A young ninja walked into the office of the Hokage. It was of course none other than Konoha's number one knucklehead ninja, Naruto Uzumaki. "Hey granny, how goes it?" The Hokage clenched her fist in anger but smiled none the less. She was happy to see Naruto, after everything that happened last year; Obito and Madara Uchiha along with the Akatsuki trying to resurrect the ten-tails and destroy the world.
Naruto had been away for almost a full year, coping with the deaths of his friends and trying to find his place in this world. He was just in the hidden cloud village visiting Bee and the Raikage, who gave him the perspective he needed. "Yo, you have a home, and aren't alone, fool, ya fool!" Killer Bee may have bad rhymes but he gave great advice, "Bee is right, you may be faster than me but you couldn't run home fast enough kid." "Did the Raikage just admit I was faster than him?" That came as a big surprise to both Bee and Naruto, Ay prided himself as being the fastest alive. Only Tobirama and Minato surpassed him but now Naruto and Kurama could make them all eat his dust. "I guess you guys are right, but I don't know if I can face Hinata and the rest of the gang after not being able to save everyone, ya know? Neji, Akamaru, and Ten Ten, I wasn't fast enough to save them." "You cant save everyone you idiot but you did save the rest of the world, you are a hero. Anyway, I bet Sasuke is getting a head start on becoming Hokage without you there!" "Damn, I forgot Sasuke went back to the village straight away, he is probably a jonin by now." Without another word, Naruto shot off like a rocket right for Konoha!