Naruto: A Peaceful Life in Konoha

Chapter 1: Uchiha Restored, Full Moon Bloom

One early morning, inside Konoha's forests, a young man is out training before his breakfast and daily routines. This man is of course Uzumaki Naruto. Five years have passed since he had been named Konoha's Rokudaime Hokage and since then he has raised his rankings as a ninja and is now a full fledged Jounin who undertakes level A and S missions alone. Also he is a teacher who chooses his own students by looking at their abilities and grades in the academy. Naruto still hasn't officially taken the seat of Hokage as Tsunade is still around yapping and commanding her rules and regulations for missions. "Time for breakfast!" Naruto shouted out after a good workout and training session. Naruto ran straight for his favourite place to have food of any sort, Ichiraku's ramen shop. Naruto ran into town about to get to his noodle stand when a black shadow stopped him, Naruto ran right into the shadow. "What the hell? Who are you?" "Hey, idiot, you're up already? I need some help on something, come with me." Naruto recognized the voice as his best friend's, Uchiha Sasuke. "Can you get some people to come to the old Uchiha clan area; I'm finally going to rebuild that place as I don't have a mission today." Naruto nodded and understood his friend's plea for help. "Alright, I'll go look for people once I finish breakfast, I'll meet you there with everyone I get in two hours from now. Ok?" "Fine, you better show up." Naruto had his morning ramen and was ready to leave to find some people willing to help. He first went over to the Hyuuga house where he tried to look for Hinata and Neji. When he entered, a few guards pointed their weapons at him and Naruto freaked out. The guards then released their weapons after realizing that the Rokudaime Hokage was there to visit. "Good morning Rokudaime-sama" the guards said. "Huh? There's no need for you guys to call me that yet, it's not official, and I've only been named; but, if you wish, you may call me that. Anyways, I'm here to see Hinata-sama and Neji-sama; are they here?" "Yes sir, they are in the inner chamber with the Hyuuga elders. They're having a meeting together with Godaime-sama." "Tsunade? Cool, I'll go join them." "Wait, they're really busy creating a new treaty with the country of lightning, it seems that the old one fell apart when Hiashi-sama decided to retire." "Oh. Ok, I guess, if you see them, tell them I was here and see if they are available to help rebuild the old Uchiha clan area." "Will do sir!" Naruto left the Hyuuga grounds and began searching for others.

As he traveled through the fields of Konoha he spotted some of the young Genin groups with their team leaders training under the clear blue sky. Naruto saw Lee and Kiba showing off to their students their own abilities. "Gatsuuga!" "Konoha whirlwind!" Lee and Kiba finished off their sparing match as Naruto just arrived on the field grounds. "Hey Lee, Kiba!" "Naruto? What's up?" Kiba asked. "Hey you guys busy today? Cause I need some help on something." "Hmm…today was suppose to be a training day, but I suppose we can twist it around to help you do whatever you need done." "Will you? Please!" "Naruto, my team and I have a mission soon, but whatever it is we'll come back before you know it and help ya out, ok?" Kiba responded. "Ok, that's fine. Thanks man" Kiba and his team of Genin left the area and went on their mission. "How about you lee?" "We; however don't have a mission today so we can help today…right team!" Lee called out at his team. "Yeah, let's do it Lee-sensei!" called out one of the young Genin. "Good! Let's do it!" Naruto had gathered lee and his team. He told Lee to meet Sasuke at the old Uchiha clan area as he was going to clean it up and rebuild some things. Lee understood and told his team that they would train for a bit, eat lunch and then go help Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto left Lee's group to find some more help.

