Seven years had passes in Konoha, since the return of and eventual marriage of Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Hinata. They had both progressed throughout the ninja ranks rapidly; Naruto had accomplished more missions in his first year than any other jounin in the history of the village. Hinata had proven herself to be an accomplished medic and clan leader. Under her reign the Hyuuga clan had reformed itself, there was no longer the hideous division between main and branch families, and the use of the caged-bird seal was outlawed.
It had taken him over eighteen years, but Uzumaki Naruto had achieved recognition from the village. He wasn't Hokage…yet…but everyone said it was only a matter of time before the blonde man would become the next leader of the leaf village. He had proven himself more than trustworthy to the other ninja on many different missions, ranging from assassination, to retrieval, to guard duty. When war threatened to engulf the ninja world, Naruto had played a role in solidifying peace. The Stone village had gained the 'official' record, claiming Naruto to be the Yondaime's son, and quickly backed down from war. The Mist village also stopped their efforts upon hearing of the news, and Sunagakure had never been a threat to start war, Gaara proving to be one of the strongest Kazekage's in the village's history.
As noted by many different people throughout the history of Konoha, the 'Rookie 9' had indeed grown to become some of the most accomplished ninja in the history of the village. Uchiha Sasuke was an ANBU captain, and leading candidate to eventually take over the Special Forces. His only real competition came from Hyuuga Neji, who had amassed an impressive record in terms of missions.
Chouji had decided that he was happy teaching at the academy along with Tenten, who had become engaged to Neji only recently.
Shikamaru was in ANBU as the chief strategist and was still dating Temari from Suna, saying "It's just too troublesome to get married…but don't let my girlfriend hear that I said that or she'll kill me."
The last member of the former gennin team 10, Yamanaka Ino, was now Subaka no Ino, having married the Kazekage's older brother Kankuro. They have a small two year old son who has his father's messy hair, but instead of dirty brown, he sports a shocking blonde. The pair lives in Konoha, where Ino is the chief interrogator, and Kankuro has become a private tutor.
Shino had a distinguished career in both ANBU and the Hunter Nin, before taking over has head of the Aburame clan.
Kiba has done very well, becoming the best Hunter Nin in the village, along with his partner, Akamaru.
Haruno Sakura became the head of Hospital in Konoha, following in the footsteps of her mentor and sensei, Tsunade. She is more than likely the strongest medic in the known shinobi world, and is as feared as Tsunade. She has married Rock Lee and the couple has two children, a boy and a girl who have inherited their mother's pink hair…but none of their father's hair traits. As Naruto put it upon seeing them "Thank Kami, we don't have to worry about more fuzzy-brows!" Even recovering from child birth, one of Sakura's punches still hurts. Lee has grown into a fine Jounin and instructor to his own team of gennin. Despite all attempts by his wife to change his wardrobe, he resists.
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Absolutely none of this information was floating through the mind of Uzumaki Naruto at the moment. He was walking home in a daze, occasionally bumping into people and the occasional newspaper stand. He headed towards the Hyuuga estates, where he lived with his wife of just over three years, Hinata and their two year old son, Shinta. Technically, they lived just off the compound, but it was close enough for most people to simply call it inside the jurisdiction of the Hyuuga.
Naruto walked inside to find his son playing on the floor, while Hinata was sitting on a couch watching. Shinta had inherited his mother's byakugan and dark hair, but it stuck up in all kinds of unnatural directions like his father.
Naruto strolled over to his wife and sank into the soft couch. He simply watched his son play without saying anything. He was staring at his son when he broke the silence.
"Tsunade-baa-chan's retiring, and she named me Rokudaime." He said, breaking into is infamous grin.
"That's great, you've always wanted to be Hokage, congratulations." Hinata said, kissing him.
"Yay! Daa's 'portant!" Shinta echoed from his position on the floor.
"'Course I'm important! Now how about we celebrate…at Ichiraku's!"
This got a groan from Hinata and a loud "Yeah!" From Shinta.
I guess things haven't changed that much in 7 years.
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(A/N: Well, that does it, I am officially done with this story. Now I can concentrate on my other one and not fear for my sanity. You have no idea how hard it is to juggle multiple plot lines, Calculus, Biology, and Charles Dickens at the same time. Not to mention, I've been listening to 'Rooftops' by Lostprophets for the last twelve hours straight. It's an awesome song, anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who has read this story, and especially those who have reviewed it, thanks a bunch. Nightblade888)