I do not own Naruto. I didn't earn money to write this story. Masashi Kishimoto created Naruto. I think this can be interpreted as either a Shonen Ai fic or just a friendship fic. It is up to you the readers to decide for yourself. It is about dealing with grief.
Death of a Hokage…
Chapter 1: I Want To Be With You!
"I want to be with you Naruto..."
Sasuke Held the kunai to his wrist. He could picture Naruto standing before the Council looking regal and passionate. He had pled and petitioned for Sasuke's acceptance back into the village. It was one of the rare times he had let people see past his smiling façade to the serious shinobi behind the mask.
Naruto was not yet Hokage, but it was known that he had been chosen. The village had made an uproar at first, but things came to light in the short time after the announcement. Naruto's parentage was a very well-kept secret. People had really not known they were shunning and mistreating their hero's son.
When it was made known that Uzumaki Naruto was actually Namikaze Minato's son half the village refused to believe. A liar they had called him. It could not be true. It just had to be a lie! The demon sealed into the son of their hero. How could it be true? That would have meant that they were so greatly in the wrong that it just could not be true.
About half of the civilians believed; all the shinobi of the village new it was true. Only the Yondaime's son could be so…well…unpredictable. It helped a lot that Naruto was the spitting image of his father as he grew. Many wondered how they had not seen it. Many who had known the man since his youth had suspected…but to go against conventional thinking was not an easy thing. They regretted it.
The council's underhanded treatment of the issue was also brought to light. They had never liked the man and his unconventional attitude. Never was the death of one of Konohana's strongest shinobi heralded as a blessing, but the council had used the opportunity to their advantage and even Sandaime Hokage could not prevent it.
He had managed to save Naruto's original birth records but he could not stop the falsified ones from being placed in the public records.
…Naruto was so like his father in every way; courageous, hardworking, strong willed, and kind to his friends. He knew the difference between a man who was truly repentant and one who must be eliminated for the safety of his village.
He did not hold a grudge. Once Sasuke had asked him if he was bitter toward those who had treated him so poorly. With a huge grin on his face he replied, "This is my village and I love it and every one in it. I'm acknowledged now and it makes me so happy."
Sasuke wished he could have been more like Naruto. To have taken any other path than revenge would mean that Naruto would still be alive. His friend, his strongest bond.
Sasuke even got the Mangekyō when Naruto left the world of the living. It was his parting gift for his best friend, but Sasuke wanted to cut his own eyes out. The only thing stopping him now was fear…fear of what Naruto would have thought of him. Sasuke looked at the weapon that was pressed to his veins. He snarled and closed is hand around the blade until his hand began to bleed. Sasuke threw the knife away from himself in disgust. He would continue to live and make amends for all the wrongs he had done.
Naruto would never have wanted him to follow so quickly into the next life, so he would do something that would make the village a better place and he would bear the burden of knowing he had caused Naruto's death.
Sasuke turned off the water and got up. His pants and the lower half of his shirt were soaked. He began to strip off and threw his wet things into the hamper in his bathroom. He needed to get started on his new personal mission, but first he decided he had better bandage his hand.
"I want to make you proud, Naruto."