Naruto walked by the academy to find Konohamaru and his team mates. "Konohamaru?" "Naruto-niichan. You want us to do something again?" "If you have time, sure, go to the old Uchiha clan grounds and find Sasuke, he'll give you something to do." "Right boss! Konohamaru and his team left right away towards the Uchiha grounds. Naruto went into the academy and saw Iruka teaching his class of students. Naruto didn't want to disturb them but Iruka noticed him and called out for him. Naruto froze and turned back. "Hey Iruka-sensei. What's up?" Iruka whispered into Naruto's ear telling him to stop calling him that now that Naruto was named the Rokudaime Hokage. The students stared at Naruto. One of the young students got up from their seats and ran up to Naruto. She stared at him and realized who Naruto was. "Ah! Rokudaime-sama!" the young student called out in excitement. "Hehehe…yea that's me!" Naruto said rubbing the back of his head. The entire class began to get excited and Iruka tried to calm them down. Naruto could hear tons of requests like can you show me a technique? How do you walk on trees using chakra? How do you do…this…that…? Shikamaru and Tenten entered Iruka's class room to see Naruto being swarmed by young students. "Geez, how troublesome, Shikamaru and Tenten got the attention of all the students and told them to sit back down. Iruka introduced his students properly to the Rokudaime Hokage, Uzumaki Naruto. Iruka told them all about Naruto's past accomplishments as well as his times in the academy. Everyone laughed at Naruto when they heard the stories about his academy years and were focused on the stories about his battles. "Iruka, Tenten, Shikamaru, I want you to gather all the students in your classes and come outside." The three of them had no idea what was going on, but did as Naruto said. Once everyone was outside, Naruto explained to them the past of the Uchiha clan and how there truly was only one survivor left in the world. He then asked everyone if they wanted to help rebuild the clan's greatness and miss the rest of class to do so. Except that they would get a test on simple questions about the Uchiha clan. All the students were deciding whether or not to miss class to help rebuild an old clan and skip class but get a test; or stay in class and not get a test. Most of the students decided that helping others was an important asset to becoming a great ninja and decided to skip the rest of class to help Naruto. "Naruto, you think this is ok with Godaime-sama?" "Hmm? I think it'll be fine…heck…it's kind of like their first mission! Except they're not going anywhere but to another part of Konoha that's been sealed off for quite some time." Shikamaru, Tenten and Iruka lead their class to the Uchiha clan area. Naruto told them to meet up with Sasuke and he'll tell them what needs to be done.

Naruto made one more stop at the Hospital where Sakura was working now that she became the village's number one medical ninja. Naruto walked in to the hospital where he ran into Ino, Chouji and Shino. They told Naruto that they were assigned a mission to catch a few prisoners who escaped but they were injured getting out and they brought them here. Naruto then asked them about rebuilding the Uchiha grounds and they all said that the Godaime had asked them to take care of some other minor details in Konoha and couldn't. Naruto said that is was ok and that they should leave to get their errands done. Before they left, he asked them if they saw Sakura around. Ino told her that Sakura was in the middle of surgery but she should be done soon. Naruto thanked them as they left. Naruto walked up to the front desk and asked which ICU room Sakura was in. The nurse told the Rokudaime Hokage that Sakura-sama was in ICU six but that he couldn't enter. Naruto understood and asked if it was ok to wait outside until she was done. The nurse told him it was ok. Naruto waited almost an hour outside the room; Naruto had fallen asleep. The light turned off and Sakura came out of the room. She saw Naruto lying there sleeping. She bent over and gave him a kiss to wake him up. Naruto woke up afterwards. "Naruto? What are you doing here?" "I came to see if you were busy and if you aren't, you want to go help Sasuke rebuild parts of the Uchiha clan? And did you just kiss me?" "Sorry Naruto, I'm busy right now, I have a few other patients I need to take care of before I can leave today. Tell Sasuke that I'm sorry that I can't help." Naruto understood and saw Sakura leave down the hallway. "Hey! You never answered me if you kissed me or not!" She couldn't hear Naruto and Naruto shrugged his shoulders and looked at the time saying that he was late to go help Sasuke.

