Hey guys! Here's another chapter! I hope you like this. I tried to make it good as possible. Sorry for the late updates. I have 15th practice and it's tiring and I forget I have to work on this. Heh, sorry about that! But anyways, review and enjoy!
NOTE: Best song to hear while reason this would be "Your Guardian Angel" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto.
"What's going on?" Naruto asked, trying his best to sound worried. He looked around, everyone seemed so...sad. He looked back at Tsunade and got ready for an answer.
Tsunade sighed and looked at him straight in the eye. "Is there something wrong? Your friends are worried about you. They say you're acting different. So Naruto is there something wrong?" she asked.
Naruto looked away, not wanting to look her in the eye and said, "Of course not. Why would there be?"
"That's what I want to know. Naruto, you know you can tell me if something is wrong. I'm here for you, we all are."
Naruto looked down and gave a small laugh. "That's funny...Hokage-sama..."
Confusion ran through everyone's face, wondering why Naruto had addressed Tsunade as "Hokage-sama". This was the first time they've heard him say that and it shocked all of them. Sakura took a step forward but Kakashi put his hand on her shoulder. She looked at him and stepped back where she was. Obviously he wanted to know what Naruto had to say.
Naruto looked up with a smirk on his face. "Were you there for him when he was sad? Did you even know? I don't think so." He turned around and faced Kakashi, Sakura, and Sasuke. "None of you did. All of you were too busy with someone else that no one even noticed he was there! He had no one. Oh, let me correct myself. He had someone, me."
"N-Naruto..." Sakura started with worry in her voice. "What's wrong with you? Why are you talking like you're someone else?"
"Because Haruno-san, this isn't Naruto. You could say I'm his "sane side", or "true self", whichever you prefer."
"True self...? What do you mean by that? Are you telling us that the Naruto we know wasn't really him?" Sasuke asked.
'Naruto' frowned at his question and said, "No Uchiha. For a genius you really are stupid. Anyways, the Naruto you knew was happy and clumsy. The true Naruto, me, isn't clumsy and hardly happy. He wore a mask. He hated himself and everyone else. He was known as the "demon fox" by the villagers. He started acknowledging that 'fact' and thought himself as Kyuubi."
"Oh Naruto. I'm so sorry!" Tsunade said as tears weld up in her eyes.
"It's too late to apologize, Hokage-sama. That goes for everyone in this room, too. All of you disgust me. Haruno-san, you were too busy with Uchiha over there that you didn't even give one glance at Naruto at his attempts to make you happy. You should be ashamed of yourself. Uchiha, you're too busy with your stupid revenge that you couldn't even be nice to him. To him, you're his best friend and he hopes he was yours too but the way you treated him made him re-think."
He faced Kakashi and continued with the reason Naruto hated them. "Kakashi, you and everyone else knows you favored the Uchiha because he was most like you. Naruto wanted to be trained by you so bad but you just tossed him to some other person." This time he turned to the Hokage that was silently crying. "Hokage-sama, do you want to know what Naruto thought about you?"
She could only nod her head, waiting for something painful.
"He though you were nice to him because he reminded you of Dan and your brother. That's all. If it wasn't for that, you would have no use for him."
"That's not true." Kakashi spoke for the first time.
"Well, guess what? No one was there to tell him that was true or not!" he shouted. He let out a heavy sigh and regained his posture. "I shall take my leave now. There is no reason for me, or Naruto, to be here. Farewell." With that he made a quick moved and pushed Sasuke away from the door with a large amount of strength. As soon as he was away from the door he dashed out.
"Naruto, wait!" Sakura cried out. She turned to Kakashi with pleading eyes. "Go stop him Kakashi-sensei!"
"No. We need to talk about this and let him regain his control." He simply said.
Dark clouds moved together and rain began to fall. Another storm was here but the running boy did not care. He just wanted to get far away from the tower. People around him grabbed their umbrellas and ran back home to their loving families. Something he would never have.
He slowed down and panted. He gritted his teeth together and fell on is knees. He punched the floor, not even caring if he bled, or even broke a bone. Nothing mattered anymore. There was no more hope in him.
"Damn it! Damn it all. How did it turn out like this? None of this was suppose to be happening. Why does everything have to be so difficult for me...?" He screamed which quickly turned into a whisper. He's vision got blurry and closed his eyes. Was it because of the rain...or was hecrying?
Naruto widen his eyes as tears fell down to his cheek. He had it. He grabbed a kunai from his weapon pouch and placed it on his wrist as he sat up. He's had enough of this shit. He couldn't take it anymore. Tears streamed down his face as he closed his eyes. This was the end...
