He was back after all these year residing with a snake and his apprentice then killing his brother and turning against his village and after understanding how and why everything happened, fighting alongside of his old team he was back.

War had ended on a happy note. Team hawk had come with him to Konoha and there was going to be a trial in a few days. His team and Konoha 11 had started to interact a little and there are some signs of good friendship and comradeship in it. It had been only three days after the war. Everyone has returned to their own village after a long celebration together and even after that there was going to be a long celebration in their own villages. For now no one had cuffed him or anything, for now everyone was forgiving but he was not delusional he knew that after the fire of celebration dimmed he was going to face the results of everything he had done.

He was in a corner of the forest seeing the celebration that was going in front of him, thinking over things. His team was enjoying the festival with his former comrades. His eyes swept the whole place and had seen everyone there. Sakura talking with jugo and jugo calmly answering anything she asked. To his surprise sakura had given just enough attention to him as said that he was only her friend, nothing more. He didn't mind of course. Suigetsu was with Tenten talking about weapons and Karin was looking at him and he did nothing to acknowledge her. There was only one person missing and he couldn't comprehend why he was missing. He was the least of the persons that Sasuke thought would be missing from a festival, but he can't see him and he was a little worried about it. After an hour of standing there and still not seeing the blond there he decided to find him, himself. It was not like he was enjoying this anyways.

He had no idea where the blond could be but he closed his eyes and tried to sense his chakra and it was not difficult either. How could someone miss such a warm and large chakra, it felt like someone was standing in a furnace, so warm. He started in the direction from which it was coming, was leading him to the cemetery. He didn't have an ounce of the idea what he could be doing there.

When he saw him lying on the cold hard ground, dirt on his clothes between two graves. He was heaving breaths heavily. He tried to see whose graves were they, but he couldn't read the names and one of them even looked freshly dug and filled afterwards. The blond lifted one hand and stroked the grave that was old.

"Dad, I am happy that you feel proud on me, tell mom I love her from me ok and don't worry about me, I'm going to be the next Hokage, believe it." He said this in a soft voice

Now some confusion cleared from sasuke's mind. Naruto had come here to be with his parents. He knew how much good it feels hearing from your father that they are proud of you, he had heard it only once and he still felt good about it. He stared at his friend with a little concern. Then the blond touched the other grave.

"You had given me a responsibility and I have completed it and I knew that you would have been in peace where you were dug by your brother, but I know that this the right place for you and I won't allow another one. You have tried to protect this village like its leaders and didn't held grudge for anything that they forced you to do. Your body doesn't deserve a place in some forgotten land, your body is only fit for this place and I am going to kill anyone who said it otherwise"

Sasuke had no idea who he was talking to, whose brother he had tried to take to this place. As his eyes were adjusting he was seeing that he was in front of the graves of the previous leaders. He didn't know who can be the person that Naruto thought had his place between those.

After a while of seeing the blond there just lying, he thought it was time to take him back to the festival but as he saw him, he didn't wanted to. He looked so peaceful there, just lying there, beside his father. He was happy for him, not that he was ever going to tell him about that.

He walked toward him and said in a monotone voice: "You're going to get a cold by lying there, dobe"

Naruto jerked and sat up and as if by some instinct came in front of the newly made grave, hiding it from the view. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at that, what is he trying to hide? , he thought.

"What are you doing here" Naruto asked in a nervous tone

He didn't replied, he just came more close to him, staring in the eye. He stopped in front of him and just stared. Naruto looked at him. They could feel each others breathe on their faces and none of them took their eyes away from the other.

A light blush was creeping on Naruto's face by standing so close to Sasuke and Sasuke in his mind thought how would it feel to touch those blushing cheeks, but he didn't wasted any other second and pushed Naruto to one side and looked at the grave and froze.

"Hey, teme" Naruto yelled after regaining himself, but froze when he saw Sasuke looking at the grave.

"Look don't be angry, ok. I mean I thought it was the right place for him after whatever he had done for the village. I know it should have been your decision but I didn't know if you wanted to talk about it or not and I thought it was the right thing to do…."

Sasuke was not listening anything as Naruto blabbered why he had done this; he just stood there staring at his brother's grave. Tears threatening to spill. He was still a little sad about all that, it had given him a scar that won't be healed, ever. But all in all, he was disgusted with himself, the kind of work that he should have done himself; it was done by someone else. As a brother he should have done this but no he had forgotten all about it yet Naruto remembered. In all the celebration, in the entire acknowledgement he was at last getting, he remembered this thing. This thing that he didn't have any duty for yet he had done this. He had come from the entire thing he has wished for just to do this. Something tugged at his heart, he felt a new feeling rising in his chest that he didn't have a name for. A feeling for his idiot friend that had done this.

He looked at his friend who was still babbling his explanation and without another word, he hugged him.

Naruto's heart stopped for a minute and picked its pace at double. Butterflies fluttered in his stomach at being hugged by Sasuke and he didn't know why. Why he was feeling this, he was his friend, right, just friend. And he was satisfied with that answer that he is happy because his friend was happy.

"Arigatou" Sasuke whispered in a hushed tone and then let go

Naruto stood stunned for a minute, staring at his friend. After a minute, he showed his foxy grin and rubbed the back of his head and said: "no problem"

They didn't talked anything as they made their way back to the festival

Naruto made one other stop at his mother's grave and silently prayed in his mind as his teammate stared at him, doing it. He didn't know what but something has changed today in him. He was feeling a strong feeling toward his blond friend but what. It felt peaceful to see him happy and silently praying for his mother. He wanted to see in those blue eyes again and again, to understand the mystery of him. He then shook his head. He is just going mad and that's all. His friend was just a dobe and nothing else.

After a minute, Naruto stood up and went back to the festival with his friend. Once he was in a festival, he started meeting with everyone and as Sasuke started to creep back in a corner he took his hand and forced him to be with him and enjoy with everyone else. He didn't say anything but still stood by the blonde's side all night.