Everyone Naruto gathered waited at the front gate to the old Uchiha clan area. They were waiting for either Sasuke or Naruto to show up. "Naruto, where are you?" Shikamaru asked. All of the academy students were getting impatient and began to wine. Kiba arrived late like he said but he beat Naruto and Sasuke there. Lee told Kiba that neither of them was there yet and the crowd wasn't very happy. Konohamaru's group also were wondering where Naruto was and they seemed pissed off that he didn't show up yet. "Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu" a huge fireball crashed into the Uchiha temple and Sasuke showed up on top of the front gate. "Everyone, thank you for coming, I appreciate the fact that all of you have decided to take some time out of your busy schedules to help me rebuild my clan's once prosperous land in Konoha." Everyone just stared at the burning temple. Some of the students were panicking trying to get water. "Suiton: Suijinheki" water came out of no where and put the fire out. "Everyone don't worry about the temple, I was planning on tearing it down anyways. Just then Naruto came in and stopped on top of the same gate where Sasuke was. "You total moron, you're late? What the hell were you doing?" "I was getting people to come help you like you asked." The crowd fell silent as they watched Naruto and Sasuke fighting up on top of the gate. "Geez, what are they doing up there?" Kiba asked. Iruka appeared at the gate top as well and told them to stop fighting. Before either of them realized, they were being stared at by around a hundred people waiting for something to do as they were all called upon there for a reason. "Everyone, sorry for the delay, Naruto and I will separate you all into groups in which you will be given an area to clean or fix. The entire area is a mess due to the attack by my brother, Itachi. Even after all these years, some of the blood remains on the walls of this part of Konoha. There are cracks in walls, broken windows, doors and other sectors in the town. Wherever you are given, use your instincts to decide what or what not to do in the area you are given."

Everyone understood the order given by Sasuke as he smiled for the first time in a while. Naruto and Sasuke divided up the people who showed up into groups and after a hard days work, they were able to get the entire Uchiha clan area back to the way it was so many years ago. Every building was fixed along with every door, window, and wall. The places were cleaned up from all the dirt, chalk and left over blood. Sasuke jumped back up top the front gate and stared down at his restored home. As everyone gathered again to the front gate, Sasuke retold the story of the Uchiha clan and how it came to as well as thanked everyone for their help. Everyone that came to help restore the town left for their own homes as the night began to show itself.

The last few people who stayed were Naruto, Lee and Kiba who finished off the minor details for Sasuke. Sasuke thanked them again for taking the time to help him. Lee and Kiba told him it was no big deal. Just then, Tsunade showed up at the front gate. "Naruto! Who gave you the permission to release academy students from their classes to help Sasuke out?" "Naruto! You got academy students to help? That's why there were so many kids? I thought they were all Genins with no missions." Sasuke replied to hear what Naruto did. "Tsunade-sama, please understand, it was for a good cause, I swear! Take a look around. Please don't hurt me…" Tsunade took a look around and jumped up to the top of the front gate. She realized that Naruto called upon anyone to help rebuild the Uchiha Clan. Tsunade came back down and told Naruto that he did a good thing and was a wise decision as the Rokudaime Hokage. Naruto signed thinking that he wasn't going to get hurt.

Later that night at Ichiraku's, Naruto sat down with Sasuke and had a quiet dinner together for the first time. Sasuke challenged Naruto to a contest of how many bowls of Ramen they could eat in one straight sitting. The winner will be awarded one favor from the loser. Naruto smirked at the contest and after about an hour, Sasuke gave up after four bowls. Naruto kept on going and finished nine bowls in total. Sasuke stared at him in disbelief granting him the favor and victory. "So, what do you want?" Naruto asked him to ask Sakura if she liked him. Sasuke was shocked at the request. "What brought this up?" "I went to the hospital earlier to find Sakura and see if she wanted to help you rebuild. The nurse there told me that she was in surgery and couldn't see her then. So I asked what room she was in performing the surgery and I waited outside the room. It took so long that I fell asleep and woke up about an hour later to something soft press against my lips. I woke up to Sakura's voice. There was no one else in the area and when I asked, there was no response." "Huh? You want me…to ask Sakura…if she likes you." "Yep! That's all!" Sasuke signed and agreed to do it. Naruto smiled and laughed a bit.

