Hello everyone! First of all, i would like to say: Thank you so much for the reviews, follows and favourites i've gotten. I don't know really what kind of expectations i had for my first story, but this response is great. So again, thank you!

The next chapter is finally done. I realised something while writing this...I am terrible at starting the writing. Even back when i was in school, the worst part about writing stuff, was to find out where and how to start. As soon as i get that, the story just flows. And now i have a good idea where i want this story to continue. Hopefully, i won't spend as long time on the next chapter as i did making this. Like a certain friend of mine was complaining about ^^

Anyways. Hope you enjoy this next chapter.

2 years later

The sun was sitting high in the sky, watching over the city that was finally back to it's old glory. The destruction of Konoha during the attack of Pein had left a lot of rebuilding to be done, but things were finally finished. The one thing that was positive about the destruction, was the fact that they now had a chance to rebuild everything just like they wanted, and make it better than it was before.

Tsunade was sitting in in her office looking over the city and the peaceful villagers going about their business. 2 years had now passed, and there had been no incidents to take care of for any of the 5 great villages. Of course, that didn't mean that there hadn't been any threats out there. The only thing was that every time they had found out about missing nins in an area, they had suddenly appeared inside a scroll on the desk of the kage that was closest to said nin. No one could figure out how they had ended up there, but they weren't ones for complaining. This meant less work for them.

A soft sigh escaped the blonde kage as she walked back to the desk. Yes, everything was perfect right now. The only thing missing was one person. She picked up a picture standing her desk. It was a picture of Tsunade, Shizune, Jiraya and Naruto from when she was brought back to the village to be hokage. "It's been two years already gaki, Please come back to us." she said softly before turning back towards the windows to look at the village again. What she didn't know, was that he was closer than she thought.

Gates of Konoha

For the two on 'eternal guard duty', Izumo and Kotetsu, the day at the Konoha gates were just like any other day. Civilians and shinobi were entering and leaving either for travels, shipping of goods, or in the shinobi case, for missions. Yes, everything was like it's boring self, which was almost driving them mad at times. But they would rather sit around here all day than being forced on long-term missions away from home.

As they standing there, they could see a figure in the horizon. It was clad in a long, open red jacket, a red shirt with mesh underneath, black pants and black shinobi boots. The face was not visible due to the hood from the jacket. The person was also wearing a scroll strapped horizontally to his lower back. When the person arrived at the gate, they could see he was a rather tall and muscular person. But he still wouldn't show his face. "Please state your name, and your reasons for entering Konoha." Izumo said to the stranger. Said stranger just laughed at the two guards while slowly taking of his hood. "Is this how you great one of your fellow shinobi, eh?". When he removed his hood, the jaw on both Izumo and Kotetsu fell to the ground. Standing in front of them, with his familiar foxy grin, clear blue eyes and whisker marks where none other than Naruto Uzumaki. Although the face was easily recognizable, his hair was something that really surprised them. His hair had grown a little longer, and it just added confirmation to the fact that he was the spitting image of the Fourth hokage. But the other thing was that his blond spiky hair now had red edges to it.

"What's the matter guys? Looks like you've seen a ghost." Naruto exclaimed while smilingly rubbing the back of his head. Kotetsu was the first to snap out of his stupor. "Welcome home Naruto-sama! The entire village has been waiting eagerly for you to return". "oi oi, what's with the 'sama' thingy? I'm just Naruto, nothing else." Naruto replied, confused at the unusual remark. Izumo was the one to answer him. "It's only right that we show honorifics to the hero of the fourth shinobi war". Naruto just shook his head and laughed at the two guards. "There is absolutely no need for honorifics with me guys. I'm still the Naruto that grew up and raised hell in this village". Naruto then took his hand forward and gave a handshake to the both of them before turning the other way. "It was nice meeting up with you guys, but I bet Baa-chan wants to see me as soon as I get back in the village, so I think I'll head over to her right away." He spoke while waving his hand at them. The two guards only stared after the boy with wide eyes while reading the words 'Gama-Sennin' at the back of his jacket. "He really is the spitting image of his father don't you thin?" Izumo spoke to his partner. Kotetsu nodded his head in agreement. "One thing is for certain. This place won't be as quiet anymore with him back in the village."

Meanwhile, Naruto had arrived at the hokage tower, and was slowly walking up the steps towards Tsunades office. He had pulled the hood over his head just after leaving the guards at the gate. He wouldn't want to ruin the surprise of him being home just yet.

As he arrived at the secretary desk outside the office, he smiled as he observed Shizune sitting there going over some paperwork. She suddenly looked up at him and gave a pleasant smile. "What can I help you with?" Naruto smirked under his hood and decided to play a little with her. "Did it hurt?" he asked while trying alter his voice so to not give himself away. "What do you mean, hurt?" Shizune asked with confusion all over her face. Naruto had to struggle hard to not laugh, but he managed to hold it for now. "When you fell down from heaven. With looks like yours you have to be an angel". Shizune was blushing while looking completely stupefied. Who the hell was this guy coming in here with stupid and old pickup lines like that? Whoever he was, he was definitely in good shape. The person before her suddenly started shaking until he burst out laughing. "Hahaha, you should have seen your face Shizune-neechan. It was priceless". "eh?" Shizune was really confused now, the only person who ever called her that was...

