This is my first go at writting fanfic so I would really appreciate reviews! Hope you enjoy the story as much as I am enjoying writting it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Chapt. 1

After the fourth ninja war there was much to do for all five of the villages, families had been ripped apart, teams had been broken, lives had been lost. The bonds between the five hidden villages that had been started out of desperation were stronger now than ever, but that didn't mean that the outside world had suddenly become peaceful, or that the daimyos of those countries would stand for lasting peace between them and so ninja returned to their respective villages and began to rebuild wondering if and when the day would come when they would have to once again fight their comrades in the other villages.
Back in Konoha, which had taken the most loss since it's ninja were the ones serving mainly on the front line, friends had clung to one another as the mass ceremony to celebrate the lives of their fallen comrades began. Tsunade had gotten choked up at the massive amount of names she had to read out and several times had to pause in order to regain her composer. When the fifth hokage had finally gotten to the last handful of names a blonde boy who was really more of a man bowed his head as tears silently fell down his cheeks. "…and finally, Neji Hyuuga", rang out from the hokage and the sobs from Neji's cousin Hinata were heard throughout the crowd. Naruto visibly tensed as his mind went to the crying Hyuuga. Somewhere towards the back of the crowd stood a women dressed in all black which was a stark contradiction to her startling natural pink hair. She held hands with her best friend who hand almost collapsed at the mention of her father on the list of the fallen. "It's okay to cry Ino, your father loved you very much and I am sure wherever he is now he is so proud of what you did to help us win the war." Ino had shrugged and turned her head into her best friends shoulder thankful for the comfort. Sakura stood there with an almost stoic expression on her face while trying her best to comfort her friend.
After the ceremony had seemed to come to an end the Hokage had a few more announcements to make. "First off I would like to announce that Sauske Uchiha has been allowed to return to the village under the title of Jounin. This may come as a shock to some of you given the circumstances of his departure but rest assured that I have investigated this to the fullest and I have deemed that his actions taken to protect this village in the war outweigh his transgressions against the village before that. As such he is to be welcomed back into the village by all as if he had never left. Secondly, I would like to announce that in 1 months' time I will be retiring from the title of Hokage in order to focus more on my career as a medical shinobi. During the war we lost nearly 35% of our able force and so it is more important than ever that we focus on saving those who remain. As such the council and I have convened and we have come to the decision that Naruto Uzumaki will become the sixth Hokage!" at this the crowd cheered, even those who had been crying tears for the fallen could not help but smile at the thought that Naruto would finally become the Hokage. Sakura smiled at Naruto's obviously shocked expression, "at least he will finally shut up about becoming the Hokage" Sakura chuckled to no one in particular.
Later that day Sakura found herself on her way to the Hokages office. As she walked through the doors she was slightly surprised to see her teammates all pilled into the office as well. Tsunade started, "Now that you are all here we can begin. We are here today to settle the matter of teams, as you know Naruto will be training with me for the next month so he can learn of the responsibilities that he will have as Hokage, this means that team seven will once again be short a member, Sauske will join back with team seven along with Sai, Kakashi, and Sakura. I understand that you are all jounin level shinobi now and are all equal so in order to decide who will take on the role of team leader I would like for the four of you to put it to a vote." This statement caused sideways glances from everyone in the room. "I would like to continue working under Kakashi-sensi" said Sai with just a hint of the smile he was finally learning to use. "I would like to vote for myself to be team captain." Sauske said this so quietly that had they not been listening intently none of the others in the room would have heard this. "My vote is also for Kakashi, no offense Sauske." This was said by the woman still in her black from the ceremony earlier. All eyes turned to Kakashi. "I am flattered that my teammates think so highly of my leadership skills that they would still like me to head the team even though we are now equals." This was said with his tell tale eye crinkle that they all had come to expect. Tsunade then spoke again "Well then it's settled, Kakashi is to remain team leader. Now that we have that out of the way it is time to assign you your first mission. With the war over many of the other villages are unsure if our truce still stands and what that means for their respective countries, your mission is to take this scroll to Suna and give it to the Kazekage, then you are to await his reply and promptly report back to me." "Uh, not to sound ungrateful, but I didn't decide to come back to the village to be sent on C-ranked messenger missions." "Sauske, first off this mission is A-ranked as the contients of this scroll will be instrumental in continuing our alliance with the Sand Village. Secondly, we allowed you to return to the village because of your efforts in the war, but make no mistake you are not above any mission that you Hokage choses for you." Sauske seemed slightly uncomfortable at being reprimanded but he nodded his agreement. "Team seven you are to start your training immediately and leave for the Sand village in 4 days time. Dismissed!"
