The morning sunrise shined in Hinata's room, she twitched as the sun's light shines upon her face. She slightly opens her eyes as the first thing she sees on this new day was Naruto's face. "Naruto…why are you doing in my room…" She said drowsily while rubbing her eyes. "Just want to see your beautiful face again Hinata." He places his hands on her shoulders and kissed her slightly on the lips.

"Hinata…" She jolted out of the kiss looking at her door with nothing but fear and concern. "Naruto you have to leave, my father—"

"Say no more." He exited out of her room using her window; he then moved about through the gardens of the Hyuga Mansion and jumped over the wall, without being spotted. While walking around the town he looked at the people, still either glaring at him or even frighten of him, but now they are more frighten of him because he just as tall as Kakashi is. "This will so change when we rule the world." He smirked in his thoughts. "Naruto!" He stops and looked behind him and Sakura came out of nowhere giving him a big. "Naruto," She let go of him and Sasuke walked up next to her. "you came back!"

"Yeah I'm back…" He said while scratching behind his head. "Hey Sasuke." Sasuke greeted him with his usual greeting. "Same old Sasuke, but it seems that you change a lot Sasuke, you too Sakura."

"Thanks Naruto, you seem too have changed allot aswell, espically your height." Though Sakura only saw a little changed in Naruto, Sasuke, when he first saw him, he notices something particularly different about Naruto, and not in a good way. "Thanks Sakura, so what have you two been doing these past five years?"

"Well Sasuke and I are dating." She smiled at him and he smiled back and wrapping his arm around her. "Hey that's great! I knew that you guys would hook up sooner or latter."

"Naruto, how about we treat you to ramen." Said Sasuke

"Yeah! That's sounds great!" Sakura giggled at Naruto, as for Sasuke his thought that Naruto actually changed seemed to slip, for a while though.

Kakashi had been doing paper work since last night and how he's sick and tired of doing paper work. He sighed in relief when he completed his work, after finishing his work Gai entered in his office. "Hey Kakashi, you're finally finish with all that work huh?" He nodded and placed the lasted of his papers in a folder and slipped it in his desk. "Nearly ten hours twenty two minutes and seventeen minutes of work." He sighed due to lack of sleep that he hadn't had for two days. "So Gai what are your plans for today?"

"Well possibly say hi Naruto…"

"What, Naruto came back?!" He got up from his chair and slammed his hand on his desk.

"Yeah just yesterday, Lee, Tenten and Neji last saw him last night." When he was done he looked at Kakashi and notice that he has disappeared. "Kakashi damn you!"

At the ramen bar, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were enjoying themselves with ramen. "Hey thanks again for inviting me guys."

"No problem Naruto." said Sakura

"So, Naruto, during your travels, what exactly did you do?"

Naruto paused as he ate his ramen. "…Well…nothing much, just some souls searching, that's all."

"Soul searching, for what?" said Sakura

Naruto stared into space, Sasuke and Sakura looked at him strangely. "Naruto…" Naruto looked at them a bit confused. "…What where you saying Sakura…"

"I was saying, what you were searching for?"

"Oh, well, my place in the world that's all."

"Well that sounds interesting, right Sasuke." He nodded slightly, but not too much so he won't give anything away to Naruto, he then looked at his watch and was surprised what time it was. "Hey Sakura, we have to go meet the Hokage." She nodded slightly. "I'm sorry Naruto, but we have to go."

"Don't worry we'll meet later." They nodded and left the bar. Several minutes later Sasuke and Sakura were far from the bar. "Sasuke, did you notice something strange about Naruto?" He nodded and twitched wondering what was going on in his head. "I thought I notice something different about him when we met him. Now I know that there's something different about him."

"What should we do?"

"…I hate to say this, but keep an eye on him." She was afraid that he was going to say that, but he's right there is something different about him.

"Hey thanks Teuchi for the ramen."

"You're welcome Naruto, come back anytime." While Naruto walked out of the bar Kakashi yelled out his name. "Naruto!" He looked up where Kakashi sat on the edge of the roof. Kakashi jumped from the roof and landed in front of him. "Naruto long time no see. And man you've grown."

"Yeah, I know, everybody been say that all day." A large crowd pass by them, they all glared at him. "Naruto…" He looked at his ex-sensei. "…look, we try to talk to most of the—"

"Don't worry Kakashi, I'm alright with it, I kind of got used to it actually. There's really nothing that I can do to make these people respect, even by becoming Hokage they still won't respect me."

