Lets Get this show on the road! Also, I own nothing. Except the 4 year hiatus.

Chapter 6: A Trip Down Memory Lane

"And instead of knowing what to do, he came to me."

Konohamaru, SHikamaru, Iruka, and Naruto all looked up to see Sasuke joining in on their conversation.

"Now to be fair, you don't know that." The future Hokage to be shot back. Sasuke simply put on his Uchiha Smirk™.

"Actually I do. Anko came up to me and told me about the conversation you three had." Naruto simply looked gob smacked.

"That bitch!" Unfortunately, this only drove Anko's attention to Naruto instead of on the girls.

"Pipe down small person before I nail your damn mouth shut." Anko bellowed, receiving a glare from the red head.

"Only I get to do that you slut!"

"What did you say to me!"

"You heard me!" Soon the two girls were squabbling, letting the men be driven back to their own conversation.

SHikamaru only sighed. "How Naruto like. Trying to be secretive about something and everyone already knows more than you. It sounds like it's the same for you playboy." He only glanced at Konohamaru to let him know he was talking about him. Said young boy glared back in response.

"Hey! You should understand where I'm coming from here! You've always had girls throwing themselves at you." What he didn't notice was that Hanabi and Moegi had heard the last part. And were none too happy.

Konohamaru's ears perked up when the distinct sound of 'BYAKUGAN' was heard. He slowly turned around to see two very jaded women.

"I didn't know we were bothering the mighty Sarutobi by 'throwing' ourselves at him. How busy he must be to think so little of us.' Hanabi spat out, ready to give Konohamaru a piece of her mind. Moegi simply cracked her knuckles.

Konohamaru did the only thing he could think of.

He ran.

Said women's jaws hit the floor, watching mutely as Konohamaru was already 2 streets away. "GET BACK HERE." The two girls demanded angrily before chasing off after him.

"Well, looks like it's our time to go to, come on lover boy." Anko chirped, having cut off her fight with Tayuya, before physically dragging Iruka off to who knows where. "Don't worry runts, I'll be seeing you shortly."

Temari and Tayuya looked on with disdain while Shikamaru motioned Naruto closer. "Be careful Naruto. The special ladies in our life might be like that one day too, dragging us around." He whispered, hoping that said ladies wouldn't hear he them. Tayuya wasn't that slow however.

"Hey, little men! What are you two talking about? I hope it's not about your lovely girlfriends….right?" Tayuya punctuated her statement by waving her hand menacingly.

Temari smirked, having her own 2 ryo to add in. "And if it is, it must be about how amazing we are."

Naruto and Shikamaru sweat dropped at her level of ESP, but nevertheless tried to play it off.

"We were just talking about Anko!" Naruto supplied happily. He missed Shikamaru making the 'Shut up' sign with his hands.

"Oh?" Temari questioned, putting her hands on her hips. "And what exactly were you discussing about Anko?" She finished icily. Thankful, some kind soul decided to save Naruto from his quick mouth.

"Obviously they were talking about her boobs." Sasuke supplied helpfully. Tayuya threw him a dirty look before giving Naruto the benefit of the doubt.

"I doubt that, but I'll save my blondie from embarrassment this once. Besides, I'm actually eager to hear what Naruto said to you Sasuke. I'm slightly affronted he went to you instead."

"Listen, it's a bit more complicated than-"

"Not now Naruto!" And just as quickly as she supported him, she shut him down. Such is the relationship of Naruto and Tayuya. Surprisingly, it was Temari that spoke up next.

"I actually want to hear about the so called conversation that caused Naruto and Tayuya to get completely smashed when they met up again." Temari remarked with a smirk, remembering the onetime Tayuya had mentioned it to the girls a few months back. Tayuya rolled her eyes and smacked her friend.

"I told you though, neither of us remembers that! How the fuck can you hear about it when we both woke up on the floor feeling like shit!"

Temari easily took the bait.

"I wanted to hear about Sasuke's and Naruto's, talk, not your drunken fiasco."

"You mother-"

"SASUKE ILL LET YOU TELL THIS ONE!" Naruto cried out, cutting off the rant that was about to happen between the two girls. Sasuke was quick on the uptake.

"It all started with…"

Redemption.

