AN: After spending a lot of time reading all the great fanfics on this page, i decided to try my hands on writing myself. This is the first chapter/prologue of a story i have in my mind. I've been reading alot of NarutoxIno pairings, and i just love them! This will, as the summary says, be a NaruxIno fic with focus on what happenes after the fourth shinobi war.

Hope you like this, and please leave a comment if there is some tips you have for my writing, as i am new to this, and want to do as good as i can.

The forth shinobi war was finally over. The Shinobi alliance had defeated Madara and Akatsuki, but the sacrifices were great. Countless had fallen in their battle to save the world from falling under, and more were injured. Some would never be able to be shinobi again.

From his position on the mountain looking over the alliance camp, one Naruto Uzumaki was in deep thought about all the sacrifices made, when he was interrupted by a voice from behind him. "What are you doing here Naruto?" He turned around to see him longtime teammate with her pink hair and red outfit, one Sakura Haruno. "Just thinking Sakura-chan. All the people down there laid everything on the line just to make sure that Madara couldn't get his hands on me and Bee". He replied silently. Sakura stood there for a moment, before she walked up and hugged her blond teammate. She knew how he felt, and knew that he felt that all the people who had died in the war weren't supposed to die just so he could live on. "The people who died during the war died for what they believed in baka. They died believing that if this war was won, we could finally have peace."

Naruto took the words to heart, and return the hug while sighing tiredly. "I know, I just don't feel right standing here while so many lost their loved ones for a war that I feel I was to blame for."

Sakura stepped away, and looked at the blonde with an annoyed expression. "Don't say thinks like that you baka, you are the hero who ended the war! You are the hero who defeated Mada..." She was interrupted when Naruto puts a hand up as a sign to make her stop talking. "You know I can't take the credit for that." he said as he turned back towards the alliance camp. "All the people down there did as much, if not more than I did." As he finished talking, he picked up the backpack that was lying nearby, and started walking away. Sakura ran after him and grabbed his hand. "Where are you going Naru-baka?" He only smiled weakly at her. "I need some time away from all of this. Tell baa-chan i'll be back in about 2 years."

With that, Naruto left the camp where the alliance was busy celebrating the victory and the peace they had fought so hard for. Sakura could only look on as the blonde disappeared. A few tears escaped her eyes, and she frowned. 'get back to me soon Naruto. You may be a baka, but you are my baka.' she thought before she turned the other way to walk back to the camp.

When she arrived, she was met by the fifth hokage herself. "Oi, Sakura!" she yelled the pink haired medic over. She could see her sad expression, and she got a bad feeling. "Where is the gaki? Where is our blond hero?" Sakura couldn't look her master in the eyes after letting Naruto go like that. But he did tell her to let the hokage know he would be back. "He left Tsunade-sama. He said he needed time away from all of this." Tsunade could only look on in sadness as her apprentice continued talking. "He blames all the losses of the war on himself, and he feels that he doesn't deserve all the praise and hero worshiping he is getting. He wanted me to tell you that he will return to Konoha in 2 years". Tsunade took a deep breath and put a hand on Sakura's head. "I guess he deserves to have a long vacation after all that has happened. Don't worry Sakura. He'll be back, and hopefully back to his old goofy self". Sakura looked up at her master, and gave her a smile. She always knew how to keep her hopes up. "Oh, and I think Sasuke wanted to talk to you." Tsunade finished before walking back to the party. She wasn't going to miss out on all the sake.

Sasuke, the last remaining Uchiha in the world. After turning traitor on Konoha, and later the entire shinobi alliance, had returned towards the end of the war to once again stand by Naruto and Sakuras side as a part of team 7. After the war ended, he had been put in chains and brought before the 5 kages. After a series of interrogations and discussions, they had decided that he would not be excecuted for his treason. He had after all been a key part in the victory. He was grateful for this, but when it was announced that he would be allowed back to Konoha on the condition that he could never be a shinobi again, he was furious. How could they dare to deny the great Uchiha of being a shinobi? This was however the only option he had. It was either that, or banishment from all of the five great villages. He had to bite the sour apple. After all, how could he resurrect the clan if he was not allowed to come back to Konoha. He finally gave his agreement when he was told that if he had children, they would be allowed to be shinobi of the leaf. He was currently sitting alone in his tent thinking over this all over, when the flap was pushed aside, and his ex-teammate Sakura walked in. "Just the one I wanted to talk to." said Sasuke, as he showed his usual smirk. He couldn't take the Hokage title from Naruto, but there was something else he could take from his blond rival. And this would also help with the resurrection of his clan...

So there you have it. The first part of my story. The next chapter will be released as soon as i can get myself to writing it, and it will start up with Naruto returning to Konoha.

So thank you for reading, and leave a comment with what you think was good/bad so that i can improve the writing.