I felt a bit sad for Naruto (love to Naruto!) and wrote this. I just want to hug him.

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As he slowly opened his eyes, Naruto took in his surroundings. A moment, just a wonderful moment, he didn't remember anything. He just watched the sun shining in through the hospital window, warming his bandaged face.

Then it hit him, like a giant wave hitting the shores. Sasuke was gone. He closed his eyes again, wishing to return to the moment of blissful forget, but he knew that nothing would ever be the same. He couldn't forget.

His rival, his friend, best friend and crush was gone. Sasuke had left him, because he would never feel the same way back. He waited for the tears to come, but they didn't. All he could feel was a great void inside of him, digging at his heart.

All his talk about his way of the ninja, he almost scoffed at himself, but mayor internal injuries turned the scoff into a pained cough.

In the end, what had all his hard work really given him? Nothing, not a fucking thing. He hadn't even had the strength to help a friend in need.

Then he thought to himself, "Why do I think I have the right to stop him? Sasuke hated me, he always had. Even the small feeling of friendship was merely based on the fact that we were pushed together into the same group. It would never be love." And it killed him.

Naruto had been Sasuke's last bond to this world, and he hadn't been able to convince him to stay. All he did was cry and lose. Now Sasuke would die, and Orochimaru would have his body. All because of the fact that Sasuke didn't have any reason to stay. Naruto would never be enough. What ever he did, he would never be enough.

And then, for the first time in his life, Naruto gave up. He was done, he had failed at the most important thing in his meaningless life. He sighed shakily. He was done, no more real smiles, no more happiness, no more reason to fight on. Naruto's only reason to do so had left him.

The void had now swallowed his heart and the cold was spreading throughout his body. Naruto was gone.

As he heard the door creak open he opened his eyes opened to see Sakura standing at the doorway. He didn't se it, but he could feel the disappointment in her eyes, as he didn't manage to meet her eyes with his. Then his face shone with the brightest fake smile the world has ever known.

Naruto was gone.

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