First off I want to say thank you to all the Reviewers. It means a lot to hear your opinion. This is my first ever fanfic.I will be writing more fanfics in the Narutoverse soon so stay tuned. As ive said before, this is just my opinion on what would happen with everybody after the war. I hope you like this one, it's a bit longer. I definently have a plan on where this is going. Im also gonna explore Naruto's family too. Sometimes I don't think its talked about enough. Anyways, enough of me rambling, enjoy! Ps. Sorry for any misspellings or grammer, usually when im done I just skim and then upload, LOL.

Naruto's Pov

Naruto was walking home after eating ichirakus alone. He had needed time to think after all of the events that had happened today. Sasuke had left and didn't say goodbye to Kakashi or Sakura. She hadn't taken it well. When he told her, there was none of her ferocious anger which he had come to love and expect from her. She had simply looked him in the eyes and smiled. Pain. That was all he saw in those broken green pools. In his honest opinion they were the greenest eyes he had ever seen. The most beautiful eyes in the world, and at that moment they were filled with so much sorrow that he physically flinched.

Sakura had then dropped her gaze and simply turned and walked away. He wanted to say something; he wanted to yell at her. He wanted to rush to her and take her in his arms, but he couldn't do that. Not now. He knew that she needed to sort this out on her own. She was one of the strongest people he knew, he was so proud of who she had become.

He found himself walking through the village. His feet taking him to a spot he visited a lot. When the village was reconstructed it was only right that a place was dedicated to Jiraiya. His life had touched many, including his. He was a father to him. There was a small pond in one of the parks and in the middle surrounded by toads was a 10 foot tall statue of the toad sage himself, smiling.

Naruto walked up and sat down on a bench in front of the memorial. It was a form of therapy for him to come and talk to the statue. He looked up into the face of the old man. Pervy sage. He thought with a knot in his throat. He glanced down and laughed. Tears leaking down his face. He let his face look up into the sunset. If you could only see me now, I made it. We saved the world. I just wish you were here. He was crying out right now. His shoulders were shaking.

"Sasuke left today, I'm at peace with him leaving. I feel like he needs to do it for himself." Naruto came and talked to him often, as if he was sitting here in front of him, breathing. "Sakura is devasted. Like I knew she would be. That bastard." He snapped a twig in his hands. His fingers running through his long hair, they took his hiate off his forehead. Without it on now his hair was even more unruly that it used to be. The blonde locks went down to his shoulders. He stood up and threw a rock angrily into the pond.

"Sometimes it's like he has no empathy at all!" he yelled. "I just don't get it, you have the perfect girl in front of you, and there is not even a goodbye when you're leaving for possibly years? The girl I'm madly in love with." He whispered.

His affection for the pink haired beauty hadn't faded at all since the war. Yes, there had been a few women that had caught his eye, for a night. He had some brief flings with girls in the village, but at the end of the day they were nothing else but that, a one night stand. She was the one he wanted to come home too. There had been some nights when he went out to the bars with the boys and found himself brooding over her. When he was supposed to be having fun. Sakura was still the woman he was in love with. He just couldn't tell her. Not while she was still in love with Sasuke. He had a conversation with him about Sakura before he left. Sasuke had told him that he loved her as a friend but there was nothing past that, urging him to confess his feelings to her. Naruto had shrugged it off. As of late though it was hard for him to contain his feelings around her. They were amplified when she was around. His heart was sent racing when he got a glimpse of pink. He was going crazy. As far as he knew she had never dated or went out with anyone. She was always so busy at the hospital.

Naruto was actually glad that Tsunade had been working him into the ground. He had studied more scrolls the last month than he had in his whole life. Nobody knew it yet but he was also working on a secret project of his. Naruto cheered up thinking about the jutsu he was learning. The legendary flying thunder god technique. He was close to mastering it.

When the war was over his parentage had been released to the public, which exploded his reputation even more. He had inherited a small fortune from his parents, which allowed him to buy his own place. A box of items from them was also passed down to him. There wasn't that many items but he cherished them all. One of those items was the scroll for the flying thunder god technique. One of the most legendary jutsu's ever. That jutsu had born his father's nickname, Konoha's Yellow Flash. Tsunade said that it was sealed away but they had made an exception, because it was Minato's son.