After Sasuke and Naruto had dinner, he went back home and laid on the top of his family's old house thinking about Naruto's request. "Hmm…what are you suppose to do in these kinds of situations…GAH! Naruto! Why would you make such a stupid request? You couldn't ask me to fight you, or train you or something I can actually do! Damn it!" Just then Ino walked into the grounds searching for Sasuke. Ino spotted Sasuke on his roof and called to him. "Sasuke, what are you doing up there?" "Huh? Ino? Hey come up here, I have something I want to talk about…I think you're an expert in the category." Ino got excited that Sasuke chose her over Sakura! Ino immediately jumped up on the roof and sat beside him. "So what did you want to talk about?" "Love; Naruto asked me to do something for him after he helped me out today." "Oh yeah, I had a mission and I couldn't help you rebuild. Sorry." "That's alright. Anyways, he asked me to do something I'm not very good at." (Ino thought: something you're not good at?)(End) "He asked me to ask Sakura if she liked him." Ino shocked to hear that was the request made by Naruto. "Naruto asked that? What kind of request is that?" "That's what I said, but I lost to him in a contest and I promised him the loser would go through with the request no matter what it was. Now I have no idea what to do." "Well, you could go up and directly ask Sakura, but then again, it's Sakura, she might not hear you and think you're asking the question. Not on behalf of Naruto, and that could lead to problems. You could also transform into someone that Sakura is comfortable around and maybe she is willing to tell them then you can leave and tell Naruto." "Hmm…thanks Ino, I'll think of something. It's late; you want me to walk you home? Or do you think you'll be fine on your own?" (Ino thought) The chance to walk home with Sasuke of all people! YAY! But if Chouji or Shikamaru or anyone for that matter sees me with him…they'll think differently. (End) "I think I'll be fine, you must be tried from all the hard work you did today. You should go get some rest. Thanks anyways." Ino took her leave as Sasuke watched. Sasuke went to bed and decided to think of something to do about Naruto's request tomorrow.

The next morning, Sasuke went to the hospital ready to ask Sakura about Naruto's request. He couldn't think of a person that Sakura was willing to talk about these things to. (Sasuke thought) I could change into Kakashi or another teacher. I'm sure Sakura would tell them, but then again, why would they ask her about that of all things. I could transform into another friend but again why would they ask? Man…this is harder than Ino put it to be. Naruto? I could transform into Naruto and ask her about me. Then maybe I can figure out if she likes him that way; or someone else that Sakura doesn't even know and ask questions about the Rokudaime Hokage and what she thinks about him. (End) DAMN IT NARUTO! WHY DID YOU ASK SUCH A STUPID REQUEST!

Sakura came up behind Sasuke and tapped his shoulder. Sasuke turned around and saw Sakura. "Sakura! What are you doing here on this fine day?" "I work here; remember I'm a medical ninja. What did Naruto ask you to do?" "Umm… he asked me to…" Sasuke's heart was beating fast. "To… uh…ask you about something…" "And that something is?" "That something is…uh…what do you think of him?" "Huh? That's what he wanted to know? Well, Sasuke, if you remember when we first became team seven, I told you then that Naruto had become accustomed to interfering with my love. That he has fun looking at me having trouble. That Naruto knows nothing about me. That he's just annoying! Now, it's completely different. Naruto has grown so much over the past eight years. Not only did he get stronger in his skills as a ninja but he's also grown so much inside that he understands people. Look how he changed Gaara. He helped Gaara find out that there are people who cared for him and that he should protect them in return. Throughout our adventures, he's changed the hearts of so many people. Even if I wasn't around to see it, I believed it that it was true. I've grown to love the guy. He's like my perfect half. He's gotten smarter and more handsome over the years. I truly love him.

Sasuke shocked to hear her answer told Sakura to meet Naruto at this location after she was done work. He wrote down a place he knew of in Konoha on a piece of paper and handed it to Sakura. He told Sakura that to be there by six o'clock tonight. Sakura was kind of confused but took the paper. She told Sasuke not to tell Naruto about what she said. Sasuke ran off before he could hear her to find Naruto. Sasuke went over to Naruto's house and found him sleeping still. Naruto was snoring very loud. Sasuke kicked him in the stomach and woke him up. "Hey you moron, I can't believe you asked me to do such a stupid thing. But I have your answer. Naruto opened his eyes wide and asked Sasuke what was the answer. Sasuke told him that Sakura loved him and Naruto got all excited. "Hehehe! Yeah, yeah, thanks Sasuke! YAY!" Sasuke told Naruto to meet Sakura at the same location he gave Sakura earlier. Naruto understood that he had to do something special for her. Sasuke told him to take her out tonight and bring her to the second place written on the sheet of paper. Naruto understood and thanked Sasuke again. Sasuke left and went back home while Naruto kept on screaming in his house excited over Sakura's response.

