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This story is my own opinion of the aftermath & beyond of Pein's destruction of Konoha, and Naruto's near-ultimate sacrifice to kill him once and for all. I will try to convey as much details as I can into this story, for I have very good ideas for it anyways.
Read & review, cuz this story will definitely be multi-chaptered; I also influence anonymous readers to review too.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Destruction
Beautiful, clear skies cover a massive crater of debris, rubble from every building that was either part of the shockwave, torn through from fighting, or completely disentigrated. It was all due to the God's incredible technique that made Limelight look like a joke.
It was only when a blonde shinobi sporting an orange & black jumpsuit with orange pants arrived, did the death & destruction of Konohagakure no Sato, and its citizens, stop abruptly.
His normally beautiful cerulean eyes were now yellow, his eyes in slits with red around the top of each eye, and sporting a red & black Hokage cape that went down to the top of his shins.
"You finally show up, eh? Good, You made my search much easier." Pein proclaimed to the blonde shinobi as both intently stared each other down.
"So YOU'RE Pein...I suggest you leave Baa-chan out of this, cuz now...YOU FIGHT ME!" Naruto exclaimed, using inflection to emphasize certain words as he continued the staring contest.
Pein quickly looked over to where Tsunade...was? He looked in Naruto's direction again, only to see her standing in front of him in a defensive stance. "I am Hokage, and because of what you've done...I WILL KILL YOU, PEIN!!!", Tsunade screamed at the end to get her point across to Pein. She knew she used all of her chakra to help heal everyone that was injured, but she didn't care.
She was going to protect Naruto until her last breath, and that was that. Naruto stood there behind her slightly dumbfounded, but it all changed as Pein attacked with blinding speed.
When he was mere centimeters from killing off the Legendary Sannin...something crashed into him from above with cataclysmic force, killing off only the second body of the crazed God instantly.
Sakura, Tsunade, and anyone who happened to look up saw Naruto standing, arms crossed, and glaring down the now-dismembered body of one of Pein bodies. "Well...how many of you do I gotta kill off now?", Naruto asked as if he was halfway between really angry, and really bored.
At hearing that, Sakura & Tsunade both went completely wide-eyed with pure shock & awe at what happened. "No way...he just took him out with one hit...Naruto...", Sakura said as she was now caught between healing the left leg of an injured Shikamaru...and staring at her teammate in awe.
"Sakura, please...heal...I-I need to aid my team...please...Chouji and Ino need me...", Shikamaru said as he was trying to sit up to no avail. His fractured leg could be healed extensively thanks to Sakura, but he had to be very careful on it afterwards.
"OH...sorry Shika...you saw that right?", Sakura asked, trying to get back to the task at hand. "Of course, it's not that incredible when Naruto's the one pullin' it off...ACK!", Shikamaru winced in pain as he felt the bone straighten out. Sakura was just about finished when Shikamaru intervened abruptly, "You've fallen for him...haven't you Sakura..."
Sakura looked back, looking both surprised and flushed, "I-I...I don't know what you're talking about, of course I don't!". Shikamaru simply nodded knowingly. He knew she knew, but she needed to realize before...
They suddenly saw six more of Pein's bodies converge in on Naruto, who just stood there...and smirked devilishly as they all crashed into him with deadly force.
"NARUTO", was all Sakura was able to yelp before impact. A gigantic cloud of dirt soon engulfed the small area surrounded with house debris, as the ground started shaking slightly.
Everyone stared intently at the large dust cloud, trying to see what's become of their trusted comrade...
"G...Ge-Get...O-O-OF-FFFA ME!!!", screamed a vicious voice that spilled pure annoyance and hatred. As the six Peins started slowly crushing him, he heard something through the smoke.
"NARUTOOOOO!!!", Sakura screamed as loud as she could, about to run over to help him, but Shikamaru grabbed her arm tightly, forcing her back. "Sakura, SAKURA! You IDIOT, WE NEED YOU HERE! HE'LL BE FINE, USE YOUR STRENGTH TO HEAL US!!!", Shika screamed, trying hard to restrain the worried konoichi as she seemed hellbent on helping Naruto as best she could.
Naruto heard her worried scream, "Sakura-chan...", "You-Y-You...GET THE FUCK OFFA MEEEEEE!!!!!!", he screamed, so loud he thought his lungs were gonna collapse.
Suddenly, as he groaned in agony from the Peins on him...his arms bulged out, his knees slowly started straightening, and he summoned every ounce of chakra into his arms and legs. As it all unfolded, the smoke cleared for everyone to see.
Naruto's jacket was disintegrated, showing absolute perfection from his arms, to his six-pack abdomen. Sakura got a look as soon as the smoke cleared to just...stare...with a major blush showing to boot. "Holy shit, get a look at THAT!", her mind screamed as she was too busy staring to notice what exactly he did.
As he was concentrating chakra, the Peins were actually colliding with the radiation of their chakra, bouncing off of Naruto's emerald-green tinted chakra. Naruto, at the time, was in Sage Mode, causing him to also radiate his natural aura color, which is yellow.
The radiation mixed with the chakra he put out, while Pein's bodies' negative reaction caused somewhat of a back-lash shield. Naruto, not knowing, used his remaining strength to push the shield outward. This caused the bodies to not only deflect, but near-disintegrate upon the exerted pressure.
The back-lash from this technique disintegrated Naruto's jacket, also burning his skin. The pressure he exerted off of his feet caused the ground to nearly give way, resulting in a backlash that burned and tore half of Naruto's pants, while badly burning everything from the knees down on both feet.
Naruto stood victorious, but it was short-lived. "...", was it...dead silence before...
Sakura stopped staring to look at Naruto's face...what she saw caused tears to cascade down her face like a waterfall...
Naruto's eyes...were lifeless, dilated, and the color in his still wide-open eyes died down from yellow...to cerulean...to light blue...to grey.
His entire upper body had hundreds of deep cuts, while his body took on a light red tint from the burns.
His legs were bloody, badly cut, and the skin on his legs was a very dark red (Think of his four-tailed Kyuubi form).
As he collapsed, there was dead silence...until...
"No, no, no NARUTO!", Sakura screamed as tears were flowing down full force. Shikamaru was so shocked by the aftermath of the revelation, that he froze, arms limp at his side in utter horror at the sight of one of his closest comrades.
Sakura ran as fast as she could to his side, repeating his name through raspy, choked sobs while mustering as much chakra as she could to heal him.
"Don't...d-die on...me...you baka...p-please Naruto...DON'T LEAVE ME!", she choked as she focused more chakra, trying desperately to heal whatever she could.
