HeyHeyHey, at last...Chapter 4 is here! :D

I struggled alot while writing this, as i was not sure how to write the reunion of team 7, and also, i tried to make a longer chapter.

I had some comments wishing for longer chapters, and i will try my best. Anyway, Without further ado...Enjoy!

After a great but tiring day at the chuunin-exam stadium, Naruto was now making his way over to his apartment to get some rest. After getting handed the jonin vest, he was brought to the hokage tower to meet with the council. He was actually surprised by the positive attitude they all had towards him. Well, almost everyone. The only ones who where still not 'big fans' of him where the two advisers, Homura and Koharu. They were still of old believes, and wouldn't let the fact about the Kyuubi go. Even after he told them that it was no more.

Naruto let out a sigh to himself while continuing his walk. He couldn't convince everyone, but at least he had the rest of the council in his back, and they were all very gracious towards him.

After getting a good rest back at his apartment and some food for his empty stomach, he decided to head out to his good old training spot. Training ground 7. He was happy about beating both Gai and Kakashi in the test, but he still wasn't used to the fact that the Kyuubi's chakra was a part of his now. This made some of his techniques harder to control, but also made them immensely more powerful. He also learned from his old inhabitant that he would most likely end up with his affinity for the fire element. He had tested this after the absorption had happened, and it showed to be true. But he still hadn't gotten around to learning fire jutsu. He had focused so much before that on mastering jutsu of his primal element, wind.

While Naruto was busy with his training, a team of familiar faces arrived at the Konoha gates. Team 10, or Team Asuma as they were called in honor of their dead sensei, was returning home from a mission. As they walked towards the guard station to announce their return, they overheard the talk between the two that were on duty. "I can't believe Naruto actually managed to beat both Gai and Kakashi. It's like he returned from his absence ten times more powerful. And with the power he displayed during the war, I didn't think that was possible". "I know what you mean, that kid makes all us other shinobi look bad with all that hard work he puts up." the other replied. As team Asuma heard this, the first one to break in to the conversation was a boy named Chouji. "What are you guys talking about? Is Naruto finally back?" Chouji of the Akimichi clan was a jonin clad in a red suit with plated armor on his torso, arms and upper legs. Over this he was wearing his jonin vest open so you could see the kanji for 'food' written on the torso of the plated armor. His hair was brown, long and spiky

"Yes, Naruto returned yesterday." the guard replied. "Tsunade put him to the test earlier today against Gai and Kakashi." At this, the second member, Ino, decided to voice her opinion. "Well, how long did he last? I know he's good after what happened in the war, but I really can't see him beating both of them". Ino Yamanaka was regarded as one of the prettiest kunoichis of Konoha. With her bright blue eyes and her long, blonde hair she was often sought after by shinobi of the village, and even other villages. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail behind her head, and she had bangs hanging over the right side of her face. Up through the years she had used some varieties of purple outfits, but after the war and her promotion to jonin, she had stuck to the standard shinobi attire. She was wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt with her jonin vest over. Blue pants which stopped a little over her ankles.

The guard showed a smile to the blonde girl before replying. "That's the thing. Naruto actually man-handled them both. They couldn't stand a chance against him". All of Team Asuma gasped at this. To imagine that he had become so strong that he was able to man-handle the two best shinobi in Konoha was amazing. And to add on to the shock the guard told them about how Gai even opened the seventh gate to fight.

After talking for a little while with the guards, Team Asuma headed towards the hokage tower to report their mission. They were stunned about what they had learned, but decided to find the boy after their report (or rather, Ino had decided to find him). "To imagine he has gotten even stronger after all of this. What a drag..." the lazy voice of their final member, Shikamaru Nara, called out. Shikamaru was one Konohas masterminds with his high IQ and his abilities to come up with strategies for almost every situation. He was clad in the same standard shinobi outfit as Ino, with the only exception being that he had black shirt and pants. His dark brown hair was, as always put up in a spiky ponytail. This had given him the nickname 'pineapple head' from some of his friends.

Ino only glared at her teammate as a reply. Even though he had gotten better over the years, he was still one of the laziest people in the world.

After finishing their report with the hokage, they all went their separate ways, even though Ino tried to convince them to help her find Naruto. "With your sensory abilities it shouldn't be a problem to find him with that huge cakra capacity he has, I'd rather go home and watch some clouds." was the response she had gotten from Shikamaru. Choji had headed to some restaurant to get some food (not a surprise). So that left the female of the team all alone to find their old classmate.

