Alone

Why do I try so hard?

Why must it be I who sacrifices everything for people who dont care?

Kakashi-sensei? Cared for Sasuke. Sakura-chan? Also cared for Sasuke. Sasuke himself? The bastard left and nearly killed me to do so. The people I looked to as my family looked at me as nothing more than their weapon. Their equalizer. Their backup.

So here he stands at the front door of roots founder, Danzo. "So Naruto-kun you finally chose to join root and become the weapon you were born to be." Danzo stated more than asked. Naruto stood silently. "Now come. We have much to do". Naruto entered the root building and spared one glance back. As the doors closed behind him all the light was flushed out.

"Alone again" he thinks.