I'd never run so hard in all my life. I thought my heart would burst right out of my chest.
But the sight that greets me causes my legs to collapse beneath me.
No! I was too late!
My failure seems colossal, and I feel it crushing me, like it will swallow me whole.
Naruto…
Such pain… I've never heard anything so heartbreaking as your cry.
There was a time I thought about giving up our search for Sasuke. I even tried to convince you. It seemed too hard, and I couldn't bear to watch you push yourself and hurt yourself over and over for something that seemed so impossible to attain. You were so determined, though. You gave me new hope.
This… this is far more unbearable.
To be so close…!
My fist clenches and I pound it into the earth with all the strength left in me.
It wasn't supposed to happen this way!
Tears cover my face, blurring my vision. But I can see the two of you so clearly.
Together like this, Sasuke and Naruto, you are a strange kind of beautiful. My heart aches so excruciatingly as I witness the one-sided embrace.
My scream of anger and agony is lost amidst the thunder. Spent, my body falls weakly to the earth.
The rain begins…
…but it won't wash away these tears. I don't think I can ever stop crying…