How could such a thing exists in this world. The ninja world.

Sasuke was never one to think on such things. However…Naruto…

It was Naruto's fault.

"It's always Naruto's fault." Sasuke mused. But was it really. Believe it or not, Sasuke was not a foolish person, as much as his brother may have spouted that he was. He knew that his decisions were all his own. His decision to fight Naruto on the roof, his decision to seek Orochimaru for power.

His decision to come back.

Well, that wasn't much a decision at all really. If he was going to kill his brother, he needed to live. He had no doubt he would have died that day, no matter what Naruto would have said to the two Sannin. However, what if he gave up on his quest?

All his life, Sasuke had strived to defeat his last living family member. The last of the Uchiha. But what if he gave up on his quest? His only other focus was restoring the clan to its former glory. Restoring it period. What if he focused on that instead?

"Then you would have a lot of little snobs running around Konoha. I think I would have to pass on being Hokage if that happened." Sasuke looked past the bars of his cell to see where the voice came from. "Talking aloud again Sasuke?"

"So it would seem Naruto. When your all alone all the time, you don't really notice these things as often." Sasuke intoned. Naruto just smirked back.

"Good, cause that's about to change." Sasuke could only look back impassively. "Were going for a walk

Sasuke looked around the village as he and Naruto went for their trek. It was not any different than how he remembered it. Weak.

While not entirely true, he could not come to change his view so easily. He left in the first place to seek power.

"Huuur, I'm Sasuke and I left this place to seek power." Naruto imitated in a retarded sounding voice. Sasuke only shook his head.

"Eloquent as always dobe."

"So it would seem."

However, the short exchange ended there as they walked around. Needless to say, Sasuke was slightly surprised. Whenever he and Naruto talked, it was often heated, with Sasuke not giving much thought to whatever Naruto had to say. Blondie on the other hand would take offense to everything Sasuke said.

"Nothing to say Naruto?"

"Look around Sasuke, what do you see? Humor me, I did sneak you out of that cell." Naruto noted, glancing sideways at Sasuke,

"I wouldn't call what you did sneaking-"

"Sasuke. What I'm trying to say is just look around and what do you see?"

Sasuke did indeed look around. He saw bustling streets full of people, annoying brats running around playing childhood games, people looking like they didn't have a care in the world. Especially not the task of having to murder your brother.

Sasuke opened his mouth to tell Naruto exactly what he say, a care free village with no worries. A place that had nowhere for him. But Naruto beat him to the punch.

"I see opportunity. And I don't just mean the beautiful women of Konoha." Sasuke shot him a disgusted look before Naruto's face broke into a smile. "Kidding kidding."

"Sasuke, I see a village worth protecting. When I was younger, than was nothing here for me. I hated it. The people here hated me just as much I'm sure. However, ever slowly, people let me in. They gave me the chance to grow with them, not just as a ninja, but as a person, as a friend. I see the opportunity to settle down in Konoha, to protect Konoha, to make the future a Konoha a better Konoha."

Sasuke could only shake his head. That Naruto would always be a dreamer. Where was a place for him in all this? Sasuke truly could see all that Naruto said, for Naruto. But for him…

Naruto simply continued on, not letting Sasuke talk. "I see a place for us, in a non gay way I mean. I see a place where we can fight alongside each other. I see a place where our kids can grow up together, and have a better childhood than we ever did. And I wish you could just imagine things for once from my point of view, where every living moment wasn't just you chasing after Itachi…" Naruto whispered the last part, sounding not sure whether or not it would set him off.

Sasuke only scoffed "Pointless, Impossible, this village would never take me."

"I would Sasuke, in a heartbeat. And I know your redemption is coming."

Whether or not Naruto knew it, the seed was planted.

Sasuke Imagined what it would be like if he wasn't chasing after Itachi everyday in one form or another. If he could just, live his life.

Frankly, he liked it a lot better than his current status in life.

"Ugh, this talk is much much much much too serious. Seriously." Naruto complained, the distaste obvious from his tone. Sasuke had a very different opinion on the matter. He had a lot of his own considerations to take into account. When you're stuck alone in a cell, all you can really do is think. But he would save that for another time.

