I could rant about how my life sucks and you might never hear the end.
I could drown myself in sake when I think of Sasuke.
I could consider myself a failure, all the times I lacked success.
I could declare my story at an end, call it a tragedy and be done with.
I could give up.
But then who would I be?
Not me.
I don't want to waste my time telling you the bad things that have happened to me when I could instead be describing all the places I've traveled and the people I've met; all the sunshine's I've seen and the stars I've gazed at.
I won't tell you about that rainy day when my best friend left. Rather, I'll tell you about the day we reached the tree tops together, for the first time, then returned with huge smiles on our beaten faces and growling stomachs. We supported one another the entire way home.
I'll admit sometimes I think of myself as a failure, because I do tend to screw up, but if I didn't, then I wouldn't learn. The only way to get better is to learn, and thus, I've reached the conclusion that I win the most improved award. Besides, things usually do turn out all right.
The Chronicles of Naruto are nowhere near finished. They are an on-going series, with no end in sight. What's more, they are stories of adventure and mischief and friendship, by no means a tragedy.
I don't give up. I won't lose. Makenai. There's always something to keep me going, to keep me alive. There are things I've been put in this world to do, and I plan to finish them, or start them, and then some. There are still places I have to go, things I want to do, and people I need to meet. If I give up now, how are they going to get done? If I give up, who would I be?
Not me.
Who am I?
I don't give up.
I never go back on my word.
I'm Uzumaki Naruto, future Rukodaime of Konoha!