Teenage boys are heavy. Shinobi boys even more so. He thought to himself as his trudged down the path to the villiage gates. Or what was left of them at least.
How is it that he, of everyone in the Hidden Leaf, ended up carrying his unconscious ass back? I mean, I only died today, but hey no, I'll carry the kid back.
The boy let out a small moan and started to stir. "Kaka Sensei?"
He set the boy on the ground. "Hey there Naruto." The silver haired jonin said. "That was pretty stupid going off all on your own like that."
The blonde just scratched the back of his head and grinned, "but I did it! Didn't I?!"
"Yeah you did idiot," Kakashi said mussing his hair, "and then I got stuck hauling your heavy ass back to town. Can you walk now?"
The blonde jumped up ready to go, and immediately fell down as his knees gave out. "Owww," he whined rubbing his backside. His sensei slid an arm under his and helped him to his feet. A few assisted and tentative steps later and they were working their way back to town again. They walked slowly but more steady with each step. Eventually the gate came into view. Naruto could see his entire group of friends gathered, whispering among themselves. Crystal blue eyes met with feminine lavender eyes.
"Naruto-kun." Hinata whisperd almost silently though it was loud enough for one particular person to hear though.
"NARUTO!" The pink haired kunoichi ran towards him. He braced himself.
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING GOING OFF BY YOUR SELF YOU BIG MORON?!" He cringed waiting for the familiar punch. Instead, she flung herself in his arms crying, "I was so worried!"
He allowed himself a whole five seconds to be shocked before plastering his signature giant smile on his face and promising she could tell him all about how worried she was for him on a date later that night. WHACK! Ahhh, there was the punch he expected.
The rest of his friends ran to see him. Well except Shikamaru, he hobbled. Hinata held back behind the group wringing her hands and looking nervous. Naruto smiled at his friends and gestured for them to give him a moment. He walked over to her.
"Hinata." She blushed but held his gaze. "Thank you." He took her hands. "I owe everything to you. Thank you for believing in me."
She blushed harder, but stayed standing. "You're welcome Naruto-kun." The moment was broken as Kiba and Choji grabbed him and started tossing him into the air.
"Naruto. Naruto. Naruto." They all chanted as the rest of the villiage joined in. "Hero of the Leaf!" They yelled.
At this point Kakashi must have gotten something in his eye because he had to wipe it furiously. Under his mask though. He was grinning from ear to ear. He may be a dunce, but Naruto deserved to be hailed as a hero for everything he'd done for this village. Starting from the day he was born. He looked out over the remains of the villiage. They'd taken a beating, but thanks to that blue eyed brat they were all still alive. He continued scanning the crowd for unfamiliar faces. You can never be too careful. His obsidian eye connected with swimming chocolate brown ones. A small shock rocked through his system. Umino Iruka. Narutos most precious person. He was openly weeping with joy as he turned back to watch his former student. Kakashi however, kept his eyes on the chunin. He realized he was staring at the tanned man and immediately tore his eyes way. "Curious." He thought. The jolt was unexpected. Well his system was probably still regulating after being dead. Yeah. That makes as much sense as anything else. He put it out of his mind.
He kept scanning the crowd. Except now, for some reason his eye kept finding a certain chunin.