End?
Naruto was stumbling along the path, one arm wrapped around his stomach to keep his blood inside. Cold was seeping into him but Naruto could barely feel it as he just wanted to come…home.
'Kit' a rumble sounded inside his head and it took Naruto more then a few moments to recognise the Kyuubi's voice 'what is it Kyuubi?' he asked slowly, the blood loss starting to affect his mind 'I cant heal you…there's poison in your blood that hinders me…you need to get home quick' Naruto blinked before nodding. He understood what the demon meant, no village meant no healing, no healing meant no Naruto.
He forced his legs to work, as his conversation with Kyuubi had made him stop to lean against a tree. Swaying he continued forward but was it right…the right way? 'your on the right track kit…just go on' Kyuubi's voice was a whispered conformation that lighten his heart.
He had no idea how long he had been walking and stumbling along the path but he could see them now.
But only barely. They were standing at Konoha's gates, looking like they were waiting. Was it for him?
Sakura was biting her nails, a bad habit she had picked up in Mist. Sasuke was leaning against one off the open doors, arms crossed as he stared at the ground, his only sing of nervousness was a tapping foot. Sai was sitting next to Sasuke's feet, brush in hand as he stared at the pages of his book. Naruto though he could recognise the book but only for a few moments.
Yamato and Kakashi-sensei were sitting and talking quietly with the guards, (was it Izumo and Kotetsu?) 'move kit, your home soon' Kyuubi's voice was a whisper in his mind but it was enough.
Naruto started to move, his steps stumbling and unsure but on the right way, towards the open gates, towards his home, towards his family.
It was one of the guards (Naruto thought it might be Kotetsu) who noticed him first, his mouth dropping open and his eyes going wide. Then he snapped up, his chair crashing onto the floor. Yamato and Kakashi's eyes followed the line of his sight as the others jumped, scared by the sudden noise.
Was that a call of his name? from Kakashi-sensei?
Naruto wasn't sure but he did know he was falling, falling towards the ground, towards a abyss of darkness. Then hands caught him, gently holding him up as urgent voices talked "Naruto! Naruto can you hear me?" Sakura-chan, her chakra flaring as her hands flew over him. Arms tight around his chest and waist "hoy dobe, answer her" Sasuke…
"Yamato-sensei went to alert the medic's" Sai, his voice strangely thick. A hand under his chin, forcing his eyes up to meet one pained dark one 'Kakashi-sensei' Naruto's mind whispered "hang on Naruto…just hang on a little longer" Naruto could barely hear the desperate plea through his failing senses. His eyesight and hearing blurring and making everything meaningless. He fell into darkness.
Team seven could only watch in horror as the blood covered Naruto's hazy eyes fell shut, his chest barely moving before stopping.
Was this the end off Uzumaki Naruto?