turned around and kissed him passionately. But we were interrupted when we heard a sound. I quickly broke the kiss and transported us home. I let out a sigh of relief, knowing his presence was dangerous but we were safer in my home.

I was forced to sit down on the kitchen chair by Sasuke before he went into the kitchen.

Moments later I heard, "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu," his fireball jutsu.

He walked back in with chicken. I chuckled a bit and took the chicken. It tasted good and juicy he would have to teach me that little trick.

When we were finished eating, he told me to close my eyes. I closed my eyes and held out my hands like a little kid. He chuckled slightly and put something long and slender in my hands. I opened my eyes to find a red and white rose. I held it tenderly and realized it wasn't real, or plastic.

"It's wood," he explained, "I used my chakra to carve it exactly and painted it with some paint from your attic. I hope you don't mind."

I shook my head in astonishment.

"Thank you Sasuke-kun. I feel really stupid because what I made for you is dumb."

He frowned chastely and said, "Anything you give me, I'll love forever."

I smiled and ran up to my room to get my gift for him out of my drawer. He closed his eyes when I came in with it behind my back. I set the soft fabric in his hand and he opened his eyes. He held up the blanket with the Uchiha crest on it.

"Sakura-chan, you are so much like my mother. She was making me one of these before she..." He trailed off sadly, tears threatening to leak from his onyx eyes.

I hugged him and he thanked me, tears spilling over. I wiped the tears from his face and led him to the couch to lie down. I put his head down on my lap gently and stroked his head as tears continued to fall.

I fell asleep I guess as did he because I woke up to the sound of the clock chiming 9 times. I gently woke Sasuke-kun up and he snuggled into his blanket, not wanting to wake up.

I kissed him gently and he woke up slowly, closing his eyes again as he kissed back.

I stopped and commented, "Sasuke-kun, it's 9. You should pack now while I make you some provisions."

He nodded sadly and got up. He trudged upstairs as I prepared some rice, leftover chicken, and cooked tomatoes with some ramen and tea in 2 separate containers.

He came down with his book bag and grabbed his blanket, cradling it. I handed him his bento back, but he set it right down, dropping his book bag and holding me tightly.

He started to sob into my shoulder. Then he kissed me tenderly for last time and held onto me desperately. I started to cry too and held onto him tighter as we parted.

The clock struck 10 and I gasped, "No," holding him tighter and burying my face in his chest.

He slowly nodded and let me go. He packed up his bento and blanket in his book bag.

He whispered, "I love you. No matter what happens. Don't forget me. And please forgive me for leaving. Wait for me. I'll come back for you."

Then he disappeared into the night, as I broke down crying.