Friends
Friends, one of the hardest words to define. Yet, it is one of the easiet lines to break. How do you know when to stop? What's wrong or right? When does a friendship become irrepairable? When does it actually end? Naruto asked himself these questions a million times. When was he no longer friends with Sasuke?
For these questions, it seemed that no one had the answers. The blonde ninja could cry a thousand tears, but no one would change the predicament. He could yell and scream, but Sasuke would still be gone.
It was at night, when no one else was around, that Naruto truly tortured himself. Could he have done something different to save Sasuke? Would he have resisted Orochimaru if they were closer? Slowly, the questions caused him to pull away from everyone. They saw him only during missions, for he would disappear afterwards.
What truly hurt was that no one tried. No one came to talk to him. No one wanted to save him. Even his closet friends deserted him for others. Only his mentor, Kakashi, even tried. In the end though, that wasn't enough.
Naruto felt void of every good emotion. His smiles were pasted on for the missions. The laughs he forced were always hollow, and no one cared. They all hated his inability to try... to save. So he continued with the false front, wondering if it was him who had broken the lines of friendship.