The valley of the battle of the end, or something like that, was torn up completely. Sasuke wasn't very good with names any way and couldn't remember it. All he could hear was the short conversation running through his head.
"Why are you stronger than me?" Sasuke ground out, "You are the goddamned DOBE!" he shouted at Naruto as his anger got the better of him.
"Because, Sasuke, a good ninja hides behind a mask and keeps his true strength a secret." Naruto's voice was as cold as dry ice, it was making Sasuke shiver. For the fist time in his life Sasuke was afraid of Naruto. This unknown Naruto, this… demon…
"w-what?" Sasuke stuttered out.
"You are weak, and not worth my time, I could kill you now and not shed a single tear. My mask is most believable. An eye for and eye, Sasuke; you teamed up with a man that destroyed my family and made me the container for the king of the Bijuu. My own father was forced to seal Kyuubi, the nine tailed beast, into my body. He sealed it inside of my mind through my stomach. Your master took every thing from me. And I am going to take it out on his student…you."
"Every thing you said has made no sense what so ever!" Sasuke stated.
"Yes, I suppose it hasn't. I don't really care though. I am too far gone, to far broken."
Before Naruto could move Sasuke drove the Chidori through his heart.
"I am sorry…brother." Sasuke just realized that the ties and bonds were strength. He felt something snap inside. How dare Naruto do this to him! How dare he give him the Mangekyo Sharringan? How dare he die?
"t-thank you S-Sasuke…B-brother..."Naruto let out one last blinding smile as the last mask fell and smashed.
He had done it, he had gained the Mangekyo Sharringan, but with a heavy price, the life of his best friend, his brother.
Then it hit him, he just killed the last of the Namikaze clan…
Sasuke was now at the memorial stone. He had carved Naruto's name in himself.
"I am sorry I failed you that day, brother. You did it on purpose I could see it in your eyes as you died, and then thanked me. You really are an idiot you know. Pulling something like that to get me to see what great good bonds and ties are. I hate you for that by the way, Dobe." He chuckled. He knew that if Naruto was alive his reply would be 'you know you love me Teme!' It was just how Naruto was. The mask was real, yes, but Naruto had put on another cold one to try to rile Sasuke up. Well it worked.
"You really are stupid, Naruto. My brother." A tear slid from Sasuke's closed eyes. His head snapped up as the sound of Naruto's laughter hit him full force. But that was impossible, the Dobe was dead.
Sasuke's eyes became impossibly wide as he took in the image of a blonde man wearing a white jacket with red flames at the bottom. But…he didn't have whisker marks so…who was he?
The man spoke first. "Can you tell me where to find Namikaze Naruto?"
Sasuke smiled sadly and replied, "Yes, right here." Sasuke pointed at the memorial stone where Naruto's name was.
"Oh I see. Too bad then, guess I'll have to go again and meet up with him." The man sighed. "I can never seem to catch up to him. My son is quite the ball of energy. You could say he's the sun."
With that the man was gone.
