The blonde boy staggered as he tried to make his way towards the village, the wounds in his legs making it all the more difficult to carry his burden. A fellow Shinobi, Sasuke Uchiha. He looked over his shoulder, not for the first time, to reassure himself that what he was seeing was real. He had Sasuke and he was coming back home. He stifled a groan as he took another step foreword, his body screaming out in pain.
'Just a little further" he told himself 'You just have to last a little longer' was what he kept repeating in his mind as he tried to keep his body moving. To him his pain didn't matter, Sasuke was the top priority, it was his fault that Sasuke was injured and now he had to pay the price.
When the boy finally reached the village gates he was met with screams of horror and accusation. 'Look at what he did! Look at what the demon did to that poor boy!' someone screamed. While others rejoiced at the state the demon was in. 'We've got to get him help!' someone else cried as they rushed off to get a doctor. Soon the boy and Sasuke were surrounded by people.' We need to get Uchiha away from that demon!' the people screamed. As they pulled Sasuke's unconscious body off of the boy. The medics soon arrived then carried Sasuke away on a stretcher.
The people turned to look at the boy before them, all their faces contorted in a mixture of fear and contempt.
"What should we do with him" they asked each other.
"I say we kill him!" someone shouted, his idea was met with approval, but then another voice stated to them a simple truth.
"Why bother? There is no need for us to dirty our hands, the demons half dead already" the crowd looked at the boy and saw that the man had been right. The boy had collapsed without them noticing, his wounds had reopened and he was now lying in a pool of his own blood an eerie smile clued to his face. The people left, let nature do the work for them they thought, they didn't need to get involved.
The boy lay on the ground unmoving, his smile not wavering, he had brought Sasuke back, he had no regrets, he had kept his promise. He didn't care what those people thought as long as Sasuke was looked after he didn't care what happened to himself. He blinked a few times his vision was getting blurry.
"Naruto" came the sound of a voice he recognised, he looked up and saw a girl who had tears falling down her face. "Did he do this to you?" she asked her voice shaky. Naruto nodded. "Naruto Why? Why did you save him? Even after he did this to you"
"Because you asked me to" was all Naruto said, before closing his eyes, never to open them again, a strange contented smile on his face.
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I'm so proud of myself!! I made a rough version first on paper! I've never done that before! Though I can't believe I 'killed' Naruto, even if it was just in a oneshot…
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