I had a little trouble, but I did it!. I had requests mainly for Sasuke or Iruka, so I did one in the POV of each. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME STORY!!!! They have completely different plots. You can read both or pick which person you would rather find him, and then read that one. I did this one without any real inspiration so I'm sorry if it sucks. It's short, but longer than the last one. I might add to it and make it longer if I can. Pleasw review!! I barely get any reviews.
Sasuke walks through the streets of Konoha, ignoring the people bowing to him. He doesn't care about them. He's busy looking for Naruto. The dobe hadn't shown up at Ichiraku's, where team seven met every week. Now Sakura, Sasuke, and Kakashi are looking for him. They look everywhere they can think of on their way to his apartment.
The door is locked when they get to his home, but Sasuke has keys to every house in Konoha. What they see inside surprises them. There are ramen cups and milk cartons everywhere. The furniture is torn up and thrown about the apartment. There are holes in the walls that appear to have been caused by kunais and shurikun.
They split up to search the fair-sized apartment. Sasuke sees a door on the far wall and walks up to it, assuming it leads to a bedroom. He opens the door expecting to find Naruto asleep on the bed, but instead sees nothing. He notices a pile of balled- up paper on the desk. When he walks closer he sees that there is an envelope on it with their names on it. He opens it with a sense of dread and reads it.
He stands there for what feels like an eternity, the shock of what he just read temporarily paralyzing him. The letter falls from his hands, waking him from his trance. He runs to the bathroom and stops in the doorway as he realizes he's too late. He falls to his knees at the grisly sight before him. His grief consumes him until he is no longer aware of his surroundings.
Laid before him is Naruto's body, a pool of blood surrounding his head like a demented halo. His body is pale and lifeless. He has been here for at least an hour. Instead of his usual orange jumpsuit he is dressed entirely in black. His headband has been thrown aside and a slash drawn through the middle. It signifies not only that he separated himself from the village, but also that he had given up on his dream.
Sasuke realizes this as he stares at Naruto, not fully seeing him. Me. This is all because of me. I destroyed his dream, his reason for living. I killed him.
But why? Why did he do it? He could have become Hokage after me. It's not like I plan to keep this position for long. He tells himself. But deep down he knows that he is wrong. He would never have given Naruto the title of Hokage. The only reason he is even thinking about it is because Naruto's dead.
Sakura runs into the room, the note in her hand and a panicked expression on her face. She stops midstep when she sees Naruto's corpse. Her hand flies to her mouth and her eyes begin to water. She walks to his body and falls to the ground. She places his head in her head and cradles it as she cries, her body racked with sobs. Sasuke doesn't even react to this.
So she knows about the Kyuubi. She must really care for him if she's still sad about his death. That part of the note was no surprise to Sasuke. He was told about the Kyuubi being sealed into Naruto when he had become Hokage. He hadn't been as accepting as Sakura.
He had hated Naruto for it and was disgusted whenever he saw everyone treating him like a normal person. Naruto had been gaining the acceptance of the villagers. When they saw how Sasuke acted towards Naruto they began treating him the way they had when he was little. I ruined his last chance to gain the acceptance of the villagers. Not only did I crush his dream, I also crushed his hope. That was what he said pushed him over the edge.
It was true. Naruto had written that he was tired of trying to gain respect he would never have. He was tired of pretending to be happy all the time. He had killed himself because no one truly cared about him, really knew him.
Sasuke is only faintly aware of being moved out of the bathroom by Kakashi. He sees Tsunade rush in but knows that even she can't bring the dead back to life. He notices that Sakura is by the bed, being comforted by Iruka. The chunin has tears trailing down his face. He is thankful that Kakashi had the sense to go get help because he has no idea what to do.
The truth of what happened finally begins to set in and Sasuke feels tears running down his face. He doesn't wipe them away. He can't believe he'll never see Naruto again. He used to be annoyed by the sound of Naruto's voice, but now he would give anything to hear it again. He would never see a streak of orange running around the village and pulling pranks on everyone, including him. He would never see Naruto at Ichiraku's, eating all the ramen he could get his hands on. He would never see those happy cerulean eyes, or that carefree smile.
But it wasn't a real smile. He told himself. It was a lie. He was pretending the whole time. No matter what he thinks it all comes back to one thing.
It was his fault.
He should have seen through Naruto's ruse. Instead he had fallen for it like everyone else. He is the Hokage, the greatest ninja in Konoha, able to defeat any opponent and see through any disguise, any lie.
Yet he had failed to see the truth. He even has the Sharigan on his side, and he hadn't seen it. He had let Naruto die.
He would blame himself countless times for Naruto's death in the future, as would Sakura. They held a funeral for Naruto two days after his death. Everyone in the village attended.
Although their tears dried and they moved on with their lives, they never forgot him. The village always seemed empty after his death. The villagers felt guilty for treating him so harshly.
No one was surprised when the Hokage ordered a monument made in his honor. He explained that Naruto was a hero for holding the nine-tailed fox inside him. No one disagreed with this.
Although he didn't die a hero's death, he did die as a hero. In the end, Naruto got his wish. He would be remembered forever as a hero.
I hope it wasn't too bad. I think I messed the tenses up but I tried to keep it straight. I don't know how long it will take for me to get the Iruka one done but I'll do it as fast as I can!
See that little, purple button in the corner? Everytime someone clicks it I'll write a little faster.
