"That's impossible!" said Sakura as she slammed her hands down on Tsunade's desk. "The Uchiha can't be alive. I killed him myself!"

"I know that this is a bit of a shock," replied Tsunade.

"A bit!"

"But the fact of the matter is that the team of Anbu spotted him. Uchiha Sasuke is indeed still alive."

"But that doesn't make any sense." Her student retorted. "It's been 6 months since the attack on Konoha. Why is he just now showing up?"

"I'm afraid that he just might be planning something."

"Another attack?" inquired Naruto.

"That might not be it. He already got rid of the Elders." said Kakashi. "Think about it, he successfully avoided being seen for 6 months, and then all of a sudden he's spotted by Anbu. I think he wanted to be seen, in order to make us be prepared."

"He's like a cat playing with his food." stated Tsunade. "Whatever he was working on for six months is ready and he's not intimidated by our forces, which is why we must be prepared for anything."

With that final word, Team 7 was dismissed.

...

The villagers of Konoha stood clear as they watched Sakura walk by with fear in their eyes. She had a radiating aura around her that practically screamed 'Hate', and her normal emerald green orbs shined bright with fury. The villagers pitied whoever was foolish enough to provoke the Haruno and would no doubt soon feel her wrath.

While she promptly ignored the villagers looks of terror, Sakura pondered what she would do to prepare for the Uchiha's arrival. She already had a pretty good theory as to why the Uchiha had shown up. Based on his large strive for revenge, her hypothesis was that he was going to challenge her to a fight after she mercilessly defeated him.

But she had no fear. She would wait for him to show up, confront him, and promptly shove her foot up his ass. She would anticipate his arrival…

…and she would finish what she started.

...

When she arrived back at her apartment, she noticed another note from her secret admirer. Yes, she has a secret admirer, got a problem with that? She's been had one for five months, so there! He was really sweet too. He'd ask her how her day was, leave her flowers (white roses tipped with pink, mind you. Those aren't cheap!), and even leave her favorite sour candy in a bag by the door.

All in all, he was pretty damn sweet and she wanted to meet the guy who was so infatuated with her. Though, she had no idea what to do when she did (Yes, when she did. She was determined as hell to catch this guy!). After all, she was on 15 (15 ½ actually.) and she'd never been on a date before.

When she opened the note, her eyes nearly bulged out of her sockets. She reread the note just to make sure of its contents and rushed into her apartment. She tried to steady her breathing as she remembered what the note said.

'I'm sorry if this seems a bit sudden, but I think it's about time we meet. I'll come by around 5:30 to take you out on a date. I hope you agree, but I understand upon meeting me if you want to turn me down.

Love,

Your soon to be not so secret admirer.'

Sakura looked at her clock.

5:25

He was going to be here in five minutes!

Suddenly, she started to get nervous. What if she scared him off with her monstrous strength, or let her tomboy side show and belched in his face? Where the hell was that loud mouthed pig when she needed her? She was the damn boy expert! Sakura had to cut her ranting short when she heard a knock at her door.

Well, this was it! She took a deep breath and walked over to answer it. She slowly opened the door and peeked through the crack.

…nothing?

She opened the door wider and looked around with confusion clear on her face. Where was he? Did he chicken out? In his notes he sounded shy enough to do such a thing.

"Ano…Sakura-san?"

'Huh?' She looked down.

"Ryuu-kun? What are you doing here?" the boy seemed hesitant to answer.

"I…umm…well… This was the most Sakura had ever seen the boy blush.

He finally seemed to just plain give up on his constant stuttering and shoved a bouquet of flowers in her face. "Ryuu-kun, what are you…" Then she realized something…the flowers were white roses tipped with pink…

Ryuu was her secret admirer!

Sakura started to giggle at the adorable little boy. Here she was getting all worked up over her secret admirer only to find out that he was half her age. No wonder he started visiting the hospital more. He had either been faking his pain or the poor little boy was getting hurt on purpose just so that he could see her. It was a shame that he wasn't her age, he seemed so sweet.

"Ryuu-kun, does your mother know where you are?"

"I told her I was going to meet up with a friend." Replied the boy as he continued to blush. He was so…cute! She was going to have to break it to him gently.

"Now Ryuu-kun, I'm very flattered, but don't you think that you should find someone your own age?"

"But you're the only one I really like Sakura-san." He protested. Sakura smiled as she got an idea.

"Tell you what, I don't know about becoming your girlfriend, but how about we go spend the day together like you wanted?" How could she possibly say no to such a cute little face?