After searching the village, she located his chakra and headed towards training ground 7. Her lazy teammate was right. With the amount of chakra Naruto has it was easy to find him in the village. As she arrived at the grounds, she was met with the sight of an enormous fire dragon taking to the skies before crashing to the ground. As the fire died out she could see a person sitting on the ground, panting. She would recognize that voice immediately wherever she went. "YES! Then we can scratch that jutsu of on our list". As he finished talking to himself, he could feel a presence behind him, and turned around with his trade-mark foxy grin. "Oi, Ino! Are you just gonna stand there and peep, or are you gonna come over". Ino grumbled a bit to herself before making her way over to the other blonde in the clearing. "Good to see you again, Naruto." Ino said while smiling. She looked him over, and had to force back a blush. This guy in front of her was well fit, and without the hideous (in her mind) orange jumpsuit he was actually good looking. And the red highlights in his hair made the impression even better.

Naruto saw the way she was looking him over, and smirked at her before replying. "Good to see you too Ino. I'd say you get more beautiful everyday". At this she couldn't hold back the blush from her face. Not only had he gotten more attractive, but he also had much better manners it seemed.

Naruto for his part kept the smirk on his face. During his absence he had picked up some of his old masters behaviors, but not the perverted ones (or at least not most of them).

"Thank you. And if I do say so, you don't look so bad yourself" Ino replied.

They sat down and talked about what had happened during the past two years, and of what happened after he returned back home. When they were finished talking, it was getting dark.

"Guess it's time to head home." Ino said as she rose from the ground. Naruto got up after her. "Let me escort you home. I don't have much to do anyways".

She accepted the offer, and he followed her until they reached an apartment complex. "Well, here it is. I'll see you around I guess?" "I guess so. I don't think I'll take another journey for a while." he joked while grinning at the blonde female. "You better not." Ino replied. "Things have been to quiet without you making fuzz all over. Anyways, good to have you back Naruto". At this, she gave the boy a quick hug, before walking into the complex. Naruto stared after her with a smile while muttering to himself. "Good to be back".

After escorting Ino back to her apartment, Naruto walked back to his own. He realized they weren't that far of, which was good for him. As he was real tired after a long day. As he entered his own apartment, he took of his clothes, and fell to sleep as soon as he hit the pillow.

The next morning, Naruto went through his morning routines before heading out to train once more. Many would turn lazy during times of peace, but the blonde was not one of them. He would not rest until he had reached his goal. He kept on with his training long into the day, but just as he was ready to head for lunch, he was suddenly greeted by an Anbu. "Naruto Uzumaki." the Anbu said. "You have been requested at the hokage's office immediately". The blonde thanked the Anbu before dismissing him. 'I wonder what Baa-chan wants from me now?' he thought to himself before heading of for the tower.

When arriving at the tower, he went straight for the Tsunade's office, and came face to face with a lot of familiar people. Inside the office, was Lee, Tenten, Ino, Shikamaru and Kiba. Tsunade was not there at the moment, so he greeted all his friends, and went through a long talk with them about the events of the day before, and all that had happened during his absence. When Tenten had asked about the red highlights in his hair, Ino had taken up the explanation of that. Seemed that they were attractive for the female side, as he had got questions about this from pretty much every female he had met.

Just as Naruto was talking about his training in Kumo with Killer Bee, Tsunade returend to the office with a stack of papers in her hand. "Thank you all for coming." She said while sitting down in her chair. "I have called you in here as there will be a new bunch of students graduating out of the academy next week". The people in the room quickly understood where this was going, and the reaction was mixed among them. Some where hesitant, some excited, and one (guess who) thought it was troublesome. One of them however, had a complete shutdown in his brain when he realized what was asked of them. Never in a hundred years had Naruto Uzumaki considered being a jonin sensei for a group of genin. Probably because of the fact that until yesterday he was a genin himself.

As the people in attendance where busy with their thoughts, Tsunade continued her speech. "You who are here today have been considered by me, the council, and your former sensei, and we believe you to be worthy of having your own genin cell. Even though one of you just got promoted to jonin." she looked at Naruto before continuing. "I hope you will consider this offer, and I believe this will be a positive experience for all of you".

