Cave
Sitting around the fire, the three of them barely look at each other. It has been three days since the war. Three days since they were proclaimed hero's. Three days since they were reunited properly for the first time in close to four years. But this was the first time they had actually sat down with the intention of talking to one another. Their sensei had gotten sick of the stilted conversation and awkward silences when they ate together in the dinner hall, and had exiled them to cave until they could all talk properly again.
"I honestly don't see what the problem is." The blond leans back on his hands. He's dressed in the blue uniform of a standard Konoha Ninja, his orange jumpsuit having been declared unrepairable by the girl on his right. "That was how we always were."
"For once I find myself agreeing with Naruto." Sasuke says. "This is pointless."
"I think he means that we are adults, and should act like it."
The boys both look at the girl. When did she get so wise?
"Pft, act like an adult. I'm barely seventeen. I'm gonna act like a kid a while longer." Naruto sticks his nose in the air, testament to his words.
"Like they're going to let a petulant child like you be Hokage." Sasuke snorts. "Kiba's got a better chance than you."
"Take that back asshole!"
"I'm not going to heal you if you fight again!" The two boys break apart as Sakura yells at them, fire in her eyes. "Let's just be civil. Sasuke, what changed your mind?"
Sasuke stares into the fire for a long time before answering. "Talking with Itachi, as my brother, not the man who slaughtered our clan was the start I guess. Finding out his real dream. And the Edo Hokage. Realising that if I attacked the village as an enemy, I would be continuing the cycle of hatred that spawned me."
"So you're back for good?" Naruto asks. "Like you'll come back go the village and everything?"
"I never said I was coming back."
"But you have to!" Sakura bursts out. "We're team 7, we cant split up. We can't become like the three Sannin!"
"We aren't them, Sakura." Naruto stares into the fire. "We're not a thing like them. Sure there are parallels, but we're different! We tried to hold onto what we had, we didn't just let it go! Sasuke came back when we needed him most! Don't you see, the only thing we share with them is our summons and their teachings. Other than that we are different, our own team, not a copy of the past. We are Team 7. Nothing can, nothing will, change that."