By the look on the 6 year old's face, you could have thought he had just walked into a candy store and she told him it was all his. He grabbed her hand and started to drag her off towards their destination.

...

"Ichiraku?" said Sakura. She assumed that the boy would want to go play at the park or something, not take her to a restaurant.

"Hai, I've seen you eat here a lot so I figured you liked it here. You're the lady so you can order whatever you want and I'll pay. I've been saving my allowance." stated Ryuu with a smile.

Yeah, it really sucked that they weren't thee same age. This little six year old boy was the perfect boyfriend.

They both ordered a bowl of beef ramen and started to eat. From the looks Ayame was giving the boy, Sakura could tell that she wasn't the only one who thought that Ryuu was adorable. She looked at Ryuu as if he were an infant holding a lollipop.

"Hiya, Sakura-chan!" said Konoha's number one knucklehead ninja.

"Hey, Naruto. What are you doing he- Never mind." Duh, of course Naruto would be here. This was practically where he lived, which often resulted in her and Kakashi having to force feed him fruits and vegetables.

"H-hello, Sakura-chan." said the blonde's girlfriend, Hinata. 7 months ago, when Sakura realized that Naruto's feelings for her had finally grown into the love of a sister, she practically shoved him in Hinata's direction. After coaching him on how to ask her out, Sakura is quite pleased to say that she had successfully hooked them up.

"Who's this little guy?" said Naruto as he smiled down at Ryuu.

"This little cutie just so happens to be my date for this evening." replied Sakura as she put her arm around the red faced boy.

"Date? Sakura-chan, don't you think this might be a little…illegal?"

"Not like that you baka!" said Sakura as she fist with the blonde's head. "Itai!"

"Sakura-san, who is this?" said Ryuu while staring at Naruto.

"Oh, right. Ryuu-kun, this is my good friend and my teammate, Naruto."

"Why does he call you Sakura-chan?"

"Eh?" Was Ryuu jealous? She looked over to see him glaring at Naruto, who visibly shuddered at Ryuu's intense gaze.

Yup, he was jealous. But he was cute too, with his little pout. Aww…

"Ryuu-kun, Naruto has been calling me Sakura-chan for as long as I can remember. You can call me Sakura-chan too if you want."

Instantly, the boy released Naruto from his glare and beamed up at her. "Okay, Sakura-chan!" She giggled at the boy's smile.

"Well, since we're all here, how 'bout we have ourselves a double date?" said Naruto as he soon got over the surprisingly deadly gaze that Ryuu possessed.

"That sounds like a great idea!" said Sakura. Ryuu's pout returned as he realized that the blonde haired man would not be leaving anytime soon.

...

After they ate, the four parted ways and left with their respective date. Sakura was thankful that little Ryuu didn't need to spend his money after all. The owner had said it was on the house courtesy of it being the 'couple's' first date.

"Something wrong, Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata as she noticed her boyfriend was unusually quiet.

"There's something…weird about that kid." he said while he watched Sakura and Ryuu's retreating forms. He eventually shrugged it off and walked away with Hinata. Unknown to him, Ryuu looked over his shoulder at him and smirked evilly.

"Alright Ryuu-kun, where to next?"

"Well after dinner, we should get some dessert." the boy said as he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards their next destination. Sakura's eyes widened as they came closer to her favorite dango shop. Ryuu ordered a stick of dango and handed it to her.

"You aren't gonna eat any, Ryuu-kun?" said Sakura as she noticed the six year old didn't buy one for himself.

"No, I don't really like sweets that much."

"Well, that's no good. Here, how about we share one?" she said as she bit off one of the spheres and held it out to Ryuu. The boy blushed and bit off it as well. Sakura had unknowingly given him an indirect kiss.

...

"It's getting pretty late, Ryuu-kun. Maybe I should take you home."

"Oh, okay Sakura-chan." It was clear that the little boy was disappointed that the day had to end.

"Don't worry, Ryuu-kun. We'll spend the day together again next week." She said with a smile. The six year old smiled up at her again with delight.

Based on the directions that Ryuu told her, Sakura would be walking Ryuu he and his mother's house inside of the forest area. They walked peacefully as Ryuu enjoyed holding Sakura's hand.

Suddenly, they both jumped as they heard a woman scream.

"Kaa-san!" shouted Ryuu as he raced toward the scream.

"Ryuu-kun, wait!" yelled Sakura. She chased after Ryuu and came across a large clearing. She looked around for Ryuu or his mother, but failed to see either one. Her eyes widened as she took out a kunai and threw it into the bushes.

