Making it Better

Teammates

It was the day they were supposed to be divided in teams of three, and she and Shikamaru were running late.

It was not their fault, it really wasn't. They just had to do some research, mainly because they didn't know how they were supposed to act around people. They had just landed here, and didn't know a thing.
Besides, they marveled at the sight of a Konoha that was still standing.

It was all thanks to their sacrifice during the war, they got a new opportunity and...

Ok, so maybe it was their fault.

Though it was completely worth it.

As it turned out, their new pasts weren't too bad. The three of them were known to be the best of friends, in fact, everyone thought it to be a rare sight when one of them was on their own; this was perfect for their mission, because they would be needing to meet each other very often.

Another common fact for the village was that Sasuke and Naruto were also nearly inseparable, and that both Fugaku Uchiha and Namikase Minato had developed quite the friendship, just as their wives.

What the three time-travelers didn't think would happen was to learn their new memories by getting pulled into a mini-coma, lasting no more than two hours. No-one witnessed their fall, but the time made the three friends run extremely late to their... "Appointments".

When Neji arrived at Training Ground 9, he was tackled into a hug by Lee, who then promptly went into is "Youth Rambling" as he had dubbed it since his...future? Past? ...he would go with future.
Gai-sensei then proceeded to lightly scold him for the "un-youthfulness of being un-youthfully late", but soon forgot about it. Tenten was next, hitting him on the back of the head and telling him how worried she was.

To Neji, all of this didn't matter.

His team was there. Alive. And scolding him for being un-youthful.

It was more than what he ever expected to see again, and it made him happy. Not just happy, but happy. He really couldn't thank Sakura enough, but he figured he'd take her out for dango after her team meeting, though he guessed Shikamaru had the same plan; at this point he didn't really care, they'd split the bill, like they always had done before War broke out.

And for the second time since coming back, Neji smiled.

...

Needless to say, it freaked his teammates out.

When Shikamaru opened the classroom's door, he didn't quite expect to be tackled to the ground by his blond teammate.

Nor did he expect Sakura to laugh until she was rolling on the floor.

This gave him an idea, and as he slowly stood up, he also was waiting for her to calm down a little bit. When she did, he smirked and opened his mouth.

"Pudding"

Everyone in the room was sure the pinkette had completely lost it.

"So, would you mind telling us why are you two three hours late?" Ino asked, her right hand resting on her hip, her eyes glinting evilly.
Sakura scratched the back of her head, habit she had picked from her lazy best friend/ surrogate brother.
"Well, you see, we kind of had a sleep-over, and the alarm clock betrayed us, so we woke up like half an hour ago...hehehehe"
Sasuke snorted (Sakura had to hold back her amazement, since when an Uchiha said something apart from "hn"? she quickly deduced the world was coming to an end.)

Out of nowhere, a man stepped up, a cigarette present in his mouth, his eyes shining in amusement.
"Well, now that you're complete, Ino, Shikamaru, Chouji, please come with me. I'm Asuma, your jounin sensei."