"It's been quite a while since we've seen this place, don't you agree Yushiro?"

A large smile stretched across Natsumi's face. It'd been three long years since Natsumi and Yushiro moved to Sunagakure. Sunagakure began to get more older and more skilled shinobi there, so Yushiro and Natsumi were finally free to move back to Konhona. The village had not changed by much; streets were busier, more buildings, other than that though, nothing had really changed. Yushiro and Natsumi had been training so hard that they rarely had time to keep in touch with their old friends, so frankly, they had no idea what had happened there in three years; Natsumi was much more curious then Yushiro was.

Both teens had matured mentally and by appearance. Natsumi's hair had grown even longer; now past her butt. Her outfit was now a tight fitting white dress that came down to the start of her thigh. A long brown ribbon was tied around her stomach and was in a shape of a bow in the back. Along her arms were long brown sleeves that hung low around the wrists. Her sand headband dangled around her neck and finally she wore brown tights just below her knee to her foot where she wore brown ninja sandals. Her ninja tools were tied around the lower part of her right thigh.

Yushiro had also gotten a new fashion. His torso was now covered by a black button up jacket; though it was kept unbuttoned. Underneath he wore a white button up blouse. On his left upper arm he still wore his sand ninja headband, and his pants were still black. He kept his ninja tools in a small bag attached to his left thigh. His hair had grown a bit in length too, but not by much.

The two walked hand and hand through the village toward the Hokage building. During their three years together and away from all their friends, Natsumi had found herself becoming quite attached to Yushiro; not only because they were born just to be together, but because he was sweet and would risk his own life to save hers. When they approached the front doors to the building two familiar faces stood there.

"Hello, are you two here to see Lady Tsunade?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto, do you not recognise us? I barely recognise you actually." Natsumi stated with a laugh.

"Wait... N-Natsumi? Y-Yushiro? Oh my god! You guys are home!" Naruto yelled as he pulled the two into a breath taking hug.

"L-Let go Naruto!" Yushiro choked out.

"Oh, sorry." Naruto's face turned red as he put the two down and scratched the back of his neck; he kept his gaze anywhere but at them.

"It's nice to see you two again." Sakura finally chimed in with a bright and cheery smile.

"Yeah, you too Haruno." Sakura's face turned to shock, until Natsumi winked, then she just laughed.

"So, I thought you two weren't returning?" Sakura asked the two.

"Neither did we." Natsumi started.

"But they had no need for us there any longer." Yushiro finished.

"We were actually coming here to tell Lady Tsunade and to get our old headbands back."

"Sounds like fun... Man I must say you look a lot hotter now Natsumi." Naruto said as a dazed look appeared on his cute face.

Yushiro tensed, but then relaxed after Sakura hit him in the head and said,

"Idiot! She's dating Yushrio don't you know anything!"

"O-Oh you are? I-I'm sorry..." He lowered his head as his face became cherry red.

"Well are you going to come with us to see Lady Tsunade?" Natsumi asked trying desperately to change the subject.

"Sure, got nothing better to do, right Sakura?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah sure, we'll come to."

The four climbed the stairs to the Hokage office. As they were about to open the door they could faintly hear screaming and banging; suddenly a man whom none of them recognised bust out of the room running for his life; the four peered in to see Tsunade standing in front of her desk huffing and puffing; when she saw the four she straightened out and smiled.

"Hello you four, especially you two; I heard a lot about you two from Lord Kazekage; Gaara spoke quite highly about you two working as a team." She smiled brightly; the look almost scared Natsumi.

"Yes, I suppose we were quite helpful back there. I was actually wondering if-" Natsumi started when she was cut off.

"Your old home was locked up, all her stuff is still there; your stuff from Sunagakure was already put there, that goes for Yushiro's stuff too. Oh and you two will want these," she handed them their leaf headbands. "it's nice to have you two back."

"Thank you." They said in unison as they bowed slightly.