Inside Naruto's mindscape:
"Kit how the FUCK did you do that?! That power...was...I-I'm speechless..." "I surprised myself, fox...don't ask me about it, cuz I'm clueless about it myself" "As usual, I suppose, eh kit?" "Fuck you fox, I'm not stupid...just a little dense in the skull, that's all" "Pft, you may have a point...still...how did you harness that power, kit?" "What the hell?! I thought I told you I don't know! Ask me something else...plEASE!" "OK, OK...you DO know that pink fairy's like...all over you now, right?" "...W-WHAT?!?!" "Yeah, she's helping me fix you and your stupid ass, while sporting some annoying water-works" "You mean Sakura-chan...right?" "Of course, baka! Who ELSE do I call pink fairy? Wanna tell me...SMART ONE?" "Fine, fine I get it. Sorry for questioning the ALMIGHTY KYUUBI NO YOKO, king of demons...and WHO exactly is the dormant one trapped in this seal on my stomach...SMART ONE?" "SHUT UP YOU PUNY FUCKING MORTAL!!! ROT IN HELL, TEME!!!..." "At least I acknowledged your power before reminding you of your place, give me some credit for THAT at least...besides, I'm sure Orochimaru will shit himself when he sees you again...I'm sure you remember that DEAL we made while I was training with Jiraiya-sama, right?" "Of course...I couldn't have been more grateful to you when you promised me THAT!" "I know it was a hard time for you, having to deal with your mates' deaths at HIS hands...you should've gotten a better reading on his location before trying to wipe Konoha off the map th-" "If he killed that pink fairy...wouldn't you use all your power to devastate, destroy, and ravish the teme as much as you could?" "Those are mates, fox...Sakura's different...so different from just a mate...at least to me...she's the one who keeps my hopes up, drives me to get better, and she's the only one I'll ever love, period" "If she could hear those words from you...only Kami-sama knows how you're waking up without your virginity intact" "Oh, REALLY funny, if I still HAD my virginity intact!" "...I almost forgot about that girl in Rock...sorry, kit...you still holding that against me, eh?" "OF COURSE!!! How could you do that, fox? I was so winded from learning all those different jutsu, then you just DECIDE to take over when I least expect it, and then you had the balls to accept the voucher from Jiraiya-sama for a free sex session WHILE copying my voice to ensure YOURSELF some pleasure! HOW COULD I NOT HOLD IT AGAINST YOU...YOU HEARTLESS MONSTER!!!" "FIRST OFF BRAT, I HAVE A HEART YOU LITTLE FUCKER! SECOND OFF, I DIDN'T HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH RESPECT FOR YOU AS I DO NOW! THIRD OFF, EVERYONE MAKES A MISTAKE THAT AFFECTS SOMEONE ELSE'S FUTURE, ESPECIALLY DEMONS!! FINALLY, I WOULD'VE KILLED YOU ALREADY IF I HAD NO HEART...I would've tortured you into letting me control your body, resulting in utter destruction of that village regardless of Orochi-teme being there" "Oh...right..." "KIT, DON'T EVER SAY I DON'T HAVE A HEART, CUZ EVEN YOU KNOW THAT ISN'T TRUE!" "I'm...I'm..." "I'm WH-" "sorry...I said...that to you, fox..." "That's better, kit...now how bout you let me out for som-" "TEME!!! FUCK Y-" "I'm KIDDING, KIT! It's a miracle you thought straight enough to know what I was saying before I finished...hehehe, anyways...kit, you should wake up now. We've been talking for maybe, 15 minutes was it?...Your body should be done healing by now...after all...it's been two weeks outside of here since that...that attack..." "Oh right, forgot about that mindscape time whatever-the-fuck-it's-called-thingy... oh well...Fox, how much pain am I gonna have to endure when I get conscious control over my body again?" "A ton, best thing to do is...brace yourself, cuz your body has so many cuts, broken bones, the list goes on and on..." "UGH, I FUCKIN HATE HOSPI-...oh yeah, the hospital's disintegrated from that Pein weakling's attack...like the rest of Konoha" "Yeah, that too...I'm not very sure how many people were killed in the explosion, but it's somewhere in the hundreds, thanks to that Baa-chan lady's slugs...it could've been in the hundreds of thousands though..." "Baa-chan...BAA-CHAN, FOX IS SHE OK?! PLEASE TELL M-" "She's gone, kit".
Naruto's eyes shot open suddenly, partially breaking his connection. He woke, screaming "BAA-CHAN!!!", frightening Sakura, who was kneeling by the large piece of debris he was lying on.
"NARUTO! Are you okay?!", Sakura yelled, slightly relieved but horrified at what he screamed as he woke up. "Sakura-chan...? How long was I out exactly?", Naruto asked, slightly surprised that no makeshift was able to be set up if Kyuubi was right about the time he was out.
"Two weeks...Naruto...how did you know Lady Tsu-", Sakura was interrupted by Naruto, "Kyuubi sees everything when I'm in the mindscape, almost like I have two pairs of eyes...how are you holding up, Sakura-chan? You look ti-". Naruto was abruptly interrupted when Sakura's head was suddenly on his chest with both arms wrapped gently around his still-severely injured body. She was crying tears of joy, but she was also mourning...not just Tsunade though, had perished in the attack.
"Naruto...Tsunade-sama wasn't the lone casualty...Kakashi-sensei...Tsunade-sama...Chouza & Chouji...Genma...I-Iruka-sensei...Master Ebisu...THEY'RE DEAD!!!, Sakura screamed into his chest, as she tightened her grip, tears streaming from her face hard.
Naruto just sat there, holding Sakura tightly as tears soon came to his eyes as he stared, seemingly at nothing. He just couldn't fathom all of them gone just like that! It just wasn't possible to have that many of his loved ones gone...it had to be a lie!
Naruto simply said, "Sensei...how could Kakashi DIE?", Naruto yelled at the end as more tears came down. "My friends, family, mentors...killed from something I disposed of so EASILY!!! If I was earlier...KAMI-SAMA WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?!", Naruto silently sobbed, using inflection at the end even though what he said was very raspy.
"Naruto...p-please...don't blame your...self...for what happened...to them...they died...protecting all of us!", Sakura yelled, lifting her head to face him.
"No...it is...if I-I w-w-was...alerted sooner...none of this...would've happened...I c-cou-", Naruto was again abruptly interrupted by Sakura placing a finger on his lips, silencing him instantly.
"No it isn't, Naruto! How could you know you would've saved them? You KNOW they protected this village with their lives! Their deaths aren't in vain, cuz of that simple service! They saved Konoha, and you capped it all off...why do you ALWAYS blame yourself for what happens to people?!", yelled Sakura, trying to get the point across to him. However, her argument was met with full force.
"HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?! THEY WERE ALL SO SPECIAL TO ME...MY FAMILY, FRIENDS, EVEN MY MENTORS...YOU'RE THE ONLY TRUE FRIEND I HAVE LEFT NOW!!! I lost bonds that I've held onto as my lifelines, and the people that always BELIEVED in me, HELPED me, TAUGHT me life lessons...Iruka-sensei was like the father I never had, Kaka-sensei was OUR sensei through thick and thin, Tsunade-dono was a mother-figure to us, Master Ebisu the closet pervert; he had to put up with Konohamaru & I, and he never complained about us! He did his sworn duty as a sensei to teach us everything he could...then there's...Jiraiya-sama...".
Naruto was winded from screaming that...and he was immediately regretting it as Sakura...just stared at him with wide eyes, still tear-stricken.
"Naruto...", Sakura said, finally recovering from the recent sob-fest. "...wait...Sakura-chan...", Naruto finally saying something after an awkward near-minute of staring into each others' eyes. "What happened to Konohamaru?", Naruto asked, now worried about his young comrade.
"Oh Konohamaru? You'll be surprised at what he did to the first Pein!", exclaimed Sakura, now trying to put the deaths aside for now.
"Tricked him with Kage Bunshin, then hit him with a surprise Rasengan, right?", Naruto asked half-heartedly, as if he already knew exactly what the youngster accomplished. Sakura looked at him again, a little dumbfounded at how he knew, but finished, "Yeah, I'm not even gonna ask you now...you're acting too smart to be the Na-", Sakura was interrupted by Naruto, "I may be dense as a boulder, but never question me about what Konohamaru does...the kid's gonna be my successor, so I hang out with him, teaching him everything I know...NOT just perverted shit...that's our greeting to each other, and always will be...whether you pound me to Hokage Mountain and back, or not".
Sakura however, had something unexpected to say...at least to him, "After you're done healing...I'm not sure if I'll ever hit you for that stuff again".
"...uh...who am I talking to?", Naruto asked, cuz now it was his turn to be dumbfounded, but soon cringed when Sakura clenched her right fist.
"Your teammate, who just happened to have lightened up on you...SHANNARO!", was all Naruto heard before he got punched hard in the noggin by an embarrassed Sakura. To her chagrin, however...his head didn't budge an inch from her punch.
"Hehe, Sakura-chan...you ARE lightening up...or am I just too used to that to feel it? I really don't know anymore", Naruto said, a little amused at the seemingly light punch from his teammate.
"How di...Hmph, meany", said Sakura in a now playful manner. Naruto took quick notice, and answered, "AWW, SAKURA-CHANNN! Why'd ya have to say that to me...I'm so hurt now!".
"You of all people? So good at being sarcastic?", Sakura pulled out a kunai and held it to Naruto's throat...but he still continued to laugh heartily as though he knew she was just getting started.
"Who the fuck are you and what have you done to Naruto-kun, teme?", spoke Sakura as sinisterely calm as she could. She spat it with so much venom in her tone, that Naruto stopped laughing abruptly, nearly shitting his pants in the process.
"Teme...ans...answer...me...bef-before I...I...", was all Sakura could hold in as she burst into a fit of laughter with Naruto just looking at her...completely dumbfounded at the quite awkward position they were in that Sakura hadn't quite noticed yet.
When Sakura put the kunai to Naruto's throat, she jumped on top of him, straddling his waist ever-so slowly while pressing the kunai to his jugular vein. However, what got Naruto freaked out the most...was that she was laughing so hard...WHILE in that straddling position, her body's vibrations from the laugh-fest were pulsing very fast to his waist, resulting in an uncontrollable bulge in his pants which was just...centimeters from her.
His worst nightmare soon was reality as she sat on him for a little support to recover...when she felt it there, OH did she feel it there.
It was Sakura's turn to sport a dumbfounded look as she stayed there, seemingly trying to comprehend what just happened...when, "AHHHHH!!! WHAT THE FUCK NARUTO?!?!?!?!", she screamed at her highest pitch, which threatened to blow Naruto's eardrums sky high.
She cocked her fist back, circulating as much chakra as she could into her right fist, while poor Naruto cringed, struggling through his injuries to shrink to the fetal position. "S-S-SAKURA-CHAN, I'M BEGGING YOU! PLEASE?! I CAN'T HELP IT!!! THAT'S A NATURAL REACTION WHEN YOUR BODY'S GRINDING UP AGAINST MY GROIN!!! PLEASE DON'T, I'LL DO ANYTHING YOU ASK ME TO, I PROMISE!!!", screamed Naruto, as his impending demise was upon him. He silently prayed it would be over quickly, as the impact...didn't come?
Naruto peeked one of his eyes through his fingers to see what was taking her so long. Sakura simply said, "Anything, Naruto-KUN?", while Naruto was very surprised that she used a "kun" suffix after his name, but knew instantly what that meant. His mind was sulking in misery, as he had to answer that one-way question.
"Yes, Sakura-chan...ANYTHING you want", he said, sounding more daringly devilish than he felt safe with. Sakura giggled at this, but frowned at his perverted sarcasm to the prior statement. What she still didn't realize, however...she never got off of him...same exact position they were in before.
Poor little Naruto, for he felt about as frightened as a 3-year-old being forced to watch "The Hills Have Eyes 2" all night long. He couldn't get any coherrent words out...it was all just mumbled s-s-s-stuttering.
"Fine then, Naruto-KUN! I'll just get a little closer here...", she said, as she made herself comfortable on top of him, then she leaned in closer to him and whispered, "Open your mouth, go on and say something to me you little pussy". Naruto's eyes went wide as dinner plates, not only being insulted, but being inches from Sakura's flawless face. He had to answer her...to redeem his pride...or lack OF pride.
"Who-", Naruto was suddenly interrupted...but his mind started racing a mile a millisecond soon after the sensation hit him.
Sakura caught him by the lips, hard. Simply mashing her lips into his, using her tongue instantly to slip past Naruto's pearly-white defenses and attack his mouth with full force.
Poor little Naruto still didn't know how to react to this, as he was trying desperately to calm himself down before he threw all inhibitions to the street to do something he would regret.
He just couldn't muster the strength to simply...react to this. He just sat there, letting her destroy his mouth with pleasures he had never felt before.
Even the girl from the Rock Village that fucked the living daylights out of him without him himself knowing didn't use her tongue. No, she used plenty of that on another anatomy of his.
After another two minutes, Sakura slowly pulled away, with a small frown on her face. "My wish was you to return it, baka.", Sakura said, starting to think he didn't want it. She started regretting what she did completely, when Naruto finally answered.
