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The Two Rivals and friends laid face up gasping for their last breaths upon two rocks beside the waterfall at the Valley of the End. The rock that they laid on were in fact the heads of the statues of Senju Hashiram and Uchiha Madara. The fight between the two powerful shinobi caused the two monumental statues to be destroyed. What remained of the statues was scattered about the valley. The heads had landed in front of the waterfall and were crushed into each other.

It seemed almost poetic that the two young men on Hashiram and Madaras' heads were relatives of the two figures. Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto. Ninja worth their own legends. Some years after their first confrontation at the Valley the two met for a battle which was inevitable. Both had come a long way since then. Sasuke had traveled after killing his brother Uchiha Itachi developing his skills and learning new jutsu so that he may take his revenge on Konohagakure. After learning the truth from his brother his hatred found a new target in the Village Hidden in the Leaves. After assulting the villae in a rage Naruto, now the Rukudaime Hokage drove Sasuke out of the village where they could have their final battle.

As Hokage it was his duty to protect his village. The village that held his precious people. Battling Sasuke had taken every once of his strength, not one seemed to have the advantage in the battle but both had received mortal wounds. The condition of either combatant was deteriorating fast. Even after all that transpired Naruto still considered Sasuke a brother and he knew from the blows exchanged that Sasuke felt the same. Regardless both Shinobi would not stand down. Both had something worth their life that they were fighting for. Sasuke wanted to exact his revenge on his home village for while Naruto needed to protect the village as was his duty and desire. More than that Naruto was still trying to bring Sasuke to his senses, lead him beyond his hatred to a place where the two could be friends.

In their final battle it was Naruto who had protected the ones he loved but at the cost of his life he knew. The two could only hear their own heart beats dwindling and the others harsh breath coming out sparsely.

"Why do you go to such lenghts" *cough* "for those scum" Sasuke struggled to say. He was on deaths door step he knew their was no way for him to survive. He was going to die.

"Ha! I've told you before Sasuke...They are my precious people and I will go to any lengths necessary to protect them." *Gasp* "Don't you remember what Kakashi-Sensie told us? I don't intend on being less than scum" Naruto let out a sharp laugh at the memory that seemed so long ago which ended up sending him into a coughing fit that sent blood spraying on his face. Naruto despite the terrible pain he felt had a huge grin on his face.

"Tch, you will always be a dobe"

"And you will always be my friend, even though you are a teme"

"Hn" Despite himself the last Uchiha had a smirk on his face. He struggled to turn over on his belly whining all the while and looked forward towards that mope of blond hair.

Sensing his movements Naruto mirrored the Uchiha's movements and stretched out his arm holding out two fingers. Sasuke's smirk grew wider as he brought his own two fingers to clasp Naruto's.

"At least I got to bring you home...in the end"

"What?"

"Home is a place you are loved by you're friends and family, and I'll be with you after the end cause despite all this" Naruto paused momentary wincing at the hole through his chest. "I still love you brother".

Sasuke just stared at Naruto then said "Thank you"

Naruto was momentarily speechless. Thats wasn't something he had never heard the brooding Uchia say.

For a moment the two companions, rivals and bringer of each others deaths just locked fingers and eyes with stupid grins on their faces. No more words were needed between the two. After all their bonds were strong.

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Well here it is. My first fic. I wanted to start with something small but have what I hope was a bit of quality to it.

I was just going to have this one chapter but I am going to add a second chapter as I couldn't stop writing. It's already written just needs editing.

Anyway CONSTRUCTIVE Criticism is always appreciated.

Review and tell me what you think.

Until Next Time,