Death of the Uzumaki: prologue
Disclaimer: I do not own naruto. (Man I hate writing that.)
Naruto slowly trudged towards the direction of konoha. His feet dragging, he teetered a bit to the left barely keeping him and the unconscious body of Sasuke Uchiha from falling to the ground. He was exhausted, and terribly wounded. A broken katana blade jutted out from his chest. The chakra surrounding the blade kept the Kyuubi from healing his worsening wound. It had happened during his fight with Sasuke, Itachi of the Akutski appeared in attempt to capture Naruto. In the end Naruto and Sasuke teamed up to kill him, in a last ditch attempt Itachi thrust his chakra enhanced katana towards Sasuke. Naruto using the last of his chakra met the blade letting it pierce him.
Now Naruto barely alive was on his way back to konoha. "Hey Sasuke, you don't mind if I take a little… break do you?" Asked naruto, even though he knew sasuke was unconscious. He carefully sat sasuke down against a large tree. He winced as he sat opposite against the same tree.
Naruto looked up between the leaves of the tree. The suns rays shone through the leaves, he smiled. "Hey Sasuke, I know you're not awake…" Naruto's eyes began to droop as he felt life leaving him. "But, have you ever…just… watched the sky…" On the other side of the tree Sasuke sat quietly, conscious indeed. He was just waiting for an opportunity to escape. "I watch it some…times. It calms me…you and Sakura should try…it." With the last of his strength he managed a smile, "I'm… just… going to… rest a li…" His eyes slowly drooped close, the small smile still on his pale face. Sasuke sat quietly for what seemed like half an hour before slowly rising up and peering behind the tree. His face paled when he saw the pale unmoving body of Naruto. He could see a tinge a blue in the Uzumaki's lips. " N-Naruto?"