"Naruto, is that you?!" The person in front of her then pulled back his hood to reveal his laughing face. "It's great to see you to again." he smiled at her. Shizune sprung out of her chair and embraced the boy in front of her while her smile was threatening to split her face. "NARUTO! It's been so long since the last time I've seen you". Naruto returned the hug while smiling softly at her. "It's good to be back again". When Shizune released the hug, she looked at his hair with question marks all over her face. "What's with the red?" Naruto brushed a hand through his hair while giving his answer. "I'll tell you everything when we meet with Baa-Chan. It's a long story". With that comment, the brown haired woman in front of her suddenly turned towards Tsunades office. "We've got to tell her you're back". As she was moving towards the door, she was stopped when Naruto pulled her hand. "I want to surprise her a little bit. After all, I am the number one prankster ninja." He said with his usual foxy grin plastered on his face. "Here's the plan..."

Tsunade was sitting quietly in her office, enjoying a cup of sake. The paperwork for the day was done, and she finally had some time to relax. Suddenly, the doors flew open, and Shizune stormed in. "Tsunade-sama! There is an emergency". Tsunade managed to spill her sake bottle all over the desk as she sprung to her feet. "What? What is it?". "You have to see this, come quickly." Shizune winked for her to follow her out of the office.

When they arrived outside, She handed her mater a note with only two words written on it. 'I'm back'. "Is this it?!" Tsunade asked with frustration in her voice. "A note with the words 'I'm back' on it?! This is the emergency that made me spill out a bottle of perfectly good sake?!" The Hokage immediately turned around and walked back to her office with Shizune on her heels. "But, Tsunade-sama. Who do you think it's from." Tsunade continued her rant. "I don't care who it's from. This is the stupidest emergency I have ever seen". When she entered back into the office, she stopped dead in her tracks. There was somebody sitting in heir chair with his face turned away from the door. "Who are you, and what are you doing in my chair?" The blond hokage asked. As she said those words, the chair slowly turned around to show a blond and red haired boy with his trademark grin on his face. "It's been awhile...Baa-Chan".

After a hug, and a hit over the head. Naruto explained what had occurred during his two years away from everyone. It was a long story, and Tsunade could feel the headache coming already. "So let me get this straight, the first one and a half year, you were visiting the other four great villages to train and to hunt missing-nins?" Naruto nodded at the hokages questioning. "That explains all the reports I've heard about missing-nins getting disposed of before the kages could react. But that still doesn't explain what you did the last 6 months before you came back here." Tsunade said while pinching the bridge of her nose. This was starting to get annoying. "Ah, yes. I had some business with Kurama to take care of." Naruto said while waving his hand dismissively. "Kurama?! Tsunade exclaimed with shock all over her face. "Kurama as in the Kyuubi?" Naruto scratched the back of his head while leaning further back in his chair. "Yes, the Kyuubi had some training for me as well, so I spent 5 months under his tutelage before he passed away." As Naruto finished talking, you could see the sorrow in his eyes for loosing the one thing he had been connected to his entire life. Even though they weren't on good term in the beginning. During the war he had been able to bond with the nine-tailed beast. And together as partners, they were able to defeat Madara. "What do you mean passed away?" Shizune asked with a surprised look. Naruto shifted uncomfortably in his chair before he continued talking. "It means that after he finished teaching me, I spent the last month in a coma while I absorbed the last of his powers, and he passed away. Just like dad said would happen eventually". Shizune got a sad look on her face, she knew that Naruto hated loosing people around him, and it must be strange to loose something that has been apart of you for so long. "Wait, is that why you have the red tips to your hair? From completely absorbing the Kyuubi?" Naruto nodded absently at this. "Wait, if you have absorbed the Kyuubi, then how powerful are you right now Naruto?" Tsunade suddenly asked. "Hmm, that is a good question." Naruto replied after a brief pause. Tsunade continued her talking. "Well, that will be shown tomorrow. I have decided to put you to the test to see how strong you are. Meet up at the Chuunin-exam stadium tomorrow at noon."

"Eh?" Naruto asked. "Why there? Why not a regular training ground?" The blond hokage only smiled slyly at the question before answering. "It wont be enough space there. After all, I think there will be a lot of people who will want to see the Hero of the fourth shinobi war in a spar".

After that, Naruto was dismissed from the office, after being given instructions on where he was to stay since his old apartment had been destroyed during Pains attack on Konoha. He had been given a new apartment close to the ramen stand, something that made said person very happy. After checking it out, he found out that it was a small apartment, with a living room, kitchen, bathroom and finally a bedroom where he actually had a double bed. All in all it was a lot better than the old apartment he had, and the interior was much better than what he had before.

After leaving the apartment, he went straight to his favorite spot in the entire village, before he sat down an relaxed. While looking down at the head of his father that he was sitting on, he thought about the things he had experienced over the past two years.

"I'm finally home dad..."

So that marks the end of chapter 2 of this story. I'm not really sure about the lenght of each chapter, so if anyone had something they want to say about that, then feel free to leave a comment. I'll try not to make them too short, as I'm not a fan of stories with short chapters.

Anyways, until next time!

-Zhilay