Ah, hey people. This is my first songfic... hope it turned out okay... And I know I should be updating the other stories xD, don't worry people, I will soon update them... just been a little busy and this has been in my head for quite some time xD. So anywys Enjoy.

Disclaimer: Do not own Naruto and 'In the End' belongs to Linkin Park -grins-

Title: In the end

It starts with one thing
I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time

Naruto looked around him. Kakashi was facing Kisame and Sakura and Sasuke were knocked out. His hands clenched into fists as he turned to look at Itachi, Mangekyou Sharingan activated.

Itachi… his face void of emotions. He had attacked Sakura and Sasuke first and left him alive and conscious. Why did he just leave him? A demon? Oh yeah… he needed him for Kyuubi.

All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away

With a yell, blind in fury, he attacked Itachi, his red chakara flaring as he tried to attack him. Everything seemed surreal as Itachi blocked his punches, kicks and attacks, not bothering to attack back.

Don't waste your life away in that pathetic village you call home. And stop hiding in that pathetic mask of yours.

It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn't even know

Naruto froze in mid-punch, staring at Itachi with wide eyes… only realising that his Sharingan was de-activated. He had heard it… what Itachi had said. Although it was low, he heard it.

Angry tears as he tried harder, this time, to knock him out. "You don't know anything!" he yelled. How did he, Itachi, an S-class missing nin, know he had a mask? He had tried so hard to hide it, that not even his closest friends didn't see it… So how…?

Wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when …

Itachi caught a punch holding it there and brought him close just as Sasuke was regaining consciousness. Tears streamed down Naruto's face. He was shaking his head, trying to get out of Itachi's grip. Both Kakashi and Kisame stopped fighting in shock.

"How? Why?" He yelled trying so hard to get out of his grip.

I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

"Come with me," Itachi said with no emotion whatsoever lacing his words, "Don't stay with a village that hates you because of the demon within you. Don't stay with the village where even best friends betray each other."

Naruto tried to get out of his firm grip, not knowing that Sasuke was awake, although he was too weak to move at the moment. And it was true… Sasuke tried killing him for power to get to Orochimaru, but… "But that was your fault!" Naruto yelled, wondering why in hell's name Itachi wasn't killing him.

One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try, keep that in mind
I designed this rhyme, to remind myself how

"I didn't tell him to go and follow Orochimaru. I was only hoping he'd gain more power by himself," Itachi said, tightening his grip on the younger boy, "Did he even say thank you or a sorry when you saved him? The village despises you even more, thinking you tried to kill him."

"Naruto!" Kakashi said making Naruto look at him, but he was cut off suddenly when Kisame attacked him. Kakashi held his injured arm, glaring at the shark-like man.

I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so (far)

Naruto looked at Itachi, tears streaming down his face. It was true. It was all true. Not one person believed that he didn't try to kill him, thinking that it was his fault, the demon, of why Sasuke came back nearly half dead. And after they all learned of Kyuubi, they ditched him, Sakura ignored him and Sasuke was still Kakashi's prized student.

The way it used to be… gone.

Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me (in the end)

Naruto stopped struggling and Itachi's grip loosened. "Why?" He asked softly, "Why aren't killing me or why aren't you knocking me out to bring me to the Akatsuki? Why make my life worse?" Why make me look at reality…?

You kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when I

"Face it Naruto," Itachi said, ebony eyes looking at azure ones, "There's no way you'll become Hokage. Not with people hating you and there's no way you'll become Hokage."

Naruto was silent; hands free to move were limp by his side as he listened. He tried to move but he couldn't. His body wouldn't obey his orders. "You continually keep a mask up, showing people that the glares and taunts aren't hurting you," Itachi said, "But they are, aren't they? No one has seen your true face…"

I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

"What happened when they figured out Kyuubi was in you?" Itachi asked. Naruto stared at the ground. Not answering and Sasuke gasped.

He hadn't known. He was in the hospital when the others found out. Sasuke had always wondered why Naruto always avoided them. But finally getting a mission and not expecting Akatsuki, did Sasuke finally got to see him, but he just smiled and acted stupid… like always…

I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
There's only one thing you should know

Naruto's lip trembled, but he still answered. "Th-they… They called me a demon and a monster and told me to stay away from them… That… that they would never serve a demon like me if I were to become Hokage…" Naruto said with clenched fists. Kakashi looked at him briefly, trying to get a word in, but Kisame wouldn't let him.

Dodging Kisame's sword, Kakashi yelled out to Naruto, holding his injured arm. "Naruto! Don't you listen to him!"

I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this
there's only one thing you should know

Sasuke's eyes widened in horror as Itachi held out his hand. "Come with me Naruto." He said, "Join the Akatsuki and train. Staying in that village will only make you weak."

Naruto looked at the hand and then at his face. Sasuke shook his head a 'no', but Naruto couldn't see him. "No Naruto," he croaked out, but Naruto couldn't even hear him.

I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end it doesn't even matter

Naruto took the hand. All his work in Konoha was for nothing… In fact, it got worse. Everybody hated him, there was no place for him there… Itachi held him close and Kisame and Itachi looked at each other and nodded. Naruto watched as team 7 went further and further away…

In the end... He really did leave nothing behind, for he lost all and gained more...

-Owari

Lol, yeah, yeah. Lolz, I know that sucks... it was my first song fic after all... anyways, please review and tell me how crappy this fic is xDD

-SxT