Hey ya'll! I adopted this fic from a good pal, RamenLoverNaruto. They told me they killed the fic, and I stepped in. Vola~ My new fic.

Pairing:
NaruHina
SasuSaku
ShikaIno
?(Surprise Pairing later! x2)

Chapter Three: Three Long Years Later

Naruto was psyched to be back in the Leaf and he was even going to see Grandma Tsunade! He couldn't wait to show her the cool new jutsus he learned. While heading to the Hokage's residence, he ran into a teen with a very familiar long scarf. "Konohamaru, yo!" He called out, jogging up to his old friend.

"Boss? That you?" Konohamaru asked, staring at him weirdly before smiling. "It's been three years already? Wow. I bet you have an awesome jutsu!"

"You bet!" Naruto did his 'nice guy' pose and smiled. "However, I was just going to see Granny before figuring out what to do next."

"Cool... Just so ya know, Tsunade also took on an apprentice about two months after you left." Konohamaru informed.

"Really?" He asked, trying to figure out who Granny would've taken on as he made his way to see Granny.

Hinata smiled at her cousin as yet another day ended with her even training her dodging, with the help of the rest of Team Guy. "Thanks, Neji. I think I'll go see Lady Tsunade now to show her how much stronger I've gotten." She announced, saying her goodbyes to Team Guy and walking towards her destination. While walking, she ran into Ino and Shikamaru, who, according to Kiba, had something going on. "Afternoon, Ino. Shikamaru." She said.

"Hey, Hinata... Have you heard? Naruto's back!" Ino informed, seemingly knowing that news somehow.

"N.. Na.. Naruto-kun... is.. ba.. back?" Hinata asked, her stutter clearly only showing up where Naruto was concerned. Her blush even showed up. 'What's wrong with me? I thought.. that my training would make it easier for me.'

"Looks like you still blush whenever someone says Naruto. What a drag." Shikamaru commented, clearly not happy about that, which earned a smack from Ino.

"Hush up you! Just be strong." Ino said, clearly formulating some sort of plan in that blonde head of hers, which scared Shikamaru and Choji, who had joined them during their conversation with Hinata.

"Not a good sign, huh, Shikamaru?" Choji asked, pausing in eating his bag of chips and getting his friend to nod.

Naruto hummed to himself as he waved to his other friends, who were shocked to see how he's grown. Turning a corner, he was ran under by a figure. "Ow... Watch where you're- Hinata?" He asked, shocked witless.

"S-s-sorry.. I-I-I-I w-w-was goi-going t-t-t-to me-meet a f-f-friend!" Hinata stuttered before hearing the voice. "N-N-Naruto-kun.." She replied, getting to her feet quickly. "G-g-gomen."

"It's alright, Hina-chan. I was thinking too much. Say, wanna come with to see Grandma Tsunade?" Naruto asked.

"I-I-I was j-j-just heading there." Hinata replied.

"Sweet! Let's go!" He all but dragged Hinata after him, bursting into the Hokage's office, startling Tsunade and Shizune. "Hey, Granny! I'm home!" He announced.

"Alright, alright. I get it! Don't scare me like that!" Tsunade said, glaring at him as the door opened. "Ahh. Sakura... I hope you have the reports for me."

A familiar pink head walked past Naruto and nodded. "Here you go, Milady..." She turned and blinked. "Welcome home, Naruto..." Sakura said sadly before rushing out to get her teacher some sake.

Naruto blinked at his friend's actions. "What happened to Sakura-chan?"

"You still call her 'Sakura-chan' after what she did?" Tsunade asked.

"Well, yeah. She was upset over the fact I failed bringing teme home.. I actually thought she was mild compared to her normal outbursts. She's still apart of Team 7 and my best friend." Naruto explained, popping his fist in his hand. "Oh. Pervy-Sage wanted me to give you this." He handed Tsunade a scroll before smiling. "Kakashi-sensei, I have something for you too." He popped his head out the open window. "The latest edition of Make-Out Tactics. I read it and honestly can't see what's so good about it." After delivering the two things, he took Hinata's hand and left. "So, still wanna grab some Ramen?"

"H-h-hai." Hinata said.

Meanwhile, in a remote hideout, another man, well, teen, sat on the step of a shrine, awaiting a snake to fall into his trap. Uchiha Sasuke had gotten stronger in the three years, just as planned. However, he realized he lacked something. He lacked the closure for the reason of his entire clan being killed. He would get answers, one way or another, from Uchiha Itachi, his older brother. Slowly opening his eyes, a oynx color was slowly replaced by the red of his fully matured Sharingan, he stared emotionlessly at the hallway where, as predicted, the snake he had been training under now stood. "You're late. I hate waiting." He said.

"Ssssasuke.. You know I had a misssssion to deal with." The snake said with admiration in his voice, which still creped the Uchiha out. "I'm sssssorry you had to wait. Sssshall we go?" He asked.

