Chapter 10
Why Did You Have to Leave?
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ATTENTION! IMPORTANT! Okay, for those who want a happy ending, you have to wait a little while longer, sorry, but I promise it'll be up in three weeks or less. Otherwise, please read on.
Okay, to anyone who speaks French: Comment allez-vous? Je m'appelle JaLye. Et vous, comment vous appelez-vous? I'm only starting French right now. Anyone want to help me out with my classes? You do have to speak French, though.
Sorry for updating so slow. I had a hard time thinking of how to word this thing and I have trouble not falling asleep in geometry. The substitute doesn't even know what he's talking about! I keep on thinking about what'll happen in this chapter in that class. Haha!
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"Hinata…What am I going to do without you?"
Naruto wept and felt helpless. His life was full of hate and loneliness until he got friends. But it felt nothing like being with Hinata. With Hinata, he felt a funny feeling in his chest. He always thought that he loved Sakura, but spending all that time on the mission with Hinata, he realized that his true feelings were blinded from his little crush.
A moment later, Sakura came out. Naruto looked up and asked how Hinata was doing.
"I'm sorry, Naruto. She doesn't have much time left. We tried everything, but her small body couldn't handle it."
Naruto ran into the room and took Hinata's hand.
"Hinata, please don't leave me! I love you! I know I was seeing Sakura, but-"
"Naruto, p-please don't be sad for me. I-I love you t-too." Naruto stroked her long hair and soothed her with his words.
"Hinata, please don't go. I love you. I realize that. Without you, I don't know what I'd do."
"N-naruto, I-I'm sorry, I don't think I can. Please don't wait f-for m-me. Find someone you l-love. M-marry her in-instead of me. Forget about me." Naruto held her hand and held her close to him.
"Hinata, I can never forget you." He leaned down and captured her lips with his, tears pouring out both of their eyes. Their kiss was filled with passion and they poured their heart and soul into it. They broke the kiss because of the need for air. Naruto looked into her eyes, held her hand and smiled at her. Hinata smiled back, but felt weak and her eyes felt weary and tired.
"Naruto…I'll always love you." With her last words of love to him, she closed her eyes to the world for the last time.
"Hinata? Hinata, wake up. Hinata? Hinata! I'm sorry! Please come back! Hinata!" Naruto shook her small body, but no matter how much he tried to wake her up, her eyes would not open again. He held her lifeless body close to him and cried. He wanted her to come back more than anything, but he knew nothing would. No jutsu, no technique, nothing. No matter how much he wanted her to come back, it would be impossible. As much as he wanted the experience to be only a nightmare and wake up from it, it'll never happen.
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Out of everyone in the village, Naruto took the loss the hardest. He broke up with Sakura the next day. Hanabi had to take on the responsibility of being the clan leader and wished that her nii-san would come back. Her father acknowledged her as a clan head and an exceptional shinobi, but it lasted for only a short amount of time because of her untimely death.
As Naruto grew old and wrinkled, he never moved on from Hinata. He never learned to love again and achieved the rank of hokage. But even with his life-long goal obtained, he felt empty inside. He had no one to share his joy and happiness with. As for Sasuke and Sakura, they got married and had seventeen children. They visited Naruto often and Naruto didn't mind, but he couldn't help wonder what would've happened if he and Hinata got married and had children of his own.
After many years of being alone and protecting his village, he finally could rest in peace. He died in a battle against Gaara, testing to see who was truly more powerful. Because of old age, they both died from pushing their bodies to the limit.
At least, he would be able to meet his love again.
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Well, not exactly how I wanted to end the story, but close enough. Sorry for not updating earlier! Between college and high school classes (I'm in high school, but if you've read my profile, you should know) and college classes, homework, and just plain old being lazy, I haven't had much time. And I'm a freshman too. But the good thing about it is that I love the school and I usually eat lunch with freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and I'm friends with some seniors. Not that I care about status, but it just feels good sometimes that I actually have something like that to brag about. Hehe!