"Exactly dead last." Sasuke shot back "Now what's this I hear about you being, well being Naruto to Tayuya. She sounded none too pleased." Needless to say, Naruto paled when Sasuke mentioned it.

"I-"

"Just apologize." Naruto only looked confused at what Sasuke said. "Seriously, she can be stubborn and quick tempered. We've been talking for awhile now, so it would really be in your best interest if you just admitted you were wrong." Sasuke stated matter of factly. Naruto could only gape before leaping back and pointing his finger in anger at Sasuke

"Who are you and what have you done with Sasuke!" Naruto demanded "Why are you being so helpful!" Sasuke simply rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. You're trying to help me out, so I suppose I can deign to help you out since you happen to believe in me so much." Sasuke countered.

Naruto didn't buy it.

"Real reason?"

"Tayuya won't stop bitching to me about you."

For the first time in a very long time, Naruto and Sasuke shared a heartfelt laugh.

"I'm just gonna say one thing, Gay dude."

"Whatever Tayuya, its part of the reason I went back to you." Naruto shot back. Tayuya only shrugged.

"A week longer and I would have made you crawl to me on your knees. Even if I had to use my flute on you. I would not let a little bitch like you get away with what you did." Tayuya reprimanded, waggling her finger at Naruto. Soon after she looked to Temari and they high fived each other.

"Why do I put up with this…" Naruto muttered, his shoulders slumping. He got a pat on the back from Shikamaru and Sasuke.

"She has her good points doesn't she?" Shikamaru supplied. Naruto quickly perked up.

He nodded in earnest. "Yeah! Like how her mouth-"

"Not going there Naruto, not going there." Sasuke quickly interrupted, not letting Naruto finish…whatever he was going to say. "That could be taken so many wrong ways dobe."

"But-"

"No, I agree with our favorite Uchiha here Naruto, no go on whatever about Tayuya's mouth makes you so happy." Shikamaru agreed. Naruto playful sulked for a little long before dragging the two ladies back into the group.

"You know, I actually wish you remember what you two did the night you made up…"Temari said, hoping someone would have a brilliant plan on how to find out.

"Sadly, that night was lost to the stars….or the booze in this case." Tayuya added wistfully. Shikamaru shook his head.

"I'm sure it wasn't that interesting.." he remarked, looking to Sasuke and Naruto for their thoughts.

"Yeah me too…" Naruto laughs nervously, hoping Sasuke would keep his mouth shut.

"Naruto remembers." And it was too much to hope for.

Tayuya leapt into action like a viper, her hands grasping Naruto's neck and throttling him soon after. "You told me you didn't remember!"

"He didn't, the fox did.." Tayuya's hands loosed around Naruto's neck at Sasuke's statement, but not enough that he could escape from the vice like grip. She looked to Naruto, her eyes boring into his skull.

"You are going to tell that story. You are going to tell it now."

Naruto could only nod with the little motion his head had.

Naruto was pacing back and forth outside of Tayuya's apartment. Ever since he had talked to Sasuke the other day, he knew he needed to talk to her. With Akatsuki on the horizon, he knew he could be called away at any moment or have to go off on a long training session, possibly faraway, yet again to fight them off. After all, in the ninja world, you never know what can happen. Naruto wanted to live with no regrets, and his biggest regret right now was the fight between him and Tayuya.

Naruto wasn't one to apologize, usually of course, but there's always exceptions. This happened to be one. A exception that he needed to rectify.

'I also need to stop inner conversation and get this over and done with. ' He had thought of bringing flowers with him('bitches love flowers' was a wise proverb he thought he once heard, but he couldn't be too sure, especially when it came to Tayuya of all people. You could give her something nice and she might as well throw it in the trash for all she cared about it

Or burn it for that matter.

"ALRIGHT! LETS DO THIS!" Naruto was ready to charge head on when a voice spoke up from behind him.

"Naruto…why are you here?" Naruto froze on the spot and slowly turned around to face none other than Tayuya. She had her hair done up in two long pony tails and was wearing a dress. Needless to say, Naruto was quite surprised.

What surprised him the most was the tone of voice she used. It lacked the anger that he was accustomed to and it instead held a air of carelessness about it. Being quick on his feet, Naruto opened his mouth to apologize.

