It takes them a week to get back to an outpost.
In that time they have necessarily come to know each other quite well.
Between the recovery of chakra exhaustion and the healing of their injuries they have forged a bond of blood and steel.
The official missive for the affirmation of their partnership finds them a month later on the border of Iwa coming back from a sabotage mission.
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How black your green eyes
FanfictionThe third shinobi war continued well beyond Narutos birth. Sakura-centric