Naruto began to pace thinking of something perfect to do for Sakura. He kept on thinking and couldn't think of any ideas. Naruto looked at the piece of paper Sasuke gave him. Naruto had no idea where the second place was and decided to go look for it. Naruto left his house and went on his search. As he was looking at his piece of paper, he passed by Ino's family flower shop. He decided to buy Sakura some flowers. Ino happen to be in charge of the store. "Hey Ino, I need some help." "Naruto? This is your first time you've been in here. What can I help you with?" "Uh…I need some flowers…" "Well, duh! That's why you're here right? Who is it for?" "Umm…Sakura, Sasuke told me what she thought about me." "AH! What did she say?" Ino came right up to Naruto's face waiting for an answer. "She says she loves me." "WOW! Sakura said that about you? And Sasuke told you that exactly? WOW! This is big! The Rokudaime Hokage and the number one medical ninja in Konoha! This is amazing! I'll be glad to help." "Thanks, you don't by any chance know her favourite flowers do you? You see, I've never done anything like this before. So I'm kind of new at it." "Naruto, you'll know how to handle the situation easily, it's kind of like fighting. You just don't give up and she'll see that you're trying and appreciate that fact, that's how girls are. We're sensitive; don't be a bonehead, think before you speak and never question us. Then you'll be fine." Ino said while smiling. "Here, these are Sakura's favourite flowers, they're an assortment. She'll know that you didn't do this but I'll give it to you for free since it's such a special occasion. Just go ok?" "But…won't you get in trouble?" "It's ok, I have a backup plan. Go, promise me you'll tell me about it or at least tell Sasuke." "Ok, thanks Ino." Just then Ino's mother came in wondering who the last customer was because she heard that Ino gave them free flowers. "Mom, it was the Rokudaime Hokage; it's for a special someone if you know what I mean." Ino's mother just said it was ok since it was the Rokudaime Hokage.

Naruto searched for the second location and found it. It turns out it was the entrance to one of the training ground. He didn't see anything so special about it. On the piece of paper, Sasuke drew an arrow telling Naruto to flip to the other side. Naruto flipped the piece of paper and Sasuke wrote a small note. "P.S.: bring Sakura here after dark; tonight, there's going to be a full moon." Naruto still didn't understand what was so special about it. All he saw were flowers still in buds, trees and the stream that came down from the mountains. Meanwhile, at the hospital, Sakura was swamped with work. She didn't know if she could meet Naruto in time. She kept on thinking of ideas to finish the work faster so she could go home and get ready for whatever Naruto had planned. Sakura looked around and down the hallway. Since there was only paperwork, "Kage bushin no jutsu" Sakura created five clones of herself and separated the paperwork into six piles. In no time, the paperwork was finished. As Sakura checked herself out for the day, she told the nurses that she might be late tomorrow but she'll be here for sure. The nurses didn't question her and understood. She told them if anything goes wrong, just call Shizune and she'll take care of it.

Sakura went home and searched through her closet to find something nice to wear. She figured as much that Naruto had something planned. Naruto still didn't know what it meant by Sasuke's note but he trusted Sasuke that it was something special enough. Naruto then looked through his closet to find his black robe, his multiple orange and black jackets with matching pants, the Chuunin vest, a suit Jiraiya gave him but never told him why he did, and the Jounin vest he received when he became a Jounin but it had never been wore. He knew that the first location was by the docks where the sun could be seen the best. Since it was there, he figured he'd wear something suitable for Sakura. He pulled on his a dress shirt unbuttoned at the top, a t-shirt underneath, dress pants, black shoes and his vest. He then got the flowers from Ino out of the vase he put them in and also got the little gift he bought for her while he was out earlier. He left his house and went straight to the docks. Sakura was still looking for something appropriate to wear. She'd finished putting on her makeup and fixed her hair just right but she had no idea what to wear. All she saw in her closet was her work uniform for the hospital, her Jounin vest and many dresses her mom had bought her. She found a dress that showed enough but didn't show too much, put on some heels and got ready to leave. Sakura told her mom that she was going out with a friend tonight and will be home late. Sakura's mom responded to not make too much noise when she got in. Sakura agreed and left for the docks as that was the location Sasuke had put down for her.

