Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

The reunited team arrived at the An gates at the entrance of their home. There was an eerie silence coming from the village, as its residents were either still on the battlefield or at home, in a daze after awakening from the infinite tsukiyomi.

"Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi? Is that you? and… is that…" Konahamaru had been stationed at the front gate to watch the village. Naturally, all older ninja had been sent out to fight in the war, leaving the village stretched thin in terms of filling their usual stations. Naruto began to open his eyes at the sound of his own name, and Konahamaru jumped over his desk to help Kakashi get the blonde back on his own two feet.

Sakura tilted her head to check on Sasuke, who still was still fast asleep on her back. Her arms were almost falling asleep and in pain from carrying him, but that wasn't enough for her to mind his being there.

"Konahamaru!" Naruto exclaimed when he finally processed the situation. "We're back! The war is over!"

At the sound of the two loud mouths catching up, Sakura heard a grunt coming from her shoulder. "Sakura…"

She crouched down to help him off her back slowly and held his hand to helped him catch his balance.

"Can you walk?" She asked politely, keeping a comfortable distance away from him. She felt unsure of how to treat him, after all this time. There had been a time when Sasuke would be upset if she had tried to help him when he didn't need it.

"Well… I could use a hand" he muttered out, now half asleep in addition to the blood loss, the exhaustion. Sakura's eyes lit up and she put his lone arm around her shoulders, and her arm around his side.

"Naruto, let's get going. You need to be looked at as soon as possible." Sakura ordered. Naruto nodded and waved goodbye at Konahamaru before leaning on Kakashi to walk to the hospital.

The group quickly arrived at the hospital and entered through the lobby. There was no one in the waiting room, no doctors around, and not a sound to be heard.

"Hello?!" Sakura set Sasuke down on one of the chairs in the waiting room and went through the corridor to look for someone, anyone less exhausted than she. After some time, she found a single nurse caring for an elderly man in one of the patient rooms.

"Sakura-san! You're back!" she said with wide eyes.

"Where is everyone? Is there anyone on duty here?"

"No, it's just me for the emergency services. There may be a few more up stairs, but the rest have been dispatched to tend to the wounded on the battlefield."

Sakura nodded. "Please come with me. We have two wounded from the war here who need immediate care." She left the room and the young nurse followed quickly behind her.

Kakashi and Sakura led the two heroes into an empty room, helping them climb into their own bed.

"Okay, please prepare a small chakra and blood infusion for both of them. I'll take care of their immediate wounds." Sakura put on her medical gloves and started at Naruto's bed to remove his shirt and examine his body. A broken rib, a thousand cuts and bruises, a missing arm, but nothing too serious. Sakura set the rib back into place as best as she could, causing a yelp from the blonde, and then continued to finish healing his arm to prevent any infection.

The nurse came back in with the infusions, and Sakura motioned for her to begin with Naruto. She moved over to Sasuke and began removing his shirt for an examination. She tried not to make eye contact for fear of blushing uncontrollably. After tending to his missing arm, Sakura found only a small crack in his skull just above his temple.

She rested her hand on his face and injected soothing chakra to the affected area. His eyes were closed, but his lips tugged upwards, showing total contentment with the situation. Sakura wasn't sure, but she believed he had already drifted back to sleep.

Sakura watched his soft features, finally at peace for the first time in his life since the day his brother slaughtered the entire Uchiha clan. Even when they were just genin and on a team together, he was never really free - though they had good times together. She wondered if she knew the Sasuke sitting before her. If things were going to go back to how they were, or if the three of them would be approaching a new path. Her train of thought was interrupted by Kakashi.

"Sakura… can I speak with you outside?"

Sakura nodded and they stepped out of the room, leaving the two to rest.

"Sakura, I'm sure I don't have to tell you this, but with the newfound peace between the five hidden villages, all Kage need to somehow come to an agreement about him". Kakashi chose his words to his former student very carefully.

Sakura said nothing, her eyes drifting towards the room. She knew he was right, but those words hurt her to hear. At the Five Kage Summit, which was called because he attacked and was thought to have kidnapped Killer Bee, he had attacked all of them, killing the acting Hokage and severing the arm of the Raikage. They weren't going to go easy on him.

"You and Naruto will need to be prepared to fight for him. I will do the same, but please don't have your expectations too high." Kakashi put a hand on her shoulder. "We'll do everything we can"

Sakura nodded as tears began to build in her eyes. Kakashi left down the corridor, deep in thought, leaving Sakura to mull over what he had just reminded her. She opened the door back into the room, to find that the nurse had finished setting up their infusions. Sakura dismissed her, leaving her alone with the two men she loved the most.

Suddenly, she felt the effects of all the adrenaline she had been sustaining herself on for the past three days. Without hardly any sleep, with using almost all of her chakra, being knocked unconscious, racing to the valley of the end, saving her teammates from death, carrying them home…

The room started spinning and she felt terribly light headed. She took the nearest seat, next to Sasuke's bed, and without a second thought rested her head on his bed and drifted off to sleep.

A/N Feeling motivated to write some more. Please review, I'd love to know your thoughts and it's really motivating to help me write more when I have time!