"Um... one more question... where's Sasuke staying now?" As soon as the words left Natsumi's mouth she regretted it.

All around her she could feel eyes; she heard and gasps and she saw the shock. Yushiro looked around just as confused as she was.

"W-what?" She finally choked out.

"Um, I don't know how to tell you this Hitama, but Sasuke is gone... your prediction about him came true..." Tsunade explained.

"P-Prediction? You mean the darkness in his heart? He left with Orochimaru?"

"Two weeks after you two left to be exact..." Naruto said.

"W-was that my fault?" Natsumi asked suddenly feeling faint; she suddenly felt Yushiro's strong arms around her; she knew she must have looked faint too.

"No, well we don't believe so. Look, it happened a while back now, if you want you can help out Naruto, Sakura and Sai. They are always trying to bring him home; you can help too." Tsunade said with a bright but obviously fake smile.

"I-if that's okay with them I will..." Natsumi said as she looked over to them.

"Of course it's okay; the more help the better." Sakura said with a smile.

"Yeah, besides that Kekkei Genkai of yours would come in handy." Naruto said with a laugh.

"I actually found out that my Kekkei Genkai has a name; it's called Hitima... but you already knew that, didn't you Lady Tsunade?" Natsumi asked with a smirk. Yuishiro had told her that there was a handful of people who knew her whole background story; Tsunade was one of those people.

"Yes. I actually know a-"

"I know you know everything; Yushiro told me." Natsumi smiled as she leaned in closer to Yushiro; entwining her hand with his; he just smiled brightly as he squeezed her hand tightly.

"Well you four should probably get moving. Yushiro Natsumi, you two I will keep off duty for a few days; just so you can get settled in again."

"Thank you Tsunade." Yushiro finally said.

The four finally walked out and another helpless man whom they didn't recognise walked in slowly. Naruto and Sakura followed them back to their house. Natsumi starred at Yushiro oddly for the whole walk back to their home. She had been with him alone so much that she had gotten used to him basically being a chatter box; she never really considered what it would be like for him to be so silent again.

"I've missed this place... Oh I forgot to ask; did they move Rao's grave to the backyard for me like I asked?" Natsumi asked the two.

"I believe they did... if not you can just go back and ask them." Sakura said.

"Well we should probably leave you two alone; got a lot of unpacking to do..." Naruto said with a nervous laugh.

"Alright; nice seeing you two again..." Natsumi said as she turned to go into the house.

"Oh ah... come by the training ground later, okay guys?" Sakura yelled back.

"Alright we will be there." Natsumi yelled back.

Once they finally stepped inside, a whoosh of her mother's sent filled her lungs; a tear found it's way down her cheek. Yushiro noticed and pulled her in for a hug, then he said,

"Are you going to be okay here?"

"Me? You're here too!" Natsumi said as she glared at him.

"I-I didn't mean it like that! I am staying here don't worry; but are you going to be okay with the fact that Rao used to live here?"

"Not a first... but I will."

"Alright..."

Natsumi pulled out of his arms; gave him a quick kiss and ran upstairs. In Rao's room was Yushiro and her main suitcases. She unzipped the bags and began to put the clothes away in various dressers that were in the room; she was so engrossed in her work that she didn't even hear Yushiro walk in.

"You do realise it's later... right?" He said with a laugh as he leaned against the doorway.

"Huh? Later? What you talking about?" She asked as she looked up from the clothes.

"The promise you made to your friends..."

"Oh crap!"

Natsumi stood up and ran for the door, but Yushiro caught her wrist; before she could question him, she found her lips being pressed against his. Her eyes fell shut as she let herself melt. Finally all too soon he let go of her.

"I-if you continue to do that... I-I'm going to tackle you to that bed." She stated dazedly.

He laughed. "Can't wait." He winked at her.

"W-we better go." She said with a laugh as she led him out of the building toward the training grounds.

Author's notes: I was in a mega writing mood, so I believe this came out a little better then some of my other chapters :P Good? Bad? Review~!

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