"Wow, you're looking great tonight…" came out instead. Naruto didn't mean to sound dreamy when he said it, he really didn't. It just came out that way.

Tayuya only sighed. "Why are you here Naruto? If you have nothing useful to say please leave. I have a mission tomorrow that I-"

"I'm sorry." The apology was spoken very quickly. So quick that Tayuya almost didn't catch it.

"Excuse me?"

"I'm…listen, I'm sorry Tayuya. I'm not very good at this stuff, but I want you to do what makes you happy and if being ninja makes you happy Ill stand by you. I just meant to say that at the time I was concerned about you." Naruto rushed his feelings out so quickly that Tayuya almost didn't catch it all.

But she caught the important part, that he was sorry.

Tayuya's reaction was very unexpected.

Not really.

"YOU MOTHERFUCKER!" shouted Tayuya, screeching at the top of her lungs. "What took you so damn long!"

"Well, its really complicated and no really worth hearing-"

"Your damn right I don't want to hear it! Cause it would probably be bullshit!"

"Hey, I'm here to apologize, why are you-" Naruto was cut off yet again by Tayuya hugging him.

"I'll only say this once. Don't pull a stunt like that again. Its hard enough for me to bond with people at times, because of my abrasive nature. Don't shut me out like that again." Tayuya's voice was muffled slightly because of her position, but Naruto got the point.

He decided to try to push his luck anyway

"Wow your acting quite out of character tonight." Naruto joked back. He hugged her back before she could use one of her arms to slug him. "Thanks Tayuya, I won't."

The moment was broken when Tayuya shoved him back. Naruto heard her mutter something about copping a feel, which was totally not true.

"So bitch, you want to come in? I'm feeling generous tonight."

"Your kindness precedes you." Naruto responded sarcastically. Nevertheless "Sure…its been awhile since we've hung out." Tayuya smiled back in a way only Tayuya could, one that clearly would have been bad news if Naruto said no.

"Whatever, just get your ass inside." Tayuya retorted, going ahead and unlocking the door. As he stepped inside, Naruto voiced the question that had been bugging him since he saw her.

"So what's the dress for? I don't see you dress up very often." Truth be told, Naruto had trouble seeing Tayuya dress up. She looked nice, but it just seemed so….not her.

"I went on a date" Tayuya stated, like it was nothing at all.

A ugly feeling reared its head inside of Naruto.

"Oh…How was it?"

"Boring."

The feeling was quickly gone, leaving Naruto confused on what it was. And much like Naruto does with many things he doesn't understand, he just forgets about them.

"Poor Tayuya, going on boring dates." Naruto teased, choosing instead to go with a different approach. Tayuya simply flipped him off in response.

"What about you, you fuck that Hyuuga yet? I bet you she'd give you a good time." Tayuya chewed out, looking none too pleased as she sat down at a table. Naruto remembered the reason they had their fight in the first place, and decided it would be in his best interest if he just answered.

"Her names Hinata. I swear, if you said that to some random person they might think you were talking about some random Hyuuga."

"You mean they're not all the same? What a thought." Tayuya retorted. She kicked up her feet on the table and motioned for Naruto to sit. "Well, what's the story then?"

Naruto sighed and took a seat. "There really isn't one. I know who she is, but we rarely talk so it came as a big surprise that she had feelings-"

"Or you could just be really thick."

"-for me." Naruto said pointedly, steam rolling over what she said. "I'm not that thick headed am I?"

Tayuya only snorted in response. "Well, lucky you, I have something to cheer us up!"

"I don't really need cheering-" Tayuya waved Naruto's response off as she got up and made her way to her fridge. She took out a bottle that looked positively toxic.

"TIME TO GET FUCKED UP!"

Naruto didn't quite remember how it happened, but sometime after Tayuya started drinking, she conned Naruto to having a drink with her. And then another. And then another.

"We are sooooo fucked up." Tayuya tried to say from the ground, taking several tries. She had tried to convince Naruto she was a excellent table dancer in her drunken state. Naruto, being drunk himself, had made no move to stop her.

Though her table dancing was more of unsteady swaying from left to right before she ended up falling over onto the floor. Naruto, being the gentlemen that she was, made a move to help her up, but was instead pulled down to the floor as well in his fucked up state.