"How-How the hell d-did you...WHY the hell w-would you do that, Sakura?!", he answered, showing his seriousness by dropping the 'chan' reference to get his point across. "I'm so sorry, Naruto...but that was the only suitable reward I could think of for everything you've done for me & this village", Sakura said, losing confidence in her voice.
"First you cry helplessly in my arms as we're mourning our friends' deaths, THEN we share a crazily awkward moment of embarrassment, THEN you scare the living FUCK outta me with your threat, THEN you're busting out laughing, WHILE straddling me, FINALLY you destroy every inhibition I set up for myself, starting with my mouth...WHY?!", screamed Naruto, practically spitting venom from every emphasized word. However, as he was saying this, the bulge in his pants was hurting him, and he sported just about the reddest blush anyone could've imagined.
Sakura was at a loss for words. She felt as though she made her best friend scared of her, and it made her feel like such a slut it sickened her deeply. She slowly tried to get off of him, when she ran over the bump.
She gasped, feeling a weiird sensation coming over her as she struggled to get off of him without hurting him anymore than she already did. "Naruto...you wanna control yourself down there, so I can give you some space?", she said, sounding more remorseful, than annoyed.
"WHAT?!", Naruto looked down slightly, to simply pale at the embarrassing position he just happened to be in. Before she could answer though, he shifted his body to the right, forcefully. She felt the bump rub her leg hard, as he was soon quickly at his side.
She gasped loudly at the rough contact, and was soon in the clear to get off of him, which she did rather quickly. Naruto however, didn't turn back upright, just laid there still as a board.
"Yeah...he's pissed at me now. Stupid, stupid, stupid, why did I have to do that to the poor guy? Even I can see now why he didn't move at all during that..." , Sakura said mentally as she slowly walked away from his make-shift bed to get some fresh air herself.
She just needed to calm down, and come up with a way to seriously apologize to him, without an oral assault as a bonus. God, did she feel like a slut for that course of action. She needed to drown out that nagging thought before she felt any more guilty.
She walked, seemingly unconsciously until she tripped on another piece of debris, causing her to fall over. She grunted slightly, not in the mood to be embarrassed, but quickly got up, looking around to survey her surroundings.
She wasn't even sure how many minutes she walked, but it couldn't have been long, for she was only about 600 feet from Naruto's bed. She was sure fatigue was setting in just about now, because her vision was greatly blurring, and her limbs were screaming at her to rest.
She soon found a small shaded spot to let her body rest for a bit. Besides, it was the next-best thing to resting by Naruto's bedside, so she could know what he's doing at a moment's notice. She let her body slide down to the dirt, and she closed her eyes...
Inside Sakura's Mindscape:
"Jeez, I wonder if Naruto's doing ok now...maybe I sho-" "Don't wake up yet, bitch. You and I are gonna talk before then" "WHA-Who do you think you're callin bitch, you little horny cu-" "HEY! Don't say it...besides, you're making yourself sound naughtier every time you attempt to pelt me with insults, considering I AM you" "UGH...What do you want? Is it about what I did?" "How could it NOT be?! When you rubbed against him...ah, so good..." "Shut up, I feel like a slut for that already!" "AND?! Get back there, and show your appreciation again...I was about to...MMMmmm...you don't want to know what I want to do to him right now...should I...EXPLAIN?" "Stop!!! You really have a slutty mind, don't you? You're really scaring me now! Just STOP!!!" "AWW, WHY? YOU'LL LIKE IT!" "How? How could I POSSIBLY want to hear your sick fantasies...with Naruto?!" "Open up already, you liked that kiss, even if you caught ME off-guard on that!" "He didn't even return it...he just stayed there and let me" "So what? What if he actually returned it?" "By now, we'd be done and very exhausted...WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST SAY?!" "HA! Knew it, you want more too...much more, considering what you bumped into afterwards..." "UGH, SHUT UP ALREADY! When I slip up, you jump down my throat all the time-" "How much COULD go down your thr-" "Shut up...PLEASE?! Stop being so perverted already!" "How can I not? You're so uptight, and I let it all go, s-" "Then I'm kinda surprised you don't look older, and have saggy ti-" "NOW THAT'S MEAN!!!" "The aftermath of one of your fantasies, or my comment?" "Ok...you're lucky I can't take control of you, or you'd have to pick up the leftovers of your virginity off of his cock after I'm done...which wouldn't be for another 2 hours...so, you could watch and...enjoy" "Finally, you say something that could've hurt my feelings...too bad I knew what you were gonna say" "HOW?!" "I'm you, afterall..." "Bitch...you know you can come up with better fantasies anyway..." "I DO have you in my mind, so I guess we could brainstorm on some id-" "Forget that idea! I'll just give you advice on it all, THEN you fuck his brains out...have some self-control though, I actually want to ENJOY the real thing for a good hour!" "...oh we were talking about Naruto?" "WHAT?!?!?!?!?! OF FUCKIN COURSE!!!!!! WHO ELSE WOU-NO! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE TRAITOR-TEME, YOU HEARTLESS LITTL-" "Told you I didn't like...heartless? Me, heartless? I do have a heart, and it's for Sas-" "NO! YOU ARE HEARTLESS! YOU ARE UNBELIEVABLE, YOU LITTLE FUCK! How could you say you still love the traitor, after what he did to us...AND Naruto-kun?!" "What are you talking about? You've always known my heart belongs to Sas-" "Naruto" "Would you stop it already? Sasuke is the man of my dreams, and my heart will only be for him. Got it?" "As a matter-of-fact, sure. I can just break the connection between us, making you basically lose the ability to multi-task, thus meaning you will suck at chakra control. You can go throw your life for someone who not only doesn't care about us, but he sold us out to seek power at the hands of Orochi-teme. Just remember this, bitch...is he really the man of your dreams, or is he only what you WANT to believe he is? Think long, and hard about it...then talk to me."
Sakura finally awoke from her encounter with her inner-self, "Geez, what kinda question is that? Think long & hard about it...am I sure she wasn't just using a perverted pun to catch me off-guard? What did she mean by that though? Man of my dreams...or what I WANT him to be? Why is this so damn confusing?!", and was still trying to fathom what was said in there.
She didn't even care about the fact that the talk was mostly about her other's sick thoughts about Naruto & her...no, she was far too occupied trying to think of the last rant she heard from inner-Sakura before snapping back into reality.
"Might as well rest my mind, and go check on Naruto.", she sighed slowly as she got up to stretch. Afterwards, she started walking back to the area. She was also still pondering that statement, though trying to rid it from her mind for the moment. It only took her about a minute & a half to get to the debris bed...but Naruto wasn't in it.
