Returning

"Damn it!" Deidara and Sasori survived the onslaught of paper bomb tags underneath just like Konan had planned.

"Who was she" Sasori asked Deidara who he thought had an Idea.

"She's someone I definitely want to kill!" Deidara stood up as he helped Sasori up from the ground.

"You can't kill her" Zetsu arrived who had forgotten everything about Sora but Sora made sure not to erase his memory of Konan.

"Do you know who she was?"

"We tried recruiting her, she's too damn strong and we don't want to irritate a Super Kage Level Ninja, that said we now have to face her" Zetsu told the both who had conflicted feelings.

"Can we go to Suna now?" Sasori didn't mind and just wanted to go to Suna.

"I'll relay the situation, perhaps Itachi and Kisame will provide backup" Zetsu then left as Deidara and Sasori sat.

"Can we take a break? That was stressful" Sasori looked at Deidara.

"Three days" Sasori then left Deidara.

"Hey!"

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"We're finally back at Konoha" Naruto said as he took in a deep breath after two and a half years.

"My head somehow hurts" Jiraiya said as he followed Naruto.

"Come on Pervy-sage! I want to eat at Ichiraku's!"

"No, you can come out now Kakashi, I'll be leaving him to you" Kakashi then came out of a bush as he looked at Jiraiya.

"Well it's been a long time and you've grown Naruto" Kakashi then looked at Naruto as he had now become one of the tallest in his class.

Jiraiya then left to go Tsunade to report back what he had seen over the years.

"I heard you wanted to go to Ichiraku, come I'll buy you one, I initially wanted to do a test to commemorate us reuniting but Sakura is busy."

"Sakura-chan is?"

"They have a new teacher teaching them Medical Ninjutsu" Kakashi didn't say anything else as he has observed Sora from afar.

"Guess I'll just meet her later then"

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"That's enough for today" Sora said as he stopped teaching the trio of Ino,Hinata and Sakura.

"Huh, I guess our techniques did improve" Ino said as she healed the dummy faster than usual.

"Since it's just an auxiliary jutsu for now, efficiency is a must" Sora then collected the materials he had given them.

"I'm off for today, I have some things to prepare for tomorrow" Ino then kissed Sora's cheeks as she went out.

"You're not telling me what?" Sora just saw Ino smile and waved him off as she ran.

Sakura rolled her eyes while Hinata turned red.

"See you later Hinata, Sora" Sakura then followed after Ino leaving Hinata and Sora alone.

Hinata was anxious again but she soon felt Sora tap her shoulder.

"Ichiraku?" Hinata just nodded as she turned red as they left.

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"She's awake!" Fu shouted as she saw Yugito finally waking up after three days.

"Where am I?" Yugito wanted to move as she didn't know where she was.

"You're at Konoha! Don't worry Chomei already talked with Matatabi!" Fu said as she hasn't met another Jinchuriki since Gaara.

"How do you kno-!" Yugito then received a message from Matatabi telling her what happened over the course of the days that went by.

"You see I'm like you! But I also want to be like you, a strong Kunoichi" Fu smiled at a bed ridden Yugito.

"Fu, come down, let her rest" Pakura came in the room as she delivered food for Yugito.

"Here, I'm sure you can at least move to feed yourself" Yugito slowly moved her upper body and nodded at Pakura.

"I've been in your position before, you'll eventually meet them, I only have one request for you, treat Fu kindly" Yugito nodded as Matatabi told her everything.

"I guess I'm disabled for a week or so" Yugito looked at the food given to her by Pakura and sighed at her fate.

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"You've been quiet the whole day Hinata, is something wrong?" Sora asked Hinata as they were going to Ichiraku.

"No, nothing's wrong, well I guess" Hinata wanted to say something again but Sora kissed her cheek in surprise.

"Better?" Hinata shyly nodded as she didn't know why.

"That's a familiar figure" Sora pointed at a figure in front of them and Hinata followed her eyes.

"That's!" Hinata was shocked to see Naruto, she didn't know what to do at this point in time.

"Eh? That voice? Hinata?" Naruto heard Hinata's voice and looked at Hinata, he saw she was with another familiar face. "You arrived safely Sora!"

"It's been a while Naruto" Sora just waved at him despite he dragged him by the head days ago.

"It sure is, say do you two know each other?" Naruto was curious and Kakashi looked at Naruto until he heard Teuchi click his tongue.

"My boy, let them settle this themselves" Teuchi told Kakashi who looked like he wanted to interfere.

"Teuchi-san" Kakashi wanted to say something.