After Tsunade finished talking, she put her elbows on the desk while folding her hands in-front of her face. Now it was just to wait for their brains to catch up to them. Lee was the first to recover, and he he spoke up with fire burning in his eyes. "YOSH! I will share my power of youth with the genin and teach them all I can!" Tsunade contained her shudder. Hopefully there wouldn't be another Gai/Lee running around the village. Lee's reply made the rest of them stir, and they most of them agreed to take on a team. Even Shikamaru agreed to take on a team (more like he was forced by a 'death glare' from Ino). The only one who hadn't replied yet, was Naruto. His brain went from complete shutdown to running a hundred thoughts in hour. Was he ready for this? Would he be a good sensei? Or would he fail at teaching?

Tsunade watched the turmoil going on in the young blonde, and actually felt a bit worried for him. She didn't have to worry much however, as all the others seemed to have noticed it as well. Lee was again the first to react, as he put a hand on Naruto's shoulder. "You shouldn't worry to much Naruto-kun. I'm sure you would be a great sensei. And If I'm to take a team, I need my rival to also take a team so that we can compete". At this Lee took his 'nice-guy' pose. This seemed to calm the blonde abit. Then he felt a hand on his other shoulder, and he looked up to see Ino smiling at him. "Lee is right you know. You would make a great jonin sensei. You did after all beat two yesterday." she said with a small laugh. Naruto smiled at all of his friends. They all had fate in him that he could do this, and he wouldn't dissapoint. "Alright. Jonin Naruto Uzumaki is ready to take on a genin team, and I will do my best!" Tsunade smiled at the boy. With the power he had shown yesterday, and the maturity during the council meeting, she was sure he would become a great sensei.

After finishing at the tower, all of them agreed to have lunch together at a barbeque restaurant. There they talked about what they wanted to teach the students, and what kind of teams they wanted. Shikamaru, of course, wanted a calm team that wouldn't be too troublesome to handle, while Lee wanted a youthful team. They ended their lunch, agreeing to make this a weekly tradition while they were teachers. Naruto left to continue his training until sunset to clear his minds of all his worries. Little did he know that later he would meet someone he hadn't seen in a long time.

Sakura Haruno was just finishing her shift at the hospital. It had been a long day, and she couldn't wait to get some rest. She put these thoughts quickly to rest however, when she heard a familiar voice coming out of Ichiraku Ramen. She quickly ran over, and saw a person coming out of the stands. There was something very familiar with him, but she wasn't completely sure. "Naruto?" she asked, and the boy in question turned around. When he did so, there was a moment of shock on his face before it changed into a huge smile. "Sakura-Chan!" She ran up and hugged the blonde. "It's great to see you again baka When did you come back?" Naruto released the hug, and showed his trade-mark goofy grin while scratching the back of his head. "Came back two days ago actually". She put on a pouting expression and punched him playfully in the shoulder. "And you didn't come to see me? I was hoping to be one of the first to know when you were back." Naruto only chuckled at her. They kept talking like this for a while of what he had done during his two years absent, and the two days back in the village. As all others, she was shocked when she heard about the show he had put on. He told her about the fact that he was gonna become a jonin sensei, and she smiled and told him that some kids would be very lucky to have someone like him teaching them.

After talking like this for a while, and walking aimlessly around the city, Naruto decided to take his chances. "Sakura-chan, now that I'm back. How about you and I go out this weekend? That is, if your not busy or anything." He said while blushing like mad. Sakura however, was shocked. He was still trying to get a date out of him? She put on a sad smile and was about to reply, when she heard a voice behind her. "Oi, not hitting on my fiancé are you?" At this she turned around and threw herself into the arms of the person behind her. "Sasuke-kun! What are you doing here?" Sasuke however was to busy staring at the blonde in front of him with his traditional smirk. "I asked you a question dobe!" Naruto couldn't answer. He was too busy gaping at the two in front of him. When his brain caught up, he finally got his ability to talk (somewhat) back. "Wha...wha...what do you mean fiancé?" he said while his eyes shifted rapidly between the two of them. Sakura was the one to respond to him. "Eh, it kinda means that we are engaged." she said while giving little smile. Hoping he would be happy for them. "We are getting married in 3 months".

It took a while for this to sink in to the blonde, but when it did, his normally warm blue eyes turned icy. His voice also held none of it's usual warmth, and it came out almost as a whisper. "So this is is what you have chosen? You have chosen the traitor over there?" Sakura and Sasuke didn't know what to say. Was this really the Naruto they knew?

Naruto for his part was struggling to keep himself in check. He had done anything for the girl in front of him, and even saved her from getting killed at the hand of her so-called 'fiancé'. He had done this all to make her appreciate him, and to finally have her by his side like he always dreamed he would. Now this was lost, and his heart was shattered.