"Naruto...NaruTO!", she yelled at the end to try to coax him out, but to no avail. Just as she was about to yell his name again, a massive chakra surge got her senses about fifty feet from the area.
The surge scared her, as she never felt that much emitted chakra as a simple locator. She headed north, climbing over the bed, and other chunks of buildings to get to the signal.
She couldn't sense who, because of the quickness of the surge, but could sense that it wasn't hostile. She simply breathed a sigh of relief as she looked over the top to see Naruto laying down with his head elevated...just staring at the beautiful sunset dead ahead of them.
"What do you think we're gonna do from here, Sakura-chan?", asked Naruto as he was twirling a broken kunai around his middle finger. Sakura, slightly taken aback by the sudden question, just moved to kneel down next to him silently.
"Well?", asked Naruto softly. Sakura saw the last thing he would show, tears with a priceless gaze into the sunset as he continued to twirl the broken kunai. "I...I'm s-", Sakura was interrupted by Naruto saying "Don't worry about it, it's not like you truly cared anyway...still, what are our plans now?". Sakura heard what he said...and felt broken on the inside, as if he took that kunai and buried it through her heart.
"I-I...", she couldn't answer, couldn't really move at all, just stared into the sunlight...trying to avoid eye contact with her blonde teammate. for fear of breaking down.
She was, yet again, on the verge of tears as she continued to stare unto the horizon. Sakura just felt so weak, it sickened her. In one moment, she went from relief to dread & regret, from just seven words Naruto said. While she continued to stare on, he just turned his head to stare at her, to simply observe, and listen to what she could choke out.
"W-Why would you say that I...don't CARE for you? How could you say that, Naruto? Everything we've been through means nothing to you?", asked a watery-eyed, heart-stricken Sakura as her voice started sounding raspier as she went along.
"It's not that I didn't care, it's that YOU didn't care...eyes always on Sasuke, praising him for everything he rarely did...the fact that you couldn't even, not even ONCE say 'Thank You' from our first meeting, to this day of reckoning...after everything I've done for you, the times I've put my own life at risk to make you happy, my sworn promise to bring your BELOVED Sasuke home to you. Even I know when someone has been conflicted to the point of no return...that's Sasuke now, not then...THEN, he was our comrade, MY brother, YOUR crush...our FRIEND. He threw all of us to the dirt, like we meant nothing to him, just to get power from a man Kyuubi & I have promised to one day kill...Orochimaru. NOW? Everything's turned to rubble, countless people have died, OUR precious ones, all gone.", he said as his voice slowly filled with anger, and shame.
"The unsung heroes of Konoha are the innocent villagers that died, trying to get their families to safety. Everything I've done for this village...always goes in vain.", as he finished, his eyes were tearing up. He couldn't take it anymore, and just let it all out.
"No one will ever understand what I've went through to get where I am now. It's a good thing YOU'LL never know, because unlike you...people have acknowledged me for the work I've done...not as some dobe, baka, or teme...but as a genuine HERO! All I've ever wanted from you...was true respect...to be thanked through WORDS...never, not ONCE did that ever happen. If I got that alone, I would've left you alone, so my once-BROTHER could have you. I-I loved you, everything about you...the girl of my dreams...ended up stomping all over my dreams...using me to get what you want...", as Naruto finished, tears were streaming down his face, as silent sobs could barely be heard.
Sakura, on the other hand...was speechless, horrified, filled with self-disgust, and she too was silently sobbing. She couldn't answer him, she didn't even think she was worthy of knowing him, let alone be hearing him vent every root to his internal fight. She had absolutely no idea that he loved her, to the point where he put her ahead of his own life. It killed her to know that a simple 'Thank You' would've made her teammate's life so much more valuable to him.
Sakura couldn't take it anymore; every word he said not only made perfect sense, but struck a chord deep within her soul that threatened to break her. She simply said through her very raspy "Naruto...oh Kami-sama...WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?!".
She hid her head in her arms, bringing her knees up to her chest...and just cried...cried hard. All the while, she repeated 'no' over and over as she continued to bawl her tear ducts to near-overdrive.
Naruto looked at her, and soon felt bad for what he did...really bad. He completely totaled her emotions, as he struck chord after chord...until his main objective was complete.
He brought on a second-view epiphony, a sort of realization through someone else's words. Naruto made Sakura realize how much her life mattered to him, and called upon what she did to him as the ultimate realization of her actions.
"And yet......I still love you", Naruto said softly.
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Update on Fatal Hit-and-Run in Colorado Springs
On February 13th a tragic hit-and-run accident occurred in Colorado Springs, leaving one man dead and another severely injured. The two men, both employees of Allied Plumbing, were unloading equipment from their van on North Nevada Avenue when an SUV crashed into a parked car in front of them. The collision rammed the parked car into the two men, pinning them against their van.
The driver of the SUV fled the scene, leaving his female passenger, who reportedly lied about what happened. The 32-year-old driver had been previously cited for driving with a suspended license as well as assault and DUI.
A week after the deadly accident, and after several pleas for justice from the victims' families, the driver finally turned himself in to authorities. He's now facing several charges including reckless driving, driving with a suspended license, as well as vehicular homicide which is a Class 3 felony.
The survivor of the hit-and-run recently spoke of the incident, staying optimistic that one day he'll be able to walk again as the doctors have suggested. The financial burden seems to be as daunting as the physical, however, as he's already amassed well over 350,000 dollars in medical bills.
A recent fundraiser was held at the Stargazers Theater to help raise money for the mounting medical costs.
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The Colorado Law of Vehicular Homicide states "if a person operates or drives a motor vehicle in a reckless manner, and such conduct is the proximate cause of the death of another, such person commits vehicular homicide."
Vehicular Homicide is most often applied in cases where someone was killed by a driver who was under the influence of alcohol or other substances, but that's not always the case. Driving that leads to a death, even if unintentional, can be labeled a vehicular homicide if the driving is proven to be reckless and dangerous.
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Campbell was a magical nine under par with three holes to play, meaning one more birdie and two pars would have made him the first man ever to score 62 in any of the sport's four biggest events.
Even three pars would have matched the course record and put him alongside 20 other players who have achieved 63 since Johnny Miller first set the mark at the 1973 United States Open.
However, the 34-year-old Texan found sand on the 17th and 18th, bogeyed them both and with a 65 led on his own only because Hunter Mahan bogeyed the last as well.
Jim Furyk, yet another member of Paul Azinger's victorious Ryder Cup side last September, also shot 66 for a share of second spot overnight.
As a tournament record 38 players broke par Padraig Harrington was happy enough with a 69 that put him tied 14th, but to win a third successive major the Open and US PGA champion will have to come from four back.
