Chapter: 5 years

5 years had passed. 5 long years, be the day they returned from the mission they all hoped to finally get Sasuke back. The mission they pursued the Akatsuki on to find Sasuke. Shortly after they returned from this mission, Jiraiya arrived again. As Naruto and the others found out, he himself had been on a mission at Akatsuki headquarters. There he met Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki. A week later, the Hokage Konohas made an important and momentous decision. She would send all of the old genins and their trainers on an important mission.

The mission was about getting Sasuke back for good. Everyone was there, Team Gai with Neji, Lee and Tenten, Team Asuma, with Shikamaru, Ino and Couji, Team Kurenai, with Kiba, Shino and Hinata. Only one team was not fully involved. Team Kakashi. Tsunade vehemently refused to send Naruto as he was too badly injured by the fighting with the Akatsuki on the last mission.After some extremely loud and not entirely harmless arguments, Naruto finally gave in and agreed not to go on this mission. He would stay in Konoha and train there with Jiraiya. Tsunade also suggested that she train him to be a medic-nin, since Naruto's mother was also an excellent medic-nin. And so it was that all the other former Genin teams, except Naruto, went on this mission five years ago, but hadn't heard from them in those 5 years. In the meantime, rumors about the death of the Shinobi were circulating in the once largest and most powerful Shinobi village, Konohagakure.
In the said village, a lot had changed in the meantime. It was hardly recognizable anymore. From the outside, not much had changed, but if you looked at the villagers, you could see that they were marked by the events of the past 5 years. Your whole behavior has changed.They were more suspicious and cautious than they were 5 years ago. Her behavior towards a certain blonde shinobi had also completely changed. Five years ago they all despised, feared and even hated him. But due to some events of the past 5 years, that had changed fundamentally. You owed a lot to the blonde. Without him, Konoha probably wouldn't exist anymore. The blond had changed too. If his character was quick-tempered, annoying, stupid and naive then, he is completely different today. The events of the past 5 years had marked him too. He has become a lot calmer and more thoughtful.
It also turned out that he's not as stupid as he always has been.
On the contrary, he was actually quite intelligent and a brilliant strategist.
In the last 5 years it has developed tremendously. Now everyone in the village welcomes him with pleasure.He is known as the strongest Shinobi Konohas. 5 years have passed. 5 years full of suffering and grief but also 5 years full of joy, insights and knowledge. 5 years of war and destruction. A war that far surpassed all previous ones. Many lost their lives in this war. Konoha was not prepared for this war. You were nearly unprotected without some of the strongest shinobi on this important mission. To this day no one had heard from them. Despite the absence of this shinobi, Konoha has managed to fight back.
You managed to win the war against Orochimaru and the Akatsuki. The two greatest enemies of Konoha. The Akatsuki and Otogakure forces were far superior to the Konohas. But Konoha managed to win, thanks in part to a lucky coincidence. And thanks to a certain person, thanks to Naruto Uzumaki.