"Your Sensei had eyes on his wife the moment they met, your best friend also had his eyes on the girl he loved the moment he met her"

Kakashi kept quiet as he also remembered everything and that he would often meet everyone here at Ichiraku with smiles on their faces.

"But Naruto isn't like them, rather His eyes are fixated on the wrong person, unlike you, you knew of that girls feelings yet chose to ignore it, it was understandable at the time since we were at war"

Kakashi stopped reading Icha Icha tactics and looked on the ongoing scene as Teuchi prepared ramen.

"So whose side are you on?" Kakashi was curious as of this moment.

"Naruto's, but I can't blame him if he lost this crucial moment"

"But you also knew of my students, what's the difference between mine and my Sensei's?"

"We were at war then, now it's different, sad to see the Hyuga girl get confused including that Pink haired girl." Teuchi sighed.

Kakashi stopped asking as they looked at the ongoing scene.

"The only difference here now is the Hyuga, Naruto is your best friend, The Uchiha was you, and then Sakura was Her, The Hyuga girl could balance things but sadly"

They saw how Naruto looked oblivious of Hinata's feelings

"That man scares me" Teuchi told Kakashi who wondered why. "That man is a true man I hope he gets to live his dream" Teuchi didn't say anything else nor did Kakashi as they already knew what they were talking about.

Kakashi then looked solemn as they continued watching.

"Say Hinata have you seen Sakura?" Naruto asked Hinata.

"She just left."

"Do you know where I can find her? I wanted to give her a shock of the lifetime now that I'm more Handsome than Sasuke!" Naruto joked around Hinata but didn't notice her feelings.

"I-i see, she's probably at her store"

"Really? Thanks Hinata! I'll track her down later, didn't you guys wanted to go eat at Ichiraku's as well?" Naruto curiously looked at Hinata and Sora. "Are you two dating?"

Hinata then looked at Sora and Naruto, Sora was just smiling not saying anything while Naruto still was dense.

"Hinata's feeling unwell, I already ordered a bowl at Ichiraku's for take out so we were just going to grab it and leave" Sora signalled Teuchi who was listening and nodded.

"He lost" Teuchi sighed and began to prepare even more than usual for Naruto as well as for Hinata.

Kakashi sighed as Naruto and Sora came while Hinata followed behind Sora who kept looking at the ground.

"Here you go boy, it's on the house in commemoration for Naruto returning" Sora accepted the offer and nodded.

"Hinata" Sora tapped Hinata's shoulder to get her out of her stupor. "Let's go" Hinata absently nodded and followed after Sora.

"Now that she's gone out of the equation, what do you expect what will happen in the future?" Teuchi asked Kakashi while Naruto was confused.

"I guess one of them is going to be like me then" Kakashi closed his eyes as he shortly remembered Obito, Rin, Kushina and Minato.

"Hey what are you two talking about? Come On Kakashi-sensei! We have to eat fast and find Sakura so I'll show you how I'm going to beat you up"

'Poor Naruto' Kakashi thought as he looked at Naruto and the leaving silhouettes of Sora and Hinata.

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Sora and Hinata were on a park bench as they sat down together while Sora unpacked the Ramen that was put onto a special container.

"Here eat up" Sora took a serving and tried to feed Hinata who was still not responding.

"Is anything wrong with me?" Hinata asked Sora.

"Nothing's wrong with you, so I guess it's Naruto huh" Sora put the ramen beside him as Hinata nodded.

"Do you think I have a chance with Naruto?" Hinata asked Sora as she was curious.

"Unless you died for him he won't notice your feelings since either he hasn't experienced it or is blinded by loving someone else" Hinata then stood up and walked back to her home.

"I want to go home now" Hinata turned around and Sora followed after her after he put the ramen in his inventory.

During their walk Sora surveyed the surroundings and a grin formed on his face as they neared the Hyuga residence.

"Hinata" Sora took Hinata's hand before she could go in.

"So-sora" Hinata turned red and looked at Sora "I actually have been thinking" Hinata shied away and looked at the side.

"I know" Hinata then turned red and began slowly walking into the compound as she brought Sora inside with him.

As Sora and Hinata entered the compound Naruto was with Sakura as they walked by, Naruto saw Hinata and Sora enter somehow he had a feeling.

"Naruto, come on let's go" Sakura told Naruto as they were told to meet Kakashi again.

"All right" Naruto looked at the Hyuga compound and somehow felt something was a miss but shook his head

"Hey wait for me! Don't leave me like this!" Naruto yelled at Sakura as he had fetched her.

Naruto took one last glance at the Hyuga residence and then immediately ran towards Sakura.