Naruto didn't even realize that it was almost completely dark outside. He got up and said his goodbyes to Jiraiya. His memory living on. He had made up his mind.

I need to make sure she is okay. He thought.

Sakura's Pov

Sakura turned away from him. She couldn't bare to look into those blue orbs, they cared too much. So she just walked away. The walk to her place was hazy. She opened her door and walked in. She was crying, hard. Times like this made her glad she had her own place with Ino, she couldn't stand going home like this. It was a good time for Ino not to be home.

Smothering in your own depression and sadness was an activity best done alone. The door shut and she leaned her forehead on the door and started sobbing.

Im not in love with him anymore she thought. She was crying for her younger self. For all the wasted years of her love. She had wasted so much time and love on Sasuke and now he is gone. She had gotten over her love for that man. She was truly sad he was leaving, just as they were on the brink of finally having team 7 back again. He leaves.

He was always a half step away from everybody. Even Naruto couldn't get him to stay, she thought. She changed her mind and opened the door open and walked out.

The night was lovely. The wind was blowing just enough to make it chilly. She stepped out and took off without a destination. Her thoughts slowly gaining positivity. There was nothing a lovely walk through Konoha at night couldn't fix.

The village truly was alive at night. All the night owls were out and having fun. There were lots to do entertainment wise in the city now. After the war was over, and peace reigned, things were lighter. People wanted to have fun again and live. There was lots of bars now. You could walk into any one at this time and it would be live with people having fun and dancing. It's nice to see people living again she thought. The war had been so cruel, with so many shinobi deaths. When it was over, everybody seemed more alive and happy. A weight had been lifted off the world,because the war, although terrible, had made peace possible. She was so deep in thought, when she came around a corner; she walked right into somebody, and hit her head.

"Oh my gosh, im so sorr- Naruto?!" she shrieked. "What are you doing, trying to kill me?! Running around like an idiot." She muttered. Naruto laughed, eyes dancing with humor. She blushed, for some reason.

His hands went up and started scratching the back of his head, "Sorry, Sakura-chan." He grinned, "I was just on my way to see if you wanted to catch up on things. I know today hasn't been the greatest and well ya know, we haven't talked in a few weeks. Tea at your place?" he asked sincerely.

She looked at him and realized how much he had changed. He was so sure of himself. Everything he did, it was like he had practiced a thousand times in his head before, but that was the magic of Naruto. He made everything look easy. Like right now, standing in the moonlight with his cloak billowing in the breeze. He was her best friend, but she was also a woman. She understood why on top of everything else, why he had a group of girls fawning over him at all times. He was Gorgeous, and she meant that. Long blond hair and striking blue eyes. The years had made him taller as well; she had to look up quite a bit when she was looking into his eyes.

Where are my thoughts going right now? She thought with a panic. She blushed again. Then proceeded to punch Naruto a good ten feet away. He landed and groaned.

"Hey what was that for..?" he said out of the corner of his mouth.

Oops. "You deserved that for running into me. Now are we going to my place or not?" she asked with a smirk looking down at him.

He pushed himself off the ground, abd walked up in front of her. Too close. Blue met green again, he had got serious. "I'm sorry, I just realized that I have a scroll to finish and have to be with Tsunade early in the morning for an important diplomatic lesson." He laughed and continued, "I guess you throwing me to the ground was what It took for me to remember. What would I do without you Sakura-chan?"

He said that last part so genuinely it tugged at her heart. He didn't even have to try.

Naruto took a step closer, and put a finger under her chin. Her heart was beating out of her chest. She was about to punch his lights out again when she felt his lips, barely touch her forehead. Naruto had just kissed her. He started to walk off and then looked over his shoulder and smiled a dangerous smile. One that she didn't know Naruto had. Then he was gone and she was left standing, holding her hand over where his lips had been. The only thought in her mind was curiosity about what it would feel like to kiss him.