"Show yourself!" she shouted at who dared to try and sneak up on her. Three figures soon emerged themselves from the bushes.

"Well, well, well. Looks like you found us, pinky."

Sakura glared at the girl with such nerve. She was staring dead on towards Team Hebi. The girl looked among them and noticed that their leader was no where to be seen. Her heart caught in her throat at the thought of him being anywhere near Ryuu.

"Where's Ryuu-kun" she questioned angrily. Karin smirked at her.

"Oh you'll find out, pinky."

"You'd best give me a real answer."

"And what if I don't" the redhead retorted. She then gasped as Sakura disappeared and reappeared in front of her and gave her a round house kick, sending her flying into a tree.

Suigestu immediately charged at her swinging Zabuza's sword. She did a couple of back flips to avoid the blade and jumped into a tree out of his reach.

'Okay, his specialty is that he can turn his body into a liquid.'

'So to hit him, we need to make sure that he stays a solid.'

She packed an extra amount of chakra into her fist and punched him in his gut, knocking the wind out of him. She then grabbed him by his neck and swung him into a tree. Suigestu grunted as he realized he wouldn't be getting up any time soon. Why the hell couldn't he liquefy?

Sakura dashed out of the way as Juugo came towards her in a blind rage. She dodged his countless string of punches and flipped behind him. She threw a couple of quick jabs down his neck and back and he fell to the ground temporarily knocked out and paralyzed.

With a steady breath, she eyed the bodies lying on the forest floor around her. Funny, they didn't exactly put up much of a fight. She barely broke a sweat. Oh well, she needed to save her strength for Uchiha anyway.

"Sakura-chan!" Her ears perked up as she heard the cry from deep within the forest.

"Ryuu-kun" she yelled as she ran towards the voice. She potted the little boy and quickly kneeled down to his height.

"Ryuu-kun, are you alright? You're not hurt are you?" Her eyes were quickly darting up and down the boy searching for any wound or sign of discomfort. Meanwhile, he was just smiling at her.

"I'm fine, Sakura-chan."

"Oh, thank kami-sama." She sighed as she quickly embraced the boy, and he quickly returned the hug.

"You worry too much Sakura-chan, you should be more concerned about yourself."

"No worries, Ryuu-kun. I didn't even break a sweat with those three idiots."

"Be will you be so successful…against me?"

'Eh?'

Sakura pulled away and looked at the boy in confusion. Her eyes widened as Ryuu started to grow taller, his mouth grow into a smirk, and his black hair started to spike up in the back. She jumped away to put distance between the two as she glared in anger at the imposter.

'Uchiha…'

He didn't seem to have changed at all. He still had that annoying smirk on his face, the same chicken-ass shaped hair, and he still carried around that Katana. His build seemed slightly larger than the last time she saw him, but he sported a black wide collar shirt and black ninja pants.

"Long time no see, Sakura." He drawled out as he shamelessly roamed his eyes up and down her form.

"Not long enough, Uchiha." She growled out. "What have you done with Ryuu-kun?" He chuckled darkly at her, fueling her anger even more.

"You haven't figured it out yet…Sakura-chan?"

Ugh…what was that damn Uchiha mumbling about now? He really knew how to get on her last nerves.

"Who the hell gave you permission to call me Sakura-chan!"

"…you."

'What?' Has the Uchiha gone insane? There's no way in hell that she would ever give him permission to call her that. The only people that do call her that are Naruto, Shizune, and R-

Oh dear Kami…

"Y-you were Ryuu all this time!" she screeched.

"What do you know, you actually do have a brain-" he was cut short as he escaped a chakra filled punch from her. She had enough of his small talk and was far too pissed to continue listening to him. She was ready to fight!

It was basically a repeat of last time, both of them giving it there all except for one very noticeable difference. Every attack Sakura had, Sasuke would block effortlessly, and even her chakra filled ones. She dodged another punch from him, and he hit the ground instead. The earth shattered beneath them.

Sakura's eyes were wide in shock. She couldn't believe it. It was as if he had all her moves down to a T. In the middle of her shock, she felt a sharp jab hit her forearm. She cried out in pain as her bone shattered. He repeated the movements as she then collapsed, completely immobile and at his mercy. He leaned down towards her and observed his handy work.

"I win." She heard him whisper in her ear. Then a small prick hit her neck and her world went black as she felt herself being tossed over his shoulder.

...

A/N: Three updated stories in one night? I'M A WRITING GODDESS! WORSHIP ME WITH REVIEWS! :D:D:D