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Well he came down to earth and he lit in a tree I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me I heard him say in a voice so gruff I wouldn't eat you cuz you're so tough

They all chuckled and looked at each other.
“I guess he was trying to be comforting in his own little way,” Sasuke shook his head smiling.

“Finally!” Torya said yanking the door open, “I have been waiting for someone to press the bloody doorbell! That idiot had the nerve to bloody well knock. Can you imagine that? He bloody knocked, bastard.”

The little group of ninjas chuckled at the offended expression on the boy’s face.
“Love, you’re blocking the doorway,” hands wrapped around Torya’s waist and pulled him back from the doorway so everyone could get in.

“Hi Jules,” Sasuke greeted the blonde.

“Hi Sasuke, hi everyone else, I apologise for my idiot, he’s been waiting for you guys, if you hadn’t of pressed the bell I don’t think he would have let you in,” Jules chuckled. He released Torya and led them into the kitchen where everyone was sitting around the table.

Nico groaned when she realised Torya and Naruto hadn’t yet made it to the kitchen, “Oh bloody hell, not again!”

“What’s wrong?” Dan asked.

“Does he really have to explain it to both of them?” she let her head hit the table with a thud.

“You know that won’t keep us here right?” Sasuke grinned at her.

“Yeah yeah, shut up,” she sat up and stuck her tongue out at him.

A bright red Naruto walked in and took his seat next to the raven, a smirking Torya walked in sitting next to Jules.

“Well, who’s ready to eat?” Ria asked with a smile.

“Wow that was incredible,” Iruka said leaning back with a sigh.

“Thank you Iruka, it was the least I could do,” Ria said with a grin, “Does anyone want any more? There’s plenty left.”

Everyone was quick to shake their heads and thank her.
Dan had began spending more and more time at Nico’s house since the ‘incident’ as it was now called. He had found out a lot about his family from that.

“My mother was perfectly willing to sit back and watch what happened, she got upset when I interfered,” Dan had told Naruto, shaking, “I just, I can’t do that. Always watching never playing a part. That’s why Tianna left you know, she made her decision and left me to make mine on my own. She knew I’d choose right and call her eventually, she couldn’t stand not playing a role. That’s why she’s becoming a doctor, after all if she can see the results of the autopsy before its performed then she’ll be able to save so many more people.”

Ria had welcomed Dan into the home like one of her own and he now spent more time there then his own house, of course the fact that Nico lived there had also helped. The pair had become very close after the ‘incident’ although things were moving very slowly, Dan carried a lot of guilt and was no longer the same person they had knew. Naruto wished he could have done something to fix the change and help Dan go back to the happy carefree boy he had known but that would be impossible, for Naruto anyway.

“Don’t worry,” Nico told him confidently, “Come back and visit in a few months, I should have him sorted by then.”

After dinner they said their goodbyes with the promise to return in the morning for breakfast before they left.

This is our song of exultant joy because, we only came to kick some ass, rock the fuckin’ house and kick some ass, what we gonna do with all the cash?

The three teens burst out laughing as Iruka looked shocked and Kakashi hid a smile under his mask once more.

Torya pulled the door open grinning, “What did you think guys?”

“Absolutely perfect,” Sasuke grinned, “Thanks man.”

“You’re welcome, come on in, everyone’s waiting.”
He let them in and they all went straight to the kitchen where the table was laden down with all sorts of different foods, as well as a vast selection of desserts.

There was a man standing at the stove, he turned and gave them a familiar smile they had seen many times on the face of his daughter, “We weren’t sure what to cook so we cooked everything.”

Ria smiled at their shocked faces, “This is my husband, Elin, honey this is everyone else.”

He laughed, “Nice to meet you everyone else. It’s ok don’t worry about names, I’ll forget them straight away anyway.”

“Yeah, dad sucks with names,” Kani said rolling his eyes.

“What’s that George?” he asked, eyes twinkling mischievously.

“Idiot,” Kani replied.

“Where do you think you get it from?”

They all laughed and took a seat, Ryo and Dan were there also and when they finished eating Sakura and Ryo slipped away for a little more private goodbye.

“Thank you so much for everything,” Iruka said with a smile, “I know we all really appreciate it.”

“I can’t even tell you how grateful I am for what you did for our baby girl,” Elin smiled, wrapping his arm around Ria’s waist.

“We couldn’t have done it without her,” Sasuke smiled.

They walked into Konoha ladened with enough leftovers to last them a lifetime. They were greeted by a number of familiar faces and Naruto’s heart clenched in his chest.
Sasuke yearned to reach out a hand to the smaller boy but they were all occupied with Ria and Elin’s cooking.

All of the rookie nine had gathered to welcome them back to the village, a number of smiles broke out.

“Welcome back Sasuke-kun!” Ino cheered.

Kiba looked at them suspiciously sniffing before he burst out laughing. Naruto gave him a slight smile, remembering the power of the dog boy’s nose, obviously he didn’t mind, it was just a matter of the other reactions now.

“Don’t even bother,” Kiba said rolling on the ground.

Ino looked at him, “What are you talking about dog breath?”

Sakura smirked and held up her necklace, “Hey Ino look what I got.”

“Oh wow forehead its beautiful where’d you get it?” Ino said looking at it.

“It was a present from my boyfriend,” she grinned.

“What? You mean you and…. Sasuke-kun?” Ino looked horrified.

“Of course not, I finally realised I’m not exactly Sasuke’s type,” Sakura laughed.

“Took you long enough,” Ino sniffed and Kiba burst out laughing all over again, “What’s so funny dammit?”

“Uh Ino, I think Sasuke is kinda taken,” Kiba gasped.

“What?” Ino wailed, “Who is she? I’ll kill her!”

Sasuke smirked and leaned over to capture Naruto’s lips in a chaste kiss, leaving the blonde blushing and staring at the ground worriedly.

“Don’t worry Naruto, remember I’m always here,” Sasuke whispered, Naruto gave him a small smile.

Kankuro walked up to wrap his arm around the finally standing Kiba, “Well Uchiha, I think we’ve effectively cut down someone’s options,” he smirked looking at the shell shocked Hinata.

“Bloody hell, are all the males in Konoha gay?” Ino wailed.

“Why do you think I outsourced?” Sakura smirked, noticing for the first time the males standing around in little pairs. The boys of Konoha smiled at their prospective partners.