So here they were, sitting on the floor next to each other, totally sloshed.

"I'm soooooo messed up Naru…Naruto!" Tayuya chirped happily, as she was swaying even sitting down. Naruto could only nod in agreement, too drunk to say anything. He came over to apologize, not get hammered.

"I….I shuld…I shuld get holmes soon…"Naruto said drunkenly. He could barely pronounce his words at this point. Tayuya shook her head and tried to throw her arm around Naruto's shoulder.

She ended up punching him in the face until she finally got it around him on her fourth try.

"Just stay the Night! Its late, you can crash here!" Tayuya again was much too happy. Alcohol does strange things to people. "You know Naruto….That Hyuuga bitch is missing out."

"Eh…wha, what do you mean?"

Tayuya had a smile crawl on her face "I'd totally make out with you, specially if…if I confessed like blonde bitch did." Tayuya let her other hand wander up and down Naruto's stomach. "Hell, I'd even fuck you." Even in his non sober state, Naruto was shocked.

"You'd…you'd sleep? With me?"

"Hell yeah bitch! I'd make you my bitch in bed!"

"That sounds like you'd do some crazy stuff to me…like..like…"Naruto's face screwed up in disgust. "Like you'd stick something in my butt." Naruto's words were slurred and hard to understand at best, but all the redhead heard was 'Tayuya's bad at sex'. She leapt up, as best she could, and pointed at Naruto.

"You sayin' I ain't good at sex! I could rock your fucking world! 2 minutes with me on top of you and I…and I…" Tayuya couldn't even finish what she was saying. "I'm good at dancing!"

"Weren't we talking about sex?" Naruto questioned. Tayuya only shook her head and slowly started swaying back and forth. There was something extremely sensual about the way she was moving her hips to Naruto. He just couldn't take his eyes off them.

"Whether its sexy time for Tayuya….or table dancing for Tayuya…its all in Tayuya's hips." Naruto was about to point that she was talking in third person but his breath got caught in his throat as Tayuya's swaying of her hips became more pronounced. Whether she knew it or not…it had become quite erotic. Tayuya started using her hands to run up her body and through her hair.

Naruto swallowed and hopped Tayuya wouldn't notice the effect she was having on him.

She did.

She smiled, looking down lazily at Naruto. "What do we have here….someone's seems excited to see Tayuya dance…Well I can't blame them, I am amazing after all." She then began to sway her hips in a circular potion as she slowly circled Naruto before stopping again in front of him.

"T-T-T-Tayuya, what are you…" Naruto stuttered out. Tayuya was obviously liking the affect she had on him because she leaned forward, giving him a nice display of her goods

"Hey Naruto…Lets…lesh…Le.." Tayuya couldn't quite finish what she was saying so she tried to stand up straight and stop dancing. "Lets have-" Tayuya was cutoff as her eyes rolled back into her head and she crashed into Naruto, their foreheads meeting each other in a resounding CRACK sound.

Knocking both of them out, leaving the conversation to be forgotten for a very long time. Well, at least one creature would remember it.

"Wait, wait, wait…is that actually what happened?" Tayuya asked, sounding like she really didn't believe the whole deal. Naruto simply nodded, throwing his arm around Tayuya.

"The fox told me the whole thing. He was surprisingly helpful the next day when he was recounting events to me. He had a good laugh about that." Naruto explained. Tayuya simply scoffed.

"That bitch! I guess living in your stomach gets quite boring so it needs some entertainment. Maybe if you're lucky I'll give you some entertainment tonight when were-"

"Eww, eww, eww." Temari spat out. "Not on our wedding day. You can talk about your sex lives when I'm not around." Shikamaru nodded his head in agreement.

"With that being said, I'd like to make our own memories tonight. We should start preparing however. We've wasted enough time as is." SHikamaru nodded his head towards Tayuya, Naruto and Sasuke and started walking off to do wedding things,.

Temari only waved. "Stay out of trouble kids!" She chimed in before chasing after Shikamaru. Sasuke watched them go before shaking his head.

"I think they'll be really good for each other." Sasuke said, smile creeping onto his face. "I'm really happy for them." Sasuke looked over to the other two lovers and got the sight of them kissing. He simply quirked his eye brow, waiting for the two of them to finish.

