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The last breath of them all

'I…I finally did it.'

Sasuke was leaning hard against a tree, slumped down, barely standing and clutching his hideously bleeding side. He faintly stared down at his brother's lifeless, stiffening body on the cold, hard earth. Onyx eyes slowly slipping in and out of focus.

'I thought…this day…would be the finest of my existence.'

He coughed up thick blood, which continued to drip down his chin and throat. He put his head down, clenching his teeth, wheezing.

'Everything I've worked for…What I've dedicated my entire life to…Was this it?'

He balled his fists, wobbling and coughing…a pathetic sight.

'This…This isn't what I was…expecting… All that's left of me…There is nothing. All I have left to live for… Just a hole of emptiness…ripping me apart from the inside out.'

Suddenly all his strength seemed to rush out of him.

'…Why…'

Sasuke fell to the ground, shaking. By now, every bloody breath was a fight in itself. He could barely hold himself up on his hands and knees. The last of the rare blood from the prestigious Uchiha clan…which Sasuke had fought so hard to preserve…It was dripping from him, hauntingly soaking into the soil before his very eyes. This precious liquid, wasting away to nothing.

'Was Naruto…Right? Was this what he was trying to tell me years ago? But…It's too late now…This feeling……I thought…'

Shuddering, he collapsed.

'I guess this is it…'

His every breath rattled in his chest. A warm, soft wind blew through the quivering tree leaves and into the golden and setting red sky. His dark locks gently danced along with it. Sighing, he closed his eyes.

'…I'm not ready to go…I…I don't want to leave yet…Naruto…Sakura…There's so much I still need to tell you first…'

Now he lies alone...

The last of his kind…

The final collapse of a mighty clan….

The last breath of them all

'I'm Sorry…'