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Song: Ghost of Days Gone By – Alter Bridge
The misery I know
Like a friend that won't let go
Is creeping up on me now once again
This can't be happening, it can't! He was his friend, his best friend, the only one who understood him. There is just no way he could be… dead.
So I sing this song tonight,
To the ghost that will not die,
And somehow it seems to haunt me till the end
It was his fault. If only he had been faster.
Naruto felt the tears that burned in his eyes as he stared at the ground. Or more particularly, who was lying on the ground. He clenched his teeth together in anger and frustration, and then did the tears start to fall.
He felt nothing but sadness, anger and the bitter cold.
Do you feel the same?
For what once remained
Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again.
If he had arrived only a day earlier, then Gaara wouldn't be lying here dead! It's not fair, it's just not fair! Gaara didn't deserve this.
"Why?" he choked out. "Why is it always Gaara?" More tears fell.
"If he dies like this…" he sobbed.
Do you ever cry for the Ghost of Days Gone By?
"He's the Kazekage. He just became the Kazekage!"
Finally after fifteen years Gaara could sleep now. A sleep he will never awake from.
"Try to calm yourself, Naruto Uzumaki." Atried voice comes from behind him.
Naruto spun around.
"You shut up!"
Chiyo seemed surprised by Naruto's outburst. She could clearly see his angry face and the stream of tears flowing down.
I remember summer days
We were young & unafraid
With innocence we'd glide
Beneath the stars
"Just shut up! If all of you sand shinobi hadn't put a monster inside of Gaara, then none of this would've ever happened to him! Did you ever even consider how Gaara felt? Did you ever even ask!?" Naruto squeezed his eyes shut, as if he was trying to make everything go away. "Calling us Jinchuuriki," he cried as the others looked down in regret. "What gives you the right to label us? Who are you to decide someone else's fate?" he staggered a bit as his tears fell to the ground. "
It seems so long ago
Beyond the life that I now know
Before the years would have their
Way & break my heart
Chiyo looked down in regret and guilt.
"I couldn't save Sasuke and I can't save Gaara either," he sobbed. "For three years I trained so hard and nothing has changed."
It was only after that did Chiyo raise her head. She got to her feet and slowly limped over to where Gaara lay. All while Naruto continued to cry into his arm.
Do you feel the same
For what once remained
Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again
Do you know ever cry for the
Ghost of Days Gone By
Chiyo knelt next to Gaara and looked at his face and regretted ever putting Shukaku inside him. She may not be able to go back and save him, but she could damn well try now!
Placing her hands on his chest a bright blue glow of chakra suddenly surrounded them, slowly seeping her life force into Gaara to bring him back to life.
And I know it's drawing closer
With each day I feel the end
I Don't want to die, don't want to die
Chiyo was struggling to revive Gaara with so little chakra. But Naruto had already knelt opposite her on the other side of Gaara's body and was holding out his hands. Never had Chiyo thought that someone would be willing to give up some of their life for another.
With his hands on top of Chiyo's, Naruto closed his eyes and called out to Gaara in his mind, helping him back to the World of the Living.
"Gaara…" he thought desperately.
I DON'T WANT TO DIE
"GAARA!"
"Who is that…? Who's calling me?"
As children Naruto saw Gaara at the age of six, curled up in a ball and crying. Pure joy over took him when he saw the redhead and he reached out and put a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
Gaara turned around to face to a widely grinning Naruto which morphed back into his proper age. The world behind them faded into a bright light.
Do you feel the same
For what once remained
Yesterday is gone, we can't go back again
Do you ever cry for the days gone by
Do they haunt you like a ghost until the end
Until the end, until the end…
"Gaara," Naruto whispered. Gaara's eyes were wide as he stared at Naruto in shock.
"Naruto…"
He's alright, Naruto thought while staring into Gaara's beautiful eyes. He's alive.