When they did, Naruto just gave Sasuke the good guy pose. "What can I say, I was in the mood!" Tayuya looked annoyed but didn't say anything, for once.

"Of course Naruto, Just talking about sex gets you going, I should have known." Sasuke retorted, sarcasm dripping from his voice. Little did Sasuke know that he called the attention of a certain pervert in the area.

"My sex senses are tingling."

"Why must you be so damn creepy Jiraiya? Makes me wonder why I even bother hanging out with you. The Hokage is supposed to hold good company."

"I wouldn't call booze good company Tsunade." Said woman glared back at the toad sage before taking another drink from her glass.

The two were at a local bar that was called 'Heaven on Earth'. It was popular among the ninja clans because it was commissioned from the funds of the disbanded Root division. It stood as a symbol more than anything else, a symbol that Konoha would not be destroyed from within by rotten power.

Jiraiya glanced at Tsunade. She was the same as ever. Much like him though, she was getting older. Soon, the younger generation would need to take and lead the world to a better place. A place that he believed in but could never accomplish.

"Bah, I'm thinking too much." Jiraiya muttered before throwing his own shot back. He looked around and caught Sasuke talking to Tayuya and Naruto. He nudged Tsunade a few times.

"Wha, what is it Jiraiya, I'm busy drinking here!" she snapped. The pervert just pointed to the 3 ninja and Tsunade looked over at the group of friends. Taking another swig of her drink, she smiled. "Those three…they've done a lot for us you know."

Jiraiya snorted. "And which event are you talking about? There's so many to account for." It was Tsunade's turn to snort.

"More like 2 big events you damn perv."Tsunade added, swirling her drink a little. "I was right about her being important…just wrong about how big she would be."

"You? Wrong? What a surprise." Jiraiya's statement was rewarded with the Slug Princess smashing his head into the floor.

"Keep your damn mouth shut!" Tsunade spat, not happy with Jiraiya's words. She sighed before helping him back up. "Sorry, old habits die hard. I often forget your not the same as you once were." Tsunade grumbled, propping Jiraiya up. He nodded in response.

"I'm alive though right? By some miraculous chance. I mean-" Jiraiya was cut off by Tsunade's hand covering his mouth.

"I almost lost you then Jiraiya…I don't like thinking about how close you actually came dying." The slug Sannin said solemnly, swirling her drink around.

Jiraiya nodded. "I guess I should thank you and Sasuke first and foremost then. Not being an active ninja does have its perks you know. I-"

"Can it Jiraiya." Tsunade shot back, not ready to hear another one of his research speeches. Especially when he might be researching her. Tsunade shuddered at the thought Her musings were cut off as Jiraiya asked a question.

"What made you send him anyway?"

"Honestly? I blame Naruto." Jiraiya nodded his head sagely.

"Naruto is always a good scape goat."

"No.."Tsunade paused, simply for dramatic effect. "He gave me the idea in the first place."

"Oh ho? Did he now? I'd like to hear about this Tsunade. Sounds….kinky. What way did the young Uzumaki use to woo-" Tsunade's forehead pulsed with anger as she did her best to ignore Jiraiya's leechous thoughts. She quickly thought of a plan and put it into action.

"Hey, Brat! Come over here, its story time!"

Authors Note:

HOOOOOOOLY SHIT. I can't believe I came back to this. Honestly, I have had a revive in Naruto for some strange reason. Which leaves me with a lot of questions that I need you guys to help me with.

Should I reboot this story? Frankly A lot has changed over the past 4 years both as a writer and the Naruto Storyline. I'm wondering if it would just be easier for me to do this.

Should I release shorter chapters? By releasing shorter chapters I will probably update more often, if I get in a update schedule and it would probably make it easier for me to keep them coming but the chapters will probably come across as less refined.

I also need a Beta super bad. This story is littered with grammer mistakes and spelling errors that need to be rectified which is another reason to reboot this story. SO seriously, I need advice, both from new and old readers so please please help me. Send me a message or leave what you think I should do in a review.

Also, if anyone would not mind betaing for me please send me a message. You can get a free preview of next chapter if you do so! So lets me know plox.