Photograph

Naruto sat on his bed, sadly looking at the floor. It had been six years since he had returned to the village, and they had defeated the Akatsuki last month. But Naruto had lost his brother again as the Uchiha went into hiding. He looked over at a picture of Team 7, taken before Sasuke had left.

"Look at this photograph
Everytime it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head."

He looked around his pittiful apartment. It hadn't changed much over the years.

"And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out"

Naruto walked over to his window and looked toward the academy. You could see it clearly from Naruto's apartment.

"And this is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must have done it half a dozen times."

He walked back over and sat down on his bed, hands on his chin as he thought about the fact that he hadn't technically graduated from the school. He'd recived a battlefeild promotion to genin if he recalled what the oldman had told him.


"I wonder if it's too late
Should I go back and try to graduate
Life's better now then it was back then
If I was them I wouldn't let me in."

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, God, I

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye."

He stood up and grabbed his shoes and grabbed his jacket. He put his sandals on as he continued.

"Remember the old arcade?
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops hated us hangin' out
They say somebody went and burned it down."

"We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we'd find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel."

"Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She's had a couple of kids since then
I haven't seen her since god knows when."

"Oh, oh, oh
Oh, God, I..."

"Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye."

He pulled on his jacket, leaving it unzipped as he reached for his headband. He looked back down at the picture.

"I miss that town
I miss the faces
You can't erase
You can't replace it
I miss it now
I can't believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it."

"If I could I relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change."

He sang, smiling. He wouldn't have changed anything.

"Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye."

He sighed as he picked it up and walked back to his dresser.

"Look at this photograph
Everytime I do it makes me laugh
Everytime I do it makes me..."

He set it back on the dresser, next to all the other pictures that had accumilated over the years. His eyes landed on one and he smiled. It was his and Hinata's first kiss. He chuckled to himself as he grabbed his keys and left the apartment. He was planning on adding a few more photographs to his collection. Maybe even a proposal...