Sasuke stood up without answering and walked past the snake and his tactician. 'Once I get to the village, I will kill you, Orochimaru...' A flash of a blonde head caught in his memory. 'Dobe... Let's see how strong you've gotten... I may require your help.' He sidestepped a red-haired bullet, keeping pace even when the red-head caught up to him.

"Sasuke-kun~ Where you going?" The red-headed gushed, clinging to his arm.

"Karin. Go away." Sasuke ordered, keeping his cool while awaiting the time he gets back to the Leaf, where she was. Freeing his arm, he took off towards the village he once called home.

Ichiraku, to Naruto's surprise, was even bigger than last time. He looked like a kid in a candy store before leading Hinata to the counter. "Old man Teuchi~ The usual for me and... What do you want, Hina-chan?"

"I-I-I-I'll have s-s-some red bean soup if y-y-you have some..." Hinata asked.

"Oh, definitely! And, welcome home, Naruto! I must say I missed my favorite customer." Teuchi said, smiling. "Ayame! One red bean soup!"

His daughter popped her head out and smiled. "Gotcha! Welcome home, Naruto!"

Naruto rubbed his head and chuckled before facing Hinata. "What have I missed?"

That got the Hyuga to blush. "W-w-well, I-I-Ino-san and Shikamaru-kun are slowly working on getting together..." She realized that, once she was comfortable, she only stuttered a few times around him. "I-I-I was t-t-trained by Kurenai-sensei until she announced she was pregnant... T-t-then N-N-N-Neji-san and Team Guy trained me.." She went on to explain how Kiba and Akamaru were always bugging her to see where he was.

"Wow. A lot has happened. Thanks, Teuchi." Naruto said as their food was delivered. Digging in, he caught a bad chakra heading towards the village, finishing his ramen, paying for the meal and taking Hinata to the gates. "Hinata. I think we're being invaded."

Hinata activated her Byakugan as the rest of the Konoha 11 joined them. "I see three large chakras heading right for us." Only when the sources landed did it shock them all into silence. In front of them was their missing friend: Uchiha Sasuke!

Naruto stared and blinked. "Teme..." He said.

Sasuke eyed everyone right before Karin clung to him, an vein popping out of his head. "Karin. I will kill you if you don't let go." He threatened before taking a few steps away from the three. He met the familiar green eyes of the girl whom he had left. Before anyone could blink, he spun and aimed his Chidori at Karin, the long blade striking her through her lungs right before he lifted her up to throw her at Kabuto and Orochimaru.

"Ssssasssuke!" Orochimaru stated.

"Silence. You were only my way of gaining power. Now that I have, I see no use for you!" Sasuke explained, activating his Sharingan as Naruto joined his side. "Dobe, you better not get in my way."

"Shut up, teme." He shot back as Orochimaru showed his true form: a large snake the size of the Hokage Monument. "Let's do this, Sasuke!"

"Hn."

And so, the battle began, the Konoha 11 taking on Kabuto and his summons while Naruto and Sasuke faced off against Orochimaru himself. Hinata and Neji sent some of Kabuto's summons flying with their 8 Trigrams and Vaccuum Wave. However, Kabuto had yet another plan in store as he made a few of his dead summons explode, taking out half of the Leaf, while the others kept it from going farther. Orochimaru, on the other hand, was at a big disadvantage facing both Naruto and Sasuke, who were proving to be even smarter than the Sannin. Whenever he struck, the other would easily deflect the attack, getting exhausted from having to dodge two attacks.

Sasuke and Naruto noticed this and nodded at the other, Sasuke going into his second state and charging up his Chidori while Naruto summoned a clone to form the Rasengan.

"Time to end this, teme!" Naruto said as they took off towards Orochimaru. "RASENGAN!"

"CHIDORI TRUE SPEAR!"

With those attacks, the Sannin was slain. Seeing how the other had gotten stronger, Sasuke and Naruto went to join the fray against Kabuto, Sasuke using his Fire Ball Jutsu to catch Kabuto off guard, which allowed Sakura to send him airborn towards Naruto, who was ready with his Rasengan, getting Kabuto to fall as well. Landing, Sasuke dodged Naruto's arm before the real Naruto grabbed his neck, a sign of a hug from the blonde.

"Teme! You came back! For good?" Naruto asked, clearly waiting for the answer.

"Hn. I got the power I need to take Itachi down, so I see no reason to stay away from here." Sasuke replied, shoving the arm off his neck.

"UCHIHA SASUKE! UZUMAKI NARUTO!" Came a bellow Naruto and the rest, minus Sasuke, knew all to well as Tsunade stormed her way over to them. "Come with me this instant!" She ordered, getting Naruto to drag Sasuke to the Hokage's office and leaving their friends worried about the Uchiha's future, Sakura more so concerned.

Oh my... Tsunade is piiiiiissed! O_O; RUN! xD That was chapter 3! Wait til chapter four~ 8D
~~Kagomee-H.