"What are you trying to say dobe? Are you saying I don't deserve her? That she deserves better than the last Uchiha? Or are you just sad you two will never happen?" Now the little restrain that Naruto had snapped, and he leached out on his former teammate. "THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN! You betrayed this village just to run to Orochimaru. Then when you killed him, you decided to turn to Madara and aid him against Konoha and the rest of the world. AND THEN you decide to turn on him just because you realise you were on the loosing side. What's to keep you from betraying us again, HUH?" "Would you two calm down? Please..." Sakura tried to play peacemaker between the two, just like back in the days of team 7. Naruto however would have nothing of it. "Why are you defending a guy who left you? He even tried to KILL you? How can you be engaged to a guy like that? After ALL I have done?" Naruto had completely snapped. And now, even Sakura's patience was running thin with the blonde. "What do you mean by that?! Who I decide to be with is not your choice Naruto. It is mine, and mine alone. Sasuke came back to the village, and he helped us win the war. He accepted his punishment for his betrayal". The blonde only snorted at this. "Punishment? The only punishment he got was to never be a shinobi again, normally people like that would get killed the second he sat a foot in this village again. Do you even know why you got such a low punishment?" "Because I'm the last of the Uchiha of course. This village can't be without it's Sharingan." Sasuke replied, once again with his superior smirk on his face. "Haha, good one. NO, the only reason you got off this cheap was because I pleaded for you. If it weren't for me you would have been executed or put in a cell to rot the rest of your days. This village managed without your 'precious eyes' when you left. And it can damn well manage perfectly fine without it now aswell." Naruto's tone had turned venomous now, and his eyes had turned darker. "Now you are taking this WAY to far Naruto" Sakura barked while going in for a punch at the blonde. Naruto for his part didn't even move a muscle to stop the punch. He bowed his head down, and just as the punch was about to hit, a golden tail sprung out from his back and blocked the punch. Sakura froze completely when her punch was blocked. She could feel a surge of evil chakra coming from the tail, it was like when she had seen Naruto in his bijuu state, but she could feel that this evil was coming from the boy himself this time, instead of the Kyuubi. Suddenly, Naruto's head shot up, and she gasped at the sight in front of her. His eyes were now a dark purple, and his whisker marks had darkened. "Of this is what you have decided, then so be it!" His tail vanished, and he turned around and started to walk away from them, but stopped after a few steps. "Oh, and Sasuke. If you don't treat her properly...Ah, I don't really care how you treat her. I don't care at all..." He said, and disappeared in a small pillar of fire. Left where two people. One in shock of how he had reacted, and to the fact that he had been the one to plead his cause. The other sad that she most likely just had lost a very close person.

Back at training ground 7, a pillar of fire shot out of the ground, and when it died out, Naruto came out of it. His eyes had now turned red, and 9 red tails were thrashing about wildly behind him. He was devastated. He was furious. He knew this was likely to happen, but to see it had actually happened... He didn't know what to do anymore. All he knew was the pain he felt. He disappeared once again, before re-appearing in the forest a couple of miles outside the village. As he did so, he let out a huge roar that shook the ground, and a shock wave sent all the trees around him flying. Even back in the village, people could feel the shock of this. Naruto only kept thrashing around, ripping at everything he could see in his path, before suddenly, he erupted in a huge explosion of fire.

Back in the village, Tsunade was looking towards where she could feel the shock wave was coming from. Then she saw an enormous explosion from outside the village. It didn't take long to get a hold of people to head out to the area to find out what had caused this.

Back in the forest, Naruto's chakra was finally dissipating, and he was left sprawling on the ground with tears flowing from his eyes and a pain in his chest that wouldn't go away. He clutched his chest to try and stop the pain, but it wouldn't go away. He took out a kunai, desperate to take the pain away, and stabbed in into his stomach. He winced as the pain hit him, but atleast this would take away some of the pain from his chest He felt his consciousness fade away, and with burn marks all over, and a kunai stabbed into his chest he felt darkness take him over.

"Oh my god... NARUTO!" was the last he heard before darkness took him...

Okay, i know people might not be happy with the way i decided to end this chapter, but you gotta have some excitement, right? (A)

I will try to have the next chapter up in about a weeks time. I have gotten the reunion out of the way, and i had an idea in mind with the way i ended the chapter and what i want to happen further on.

As always, thank you for reading. Hope you enjoyed it, even with the ending i made to it (Sorry :D), and feel free to leave a comment

-Zhilay