Kakashi notice that he became a bit wiser which is so not him. "So Naruto what where you during your—"

"Soul searching, I went out to look for my place in the world." He said in an impatient tone. Surprise, Kakashi immediately knew that he must have been asked that question multiple of times. "How many times have you been told you by that question?"

"Let's see…counting you, four times I think…"

"Well you have been gone for a long time." He looked at the ramen bar. "I'm guessing that you already had ramen?" He nodded. "Well want to go somewhere where there's not many people to be glare at." He nodded and they walked to a near by park. "Hey Kakashi are you still reading all those perverted books?"

"Yes, I'm still reading those perverted books."

"Well at least they keep you sane."

"That's for sure. What's your hobby now Naruto, last time I remember it was training, eating ramen or even gardening."

"Well training is one of them, travel and eating ramen."

"Well at least you still do two things." They chuckled for a while they soon stopping and sitting in front of a lake. Every time when the ducks got to close to Naruto they swim away far from him. "It seems everything hates me."

"I don't blame you of having the Nine tail Fox inside of you, it can be really difficult to imagine. Everyone hating you for no reason, no family, hardily any friends but look at you, you manage to get through any and all challenges."

"…Well you can say that if you want."

"Oh, why's that?"

"…Well…I can't say." This took him by surprise, what did he meant by that? "Why not?" Kakashi started to get suspicious about Naruto. "The reason is…that I really think that I really didn't made a difference during and after the Chunin exams, all I did was staying on the sidelines, which wasn't really enjoyable." Kakashi looked at him as though he wasn't able to help him in any way. But that what happens when someone bares a biju inside of them. For a couple of minutes they stared at the lake, even though it was somewhat uncomfortable silence it was nice for teacher and student to at least chat for a while.

Naruto got up, he sighed deeply, though he doesn't want to leave yet but he has to see Hinata again before they can begin with their plans. "Hey Kakashi-sensei…"

"Sensei? You don't have to call me that."

"Just one more time will be good, thanks for the talk, I really need it." He nodded and Naruto walked away, after leaving a small tear slowly trickle down on his cheek.

Before meeting Hinata he went and visited Iruka, Tsunade, Kohonamaru and his team, the other sensei's and anybody else he associated with. After saying hi to everyone he went to the Hokage monuments. He stood on top of the Third's monument. "Hey there old man…I really don't know what to say, but thanks for being there for me when you were the only who thought of me as someone, rather than being a carrier of the Nine tail Fox when I was just a kid." He shook off the tears in his eyes. "So thanks again old man." He then jumped over to Minato's monument. "Father…I know that this isn't what you wanted from me, but…they all make me so angry." Tears swelled in his eyes as they started to pour down onto his cheeks. "I just wanted them to suffer as I have suffered in my youth, I know it's selfish of me, but for real I don't care. I just hope that they won't hurt the others. I am sorry that your sacrifice was all for nothing father, but they all brought this upon to themselves." He wiped the tears off and sat on top of his Minato's head for a moment.

Upon arriving the Hokage's office Sasuke and Sakura notice it was kind of messy. "Wow Tsunade did it this time..." said Sakura

Sasuke agreed, and then Tsunade walked in her office disapointed. "Oh hey you two...I'm sorry that the office...well clean acutally..."

"What happen Lady Tsunade?"

"Well Sakura...I really don't know. Someone came in here last night and, well, this!"

"Yeah, we can see that. What were they trying to look for?" said Sasuke

"...Ninja records, and he or she was close to the...thing..."

"Thing, what thing?"

"Never mind, Hokage buisness. Hey have you two seen Naruto, he just came back." They both nodded, it's been five long years and Tsunade looks happeir than ever knowing that Naruto is back safe and sound.

Hinata tended her family's garden, and then Naruto walked up behind her kneeling next to her. "Hey gorgeous." He kissed her cheek and she smiled at him. She laid her head on his shoulder and held his hand tightly. "I missed you Naruto."

"I missed you too, Hinata." He looked at her with love in his eyes. "Where do you want to go?"

"Where we first openly talk, remember." He remembers that day, how can he it was the day Hinata told him how she feels about him, and how she always looked up to him. Before they could say anything Naruto and Hinata sitting on the edge of Minato's head gazing at the beautiful sunset. Hinata laid her head on Naruto's shoulder and he had his arm wrap around her. Instead at seeing the most beautiful sunset ever, he looked at the most beautiful person on the world.

"Naruto, are you ready?"

"Sonkei, can I have at least an hour with Hinata."

"Half hour."

"Fair enough…"

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