The team was a bit unsteady as they made their way to the practice field. Kakashi looked at his team and made the decision that today would be a good day to try his old method of training once more. He spoke a little louder than normal letting them know he was addressing them all at once, "Since we are starting over essentially as a team, also the fact that while Sauske was a former teammate it has been many years since he was worked with Sakura and I and never worked with Sai I have decided to bring out the bells." This caused an audible grumble from Sakura and Sauske, while Sai had a puzzled look on his face. "Kakashi-sensei what are the bells and why do Ugly and Traitor grumble when you speak of them. "Hey I told you to quit calling me UGLY!" Sakura seemed like she was ready to rip Sai from limb to limb but a small chuckle escaped from Sauske which cause the kunoichi to stop in her tracks. Did Sauske just laugh? She thought to herself. Kakashi cleared his throat at the commotion and begain to explain the hated bells to Sai all the while not noticing the look that Sakura was giving the Uchiha. Sakura didn't know if she should smile at Sauske or slowly knack away from him. In all there years as a team, and since then she had never known him to laugh. As if reading her thoughts Sauske looked at her and shrugged his shoulder as if he couldn't understand why she looked so dumbfounded. Then he moved toward he and she couldn't breathe. "Sakura I just wanted to say a few things to you since we are alone. I know that I hurt you and to be honest at the time I did I didn't care about your feelings one bit, but I have changed since fighting beside you and Naruto and I want to make things right. I don't know if you can forgive me, but I am so sorry for the pain I caused you. I would like to make it up to you so I was wondering if you wanted to go to dinner sometime. I had a lot of time to think about things over the last few months and I have decided it's past time for me to think about settling down." At this last declaration Sakura's mouth literally fell open. "Uh, are you asking me on a date?", "Yes, I am." At this the Uchiha did the last thing in the world that Sakura expected. He kissed her, hard. She was so startled that she didn't have time to react before she heard a throat clearing somewhere to he left. Kakashi did not like what he was seeing. Sauske had earned his respect when he decided to return and protect his village, but he had been there for the pink haired girl time and time again and the Uchiha and repeatedly ripped her heart out and stomped on it. The silver haired ninja could understand his reaction if it was purely that of a friend who wanted to protect someone they cared about, what he couldn't understand was why looking at the Uchiha kiss the woman had made him see red. What did he care if Sakura kissed someone she was in love with? What did he care indeed.

Kakashi POV
After several hours the trio had finally managed to get the bells from their leader and he beamed with pride and Sakura was patching the broken arm she had given him moments before. This beautiful woman could strike fear into your heart one minute, and smile at you as she worked her magic healing hands the next. She sure had grown more beautiful with every passing year and she was certainly not the silly girl who pinned after one of her teammates. Kakashi found himself laughing at the memory of the pouty little girl who he had first met all those years ago. She had been one of the worst shinobi in the village and she knew it, but all she could think about was the dark haired man that she was so in love with. Then all of that changed when Sauske let the village and left the girl broken. It had taken several years for the girl to come to terms with that, but she had challenged herself to become stronger, and stronger she had become. Kakashi almost shuddered as memories of the war begain to enter his mind. Flashes of Saukra standing tall beside her former teammates as she gave every ounce of herself to protect her village and all of the world. He could remember now how proud he had been at his favorite student who was proving to her team and to the world that she was a force to be reckoned with. Standing there on the battle field with her pink tresses blowing in the breeze she looked like a warrior goddess. Then reality snapped as Kakashi realized that he was actually becoming aroused. "Where the hell did that come from?" he thought to himself. Sakura was his student turned teammate and was obviously still in love with Sauske. The thought made him frown and he wondered at that. "Okay Kakshi-san, you are all healed up!" He looked up to see the most beautiful smile he had seen in his life directed at him. "Thank you Sakura-chan" he offered to the pink haired woman as he dismissed his team, "Uh Sakura I would like to buy your lunch to thank you for healing me" Kakashi said this with as much confidence as he could muster. "Kakashi you don't have to thank me for fixing your arm since I am the one who broke it, but I am not about to turn down free lunch!" This made the silver hair ninja smile, but he did not miss the foul look that crossed the Uchiha's face when Sakura accepted his offer. Kakashi didn't understand why he felt the need to see the pink haired woman more, but he was sure that his sudden obsession with Sakura couldn't mean anything good.