By the time Sakura got to the docks, she was just on time. She didn't see anyone around until she looked down at the dock itself where she saw Naruto. She walked down there and called out for him. "Naruto, I'm here!" Naruto turned around and saw that Sakura was wearing the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen in his life. A semi-long dark brown dress; that with her makeup and hair style, she looked magnificent. Sakura didn't know what Naruto thought about her and wondered if she wore the right outfit. "Sakura, you look gorgeous! Wow!" Sakura looked at Naruto and saw that he tried to look good for her. He even let down his hair for once and didn't have his headband anywhere. "Naruto, you look good tonight." Naruto blushed a bit and handed Sakura the flowers he got from Ino. "Naruto, these are my favourite flowers, these are all so expensive, how did you afford them?" "To tell you the truth, I got them Ino and they were free courtesy of her parents." Sakura smiled and thanked him for the flowers. She wrapped her arm around his and looked into the setting sun.

For dinner, Naruto and Sakura walked into town. Looking for the perfect place to eat. Sakura seriously thought that Naruto was going to bring her to Ichiraku's ramen shop but knew that he wouldn't do that tonight. They entered a dark restaurant where Sakura had no idea that the place even existed in Konoha. It turned out that the restaurant was so dark because there were only ten lamps and everywhere else was lit by candles. It was the most romantic restaurant in all of Konoha. Sakura wondered when did Naruto get so good at being romantic. She figured someone taught him or told him about it at least. After a nice romantic dinner and conversations about anything they could think of, Naruto had a serious look on his face. "Sakura, you probably figured out why I asked you out tonight. I want to ask you something." Sakura knew that she told Sasuke but told him not to Naruto. Sasuke probably didn't hear her but she didn't really care. Tonight was perfect and so far, nothing could possibly ruin it. "Um yeah…I kind of know that you had a crush on me for quite some time. Even though I was obsessed with Sasuke, I knew that you liked me." "Yeah, I thought about it deeply and know whatever the answer is; I'll take it like a man." "So your question, what is it?" "Will you be my girlfriend?" Naruto took out his gift from his back pocket and handed it over to Sakura. Sakura saw that it was a box. She opened the box to find a diamond necklace, it wasn't a very big one but it still looked pricy. "Naruto, it's beautiful, is it for me?" "Of course it is; it's my gift to you." "But…I didn't get you anything." "That's alright; I specially bought that for you because the beauty of the necklace reminded me of you." Sakura was touched by his word and responded to Naruto's question. "Naruto, I will be your girlfriend." Naruto got excited but was stopped by a kiss from Sakura. They really kissed for the first time. Naruto knew now that he couldn't; wouldn't let Sakura out of his life. After the kiss, Naruto paid for the bill and brought Sakura out of the restaurant holding hands.

By the time they came out, the moon was shining bright as it was full. Naruto told Sakura he had one more surprise for her and brought her to the second location Sasuke told him about. When they were about to arrive, Naruto had Sakura cover her eyes with a cloth and when they got there, Naruto finally understood why Sasuke wanted him to go there. The trees had a glow from the moonlight as well as the stream; it reflected the moonlight. The flowers that Naruto saw earlier were now opened up and were the most magnificent flowers he'd had ever seen. Naruto uncovered Sakura's eyes and she was amazed by the scenery. She hugged her arm around Naruto's arm and they walked along the path. The walk itself was amazing in Sakura's eyes. Naruto picked up one of the flowers and added it to the bouquet he had already given her. Naruto noticed she was a little cold and took off his vest and put it around Sakura. She stopped Naruto and wrapped her arms around his neck. She kissed him under the moonlight and thanked him for the best night she has ever had. Naruto walked Sakura home and gave her a good night kiss. He told her that if he doesn't have a mission tomorrow, he'll drop by and see if they could go have lunch together. She liked the idea, giving him a hug and kiss and went inside her house. Sakura went up to her room quietly as her parents were already asleep. She looked into the mirror and was dazzled by Naruto's necklace. She placed the flower from the stream by the window. She knew then that she had chosen the right one. Naruto began to walk home with a big smile on his face when he was stopped by someone. Sasuke came out of the shadows and he asked him how it went. Naruto made a big smile once again. Sasuke knew that from Naruto's face, it went perfectly. Naruto thanked him for all his help. Sasuke replied, "Anything for a friend in need."