Okay another Naruto fanfic. This is a Naruto/Sakura fanfic. Sasuke will be involved but my pairing stands. Also there will be misery, death and other such things. If this doesn't appeal to you please don't read and then flame me, I can't be asked with flamers. Constructive criticism is welcome.

SUMMERY: Naruto has achieved all his goals, except one. When he finally achieves his dream of Sasuke coming back to Konoha, he realises that nothing will ever be the same again. Especially when Sasuke comes back with something to tell his old teammates.

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Redemption.

Prologue.

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Sasuke had left Konoha twenty years ago. In Twenty years, so many things had changed, sometimes it would be hard to recognise the village Konoha had once been. Some of these changes were good, others were bad.

One these changes were that the old rookies were certainly not rookies anymore. They had grown, had children of their own, and progressed more than some of them had ever thought they would. Naruto was not one of those people.

The reason for this was simple. Naruto had progressed to exactly where he had always wanted to be. He was now the Rokudaime Hokage. He had worked hard and had been relentless in his training, and had finally achieved half of his major goal in life. The other half however had not been fulfilled. In fact for the last fifteen years, there had been no sight nor whisper of the last Uchiha in any context. This had saddened Naruto greatly. He was Hokage, but without his best friend, he wasn't sure if he could call his dream complete.

Around fourteen years ago, Naruto had started dating Hinata. About a year later, Naruto and Hinata were married, despite the misgivings of the Hyuuga clan. Hiashi Hyuuga had disowned Hinata for her choice. He had even had the caged bird seal placed on her forehead. Naruto had been furious at the action, but Hinata hadn't cared, and a year later, they were blessed with a daughter, who they called Kushina, after Naruto's mother. She had surprisingly red hair, even though her mother had dark hair and her father, blonde hair. She had her father's startlingly blue eyes.

Two years later, they were blessed with another daughter, who looked exactly like her mother, but for the blonde streaks that zigzagged through her hair. But Hinata had terrible difficulties during the birth, and she died very shortly afterwards. Their new daughter, Naruto named Hinata, after her mother.

Naruto had grieved heavily over the loss of Hinata. Sakura was always there to help out with little Hinata and Kushina. Naruto had eventually come out of his blues when little Hinata had turned three, and Kushina was five, Naruto finally started acting like himself again. When Kushina was seven, and Hinata five, Naruto married Sakura. It seemed his love for her never died, not that he didn't love Hinata, but of course Naruto was bound to fall in love again. After all, Naruto had a lot of love to give, and everyone, including Naruto, knew that Hinata would have wanted him to keep on living.

Sakura and Naruto went on to have two more children. Kasumi, who was named after Sakura's mother, and little Sasuke. Sasuke looked very like his father. The same blue eyes and blonde hair was a dead giveaway. He possessed his mother's great intelligence, however, and seemed to make progress in leaps and bounds further then his peers. He was now two. Kasumi, who was four, looked just like her mother, but seemed to have both her parents' penchant for mischief.

In this time, Neji had married Ten Ten, and they had a daughter called Hoshiko, who was now twelve. She had been born around the same time as Kushina, and she had her father's hair, and her mother's eyes. Her hair often tied into Odangos like her mother, she always played the part of the perfect student, unlike her little brother, Hizashi, who was always goofing around. Hizashi was six, and the reverse of his sister, his mother's hair and his father's Byakugan eyes. He kept his hair relatively short and tied into a high ponytail most of the time.

Shikamaru, had married Temari, and they had a daughter, Shikariko, who was six, and a son, Nobu, who was four. Shikariko had black hair and dark eyes like her father, but her mother's personality. Nobu, had his mother hair and eyes, but his father's lazy habits.

Sai had grown rather close to Ino over the years. They had married six years ago, when they found out the Ino was pregnant. Of course, Sai had read in a book that it was the right thing to do, so having wanted to do it anyway, he had proposed to Ino who had immediately said yes. Their first child, Inoshi, had Sai's black hair and his mother's blue eyes. Of course two years later they had another child, a girl called Shiori, who was now the same age as Kasumi, and had her mother's blonde hair, and her father's dark eyes.

Shino had married Yakumo Kurama, his sensei Kurenai's former student, before team eight. They had a son, Kenji, who looked very like his father. He was ten, the same age as little Hinata, and his genjutsu skills were of a great magnitude, with his fathers' kikkai bugs and his mothers' genjutsu skills, Kenji excelled at the academy.

Kiba was married to a nice girl called Suki, and they had three children. Their eldest was a boy called Keido. He was twelve and the spitting image of his father, with a little nin dog called Hakuri, who was one of Akamaru's pups. The second child was a girl called Tsume, who was ten. She looked like her mother, with her honey coloured hair and bright copper coloured eyes. She had a pup called Gigi. A fiery red pup who had been bred from her grandma Tsume's dog. The third child was four and he was called Kyo. He had his mother's honey coloured hair and his father's brown eyes. His pup was a honey coloured pup called Zane.

Chouji was married to a woman who loved to cook, almost as much as Chouji loved to eat. Her name was Mikina and they had two children. A daughter called Mariko, who was ten and a six year old son called Chouzin. Chouzin looked exactly like his father, whilst Mariko had the soft, delicate features of her mother. She also had her mother's chocolate brown hair and amethyst coloured eyes. Both were trainees in the ninja academy like all the other children of the rookies.

