A hero, thats what you once were, a brave soul that fought the darkness to purchase new dawn for the world, with your life as the price. But the evil you defeated isn't so easily vanquished, the victory too hard to keep a hold of.
He had always fought an uphill battle against his own inner demons, fighting towards an inevitable end just like his mother and father. But they died heroes, dying to protect their home, their family.
He on the other hand? There was a hole in his chest. A gaping wound of blackened flesh and shattered loyalties. A place that had grown dark with anger, blood, and betrayal. There was a hole in his chest, a place that had once been filled with love and laughter and light. A place that was now numb, devoid of warmth and aching for the presence that sustained it.
You feel the presence of the man that has been your brother, your best friend, quietly sneaking up on you.
"Are you here to kill me Sasuke?"
The now identified Sasuke Uchiha reveals his presence to you, his eyes are wet with tears running down them, for once his composure is falling apart. Never had he thought, that this could happen, his best friend, had saved so many people from their own darkness, but he had been incapable of saving himself.
Tanto clutched tightly in his hands he trembles, even though its for the good of the world, he doesn't know if he can do it, this man, no matter what he has become, had done so much for him, for the world, it was a testimony to the cruelty of destiny; that this would be his fate. He truly deserved more.
He had had it all, only for it to be ripped from his hands, a part of him had died that day, perhaps that had been the final stepping stone for his friends transformation.
He turns around, and Sasuke's breath causes him to choke on tears waiting to spill.
Sasuke closes his eyes, as he approaches his fallen friend, tanto in hand waiting to spill his blood.
"I never wanted this"
And with a squelching noise, Sasuke's blade goes through Naruto's chest, Sasuke aimed for the heart, a quick painless death, something that not most would have given him, was something that Naruto deserved, after everything that had happened to him.
But it seemed as it wasn't to be, either it was testament to the power of the Bijuu inside of him, or of the power of his will, but he managed to stand up, as blood flows down his Hokage robes.
He walks forward towards his the windows, to get one last look at his village, before turning around, blood pouring out of his mouth and chest.
"Sasuke Uchiha, the punishment for killing your Kage will be…..you….. too will…...be forced…..to wear these robes….., no longer will you be Uchiha Sasuke….cough…..you will be forever remembered as the man who freed this world…..from my…..hat…..hatr…..hatred."
And he fell forward, Sasuke raced forwards to catch him before he can fall face first and flips him over, and places his head in his lap, and when he looks up again, he sees the smiling faces of his family, his mother and father hands outstretched, smiles on their faces, in the background he sees Hinata smiling at him, eyes full of the tender love that only she could pull off.
With a peaceful expression, and a soft smile on his face, Uzumaki Naruto died.