Author note: SO this is my first fanfic. I hope you enjoy. Just forewarning, there are no NaruHina moments in this first chapter BUT there will be in the next.

And Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; this is purely fanfiction.

There they sat under the stars expended from the battle they just won. It had been a long time since they had to fight like that. Naruto and Sasuke sat on the boulder looking up at the sky and catching their breath, while Boruto stood on a towering pillar of rock a distance away with his back to them looking ahead.

Boruto was still in a daze having fought honestly for the first time in his life. What he had witnessed awed him. The people behind him; he never know . . . their true capabilities . . . their heart. Never would he have thought that it would be his desk bound, pencil pushing, nearly absentee father that would be the one to show him what a true Shinobi was.

The side of his father he saw today was one he had never seen before and it just made him wonder more about what Sasuke had said, "to understand Naruto, now, you have to know about who he was in the past." No one really talked about his Dad and his past other than him being a hero. After today, he wanted to know why. Starting tomorrow he was going to begin his investigation by talking to his dad's friends and seeing if there was anything about Naruto in the library during his breaks between academy, practice, and team activities.

He glanced over his shoulder to look at his dad and Sasuke. They were staring up at the sky and seemed to be in quiet conversation.

"I can't believe you were taken so easily."

"Oi! I chose to be taken! Who knows what kind of damage Konoha and the public would have taken had I not gone. It is not like I would have died." That was a lie and Naruto knew it. Sasuke's pointed stare confirmed it. "Tch."

Before they came for him, a large portion of his Chakra had already been sucked out. Between the amount he used before the Chunin Exam, what he used during the initial attack at the stadium, the amount that was sucked out of him, and the amount he used after he was freed, he was running low.

"Thank you." Naruto said simply. He could have gone into detail on everything Sasuke did for him that day, but he didn't feel it was needed. Short simple statements were all Sasuke needed in order to understand.

"You really should be more careful. I don't like it when you entrust me with that kind of responsibility."

Naruto just laughed before sobering up and looking far off into the sky. It was rare that his friend spoke with such concern even if it was shrouded in an air of contempt.

"Sorry . . . I know it wasn't fair of me, but there is no one else I could trust more with those responsibilities."

"Tch."

"Ah." Naruto relaxed onto the rock. "It has been awhile since I have been able to sit like this. Though it was short, this was a nice vacation."

"Only you would think of a battle as a vacation."

"It was more than the battle." Sasuke looked at him then thinking he would elaborate but he didn't, so he just looked back up at the night sky.

This day was a good one in Naruto's opinion. He fought for the first time in a while, not that he liked fighting, but it was good to get out and be the one in action again. Not only that but he was able to meet up with friends he hadn't seen in awhile, and fight alongside Sasuke. All the while, his relationship with his son had reached its lowest point today and it had also managed to pick itself back up to a place it hadn't been in years. A new bond had formed between them this day. Outside of their parent/child relationship they were Shinobi, and today, Naruto gained a new comrade.

"We should get going. We've stayed long enough to regain some energy."

"Uhn. I guess I need to get back to the village anyway and survey the damages and the injured." Naruto sighed before slowly bringing himself up. When he was standing, he started to stretch as Sasuke rose up too. He glanced over and saw the other Kages making their way over to them and called over to Boruto that is was time to go.

Just as Boruto made it over, Sasuke opened the portal to go back.