Fit-again Tiger Woods, seeking his fifth green jacket and 15th major, has five to make up following a two under 70.
Woods was only level par after 12, then had three birdies in a row, but after missing an chance for another on the 17th bogeyed the last, going over the green and sending his chip racing past the cup.
Phil Mickelson fared worse. With a chance to take the world number one ranking off his great rival this weekend he managed only a 73, as did third-ranked Sergio Garcia, while in the last group of the day
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Tufted Sofa's are huge! Have you guys noticed? It seems like they have been increasing in popularity over the last couple of years.
I was recently passing by Art Shoppe and one of their displays with tufted sofa caught my eye. Ever since then I have been searching and obsessing!
First … how is tufted spelled? I have seen tuffeted, tuffed, and tufted? It seems like spell check only recognizes tufted. But, spelling aside and I really, really love the look … the sofa can be used in just about any setting from very traditional and stuffy 'old boys' club style to a very modern or rustic urban loft … options are endless.
West Elm has a really great 'Chester' sofa, shown in the 4th image below. Love it!
Here are few that I have come across on Pinterest.
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At Faith and Victory Church we love Christian music concerts. We have hosted several Christian rap concerts and will continue to provide top quality entertainment for the people of Auburn. As always all our music will be appropriate for children but fun for all ages.
As more concert dates become available this page will update and you will be able to see more information about the artists we are inviting in so make sure to bookmark it so you can check back. If you are a Christian band and you would like to hold a concert at Faith and Victory Church please contact Pastor Jeremy Ellis (email@example.com).
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Sellin Out Teaser @seizedamovement @therealhayday
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This is out of the Costco magazine called "Fabulous Food"... Serve it over rice, pasta or ramen noodles.
'Old School,' because my Mom used to make this. It is super simple; yet, it comes out so good. Now, I guess you could always brown the ribs first; but, she never did; so, I have always gone with her basic method. Super easy...
These short ribs are out-of-this-world. If you don't have a slow cooker it can be cooked in the oven at 350 degrees for less time. Serve the leftover sauce with rice
From a feature in our local weekend newspaper The West Australian.
Recipe source: Joy of Kosher
This is a lovely appetizer or could be a main dish whatever you like!
I found this recipe in my local paper years ago. This is a from Johnson Njuguna, he is head chef at a Hotel, near where I live. He states "according to African tradition, men are not supposed to cook and don't go into the kitchen,...
This is out of the "American Test Kitchen" pressure cookbook. Pressure level is HIGH and release is NATURAL. Use 6-8 quart pressure cooker...you can substitute bone-in short ribs 6 (12 ounce) make sure to trim the fat and increase...
Easy and yummy beef ribs. I love them. serving is for 6 ribs you might want to double the recipe as we did.
No beans or tomato, this is a bowl o red to be proud of. Use whatever combination of dried chile's you want. Time includes soaking and standing time
A VERY delicious rich soup that only gets better if left in the fridge. Adapted from a recipe by Laura Frankel
Original recipe called for to cook in a pressure cooker I made them in the oven and boy they were good!
Recipe source: Bon Appetit (June 2015)
This was probably made with venison at first so I'm using that option, also I think you could cook in crockpot very easily so I put that option also
Recipe source: local newspaper
Beef is one of the most traditional meats enjoyed in Brazilian cuisine, and this dish is probably the most delicious of them all! These perfect Brazilian Ribs for grilling in the summer months are not for the faint of heart. They are...
From an old magazine page and submitted by a reader.
This short rib recipe seems to cry out "comfort food". It is quite tasty and a good addition to either your summer or fall/winter menu. Can be finished off by outdoor grill or in the oven. Source: Amy Thielen
This dish screams WINTER. Serve over recipe #recipe17484 The Gremolata adds so much to this dish! But make sure to get only the outer colorful skin of the lemon. Non of the white!! It will make the gremolata bitter.
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The spectacular Silver Temple
With its convenient location next to the Saturday Walking Street Market, Wat Sri Suphan is an easy—and worthwhile—addition to your temple touring.
With Wualai being Chiang Mai's traditional silver-making district, Wat Sri Suphan's claim to fame is unsurprisingly its spectacular silverwork. The sheer volume is impressive and makes you wonder how there's any of that precious metal left over to make anything else.
Now we're not sure what quality the silver is—some of it is clearly silver plating or even silver paint—but a whole lot of silver there certainly is at Wat Sri Suphan. The main feature—and if you're on Wualai Road the temple is signposted as such—is the silver ubosot, or ordination hall. (If you're coming from the moat end of the road take the right turn after some 400 or 500 metres.)
We photographed the hall on a dull Chiang Mai day so it looked kind of grey but get the sunning shining on it and it is spectacular. The interior is also all silver with some finely crafted reliefs depicting scenes from Buddhist mythology.
Plenty of friendly monks wander around the site though and we assume some speak English since the temple holds a "monk chat", so we're sure one of them would take great pleasure in explaining the depicted scenes. These meet the monks; get some inside info and let them practice their English with or without a temple donation affairs used to be a de rigeur feature of all popular Chiang Mai temples but seem to have fallen off a bit of late. Sri Suphan's monk chat plus meditation is on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays.
The only drawback with the silver ubosot is that, as with several other Chiang Mai wats, women are not allowed inside the main ordination hall. Obviously rather a major drawback for approximately 50% of our readers but according to a sign; "Ladies may be deteriorated". Regardless of this, the outside of the hall is still impressive and there's plenty else to see without risking being deteriorated.
Check out the silver workshop, for example, which is open to visitors—follow the signs to the right of the entrance. Here you can see the craftsmen creating these elaborate high relief friezes, while the temple precinct is full of the usual eclectic collection of statues, images and random objects that most Thai temples hold, although in this case they're all supposedly silver. There is a small exhibition hall on the grounds explaining silver working techniques.
You can wander the grounds with a frappuccino from the coffee shop, which also seems a popular sideline in many of Chiang Mai's wats these days and this is certainly an interesting spot to while away half an hour or so while you're waiting for the Saturday Market to get going.
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American denim company Lee has announced the appointment of Chris Waldeck as president of Lee and Rock & Republic. Waldeck, a Kansas City native, joins Lee as the company celebrates 100 years headquartered in the Kansas City metro area.
"I'm excited to have the opportunity to lead such an iconic American brand," said Waldeck. "As I step into my new role, I'm looking forward to working with the passionate and talented Lee team to continue to build on the brand's heritage and deliver amazing products to our consumers."
Waldeck has more than 20 years of industry experience, and joins Lee and Rock & Republic from Reebok International Ltd., where he was most recently the vice president and general manager. In this role, he was responsible for brand marketing, merchandising, public relations, finance, operations and led a transformational growth platform across all channels including wholesale, retail and ecommerce.
