As I sink aimlessly into the bottom of the ocean I can't help but think am I nothing but a failure? Did I fail every one? The measure of a shinobi is not how he lives it's how he dies it's not what they do in life but what they did before dying that proves their worth. Thinking back on it my story is one full of failures. Tsunade turned me down every time. I couldn't save my friend. I failed to protect my student AND my teacher. Compared with the great Hokage's who came before me my accomplishments have all been petty and insignificant.
And I'm just another failure… who will eventually be forgotten and another voice to be silenced by all the other people in the world.
But I can't help but think… will Naruto turn out like me? Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto are so much like Tsunade, Orochimaru, and I. Will he end up like me. A perverted, lonely, pitiful, traveling, hermit who can't even defend himself. I'm no sannin I'm just a petty failure who happened to be trained by the Third Hokage.
What would've happened if I was Hokage and not Tsunade. What would happen if the Third Hokage never trained me. What would happen if anything in my life was changed? Would my life still be the same?
I remember my student the Fourth Hokage. I remember him telling me he wished his son would be just like the main character in my book "The Tale of a Gusty Shinobi." Well his son turned out just like him. Naruto Uzimaki you were my greatest student and my godson I can only hope your life turns out better than mine.
All I need is a title for my next book. "The Tale of Naruto Uzimaki" Yes that has a nice ring to it. Then it all goes black.