The Legacy of the Leaf

By Ulrich362

"It's been quite a long time since we've been back hasn't it?" asked a man walking up to the leaf village. "Go ahead, I know you've eager to be back."

With those words a blonde figure smirked and sprinted towards one of the taller buildings and ran straight up the side.

"You have even more energy than ever, you're a piece of work kid." the man said with a smile.

"It's great to be back, the village hasn't changed at all." the blonde figure said. "Huh, oh they added her face to the mountain."

"Naruto, is that you?" asked a voice from below him.

"Oh Hinata." Naruto said jumping down. "It's great to see you."

"It's great to see you too Naruto." Hinata said. "Oh, where's lord Jiraiya?"

"Well it's good to see you too Hinata." Jiraiya said walking up to her. "How's everyone been?"

"Everyone is doing well, we've all been improving for the day we try and take down Orochimaru." Hinata said. "Lady Tsunade said that we'd make our move a few days after you two got back."

"That sounds like a plan, you two should catch up. I'm going to check with Tsunade." Jiraiya said teleporting away.

"Oh yeah, I almost didn't notice Hinata." Naruto said suddenly. "You grew your hair out, it looks nice like that."

"Oh, thanks Naruto." Hinata said quietly.

"Wait a minute, is that Naruto? Naruto." Sakura said suddenly.

"Sakura, and Ino." Naruto said. "Wait what's going on?"

"Lady Tsunade wants to see the two of you right away." Ino said.

"Right, let's get going Hinata." Naruto said with a grin.

"Oh yeah, there's something you should know Naruto." Sakura said. "Gaara became kazekage."

"Wait, Gaara's the kazekage?" Naruto asked. "Well he'll have to wait for me because I'm definitely going to behokage."

"That sounds like you Naruto." Ino said. "We'll see you after you talk with lady Tsunade."

"Sounds good." Naruto said with a grin. "Come on Hinata, let's go."

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"First things first welcome back to the village Naruto." Tsunade said calmly.

"Thanks grandma Tsunade." Naruto said. "It's great to be home again."

"I'm glad to hear that, now then as for the reason I called the two of you in here." Tsunade said.

"If you don't mind lady Tsunade, I'll handle it from here." said a voice from the window.

"Oh Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said. "It's great to see you."

"It's good to see you too Naruto." Kakashi said calmly.

"That's right, I have something for you." Naruto said suddenly. "Here."

With those words Naruto pulled a book out of his pocket.

"Naruto, what is this glorious book?" Kakashi asked.

"Pervy Sage was working on it while we trained. He gave me a copy for you." Naruto said.

"Well I'll be sure to thank him, of course there's something else that needs to happen first." Kakashi said while putting the book in his back pocket.

"Naruto, Hinata, the two of you have spent quite a bit of time training and so it's time for you to show us just how much you've grown." Tsunade said.

"We'll meet in the training field in an hour, I have something planned." Kakashi said before teleporting away.

"So it sounds like the rumors were true." said a man in the doorway. "Naruto's back in the village."

"Oh Zabuza, it's good to see you." Naruto said.

"It's good to see you too, I'm glad I was coming to report my mission to the hokage." Zabuza said calmly. "Then again things were a lot quieter after you left."

"That's true, but things in the village aren't really the same without him either." Tsunade said.

"You have a point, the mission was a complete success by the way." Zabuza said calmly. "Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to get something to eat."

The moment he said that Zabuza teleported away.

"Oh yeah I should go see everybody else." Naruto said suddenly. "I'll see you at the training field Hinata."

"Alright Naruto." Hinata said calmly. "I'll see you later."

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"So you are back in the village, it's been a long time Naruto." Neji said calmly.

"Oh Neji, yeah it has." Naruto said.

"Things have certainly changed since the day you left, actually you and Sasuke are the only genin left in your class." Neji said calmly.

"Wait, you mean they're all chunin?" Naruto asked.

"Actually Temari, Kankuro and I are all jonin." Neji said. "The three ninja from the hidden sand village have only gotten more skilled since we met them."

"I'll take that one as a compliment Neji Hyuga." said a girl from behind them.

"Oh Temari right?" Naruto asked. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm one of the coordinators for this years chunin selection exams." Temari said.

"Yeah and I'm supposed to help out." Shikamaru said while walking up next to her.

"You haven't changed at all Shikamaru." Naruto said with a grin. "Wait I need to get going and meet up with Hinata and Kakashi-sensei."

"In that case you should get going, we can catch up afterwards." Shikamaru said calmly.

"Right, see you guys later." Naruto said running off towards the training field.

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"Naruto, you're just in time, I was about to explain what's happening." Kakashi said as Naruto ran up to him. "Now then, do you two remember the first day we became a squad?"

"Of course I do." Naruto said.

"Yes, I remember that day clearly." Hinata said.

"That's good, because it make my explanation easier."Kakashi said. "If you remember, you guys never got the bells from me."

"I get it, we're doing the bell exercise again, am I right Kakashi-sensei?" Hinata asked.

"Exactly, the two of you have until the end of the day to get these bells from me." Kakashi said. "We'll start in ten minutes."

"This is just like old times right Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked with a grin.

"It definitely is Naruto, I wonder if you'll be able to get the bells this time." Kakashi said calmly.

(Naruto has finally returned from his training with Jiraiya. Next chapter Hinata and Naruto will try to defeat Kakashi. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)