"I'm thrilled for Chris to join Lee and Rock & Republic and eager to partner with him and the team to propel the business," said VF president Phil McAdams. "He has a passion for the intersection of lifestyle and brand which enables him to reach a broad base of consumers – especially those who engage actively in their apparel as a reflection of who they are and aspire to be."
Italian fashion designer Laura Biagiotti, who pioneered the marketing of cashmere products in places such as China and the former Soviet Union, has died aged 73, her company said Friday.
The veteran designer suffered brain damage following a heart attack late on Wednesday, and died early on Friday the AGI agency said.
The Laura Biagiotti brand is known for its fine knitwear and loose clothes as well as perfumes, accessories and watches.
Dubbed the "Queen of Cashmere", her company said it uses 50,000 kilogrammes (110,000 pounds) of the fine soft wool every year to make its clothes.
She was also one of the first to market Western collections to other parts of the world, staging fashion shows in China in 1988 and in the former Soviet Union in 1995.
In a 2015 interview to mark her 50 years in the industry she said that fashion could play a role in changing societies.
"In China, in 1988, we understood that after so many years during which clothing had united, unified women and men, they all wanted to express their own individuality," she told the business newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.
She began her career in 1965 when she joined her mother Delia, who had just opened a dressmaking business in Rome after having designed uniforms for the crews of the Alitalia airline.
The young Laura launched her first collection in Florence in 1972. Along with a group of other designers, such as Ottavio Missoni and Gianfranco Ferre, she helped move Italy's fashion capital from Florence to Milan.
Since 1980 she had lived and worked in a restored 11th century castle near Rome with her husband Gianni Cigna, who died in 1996. Her daughter Lavinia is the vice president of the group.
She was also known in Italy as a strong supporter of the arts and sponsored the restoration of numerous historic buildings.
The Biagiotti group stages more than 70 shows every year. (AFP)
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Ralph Lauren Corporation has appointed Patrice Louvet as President and Chief Executive Officer effective July 17, 2017, at which time, he will also be appointed to the Ralph Lauren Corporation Board of Directors. Louvet will dual report to Ralph Lauren in his capacity as Executive Chairman of the Board and to the company's Board of Directors.
"Finding the right partner to work with me to take us forward in our evolution has been my primary focus over the last several months and I am thrilled that Patrice is joining our talented team. He's an enormously skilled business leader with a deep passion for the consumer and a sophisticated understanding of building global brands," said Ralph Lauren, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer in a company announcement.
Patrice Louvet appointed CEO of Ralph Lauren
Louvet most recently served as group president, global beauty at Procter & Gamble (P&G), a division of 12 brands with approximately 11.5 billion dollars in revenues in 2016.
Commenting on taking on the new role at Ralph Lauren, Louvet added in the statement, "Ralph is one of the world's greatest fashion icons and someone I have admired for many years, and it's an incredible opportunity to partner with him to continue to build on 50 years of heritage and innovation. The brand holds tremendous potential around the world and I could not be more excited to lead the next phase of development for this great company with Ralph and the team."
The company added that, Louvet is a brand expert with more than 25 years of experience at P&G. Over the course of his career he has overseen several different multi-billion dollar, category-leading brands and has held numerous management and leadership roles in Europe, Asia and North America. Prior to his current role at P&G, which he has served in since February 2015, Louvet was group president, global grooming (Gillette). He also previously served as president of P&G's global prestige business where he oversaw a diverse portfolio of 23 fashion brands, including Gucci and Hugo Boss.
He currently serves on the board of directors of Bacardi Limited, which he joined in July 2012. Additionally, he served in the French Navy from 1987-1989 as Naval Officer, Admiral Aide de Camp.
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Columbia Sportswear Company has announced that its President and COO Bryan Timm will be resigning from his current role. The company said, in the 20 years that Timm has been with the company, prior to his tenure as president and COO, he served as corporate controller, treasurer and CFO.
Commenting on his departure, Timothy Boyle, Columbia Sportswear Company's Chief Executive Officer stated in a statement, "Bryan has played an integral role in our journey from a single brand with approximately 300 million dollars in sales in 1997 to a publicly-traded, multi-brand, multi-channel business with 2.4 billion dollars in sales in 2016 and more than 6,000 employees around the world. He has been a key contributor to our growth and transformation, most recently by establishing leadership that is planting the seeds for future growth at our Mountain Hardwear brand and in our direct-to-consumer business."
"I'm very proud of the leadership role I've played over the past 20 years in driving the company's global expansion and its evolution into a family of brands that connect active people with their passions. I wish Tim, the leadership team and each of the company's talented employees around the world continued success," added Timm.
The company added that Timm's responsibilities will be handled by other members of the senior management team while the company continues to work through its previously announced operating model assessment that was initiated during the first quarter of 2017.
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Luxury e-commerce group Net-a-Porter has named former Bergdorf Goodman executive Elizabeth von der Goltz as its new global buying director.
Von der Goltz, who most recently held the position of senior vice president and general merchandise manager at US department store Bergdorf Goodman, will join Net-a-Porter in the summer and will be based at the luxury brand's London headquarters.
Reporting directly to Net-a-Porter president Alison Leohnis and managing director Matthew Woollsey, Von der Goltz will lead the buying strategy across all product categories, while being responsible for driving sales and developing product collections for the luxury e-tailer.
Her appointment comes four months after Sarah Rutson, vice president of global buying at Net-a-porter, resigned from her post after a little more than two years in the role.
I am thrilled to join Net-a-Porter, and am ready to apply my experience to reinforce Net-a-Porter as the number one online destination for luxury retail," said Von der Goltz. "By curating a destination where customers can discover new upcoming designers and the most cherished luxury brands, we will remain an unparalleled shopping experience."
Loehnis added: "With her exceptional eye for product and a deep and abiding understanding of the international luxury customer, Elizabeth will bring great leadership to our stellar team of buyers.
"Her proven track record in growth, business development and strong relationships with brands will ensure that we continue to offer our customer the best fashion curation inclusive of exceptional pieces and collections she can find nowhere else. We are delighted to welcome her to the team."
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VF Corporation has appointed of Arne Arens to the position of Global Brand President, The North Face, effective immediately. In March of this year, Arens was named vice president and general manager, The North Face, Americas. He will continue to report to Scott Baxter, Vice President, VF and Group President, Outdoor & Action Sports Americas.
"Arne has continuously demonstrated his strong leadership skills and ability to drive value for The North Face brand," said Baxter in a statement, adding, "I am confident that Arne's passion for and deep understanding of the outdoor marketplace, coupled with his management expertise and operational agility, make him ideally suited to unlock new opportunities and accelerate growth for The North Face around the world."
