Scenes that happened, but which did not make an appearance in this fic, in no particular order:

"Naruto Uzumaki. Sasuke Uchiha." Madara's eyes flicked to Sakura. "And the girl."

"Girl?" Sakura asked. "Girl?!" She sounded scandalized.

Sakura glared at Madara, Chakra surging through her body.

"Motherfucker, my name is Sakura Haruno!" One moment, she was standing still.

The next, her fist smashed into Madara's face.

Sasuke frowned, looking at the scroll in his hand.

The word 'Crow' was written on it.

He didn't want to do this- He Did Not Want To Do This...

But Naruto was right. Madara was on a whole other level. And so long as he was their opponent, then Sasuke couldn't afford to let this go unused.

He opened the scroll, and bit his thumb.

Blood spilled, and, after a puff of smoke...

Sasuke beheld a pair of Mangekyo eyes, floating in preservation jars.

He swallowed, and reached for the lid.

"You can leave your complaints in the box."

"But you don't check your complaints box." Sasuke frowned at me.

I turned to him, and didn't say anything.

"Oooh." He made a sound of understanding. "I get you."

"Hey, father... what about that prophecy thing, where you said all the Bijuu would be reunited in another? After everything that's happened, I'm surprised it hasn't shown up already... so..."

"Oh. Yes, that." Hagoromo turned away. "That got thrown completely off track."

"... Huh?"

"Damn, Hinata-chan, you won a lot." Naruto stares at her, and the fifty-something pouches of money that had been dumped on her.

Hinata nodded, somewhat in shock, herself.

"What are you going to do with it all?" Naruto asked, after a moment.

"I don't know." She said, faintly, before blinking. Quickly, she stuffed it all away... somewhere, and looked around.

"Hina-" Naruto began, but couldn't finish before Hinata grabbed his arm and dragged him into a nearby alcove out of sight.

"Doyouwanttogotodinnerwithme?" She said, quickly.

"Huh?"

"Do you-" Hinata said, a bit slower, ignoring the rising blush on her cheeks. "- want to go to dinner with me?"

On the other side of the camp, Sasuke spat out his drink, coughing and choking.

"What? What happened? What did I miss?!" Sakura demanded.

"She did it." Sasuke sucked in a breath. "Holy shit, Hinata did it!"

Sakura pulled back, something like awe on her face. "You mean?"

"She just asked him out for dinner!" Sasuke said, grinning.

"And that means..." Sakura also grinned.

"We just won the pool!" They said, together.