"Naruto..." a voice said from behind.
Naruto's eyes shot opened and turned around to find his comrades. Sasuke held out his hand to him while Sakura silently took the kunai from him.
"You're not alone.I will never let you fall. I'll stand up with you forever." He said as he smiled slowly. His voice was soft but a bit frighten. Nothing was heard except the rain hitting the ground and the young ninjas.
"Can I...can I trust you...?" Naruto asked.
"Of course, I'm always here for you Naruto. We all are." Sasuke said as he moved to show Sakura and Kakashi. "Take my hand, Naruto."
Naruto looked down and then his eyes moved toward Sasuke's hand. His hand moved towards Sasuke's hand and laid it there. Sasuke closed his hand and pulled Naruto up.
"Thank you...everyone..." Naruto said as he pulled away from Sasuke.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Sakura asked in a worried tone.
He smiled. A true smile. Sasuke moved towards Naruto which only made him take a step back. He shook his head as tears flowed down faster down his face.
"I...I appreciate your help. Honestly, I do but it's far too late. I'm sorry. I wish...we could have been a team longer...friends longer. It was so much fun with you guys before I had these thoughts! You were the best of friends and I couldn't have asked for more. I want to stay...but I can't. It's my time to go."
"Naruto...don't." Sasuke said, tears actually forming in his eyes. He laughed...a sad laugh and said, "You're my best friend, Naruto! Don't fucking do this!"
Another smiled crept on his face. "You know, Sasuke. I always admired you. You were strong and everyone loved you! I wanted to be like you. I guess I can't. I'm fine with that. Sakura, I loved you. No matter if you got mad at me, I would still love you. I love how you show kindness and tenderness, even if it isn't towards me. Be happy with Sasuke. Please? And Kakashi, you were one of the best sensei's I've ever had. And I actually loved your excuses for being late. Keep up the good work and be a find sensei for others in the future."
"Naruto...please...don't go!" Sakura cried.
"I'm sorry, really. Goodbye everyone..." With that, Naruto vanished. Sasuke sprinted and started looking for him, not even caring if he was ordered to or not. Sakura quickly followed while Kakashi stood there. He knew it was hopeless and that Naruto had already made up his mind.
He smiled sadly knowing Naruto wouldn't heard this. "Take care of him...Obito..."
Soon enough he followed his students. Their shouts to him were heard from a distance. Sakura looked everywhere, trying to find the person who actually understood her. Her pain. Everything. She turned around and broke down. There in a clearing laid Naruto. Blood pooled around his wrist and his smile on his face.
"Naruto!" Sakura cried out loud. Sasuke ran to her and looked at the clearing where he was.
"Damn, damn, damn it!!" he cursed. He took a few steps back and punched things that were on his way.
'I said I would stand with him FOREVER! Damn it, Naruto! Why?' Sasuke thought as he continued letting his rage and sadness out.
Kakashi walked over to his lifeless body and took him in his arms. He walked past and Sasuke and Sakura and started to run to the hospital. He had to report to the Hokage about this.
Naruto's thoughts before his death
I wonder why I didn't leave with then. Was I scared? No. It wasn't because of that. I mean, they told me I could trust them, but why did I still feel alone? I guess I was right about what I said. It was far too late to be saved. It's sad though. They cared about my safety. They actually cared at a time like this. What kept them from noticing me being sad? Well, it doesn't matter now. My death is but a mere second away.
I feel like this is good for them, for some reason. It saves them from being sad because they didn't notice. And the villagers! Wow, this is a present for them! Their demon is finally going away. I'm making everyone happy by doing this...even if I'm not. Even though I want to stay with myfriends longer. Even though I want to be happy with them and have fun together!
"Stupid kid..."
Kyuubi? Ah, yes. I almost forgot about you. Heh. You understand right? I have to do this. It's the right thing to do. Well, my time as come. I'm finally getting what I wanted. I guess I'll see everyone sometime from now in where I'll go when I...die. I'll be their Guardian Angel, watching from afar. Protecting them.
Omg! I killed Naruto! How could I?! Well, I was going to make this a happy ending thing but nah. Anyways, I'm sorry if it's rushed and if it's just plain horrible. I'm sleepy and I want this story to end already! I'm getting tired of it! BUT ANYWAYS, I hope you guys liked it. I tried my best and I hope it was good enough.
And one more thing, sorry if there isn't enough angst to feed your needs. With that out of the way, bye! No flames on the ending please!!