The company said, since joining VF in 2010, Arens led The North Face brand in EMEA where he oversaw sales, marketing, merchandising, product development and direct-to-consumer activities. In his most recent role as general manager of the Americas, he managed the brand's Americas business and strategic initiatives for sales, merchandising and the direct-to-consumer business.
Prior to joining VF, Arens worked at Nike in Europe, where he spent eight years in marketing, sales and category roles. Before Nike, he served in consulting roles across a range of industries and geographies.
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Roberto Cavalli S.p.A. has brought Paul Surridge on board as its new Creative Director reports Vogue. Surridge, who replaces Peter Dundas, takes over his responsibilities immediately and the company said, his debut collection for the fashion house, Spring 2018, will be showcased in Milan late September.
Surridge was earlier associated with Calvin Klein in the 1990s, followed by Burberry and Jil Sander as the head of menswear. From there served as the creative director of Z Zegna from 2011 to 2014. The he moved on to consult for Acne Studios's menswear collections.
Paul Surridge appointed as creative director Roberto Cavalli
Vogue quoted Gian Giacomo Ferraris, CEO of Roberto Cavalli, who said: "Paul has a 360-degree vision on brands and branding. He is passionate, mature, and an amazing team player. We all believe that he is the ideal candidate to complete our management team and contribute to implement the ambitious development plans for Roberto Cavalli, which we have agreed with our stakeholders."
The company saw its revenues decline 13.6 percent in 2016 to 155 million euros (164 million dollars), said a Reuters report and loss before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of 26 million euros (27.6 million dollars). Despite the disappointing performance last year, the Florence-based fashion label, which was acquired by Italian private equity firm Clessidra in April 2015, expects to return to profitability in 2018.
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After being named chief executive officer of DG Premium Brands less than a year ago, Paula Schneider is effectively stepping down from her role.
As the former CEO of American Apparel, Schneider seemed to switch to the new company with her extensive fashion and retail experience. Last October, it was announced that she would take the position at DGPB and its portfolio of brands including 7 For All Mankind, Ella Moss, Splendid and more. In an email to employees from Delta Galil, it was announced that Schneider resigned as CEO of DGPB as of May 1. "We wish her the very best in her future endeavors," the email read. Currently, the company is still moving forward with their Senior Leadership Team including Marty Marstiller and Jenna Habayeb, who will be reporting to Isaac Dabah, global CEO of Delta Galil Industries.
According to Q4 results, the manufacturer reported a 31 percent increase from its quarter the previous year. Delta Galil Industries had a reported sales of 376.3 million dollars for its fourth quarter, as reported by FashionUnited. While the company is doing well, there are no public announcements on who will take over the role of CEO at DGPB. FashionUnited has reached out to the company for a comment.
- Prachi Singh |
Michael Kors Holdings has named Thomas J. Edwards, Jr. as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer effective immediately.
"We are excited to have Tom join our organization and oversee responsibilities for global finance, operations and IT," said John D. Idol, Michael Kors Chairman and CEO in a statement, adding, "Tom is a veteran in the global consumer goods industry and a proven financial and operational leader. He will be instrumental to us as we continue to execute on our key growth and operational initiatives as well as drive value for our shareholders."
The company said, Edwards has extensive experience as a financial and operational leader. He joins the company from Brinker International, a casual dining restaurant company, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer since March 2015. Prior to that, he held numerous positions within finance at Wyndham Worldwide from 2007 to 2015, including having served as executive vice president and CFO of the Wyndham Hotel Group from March 2013 to March 2015.
He has also held a number of financial and operational leadership positions in the consumer goods industry, including as vice president, consumer innovation and marketing services at Kraft Foods and vice president, finance at Nabisco Food Service Company.
Edwards is succeeding Joseph B. Parsons, who is retiring after 13 years with the company. Parsons will remain with the company through August 1, 2017 in his current role.
Picture:Michael Kors website
- Prachi Singh |
Lululemon Athletica has appointed Glenn Murphy, Founder and CEO of FIS Holdings to the company's Board of Directors as Co-Chairman, effective immediately. The company said, Michael Casey will be stepping down from the role of co-chairman, and remain a Director and will also continue to Chair the compensation committee and will remain on the audit committee.
"I am grateful for Michael's valuable contributions as co-chairman and appreciate his continued commitment as part of the Board for the past nine years," said David Mussafer, Co-Chairman of Lululemon in a statement, adding, "I am delighted to welcome Glenn to the Board as Co-Chairman. An experienced industry executive with more than 25 years in retail, he brings an established track record as a strategic operator across major retail brands."
"Glenn is a seasoned executive with global expertise and I look forward to leveraging his strategic thinking, skills and deep industry knowledge," added Laurent Potdevin, CEO of Lululemon.
The statement added that as Head of FIS Holdings, Murphy is responsible for leading the high-impact consumer-focused investment firm deploying a combination of operating guidance and capital flexibility. Prior to founding FIS Holdings, he served as chairman and CEO of The Gap for seven years. He has also led diverse retail businesses and brands across grocery, pharma, health and beauty, books and lifestyle; having previously served as CEO of Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation, and CEO and president for the retail division of Chapters.
Murphy began his career at Loblaws where he spent 14 years. Since his return to Toronto, Murphy has also been involved with Sunnybrook Hospital as well as coaching recent university graduates in their early career decisions.
Picture:Facebook/Lululemon Athletica


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Ingredients (serves 4)
K Suresh >> Ingredients (serves Priyanka, Robert, Sonia and Rahul
My friend, you have left out the kids of Smt Priyanka Vadra and Robert Vadra, how come?
Is it that the kids are suffering from diabetes and hence they cannot consume the secular dish , recommended by OUTLOOK ?
If at all, I would use Kesar as a medicine. I don't think, that even when grown in Kashmir, people used it outside the valley in significant quantity, and it was mainly used there. I don't know if it can be used in medicine.
Owners of Sagar Ratna, please improve your toilet facilities.
>> Ingredients (serves 4)
I was half expecting
Ingredients (serves Priyanka, Robert, Sonia and Rahul)
Dear OUTLOOK?
Are you not ashamed that you use your media publications to blatantly advertise your loyalty to one family, whose one and only contribution is that the family's members have ruled/controlled the Union Government of India in 50 out of last 65 years of independence?
How exactly does it matter if Kesari Bath is liked by Priyanka vadra? Who is this Priyanka Vadra and how does it matter to 1200 million indians?
Please change yourselfs and stop being so such a shameless paid news outlet of the SAINT SONIA Family.