Lee had somehow become rather close to Ayame over the years. She was as devoted to her family's ramen shop, as Lee was to his training. Both had encouraged each other over the years, and had become friends, then fallen in love. When little Hinata had been born, Ayame and Lee already had a newborn son, Daisuke, who was the spitting image of his father. They also had a daughter called Mai. She was six years old, with her mother's looks, and the same determination as both her parents. She however had not wanted to become a ninja. She was quite happy to learn all there was to know about Ichiraku Ramen instead and follow in her mother's and grandfather's footsteps.

Gaara had the same misfortune as Naruto. His wife gave birth to triplets of all things. Two boys and a girl. When Naruto and Hinata had celebrated the birth of their first child, Gaara was still learning how to be a single parent, to not one but three newborn babies. The two boys, Hiroshi and Takashi, had red hair and sea green eyes, like their father. The girl, Ayuko, had black hair and very light blue eyes. She had been named after her mother. The three twelve year olds had just graduated from the ninja academy in Suna and were their own three man squad.

Kankuro married Gaara's student Matsuri, who had only been a couple of years younger than Gaara herself, and they had two children of their own. Natsumi, their ten year old daughter, who was the spitting image of her father, just with longer hair. And Tsukai their six year old son, who looked like his mother, but with short, spiked hair.

Kakashi and Anko somehow fell in love and got married. It was a major shock when it happened, but no one said a word, despite their marriage being a shock. They had three children, Sakumo, Saiyuri and Tenshi. Sakumo was fifteen years old, and had already become a Chunin. His silver hair and chocolate brown eyes were always visible. Of course, he decided to take after his father, and where a mask twenty-four-seven. Naruto would always pull the mask down and Sakumo would always get irritated. In fact, Sakumo was one of Naruto's own students. Naruto had taken on a team of Genin when he felt it time and they had flourished under his care. He had been their teacher for three years now, but of course, they had become Chunin's rather quickly with such a capable teacher (though no one believed it) and while Naruto was still Sakumo's dear Sensei, that didn't stop the annoyance factor.

Saiyuri, Anko and Kakashi's twelve year old daughter, had her father's silver hair and his dark eyes. She was quite happy to show her face in public, and in fact was very happy to recruit Kushina into any mad pranks she decided to pull. Kushina was always happy to help her best friend out so that usually caused mass panic around the village. Naruto had learned exactly how to handle the two, preadolescent girls, over the years he'd been Hokage. That didn't stop Saiyuri's constant mischievousness. Kakashi would usually shrug under questioning about his crazy daughter, while Anko would quite proudly proclaim that she was her mother's child.

Tenshi, the last born of the Hatake family, was the quietest and least riotous child of the three. Kakashi and Anko had certainly picked the right name for Tenshi, as he was a little angel. Never was he caught in trouble, and rarely was there a time when he didn't complete his homework, or finish his chores. He had his mother's dark hair, and her chocolate coloured eyes, but no one could think where he got his personality from. He was ten and a proud student of the ninja academy.

Gai had managed to find a wife that was as crazy as he was. Her name was Ryoko and they had two children. Watari, who was the spitting image of his father, at the age of fifteen, always challenged Sakumo to contests. Then there was Tamiko, who was twelve. She had the same bright lilac, spiky hair, as her mother, and the same bright gold eyes. She was a quiet child, but was well heard when she needed to be.

Shizune and Iruka had also become close over the years, working together at the academy and with Tsunade. They had married and had two children. A son called Dan, who had Shizune's looks, and a daughter called Taiyuko who had Iruka's complexion. Dan was another student on Naruto's team. He was eager to learn and always listened with an open ear, as both of his parents did. He was also a Chunin and his black hair, like his mother's, was tied into a spiky high ponytail, like his father's hair. Taiyuko, who was ten, was Hinata's best friend. She was very quiet, until she needed to be heard, and wore her spiky brown hair in a ponytail. Her bangs stuck out all around her face, and her chocolate brown eyes, also like her father's, sparkled with happiness all the time. She was usually seen, sat in the academy, next to Hinata, reading a large novel.

The most shocking surprise of all was when Tsunade and Jiraiya announced they were getting married, due to Tsunade being pregnant. Naruto had almost died from the shock of the people he saw as his grandparents getting married. He got over it quickly enough. He'd become godfather to Tsunade and Jiraiya's seventeen year old son, Nawaki. Nawaki was in Anbu, and had his father's dark eyes and white hair. Blonde streaks ran through the mane of white, and Naruto found it hilarious when Nawaki tried to tame his extremely spiky hair. Nawaki had chopped his hair short and it stuck out in spikes all around his head, as Naruto's hair did.

Tsunade and Jiraiya's daughter, was a strange girl indeed. She was the last to make up Naruto's Genin team and she was called Mayumi. Mayumi had her mother's blonde hair and honey coloured eyes. However, she had a mischievous need to spy on people like her father. This often got her into trouble. Although Naruto was the first to admit that her transparency jutsu was flawless and had helped them on a number of missions.

All this time had been going by and Naruto had wished that he would catch even a glimpse of his old friend, so he could work out how to get him back to the village that had been his home. Little did Naruto know that he was soon to get his wish, more then he could ever imagine.

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Okay all this is just a formal intro to the fic. I'll be posting the next chapter up in a couple of days. Please R&R and ask any questions you like. I'll get back to you.